The four hundred and fortieth chapter of the Ming Dynasty does not conquer the country
Glancing at Cao Shaoqin lightly, Chu Yi said slowly: "Dongchang, Jin Yiwei must investigate this case to the end and get to the bottom of it!"
Cao Shaoqin said solemnly: "Don't worry, Chief Manager, I will definitely supervise the case personally and live up to the expectations of the Chief Manager!"
Huating County
A fire completely burned the entire Huating City Bosi to ashes. On the second day, the original location of the Huating City Bosi was taken over by the Jin Yiwei who arrived. Facing the fierce flames of the Jin Yiwei, even the Huating County Magistrate
He didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction.
If it is true in the past, the power of civil servants has increased, and even the Jin Yiwei, without the support of the emperor, would appear to be quite wary when facing these civil servants.
But today's world can be said to be the low point of civil servants' power. The entire court respects Chu Yi, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei serve as the sharp blades in Chu Yi's hands. It can be said that their power has reached its peak.
Of course, under the constraints of Chu Yi, even though the power of Jinyiwei and Dongchang increased sharply, they were mostly used to deal with those civil and military officials. As for the common people, they simply could not feel the changes in Jinyiwei and Dongchang.
In fact, neither Dongchang nor Jinyiwei have anything to do with ordinary people.
After all, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were set up by the emperor to supervise civil and military officials, not to deal with ordinary people.
There are so many people in the world. If we really have to supervise these common people, I am afraid that the Jinyiwei and everyone in the East Factory will be exhausted to death.
Originally, Jinyiwei and Dongchang had no connection with ordinary people at all, but these two institutions did not have a good reputation among the people. They were notorious. When mentioning Dongchang and Jinyiwei, it seemed that these two entities were harmful to the country and the people.
In the final analysis, the only people who are really afraid of the Jin Yiwei are the civil and military officials. The Jin Yiwei and Dongchang focus their energy on these civil and military officials, so they have no time to trouble the ordinary people.
The Jin Yiwei took over the Huating City Ship Division's residence directly from the Huating County Government Office and sealed off the entire residence.
The entire Shibosi was burned to ashes. The local Jinyiwei leader in Huating County was a Jinyiwei Baihu, and he only had a dozen Jinyiwei warriors under his command.
It can be said that the Jinyiwei experienced some top-down changes during Chu Yi's rise to power. Many Jinyiwei officials were replaced, and some Jinyiwei Baihu, Qianhu, and Xiaowei who were causing trouble to the local area were captured.
If the Jinyiwei Hundred Households in Huating County are still the same hundred households that were captured in the past, I'm afraid they are not busy looking for clues at the scene at the first time, but are busy destroying traces.
Lin Zhengfang was the newly appointed Jinyi Guard Baihu of Huating. Unfortunately, the fire burned too thoroughly. The entire Shibosi Station was completely burned to a white ground. Lin Zhengfang led his Jinyi Guards to search among the ruins, but found that
There is no clue at all.
However, within three days, just as the people of Huating County were privately discussing the matter of the Huating City Shipping Company being burned to ashes, a group of people marched straight into Huating County.
This team of people is none other than officials from the Ministry of Justice sent by the imperial court to investigate the case of a fire in Huating City's Shipping Department. This time, the murder of more than a dozen officials in the City's Shipping Department can be said to have aroused the anger of many officials in the court.
They attach great importance to it. The leader of the team this time is a minister from the Ministry of Punishment, and he is accompanied by experts mobilized from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the case. It can be said that the court is really serious this time, and it looks like it will never give up until the case is solved.
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Zuo Anqiu, the Minister of Punishment, directly refused the reception banquet offered by the Huating County Magistrate and immediately led his people to the scene of the fire in Shibo Division.
In fact, the entire Shibo Division site has long been in ruins. It can even be said that because there were many people involved in fighting the fire, the site had already been destroyed. It is really difficult to find any clues from it.
difficulty.
Figures one after another searched the entire scene carefully, not only from the Criminal Department, but also from the Dongchang and Jinyiwei personnel.
Whether it is Jinyiwei, Dongchang or the criminal department, these investigative experts are under a lot of pressure. It seems that these people have seen a lot of cases like this. Many of them often become unsolved cases. Of course, there are also some
The case can be solved through some clues.
Because the case involved a yamen established by the imperial court, everyone in the yamen was burned to death in a fire. Not to mention them, even the ordinary people knew that the fire was no accident, and they were afraid that someone wanted to kill and silence them.
Tongzhi, a commander of Jinyiwei, the second stall manager of Dongchang, and the minister of punishment, all three gathered together, with a somewhat solemn look on their faces.
Don't underestimate the power of the imperial court. When Jinyiwei, Dongchang and the Ministry of Punishment united, many clues emerged one after another.
The most important thing is that when Gangcun Guiyi and other Japanese pirates entered the city, they made so much noise that many people saw them through the cracks in the door.
Maybe some people were frightened and didn't know what was going on, but not long after, a fire suddenly broke out in Shibo Division, which naturally made people think of it.
That is to say, at the beginning, the people in Jinyiwei focused on the scene of the Shibosi fire and did not think of looking for clues in the city.
By the time the personnel from Dongchang, Jinyiwei and the Criminal Department arrived, with sufficient manpower, clues were completely revealed.
Zuo Anqiu, the Minister of Punishment, said with a solemn expression: "You two, according to the clues found so far, a group of suspected Japanese pirates rushed towards the Shibo Division on the night when the fire broke out. It didn't take long.
A fire broke out in Shibosi, so I suspect that the fire in Shibosi was caused by these people."
The commander of the Jin Yiwei frowned and said: "Master Zuo, it is 100% certain that the fire in Shibo Division was caused by a group of people who killed everyone in Shibo Division and then set fire to destroy the corpses. So what we have to do now is to confirm this
The identity of a group of people, dig out this group of people."
Although the second stall owner of Dongchang was only a warrior, it was impossible for Cao Shaoqin to send just one warrior here, so he was naturally equipped with capable manpower.
The second stall owner of Dongchang sneered and said: "Anyway, that group of criminals were able to enter the city late at night and commit murder and arson in the city. I dare say that there must be someone in Huating County colluding with these people.
Otherwise, how could so many bad guys enter Huating County so easily."
The few of them looked at each other and heard Zuo Anqiu say: "Check, we have to dig out those bad guys even if we dig three feet into the ground."
The second-level head of the Dongchang narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Leave these to us in the Dongchang. There must be injustices under three trees, but under severe punishment, some people's mouths will definitely be opened. Your Majesty and the chief manager.
But they are all staring at us. The impact of this case is extremely bad. If we cannot solve the case as quickly as possible, I think it will be difficult for the two adults to explain it."
The commander, Tongzhi, and the Minister of Punishment, Zuo Anqiu, looked at each other, and the two nodded slightly.
I saw the second stall owner from Dongchang laughing and leaving.
Not long after, news came out that Dongchang had directly arrested the Huating County Magistrate, Chief Registrar, and Captain, and also put people from several big families in the city into prison.
Suddenly, almost all the prominent figures in Huating County were imprisoned in Dongchang.
Both Zuo Anqiu and the commander of the Jinyiwei knew clearly that the person who responded to that group of criminals was definitely not an ordinary person. It was impossible to say that he was among those who were arrested. And with so many people arrested, most of them must have been arrested.
It was unjust, but at this time, they would not stop him.
Even if they are really unjust, they can only blame them for being unlucky. At the worst, they can be cleared afterwards.
Only half a day later, the second stall manager of Dongchang walked out of the prison with a happy face, holding a stack of confessions in his hand.
Seeing the look on the face of the second stall of Dongchang, the commander of Jinyiwei, Tongzhi, and the Minister of Punishment, Zuo Anqiu, all looked at the stack of confessions in his hand.
I could only hear the second stall manager of Dongchang saying: "The case has been solved. This case was committed by the Zhou family, Wang family, Liu family and others from Huating in collusion with the Japanese pirates..."
Taking the case file from the second stall of Dongchang, Zuo Anqiu and the two of them scanned it, and surprise gradually appeared on their faces.
At the same time, discoveries were also made at the site of the City Shipping Department. After the ashes were cleaned up, investigators from the Dongchang, Criminal Department and Jinyiwei discovered on a bluestone the remains left by Chen Ku, the head of the Huating City Shipping Department.
clue.
Chen Ku was the first to discover the identity of Gangcun Guiyi and others. He knew that he could not escape disaster, so he used his jade pendant to carve the word "Japanese pirate" on a piece of bluestone with great effort.
Although the scratches are not too deep, dozens or hundreds of people from Dongchang, Jinyiwei and the Ministry of Justice have barely dug three feet into the ground. Not to mention the scratches on the bluestone, even the gaps between the bluestones are covered.
These people searched carefully.
When a member of the Huating Liu family who participated in escorting Gangcun Guiyi and others into the city could not bear the punishment of Dongchang and confessed everything he knew, the entire case was almost solved, and the clues left by Chen Ku
It also confirmed that the confessions of the Liu clan were correct.
When the news reached the capital, Zhu Houzhao was immediately furious after receiving the news.
If those officials really died in the fire, that would be fine. They were really killed. The most important thing is that the maritime merchants in Huating County colluded with the Japanese pirates to murder the court officials. How could Zhu Houzhao not be blamed for this?
of rage.
Above the court, Zhu Houzhao looked at the officials present with an angry face. He slapped the dragon chair with one hand and roared: "The Japanese Japanese pirates are so audacious that they dare to attack and kill our officials of the Ming Dynasty. They are so terrible in their eyes."
There is also the great power of the Ming Dynasty. I will send a large army to Japan to let the people of Japan know that the power of the great Ming Dynasty cannot be violated!"
Under the guidance of Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao's martial spirit can be said to have flourished, especially not long ago when the Ming Dynasty captured Dayan Khan and other Tatar nobles alive, and Cheng Xiangwu and others returned with a fortune worth tens of millions.
Huge loot.
The nearly tens of millions of cattle, sheep, and horses made the imperial court full at once. Hundreds of thousands of war horses were enough for the imperial court to easily arm hundreds of thousands of cavalry, not to mention those cattle and sheep.
Ask yourself that during your reign, King Pingning defeated the Tatars, and his achievements were comparable to those of Taizu. It would be strange if Zhu Houzhao, the founder of the throne, could tolerate mere Japanese Japanese pirates now.
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. An official from the Ministry of Rites stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, think twice. Our Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and the Japanese Kingdom of Japan is a country established by Taizu without conquest. This time
Even if the Japanese pirates kill our officials, I, the Ming Dynasty, will preach them and teach them..."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but frowned. At that time, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that his descendants would be militaristic, so he specifically listed North Korea, Japan and other surrounding countries as countries that the Ming Dynasty would not conquer.
With a slight cough, Chu Yi, who was standing first on the left side of Zhu Houzhao's head, now focused his eyes on the official of the Ministry of Etiquette, and said with a smile on his lips: "Master Han, in that case,
Otherwise, Lord Han will go to Japan in person to educate the Japanese barbarians..."
There was a pop, and before Chu Yi could finish his words, the Minister of Rites knelt on the ground and said to Chu Yi with a pale face: "Your Highness, King Wu, forgive me, I...I was wrong..."
Seeing Han Ming's miserable state paralyzed on the ground, Chu Yi snorted coldly and said: "If the Japanese barbarians can be civilized, they will not cause trouble to our coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty again and again."
Zhu Houzhao saw Chu Yi calm down the Minister of Rites as soon as he opened his mouth, with a smile on his face and a slight nod, obviously very satisfied with Chu Yi.
While speaking, Chu Yi looked solemnly and bowed his hands to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request your Majesty to allow me to lead my great soldiers to conquer the small country of Japan for your Majesty!"
"ah!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but was stunned, with a look of astonishment on his face. Apparently Zhu Houzhao did not expect that Chu Yi would actually have the idea of acting in person.
Chu Yi has not spent much time in the capital these years. It was only a few months before Chu Yi went to the south of the Yangtze River and went north to fight the Tatars. Now that Chu Yi is actually going to lead an army to Japan again, Zhu Houzhao is naturally very reluctant to give up.
.Zhu Houzhao saw Chu Yi calm down the Minister of Rites as soon as he opened his mouth, with a smile on his face and a slight nod, obviously very satisfied with Chu Yi.
While speaking, Chu Yi looked solemnly and bowed his hands to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request your Majesty to allow me to lead my great soldiers to conquer the small country of Japan for your Majesty!"
"ah!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but was stunned, with a look of astonishment on his face. Apparently Zhu Houzhao did not expect that Chu Yi would actually have the idea of acting in person.
Chu Yi has not spent much time in the capital these years. It was only a few months before Chu Yi went to the south of the Yangtze River and went north to fight the Tatars. Now that Chu Yi is actually going to lead an army to Japan again, Zhu Houzhao is naturally very reluctant to give up.
. Chu Yi has not spent much time in the capital these years. It has only been a few months since Chu Yi went to the south of the Yangtze River and went north to fight the Tatars. Now that Chu Yi is actually leading an army to Japan again, Zhu Houzhao is naturally extremely unhappy.
