Chapter 578

Decisive killing, old cases

In the evening, the cabinet and the rank of the ranks were all in chaos.

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Since the emperor left the palace in the morning, and both the inner and eastern factories lost the people, Liu Jin was very angry and immediately ordered people to find Ye Guang, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Gu Dayong, the admiral of the Western Factory. Unexpectedly, the two of them shook their heads together, and they all said that they didn't know this. Although they were sure that they had no handle outside to arrest Xu Xun, Xu Xun should not have done too much, but he had always hated that things were not under control, so he had to order to send additional personnel to search the whole city, and ordered people to go to the Xishan camp to inquire, and ordered people to go to Xing'an Bo Mansion and the Shouning Marquis' Mansion Jianchang Marquis' Mansion, but they were all vacant. In the afternoon, he finally couldn't help but rushed straight to the cabinet to ask Li Dongyang, but the chief assistant was not aware of it at all.

"This Xu Xun, where did he take the emperor to?"

Zhu Houzhao likes to eat, several theaters that he often likes to visit, including Xianyuan, and Goulan Hutong, which has seen singing and dancing in Bensi Hutong, Yanle Hutong, Goulan Hutong... I have found all the places I can find, but there is still no news yet. Liu Jin only felt upset. After complaining about this for many times, he finally couldn't help but turn his head to look at Li Dongyang and said, "Yuan Fu, why not recruit Lin Han, the Minister of Personnel, and ask one by one. Maybe someone knows the whereabouts of the emperor. It's been four hours!"

Zhu Houzhao loves to leave the palace, whether Li Dongyang or Jiao Fang, they all know it in their hearts, and even Wang Yang, who has not been working for a long time, was no exception. However, even Liu Jin didn't know where the little emperor went, but the three of them felt different in their hearts. Jiao Fang narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Why would you like to report to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Dongyang immediately said: "No! The Empress Dowager is old and the Empress Dowager is also in poor health recently. What should I do if I worry too much and hurt my body after learning about this?"

"What should Yuanfu say? The emperor left the palace shortly after Si Shi in the morning, and there was no news until now after You Shi. If something happened, which of us could afford to be offended?" Jiao Fang said this firmly, then stood up suddenly and bowed to Liu Jin, "Eunuch Liu, as the second assistant to the cabinet, I would like to submit this matter to the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces!"

Whether it is a minister or a eunuch, it seems that he is arrogant in power, but the two empress dowagers seem to be just honorable, but the attack at the critical moment is extraordinary. Thinking of how powerful Li Guang was back then, what was the result? Wang Yang suddenly thought of this. Seeing Jiao Fang's indignation, even though he did not accept Xu Xun on his usual occasion, he was still extremely despised in his heart. Thinking of this, he said coldly: "I have been waiting for so long, and it is not a short time to go!"

Liu Jin also understood what Jiao Fang said, but hesitated. After all, the matter was not yet at that point. Once the lawsuit was filed with the two palaces, if the king and ministers returned safely, he would have completely broken his face with Xu Xun. So he hesitated for a while. Just when he was determined, a minister of the Central Committee rushed in quickly outside.

"The Emperor has returned to the palace!"

As soon as these words were said, many people in the room breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Jiao Fang's face slowly sitting down without changing at all, Wang Yang cursed the old fox and then said to Li Dongyang: "Since today's incident has alarmed so many people, it's better to invite Pingbei Bo to come here. After all, if you hide so many people, you will take the emperor outside. No matter what it is for, this wind cannot be encouraged!"

Compared to Jiao Fang's previous fight to the two empress dowagers, Wang Yang's words are much more reasonable at this moment. Even if Li Dongyang, the chief assistant, agreed with Wang Yang's statement for a while. Although Liu Jin did not want to have a fight with Xu Xun, since the elders said so, he was happy to bring Xu Xun over and make him embarrassed for a while. He pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then nodded happily.

"Okay, let's go there in person."

Liu Jin took a few Si Lijian's stewardess and left. Jiao Fang then looked at Wang Yan and smiled: "It's worthy of being Shouxi, and he is so real to the hottest boy nowadays."

"I dare not be Fu Zanyu as a time. I am just about public or private!" Wang Yang ignored Jiao Fang's words. Seeing the old guy twitching for a while, then turned away from his head in disappointment. He bowed to Li Dongyang, "Yuanfu, although I asked him, I will not speak later. I am a straightforward person. If a person can't help but say something extreme, it would be better..."

"Okay, I'll ask myself later."

However, after two quarters of an hour, Xu Xun was not the only one who appeared in the cabinet, but Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, also followed. The little emperor was still wearing the green silk clothes that had left the palace before. His face was as heavy as water, and his lips were pursed tightly. At first glance, even Wang Yang, who was full of advice, could not help but wonder.

Seeing the little emperor like this, how could he feel like he was playing outside for a whole day so happy that he forgot his return date?

Liu Jin also tested Zhu Houzhao along the way, but the little emperor kept saying nothing. He had the intention to interrogate Ruisheng, but he was also hindering Xu Xun's presence, so he didn't ask much. At this moment, since there were still cabinet ministers such as Jiao Fang, King Yang and others, he was so happy that he pretended to be confused and stood aside without saying a word. Sure enough, after the three cabinet ministers bowed one by one, Li Dongyang stood up and said, "The emperor left the palace in a very small dress today, and no one knew the whereabouts. At that moment, the detective cavalry went out to search the whole city, almost alarming the two palaces. As the chief minister of the cabinet, I had to advise the emperor to say a few words. White dragon fish dress has always been a taboo for the king. Please ask the emperor..."

"Needless to say!"

Zhu Houzhao sat down on Li Dongyang's seat, glanced at the ministers with a dark face, and then said, "Besides admonishment, I think you really want to know where Xu Xun took me to today?" Without waiting for everyone to reply, he laughed, but the laughter was extremely hoarse and harsh.

"I have gone to many places today. I left the city from Andingmen in the morning, and rushed back to the city after a few sips of lunch. I then went to another hell on earth that I couldn't believe... The play often says that the sky is bright and the sun is bright. This is the first time I know that there are such unheard of things in this world, and there are many people who can't survive even if they want to live!"

Although this statement was still not clear, Li Dongyang and the other two were ministers for many years and were so sensitive. They immediately guessed whether Xu Xun took Zhu Houzhao to solve some unjust case, or to see the scene of those affected by the disaster after the heavy snow. Although it seems like a good thing to let the king of a country see the sufferings of the people, the three of them disagree with their own opinions. Li Dongyang thought that a king of a country could not go all over the world. Instead of just looking at it with his own eyes, it is better to learn how to analyze it from the minister's memorials; Jiao Fang sneered Xu Xun as he pretended to seek fame and gain public opinion; while Wang Yang was simply dissatisfied with Xu Xun's whereabouts because of this.

However, none of the three people spoke. Instead, Liu Jin couldn't help but ask Xu Xun in confusion: "Pingbei Bo, where are you taking the emperor?"

Xu Xun glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and then replied lightly: "The Zhaojiagou outside Andingmen, there are Wuyue Hutong in the north of the city, and Anhua Hutong in the south of Chongwenmen."

These three place names were said, let alone Li Dongyang and Jiao Fang and Wang Jiao Fang were confused, even Liu Jin was frowning and confused. On the contrary, Wang Ning, the escort hall behind Liu Jin, suddenly changed his expression. Although he immediately covered up, Li Dongyang could see it clearly. He could control himself and not ask questions rashly. Wang Jiao, who also found this clue, couldn't help it and immediately said, "Looking at the appearance of the prince, you seem to have heard of this place?"

Wang Ning didn't expect that Wang Yang asked a question at this time. Seeing that the three cabinet ministers over there were staring at him, Liu Jin also looked over a little angry, let alone Zhu Houzhao and Xu Xun. Faced with these gazes, he felt sweating on his vest. Until Zhu Houzhao looked at him sarcastically, he also burst into his mouth with a lot of words. He spoke with difficulty after a while.

"Report to the emperor, I have only heard of one of these three places... It is Anhua Hutong south of Chongwenmen. Because it is not far from Anhua Temple... I heard that there are many eunuchs living in it who seek self-importance but have not succeeded. Because they are all over fifty and have not had the chance to enter the palace, they are just waiting to die..."

Although he paused several times before he made it clear, everyone present was open-minded. As soon as the word "self-castration" came out, everyone understood. Li Dongyang and Wang Yan frowned in disgust, while Jiao Fang looked at Liu Jin. Finally, Liu Jin sighed and said, "Emperor, although this matter is miserable, the court has repeatedly ordered strict bans. After all, it is all those foolish men and women who suffer. If the emperor is kind, allocate dozens of stones of rice to provide relief..."

"No, what reason should be used to provide relief to these people? Those who refuse to work hard in farming and work hard, and only think about castrating themselves and seeking to be charmed, even if they die, they deserve it. How can those who work hard all year round for relief be able to help those who work hard all year round?" Although he had just told Li Dongyang that he had not spoken, at this moment, Wang Yang finally couldn't help it. As he spoke, he was already stern. "There was an old case in the Chenghua period. These people were held by the Jinyiwei and rode him, and were sent to the sea households as a result of fifty-year-old troops. If there was another offense, he would be executed and his whole family would be expelled from the side. It was because the laws and regulations gradually became loose, and these people were indulged in more severe cases!"

Liu Jin was already disgusted with Wang Yang who wrote to Han Wen. Now that he saw this person who had been writing to him with Han Wen after entering the cabinet, he always said something about the rules and regulations, and almost pointed at his nose and said that he had indulged himself. He couldn't help but be angry. He glared at him and asked with a smile: "Although Mr. Wang is known as Mr. Qiang, since he was a child, he could still read books at home, which shows that the word "Mini" is not yet complete. How could you know that only one of the three people can eat enough, and the other two have to sell them to others as slaves and servants? How could you know that in the years of famine, you have to dig tree bark and grass roots, and even have to be displaced to evade taxes? How could you know that the father took the treasure of his own son with his own hands and wanted to send someone to the palace to ask for a bowl of rice?"

Although he had long forgotten what it felt like to be killed when he was a child, Liu Jin asked three questions in succession, and he said fiercely: "So, there is a tragic incident now, and the local parents are incompetent in governance! Otherwise, if they could all manage the local government so that they would not pick up the road and not close their doors at night, and the peaceful people in the world have enough food and clothing, where would this happen?"

The original focus of this battle was actually slanted by 108,000 miles. Seeing Wang Jiao's erection, even Li Dongyang couldn't help it. Jiao Fang was standing aside and watching the fun. Then he coughed heavily. Seeing that Liu Jin and Wang Jiao temporarily stopped fighting, he glanced at the little emperor who didn't say a word and said, "These people brought into the palace have indeed encouraged the evil wind among the people; but if they were sent to the frontier like this, they would just give way to a few more dead bodies that died of starvation on the road. It's like thinking that the great ancestors peeled the corrupt official's daylily, but now the corrupt official still cannot burn it all, and the spring breeze is blown away again."

"According to Ping Beibo's statement, could he let it go?"

"Of course not!" Xu Xun glanced at Wang Yang, who was full of sarcastic faces, and then said in a deep voice, "There are many of these people now, and it is impossible to identify them all, but some people must be severely punished by law! For example, when I went to Zhaojiagou with the emperor today, a man whipped his wife's house and insisted on castrating the only son and sent him into the palace. The previous son was killed in the silkworm chamber because of castration, but he was still stubborn, just to be rich and prosperous in the future. If such a person is killed but he is cheap, it is better to take 60 kilograms of shackles and let the servants roar and parade him, and announce the reasons, so that he will not be able to be liberated every day and year. This will warn those who are not upright! If there are such people in the future, follow this old rules!"

Xu Xun started with this, and even Liu Jin felt the right thing to do, so he couldn't help but nodded. Zhu Houzhao even slapped the table and said, "This one is good! I wish I could kill this wolf-hearted beast, and I thought it was cheap!"

"Secondly, those who were old but had no gates to the palace. Neighbors looked down upon them, and their relatives had long abandoned them. Many of them lived in groups and waited for death. These people lived in the capital and were resentful. If they were bewitched, they would be very harmful in a flash. Also, they would ask their relatives and friends in the palace to hope to enter the palace. If they were not careful, the case of Liu Shan, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, was likely to occur. Therefore, from three days later, the Jinyiwei East Factory Factory and the Five City Military and Horses Office were ordered to clean up the capital and expel them all, and they were not allowed to live in the capital."

Liu Jin didn't expect Xu Xun to be so harsh, but even if he wanted to choose Xiaohuo who entered the palace, he would probably choose from young people. After thinking about it, he didn't say anything in the end. Li Dongyang and Wang Yang exchanged a glance, and felt that this was the right thing to guard against, but Zhu Hou illuminated it.

"Xu Xun, then you gave the people of the Bingma Si money before, and asked them to build a shack to set up a pot to give them a bite of hot porridge. Why are you going to drive them out of Beijing now? It's snowing, how many people will die!"

"I paid the money and did not want that place to become a pile of dead people. These people stayed in the capital, but still had to rely on people to survive. They could not work or farm, but were just a group of people waiting to die. There was another snow after this heavy snow, and there was still tomorrow winter. Just like what Wang Ge Lao said, he helped these people who had not been able to enter the palace for many years but still had hopes and refused to support themselves. More people will become more severe. Now, Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three towns of Yansui, Gansu, Ningxia, is asking for city walls to be built everywhere, and sent all these people to build city walls. I think with Yang Sui'an's reputation of being honest, he would neither treat these people as cattle and horses nor let them continue to be confused."

Having said this, he looked at Liu Jin and said, "Thirdly, those young self-guided children immediately asked the Jinyiwei, East and West Factory and the inner factory to count them out, and gave them to the royal palaces, and they could only be executed and not promoted to the inner envoy. Even if there are fathers and brothers who are greedy for wealth and honor, the future of the royal palace envoy is limited, and there will be a hundred and eight thousand miles between relatives from then on. Unless they are willing to leave their hometowns and seek refuge, they will not be able to use this wealth and honor to eliminate this thought."

This is also an old example used in the Chenghua period. Li Dongyang and the three other cabinet ministers were naturally speechless. Although Liu Jin felt that Xu Xun had surpassed him, he actually reached out to take care of the matter of the Inspectors. It can be seen that whenever the little emperor nodded, he would shut up and say nothing. Until Zhu Houzhao stood up happily and ordered the cabinet to draw an order, he immediately walked out with his hands behind his back. When he and Xu Xun followed, he couldn't help but sneer: "Pingbei Bo is really comprehensive!"

"I can't say that there are all the above, I just hope there are fewer such things in Kinki." Xu Xun said, and looked at Liu Jin, "Although it seems that there are several ways, if Eunuch Liu tells the emperor, he can't bear to see more and more people castrate themselves, please strictly prohibit it. From now on, anyone who wants to castrate into the palace must be introduced by the Silijian, otherwise they will not accept it. I think the emperor has been depressed for so long today, and he will definitely feel that Eunuch Liu has gone to his heart. Of course, if Eunuch Gu and others are so famous, if they recruit fewer people, Eunuch Liu can ignore it."

"Um?"

Liu Jin was stunned by this, and then his eyes lit up immediately. All the big families selected kids from their hometowns to castrate and brought them to the palace, but of course the number could not be too large. Ten or twenty was the limit. Thinking that if he held this power, people would naturally become their own subordinates in the future. They would be the chief examiner of the imperial examination... No, the chief examiner of the imperial examination was not re-elected, but he could control the Silijian for a long time. In the future, the people who entered the palace would have to pass by him, and no one else could overwhelm him again!

"Okay, okay, Brother Xu, you are such a brilliant plan!" Liu Jin naturally would not call Xu Xun or Pingbei Bo again, and immediately said with a smile, "We are our own people, why are you called Eunuch Liu? Didn't you tell me that you were called Old Liu? This method is good. I will report to the emperor immediately. I think the emperor was unbearable after seeing so many tragic things today, and he would feel better if he did."

After leaving Wenyuan Pavilion and leaving the emperor, he saw Liu Jin, who was full of excitement, and left Zhu Houzhao, clearly preparing to go back to Chengqian Palace to mention this matter again, Xu Xun glanced at Ruisheng, who was following behind the little emperor, who was bowing his head without saying a word, and finally sighed a long sigh.

People who castrate themselves are also human beings, and they are indeed pitiful. He is not sympathetic, but he cannot eliminate this system, but he cannot make more and more people more and more because of sympathy! However, if he wants fewer of these people, the methods he just did to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Now more and more land is being donated, and land annexation is far beyond the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. To solve this problem, Zhang Juzheng took out a whip method, but he ended up putting himself in, and inevitably abandoned the new policy for several years. Even if he was determined to instigate Liu Jin to charge, he had to make a long-term plan.

Having said that, the situation where Huitong and Li Yifeng were asked to inquire one after another was that some of the people living in the community spread various doctrines. If they listened to their settlement in the capital, it would be too late to make a big change in a flash. Since they had made up their minds, they would have to move quickly! At this time, they could only pull Zhu Houzhao out!

When he left the Meridian Gate, he found a man paced back and forth in the floating snow. The head of the hat was covered with snow, and even the black cloak was white. He was carefully recognizing the person, but the man turned his head and immediately rushed forward. Who else could he have been to Li Yifeng?

"What are you doing here on this snowy day?"

"I heard that the Lord sent the Emperor back to the palace, so I waited here for a while. I thought that after I went to the cabinet, I might take this path. As expected, I asked me to get the information." After Li Yifeng gave the courtesy, he couldn't help rubbing his hands that were stiff and stiff, and then he said in a low voice, "The old file of the guard of King Ning has been found."

Xu Xun's eyes flashed, and then he smiled and said, "You are doing things with decisiveness. This is not a place to speak. I have been waiting in the snow for so long in this cold day. Let's talk to me when I go home!"

Entering the warm study from the outside where the cold wind whistled, Li Yifeng, whose boots were almost wet with snow, suddenly let out a long sigh of comfort. Today, when he learned that the little emperor had left the palace, he was sent by several big men to run around the capital for several large circles. Although the matter was solved, his body was almost frozen. At this moment, seeing an elderly servant carefully holding a plate with his hands and sending a bowl of hot ginger soup, he glanced at it and immediately reached out to take it. After taking a few big sips, he felt that his whole body was warm and he hurriedly said thank you.

"Jin Hong, I told the kitchen to make two bowls of noodles, and not put those greasy things, just lighter, and add more peppercorns."

Xu Xun used to like spicy food, but now he doesn’t have chili peppers, so he can only make do with peppers. Seeing that Li Yifeng got relieved after drinking ginger soup, he asked, “What do you say in the old store?”

"The reason why the guard of Ning King, the current left guard of Nanchang, was that the grandfather of Ning King was really outrageous. The Ning Jing King's illegal affairs were all in Jingtai, Tianshun, and Chenghua until the early years of Hongzhi, and even sued him for his ill-conspiracy. In the early years of Tianshun, Ying Temple was resigned to the princess because Ning Jing listened to evil, accumulated wealth and property like hills, and regarded human lives as grass, so he changed his lord to hire a princess to persecute his brother, and violated his traitors because Ning Jing heard that he had evil and accumulated wealth and property like hills, and treated human lives as grass.

The charges of abuse of the people, the tax department were forced to control the tax department, and the charges of Cuihua Palace were abolished, and the guards were removed, and the capital was changed to the Jiangxi Dushi... But later, some people successively provoked countless charges of King Ningjing's intentions, weaving dragon clothes, trashing people's lives, insulting the three departments, abused the officials, and condoning military academy to disturb good people... During the Chenghua period, when the court's material discussion was the strongest, some even turned King Ningjing into a commoner, but in the end, Xian Temple still couldn't bear it and finally gave up."

At this point, Li Yifeng paused, then shook his head and sighed: "No wonder he wanted to find the Jinyiwei to release the old file. If he searched for the cabinet or other yamen to check the old file, someone would inevitably interrogate him. At that time, Ning Fan would definitely not be able to regain the guards!"

ps: Re-read the Ming Dynasty record and found that whether Zhu Houzhao fights and goes to Jiangnan or the uprisings among the people, it was all after Liu Jin's death. A person who is most trusted was revealed to be rebellious, which actually has a great blow to Zhengde... Since then, no one has ever truly trusted.
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