The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"What? Someone died?"

In the Yuxi Palace of Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing looked at Zhu Xizhong who came to report with a cold face.

On the imperial desk in front of him, there is Lan Daoxing's final calligraphy.

Actually committed suicide.

"Your Majesty, please punish me for your lax supervision."

Although Zhu Xizhong was unwilling to do so, he was indeed dead.

Originally, he wanted Lan Daoxing to reflect for two days before going to trial. Who knew that such a thing would happen.

Man, he went to see it, and he was actually being tortured.

As for the cause of death, he committed suicide by hanging from a beam and hanging from the cell door railing with his belt.

Even though they found the murderer, no problem was found. He committed suicide, not to mention there was a suicide note.

It is easy to find out who used the punishment. The person is still being detained. Judging from the emperor's attitude, if the investigation is to continue, these people will definitely have to explain.

"He was tortured to extract a confession?"

Emperor Jiajing asked again.

"Yes, I did not supervise you well, please punish me."

Zhu Xizhong still knelt there and kowtowed.

When he walked into Yuxi Palace today, he never got up.

"The people in Dongchang also committed suicide today?"

Emperor Jiajing asked again.

"Yes, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Huang Jin, who was standing next to Emperor Jiajing, also changed his face slightly at this time, and then walked to Zhu Xizhong and knelt down.

"It's such a big deal. Dongchang and Jinyiwei can use their hands. You two are really guilty."

Emperor Jiajing said sternly.

It can only be said that Yan Shifan, who made no omissions, was really smart but was misled this time. In his eyes, Xu Jie was like a little transparent. He knew that he had nothing to do with the factory guards, so Yan Shifan was very smart from the beginning. I made up my mind to go into the factory guard and end the matter.

But he just forgot that the Lu family had turned to Prince Yu's Mansion. He could only say that after Lu Bing's death, the Lu family quickly degenerated into a transparent officialdom, and the Lu family no longer contacted Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde and others, as if they were completely As if it has nothing to do with it.

"No contact unless urgent."

These were the last words Wei Guangde said to Lu Yi.

Just like his original concerns, Wei Guangde didn't want to get involved too much with Jin Yiwei, so he didn't want to spend much time with the Lu family.

Because of this, after half a year of surveillance, the people from the Yan Mansion withdrew and no longer paid attention to every move of the Lu family.

The servants involved in the palace committed suicide according to the plan today, so as not to be discovered that there was a shadow of the Yan family behind them.

Once he died, the emperor's attention was transferred to Lan Daoxing.

I just didn't expect that Xu Jie and Prince Yu's Mansion would take action so quickly, causing Lan Daoxing to commit suicide almost at the same time, as if it was arranged by someone.

"Zhu Xizhong, was it done by someone from that mansion?"

Emperor Jiajing asked in a bad tone at this time.

Not to mention being unable to answer without questioning, Emperor Jiajing was not stupid. His eagle and dog factory guard was infiltrated, which was enough to make him furious.

"Yes Yes"

Zhu Xizhong stammered, but he thought quickly in his mind and decided to take it out as soon as possible. It seemed that the emperor was really angry.

"Um?"

Emperor Jiajing snorted.

Zhu Xizhong knew that he could not delay and let the emperor misunderstand him, so he hurriedly said: "I'm not sure, but according to what I learned when I came here, those few people are very close to the Yan Mansion."

"Yan Song?"

Emperor Jiajing said in surprise.

"Yes, their boss is the Jin Yiwei Baihu who came in under the influence of Yan Mansion."

Zhu Xizhong replied.

Although the Jinyiwei were "guards" in name, it was said that the staffing should only be more than 5,000 people. However, with the rise of imperial edicts in the middle of Hongwu, the power of the Jinyiwei became more and more powerful, and they sometimes abused their power. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Jinyiwei to be abolished. It was only when Zhu Di became the ancestor that he recovered.

After that, Jin Yiwei's strength was not as good as before, and it began to rely on Dongchang. However, despite this, Jin Yiwei still expanded rapidly, and in order to strengthen local surveillance, thousands of households and hundreds of households were stationed in various provinces.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the guard system. It should be difficult for the Jinyi Guards to expand in size, but the fact is exactly the opposite. The Jinyi Guards are powerful, and the Jinyi Guards are related to the emperor's own soldiers. Countless people are proud to join the Jinyi Guards, and they try their best to join them. The people are domineering and blessing.

At this point, the emperor also began to use official positions such as Jinyiwei Xiaowei and Baihu as rewards for meritorious ministers. Everyone liked them anyway.

The Jin Yiwei is a mixed bag, but most of those who join the Jin Yiwei under the influence only receive a set of equipment and pay on time, and generally do not participate in the Jin Yiwei operations. However, there are a very few people who take this opportunity to enter the Jin Yiwei and even get certain rights.

"knew."

Emperor Jiajing just said lightly when he heard this.

Zhu Xizhong was a little unsure about Emperor Jiajing's attitude, but when he saw Huang Jin with a calm expression on his side, Zhu Xizhong knew that he would pay him a visit in the evening.

"How did the person die? Your men are all being detained."

At this time, in Yan's Mansion, Yan Shifan stared at the man kneeling in front of him with his small eyes. The flying fish suit was so eye-catching at this time.

"Trash, get out. Go back and tell those idiots to be strict with their mouths. If they dare to say even half a word, I will kill their whole family. Get out."

Yan Shifan was really angry.

This time, Lan Daoxing's suicide made things very passive. He was not someone who couldn't see the situation clearly.

There was no need to ask in detail. Yan Shifan had already identified who was responsible for the attack in Beizhen Fusi. The only senior member of the Jinyiwei who could be manipulated by Xu Jie and Prince Yu was Lu Yi.

"Has the master come back?"

Yan Shifan looked at the sky and asked the chief next to him.

"Not yet, but it should be soon."

Na Changsui replied carefully.

"When the master comes back, let me know immediately."

Yan Shifan could only say bitterly.

When Yan Song's sedan entered the house, Yan Shifan got the news immediately and hurried to his father's house and told Yan Song the news he had just received.

"Is there anyone else in Jinyiwei, Xu Jie?"

Yan Song knew the news and said a little surprised.

"That was done by the Lu family. They have something to do with Prince Yu's Mansion. Prince Yu's Mansion should have informed him."

Yan Shifan has now figured out the cause and effect clearly. Xu Jie has nothing to do with Jin Yiwei. I don't know if it is to avoid suspicion or something. Anyway, Yan Shifan is sure that Xu Jie has no one in Jin Yiwei.

But this time, Xu Jie's actions were so fierce that he directly killed the person in the prison. It was cruel enough.

"Why"

Yan Song sighed and said, "If I had known this, I should have transferred the people to Nanjing."

At the beginning, Yan Song had the idea of ​​transferring Lu Yi out of the capital, but firstly, he found nothing unusual about him, and secondly, Zhu Xixiao tried his best to protect him.

It's not impossible to take people away by force, but it would require a lot of effort from the boss, and it might even be known to Emperor Jiajing, which would be bad.

After all, Emperor Jiajing felt a little guilty for Lu Bing's death.

If he knew that the Yan family still wanted to touch the Lu family, Yan Song didn't know whether Emperor Jiajing would deal with him.

Over the past two years, he had almost forgotten about it. He didn't expect to hear it again today, which would ruin his big event.

But now that the matter was over, Yan Song no longer thought about Lan Daoxing, but was thinking about the counterattack that might follow from Xu Jie.

A few years ago, this would have been done, and Xu Jie wouldn't even dare to let it go, and he would have to say nice words to flatter him when he met. But now, Yan Song guessed that Xu Jie Jie will not swallow this breath, and must find a way to deal with him and avenge him.

Although the two families are related by marriage, everyone actually understands what is going on.

Yan Shifan was still thinking about the details he heard before. His people went to see it. They even discovered Lan Daoxing's death when they were preparing to go to trial again.

Lan Daoxing hanged at the door of the cell. Yan Shifan knew that this must require someone's cooperation, otherwise he would never be able to do it without anyone noticing.

However, as for those people who are pretending to be gods, they all love money and cherish life, so how can they die just because they want to?

Autopsy.

Zuo Zuo.

At this moment, Yan Shifan suddenly seemed to have discovered something. As long as he let Wu Zuo do the autopsy, he was not afraid that he would not find any flaws.

Thinking of this, Yan Shifan hurriedly said: "Father, this is something strange about Lan Daoxing's death. Let me let someone go over here and take a look."

"Do you think he was killed and hung?"

Yan Song glanced at his son and said, "It's too late."

He shook his head slightly and said: "It might have been useful if we had controlled the body when the incident occurred, but it's hard to say now.

Don't forget, even if Lan Daoxing is really killed in prison, it is still Jinyiwei's family matter. They can take care of it themselves and will not let you, an outsider, tell you what to do, let alone make the matter bigger. When the time comes, they will Everyone has to eat and drink from top to bottom.

If you dare to open up the matter at this time, you will be in trouble with all the Jinyi Guards. Even if Lu Bing dies, the power he left behind cannot be underestimated. "

Indeed, if we took action when the incident occurred, it could be said to be an investigation, but if we take action now, it would be just looking for trouble, and would even be labeled as "stirring" by Jin Yiwei's internal staff.

There is a special yamen in Jinyiwei to manage this kind of thing, and that is the Nanzhen Fusi, which is Jinyiwei's internal yamen and also manages the palace confinement responsibilities that Jinyiwei has.

"It's a big advantage for him, Xu Jie."

Yan Shifan nodded after understanding.

"Tell everyone outside to calm down these days. I don't know how Xu Huating will retaliate against us."

Yan Song said indifferently.

"That old dog dares to prick, let's see how to deal with him."

Yan Shifan said disdainfully.

"This moment, that moment, be careful in everything."

Although Yan Song knew in his heart that it was too late to do this now, he still said it.

At this time, Yan Shifan also thought of the reason why Yan Song said this and sighed.

Everything in the Yan family depends on Emperor Jiajing's thoughts.

At this time, Xu Jie's sedan chair had returned to Xu Mansion.

After getting off the sedan, Xu Jie asked directly: "Is Yun Qing here?"

"I'm already waiting for you at the mansion."

The butler replied hurriedly.

"Invite him to my study."

Xu Jie nodded and ordered.

After returning to the cabinet from the restaurant, Xu Jie has been thinking of ways to take revenge on the Yan family.

After thinking about it for a long time, he had no clue. It wasn't until he saw the memorials piled up on the desk that he finally made up his mind.

Impeach.

For the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the easiest way to fight with each other was to impeach.

Yan Song was a tumbler in the officialdom. Since the 28th year of Jiajing reign, there had been no end to impeachment memorials for Yan Song and Yan Shifan. If anyone else had returned to his hometown, he would have returned to his official position long ago.

However, Yan Song remained motionless in his position as chief assistant, which fully demonstrated Emperor Jiajing's trust in him.

On the contrary, those who impeached Yan Song in the early years were either sent away or released into the wilderness, and even Yang Jisheng and others were directly sentenced to death. Moreover, the imperial censors did not dare to impeach the Yan family and his son easily. Even if they were impeached, most of them were not painful. , I dare not scratch the tiger’s beard at all.

However, for Xu Jie, among the officials in the dynasty, the only one who could see the situation clearly and figure out the emperor's intentions, besides Yan Song, was Xu Jie.

Xu Jie already knew Emperor Jiajing's dissatisfaction with Yan Song, and now he wanted to take another gamble.

After selecting the people below, Zou Yinglong's name appeared in Xu Jie's mind.

Zou Yinglong, courtesy name Yunqing and alias Langu, was from Chang'an, Shaanxi, but his ancestral home was Ningzhou, Jiangxi.

So he sent someone to quietly contact Zou Yinglong and asked him to come to his house after leaving the office to discuss anything.

When he arrived at the study, Xu Jie found a manuscript that had been put aside for a long time from a corner of the bookshelf. A layer of dust had already accumulated on it.

There are many important things placed in Xu Jie's study, so no servants are allowed to come in and clean them.

Even when arranging people, he was personally on hand to direct, so naturally few people noticed the things in the corner.

"Mr. Ge."

Not long after, Zou Yinglong entered the study room, looking a little nervous.

Zou Yinglong was both happy and at a loss to be summoned by a high-ranking official like Xu Jie.

The joy is naturally due to the fact that he can be appointed as the second assistant in the cabinet, and he thinks of his future prosperity.

Being at a loss is due to worries about the matters discussed this time.

He didn't know what happened in just one day. In fact, until now, there was no news that Lan Daoxing had been taken away by Jin Yiwei, let alone that he had died in Fusi, Beizhen.

"Qing Yun, how are you at the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Zou Yinglong and Wei Guangde were in the same department. He was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing. However, his ranking was not high. However, because of his active activities, he was not released as the county magistrate in the end. Instead, he stayed in the capital's pedestrian department and served as a pedestrian.

Zou Yinglong originally wanted to follow Yan Song's path, but he thought about Yan Song's reputation, so he chose Xu Jie instead.

Although Xu Jie's attitude was ambiguous, he was also very helpful. Not only did he arrange for Xingxing to be a secretary, but he was also transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate as a censor last year.

However, he visited the house several times and could only see Mr. Xu Ge a few times, which made him very uneasy.

Today, the Xu Mansion sent someone to summon him. He arrived very early and was waiting for Mr. Xu Ge's instructions.

Opportunities are not easy to wait for, and they are not easy to give up.

He actually made up his mind the moment he walked into the study. No matter what Xu Jie asked him to do, he would do his best to fulfill Mr. Xu Ge's instructions.

After a few casual conversations, Xu Jie's topic quickly turned to the rumored Yan Shifan selling his official position.

From this moment on, Zou Yinglong roughly guessed what Xu Jie wanted him to do.

It was the censor's right to report something, but this time the target was Yan Shifan, so Zou Yinglong couldn't help but be wary.

He answered carefully, wanting to know Xu Jie's plan, whether it was to ask him for directions or something.

Zou Yinglong is not stupid. He has been an official in the capital for so long, so he naturally knows the power of the Yan family. He is fully aware of the results of countless people's impeachment.

Unconsciously, Xu Jie's topic expanded and he began to tell the past deeds of Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others.

At this point, Zou Yinglong also keenly realized that the impeachment Xu Jie wanted this time was probably not simple.

When Zou Yinglong said goodbye, Xu Jie handed the last manuscript to him and said kindly: "Let's take a look and see how the seniors did it."

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I go back to my parents’ home, and the whole family is happy and cares about each other; it’s sweet and happy, and the reunion is full of laughter; I put some candies, make a pot of tea, and spend time together with endless joy; we look forward to the new year together, and may our careers be smooth and prosperous. . Happy New Year!