The Prosperous Era of Longwan

The Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple are busy selecting officials, and the Qintian Supervisor is counting the time.

In one day, the relevant preparations were made, and the selected officials quickly prepared their luggage, and the next day they went south to Huguang with Zhongguan Wang Zhen.

Liu Shiyan, your representative sincerely, is in Nanjing. The decree has been sent, and he will set off directly from there to Anlu.

Of course, these things had nothing to do with Wei Guangde. He still edited and recorded "Yongle Dadian" with peace of mind.

In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Yan Shifan, who had confessed to all charges, was interrogated again.

Needless to say, this made him a little confused.

He recognized everything Huang Guangsheng and Zhang Yongming wanted to hear, so why didn't he show it to the emperor and interrogate himself?

Entering the main hall, Yan Shifan immediately saw Huang Guangsheng sitting in the middle of the hall, with Zhang Yongming, Lin Run and others on both sides, and his heart skipped a beat.

Although he knew it was Huang Guangsheng who wanted to interrogate him when the jailer took him out of the cell, he saw that no one inside had changed. What did this mean?

It means that they did not send the confession they wrote down to Xiyuan at all, which means that Emperor Jiajing did not see his confession at all, otherwise it would never be possible for them to appear here so neatly.

Yan Shifan cursed in his heart. By now he had figured out that he was pretending in vain in Jiangxi.

The gang in the capital was not complacent about arresting him, but they must have tampered with him during the process of escorting him.

With so many people he had prepared, it was impossible for the imperial court to capture them all at once, but the only way to prevent them from contacting him was to spread them out and find various reasons to send them to the capital for official business.

He had done this kind of strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain in the past, and he probably learned it from the old man Xu Jie.

"Yan Shifan, I advise you to honestly explain the evidence of your crime. Don't take any chances. You know that the law of nature is clear."

Yan Shifan stood below, watching Huang Guangsheng speak in an official tone and show off his authority.

It's not that Huang Guangsheng likes to show off, but because he is trying a traitorous official of the day. Are there many opportunities like this?

After Huang Guangsheng finished speaking, Yan Shifan just rolled his eyes at Huang Guangsheng, just one glance, looking as calm as ever.

But in his heart, Yan Shifan was as uneasy as ever, and he cursed Xu Jie's family in all the most vicious words he could think of for a good death.

This is really going to drive him to death.

In just a few days, the direction of Huang Guangsheng's investigation of the case had changed. In the past, they kept asking how they framed those so-called loyal people, but today they changed to asking about his rebellion.

I've asked before, but I was fooled after just a few words.

Everyone knows that it is impossible for the Yan family to rebel. No one in their right mind would think of rebelling these days, except for those lunatics from the White Lotus Sect.

There were sensible people in the court who woke up these fools.

Yan Shifan cursed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. The current situation was that people were fighting for their own good and others were fighting for their own good.

I definitely won't be able to recruit him, so how can I recruit him if I don't have a shadow?

Moreover, Yan Shifan didn't believe that Huang Guangsheng dared to torture him. Considering his old father's sorrow for the emperor, even if he was guilty, he would definitely send a lieutenant to take a look at him, and then he could complain and be beaten into submission.

Others say that Emperor Jiajing is unkind and ungrateful. In fact, this emperor still misses his old love, but he is cruel. As long as his face is not touched, he will not kill easily.

Why Xia Yan died and why Yang Jisheng and others died were because they couldn't speak and pointed at Emperor Jiajing's nose and called him a coward.

The previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty generally tolerated such occasions, but they didn't know that today's emperors are not as tolerant as the previous emperors.

Therefore, they all died, either because Emperor Jiajing did it intentionally or because he deliberately condoned it.

He was the pillar of the imperial court, and even during the grand ceremony, he did not know how much he had done. I really thought that the imperial court could not continue to function well without anyone.

"Yan Shifan, tell me honestly whether you hooked up with Japanese pirates through Luo Longwen."

Huang Guangsheng above asked again.

After leaving Xu Jie's house, Huang Guangsheng spent two days with all the officials involved in the case, studying how to interrogate the crimes listed in the notes sent by Xu Jie and Prince Yu's house.

In the end, Lin Run's version was chosen. Yan Shifan was interrogated first, all the charges were thrown out to shock the mountain, and then Luo Longwen was focused on being interrogated.

If they are stubborn and refuse to admit it, then use the same method they use to deal with loyal and upright ministers. They cannot be beaten into submission, but they can be framed.

Lin Run will select a few people from the Yan family's servants who were arrested together, and either coerce or induce them to testify and prove all of Yan Shifan's crimes.

At first, Huang Guangsheng, Zhang Yongming and other officials with the title of Jiuqing found these things unacceptable. However, Mr. Xu Ge and Prince Yu's Mansion were pressing them down. Lin Run, below, had already thought about it on the way to the capital. pass.

He, Lin Run, is actually in a fight to the death with the Yan family. If Yan Shifan cannot be convicted of his crime this time, then he will suffer endless revenge from the Yan family.

Of course he didn't want to wait until that time, so in order to kill the Yan family, he had learned to use any means to frame the Yan family's mansion in Jiangxi to imitate the royal palace style, and to use the dragon's energy to plot evil.

It had already been done, so he was the quickest to accept the intentions of Xu Jie and Prince Yu's house. He had even planned that if Yan Shifan "insisted on denying it", he would directly write a confession and suppress it. Yan Shifanhua escorted him over.

These methods were also used by Yan Shifan to deal with political opponents who opposed them.

During the day-long interrogation, Huang Guangsheng, Zhang Yongming and others took turns questioning each other, but Yan Shifan firmly denied these charges.

He couldn't admit it, and he didn't dare to admit it.

Finally, watching Yan Shifan, who was pretending to be calm, being escorted out of the lobby by the guards, several people could detect a hint of pleasure in each other's eyes when they made eye contact.

Even the officials who thought it was inappropriate before saw a sense of joy in their hearts when they saw Yan Shifan's embarrassed denial.

Targeting him the same way he framed others is really tit for tat.

Next, Luo Longwen was interrogated for several days, using all means to force and induce confessions, but Yan Shifan was put aside and ignored.

But the more this happened, the more panicked Yan Shifan became.

Now Luo Longwen's cell has been moved to another one, and they will never see each other again. Even on the way to interrogation, they will not pass by his cell.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat."

While Yan Shifan was sitting on the grass ball in a daze, there was a knock on the cell door, and a small door under the cell door was opened, and a box of food was put in.

For ordinary prisoners, the food prepared in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is naturally very dirty, but Yan Shifan is no different after all. Although it cannot be compared with the food he used to eat, he can barely swallow it like the jailer.

Yan Shifan is not a person who has never suffered hardships. He also experienced hardships when he was a child. That was when Yan Song resigned from office to recuperate.

Of course, this poverty is compared to the days of fine clothes and fine food. In fact, it is not as good as ordinary people.

After getting up and walking over, Yan Shifan picked up the food box and was about to go inside, when he suddenly heard the words of several jailers delivering meals.

"Prince Yu's throne is now iron-clad and no one can touch it."

"That is, once King Jing dies, the emperor will have only one son left."

"There is a rumor going around that His Majesty takes pills, but I don't know if it's true or not?"

"Probably not. My wife got very sick last month because I went to the Taoist temple to get ashes from the incense burner. They even gave her a pill. She can take it for a few days and she will be fine."

While they were talking, several jailors drifted away. Their voices were barely audible, except for the occasional "bang bang bang" sound of slamming the cell door.

But at this time, Yan Shifan suddenly stooped and returned to the original seat in a daze.

Two days later, the door of Yan Shifan's cell was opened again. Instead of delivering food, two jailers came in to pick him up for retrial.

Entering the lobby again, Yan Shifan noticed that the faces of several people in the lobby were relaxed, as if they had a chance to win.

After several interrogations, Luo Longwen finally confessed to Yan Shifan's collusion with Japanese pirates when he agreed to leave an incense stick in the Luo family.

Luo Longwen's family had already accused him of secretly smuggling sea trade, and using this as evidence was enough to kill him.

It is impossible to do maritime trade these days without knowing Japanese pirates.

However, the affairs of the Luo family did not involve Yan Shifan, and what they wanted was for him to bite Yan Shifan and hook up with the Japanese pirates through him, with the intention of rebelling.

Lin Run came forward to negotiate with Luo Longwen, but Luo Longwen finally gave in because he could not see a glimmer of hope.

King Jing died, their last source of support was gone, and Yan Shifan's prepared backup plan failed.

According to what Lin Run said, if they don't recruit them, they will remain in prison and survive until His Highness King Yu ascends the throne. Who can say clearly what will happen then.

Leaving behind a trace of incense is the last chance they can give Luo Longwen.

If he refused, they would start to torture him. His skin and tender flesh would not be able to withstand several rounds of torture.

Luo Longwen was a painter by trade, but he was not as thick-skinned as the servants in his family. Thinking of the torture tools in the prison and the evidence, Luo Longwen knew that he was bound to die.

Yan Shifan must also die. Their purpose is to bite Yan Shifan and drag him into the water.

In order to leave a legacy for the Luo family, Luo Longwen confessed to all the crimes they listed.

"It will only be beheading, not Ling Chi or beheading or anything like that. It won't be that painful."

This was Lin Run's final guarantee to him.

At this time, Yan Shifan was holding the confession signed by Luo Longwen, but he no longer had any anger.

He had actually figured it out two days ago and knew the final outcome. He figured it out when the news of King Jing's death reached his ears.

Although he was suspicious of King Jing's death, he still felt a little unwilling.

Luo Longwen's backstabs were just some of the methods he had used. They were all leftovers from his own use, but he didn't know how they did it.

But that's not important.

"I heard that King Jing is dead?"

Yan Shifan held Luo Longwen's confession in his hand, and he never thought of tearing it into pieces. With Luo Longwen in hand, he could have as many things as he wanted.

I just regret that I didn't listen to Luo Longwen's suggestion earlier and go to sea with the ship to see the Japanese country.

"His Royal Highness Prince Jing passed away on the 9th, and the news was delivered to the capital on the 13th."

Huang Guangsheng didn't hide anything and answered Yan Shifan's question directly.

Saying such words on such an occasion, Yan Shifan knew that they were definitely true.

If there is a lie, just a hat that curses the royal family is enough to have Huang Guangsheng dismissed from office, imprisoned, or even killed.

Yan Shifan lowered his head and seemed to be mourning for King Jing, but only he knew what he was doing.

Although his hope was dashed, what Yan Shifan was thinking about at this time was the outcome of the Yan family and how they would be treated by Emperor Jiajing in the end.

Will Yan Song be sentenced to death?

Will his son or grandson be beheaded?

Speculators and genocide?

If you recruit yourself and take over the job, what will be the result?

Will Emperor Jiajing spare them because of his father's relationship?

At the side door of the back hall, Wei Guangde stretched out his head and glanced at the suddenly quiet lobby, and saw Yan Shifan bowing his head in deep thought.

After thinking for a moment, I figured out what was going on. As long as Yan Shifan didn't make a fuss at this time and said that they had wronged him, it meant that Yan Shifan had not gone crazy after learning the news about King Jing's death. Very calm.

He turned back a few steps to the table and whispered to Feng Bao who was sitting next to him: "The arrangements have been made to keep a close eye on Yan Shifan. He is not allowed to come into contact with irrelevant people. Therefore, those who come into contact with him must be strictly searched and detained. , before Yan Shifan was dealt with."

Wei Guangde didn't know if Yan Shifan had any backup plans, but as long as he was cut off from the outside world, all the backup plans he had prepared would be useless.

Yan Shifan probably didn't have any property on him. They had all been searched by Lin Run when he arrested him. But if he couldn't keep it all, he would promise benefits to the people in custody and let them take the letter out.

That's why Wei Guangde ordered Feng Bao like this.

King Yu put Wei Guangde in charge of matters here, and the manpower used was deployed by Feng Bao.

Feng Bao didn't say anything when he heard this, but nodded, indicating that he understood.

Of course, Feng Bao knew the seriousness of it. Wei Guangde and he had also analyzed the final means of revenge that Yan Shifan could use, which was nothing more than death and destruction.

Wei Guangde would not tell him that King Jing's death was suspicious, but weren't there enough eunuchs and maids in the palace who died inexplicably every year?

At this time, Feng Bao suddenly pointed at the lobby outside.

Wei Guangde nodded, with a smile on his face.

When Feng Bao saw it, he felt relieved.

His mission was also assigned by King Yu, so of course he understood the power of it.

King Yu hated Yan Shifan to death.

Maybe it's hereditary. Emperor Jiajing had a good face, and so did King Yu.

When Yan Shifan made him lose face, not to mention King Yu, even the eunuch who served King Yu never thought of Yan Shifan's boast that he hated everything.

"The emperor's son is willing to do gold to me, who dares not to do so?"

His reputation as Xiao Ge Lao was confirmed from this moment on.

Yan Shifan is dead.

Wei Guangde could sit down peacefully now and taste the tea on the table, but he was also summarizing Yan Shifan's mistakes in his mind.

Yan Shifan had the power of prime minister, but he used it to plunder the money of courtiers. This was the biggest mistake he made.

Even the emperor's son dared to blackmail. I really thought that the emperor didn't know and was just waiting for the opportunity. This was the second biggest mistake he made.

Not learning the art of keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile from his father Yan Song was the third biggest mistake Yan Shifan made.

After offending all the courtiers, you still want to escape unscathed?