Chapter Eleven?? Li Wei
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It is indeed not realistic to have the chief minister of the cabinet Chen Yan and the second assistant of the cabinet Wei Zaode lead the troops to the war. Zhu Cilang insisted on saying this, but it was just a heart-warming anger. If he suggested that the Minister of War Zhang Jinyan lead the troops to the war, there would be some truth. The civil servants of the Daming led the troops to the war, there was already too many lessons.
"The emperor, Lord Chen and Lord Wei will discuss the matter of leading troops to the expedition in the future. I have just discussed with the cabinet and prepared to issue an order to lead the border troops to the capital to help the capital."
Zhu Cilang looked at his father, Zhu Youjian, held his fists and bowed his head.
"Since the father has made a decision, the son-in-law obeyed the order, and the military department head Kotoshi-hyun was detained in a prison. The son-in-law believes that this matter must be properly handled."
The hall suddenly became quiet. Chen Yan, Fu Wei Zao and others who were about to speak once again focused their attention on Zhu Cixuan. They were originally going to refute.
Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Cilang with a look of displeasure on his face.
"Son of the emperor, let's talk about how to deal with Guang Shiheng."
Zhu Cixuan didn't care about Zhu Youjian's tone and attitude. Everything he did at this moment was to establish his authority for himself, and to be able to better display his skills after going to Nanjing. Zhu Cixuan no longer had much hope for his father Zhu Youjian.
"Father, as a military officer, Guang Shiheng should make suggestions and opinions on the current crisis in the court. Not to completely resolve the current crisis, at least we must find a way for this, but Guang Shiheng did what he did."
"Zuo Zhongyun Li Mingrui proposed that the emperor move the capital to Nanjing. Regardless of whether this suggestion is feasible or not, it was put forward in the morning court. Lord Li has the power to make suggestions. Lord Chen and Lord Wei oppose Lord Li's proposal. There is no problem with this. Any proposal needs to be debated, and a decision is made after the argument."
"What did Guang Shiheng do? He said that he killed Lord Li Mingrui. What exactly did Guang Shiheng want to do? Could it be that if an adult put forward opinions and suggestions in the morning court, it does not conform to his Guang Shiheng's idea, he will be killed? If this trend continues, who will put forward opinions and suggestions in the morning court in the future?"
"Kushi-hyung is using the power of a censor to suppress others to make suggestions, so that people dare not speak. How sinister your intentions are, your intentions are punishable."
"This kind of trend must not spread. Otherwise, no one would have spoken in the court."
"In the morning court today, I proposed to kill Guangshiheng. Lord Chen said that Guangshiheng would not die. Lord Li said that it would need to be tried by the Three Divisions. If it were other times, such proposals would be fine. But it is a matter of trouble now. To reverse such an extraordinary situation, it would require thunder means, so I still proposed to kill Guangshiheng."
"This matter is a suggestion put forward by my son, who strongly advocates the implementation."
Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Cilang and did not speak immediately. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that Zhu Cilang's proposal was for his own good. The censors in the court were indeed lawless. They even colluded with cabinet ministers and repeatedly overthrew the emperor's will. If they could kill one censor at this time, they would definitely shock other censors.
Chen Yan clasped his fists and bowed to Zhu Cilang and said.
"Your Highness, I still have the same view. Guang Shiheng will not die. I suggest that Guang Shiheng can be removed from his official position and make him think about his mistakes in the closed door..."
Chen Yan, Fu Wei Zao and others are not stupid either. Of course they know what Zhu Cixuan is referring to. If they continue to debate on this matter, once they anger the emperor, Guang Shiheng really can't save his life.
Zhu Youjian sighed slightly. If he had been killed because of a few words from Guang Shiheng-chan in the morning court, how would the outside world discuss him as the emperor? Although Zhu Cixuan's proposal was for the Ming Dynasty and for the emperor, some things could not be done too much.
Zhu Cilang looked at Chen Yan and smiled slightly.
"Mr. Chen suggested removing Guang Shiheng from his official position, so that he would think of his mistakes behind closed doors. Lord Chen still remembers the proposal that he resigned must verify his family's money. If Guang Shiheng was removed from his official position, he would even check his family's money. I think that Guang Shiheng was a military officer. Before he served as the military officer, he was the inspector and the officials in the court were always responsible for supervising the officials in the court and must be honest. He sent Jinyiwei to his residence to check money and grain to prove Guang Shiheng's integrity. To a certain extent, this can also illustrate Guang Shiheng's confusion for a while."
"Under this situation, Gu would not insist on killing Hiroshi-hyung."
Zhu Cixuan just finished speaking, and Chen Yan continued to speak.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince's proposal to oppose it, and randomly check the money in the officials' homes, which is not in line with the ancestral system..."
Zhu Cilang snorted coldly and looked at Chen Yan.
"Mr. Chen, your words are also considered to be despised. Gu just said that this country belongs to the Zhu family, and this ancestral system was also set by the ancestor emperor. There is nothing wrong with following the ancestral system. But do anything you do according to the ancestral system?"
"When the father makes a wise decision, he can follow the ancestral system or innovate, and clarify many new systems. Could it be that Lord Chen's intention? When the father issues the order, he cannot adapt. Everything must be based on the ancestral system."
"The father and emperor are very talented and have to innovate the system. The dynasty is changing all the time. He blindly sticks to the ancestral system and does not make any changes. How different is it from a puppet."
"Mr. Chen thinks that his father cannot be arbitrary."
Chen Yan suddenly widened his eyes.
"Your Highness, I don't mean this. I just said that if you have not sued me, you cannot check the money in the officials' homes at will. If this precedent is set, the world will be in chaos."
Zhu Cilang walked to Chen Yan.
"Mr. Chen just said that if he was removed from Guang Shiheng's position, if he had no fault, how could he be removed from Guang Shiheng's position? Since he was guilty, what's wrong with asking the Jinyiwei to check the money in his mansion?"
Chen Yan looked at Zhu Cilang and did not react for a moment.
Zhu Cilang turned around and saluted Zhu You.
"My son begs his father to issue an order to check the money in Guangshiheng's family."
At this time, Zhu Youjian also understood and waved his hand.
"Accurate, let the Jinyiwei go and check the money in Guangshiheng's mansion."
Zhu Cilang quickly bowed his head and bowed again.
"My son begs to lead the Jinyiwei to go to Guangshiheng's mansion to check the money."
Zhu Youjian pondered for a moment and nodded.
"Accurate."
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A quarter of an hour later, thirty Jinyiwei and fifty soldiers from the Five City Military Command were already waiting outside the palace.
Zhu Cixuan will never delay time. This time he went to Guangshiheng's mansion to check money.
The system of the inspector censors in the late Ming Dynasty had already been furious. The power of the inspector censors was too great. Although it was only of the seventh rank, its power was enough to compete with the local governors. This gave the inspector censors the opportunity to make money. Local officials did not dare to offend the inspector censors and did not want to suffer twists and turns in their careers. The best way was to give the inspectors the inspectors.
Zhu Ciyang believed that he would be able to retrieve a large amount of money from Guang Shiheng's mansion.
This is also the last thing Zhu Cixuan did to his father Zhu Youjian before leaving the capital. He handed over the money seized by Guang Shiheng's mansion to the Ministry of Revenue. Once the large amount of money was found by Guang Shiheng's mansion, his head would definitely not be able to be saved.
When Zhu Cilang got on the horse, no one paid attention, and no one thought about Zhu Cilang's coma not long ago because of falling off a horse.
Guang Shiheng's mansion is in the outer city, close to Xuanwu Gate.
When Zhu Cixuan and his party arrived at Guangshiheng's mansion, they could still hear sobs in the mansion.
When the Jinyiwei, who was like a wolf and a tiger, rushed in, a screaming sound came out instantly.
The soldiers of the Five City Military Police were responsible for guarding outside the mansion and did not allow anyone to approach.
When the Jinyiwei was searching the mansion, Zhu Ciyang asked the Jinyiwei to bring Guang Shiheng's housekeeper to his side. With a few simple words, he threatened the butler's family. The butler immediately admitted his defeat and confessed to Guang Shiheng's dark room where he hid money.
Guang Shiheng's mansion was not big, and only half an hour passed and the search ended.
The money found was filled with ten large wooden boxes.
There are 5,000 taels of gold, more than 800,000 taels of silver, and some jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, etc., which are worth more than one million taels of silver. A mere seventh-rank military officer, where did this person get the money from his family? This is not the money sent by Guang Shiheng back to his hometown.
Because it was led by Zhu Cilang, the Jinyiwei did not dare to have any tricks, and all the money, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings found were gathered together.
The Jinyiwei took a large amount of ten boxes of money to the Forbidden City. The soldiers of the Five City Military Command continued to guard outside the mansion, monitoring Guang Shiheng's family. Zhu Cixuan took the confession given by the housekeeper, and accompanied by ten Jinyiwei, he rode a horse to the Forbidden City.
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Zhu Youjian, who had been waiting for the news, was furious and finally issued an order to order the three departments to finish the trial within one day, and to ask the origin of so much money. Chen Yan, Fu Wei Zao and others never spoke again. Their faces were a little pale. If they accidentally said the wrong thing, who would know if the angry Prince would send someone to their mansion to search for money.
Guang Shiheng was unable to survive. As for what officials Guang Shiheng would explain and what kind of actions his family would encounter, this is not something Zhu Cilang needs to worry about. A full one million taels of silver entered the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue. His father Zhu Youjian must be happy, at least he would have the money spent in a short period of time.
The purpose of establishing authority was even more achieved. Zhu Cixuan believed that these things would soon be spread to Nanjing. Too many adults in the court were closely connected with the south. I am afraid that at this time, no one would dare to underestimate him, the crown prince.
Chapter completed!