Chapter 83 – A Full House
Zhu Di, on the contrary, at this time appeared to be pleasant, smiled and said, “You do not have to say in a hurry, I am not in a hurry, you can cry despite it is.”
Shen Jing’s crying fell to an abrupt halt.
Just like a person returning to the light, Shen Jing was actually surprisingly calm at this moment.
He spat out clearly, “The …… thing to do is to sell grain in reverse.”
Zhu didn’t say anything.
Grain merchants …… are obviously not a big crime, after all, there is no such article as not being allowed to sell grain in this king s law.
Shen Jing continued, “Often, when a disaster occurs somewhere, the straw man …… straw man will go through the relationship ……”
Zhu was curious, “What relationship?”
“The grass people are the Jiangnan family, quite some roots, fellow students, teachers and students …… fellow townsmen …… relationships are available.”
Zhu Di’s face showed a cold color, but he didn’t say anything else.
So Shen Jing continued, “After finding the relationship, and agreeing with the local people, they will send a large amount of grain, to the affected states and counties, and sell it at ten or a hundred times the price …… ……”
With these words, only a muffled sound was heard, and that Liu Jean fell head over heels.
Liu Jean directly fell heavily on the ground, and then only sobered up some, and then hurriedly climbed up again, immediately said, “No, no, to the disaster area to transport food, is by no means a major crime, which is to alleviate the disaster …… has merit.”
He was in a hurry.
Zhu, however, continued to smile without saying a word.
Shen Jing, however, was crying like a dead mother.
It was better for him to say it later than sooner, because it was no longer possible to hide it.
He wailed and said truthfully, “If you want to sell grain tenfold or a hundredfold, you have to make sure that there is a shortage of food for the victims; if there is no shortage of food, how can you sell it at such a high price?”
“That is why it is often necessary to buy off people and forbid other grain ships, and the court’s relief grain should be slowed down as much as possible, and the slowed down relief grain can be counted as other losses.”
Zhu Di’s face had changed abruptly, and his elbow, which was resting on the case, could not help but vibrate.
I only saw Shen Jing continue: “Only when people are hungry, and there are people starving to death around them, those desperate people will willingly pull out their own family money, and only then will they scramble to take out the last copper plate in their home to buy food, first starve to death without silver, and thereafter starve to death with less silver, and then after that …… ”
Liu Jean has been like a sieve, his eyes are red, in fact, he has been completely anxious eyes.
Only to see Liu Jean shaking hands, pointing at Shen Jing cursed: “What are you talking about, what are you talking about, do you know, the consequences of you saying these words indiscriminately? Do you have any grievances, is someone forcing you to say this ……”
Shen Jing, on the other hand, is the whole person prostrate on the ground, he is actually extraordinarily calm at this time, not calm also can not ah, the family in the end can die a few mouths, depends on him now.
He pressed the heart full of fear, kowtowed like garlic said: “Liu Jean …… I know, before he and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs have come, and I also recounted the old times, it turned out to be his high ancestor, once with my great-grandfather is the same window, when we drank water wine, a few cups of wine, he will mouth that I am not guilty, will certainly be for me to justice, but also said …… that at that time he must impeach Zhang Anshi people, etc. ………”
Liu Jean stumbled and took two steps back as he looked at Shen Jing incredulously.
Hearing Shen Jing’s words, Zhu Di laughed, but said, “Relying on this, you earned a million and two hundred thousand taels of grain silver?”
Zhu didn’t care what Liu Jean said anymore, he only wanted to know what he wanted to know now.
Shen Jing can be said to be honest now, he trembled, “Other trades are also available, this is a trade that has been operated for several generations ……”
Zhu Di raised an eyebrow and said, “Even during the time of Emperor Taizu Gao?”
Shen Jing truthfully said, “Acting very carefully at that time, but …… when father was there, he did do some.”
Zhu Di was curious about one thing, so he said, “But why do people in the four villages and eight miles call you a good person?”
Shen Jing then said, “grassroots …… did repair bridges and roads, but also organized a few schools, circumscribed a lot of readers, if they encountered a ten-mile radius, no one to pick up the remains of the corpse, but also teach people to pack up and send to the righteous village for burial … …”
Zhu Di said, “Unexpectedly, you actually have a kind heart?”
Shen Jing warily said, “People who do things like this have good intentions, or they can’t sleep soundly …… daily.”
Hearing this, Zhu Di finally stood up again, looked around and said, “Today, Qing and other people are here, what do you say?”
The truth comes out and the water falls.
At this moment, Zhu Di’s gaze fell on a person and said, “Zhang Anshi.”
Zhang Anshi then stepped forward and said, “I am here.”
Zhu Di said, “Tell me, why did you bomb Shen Jia Zhuang in the first place?”
Zhang Anshi said with a hesitant look, “Truth or falsehood?”
Zhu spat out only two words, “Truth.”
Zhang Anshi said, “The thing is like this, I was at the shipping merchant’s place, in fact, I also inquired about some of the things in the Shen family, just no evidence. It’s just that I feel that the matter is important, so I hurriedly reported to my brother-in-law ……”
Zhu Gaoqi froze and looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise.
Zhang Anshi continued: ”After brother-in-law heard about this, he was also worried. Said to check, I’m afraid it’s not easy, this Shen family operated for so long have not been defeated, how can it be easy to find out what? Just the matter is important, so can only do extraordinary things, then …… simply will make a big fuss, the bigger the better, the bigger the fuss, the more people pay attention to! ”
“So …… I was bold enough to directly blow up the Shen family’s manor. Of course, there is also credit here for Zhu Yong, Zhang Yoking, and Qiu Song, who went out of their way to ……”
Hearing this, Zhu Di then waved his hand, “Alright, I know what’s going on.”
Zhu Di then his gaze fell on Liu Jean, “Zhang Anshi said that he did this because he knew that you people were corpses and knew that you would harbor the Shen family, it seems that you didn’t teach Zhang Anshi to be disappointed ah, you really are such a person.”
That’s an ironic statement!
Liu Jean face green, but there is no longer no way to refute, period ai said: “is my failure to pay attention to …… please your majesty to cure the sin of the minister’s failure to pay attention to ……”
But he saw Zhu Di was furious and violently copied the stone pen holder on the public case and smashed it towards Liu Jean.
Snap ……
This stone pen holder is impartial, hit Liu Jean’s cheek, Liu Jean ate the pain, covered his face, ah ah a cry of misery, soon, his cheeks swollen high.
Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said, “Just an oversight? Just how many people have been killed by your so-called insensibility? Because of your insensibility, the court’s relief grain, instead of saving people, has fattened an unknown number of officials.”
“Don’t you always talk about righteousness? Do you not always put the world on your lips? At this time, how dare you and I say that I am not paying attention? If other people, maybe you can lose sight of the situation, but your mouth is full of holy books, how can you deserve the word lose sight of the situation!”
Liu Jean was terrified, busy is prostrate on the ground, cover the face said: “Minister …… minister ……”
Not waiting for him to say further, Zhu Di coldly said: “It seems that by now, you do not know how to repent, see the tragedy of the victims, in your heart is nothing! This is good, come on people, catch Liu’s family, up and down the old and young, men exiled to Qiongzhou as military slaves, women charged with the Department of Education, so that his whole family have a taste of the ordinary people’s suffering, to teach them to never turn over in life!”
When Liu Jean heard this, he gave a sharp jolt and said urgently, “This is the sin of the minister, why has Your Majesty jeopardized his wife and children?”
Zhu Di color unchanged, said: “Your scenery when you are pleased, your wife and children do not also follow you stained light? Now because of your so-called negligence, how many people have been killed, not to mention that if I believe your treacherous words, this Zhang Anshi a few, will not also be victimized by your false accusations?”
“You only think of your own family members who have suffered unjustly, why don’t you think of how many more people have been victimized because of dog-like people like you?”
Said here, Zhu Di again do not want to talk to such a person more, ordered in a deep voice: “Come on people, take down, this person first do not rush to kill, first sent to the Imperial Prison slowly punished.”
When Liu Jean heard this, he already felt that his head was a bit dazed, and he wanted to say spare his life, but before his words came out, he was unceremoniously dragged and pulled out.
The hall was silent.
Zhu Di, on the other hand, added: “As for this Shen Jing …… I read that he is still honest, and he has done some good deeds in his spare time, and he is still a confession of his own guilt, so …… he will be sentenced lightly. ”
Zhu Di paused, then said, “Just do not exterminate his three clans, execute his whole family old and young it, his own …… lingering death!”
When Shen Jing heard this, her face was directly white and bloodless, and she fell headlong, and she had fainted.
Zhu made a point of adding, “Check his house and don’t miss a single copper plate.”
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In fact, Zhu was furious.
What angered him was that someone would dare to do such a thing on his watch.
What was even more horrifying was that this Shen family had been doing this for so many years, and he had only realized it now.
If it hadn’t been for the tremendous fuss this time, I’m afraid he would have been kept in the dark for the rest of his life.
The loss of his not day exhaustion, thinking about how to relief, it turned out to be dry are useless ah!
Only a Shen family, let him relief Ji’s hundred means all broken.
If this can be tolerated, what can’t be tolerated?
However, also lost ha but know, Zhu more angry, the surface is calm, just this time, often are silent, occasionally the corner of the mouth a draw, but most of the time are wooden face.
If one were to summarize it more carefully, it would roughly mean that if His Majesty suddenly treats him courteously, and even when he pours His Majesty a cup of tea, His Majesty says a word of thanks for the hard work, then surely His Majesty has already wanted to kill someone.
And if his majesty hangs people’s mother on his lips, today into this, tomorrow into that, and not to say that his majesty this is in a good mood, right, at least in the side of the service, is not worried about it, that his majesty is still in a good mood.
Now also Lostha poured a cup of tea and served it carefully.
Zhu Di at this time has swung back to the palace, sat in the just repaired Wen Lou, picked up the tealight, sipped a mouthful of tea, towards also lost Ha said: “You have worked hard.”
Yizhuoha’s heart instantly lifted, and he was busy cautiously saying, “The slave girl …… should.”
Zhu Di put the tea down, but said, “What are a few Zhang Anshi doing?”
Yiluoha said cautiously, “Why don’t the slave girl go and ask?”
Zhu nodded.
Also lost ha busy out of the cultural building, waiting for a full small half an hour, only panting rushed back, said: “Your Majesty, the brocade guards there …… fast horse to report, said Zhang Anshi with Zhu Yong, Zhang Yoking, Qiu Song three people, since the imperial trial, rolled up the cover, to live in that Qixia Temple’s treasury. ”
“Ah ……” Zhu Di had just picked up the tealight, a listen to this, a face of surprise, hand shaking, tea splashed out, good thing this is half an hour ago also lost Ha Feng up tea, has long been cold.
But also lost Ha is color change, busy is fearful and said: “slave girl ten thousand deaths.”
He said that he was going to go up to Zhu to wipe him.
Zhu Di waved his hand without much concern, then said, “What are they doing?”
also lost ha truthfully said “is someone went to ask, and many people have gone to ask, first is the five cities military division, later is Yingtianfu, and the northern township division …… they said …… this treasury, no one is not allowed to go in and out, said that this is to check the confiscated stolen goods, who come to check and confiscate, they are not assured, outside the people are bad, said in addition to His Majesty, this treasury who is not allowed to go in and out.”
Chu: “……”
That’s a bit of a neat notion for Zhu to get into.
But a few moments later, Zhu Di could not help but say, “Into his mother, this group of guys …… all day long to do this kind of four or six out of tune things.”
Yizhuoha heard, know that his majesty’s mood a lot better, quietly relieved, then strike while the iron is hot, said: “Although they do not know how to do things, but it is sincere ……”
“Of course sincerely.” Zhu Di said, “That Zhang Anshi, apart from his love of nonsense and rumors, everything else is fine.”
Saying this, Zhu stood up and paced a few steps before adding, “Motherfucker, if we let them keep on guarding like this, how else can the Secretary of Departments check on them? Going on like this is not a solution.”
Also lost Ha said, “Or, His Majesty ordered a close confidant of the heart of the people ……”
Zhu Di said, “That’s just it, I’ll have to go myself.”
Zhu Di, like the eagle, is unwilling to be trapped in the palace, in his mind, the palace is like a big cage.
Say it and do it.
Zhu Di light car simple, only with a team of guards, first to the Fuzimiao dock to board the ship.
Almost all the boats here are now flying the black flag.
Just when they were about to board the boat, they were driven off by the boatman: “Go and buy a ticket, go and buy a ticket, board the boat with a ticket.”
Zhu was speechless for a moment, looking back at the guards.
The guard was startled, and was busy following the boatman’s lead, heading for a small building on the pier.
Immediately afterward, a dozen tickets were brought in.
It was a decent ticket, thumb-sized, with a number noted on it.
Zhu frowned: “Paying isn’t enough, the whole of these falsehoods.”
That buy tickets guard had to whisper: “Your Majesty, I went to ask, said the money ticket to separate, the boatman hands can not pass the money, in order to prevent the boatman greed and retention. So the ticket selling side collects the money, the boatman’s side collects the tickets, and then according to the number of tickets sold, the passengers who boarded the boat can be calculated, so …… there is no need to worry about someone going up and down and embezzling the silver of the shipping merchant bank.”
Hearing the words of the guards, Zhu Di thought carefully, then hung his head and looked at the ticket number on hand, and could not help but see a light in his eyes.
So he couldn’t help but say, “Interesting, interesting, I actually didn’t think of this layer, the person who can come up with this idea, I really want to saw his head open and take a look.”
The guard then said, “Your Majesty, I heard that this is the sale of the Marquis of Wu’an …….”
Zhu just smiled without saying anything, took the ticket number, and boarded the ship.
Waiting for the boat to arrive at the ferry at Sukhumvit.
A few of Zhu went ashore, and then he came to the storehouse not far away.
From a distance …… he saw three teenagers guarding the outside of the storehouse.
Zhu Yong was carrying a wolf-tooth stick, flaunting a general sense of honor, walking back and forth, his eyes vigilantly looking at anyone who tried to approach.
Zhang yoking in the hands of the other is a knife, seems to be poor and bored, at this time is juggling the knife, tiger wind.
Only Qusong stood in place, motionless, like a wooden stake.
But if you look closely, you’ll see that Chuson’s kills are actually the biggest.
Uh …… around his neck he was hanging a string of dynamite packets, not, of course, packets of gunpowder as big as a millstone, but roughly the size of a plate.
Zhu looked at it and said, “What a great guy.
So much so that Zhu stopped and didn’t dare to approach for a while.
The kid was a bit of a fool, and even Zhu wasn’t sure if the guy would suddenly see someone coming and overreact in any way.
That’s why it’s good to be forewarned.
Also lose ha will realize, hastily go up first to inform.
These three teenagers heard the news, actually the first reaction is not to come to see the emperor, but immediately ghost screamed: “Big brother, big brother …… His Majesty is coming, His Majesty is coming ……”
Zhu Di could not help but be speechless, I came in a slight dress, what the hell are you screaming.
And so taking a big step forward with no more patience.
Zhu Yong and Zhang yoked Qiu Song, which came to meet the driver.
“See Your Majesty.”
Zhu glared at them, “What are you doing here?”
Zhu Yong said, “Guard the treasury.”
Zhu said, “Do you have nothing to do with yourselves?”
Zhang Yoking first said in a very straightforward manner, “But it’s just that he has nothing to do.”
After saying that, Zhang Yoking felt that he had lost his words and immediately silenced himself again.
Zhu Di originally saw these three guys, a trace of warmth had just risen in his heart, but at this moment it was gone.
Somehow, just looking at these three guys makes my hands itch to punch yet.
Zhu Di sullenly said, “I ordered you to go to Secretary Hu’s place to study, how come you don’t go?”
Qiu Song at this time to stand up his chest proudly said: “Hu master said we have been out of the master, under the sky there is no one more than our learning powerful.”
Zhu Di bit the roots of his back teeth, and finally managed to squeeze out a little smile, “Where is Zhang Anshi?”
“Big brother?” Zhu Yong seems to be afraid that other people say the wrong thing like, immediately grabbed the answer: “Big brother in the treasury head reading it, big brother said, no, big brother reading can be serious, he taught us that, although he has learned something, but can not be complacent, learning is their own thing, as the so-called sea of learning is not the end of the world as a bitter boat …… ”
Zhu glared, “Get out of the way.”
“Oh.” Zhu Yong was sensible enough to carry his wolfsbane and make way.
Zhu took a big step to the treasury, and Yilungha trotted to open the door.
When Zhu entered this treasury, he was immediately stunned by the sight before him.
Anyone who enters here and sees so much gold and silver, absolutely stunned, even Zhu …… is no exception.
Especially at this time of year, when there are a few oil lamps lit in the storehouse.
The light of this oil lamp refracted on the metal that filled the treasury, making the gold and silver here glitter, dazzling Zhu’s eyes could not move.
“Damn the Shen family!” Zhu couldn’t help but curse bitterly in his heart.
But then, Zhu suddenly felt very solid.
Because …… the silver seems to be his.
Zhu Di will strive to remove his eyes from these gold and silver on the head, and then saw a young man, at this time to the oil lamp there, holding a book in his hands, the waist is sitting straight, eyes are concentrating on the book, not moving at all.
Under the reflection of the gold and silver, the young man radiantly revealed his side face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, plump and wondrous, giving people a sense of nobility and purity.
Zhu was momentarily lost in thought.
Immediately …… couldn t help but scold, “Don t pretend, you think I don t know what kind of person you Zhang Anshi is.”
Zhang Anshi: “……”
He closed the book and whirled around, with a look of surprise: “Ya, how come Your Majesty is here, Your Majesty is here, I can’t welcome you from afar, it’s really ten thousand deaths.”
Although poked and prodded.
But acting in a full set is the self-cultivation of an actor, and even at this time, Zhang Anshi still abided by his professional ethics.
Zhang Anshi put down his book and hurriedly came to meet his salute.
Zhu squinted at him, but didn’t squeak.
Zhang Anshi was not embarrassed and said, “Your Majesty, I was indeed reading a book just now.”
“Uh-huh.”
“I think that reading is too useful, reading can make sense, reading can make clear ……”
“Oh.”
“Is your majesty not unwell, should …… the minister help to see.”
Zhu Di waved his hand, stride to Zhang Anshi square seat place to sit down, the corner of the eye, see the side of the treasury, there are really four bunk rolls in the corner, and then look at the desk, is actually a “Spring and Autumn Annals”.
Zhu said, “You still read Spring and Autumn?”
That’s obviously not believed.
Zhang Anshi said, “A casual look.”
Zhu Di did not continue this topic, but pointed to the gold and silver in this treasury: “This is the gold and silver I want to seize?”
“Exactly.” Zhang Anshi said, “This gold and silver, not reduced in the slightest, I give your majesty here to watch it, I am afraid that some people hit the idea, now people are too bad, I am thinking, I do brothers …… no, I do relatives, if you do not give your majesty here to keep an eye on it, your majesty in the palace, I am afraid that you are also not at ease. ”
Zhu Di’s face eased a lot, and his whole person became easygoing, saying, “Come, sit down and talk.”
“Oh.” Zhang Anshi didn’t show any courtesy, so he moved a small box and owed his seat.
At that moment, Zhu Di made a wink towards Yiluoha.
Yilungha understood and hurriedly retired out.
The oil lamp shone on Zhu Di’s face that gradually became worried, only to see Zhu Di saying worriedly, “Tell the truth about the Shen family, how did you learn about it?”
Since Zhu Di had asked this question, Zhang Anshi did not dare to hide it at this time, so he said, “Your Majesty, the brother ship industry now has 1,000 ships and 1,700 boatmen, and now it has opened up more than seventy ferry ports for business. These ferry ports are all over the area of Nanjing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, and Zhenjiang, which can be said to cover half of Jiangdong.”
Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: “The daily transportation of merchants, and passengers, no less than 100,000 people, so many people, south to north, a lot of people! This is a lot of people have a lot of people have a lot of bad things, but also have a lot of people have a lot of good things. Some news …… ministers will be informed. Especially when it comes to the sale of things, which place the price of gauze rose some, which place is not doing well in the sale, by and large know a little.”
Zhu Di froze, then revealed a surprised look, and could not help but say, “I can’t imagine that this shipping has such an effect.”
Think carefully, Zhu Di will also be clear, know Zhang Anshi this is not false, and then lamented: “so, this ship industry has another benefit. This time if not you, Shen Jing such a person, still do not know to get away with it until when.”
Zhang Anshi then smiled and said, “This is his bad luck, just happened to bump into me, of course, this is naturally because your majesty has great qi luck, if not …… Chen would not notice.”
Zhu Di was too lazy to correct Zhang Anshi’s bullshit, but he lamented, “It’s just that even I didn’t think that they would have such guts.”
Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty …… all people have greed, and for the sake of profiteering, there will always be people who trample on the discipline and the law of the land. Even when Emperor Taizu Gao was around and was so severe, he was unable to sweep away these bugbears, so Your Majesty does not need to blame yourself.”
Zhu Di said: “The words are so, but damn I just can’t swallow this breath. But fortunately found early, if not, these gold and silver, will not fall into their pockets? In any case, this time you are a great merit.”
Zhang Anshi hurriedly said, “I have no credit, in fact, the real contribution is still Zhu Yong and the others, they this time, it can be said that they have done their best, even the minister admires them.”
Zhu Di smiled and said, “In that case, then I will reward you all together.”
Zhang Anshi heart naturally giddy, joyfully said, “I ……”
Only he hadn’t finished his sentence.
Zhu Di then said, “Give you ten thousand taels of silver, and Zhu Yong, Zhang Yoking, and Qiu Song, five thousand taels of silver.”
Zhang Anshi: “……”
Zhu said, “What, you’re not satisfied?”
Zhang Anshi shook his head, “I don t dare, just I think …… that His Majesty is still taking the silver to relieve the people, a few of me, for the time being, there is no lack of silver.”
Zhu Di huffed and puffed, “By declining the reward, you are dissatisfied with my reward.”
Zhang Anshi shook his head like a rattle drum, “No, no, no, I absolutely did not mean that.”
Zhu Di but the face of the grave stood up, back hands paced a few steps, then said, “But …… I really should be a good reward for you, originally thought, you are still young, inevitably bullying, but after this time, I think you are very know things.”
Zhu Di paused, apparently some can not get the idea, mouth said: “I should reward you a little what good?”
Zhang Anshi heart has been happy flowers, but the modest or to put on a modest appearance, so the face respectfully said: “Your Majesty is really too polite, I Zhang Anshi no other skills, can be described as sparse learning, the future to learn more, or your Majesty will not reward it.”
Zhu Di gazed at him, as if he was guessing in his heart how much of this guy’s words were true and how much were false.
On the contrary, Zhang Anshi suddenly said, “By the way, Your Majesty, here are the seized accounts of the Shen family, not only in this one treasury there is gold and silver, but also …… there are several warehouses, storing the grain that they are prepared to sell at high prices …… as well as some real estate, please your majesty first pass through it ……”
Zhu Di instantly shook his spirit: “Fetch it for me to see, and then give you a reward for your merits.”
Hearing that there was still food, Zhu’s eyes lit up.
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Three thousand word chapters seem to be a little bit less, and people don’t get a kick out of reading them, so starting today, although it’s still fifteen thousand words, it’s split into two chapters to be posted.
Fifteen thousand words a day is the limit for an author, really.