Chapter 438 Time flies by, and the past cannot be forgotten
Zhang Juzheng was busy in Wenyuan Pavilion, and the officials of the General Affairs Department handed a series of memorials to the hands of his assistant ministers. These memorials all had envelopes on them. Write the main content in a few short sentences. Some unimportant things, such as greetings, will be affixed with blank floating notes at this step.
The counselors on the left and right wrote on the tape: Lin Shizhang, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, once again went to the court to beg for sin.
Wang Guoguang picked up the memorial and was about to write his own opinions on the floating ticket. Lin Shizhang was retreating at the expense of advancement. Wan Shihe was a flatterer. The officials of the Department of Science and Technology couldn't scold Wan Shihe, so they went to find him. When Lin Shizhang was appointed, the military department informed Liu Chao, saying that he could not correct the mistakes of the ministry, and that he had also passed private taxes. Lin Shizhang accused him and begged to be dismissed. If your majesty agreed, he would leave the official department. If he did not, he would continue to serve.
The charge of Lin Shizhang's private taxation is not a criticism, but it is true. He himself is a member of the Jin Party. Before entering the court as the Right Minister, he worked as a governor in Datong, Xuan Prefecture, and was engaged in business in the tribute market. Those crotches were all covered in yellow mud, and it was hard to explain. Lin Shizhang had already gone to the police to explain the situation last time.
But Ke Daoyan still refused to give up. He was just using the tribute business to cut off Wan Shihe's wings.
Wang Guoguang posted a sentence on the floating note: Taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, the officials are honest and sincere, and the impeachment of officials and ministers is based on hearsay, so it is appropriate to order them to continue serving as usual.
Whether the crime of Tongfan’s private taxation is justified is a very debatable matter. At that time, when the Ming Dynasty and the Beilu were negotiating peace, some transactions were not considered Tongfan. But now that the Ming Dynasty and the Beilu are at war, those transactions are Tongfan. , the wind direction is changing, and the nature of many things is also changing.
Wang Guoguang wrote the floating ticket. After Zhang Juzheng read it, he did not change a word. Although he was beating up the Jin Party, he had no intention of taking action. If he really took action, why would he need to compete with Wang Chonggu in acting? There was a war going on at the front and party strife broke out in the rear, so he, as the chief assistant, no longer had to do anything.
Zhang Juzheng handed the memorial to Zuo Tongzheng. After Zuo Tongzheng reviewed it, he sealed the appeal and sent it to half of the room of the Secretary of Ceremonies to wait for approval. Then it was sent to the imperial study of Tonghe Palace for His Majesty to read it. Use seal.
In most cases, the emperor only needed to follow the approval and approval of the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies to maintain the operation of the empire and slow its decline. Before the memorial arrived at the imperial court, the outcome of the fight between the inner and outer courts had already been reached.
Part of the decision-making power of the empire's general affairs lies in the hands of the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor, but the emperor has the final decision-making power. If the emperor is not satisfied, he can review and come up with his own opinions. After the cabinet has read it, if he disagrees, he will be sealed. Refute, and do the work if you agree.
Shaanxi Supervisory Censor Zhang Dingsi impeached Shaanxi Chief Envoy Wang Yu and Second Assistant Officer Xue Lun for extorting bribes and allowing rape. This was reported by Shaanxi Governor Shi Maohua in December last year. This matter is true. Wang Yu and Xue Lun embezzled a total of 70,000 taels of silver, and 40,000 taels of silver were obtained from the Lanzhou Woolen Official Factory.
Wang Guoguang looked at these two names with mixed feelings in his heart, feeling that people's hearts are fickle.
These two people knew each other. Wang Guangguang had just won the Jinshi. At that time, he was high-spirited and spoke boldly. He wanted to use his righteousness to overcome the injustice in the world. Today he has become a corrupt official. He is on the list of happy steles outside Chaoyang Gate. famous.
This was the largest official to fall in the ninth year of Wanli, and he was charged with asking for bribes and allowing rape. This was disgraceful and unjust. After his fall, he was despised by thousands of people.
Wang Guoguang wrote: The two of them rarely had great ambitions and now they have gone astray. They overcame the final difficulties. They went to Beijing to ask questions, and after being dismissed, they returned home to listen.
Seventy thousand taels of silver, in the early days of the People's Republic of China, was enough to remove skins more than 30,000 times. Today, it is not what it used to be. As a local governor in Shaanxi, this number of corruption is actually still within the tolerance of the court. within.
Zhang Juzheng read the memorial and flipped through the records of official examination results. The two of them had been in the middle and lower grades for three years. Zhang Juzheng added a sentence on the floating ticket: deprivation of official status.
Going to Beijing to ask questions about where the corruption proceeds from torture were used, to recover the stolen money, it is said to be torture, but in fact it is an interrogation; after being dismissed and returned to home, there is still a chance for recovery.
However, if they are deprived of their official status, they will have no chance at all. This is a very severe punishment, which denies the first half of their lives. Ten years of hard work and hardship are like a dream.
The opinion of General Secretary Hai Rui of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is just to dismiss him and return home. Hai Rui can't tolerate disdain in his eyes, but his opinions are milder than Zhang Juzheng's. The reason why Zhang Juzheng is serious is that It takes into account their test results.
I am greedy and unable to do anything.
There are many types of corruption. Zhang Juzheng is a corrupt official. Many times he cannot get things done without being corrupt. Zhang Juzheng can understand the difficulties of the people below. When the general environment is corrupt, if you are not corrupt, you are an outlier. But if you are greedy and still can't get things done, you can't blame Zhang Juzheng for being ruthless.
This is the power of the examination, which completely affects the rise and fall of a bureaucrat. The disadvantages of the examination are also here. Hundreds of officials are tortured by the examination.
The Secretary of General Affairs passed the memorial, the assistant ministers floated the notes, the chief assistant reviewed it, sealed it and sent it to the Secretary of Ceremony, the Secretary of Ceremony approved it and sent it to the emperor in red, stamped it and sent it back to the cabinet, and the next chapter of the cabinet was carried out by various ministries. The Ming Dynasty The turnover of government affairs is extremely fast, especially since His Majesty the Emperor has been very diligent in these years and never leaves any memorials or stays overnight in the palace, which greatly speeds up the efficiency.
The General Affairs Department was originally an extremely important department of the empire. Since Taizu established it, all the saints of Taizu came to the court. Every solstice, they would not skip the meal, but only if they wanted to achieve the four goals. Since then, the General Affairs Department is Zhu Yuanzhang. After the prime minister was dismissed, the institutions created were designed to facilitate government affairs.
The general affairs envoy had a very high status during the Hongwu, Yongle, and Xuande years. Whenever he met the Chang Dynasty, the General Affairs Secretary would report any number of matters. That is to say, in the Chang Dynasty, the general affairs envoy was often the one who presided over the meeting. In the early years of Zhengtong, Yingzong ascended the throne as a young man. Yang Rong, the elder of the Three Pavilions, and others were worried that the holy body would easily get tired. Due to the innovative system, they were only allowed to say eight things every morning in the morning.
The power of the Secretary of General Affairs comes entirely from the government affairs of the thoroughfares. Just speaking of eight things, the power has been greatly restricted. Slowly, the power of the Secretary of General Affairs is vested in the cabinet. The cabinet bachelor was originally just The existence of the emperor's secretary gradually became the actual center of power in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting in Wenyuan Pavilion, suddenly picked up a memorial and his eyes became sharp. After reading the entire memorial, he picked up the floating ticket and thought deeply for a moment before writing. Said: The king of the captives cannot defeat the sharpness of the capital camp, so he stirs up the wind. This kind of memorial should be checked to see if it is possible to transfer silver.
Anda Khan could not defeat Qi Jiguang on the battlefield. Whether it was the test of the Beijing camp vanguard or the defense line of Datong, Anda Khan suffered losses. The Ming Dynasty's advance was not hasty, but Anda Khan could not find an opportunity, so he decided against it. When he arrived at the court, he tried to stop the Ming army's advance from within.
"Yuan Fu, something happened in Prince Huaiyi's Mansion." Wang Guoguang stood up and walked from his square table to Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng opened the memorial, and the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, Yi E, reported an incident. There was a fire in the palace of Prince Huaiyi. Arson was a means of doing evil with minimal consequences, because under the fire, all the sins were wiped out. Burnt to the ground.
It was not only the radicals of the Ming Dynasty who wanted Tuman Khan to die, but also the grassland people.
From various clues, it seems that the arson this time was done by the Beibei people. At this time, Tuman Khan died in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which was most beneficial to Anda Khan. The Ming Dynasty accepted Tuman Khan. surrendered, but the suzerain Khan died in the capital. Anda Khan only needed to raise the banner of revenge for the suzerain Khan, he could win over people's hearts, he could make the grassland people twist into a rope, and he could set the Ming Dynasty's backyard on fire.
The Ming Dynasty had a very low degree of kingship over Tuman Khan's territory. Once Tuman Khan died, there would probably be quite a commotion in these ruled areas.
There was a big fire in the palace of Huaiyi. King Huaiyi was not in the palace. The palace was still being decorated. There were too many people coming and going, so it was not safe. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Barbarians were at war. Tuman Khan, the great Khan of the clan, was Zhu Yijun's arrangement was extremely appropriate.
At this time, Tuman Khan was in the Yicheng Bofu in Xishan, which is where Zhang Juzheng and Ding You lived.
His Majesty goes to that place every month, so it is extremely well-guarded and no one can enter. Moreover, he hides there secretly at night, and very few people know about it.
"Let Shuntian Prefecture strictly investigate the spies." Zhang Juzheng ordered a strict investigation. Even if he knew that nothing would be found, he still had to investigate strictly because he wanted to find spies from Beilu. Zhang Juzheng wrote a floating ticket , let Tuman Khan's son Bao Yan (Buyan, Tuman Khan's eldest son, renamed Bao Yan) go to Kaiping Guard to calm people's hearts.
Wang Guoguang hesitated to speak. Wang Yi'e said in the memorial that no one lived in the palace, so there were no casualties. Wang Guoguang originally planned to ask King Huaiyi where Tuman Khan was, but after thinking about it for a while, he realized that it had nothing to do with him. Why do so many people, so I simply didn’t ask.
"Is there anything else?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Guangguang and asked.
Wang Guoguang took a deep breath, looked around at the busy staff of the Wenyuan Pavilion, and said, "This is my official memorial."
This As soon as he said this, the entire Wenyuan Pavilion suddenly became quiet. After Lu Tiaoyang became seriously ill and became an official and lived in Xitucheng, Wang Chonggu became the second assistant. Wang Chonggu, the second assistant, did not work in Wenyuan Pavilion, so in fact, the second assistant was the kingdom. Light.
Now, Wang Guoguang is leaving.
Wang Guoguang has been criticized recently, but the empire's second-in-command did not submit a petition. Now Wang Guoguang has made a choice.
Zhang Juzheng took the memorial and said calmly: "The war is very expensive. When the state is busy, Situ should think about the country."
"It's not that I'm tired. , I am really ashamed to be impeached." Wang Guoguang shook his head. This was a position he had worked hard for his whole life. Wanli Accounting Records had not been completed yet, how could he be willing to do so!
It was a time when state affairs were heavy, and he didn’t say he was sick, let alone lack of energy. However, people have to be responsible for what they have done. Wang Guoguang was under a lot of pressure during this time.
Qiao Bixing, the inspector of Shanxi Province, impeached Wang Guoguang for an old incident and raped a girl.
In the twenty-third year of Jiajing reign, Wang Guoguang won the Jinshi. That year, his stepmother Cao passed away. Wang Guoguang could only rush back to his hometown Dingyou. During the twenty-seven months of Dingyou, his wife Zhang had already passed away for several years. After Dingyou ended, , he wanted to find a stepmother, cultivate his family, rule the country, and bring peace to the world. Not even having his family in order was a disadvantage and he could not make progress. Wang Guoguang wanted to make progress.
Baixiangli in Yangcheng County is Wang Guoguang’s hometown. He met a beautiful lady named Li during his stay in Dingyou. This lady was so beautiful that the whole Yangcheng knew that her father was a big local businessman. For Wang Guoguang, who was a Jinshi, seeking to marry Li, it was Li's destiny.
There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful. We meet each other by chance, just as I wish.
The only trouble is that Li Qingwan is a widow.
Li Qingwan first married Bai Haoli in Baixiang. Unfortunately, Bai Haoli died of illness, and Li Qingwan became a widow. She lived very close to each other. After going back and forth, they fell in love with each other in the fields of melons and plums. Wang Guoguang entrusted the local Xiang Xian Tian Da Shou and others acted as matchmakers and went to Bai Mansion to propose marriage to Li Qingwan.
These days, married women throw water away. After Li Qingwan lost her husband, she still lived in Bai Mansion. For weddings and funerals, she naturally had to get the permission of her parents-in-law. Bai Haoli’s father, Li Qingwan’s The father-in-law Bai Qi was not allowed to write the letter, and he strictly asked Li Qingwan to observe the integrity of her husband.
The idea of Bai Qishu, Li’s father-in-law, was not to offend Wang Guangguang and not allow his daughter-in-law Li to marry, but that Bai Qishu also had a daughter. If Wang Guangguang married the girl who was waiting to be named in Bai’s boudoir, then Li Qingwan could Become Wang Guoguang's concubine.
If Wang Guoguang does not agree, then let Li Qingwan set up a chastity arch to observe the chastity.
At that time, Wang Guoguang's future was uncertain. He had just become a Jinshi in Chinese style and returned to his hometown Dingyou. When he returned to the capital, the day lily changed tables.
Wang Guoguang originally refused to agree, but when he saw that he was about to return to Beijing, he finally agreed. At this point, the Bai family got a Jinshi son-in-law, which was also rare in Yangcheng County. Wang Guoguang got an heir. There is a concubine in the house. Although the stepmother is not from a famous family, she is well-read in poetry and books, and the concubine Li Qingwan is Wang Guoguang's admiration.
Unfortunately, when the White Mansion was busy preparing for the wedding, Li Qingwan died and committed suicide.
It was indeed suicide, but no one knew why. Wang Guoguang didn't know what happened. This was a matter within the family, but Li Qingwan died, so the marriage couldn't happen naturally. Although Bai Qishu of the Bai family repeatedly persuaded Wang Guangguang to marry Miss Baifu, Wang Guangguang finally Still not married, after Ding You ended, he married another girl from Yangcheng County and returned to Beijing.
So many years have passed, and Wang Guoguang has been promoted to the rank of assistant minister and chief situ. He established the court in his prime. It has been eighteen years since he became a court minister, and it has been five years since he became an assistant minister. This matter was revealed again.
The whole incident turned out to be: Wang Guoguang seduced Mrs. Li as a concubine, the White House was rich and could not be promiscuous and resolutely refused, Wang Guoguang used coercion and inducement with kindness and power, Mrs. Li refused to obey her husband's moral integrity, Wang Guoguang found another way to marry and take care of his wife. Concubine, Mr. Li was so heartbroken that he committed suicide with a knife.
Ever since Shanxi Inspector Qiao Bixing presented the impeachment report, Wang Guoguang has been scolded by officials. The scoldings were so unpleasant that even Young Master Zhang Xueyan looked at Wang Guoguang with some scrutiny. He had been The respected Chief Situ of the Empire was so arrogant and domineering when he was young? In order to get this Li Qingwan, she actually forced her to commit suicide!
Wang Guoguang's family was at best a rural gentry, and the Li family was a prominent family in Yangcheng. At that time, Wang Guangguang, who had just passed the Jinshi examination, how could he coerce and lure the Bai family?
The Wang Guoguang in everyone’s mind is the current Chief Situ of the Empire. He controls the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty and earns millions of silver from his mouth. When the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to make the Northern Expedition, Wang Guoguang can do it without affecting the court’s expenditure. , to raise armaments.
In the hands of Wang Guoguang, the Ministry of Hubu can be said to be the most prosperous of common people. The Ministry of Hubu is proud and proud, reaching the highest status in history. It even dominates the official department. Even the ministers of the official department have to ask Wang Guoguang for help. Money works.
"It's not a big deal. This marriage is easy to talk about and discuss. Look at what you've done. You've pushed too hard and pushed too hard, and you've created hidden dangers. Leave this matter to me. You don't have to Ignore the criticism from these officials." After reading the memorial, Zhang Juzheng thought about it and decided to play it safe.
Wang Guoguang could not leave at this time, and the cannon fired ten thousand taels of gold. At this time, Wang Guoguang needed to continue to raise military supplies. In order to win, Zhang Juzheng decided to resist this thunder for Wang Guoguang.
“I didn’t!” Wang Guoguang was a little annoyed. He was so anxious. He said that when he was young, there was no coercion or inducement from the White House because he didn’t have the ability. But no one believed it, even Zhang Juzheng. If you don't believe it, Wang Guoguang is a direct descendant of the Jin party. Although he was in Dingyou at the time, there was someone in his court. If a letter was sent to Yangcheng, the little Li family in Yangcheng would immediately be worse than life or death.
It's probably: "Because I'm too strong now, I asked for help in the past, but no one believed it."
Yang Bo is very accurate in judging people. He said that Ge Shouli is naive and accepts death, Wang Chonggu is irritable, Zhang Siwei is not a subject of others, Wang Guangguang is a gentleman and independent, he is independent, has noble ambitions and is different from popular customs. It is only suitable for righteousness and is only willing to do things according to one's heart.
Wang Guoguang never thought of using his background at that time, nor did he feel that he had any background. For so many years, it was not clear how Li died.
“Who hasn’t done something ridiculous when he was young? It’s not a big deal.” Zhang Juzheng took over this unanswered case for Wang Guoguang. It’s not a big deal. Wang Guoguang neither killed nor robbed. Rumor has it that If words and deeds cause ministers to leave, then who will work for the empire?
Only an hour later, the memorial was returned to Wenyuan Pavilion. Lin Shizhang, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Yu, the chief envoy of Shaanxi Province, and Xue Lun, the second assistant official, were not allowed to enter the capital if they asked for bribes and tolerated adultery. Their crimes were not pardonable. Xu Xing asked questions, was deprived of his official status, and ordered Bao Yan to go to Kaiping Guards and convene a meeting with the chiefs of various tribes.
As for Wang Guoguang's decision to become an official, in addition to not allowing it, His Majesty also gave an additional reply: Who has never been young and frivolous, but the years have passed and the past will never be restored.
Obviously, the Ming Emperor took advantage of Wang Guoguang, the empire's finance minister.
Zhang Juzheng presented the five memorials and asked the emperor to approve all the memorials and not to leave the memorials unpublished unless there were special circumstances. Zhu Yijun never let the memorials stay overnight for several years. Zhu Yijun also liked this very much. Just like the emperor listens to the government and watches the courtiers quarrel and watch the excitement, these memorials are all big melons.
"Alas." Wang Guoguang took the memorial and thought about it for a while. Finally, he put it aside and continued to deal with the memorial. As His Majesty said, the past will never be the same.
Zhu Yijun left Tonghe Palace with a long string of tails and headed to Yanxing Tower. Today is the day for the monthly Yanxing real estate accounting. Zhu Yijun wants to confirm this month’s ship ticket trading volume, and then prepare for next month’s subscription share of three-masted and five-masted ships.
The ship ticket business, which is an opportunity for everyone to become a ship owner, has been launched for a year and a half. Generally speaking, the supply is still in short supply. The transactions of Yanxinglou Trading House are still There is a price but no market.
"Short-sighted! There is a pile of waste paper for ship tickets, and the vain money is replaced by waste paper. Only short-term operations can make a fortune! These landlords have all their wealth in their hands! And bury the money What's the difference in the pig pen! How much is the dividend? I don't even understand, they are a bunch of screws." Zhu Yijun read the account in frustration and banged the table.
The logic is very clear. If these guys hold positions and refuse to trade, Zhu Yijun will not receive the tax. It feels too uncomfortable to watch the white money flowing through his fingertips.
There are still too few ship tickets, and they are still not enough to support transactions. This Yanxinglou trading house only becomes popular during the few days when the funds are pledged. On weekdays, there are only a few people.
“Isn’t this because His Majesty refuses to allow it?” Feng Bao handed His Majesty a cup of tea and said with a smile on his face: “The domestic and national funds are not short of this three thousandths tax.”
Zhu Yijun spit out his breath and said viciously: "No shortage? Not a cent of silver in my internal funds is superfluous! Not a cent of silver!"
It is indeed Zhu Yijun's fault, he didn't let it go If you want to be rich, you can only get dividends. The lowest price of this ship ticket is five taels of silver. To enter the Ming Dynasty House, you have to save for several years. But if you want to be rich, it is better to be rich. I have repeatedly suggested that the five-tael silver notes should be divided into 100 cents and five cents each, so that middle-class families and even poor coolies can claim the money.
It seems like a good idea, but Zhu Yijun is not sure. Because of the poor information, middle-class families and poor coolies will have no choice but to live like leeks.
Therefore, we can’t blame the powerful rightists for only taking the dividends, since the dividends are already huge.
Zhu Yijun closed the accounts, and Zhu approved the subscription for next month, seven five-masted ships and seventy-two three-masted plywood ships.
The business model of the Ming Dynasty has changed from the monopoly of official ships during the Yongle and Xuande years to the proliferation of private ships after the Orthodox period, to the current model of a combination of public and private, and private here is not private. Rather, they were regional business gangs and trading houses as a whole, which were the prototypes of later companies.
Daming Shipyard, today's three-masted ships, especially five-masted ships, are still only four government-run shipyards that can build them; and everyone plans shipowners, and the shipowners in Yanxinglou provide shipyards with With the continuous flow of funds, the huge production capacity was eaten up by the shipowners. With the terrifying production capacity of the current Daming Shipyard, it is not something that the so-called millennium family can afford one by one, and it will even suffocate him to death.
The five major ocean-going trading houses established under the leadership of the imperial court are responsible for the deployment of goods, ship operation, ship repair, etc.
The Ming Dynasty's opening of the sea is moving forward. It is completely impossible to rely solely on the Ming court officials. The inherent rigidity and bloat of the official factory determines that the official factory is not omnipotent, so with the efforts of ten thousand people, The talent is invincible, and the achievement of opening the sea belongs to the entire Ming Dynasty.
"Has our prince had a drink? If he is not drunk yet, let him come over." After Zhu Yijun finished today's affairs and checked the accounts, he thought of Wang Qian. When the guy returned to the capital, he returned to his old ways. He wandered around the brothels all day long, unable to extricate himself, and turned into a dandy.
I have to say that Zhu Yijun still envies Wang Qian's luxurious life.
"I pay homage to your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty." Wang Qian quickly arrived and saluted respectfully. He didn't even smell of wine or rouge and gouache. He knew that this was the monthly dish. On the day of the settlement, he didn't drink at all, and he didn't even look for a girl. He showed disgrace in front of the emperor and let those old scholars know that it was another round of impeachment.
"Without courtesy, sit down and talk, my fourth-grade officer, what have you been busy with recently?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously.
Wang Qian said with a really painful look on his face: "Half a month ago, dad gave me a hard job and asked me to check the old things from forty years ago, forty years! Your Majesty, dad really knows how to do it. There's a problem."
"Have you found out?" Zhu Yijun immediately thought of Wang Guoguang and Li Qingwan, a pair of yin and yang.
"It's been found out." Wang Qian looked around and whispered: "I can really find out some reasons for the recent criticism of Da Situ. There was another reason for Li Qingwan's death that year. , This is a scandal, and very few people know about it. I only found out by chance."
"Why did he die?" Zhu Yijun asked with interest. road.
“Li Qingwan’s husband Bai Haoli had a younger brother named Bai Zhili, who was extremely lecherous. After his brother died, this Bai Zhili set his sights on his sister-in-law. She wanted to marry another person. Bai Zhili would not stop doing anything. I was forced to do something, but Li Qingwan refused, so she committed suicide." Wang Qian told the old story with a sigh on his face.
Forty years is not a long time, nor is it a short time. There must be a brave man under the heavy reward. Wang Qian has no one else and a lot of money. Only by finding an old man from the mansion can the whole thing be solved. The matter has been clarified, and there is also the matter of Miss Bai's family.
According to the Bai family's idea, Wang Guoguang's stepmother is a young lady from the Bai family, but the one he likes most is Li Qingwan. Naturally, this young lady from the Bai family is unhappy. It just so happens that his younger brother Bai Zhili has evil thoughts. The young lady helped Bai Zhili to trick Li Qingwan, but Li Qingwan was helpless and committed suicide in despair.
Zhu Yijun said fiercely: "This Bai Zhili is really not a thing. If a man wants a concubine, he has to interfere with his parents' orders and the matchmaker's words!"
"That's right."
"This Miss Bai family is also stupid. If she refuses, she won't marry, and nothing will happen. If she is married to her, she is his wife, and Li Qingwan is his concubine. How can Li Qingwan be allowed to marry her?" What happened? Anyway, it was not her that Da Situ wanted. As a result, Li Qingwan died, and she did not become Da Situ’s wife, which was harmful to others.”
"How about as the old saying goes, harming others will ultimately harm yourself?"
"What happened to the Bai family lady?"
"Married to the Yangcheng Wei family, but turned out to be a gambler. The family was ruined within a few years, and he died in depression. "What about Bai Zhili? "Is he still alive? "
"Tongban?" Zhu Yijun's eyes became cold and stern, and he looked at Wang Qian and said, "How did Bai Zhili get through the war? But what about the border trade after the peace negotiation?"
Wang Qian sat up straight, quite worried. He said accurately: "Isn't my father afraid that a fire at the city gate will affect the fish in the pond? He asked me to keep an eye on the movements of the merchants in Zezhou Prefecture. Bai Zhili prepared 20,000 kilograms of saltpeter, put it in salt bags, and sent it outside the customs. I have found out that these 20,000 kilograms of saltpeter have been intercepted. Shanxi Inspector Qiao Bixing personally inspected the seizure. "
"Your Majesty, if Qiao Bixing failed to report the truth and even allowed this batch of saltpeter to flow into the grassland, then what would happen? His purpose in criticizing Da Situ is now clear."
"Isn't Qiao Bixing a member of your Jin Party?" Zhu Yijun said with a strange expression.
Wang Qian bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Jin Party is first and foremost the Jin Party of the Ming Dynasty."
It doesn't matter if you want to die, just don't involve the old Wang family.
(End of this chapter)