There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 315

Originally, Emperor Xianzong just regarded this matter as a fight among his subjects. Civil and military officials have always been at odds. As an emperor, he pays attention to the way of balance. I can't sit still

This is the thinking of the emperors of the Zhu family dynasty.

In other words, only a few emperors like to see civil and military harmony, and many of them think about the way of emperors.

But after hearing Yuan Bin's words, he immediately looked at Bai Zhen behind Yuan Bin with a bad face: "What's going on?"

He allowed civil and military discord, and allowed Jin Yiwei to show his teeth and claws, but he didn't allow Jin Yiwei to make decisions without his order, arrest people, or even torture them!

It's better to catch the person he likes and torture him privately!

Even Jin Yiwei's commander did not dare to do this.

Yuan Bin directly said what Bai Zhen did.

Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, he knew about Bo Zhen's increasingly excessive behavior these days, but the emperor didn't say anything, so he didn't mind his own business.

He thought that keeping Bo Zhen was a sharpening stone for Wantong.

It's just that Bai Zhen is too much.

Jin Yiwei finally gained a good reputation. He has worked so hard for so many years, but he dared to... retaliate against him. He is not Yuan Bin!

Just as I was talking, the six ministers arrived.

The imperial examination fraud case has taught Daming a lot of lessons, so after hearing about it, they all came.

Even the chief eunuch, Wang Shizhen, who was in the palm of his hand, came to the chief inspector of ceremonies.

Wang Shizhen was the first to use the word "Bingbi" for eunuchs. "Kanshantang Bieji" says: "No one is more expensive than Xiao Jing for a long time. He has served Yingzong as an eunuch for more than 50 years. Sili, since the number of wastes, who has four pens and four palms, retires after a few 70 years, and the number of etiquette depends on the minister. He has been a eunuch for nearly 91 years. He died after [-].

Because there was no such thing as Bingbi eunuch at this time, there was only a special Bingbi eunuch in Jiajing.

In the Ming Dynasty literature, the earliest eunuch who was crowned as Lijian and Bingbi was Feng Bao.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" contains: "Feng Bao, a native of Shenzhou, was the eunuch of Li Bingbi in Jiajingzhong.

Therefore, the eunuch in charge of printing, the supervisor of ceremonies, is not called the eunuch of Bingbi now, but it is called "insider".

Wang Shizhen was a competent eunuch left by Emperor Yingzong to his son.

Emperor Xianzong also treated him very courteously, because Wang Shizhen was not greedy for power or money, and was a truly pure-hearted person with few desires.

Coupled with his profound qualifications, it is rare for him to be unconvinced. He and Eunuch Wynn got along very well.

He came here this time because the matter was too big, and he had to be there, in case there was something about the supervisor of ceremonies.

After everyone arrived, they also started wrangling.

Of course, the civil service group did not admit that they cheated, but Wan An and his group insisted on investigating, so they wanted evidence.

I can't tell you what you said, right?

Emperor Xianzong didn't think it was a serious matter, but it made Wan An and Bai Zhen quarrel, and felt uncomfortable.

His golden words are no longer taken seriously.

Wan'an noticed the emperor's displeasure, but he thought it was because of this matter that the emperor was unhappy. Also, when he became the emperor, he would be happy when there was a fraud case in the imperial examination?

So I worked harder.

In addition, the minds of the people with him are not all the same.

Some want to climb up the big tree of the emperor's eldest son, so that they can lean against the big tree to enjoy the shade in the future, so that future generations don't have to worry about it.

Some of them want to get promoted and make a fortune by virtue of this shocking case. After all, they have a chance to go up after a few times.

There are also those who want to win a good name handed down from generation to generation. It is estimated that this kind of person has no shortage of money in their family and no shortage of officials. The only thing they lack is reputation.

Although Fang Xiaoru was extinct from ten clans, in the minds of literati, he is immortal.

When these people gather together, it is also a force, especially when there are signs of seizing the reserves.

You say you are right, and I say I am right, and the two sides are close to fighting.

The centrists, on the other hand, tend to collect evidence, and evidence speaks better than anything else.

The point is that this evidence is only speculation, but certain relationships do exist.

It is true that Wantong only searched Wu Youwei; it is true that Wu Youwei married his sister to Jin Yiwei.

But if they want to come up with real evidence, one by one is hemming and hawing all by guesswork.

At this moment, Wantong came, bringing Wu Youwei with him.

Wu Youwei was brought in by someone!

That outfit frightened everyone, especially Emperor Xianzong. He had just chatted with Wu Youwei a few days ago and learned a lot of things he didn't know before. He had a better impression of Wu Youwei. I haven't seen you for a few days, and the whole person has changed.

"What's wrong?" Emperor Xianzong was angry at that time: "Who did it?"

"Bai Zhen, Master Bo!" Wan Tong said through gritted teeth, "When I found Wu Shidu, Wu Shidu was like this. He was locked in the last cell, and Master Bai Zhen only took us there. Cell No. [-], a torture room he set up privately.

Wantong was also dumbfounded. He asked Bo Zhen to use all means to obtain evidence, but he didn't let Bo Zhen make people like this. This cannot be justified in front of others.

Bai Zhen was not happy anymore: "It's not me! Your Majesty, I really didn't do anything to him!

"You still dare to say it?" Maid Wu said in a "weak" but "angry" voice: "You said I would try to cheat, but I said no, then you ask someone to torture me, regardless of confession or not, first a hundred leather whips Dip it in salt water and whip it, and after that, you have to use all the fingers, grooming, and even the rat feast and snake cage! If my master didn't come in time, I would have been killed by you!"

"Your Majesty!" Shang Ren couldn't take it anymore seeing the students in such a miserable state: "The servant Wu is also an official of the imperial court after all, a sixth-rank attendant of the Imperial Academy. Is Bai Zhen trying to repeat the unjust case of the Hongwu Dynasty by acting like this?"

"Your Majesty!" Liu Dingzhi also said, "If you don't confess, you will be punished. Mr. Bai is determined to be involved in the fraud case of the imperial examination. When the Emperor first ascended the throne, he opened Enke, and then opened a section two years later. Now this is the third subject of Chenghua Nian, something happened, or it is a non-existent thing that has to be investigated, Lord Baizhen, what are you trying to do? Jinyiwei is not Yushitai, you can hear about it, even if it is a bathroom , There should also be evidence, rather than relying entirely on speculation.

But Emperor Xianzong looked at Wantong, Wantong shook his head lightly, and Emperor Xianzong heaved a sigh of relief.

At that time, he really meant to release water for Wu Youwei, and he specially asked Wantong to conduct a search for Wu Youwei because he wanted someone to take care of Wu Youwei.

As for the two elders, it was because the emperor named Wu Youwei that they paid special attention to this candidate. It's just that this candidate didn't need their reminders or their care, and he passed the exam by himself.

In addition, Shang Ren was dealing with people incognito at the time, and he had known Wu Youwei for several years, and knew Wu Youwei's talent, so he deserved the test to be a Tanhualang.

But then, Emperor Xianzong noticed something: "It's your teacher. Father... saved you?"

"Yes!" Wu Youwei said with a big face: "Master, the old man didn't want to see ordinary people, so he put the minister in the innermost cell, using a trick to prevent people from seeing the minister, if it wasn't for Zhongming. I don't know how long I'm going to stay in that cell... Your Majesty! I've been wronged! I don't know how to cheat!"

"Then what are you doing marrying your sister to Jin Yiwei?" Bai Zhen roared, "And marrying your daughter to Jin Yiwei! Did you bribe Jin Yiwei in advance?"

"Presumptuous!" Bai Zhen said so, before Wu Youwei could refute, Yuan Bin quit: "Bai Zhen, don't forget your identity, you are also Jin, Yi, and Wei!"

Marrying a sister or daughter to Jin Yiwei is a bribe, so can Jin Yiwei still marry a wife in the future?

Who would dare to marry a daughter to Jin Yiwei?

There are thousands of people in Jin Yiwei, at least half of them have to be single.

Isn't this going to kill off their Jin Yiwei's queen?

Because according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, it was passed on from father to son, and from son to grandson. Without a wife, it means that you have no son. Without a son, no one will take over the position, so you have to recruit people to replace it... ..

How is this possible?

"If marrying your sister and daughter to Jin Yiwei is considered a bribe, you, Bo Zhen, also married two daughters to a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that the dowry costs 5 taels of silver each." Yuan Bin looked at Bai Zhen gloomyly: "Ben The official wants to investigate now, whether you, Bo Zhen, have colluded with the government and the business... Your 10 taels of silver, have you not moved it?"

Bai Zhen was choked up at the time. His 10 taels of silver had all been paved for his grandson, and now the family only had 2 taels left in the warehouse, and the rest was spent.

"My lord, what we are talking about is the imperial examination fraud case. Why do you need to bring up any betrothal gifts?" Wan An said at a critical moment: "Mr. Bo's family has a thousand gold betrothal gifts. Aren't they all sent back to accompany the daughter?"

How much dowry the man gives, and how much the woman sends back with her, are all particular. At worst, it’s just that the Bai family escorts her to her daughter?

If you want to find out, you can go to the south to investigate the dowry of the daughter of the Bai family!

The Bai family did not accompany their daughter with much real money, but one daughter of the Bai family was the imperial concubine in the palace, and the concubine Bai rewarded her with a lot of things, which can be regarded as adding makeup to the concubine sister.

Those things are all from the palace, and it may be commonplace in the palace, but they are sky-high prices outside.

Because the tribute items are not allowed to flow out, such as porcelain, the tribute porcelain is fired separately, and if it is selected, it is a tribute. If it cannot be selected or has a slight flaw, it must be smashed on the spot and buried deep. They are not allowed to be taken out.

This is the royal rule.

Not to mention anything else, the two boxes of doucai porcelain rewarded from the palace are enough for the two rich merchants to sell for [-] to [-] silver.

Of course, as long as they can shamelessly sell the dowry of their newly married daughter-in-law.

But it can be said that the porcelain is broken, and it is okay to steal it and sell it. Anyway, with 5 taels of silver, two wealthy businessmen will never make a loss-making business.

When you come to greet your relatives, you can bring some private goods. When you pass the customs, as long as you report the reputation of Baifu, you can leave without inspection and tax.

Everyone knows about the bad things inside, but they just didn't say anything about it.

But Bai Zhen suddenly jumped out to bite people, and if she insisted on making an imperial examination fraud case, then everyone would definitely not do it.

"Wan Shilang knows very well about my Jinyiwei Commander Shi Shijia's affairs?" Yuan Bin is worthy of being old and strong, and immediately sprayed at Wan An: "I heard that Wan Shilang's family is full of beautiful concubines, I don't know Is Wan Shilang's salary enough to feed the whole family?

Wanan is so angry!

He is a womanizer, and indeed he has more concubines at home, but he has something to earn!

This foreign fishing is ice and charcoal.

During the Ming Dynasty, the salaries of officials were very low, and the year-end bonuses for Beijing officials were not paid by the court, but by local officials.

At that time, local officials had many ways to get money, but Beijing officials were relatively poor, especially when the capital was not easy to live in.

In order to obtain information and get support from Beijing officials, local officials often buy charcoal for heating in the name of Beijing officials and donate money to the officials of the six ministries when winter comes. This is called "charcoal respect".

The poem proves: "Ruixue goes down to Jiuchong in a leisurely way, and lanterns are hung in the official department of the government office. Frequent knocks on Zhumen's gates are offered for heating stoves, and jade is used to make fire pits to melt charcoal red.

In fact, charcoal respect is the festival fee for the Spring Festival, which is called Jiejing in the local area.

Charcoal respect means "gift to the new year" (New Year's gift), so the letter attached by local officials generally does not directly state the number, but instead uses eight rhymes, ten rhymes or dozens of rhymes of plum blossom poems. If it is 40 taels of silver, it will It is said to be "forty sages", and for 300 taels, it is said to be "one poem by Mao", which seems very elegant.

In fact, it is money, isn't it not smelling like copper?

As a servant, Wan An can get a lot of "Mao Poems" every time.

This is what he relies on all year round to survive in the capital.

But does he dare to say it?

Dare to say that he has ice and charcoal respect, dare to say that he is not short of money?

Wu Youwei looked at Yuan Bin with admiration, as expected of a veteran of the three dynasties, he was able to protect the late emperor from returning safely from Yexian during the change of the late emperor's Tumubao!

With such quick wit and such nonsense, a military general left a room full of civil servants speechless.