Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 97 Wine Pond and Meat Forest, Yanshenggong Mansion!
Jinling.

The Duke's Mansion of the State of Wei.

In this capital city where every inch of land is valuable, it occupies an area of ​​thousands of acres.

The buildings inside are decorated with carved beams and painted rafters, and the scenery inside is magnificent with every step.

Even the palace in the city is somewhat inadequate.

Zhu Yue, Marquis of Funing, wearing a red silk robe with a green edge and a seven-beam crown on his head, was led to the study.

After the tea was served, the servants left. However, Marquis Funing had no appetite for tea and just sat there breathing heavily.

Speaking of Marquis Funing's background, there is more to it. Marquis Funing's great-grandfather was named Zhu Yong.

It was the Nangong Restoration, also known as the Duomen Incident, in which Zhu Yong helped Emperor Yingzong to restore the throne.

Unfortunately, although Zhu Yong obtained the hereditary certificate of dukedom, the title of Duke was only inherited by one generation. By the time of Marquis Funing's father, it was downgraded to Marquis Funing.

When Zhu Yue inherited the title, he also inherited the title of Marquis of Funing, which was below the rank of Duke.

Since my father’s generation, the Funing Marquis’s family moved to Nanjing and became loyal lackeys of the Weiguogong Mansion.

The explosion of King Jing's treasure ship and the destruction of Qiantang County's granary were both ideas proposed by Marquis Funing.

There were many grain thieves in Nanzhili, and most of them were members of the White Lotus Sect. This was well known among the upper classes in Nanjing City.

To a certain extent, the White Lotus Sect was supported by the upper class of Jinling City.

This is the real reason why the White Lotus Sect’s mother would obey orders and risk the destruction of her sect by delivering gunpowder to King Jing’s treasure ship.

Because the Jinling granary was closed to the White Lotus Sect, the White Lotus Sect would starve to death without food before the imperial court came to arrest them.

Bombing King Jing would be a dead end, and not bombing King Jing would also be a dead end. The White Lotus Sect, with the trust of "pleasant cooperation" for more than a hundred years, resolutely decided to bomb King Jing.

However, Prince Jing was not killed in the explosion, and he also attracted the Jinyiwei. The White Lotus Sect had branch temples in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty one after another.

In order to prevent the Jinyiwei from following the clues and finding out things they shouldn't, not long ago, many government offices in Jinling City joined forces to arrest grain thieves on a large scale. After catching them, there was no need to interrogate them, but to kill them directly.

Under the pretext of catching thieves, the entire Jinling White Lotus Sect was purged.

But it was obvious that the plan to assassinate the king had failed. The fox did not succeed in stealing the king, but also got himself into trouble.

As for the Qiantang County granary, it can be said that the grain had different owners before it was stored, so after it was registered, everyone took it back to their own homes.

The upper echelons of Jinling City have been doing this for dozens or hundreds of years. But unexpectedly, Hai Rui, holding the Emperor's Sword, suddenly wanted to investigate the missing grain in Zhejiang.

The matter of losing the grain had not yet been completed. Who could have imagined that this would happen? Fortunately, a batch of grain had just been collected for the grain transport, and the governor of the grain transport was not an outsider, but Li Weigong, the son-in-law of Duke Wei.

Therefore, Marquis Funing suggested to Duke Wei that he should use the grain transported by the imperial court first, and then return the grain to the imperial court when Hai Rui stopped investigating or left Nanzhili.

Unexpectedly, the amount of grain used was too much, exceeding the limit of several stones, and Hai Rui was caught, and the Qiantang County magistrate and the treasurer were arrested on the spot.

Fearing Hai Rui's bad reputation, Guan Ku confessed everything without waiting for further questioning.

Even the Duke of Wei was known to Hai Rui.

According to news from Hangzhou, several grain and rice shops of the Duke of Wei's Mansion in Hangzhou have been taken over by Hai Rui.

If Hai Rui made another breakthrough, Marquis Funing had no doubt that Hai Rui would kick open the door of the Duke of Wei's mansion with the Emperor's Sword in hand.

Jinyiwei!
Hai Rui!

Each one was more difficult to deal with than the other. Marquis Funing sat there, his eyes suddenly blank, his mind full of random thoughts.

At some point, Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, was sitting in his study. The scent of cosmetics filled the air.

Funing Hou quickly stood up, bowed and said, "My Lord!"

After the feast, Duke Wei was sweating in the hot weather. Marquis Funing grabbed a fan from the table and started fanning him vigorously: "Sir, what should we do?"

"Kill him!" Duke Wei said lightly.

If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who created the problem. This is a traditional skill of the upper class in Jinling City.

Marquis Funing paused, then saw Duke Wei frowning, and began to fan his hands quickly again, "My Lord, Hai Rui has the sword bestowed by the Emperor, and he is protected by the Imperial Guards, how can we kill him?"

kill.

Not a big deal.

But it also depends on what kind of people are killed.

When the words "county magistrate", "emperor's sword" and "embroidered uniform guard" are combined together, what is the difference between killing and rebellion?
When the time comes, when the Holy Wrath descends, Nanzhili may not be able to withstand it.

"What are you afraid of?"

Duke Wei glanced at Marquis Funing and said, "Hu Zongxian is still looking for the location of the Japanese stronghold on the sea, preparing to wipe out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, but the Japanese pirates have been plaguing our Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years and have never been destroyed. How can it be so easy to solve the Japanese problem?

As long as the Japanese pirates are not found, or in other words, as long as they are not destroyed, Nanzhili will have to provide food for the Southeast Army.

As for food, which official in Nanjing City and Nanzhili didn’t have a bite to eat?
Even if something happens, the emperor and the court cannot do anything to us, for the sake of Hu Zongxian's army to destroy the Japanese pirates and to prevent hundreds of thousands of soldiers from starving to death.

Of course, an explanation had to be given, and several bandits and robber leaders in Zhejiang were handed over, as a way to give the emperor and the court a way out.

The Emperor and the court must surrender whether they want to or not. Our ancestors have shed blood for the Ming Dynasty and have received the promise of Emperor Taizu Gaozu to perish with the country. Who can do anything to us?
We are the ones protecting the Ming Dynasty!"

Marquis Funing's blood boiled when he heard this. Yes, these people had suffered all the hardships and sins in this life since their ancestors followed Emperor Taizu, Emperor Chengzu and Emperor Yingzong to conquer and regain the empire.

Even the current emperor cannot erase the contributions of their ancestors.

"My lord, how do we start?" Marquis Funing puffed out his chest and asked.

Duke Wei thought for a moment and said, "Let the Zhenwu Camp disguise themselves as bandits and break into Qiantang County to burn, kill and plunder. Kill Hai Rui. Oh, and don't let the Qiantang County Magistrate and the treasurer go either."

Zhenwu Camp.

It was an anti-Japanese force recruited by Nanjing Minister of War Zhang Ao, composed of local warriors.

After the Battle of Taozhu, the Japanese pirates dared not even go ashore, so the Zhenwu Camp no longer had to go to the front line.

The Zhenwu Camp was under the dual management of the Garrison Office and the Nanjing Minister of War. Zhang Ao had also received a lot of money and food before. Now was the time, he had to contribute.

"Yes."

Funing Hou nodded, then hesitated and said, "My Lord, the Qiantang County Magistrate Kong Lingfa is from the Yansheng Mansion, right?"

Relying on the generations of surrender, the Kong family has been passed down in an orderly manner from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present. As a family with thousands of years of history, they also have the right to interpret "Confucius said". If it is possible not to kill members of the Kong family, it is better not to kill them.

"As the family grows, there will be more members. No one will care if one, two, or several people die."

Duke Wei had a blank expression on his face. "If he dies, he dies. If Duke Yansheng's Mansion wants justice, just give him some money and food. To Duke Yansheng's Mansion, money and food are more important than human life."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)