Chapter 522: The Elders of Shandong All Miss Minister Ling

The image of the Great Ming in the hearts of the people of the West is currently that of a wise man sitting quietly by a river, waiting for the corpses of his enemies to slowly float past (as the Master said by the river, "It passes on like this, not ceasing day or night"). The Great Ming's merchant ships trade with swords at their sides; they do not go around burning, killing, and looting. Most of the time, they are merely protecting themselves. If the Imperial Court were to expand into the New World, the image of the Great Ming as a wise man would be shattered, transforming into a terrifying war machine that would make others wary.

This is clearly disadvantageous to trade, so the Ministry of Rites has concerns regarding such a transformation.

The Emperor of the Great Ming once said to the special envoy from the West: "Seizing is not as good as planting." These four words represent the basic direction of the Great Ming at present.

Production being greater than plunder is the Great Ming's experience and also its advantage. To abandon this experience and advantage, for the sake of the State, would mean first discarding the short-term disadvantages and long-term advantages of high morality.

Utilizing the advantage of commodities to create a trade surplus and complete the inflow of silver has an obvious benefit: the scale of the Great Ming's industries will expand.

The expansion of industrial scale can increase employment in the Great Ming and effectively alleviate the predicament of having too many displaced people; industrial scale can guarantee commodity advantages, making the Great Ming's material wealth abundant and ensuring the people's livelihood; industrial scale can promote technological development.

These benefits will inevitably vanish once the wind direction of opening the seas changes.

Likewise, having the inflow of silver be subject to the control of others is, in the end, not a long-term strategy.

This is a dilemma, and there has never been a way to resolve such dilemmas on their own. One must always give up something to obtain something else.

Of course, this problem is not so imminent, because the inflow of silver into the Great Ming can basically guarantee its usage. Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial in his hand, pondered for a long time, and finally drew a checkmark on it, sending it to the Cabinet in the next chapter.

"Has the Prince of Lu not come yet?" Zhu Yijun asked with his brows tightly furrowed. At the morning court, Zhu Yiliu was late again. After the New Year, Zhu Yiliu had not come to the Wenhua Hall even once. Zhu Yiliu was using his actions to tell the Emperor that as the eldest Imperial Prince grew older, the Prince of Lu did not want to, and could not, listen to court affairs anymore. Although Zhu Yijun had repeatedly requested it, Zhu Yiliu still did not arrive.

The Crown Prince listening to court affairs is an ancestral law. From the tenth year of Hongwu when Zhu Biao listened to court affairs, to the Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi who supervised the state for many years, the Crown Prince listening to court affairs is meant to cultivate the future sovereign. With a world as vast as the Great Ming, if a Crown Prince with no experience suddenly sat on the throne, it would cause chaos. Let alone the State, for any project that is slightly complex, if an outsider points fingers, it is a catastrophic situation for the project.

Zhao Mengyou bowed his head and said: "This subject obeys the decree!"

"No need to discuss it further."

"Hmm, no need to call him in the future." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and decided to give the Prince of Lu a long vacation. Zhu Yiliu was intentionally fading himself out. When there were no Imperial Princes, he was the Crown Prince. Now that the Emperor had sons, after his grand wedding, he had been slowly fading himself out of the court.

Zhu Yijun had already finalized the mathematics examination questions; there was no possibility of changing them. In the eighth year of Wanli, the mathematics examination was still about the method of recruitment; now it had reached the point of calculating differentials, integrals, differentials, and integrals against each other.

Zhang Juzheng said with his brows tightly furrowed: "Arrest them. Arrest them all and send them to Suiyuan to guard the border. Swindling, bluffing, and acting recklessly."

Once these words were spoken, the court officials all looked at the Emperor. Even Qi Jiguang had a look of confusion on his face. Is His Majesty playing such a big game? Has he even started to engage in examination fraud? There was no need for him, a Grand General, to self-defile to the point of examination fraud.

Feng Bao said in a low voice: "No, when leaving the Tonghe Palace, the Chief Clerk of the Prince of Lu's Mansion reported that His Highness the Prince of Lu had not yet risen."

"I see." Hence Hai Rui naturally understood. He never considered poverty to be a shameful thing.

"Don't you dare talk nonsense! I did not!" Zhu Yijun slapped the table, furious. He had been walking around using the name of "Young Master Huang" to impersonate others all day long, and now, it had been impersonated onto his own head!

"The metropolitan examination is approaching, and the scholars from various places are complaining endlessly about the content of the mathematics examination." Minister of Rites Wan Shihe reported a situation: the mathematics tested in the metropolitan examination was a bit too difficult. Development in various places differed, the degree of cultural prosperity differed, and educational resources were unfair. Yet the scholars traveled thousands of miles to the capital, and looking at the mathematics, they could only sigh in despair.

When the Daoist Master went on his southern tour, the four-year-old Crown Prince supervised the state. His Majesty intended to go on a southern tour. At that time, let Zhu Changzhi supervise the state, with ministers assisting, and he, Zhu Yiliu, could follow

His Majesty south to see the gentleness of the Jiangnan water towns.

"The Shuntian Prefecture found that the 'Young Master Huang' from the Grand General's Mansion was also among them. It is said that the elite soldiers of the Beijing Garrison were guarding the mathematics examination questions, and one copy could be taken out for rubbing." Wang Chonggu said with a face that could not hold back why Shen Yiguan was in a difficult position. In Shen Yiguan's view, matters involving the Grand General's Mansion should be handled with caution, but Wang Chonggu knew very well that there was no "Young Master Huang" in the Grand General's Mansion; that was the Emperor impersonating others!

"I see." Hence Hai Rui was stunned. Wang Chonggu's words awakened his painful memories. Hence Hai Rui had failed the imperial examinations three times back then, which really made him wring his hands in regret. Now, as a specially granted Jinshi of the Grace Examination, he could be considered to have fulfilled the regrets of his youth. He asked suspiciously: "Is this something that only happened recently? I had never heard of this before."

Maintaining the stability and health of the Great Ming market is far more important than maintaining the friendship of friendly nations and markets far away. If it really came to a choice between the two, Zhu Yijun would choose the Great Ming.

It is a bit difficult, but it can still be learned.

"Recently, many brokers have appeared in the capital, acting in the names of high-ranking officials of various ministries and Grand Secretaries to move around, swindling scholars who have entered the capital. After the Assistant Prefect of Shuntian, Shen Yiguan, discovered this, he informed the Ministry of Justice to ask for a solution." Wang Chonggu spoke of the recent chaos in the capital.

Zhu Yijun looked at Zhao Mengyou and said: "Commander Zhao, arrest this person immediately, right now! Question him carefully to find out who is causing this chaos! This is rebellion!"

Hence Hai Rui talked about the phenomenon of the last Grace Examination. The average level of the scholars in the capital was not even as good as those in the Southern Yamen, or even Zhejiang. Yet there were many scholars holding the banner of Confucian rites and laws, shouting that mathematics was a heretical art, refusing to learn mathematics. If they don't learn, the Imperial Court won't pay them any mind. Whether they pass the Jinshi examination or not is their own business.

The professionally trained court officials used all their strength to keep themselves from laughing out loud. His Majesty's appearance of extreme anger was truly extremely interesting.

"The key is that there might really be the family members of you esteemed gentlemen among them." Wang Chonggu knew Hence Hai Rui's character and that he did not understand these dirty matters well, so he simply stated clearly that some people were acting and swindling in the names of high-ranking officials, while others were truly the distant nephews, family members, etc., of high-ranking officials.

Prepare well first. Once a situation where silver inflow becomes difficult appears, find a way to take action. Even if it means abandoning the market of the West, the silver mountains must be controlled in the hands of the Great Ming. This was Zhu Yijun's choice at this moment.

For example, the chief steward of Zhang Juzheng's Quanchu Guild Hall, You Shouli. You Shouli is You Qi's formal name.

Brokers who walk around in the names of esteemed gentlemen are 99% swindlers. The remaining 1% are the distant relatives of the esteemed gentlemen, perhaps even relatives who have never met in their entire lives, the kind who wouldn't even be on the register when the nine generations are executed.

Is there no justice left! Is there no law left!

Real brokers know the severity of the imperial examinations. Everyone from all sides is watching, wishing they could use a microscope to find problems. Where is there any room for operation? Brokers from various mansions also walk around, but most people cannot come into contact with them. Only when they climb to the level of Prefect or Provincial Administration Commissioner is it possible to come into contact with them.

Hence Hai Rui said as a matter of course: "Arrest them. Does this still need to be asked of the Ministry of Justice? Does the Ministry of Justice still need to bring this to the Wenhua Hall for court discussion?"

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said: "The examination papers have already been set. If it is difficult, it is difficult for everyone. Mathematics is the general management of the three talents and all things. I have read the examination papers of the Yilun Hall of the Imperial Academy, and it is not very difficult."

Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu, and others led the court officials into the Wenhua Hall. After paying their respects, the daily court discussion began.

It was almost stated directly: Hence Hai Rui is as poor as a church mouse. Which broker would find his door? Brokers naturally head toward the big fish.

The fact that "Young Master Huang" of the Grand General's Mansion is the Emperor can be considered an open secret among the court officials.

The New Policy of the eleventh year of Wanli still focuses on the census of the population and the abolition of the status of lowly slaves. On the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon raises its head, Zhu Yijun rose early and arrived at the Wenhua Hall, preparing to participate in the daily court discussion.

Great Ming merchant ships are exploring new routes, and the speed of absorbing silver will greatly increase. In the short term, this string will not snap.

For something like mathematics, holding the Buddha's feet at the last minute is useless, because even the Buddha wouldn't know it.

Hence Hai Rui was stunned for a moment and said: "During the Grace Examination of the eighth year of Wanli,

I remember that the Imperial Academy in the capital did not test as well as the Imperial Academy in the Southern Yamen. The Confucian scholars in the capital had famous teachers to teach them, but they didn't learn."

Wang Chonggu pondered for a while and said: "Brokers are mainly after money."

Zhu Yijun chose to respect Zhu Yiliu's opinion and let him have a good time with the beauties of all nations.

The existence of lowly Confucian scholars in the Great Ming is widespread, and that is no nonsense.

The reason is also very simple: the Great Ming is currently the world's largest supplier and also the world's largest consumer market.

Hence Hai Rui thought this phenomenon had only happened recently, because when he took the imperial examinations, no such brokers came to his door.

"Arrest, arrest, arrest, arrest them all, send them to Suiyuan!" Zhu Yijun made the final decision and determined the disposal result of this matter. Entering the capital to take the examination is not easy. Even if the scholars have the official post-horses provided by the Imperial Court, traveling all the way to the capital still requires a lot of financial resources to support. If they encounter swindlers after entering the capital, it will greatly affect their state of mind during the metropolitan examination.

"Since August of last year, the Jin people have cleared the grain and land that should be exempted from the family, and those who used the names of relatives with different surnames to evade taxes have been collectively dismissed. A total of 43,780 people were dismissed for falsely claiming exemptions, and more than 63,880 shi of grain were recovered." Wang Chonggu spoke of his heavy blow to the Jin Party.

To cooperate with the Great Ming's policy of census, Wang Chonggu launched an internal investigation within the Jin Party. In the Great Ming, it is a convention for those with fame to have relatives with different surnames take shelter to exempt them from four types of silver and taxes. Now, Wang Chonggu has carefully checked the Jin Party from top to bottom and crossed out all these people who falsely claimed exemptions.

While increasing taxes, he also made a firm attitude of saying no to hidden population.

"When did the Wang Wang Cifu start doing this?" Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Chonggu and asked with his brows tightly furrowed. He actually made secret progress!

Wang Chonggu really doesn't take the Jin Party seriously now. He is simply pressing on the interests of the Jin Party to polish his own reputation. His foundation now is the official factory group construction and the engineer corps, as well as the Emperor's holy favor. His confidence is very strong.

And the Jin Party? They can only obey orders and even have to cooperate carefully. Wang Chonggu can exist without the Jin Party, but the Jin Party cannot exist without Wang Chonggu.

Those Jin merchants who count on Wang Chonggu to leak a little information from his fingers to make a fortune cannot leave him.

"The Zhang Yuanfu says this, can it not be done?" Wang Chonggu finally led Zhang Juzheng in the matter of being loyal to the monarch and serving the country. He couldn't say how happy he was in his heart. If it weren't for being in the Wenhua Hall, he would have laughed out loud.

The Quanchu and Quanjin Guild Halls put sand into each other, and both sides had each other's people. What the two guild halls did, logically speaking, could not be hidden. But Wang Chonggu let Wang Qian do it. Wang Qian is a Censor and also Wang Chonggu's second son. He still had the authority to handle affairs, and he did things secretly, so naturally, it proceeded quietly.

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "That's not it. It's just that we thought of the same thing. I also just finished clearing the hidden population. There were about 25,340 people who falsely used names to evade taxes, and more than 30,000 shi of money and grain."

"Hmm? When did the Zhang Yuanfu do it?" Wang Chonggu was shocked. He deliberately let Wang Qian hide it and do it secretly. This insidious and cunning villain Zhang Juzheng was also making secret progress!

Zhang Juzheng smiled and said: "The Wang Wang Cifu says this, can it not be done?"

"Done, of course done." Wang Chonggu sighed. This plan to offer a gift to His Majesty during the imperial examinations to gain holy favor had fallen through. But Wang Chonggu immediately cheered up. Zhang Juzheng would not share holy favor with him. The holy favor that should be Wang Chonggu's would not be missing by even a fraction.

Does Zhang Juzheng lack this bit of holy favor? As long as Zhang Juzheng does not openly rebel with Qi Jiguang to seize the Emperor's throne, Zhang Juzheng's holy favor will not be lost. Not being lost also means it will not increase.

Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang will not do that. History has proven time and time again that the four words "seizing the throne improperly" are a curse that a dynasty cannot bypass. Anyone who seizes the throne improperly will not have a good ending in the end. Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang do not want to be pointed at and scolded in the future: "Like Sima Yi."

In everyone's view, it is right for Zhang Juzheng to clear the hidden population and those who falsely used names, and it is a manifestation of loyalty to the monarch for Wang Chonggu to do these things.

Wang Daokun was a bit embarrassed. After Tan Lun left, he became the leader of the Zhe Party. This fight between the Chu Party and the Jin Party caused the city gate to catch fire and harm the fish in the moat. Wang Daokun was not prepared at all. He looked confused. At this time, it made him look

Wang Daokun was very dull.

The imperial examinations are approaching, meaning another batch of Jinshi will be born. Jinshi enjoy privileges in taxes, labor, and justice. Therefore, around the Jinshi, there will be relatives with different surnames who falsely use names. So Wang Chonggu and Zhang Juzheng chose this time to operate internally, which is to warn the new Jinshi that the Great Ming has changed.

"Good, good, good, very good. Pass the order to all Viceroys and Provincial Governors to strictly supervise the matter of falsely using names for exemptions in their jurisdictions." Zhu Yijun finally revealed a smile when he heard this. He looked at Wang Chonggu and said with a smile: "The Wang Cifu should not be too demanding, so as to cause resentment among the people."

"This subject obeys the instruction." Wang Chonggu bowed his head and said.

From the numbers, the number of people who falsely used names for exemptions in the Chu Party was much smaller than that of the Jin Party. But the scale of the Chu Party was even larger than that of the Jin Party. Zhang Juzheng gained power, and the Chu Party naturally expanded. The problem of the Jin Party was clearly more serious. Wang Chonggu's internal operation was also to avoid getting burned.

It was fortunate that it was done in advance. Otherwise, Zhang Juzheng would have finished clearing those who falsely used names for exemptions, and he, Wang Chonggu, would not have done it, which would have put him in an absolutely passive position.

This is also the reason why Wang Chonggu knew he couldn't fight Zhang Juzheng. Many things, let alone doing them wrong, not doing them ahead of time is being passive.

This is the political struggle pattern of Zhang Juzheng in the court. Buying off Li Le was already Wang Chonggu's last struggle.

Wang Daokun looked left and right, thinking that the Zhe Party should just disband. Neither the Chu Party leader nor the Jin Party leader took action against the Zhe Party, and the Zhe Party was already behind others. Although no one mentioned it, Wang Daokun still pretended to be confused, wishing he could disappear immediately.

"Viceroy of Shandong and Henan, Ling Yunyi, reports." Zhang Juzheng spoke of the matter in Henan. The vassal kings in Henan had moved to the capital, so Ling Yunyi planned to take heavy action on the land measurement and hidden population problems in Henan.

"The engineer corps has a total of four battalions, set up for mining, coal mining, and iron smelting. It has now settled more than 48,000 displaced people. Minister Ling reports that he wants to thoroughly measure the land and census the population in Henan. Strictly supervise the officials of each county to clarify the existing households and fill in the Yellow Registers."

Anyone who has heard of Ling Yunyi's name knows how he is going to take action. Enduring for so long was all for the sake of the overall situation. After the vassal kings left, Ling Yunyi was ready to show his skills.

"Ling Yunyi impeached the Henan Provincial Administration Commissioner Zhou Youguang and the Assistant Commissioner Zhang Fuju for indulging and shielding evil and greedy mergers, and for suffering and tiring the small people. They should be stripped of their official status and fame, and dismissed to become commoners." Zhang Juzheng looked at the court officials and said.

The dismissal of the Provincial Administration Commissioner and the Assistant Commissioner meant that the Henan officialdom would continue to have earthquakes.

Ling Yunyi knew what kind of person he was. His Majesty enabled him to go to Henan to fight hard battles and chew hard bones. The Imperial Court had completely lost patience with the slow land measurement in Henan.

Land measurement in the world is a national policy. Henan remained motionless, and if there was slight progress, they would fool the Imperial Court, fool the Emperor, and fool the world. If other places saw this, the results of land measurement might show signs of regression. Therefore, Henan must be measured. Those who are useless and occupy positions without doing work are protecting them from committing greater mistakes.

The content of Ling Yunyi's impeachment was sufficient and detailed. Clearly, he had been prepared for a long time.

Zhu Yijun synthesized the opinions of the court officials and combined them with Ling Yunyi's memorial, finally saying: "Zhou Youguang and Zhang Fuju indeed have shielding, but after Minister Ling arrived in Henan, they dared not commit crimes again. Escort them to the capital and question them slowly."

Land measurement in Henan is a difficult problem. Zhou Youguang and others were greedy, but compared to the "Forest of Steles of Happiness," they were very inconspicuous and not yet to the point of exile or beheading.

"The contradiction between people and land in Henan is the sharpest. Pass the decree to Minister Ling that he should not be too demanding. I can afford to wait; he can take his time." Zhu Yijun gave Ling Yunyi support and relaxed the time limit. In this way, Ling Yunyi could also be more composed. Land measurement in Henan had been tossing for more than a hundred years, until the Yongzheng period, when Tian Wenjing took heavy action, was it thoroughly clarified.

Ling Yunyi doesn't need to be in a hurry. After all, his guest troops only have 1,500 people. These are the most elite troops, but compared to the millions of people in Henan, if a really big chaos breaks out, the military force in his hands is not enough to deter them.

"The elders in Shandong submitted a very strange congratulatory table." Wan Shihe said with a strange expression: "Mostly, the elders in Shandong are asking Minister Ling to go back."

"Are they crazy?" Zhu Yijun asked sluggishly. This is not the first time. The last time was the elders in Guangzhou

who presented a congratulatory table, congratulating Ling Yunyi on his promotion and asking Ling Yunyi never to return to the two Guangs again. As a result, in less than half a year, they were tortured by Wang Jiaping to the point of extreme pain, and they were clamoring to ask Ling Yunyi to go back to give them a relief.

Now it is Shandong's turn to flip the pancake, thinking of Ling Yunyi's decisiveness?

"The current Governor of Shandong, Wang Yie, is a scholar." Wan Shihe stated the reason as tactfully and concisely as possible.

Ling Yunyi kills people, but Wang Yie kills the heart!

Wang Yie erected a stele in front of almost every market in Shandong. On the front, it was written "Stele of the Dog That Suffered Injustice," and on the back, it was written the world-famous strange story of the Kong Mansion in Yanzhou forcing Chen Dazhuang's father to send a funeral for a dog. This stele inscription was written in vernacular, and the content described in detail the misery of Chen Dazhuang's family.

As long as this stele inscription stands for one day, the local gentry in Shandong can only be cautious and never dare to show their claws even slightly. When the Kong Mansion in Yanzhou was still there, many powerful families in Shandong relied on it for survival. Now that the Kong Mansion has fallen, Wang Yie still uses this dog stele to deter the local gentry.

Wang Yie's move is undoubtedly nailing a heart-piercing nail into the coffin of the Kong Mansion.

Ling Yunyi's threat is very direct, it is a bright knife. As long as you cooperate, nothing will happen. But once Wang Yie's stele is erected, when the villagers suffer any humiliation, they will inevitably think of Chen Dazhuang's misery.

When the Son of Heaven is angry, a million corpses will fall, and blood will flow for a thousand miles;

When a scholar is angry, two corpses will fall, and blood will splash five steps.

Chen Dazhuang chose to trust the Emperor, and the Kong Mansion in Yanzhou was liquidated. This is justice being upheld. Even if the common people suffer injustice, they will not go to extremes but will appeal to the government office. This is also Wang Yie's purpose. The solid foundation laid by the Emperor and Ling Yunyi in Shandong, regardless of their reputation, is not allowed to be destroyed.

"Governor Wang has some methods." Zhu Yijun nodded when he heard this. This was the personnel appointment he made against all opinions. At least so far, it has not disappointed him. This is moving the wood to establish trust. As long as Wang Yie establishes this trust well, Shandong will not go wrong in the general direction.

"The elders in Shandong all miss Minister Ling." Wan Shihe said with great emotion.

When Ling Yunyi was there, they were dissatisfied with this and that, feeling that the bright knife was scary. When Ling Yunyi left, they celebrated, wishing they could set off 20,000 firecrackers. Now they know that the soft nails of scholars like Wang Yie are even harder to swallow.

The content of the court discussion was mainly the changes in various places in the Great Ming. Wang Jiaping built a large shipyard in Guangzhou, which is expected to be put into use before the end of the year and can build five-masted large ships. This was also because Shen Shixing supported two master craftsmen and 300 craftsmen from the Songjiang Shipyard to set up the stage. Correspondingly, after the grain and timber from Annan entered the Guangzhou Maritime Trade Office, they would also supply more to Songjiang Prefecture.

Songjiang Prefecture has completely broken away from the small-scale peasant economy and transformed into a commodity economy. This is the bridgehead of the Wanli Reform. Population is still being siphoned, and more and more grain is needed.

The decree implemented by Zhang Juzheng back then, increasing grain imports from Annan, has already had initial results. Because of the Great Ming's strong demand for grain, more and more grain from Annan has begun to flow into the Great Ming.

The yield per mu of land is limited. Annan suffered a flood last summer. While grain production fell, grain exports were still growing rapidly. Annan already had a trend of chaos.

The court discussion continued. Zhao Mengyou led the Embroidered Uniform Guards to start arresting "Young Master Huang" of the Grand General's Mansion. Because there was information provided by the Assistant Prefect of Shuntian, it was not difficult to find the person. The Assistant Prefect of Shuntian, Shen Yiguan, was a bit terrified. The Embroidered Uniform Guards coming to arrest people, would it mean that a drastic change was about to happen in the court? If the Grand General's Mansion and the Emperor were to fight, that would be a world-shattering event.

Shen Yiguan heard this and realized that the broker "Young Master Huang" was fake, which made him feel relieved.

"How does the Imperial Court know that Young Master Huang is definitely fake? What if he is really from the Grand General's Mansion?" Shen Yiguan said with a difficult expression. He was still a bit worried. If it were real, what should be done?

Zhao Mengyou thought for a moment and said: "There is no Young Master Huang in the Grand General's Mansion."

"Hmm?" Shen Yiguan raised his eyebrows. Originally, he thought that Qi Jiguang had cut ties with Young Master Huang in the Wenhua Hall, but thinking of Qi Jiguang's indulgence of Young Master Huang on weekdays,

it didn't look like he would cut ties so easily. Shen Yiguan frowned and pondered for a while, understood Zhao Mengyou's meaning, and guessed that the identity of Young Master Huang before was the Emperor.

Daring to impersonate someone from the Prince of Fengguo's Mansion without being held accountable by the Grand General, there is only one answer: His Majesty was using the name of Young Master Huang to make a private visit in disguise.

The True and False Monkey King, the True Monkey King heard that someone was impersonating him, so he must have been very angry.

Zhao Mengyou led the Embroidered Uniform Guards and rushed to the Taibai Building like a flash of lightning. He directly pressed down Young Master Huang, who was swindling in the private room, and escorted him into the prison of the Northern Internal Security Division. Shen Yiguan also received the arrest warrant from the Ministry of Justice and began to arrest the brokers widely existing in the capital. Whether you really have connections or fake connections, arrest them and send them to Suiyuan to dig coal for five years first.

After Zhu Yijun returned to the Tonghe Palace from the Northern Camp after inspecting the troops, he washed up simply and ran angrily to the prison of the Northern Internal Security Division to see the daring "Young Master Huang."

When the Emperor arrived, Zhao Mengyou took the file and handed it to the Emperor, saying with some worry: "Your Majesty, the person is indeed from the Huang clan of Penglai. They are the real deal."

"Hmm?" Zhu Yijun opened the file and read it carefully.

The sixth son of Huang Yique of the Huang clan of Penglai, named Huang Yuanxian. Huang Yique was a righteous man who resisted the Japanese. He resisted the Japanese near Huyang County for eight full years until Qi Jiguang gradually pacified the Japanese chaos in Shandong, Southern Yamen, and Zhejiang, and then Huang Yique returned to his hometown.

Huang Yuanxian went to the capital to do business and heard that there was a Young Master Huang in the capital who was extremely arrogant and domineering. He immediately realized that someone was impersonating him, so he planned to lure the snake out of the hole to see who it was and who was ruining their family's reputation. This test led to this incident.

If he had known that it would attract the Embroidered Uniform Guards, he wouldn't have tested it even if he were beaten to death.

"Is this Li Kui meeting Li Gui, or Li Gui meeting Li Kui?" Zhu Yijun was a bit dumbfounded for a while and asked: "Are you sure he was trying to lure the snake out of the hole, not for money?"

"The Huang clan are sea merchants. They don't look down on the loose silver of brokers. The risk is high and it doesn't make much money. Scholars all rely on their parents for supply, so how can they have so much silver to swindle? Huang Yuanxian entered the capital to sell kelp. After hearing the reputation of Young Master Huang of Penglai, he deliberately let people spread the news." Zhao Mengyou had checked Huang Yuanxian's ancestors for eighteen generations, and there was indeed no problem.

Huang Yuanxian's father was a local gentry in Huyang, Penglai. When the Japanese chaos broke out, his family was ruined by the Japanese pirates. Later, he fought with the Japanese pirates for eight full years until the Japanese chaos gradually stopped. Huang Yuanxian himself was the youngest son and was deeply loved. He managed the family's kelp business. It was only after he came to the capital to do business that this happened.

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said: "Let's see him." ===== CHAPTER 523 =====