NABC Chapter 461
Chapter 461
Chapter 461 Don't let anyone go
Ye Shiha paused for a moment, and continued: "There is also... Guanzhong and Henan and other places, where the price of people has plummeted, and many people sell their children and daughters, countless, and the price... is not even a few liters of rice. .”
Yi Shiha finished speaking, kowtowed, and said nothing more.
This news, although it is said to be shocking, is actually far from it.
but……
Although Zhu Di was a little psychologically prepared.
He has no knowledge of the situation of a catastrophe, and it is impossible.
It's just that the situation is so serious that it's beyond Zhu Di's imagination.
At most, he just thought that in such a situation, many people would benefit from it for personal gain, but in the face of a catastrophe, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. If the court purges it with great fanfare, it may affect the result of the relief.
After all, now is the time for the imperial court to rely heavily on the officials and gentry of various prefectures and counties.
But what Ha said, the nature has changed.
The anger in Zhu Di's heart was already burning, and he sneered: "Is everything that Dongchang investigated true?"
Yishiha naturally knew that Zhu Di would be angry, he was silent for a moment, but continued to kowtow: "It's true."
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, his pupils were gloomy, showing that he was in a bad mood at the moment.
He said in a cold voice: "Very good, very good! I really didn't expect this point. In this way, our Daming is also very good. Let me ask you, where is the food?"
Yi Shiha: "..."
"Say!" Zhu Di snapped.
Yishiha's body trembled slightly, and said bravely, "I don't know."
Zhu Di looked at Yang Rong and Jin Youzi angrily: "I ask you, do you know?"
Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, after hearing these reports, probably already knew them based on their experience, and also lost what Kazakhs played, and nine out of ten of them are true.
Because even if Dongchang wanted to make up things, it would be impossible for him to be so accurate.
What's more, Yishiha is a person who is always kind to others on weekdays. Unlike other eunuchs, he is not a person who is willing to cause trouble.
Yang Rong bowed down and said: "I will ask the third division to go to Henan and other places to investigate thoroughly. Please Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di said in a cold voice with a bit of sarcasm: "Third Division? Isn't this Third Division with them?"
As soon as these words came out, Yang Rong felt the seriousness of the problem.
The so-called three divisions, that is, the three law divisions, are the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment.
Now that His Majesty has spoken to this point, in fact, it is tantamount to the last bit of trust, and it has disappeared.
But who is to blame?
Yang Rong thought sadly that the rivalry between the monarch and his ministers always has a name. If it weren't for the past few years, nothing could be done well, and nothing could be done.In other words, they could only achieve [-] points in the first place, so-so, even if the emperor knew that everyone was capable, he could still get by.
After all, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers is companionship. Without the officials, this imperial decree would not be able to leave the Forbidden City.
But just with the Youdu Dudu Mansion as an example, the situation has become different. People got [-]% in the exam!
This is what the saying goes, no harm without contrast!
As a result, His Majesty became more and more strict with the officials, and the result of the strictness was that the opposition between the monarch and his ministers became more and more obvious.
The gentry after the hundred officials also shouted at injustice, their original interests have been squeezed out, and today, they don’t even want the last bit of fig leaf, to some extent, or the rebound of this opposition, or... from It was some sort of threat from the start.
Zhu Di still roared: "Where did my food go? Come and tell me! Dongchang, Jinyiwei!"
Yishiha tried his best to lower his head and kowtow to the ground, but he still didn't dare to respond.
Zhu Di looked at Yang Rong, and said sharply: "Go ask, go verify, and go to the Six Departments immediately to inquire!"
Yang Rong calmed down and said: "Observe the decree, I will retire."
After all, he and Jin Youzi left.
Zhu Di just sat down, but his face was still ugly.
The hall returned to a little quiet.
Zhu Di leaned against the back of the chair, his eyes half-opened and half-closed.
After a while, Zhu Di said, "Get up."
Yi Shiha was terrified, and stood up cautiously, but still hunched over, not daring to vent his breath.
Zhu Di said slowly: "You slave, how dare you play tricks with me?"
The effect of his words was astonishing.
Yi Shiha looked distraught, but...he didn't seem to be as flustered as before.
Zhu Di said again: "Since you know it, why didn't you take the initiative to report it, but deliberately played tricks in front of me, and waited for me to ask you, and then you reported it?"
Yi Shiha stammered: "Slaves...slaves are afraid..."
Zhu Di sneered and said with a sneer: "Afraid? I knew that I would be furious, so I didn't dare to report in private, but I deliberately stopped talking in front of Yang Rong and others, waiting for me to ask, right? The matter has nothing to do with Wenyuan Pavilion, if you say in private that I am furious, I must be angry at you, but with them here, I will take this anger on them."
Speaking of this, Zhu Di's gaze became a little colder, and he said: "You servant girl, it seems...too smart."
Zhu Di's tone of voice at this time is relatively calm, but the word "too smart" is definitely a very harsh evaluation.
Yishi Hajiu was in the palace for a long time, so he was naturally not an ordinary person, how to serve Zhu Di well, how to handle His Majesty's mind and disposition, was something he was all too familiar with.
It's just that he didn't expect that Zhu Di would directly expose him today.
Such matters are serious and extremely serious. After all, as the most trustworthy eunuch around him, he dared to play tricks with the emperor. Isn't this courting death?
Zhu Di had guessed that Yi Shiha must have lost his soul and kowtowed for mercy.
But Yi Shiha didn't have the timidity of Yang Rong and others just now, but said calmly: "Your Majesty's words, the slaves dare not accept. The slaves have served His Majesty for so many years, don't you know the temper of the slaves? How wise is Your Majesty? How dare slaves and servants play tricks in front of His Majesty. When it comes to tricks, it is His Royal Highness the Prince of Wuhu."
After Zhu Di heard this, his face sank again, looking very ugly.
Yishiha suddenly became more courageous and said: "Your Majesty, Dongchang can find out about Henan and Guanzhong. Could it be that Jinyiwei can't find out? But there is no movement from Jinyiwei, just to see that the slave is honest. After knowing that the slave knows, The report will definitely be made. But has your Majesty thought about how the people in the world will treat it once the servants report the report?"
Hearing these words, Zhu Di raised his eyebrows deeply and fell into deep thought.
Yi Shiha then continued: "The slave is just an eunuch, in the eyes of the world, it is considered contemptible, to put it in a harsh way...Even though a slave like a slave is loved by His Majesty, he still has some strength. But no matter what, He's just a eunuch hiding evil intentions."
Zhu Di's face softened slightly when he heard this.
He knew that Yishiha still had his own opinion, so he continued immediately: "You continue talking."
"The servant opened his mouth, which means that this matter was first provoked by the servant. The matter played today is of great importance. It is not an exaggeration to say that it will shake the foundation of the country. Then people in the world will definitely think that it is the servant who wants to To frame certain people is why they do such things and say such things. Even in the eyes of scholars, this has become a struggle between gentlemen and eunuchs."
Zhu Di snorted coldly: "An eunuch is an eunuch, but a gentleman is not a gentleman."
Yi Shiha said: "This is how people in the world are. People don't evaluate people based on their true quality, but they decide whether a person is good or bad based on their origin. I have been a slave for so many years, even On the surface, he is also respected by some people, but the servant is very clear, those who laugh at the servant, why don't they treat people like the servant as a monster."
Hearing Yi Shiha's self-deprecating words, Zhu Di's expression became a little moved, and he said, "You continue to talk about serious things."
Yi Shiha said: "This servant thinks that the king of Wuhu County did this on purpose."
Zhu Di didn't get angry again because of this remark, but asked instead: "Could it be that... Zhang Qing's family is still afraid of trouble?"
Yi Shiha said: "It's hard to say, slaves, after all, slaves are not the roundworms of His Royal Highness Wuhu County. But...Since slaves have thought of this level, they naturally have to think about it, not only want slaves to open this mouth, but also in front of the ministers This is the only way to teach His Majesty the real situation, and to see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of His Royal Highness Wuhu County Prince."
Zhu Di's face has completely softened: "In this way, it is not easy for you?"
Yi Shiha said: "Your majesty's life belongs to your majesty, and you are your majesty's ox and horse. What is this? I am just thinking that if the matter has reached this point, and my mama stands up to expose it, if those people point their finger at your majesty, your mama There's nothing to be afraid of."
"It's just...if this can help His Majesty share his worries, or allow the King of Wuhu County...to share some pressure, it would be good. His Highness the King of Wuhu County has always been loyal to His Majesty. His intention this time is so obvious, and Things like this happened again in Henan and other places, and I'm afraid it will be very peaceful in the future."
Zhu Di's expression gradually became solemn again, with a grim complexion, and a cold light shone in his eyes.
He was old, and although he was no longer the hot-tempered man he was back then, when he learned about these things, although he was not furious, he had a deeper worry.
I'm still here, so I dare to do this, how dare they do this?
So he said coldly: "These people... are so courageous, do they think my sword is not good?"
Yi Shiha thought for a while and said: "The slaves think...they are lucky, and they have decided that His Majesty will be wary of rats. Originally, the world is short of food and people's hearts are fluctuating. If the court does anything else, I'm afraid there will be wars everywhere. Then Then, the so-called law does not blame the public, there are many people involved in this case, this is definitely not something that one or two people can succeed, there are eight thousand participants, if not ten thousand, His Majesty wants to thoroughly investigate one by one, how easy is it?"
Zhu Di couldn't help being greatly disappointed: "If there is no ten thousand, there are eight thousand. All of these are reasonable scholars... Is it... are they all like this?"
The human heart is so sinister that even the hard-hearted Zhu Di can feel such naked sin.Zhu Di, who murdered like nothing, also felt chilling, Zhu Di could hardly believe such a fact.
Although he doesn't like this group, he never believes that people will become beasts after reading books.
Yi Shiha said: "Over there in the East Factory, actually...actually, there are some reports...servants...know some things."
Zhu Di said impatiently, "Stop hiding it."
Yi Shiha said: "According to Dongchang's report, there is a family of gentry in Kaifeng, surnamed Wang, who did not receive the grace of the country. , This man named Wang Chengzhi, after seeing the disaster, starved to death all over the place, he couldn't bear it, so he discussed with the people in the clan, and the elders in the clan were also kind people, and finally decided to release the food."
"Is there such a high scholar?" Zhu Di showed some approval.
"After the grain was released, thousands of people who heard the news did survive, but soon the grain was exhausted. In addition to the chaos in the famine year, the thieves in the vicinity also heard that there was grain here, and they rushed away overnight. The end result is..."
Yi Shiha paused for a moment, with anger and sorrow on his face, and said word by word: "The Wang family suffered a disaster, several people died, the family ran out of food, and the price of food continued to skyrocket. I can't buy a few rations, and within two months, the Wang family will finally have to support the old and the young, abandoning their ancestral homeland, and have to work with the refugees to search for food. I heard... his four sons , two or three daughters died, except for one who was already married, one was separated from her, and the other was spared, but it seemed that she fell ill and died too. As for the other family members... probably also In this way, he was either lost, starved to death, or met with thieves... Later... I heard that a scholar from a certain place recognized him, so he took some money and food, and made him settle down. But in this way, he This family...has been completely disbanded, and the family business of many generations has almost disappeared, and the land in the family has to be sold at a low price, to the point where there is no tile for life, and no place for burial to die. "
Zhu Di felt cold all over his body as he listened.
Yi Shiha sighed, and continued: "Actually, there are people like the Wang family. When was there no such person? They are also scholars, and they are also gentlemen. They care about the world and the common people. A catastrophe will inevitably give rise to compassion, but this servant dares to say that such a person...has almost no good end, even if the luck is better, a catastrophe will hurt the bones."
"But Your Majesty...those gentry hoarding food, using it to make trouble, and annexing the land of the victims, have made a lot of money by taking advantage of the catastrophe again and again. The same gentry, people like the Wang family, have changed from gentry to refugees, The land of the gentry next door has doubled, and after ten years, 20 years, 50 years, or a hundred years, your majesty...is there still such a good gentry like the Wang family in the world?"
After hearing this, Zhu Di was speechless for a while.
When Yishiha said this, his expression was a little excited, and he said: "The servant is a Tatar. Although he has little knowledge, he knows how powerful it is. Isn't it like this on the grassland? A kind person destroys his family, A person with a heart like a snake and a scorpion, but borrows the snowstorm again and again to get rich and honor. Such a thing, such a person, has existed in the past, exists now, and will continue to exist in the future. A slave...is an eunuch, in this life, no matter how The scenery in front of people, but in fact... it is the castrated cows and horses in the grassland, the slaves in the grassland are the children of slave households, and they are also slaves in the pass, such things have been seen a lot!"
"Originally, slaves dare not talk too much about the affairs of the foreign court. What are slaves, why should they point fingers at the affairs of the court? If the emperor Gao is here, the slaves must be torn to pieces."
"But the servant girl still wants to say that in the past dynasties, no matter in the grassland or in the pass, a kind person like the Wang family can't gain a foothold. Those who stay and annex the Wang family's land, with flocks of cattle and sheep in the family, and thousands of hectares of fertile land, must be the ones with the heart. People like iron and stone. The so-called righteousness does not control wealth, and kindness does not control soldiers. This is the truth. That's why the slaves feel that the new policy of the Taiping Mansion has come to this day. This Taiping Mansion can at least give a kind person like the Wang family a way out. There are only so many lands in this world. If you don’t eat my land today, you will annex mine tomorrow. It’s better ...a man has his own land..."
Zhu Di rolled his eyes and lost his eyes.
Yi Shiha hurriedly bowed down: "The servant will die, and the servant will talk too much."
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes again, his eyes seemed to flicker, and said with some sincerity: "People like the Wang family, if you want to find them, the world can be unfair, but I can't be unfair!"
"Yes." Yi Shiha said: "I will definitely do my best to find out people like the Wang family and give them proper placement."
"You just need to handle this matter well." Zhu Di said, "I can trust you."
Yi Shiha hesitated and said: "But...those who stock up on food, and those who swallow up the relief money and food..."
Zhu Di said slowly: "This is none of your business, and you know that those Dongchang dogs of yours are useless for eggs, and I don't intend to point them at them."
Yi Shiha: "..."
Zhu Di paced slowly, and then said slowly: "Zhang Qing... Now that I know this, I know this guy, this guy... can't tolerate sand in his eyes, he can't see any of his own stinking problems, but He also has sharp eyes for the problems of those people, so he should be taught to solve them!"
After a pause, he continued: "Propagate my will and tell him to distinguish the good from the bad from the good from the bad, and never hurt innocent people, but never let anyone steal my food and return it to him." There are thieves hoarding food!"
Yi Shiha said, "Your maidservant will go now."
Zhu Di said: "And..."
He looked thoughtful, and said: "On the surface, we still have to issue a decree to ask the third division to investigate this matter."
Yi Shiha said: "Your Majesty... this servant thinks that... the third division... may not be in cahoots with them, but... I'm afraid they may not be willing to kill them, at most... find a few people to re-sentence and give Your Majesty an explanation... "
Zhu Di said: "Of course I know it! I know it, and they know it well. Now I want to see how Zhang Anshi can share my worries. As for the three divisions, they are just a title."
Yi Shiha suddenly realized, so he said: "Your servant understands."
(End of this chapter)