"Sir, look at Chen Xiangbei's impeachment memorial. How can I tolerate such corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty!"

He was still confused when he simply scolded Zhu Qizhen, and wanted Wang Zhen to see the content of the memorial to understand his anger.

"Long live, don't be angry. Now Admiral Chen has dug out the borer in Fujian. In fact, it is not necessarily a bad thing, and it means that the situation is moving towards a steady and positive direction."

Wang Zhen quickly comforted him with kind words, then picked up Chen Yichen's memorial on the imperial desk and read it.

In fact, Wang Zhen has known the contents for a long time, but he still has to pretend to be in front of the emperor.

"At the end of this memorial in Chen Xiangbei, there is also a joint signature of the military supervisor Xining and the civil and military ministers of the court. I requested that I behead Song Zhang on the spot."

"It's too cheap to cause such a big disaster in Fujian. Just chopping off such a head is too cheap. I wish I could execute him to Lingchi!"

Zhu Qizhen was already provoked by the tribute of the treacherous tribute, and was deeply frustrated. Song Zhang's corruption and impeachment was considered to be hit by the gun. He was ready to deal with it strictly and seriously to serve as a warning.

"It caused resentment from local people, and Song Fantai naturally had to bear the crime of dereliction of duty. But after all, he was a second-rank official in the court. If he had a wrongful refutation based on an impeachment conviction, it would easily cause all officials to be in danger."

"Long lively, why don't you order Song Fantai to return to Beijing for investigation, and it will not be too late to sentence him after the evidence is conclusive."

Wang Zhen, who is far away in Fujian, wanted to protect Song Zhang's life, and was powerless when he was thousands of miles apart. But as long as he brought the other party to the capital for interrogation, he would be in a situation where the three courts were controlled by the eunuch party and wanted to avoid responsibility. There are tens of millions of kinds.

I dare not say that I will definitely be innocent, at least I will be exempted from death after finding out.

And using this case to show his ability to control the government and the opposition, and to deter political enemies with ulterior motives, Wang Zhen felt that it would take some effort to accept it.

"Chen Xiangbei listed detailed evidence of crimes in the memorials, and the amount of the accounts is extremely accurate. I can trust his abilities. Could it be that he dares to deceive the emperor?"

Now Shen Yichen's position in Zhu Qizhen's heart has far surpassed that of ordinary ministers in the court, otherwise he would not have given him the important task of supervising the formation of the fleet.

In troubled times, the turmoil must be quelled in the shortest time. Then the court can concentrate manpower and material resources to eliminate the Luchuan rebellion and eventually usher in a battle with the Mongolian Tartars.

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen can no longer wait to drink Ma Hanhai.

The regrets of the unfinished Northern Expedition of the Four Saints of the Ancestors will be completely ended in their own hands!

"There is no doubt about Admiral Chen's loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. However, Song Fantai made a lot of money and did not make it entirely for himself..."

"Sir, what does this mean?"

Zhu Qizhen felt inexplicably that Song Zhang did not make money for himself, so could he still serve the country and the people?

Facing the emperor's inquiry, Wang Zhen bent down, then put it in Zhu Qizhen's ear and whispered: "Long live the emperor, I don't know anything. Most of the assets of Song Fantai were actually registered in the accounts of the treasury."

When Zhu Qizhen heard Wang Zhen’s words, he was a little stunned. Is he a corrupt official party?

"Sir, how could this happen?"

If someone else said this, Zhu Qizhen would definitely not believe it and would even put the other party in prison and question him immediately.

But this was said from Wang Zhen's mouth, so he had to take it seriously.

Because the royal treasury of the Ming Dynasty was managed by eunuchs, there was a seal eunuch, a close attendant, and more than ten eunuchs, and then there was a group of documents underneath, supervising workers.

However, there is also a real manager in the eunuch who is in charge of seals in the treasury, who is Wang Zhen!

"Long live the emperor, Song Fantai embezzled the silver mine, which was actually in accordance with the will of the imperial court to be admitted to the official position in the eight years of orthodox administration."

"The occupation of fertile land was because Song Fantai served as the head of the Fujian Taxation Bureau. Local large households defaulted on tax payments and used acres of land to pay the income, and the output was collected from the treasury."

"As for the real money and silver that was greedy, Song Fantai had already been transported to the 12 treasury of the capital's inner palace early, and there was also a certificate of registration."

"If you want to ask whether Song Fantai was suspected of having enough pockets, I think there must be, but the crime will not end in death. The Emperor of Long Live should understand the way to be a king, which is to have a decent position in the control of the country. Many times, the water will be clear and there will be no fish."

When Wang Zhen spoke at the end, he had already acted as a master in his words, implying that Song Zhang was the white glove of the royal treasury. Killing him would make him feel a lot of loyalty to the royal officials.

At the same time, as a royal white glove, you as an emperor cannot give the other party any benefits. Appropriate corruption must be allowed.

"Sir, this is serious?"

Zhu Qizhen asked back and felt a little unacceptable.

Objectively speaking, Zhu Qizhen's mentality during the orthodox dynasty was more about becoming a wise king, hoping to be peaceful and fair and honest under his own rule.

After experiencing the failure of the Tumubao Incident, Zhu Qizhen during the Tianshun Dynasty had a completely different mentality and became a self-interested king. In order to consolidate the throne he lost and regained, he could wantonly harm loyal and kind people and suppress wise ministers.

At that moment, the country and the world were no longer the responsibility that an emperor shouldered, but more of the guarantee of his own imperial power!

really?

Of course not true!

The royal family sent out officials and eunuchs from various places to banknotes, salt fields, and tax bureaus outside the Ming Dynasty. Many of them were royal white gloves and searched for places to supplement the treasury and royal treasury.

But Song Zhang is not included.

But if you want to save and turn the world around in this situation, Wang Zhen must give Zhu Qizhen a convincing reason, and there is no reason for the outside world to investigate.

Song Zhang is the one who helps the emperor. Do you, Shen Yichen, dare to touch him?

However, many things have gains and losses. In order to fulfill this lie, in addition to Song Zhang himself who wanted to lose money and eliminate disasters, even the 30,000 taels of gold bribes collected by Wang Zhen would probably have to be sent to the treasury to fill in the accounts.

However, there is an essential difference between Wang Zhen’s other well-known eunuchs, that is, he is not particularly fond of money, but more of a person who is dedicated to "doing a career".

Wang Zhen’s lifelong wish was to become a eunuch who made achievements and left his name in history!

The "confiscation" of 30,000 taels of gold is a bit painful, but in order to control the court, it is worth it to achieve great success in the future.

"How dare I deceive Long Live the Lord? This matter should not be too big. I ordered Song Fantai to return to Beijing to question the crime, and then low-key judgment is the best solution."

Zhu Qizhen was full of trust in Shen Yichen, and Wang Zhen was even more indifferent.

Indeed, such matters involve royal faces, and foreign officials cannot be investigated in depth, so they must be handled in a low-key manner.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen silently closed the impeachment memorial of Shen Yichen on the imperial case, turned to look at Wang Zhen and said, "Sir, I will order Song Zhang to go to Beijing first, and then decide the crime of corruption."

"Your Majesty's wiseness."

Wang Zhen took the opportunity to compliment, but there was not much joy on his face.

Chen Yichen acted less and less and less, and it seemed that this child had gradually become a major concern!

Chen Yichen, who was thousands of miles away, naturally did not know the emperor's decision, and he did not expect that Wang Zhen would have this trick to turn the world around.

At this moment, he was leading his confidants, Xiaocheng Water Village in Lianjiang County, Fuzhou Prefecture, ready to meet with the guerrilla general of the Fujian Navy Li Zan.

The Fujian Navy's garrison in the Ming Dynasty was very different from later generations. It was not that a harbor was chosen as the mother base, but that it was divided into five major water camps and several garrison battalions.

Among them, each water camp is about 2,000 people stationed, and each raid guard has 500 to 1,000 people. In addition, the thousand households attached to the navy division, the total number of troops in the entire Fujian Navy exceeded 20,000 at its peak. .

Of course, just like the severe vacancies in other garrisons in the Ming Dynasty, the Fujian Navy also had to add the influence of the ban on the sea. Whether there are 10,000 soldiers now has to be questioned.

Chen Yichen did not notify Li Zan in advance to welcome him. He wanted to catch him off guard and see how the combat readiness of the Fujian Navy is now.

If the military morale of the Fujian Navy was inferior to the three guards of Fuzhou that suffered consecutive defeats, then Chen Yichen considered that he would not win over Li Zan, but instead of taking over his own people.

He doesn't need a waste to lead the way.

At the same time, Chen Yichen gradually understood why powerful officials would definitely have arbitrary comments when they came to the end. Because many times if you want to do something, you must form a clique to win over like-minded people, otherwise you will be dragged down by all kinds of things and achieve nothing.

"Who is coming? Sign up!"

Before Chen Yichen and his group arrived at the gate of the water village, the sentry standing on the high ground had already discovered them and notified the reinforcements to come to the front of the village to be on guard.

When he heard this question, there were already a neatly lined up Fujian naval officers and soldiers standing in front of Chen Yichen, and dozens of bows and arrows were aimed at him and others from the high ground of the water village, making the whole atmosphere extremely slaughtering.

"The military appearance is clean and has a brave spirit."

Seeing the response of the Fuzhou Navy, Wu Rui nodded and praised.

He came to Fujian from northern Xinjiang along the way, and most of the soldiers in the garrison he saw were stinky fish and rotten shrimps. Now he could finally see the shadow of a tiger and wolf man.

"I am the Fujian Admiral Chen Yichen, informing you that Li Guerrilla will come to greet you!"

The other party has already prepared a war preparedness, so Chen Yichen tests it to the point where he can stop. If he doesn't report his identity, he will probably be shot into a hedgehog.

"Can there be seals as evidence?"

What surprised Chen Yichen was that the other party's gatekeeper was still full of vigilance and did not show his fear of being in front of Shangguan.

“Of course there is.”

After saying that, Chen Yichen took out the Admiral's seal from his arms and handed it to the other party. Such things cannot be faked.

After checking the text on the seal, the expression on the face of the gatekeeper finally changed. He hurriedly handed the mark back to Chen Yichen, and then saluted: "I don't know that Admiral Chen is coming. If you offend me, please forgive me!"

"What is the crime of performing your duties?"

"Go and inform Li Zhi to come and greet him."

"Yes, obey your order!"

After receiving the order, the gatekeeper turned around and ran away, but soon returned, and replied with a difficult face: "Admiral Chen, General said he was unwell, let you go by yourself."

Let me pass?

Hearing this sentence, Chen Yichen couldn't help laughing.

The imperial admiral was ordered to leave the town, not to mention the commander-in-chief of the third-rank military officer, even the second-rank civil servants had to leave the city to greet him respectfully.

Now that he has stood at the gate of the water village, Li Zan is too lazy to come out to greet him and wants to come over by himself. It is truly arrogance.

"Okay, then I will go there."

Li Zan should be glad that Chen Yichen is also a rebellious person. He doesn't care whether the other party is humble and respectful, but only cares about his ability.
To be continued...