Chapter 12: The Jinyiwei's reputation intimidates all civil and military officials

Chapter 12: The Jinyiwei's reputation intimidates all civil and military officials

Township.

Ye Xuan shook his waist and felt full of energy.

The fatigue during this period seems to have disappeared due to the system rewards, and I feel great!
The leader's mind became clear, and he could remember everything that had happened before in great detail, even the expressions of the people he had talked to.

"If I had this ability, I might even pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi."

Ye Xuan thought so.

It is not enough to just pass the imperial examination. It will take at least several years to be on par with a sixth-rank Jinyiwei captain. What's more, the Jinyiwei is currently in a period of great power and even the ministers dare not offend them.

Ye Xuan stretched his body and walked towards the prison.

This Weiyu was a large prison exclusively for the Jinyiwei, and in later generations it was called "Zhaoyu".

The group of officials from the Ministry of Households were imprisoned here.

Once they are caught, they have to be tried, but these literati have no good face for the Jinyiwei.

At this time, the interrogation expert Ye Xuan has to come on stage and give them a little torture shock.

Before I even finished warming up with all the interrogation tactics I had, these people all gave up.

He started with the topic of the empty seal, and also talked about all the people who had bribed him. His face was gloomy, completely different from the high-spirited man he was when he stood in the court.

Ye Xuan wiped his hands, and the clerk next to him handed him the written transcript.

Seeing that there was no problem, Ye Xuan copied it into a memorial and handed it to Wei Qingming.

The Empty Seal Case officially began.

The emergence of empty seal actually has its rationality.

But as an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about something deeper.

In addition, these people were not clean, and this touched upon the corruption that Zhu Yuanzhang was most unwilling to see.

With these two factors combined, Caishikou can be said to be bustling with people.

The KDA of the executioners is also steadily increasing.

This made the Jinyiwei very busy.

At that time, the Jinyiwei had just been established, and most of its members were former inspectors, so their number was originally small.

In addition, there were so many people to arrest and houses to search that the Jinyiwei were basically on call around the clock during this period.

The only thing I can say is that the food during this period was very good, and we could eat meat basically every day.

During this period, Ye Xuan returned with a lot of loot from house searches every day, and he was considered a bit famous among the Jinyiwei.

"Captain Ye has come back from confiscating the property again."

"Tell me why we don't have such good energy as others."

"It is said that Captain Ye has inherited martial arts from his family and is extremely brave, but this is a child's skill, so let's forget about it."

"It's Tong Zi Gong, then it's okay."

The two of them were whispering to each other as they watched Ye Xuan walk into Wei Qingming's room with a weapon in his hand.

Wei Qingming is not young anymore and he is very tired these days.

When he saw Ye Xuan walking in with a sullen face, he knew that his capable subordinate had encountered difficulties.

"All the evidence in the Kongyin corruption case points to the Minister of Revenue Ma Gui."

Ye Xuan sighed and said.

He could raid the home of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but although the Vice Minister and the Shangshu were only one level apart in rank, the power they held was completely on a different level.

A small sixth-rank Jinyiwei captain does not have such power.

"Minister Ma?!"

Wei Qingming had obviously expected this.

After all, Ma Gui is in charge of the entire Ministry of Revenue. There are some things that the officials under him dare not do without his approval.

Then, Wei Qingming told Ye Xuan not to tell anyone, and he told Mao Xiang the news.

And Mao Xiang appeared in front of Zhu Yuanzhang again.

"Ma Gui."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the memorial in front of him and said,
"I remember him. He was with me when we were conquering the world." "I never expected that he would become like this. How should I deal with him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly, walked down from the dragon throne, and asked Mao Xiang below.

Mao Xiang naturally understood that Zhu Yuanzhang was not asking him, so he just lowered his head and pretended to be mute.

The fact that Zhu Yuanzhang could say this shows that he had already made the decision in his heart.

"Ma Gui, the Minister of Revenue, is one of the six ministers. He should be selfless and dedicated to the country and the people."

"However, he tacitly allowed the empty seal to prevail, and his crime of embezzling the people's money is unforgivable."

"The three tribes were exiled, and the men were exiled, and the women were sent to the Jiaofangsi."

"After three days, Ma Gui and his followers will be beheaded and displayed to the public. Their heads will be hung for three days as a warning to others."

"The Royal Guards did a good job on this matter."

Mao Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed to express his gratitude and left.

This news soon reached Ye Xuan's ears, and Mao Xiang also gave the task of confiscating the house to Ye Xuan.

This guy has good business skills and is young, so he is a talent.

The Minister of Revenue is in charge of the world's money.

It is said that a clean magistrate can earn 100,000 silver coins in ten years.

What’s more, he is a dignified second-rank official?
Looking at the nearly 50,000 taels of stolen money in his hand, Ye Xuan shook his head and handed it to Wei Qingming.

Three days later, the heads of high-ranking officials including the Minister of Revenue Ma Gui and the Vice Minister of Revenue Zhang Zhengxing were chopped off and hung on bamboo poles. Nearly three hundred people were implicated, dyeing the execution platform red. The beheading lasted for a whole afternoon.

Among them, six provincial governors above the fourth rank died.

The empty seal case that shocked the whole country has come to an end.

But this is just the beginning, the beginning of the officials' nightmare

It is said that one should not blame the masses, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not have this idea.

Anyone who dares to be greedy will be killed, no matter who you are or how many people there are!

The senior officials who were lucky enough to have nothing to do with the empty seal case were all filled with fear and began to clean up their messes in a hurry.

It is only the beginning of the Hongwu period, but they have been sitting in high positions for a long time.

He had already forgotten Zhu Yuanzhang's temper on the dragon throne and felt a little elated.

At the same time, the Jinyiwei, who was usually ignored by everyone, also came into everyone's attention.

He was in charge of solving cases, investigating cases, and killing people.

The details of the case-solving process in the documents are so detailed that they expose everyone's true colors.

This kind of intelligence capability is truly astonishing.

"Your Majesty's murderous intentions are growing. We should be more careful in the future."

"Lest we follow the footsteps of Ma Gui and others."

At the Duke of Korea's Mansion, Li Shanchang looked at the people below and gave instructions.

Although Li Shanchang was not a military general, he was the chief logistics officer of the Ming Dynasty and ranked first among the six founding dukes. Even if he did not have a specific position, he was still in a high position of power.

The Huaixi generals all nodded, but it was unclear how much they could hear.

Seeing this, Li Shanchang naturally knew what they were thinking.

As partners who followed Zhu Yuanzhang in conquering the world, the Ming Dynasty still needed them.

There won't be any problems for a while.

The only ones who could cause problems are my own in-laws.

Prime Minister, Hu Weiyong.

Just as he said, Hu Weiyong was also discussing the empty seal case with his people in his own mansion.

"The power of the Jinyiwei is truly terrifying. Now we have no secrets left in front of His Majesty."

"We need to think of a way to solve this problem."

Hu Weiyong was also quite troubled when facing such brutal Jinyiwei.

(End of this chapter)