Chapter 969: come to light

Chapter 969: come to light

  Chapter 969 The truth comes out

  Xiao Jing returned to Fengtian Hall in a hurry.

  He stood quietly beside Emperor Hongzhi.

  Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were still on the draft, and he said, "What's the matter?"

  Xiao Jing thought for a while, and said: "The Yushiyuan and the Minister of the Ministry of War fought, I heard... many people fought against one, and Ma Butang was defeated..."

  Emperor Hongzhi raised his head in surprise and looked at Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing continued: "It's because, when the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate checked the arsenal, he found that... many weapons were missing, and not only did not match the accounts, but also were very different, even... Your Majesty, the side The town's ordnance can no longer be supplied."

   Xiao Jing tried his best to speak in a calm tone.

  Emperor Hongzhi's face was as pale as paper.

"What do you mean by great difference? How much is the difference? 10%? 20%?" Emperor Hongzhi wanted to kill people and be a wise king. It was difficult. No matter how diligent one person is, he could not hold the world. Hundreds of thousands of people dragged him away Looking at his arm: "Is it still 30%?"

   "Maybe..." Xiao Jing was silent for a long time: "Maybe 90%!"

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly stood up, picked up the inkstone on the copybook, his eyes were red, almost wanted to kill someone, the whole person seemed to lose his mind in anger, the inkstone hit Xiao Jing's head viciously.

  How dare Xiao Jing hide, seeing the wind coming from the inkstone, almost reaching his forehead...

  Suddenly, the inkstone stopped in mid-air.

Emperor Hongzhi glared at Xiao Jing, still holding the inkstone in his hand, wishing to crush it, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and finally let out a long breath, his sallow face, He sighed and threw the inkstone aside.

   With a bang, the inkstone rolled down along with Jin Luan's jade steps.

  Emperor Hongzhi sat down again: "Can the border town supply military supplies?"

   "I'm afraid..." Xiao Jing thought dangerously.

  He could understand Emperor Hongzhi's anger, not so much anger as aggrieved.

  The Ninth Five-Year Honor of other people's family, what a heroic spirit, at worst, even if they killed a few eunuchs to vent their anger, no one would say anything.

  But Your Majesty...

  Xiao Jing really wished that the inkstone hit his head hard at this time, so that His Majesty could at least breathe a sigh of relief.

  He said with a bitter face: "Bian Town...I'm afraid I can't handle it."

Emperor Hongzhi impatiently knocked on the copy with his fingers: "Let's investigate thoroughly, investigate to the end, whether it is the Minister of the Ministry of War, the head of the Ministry of Treasury, or someone else... Dongchang came to investigate, not one slipped through the net, one This is true for the arsenal, but what about the granary? What about the internal warehouse? Hey, I usually treat people well, civil and military officials, all give rain and dew. What's the matter?"

He pulled his face, as if he wanted to say something cruel, but he murmured a bit, and the words that killed the whole family seemed a little hard to say, and finally, he said with a cold face: "Hmph, you can play around as much as you want, wait After I die for a hundred years, my sons will take care of you one by one!"

   "No!" Suddenly, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be unable to swallow this breath: "Let the prince investigate this case thoroughly. The prince is the leader, followed by Fang Jifan, and the investigation will be carried out!"

  Xiao Jing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise."

   What do you mean by this, is it that my son and son-in-law come to let you **** all go to the crematorium?

  ...

Zhu Houzhao was happily lighting the side stove. Recently, Mr. Wen is good at his skills, and the sauce he made is more delicious. Fang Jifan is opposite him, holding a piece of meat, and shouted: "Your Highness, look at this meat. The texture is clear. The meat is fat but not greasy. This cow must have been a hardworking cow before he was alive. Bar."

  Zhu Houzhao said in surprise: "You know that too."

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Looking at its meat, you can know its cattle, and knowing its cattle, you can know its nature. In Nanzhuang, it is close to the school. The cattle work at sunrise, and they listen to the sound of reading aloud. They must be mild-tempered and interesting. Elegant, only the cows around the school can have this sentiment."

  Zhu Houzhao leaned forward and said, "Let me see, let me see."

Fang Jifan hurriedly retracted his chopsticks. The soup was over, and the beef was half-cooked. After dipping it in the sauce, it exuded a strange fragrance. How could Fang Jifan be fooled by Zhu Houzhao? Take away the beef.

   Ache…

   Zhu Houzhao suddenly sneezed.

   Suddenly, Fang Jifan's face changed.

   "My beef, my elegant cattle, my sentimental cattle, my studious cattle." Fang Jifan lamented.

  Zhu Houzhao rubbed his nose: "Which dog-like thing is thinking about Bengong!"

  Fang Jifan suddenly felt dull, and hurriedly dropped the chopsticks and beef, and sighed, feeling very melancholy.

  But at this time, someone came in a hurry outside: "Your Highness, Captain Fang, someone from the palace is here."

  Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan were shocked and looked at each other.

   Not long after, an **** came with an imperial edict.

  He is about to read.

  Zhu Houzhao didn't care so much, and went straight forward: "I have a look."

   Directly snatched the imperial decree, opened it, and seeing it, Zhu Houzhao was angry: "Old Fang, look, is this a human thing?"

  Fang Jifan leaned his head over, and saw the words that the arsenal was in short supply...and then looked at 90%...a little confused.

No, in the seventh year of Zhengde, I checked the arsenal once. After all, Zhu Houzhao in history was interested in fighting, so I asked someone to check the arsenal to know how many weapons the Ming Dynasty had. But in the end, almost all the accounts were found. They didn't match up. For this reason, Emperor Zhengde was furious and ordered a strict investigation. This investigation lasted for a full year...

  Can now...

   It’s not right again, now that Emperor Hongzhi has not passed away, history has changed. At this time, Zhu Houzhao is still the prince, and naturally he is not Emperor Zhengde.

   "Beast!" What Zhu Houzhao hates the most is people who steal armaments. How many soldiers in the front are desperately fighting in the border towns. If they want to hit this, they are really worse than pigs and dogs!

  Fang Jifan looked very calm.

  Actually...this is really the daily life of the Ming Dynasty...is it strange? It's just that he can't stand the investigation of this thing. If he doesn't investigate, everything will be fine. If he investigates, everything will be over.

  Fang Jifan saw it, and ordered the prince Zhu Houzhao to lead him to thoroughly investigate the case within a time limit.

  Fang Jifan couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, look here, do you see anything?"

  Zhu Houzhao shook his head like a rattle: "I can't tell what's going on, I'm very angry now."

  Fang Jifan sighed: "Your Majesty has the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and even the Metropolitan Procuratorate. There are plenty of people, but why do you want His Royal Highness and ministers to investigate and deal with it?"

  Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth: "Never mind, I must kill these thieves and their families."

"Your Highness, calm down." Fang Jifan sighed, the lines shouldn't be like this, it's too unreasonable, in Di Renjie's film and television, it should be a gasp, ah, it's so terrifying, I can't think of this behind, There is still...

  But Zhu Houzhao is a rough person, and he is not particular about this aspect.

Fang Jifan said: "Your Highness, this shows that Your Majesty is very disappointed with Dali Temple, Factory Guard, and Metropolitan Procuratorate. Your Majesty is not disappointed with their ability. If it is just ability, why should His Highness come to investigate? Even if Your Majesty does not believe in Factory Guard Ability, do you still believe that His Majesty who can only knit sweaters, fight wars, build cars and treat diseases? Hey, don’t be angry, I’m just a bit more straightforward. It is loyalty, because His Highness is His Majesty's son..."

   "What on earth are you trying to say?" Zhu Houzhao was furious.

Fang Jifan took a deep look at Zhu Houzhao: "What I want to say is that Your Majesty has a hunch that this case... may involve a lot of people. If you don't trust people completely, you will never dare to entrust them. Your Majesty also knows very well that you need to investigate. This case requires great wisdom, but also great courage. Therefore, he also knew that His Highness has more than enough courage, but not enough IQ, so he ordered the minister to assist him."

   "..." Zhu Houzhao gasped, and squinted his eyes: "Father also finds it difficult?"

   Just kidding, of course tricky.

  In history, when Zhu Houzhao became Emperor Zhengde, this case was investigated for more than a year, and all previous efforts were wasted several times. If Emperor Zhengde did not urge him repeatedly, I am afraid that the investigation would not be found in a year.

Zhu Houzhao was happy: "It seems that the father still knows that this palace is very wise and brave. If so, then... this palace is here to investigate, let's go, let's go to the Ministry of War, and first find out that **** Ma Wensheng. He is the Minister of the Ministry of War. It doesn't matter, as long as the punishment is imposed, I am not afraid that he will not speak."

   "..."

  Fang Jifan was ashamed: "Ma Wensheng is the Secretary of the Ministry of War, how can he be punished?"

   "Is the servant okay? Where is the chief treasurer of the Ministry of War?"

   "..."

  Retarded!

  Fang Jifan couldn't help thinking to himself.

  Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry: "Father, the deadline is half a year, and the truth will come out, why are you so dawdling."

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "It doesn't take three years, but within three days, the truth will come to light. The first thing we need to do is to find the batch of weapons, where they went, and who can be involved in this matter. It is by no means a simple matter." Character, Your Highness, don’t you think so? Without hard evidence, if His Highness hastily tortured and spread the word, his reputation would be bad.”

  Although Zhu Houzhao has no reputation.

   But Fang Jifan has it, and Fang Jifan is still a shameless person.

  Zhu Houzhao frowned: "So... where did these weapons go?"

  Fang Jifan thought to himself, I do know that it is far away in the sky, but close in front of us. If there is no deviation in the official case of the Zhengde Dynasty, then...

Fang Jifan said: "Let me take care of this, but...Your Highness...you have to be careful. Now that Your Majesty has issued an order, you have to be on guard. Some people jump over the wall in a hurry. How about, Your Highness send a hundred and eighty guards to my minister, so that I can sleep more comfortably." .”

  (end of this chapter)