GBP Chapter 376 The Dog's Entry into Yang's Madness!
Chapter 376 The Dog's Entry into Yang's Madness!
Wang Qiong arrived in Ningyang County quickly, and returned to the capital even faster.
As for Wang Qiong, he could rest slowly after returning to the capital. Right now, the most important thing was to quickly send the memorial and family letter written by Yang Fuma to Emperor Zhu to the capital.
As for how much trouble this memorial and family letter could cause in the capital, that was something Emperor Zhu and His Highness the Crown Prince needed to consider. He was merely a lowly ninth-rank interpreter, and the longer this memorial and family letter remained in his hands, the more dangerous it would be.
However, Emperor Zhu received not only the memorial and family letter brought back by Wang Qiong, but also an additional family letter personally delivered to the capital by the lame Wu.
In other words, his good son-in-law wrote a memorial to the throne and two family letters. The family letters were divided into two parts: one part was taken back to the capital by Wang Qiong, and the other part was personally delivered by Limpy Wu.
What's even more outrageous is that the two family letters were less like family letters and more like two piles of slips of paper inside an envelope.
If the slips of paper in the two envelopes cannot be pieced together according to their numbers, these two letters from home are nothing but two piles of useless waste paper.
Is it really necessary to be this cautious?
It wasn't until he personally pieced together the notes from the two separate envelopes into a complete family letter that Emperor Zhu realized just how weighty this letter truly was.
The operational logic of the blank printing case.
The operating logic of the Gentry Group.
The impact of the imperial examination system on the gentry class.
The gentry group's control over the imperial examination system.
The more Emperor Zhu looked, the more alarmed and furious he became.
So, the meager sums of money and grain that Zhu Chongba painstakingly accumulated were less than what these officials made by reselling empty seals?
So, all the officials in the Ming Dynasty were outwardly full of benevolence and morality, but inwardly they were all desperately trying to line their own pockets?
Emperor Zhu was very unwilling to believe what Yang Shaofeng wrote in his letter home. He even wanted to summon Yang Shaofeng to the capital and scold him, pointing his finger at that scoundrel and telling him that the officials of our Great Ming Dynasty were not as despicable as he imagined.
But when he thought of the officials imprisoned in the Yingtianfu prison and the Wudewei military camp because of the blank seal case, Emperor Zhu felt insecure again.
Then, Emperor Zhu took Yang Shaofeng's memorial and family letter to Empress Ma.
Emperor Zhu handed Yang Shaofeng's memorial and family letter to Empress Ma, and sighed, "Look, look at the memorial and family letter written by our good son-in-law."
Empress Ma took the memorial and the family letter and read them through. Then she frowned, looked at Emperor Zhu and asked, "Chongba, what do you think of this memorial and this family letter he wrote?"
If the methods used in the memorials to address the issue of blank money and grain registers, such as the Ministry of Works producing a batch of money and grain registers and stamping them with a seal across the seam in advance, and establishing a special auditing department, were somewhat normal, then the contents of the family letters were far too abnormal.
How did he connect the blank printing of money and grain registers to the fall of the Song Dynasty?
How did he connect the blank printing of money and grain registers to the collusion between those inside and outside the palace?
The key point is that he specifically instructed that palace restrictions be strengthened, and even meals should be handled with extra care?
Emperor Zhu forced a smile and said, "To be honest, there are some things we don't understand, or rather, we can understand some of them, but deep down we're not really willing to believe it."
After a slight pause, Emperor Zhu added, "However, what he wrote in the letter was not just random talk, but based on some evidence."
"Based on what he said in his letter, whether it was the fall of the Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the previous Plowshare Case, or this Empty Seal Case, everything makes sense."
"In other words, whether it was the gentry who wanted to return the land before, or the Sun Gupu case later, their purpose was simply to make the court lower its guard so that they could cover up the outflow of ironware behind the blank seal case."
Empress Ma hummed in agreement, her brows still furrowed tightly. "If everything is as he said in his letter, then it involves far more than just a few officials and gentry. Perhaps... perhaps..."
After mentioning two possibilities, Empress Ma suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Forget it, no matter how many people are involved, your good son-in-law has already made arrangements for you. You just need to do as he wrote in his letter."
Ok?
Emperor Zhu stared blankly at Empress Ma, wondering what it meant that his good son-in-law had already made proper arrangements for him.
No, Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and also Yang the Madman's father-in-law. How could he have arranged everything for us?
And what's wrong with you, Ma Dajiao? You actually want us to do what that bastard wrote in the letter?
Emperor Zhu snorted twice in dissatisfaction and said, "Fine, we'll do as that bastard wrote in his letter. Damn it, he's the son-in-law, yet he's ordering his father-in-law around from all this way. What a scoundrel."
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Emperor Zhu quickly summoned Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen to the palace.
"This is a memorial written by our scoundrel son-in-law. Brother Shanchang and Mr. Qingtian, please take a look first."
As Emperor Zhu gestured for Chen Zhong to take the memorial to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, he said with no small amount of pride, "This time it's not bad. This scoundrel finally knows how to share our burdens."
Li Shanchang read through Yang Shaofeng's memorial, then handed it to Liu Bowen with a blank expression.
The dog is driving Yang mad!
On the surface, the memorial doesn't have many words, and each point is clearly organized. As long as the procedures written in the memorial are followed, the existence of blank seals can be largely eliminated.
In fact, each of the memorials could be taken out individually and broken down into a complete memorial, and one that contains no fewer than several thousand words.
To put it bluntly, Yang the Madman is once again playing the same old trick of focusing on the immediate problem while neglecting the aftermath. All the details will have to be filled in by me and the officials of the court!
That's your mother!
However, compared to Li Shanchang, who was internally ranting and raving, Liu Bowen almost burst out laughing after reading the memorial.
Yes, that's how it should be done. It's just lacking in details, right? I'll fill in the gaps for you, Your Highness. You can rest assured and do it boldly!
Damn it, if I can't send those bastards down to sell salted duck eggs this time, I, Liu Bowen, will change my name to Liu the Coward!
After handing the memorial back to Chen Zhong, Liu Bowen smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "Congratulations on your ascension to the throne! Your Majesty, this memorial is indeed a good solution to the blank seal case."
Li Shanchang turned to look at Liu Bowen, then looked at Emperor Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, since Mr. Qingtian has said so, he must have understood the Prince Consort's memorial. Why don't we let Mr. Qingtian take the lead in this matter of the blank seal?"