jdhmnovel Chapter 642 Shifting the blame to Liu Bowen?
Chapter 642 Shifting the blame to Liu Bowen?
"We'll give you the royal command flag."
"In addition, I will appoint you as governor of Shandong, Henan, Zhejiang, Hubei and Hunan, Fujian and Guangdong."
"As long as you don't suddenly decide to attack Japan, you can move the three coastal offices and guards at will."
"Anyone below the rank of second grade can be executed first and reported later."
Emperor Zhu directly delegated power: "We don't care how you investigate, or how far you end up. Even if you find out a huge problem, we'll cover for you."
After a slight pause, Emperor Zhu quickly added, "Also, Jinan and Laizhou have been suffering from drought for several years. Those involved in cases of missing children should not only try to transfer the blame to Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture."
Yang Shaofeng almost laughed out of anger at Emperor Zhu.
Look, look, where is the trust between people?
Yes, you gave me the imperial edict and made me the first inspector of eight prefectures in the Ming Dynasty. No, this is not an inspector of eight prefectures, this is an inspector of eight provinces!
Holy crap, is Lao Deng treating his position like a donkey in a production team?
They're really afraid I'll work myself to death!
And what did he say about not letting me suddenly have the idea to attack Japan?
Let me distribute those involved in the child trafficking case to other places, instead of just thinking about scrambling to Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture?
Yang Shaofeng rolled his eyes and said with a dark face, "May I ask, Father-in-law, do you intend to make this case big or small?"
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "What do you mean by 'running a large-scale operation'? And what do you mean by 'running a small-scale operation'?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "The so-called 'big event' means that as many people as there are, they will be implicated and punished severely. Those who should be exiled will be beheaded, those who should be beheaded will have their property confiscated, those whose property is confiscated will have their entire family reduced to three generations, and those whose family is reduced to nine generations."
"And we need to prosecute not only those who are trafficked, but also those who are bought."
"Whether it's buying or selling, those within three generations and five degrees of kinship are directly restricted from taking the imperial examinations and joining the army."
"The so-called 'handling minor cases' means arresting those who should be arrested, killing those who should be killed, and exiling those who should be exiled."
Emperor Zhu grunted in agreement, frowned and pondered for a moment before suddenly saying, "We're going to handle this big, but you'll only be in charge of the investigation. We'll find someone else to handle the rest."
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, then bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "Let your son-in-law handle this."
Emperor Zhu's face darkened, and he roared, "You're going to do it? Do you even know the consequences of making things worse? You're the one who's going to do it?"
Yang Shaofeng was once again convinced that Zhu Chongba was indeed not very smart—didn't he think about it? Even the idea of holding a grand ceremony was proposed by me. How could I not know the consequences?
It's just that it gives them a bad reputation.
Hounds, lackeys, cruel officials, or tyrannical and brutal people—they're all just these kinds of things.
Nothing to say.
Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "May I ask, Father-in-law, what good reputation do I still have?"
Emperor Zhu, his face dark with anger, rebuked, "You know you don't have a good reputation?"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "Those people want a good reputation because they hope their descendants can use it to gain some benefits."
"Just like that guy said, having a good reputation means that even if you fall on hard times, your descendants will be able to get two more bowls of food than others when they go begging."
The Emperor Zhu's face darkened even further.
Is this bastard making sarcastic remarks about us again?
Girl, look at you, look at you! You've spoiled your good son-in-law rotten!
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became, but Yang Shaofeng continued, "But what use would that thing be to me?"
“As the son-in-law of the emperor, I am not on the same side as those people. Even if I had thought of using my good reputation to pave the way for my descendants, they would not have considered me one of their own.”
“Slapping them to death would be more in my best interest and more in line with my own thoughts.”
The imperial son-in-law is a legitimate member of the imperial family.
Yang Shaofeng's son had to call Lao Deng "Grandpa" and Zhu Biao and the others "Uncle".
This destined Yang Shaofeng to be different from those local gentry and gentry, and they would never see eye to eye.
The core interests of both sides are contradictory.
Yang Shaofeng sneered again, "Didn't they plan to leave a good reputation for their descendants? This time, I'm going to ruin their scheme. They want more rice? I'll smash their bowls too!"
Emperor Zhu, unable to bear it any longer, kicked Yang Shaofeng and yelled, "Get out! Take your men and get as far away as possible from here! Just looking at you makes me angry!"
We merely recruited some able-bodied men from Ningyang County to serve as guards for the Eastern Palace, thereby extinguishing his ambitions for the Marquis of Champion, and also secured this child case from him as a form of hard labor. Yet, this scoundrel keeps talking about smashing bowls.
motherfucker.
They're deliberately trying to make things difficult for us!
……
As soon as Yang Shaofeng returned to the backyard of Ningyang County, he shouted loudly, "Wife! Wife! Where did I put my official robes?"
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Yu'er chuckled and said, "Look at our master, he's so powerful outside, but when he comes home he can't even find his own official robes."
Jin'er smiled and looked at Yang Shaofeng, asking, "Which official robes are you referring to, husband? Is it the imperial robes of the son-in-law? Or the robes of the prefect? Or perhaps the robes of the Court of State Ceremonial?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "I won't wear those tattered things. This time I'm going to wear a flying fish robe. Oh, and get the embroidered spring knife out for me too."
Flying fish costume?
Embroidered Spring Blade?
Jin'er's smile faltered slightly. She first instructed the maid to fetch the flying fish robe, then looked at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Husband, what happened?"
Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "Some cases have occurred in Dengzhou and some coastal counties. I have requested permission from His Majesty to investigate these cases."
After Yang Shaofeng gave a brief account of the missing children case, Jin'er and Yu'er's faces darkened.
Jin'er paced back and forth a couple of times and said, "These people are able to pull off so many cases in Dengzhou and even dozens of coastal counties. I'm afraid they're involved with more than just powerful local gentry. My husband, you should be extra careful when you go to investigate."
Yang Shaofeng hummed in agreement, and Jin'er continued, "There's one more thing, my husband needs to find a way to pass it on to Marquis Chengyi."
Earl Chengyi?
Liu Bowen?
How is he involved in this?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was secretly curious, Jin'er chuckled and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Husband is right to say that we should be strict and severe, but this strictness and severity won't scare those people. I'm afraid the same problem will still occur in the future."
"Because no matter how severe the punishment is, it is only aimed at the main culprit, and his nine generations of relatives will at most be exiled to do hard labor."
"Moreover, in our Great Ming Dynasty, the punishment of exterminating nine generations of a family is four generations from the father's family, three generations from the mother's family, and two generations from the wife's family."
“Even some people within five degrees of kinship are unaffected.”
"Unless the Great Ming Code is amended to link the nine generations of relatives with the five degrees of mourning."
"It's more appropriate to pin this on the Marquis of Chengyi, since he's the head of the Censorate. Our family shouldn't have to bear this kind of infamy."