Dongchang and Jinyiwei are two institutions though.But in many cases, it is the power of the East Factory that is greater than that of Jinyiwei.And Jinyiwei has become the de facto subordinate organization of the East Factory.Because Dongchang often directly uses Jinyiwei's people to form its own staff, and even directly uses Jinyiwei's Suppression Division to interrogate the arrested criminals.In addition, the relationship between the eunuchs of the Admiral Dongchang and the emperor was more intimate than that of the commander of the Jinyi Guard.Therefore, many officials of Jinyiwei became subordinates of the Dongchang factory supervisor.For example, the current Xu Xianchun was originally the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but because many of the official titles of the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty are fictitious, Xu Xianchun's actual position is the head of the East Factory, and he is responsible for the standing work of the East Factory.Therefore, although Xu Xianchun is a high-ranking official of Jinyiwei, he is the No. 2 person in Dongchang.Naturally, Jinyiwei has also become a subordinate organization of the East Factory.Xu Xianchun directly arrested Feng Sanyuan and took him to Jinyiwei's prison.The current Dongchang does not have its own prison, so the Dongchang is a prison where both Jinyiwei and Jinyiwei are used.The prison of Jinyiwei is known as the Imperial Prison, and it has always been a place where all kinds of important prisoners were interrogated.Of course, all dynasties and dynasties have had edicts, and as the name suggests, edicts are prisons for criminals who are punished by the emperor's edicts.But in the Ming Dynasty, the edict prison became the special name of Jinyiwei Prison.As soon as Feng Sanyuan arrived at the Imperial Prison, he was frightened by the dim, clammy and cold environment inside, and he felt as if he had entered a ghost gate.For a while, when Feng Sanyuan accidentally saw some unkempt and withered criminals in the Imperial Prison, he was even more frightened.And the dazzling array of torture tools, such as tiger chairs, iron beds, clamping sticks, brain hoops, and horse blocking sticks, made Feng Sanyuan even more afraid.Therefore, when Feng Sanyuan was escorted to the interrogation place and tied to the pillar, Feng Sanyuan instinctively struggled and shouted: "What are you doing here, how can you treat this official like this, this official wants to see the emperor and impeach you!"
You are bending the law, you are torturing loyal ministers!
”Wei Zhongxian walked in at this time, sat on a Taishi chair moved by the Jinyi Guard Official Academy, and looked at Feng Sanyuan quietly.Wei Zhongxian was also looking at these torture tools, but his mood after seeing these torture tools was different from Feng Sanyuan, he was as happy as seeing these torture tools as if he had seen a work of art, and he felt that he had not been disappointed in vain for so many years of enduring humiliation."
Feng Sanyuan, our family has conclusive evidence that you are suspected of befriending the chamberlain, accepting bribes, and framing important ministers of the court, you had better recruit it truthfully and avoid the pain of punishment, otherwise don't blame our family for being polite!"
Wei Zhongxian asked.Feng Sanyuan looked at Wei Zhongxian, did not speak, and said in his heart: "This eunuch will actually say that he befriended the inner servant, and also said that he framed the important ministers, and he only impeached Xiong Tingbi recently, could it be that this person is for Xiong Tingbi's head, but the Dongchang factory is Wang An's person, Wang Wenyan is Wang An's doorman, it was Wang Wenyan who asked him to participate in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi, and the people of Dongchang will not stand up for Xiong Tingbi because of their participation in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi, so it seems that Dongchang can only change people!"
”As soon as he thought of this, Feng Sanyuan raised his head and said, "This official has not befriended the internal servants, let alone accepted bribes!"
Whoever this official has always impeached out of public interest rather than selfish interests, you are embarrassed and want to harm this official, and this official will not let you succeed!
”Wei Zhongxian only smiled slightly because of this, and waved his hand: "Execution!"
”As soon as Wei Zhongxian gave the order, a brocade-clothed guard took out the red-hot soldering iron from the stove, and then pressed it directly on Feng Sanyuan's stomach.Suddenly, Feng Sanyuan's clothes and meat were burned, and there was even a sound of fat refining oil."
AhhFeng Sanyuan also screamed in pain because of this, and sweat was pouring from his forehead.Without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to ask, Feng Sanyuan hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "I'll recruit, I'll recruit!"
”Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian asked the Jinyi Wei Tiqi to stop.Feng Sanyuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I accepted Wang Wenyan's silver, and he asked me to participate in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi, but I really didn't make friends with the servants!"
”Wei Zhongxian was naturally dissatisfied with this confession, so he said: "If you don't tell the truth, then don't blame the factory for being unkind to you, and continue to torture!"
”As a result, a brocade-clothed guard began to continue to execute Feng Sanyuan.Feng Sanyuan screamed again and cried: "Don't!
No!
I recruit, I recruit, I remember, I remember, I have a friendship with the servant, I have a friendship with the former factory father!
”Feng Sanyuan is not stupid, he heard that the eunuch in front of him suddenly claimed to be the prince of the factory, so he was even more sure that the East Factory had changed, and the eunuch in front of him had to confirm that he was obviously going to harm his predecessor.Therefore, Feng Sanyuan directly said that he had befriended the former factory father.Wei Zhongxian was very satisfied with this, so he asked Jinyiwei to stop the torture, and asked Feng Sanyuan: "How did you get acquainted with the Wei Dynasty?"
”Feng Sanyuan panted and replied: "I met him through Wang Wenyan, a member of the Zhongshu House, and he also received Wang Wenyan's silver!"
Wang Wenyan asked him to follow Xiong Tingbi in the emperor. ”After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian immediately ordered: "Write down his confession, and then let him draw a charge, and our family will submit it to the emperor overnight!"
”…… Zhu Youxiao had been waiting for Wei Zhongxian to bring him news about the interrogation of Feng Sanyuan.Because Zhu Youxiao believes that the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, who leaned towards the government and the opposition in history, is by no means an idle person, and he will definitely be able to do it for himself what he wants, and the efficiency will not be slow.Zhu Youxiao knew that the fundamental reason for the decline of the Ming Dynasty was the lack of money.After all, it takes money to raise the royal clan and clan, it takes money to guard against the construction of slaves in Liaodong, and it also needs money to help more and more displaced people.Even to make the Ming Dynasty strong enough in the future and even compete in the world, it will also need money to train troops and build ships.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao now wants to make money.And how to collect money most efficiently?
Naturally, it's a raid!
Zhu Youxiao knew that although the state revenue of the Ming Dynasty was very scarce, and the tax silver in the first year of Taichang was only more than 4 million taels of silver, the ruling class was very rich.Whether it is a clan vassal king or a scholar, they are all rich.Because after the great geographical discovery, global trade also officially began, and the Ming Dynasty, whose productivity level was still at the forefront of the world, relied on global trade to absorb a large amount of wealth from all over the world, so that the gold and silver looted by the early Western colonizers such as Spain and the Netherlands flowed to the Ming Dynasty.Therefore, it is impossible to say how much wealth the people of the Ming Dynasty have.According to Zhu Youxiao's knowledge, Zheng Zhilong, who was born as a pirate, earned more than 20 million taels of silver every year because of his maritime trade during the Chongzhen period.It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youxiao has always wanted to accumulate the money and wealth of these powerful officials by raiding their homes, so that they can be of greater use.Zhu Youxiao had already secretly decided that no matter who he was in the future, as long as he committed a crime, even if he didn't kill him, he would have to raid his home.But at the beginning, Zhu Youxiao had no one who could be used to raid his home.And Zhu Youxiao also remembered that in history, Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong were indeed Qing officials.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not raid Yang Lian and Wei Dazhong.But now that Zhu Youxiao has enabled Wei Zhongxian, he naturally has someone to raid his house, so Zhu Youxiao made up his mind to raid Feng Sanyuan, who participated in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi, first, and before raiding the house, Feng Sanyuan was naturally convicted first.Zhu Youxiao believed that Wei Zhongxian would accuse Feng Sanyuan of a crime.If Wei Zhongxian didn't even have this ability, he wouldn't be worthy of leaning into the opposition in the future."
Emperor!
The slave and maid found out, and this Feng Sanyuan himself confessed, he accepted the silver from Wang Wenyan, a scholar in the middle school, and it was Wang Wenyan who asked him to participate in the impeachment and frame Xiong Tingbi, and this Wang Wenyan also colluded with the Wei Dynasty to let the Wei Dynasty enter Xiong Tingbi's slander in front of the emperor, and framed Xiong Tingbi for embezzlement!
”As soon as Wei Zhongxian came to Zhu Youxiao, he reported to Zhu Youxiao.