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Chapter Twelve Li Banghua

It was already the end of Shen Shi when inspecting the Yongwei Camp and returning to Wuying Palace. Chongzhen took a shower under the help of the palace maids, and after dinner, it was already dark.

At this time, there was a lot of entertainment activities. I went to bed too early. Now it was around 7:30 pm. If I didn’t sleep, I had nothing to do. I couldn’t talk about my life with a few eunuchs.

Zhu Zhenqing felt aroused a few things, and ordered Wang Chengen: "Tomorrow, you can arrange a few smart and clever men to go to the imperial village to help Liu Chao. There is such a big stall over there, although it has not started, once he gets busy, he can't handle it alone. Remember, it's not for someone to fight for power, but Liu Chao is the main one. Then, I will pass on a message to Luo Yangxing and let the Jinyiwei in various places explore the strange people and skilled craftsmen. But ordinary people are sent to Luo Yangxing and find the Jinyiwei in various places.

No matter what carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, farming experts, weapons casting, etc., as long as you find out clearly and have the ability, you will invite them to Beijing with the local government, and you will say that I am of great use. Remember, it is an invitation, not a forced resignation. Each household in Beijing gives Anjia 20 taels of silver, and the family is willing to follow the unified residence of the Beijing. In addition, let the Jinyiwei take people to the Jiangnan area to visit a famous doctor named Wu Youxing, and take him to Beijing to meet him."

Wu Youxing is an epoch-making celebrity in the medical field. In the late Chongzhen period, the country was rampant in the country, with plagues rampant in the north and south, and nine out of ten households in Shandong, and even ten households died. Often, more than a hundred families in the alley were survived, and dozens of people survived. Doctors all used prescriptions to treat typhoid fever, but they were useless.

Wu Youxing personally experienced each epidemic, accumulated rich information, and then devoted himself to researching and based on the treatment and experiment, he wrote a new book "Theory of Plague". The theories he proposed for plague broke the traditional Chinese medicine's cognition and treatment of plague, and provided prescriptions for the epidemic, such as Dayuan Drink, Sanxiao Drink, etc., which achieved good therapeutic effects.

This is a great talent, and you must make the best use of it. You can provide him with a better platform and maximize his talents.

After giving the order, Chongzhen went to the side hall to sleep.

In a family in the east city of the capital, Li Banghua, the left Censor, was having dinner, and his wife and son were also at the table.

Although he was the chief censor of the Left Censor, his family had little regulations. The two-enterprise courtyard was lived in the front yard. The family of old servants who had followed him for many years. Li Banghua and his family lived in the back yard. He had only one son and one daughter. His daughter had already been married, and only his wife and his son Li Ruobin, who was studying in the Imperial College. His son is eighteen years old. He has been diligent and studious since childhood and has excellent grades. He passed the student exam last year and is preparing to take the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination this fall. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be the test.

The son has been engaged, and his in-laws are the youngest daughter of Kim Hyun, the head of the Ministry of War. He is a quiet and gentle girl. As long as his son passes the provincial examination this year, he will get married next year.

The ancients paid attention to eating but not talking. After dinner, Li Banghua went to the study to read books as usual, and his son returned to his room to review.

Li Banghua is 60 years old and has a son. He is still very satisfied with his son. He is smart and studious, calm and generous, and he has placed great hope on him.

It was already dark, and the old servant had already lit a candle. Li Banghua sat at the desk and picked up a book. He did not read it, but fell into deep thought.

The situation is turbulent, and I was picked up by the emperor. I was promoted from the free agent of the right assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Works to the position of the left assistant censor. Although the ranks are almost the same, they are all third-rank, but their power is different. Since I took office, I have lived up to the holy hope and have also dàn     héed many corrupt officials, but the situation has not changed slightly due to my own efforts.

Now the Ming Dynasty is in troubles internally and externally, like a small boat swaying in a storm, with the possibility of overturning at any time. Alas, the emperor is smart, frugal, diligent in political affairs, and is a little anxious. I hope the Holy Lord can turn the tide and save the people and the fire.

While pondering, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside, "Master, I have something important to report!" Outside the house was the voice of the old servant Liu Zhong, and Li Banghua said, "Come in."

Liu Zhong pushed the door open and held a square wooden box about a foot in his hand. He has been following Li Banghua since he was a child, and now he has been a servant for decades. In fact, Li Banghua treats him as his family.

"Liu Zhong, what did you take?" Li Banghua asked frowned.

As the left assistant censor, he supervised all officials and had great power. Many officials used various banners to send silver, land and shops, but they were all rejected by Li Banghua. It was difficult to correct others if they were not upright. This was his principle. When he saw the wooden box, he thought it was another money and goods sent by someone while it was dark, so he was unhappy.

I had already told my family that no matter what the gifts I gave were, they were not allowed to be collected. Why did Liu Zhong feel so unreasonable this time? Just as I was about to get angry, Liu Zhong said, "Master, I just heard someone outside in the door slap the door. I opened the yard gate, and there was no one. I only heard someone in the dark saying something sincere and evidence of the guilt. Then I saw the wooden box in front of the door. I didn't dare to make a decision, so I came to ask the master to decide!"

"Oh? Take it quickly!" Li Banghua said.

Liu Zhong handed over the wooden box and Li Banghua opened it. There were a few pieces of paper inside, as if it was confession and testimony. Because there were red handprints underneath, Li Banghua, as a senior official of the Censorate, also participated in many trials, so he could understand it at a glance.

He picked it up and flipped it quickly. After a while, he finished reading it, and ordered, "Go back, don't let anyone know about this!" Liu Zhong retreated in response.

After Liu Zhong closed the door and left, Li Banghua sat down and began to think about it. This was a testimony of the Zhenyi Bo Mansion's robbery, killing and crippling people. The evidence was sufficient, and the victim's family members all had handprints. The question was, who sent it? To investigate such cases, it was not possible for ordinary people to obtain evidence. This required superb means. A large number of people were done by people who had a grudge against Zhenyi Bo? It was unlikely, because civil officials could not raise evil servants, which would hinder reputation.

Xunqi is now less powerful than before. At most, he can maintain a few thugs in the hospital, and it is impossible to have such a large force.

The generals are becoming more and more arrogant and look down on these declining families.

Who did it? A sudden change in his heart, he knew who it was, and only that institution had such a great power. However, hasn’t the Jinyiwei gradually weakened in recent years? Why has he suddenly become so dedicated? Could it be the emperor?

Thinking of this, Li Banghua suddenly felt enlightened. He quickly walked back to his desk and sat down, and wrote quickly on the music book that had been laid out. A quarter of an hour later, a memorial from Chengyibo was finished. Li Banghua picked up the music book and read it again. He found that there were no gaps. After drying the ink, he stuffed the music book into his sleeve, and then went to the bedroom to rest.

The next day, around Mao hour, Chongzhen woke up. Wang Chengen invited the palace maid to serve him after putting on his clothes and went to pass the meal. Chongzhen stretched out his legs and bent down to do radio gymnastics.

The sun was so hot that it was sunny in the morning, and it was extremely dry and hot. After only a while of moving, the clothes I had just changed were soaked, so I had to go to bathe and change my clothes again.

After changing his clothes, Chongzhen felt refreshed. After a lot of trouble, he was already Chen Shi. He was about to instruct Wang Chengen to go to the Jinyiwei to pass the order. Li Erxi outside reported that Luo Yangxing would see him.

After entering the palace to pay tribute, Luo Yangxing reported: "Sir, I have already thrown the letter at Li Banghua's house last night. I left a message to see his old servant in the wooden box and left behind!"

"No one else saw it?" Chongzhen asked lazily.

"Please rest assured that my subordinates are still meticulous in their work. Besides, it is too late, and the front of the Censor Li Qiandu has always been deserted, and no one has seen it!" Luo Yangxing said.

"That's good. This is done well. Once the Jinyiwei cheers up, I will be satisfied with the efficiency of his work! I just happened to send someone to find you. There are a few things I want you to do!"

"Please give me the order!"

Chongzhen reiterated the several things he ordered to Wang Chengen last night, and finally instructed: "You must remind the local garrison offices to be diligent and serious. These things are related to my future layout and can even affect the overall situation of the suppression of thieves and people's livelihood. We must carefully investigate whether there are real materials and not slack off and perfunctory. If the matter is done to match my wishes, I will not stingy in rewards!"

Luo Yangxing swore to receive the order and wanted to go back to the office. Chongzhen thought that the court officials' memorial should have arrived at the Tongzheng Department, so he asked him to stay for the time being and wait for the order, and then sent someone to get the memorial.

Chongzhen talked to Luo Yangxing in a mess. Half an hour later, Li Erxi and another small yellow gate came back with a basket full of memorials. After putting down the basket, Li Erxi picked up a copy from the top and presented it to Chongzhen and reported: "Emperor, this is the memorial of Lord Li, the left censor you instructed. I specially placed it on it!"

After taking it, Chongzhen looked at him with praise and praised him. Li Er smiled happily.

Chongzhen opened Li Banghua's memorial and took a few glances, because he had already figured it out in his heart, so he let it go after looking.

He said, "Luo Yangxing, what do you think should be dealt with?"

"I listen to the sage!" Luo Yangxing dared not make decisions for the emperor. He did not dare to respond and just acted as a good baby.

Chongzhen pondered for a while, thinking in his heart how to deal with this sincere man.

If you want to take advantage of tricks and kill people, this happened frequently among the honorary relatives. Although the honorary relatives are gradually declining, the civil servants look down on them because there are no one in the mansion that can be proved in the past hundred years, even the influence on military generals has become smaller and smaller.

In name, the honorary clerks are in charge of the Beijing camp, but they only care about making money and not practicing at all, resulting in the Beijing camp of hundreds of thousands of people no longer having any combat effectiveness. Even so, some people still rely on their ancestors' elegance to dominate good and bully good, and they are very criticized by the people.

Especially after Liu Kongzhao succeeded to the title, he had a lot of bad fortune and was extremely ugly. As long as he liked the shop he wanted, he tried every means to take it over, and many legitimate businessmen destroyed their families and businesses.

How big is the land under his name more than 100,000 mu, a considerable part of it was forcibly purchased at a low price while taking advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters. In history, Li Zicheng entered Beijing. After the emperor was hanged, some of the honorary relatives opened the door to surrender, ignoring the Ming Dynasty's kindness to them for more than 200 years;

"I passed on my oral instructions that my sincere uncle Liu Kongzhao took away his life and illegally seized other people's property. The amount was huge and the public was resentful! After the rank of Zhenyi was removed, the person who slandered his life in his palace was executed and the property he seized from good people was found to be returned to the victims after investigation! The remaining property was confiscated, and the whole family was entrusted to Qiongzhou, and he was pardoned and refused to be pardoned! However, some similar people took him as an example and would never forgive him. The Jinyiwei implemented it!"
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