Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Zhu Di also invited the world-famous Master Zhang, but he did not come.

Later it was said that Zhang Sanfeng visited his eleventh brother Zhu Chun, who was in the vassal state of King Shu, while traveling, and persuaded Zhu Chun to become a Taoist.

Zhu Di originally thought that Zhu Chun was just trying to flatter himself, but he unexpectedly found that was not the case.

If Zhu Chun could really invite someone over, his old face would really be slapped loudly.

Moreover, this favor was extremely huge. He would feel embarrassed if he wanted to move Zhu Chun to another place in the future.

"Shut up! What are you talking about?"

Xu slapped Zhu Di in anger.

It’s typical to say that grapes are sour when you can’t eat them.

People who practice Taoism are not the same kind of people as Zhu Di who practices martial arts, so it is not surprising that they did not come.

Didn’t the late emperor invite them back then?

In fact, people just look down on Zhu Di and the previous emperor.

Now that Zhu Chun has had the chance to meet the man, Zhang Xin has Zhu Chun as a matchmaker, so the chances of asking the man to come and help take a look are much greater.

"I'll ask your father to write back in a while. It will only take two or three days for a fast horse to send it to Shu. Wait for the letter. Since Yao Niang didn't say it's definitely not good, there will be a chance of improvement. There's no point in worrying."

Xu stated her plan straightforwardly.

"Yes, mother."

"I'm going to go see Dahua. You and your father should settle the salt administration issue."

"Yes, mother."

With Xu's calm and steady arrangements, Zhu Gaochi felt a little more at ease.

Zhu Di watched Xu leave, then handed the Dali Temple Minister's memorial to Zhu Gaochi with a sullen face.

"Look, even the judges can't stand it and want to make suggestions. I don't know what the people in our court are doing every day!"

"Oh, okay. Dahua mentioned this to me a few days ago. She said that the money collected from selling salt in the imperial court is not right."

Zhu Gaochi took it with both hands and answered casually.

"Then you won't tell?"

Zhu Di stared.

"I haven't had time to tell you yet. I'm always busy. I was thinking of asking the Ministry of Revenue to calculate the amount before telling Dad."

Zhu Gaochi defended himself.

"It's always reasonable. Just watch it and we'll talk about it after we finish it."

When Zhu Di first heard that Zhang Xin might be in trouble, he was not in a good mood and did not want to argue with his fat son.

"Yes, Dad."

Zhu Gaochi rubbed his face and looked at the memorial in his hand carefully.

The memorial submitted by the Dali Temple Minister was about a case of a salt merchant from Guangxi selling smuggled salt.

Wang Sheng, a salt merchant from Guangxi, had his cargo ship loaded with salt and returned to "Koujiakouzi" where the Wang family lived. He moored the ship by the river.

Meng Bin, a salt patrol officer, was passing by and noticed the ship. He quickly found out that it was Wang Sheng's salt transport ship.

Meng Bin called his uncle Meng Ying, Meng Ying's son Meng Hai, and his colleague Zhou Lin to track down Wang Sheng's home.

Without any reason, Meng Bin led his men to beat Wang Sheng and took him onto a salt cargo ship.

Wang Sheng's nephew Zhang Wang got wind of the news and immediately led Wang Sheng's son Wang Yong and other young men to chase after them by boat.

Meng Bin was caught up by Wang Yong, Zhang Wang and his party during the first watch of the night.

Meng Bin's side refused to return Wang Sheng and the salt ship.

Zhang Wang became furious and rushed forward.

In the chaos, Meng Hai was knocked into the water by Zhang Wang and his whereabouts were unknown. Meng Bin, Meng Ying and Zhou Lin abandoned the boat and fled.

Afterwards, because Meng Hai was missing and his body was nowhere to be found, the Meng family went to the government office and demanded Zhang Wang to pay for his life.

Up to this point, the case is presented normally, with the Meng family being the plaintiffs in the case.

Then the painting style suddenly changed——

After the interrogation by the officials.

The plaintiff Meng Bin suddenly confessed that he was the culprit who murdered Meng Hai. The so-called "Wang Sheng smuggling salt" was a pure misunderstanding. It was Meng Bin who was suspicious, making trouble out of nothing, and seeking personal gain.

[Meng Bin confessed:

He passed by "Koujiakouzi" and saw the salt ship, thinking it was profitable.

Wang Sheng refused to surrender, so they beat him up and took him and the salt away so that they could negotiate a deal with the Wang family.

But halfway through the journey, he felt that Wang Sheng was dying, and it seemed that he would not live long. Wang Yong, Zhang Wang and his group caught up with him. He was worried that Wang Sheng would die suddenly on the boat, and he would be pursued by Wang Yong, Zhang Wang and others, and it would be difficult to escape, so he came up with the idea of ​​"turning the tables".

Meng Bin was annoyed because his cousin Meng Hai was clumsy and slow in steering the boat.

So Meng Hai was chosen as the sacrifice.

He also instigated Meng Ying to use a paddle to push Meng Hai into the water.

After Meng Hai fell into the water, Meng Ying personally picked up the oar and hit Meng Hai on the ears and back of the head several times, pushing him into the water and killing him.

Because of this confession, the local government sentenced Meng Bin to beheading and closed the case.

Because the case involves the death penalty, it needs to be submitted to the Dali Temple for final review.

The Dali Temple Minister saw the problem as soon as he saw it.

The flaws here are so big that even an ordinary person would have doubts, but the local government made the judgment based on the confession.

Flaw 1:

The previous description says that Meng Hai is the son of Meng Ying.

Meng Ying harmed his own son for his nephew Meng Bin? This is not reasonable.

When Zhang Wang and his men had caught up, no matter what Meng Bin did to persuade Meng Ying to sacrifice his own son, it would not be achieved in such a short time.

Flaw 2:

Their colleague Zhou Lin had been there all along, so why didn't they use him as a sacrifice? The three Mengs were a family, after all, and it was even more unreasonable for them to be called in to help.

Flaw three:

The incident happened at one o'clock in the morning, on a dark and windy night, and they were still in the river. How did Meng Bin know for sure that Meng Hai was dead?

Flaw 4:

Meng Hai died and his body was never found. According to the law, if no body is found, he can only be presumed missing. How can he be sentenced to beheading on the grounds of death?

After the Dali Temple sent the case back for retrial and sent someone to follow up, more things came to light.

The actual situation is——

Meng Bin, a salt patrol officer, discovered Wang Sheng's suspicious salt ship at Koujiakouzi.

After tracking down the Wang family, Wang Sheng was unable to produce the corresponding official salt permit.

Meng Bin and others then arrested Wang Sheng and prepared to take him and the salt back to the authorities.

When the boat was halfway through the journey, Wang Sheng's nephew Zhang Wang and his men caught up.

In the chaos, it was Zhang Wang who knocked Meng Hai into the water.

Meng Bin and his companions were outnumbered and had to abandon their ship and flee.

Zhang Wang arrogantly pulled the salt boat and Wang Sheng back to Koujiakou in front of Meng Bin and others who were soaking in the water.

While Meng Bin was searching for Meng Hai, he reported the incident to the authorities. Regardless of whether the salt on the ship was public or private, Meng Hai was missing, and the Meng family demanded that Zhang Wang pay with his life.

Wang Sheng used his network of contacts and some unspeakable means to force Meng Bin to confess that he was the culprit in the murder of Meng Hai. He also blurred the concept of whether the boat was public or private, and did not mention it at all.

"Haha, the people down here are really bold and daring."

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but sneer.

Connections, relationships, secrets, and compulsion.

These words are used very interestingly.

He didn't mention any names, but cursed all the "officials".