Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

As soon as Feng Ying heard the words of the crown prince, he knew that His Royal Highness might not be very happy, and he didn't know much about the gangs in the rivers and lakes, so he hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, these gangs have their own set of rules, each gang has a management area, and they all have their own ways of survival, as long as nothing major happens, the court generally doesn't care much." "

You mean, the area in Beicheng is under the management of the White Lotus Gang and protects the people there, so it is reasonable to charge

protection fees?" Zhu Cihong heard this, isn't this a modern underworld, each community divides a territory, mixes meals on their own territory, and also collects protection fees, but that is illegal, generally this kind of community can only do legal business, such as watching the scene and the like, there are many such themes in Hong Kong movies.

"Exactly.

Feng Ying breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately, the prince could understand the model of this underground gang.

"Since my people in the Ming Dynasty want the protection of the gangs in the rivers and lakes, what do you need the government to do?"

Zhu Cihong suddenly said unhappily.

"This ......"

Feng Ying was speechless when he heard this, it was difficult for him to explain the truth to the crown prince.

"Your criminal department will issue a notice and send it to various gangs, it is illegal to collect protection money, and the gangs in the rivers and lakes can only do legitimate business, such as escorting darts, watching the venue and the like, and the White Lotus Gang will be fined 100,000 taels of silver!"

Zhu Cihong didn't care what Feng Ying said about the gangs in the rivers and lakes, but illegal things are not allowed to be done, especially things like collecting protection money, what is the difference between it and looting people's fat and people's cream.

As I said, do those people need your protection, just forcibly protect others here.

"Your Highness, this river and lake has its own set of rules, and our court generally will not interfere with these.

Feng Ying said a little embarrassed, if he did the White Lotus Gang like this, what would the other gangs think, and it would also lose a lot of oil and water, this is not the interest of him Feng Ying alone, but the interests of the entire Criminal Department, if he really wants to send this notice to the White Lotus Gang, there will be many people who will be offended.

And as soon as the prince opened his mouth, he was fined 100,000 taels, which is too much, and it is still a question whether the entire White Lotus Gang can make up 100,000 taels of silver.

"Does every gang pay you the Criminal Department every year?" Zhu

Cihong looked at Feng Ying coldly, and suddenly startled the other party with a sentence, how could he not know these adjustments, these gangs blatantly collect protection fees, and naturally they have to pay money to the yamen, otherwise who cares about your set of rules and lakes will be destroyed for you a long time ago.

Feng Ying suddenly twitched the corners of his eyes, his face was a little ugly, and at the same time he was a little surprised, didn't this prince understand, how could he know the things in this unspoken rule again?

These gangs must send money to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Criminal Department every year, otherwise who would allow them to operate in the city, especially when they collect protection money, the yamen doesn't care, of course they have money to collect.

"You fuck.

Zhu Cihong scolded directly with a smile: "Is it true that there are court officials and gangs

in the rivers and lakes, all of whom are together to catch the ordinary people in the middle and scrape money together?" "Why don't you dare to

scrape those rich businessmen?" Feng Ying was directly stunned, this kind of foul language actually came out of the mouth of His Royal Highness the Prince, and also, those wealthy businessmen in the capital all have a court background, and no matter how they scrape, they all have common interests.

He didn't know how to answer, so he simply didn't speak, and saw how the prince planned to deal with this matter.

The notice was issued in the same way, and the White Lotus Gang fined 100,000 taels of silver to set an example.

Zhu Cihong said directly: "This kind of thing that disturbs the law and discipline must not appear." "

Feng Ying. "

The minister is here.

Zhu Cihong saw that Feng Ying didn't speak for a long time, so he looked at the other party coldly and said: "Tomorrow you will be transferred to the Nanjing Criminal Department, and you will be named as the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, since you don't want to do things, then you don't have to do other things, white-collar people play at home." "

Don't, Your Highness, the minister will go down and start the draft, and then immediately send it to the various gangs.

When Feng Ying heard the words of the crown prince, he immediately panicked, if he was really transferred to Nanjing by His Royal Highness the prince in such a name, then his officialdom career would be broken in the future, and everyone would be far away from him, and there would be no future at all.

"Your Highness.

At this moment, an accompanying eunuch walked in from outside, walked over with a booklet in his hand, and whispered, "This is sent by Jinyiwei." "

Yes.

Zhu Cihong took the booklet, waved his hand to signal the eunuch to retreat, and then opened the booklet and looked through it.

"Feng Ying, how is the investigation of the tax collection?" After

a while, Zhu Cihong frowned, looked at the contents of the booklet, and asked without raising his head.

"The minister has already investigated it together with the household department, and yesterday the three law divisions interrogated overnight, and it has been found that the mastermind is a master of the household department who colluded with a general sentence of the Shuntian Mansion and some of the officials and servants below.

Feng Ying looked at the prince sitting in the hall, and had already told the person who was selected in advance last night to take the blame, this is related to half of the high-ranking officials in the entire capital, the overall interests of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and everyone will get the money, otherwise this matter would have been broken a long time ago, and they would have gathered together to discuss it last night.

"The head of the household department of the two six-grade households and the general judge of the Shuntian Mansion, do you have the courage to do

such a thing?" Zhu Cihong put away the booklet, stood up, walked towards the door, and said as he walked: "Are you sure that two six-grade households can eat such a big cake in the entire capital?"

Feng Ying, who asked directly these two questions, changed his face, didn't dare to answer, and didn't know how to answer these two sentences, thinking that although this prince was not very old, he couldn't deceive him at all, as a high-ranking official of the second grade, he often saw the emperor, but the emperor was much easier to deceive than the prince.

The crown prince stood in front of him, and the pressure was much greater than when he met the emperor.

"These two people, as well as the servants below, and the officials, are all over the house.

When he walked to the door, Zhu Cihong suddenly said lightly.

"Your Highness, will this be too heavy?"

Feng Ying heard this, his face immediately changed, and he looked at the back of the prince with an incredible expression, although this crime is big, it is also a crime counted in corruption, at most it is a capital crime, and it will not be copied at all!

If it is really dealt with like this, then who will dare to do things in the future, and if you have money, you will have to spend your life, although you are dead, but your family can still enjoy it, but if you are full of money, let alone yourself, even your family will not be able to enjoy it!

Yesterday they had already decided that they would be guilty of a capital crime, and their families would give a large amount of settling-in money to ensure that their families would be prosperous and wealthy, but now it is not over!"

When they starved to death by cutting off other people's food rations, they didn't feel that what they were doing was too heavy.

"If you have the courage to enjoy the happiness of the whole family, you must have the courage to suffer the whole family, and you don't even have this kind of awareness, and you dare to come out and break the law?" "You don't have to

wait for the autumn queen, you will be beheaded tomorrow, someone will come!"

Zhu Cihong stood at the door and shouted outside.

"The minister is here!" A

group of plainclothes brocade guards immediately poured out outside.

"Send a team of people, follow the criminal department to get people, tomorrow you will be beheaded, if there is one less person, you will all go up to take orders!"

As he spoke, Zhu Cihong walked out with his feet raised.

"Leader!" The

first hundred households walked up to Feng Ying with people, and said with a smile: "Let's go, Lord Shangshu."

Feng Ying sat on the chair with a trace of fear on his face, the prince's words in front of him obviously didn't believe that the two substitutes they pushed out were the masterminds, and he obviously knew where the water in this was bottoming out, but he just didn't ask, coupled with such a cruel treatment, this made him feel fear in his heart for no reason, a fear of the prince!

What kind of sage's etiquette, benevolence, forgiveness, this prince has nothing!

Zhu Cihong left the Criminal Department, walked on the street, and was directly laughed at, in the booklet sent by Jinyiwei just now, the list of beneficiaries in the tax collection matter was clearly listed, good guys, all the relatives of the emperor and the country were all in it, half of the officials in the capital received money, and the officials who did not collect money either had too low official positions, or they were not on errands in the Sixth Department, and they were not qualified to collect money.

It's really a hundred officials and corruption, and I don't know how to raise a knife if I want to kill!