Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Contrary to what many people think, there are actually differences in home raids.

Many people understand that home raids mean "ranching homes and exterminating families." However, the focus of some home raids is actually "confidencing items." A more common search is to check whether someone is hiding prohibited items on suspicion of rebellion.

Regarding the numerous crimes committed by Ye Rongtian, this time actually falls into the latter category.

The bank run by Ye Rongtian was involved in "unjust enrichment", but the bank's bank account only had a little silver, so it was necessary to check Ye Rongtian's property.

As early as when the top meeting was held, Zhu Youtang had already set the tone. This time, he would bring out several banks with important problems to set an example.

Now, in order to satisfy his abnormal psychological needs, Ye Rongtian has committed all kinds of evil deeds. Coupled with the public opinion direction of the people in the capital, he is naturally the one who needs to be "taken care of".

There may be some disagreements about other companies, but when it comes to Ye Rongtian and his bank, all the important ministers agree that their homes must be confiscated.

When Zhu Youtang saw that this was a unanimous proposal from the three departments, and it was naturally impossible to forgive Ye Rongtian's crime because of Ye Qi, Zhu Youtang waved his hand and agreed.

"The emperor is wise!"

"Let's see how much money the Ye family has made over the years!"

"Shilang Ye's official reputation is actually quite good. I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you all!"

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As the news of the raid on Ye's family spread, it also aroused the hostility of some angry youths, but some people believed that Ye Qi was an honest and good official.

In addition to Ye Yingtian, those involved in heavy fines include Changsheng Bank of Huichang Hou Mansion and Jingsheng Bank of Prince Consort Zhou Jing. These are the key individuals and banks that the court will investigate next.

After Zhu Youtang saw the troubles that resulted from the investigation of a hundred banks and pawnshops, he knew that he had taken the right step, and that he would be able to smoothly build a healthier financial system through a steady stream of people.

April of the second year of Hongzhi is coming, and it is destined to be a crowded month.

Since Ye Qi, the former left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, left his post and returned to Nanzhili, Ye Rongtian also returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors because of the Qingming Festival.

Even if Zhu Youtang issued an imperial edict to confiscate his family, this edict could not be implemented immediately.

It's just that in this era, there was already a very strict process for searching houses. When the imperial edict was issued, various yamen were already in operation quickly.

April in the south of the Yangtze River is picturesque, and the ships coming and going on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which runs from north to south, seem to be the best portrayal of the prosperity of this era.

South Zhili, Huai'an City.

This is the famous Han Canal in history. Together with Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, it forms the most important canal line. Because the Water Transport Governor's Palace is located here, it looks very prosperous.

The current governor of water transportation, Zhou Nai, is over fifty years old. He is fat and fair-skinned. He looks very friendly when he smiles, giving people a very decent feeling.

It's just that now the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is full of people who wear masks. The more decent officials appear to be, they are often evil in reality.

Zhou Nai was letting his maid arrange his clothes with his hands open, but suddenly he said calmly to the housekeeper: "Are you ready for the gift this time?"

"Sir, inside the gift box is a piece of beautiful jade worth up to 100,000 yuan, and underneath is a bank deposit certificate of 20,000 silver. But is it too much this time?" The butler held the gift box over, looking a little confused. typical.

Zhou Nai enjoyed the touch of the maid touching his body, but he asked disdainfully: "Do you think that the left minister of household who has been ordered to become an official is not worth the expense?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from the master! Ye Qi was ordered to retire because of his incompetence in doing things, and the current emperor is a pragmatic emperor, so I'm afraid Ye Qi will never come back to life!" The housekeeper first complimented, and then analyzed it carefully.

Even where they were, they worked hard to figure out the emperor in the Forbidden City, thereby shaping themselves into the type of courtiers that the emperor liked most.

Zhou Nai patted one of the maids on the buttocks and prepared to go to the banquet: "Water is impermanent and people are impermanent. Who can guarantee that Ye Qi will never recover? No matter how bad Ye Qi is, , but he has connections in the court after all, even if he is not expected to support me in the future, it is still a good thing to help him pull the strings!"

After all, he had stayed in the capital. Although the emperor's preference was important, what was more important was the mutual protection of officials in the officialdom. Why officials such as Ma Wensheng, who had committed crimes earlier, were able to recover in the new dynasty was mainly because they had people in the court.

Although Ye Qi has lost power now, there is no guarantee that he will one day recover. After all, he is already in the inner circle in Beijing. If he hadn't encountered such a tormenting emperor, the throne of Hubu Shangshu would definitely belong to Ye Qi.

"The master is wise!" The housekeeper immediately complimented him when he saw that his master was so open-minded.

The Ye Mansion in the east of the city has been decorated with lights and colorful decorations, making it look very lively.

Although Ye Qi has retired from the court, he is still unattainable in the eyes of local officials and gentry. Although today was only the day for Ye Qi to take in concubines, everyone showed enough respect and came to congratulate her with gifts.

Ye Qi learned that Zhou Nai, the governor of water transportation, had arrived, so he personally greeted him from inside.

He is already in his sixties and has lost a few teeth. He is wearing a groom's suit and smiling broadly, but he looks a bit like a monkey wearing a crown.

Since returning from his official career, he has focused mainly on the Humble Administrator's Garden built outside the city, and now he is even more interested in having a concubine.

Ye Qi can be said to be in high spirits during happy events. When she came to the door, she greeted her warmly and said, "Governor Zhou is here. I am sorry for the delay in greeting you!"

"Shilang Ye, what are you talking about? Congratulations!" Although Zhou Nai despised this old guy for marrying a seventeen-year-old girl, he still handed over his hand with a smile.

Ye Qi naturally didn't understand Zhou Nai's disdain, so he warmly invited him: "Governor Zhou, please come in!"

"This is my humble opinion, please accept it!" Zhou Nai glanced at the butler and smiled calmly.

Ye Qi knew that the governor of water transportation had made a lot of money, so he had always been generous, so he smiled brightly and said: "Haha... That would be disrespectful!"

The housekeeper of Ye Mansion knew that this was a generous gift, so he carefully kept it.

"I have met the Governor!" Ye Qi led Zhou Nai to the head table, and the officials including the prefect of Huai'an who had already arrived left the table to greet him.

Zhou Nai holds the title of third-rank imperial censor of the right capital of the Duchayuan. In addition, he also serves as governor of Fengyang and other places, so he is naturally the highest official in the local area.

Since water transportation and rivers are now integrated, Zhou Nai also serves as the governor of the rivers. Although he is not as powerful as Governor Xuanda, he is the most profitable governor.

Facing the greetings from a group of familiar officials, Zhou Nai responded very politely: "Everyone, no need to be polite, please take a seat!"

"Governor Zhou, please take a seat first!" Huai'an Magistrate Sun Chong and other officials naturally refused to take their seats, so they invited him respectfully.

But there was a disharmonious scene here. A middle-aged man's butt seemed to be stuck on the chair handle, and he was drinking gloomily.

Huh?

Zhou Nai saw that Ye Qi's son was so ignorant of the rules. Although he knew that Ye Qi doted on his son, he still couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Sun Chong, the prefect of Huai'an, and other officials seemed to exchange understanding glances, but they were silently observing Ye Qi.

When Ye Qi saw her son like this, she immediately cursed angrily: "Go back to your own yard, don't embarrass me here!"

Ye Rongtian had been drinking here just now, and now he was a little drunk. He glanced at Ye Qi and walked towards the back room with the wine bottle.

Huh?

Zhou Nai saw Ye Rongtian's leaving figure and felt something was wrong.

"Governor Zhou, please take a seat!" Ye Qi invited Zhou Nai to sit down as if nothing had happened.

After all, Zhou Nai was a member of the officialdom, and the city still had this in him. He sat down as if nothing had happened.

Ye Qi had just sat down when she saw Ye Rongtian walking towards her new house. Her heart immediately skipped a beat, and she hurriedly followed him without even bothering to say hello to Zhou Nai.

People of any era must have a heart for gossip. As soon as Ye Qi left here, Sun Chong, the prefect of Huai'an, directly explained everything to Zhou Nai.

Mrs. Ru, whom Ye Qi is interested in, is not a good girl, but a brothel girl from Huainan Tower.

It is said that after Ye Qi resigned and returned, she was old-hearted after all, so she secretly visited a brothel, and even fell in love with a brothel girl named Biyu.

It was such a coincidence that Ye Rongtian, who had just returned from the capital, had no idea about the situation between his father and Biyu, which caused the Ye family and his son to fall in love with this brothel woman at the same time.

Just when Ye Rongtian was about to marry home, he was told that his father had taken the lead and the woman he was romantically involved with last night had become his baby mother.

Although the Ye family tried their best to conceal the matter, they could not resist the gossip of the people of Huai'an, so the matter was already an open secret.

Zhou Nai learned the whole story and saw Ye Qi grabbing Ye Rongtian's ears to pull him out. Thinking that there might be other sexy things happening in the future, his smile suddenly became brighter than ever.

"Sir, there is a distinguished guest coming, I'm afraid you have to go and greet him personally!" The butler suddenly hurried over and reported with great joy.

Huh?

Sun Chong, the prefect of Huai'an, and other officials couldn't help but look at each other. Now they can be said to be the most prestigious officials in the entire Huai'an city. How come there are still people who need Ye Qi to greet them?

Ye Qi was sitting on the front seat, but the same thought came to her mind, and her tone was a bit arrogant: "Who? Why do you still need me to greet you?"

"Sir, Nanjing garrison eunuch!" The steward immediately reported the other party's background.

Ye Qi couldn't help but was slightly stunned, and then said with confusion: "Wang Zhi? Why did this eunuch come from Nanjing City?"

"Shilang Ye, Wang Zhi has been transferred to the southern wasteland. The current Nanjing garrison eunuch is Tan Conggui, an old man from the East Palace!" Sun Chong, the prefect of Huai'an, corrected his eyes slightly.

An old man from the East Palace?

Ye Qi learned that it was not Wang Zhi, the eunuch whom everyone was shouting to beat, but an eunuch who was hiding in his residence. Thinking that he might be able to return to the court through this line, Ye Qi hurriedly got up.

"Let's go together to greet you!" Zhou Nai's mind also became active, and he immediately invited other officials to say.

Sun Chong, the magistrate of Huai'an, and other officials had this idea, and followed Zhou Nai out to greet him.

Although they are all insignificant local officials, who doesn't want to climb up? If they can hug this eunuch's thick thighs, once the eunuch returns to the capital, they may be able to prosper.

An army armed with muskets appeared here. Ever since Wang Zhi took up the post of Nanjing garrison eunuch, the Nanjing Shenji Battalion seemed to have been reborn and was resolutely the strongest combat force in the south of the Yangtze River.

Tan, who was wearing a fighting fish uniform, came from Guixing to mobilize the crowd. When he walked into the gate of Ye Mansion, he saw a large number of gifts piled up in the front yard, and glanced at the book that recorded the gifts.

Ye Qi and a group of officials had already hurriedly greeted him from inside, and immediately said like a spring breeze: "Eunuch Qin, what kind of wind blew you here? I am waiting from afar, please forgive me!"

"Shilang Ye, it's just a concubine, does it need to be so grand?" Tan Conggui picked up the thick roster and said with a smile on his face.

Huh?

Zhou Nai originally thought that Tan Conggui and Ye Qi were old acquaintances, but after seeing their conversation, it seemed that this was not the case.

Ye Qi felt that the other party seemed to have bad intentions, but still chose to laugh and said: "It was not grand at first, but when Eunuch Tan comes, even if it is not grand, it has become grand!"

Although the other party came with bad intentions, he was still the person he wanted to curry favor with, so he still greeted him with a smile.

Qin Conggui looked deeply at the little old man in front of him, remembering that this man was still a Qingliu official in the capital, but now he seemed to be a different person.

It's just that now I only have the emperor in my heart, and now I only have the emperor.

Qin Conggui didn't care whether the other party was having a wedding or a funeral, he seemed to have something to say: "You said it wrong! The Za family has arrived, and your Ye family can't even want to be grand!"

"Eunuch Qin, what do you mean by this?" Ye Qi didn't expect that his hot face would be cold but his butt, but the clay figurine was still very angry, so he immediately said with a straight face.

Zhou Nai and others couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes also full of confusion.

It would be understandable to say that Ye Rongtian was causing trouble, but the man in front of him was clearly a eunuch, so why did he come over to get jealous?

"The Zajia family has come to raid the house under orders!" Tan Conggui said in an astonishing way as everyone looked at him with doubts.

ah?

As soon as these words came out, Huai'an Magistrate Sun Chong and other officials were all stunned and looked at the young eunuch in front of them in disbelief.

When Zhou Nai learned the other party's intention, he was suspicious and said: "Eunuch Qin, are you kidding me?"

"Is the Miscellaneous family busy or what? Are you free to come all the way from Nanjing to joke here? Listen to the order!" Tan Conggui stopped talking nonsense and immediately took out a bright yellow imperial edict and said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew that the Ye family was in danger, and they knelt down in front of Qin Conggui respectfully.

Ye Qi didn't expect that her joy would turn into great sadness. Even if she still had the heart to listen to the imperial edict, her eyes suddenly turned black and she fell to the ground, hoping that all this was just a nightmare.