After hearing this, Chongzhen said with great interest, "Oh, Brother Qin, doesn't he have a clue?

Qin Shuhuai's "Donglin Disaster Country Record" has a lot of clues about Chen Qisheng's corruption and perversion of the law in Tianjin's military preparation, but all the things recorded here are "wind rumors", Chongzhen doesn't like this kind of thing, which can be seen from the fact that he planned to dismantle Dongchang, which was good at "wind news", from the beginning of his ascension to the throne, so Qin Shuhuai did not plan to tell Chongzhen about this book. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

So he said, "Chen Tianbao, the son of Chen Qisheng of Tianjin Dao, is gorgeously dressed, and the jade crown on his head alone is worth one hundred and eighty taels of silver, if he is not greedy, he will be hell." All the corrupt officials in my Ming Dynasty collude with rich businessmen, so as long as you start with the rich businessmen in the city, you will definitely check one by one. ”

"Oh, then which rich businessman are you going to start with? Don't wronged a good person. Chongzhen said again.

Qin Shuhuai chuckled lightly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the ministers won't give people hats indiscriminately." The first thing I want to check is that the salt merchant Cheng Huaishan, this person will definitely not be wronged. ”

Chongzhen said curiously, "Why is Brother Qin so sure?"

"Chen had already inquired before he came, Cheng Huaishan was the largest salt merchant in Tianjin, and the five or six small salt merchants below were all controlled by him. And Chen Liren, the salt transportation capital of Tianjin, and Chen Qisheng, the secretary of Tianjin Dao, are relatives, and Chen Qisheng recommended him to the ministry, because they are all related to the Donglin Party, and the people of the ministry were quickly appointed. Therefore, it can be said that Chen Qisheng has already controlled the salt transportation in Tianjin, how can a corrupt official like him not have the idea of fighting this piece of fat? And if he wants to put his hand on the salt transportation, how can he not have an intersection with the big salt merchant Cheng Huaishan?"

These are all recorded in the "Donglin Disaster Country Record", Qin Shuhuai thinks it should not be too fake. Because Wen Tiren's original intention of writing this book was to save his life, if he didn't show up, he would definitely hide the book, and once the Donglin Party was going to move him one day, he would take out the book and threaten the Donglin Party, or directly present it to Chongzhen. And to achieve this, what is written in this book must be reliable.

Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "Brother Qin is reasonable. Then I will write you an edict now, so that you can mobilize the Jinyi Guards in Tianjin, and it will be convenient for you to do things. ”

Qin Shuhuai shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work." Chen Qisheng has been in Tianjin for many years, and his forces are intertwined, and many of Tianjin's Jinyi guards are probably his old friends, if they are mobilized, Chen Qisheng will definitely be on guard. ”

"What does Brother Qin mean?"

"It's better to let Meng Wei go and transfer the Jinyiwei in Tongzhou, led by Li Jingting, and then you give me another handwritten message, saying that let the Jinyiwei in Tongzhou investigate in another place, so that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Well, it's still Brother Qin's thoughtfulness, so let's act accordingly. Brother Qin must act quickly, I hope to do Tianjin Road before returning to the palace, so as to set an example. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, in three days at most, I will definitely handle the case of Tianjin Dao as an iron case. ”

After that, Qin Shuhuai immediately went out to the next room, found Meng Wei, and told him about the situation. Meng Wei didn't say a word, immediately went out and rushed to Tongzhou overnight.

At noon the next day, Li Jingting arrived with more than 50 brocade guards. However, in order to carry out a surprise attack, Qin Shuhuai still decided to wait until late at night to go to Cheng Huaishan's house.

On this day, the whole city of Tianjin was under martial law, and there were officers and soldiers who came and went to search everywhere. Needless to say, they must be looking for Qin Shuhuai and others. There have been several groups of officers and soldiers in the inn, but when they found Qin Shuhuai's room, Qin Shuhuai asked Lao Dao to block the door with his own token. After Lao Dao showed the token, he reprimanded those officers and soldiers severely. How dare these people go against Jinyiwei? They hurriedly apologized, and then left.

After dark, Qin Shuhuai and Chongzhen took more than 50 Tongzhou Jinyi Guards, plus Meng Wei and others, and set off together to go to the house of salt merchant Cheng Huaishan.

On the way, a few patrol officers and soldiers came to interrogate, and the brocade guards tied them up without saying a word.

After more than a quarter of an hour, they came to a large mansion. There is a plaque standing directly above the magnificent gate, on which is written the powerful word "Chengfu", which is from the hand of a famous artist.

The brocade guard went up with a torch and knocked on the door.

"Open the door, open the door!"

The guards were awakened, and a small guy came to open the door in a panic, and when he saw that it was a group of people in flying fish suits, his face suddenly changed, and he stammered and asked, "How many officials, what's the matter?"

"Shut up, go in and lead the way, and find your master!"

Li Jingting glared at him and pushed the little guy viciously. The little guy was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he didn't dare to let go of a fart, so he immediately took everyone to the couch of Chenghuai Mountain honestly.

The arrogance and deterrence of the factory guards at the end of the Ming Dynasty can be seen.

More than 50 brocade guards went in 30 people, and the remaining 20 or so people guarded the door, and watched the wall to prevent the family from going out to report the news.

The group of people broke into it viciously, and all the subordinates in the palace and the guards who dared to stop them were all put down.

It didn't take long for him to break into Cheng Huaishan's bedroom and drag the sleeping Cheng Huaishan out of bed, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old concubine beside him screamed in fright, but was knocked out by Li Jingting's slap.

Cheng Huaishan was in his sixties at the time, and he was so frightened in the middle of the night that he almost peed his pants. After holding the lamp, when I saw that it was Jinyiwei again, I was even more frightened.

"How many officials, what's wrong?"

Li Jingting snorted coldly, "What's the matter? At the behest of the emperor, thoroughly investigate the Tianjin Yanyunwo case! Cheng Huaishan, tell you, you are in big trouble!"

As soon as Cheng Huaishan heard that he wanted to investigate the salt transportation case, he was still at the behest of the emperor, and he was even more disgraced.

He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and after he recovered a little, he suddenly remembered something and said, "The eyes of several officials are tight." Why didn't Lord Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu Wang come along?"

As soon as the words fell, he took a solid kick from Li Jingting.

"Listen, this case is a nest case and a big case supervised by the emperor, in order to prevent local officials from colluding with each other, this deputy Qianhu specially rushed from Tongzhou to investigate in other places. ”

As he spoke, Li Jingting took out his deputy Qianhu token and shook it in front of Cheng Huaishan.

Cheng Huaishan trembled even more.

"My lord, the little one is just a salt merchant, and he hasn't been involved in any nest cases!

Li Jingting grinned, but in the jumping firelight, he was as hideous as a ghost.

"Outside the members, are you saying that my Jinyiwei has wronged you? It's okay, then let's talk about reasoning. After speaking, he turned to one of his subordinates and said, "Come on, bring the baby up." ”

"Yes!"

Soon two brocade guards came up carrying a large and bulky suitcase. When the box was opened, there was a smell of blood, and then there were all kinds of strangely shaped execution tools inside. Some are made of bamboo, some are made of iron, some are sharp like cones, and some are hooked like crescent moons, and each torture instrument has dark red blood stains on it without exception, and even Qin Shuhuai's scalp is numb when he sees it.

Li Jingting smiled evilly, "Outside the members, I have time to take you to get to know these treasures as well." Don't worry, there are two big boxes in the back, and they won't be the same until dawn!"