met free Chapter 537 You two, father-in-law and son-in-law, are truly remarkable.
Chapter 537 You two, father-in-law and son-in-law, are truly remarkable.
Huo Lingyue stared intently at Yang Shaofeng, and disregarding the presence of Emperor Zhu, he said viciously, "Your Highness, do you have to be so ruthless?"
Yang Shaofeng nodded seriously, "If we don't wipe you bastards out of the world, the common people won't be able to live a good life. If they can't live a good life, how can I, the imperial son-in-law, lie down and enjoy myself?"
Emperor Zhu's face immediately darkened, and Huo Lingyue glared at Yang Shaofeng and shouted, "Yang the Madman! Aren't you afraid of retribution?!"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "Retribution? As the saying goes, every cause has its effect, and your retribution is me!"
"Huo Lingyue, you don't care about the lives of ordinary people, and this is the result of your actions."
"I have exterminated all of you bastards; this is your just deserts."
"Of course, this is also a good deed I have sown, so I can now lie back and enjoy myself. This is the good result I deserve."
"Are you angry?"
Huo Lingyue was furious.
How can there be such a despicable person in this world!
How could someone so despicable become a prince consort?
Furthermore, didn't you, Emperor Zhu, demand that officials be loyal, respectful, and diligent? Yang the Madman has already said in front of you that he wants to lie down and enjoy himself, so why are you still pretending to be deaf and dumb!
why!
God, open your eyes!
Just as Huo Lingyue was cursing inwardly, Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "Huo Lingyue, have you ever heard of inspection?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng felt a little awkward.
This feels like a "Have you heard of Amway?" message.
Amway, send me money!
Yang Shaofeng shook his head, banishing these chaotic thoughts from his mind, and then smiled at Huo Lingyue, saying, "If you are unwilling to confess honestly, I will petition His Majesty to mobilize the inspectors to investigate."
Many people know that the Ming Dynasty had two notorious secret service agencies: the Embroidered Uniform Guard, established by Zhu Yuanzhang (Chu Chongba), and the Eastern Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, established by Zhu Yuanzhang (Chu Si).
But few people know that the personnel of the Eastern Bureau of Investigation and Statistics were basically drawn from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
The predecessor of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was the Inspector General.
Therefore, prosecutors are by no means weak in intelligence gathering, interrogation, and even assassination and framing.
Let them investigate along Huo Lingyue's growth trajectory after birth; that would be enough to uncover everything about Huo Lingyue from childhood to adulthood.
If the internal punishments of the procuratorate are allowed to be used again, Huo Lingyue will probably remember how many times he wet his pants as a child and how many years old he started peeping at young women and wives taking a bath.
What?
Did Huo Lingyue not peek?
Huo Lingyue himself admitted to what he said, so how could it be that the inspector framed him?
Yang Shaofeng's smile grew increasingly ferocious, appearing to Huo Lingyue like a demon crawling out of hell. However, Emperor Zhu said thoughtfully, "We almost forgot, the Inspectorate is currently being reorganized into the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
"We'll give you another post as a commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard later, and we'll also allocate you a separate post as a centurion of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
"You can practice on Huo Lingyue's case first."
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng and Huo Lingyue were both stunned.
Yang Shaofeng was bewildered by Lao Deng's increasingly outrageous behavior.
You old fool, don't you even realize that I am now a first-rank Imperial Son-in-Law Commandant, a fourth-rank Prefect of Dengzhou, a fifth-rank Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, and a sixth-rank Magistrate of Ningyang County?
This does not include the retired fifth-rank Left Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and the General Manager of the Quarter Market, whose final rank has not yet been determined.
Although the old man did give me a real salary, I also did a real job.
A first-rank imperial son-in-law had to pamper his two wives.
The fourth-rank prefect of Dengzhou and the sixth-rank magistrate of Ningyang have to worry about the affairs of eleven counties in Dengzhou and Ningyang. Although they spend most of their time drinking tea in the fields, their boots still get worn out.
There's also the head of the market, who has a ton of trivial matters to deal with every day.
The fifth-rank position of Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial was barely considered a nominal post with high pay and little work. Usually, all he had to do was call over the envoys from those vassal states and give them a few words of reprimand.
If I were to take on another post as the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, would I still have time to go to the clubhouses in the border markets for foot massages?
Huo Lingyue was dumbfounded because Emperor Zhu would spoil him, Yang Dianfeng, so much that he even dared to give him the power of inspector.
Thinking of the plowshare case and the blank seal case that Yang Shaofeng had stirred up, Huo Lingyue felt like dying.
Before the Inspectorate was established, Yang the Madman was able to stir up the Plowhead Case and the Blank Seal Case. Now that the Inspectorate has been reorganized into the Embroidered Uniform Guard, how much more storm will he stir up with the Chen Da disappearance case?
Will he turn it into a case of forced labor?
If this becomes a case of forced labor, will I be infamous for eternity?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Huo Lingyue looked directly at Yang Shaofeng and screamed, "My lord! I confess! I confess!"
Yang Shaofeng curled his lip and said sarcastically, "Didn't you just call me Crazy Yang? Speaking of which, I still prefer your unruly appearance just now. Try to revert to your old self."
Huo Lingyue was slightly taken aback by the remark, but then he cried out regardless, "Your Highness, have mercy! This official was just confused for a moment, I beg Your Highness to forgive me!"
"Confess honestly, sir!"
“When the official was young, his family was poor. His parents sold two acres of land to send him to study at Ji’an Academy. Later, he passed the imperial examinations step by step and became the magistrate of Hu Yuan County.”
"When His Majesty established the dynasty, the criminal official surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Because the criminal official was quite diligent, he was promoted to prefect in the second year of Hongwu and transferred to Laizhou Prefecture in the third year of Hongwu."
"The corrupt official did have collusion with Hu Dechang, but all he did was take Hu's daughter as a concubine and say a few good words for him in public, but he wasn't directly involved in his illegal coal mines..."
Before Huo Lingyue could finish speaking, Yang Shaofeng squatted down and patted Huo Lingyue's face: "Are you honestly confessing?"
"His Majesty just said that he hates two kinds of people the most, and in fact, I also hate two kinds of people the most in my life."
"One type is the corrupt official who doesn't treat the people like human beings, and the other type is someone like you who thinks I'm a fool."
"Have you forgotten Huo Yundong, whom I just mentioned?"
Huo Lingyue's pupils contracted slightly, and he exclaimed, "The guilty official hasn't forgotten!"
"Huo Yundong is a relative of the corrupt official. Last time, he delivered a letter to the corrupt official on behalf of the clan elder. It was also when the corrupt official entertained him that he introduced him to Hu Dechang."
"But the official in question did not directly participate in Hu Dechang's affairs."
"The guilty official did accept money from Hu Dechang, but that was because he suffered from poverty when he was a child and was afraid of being poor again."
Huo Lingyue sobbed, tears streaming down his face, "The money Hu Dechang gave to the convicted official was all hidden under the artificial hill in the backyard of the government office. He didn't dare to spend a single penny!"
Seeing Huo Lingyue's hypocritical act, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but reach out and pat Huo Lingyue's face, leaving five bright red finger marks as he sneered, "You two are really something, don't you feel sorry for your daughter Hu Dechang and didn't spend a penny on Huo Lingyue."
"Since you still have a glimmer of hope and are unwilling to confess honestly, then you can wait and explain to Commander Xia. Commander Xia is currently very busy with the laborers' affairs, and he will be very happy to see Prefect Huo."
Commander Xia, overwhelmed with worry, is actually very happy?
The combination of these words made Huo Lingyue feel a warm sensation beneath his body.
Yang Shaofeng covered his mouth and nose, turned to the guards of the Imperial Son-in-Law's residence, and ordered, "Take this idiot away and lock him up. Keep a close eye on him and make sure he doesn't try to kill himself."