Chapter 171 My Soldiers Surrounded Me(2/2)
"You are saying this as if I want to kill him. Am I the kind of person who kills people casually? As a member of the royal family, I always pay the most attention to the law. I will send your young master to the government tomorrow for review and trial by the prefect.
Just convict him."
Zhang Zixing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If the government convicted him, his son was not guilty of any serious crime. He beat people in the street, maimed them, and paid money to be sent to jail. His life was saved. With his network of connections, he was also
It won't make Zhang Taizhen suffer.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will discipline him well after returning this time. If something like this happens again, I will break his legs." Zhang Zixing spoke hurriedly and respectfully.
"Oh? Are you serious? Bring me a stick and break your dog's legs in front of me."
Zhang Zixing's face twitched: "Your Highness, I will definitely teach you a lesson when you go back."
"Go back? I didn't say let him go back. I will personally escort him to the government office tomorrow."
"Yes, yes, he is lucky to have His Highness escort him." Zhang Zixing nodded and bowed.
"It's good that you have such awareness."
Zhang Zixing hurriedly continued: "Your Highness, I don't know where the people who were injured by the dog outside are. I would like to express my feelings a little bit. Each person should be compensated five hundred taels of silver. I would like to ask Your Highness to help pass it on."
"You don't need the money anymore. Just keep it for yourself. When the time comes, I will invite the three judges to join the trial and try your son fairly." Zhu Zhanzhen said coldly.
"Ah? Well, Your Highness, why don't you bother with a trivial matter like this..." Zhang Zixing was stunned. What did Zhu Zhanzhen mean? Why did he suddenly change the subject? Why did he say that he wanted to be interrogated by the three advising agencies?
"It's a small thing? You think it's a small thing?"
"It's wrong for a dog to hurt someone. He acted recklessly and contradicted His Highness, which made his mistakes even worse. However, I hope His Highness will be lenient. I am willing to pay 30,000 taels of silver to honor His Highness."
When the words "30,000 taels of silver" came out, Chen Youshan who was standing next to him was a little surprised. How rich is this guy? He asked for 30,000 taels of silver.
"You mean you want to buy me with money?" Zhu Zhanzhen looked at Zhang Zixing with amusement.
"I don't dare, I just want to apologize to His Highness for the dog. In addition, I will give you five thousand taels of silver as a meeting gift. I will be responsible for settling all the injured people. I hope that Your Highness will not remember the faults of others."
He was sincere and had a good attitude, but he stepped on my bottom line and hit my target. This matter should be done to establish authority and rectify the Guangdong feudal clan.
Zhu Zhanzhen stood up and walked to the railing. He held his hand on the exquisite railing painted with gold paint and looked at Zhang Tai hanging in the air and said, "Chen Youshan."
"I'm here."
"Zhang Tai beat civilians in the street today, causing injuries and disabilities. What crime should he be punished for?"
"Report to Your Highness, I will be imprisoned in accordance with the law, and I will be compensated with gold and silver. If I can't pay the compensation, I will serve as a corvee. If I can compensate, I will be forgiven by the owner of the suffering, and the punishment of the prison sentence can be reduced appropriately."
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded, and Zhang Zixing wiped the sweat from his forehead. If it was just like this, it would be simple.
When Zhu Zhanzhen was talking inside the building, there was a commotion outside the building. Rows of sergeants were approaching not far away, and the surrounding streets and alleys instantly became crowded. Those were not Zhu Zhanzhen's soldiers, but those ordered by Zhang Zixing before.
They went to Guangzhou Prefecture to recruit nearly 800 soldiers from the Eastern Guard, forming a regular army.
Zhu Zhanzhen, who was still unaware of the outside situation, continued to ask: "Zhang Tai bullies the market, entangles his party members, and commits many evil deeds. What should we do?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, Taizu has issued an order for anyone who oppresses the people, regardless of his official position or rank, to be deprived of his position, exiled thousands of miles away, and his sentence can be reduced appropriately if he can make up for it with his property."
"Make up, make up, let's make up." Zhang Zixing was sweating profusely.
Zhu Zhanzhen ignored Zhang Zixing and asked: "Zhang Tai pretended to be the prince and stole the royal name. What should we do?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, I will be beheaded in public display. If the circumstances are serious, I will punish the three tribes of Yi."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's just a fancy name used by children on the street. There is absolutely no disrespect to His Highness the Crown Prince. Absolutely not."
Zhu Zhanzhen continued to ask: "Chen Youshan, is there any law that says that having a fancy name can reduce your sentence?"
"There is no precedent, Your Highness."
Zhang Zixing said hurriedly: "Your Highness, I would like to add another 20,000 taels of silver to build the county prince's palace for you. Please show your support."
If Zhang Zixing was still mainly angry when he came in, and bowing down to Zhu Zhanyi was just an expedient measure, now he is really panicking.
What's alarming is that Zhu Zhanzhen is completely out of touch. His Royal Highness the Prince of Pearl River County doesn't seem to care about money or anything. He comes and goes just to get his son to death.
His money was not a rare item in Zhu Zhanzhen's eyes.
Zhang Zixing begged Zhu Zhanzhen to show mercy, but Zhu Zhanzhen said: "I heard that you run a smuggling business. If you explain everything about your business from top to bottom, I can keep your body intact."
"Your Highness, you are joking. We are honest people who keep our integrity, how could we smuggle?"
"Oh, in that case you can go."
Zhu Zhanzhen wanted to find out about smuggling. After the Ming Dynasty imposed a sea ban, smuggling would definitely be cracked down on. This is why he wanted to see who Zhang Zixing could find to help and find out who was behind it.
At this moment, the imperial guard came to report in a panic: "Your Highness, it's not good."
"What's wrong?"
"Suddenly, many soldiers appeared outside the door. At a rough glance, there might be thousands of them. They surrounded the surrounding streets. They were soldiers from the Guangzhou Prefectural Guard."
"What?!" Now it was Zhu Zhanzhen's turn to be surprised. He could actually call soldiers from the Guangzhou Prefectural Guard to enter the city?
I originally wanted to find out the details of gang smuggling, but I never thought that something like this would happen?
Is the local gang so arrogant?
Zhang Zixing suddenly remembered that he had sent someone to call for troops before, but he had forgotten to ask someone to notify him of the cancellation, and now he was surrounded.
Zhu Zhanzhen was furious and looked at Zhang Zixing: "I really didn't expect that a gangster from three religions and nine schools could let my soldiers come into the city and my soldiers surrounded me. It's really a big joke."
"Chen Youshan, what should we do if we rebel?"
"Return to your highness and punish the nine tribes."
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Don't underestimate the arrogance of gangsters. I was afraid that the book would be gone and I didn't dare to write a prototype, so I changed it to be less arrogant.
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