But the Prince of Zhennan is only a guerrilla general now. Although he is in charge of the Beijing camp, he does not have much power. How could he be the culprit of the left and right military fields
Even the civil servant San Lao Ye was aware that something was wrong. He looked at the butler seriously and asked him, "What happened? Where was the person arrested?"
I haven't heard any news that the court is going to regulate the Zhongjing Camp.
If so, Wei Yangqing is the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War. How could he not hear any news
The butler kowtowed and honestly told the third master: "It was the Ministry of Justice who came to arrest the man. Our prince even took out the red book and the iron certificate, but it was useless..."
The third master's expression became even uglier.
The Red Book and Iron Certificate was a reward bestowed by Emperor Taizu on a few noble families who had served the emperor well. From the founding of the Zhou Dynasty to the present, only during the reign of Emperor Taizu did seventeen kings and marquises possess this item.
After that, each generation of emperors distributed this thing only a few times.
Therefore, if we count the number of households in Shengjing that have this thing and have not been in trouble until now, there are basically no more than ten households, and the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion is one of them.
Once the red seal and iron certificate are issued, your life will definitely be saved.
After all, no emperor would dare to be unfilial and not take Taizu's things seriously.
But now that the red seal and iron certificate have been taken out, it is of no use.
What on earth did the Prince of Zhennan commit
The Third Master did not dare to delay and immediately sent someone to inform Old Madam Wei. After hearing that Old Madam Wei invited the steward of the Zhennan Palace to come in, he personally led the steward Tian of the Zhennan Palace into the backyard.
Old Madam Wei was in the Zhaixing Tower watching the maids taking down the colorful lanterns that were hung everywhere during the Lantern Festival. When she heard the news, she knew something had happened. Without hesitation, she asked Wei Rui, who had just returned, to ask for the Fifth Master.
She was waiting for the Third Master and Steward Tian in the open hall on the first floor of Zhaixing Tower. When Steward Tian came in and was about to greet her, she immediately let him go and shook her head seriously, "Just say what you want to say. There's no need to go through all that formality. Time is tight. Just talk about the important things."
Although the relationship between the two families has warmed up recently, Butler Tian was still a little nervous when he came to visit the Wei family, always worried that Old Lady Wei would not mind her family's affairs.
Now seeing Mrs. Wei's attitude, the heavy stone in his heart fell instantly. He choked up and shouted "yes", then told Mrs. Wei the whole story.
Finally, he said: "Our prince is not the kind of person who would interfere with the military land, urge the payment of taxes and take it for himself... ... None of the military households have ever caused trouble and said that they couldn't make a living..."
He frowned, carefully choosing his words, and tried his best to tell Madam Wei and the Third Master everything he knew and heard, letting them figure it out for themselves: "But I don't know how, things suddenly started to happen a few days ago. I heard that the incident happened in a garrison in Baoding, and the military households there have been forced into a corner. The sons of the soldiers died in the family, and they have elderly parents and young children to take care of, but the pension money promised by the court has not been paid at all... These things didn't come to light in the past, but now they have, and all of them have been put on our prince's head. Our prince can't explain himself now even if he has a lot of mouths..."
Old Mrs. Wei’s brows were furrowed more and more, and her face looked very unhappy.
Of course she knew how serious it was to be involved in such a matter.
The thing that Emperor Longqing feared most, apart from treason and treason, was embezzlement of military pay.
No one who touches this high-voltage wire can escape unscathed.
The third master also felt embarrassed and wanted to interrupt but in the end he said nothing and just shook his head.
Housekeeper Tian wiped her tears and said, "Madam, our old princess was not in good health to begin with. When she heard about this, she was so angry that she almost fainted. She managed to calm down with great difficulty and asked us to come here to see you, the son-in-law and the young lady..."
At this time, the Wei family was the most reliable in-law of the Zhennan Palace.
Old Madam Wei nodded and told him not to worry: "We don't know what the matter is yet. Please tell the old princess not to panic. We will not sit idly by."
They are all in-laws, and the Fifth Master is the brother-in-law of the Prince of Zhennan, and he is also from the Ministry of War. To put it bluntly, if this matter is not taken care of, it may sooner or later burn them.
Butler Tian immediately kept kowtowed to Old Madam Wei.
Old Mrs. Wei quickly excused herself, and when she heard outside that Wei An had arrived, she hurriedly let Wei An in.
Wei An went to Prince Zheng's mansion. Although Princess Zheng had just gotten married, she was already pregnant. Although it was still very early, it was confirmed by Consort Kong himself, so it was most likely that she was pregnant. Wei An often went there to chat with Princess Zheng.
As soon as she came back, she heard that someone had come from the Prince of Zhennan's Palace. She and Wei Jie looked at each other, and both thought that something was wrong with the old princess, so they hurried over.
Who knew that as soon as I entered the door, I saw Butler Tian kneeling and kowtowing.
Old Madam Wei stretched out her hand to call her to her side, and glanced at Wei Jie again. She didn't bother to ask about Princess Zheng. Xi'an told her that the Prince of Zhennan was arrested by the Ministry of Justice, and frowned again: "Eating up military land and forcibly collecting taxes are not crimes that can be easily escaped. If he is really convicted, I'm afraid that even the red book and iron certificate can't save the prince's life."
Prince Zhennan has always been a loyal and honest person.
He was different from Princess Zhennan. He had never had any bad thoughts towards the old princess, and he was always tolerant and kind to her.
Wei An also knew what kind of person he was. He was never a person who would do anything to achieve his goals and would never risk doing such a thing.
Moreover, he was not the head of the Five Military Commanderies, nor the head of the Beijing Camp. After the last incident at the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, he was only in charge of the training of the Beijing Camp. Other matters were not his responsibility.
Even if he wanted to have such great power, he didn't have the ability to do so.
It was obvious that someone deliberately wanted to punish him and find trouble with him to accuse him of a crime, so they framed him with the charges of embezzling military funds, enriching himself, and forcing his subordinates to death.
Wei An raised his eyebrows and asked Butler Tian: "Is there any news from the prince now?"
Steward Tian shook his head repeatedly, "No one is allowed to see it. We have gone to the Ministry of Justice many times and asked for help, but few people dared to interrupt us. They all shook their heads and said they didn't know anything. We are now completely in the dark and don't know anything, so we are panicking. The old princess asked us to come here."
If there was no other way, the old princess would not want to trouble the Wei family, and everyone present knew this.