"Your Majesty, Eunuch Jin has sent us a secret report from the Jinyi Guards!"
Before Hu Xi and others entered the palace, Zhu Qiyu opened it and looked at it, and immediately frowned.
This is the secret memorial of Xiangyang Jinyi Guards.
After the death of King Xiang, Jin Yiwei was responsible for ransacking the house, and all the property was missing. Except for the meager Wang Tian, nothing else was confiscated.
There were many vassal kings in Huguang, but not many dared to touch the emperor's tiger beard.
King Zhu Qihao of Jing must be one of them, and King Zhu Huixun of Min must also be a part of it.
The King of Min was restless. The rebellion of King Guangtong in the second year of Jingtai was instigated by Zhu Huixun's fourth brother, King Zhu Huiyu of Guangtong, and his fifth brother, King of Yangzong, Zhu Huixuan.
Zhu Qiyu sneered twice: "Password, King Xiang's bodyguards are handed over to Li Zhen and Chen You to quell the Miao rebellion."
"As for the royal family's wealth..."
But at this time, Hu Hui led Lin Cong, Li Xian, Yu Shiyue and other important ministers of the cabinet to kneel down in the hall, with heavy faces.
"Flat body, give me a seat."
Zhu Qiyu asked someone to serve tea: "What happened to alarm the ministers?"
"Your Majesty, there is another battle report coming from Xuan Town!" Hu Xi handed over the battle report.
It is indeed a battle report!
Zhu Qiyu had expected it, but after reading it, he still felt chills running down his spine.
"What a weird defeat!"
Yu Qian led his army to Xuanzhen and tried to recapture the fortress in the Great Wall. After the Wala people destroyed the fortress, they left. When they were repairing the fort in the capital camp, the Wala people marched straight in and repeatedly broke through the Xunzhen defense line.
After three defeats in three battles, Yu Qian could only lead his army to hold on to the fortress as much as possible. However, Xuanzhen had become a sieve. The Wala army could completely bypass Xuanzhen and enter the country to plunder. They could even enter Juyongguan and start another battle to defend Beijing.
"I said I'm not surprised. Do you believe me?"
Zhu Qiyu put down the battle report. This battle report was a letter written by Yu Qian himself and was extremely detailed. On the other hand, the battle report submitted by Yang Xin was unclear.
Hu Xi was stunned for a moment, then sighed.
"Old Master, do you know why I used violent methods to regain my power?"
Zhu Qiyu said bluntly: "It's because I know that Xuanzhen will lose again! After this defeat, it will fail again!"
"Let alone Yu Qian, even if Yue Wumu is reborn, he will definitely not win!"
"Your Majesty, please speak clearly!" Hu Hui knelt on the ground.
All officials knelt down.
"Gentlemen, what do you think of Yang Xin's ability? How capable is Yu Qian?"
"Xuanzhen has a total of 270,000 troops. Although it has lost tens of thousands of people, how can it be defeated again and again?"
"Don't forget, Xuanzhen is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been managed for thousands of years!"
"Did Genghis Khan appear on the grassland?"
"So what if Genghis Khan is resurrected? Can he block firearms? Can he block cannons?"
"The Ming Dynasty has all its elites, there are still veteran generals among the nobles who are good at fighting, and Yu Qian is in command. How could it be defeated twice?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Because the problem is not the army, nor is the Wala army extremely powerful, but that Xuanzang is rotten! It's rotten to the bone!"
Hu Hui understood that the emperor suspected that there was a spy in Xuan Town.
"Your Majesty, does Jin Yiwei have a secret report?" Wang Wen asked.
"Not yet."
"Look at the time for the battle report."
"Have you forgotten the disastrous defeat on Chunlong Day? Who is taking this opportunity to cause trouble?"
Zhu Qiyu seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "I estimate that the report of the third defeat is about to come again, so be prepared to guard Juyong Pass."
"Your Majesty is suspicious of Shanxi merchants?" Hu Xi said directly.
"Not doubt, but certainty!"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Why did Wala suddenly attack the Ming Dynasty? Why did the fortress in the Great Wall get lost so easily? How capable is Yu Qian? How can he be defeated three times in three battles?"
"Have you all thought about it?"
Now that he has said this, Zhu Qiyu simply spread his arms and said: "If you say anything in Qinzheng Hall today, I will absolve you of any guilt. I will never be guilty of any words, and I will never kill anyone."
He promised first.
After all, the Qinzheng Palace is known as the Devil's Palace. If it weren't for the helplessness, Hu Ming probably wouldn't even come.
"Just tell me why Wala came from?"
Zhu Qiyu said straightforwardly: "It was Chen Xun who brought me here. I am not a fool to use tiles to divide my gods!"
Hu Hui and others were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and no one dared to answer.
I can vividly remember the beginning of the Walas raiding the border.
At that time, Chen Xun was in high spirits, and he and Prince Zhu Jian were flirting with each other.
He already had the intention of abolishing the establishment.
They raided the border with Ola and forced Yu Qian to leave the capital with his camp, hoping to depose the emperor in the capital.
But he didn't want to be killed by the emperor.
The end was not tragic, and he became the biggest sycophant in ancient and modern times.
"But the Wala people tasted the sweetness and attracted all three Wala people to Xuanzhen. Only then did Yang Xin suffer the first defeat and Xu Heng died in the battle."
"At that time, when we were defeated, I urged Yang Xin to figure it out."
"So far, there has been no news from Yang Xin."
"I don't doubt Yang Xin, it's just that he has lost his courage and dare not investigate."
"Yu Qian newly arrived in Xuanzhen and regained the fortress without any fault, but was defeated by the Wala people one by one. If the Wala people can defeat Yu Qian once if Zhuge Kongming is alive, I believe it."
"Three defeats in three battles, who are you fooling? Is Yu Qian a fool? Is your honor a fool? They are all famous ministers and powerful generals, how can they be defeated again and again?"
"Not to mention others, Zhang Fu is playing tricks on me and trying to trick me around. How can he not be able to defeat those ignorant fools in Wala?"
"From the first time Yang Xin sent troops, the loss of the fortress in the Great Wall explains everything!"
"There is a mole in Xuan Town! There are moles everywhere!"
"Who can receive news of troop mobilization and deliver it quickly?"
"You don't believe me for the time being, but I can tell you that within ten days, there will be reports of defeat in Xuanzang Town!"
"Defeat is certain!"
How did Shanxi merchants develop? Isn't it just that he developed as a traitor?
As for the war, it was the merchants who made a lot of money.
Hu Hui didn't believe it, and neither did Lin Cong, Li Xian, etc.
Thinking that the emperor was looking for a fig leaf for himself, he killed all the merchants in the city, trying to find an excuse, or maybe he just took a fancy to the wealth of Shanxi merchants and wanted to rob them again.
Li Xian hesitated to speak, Shanxi merchants are my lackeys, can your majesty show your favor?
"We'll see."
Zhu Qiyu didn't bother to explain. When the news of the murder of the merchants in the capital reached Xuan Town, the Wala people would go crazy, and then all the truth would be revealed.
"My lords, we still need to transport food, recruit troops from the refugees, and garrison the three passes to protect the capital!" Zhu Qiyu believed that Xuanzhen could no longer be defended, and he must defend the three passes to save the capital.
Hu Xi frowned. The emperor was not satisfied with the regiment's 30,000 troops, but he wanted to expand the army?
"Your Majesty, the court's top priority is to solve the problem of refugees."
"Veteran, I believe in Master Yu. Although Xuanzhen has been defeated one after another, the battle report clearly states that the main force of the Beijing camp has not been damaged and can still fight."
"Is it too early to station troops at Yongguan now?"
In fact, Hu Hui also felt that merchants were causing trouble.
But merchants could not play such a big role. Merchants were just fat sheep, both in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty and in the eyes of the Wala leaders.
"You can train your troops first." Zhu Qiyu was worried about another battle to defend Beijing.
"Your Majesty, there is insufficient food in the capital. Everyone can't survive even a month on porridge. How can we train troops?" Hu Hui raised an unsolvable problem.
Damn Chen Xun!
It was your partisans who caused the Shandong flood!
If there hadn't been a severe flood in Shandong, how would the merchants in Beijing have dared to hoard, causing me to lose this opportunity?
If we train more than 100,000 troops in the name of garrisoning Juyongguan, even if the Beijing camp returns to Beijing, so what? Yu Qian also had to kneel down obediently.
Food!
"What do you think, Taifu?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"The old minister thought that after defeating Oara, he would fill the gap in Xuanzhen with refugees from the capital. This would relieve the pressure on the capital and increase the population of Xuanzhen, which would be beneficial and harmless."
This is a plan to draw fire from under the cauldron!
Zhu Qiyu wanted to use the refugees as his basic base. Otherwise, why would he arrange for women to study for their children? He just wanted to win their hearts and use them for his own purposes.
Hu Hui wanted to kick the refugee to Xuanzhen, making his work in vain.
"But immigration has not been good governance since ancient times."
Zhu Qiyu considered it and said: "Even if you immigrate, you have to win first. I say there will be news of defeat within ten days. We should garrison Juyong Pass in time to ease the pressure on Beijing."
Hu Bi felt that His Majesty took the opportunity to seize power.
This is not the first time the emperor has done this, so there is no credibility at all.
The two sides are in a stalemate.
Zhu Qiyu didn't believe in Hu Hui, and Hu Hui didn't believe in the emperor either. The situation was embarrassing.
Li Xian promptly presented a memorial.
Snapped!
Zhu Qiyu slapped the case hard: "What does Prince Ning want to do?"
"Your Majesty, this is what Zhou Qing, the patrol envoy to Jiangxi Province, reported. I will return it to you, my ministers, my ministers..." Li Xian did not dare to say any more.
"Send it up!"
When Zhu Qiyu saw it, he almost died of anger: "King Yiyang is talking nonsense?"
Snapped!
Zhu Qiyu threw the memorial directly on the ground: "What is Ning Fan going to do! Have you had enough of the good life?"
"Zhu Dianpei (King Ning) often goes to Longhu Mountain. He expresses dissatisfaction with me and sympathizes with me! He even hoards food wantonly. What is he going to do? Rebellion?"
"Zhu Dianxu and his mother are talking nonsense? It is really the non-existence of heaven and earth, and it is beyond the reach of animals!"
"Just last year, the kings of Ning Fan, Zhu Dianpei and Zhu Dianxu, got into trouble because of a woman. They hired a princess instead, killed their own brother, and violated the rules and abused the people. I can't even speak of it!"
"I should have deposed their princes and imprisoned Fengyang."
"But I care about my relatives and let them live."
"I personally issued an edict, saying 'Don't say anything unforeseen', to warn them!"
"I don't want these brothers to take my words as farts!"
"Hahaha, Xuanzhen was defeated by Wala several times, and the capital was in panic; Shandong was flooded, and the court was in panic all day long!"
"These kings only play with women and complain. They regard me as nothing and the court as nothing!"
"Publish the decree to abolish Ning Fan, respond to all the kings, and demote him to a useless person..."
Zhu Qiyu didn't finish his words.
Hu Xi was the first to kneel on the ground: "Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down the wrath of the thunder. Jiangxi is far away in the horizon, and the capital is already in danger. Jiangxi must not be allowed to be in chaos again!"
"Your Majesty, please be honest and make excuses first. Just pretend you don't know."
"When Xuan Town is pacified, Wala retreats, and the Beijing camp returns to the capital, then we can send troops from Huguang to attack Jiangxi! Take Ning Fan directly! Imprison Fengyang!"
Hu Hui was really ruthless. The emperor just wanted to cut down the feudal vassal, but Hu Hui wanted to kill people directly.
However, Zhu Qiyu pretended to be angry, just because he wanted to take the opportunity to weaken the vassal.
The late Emperor Xuanzong often did this kind of thing, and everyone in the government and the public knew it tacitly.
These vassal kings have nothing to do, who doesn't play with women? As for the stepmother, let's just play. It doesn't matter even if she is the biological mother. There is nothing wrong with the royal family. How can a clean person crawl out of a stinking shithole?
It's just that King Yiyang was stupid enough to give the handle to the emperor, and the emperor used it to manipulate Ning Fan.
"Your Majesty, I am more worried about Longhu Mountain."
Seeing Zhu Qiyu's anger, Hu Hui quickly said: "Tianshi Dao is harboring imperial criminals, and its crimes are unforgivable. I am worried that Tianshi Dao will incite Ning Fan and raise troops to quell Jingnan."
Yes, this is what Zhu Qiyu is most worried about.
Otherwise, why would he panic when Prince Ning and Tianshi Dao got closer?
"Does the old lady have any good ideas?"
Hu Xi pondered: "The stupidest way is to send Nanchang guards to raid Longhu Mountain and capture Tianshi Dao. But the capital is far away from Nanchang, and the veteran is worried that the plot is not secret. Once it is leaked, Ning Fan will definitely start a rebellion. Although Ning Fan has absolutely no chance of success, but as far as the court is concerned, it will cost money again, so this is the next best option."
"The best strategy is for the court to use thunderous force to raid Jiangxi and capture Ning Fan in one fell swoop!"
Hu Hui's eyes flickered: "I think the best solution is feasible!"
According to Fang Ying's report, the Miao chaos in Huguang is not serious and will be settled in about a month.
At that time, Li Zhen and Chen You led their troops into Jiangxi and captured Ning Fan with a thunderous force, cutting off the shackles of the feudal king.
"Old Master, Ning Fan must be eliminated!"
Zhu Qiyu is going to take action against the clan.
Empress Dowager Sun said that for the sake of the throne, he would kill everyone in the clan!
He didn't care before, but hearing about Prince Ning's visit to Longhu Mountain made him anxious. Instead of being frightened every day, it would be better to take action first.
Now Chaotian Palace is harboring imperial prisoners, and the emperor is raiding Chaotian Palace again.
The emperor and the Celestial Master were incompatible.
Tianshi Taoism is the first Taoism designated by Taizu and Taizong, and its influence is unimaginable.
If the Celestial Master Dao is forced to support Ning Fan, although there is no chance of success, Jiangxi will definitely be defeated.
The South must not be chaotic and must be stable.
On the issue of reducing vassal states, civil servants and emperors stood on the same front.
"Then please, Your Majesty, stop searching Chaotian Temple!"
"Impose another imperial edict to reprimand the Celestial Master. The capital is under martial law. No one is allowed in and no one is allowed to leave. In particular, no news is allowed to spread out of the capital!"
A cold light flashed in Hu Hui's eyes: "Those Taoist priests claimed to respect Taoist Master, but in fact they were only pursuing power. Your Majesty gave them power, gave them ultimatums, and allowed them to preach."
"Wait for Li Zhen and others to go straight to Huanglong, arrest the contemporary Celestial Master for treason, force Longhu Mountain to cut off its tail to survive, and re-select the Celestial Master to be used by the court."
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly.
This was the backlash for his murder. Thanks to the slow speed of message transmission these days, Jiangxi would have rebelled.
"Nanchang Wei cannot be trusted."
"Your Majesty can go to the south to collect grain, and send a general to Jiangxi first to stabilize the situation."
"Firstly, it can prevent Ning Fan from jumping over the wall, and secondly, it can also scare Ning Fan."
Hu Hui's eyes flashed: "Your Majesty, can you make peace with me and tell me what step you want to take?"
Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, and Hu Hui's eyes made him retreat.
He was dissatisfied with the feudal king sucking the blood of the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to send all the feudal kings to death.
But Hu Xi's eyes told him that if you do this, your son will not be able to enjoy the glory and wealth. Staying in the capital will only make the emperor taboo and he will die sooner or later.
Couldn't Emperor Ren and Xuan see the shortcomings of the enfeoffment system?
But they were to seek the good of their other sons.
"Old Master, either don't do it or do it absolutely!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were as bright as a knife: "From now on, my son will be entrusted overseas! Divide states and establish a country!"
Hu Xi was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt down and said, "Old minister, I congratulate Your Majesty on your ambition!"
In Hu Hui's eyes, overseas countries were all barbaric lands. The emperor's heart was even crueler than he imagined when he threw his own son out to become a savage.
"Old lady, please get up."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Cong, Li Xian and others: "I have a heart-to-heart talk with you all today because I hope the court will be stable!"
"I don't want to kill anyone anymore. The Ming Dynasty can no longer be turbulent."
Li Xian and others rolled their eyes. You have become the real emperor. Of course you don't want to kill anyone. You have taken all the benefits of your love. Are you going to let us take the blame?
"As long as you and I work together, I can allow you to go overseas to build a country and become king and hegemon in the future."
Zhu Qiyu finished his words, but what he got was a blank stare.
Believe it or not, whoever dares to cry with gratitude and say yes, the emperor will kill him immediately.
The idea of dividing a country and establishing a country is something that even a prince would not dare to think about. How dare you, the civil servants, think about it?
This is a trap!
Jump in and you'll die.
"Okay, I can promise you not to kill you." Zhu Qiyu told the truth.
This is like a human saying.
Li Xian felt sad in his heart. Half a month ago, it was Chen Xun who said this. The civil servants were still superior, and the emperor was nothing more than a mascot in a cage.
How long has it been since the offensive and defensive transitions, and the civil servants have to rely on the emperor to feed them.
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" Hu Hui took the lead and knelt down.
"Cabinet, is there any news from Shandong?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Your Majesty, there is no news coming yet." Wang Wen rushed to report.
"The news will be spread to the palace immediately."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered: "Where is Zhang Feng? How is the grain harvest going?"
…
Department of Hubu, Guanghuiku.
The warehouses and warehouses used to store grain were burned down, and the well-preserved warehouses and warehouses such as Guanghui Warehouse were temporarily used to store grain.
Cao Jixiang led the patrol battalion to visit major temples to collect food.
He knew that getting this position was not due to good fortune, but because the emperor would kill him when he ran out of it.
The day before yesterday, he was summoned to the palace. The emperor said that the people who killed Zhao Rong were from the patrol camp, which frightened him to death. When he came back, he tidied up and found that no one had killed Zhao Rong.
He also sent people to check, and there was indeed no news about Zhao Rong, and his body must have been destroyed.
The only thing that can save his life is to urge food and finish it beautifully.
He gave the patrolman a death order. Anyone who couldn't get food would be chopped into pieces.
He personally sat in Guanghui Treasury to supervise the storage of grain.
Zhang Rui, the grain storage ambassador in Jingcang of the Ministry of Revenue, was personally in charge, and Shi Chong, the patrolling battalion commander, kept an eye on each other and supervised each other. They didn't look at each other.
"Damn it, you bald thief, you don't pay enough for food!" Shi Chong grabbed a monk's clothes and shouted.
The spitting stars were sprayed on the monk's face, and the monk clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, this fight is full, why is it not enough? Please don't make things difficult for the poor monk."
"Full? Where is it full?"
Shi Chong pointed at the pile of wooden buckets, staring and telling lies.
But I saw a man rushing out of the diagonal thorn, and kicked the bucket hard, knocking the bucket over and scattering the food all over the floor.
The monk wanted to pick it up, but Shi Chong kicked him away. He pointed at half a bucket of grain and cursed: "Damn it, look at how little grain you handed over? Your temple has been sealed. Damn it, you fooled me. I’m tired of living!”
"This is food for a poor monk!" the monk cried angrily.
"Yours? This is Guanghuiku's territory, and it's my food! Pay it over again! Ma Liu'er's, if you can't hand it over, your temple will be sealed, go away and return to secular life!"
Even Zhang Rui, who was in charge, couldn't stand it any longer: "Shi Chong, the majestic capital master, how can I allow you to fool around?"
Zhang Rui asked someone to collect the grain and clasped his hands at the monk: "Master, please come back. Your temple has paid enough. Please take this certificate."
Shi Chong was about to grab it, but Zhang Rui pushed him away: "If you keep doing this, I will report to Eunuch Cao, what is the patrol camp doing? Is it a plunder?"
"I'm helping you, but I have to suffer from your arrogance!"
Shi Chong pushed Zhang Rui away and sat aside angrily: "My uncle is Shi Heng. He has been through hell for a while. I'm afraid of you, a dog official!"
Zhang Rui glanced at him and saw that the patrol camp was full of hooligans and lacked intelligence and strategy.
He sighed, sat down again, and ordered the officials of the Ministry of Revenue: "No one is allowed to cheat. If the temple official has handed over enough food, he must give a voucher, and no one is allowed to embarrass others!"
A local ruffian was making Shi Chong laugh like he was playing monkey.
After teasing him for a long time, Shi Chong was not happy and kicked him a few times.
"Sir Xiaoqi, the camp governor asked us to collect more grain, regardless of whether the temple is alive or dead."
The local ruffian Zhang San lowered his voice and said: "That Zhang Rui feels that the grain bites his hand. I think he is probably a Buddhist, so I'm going to keep a wide berth."
Shi Chong snorted: "What exactly are you going to say?"
"Sir Xiaoqi mentioned something too young before. What does the emperor want? He wanted money before, but now he wants food. Will he care about the life and death of temples and Taoist temples?"
Zhang San said flatteringly: "As long as we can get more food, the emperor will be happy and may pardon your crime. Then you will be a master of thousands of households. How majestic it would be!"
Shi Chong's eyes flashed: "How to get the most food? Let alone the temple. After being ransacked, there probably won't be much left. Besides, there is still the disaster star staring at me. I can't use my skills at all." "
"Qing. Lou."
Zhang San said cautiously: "My slave has heard that Qinglou has gone to collect people outside the city these days, and the grains are scattered out in handfuls, just like they were picked up. They even went out to scatter them today."
"If you say Qinglou has money, I believe it. Where does the food come from?"
"All the grain in Beijing is in the hands of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and all the merchants are dead. To buy grain in the city, you have to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Each household buys grain within a quota, and any more will not be sold."
"Where did Qing Lou get the food? Go, go, don't amuse me!"
Shi Chong picked up a straw stick in his mouth unhappily: "Do you think that bastard is stupid? Isn't it nice to get more food, make the emperor happy, and get promoted quickly? He's pretending to be noble!"
"The younger one definitely didn't lie. Many brothers have seen that the brothels are full of food. There is more than one brothel, there are more than a dozen brothels, and they bought many girls outside the city."
When he mentioned girls, Zhang San's eyes lit up: "Even some small families in the city who were worried about running out of food sold their daughters to them."
Seeing how seriously he said it: "Really?"
"I guarantee it with my life!"
"Which families have them specifically?" Shi Chongzhen was a little excited.
I heard that both Dongchang and Tiqi made a fortune the night before yesterday. They have been spending the past few days in the Goulan tile house. Spending money is a waste.
He's been rich before, but he hasn't gone to have fun for a long time. The girl inside probably has forgotten him a long time ago, alas.
"Every family has one. I heard that Qunfang Pavilion is the largest, and it admits two to three hundred girls a day!"
Shi Chong knew that Qunfang Pavilion was the top hook-up place in the Bada Hutong.
This Bada Hutong is famous as the place where the imperial court houses official documents. It is located in a different location from the Bada Hutong that everyone is familiar with. It is now in the inner city and later moved to the outer city.
"Fuck, go try your luck."
Shi Chong took his people to Qunfang Pavilion to try his luck.
Not only Shi Chong thought this way, Cao Jixiang was also very cowardly and was suspected by the emperor.
Tang Xu also received the news that people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang were throwing money in the alley.
"Let Cao Xuan, Cao Duo, and Cao take people around. Our family wants to know who the hell wronged me!"
Cao Jixiang gritted his teeth: "Also, how did our family hear that there is food in the Bada Hutongs? Where did the news come from? Did it reach our ears?"
"Let's go and find out now!" Tang Xu sent someone to ask.
…
Shi Pu and Ye Sheng resettled the refugees.
But it was discovered that there were fewer and fewer women among the refugees. When I inquired, I found out that some of the women had been bought away.
"The nine gates are closed, who can buy someone outside the city?"
Shi Pu inquired further, but found that the refugees knew nothing.
"Shi Shangshu, this matter is extraordinary. We will write a memorial and hand it over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation."
Ye Sheng is really too busy. According to statistics, there are about 70,000 refugees. There should be some more nearby, and the statistics have not yet been completed.
A porridge shack was set up in Chaoyang City to fill the stomach first, and then the men and women were separated. The children were sent to the Licaolan Factory, and the women were sent to the Royal Trading Company.
"I wrote it myself!" Shi Pu wrote a memorial based on what he heard during the investigation and his guesses, and presented it to the Holy One.
now.
The sky was dark, and Zhu Qiyu was at the military plane, writing furiously.
"Your Majesty, Minister Shi has sent me a memorial!"
Because it involves refugees, Zhu Qiyu's special orders are passed on from time to time without delay.
Zhu Qiyu stopped writing, unfolded the memorial, and immediately frowned: "Is the woman lost?"
He subconsciously thought that he must have been taken away by Jin Yiwei.
But Feng Xiao shook his head. No news came from Jin Zhong, which proved that it was not Jin Yiwei's fault.
"Feng Xiao, do you know how many hook-and-rail tile houses there are in Beijing?"
He didn't say anything, and the Hanlin and the eunuch who were working looked up.
Zhu Qiyu asked the eunuchs to circulate the memorial and discuss it.
Hanlin and others stood up one after another and arranged them in two rows.
"Your Majesty, it is inevitable that Goulan Washe will take the opportunity to buy some girls." Qiu Jun said bluntly.
"But where does the food come from?"
Yin Zhi retorted: "The refugees are indeed hungry, but they all have money in their pockets. There should be no shortage of money in the Qinglou, and there is no food produced. Where can the food come from?"
"this……"
Qiu Jun frowned and thought: "Is it to store food?"
"According to the statistics of Master Shi, I am afraid that thousands of women have been lost, and thousands of girls have disappeared."
Yin Zhi said: "Even if it is sold at a low price, it will still cost ten or twenty kilograms of grain. Two thousand people come and more than forty thousand kilograms of grain. This does not include the women in the city. It seems that they have no worries about food. I am afraid that more than One hundred thousand kilograms, how big a warehouse must be to store so much grain!"
"Your Majesty, are there any fish that have slipped through the net among the grain merchants?"
Qiu Jun knelt down.
Zhu Qiyu frowned. News came from the Jinyiwei that all the warehouses in the capital were either burned down or occupied by the Jinyiwei.
"Your Majesty, please conduct a thorough investigation of Qinglou!"
Yin Zhi knelt on the ground: "I thought that during such a curfew, the Qinglou was singing, laughing and dancing. Now that the princess has passed away, your majesty is managing the government in pain, but they have not restrained themselves in the slightest and have no sign of grief. This is a big mistake. This is a crime of respect! I would like to ask Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of the Qinglou. We will definitely gain something!"
Zhu Qiyu had more on his mind. He robbed a pawnshop in Beijing the night before yesterday. There were big bosses behind these pawnshops and they dared to take possession of the property.
He didn't know about others, but Wang Wen had opened several restaurants in Beijing, but until now, he didn't even dare to fart.
Zhu Qiyu had been waiting, but the delay in coming made him feel anxious.
Since you won't come out, knock on the mountain to frighten the tiger and lure the snake out of its hole.
"Pass an order to cordon off the entire city's brothels and inspect them! Find out where the food comes from. No more business will be allowed without an edict!"
"Well, leave it to Dong... leave it to Jin Yiwei. The patrol battalion will cooperate."
Jin Yiwei didn't get any soup that morning, so I'll give it to them this time.
…
Jin Zhong received the imperial edict, summoned all the imperial guards in the capital, and began to blockade Qinglou.
That morning was a shame.
The officials in the capital slapped Jin Zhong hard on the face.
Unexpectedly, Qing Lou also slapped him hard.
He wanted to recruit a group of refugees from outside the city to join the Jinyiwei. The emperor asked him to recruit a group of women and choose good colors. Qinglou actually got there first. He really didn't take the Jinyiwei seriously!
"Guan Yao, Song Tang, and Lu Qian, the three of you will personally lead the team and copy it for me! Anyone who blocks your path will be killed without mercy!"
Jin Zhong ordered: "Your Majesty is furious because of this. I will make these people pay the price!"
Bang!
Guan Yao personally led the team and kicked the old bustard of Qunfang Pavilion away.
He put the knife directly on her neck: "The princess has passed away, how dare you have fun?"
"Lord, we are doing business normally!" the madam cried.
Qunfang Pavilion was full of excitement.
Many doors were suddenly closed tightly, and many people looked panicked.
"Shut up!"
Guan Yao was tall and tall, with the waist of a wasp and the arms of a monkey, with jade trees facing the wind, but his expression was a bit sinister: "Why don't I, Qianhu, see how serious you are?"
"Go up and search!"
"Poor sir, we all paid taxes and paid Dongchang's protection tax. You can't bully people like this!" the old bustard teased.
Guan Yao gently opened her neck, blood came out, and she was so frightened that she immediately fell silent.
"You all need to be quick, we have to drive out the next one!" Guan Yao yelled.
There were a few shouts and curses coming from upstairs. They were all powerful young men who were having fun inside and were being affected by their good deeds.
Those jokes are full of bad taste. When the young man is waiting for him to be happy, he suddenly kicks in the door and scares people to death.
"Damn it, I'm from the patrol camp, not a scooper. Let me go!" Shi Chong was escorted down by Jin Yiwei Fanzi.
When he saw Guan Yao, he immediately shouted: "Guan Yao, are you fucking pretending that you don't know me?"
"Brother Shi!"
Guan Yao touched his nose, he really knew Shi Chong.
He was born in the army and was assigned to the Qianhu Guards Station. His father died in Tumubao. He originally lived in the Beijing camp. Later, he was valued by Jin Zhong and was promoted to the Jinyi Guards and served as Qianhu.
"Let me go!"
Shi Chong turned around and said that Zhang San was his, then he jumped down the stairs, slapped the old bustard in the face, and asked angrily: "Where are those Dongchang fans?"
"What?" The madam was confused.
"The guys from Open Mouth, Shut Up I, who came in in front of me, are very generous and gave you a bag of golden beans! Where did they go?" Shi Chong asked.
The madam shook her head.
Snapped!
Shi Chong slapped her hard, then held down one of her arms, stepped on her arm, and tried to tear her arm off: "You collected so many golden beans, and it's only been half an hour. How can you forget that? At that time, You were desperate to let people get into their arms, and that guy pushed you away, where did he go!"
The madam kept screaming: "It's Xiaocui who is waiting for them upstairs!"
Shi Chong dragged her upstairs. The madam's body was pressed against the stairs and she almost fainted from the pain.
But Shi Chong didn't care and shouted: "Where's Xiao Cui? Get out of here!"
Jin Yiwei Fanzi told Guan Yao to stop it.
Guan Yao shook his head. Shi Chong was a man who knew his priorities. He must have discovered something unexpectedly.
A creak.
A door opened, and a scarred woman came out. She said she was Xiaocui, and those bastards were not human at all!
"Where's the person?" Shi Chong grabbed her neck!
"Jump out of the window, run, run away!" Xiao Cui's face was full of horror.
Shi Chong pushed her away and rushed into the room. It was a mess inside. The window was open. It was gloomy outside and no one could be seen.
"groove!"
Shi Chong cursed, then kicked Xiaocui hard, knocking her downstairs.
Then he became fierce and wanted to kill the old bustard.
He was stopped by Jin Yiwei.
"What's going on?" Guan Yao subdued Shi Chong with his fists and kicks.
Shi Chong rubbed his belly, got up, and gave Guan Yao a thumbs up: "You're so damn powerful, I'm convinced!"
Then he leaned close to Guan Yao's ear and lowered his voice and said, "I heard what those people said about Zhao Rong and killing him. They are Dongchang's fans!"
"What?" Guan Yao was shocked!
Zhao Rong, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, was killed, which angered His Majesty. Jin Zhong was also furious in the morning and asked the Jin Yiwei to pay attention to find Zhao Rong's body and find out the murderer.
But I don't want to know that I can't find anything even if I break through the iron shoes.
"I'm not lying. Those guys saw blood at the first sight. They were all fierce. Although they changed into casual clothes, one of them forgot to change his shoes. He was still wearing white boots. There was blood on the white boots. That was Dong I can recognize the shoes from the factory at a glance."
Shi Chong patted his head hard: "We should have held them down then!"
"If you had taken action at that time, you would have been silenced."
Guan Yao asked someone to bring Xiaocui over. Xiaocui was really unlucky. She was troubled by several gentlemen, and then kicked downstairs by Shi Chong. She was seriously injured.
"What are the characteristics of those people?"
"What are the characteristics?" Xiaocui cried. Her leg was lame. She wanted to get treatment, but the Jin Yiwei was so fierce that they didn't give her a chance.
"Think about it. If you tell me, your life will be spared. If you can't tell me, you won't have to go to the doctor for treatment. I will send you back to the west directly." Guan Yao asked.
Shi Chong muttered that Guan Yao was talking too much nonsense and directly took off her parts.
"There was, there was a guest who seemed reluctant. He never touched the slave's house from beginning to end and looked out the window the whole time." Xiaocui endured the pain and thought carefully.
"Which one?" Shi Chong yelled at her and wanted to beat her again.
"How could anyone know?"
"Think about it, what are its characteristics?" Guan Yao pushed Shi Chong away and asked softly.
Xiaocui was stunned for a long time: "It seems like he is wearing white boots."
Guan Yao suddenly looked at Shi Chong, and Shi Chong slapped his head: "As long as I see him again, I will definitely recognize him!"
"When this thousand households report to the admiral, we will go to Dongchang to investigate!" Guan Yao felt that this was another great achievement.
"Let me report to the Lord Qianhu, nothing was found!" Someone came over to report.
Shi Chong asked what he was searching for?
Guan Yao said it was a task and asked his men to search again.
"If you tell me clearly, maybe I can help you!" Shi Chong also wanted a piece of the pie.
Guan Yao did not want to share the credit with Shi Chong.
After a while, I still found nothing.
"There's not even a new person coming in?" Guan Yao didn't believe it.
Shi Pu's memorial clearly stated that more than 2,000 women and girls were lost, and even if they could not find food, they would definitely have some faces.
"Really do not have!"
Guan Yao tapped the ground with the handle of his knife to see if there was a cellar.
"Are you looking for someone?"
Shi Chong understood immediately: "Jin Yiwei is also investigating the disappearance of women?"
"How do you know? No, you have been in Qunfang Pavilion and have not returned to the patrol camp. How do you know?" Guan Yao stared at him.
"It's spread all over the city, everyone knows it." Shi Chong said that he also came to try his luck.
"Has it spread all over the place?"
Guan Yao ordered people to search several places but could not find the cellar.
After leaving Qunfang Pavilion, several brothels were sealed off one after another, but no faces were found, and there was not even a grain of food.
Guan Yao, Song Tang, and Lu Qian met and found nothing.
"Will they buy a house to house these women?" Song Tang frowned.
"Probably not. There are so many people, no matter how they are placed, they will leave clues. Moreover, these brothels are not run by one family. It is impossible to work together. Why can't even one of them be found?"
Lu Qian whispered: "Have you noticed that not even a single oiran was caught?"
This sentence reminded Guan Yao: "Yes, there are ten great oirans in Qunfang Pavilion, and there are also dozens of outdated oirans. Where are the people?"
"This is the largest gold sales cave in Beijing. How come there isn't even any decent stuff?"
"They must have received the news in advance and transferred...but what are these courtesans doing?"
Before Guan Yao could finish his analysis, Lu Qian interrupted him: "Anyway, someone leaked the secret!"
"Send someone quickly to report to the admiral! No, I will go there myself!" Song Tang said urgently.
And Jin Zhong is accompanying him in the palace.
"Jin Zhong, how are you doing with the expansion of manpower?" Zhu Qiyu took a stroll in the Qianqing Palace after dinner.
"Your Majesty, we are still recruiting."
"Take your time, don't be in a hurry. These refugees, if you make good use of them, will be a helping hand. Only those who have endured hardship know how to cherish them."
Zhu Qiyu patted him on the shoulder: "Jin Zhong, did you find something strange? The pawnshop in Beijing was cleared. The people did not make a fuss, and the backstage of the pawnshop did not make a fuss. I was fully prepared and planned to return some of it. , but there has been no movement for two days!”
Jin Zhong was stunned: "What does the emperor mean?"
"There is something wrong with them. They don't dare to make trouble because they are afraid of me."
Zhu Qiyu smiled lightly and said: "When I released all the officials in the capital to plunder the day before yesterday, those moral gentlemen who were full of benevolence and righteousness all looked like sunny cats."
"Wealth and silk touch people's hearts."
"But I got a treasure worth about two million taels. They didn't make any fuss and just gave it to me. It's weird, really weird."
"Your Majesty, do you want me to check it out?" Jin Zhong speculated on His Majesty's thoughts.
"Well, check the background of the pawn shop. There is so much money. I lost less than one million taels (estimated value) and I have already gone crazy."
Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "I have a bad feeling."
"So the emperor is knocking on the mountain to shake the tiger?"
"You see? I didn't intend to touch the Qinglou, but these people are too weird. Let's move to make the water a little muddier and see what they are thinking?" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.
But at this moment, Fu Gang came over to send a message: "Your Majesty, the Jin Yiwei came to send a message, saying that they found nothing in the Qinglou!"
Jin Zhong was surprised. Shi Pu could not make false accusations, but what about people? What about food?
Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Knocking on the mountain to shock the tiger is useful. These people are smart enough to move people! If you let people follow the investigation, they will definitely catch big fish."
"My servant will personally take people to investigate!" Jin Zhong was worried that Guan Yao and others were not strong enough.
"return."
Zhu Qiyu looked at him: "Do you know what I want?"
Jin Zhong was at a loss.
"You idiot, Qinglou can never be banned, but the most well-informed place in the world is Qinglou."
Zhu Qiyu mentioned him: "What did I do before?
"The emperor wants to collect the green.
"What else?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
"Knock the mountains and tigers, and find out the backstage of the pawnshop and Qing.
Jin Zhong saw Zhu Qiyu's corner of his mouth, and his heart stunned: "The slaves will accumulate all of them and get it in their hands!"
"Don't say so unpleasant, those unrighteous wealth should have been copied the family!"
Zhu Qiyu's mouth evoked: "Go, there are too many people in Beijing, and there are so many mouthfuls of limited grain feeding, it should be reduced."
Jin Zhong trembled.
The pawnshop was robbed, the trouble was to be killed, deaf and dumb, and was also killed!
This is the emperor!
"Zhi Zhi Zhi, said that the gangs of the Beijing Division had appeared the day before yesterday. Take someone to catch it." Zhu Qiyu raised his mouth.
He was dirty anyway, letting the courtiers follow the smell.
When Jin Zhong went out, he saw Lu Zhong.
Lu Zhong knelt down to salute.
Zhu Qiyu didn't let him get up, so he closed his eyes and didn't speak.
Lu Zhong shivered.
That night, when he saw that Shang Jiaru was killed by the lambs, he knew that the emperor had taken back the imperial power. In the Beijing division, he said that he could kill, and he really contained Tianxian.
Kneeling in the Hall of Qinzheng, he was only afraid.
"Not much harvest." Zhu Qiyu slowly spoke, and he was very dissatisfied with Tiqi.
Originally, he had high hopes for Tiqi.
Just a little wealth, exposed nature.
Nowadays, it is not important to use someone who uses it. Whether it is the orphan of the Civil Bress or the people of Zhu Qizhen, they should be unfaithful when they are not loyal.
"Wechen is guilty! Please punish His Majesty!" Lu Zhong shivered.
"Punish you? What kind of punishment to punish you?"
Zhu Qiyu slowly stared at Lu Zhong: "A few days ago, in the diligence hall, how did you guarantee it?"
"His Majesty, His Majesty, only less than 300 people, there are not many sections! But Ti Qi is loyal to His Majesty, the sun and the moon can be ..."
Snapped!
Zhu Qiyu smashed the cup on Lu Zhong's head.
Lu Zhong scratched a wound on his head, blood was dripping, but he didn't dare to move, and even dared to scream.
"Not many seized? So why is Ti ride in Gouraiwa, Ri Ri Sheng song? Silver is like water out of water? When you are blind? Ah!"
Zhu Qiyu was suddenly furious. The door of Qinzheng Hall suddenly opened, and seven or eight eunuchs came in.
He waved his hand and let people go out.
"His Majesty's forgiveness, Ma Majesty!" Lu Zhong cried.
"Lu Zhong, you are guilty, I spared you once."
"This is the second time to enable you, give you a ride, and let you call money and food casually."
"But are you so rewarding me?"
"Deceive me!"
"Is it a fool?"
"Don't you know how precious money and food? I have been drinking porridge for a month! These money and food are squeezed out of the teeth!"
"Is it to you, just let you blind me? Ah!"
A sonorous sound.
The emperor's sword came out of the sheath, and Sen Leng's sword was on Lu Zhong's neck.
Lu Zhong was tightened, and tears couldn't stop flowing: "Micro Chen, Wechen ... Please see the opportunity to explain to Weichen for many years!"
"explain!"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was cold.
Lu Zhong hurriedly said: "Wei Chen was worried that Ti Qi would not live. In the evening, Weichen promised to ride 30 % of Ti, so there were not much to pay."
"But I haven't taken it at a little bit, I really haven't taken it!"
"Please Ming Jian, Wei Chen's loyalty to His Majesty, there is no half of the false!"
Jian Feng gradually opened his neck.
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Lu Zhong, did you not report it that night? Ah? I did not receive your chapter, and I did n’t receive the secret exposure. I sent you to surveillance. See?"
Lu Zhong was all cold and sweaty, and he relieved slightly: "His Majesty's back, Ti Qi did not report to Wechen, so Wei Chen did not know how to report it to His Majesty, so no ..."
"Idiot!"
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "You should continue to pretend to be crazy and sell stupid, Ti Riding is not suitable for you, be a monk."
Under his hands, even Shu Liang and Jin Zhong were tuned out.
However, he did not know how to figure out his mind; if he was covering up, he was not honest, which made him very unscrupulous.
What are the value of such a person?
"Your Majesty, Majesty ..." Lu Zhong didn't expect that the emperor asked him to become a monk?
"If you are nagging again, I will pick your head, go into the heavenly master, be a Taoist priest, and send it to you, go."
Zhu Qiyu felt very tolerant.
"His Majesty, Chen and Chen have something to say!"
Lu Zhong crawled in front of Zhu Qiyu, but Zhu Qiyu pointed at him with a sword tip, scared him to stop, and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen really saw it that night ..."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed.
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