Zhang Yong knelt in Qinzheng Hall.
"How is the integration going?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"I would like to report to your Majesty that my servants have sorted out the Chief of Ceremonies, and now the eunuchs in the Chief of Ceremonies are completely obedient to the Emperor."
Zhang Yong said some beautiful words: "I'm here to invite the emperor. Liang Fang is the eunuch of the Jin Dynasty. Please clear me of my skills. I don't know much about the classics and understand some memorials, so I need Liang Fang's help."
"Liang Fang's qualifications make her a eunuch, how can she convince the public?"
Zhu Qiyu said: "Ask him to be a clerk and be your secretary. It takes a little bit of qualifications to convince the public. If he accepts you as his godfather, you can't give him all the good things. The dog can't be fed. Do you understand?"
Zhang Yong was stunned and quickly kowtowed to thank him.
What the emperor means is that the way to control a donkey is to hang a carrot in front of the donkey so that it can see it but not eat it.
"Has the eunuch who oversees the factory arrived?" Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao.
"Go back to your Majesty and wait outside the door."
The economic factory is by the moat, closer to the Palace of Qianqing than the Supervisor of Ceremonies. However, the Supervisor of Ceremonies is moving and some important items are being transported into the palace, so Zhang Yong came faster.
"Xuan come in!"
Soon, two eunuchs walked in timidly.
"Greetings to the Emperor!" Lu Tian kowtowed respectfully.
"Is this a book printed by the economics factory?" Zhu Qiyu threw it on the ground.
As soon as the wind from the book blew, and when he saw the blurred ink marks, Lu Tian knew it was a factory copy, and he said so with trepidation.
"Is the factory short of ink? Or is it lack of engraving?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
Lu Tian was so frightened that he couldn't even say anything.
"Then why is it printed like this?"
Seeing Lu Tian keep pleading guilty, Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted: "Answer!"
"Qi, Qi, the Emperor, it was the people below who were negligent." Lu Tian shied away from responsibility.
"The people below were negligent? I think it was you who was negligent!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly became angry: "Come here, drag him out and beat him! Beat him until he tells the truth!"
Lu Tian begged for mercy, but was gagged and dragged off by eunuch Wan Gong.
Hearing Lu Tian's screams, Tong Yin shivered non-stop.
"You said, what's the reason?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
Tong Yin didn't hear it, Zhang Yong came over and slapped him.
Tong Yin finally came back to his senses: "Hui, Hui, the Emperor, it's because the slaves and other servants have not been supervised well, please punish the Emperor!"
There is someone who tells the truth.
“Is it poor supervision, or is it lining your own pockets?”
Zhu Qiyu took out the book printed by the Longyou Merchant Gang and threw it on the ground reluctantly: "Look, the Longyou Merchant's book is made of fine materials and clear ink, but the price is only half of the original copy! It's hard to find one on the market! "
"Tong Yin, tell me, where did the money from the factory go?"
"Why are such bad books printed? I'm embarrassed to say this is a book!"
Tong Yin trembled all over, hearing Lu Tian's screams in his ears, and said in horror: "This slave reported me, and was corrupted by Eunuch Lu!"
He was smart and put the blame on Lu Tian.
"I think it's not Lu Tian who is being raped, but the whole economics factory!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted: "You are not a good person either! You have a share!"
"It is decreed that the eunuchs above the managerial level must hand over five hundred thousand taels of silver within three days to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the corruption of ink will be stopped. If you fail to pay it, I will kill you, starting with your Tong Yin! Kill the entire scriptures. factory!"
"Did you hear that?"
Tong Yin's body trembled again, and he knelt down in fear: "I obey your order."
"With immediate effect, the factory has been shut down and the craftsmen have dispersed and entered the Chaoyang Engraving Factory."
Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Tong Yin, for the time being, you will supervise the factory."
Tong Yin was stunned, but he didn't expect that he would be a blessing in disguise.
"Don't be too happy, five hundred thousand taels of silver, not a single copper penny less!"
"Also, print this book for me. If the cost exceeds that of Longyou Booksellers, or is not as beautiful as the books they produce, I will pluck your dog's head off!"
"Did you hear that?"
When Zhu Qiyu yelled at him, Tong Yin shivered and kowtowed, saying that he understood.
"In three days, I will send new craftsmen to the factory and take care of them. If any eunuch bullies the newcomers and reports them to me, I will also pick off your dog's head!"
"I understand, I understand!" Tong Yin shivered.
But at this moment, Wan Gong came in and reported: "Your Majesty, I have run out of energy."
Wan Gong is also one of the eight sedan bearers and is Zhu Qiyu's trusted eunuch.
It is about Lu Tian, the eunuch who oversees the factory.
"Throw away the mass graves, don't pollute the good land, and confiscate the houses in the east factory."
Zhu Qiyu told Tong Yin to go away, and then looked at Zhang Yong: "I will also give you three days. This ceremonial supervisor must be used by me, do you hear me?"
Zhang Yong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and repeatedly said he knew.
The emperor is killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.
He lied, and the emperor saw through it. He did not completely rectify the ceremony supervisor, but only said nice words to coax the emperor.
The emperor knew it well and beat the eunuch to death without any surgery on him. He was warning him to behave obediently and repay honestly. If there is a next time, it will be you, Zhang Yong, who will be killed with a stick.
"Go down." Zhu Qiyu was very dissatisfied with Zhang Yong's speed.
"return!"
When Zhang Yong walked to the door, Zhu Qiyu spoke again: "The silver is not for Dongchang. After counting, it will be returned to the palace."
"My servant understands." Zhang Yong twitched the corner of his mouth. The current emperor seems to have an eye for money, and he only knows money, money, money.
"Wan Gong, I plan to send you to the Arms Bureau. Can you be responsible?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
Wan Gong's eyes lit up, the emperor was finally willing to let him out!
In fact, he has been serving the emperor for more than three years, and he made great contributions on the night of seizing the door, so the emperor trusted him and asked him to be a bearer and protect the emperor personally.
"This slave will definitely keep an eye on the weapons bureau for the emperor!" Wan Gong understood the emperor's thoughts.
"Well, although the Ordnance Bureau no longer produces firearms, it is still an important place for weapons. Weapons and armors still need the efforts of the Ordnance Bureau."
"How important the Ordnance Bureau is, I won't go into details. You should know it very well."
Zhu Qiyu warned: "Now that the Arms Bureau has been cleaned by me, it is just a blank piece of paper. You can choose a few eunuchs from the Qianqing Palace to be your assistants, and promote talented people from the craftsmen to serve as officials and fight with the soldiers." The situation is the same, I have great use for it."
"Wan Gong, I hand over the weapons bureau to you. I hope you won't obey my wishes!"
"The servants must follow the emperor's instructions, use craftsmen to manage craftsmen, develop equipment, and live up to the emperor's kindness!" Wan Gong can be clearly understood.
His biggest weakness is that he is illiterate, but he is cautious and lacks exploration.
"Let's put up the frame first. In a few days, I will personally meet with the craftsmen. If there are any important matters, I will give them face-to-face instructions."
"My slave obeys the order!" Wan Gong first went to Qianqing Palace to select people, and then brought the craftsmen to the New Ordnance Bureau to start rectification.
After sending away Wan Gong, Zhu Qiyu began to review the memorial.
Today's stickers include commas and periods.
The corners of Zhu Qiyu's lips raised: "Not bad."
…
Time passed slowly in a few days.
Hu Xi closed the door to thank the guests, and felt anxious every day. The money handed over by the officials in Beijing was not much.
Some even handed over cloth, pepper and other items.
He really had a headache, and he couldn't say more, otherwise he would be regarded as the emperor's lackey by the officials. How could he be a pillar minister?
"Father, if I were my son, I would just kill a few of them, and the others would naturally pay their dues."
Hu Xi sneered, laughing at his father's indecision.
That day, after hearing the imperial edict from the palace, His Majesty ordered the sons of ministers to enter the palace, he was overjoyed, but his timid father stopped him from leaving the palace.
Let’s take Zhu Kai as an example. Zhu Kai lost his arm, but Shuntian Mansion still ignores him.
"Is my son a fool like Zhu Kai?"
Hu Xiu's face was full of disdain: "Your Majesty wants to be a holy king, he is simple and frugal, and he can listen to advice. Isn't this the rare saint king in the book who comes to the court in a century? Why did my father join those idiots to go against your Majesty? "
"You don't understand." Hu Hu rolled his eyes. You have never experienced the Yongle Dynasty. You are a veteran who has experienced the Yongle Dynasty. Let's see who is willing to let His Majesty become Emperor Taizong!
"It's not that my son doesn't understand, he's just fighting for power and gain. It's human nature."
Hu Xiu dismissed it: "My son advises his father not to plan affairs with those idiots. In the eyes of his son, the princes in the court are just like the young master who has a drink with his father and talks about heroes. The others are all idiots! Short-sighted , not worth mentioning!”
The ministers are right. Taizu and Taizong cast too great a shadow on the civil and military officials.
Everyone was worried that these two emperors would appear again, but it happened to be this one again, so the officials were shocked.
Hu Hui said he didn't understand.
"Then please father, please let your son understand that his son is willing to enter the palace to serve the monarch and do things for the country and the people. If the son is wrong, the son is willing to be killed at the neck and ask for death. This is what the son wants in his heart!" Hu Wei knelt down. on the ground.
"No!" Hu Xi's face darkened, and he said in front of his old father, damn it, do you want to piss him off to death?
When he was young, he traveled around the world and neglected his good wife at home. Children come in old age, especially this young son. He was born only when he was more than fifty years old. He was actually a concubine, but he raised him as his legitimate son, so he naturally regarded him as a treasure.
"Then how will father deal with His Majesty?"
Hu Xuan raised his head and looked at his father: "Your Majesty also said that he would let the bastard son of the family enter the palace and be trained by Your Majesty himself. Since the son cannot inherit the family business, he has a headache after reading the books of sages, and if he fails in the imperial examination, why not become a star in the future?" Idle person?"
"Did you fail in the imperial examination? From that day on, can you read the sages' books? You enter the palace with all your thoughts. My son, the palace is quiet and deep. Yu'er has already entered the palace. I heard that he is serving in Qianqing Palace. You Do you think your father should have to worry about you again?" Hu Hui sighed.
"Father, when my son enters the palace, he happens to be taking care of Yu'er."
Hu Xuan said with a smile: "Think about it, His Majesty has ordered the daughters of hundreds of officials to enter the palace. Yu'er is innocent and will be bullied in the palace. Besides, these rich ladies were alone in the palace, but now that their brothers have entered the palace, they are all We have care, but Yu'er is the only one who doesn't, so wouldn't you be more worried?"
Hu Xi's face turned dark. How could a granddaughter be as important as a son?
Moreover, this son is not an economical person. He is afraid that Hu Xiu will become His Majesty's sword and attack civil servants!
When the time comes, how will Hu Hui be the leader of civil servants?
But this kid has given up his intention to leave, and I'm afraid there's really nothing he can do to stop him.
"Father, my son will come again tomorrow to pay his respects and ask his father if he agrees with his son entering the palace?" Hu Xi persisted.
"well!"
Hu Xi sighed, took down the memorial he was writing from the case, and handed it to his son.
"Gyeonggi has been hit by disasters for many years, and the taxes and servitudes are more numerous than those in other counties. For example, the firewood collectors who are responsible for the firewood have a heavy workload, and the comprador shops in Guanglu Temple have been refusing to pay for it for a long time. The people are already in dire straits, and they think that firewood is a disease of the people. The local people also hope to reduce or reduce the husband’s service and save money on the comprador.”
"The people of the capital are extremely tired. Isn't it wrong that we are now recruiting and transporting servants to protect the counties and other counties?"
Hu Xiu read it quickly and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Father wants to drain his wealth by using labor as a slave? It's too childish."
"What do you say?" Hu Xi remained calm.
"Your Majesty will scold Hu Hui for being incompetent after reading this. Do you still need to report such a trivial matter to the Holy One?"
Hu Xi sneered: "If your son becomes the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, you can directly abolish the service of Chai Fu and buy him with money."
"Where did the money come from?" Hu Hui asked him.
Hu Xuan smiled, very cruelly.
Hu Xi trembled all over, this devil incarnate!
"Son, if dad lets you out, you will definitely die and be infamy for thousands of years!" Hu Hui burst into tears.
"It's not bad for a man to be infamy for eternity!"
Hu Xiu showed an evil smile: "My son will distribute the gentry's money to farmers; he will divide the gentry's land equally among the world!"
Plop!
Hu Xi sat on the ground and cried loudly: "I have prepared a coffin for you, waiting to collect your body. Go ahead and enter the palace!"
"Hahaha, my son is joking with his father!"
Hu Xuan laughed proudly and helped his father up: "My son is not an idiot. He is a gentleman and a gentleman. My son is a scholar. How can he distribute his land to the poor? Isn't that self-destruction?"
"The human heart is never satisfied, and there is never justice in this world."
"Everyone is destined to do this when he is born. Of course my son will not dig up his own roots. He is not a fool."
"If your son is the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture and knows how to serve and buy double services, the money will of course come from the internal funds. Anyway, Your Majesty has money and will not spend it until it is wasted."
"Abolish some of the husband's labor, let the firewood pay a fixed amount of firewood every day, and spend money to buy the extra wood, so as to balance people's hearts."
After listening to Hu Xi's words, Hu Xi nodded slightly, which sounded like a human saying.
"If you say this, I will feel relieved. Go and enter the palace. Serve the monarch and take care of Yu'er. You don't have to worry about the family. I am in good health. Your brother will fulfill his duties and will not cause trouble. You can rest assured in the palace. Serve.”
Hu Bi gave some instructions and sent his son away.
Hu Xi entered the palace.
The person who entered the palace with him was Li Xian's second son Li Jie.
"I heard that your sister is married to a male descendant?" Zhu Qiyu asked Li Jie.
Li Jie's younger sister, who is ten years old this year, is engaged to be married to the 60th generation Yan Shenggong Kong Hongxu, who is also ten years old this year.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. This marriage was engaged years ago and has not yet been reported to the palace." Li Jie said cautiously.
"Is it because you don't have time to report good luck, or do you look down on me as the emperor?" Zhu Qiyu said in a faint tone.
"Wan Sheng would never dare to do it, and the Li family would not dare to do it! Wan Sheng's father is loyal to His Majesty, and I beg Your Majesty for your enlightenment!"
Li Jie kowtowed: "I beg your Majesty to marry my youngest sister. If your Majesty is dissatisfied with Yan Shenggong, you can choose another good match. Everything is up to your Majesty! The Li family has no objection!"
Before Li Jie entered the palace, his father Li Xian had repeatedly warned him that everything must go smoothly, and if he was disrespectful, his father would prepare a coffin for him.
Li Xian wanted to kill his son to repay the sage, which made Li Jie cry. In your heart, your son seems to be inferior to a dog.
"That's all, it's settled, why should I be such a bad person?"
Zhu Qiyu was quite satisfied with Li Jie's attitude: "Where is Kong Hongxu?"
"Not in Beijing."
"When Najib is waiting, he will also be ordered to enter the palace. I will teach him. I will teach him." Zhu Qiyu said calmly.
Li Jie didn't dare to say anything, because on one side was His Majesty and on the other side was the descendant, he couldn't afford to offend him.
"Young Master Shengxian has to meet His Majesty to teach you. This is the legacy of a saint!"
Hu Xiu, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
Zhu Qiyu had long heard about the Qilin son of the Hu family, but Hu Hui protected him closely and did not allow him to serve in the palace.
"Hu Xi, are you not afraid of the literati's Tumo Xingzi?" Zhu Qiyu was surprised.
"The literati's spitting spray cannot kill people, but your majesty's sword can kill people. Wansheng knows the importance." Hu Xi admitted frankly that he was flattering.
This made Zhu Qiyu laugh and chat a few more words.
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with Hu Xiu. He was aggressive, ruthless, and good at catering, so he was suitable for making a knife.
But Li Jie was not even a little bit behind. He didn't have Li Xian's knowledge, and he didn't have Hu Xi's quick thinking. He was really a mediocre talent.
Li Xian's eldest son Li Zhang is also doing nothing. I really don't know why Li Xian and I are competing.
"Is it almost here?"
Zhu Qiyu stood up: "Let's go and have a look with me."
Outside Fengtian Hall, there were hundreds of people standing bustling, most of them were young men from powerful families. Although they were dressed like dogs, they all had a rosy look.
But there are also some who are dressed simply. These are the branches of powerful families. They don't get much light at ordinary times, but they will definitely be there when the clan is killed.
Logically speaking, these unlucky guys have no chance to stand out.
Zhu Qiyu specifically mentioned that he allowed them to join the palace as bodyguards because he actually valued the merits of these people.
He doesn't skimp on titles, he only wants talents.
Take a look at it.
Zhu Zhen, Liu Chengkuan and others were among them.
Wang Fu, Zhan Zhong, Lei Tong and others were also ordered to the palace.
"Your Majesty, the flag guard has been reorganized!" Guo Jing knelt on the ground, looking neither sad nor happy.
Today Zhu Qiyu ordered Chen Shao and Guo Jing to escort him.
Guo Jing is Guo Deng's cousin, and her grandfather is Wuding Marquis Guo Ying. He has been a guard in the palace for many years. The Guo family has more than a dozen people guarding the palace, and the others have no talents.
But Guo Jing is not bad, and Zhu Qiyu has been in school for more than two months. He is capable and willing to be a green leaf. He is a useful talent.
Therefore, he was promoted to be the flag bearer and commander.
"That's right. From now on, the flag bearer guard and the other four guards will take turns in the palace."
Among the other imperial guards, Zhu Qiyu is not yet at ease.
Zhu Qiyu stood on the steps and said loudly: "Gentlemen, your fathers and ancestors are all in the court, serving me! Be loyal to the Ming Dynasty!"
"You are also heroes, you shouldn't be doing nothing at home!"
"I will make an exception and show mercy and allow you to enter the palace for garrison duty."
"Firstly, to hone your abilities so that you can use them for the country as soon as possible; secondly, as war is raging in Xuanzhen and the results are ominous, I need you to serve the country in advance!"
"But don't worry. If you hold a military position, you can also take part in the imperial examination. I have no restrictions!"
"I want to put the imperial guards into your hands, let you practice your skills, and make you familiar with the army! One day, you can ride in Mobei for me!"
Zhu Qiyu said loudly.
Hundreds of people in the square all knelt down to express gratitude.
"Not counting the Jinyi Guards and other six guards, there are twenty guards in total. The original commanders are all incompetent, and I have dismissed them all."
"I plan to let you temporarily act as commanders, temporarily act as commanders, temporarily act as commanders of thousands of families, temporarily act as agents of hundreds of families, all of them temporarily. The capable ones will take over, and the weak ones will be eliminated!"
"If you want to be a commander, take a step forward!"
There are also newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, such as Chen Hu, Liu Chengqing, Liang Chuan, Fang Yi, etc. who have taken a step forward.
Aren’t these all his people!
They are both legitimate sons, which shows that Liang Yuan and Fang Ying are completely committed to their service.
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied.
But Liu Pu is a little bit swayed by the wind. He is obviously a die-hard loyalist of Zhu Qizhen, so why did he blatantly fall to me? Are you worthy of the Supreme Emperor?
It was really cruel to send all the five sons in the family to the palace, as well as the daughter of the family.
"Okay, those who stand up, form a group of two and let them command from left to right!"
"I will give you one month. After one month, twenty guards will compete. The winner will continue to serve as the commander, and the loser will step down to make way for someone better!"
“But victory or defeat is not determined in one go!”
"I will give you a total of three months. If you win three times, you will be the commander. Don't underestimate this commander. I plan to lead the guards on the battlefield!"
"The twenty-six guards up to the top are all disciples of the emperor, and they are all my confidants!"
"It's an honor to serve as a commander!"
Zhu Qiyu was worried that they did not understand military affairs and would give blind orders in the guard station, which would ruin a major event.
Therefore, we set up left and right commanders to check each other.
"For the others who haven't come forward, I don't think you are cowards!"
"I'm going to read the names, and those who come to me will stand up!"
Zhu Qiyu read the names according to the list.
Directly appointed, the sons of these courtiers started from commanding envoys, and then were appointed and dismissed to temporarily generation of thousands of households.
In order to increase the difficulty, he demoted the commanders of the original guard station to Baihu, Qianhu to general banner, and Baihu to small banner.
Look at these sons of courtiers, who has the ability to integrate the guards!
"After three months, I want to see the actual results. The combat effectiveness of the guard station is number one!"
"The capable ones go up, the weak ones go down!"
"Those commanders who were kicked down also have a chance to come up again. I only look at abilities and nothing else!"
"After three months, the commanders of the Twenty Guards, Thousand Households, Hundred Households, etc. will be fully appointed!"
"After your appointment, I will give you time to practice, eliminate soldiers, and replace armaments. I agreed in advance. I want to see your abilities!"
"Can it be done?"
Zhu Qiyu shouted loudly.
"Wei Chen (late student) obeys the order." The voice was sporadic and there was no fighting spirit at all.
Zhu Qiyu gave him some gentle words before sending him away.
Led by Guo Jing, they were asked to familiarize themselves with each guard before going to each guard for training.
It was quiet for several days.
Zhu Qiyu was in the Military Aircraft Department every day, reviewing memorials and getting along with the officials of the Military Aircraft Department.
On this day, I went to court in the morning.
The cabinet presented Hu Guangjie's memorial, and the Fengtian Palace was filled with joy.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Zhen's memorial and raised the corners of his mouth: "Huguang has been peacefully pacified. I originally planned to use the wealth and goods to resettle the refugees in Huguang."
"As a result, Jin Yiwei was lonely copying and didn't copy anything."
"I have issued a decree for Li Zhen to integrate the palace guards. Why is it not mentioned in the memorial?"
As soon as these words came out, the originally warm atmosphere suddenly solidified.
"Your Majesty, I believe that General Li reported good news but not bad news because the integration was not good. Most of the guards are in-laws. How could he be willing to be controlled by the Beijing camp?" Lin Cong said bluntly.
The people in the court were very excited, and they all made suggestions, asking Li Zhen to use the method of thunder.
"The rectification is not good!"
Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand, and Feng Xiao presented a memorial from the box, which Zhu Qiyu asked to pass on.
Yiyi Qing submitted another memorial, accusing Ning Fan of being illegal.
What really annoyed Zhu Qiyu was that Zhu Mianpei and Longhu Shan had close contacts.
"Has the imperial edict to go to Longhu Mountain been sent?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"If we go back to the emperor, judging by the distance, we should be here."
"Why hasn't Zhang Yuanji, the Celestial Master of Celestial Master Dao, entered the capital yet?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes turned cold: "It is my decree that Li Zhen and Chen You lead their troops into Nanchang, Jiangxi Province without entering the capital, and integrate the Nanchang Guards. They can listen to my imperial edict at any time!"
He is going to attack Ning Fan!
After enduring for more than half a month, the Huguang Miao chaos was pacified, and the next one was the vassal king!
"Your Majesty, it is difficult to bring Ning Fan to justice after Zhou Qingshu was charged with this crime. The old minister thought that he should be tempted without making any move, and just sit back and watch Ning Fan become arrogant and domineering. When he goes crazy, he will kill him with one more blow!" Li Xian was even more ruthless, and wanted to kill Ning Fan directly! The vassal was uprooted.
Zhu Qiyu tapped his fingertips, Jiangxi was too far away and beyond reach.
"I agree with what Mr. Li Ge said."
Hu Hui said softly: "Ning Fan is domineering and will not be willing to be lonely. The central government must bear it."
Lin Cong and Wang Hong also agreed.
"Then you can endure it for a while longer?"
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to miss this God-given opportunity: "What about Li Zhen and Chen You leading their troops back to Beijing?"
"That's right. With this army beside the bed, Ning Fan will naturally restrain himself a lot. As long as the army returns to the capital, the loophole will naturally come!"
Hu Hui is very scheming.
After all, the reduction of vassal status was unanimously approved by the court.
"Then, as the old master said, I will order Li Zhen and Chen You to return to Beijing. I happened to buy some grain in Huguang. Li Zhen will lead the army to rush the grain to Beijing." Zhu Qiyu was about to say something.
"Xuanzhen 800 miles away, urgent!"
An urgent report came from outside the palace, and a eunuch ran in quickly holding a military report.
The hearts of the ministers sank to the bottom of the valley inexplicably.
Sure enough, as soon as the military report was read, Hu Xi's eyes went dark.
Defeated, defeated again!
Failed for the third time!
"How could it be defeated? Xuanzhen gathered all the generals of the Ming Dynasty and fought on their own land. How could they lose three times in a row?"
Wang Wen eagerly grabbed the military newspaper, glanced at it, and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, there is a ghost in Xuanzang Town!"
When the military report is finished.
The ministers prostrated themselves on the ground.
Zhu Qiyu, as if he had expected it, sighed: "If there is a fourth battle, we will still lose."
"It's impossible, Your Majesty..." Lin Cong was disappointed.
"How is it impossible? We will lose the fifth battle, do you believe it? If we continue to fight, Tumu Fort will be destroyed right in front of us!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up: "As long as we fight in Xunzhen, we will definitely lose!"
"Look at the date when this military report was sent. It's the third day of the killing night!"
"And it will take three days to deliver the news from Beijing to Xuanzhen!"
"You think it's a coincidence?"
Hu Bi looked at Li Xian with shock on his face.
Li Xian was confused.
Merchants, aren't they just fat sheep? Chen Xun slaughtered fat sheep like this; when it comes to him, he slaughters them like this too. Can fat sheep bite people?
But Xuanzhen lost three times in three battles, and the defeat was very cowardly. How to explain it?
Moreover, His Majesty concluded ten days ago that Xuanzang would be defeated again.
"Your Majesty, do you suspect that the merchants are taking revenge on the court?" Hu Bing asked tremblingly.
"yes!"
Zhu Qiyu said bluntly: "I killed all the big merchants in the capital, so Xuanzhen will be defeated. This is my revenge! It is a provocation to the court!"
"I told you before that you didn't believe it. Do you believe it this time?"
Hu Hui still didn't believe it, and all the officials found it incredible.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao.
Feng Xiao took out a secret book from the box.
Circulate it to all officials.
"This is the information that Dongchang Fanzi sent me!"
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "I arrived last night. I knew that Xuanzang was defeated again last night! It was one day earlier than the military report. Do you know the reason?"
"It's Ekiden who's also going!"
"For the same 800-mile expedited journey, it would take the court three days to receive the information, but the merchants would only need two days if they took the Ming Dynasty's e-mail, which is one day faster than the court!"
"Do you know what the outcome of this will be?"
The ministers were shocked, the post was ruined, and all the officials in the court just turned a blind eye and pretended to be peaceful.
"Merchants will receive military reports one day earlier than the court."
"Similarly, any decision made by the court will be sent to the hands of the Wala people first!"
"On the contrary, Yu Qian received it one day later than the Wala people!"
"Have you seen Dongchang Fanzi's secret report? Wala knows a lot about the deployment of Xuanzhen. As long as Yu Qian makes a move, he will fall into a trap. If he insists on holding on, there will be a shortage of food and water in the rear. Problems will arise one after another. He will be exhausted and there will be no hope at all. Fa concentrates on fighting."
"Dongchang's secret report coincides with Yu Qian's military report. Yu Qian killed many people in Xuan Town, but still couldn't catch the mole."
"Do you know the reason?"
"The mole is not in the military, but among the people!"
"The merchants bribed the common people, and the common people tipped off the enemy!"
"So, any arrangement Yu Qian makes is in vain!"
"He has become blind and deaf, but the enemy seems to be clairvoyant. Can Yu Qian be undefeated? Even if Yue Wumu is reborn, there is nothing he can do!"
Yes, this secret message came from Mengzhou.
It seems that Mengzhou is still available.
Hu Xi's face was full of shock. When did His Majesty's hand reach out to Xuan Zhen?
He even knows that Yu Qian kills people!
Has Dongchang developed to this point?
He also knew that Dongchang had plenty of money and food recently and was recruiting a large number of people in Beijing and among the refugees.
Even the Jinyiwei, Tiqi, and Jiumen Admiral's Mansion are recruiting soldiers aggressively.
With money and food on one hand and men on the other, the imperial power is expanding rapidly.
Jinyi Weiqing took over the Qinglou, and the Qinglou also fell into the hands of the emperor. It is not yet known how and in what manner it will be opened.
He suddenly felt a sense of fear. The era of Taizong spying on the world seemed to be coming again!
"I have a list in my hand, the authenticity is unknown."
Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao to pass it out and show it only to ministers in the cabinet. After reading it, he took it back.
"I plan to send a message to Yu Qian at starry night, asking Yu Qian to rectify the Xuanfu. How can we repel the Wala if there is internal injustice? If we let the Wala take advantage of the Ming Dynasty, how much will our soldiers in the capital lose? How much food will it cost?"
Zhu Qiyu was very helpless: "The military newspaper also said that more than half of the mountains of grain in Xuan Mansion were burned by the fire. How the fire started is beyond my reach and I can't trace it. I can only transfer the grain from somewhere."
Hu Xi glanced at the list and immediately understood that the emperor was cheating.
Because all they are shown is a blank piece of paper.
The emperor deliberately let the wind out, waiting for the merchants to take action on the list. When the time came, he would follow the clues and catch them, wouldn't he?
"Your Majesty, there is insufficient food in the capital. It is difficult to maintain the lives of the people in the capital. How can we transfer food to the Xuanfu?" Hu Hui frowned.
"Let's push for more water transportation. The battle in Xuanzang won't be over for a while. The soldiers can't fight on an empty stomach!" Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed.
What a bullshit fire. Is there that much food in Xuanzhen?
Isn’t all the food in Beijing?
Could those things Tiqi checked be stones?
All the officials didn't dare to say anything, they all knew it.
This fire is so weird. The number of the fire was compared with the inspection in Beijing. They are absolutely consistent. It is useless to quibble.
"I heard that the internal funds only collected more than 70,000 taels of silver. How long has it been? More than ten days, right?" Zhu Qiyu's voice was cold.
Sure enough, it came!
The ministers felt a sudden change in their hearts.
The emperor said that this fire in Xuanzang was just to get money from corruption!
You are so wise, why don't you return the captured food to the people? These are all obtained through exploitation.
"Why did you only receive this little money? Are you waiting for Liangxiu Qingfeng?"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted: "Li Xian, you say it first!"
Li Xian, who was named, was shocked and found it difficult to say: "Your Majesty, I have sent the proceeds from corruption to the internal funds."
How can a dignified scholar-bureaucrat be corrupt? They are all moral gentlemen with high moral character.
"How much did you pay?"
"Twenty thousand taels, the old minister only got 20,000 taels! Absolutely not more!" Li Xian quickly defended.
"Where is Li Jie? Zhang Zui!"
Zhu Qiyu called out, and Li Jie, who was wearing guard uniform at the door of the palace, trembled all over. He thought he was being slapped in the mouth.
But Fei Chong pointed to his father.
Only then did Li Jie understand that the emperor asked Li Jie to slap Li Xian?
Son hits dad?
Wouldn't it be harmful to nature?
"Li Jie, are you deaf?" Zhu Qiyu shouted sharply.
Li Jie rolled into the palace and stood in front of Li Xian. Li Xian was still kneeling, but he, his son, was standing.
Snapped!
A slap hit Li Xian's face.
Li Xian's face turned red. He was a high-ranking minister, but he was about to be slapped in the face by his own son in public!
Where is the dignity of his prime minister and assistant?
He couldn't help but burst into tears. He missed Chen Xun. At that time, even if the emperor knelt down, it would be fine. Now, wuwu... he just wants to cry.
"Have you not eaten? No energy at all?" Zhu Qiyu's voice was cold.
Snapped!
Li Jie didn't dare to hold back, he rounded his arms and slapped his biological father, Li Xian, hard on the face.
Li Xian screamed, half of his face became red and swollen, and he subconsciously moved his body.
"You still dare to hide?"
Zhu Qiyu shouted: "I asked Li Jie to beat you, and Li Jie represents me. He is not your son Li Jie, but my bodyguard Li Jie. I beat you, but you still dare to hide? Li Xian, this is what the sages teach you." A reasonable person? Huh?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Li Xian held back tears.
"Hit! I didn't say stop, so I won't stop!"
Snapped!
Li Jie then slapped him hard again. His forehead was covered with sweat. The man he slapped was his own father.
But it was the emperor who asked him to slap his own father.
It's hard to have both loyalty and filial piety, Dad.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were as cold as ice: "You, the great Prime Minister, receive more than this amount of money to do some small things. How can you only get this little money from the treasury?"
"I'm giving you a chance to hand it over on your own initiative. Don't be ungrateful. When I give you the gift of killing the nine tribes, it will be useless for you to cry for mercy!"
Accompanied by the sound of a slap, Zhu Qiyu's voice was cold.
"Wei Chenjiao! Weichenjiao!" Li Xian's whole face was red and swollen, and his speech was slurred. This kid was really beaten.
"How much have you been greedy for?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Li Xian was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
"Oh, it seems that I have lost count. Let me set a number for you? One million taels, I don't want more. This money is not for me, but for the benefit of all people." Zhu Qiyu said It sounds grand, but in fact it is all money invested, so what he does is not based on his mood?
"Ah?" Li Xian exclaimed, where could he get so much money?
"Say less? Then I'll give you two million taels back!"
"No, no, no, it's just one million taels. I'm going to sell the pot and sell it, so I'll give your majesty one million taels to make up for it!" Li Xian cried like a fool.
"Hit!" Zhu Qiyu was furious.
Snapped!
Li Jie slapped Li Xian hard on the face.
Li Xian has been beaten, why is he still beaten?
"Did you get it for me? You stole it from the treasury!" Zhu Qiyu was furious.
"Yes, yes, the old minister is corrupt!" Li Xian kept crying.
He couldn't pretend to be a moral gentleman anymore. The key was that this little brat didn't hold back. The beating was so painful that the corners of his mouth were bleeding.
"What? Are you still wronged? Are you resentful?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
"Don't dare, don't dare. I have no resentment in my heart. Your Majesty's punishment is that as the chief minister of the cabinet, I should put the world first and the people first. Your Majesty taught you the right lesson! I am grateful to you before it's too late!"
Li Xian kowtowed repeatedly.
Zhu Qiyu's expression brightened slightly, and asked you to cling to Yan Shenggong. Do I allow you to marry my daughter?
If you want to be the father-in-law of Duke Yansheng, you have to suffer such humiliation!
When I kill Duke Yan, I will let you do it yourself!
"Zhang Yi, how much have you been greedy for?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
Zhang Yi was the son-in-law of Zhou Wang Zhu Ji and the husband of Princess Xingyang. He had a low official position in the court, but he was the hub of the vassal kings in Beijing.
His father, Zhang Fu, was originally a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu, and was sent by Emperor Taizong to monitor King Zhou. As a result, Zhang Fu was bribed, and King Zhou married his daughter to Zhang Yi, which made Emperor Taizong very angry at that time.
This Zhang Yi is not a prominent person among the nobles, but he has a high status among the nobles.
Zhang Yi trembled: "Wei, Weichen has been greedy for five thousand taels."
"Drag him out and beat him!"
What about fools?
Your father-in-law, King Zhou, is extremely rich, and you are the hub of Beijing, so you are just so greedy?
"Your Majesty, my family is poor and I rely on Xingyang's meager salary to support me. Therefore, I have no status in my family. All the courtiers can testify for me. I am absolutely not corrupt!"
Zhang Yi was unjustly accused. He wanted to embezzle from the treasury, but he had no chance.
He took out five thousand taels, which meant that he would lose money and avoid disaster.
Who would have thought that the emperor would never die if he wanted to kill him?
But Zhu Qiyu ignored whether he was wronged or not.
Two guards pushed Zhang Yi out of the hall, and the board was thrown down, leaving only Zhang Yi's screams.
The guards currently on duty in the palace are all naive, and their attacks are insignificant. Within a few blows, Zhang Yi died.
Seeing Zhang Yi beaten to death, Li Xian was extremely happy.
"You are corrupt and perverting the law. If you are caught by me and you still refuse to admit it, you deserve to be beaten to death!"
Zhu Qiyu said calmly: "In addition to the title of Princess Xingyang, deprived of the title, we went to Dongchang to raid the house, and the proceeds from the raid were added to the internal funds!"
Zhang Yi's home is not in Beijing, so he probably won't be able to copy anything.
But the emperor is killing the chicken to scare the monkeys!
With Zhang Yi's death, I will destroy the dishonest relatives. If you don't pay the money obediently, your family will be destroyed. I will kill even my relatives, let alone you and others?
"I will go home immediately and return the money gained from corruption to my own money immediately!" Lin Cong kowtowed immediately.
All the officials followed and shouted.
"It's been ten days. What have you been thinking about these ten days?"
"I have just killed someone, and if you ask me to stop, will I feel comfortable?"
"Isn't that right, Xiao Weizhen!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at Xiao Weizhen suddenly. This Xiao Weizhen is not clear with the Shanxi merchants. I have spared you twice, but you are still not honest and obedient?
"Your Majesty, I have donated all my family property. I and Zhuo Jing stayed at my wife's brother's house and really lost everything!" Xiao Weizhen cried.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Hu Hui.
Hu Bi said that Xiao Weizhen handed over the land deed and house deed.
He glared at Feng Xiao, why didn't he reply in advance.
Feng Xiao is also unjust. Who knew you would take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents? Xiao Weizhen is quite honest and obedient, so let him go.
"Ahem!"
Having made a mistake, Zhu Qiyu coughed: "I will give you three more days to take out all your illegal gains!"
It has changed again, illegal income includes money from gifts!
Nowadays, among Beijing officials, the trend of giving gifts on the opportunity, such as Bing Jing, Carbon Jing, Farewell Jing, Shui Jing, and Tuan Pai, is very popular.
This Bingjing is the money to buy ice in the summer; carbon respect is a charcoal burning money in winter; don't respect the breakup fee when parting in Beijing; the water gift is a gift for the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid -Autumn Festival; money.
Even today's Lu Ming banquet and Qionglin Banquet have become the opportunity to be bold.
In order to highlight the reader's Yaxing, he does not write the actual number, and writes secret words, such as Mei Shi Ba Yun, Forty Forty and Shishi, Bai Shoutu Yixu, Mengjin Yidu, Qianfo Sutra, and so on.
This is just a gift for ordinary relationships.
Special services are also clearly marked. What is the price of what is done?
Today, the emperor asked them to take out all.
How good it is when it is collected!
Who dares to fight against the emperor!
Look at Li Xian, look at Zhang Yi, what do you want so much money for the emperor!
The grades are not good, there is no human rights, and there is no way to be targeted. I hope everyone will not skip the order. The author is targeted, oh ...
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