"Your Majesty is truly the most holy king throughout the ages!"
Li Ruhua said this at this time.
Because he never thought that his world would be so good.
Yu Gong, the number of refugees in the Ming Dynasty has been greatly reduced, and the social crisis that has been increasing since the late Wanli period has been greatly reduced. Li Ruhua, who passed through Tianjin because he resigned from office and returned to his hometown, saw with his own eyes the prosperous scene where a large number of people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Privately, Li Ruhua never thought that one day he would return home innocently and richly.
Because he borrowed money to invest in the government-run textile industry, he has returned to his hometown after resigning not only with a large sum of Rongyangyin and Yanglianyin, but also with a large sum of dividends from the government-run textile industry.
The formal income of officials in the Ming Dynasty was not very high before. It was difficult for officials to be clean and tidy if they wanted to return home from a wealthy family.
Li Ruhua was a man of moral integrity, so he was fairly clean as an official, so he never thought about returning home from a wealthy family.
But now, Li Ruhua did not expect that after serving as an official in the Tianqi Dynasty, he would not only return to his hometown innocently, but also return to his hometown as a rich man.
Based on all these, Li Ruhua sincerely believed that Emperor Tianqi would become the emperor and that he would be a rare holy king.
Of course, Li Ruhua didn't understand many of Zhu Youxiao's practices.
But because he subjectively had a favorable impression of the emperor, Li Ruhua just felt that his consciousness might not have reached His Majesty's level.
In order to understand his Majesty the Emperor on a deeper level, Li Ruhua would still read some of the books selected by Zhu Youxiao even after he had become an official.
Therefore, after Li Ruhua looked at the scenery outside the sedan curtain for a while, he turned his gaze back to the sedan and began to read "Huang Ming Holy Instructions".
Nowadays, in order to express their respect for His Majesty the Emperor, almost all courtiers have a copy of "Huang Ming Sacred Instructions", and some even recite it.
This is still the case even if Li Ruhua has become an official.
Of course, the courtiers still selectively ignored the "Da Gao" that Zhu Youxiao also highly praised.
This kind of imperial book written by Taizu, which instigated the common people to supervise the scholar-bureaucrats and even allowed the common people to seize the criminal scholar-bureaucrats and report them to the imperial court, was shelved by the courtiers even though Zhu Youxiao still selected it as one of the ten outstanding books worth recommending.
After Li Ruhua saw the views on the Wealth of Nations in "The Holy Instructions of the Emperor Ming", he began to praise him repeatedly: "My Emperor is a Ming Ming! After I return to my hometown, I will organize the villagers to carry out large-scale construction, build bridges and open roads. If you want to get rich, build roads first. Such words of insight!”
Li Ruhua therefore began to think about how to build roads after returning to his hometown.
boom!
But at this time, a loud noise suddenly appeared.
Li Ruhua couldn't help but lean back.
Then, Li Ruhua felt a sharp pain in his right clavicle.
Li Ruhua looked sideways and found a big hole on his right collarbone, which was bleeding.
"Protect the master!"
There was the sound of drawing a sword outside, and it was Li Ruhua's guard drawing a sword.
Li Ruhua himself looked shocked and didn't know what to do. This was something he didn't expect. He didn't expect someone to assassinate him!
At this time, the two personal servants beside Li Ruhua got directly into the sedan.
The two young men hugged Li Ruhua directly.
But at the same time, there was still loud gunfire outside. After several gunshots, Li Ruhua's two personal servants were beaten into pieces.
Fortunately, Li Ruhua's sedan was strong enough, and the two boys who hugged him to block the bullets had put on soft armor in advance, so Li Ruhua was not killed.
Not long after, one of Li Ruhua's guards opened the sedan curtain and took a look inside the sedan.
Seeing that Li Ruhua had not been killed, the man was very disappointed. He couldn't help but look back and saw that no one noticed him. Then he pushed aside Li Ruhua's bodyguard and said, "I have been asked to bring you a message. When you, Otsukazai, advised the emperor to implement the imperial examination method and supported the emperor to seize our Haili, you should have known that such a day would come!"
Phew!
A spearhead suddenly appeared in front of the guard's abdomen, dripping with blood.
The guard looked back in horror.
However, they discovered that a Li family slave who had been lying on the ground like a dead body had stood up at some point, holding a spear in his hand.
"You're fucking dead!"
The guard gritted his teeth and cursed.
Careless!
And the servant of the Li family sneered: "The factory master said that you can't defeat His Majesty in the court, and this method of killing people behind the scenes is even worse!"
At this time, other guards of the Li family also gathered around.
Seeing that Li Ruhua still had his eyes open, the head guard of Li Ruhua breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Master, the assassin has escaped!"
Li Ruhua, who was in shock, said nothing and even fainted after seeing the leader of his servants appear.
…
That night.
"Your Majesty! Dongchang has just received the news that Li Dazukazai, who retired from old age and returned to his hometown, was assassinated!"
As soon as Wei Zhongxian got the news, he reported the situation to Zhu Youxiao.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked at Wei Zhongxian gloomily: "Strictly investigate the people behind the scenes!"
Wei Zhongxian replied first: "Yes!"
Zhu Youxiao was able to confirm that Li Ruhua's assassination was directed at him.
After all, so many ministers became official, but Li Ruhua, who cooperated with him in establishing the imperial examination system and supported his government-run industry, was assassinated the same time he took office. It was obviously the reaction of those who opposed him after he reformed the government, and wanted to take advantage of Li Ruhua's death. Intimidate other ministers who support him as the emperor.
"The incident of Sun Chengzong falling into the water and this incident all show that these people with vicious intentions and duplicity love to make trouble behind the scenes and do things in secret. Your Dongchang cannot relax, and these people who dare to carry out conspiracies and plots in secret must be allowed." People are afraid of your Dongchang! Otherwise, your Dongchang will not be sorry for my grace of investing huge sums of money to allow your Dongchang to open chain stores and make profits! This time the assassination of Li Ruhua must show Dongchang’s determination and make it clear to the world, with a reward of 10,000 yuan. Even 100,000 silver dollars, set up the Dongchang Major Crime Team, assign the most experienced Dongchang Banner School to take charge of such serious cases, and continue to investigate until they are found out, regardless of time, at all costs."
Zhu Youxiao then gave a few more instructions.
Whether it is to suppress the Tartars externally or to investigate the reactionaries internally, in order to do well, it essentially requires spending enough money.
And Zhu Youxiao is not short of money now, so he can ask Dongchang to investigate at all costs.
"Slave, please remember the emperor's instructions!"
Wei Zhongxian replied and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Since these people dare to use such intimidation tactics, they are enemies of Dongchang and the Emperor. I must find him out!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "I'm waiting for your news, don't let me down!"
…
"Master, the assassination failed. The man named Li was not killed, but was injured. He was sent back to the capital by the newly established patrol camp in the capital. Now the tyrant has ordered the imperial doctor to treat his injuries, but fortunately Our people didn't fall into their hands either. This time it was Dongchang who ruined our business. A servant of the Li family pretended to be dead in advance and then suddenly attacked our people. It is obvious that only Dongchang's professional craftsmen can be so shrewd. .”
In a secret room where he could not see his fingers, a man in night clothes spoke to an old man in a python robe.
The old man turned his back to the night traveler and cursed directly after hearing this: "You useless thing! If you can't even kill Li Ruhua, who has become an official, how can I trust you to sneak into the inner court and get rid of that tyrant in the future! Li Ruhua returned to the capital, then It’s hard to take action, there are Dongchang and Jinyiwei’s spies everywhere now!”
"Master, please calm down! You guys didn't do your job well, so you are willing to accept the punishment."
This night traveler replied.
And the old man suddenly turned around and laughed sinisterly: "It's okay!"
Then, the night traveler suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back. He couldn't help but look back, only to find that someone who had ambushed him in advance was stabbing him with a short knife, but he didn't even notice this person.
The old man in the python robe coldly ordered after the night traveler was killed: "Tell the family that they are not allowed to cause trouble outside!"
"Okay, Father!"
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