Li Hongji replied: "The porridge shed has been evacuated by order of the county magistrate, and these victims have also been driven out by the magistrate's order."
Zhu Youjian naturally understood that he had been deceived, and immediately turned cold and ordered: "General Lu, please stop the victims who are driving the victims out of the city, and take over the city defense immediately."
"yes!"
Lu Xiangsheng replied, and immediately rode his horse to the camp where an infantry battalion of the Guards was temporarily stationed.
This infantry battalion was transferred to him by Emperor Zhu You to assist King Xin Zhu Youjian in disaster relief.
However, in order not to alert Yan Zibin, the magistrate of Mizhi County, and others, Zhu Youjian, who returned to Mizhi County in casual clothes, did not take the battalion with him, but asked him to stay temporarily in a place not far away.
Now, Lu Xiangsheng brought the battalion and immediately went to Mizhi County.
"By the order of His Highness, stop everyone and stop driving away the victims!"
Lu Xiangsheng reined in the reins and shouted loudly.
Gai Hu, the yamen officer, waited until he stopped, and looked at Lu Xiangsheng and other officers and soldiers in surprise.
Not long after, Lu Xiangsheng took control of the county defense.
Zhu Youjian, Ma Maocai and others also entered the county seat after that.
As soon as he entered the city, Zhu Youjian found that all the porridge sheds of the gentry had been evacuated.
Only a few slaves from wealthy families were walking towards the city with a group of boys and girls with straw in their heads.
Zhu Youjian also heard a slave shouting: "Your parents sold you to our Ai Mansion. From now on, you are our people in Ai Mansion. Even if you die, you are still the ghost of Ai Mansion! After entering the house, everyone Learn the rules diligently and serve the masters inside with all your heart, and your benefits will be inevitable in the future."
Most of these girls had dull eyes or were sobbing because they were away from their parents.
Zhu Youjian, who was educated at Zhu Youxue, knew that these boys and girls were the guarantee for the long-term stability of the Ming Empire, a new force for national development, and an important national resource. Now, once they are adopted by a large family, they become the hidden population of the large family, which is very important to the country. , that is, losses that will reduce the court's control.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian naturally did not want to see this scene. He only wanted to see that these wealthy gentry would help the victims of the disaster out of sympathy and goodwill, so that the victims could tide over the difficulties and become free citizens of the country again, instead of taking the opportunity to raise cheap slaves.
"Call the county magistrate Yan Zibin!"
Zhu Youjian therefore gave an order.
Yan Zibin didn't expect that King Xin and his party would come back. After learning the news, he rushed to Zhu Youjian in a panic.
"His Royal Highness King Xin."
Yan Zibin quickly handed over Zhu Youjian as soon as he saw him.
Zhu Youjian directly ordered: "Go and invite all the gentry in the county and tell them that I have something to say."
Yan Zibin didn't know what Zhu Youjian was going to do, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just said "yes" and hurriedly called all the gentry in Mizhi County.
"What! His Highness King Xin is back again?"
"Why is His Highness King Xin so cunning? It's completely unexpected!"
"Whatever, it's about food or life. I don't believe it. He believes that His Highness really dares to act like a robber and commit a robbery by mistake!"
The gentry in Mizhi County started talking about this.
Not long after, the gentry, led by the county magistrate Yan Zibin, came to Xinwang Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian asked: "You are indeed deceiving me! Do you think I am easy to deceive? They all say that unruly people are cunning. In my opinion, you evil gentry are a hundred times more cunning than unruly people. If you haven’t studied, you still don’t know how to behave. Those of you who have studied are very good at pretending to be benevolent and righteous, and you almost deceived me. Fortunately, I am not that easy to deceive!"
A group of gentry became a little uneasy when they saw Zhu Youjian angry.
Among them, Juren Ai Zhao couldn't help but explain: "Your Highness said this, we are really unjust. Now there is a severe drought in Shaanxi, and we big households have also been seriously damaged. Many fields have failed to harvest, and there is not much food. What's more, we big households have a small number of people." It’s always expensive, but now we can only provide relief to the victims for a day or two!”
"yes!"
Other gentry also echoed.
Zhu Youjian glared at these people and said: "What about loans? I know that the villagers are unable to repay the debts due to the disaster, but they are still collecting debts and still making loan sharks. I promised you good things before, but now But each one of them is getting more and more cannibalistic."
"Li Hongji!"
With that said, Zhu Youjian shouted loudly.
Li Hongji rushed over and knelt in front of Zhu Youjian: "Your Highness, please give me your instructions."
"Tell me about the debt lent to you by your Aiju people."
Zhu Youjian ordered.
Li Hongji then made a statement and took out the IOU.
Ai Zhao's face naturally became very ugly.
Yan Zibin was also very depressed. He didn't expect it to be Li Hongji again.
After Zhu You inspected it, he shouted loudly: "Ai Ju is taking advantage of the situation in violation of the order. Someone comes, captures him, and seizes his house immediately!"
"yes!"
Lu Xiangsheng immediately replied and arranged for people to search Ai Zhao's house.
"This, this, this!"
Ai Zhao looked at Yan Zibin, the county magistrate, at a loss.
Yan Zibin, the county magistrate, was naturally silent and trembling all over. He was only worried about whether he could keep his black gauze hat, and had no time to care about other gentry.
Li Hongji is a smart man with a quick mind. When he saw that King Xin was about to be detained and his house ransacked because of Ai Juren's loan sharking, he immediately understood that His Highness did not like these loan sharks. .
And Li Hongji thought that Gai Hu, who had cuckolded him, had not been punished by him, so Li Hongji decisively struck while the iron was hot and immediately reported: "Go back to the prince! In the Gai family, there is a man named Gai Hu who is also a loan shark outside. The common people have proof. , Xiaomin’s nephew Li Guo borrowed the debt from their family, and asked the prince to allow Xiaomin to go to his nephew’s house to get it.”
"allow!"
Zhu Youjian replied.
Gai Hu, who was standing aside, became anxious when he saw this. He couldn't help but rushed over and knelt in front of Li Hongji: "Brother Li, all the mistakes are my fault. Please don't go!"
"snort!"
Li Hongji had never thought about the opportunity to retaliate against Gai Hu, who had a background, but now that he had seized the opportunity, he was naturally unwilling to let it go.
Soon, Li Hongji brought his nephew Li over and handed the IOU to Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian took a look and couldn't help but breathed quickly: "What a profiteering! General Lu, go and confiscate the Gai family for me, ruthlessly, and dig three feet into the ground!"
Before Zhu Youjian arranged for Zhu Youjian to set off, Zhu Youxiao pointed out a clear path to him. This clear path is that if you want to provide disaster relief well, you must raid your home severely.
Seeing this, Supervisor Gai couldn't help but stand up: "Your Highness! Your Highness has learned from this! These are all framed by Li Hongji, a pariah. Our Gai family has never dared to do such a thing. Even if it does, it is only done by Gai Hu alone." , Our family building has nothing to do with this! Your Highness, please make the decision, woo woo!"
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