Three months have passed since the beginning of spring when the Yellow River embankment burst in the Lanyang County section under the control of Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province, causing disasters in the six prefectures.
The temperature in the Central Plains is getting hotter and hotter.
The grain and grass supplies mobilized by the imperial court from Yingtiancheng Hubu Ocang, Hangzhou Fucang and other places were also continuously transported to the ground of the six prefectures affected by the disaster.
The third-rank Yellow River Water Affairs Governor's Office tentatively designated by the court has also been officially established a few days ago. Pan Deshan, formerly in charge of water purification in the Ministry of Industry, was promoted from a fifth-grade official position to the governor-general of water affairs for the entire section of the Yellow River in the Ming Dynasty. He could prudently mobilize the power of many prefectures and counties along the coast and the garrison station. Official.
The moment Pan Deshan put on the bright red robe, he began to plan and coordinate the Governor's Yamen that was constantly improving its structure.
A few months ago, the raging Yellow River caused a disaster, which caused pain to the people of the six prefectures. With the comfort of the newly formed Henan Province bureaus and the imperial court, they gradually recovered from the pain of the disaster.
Under a prosperous scene, the situation became strange again.
"Open the door!"
"Open the door!"
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards of the Army, came here to handle the matter on the orders of the Emperor's grandson!"
"If you don't open the door, don't blame the army for breaking in!"
In Changge County, Xuzhou Prefecture, in front of a large gate, there were heavily guarded officers and soldiers wearing flying fish uniforms and embroidered spring knives on their waists. They led more guards officers and soldiers to surround the gated courtyard here.
In the courtyard, there seemed to be some panicked movements.
The officers and soldiers of the Jin Yiwei didn't give much time. After waiting for a while, they didn't see the courtyard door open, so they immediately gave a cold shout.
Immediately, the officers and soldiers at the back formed a team, carrying a thick bumping log, shouting in unison, and rushed towards the gate of the house in unison.
There was a clang, and the wood hit the door, causing broken wood to fly instantly.
The rivets on the door burst out.
There was an exclamation of surprise in the house.
But the officers and soldiers outside the gate showed their swords and guns one after another, and merged into the house in groups in front of the formation.
A few moments.
The busy people watching from a distance heard screams and begging for mercy coming from the house that had attracted countless people's attention in the past.
Soldiers and armor formed in formations, filled with murderous intent.
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Countless officers and soldiers escorted a man, who was shackled and shackled and dressed in brocade and silk, out of the gate.
"Another family just disappeared."
"It's really ruthless."
The onlookers sighed cautiously. When they saw the officers and soldiers looking over, they immediately lowered their heads and pretended to be doing something.
…
Kaifeng Fucheng.
Recently, the city of Kaifeng has almost become a place full of complaints. Voices of grievances can be heard everywhere. The people in the city have trouble sleeping all day long, and they are in panic all day long.
Outside the city gate, just like yesterday, there were crowds of people.
Officers and soldiers heavily guarded the city gate, and the cries of injustice came through the wall.
It's just that these crowds are not caused by people's livelihood gradually recovering after the disaster and merchants returning to business.
On the long official road leading to the city gate, there were clouds of soldiers, detaining shackled people and lining up to rush into the city.
These people are almost the same as the family in Changge County. They are all dressed in brocade and show off their wealth.
"The various prisons in the city can no longer hold people. Even the military barracks and schools in the city now hold countless prisoners."
Upstairs at the city gate, Zhu Gaochi, with sunken eyes, black bags under his eyes, and a livid face, yawned and forgot to take a look at the scene outside the city that was just like yesterday, and couldn't help but uttered an admonishment.
Zhu Yunxi, who was standing in front of him, had a calm face. Although he was not as tired as Zhu Gaochi, there were still bloodshot eyes visible to the naked eye.
"If you can't imprison them, you build a camp outside the city. You can always imprison these people."
Zhu Gaochi stared blankly at Zhu Yunxi, who spoke indifferently, but his head was feeling dizzy from working hard for days.
After breathing deeply several times, he spoke in a hoarse whisper: "In the inventory of local fields, although deception and deception are endless and the number has increased, there are still many people among them. They are not punished with death penalty, let alone should not be punished. Capture them all and bring them to Kaifeng Mansion."
Zhu Yunxi turned his head to look at Xiaopang, who looked tired, and said softly: "It's time for you to put everything aside and rest for a day."
Zhu Gaochi snorted: "Do you know what rumors are going on in the local area now? How can I sleep?"
Zhu Yunxi said: "What rumors? Isn't the current situation in Henan Province exactly what we expected?"
Zhu Gaochi glanced outside the city, then turned to look left and right on the city wall.
Then he lowered his voice and said, "They are shouting! They are shouting that Ming Dynasty is going to perish!"
"Is the Ming Dynasty going to perish?"
Zhu Yunxi repeated it with a sneer, and then the laughter gradually became louder.
His laughter began to subside and gradually disappeared, and Zhu Yunxi's face slowly darkened.
He spoke again: "The Ming Dynasty is going to fall? What a joke!"
"There is a memorial in Henan Province asking for the execution of criminal officials in the yamen. Has the imperial court approved it yet?"
Zhu Yunxi asked in turn.
Zhu Gaochi shook his head: "Counting the days, even if Grandpa Huang gets the memorial and approves it on the same day, it will take another three days for the approval document to be sent back."
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but sigh.
He now indeed has power that is almost impossible to control by any prince in any country in the past dynasties.
But there is another piece of authority that he does not have in his hands.
That is the power of life and death.
He can appoint and remove all local officials under the old man's will, and can handle all local affairs, but he does not have the power to kill people arbitrarily.
He killed Cao Zhisheng, the magistrate of Lanyang County, in order to vent the anger of the people of Lanyang County. With the emperor's order in his hand, killing a county magistrate is of no consequence.
But if it is like now, if we want to kill all the criminals in Henan Province, we must have the old man's approval.
Although he used the emperor's order and the old man's decree as if he had my authority, he could also forcibly kill all the prisoners in Henan Road.
But he just couldn't do it.
This must be left to the old man Zhu Pi, and it is the bottom line of the old man as the Ming Emperor.
This is also the bottom line that Zhu Yunxi adheres to.
After thinking that it would take three to five days to receive a reply from the court, Zhu Yunxi turned around and called out softly: "Here comes."
Yutian, the chief steward of Taisun Mansion, appeared in front of Zhu Yunxi at the right time.
Yu Tian bowed and said: "Your Highness."
"I asked Prince Yan to go back and have a rest. Don't let him handle business today."
Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows and winked at Yu Tian.
Before Zhu Gaochi could react, Yutian had already called over several personal guards.
Amidst a burst of shouts from Prince Yan, he carried him off the city wall.
Not long after Zhu Gaochi's dissatisfied shouts disappeared from the city wall, Tian Mai and Zhang Hui appeared quietly behind Zhu Yunxi at the same time.
"Your Highness."
Zhu Yunxi looked at the gentry families outside the city who were being escorted into the city to obstruct and deceive the imperial court's plan to spread the land. He hummed softly and said, "Where is the matter?"
Tian Mai turned his head to look at Zhang Hui.
Therefore, Zhang Hui took the lead and took a step forward, bowed his head and said: "Reporting to your highness, the news has been passed to those families according to Pan Boyong's instructions. At present, the humble officials and others have deployed manpower to secretly monitor these families.
It can be confirmed that all the rumors on the ground in Henan Road in the past few days were spread by these people.
Low-level officials also found out that these people were delivering messages to Yingtian, Huguang, Shandong and other places. Among them, Shandong Road is the most popular, with many responses from here. "
Zhu Yunxi looked towards the east with deep eyes, and whispered: "Is there that one?"
Zhang Hui's eyes flashed, just slightly
After thinking about it, he nodded and said: "That family has the most contacts. I thought that that family might cause a lot of trouble for His Highness in Yingtian, so I had to be on guard against it. It's just because of that family's status. , I don’t dare to go deep into the lower level, and I still can’t grasp the details.”
Zhu Yunxi snorted: "Tian Mai, let someone deliver a message to Zhang Zhiyuan."
Tian Mai immediately stepped forward and bowed: "I have a humble duty."
"Tell Zhang Zhiyuan, the saint is not wrong, and his sins are everywhere. Today's events should be blamed on today's people."
Tian Mai frowned slightly: "I accept my order from my humble position."
After writing this down, Tian Mai continued to bow, as if he was thinking about a certain issue and forgot to get up.
Zhu Yunxi looked over: "What else can I do?"
Tian Mai said in a low voice: "Bizhang and others have recently found out that there is a lot of movement of idlers in the local area. There are some local garrison stations and Qianhu stations, and there are also frequent comings and goings of idlers. I think that if we need to arrange them properly, , you must be on guard here.”
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but sigh.
As the investigation becomes deeper and deeper, more and more things are exposed, and the scope of things and people involved becomes wider and wider.
He solemnly said: "The Ming Dynasty's army must gradually maintain a more pure nature and keep an eye on it as planned."
Tian Mai nodded. There are some things that cannot be disclosed to the public at the moment. A little carelessness can lead to really big troubles.
…
Henan Province has completely entered into a craze of vigorously reviewing fields and apprehending those who break the law.
Under the active promotion of the newly appointed bureaus of Henan Province, the new government system has maintained a stable implementation speed with unprecedented energy and intensity.
Every day, families are being arrested and questioned, and every day, huge acres of land are being checked out and re-corrected.
Wave after wave.
The tense atmosphere almost tightened the entire Henan Road into a full moon bowstring.
Luoyang City in Henan Prefecture is a thousand-year-old city that was the divine capital of the former Tang Dynasty. This city is home to many high-ranking families, gentry and powerful families.
Today, three more families in Luoyang City were detained and sent to Kaifeng Mansion to return home.
Peng's sound.
A huge noise resounded from a high building somewhere in the city.
Bao Wenren, the head of the Bao family in Luoyang, who had always dominated the city, turned pale and smashed his fist on the table.
And the resounding sound from before came out from under his fist.
Bao Wenren gritted his teeth and looked around at everyone: "If this continues, none of these people like us will be able to escape!"
There are many people gathered indoors, and they are all cannibals.
But at this moment, everyone was silent.
"For now, what should we do?"
After a long time, someone silently asked.
Bao Wenren's eyes quickly moved over, and when he saw the man, he immediately sighed softly: "Originally, we all thought that the purpose of the emperor's grandson's trip was to relieve the disaster in the six prefectures. How could we have thought at that time? , The disaster is small, but the official administration is big. Nowadays, the local government of Henan Province, and even the two yamen of Henan Province, have been replaced by the accompanying officials around the emperor's grandson. "
"At first, what I thought was that the two bureaus could protect our lives and property. But now, they can't even protect themselves. Not to mention how many families in Henan Province are being detained and interrogated these days. "
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When someone raised a different opinion, he frowned and looked at Bao Wenren, who had not revealed his intention yet.
"Brother Bao, the two yamen and others are all being detained in prison by the emperor's grandson. How can we save them since we cannot protect ourselves?"
"Yes, Brother Bao, we don't know what to do now. How can we still have the energy to take care of these people?"
"..."
"In ten days at most, if there is nothing we can do...Brother Bao, don't blame me, I will have no choice but to take my wife and children at home and escape to the west."
"..."
What's more, someone has already expressed the intention of escaping.
Bao Wenren's face suddenly darkened, and he stared at the man who wanted to run away with an ugly expression, and snorted coldly: "Where are you going to trick him? I didn't know that there were three guards from the Prince of Qin's Palace guarding behind Tongguan!" "
Bao Wenren scolded angrily, and then glared angrily at the man.
It wasn't until the other party turned red and lowered his head that Bao Wenren snorted coldly and patted the table.
"I don't know what the situation is on Henan Road now. You can go out and ask again."
"No one should think there is a chance to escape."
"Why did the three guards of Prince Qin's palace run behind Tongguan? That was to block the escape route for those of us escaping westward."
"To the south, there are more troops and horses in Zhongdu. There are bandits in Xuzhou. It is not an easy road to go now. To the southwest, most of us will be found by the imperial eagles and golden guards before we leave Huguang Road."
In the room, most of the people, Bao Wenren said, looked ugly and anxious.
But some people opened their mouths.
Bao Wenren sneered: "And the north, right? That's just wishful thinking! Do you think you can escape the defense line of the Nine-Border Frontier Army? Or do you think you can stay with the remnants of those corrupt Yuan thieves?"
After Bao Wenren eliminated the last impossible possibility, no one opened their mouths again.
"Right now, our Henan Province can be described as being besieged on all sides." Bao Wenren recalled the news sent from Kaifeng Mansion and said slowly: "We people, no one can run away, and we can't go anywhere. Just Just like catching turtles in an urn, they were dug out one by one by the court's eagle dogs."
The atmosphere was so tense that even the sound of breathing seemed to disappear in this room.
There is great terror between life and death.
In a situation where he was besieged on all sides, Bao Wenren could see with his naked eyes the fear these people showed.
See the time has come.
Bao Wenren said with relief: "But if we think about it from another angle, isn't this our only chance?"
Sure enough, as soon as Bao Wenren said this, everyone present looked at him, with expectations in their eyes.
"Brother Bao, please save me!"
"As long as you can survive this test, Brother Bao will be the reborn parent we are waiting for."
"Although my family is poor, as long as Brother Bao is useful, I will just use it."
"..."
For a while, everyone present started to discuss it heatedly.
Bao Wenren's expression did not change and he motioned for everyone to quiet down.
After that, he slowly said: "Although Henan Road is currently besieged on all sides, Henan Road is a land in the Central Plains. As long as we can make Henan Road completely chaotic, the imperial court will be constrained and at a loss. Can they still have the energy to talk about our affairs?”
"If we cause chaos, can we ask the court to let me go?"
Bao Wenren nodded solemnly: "As long as the chaos is complete and the court and the emperor's grandson are worried about throwing a rat into a trap, this is our chance to get through this situation safely."
"Why did the chaos arise? How great is the chaos?"
"If the imperial court is to use the rat weapon, this chaos may not only lead to civil chaos."
Bao Wenren hummed and said, "Civil chaos can be quelled, but what if there is chaos in the country?"
Bao Wenren summarized the instructions he received from Kaifeng Mansion. In an instant, the whole room was in an uproar, and then they all fell silent and shouted.
The sucking sound became heavier.
Let the country be in chaos.
Is this an act of treason?
Bao Wenren turned over his palm, clasped his fingers lightly on the table, and made a few noises. He slowly stood up and looked at everyone present: "Let the people of Henan Province feel that the Ming Dynasty is about to die! Let the people of the Central Plains also Everyone thinks the Ming Dynasty is going to die! Let everyone get into chaos, that’s how we’ll survive!”
"The Zhu family won't let me wait to live, and I won't let the Zhu family's world be peaceful even if I wait!"
Bao Wenren's tone was solemn and his face was gloomy.
"What are we going to do? Brother Bao only talks. If you need us to do anything, we will just do it."
Bao Wenren pressed his hands and said softly: "When the Ming Dynasty was founded, civil and military officials were emphasized, and Confucianists appointed officials. But what has the court done in recent years? Can you tell me that the Zhu family wants to destroy Confucianism?
This time, the emperor's grandson was in Henan Province, not only to investigate the government, but also to investigate our families. Even those temples and Taoist temples outside the country are also included in the inventory. Or is it the Zhu family who wants to destroy fo and Tao?
The emperor's grandson is only in his weak years, but he already has such murderous intention. It is like Hongwu who has nine points, and the world may not be able to breathe for a hundred years. The Zhu family can massacre the Henan provincial government and us today, regardless of the laws and regulations. Will they still be kind to the people in the future?
I have been thinking about all these things day and night recently, and there are many good strategies that I can discuss with you. "
Bao Wenren spoke in a faint tone as he shuttled between the tables.
He turned around and looked around at everyone.
"Everyone, we can do all these things in the countryside with our hands. As long as the Zhu family loses the official heart, the hearts of the people, and the hearts of the people, the Zhu family will be really panicked, and they will be at a loss."
"As long as the world is full of war, we can enjoy a peaceful year!"
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