Until the afternoon.
The two scribes and guards sent to Tongzhou have returned, but there is still no news from Zhu Di.
"Don't worry, Guo Changshi. It's just 500 acres of land, and the total price is only 5,000 taels of silver. It's up to us, Prince Yan's Mansion, to handle it. Those officials in Tongzhou will never be so bold."
A scribe noticed Guo An's worry and offered some consolation.
"Furthermore, the little people have carefully checked and found that the people who came to collect the money are indeed people near Zhangjiawan Pier.
After the common people received the money, they all expressed gratitude and praised His Highness for his kindness..."
"Okay, you guys have worked hard, go down and rest first."
Guo An waved his hand, not believing what these two scribes said at all.
After the two scribes went down, they got up and went directly to Cunxin Hall.
The more relaxed and reasonable what the two scribes said was more unreasonable in Guo An's eyes, and the more uneasy he felt.
How can it be so easy to expropriate people's farmland?
Zhu Di has not had much government affairs these days.
Therefore, we are also sitting in the Cunxin Hall, waiting for the report from the Jin Yiwei.
This time Jin Yiwei didn't reply to him for so long. Zhu Di had an inexplicable feeling that something really went wrong on the land at Zhangjiawan Wharf.
"Your Highness!"
Entering the Cunxin Hall, Guo An bowed slightly to Zhu Di, then found a chair where the sun could shine and sat down.
Now in Peiping, although the iron stove is no longer needed, it is still a little cold.
Zhu Di nodded slightly and asked, "The two scribes are back?"
Guo An replied: "Back to Your Highness, the two scribes have returned, but they said that all the people who came to receive the money were full of joy, and some even praised Your Highness for his kindness."
Zhu Di's expression softened slightly, "That's good."
Guo An just smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, there is no reply from the Jin Yiwei yet?"
Zhu Di was a little surprised, "Guo Qing is still worried?"
Guo An nodded slightly: "Your Highness, I always feel that this time I did something bad out of good intentions and harmed a group of people."
Zhu Di chuckled and said comfortingly: "Why should Guo Qing be like this? Even if something really happened at Zhangjiawan Pier, it was because of those rogue officials who were corrupt and perverting the law. What does it have to do with you?"
As he said that, Zhu Di said somewhat reproachfully, "Jinyiwei is really getting lazy. In the past, if we asked about something, they would report it to us in less than two hours.
This time, it’s been almost a day, and they can’t even see anyone..."
"Your Highness, don't worry, there is still some distance between Tongzhou and Peiping." Guo An said with relief.
After saying that, Guo An felt something was wrong. Why did he start to comfort others when he should be worried?
"Your Highness!"
Suddenly, a chamberlain hurriedly walked in from outside the palace and reported to Zhu Di: "Pu Sanji, a member of Qianhu, Jin Yiwei, wants to see you."
Zhu Di perked up and said, "Let him come in."
"yes!"
The waiter responded and walked out quickly.
Soon, a muscular man in Feiyu uniform walked in quickly from outside the hall.
"Finally General Pu Sanji will see His Highness King Yan."
Zhu Di asked quietly: "We asked you to investigate the matter, but what name has it been found out?"
Pu Sanji replied: "Your Majesty, the general has already found out."
"oh?"
Zhu Di asked curiously: "Tell us, in the case of Zhangjiawan Pier, are there any evil officials who oppress and exploit the people?"
Pu Sanji replied in a deep voice: "Your Highness is wise."
"Very good...huh?"
Zhu Di looked solemn, stared at Pu Sanji closely, and asked angrily: "Are there really rogue officials who oppress and exploit the people?"
"Back to Your Highness, according to the general's investigation, there are a total of 20 farmers, 16 traders, and five larger merchants near Zhangjiawan Pier.
No matter how much farmland each of these farmers has, each household only receives a subsidy of twenty taels of silver; as for the merchants' shops, no matter how large they are, each family only receives a subsidy of twenty taels of silver.
The five larger merchants each received one hundred taels of silver, and the remaining houses cost five taels of silver each...
Your Highness, these are the names investigated by the brothers under the general’s command..."
With that said, Pu Sanji handed three pieces of paper filled with text to Zhu Di.
Below, Guo An had already stood up, an unknown fire rising in his heart.
"boom!"
On the throne, after reading the paper handed to him by Pu Sanji, Zhu Di became furious and slapped the table in front of him fiercely.
"How dare these thieves?"
Guo An asked with some confusion: "Today, the clerk sent by the government to Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou distributed corresponding silver taels to each farmer, ranging from thirty-four taels of silver to as many as one hundred taels. .
Why did Pu Qianhu say that each household only received twenty taels of silver?
In addition, the owners of shops and houses, and the scribes in the government also distribute silver coins one by one. How can those rogue officials exploit the people from here? "
Pu Sanji glanced at Zhu Di above, and then replied: "Guo Changshi should not know that the people who picked up the land deeds and received money today are all servants of the local gentry."
"What?"
Zhu Di and Guo An were both shocked.
"Where have the original people gone?"
Pu Sanji replied: "Your Majesty, the people whose fields and houses originally belonged to them have all been imprisoned by local officials and the gentry at that time.
As for those who were disobedient and tried to resist and escape, their legs were either broken or beaten to death..."
"These evil thieves!"
Zhu Di and Guo An both had frosty expressions on their faces and gritted their teeth.
Guo An, in particular, had the urge to cut Cui Shijian, the governor of Tongzhou, into pieces with a thousand knives.
"Come here, quickly summon Zhu Liang and Li Wang to me!"
Zhu Di took a deep breath and shouted outside.
"Here."
A waiter outside the door responded and quickly ran away.
Soon, Zhu Liang and Li Wang ran in with hurried expressions.
"Your Highness?"
"Assemble a thousand guards and follow me to Tongzhou." Zhu Di said coldly.
"Follow the order!"
Zhu Liang and Li Wang responded solemnly and ran out.
Zhu Di then looked at Guo An and Pu Sanji again, "Guo Qing, Pu Sanji, you two are coming with us.
We want to see what kind of wolves, tigers and leopards the officials and gentry in Tongzhou are! "
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Pu Sanji responded quickly.
As for Guo An, even if Zhu Di doesn't shout, he will follow him.
After all, strictly speaking, those people who were killed were all caused by him.
Guo An, who had never killed anyone before, had murderous intentions this time.
"Your Highness, Wei Chen feels that we need to call some more people this time."
"Who else are you calling?"
Zhu Di asked quietly.
Guo An replied: "Your Highness, I feel that such evil deeds should be made known to all the officials in the palace, so that in the future, some officials in the palace will not know the dangers of these state and county officials and fall into the trap again."
Zhu Di nodded, "Yes!"
Guo An said again: "In addition, Yu Rentian, the governor of Beiping Prefecture, Tongzhi Zhaojie, and Tongpan Dangfu should be brought in. Regardless of whether they participated in such evil things, they are all responsible for poor supervision.
In addition, the Chief Envoy and the Inspection Envoy should also summon several officials. After all, the Tongzhou Zhizhou and other officials are court officials. If His Highness punishes them privately, he may attract criticism.
Moreover, they are all responsible for the emergence of such corrupt officials in Tongzhou, and it is appropriate to make them work harder. "
The most important thing is that in this era, traveling is a serious crime.
Guo An felt that how could it be possible for the Yan Palace to help catch corrupt officials and let those officials enjoy the benefits?
We all have to suffer together!
"Can!"
Zhu Di didn't think much and nodded in agreement, then looked at Zhu Liang and Li Wang who were hurried in from outside.
"You will go and summon the magistrate, tong magistrate, and magistrate of Beiping Prefecture.
The Chief Envoy summoned a counselor to take care of the grinding and inspection.
The Inspectorate Department summoned a deputy envoy to take care of the grinding and inspection.
Let them go to Tongzhou with me! "
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zhu Liang and Li Wang felt excited, and they quickly responded and ran out again.
Your Highness is going to do something big!
Zhu Di turned his head and ordered to the chamberlain on the side: "Go forward quickly and summon all the officials from the General Division and the scribes to me!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The servants in the palace already knew what happened, so no one dared to delay and ran out quickly.
Soon, Zhu Fu and a group of long history officials also hurried in from outside.
"The humble minister came to see His Highness. I wonder what happened? That made His Highness so angry?"
After the salute, Zhu Fu asked hurriedly.
Seeing the thousand murderous guards of Prince Yan's Mansion summoned by Zhu Liang and Li Wang outside, Zhu Fu felt frightened.
He was afraid that His Highness, Prince Yan, might act impulsively and do something wrong, which would bring misfortune to his senior officials.
"Humph, there are thieves and gentry in Tongzhou who have joined forces to exploit and oppress the people by using my reputation!"
Zhu Di said coldly. When he mentioned this, Zhu Di subconsciously became extremely angry.
If it were just the Tongzhou officials who united with the gentry to oppress the people, he would not be so angry.
However, those dog officials and gentry actually used the name of his Prince Yan's Palace, that is, his name as Prince Yan, to exploit and oppress the people!
How could Zhu Di endure this?
During this time, Guo An also told Zhu Fu and a group of long-historical officials the ins and outs of the incident.
Even Zhu Fu, who always sought stability, had a frosty face, "These thieving officials and gentry deserve to be killed!"
"Your Highness, one thousand brothers have been assembled!"
At this time, a hundred households came in from outside to report.
Zhu Di's eyes widened, "Let's go!"
After saying that, Zhu Di walked out directly.
Guo An, Zhu Fu and others quickly followed.
Outside the palace, a thousand guards of Prince Yan's Palace wearing armor, holding spears, steel knives, shields, and long bows slung on their backs stood neatly in front of the door. spread before.
As Zhu Di stepped out of the gate, a guard immediately came to the horse.
Zhu Di jumped onto his horse.
After searching around, no carriage was found except for a few ownerless horses. Guo An looked bitter and could only get on a horse.
As for the long history officials behind them, they all thought of something, and all of them had sad faces.
However, Zhu Di was furious at this time, and these officials did not dare to open their mouths.
When Zhu Di left the Shuncheng Gate, Yu Rentian, the prefect of Beiping Prefecture, and others, as well as officials from the Chief Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Envoy Department, also pursued him under the leadership of Zhu Liang and Li Wang.
…
Sorry: I changed the one hundred miles in the previous two chapters to fifty miles.
When I checked it before, I checked it on the website, but it didn’t look right!
Today I checked again using the mobile map: the distance between Tongzhou Zhangjiawan and Beiping Prefecture should be about fifty miles.
Although it is impossible to be very precise, it is only a few miles away~~~︿(￣︶￣)︿
(End of chapter)
