Just after Zhu Yunzhen ordered an inventory of autumn grains, various forces moved, and a new dark wave arose in the court.
No one expected that His Highness Taisun would suddenly pay attention to autumn grain. After all, there is no shortage of grain in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, because of the frequent movement of grain, the grain in many places is actually fishy.
Most local officials are thinking that next year's grain harvest will definitely be better than now.
Even if it is moved a little, it will be very simple to make up for it next year.
Now suddenly Zhu Yunzhen brought the food issue to the fore, making most local officials nervous.
I counted the food all night long, for fear that someone would find out there was something wrong with it.
But among them... there is a part of the food that cannot be replaced no matter what, and these officials are like ants on a hot pot at this moment, sitting on pins and needles.
I began to think of every possible way, and even started to have crooked ideas!
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Imperial Palace, Wenhua Pavilion.
Zhu Yunxu was looking at the inventory reports from various places. These were all messages sent back by the People's Supervision Department headed by Yang Shiqi.
It should have a certain degree of credibility.
But Zhu Yunxu doesn't completely believe that as a superior, if he listens to either side, the final outcome will not be good.
Therefore, Zhu Yunzhen only regarded it as a partial supplement to the People's Supervision Department.
The one he believed in the most was always Jin Yiwei.
But even Jin Yiwei Zhu Yunzhen would not completely believe it. The news sent back by local officials and the news from the People's Supervision Department were also of great reference value.
Moreover, things like checking autumn grain cannot be left to the Jin Yiwei.
"So, this autumn grain inventory report from the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province is not accurate?"
Zhu Yunxuan frowned slightly. He did not expect that some of the officials in the People's Supervision Department would be corrupted and cover up for local officials.
This completely goes against Zhu Yunxuan's original intention.
After all, the Department of Public Supervision should be the part that helps Zhu Yunzhen truly reflect public opinion and truly understand the local area.
At the same time, it was also an important means for Zhu Yunxu to check and balance local officials.
But now that the interests of both parties are intertwined, Zhu Yunxuan will naturally be extremely dissatisfied.
"Your Highness, that's exactly what it is!"
"The officials who went to the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province to check the autumn grain this time accepted bribes from many local officials. This report is seriously adulterated and can be said to be completely divorced from the actual situation."
"This is fundamentally different from the information I learned secretly."
"And I even found a huge sum of ten thousand taels of silver in the other party's house!"
"With the presence of such an official in the Department of Civil Supervision, it's true that the subordinates have failed in their duties!"
Yang Shiqi gritted his teeth and said, obviously hating this corrupt official very much.
His Highness Taisun entrusted this matter to him, which was naturally a sign of his trust in his ability, and it was also the first step for him to build a reputation in front of officials. Otherwise, he would have the title of Minister of the Counselor's Office.
But in fact, everyone did not regard him as a minister.
After all, Yang Shiqi is too young and looks like a young boy. He is completely different from the old people who are also counselors.
"Your Highness, please order me!"
"Go to the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi in person! I vow to find out the true situation of the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi!"
"Let's take a look at the disaster situation in the Shaanxi Chengxuan Administrative Department!"
"How much food is left in the granary?"
Yang Shiqi already had doubts about the disaster in the Shaanxi Chief Envoy Department. After all, if there was no problem, why would he spend so much money to bribe an ordinary civilian supervisory official?
Aren't you afraid that some ulterior secrets will be discovered?
There must be something fishy about the disaster situation and the autumn grain of Shaanxi Chief Envoy! Yang Shiqi was extremely confident!
But the actual actual situation needs to be investigated in detail to find out.
And this time, he went in person!
Zhu Yunxuan put away the memorial and nodded slowly: "The Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province really gave me a surprise."
"I thought it was just an ordinary disaster."
"But now it seems that it is a different world."
"This time, you go and come back quickly."
"I want to finish this matter before the end of the year and give all local officials a warning to let them know that the court is not easy to deceive!"
Yang Shiqi nodded solemnly.
He knelt down and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, take your orders!"
…
On the next day, Zhu Yunxuan appointed Yang Shiqi as the imperial envoy, with full authority to handle the affairs of the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province. He had the duty to kill first and report later.
And now, local officials in Shaanxi can't sit still!
Everyone began to be afraid and prepared for Yang Shiqi's arrival, but they waited and waited, but still did not receive the news that Yang Shiqi had arrived at the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province.
Only Zhu Yunzhen knew that this was Yang Shiqi turning light into darkness.
Instead of going to Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Chengxuan Government Envoy, he went to Fengxiang Mansion, Hanzhong Mansion and other places first, just to find out what the drought in Shaanxi was like!
The news that came back also shocked Zhu Yunxuan.
The complexity of the situation in Shaanxi and the boldness of local officials made Zhu Yunxuan feel for the first time what it means - the sky is high and the emperor is far away!
Yingtianfu Jinling City is located in the southeast area.
The Shaanxi Chengxuan Administrative Department is in the northwest area. According to its geographical location, it is already close to the border of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, the territory of Ming Dynasty was not broad.
If we talk about places further away, I'm afraid it's only around Beiping, but the King of Yan is in charge of Beiping, and the army of Ming Dynasty is in charge.
Local officials were speechless.
But looking at Shaanxi, there is no such a powerful prince, let alone a strong army.
This resulted in local officials being extremely powerful.
Moreover, it is far away from Yingtian Mansion. In normal times, these local officials are the local emperors, and they are terrifyingly courageous!
Yang Shiqi not only inspected the disaster situation in Shaanxi, but also inspected the state of the national highways and reservoirs in Shaanxi Province.
Only then did we discover that the disaster in Shaanxi was indeed real, but it was not as exaggerated as three consecutive years of drought.
It was just that there was a locust plague the year before last, and this year some places were hit by drought.
For the whole of last year, it can be basically said that the weather has been smooth, and the people, not to mention having enough food and clothing, can at least barely survive.
It is completely different from the three-year drought reported in Shaanxi!
The construction of national roads and reservoirs made Zhu Yunxuan even more annoyed. Nearly one-third of the national roads in the Shaanxi Chengxuan Administrative Department were only paved with a layer of gravel.
The reservoir only dug a hole and dared to claim that it was already under construction!
The imperial court's appropriations have been transferred to the local governments. At the same time, the Shaanxi Chief Envoy has also issued local debts, and the finances are obviously very abundant.
But he kept crying to the court about his poverty.
Zhu Yunxuan's mind was full of how thieves would appear in Shaanxi two hundred years later, so he never investigated in detail. He always took care of Shaanxi as much as possible.
Just to prevent trouble from arising.
But I didn't expect that the Shaanxi Chief Envoy and the local government would be so bold!
However, before Zhu Yunxu could get angry, another piece of news that made Zhu Yunxian even more angry reached his ears - Yang Shiqi, who was originally inspecting the situation in Chengcheng County, Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, had disappeared!
"What exactly is going on?!"
For the first time, Zhu Yunxuan showed an angry look on his face. The incident with the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province had already made him extremely angry.
Yang Shiqi's disappearance made Zhu Yunzhen furious.
You know, in Zhu Yunxuan's heart, Yang Shiqi is the future minister of the Ming Dynasty! Every talent in the Ming Dynasty is extremely precious, and Zhu Yunxuan naturally does not want to see such a loss!
This is not to say that the court of the Ming Dynasty was inseparable from Yang Shiqi.
But Zhu Yunzhen didn't want to see such unwarranted losses, and let the future pillars of the Ming Dynasty disappear because of such things!
“Are these local officials really doing whatever they want?”
"How dare you even attack the Imperial Envoy of the Ming Dynasty?!"
Disappearance does not necessarily mean being killed. The last time Zhu Yunzhen disappeared was a trap set by himself.
But this time the situation is completely different.
Yang Shiqi did not have Zhu Yunzhen's methods. Since he disappeared, it must mean that something happened to him.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to disappear for no reason.
There is no reason to disappear under Zhu Yunzhen's nose. There is no reason at all.
So there is only one possibility, and that is that Yang Shiqi really encountered an accident!
"Your Highness, according to the news from the front, Mr. Yang went out and disappeared by himself when he was in Chengcheng County."
"There was no entourage around at the time."
"Master Yang's whereabouts are extremely secretive. No officials knew about it, so his followers did not force him to follow him at that time."
"But after waiting for a long time, they realized that Master Yang was missing!"
Below, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Song Zhong, buried his head and reported the detailed situation.
It's just that Yang Shiqi's disappearance is too strange.
That's all the news about a living person. There is no trace of him in Chengcheng County, but it is clear that Yang Shiqi did not reveal his whereabouts to anyone except Zhu Yunzhen.
It's really weird.
Zhu Yunzhen's brows also frowned.
I couldn't help but guess: "Could it be that local officials in Shaanxi already know Yang Shiqi's whereabouts?"
"That's why they did it secretly, just to cover up their crimes?"
But this speculation is not very tenable.
No matter what, these local officials would never dare to trouble Yang Shiqi. The other party was not only the imperial envoy and the director of the Civil Supervision Department, but also the minister of the Advisory Office!
His Highness Taisun’s confidant!
Even if you eat a bear's heart and a leopard's courage, you won't dare!
"Looking, I must find Yang Shiqi!"
"Inform me of the Shaanxi Chief Minister and ask them to do their best to find Yang Shiqi."
"Even if you search the entire Chengcheng County, you still have to find it for me!"
"No……"
After Zhu Yunxuan finished speaking, he suddenly changed his words and said: "It can't be like this."
"Song Zhong, immediately send 10,000 new troops to Shaanxi to declare the political envoys!"
"Then you take five hundred royal guards and go to Chengcheng County with Gu!"
"I want to see with my own eyes how arrogant these local officials in Shaanxi can be!"
"Even the ministers of the imperial court dare to touch him!"
"It's just looking for death!"
The young man's brows were full of majesty and murderous intent, as if there was a tiger living in his heart.
And at this moment.
Awakening!
Below, Song Zhong suddenly raised his hand and looked at Zhu Yunzhen in surprise.
My heart skipped a beat.
His Highness Taisun... actually wants to come to Shaanxi in person? !
(End of chapter)
