First Prince of Ming Dynasty

At this moment Fei Ju walked in and bowed and said, "Your Highness, the last general has taken over the garrison of Kaifeng Mansion, and the cronies of Marquis Yangling and Marquis Cangping have also been taken over."

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Do it cheaply, and if there is something wrong, make a quick decision."

Fei Ju bowed to take the order, and Zhu Biao told Guo Chong, Wu Bozong and others, "There is a vacancy in Kaifeng government officials, and now I will take over the handling, and you will assist from the side."

Guo Chong and others immediately bowed to promise, this is a rare opportunity to get in touch with government affairs, Zhu Biao asked someone to fetch pen and ink, so he wrote two memorials, and asked them to send them to the capital quickly, asking the court to send officials to make up for Kaifeng Mansion immediately. vacancy.

Half an hour later, Zhu Xi led the men back to the government office carrying large and small boxes, including farm land deeds, gold, silver and jewelry, and a box full of letters and account books. Zhu Biao didn't care about those belongings, but carefully It looks like correspondence.

The more you look at the brows, the more you frown. The network of interests of these people is extremely huge, from the nobles in the capital to the pawns guarding the border. The Kaifeng General Judgment really has a benefit, but compared with other people, it is much smaller. It can be seen They did have conflicts for a long time.

Zhu Biao waved his hand to ask Li Jin to record the list, and he had to record each name. Even Li Jin was sweating. The embezzlement of the granary was definitely not a problem in Kaifeng.

This has basically formed a complete chain. If Zhu Biao hadn't drawn up the marching route and the documents for the distribution of food and grass this time, they would have blocked the hole long ago.

Zhu Xi and Zhu Di on the side looked at each other, feeling that they had offended too many people this time, the highest on the list could only be traced to a few marquises in the capital, but if there is no big head on it, that would be wrong. possible.

Zhu Biao looked at a box full of account books and letters and smiled. Corrupt officials are good at this. In order to keep each other’s handles, they will keep the account books and letters. Otherwise, no one will be at ease. With these, both parties can rest assured. Bold, intimate collaborations.

After all, it wouldn't look good if everyone dies and the net is broken. This is also a potential deterrent, allowing these officials on the list to protect his safety, rights, etc. when necessary.

So before Zhu Xi and Zhu Di caught the big fish, the capital began to send letters to plead for mercy, because they knew that such a big deficit would not be kept secret for long.

The magistrate of Kaifeng didn't dare to destroy these books and letters. Without them, who would save him? , and will make a comeback sooner or later.

In the past, the officials sent by the imperial court to inspect the granary, even if they found out about the activities, would never dare to report to the imperial court due to the pressure of all parties. After all, the court did not know how many people died, so he would definitely not survive.

But being caught by Zhu Biao, they have no choice but to write letters to plead. Their power is extremely powerful in the eyes of others. They are big iron balls that can smash people to death, but in Zhu Biao's eyes, they are just bubbles. It's just soaking, as long as you want to poke it, it will burst.

In the next two days, half of the officials in Kaifeng Mansion along the list were arrested and put into prisons. It seemed that it was almost the same, and Zhu Biao stopped arresting.

During the period, Zhu Biao also received some pleading letters from nobles, which did not say much, but kept expressing their loyalty, expressing their willingness to go through fire and water for His Highness in the future.

Naturally, Zhu Biao didn't like it. He didn't need to rebel if he went through fire and water, not to mention a few marquises.

The magistrate of Kaifeng shouted that he could not punish the scholar-bureaucrats, but it turned out that even a set of torture instruments could not survive, and the biggest beneficiary of this profit network was also confessed. Zhu Biao originally thought it would be a big boss of Huaixi nobles.

Unexpectedly, it was Yang Xian. It turned out that when Yang Xian was in charge of Yangzhou, in order to show his political achievements to the court, he secretly allocated tens of thousands of shi of grain from granaries in various places. It was Yang Xian who was just a participant.

After he was transferred back to Beijing, he immediately started the road to success, and he naturally became the leader in this matter. This is why Yang Xian was able to gather a wave of people who were strong enough to fight Huaixi nobles in such a short period of time. power.

Zhu Biao has to think about it at this time, whether to point out Yang Xian, his fate has already been determined, he will die sooner or later, but he must die at the right time.

If Yang Xian is killed now, it will be in vain for Zhu Yuanzhang to train Yang Xian in the past two years. Zhu Biao is sitting behind the desk, and Zhu Di is standing below waiting for his elder brother's orders.

Zhu Biao put down the guilty plea of ​​the prefect of Kaifeng and said: "Order all those who know the truth to keep silent. As for the prefect of Kaifeng, let him commit suicide in fear of crime."

Zhu Di was a little puzzled, but he didn't say much. He bowed his promise and went down to make arrangements. Liu Jin brought the brazier, and Zhu Biao threw the confession in it. Yang Xian's death penalty did not lack this.

He still has a more important task now, which is to stimulate Huaixi nobles to step up their efforts. The next day, Xu Yungong escorted more than a thousand young and strong mountain bandits to Kaifeng Mansion. Zhu Biao ordered these people and the officials who were arrested and imprisoned together. Escorted to Fengyang to open up wasteland.

The officials sent by the imperial court to fill in the vacancies were about to arrive, and they rushed to walk a few sections of the waterway, much faster than Zhu Biaoke. Zhu Xi had already set off to inspect the granary. This matter is not over yet, and there must be more and more investigations.

Zhu Biao stayed in Kaifeng Mansion for another two days to deal with government affairs, and bought a batch of grain with the confiscated property. The local aristocratic families also gave His Royal Highness a face, and took out a lot of grain stored by the family. It was more than expected, but it was enough for a while.

After handing over to the officials sent by the imperial court, Zhu Biao led the troops and continued to set off. After leaving the territory of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhu Biao turned his head and took a look. The newly appointed Kaifeng prefect just now appeared in his mind. Who knows Could this be a new hungry wolf?

The corrupt officials in the iron-clad state capital, Zhu Biao shook his head and turned around to continue on the road. This time, he did not go to the villages and towns to collect women and children on a large scale. There was a lot of time delay, so he had to hurry to Shanxi.

After crossing mountains and wading through mountains and rivers, and being delayed by the rain for two or three days, they finally arrived in Shanxi. The army was stationed near Pingyang Mansion. Xu Yungong and Zhu Yu also returned to the team. Almost all the bandits along the way were wiped out. Everyone hid in the mountains, and no one could do anything about it.

Zhu Xi and Zhu Di can’t come here for the time being. There are more or less problems with the granaries in various places. They are very busy now. Fortunately, Zhu Biao has set a standard for them. Kill them if they should be killed, and send those who don’t kill them to Fengyang Open up wasteland and seize stolen money to buy grain.

After the army was stationed, the officials of Pingyang Mansion came to visit. Zhu Biao was used to this journey, so he got up and sent them away politely.

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First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone, the plot is very flat recently, I really can’t write the climax part, (╥﹏╥), maybe because I am very boring (╯﹏╰), so I can’t write something exciting.

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