Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Xiyuan, Yangxin Hall.

Zhu Youtang summoned Wu Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to hear about today's rice prices in the capital. His face couldn't help but become heavy, and even a little angry.

"According to His Majesty's instructions, I have recorded every rice trading company that took the opportunity to drive up the price of rice!"

Although Wu Yu came from a wealthy family, he has always had a feeling of compassion for the people in his heart. Now he is a glorious imperialist and reports with murderous intent.

I thought that with Royal Rice Store accumulating so much rice, the powerful people should stop, but in the end, they dared to mobilize more funds to short-term Royal Rice Store.

Now that they have lost the control of the royal rice, they have shown their greedy nature, and they have pushed the price of rice in the capital directly to the sky, so that the people in the capital have to eat high-priced rice.

Zhu Youtang tapped the handle of the dragon chair, but he thought the time was not yet ripe: "You continue the secret investigation, and you must investigate all the illegal traders!"

"I accept the decree!" Wu Yu knew that the emperor was far more prudent than ordinary people in doing things, so he immediately saluted politely.

Zhu Youtang knew that the rice and grain matter still had to be solved, so he seriously warned: "It's almost time now. You should contact Wei Juan today!"

"I accept the decree!" Wu Yu felt secretly happy in his heart and saluted in a polite manner.

Zhu Youtang picked up the tea cup sent by Liu Jin and asked this capable man a question: "Wu Qing, when Li Shangshu left, he highly praised you and thought that your talents were not inferior to his! If this matter is done Well done, you have done a great job, I wonder if you want to stay in the position of left minister of household affairs for a while, or do you want to get experience as a governor somewhere now?"

He would not be stingy with rewards for meritorious ministers. It's just that the promotion path of a minister to the minister was cut off by himself. Now if the minister of the six departments wants to reach the minister of the six departments, he still has to serve as a local governor to make the transition.

Only governors who can achieve local achievements will have the opportunity to return to the capital to serve as ministers of the six departments, or their next stop may be to a nursing home in Nanjing.

"I am truly grateful for your majesty's love! However, there are traitors hiding deep in the court, and there are rumors in the capital that the king should be established, and the number of people gathering in the palace of the king is increasing day by day. I beg your majesty to keep me in the court. Although I am short-witted, I am loyal. It can shine on the sun and the moon. But today the sun is booming, only the king and father are safe, and China will prosper forever!" Wu Yu knew that the local governor was one step away from the six ministers, but he still showed his true intentions.

Although he did not think that the group of conspirators were the opponents of this talented and strategic emperor, those people existed after all, and he would not feel at ease if he left.

What's more, the local governor and the left minister of household affairs have advantages and disadvantages. If you move too fast, it may not be a good thing.

Now that I stay in the position of left minister of household affairs, I can not only accumulate my qualifications, but also deepen my ability in financial management. The most important thing is to get closer to this wise emperor.

Huh?

Liu Jin, who had just left after serving tea, couldn't help but take a look at the fat minister of household affairs. He should be a loyal minister.

Zhu Youtang felt Wu Yu's loyalty, so he took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Those people can't make waves! It's just as well for you to stay in Beijing. Now that the Ministry of Household Affairs needs talents like you for the implementation of the new currency, then we should first work in the Ministry of Household Affairs Stay in the position of Zuo Shilang for a year or two! As long as you can do your job well, I will not treat you badly!"

"I will live up to your Majesty's expectations!" Wu Yu said solemnly, knowing that the emperor in front of him had clear rewards and punishments.

Zhu Youtang sent Wu Yu away, but finally turned his attention to the imperial decree just drafted by the cabinet. He grabbed the jade seal and stamped it himself: "Send it to the Ministry of Punishment immediately!"

He knew that this imperial edict meant that rivers of blood would soon flow, and his reputation as a tyrant seemed to be firmly established.

Zhu Youtang's earliest plan was indeed to marry Jiang Wei and marry him into the palace. This would not only prevent the son of luck from appearing, but also allow the son of luck to call him daddy.

In order to prevent the Jiang family from accepting the betrothal gift from King Xing, his initial plan was to investigate the Jiang family's crimes and thereby threaten the Jiang family to come to his side.

You just don’t know if you don’t check, and you’ll be shocked if you check.

In the early days of the establishment of SHIELD Camp, he went to the military camp on a whim to review, and was stabbed on the school field.

Thanks to Song Cheng's following the clues, Lin Guodong, the commander of Guoyong Camp, was finally traced. However, Lin Guodong did not speak, and it became an unsolved case.

Zhu Youtang knew that Lin Guodong was a pawn, and the person behind the scenes might have the intention to assassinate him, but it was more likely that he wanted to prevent him from growing in strength.

Although Lin Guodong never revealed the person behind the scenes, he never gave up the investigation. Especially secretly, an investigation department for unsolved cases was secretly established, even the case of Wynn being poisoned in Beizhen Fusi was included in it.

Originally, the murder case of Lin Guodong has been in a state of stagnation, but time can restore some truth, and some cases may be solved at a certain moment.

Qin Conggui's Dongchang seemed to have more outstanding abilities. When he thoroughly investigated the Jiang family, he discovered that Jiang Bin and Lin Guodong were both senior generals in the Guoyong camp, and Jiang Bin actually participated in the assassination.

Zhu Youtang can tolerate a little evil, but he cannot tolerate this kind of stabbing behavior at all.

On the day of King Xing's appointment, there was no way he could have restrained the powerless eldest princess. He had even prepared to threaten the eldest princess's sons.

But after learning about the Jiang family's crimes, he finally chose to give up the first plan.

Since the Jiang family chose to side with King Xing and was a core member of the anti-imperialist alliance, what reason did they have to be soft-hearted?

Just like this, under this kind of coincidence, we can only use the second plan to deal with this matter, choosing to erase the eggs of that person who is clean in every family.

Forbidden City, Qingning Palace.

King Xing’s wedding is very exciting news.

Concubine Shao has applied to leave the palace and go to Prince Xing's Mansion. Although Concubine Shao is very sensitive about leaving the palace, today is her son's big day, so she does have reason to leave the palace.

Empress Dowager Zhou is in a good mood today, but her identity is here, and no matter how much she supports Prince Xing, it is not convenient for her to go to Prince Xing's Mansion.

"When the wedding is over, let the couple come in to say hello to the Queen Mother!"

Concubine Shao naturally knew that she could not please the Empress Dowager, but she still tried her best to win over Empress Dowager Zhou on behalf of her son.

Now that Zhu Youtang has broken up with the Empress Dowager Zhou, as long as they maintain enough filial piety to the Empress Dowager Zhou, the Empress Dowager Zhou will definitely support her most obedient grandson.

"problem occurs!"

Just as Concubine Shao was about to leave, a eunuch hurriedly came in.

Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes flashed with displeasure, and she picked up the tea cup very calmly: "What happened?"

"To report to the Empress Dowager, news just came from outside the palace: The Sun Mansion has been sealed off by people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment, and the sedan chair cannot even get out!" The eunuch realized that he had been reckless, so he swallowed his saliva and said carefully.

Empress Dowager Zhou stopped bringing the tea cup to her mouth, immediately opened her eyes and angrily shouted: "Is Zhu Youtang crazy?"

this……

The palace people present looked at each other, and the Empress Dowager Zhou even called out the emperor's name.

"Why is the emperor like this? Prince Xing...Prince Xing has a marriage contract with the Jiang family first. He...isn't he afraid of being laughed at by the world for doing this?" Concubine Shao was also panicked and equally shocked.

"I heard that the head of the Jiang family assisted Lin Guodong in assassinating His Majesty. The case has been jointly investigated by the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Shuntian Prefecture!" The eunuch told the cause of the matter bitterly.

In fact, at first he thought that the emperor was crazy, but after learning the cause of the incident, he realized that the Jiang family was responsible for all this. It was a bad crime to commit, but it turned out to be the crime of the Zhujiu clan who assassinated the emperor.

Concubine Shao knew that once the case was confirmed, not only would the Jiang family suffer directly, but her son would also be negatively affected. She immediately asked Empress Dowager Zhou for help: "Empress Dowager, what should we do now?"

"Didn't you say that the Jiang family is a kind family?" Empress Dowager Zhou did not expect that the marriage contract she stood up to support would turn out to be a joke, and she also blamed Concubine Shao.

Although not as good as the emperor's queen, Princess Xing's position is still very attractive. It can be said that the marriageable women in Beizhili can be chosen at will.

For more than half a year, Concubine Shao had been comparing and contrasting again and again. As a result, one in a hundred thousand could actually pick out the Jiang family who participated in the assassination of the current emperor.

"I..." Mrs. Shao didn't know that the Jiang family was hiding such a heinous evil, and she was immediately at a loss for words.

Empress Dowager Zhou knew that she had been holding back for several years, but in the end it was Adou who stood up to support her. She immediately revealed her true character and uttered one word: "Get out!"

Although she had already seen through Concubine Shao's little thoughts, she wanted to fill the emptiness in her heart through filial piety, but she didn't need these things at all.

What really impressed me was that King Xing could replace Zhu Youtang, but he completely overestimated King Xing. The "success of snatching the bride" was more likely because Zhu Youtang didn't seriously participate at all.

Concubine Shao turned pale with fright and could only leave in despair, but she did not understand why the apparently good situation suddenly changed 180 degrees.

The Jiang Mansion is filled with joy and sorrow.

Just now, it was a very festive scene of sending off a daughter for marriage, but as the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other officials sealed off the place, it suddenly felt like a funeral.

Jiang Bin had almost forgotten this illegal thing, but now that it was suddenly revealed by several big shots, he knew that he would not be able to escape a major liquidation after all.

"We are willing to marry girls, please forgive us!"

"We chose the emperor. Our Jiang family really knew our mistake!"

"Our women are at the emperor's choice, please spare your life!"

…

The people of the Jiang clan who had just called their family leader wise just now, now that they saw the impending disaster, hated Jiang Bin in their hearts, and at the same time they changed their attitudes.

Perhaps it is true to the saying that only when you lose can you know how to cherish.

If they let Jiang Wei enter the harem, even if they get a hint of the emperor's favor, they, the Jiang family, may be able to avoid this disaster. But unexpectedly, they gave up Jiang Wei's chance to become the emperor's concubine, and instead pursued Princess Qixing.

Now he has made a marriage contract with Prince Xing, but the price is that the nine Jiang clans will be implicated, and hundreds of their Jiang clan will pay for this mistake with their lives.

"Uncle Zhenliao, please! I really know that I was wrong. I am willing to send my daughter to the palace. Please also ask your majesty to let our Jiang family go!"

Thinking about his own life or the lives of other children, Jiang Xi felt extremely regretful and immediately knelt down to beg Tie Xiang Shan Dao, who had shown kindness to them.

Song Cheng and others turned to look at Iron Elephant Mountain, but they knew that Iron Elephant Mountain had a certain weight in the emperor's heart.

Tie Xiangshan was still sitting on the horse, looking at the door of Jiang's house, which he once felt was unattainable, and said: "Uncle, I am indeed an ordinary man, unlike you, the children of the Jiang family who have been able to study and learn the art of war since they were young. It's just that I Even if you are from a humble background, you still understand the greatest truth of the great emperor of heaven and earth! Today, it is not the emperor who wants to destroy your Jiang family, but your Jiang family is responsible for your own fault. Whoever dares to touch the emperor in the future, I, Tie Xiangshan, will kill his whole family even if he is shattered to pieces. , the whole clan!”

At the end of the sentence, a strong murderous intent emanated from his body.

In fact, many people thought that they were loyal to the emperor because they rose from the rank of a low-level soldier to a knighthood, but little did they know that they had been loyal to the emperor since they were children, and even decided to die in service to the emperor when they saw him for the first time.

What impressed him most over the years was the emperor's importance to their soldiers. He not only gave them good treatment, but also gave them the best weapons in the world.

His ability to make great achievements was certainly the result of their fearless defense, but in fact it was inseparable from the emperor's support, let alone the emperor's talent and strategy.

Although the ancestors of the Jiang family did care for the ancestors of the Tie family, the Tie family also paid for it with their lives. Now the Jiang family has committed the crime of rebellion. Not to mention interceding for them, now I want to kill the family with my own hands.

this……

Jiang Jiao shuddered all over, but looked at the God of Death in front of him with great fear.

Liu Zhong, the Minister of Punishment, appeared on horseback and read out the Jiang family's crimes in a clear edict: "According to His Majesty's decree, it was verified by the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Shuntian Prefecture that Jiang Bin assisted Lin Guodong in Lin Guodong's assassination of the emperor. Unlawful thing... Jiang Bin Lingchi is here, implicating nine clans, I appreciate this!"

After the imperial edict was read out, the family raids of the nine clans were carried out.

All the people related to Jiang Bin here can no longer come out, and although Jiang Wei is about to marry and become Princess Xing, she is still Jiang Bin's niece after all.

Woo...

Jiang Wei didn't need to pinch her thighs at this moment, and finally cried freely in the sedan chair.

What a sin!

Mother Jiang fell to the ground, hating her own choice and beating her chest like a shrew.

When faced with the choice, she was also one of those who supported King Xing.

At this moment, she realized how stupid she was. No matter how good the reputation of King Xing is, he is still just a prince. No matter how bad the reputation of the emperor is, he is still the emperor.

It's good now that they accepted King Xing's betrothal gift in a smart way, but the price was that their entire Jiang family was wiped out, and their daughter was also beheaded.

For a moment, the men and women in Jiang's house began to cry as if they were facing the end of the world, causing people who didn't know the truth to mistakenly think that the Jiang family was haunted.

Wangfu Street, Xingwangfu.

The first thing that came here was the bad news from the eldest princess's mansion. After all, it was the closest, and Zhou Zhong from the eldest princess's mansion was kidnapped by the Jin Yiwei.

Although the eldest princess felt the terror of the imperial power, she still came to King Xing for help with her last glimmer of hope: "King Xing save me, and please save my son Zhou Zhong!"

this……

Xiangcheng Marquis Li Jin and others already knew the ins and outs of the matter, but they looked at each other in confusion.

If there were other charges, there might be room for maneuver, but it was an ironclad fact that Zhou Jing blatantly wanted to murder the imperial official and defied the imperial decree first.

The emperor did not go on a killing spree at the beginning, he did show mercy to the eldest princess, and he could be considered a benevolent king. It's just that the eldest princess has waded into troubled waters. Now that the emperor wants to bring up the past, who can stop him?

If we really want to blame, we can only blame the eldest princess for not provoking the emperor, thus causing the disaster of beheading her son.

"This matter needs to be considered in the long term!"

"Yes, you need to calm down when something big happens!"

"This matter is not appropriate for King Xing to come forward. We should wait until the worship service is over to discuss it again!"

…

Naturally, Marquis of Xiangcheng Li Jin and others would not speak out what was in their hearts, but started practicing Tai Chi one after another.

But it was time to come after all. A guard who had just returned from the Jiang family said: "Your Highness Prince Xing, the Jiang family has been raided! Because Jiang Bin participated in Lin Guodong's assassination that year, the emperor issued an order to implicate the nine clans!" (This chapter) over)