Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 205 The Emperor's Words to Kill the Clan, Flaws Emerge

Xiyuan, Tingchao Pavilion.

Zhu Youtang gently swung the fishing rod out, and as the bait hanging on the fish sank into the lake, the buoy floated on the lake.

Due to the recent government affairs and the changeable weather, there has been no fishing for two days.

Although he wanted to live a life of fishing every day, since he was already sitting on this dragon chair, he had to bear corresponding responsibilities, and the emperor was destined to be busy.

Every day, we have to deal with the endless government affairs of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and we also have to deal with diplomatic issues such as Mongolia, Jianzhou, North Korea, Annan, and Turpan. At the same time, we need to face various emergencies.

In addition to state affairs, he is now facing a major marriage issue.

After more than half a year of draft activities in various places, the selection of three hundred beautiful girls has now been completed, and all of them have arrived in the capital.

The court is extremely particular about etiquette, and concubines and queens need to be screened layer by layer, so it will take about three months to get the final result.

It's just that the Queen's matter is still early, but a marriage is about to be put on the agenda.

Since the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian side have negotiated peace, Manduhai will send a Mongolian mission to accept the tribute, and will also bring Yikexi's dowry.

After all, Yikexi is the daughter of Manduhai. After accepting the tribute from the Ming court, she will be a legitimate princess, so she needs high standards of etiquette.

In fact, from the perspective of the country's interests, this marriage is more important than the emperor's wedding. After all, this is a crucial step for the Ming Dynasty to peacefully resolve the Mongolian issue.

Zhu Youtang did not resist the inclusion of Manduhai's daughter Yi Kexi into the harem. After all, the adult world still has to consider interests more, and this time he is regarded as a concubine for the country.

Of course, it is not Zhu Youtang's pursuit to govern the country step by step. Although he has never mentioned such rhetoric as reform, he has been working hard to push the empire forward.

Qingzhang Tianmu is currently the most effective way to improve the financial situation of Ming Dynasty.

After finding out the Sun family who were hiding behind the scenes to prevent the imperial court from clearing up their husbands, the Qingzhang work in Huguang Anlu is in full swing. Especially after Liu Zhong adopted Wang Zhi's suggestion of exposing and rewarding, the hidden fields of the squires in Anlu Prefecture are already at a loss. Hide away.

According to the current speed, and Liu Zhong has already handed over the power of the ordinary people to the officials of the state government, Anlu Prefecture will be able to clear the Zhang in less than half a month.

Judging from Wang Zhi's continuous feedback, Yintian in Anlu Prefecture will bring a "big shock" to the entire Ming Dynasty officials and gentry.

Zhu Youtang held a fishing rod in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the buoy floating on the lake.

In fact, what he is most concerned about is the first mutual market that will be launched on Canzhi Island. The first batch of cotton cloth has been transported to Daming City on Canzhi Island by sea, which will soon open the first step for Daming cotton cloth to go abroad.

Although he is now involved in many government affairs, he will not be an irresponsible emperor, nor will he be a workaholic, but insists on balancing work and life.

Zhu Youtang had just finished handling the government affairs of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces, so he came here for fishing. At the moment, he was bathing in the cool breeze blowing in his face, enjoying this recreational activity out of hobby.

A water dragonfly skimmed across the lake, and flew into the distance with just a touch of water.

After a while, the buoy moved.

Seeing the rapid sinking of the fish mark, Zhu Youtang raised the rod quickly with his eyes and hands. His eyes suddenly burst into light, and he felt the weight of the fishing rod in his hand. At the same time, he saw the red color jumping out of the water along the fishing line.

When he saw the struggling fish coming towards him, he couldn't help but smile.

Zhu Youtang liked the process of catching fish very much. His kidney line level suddenly soared, and a kind of joy would permeate every cell in his body.

For a fisherman, he is probably like himself. He alone fishes [-] mu of water, and almost every time he fishes, he can return with full rewards.

"Your Majesty, this red carp is really beautiful!" Liu Jin stepped forward to grab the lively red carp, looking very pleasantly surprised.

Zhu Youtang also felt that the red carp he caught this time was very beautiful, so he ordered lightly: "A few days ago, the Queen Mother said that she wanted to drink red carp soup. Now send the fish to Renshou Palace immediately!"

"Obey!" Liu Jin said happily as he put the red carp into a wooden basin filled with clean water.

Zhu Youtang turned his head to look at Wang Xiang who had been waiting for a long time, reached out to pick up the sour plum soup next to him and said indifferently: "There is no need to be polite, are Sun Jiao's two sons still missing?"

After learning about the accomplices or masterminds of the Sun family who murdered Liu Zhong and Wang Zhi, he immediately ordered the house to be ransacked.

Due to the distance, the Sun Mansion in the capital was naturally the first to be raided by the imperial court.Although Sun Jiao has only been an official for a few years, he has been studying in the Imperial College, so he has completely settled in the capital, and his four children live in the capital.

It's just that the news of the imperial court's search of Sun's family leaked out somehow in advance. Although Sun Jiao's two daughters were still in Sun's residence, Sun Jiao's two sons had already absconded.

In fact, it is not uncommon for this kind of thing to choose to abscond when encountering house raids, but 0 is usually arrested quickly, and no one dares to take in a court convict.

What's more, if there is no guide, you can't go anywhere.

It's just that things are so weird. The two sons of Sun Jiao were still studying in the academy the day before, but after the two brothers escaped from Sun's residence, they seemed to have disappeared from the world suddenly.

It has been several days since the incident, but Sun Jiao's two sons are still not found.

Zhu Youtang not only sent Jinyiwei to arrest and arrest the whole city, but also used the manpower of Dongchang and Shuntian government offices, but so far they have not been able to find out the whereabouts of Sun Jiao's two sons.

That's why, facing such a strange situation, some people already suspected that Sun Jiao's two sons had accidents, but they didn't know where they died.

"My minister is guilty. So far I have not been able to find out the whereabouts of Sun Jiao's two sons. Your Majesty please punish me!" Wang Xiangyi did not expect to encounter such a strange thing, and immediately admitted his mistake.

Zhu Youtang sensed something unusual from the strange disappearance of Sun Jiao's two sons, took a sip of sour plum soup and asked lightly, "What did Sun Jiao say? Is he still refusing to speak?"

He thought that if he found out Sun Jiao this time, he would not be too far from the truth.

It's just that the hardness of Sun Jiao's mouth exceeded his expectations. Even though Mu Bin used various methods, Sun Jiao still did not reveal the mastermind behind the scenes.

Judging from Wang Xiang's expression now, I am afraid that there is still no breakthrough today, and the real mastermind behind the scenes is still hiding in the fog.

"No! It's just that he relaxed his mouth today and made a condition to Your Majesty!" Wang Xiang swallowed, and reported the report cautiously.

Zhu Youtang gently put down the bowl of sour plum soup, and said calmly, "What conditions did he ask?"

As the sun sets, the lake surface of Taiye Pool is dyed with a bright golden light.

With a relaxed and freehand swinging action, the hook that has been baited sank into the lake again, and the buoy floated on the lake again.

"Sun Jiao said that if His Majesty agrees to pardon his whole family, he will reveal who is behind the scenes!" Seeing Zhu Youtang who had resumed fishing, Wang Xiang slightly lowered his voice to report.

Zhu Youtang's eyes fell on the buoy, but he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "He has a good idea!"

"Your Majesty, please be careful! The person behind this can enter and leave the Beizhen Fusi Prison, and his energy is really formidable! If we take a step back and wait for the grandson to confess this person, we will be able to get rid of this great harm!" Xiang Wang He hesitated for a moment, but still bit the bullet and expressed his attitude.

In his opinion, such a small person as Sun Jiao is not worth mentioning. The real big fish is the mastermind hiding behind Sun Jiao.

Zhu Youtang looked at the gently shaking buoy, but warned unmoved: "It is impossible for me to make a deal with such a heinous person! You should not mention this kind of thing again in the future, and you must not have such a thing again." Compromise, otherwise...the Queen Mother will not be able to protect you!"

"I'm guilty!" Wang Xiang felt the emperor's anger and knelt down in horror to admit his mistake.

For a moment, the atmosphere here suddenly became tense, and Wang Xiang was already sweating coldly down his back.

After several trials, the buoy suddenly sank.

Zhu Youtang lifted the fishing rod with quick eyes and hands, and a beautiful crucian carp was pulled up.

Han Niu hurriedly stepped forward to grab the lively crucian carp, and quickly took off the beautiful crucian carp, and put it into a wooden basin filled with clear water.

Seeing Ma Feng hanging the bait, Zhu Youtang put down the fishing rod and said indifferently: "President Wang, if Sun Jiao really refuses to recruit, you will tell him! If he doesn't confess who is behind the scenes, he is the mastermind of this incident Not only will he suffer the punishment of Ling Chi, but all the men of his Sun family will be beheaded!"

Ma Feng, who was hanging the bait, couldn't help panicking, but accidentally pricked his finger.

The Sun family has settled in Anlu since the time of Taizu. The three brothers are all senior generals in the army, and now they have reproduced six generations in various places. The Sun family has hundreds if not a thousand males.

Hundreds of thousands of people were beheaded, and the current emperor is more and more like the Lord of China.

"I obey!" Wang Xiang felt the powerful murderous aura emanating from Zhu Youtang, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​compromising with Sun Jiao.

Zhu Youtang squinted his eyes and looked at the sinking sunset. Although he really wanted to find out who was behind the scenes, it was impossible to make such a deal.

It's not that he doesn't know the importance of finding out the person behind the scenes, but he is the emperor of Ming Dynasty after all, the lord of thousands of people in China, and the emperor of this land.

If you let your people know that their emperor compromised with the evil forces so easily, especially if he was an insignificant person, how would they think of themselves?

Even if this investigation ends here, he chooses to designate Sun Jiao as the leader and execute Ling Chi to death, and exterminate the male members of the Sun family, that is better than dealing with such a treacherous and evil person.

Seeing that the bait had been put on, Zhu Youtang lowered his pole again and said, "Sun Jiao's two escaped sons should have fallen into the hands of the people behind the scenes. The more you Jin Yiwei can't find anyone now, the more you have to work harder." Go find it, maybe now this is the only clue for us to find out who is behind the scenes!"

Now that things were going on, he couldn't place too much hope on prying Sun Jiao's mouth open, but he was planning for the worst.But one thing is very certain, no matter how much effort and time it takes, the mastermind behind the scenes must be dug out.

"I would like to abide by the imperial edict, and must find Sun Jiao's two sons as soon as possible!" Wang Ping immediately cheered up and solemnly stated his position.

Seeing that the matter had been explained, Zhu Youtang was ready to devote himself to fishing here, so he waved his hand lightly.

Han Niu found that the head of the guard in Jinyi was too low to see His Majesty's hand gesture, so he coughed lightly and signaled him to leave.

Wang Xiang was startled suddenly, so he took his leave respectfully.

As things dug deeper and deeper, he discovered that Daming's officialdom was really unfathomable, and the person behind the scenes was even more unpredictable.

When Wang Xiang left Tingchao Pavilion, he suddenly found that his back was completely wet, and he also realized that his emperor was actually an unfathomable person.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Mou Bin asked when he saw Wang Xiang coming out of the Xiyuan Gate.

"You are right. Your Majesty does not agree with Sun Jiao's conditions. I was almost punished just now!" Wang Xiang said with a lingering fear that he was lucky to have a good aunt.

"What does Your Majesty mean now? Is the lowly function going to interrogate Sun Qing?" Mou Bin was not surprised by the answer, so he asked seriously.

Wang Xiang explained what had happened just now, and finally expressed his position seriously: "Judging from the current situation, Sun Jiao is indeed likely to be threatened. I am afraid that Sun Jiao is really not happy for the incense of their Sun family. Will speak up. If you really put him on trial, if you really put him to death, we will have a hard time explaining it! We have to continue to interrogate Sun Jiao, but we must also try our best to track down the whereabouts of his two sons!"

Mu Bin froze in place as if he suddenly thought of something.

Seeing the reaction of his subordinate, Wang Xiang couldn't help but asked in confusion, "Mou Qianhu, what's wrong with you?"

"At the beginning, Humble Job pretended to be interrogated to death, but Sun Jiao was about to speak at that time. It was only time to pee in the latrine, but no matter what instruments of torture Humble Job used, Sun Jiao didn't open his mouth!" Mou Bin raised his eyes and looked at Wang seriously. It seems that there is something in the words.

Wang Xiangchu looked dazed at the beginning, but he quickly reacted and said, "If that's the case, we just need to find out who has been in contact with Sun Jiao during this period, and that person may be the one who delivered the news for the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"No...wrong?" Mu Bin was about to agree, but was suddenly taken aback.

Wang Xiang had just beamed with joy just now, but suddenly found a shadow beside him, and turned his head to look at it in amazement.

cough!
Just when the two were talking, Zhu Ji, the commander of Jinyiwei, had already appeared here, and coughed lightly at the two subordinates who were talking.

"I've seen you, Lord Commander!" Wang Xiang and Mou Bin exchanged glances, bowing their hands as if to salute.

Zhu Ji saw the reactions of the two people in his eyes, and said in an astonishing manner: "Mu Bin, when you went to the latrine, the governor visited Sun Jiao, you don't doubt the governor, do you?"

what?
Wang Xiang and Mou Bin opened their mouths in surprise, but they never thought that the person who delivered the news might be Zhu Ji, and Mou Bin pretended to be calm and said: "I dare not!"

(End of this chapter)