Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 306: The gentry’s butt, and the flames of war are everywhere in retaliation!
And in the harem.

Hu Hui met his granddaughter. She had her hair tied up in a bun and was married to a woman.

"Grandpa, Jian'er can already call you mother. Your Majesty said that he is precocious and will be successful in the future."

Hu Guiju only talked to Hu Bi about her children.

She gently touched her belly with a happy smile on her face.

She was pregnant again: "Grandpa, only when you raise a child do you realize the kindness of your parents. Only when you become a mother do you realize how difficult it is to be an elder."

"Yes, I have a lot of bones, but don't I have to fight for my child?" Hu Bi said calmly.

Hu Guiju condensed slightly: "Grandpa, that's not what my granddaughter meant."

"As I am planning for the fifth son of the emperor, I only hope that he will be able to stay on his own terms in the future."

Hu Hui was beating her granddaughter, and she must not have any thoughts of seizing the heir.

Don't rely on your mother's family's power to arrogantly allow the emperor's fifth son to seize the throne. That will be a disaster.

"The granddaughter understands."

Hu Guiju's mission is to convince her grandfather to serve the emperor.

Hu Hui knew that her granddaughter had been sensible and smart since she was a child, so she should know the importance of things: "You can serve His Majesty with peace of mind in the palace. Your ancestors, father, and brothers will all be busy doing things for you. It is already hard to find wealth for a lifetime. I, the Hu family, Having three lives of wealth and honor is enough, you can’t ask for too much.”

Just as he was talking, the emperor walked in.

The residences of the concubines are also based on the palaces in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Hu Hu quickly stood up, knelt on the ground, and greeted the emperor respectfully.

"Old lady, please get up."

"I just issued an order to exempt you from the etiquette, because Concubine Hu is your granddaughter."

"You are my humerus again. If you kowtow to her and salute her, I'm afraid she won't be able to rest well day and night."

Zhu Qiyu helped Hu Hui up with his own hands: "Here today, you are my elder, there is no king or minister."

Hu Guiju is an imperial concubine, so even if she is her biological grandfather, she must be treated with great ceremony.

Dismissed by the emperor.

Hu Bi borrowed a pole to climb up: "Your Majesty, the old minister has two words of advice. Please listen to your Majesty."

Hu Guiju's face changed slightly and she signaled her grandfather to stop talking.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said calmly: "You tell me."

"Old minister, don't talk nonsense. I only have two words to advise you."

"If something goes wrong, you can go back to Luan immediately and I will clean up the mess for you."

"If things go well, please show your support and leave some vitality for Jiangnan!"

Hu Xi kowtows.

"I heard it, please get up, old master." Zhu Qiyu said.

"Old minister, I have one more thing to say."

Hu Xi said: "If things go well, your Majesty, please appoint a crown prince instead, stabilize the East Palace, and don't cause any more trouble!"

Zhu Qiyu thought that Hu Hui would support his nephew's ascension to the throne.

"Your Majesty has an eldest son, the second son of the emperor."

"We should instead make the emperor's second son the prince, and then ask the original prince to be made the prince."

"In this way, it is logical that the Ming Dynasty will be stable and there will be no more disturbances."

Hu Bi didn't want the emperor to make trouble anymore.

Whenever the emperor makes a fuss, the Ming Dynasty is suspected of overthrowing.

Daming needs to stabilize. His days are not long. He must see Daming stabilize before he dies so that he can go to Emperor Taizong with peace of mind.

And this is the condition for Hu Hui to support the emperor.

"I listened."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for forgiving me for overstepping my bounds!" Hu Hui kowtowed.

Zhu Qiyu was sitting on the round table and noticed that Hu Guiju's face was pale. He gently patted her shoulder: "The relationship between me and the old lady is unmatched by others. We will not lose mutual trust just because of a few words."

"Thank you for your comfort, Your Majesty." Hu Guiju breathed a sigh of relief.

"The old lady is sitting here too."

Zhu Qiyu pointed to the stool next to him, but Hu Hui refused to sit down. Instead, he sat on the brocade pier, a head shorter than the emperor.

"What does the old lady think about the Jiangnan matter?"

Hu Ming sorted out his thoughts and said: "I thought that if we cut the knot with a sharp knife and drag it on, there will be trouble."

"I just met with the Japanese pirate leader in prison."

"I want to recruit and surrender the Japanese pirates."

"But I'm worried. I'll put this bandit leader back and beat the dog with meat buns. There will be no return."

"Besides, it's hard to say whether the Japanese pirates have their hearts set on the Ming Dynasty."

Hu Xi said, "Your Majesty, the Japanese pirates are a serious problem caused by scabies. It doesn't matter whether they surrender or not. The big problem is here."

He pointed to the ground.

"I sent Song Wei to supervise the salt, and the situation will soon open up."

The next step is to wait.

Zhu Qiyu changed the topic: "I have asked the bank to be the supervisor and open a currency pressing bureau in Nanzhili. The silver from Jiangnan will be pressed in Nanzhili."

Hu Hu rolled his eyes. Are you preparing for a house raid?
"I saw a lot of prosperity along the way."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Old Master, do you think what I saw is true or false?"

"Why do you ask like that?" Hu Hui was surprised.

"It's too prosperous. It took three years to reach this point. If it took 30 years, I can't even imagine how prosperous the Ming Dynasty would be."

Zhu Qiyu didn't believe it.

"Your Majesty, prosperity must decline. The Yongle and Xuande dynasties were so prosperous. What was it like in the first year of Jingtai?"

Hu Hui said bluntly: "Your Majesty, no matter what you see is true or false, as long as you look at the population figures, you can determine whether it is true prosperity or false prosperity."

Yes, if people have money to support, they will have more children. This is nature.

"Since the Hongwu Dynasty, the civilian population has been 5000 million. One hundred years later, the civilian population is still 100 million."

Zhu Qiyu never figured it out: "Old Master, what do you think is going on?"

Hu Xi smiled and said: "Does Your Majesty know how the population is calculated?"

It's definitely not from a census.

"It's estimated based on the salt sold."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly realized!
Those large people didn’t buy official salt at all, they were eating private salt!

The people who eat private salt are equivalent to black households. They are destroying the system of the Ming Dynasty, so the central officials are disgusted with them and don't bother to count them.

It is tantamount to saying that people who do not pay taxes have no meaning of existence. If they are not physically eliminated, they will be spared outside the law. Are you still counted?

"The old lady estimates how many people there will be among the people?"

There are 1000 million illegal households and refugees identified.

And how many private households, tenant households, and runaway households will there be?

"Excluding the populations of North Korea, Hami, and Annan, as well as the natives, the veteran estimates that there should be more than 500 people."

This number shocked Zhu Qiyu.

There are still 500 million people who do not appear in official statistics.

"So I am advising you to think again and again."

What Hu Hui means is that these 500 million people are all in Jiangnan!

"It seems I should bring more fire bombs."

Zhu Qiyu joked: "There should be more than 500 million people left in North Korea, about 200 million in Annan, and 10,000+ in Hami."

"There are nearly 300 million native people from Guangdong and Guangxi."

"There are also Yunnan and Guizhou, and there are no people who have left the mountains."

"A conservative estimate would be over [-] million."

This number made Zhu Qiyu shudder.

Daming can't afford it.

Hu Xi nodded: "So, the center has been turning a blind eye and turning a blind eye, just not wanting to face the reality."

"Such a large population is a huge drag on Ming Dynasty."

"So, since there are gentry who are willing to support these fugitives, as long as they don't cause trouble, the court will pretend they don't know about it."

"It's like a layer of window paper, and you've ripped it open."

Hu Xi's tone was complaining.

Zhu Qiyu was not angry either. He had indeed punctured the window paper of the people.

More people are a burden, but also more taxes.

To Zhu Qiyu, these people who had been embezzled by the gentry were a big bomb, which meant that he would live with a big bomb every day, and if he was not careful, he would be blown to pieces.

"Your Majesty, you also need to consider how to resettle these gangsters after they are released."

"Don't talk about immigrants. These people have been slaves for generations. They are like flowers in a greenhouse. When they come out, they will be destroyed by wind and rain."

"We can only stay in Jiangnan, and we have to find a way for them to survive."

Hu Ming was full of helplessness.

That's right.

Everything people do is habitual.

Releasing slaves hastily will only make these slaves uncomfortable and sneak back to continue being slaves. If the court forcibly intervenes, they will rebel and make both sides unhappy.

"I've thought about it."

Zhu Qiyu said: "A group of people from Zhejiang will move to Fujian and Guangdong, a group of people from Anhui will move to Henan, and a group of people from Jiangsu will move to Shandong."

"Your Majesty, regardless of whether the released tenants are willing to go, there is no shortage of people in these provinces. The ones who are short of people are Cochin and North Korea."

Now there is not much shortage of people in Rehe and Ningxia.

"Let's take one step at a time."

Zhu Qiyu was afraid of the 500 million people who might be released. If these people were released and not properly resettled, Jiangnan would be gone in an instant.

This line adds another layer of shadow.

Xu Chengzong reported everyone he knew or didn't know, no matter who he was.

Chen Wuyang carried Xu Chengzong in a sedan chair and visited him from house to house.

The first family is the mother's family of Xu Chengzong's wife Wang.

The Wang family is not a family with military exploits, but a scholarly family.

Since the Battle of Nanjing, the Wang family has stayed behind closed doors, as if they had anticipated today's outcome.

Chen Wuyang knocked on the door of the house.

The person in charge of the Wang family is Xu Chengzong's uncle, Wang Weizhou.

Wang Weizhou is a candidate for public examination and is currently studying behind closed doors to prepare for next year's examination.

Chen Wuyang asked someone to carry the sedan in.

The Wang family is very simple, and the yard is not big. After the old lady died, the three brothers lived together, and the other branches branched off.

"Sir, what is this?" Wang Weizhou had long known that this day would come.

Especially when the Holy Emperor arrived in Nanjing, he knew something was wrong.

Chen Wuyang asked someone to lift the curtain.

Xu Chengzong was tied up and sitting in the sedan. Tears burst out of his eyes when he looked at his uncle.

"Sir, what does this mean?"

"Still pretending? Doesn't Wang Juren know what the Yi tribe is?" Chen Wuyang asked pitifully.

Wang Weizhou cried and said that no one in his Wang family had committed any crime.

"I just like people like you who are tough-talking."

Chen Wuyang looked at Xu Chengzong: "Xu Chengzong, he said he is not guilty. Come and tell me the reason!"

The fear of being dominated by Chen Wuyang suddenly struck, and Xu Chengzong shouted: "Wang Weizhou, why are you pretending to be poor!"

"Master Chen, dig up his land!"

"Without 1000 million taels of silver, I, Xu Chengzong, would have died here!"

Chen Wuyang said: "It's so easy to kill you, and I even hit you to death! It's not an exaggeration to say that you were quartered by five horses!"

"Come on, dig!"

Wang Weizhou was panicked and even said that his family had not committed any crime and he could not dig randomly.

Snapped!
Chen Wuyang slapped him on the face: "Are you guilty? Your family has no official position and only a few acres of fertile land. How can you get tens of millions of taels of silver?"

"It's all unjust. I don't have any money at home!"

Wang Weizhou sat on the ground, crying and crying: "There is no king's law anymore. Juzi was bullied by Fanzi. Is there any king's law in this world?"

Chen Wuyang, with his hands on his hips, was rummaging around for clues.

After digging for half an hour, I found nothing.

"I told you, my family doesn't have much money!" Wang Weizhou rolled around.

Then why are you panicking?
"These flowers and plants were planted by my late father. Seeing these is like seeing my late father. You destroyed them. How can I miss my late father!"

Wang Weizhou's face is full of cunning, and his assets have been transferred long ago.

Snapped!
Chen Wuyang slapped him away, and then looked at Xu Chengzong fiercely.

Xu Chengzong was really panicked. His Wang family helped the Duke of Wei manage the salt and iron business. They had made a lot of money over the years, how could they not have it?
"It must be that bitch who betrayed me!" Xu Chengzong said about his daughter-in-law Wang.

"I think you are a bitch!"

Chen Wuyang took a few steps back and kicked the sedan over with a roundhouse kick.

Xu Chengzong was tied in a sedan chair and fell to the ground on his back.

Like a bastard, unable to turn over.

"I see you are talking nonsense and you are just kidding me!"

Chen Wuyang grabbed a handful of dirt and stuffed it directly into Xu Chengzong's mouth.

Wang Weizhou was shocked and angry. He was a high-ranking prince, and he was insulted like this by a fan?
Chen Wuyang let go of Xu Chengzong. Xu Chengzong kept coughing, spitting out mouthfuls of loess. His throat was itchy and painful, and he couldn't help coughing.

Cough a few times and cough up blood.

"It made Wang Juren laugh."

Chen Wuyang cupped his hands and said, "By the way, who are you, Mrs. Wang?"

"It's my sister." Wang Weizhou also got up from the ground.

"Your sister?"

Chen Wuyang laughed: "Come here, please ask Mrs. Wang to come in!"

Wang Weizhou's expression changed.

But when she saw a woman in prison uniform coming in, Mrs. Wang started crying when she saw her brother.

"Mrs. Wang, I know you are still sick, so I didn't want to trouble you."

Chen Wuyang smiled and said: "But your husband is too stupid and your brother is too shrewd, so I can't find any evidence."

"I don't like torture, so I can only ask you to help me."

Mrs. Wang did not suffer much torture in the imperial prison.

"Bitch, you go back to protect your mother's family and don't care about the life and death of my Xu family!" Xu Chengzong roared while lying down. His whole face was bloodshot and turned red.

Chen Wuyang was afraid that he would die, so he had someone drag him up.

"Young Master, I am different from your family of losers. Mrs. Xu, you have to think carefully." Chen Wuyang suddenly lowered his voice and said this.

Mrs. Wang trembled all over. If she could not satisfy Chen Wuyang, Chen Wuyang would deal with her son, Xu Er!

"His family! Specializes in salt and iron business!"

Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and said, "Sir, please arrest me and interrogate me!"

Suddenly, Wang Weizhou's eyes widened: "How dare you slander your mother's family! You scum! Have you forgotten your last name?"

Snapped!
Mrs. Wang slapped him in the face: "When you borrowed money from the Xu family, why didn't you know how to back down? Now that the Xu family is in trouble, should the Xu family be the only one to bear the burden? Wang Weizhou, don't you have any conscience? "

"You! Your surname is Wang!" Wang Weizhou roared.

"My son's surname is Xu, and my surname is Xu!"

Mrs. Wang suddenly knelt on the ground: "Please search the Wang family, and you will surely find everything you want!"

"I'm going to kill you!" Wang Weizhou rushed up to strangle his sister to death.

Bang!
Chen Wuyang kicked him in the chest: "You dare to sneak attack on me?"

"Come on!"

"Arrest everyone in the Wang family!"

"Where's his son!"

"Find them out and I will kill them myself!"

The voice falls!

Chen Wuyang stepped on Wang Weizhou and slashed his face hard, causing blood to flow out.

However, only a few members of the Wang family were captured.

There is no son of Wang Weizhou at all.

"How many people are in the Wang family?" Chen Wuyang looked at Mrs. Wang.

"My lord, there are 177 direct descendants of the Wang family, a total of 796 branches, and nearly [-] tenants!"

Chen Wuyang looked at Wang Weizhou: "Where are the people?"

"Hahahaha!"

Wang Weizhou's face was covered with blood, but he was still smiling: "Gone, already gone! You will never find him again!"

"Can we get out of Nanjing? Can we get out of Ming Dynasty?"

Chen Wuyang thought it was interesting. Didn't the big fish take the bait? "It seems that someone in Beijing is protecting your Wang family. It's interesting."

Wang Weizhou wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

Chen Wuyang stuffed a wooden stick into it: "Bite, bite hard, I'll break your teeth! Want to commit suicide? What a beautiful thought!"

"You didn't leave, but you made your family leave."

"It means you are not leaving Daming, but you are waiting for the opportunity to bring your wife and children back."

"Then, if you haven't left the capital, where will you be?"

"Let me do the math!"

Chen Wuyang looked like he was asking for fortune telling.

Suddenly he swung his sword!

"Ah!" Wang Weizhou kept screaming.

Chen Wuyang's knife pierced his cheek, and then used the momentum to spread his face.

"Let's see how long he can last."

Chen Wuyang can tell fortunes with a knife.

This is a good breakthrough.

I'm afraid he won't run away.

The police officer brought several instruments of torture. As soon as they were loaded with a few instruments, Wang Weizhou couldn't help but said, "I said! I, the commander of the Wu Ping Guards, are envoys to the Wang family!"

"Whose family?" Xu Chengzong was startled.

His eldest sister married Wang Xi, the commander of Wupingwei.

"Wu Pingwei, command the envoy!"

His sister was not affected by this incident. Wang Xi was still serving in the Nanjing garrison.

Because Wang Xi was good at water fighting, he was saved by Li Zhen.

This is broken!

Involving Wu Xun's family would turn the world upside down.

Chen Wuyang also felt that something was wrong and immediately sent people to the palace to report to the emperor.

Zhu Qiyu was having a happy chat with Hu Hui.

"Wang Xi."

Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes: "We have just checked, and we have found a problem. We sent someone to arrest Wang Xi and let Li Zhen go for trial!"

Wang Xi is still on the normal range.

Suddenly the emperor's order came. When Wang Xi was arrested, his whole face was confused and he shouted that he was wronged.

What was even more unjust was Li Zhen. As soon as he came out of the palace, he was brought in for trial. He was even more confused.

Chen Wuyang suddenly interrogated Wang Xi.

"How dare my family take in any of the Wang family!"

Wang Xi couldn't stop crying: "I married the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wei. The Duke of Wei lost his power and humiliated the country. He took away the title and was accused of crimes. I was not implicated. God's grace is already so great. How dare I take in anyone!"

Chen Wuyang asked Wang Weizhou to confront him.

"You, Wang Xi, have received 2 taels of silver from my family, do you still want to cheat?" Wang Weizhou's mouth was broken and his words were slurred.

"That silver is enough to open the city gate!"

Wang Xi spilled the beans.

Wang Weizhou looked at Chen Wuyang and smiled: "He opened the city gate for his family. Now my family is hiding in his village."

Li Zhen, who was hearing the trial, strode over: "You don't know about the martial law in the capital? You opened the corner gate and let people out of the city for 2 taels of silver?"

"Sir, I have no choice but to lower my rank!"

Snapped!
Li Zhen slapped himself hard: "This guard made a mistake!"

"You, Wang Xi, have been implicated and should be left alone!"

"But I thought you had a talent for water warfare, so I petitioned the center to give you a guarantee. Is this how you repay me?"

Wang Xi cried and said: "Master Guards, I can't help it. It's not for money. We are all related by marriage to the Duke of Wei. If I don't let him go, he will take advantage of me. I am also doing it for myself." Take care!"

No wonder the emperor didn't trust the soldiers in the garrison and asked Guo Deng to use border troops to guard the city.

As soon as I checked, I found something fishy.

"Why did his family run away?" Li Zhen asked.

"Jiangzuo League! His family is related to Jiangzuo League!" Wang Xi revealed the big news.

Half of the Jiangzuo League's affairs were investigated, but nothing was found.

Chen Wuyang's eyes were fixed: "Jiangzuo Alliance? Is Jiangzuo Alliance protected by the Xu family? No wonder it can't be found out! Drag Xu Chengzong in!"

Soon, Xu Chengzong was brought in.

"My family doesn't know anything about the Jiangzuo Alliance!"

"My home is the Duke's residence, how could there be any rebellion?"

"The most, the most I can do is smuggle salt and iron and go to sea to make some money..."

Bang!
Chen Wuyang gave him a kick: "What's the most? Your family is the Duke of the Ming Dynasty! There are only five Dukes of the Ming Dynasty, and your Xu family has two!"

"Your family doesn't set an example for the people in the world!"

"They are also smuggling salt and iron and doing business on the sea. Is your family trying to make money?"

"Okay, I'll put money in your eyes!"

"Bring me a copper!"

Chen Wuyang took a copper plate and tried to put it on his head, but Xu Chengzong's head was too big and his eyes were too small.

I could only grab his finger and push the little finger hard into the money eye. "Ahhh!" Xu Chengzong screamed: "It's broken, it's broken!"

"Fuck, why can't this useless hand get in!"

Chen Wuyang broke his fingers before inserting them in: "Stop fucking howling! It doesn't hurt, just howl! What's going on with the Jiangzuo Alliance?"

Broken your finger, try it!

Xu Chengzong only said he didn't know.

"Where is Wang Weizhou?"

clack.

Chen Wuyang threw the copper plate on the ground: "Xu Chengzong, go and put this on his finger. I'll see if he can move!"

"I don't know either. It's my brother Wang Weixian. Once we catch him, we'll know!" Wang Weizhou was dying.

"set!"

Chen Wuyang didn't care about that and was sentenced first.

Xu Chengzong didn't care about that, he grabbed his finger and stuffed it into the hole of the coin. His little finger was immediately broken.

"It hurts, don't do it!" Wang Weixian struggled hard.

In anger, Xu Chengzong broke one of the pestles and continued to poke his ring finger inside.

The ring finger is harder than the little finger and keeps getting stuck.

He simply broke it hard, and with a snap, his brother-in-law's fingers were broken.

"Xu Chengzong, you bastard!"

Wang Weixian screamed miserably.

Xu Chengzong still wants to break up.

Chen Wuyang stopped him: "Go on."

"I concentrate on studying and don't know what's going on outside. It's all done by my brother Wang Weixian." Wang Weizhou cried.

Chen Wuyang looked at Wang Xi: "You tell me."

Wang Xi looked horrified.

"His family was closely connected with the Jiangzuo League. They got a lot of ordnance from Beijing and sold it to the people, natives, and Japanese pirates."

It turns out that the rebellious natives and the Japanese pirates who harassed the border were all using the weapons produced by the Ming Dynasty to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Good deal.

"Weren't they sold to the Mongols, Jurchens, and Uliangha people in the north?" Chen Wuyang asked.

"Y-should sell it." Wang Xi replied.

"How much did you share?"

It's useless to pursue these issues now, let's focus on reality.

Finding the money is more important than anything else.

Wang Xi's expression changed: "My family doesn't have much money, just 10,000+ taels of silver. I can't even bear to exchange it for silver coins."

Chen Wuyang nodded: "I believe what you said is true."

"Your family has been arrested anyway."

"When the time comes, I will take someone to look for it. If I find an extra tael, I will stuff that tael into the stomachs of your family."

"Let's see how many people can be squeezed in!"

Chen Wuyang laughed.

Wang Xi's expression changed. Everyone in the world with the surname Wang must die!
"Sir, forgive me!"

"Who else?" Chen Wuyang asked.

Wang Xi gritted his teeth: "My brother-in-law's family is the commander of Kuling Pass, Xu Xin!"

Li Zhen's face turned paler, and Xu Xin was also someone he valued.

"Continue." Chen Wuyang wants to break the whole Jiangnan sky. This is the emperor's order.

"Dongshan Guard Xiao Donglai, Jianping Guard Duan Changli, Yixing Guard Chen Zhao..."

Wang Xi spit out six names in one breath.

They are all from the Nanjing garrison.

Li Zhen's legs were weak and he actually wanted to commit suicide here. He was not mistaken, but simply blind!
There is no loyal minister among the honorable ministers from Jiangnan.

"What crime did they commit?" Chen Wuyang forgot to ask.

Wang Xi himself was confused: "Isn't this... what you asked me to say?"

Chen Wuyang lowered his gaze, wondering whether he should be stabbed below.

"They have all been involved in corruption! They also lied about military intelligence and killed good people for nothing!"

These sins do not lead to death.

Chen Wuyang didn't like it: "Think again."

Wang Xi looked at Wang Weizhou. He went to Jiangzuo Alliance to rely on...

However, these people were within his sphere of influence at most. Whether they had anything to do with the Jiangzuo Alliance or not, he couldn't say.

"The official suspects that they are all from the Jiangzuo Alliance!" Wang Xi risked everything in order to protect himself.

Chen Wuyang smiled with satisfaction: "Have his house ransacked, and then check the amount of money. If there is anything hidden, I will chop him up."

Li Zhen immediately went to the palace to plead guilty.

His garrison is really a big sieve.

He should have eliminated these people and replaced them with his own people, but he, Li Zhen, did not have enough official positions and was too weak in the central government. Once he replaced people, he would be impeached for forming a party for personal gain and premeditating rebellion.

Zhu Qiyu could tell at a glance that the people Wang Xipan bit were not necessarily guilty.

"Arrest!"

If you want to investigate Jiangnan, you must first clear the army.

He has already issued an order to Chen You to mobilize three thousand cavalry to go south to defend the center.

As for the soldiers found in the garrison this time, they should be transferred to Jiaozhi.

On the first day after the emperor arrived in Nanjing, the commotion was astonishing.

The various forces on the sidelines were wondering, wondering where the emperor's confidence came from. He immediately organized the army when he arrived. Isn't he afraid of mutiny in the army?

Zhu Qiyu is really not afraid.

He brought 12 troops, all of whom were elites. Those who were good at fighting included Fan Guang, Mao Sheng, Guo Deng, Liu Pu, Li Jin, Li Zhen, Yang Xin, Ou Xin, Xiang Zhong, Liang Yue, etc.

With this lineup, who will rebel?

"The order was sent to Xiang Zhong and Liang Yue to patrol the Yangtze River estuary, clean up the Japanese pirates near the Yangtze River estuary, and go south to recover Zhoushan Island."

"Pass the message again to establish the Southeast Navy Commander's Office in Shanghai."

"All the generals in the Navy were handed over to Xiang Zhong and Liang Yue, and Guo Mao was transferred to the Navy Commander's Mansion."

The imperial edict was passed directly to the armies without passing through the cabinet.

Xiang Zhong and Liang Yue led their troops to sea.

The reason why Guo Mao was mentioned was that the emperor was protecting Guo Mao, and Guo Mao was very likely to get involved in this turmoil.

"Your Majesty, do you need to spend money again?" Feng Xiao felt heartbroken.

"What's the matter? I have hundreds of millions of taels of silver lying around. Why would I keep it if I don't spend it?" Zhu Qiyu has always been generous with his money.

The emperor is the knife that divides the cake. If the cake is divided fairly and beautifully, he will be the emperor for eternity.

"Your Majesty, I'm out of money." Feng Xiao smiled bitterly.

"Are you making me happy?" Zhu Qiyu frowned.

"Your Majesty, how much money have you given away this year?"

"Water Control Department, the budget is 500 million taels a year, this year you will spend 2000 million taels in one go!"

"Royal Commercial Bank, as soon as you established an industry, you changed hands and gave away various factories to others. You are losing money in this."

"In various academic palaces, as long as a minister comes to report, you will approve the money."

"Forget about the military expenditures of all the armies in the world. If you are in a good mood, you can form a large army and approve money and armaments. Wars are going on all over the country. It seems that the territory is being expanded, but the central government is losing money... I will do the math for you. Calculate how much money Gansu, Ningxia, Rehe, Liaoning, Jilin, North Korea, Jiaozhi, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Guangdong put in?"

"Last year we started to form a navy and build treasure ships. How much money did you spend?"

"There are also the Ordnance Bureau, the War Bureau, the Agriculture Bureau, the Commerce Bureau... they are all places where money is burned!"

"Okay, okay, I get it."

Zhu Qiyu didn't want to hear his grumbling: "How much money do you still have in your internal funds?"

Seeing that the emperor was impatient, Feng Xiao shut up angrily: "Go back to the emperor, there are still 700 taels of silver left."

"so little?"

Zhu Qiyu was shocked. He spent [-] million taels of silver?

Don’t forget, when he issued silver coins, he earned the price difference. Adding the price difference, it’s more than 3 million taels. Was it spent in one year?

However, at the beginning of Jingtai's eighth year, if he had had 700 taels, he would have jumped for joy, but now that he had added [-] taels, he felt that it was too little.

"Your Majesty, please save some flowers!"

"It doesn't matter, I have no money, let the gentry contribute." Zhu Qiyu was speechless. From the second half of the ninth year of Jingtai to now, he has really spent money like crazy.

Just say that in one year, more than 17 billion trees were planted in the north. Trees are not just planted with saplings, they need to be carefully maintained.

The maintenance cost in the city is not high, just use troops, but the maintenance cost in the suburbs and wasteland is high.

This money was all spent from internal funds.

Also, how many provinces did we exempt from taxes last year, benefiting nearly 3000 million people?

They also increased the military pay, food, etc., and the money flowed out as if it was free. How could it not be spent quickly?

"How much money can the Ministry of Household Affairs have?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.

"My servant estimates that it must be more than the internal money, which is only thirty to forty million taels."

"That's not much. If there is no profit this year, there will be nothing to spend next year."

Zhu Qiyu actually had a sense of urgency: "Send an order to Chen Wuyang to make money for me."

Feng Xiao rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, if you ask for money again this time, you can't spend it like this. It will be gone in the future."

"Didn't Ye Sheng say that? There are silver mines in Boni and Mancajia, and there are gold mines in Luzon. As long as we send people to knock them down, we can mine them."

Zhu Qiyu didn't care, Jiangxi demanded more than 2 million taels, Jiangnan couldn't let me down.

Chen Wuyang arrested military officials on a large scale.

Trial one by one, check one by one.

Wang Weizhou's family captured a group of them, but Wang Weixian disappeared with one of his sons, and Chen Wuyang is being arrested.

Early December of the [-]th year of Jingtai.

Gao Zongben led the Siamese navy and a mighty merchant ship to Guangzhou.

What makes Xiyi merchants dumbfounded is that Ming Dynasty can completely rob it, but when they get to Guangzhou, they really pay.

Gao Zongben also invited Xiyi merchants to meet the emperor, but as a result, the Xiyi merchants did not dare to go ashore.

Take the money and run away.

Gao Zongben told them that Ming Dynasty was willing to continue trading with them.

Once ashore, the memorial was immediately transmitted to the center.

All these secret music were introduced to Nanjing.

The sixth day of December.

Zhu Qiyu received Gao Zongben's report and replied first, and then invited Hu Hui, Ye Sheng and others to discuss the matter.

"The seeds of ship 1743!"

"Due to accidents, 47 ships were burned, 11 ships were sunk, 179 ships were damaged by moisture, and 17 ships were defrauded by Western merchants."

"Pity."

Zhu Qiyu said: "But these seeds should be enough for Ming Dynasty to plant, right?"

As the secret message came, a batch of seeds was presented.

Zhu Qiyu compared it and found that it was the same as before, both corn seeds.

"Your Majesty, I think we should plant it in the wasteland in the south first."

Hu Hui was the first to speak: "The south can have two crops a year, which is conducive to harvesting. Collect more seeds and plant them in the north next year."

Ye Sheng had a different opinion: "Now Rehe, Gansu, and Ningxia are crying for food and are short of seeds. They should be transported to these places first and planted first in the north."

"Didn't Gao Zong say that? We have reached an agreement with the Yi people, and they will sell us seeds next year."

Rehe, Gansu, and Ningxia all rely on water transportation.

They are all supported by internal funds.

"What you both said makes sense. In this way, 1200 ships will be allocated to the three northern provinces for planting, and the rest will be distributed to the southern provinces, especially Guizhou."

In Guizhou, Tao Cheng has already defeated Zhenyuan Prefecture, and Xiang Wenyao has defeated Liping Prefecture.

Now taking a rest.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Hu Hui asked again: "Can Jiaozhi share a boat?"

"It doesn't matter for now."

Zhu Qiyu was on guard against other countries such as Siam, but he didn't know that they were not hungry at all and looked down upon corn on the cob.

"Plant it first in Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou. These places have a lot of open space."

"Xu Jue said that corn damages the land, so we should pay attention to planting rotation. Plant corn for several years, and then plant wheat or beans for one year."

"By the way, Dong Ci gave me a secret message, saying that there is not enough folk oil and sugar, and there is not enough sugar."

There is not enough land to grow sugar beets and sugar cane.

Beets can be planted and mature in five to six months. The beets can be used to make sugar.

But it was obvious that the cane sugar was top quality, and the beets had a flavor.

Sugar cane takes seven months to mature in the south.

There are too few places where sugarcane can be grown. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty mostly cultivates sugar cane in Sichuan, because Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangxi are not the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

How long has it been since Zhu Qiyu took it back? Of course he must give priority to growing food.

"This candy is a good thing."

“People like it and all walks of life need it.”

"I think we can drive businessmen to plant sugar cane in Qiongzhou Prefecture, move a group of Ming people there, and capture some natives to plant it."

Zhu Qiyu said: "After all, there are few people in Qiongzhou Prefecture, so we can't eat so much. It's just right for growing sugar cane."

"I think it's okay, veteran minister."

Even after Guangdong and Guangxi have been developed, it is no worse than Qiongzhou.

Are discussing.

A eunuch hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, there is a rebellion at Kuling Pass!"

After the Ming Dynasty established its capital in Nanjing, it built a fortress in southern Zhili as a defense line for the capital.

However, that was a matter of the Hongwu Dynasty. By now, all the passes have long been abolished, and even several passes were demolished by the central government's decree.

"Kiling Pass, who is the commander?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao.

"Going back to your Majesty, this is Xu Xin, Wang Xi's in-laws."

"That would be interesting."

Zhu Qiyu laughed: "Assign Yang Xin to suppress the rebellion."

"There are really a few bloody men. The guardsmen dare to rebel. Jiangnan is really evil."

"Your Majesty, please be careful." Hu Hui advised.

But Zhu Qiyu really didn't take it seriously.

When Yang Xin went, it was a matter of convenience.

Kuling Pass is the junction of South Zhili and Zhejiang, adjacent to Huzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang.

Xu Xin rebelled, and Li Zhen went to the palace to plead guilty.

"Li Zhen, who else do you think will rebel?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

How do I know?
Li Zhen is really crazy. The guards in Nanzhili have been rectified once. If they had not been rectified, they would all have rebelled.

He was afraid of what the emperor would do.

I am really afraid that if something unexpected happens to the emperor and a new emperor ascends the throne, a die-hard emperor like him will be put on the bench.

"I have assigned you to go to Jiaozhi to guard Jiaozhi. Do you dare to go?"

Li Zhen was stunned. What the emperor dared to say was whether his subordinates would mutiny.

"Your Majesty, in the past, I thought that there would be no mutiny, but I can't say for sure now." Li Zhen was also trembling.

"Go down below to hear the wind and listen to what the military is saying."

Zhu Qiyu sent Li Zhen away, and suddenly his face became sharp: "Under my nose, they dare to rebel?"

"Jin Zhong!"

"After the rebellion is suppressed, all guardsmen will be investigated by me!"

Jin Zhong appeared out of nowhere and knelt on the ground: "I obey your order!"

Xu Xin of Kuling Pass rebelled, and Zhou Wengxin of Huanghua Pass in Ningguo Mansion also rebelled.

Suddenly, there was a hint of war.

Fan Guang entered the palace at night.

"What do you think?" Zhu Qiyu asked Fan Guang.

"Your Majesty, these people are afraid, so they are threatening you with mutiny." Fan Guang didn't take it to heart.

After the soldiers from various garrison stations in Southern Zhili were transferred, there were only 800 soldiers, and there was no chance of a rebellion.

Fan Guang is taking over all the passes in southern Zhili.

The Beijing camp will be stationed in these passes to defend Nanjing. This kind of small chaos will not cause chaos.

As a result, the battle report of Yang Xin's first battle came.

Yang Xin lost!

At the same time, the salt workers in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province rebelled and attacked the town, creating a spectacular scene.

Chuzhou Daqiangguan responded to the rebellion, and Sizhou and Xuyiwei stations rebelled.

The iron miners at the iron factory in Anqing Prefecture rebelled.

Tongling miners rebelled.

There was a strike in the Jiangdu Canal Caoding, the river was congested, and water transportation to Beijing was forced to stop.

All of a sudden, there was smoke everywhere.

The places we visited were so far apart that it was impossible to concentrate on suppressing them.

Hu Xi immediately entered the palace and paid homage to the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't fall for the trick of luring a tiger away from the mountain!"

"This is to transfer your guards, leaving you empty and giving them an opportunity!"

"Please mobilize local troops to quell the rebellion."

This is just the beginning.

The appetizers weren't even that good.

Zhu Qiyu said in a contemptuous tone: "The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are quite fierce and do not want to be tamed by me, the emperor!"

"Huh, I'm used to being a local emperor, I don't know what my last name is in this world!"

"They want to divide my bodyguards."

"That's what they want."

"Assist Li Zhen to lead the troops of the Southern Zhili garrison and go out to quell the rebellion!"

Zhu Qiyu actually wanted to transfer the soldiers of the Nanjing garrison to Jiaozhi and not come back.

However, Li Zhen went to test it out, but he was unwilling to leave his hometown.

He, the emperor, couldn't even mobilize his own troops.

Hu Xi breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor was using his own spear to attack his own shield, but these Jiangnan soldiers were probably useless.

He knew who was standing behind these Jiangnan soldiers.

In fact, this is a test of the emperor's level.

The rebellion must be extinguished immediately while it is still small.

If it is allowed to grow, the local gentry will see the emperor's weak side, and the emperor will have no choice but to return to Beijing in despair.

However, if the guards could be dispatched to quickly quell the rebellion, the emperor would be left empty.

Hu Xi also wanted to see what other trump cards the emperor had.

The emperor never panicked, which showed that he had the confidence in his heart. Since he decided to tour the south, he would not come with any force. There must be something hidden that would shock the world.

Zhu Qiyu is also considering it.

Li Zhen's army probably doesn't belong to him anymore.

Being sent out is just a pretense.

He must be transferred to Jiaozhi to avoid staying in Nanjing and causing trouble for him.

As for the wolf soldiers in Ou Xin's hands, they are married to Jiangnan women and have been Chinese for three years. Will they be infiltrated?
Without considering these, he only has 12 troops available.

Twenty thousand navy troops were taken away by Xiang Zhong and Liang Yue.

"Bring the map!"

Zhu Qiyu glanced at Hu Hui. If you want to see how I arrange my troops, then have a look.

"Have you not lost the Great Victory Pass yet?"

"Deploy 2000 people and settle in Dasheng Pass."

"Deploy another 2000 people to guard Moling Pass."

"Tune Ou Xin and lead an army of five thousand to guard Zhenjiang Mansion. No movement is allowed without my decree. Any mutiny or rebellion will be killed immediately! No need to report it!"

"Tune Yu Mian and lead an army of five thousand to guard Jiangdu and guard the northeast direction of the capital for me."

"What's the right move? Lead an army of two thousand to guard Liuhe and the north gate of Nanjing."

"Tune He Qiaoxin and lead two thousand troops to defend Jurong; transfer Peng Shao and lead two thousand troops to defend Chunhua; transfer Qiu Jun and lead two thousand troops to defend Lishui."

"Tune Ye Sheng and lead an army of five thousand to guard Taiping Mansion."

"Send 3000 more people to Yang Xin to defend Guangde Mansion after extinguishing the rebellion."

"Tiaomao won and led an army of five thousand to defend Ningguo Mansion."

"Assist Liu Pu and lead an army of three thousand to defend Suzhou Prefecture."

"Assist Li Jin to lead an army of three thousand to guard Changzhou Prefecture."

"Move Wang Cheng eastward and defend Wuwei Prefecture."

"Transfer Li to the east and guard Xuyi and Sizhou."

"Fan Guang is responsible for guarding the city of Nanjing, and dispatches Guo to the palace to escort him."

"The local armies will be locked up in their barracks, their weapons and equipment will be recovered, and their food will be provided. They will not be allowed to leave the barracks. If you disobey orders, you will be beheaded!"

Zhu Qiyu made some arrangements and mobilized 5 people to defend the city.

Hu Hui was wondering, is this operation using defense as offense?

Or is there another hole card?

Zhu Qiyu smiled suddenly: "Old Master, Old Master, I really can't hide anything from you. I have already issued an order to Chen You, Wang Yue and Fang Ying, and their troops are on the way."

"But water from afar can't quench our thirst." Hu Hui looked at the emperor.

"Hahaha, Gao Zongben is going to Beijing soon, right?"

(End of this chapter)