Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 319 Go to the underworld and ask if the rules of the Lord of Hell can be changed?

"Safe."

"I can't give it."

Zhu Qiyu directly refused: "Old Master, the Jiangnan gentry have been dispersed by me, and they are not qualified to ask me for these unrealistic things."

Hu Xi's face stiffened slightly: "Your Majesty, you are in the south of the Yangtze River after all. This city of Nanjing has been run by them for hundreds of years..."

"And what you have to do has already been done."

"Disband the salt merchants to benefit the middle-level small landowners, eliminate the Japanese pirates, and open up the sea according to the trend, and it is complete."

"Why put yourself in danger?"

"Even if you are dissatisfied and return to the capital, you can send important ministers to plow the land again. If you are still dissatisfied, you can kill all the people in Jiangnan, so why risk your life!"

It's so difficult for me to kill people here.

If I leave, who dares to kill? Can it be killed?

"If they force me, I will divide the land again." Zhu Qiyu smiled ferociously.

Pfft!

Hu Xi knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, land is the foundation of the gentry. If you want to divide the land, you must return to Beijing!"

"Old Master, don't scare me."

"The Jiangnan gentry has only infiltrated the military and the inner palace at most."

"How did you know that I have no cards to play with?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Without your guidance, how would they know my weaknesses?"

"How do they know that immigration is only the first step in my plan to break up the Jiangnan gentry?"

"Ha ha."

"Old Master, don't think too much of these people and think too little of me."

"If you want to talk to me, you have to follow my ideas!"

"The Ming Dynasty belongs to me, and I have the final say."

Hu Bi didn't know about the military deployment, so he didn't know how many trump cards the emperor had hidden. He just heard that the third son of the emperor was ill, and the emperor invited Lama Wushuang to Nanjing to pray for blessings.

Counting the days, the lama should be arriving in Nanjing soon.

The lama was escorted by Buddhist soldiers and soldiers from the Sichuan Appeasement Department. These people had not been infiltrated by Jiangnan. If Your Majesty transferred these people to the palace in rotation, the Jiangnan gentry would be useless.

Also, the emperor set out from Beijing, first went to Shandong, and then met with officials in Henan.

Shu Liang secretly trained a forward selection camp in Shanxi, so there was no guarantee that the emperor had no other trump cards.

"Your Majesty, please tell me."

Zhu Qiyu curled his lips. His biggest trump card was mystery.

No one knew his arrangement.

Just like the curse he set on Yu Qian after he left Beijing, he was still in Nanjing, but he controlled the affairs of the court.

The bottom line is that confidentiality is done well.

"First, increase the intensity of immigration. I want to move [-] million people from Jiangnan to open up Jiaozhi."

"Second, help me conquer the Japanese pirates, clean up the coast, and help me open up the sea."

"Third, I can not move the land, but I have to count the remaining people of each family and hand them over to each family's armed forces."

Hu Hui raised his eyebrows.

The Jiangnan gentry was unable to resist the immigration matter.

If the emperor is really pressed for help, he can emigrate regardless of the consequences, and just throw them out of Jiangnan regardless of life or death.

This is non-negotiable.

Article [-]: Counting the population is not important to the emperor either.

What the emperor wanted was to control the Japanese pirates and clean up the southeastern coast.

However, this is the root of the Jiangnan gentry.

After the Jiangnan gentry was purged by the emperor, there were not many who had real power. Those who had real power either had people in the court or had troops overseas.

The emperor's measurement of land offended all the Jiangnan gentry, but the confiscation of property and forced immigration had offended the Jiangnan gentry so much that it no longer mattered whether the land was divided or not.

It is precisely the Japanese pirates who are the last trump card in the hands of the gentry.

The emperor wanted to get it once and for all, so he wanted to talk.

This isn't talk, it's blackmail.

"Your Majesty, the first and third items, the veteran minister, can agree on behalf of the Jiangnan gentry."

"But Erjo, I don't think they will agree."

Hu Xi smiled bitterly: "That is their lifeblood."

"They threaten me with my safety, shouldn't I take away their lifeblood?"

Zhu Qiyu asked back: "Everyone in the world is blackmailing the emperor like this. What does it mean for me to be the emperor? Huh?"

"Why did Taizu establish the Ming Dynasty?"

"Isn't it just to let the children and grandchildren of the Zhu family be the masters of this land? How can it be that evil slaves are bullying their masters now?"

He sneered suddenly: "It will be October soon, and the rainy season in Cochin is about to end."

"If I am pushed too hard, I will remove all the people from Jiangnan in one breath. No matter life or death, who dares to do anything to me?"

"Even if ten million people die, I can still bear it."

"Your Majesty, your safety is more important now!" Hu Xi was anxious.

He is the middleman, mainly mediating conflicts.

"Old Master, go to the inner palace and ask which eunuch dares to kill the king?"

"Go to the army and ask them how much money they would have to pay to commit regicide?"

"Don't be joking. I'm not too kind to them. How have I ever lacked rewards? Think about it, what kind of life did they live before? What kind of life are they living now?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "I won't hide it from you. In less than three days, a large army will enter Nanjing."

"Who can bargain with me?"

"I will summon Fan Guang in now. Ask Fan Guang, what will happen to him if I die?"

"Ask Yu Qian, what would have happened to him without me? You, old lady! What would have happened to you, father and son? What would have happened to Concubine Hu?"

"Which general in the army was not promoted by me?"

"Which official in the court is not my confidant?"

"Which official in the government, the public, and the military has not benefited from me?"

"Before my death, I issued an imperial edict to slaughter all the people in Jiangnan, and the prince ascended the throne. Do you think he will do it?"

This is Zhu Qiyu’s confidence.

Having said this, Zhu Qiyu softened his tone: "Old Master, they are not qualified to bargain with me."

"Either hand over the overseas Japanese pirate forces happily;"

"Or, wait until daybreak and send Fan Guang out of the capital to strangle everyone!"

Zhu Qiyu stopped talking.

Hu Xi shot herself in the foot.

The emperor lifts the table, but no one can do anything about it. The emperor doesn't even want his great power, so who wouldn't be afraid?

Don't ask others, just ask the army. Who in the army is not grateful to the emperor? How much is military pay now? How easy is it to get promoted in the military? Whose family didn’t receive land?

Once the emperor lifts the table, let's see whose side the military's morale is on!

But this is obviously a waste of time.

As for the negotiation, negotiation, negotiation, hello, me, hello, everyone, that’s the negotiation.

You flip tables at every turn, and kill people at every turn. Why are you so playful?

This is not a negotiation, but an overseas force taking the opportunity to blackmail others!

If you want to kill Emperor Jingtai, there is only one way.

Bribing palace officials or imperial doctors to assassinate the emperor.

But the problem is that the palace people are willing to pay and let them kill the king. Why would anyone do it?

Buy the army, let them treat the immigrants with dignity, let them kill the king, what will anyone do?

No!

Who doesn’t have a family to take care of? Who is willing to take the risk of killing the nine tribes to do this? We are not desperadoes, but we are all from the upper class of society. Who is crazy?

The emperor is indeed dangerous, but as long as the emperor lives, he is the emperor! Countless people would be willing to die for him.

Even if someone in the palace is willing to kill the emperor, they have to do it when the emperor is not prepared.

Looking at Zhu Qiyu again, I wish I could hide in the cracks in the ground. He doesn't play or make trouble, and just shrinks in the palace to read memorials. Can you kill such an emperor?

Moreover, the emperor has been kind to them for more than ten years, and the palace people also have good intentions. They know who treats them well. Where can they find such a kind and good master?

As Zhu Qiyu said, after he survives three days, a large army will enter Nanjing. By then there will be no more talks, just mobilize the army to massacre.

"Old Master, if you can't make the decision, go and call the person who can make the decision into the palace. I'll talk to him."

Zhu Qiyu stood up: "The Ming Dynasty was brought down by Emperor Taizu with one blow and one shot, not by Yang Jian and Zhao Kuangyin who bullied orphans and widowed mothers!"

"The lords of the Ming Dynasty are all my domestic slaves. Without the Ming Dynasty, how could they be rich and noble?"

"How many of you civil servants, who have been favored by the country in this life, have a long head and a bone in their bones?"

"You want to use flies to protect dogs from dogs, and be stubborn and righteous? Where can the laws of nature exist?"

Hu Hui knew that the emperor was not talking to him at all.

Instead, he would capture and kill the leader of the Jiangnan gentry to frighten the Jiangnan gentry, and directly tell everyone in the most iron-blooded way that they must play according to my rules.

The emperor never thought of taking a step back.

He wants hard steel Jiangnan gentry!

Use the blazing imperial power to smash the Jiangnan gentry with one punch.

Let the world see what imperial power is!

"His Majesty……"

"go with!"

Zhu Qiyu said sternly: "Let Fan Guang go with you. Let me see whether I have the final say in Nanjing or those bedbugs in the gutter!"

Hu Xi closed her eyes.

Although the emperor chose to keep him, he had drifted away from the emperor.

He walked out of the palace with heavy steps, and Fan Guang was waiting for him at the entrance of the palace. Obviously, the emperor had been unwise long ago.

"Old Master, why are you doing this?" Fan Guang respected Hu Hui very much.

Hu Xi glanced at him: "Let's go."

And in the palace.

Ye Sheng knelt on the ground and tried to persuade the emperor.

"Does Ye Qing also think that I am dangerous?"

"It's very dangerous, very dangerous! The son of a rich man cannot sit down in court! Your Majesty, you are responsible for hundreds of millions of people, and the hope of the world depends on you!"

Ye Sheng kowtowed hard: "You can't continue willfully!"

"If you want to kill people, you can. Even if you kill all the people in Jiangnan, it doesn't matter!"

"But you can't be in Nanjing. Nanjing is a place of right and wrong. If a traitor takes the risk, you will be in danger!"

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I understand Ye Qing's worries, but this is not the best opportunity."

"Your Majesty, no matter how many opportunities there are, your safety is the top priority!"

Ye Sheng said: "Even Zhou Xuan can see clearly, why can't you see clearly!"

"This thin horse case involves salt merchants, gentry, and even officials of the court. It is complicated."

"But the reason for the outbreak is that you cleared Jiangnan, and the cases caused were dog-eat-dog fights between each other to attract your attention and relieve the pressure on themselves."

"Your Majesty, even if you don't leave Nanjing, you should mobilize the Northern Army southward."

"Winter is coming soon. Why are there so many garrison troops in Rehe? Send them south, as well as the Liaoning Army, and send [-] troops south. Then deal with these people who threaten you!"

"With two hundred thousand troops at your side, who dares to hurt you?"

"Just like you forced to immigrate the Jiangnan gentry, if you do it again, who dares to say no?"

Ye Sheng said excitedly: "You just have to be patient for now. For a month at most, you can kill whoever you want!"

The question is, will the Jiangnan gentry give the emperor a month?

After three days, the emperor will be safe.

Wushen's Buddhist soldiers arrived, the Korean army from Shandong also arrived, and the Hubei army also arrived.

The Jiangnan gentry will take advantage of these three days to launch a final counterattack.

"According to your wishes, how should we spend this month?"

"Xuu and Wei Snake, I am willing to come forward, negotiate with them, agree to all their conditions, and when the army arrives, I will kill everyone! Kill the nine tribes!"

Ye Sheng said harshly: "I am willing to appease them and ensure that they are satisfied."

He was furious. Since ancient times, he had never heard of people daring to threaten the emperor's life and death. Are they gentry? This is the door valve!

What's more, Ye Sheng's wealth depends on the emperor.

After Zhu Qiyu's four years of management, the entire court was full of his people. No one wanted the emperor to die because wealth and wealth were concerned.

Therefore, in this matter, the government and the public must work together to protect His Majesty.

"The situation is not as bad as Ye Qing thought."

Zhu Qiyu laughed: "Look, there are loyal ministers like you in the court, no one can threaten me."

"Your Majesty, you must be on guard." Ye Sheng kowtowed heavily.

Feng Xiao also knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, you must be on guard. Why not ask Eunuch Jin to return to the palace and tidy up the inner palace."

Originally, the eunuch shouldn't have spoken on such an occasion.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "What are you doing in the inner palace? If you hear the wind, you will be like rain. The palace people are very loyal to me. If you hear the slightest rumor, you will torture them, which is the way to die."

At this time, it is better to be still than to move.

The palace people collect money, just take it, they don't know how to do things, so who has been kind to them these years, don't you have a clue in your heart?

If they were to investigate at this time, they would be forced to kill the emperor.

As long as Zhu Qiyu does nothing, the palace people will be loyal.

"My servant was upset and made a mistake. Please forgive me." Feng Xiao was anxious. His wealth and honor rested with the emperor.

"It's okay, tell the palace that I trust them and just accept some money. You would be a fool not to accept such a good thing."

Zhu Qiyu wanted to reassure the people in the harem and let them know that the emperor would not renege on the past, but would still trust them as always.

Trust is sometimes very important.

"Ye Qing, get up, it's okay."

Zhu Qiyu looks very relaxed on the surface and has pearls of wisdom in his hands.

But I also felt a cold sweat in my heart.

He is most afraid of death.

He would not do anything that might endanger his life. In order to live longer, he exercised every day, took medicated diets, and restrained his desires. He lived like a fifty-year-old at thirty, and he was very old.

Now that your life is threatened, it would be a lie to say you are not afraid.

"Your Majesty, please don't take it seriously. Things in the world are not urgent." Ye Sheng advised again.

Send Ye Sheng away.

Feng Xiao persuaded him again. On the way back to Qianqing Palace, Feng Xiao persuaded him all the way.

"I'll be annoyed if you don't bother me." Zhu Qiyu walked into the Qianqing Palace, but Tan Yunxian knelt on the ground to greet him.

"You're pregnant, don't salute." Zhu Qiyu helped her up.

"My concubine has given birth to a child, so she is no longer so delicate."

Tan Yunxian stood up following the emperor's hand: "I heard that you got up early in the night and felt that something big happened in the palace, so I sent someone over to have a look. I found that you were not in Qianqing Palace, so I came over."

"What did you hear?"

Zhu Qiyu was sitting on the throne and was about to drink tea.

Tan Yunxian said: "Tea is refreshing and refreshing. You are about to fall asleep. It is not easy to drink tea. Eunuch Feng, go and change it to warm water."

Zhu Qiyu didn't want to drink warm water, it didn't taste good.

"There are rumors of hauntings in this palace. It is said that Your Majesty has killed too much, and ghosts will attach themselves to those with weak firepower..." Tan Yunxian's voice became weaker and weaker.

Children have weak firepower, so she should be given birth in Nanjing.

Of course I was worried.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at Feng Xiao.

"I'll take care of it now, my slave." Feng Xiao ordered the palace to forbid the spread of rumors.

"What ghosts say cannot be true."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Concubine Tan, don't worry about this. I am the emperor and have the most firepower. Just stay by my side."

The Jiangnan gentry are really all-pervasive.

"Your Majesty, I have received news from the queen's sister that Song'er is ill. I and I would like to invite a monk to the palace to perform a ritual for Song'er."

Tan Yunxian didn't dare to say it.

Since ancient times, medicine, Buddhism and Buddhism have not been separated. Tan Yunxian believes in Buddhism.

But after serving the emperor for a long time, she found that the emperor believed in nothing. She could restrain her faith and endure it, but her son was sick, so she became worried and wanted to ask Buddha to protect her son.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at her, what's the use of doing this? Are those monks healers?

The inner palace is already in chaos, and the concubine cannot be allowed to be in chaos again.

"The great lama of Wushen will be in Beijing soon. Just ask him to pray for Song'er." Zhu Qiyu considered more political factors.

The Great Lama Wushen would definitely be happy to have contact with the imperial palace, and Zhu Qiyu also wanted to use Buddhist soldiers to gather a group of Buddhist soldiers and let them guard Nanjing.

They will not be put back in the future, they will be thrown into the battlefield to be consumed.

After years of conscription, some Han soldiers were sent to garrison.

In this way, Wushen will not be able to escape from the palm of his hand.

"Your Majesty, Huang Jiao and Buddhism are not the same..."

Tan Yunxian said cautiously: "I think it would be better to invite a Buddhist monk."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes shrank, Tan Yunxian didn't trust Empress Tang either, she was really worried about her son's illness.

"It's up to you. The queen is about to give birth, so let Concubine Bai take care of the legal matters."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tan Yunxian's face showed joy: "Can you ask your Majesty's permission? I want to donate to a temple. I will pay for it myself without having to use internal funds."

Zhu Qiyu frowned, it was not a good thing to promote Buddhism.

"Concubine Tan, there are wars going on at the border, and immigration is going on in the south of the Yangtze River. A huge amount of money is spent every day. No matter how much money you have, it will never be enough."

"The palace is a role model for the world. What do you think if you donate a temple to help the people in the world who have no enough food to eat? Their king and father don't care about their life or death. Isn't it chilling?"

Zhu Qiyu's tone was not kind.

Tan Yunxian was about to kneel down and plead guilty. Zhu Qiyu held her down and said, "I know how much you love your son. Songer is also my son. I am also worried about him when he is sick."

"It's better to let the great lama give Songer the initiation, and he won't get sick."

This is pure nonsense. The emperor would do anything to win over the Yellow Sect.

Tan Yunxian felt a little chilled.

She doesn’t believe in yellow religion, she believes in Buddhism, but the emperor never leaves the great lama. The two religions are in conflict, don’t you know?

She was silent.

Zhu Qiyu had a headache: "If you don't want to, just let it go. When the funds are ample, I will donate money to donate a temple to Song'er, okay?"

Life has to go on, and cold violence against women is cold violence against oneself, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"I thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Tan Yunxian's face showed joy.

"Leave the donation to the temple to me, please take care of yourself."

Zhu Qiyu looked at her belly: "Another boy? I have more than a dozen boys, but I don't have a princess."

Tan Yunxian was slightly stunned. It was the first time he heard that he had too many sons.

"I'm just kidding, you should take good care of it. This baby will probably be delivered in Nanjing. All preparations have been made. You can just take care of it with peace of mind."

Zhu Qiyu gave some instructions and Tan Yunxian bowed and then left.

"Feng Xiao, are there many Buddhists in the palace?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Feng Xiao was startled and immediately knelt on the ground: "I don't believe it now, I don't believe it anymore."

"You also believe in Buddhism?" Zhu Qiyu was surprised.

"A slave has no roots and has no hope in this life, so he just wants to cultivate the next life."

Many eunuchs believe in Buddhism.

In the past, there were many palace ladies, but now most of the palace ladies are the daughters of high-ranking officials. There are fewer believers, but there are many believers.

Kind of troublesome.

In places like Cambodia, Siam, and Laos, there are particularly many people who believe in Buddhism. Almost all the people believe in Buddhism. There are also many people in Annam who believe in Buddhism.

"It's okay, I'll just ask. If you like, believe it."

Zhu Qiyu said: "When the Shendu envoy comes back, he will bring everything about Shendu Buddhism back to the Ming Dynasty. Several temples will be donated to the palace to enshrine these sacred objects, and the donation will be made in the name of the prince."

Feng Xiao jumped for joy: "Your Majesty, you have great merits."

Faith is still powerful.

Zhu Qiyu was helpless. Fortunately, Buddhism supported the emperor's rule, otherwise he would have been in trouble.

I have to pass on the message to Jiaozhi, remember to protect the Buddhist temple and don't cause trouble when the time comes.

And in Yangzhou.

Chen Wuyang was sitting on top of the county government office, while Xiong Zan, the magistrate of Jiangdu, stood under the steps with fire in his eyes.

"I'm just asking you, did you know that the baby girl was picked away?" Chen Wuyang shouted. “This county doesn’t know!”

"Then what do you, the county magistrate, do for a living?"

Chen Wuyang asked back: "I don't believe that so many children disappeared in the nursing home. The nursing home has no files? You don't look at it at all?"

Xiong Zan's eyes shone sharply: "You can check the memorials submitted to the Chief Secretary by this county. After several submissions, the Chief Secretary has not allocated food."

"If there is no food, the almshouse will not accept babies. How can we accept them?"

"Even if these baby girls are stolen, it has nothing to do with this county!"

Chen Wuyang sneered: "You are so embarrassed to push it clean, right?"

"You can check the records, they are all filed!"

"Can't find it, it's not recorded on it."

"Then it proves that there is no such thing. The reselling of baby girls has nothing to do with the nursing home!" Xiong Zan tried his best to clarify himself.

"How many bribes were collected?"

Chen Wuyang suddenly asked: "Hu Sangui has already been recruited, how long do you have to hold on? Xiong Zan, orthodox Jinshi for thirteen years."

However, Xiong Zan's face was calm: "Do you believe him when he confesses? If he bites him casually, will you arrest all the officials in prison and beat them into submission?"

"If you all know that this is how the prison handles cases, then yes, please arrest me and see if my bones are stronger or you all know that the prison's torture instruments are stronger!"

He actually stretched out his hand and asked Chen Wuyang to take him away.

Chen Wuyang couldn't handle this.

All the people he met were soft persimmons, and this was the first time he saw hard bones.

"Brother Xiong, don't say that." Chen Wuyang hooked his neck.

Xiong Zan pushed him away: "Don't have any relationships."

"This county will say it again, this county does not know about the nursing home."

"Even though there is another crime of oversight, the county has absolutely no involvement."

"You can investigate as you like, and you can interrogate this county as you like. If evidence of guilt is found, this county is willing to dismember the body with five horses, and the whole family will be dismembered by five horses!"

Xiong Zan is really cruel.

Chen Wuyang is a bit tricky. This kind of person is either stubborn and stubborn, or he hides too deeply.

It looks like he really didn't participate.

But Hu Sangui did confess to Xiong Zan.

"This county is indeed an orthodox Jinshi for thirteen years."

"It has been twelve years of wasted time in the position of county magistrate."

"It's because this county has strong bones."

"If he had been softer, he would not be a frustrated magistrate today."

Xiong Zan stood with his arms akimbo. Although he was standing under the court, Chen Wuyang, who was sitting in the county seat, looked like a clown.

Chen Wuyang was good at assessing situations. He stood up and saluted and said, "Xiong County Magistrate, that Hu Sangui confessed to you, accepted the bribe from Lu Rensheng of this county, and allowed him to engage in human trafficking."

"Bullshit!"

Xiong Zan shouted: "If this county is willing to accept money, how can we waste twelve years as the county magistrate? This is just a slander!"

"But this county knows about Lu Rensheng you are talking about."

"He is a wealthy businessman from Taizhou. He is good at making friends with people in the government. He also has a reputation as a good person among the people, but he is a private salt dealer."

"In the sixth year of Jingtai, he came to Jiangdu to do business. The county arrested him and he was recommended that night. The official was helpless to do anything about him."

"It's not surprising that people are now engaging in human trafficking."

Xiong Zan is indeed a tough guy.

Chen Wuyang knew that Lu Rensheng had a backer in the palace. He first attached himself to Xing'an and then to Zhang Yong, so he was very popular in Jiangsu.

Xiong Zan dared to arrest him, which offended Xing'an and Zhang Yong. No wonder he couldn't be promoted.

"Mr. Xiong, please don't be surprised." Chen Wuyang walked down and stood under Xiong Zan and saluted.

If it is confirmed that Xiong Zan was not involved in this case, the emperor will definitely reuse this strong piece of evidence.

Xiong Zan snorted coldly: "Lu Rensheng has a backer in the palace. This county is afraid that you will not dare to investigate him."

"Mr. Xiong, why don't you make a bet? I'll catch Lu Rensheng and I'll interrogate you. Do you dare?" Chen Wuyang squinted his eyes and tested Xiong Zan.

"Why don't you dare!"

Xiong Zan snorted coldly.

Chen Wuyang led his people to Taizhou by boat.

Lead people to arrest Lu Rensheng.

But Lu Rensheng got wind of it first and ran away.

This didn't bother Chen Wuyang, so he didn't send anyone to arrest him. Instead, he arrested Lu Rensheng's family and threw them into Caishikou Lingchi.

Even the magistrate of Taizhou was frightened by the cruel practices of the governor and impeached the emperor.

Three days later, Lu Rensheng came out on his own.

"Who is hiding it?" Chen Wuyang asked him with a smile.

"Sir, we are a family!"

Lu Rensheng cried and said, "In the palace, I recognize Zhang Dajue, the eunuch of ceremonies, as my master. I am on the same front as your uncle."

"Everyone knows that the prisoner is ordered to clear away the moths. He doesn't know what a family is."

Chen Wuyang smiled and said, "Sorry, you Lu Rensheng is just a moth."

He pointed to the pavilion at the entrance of the vegetable market: "Should I say it here, or should I go to your house?"

"Just, there's no need to discuss it?" Lu Rensheng still had a glimmer of hope.

but.

It has been several days since the secret memorial was sent to the emperor, but the emperor has not replied and just let Chen Wuyang do it.

Chen Wuyang showed his white teeth: "What do you think?"

"We are from the same sect! Why do we have to kill them all? Aren't you afraid that Da Ju will turn against you?"

The money obtained by Lu Rensheng was provided to Zhang Yong on a regular basis.

Without this thread, Zhang Yong would have collected a lot less money, and would have been involved in the thin horse case. I am afraid that the job of the eunuch, the chief of etiquette, and the eunuch's seal, would not be smooth.

Snapped!

Chen Wuyang slapped him in the face with a scabbard: "Why do you talk so much nonsense?"

"Continue Lingchi!"

"If I don't say stop, you won't stop!"

Lu Rensheng was frightened: "No, no, no..."

But he had been dragged into the carriage and into his house.

His home has been occupied by Chen Wuyang, so the Jimo family property is certain.

"If you confess in time, you can save a few people. If it's too late, no one can be saved." Chen Wuyang grinned.

Lu Rensheng didn't dare to hide anything and said everything he needed to say.

"What are you talking about? You have tens of thousands of children in your hands?"

Chen Wuyang was frightened: "Where are these children now?"

"Either sell it, or keep it at home." Lu Rensheng replied.

"Your home? I couldn't find it!"

"In the Chamber of Secrets."

Chen Wuyang immediately asked people to find the secret room. The secret room was built in the garden. The garden covered an area of ​​more than ten acres. No one was checking it, so even if there were calls for help, no one could hear it.

Chen Wuyang glanced at the secret room. The secret room was cramped, dark, and full of stench. It was a miracle that these children were alive.

There are more than twenty women taking care of these children, but how can these people take care of them?

The younger one is a few months old and the older one is four or five years old.

Chen Wuyang burst into anger: "Where are the others?"

"They are all here, or they will die of illness." Lu Rensheng replied.

"Are you Lu Rensheng still a human being?" Chen Wuyang was furious.

"Giggle!"

Lu Rensheng sneered: "Are you Chen Wuyang a human? How many people have you killed? Who are you claiming to be a good person here?"

"At least I didn't kill the child!" Chen Wuyang roared.

"Have you really never killed? Fake mercy!"

Lu Rensheng knew he was going to die, so he stopped pretending: "I am also trying to reduce the emperor's burden. If so many children are sent to Beijing, the emperor will have a headache."

"Drag him out, Lingchi!"

Chen Wuyang was furious.

But Lu Rensheng was smiling, laughing, and burst into tears: "Chen Wuyang, Da Ju will not let you go!"

"Let's see if Zhang Yong can protect himself."

Chen Wuyang wants to pierce the sky.

Continue to track down.

And in Nanjing.

Late at night, Hu Hui returned home and sat there until dawn. After dawn, he and Fan Guang visited several gentry hiding in Nanjing in disguise.

Take them into the palace and negotiate with the emperor.

Those gentry were so frightened that they peed themselves out. Are they negotiating with the emperor? Crazy?

Hu Hui definitely tricked them!

He and the emperor were on the same team, in order to lure them into taking the bait and then catch them all, this must be the case.

They were almost dragged into the Forbidden City by soldiers.

Zhu Qiyu was exercising when Lu Hong trotted over and reported: "Your Majesty, the old master is here with someone."

"Go to the Wenhua Palace, don't dirty the Qianqing Palace."

He rode away in the Holy Catharsis.

In the Wenhua Hall, there are four gentry kneeling on the ground, namely Dai Shicheng of the Suzhou Dai family, Yi Wanfang of the Changzhou IKEA family, Geng Xin of the Hangzhou Geng family, and Sen Siqin of the Huizhou Sen family.

Dai Shicheng is a Jinshi, and the other three are Juren.

Although he is not an official, he has a prominent reputation in the local area.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the throne, with Hu Hui and Fan Guang standing beside him.

"Do these gentlemen have a leader?"

"You haven't founded any religion, but you want to be the leader of a sect?"

Zhu Qiyu said in a faint tone: "I heard that you want to negotiate with me and threaten me with my life?"

"Not even students dare, Your Majesty!" Dai Shicheng was horrified. He did have this intention, but he couldn't say it out loud.

"Feng Xiao, teach him the rules."

Feng Xiao winked at the eunuch, and a eunuch came in with a ruler. He asked Dai Shicheng to raise his head and slapped him twice on the cheek.

"Do you know the rules this time?"

"This Ming Dynasty's rules are set by me."

"If you don't want to play by the rules, you can go to the underworld and ask the Lord of Hell if their rules can be changed."

"Let's see what the Lord of Hell said?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Negotiate with me?"

"Which emperor was your ancestor?"

"My ancestor was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and I am also the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. What about you?"

"The soil under your feet is the soil of Ming Dynasty! It is my soil!"

"The sky above your head is the Ming Dynasty's sky, and I have the final say!"

"The air you breathe and the food you eat are all given to you by me!"

"Dai Shicheng, I ask you, who do you think you are?"

However, Dai Shicheng did not speak.

Snapped!

The execution eunuch slapped him in the face again: "Speak!"

Dai Shicheng was in pain and kowtowed vigorously: "Students only obey the emperor's orders and don't dare to have different intentions, don't dare!"

Snapped!

The execution eunuch slapped his mouth hard and said, "You should answer whatever the emperor asks."

"Students are nothing!" Dai Shicheng replied.

"Where are your ancestors?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

"It's nothing!" Dai Shicheng cried.

"Where is my ancestor?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.

"Your Majesty's ancestor was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! You are also the emperor!" Dai Shicheng replied.

"Then what is the emperor?"

"The master of this world!" Dai Shicheng didn't dare not answer.

"What about you?"

"Students are His Majesty's lackeys!" Dai Shicheng kowtowed.

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "I don't have such a disobedient dog. I can't keep a dog that devours its owner."

Then he looked at Yi Wanfang: "Yi Wanfang, what about you?"

"Your Majesty, students are nothing." Yi Wanfang was afraid of being slapped.

"Then you still negotiate with me?"

"Students don't have it, students don't have it!"

Yi Wanfang was horrified.

Geng Xin, who was on the side, fainted from fright.

The execution eunuch climbed over and hit him hard on the lower part with a ruler, knocking him awake. Geng Xin curled up in pain.

"Since the founding of the world, this is the first time I have heard that some gentry negotiated with the emperor and held the emperor hostage?"

"There were such people in ancient times, Huo Guang, Cao Cao, Sima Zhao, Yu Wentai, Yu Wenhu, Liu Yu, Yang Jian, Zhao Kuangyin, are you?"

Zhu Qiyu himself laughed: "Do you, a mere gentry, also want to imitate the clans of the Wei and Jin Dynasties?"

"Are you?"

"Have you forgotten how Taizu punished the gentry?"

"Forgot about Emperor Taizong, how did the gentry move to the south of the Yangtze River and enter Beijing?"

"Have you forgotten that I moved the Jiangnan gentry to Jiaozhi?"

Yi Wanfang kept kowtowing.

Snapped!

The execution eunuch slapped him on the head: "Don't move, listen to the emperor."

Yi Wanfang felt like her stomach was rolling, as if it was about to burst out.

"If you dare to defile the holy eyes, you will punish the nine tribes!" the execution eunuch snorted coldly.

"Yi Wanfang, tell me, how much land does your IKEA have in Changzhou?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Snapped!

The execution eunuch slapped him in the face: "Tell the truth."

"Twenty thousand acres..."

Snapped!

The execution eunuch slapped him hard on the cheek: "You should be beaten if you lie."

"27 million acres!"

Snapped!

The execution eunuch didn't say anything, he just slapped his cheeks again and again.

"Your Majesty, my family only has 27 acres of real estate." Yi Wanfang was in severe pain.

"Affiliated ones don't count, do they?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "In the Wenhua Palace, what kind of crime is it to deceive the emperor? Old master!"

"The crime of deceiving the emperor should be punished by the nine tribes!" Hu Hui said expressionlessly.

Yi Wanfang glared at Hu Hui, "You and the emperor are like a nest of snakes and rats!"

You tricked us out, and then sold us to the emperor to be executed. You were promoted and made rich, and we died. How could such a good thing happen?

"Drag him out, Ling Chi, and kill the ten clans!"

Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to talk nonsense.

Not killing all of their village was already a mercy.

"Your Majesty, please spare your life. Your Majesty, we are all under the orders of Hu Hui!" Yi Wanfang was dragged out.

Zhu Qiyu heard it but didn't react: "Geng Xin, why did you faint just now?"

"The students saw the Holy Face for the first time, and were..."

"Is it because I'm ugly that scares you?" Zhu Qiyu said for him.

Snapped!

The execution eunuch slapped his mouth hard.

Geng Xin endured the pain, he didn't want to be punished by the Ten Clan.

"How much land does your family have?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Hui, Hui Your Majesty, 177 million acres." Geng Xin didn't dare to hide it.

"How many more mines are there?"

"There are three gold mines, 17 silver mines, 77 salt farms, and countless shops and villages." Geng Xinquan said.

This is the foundation of a big family.

The mines are not necessarily in one place, and the industry must be scattered everywhere.

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly, and the figures were similar to those found in Jin Yiwei's survey: "Do you think I don't know how much wealth our family has?"

Yi Wanfang's screams came into the Wenhua Hall.

To everyone's horror.

"Your Majesty, our Geng family is willing to dedicate everything to Your Majesty..."

Before Geng Xin finished speaking, he was slapped on the mouth by a ruler: "Your Majesty, ask and then answer. If you don't ask, shut up!"

Geng Xin didn't dare to speak.

"How many guards are there?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

"There are 1774 million taels of silver and 1744 boxes of treasures. There are still 342 million taels of silver and 900 boxes of treasures at home. 17400 people have been removed from their homes, and there are still [-] clan members."

so rich!

The ancestors of the Geng family can be traced back to the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

His family also wanted to recognize the clan with Geng Jiuchou and merge the two families into one clan, but Geng Jiuchou refused. Geng Jiuchou did not dare to interfere with Jiangnan.

"So you regard your Geng family as a powerful family member?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.

"Your Majesty, my family would never dare!"

Geng Xin was anxious: "The Geng family is just a gentry. Although there are officials in the family, they are all officials with no real power. And the power of a family is hereditary, not wealth."

"Your Majesty, after the Five Dynasties eradicated the clans and the Song Dynasty focused on imperial examinations, the clans have been cut off."

"No matter how big or wealthy the Geng family is, under the imperial power, it is just a drop in the ocean. Your Majesty can take it."

That's right.

There is an essential difference between the gentry and the nobles.

The clan can decide who owns the imperial power and can choose the emperor in troubled times.

Gentlemen, to be precise, are fat sheep.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen lost his imperial power and let the fat sheep become big, hoping to ride on the emperor's head. But now that Zhu Qiyu is in power, the gentry have become fat sheep again.

"Someone advised me to endure my anger for a while."

"Wait until the army enters Nanjing, and then we will deal with you and others."

"Because, you will bribe the soldiers in the army and the eunuchs in the inner palace to kill me, but is it true?"

Hu Xi's eyes widened, could he say this?

Fan Guang, who had been silent until now, was startled and immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the capital camp is sworn to be loyal to your Majesty to the death. With the humble ministers by your side, absolutely no one can mobilize the army!"

"Please allow your Majesty to allow me to stay in the palace at night and never leave your Majesty's side!"

"Please ask your Majesty to mobilize the Northern Army to Nanjing to defend your Majesty!"

Fan Guang was anxious.

If anything happened to the emperor in Nanjing, Fan Guang would not be able to escape the blame.

In fact, those who were very popular around the emperor include the generals who defended him, including Fan Guang, Yu Mian, Yang Xin, Li Jin, Ou Xin, Mao Sheng, Liu Pu, Li Zhen, Guo Deng, Xiang Zhong, Liang Yue, etc. , it’s just too much.

If Fan Guang is incompetent, he can abdicate in favor of someone more worthy. With so many famous generals, who can't protect the emperor?

At worst, the emperor will transfer these people back to the capital and let them personally guard the emperor, without taking off their clothes and belts, and never leaving.

There were also many eunuchs in the palace who were die-hard loyal to the emperor, such as Feng Xiao, Wang Cheng, Jin Zhong, Shu Liang, Lu Hong, etc.

Could it be that the emperor could still have problems under all layers of protection?

Isn't this a slap in Fan Guang's face?

Therefore, the emperor's crisis is a fallacy. The emperor only encountered a threat to his life, just a threat.

But it was exaggerated by the emperor into a huge crisis, which seemed to be the first major crisis in Ming history.

(End of this chapter)