Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 169
A light rain started falling quietly, the sky was gray, the temperature suddenly became much cooler, and the Forbidden City was a little more depressing than before.

Qianqing Palace.

South study.

"Yan Yingyuan, how are you sorting out the regulations and impeachment memorials related to the investigation of deficits by Yousi? Are you coordinating and classifying them as His Majesty said?"

"Counselor Fan, all the memorials related to the Qing Dynasty have been sorted out in recent days, and they have been classified in detail with reference to official position, rank, origin, place of origin, etc."

"Chen Mingyu, have you sorted out the past tax reports related to Chongwenmen Customs and the detailed rules for entering and exiting the city in the past two years?"

"Counsellor Fan, the tax reports for the past years have been sorted out, but the details of entering and leaving the city in the past two years have large deviations and discrepancies in the corresponding documents..."

"That's it for now. Feng Houdun, how are you sorting out the list of grain stores in Beijing?"

"Counsellor Fan..."

Affected by the fluctuation in grain prices in the capital, the officials gathered in the South Study Room on the west side of the Qianqing Gate have not left the Qianqing Palace for several days. They stayed in the South Study Room day and night, combing through the complicated memorials and documents. To satisfy all the emperor wants to know.

The officials of Nanshufang, headed by Fan Jingwen, were all tired, but they did not dare to be careless and concentrated on doing their respective tasks.

The situation in the upper study room, which is not far away, is basically similar to that in the south study room. It can even be said that... the officials in the upper study room are under greater pressure.

"Jin Xuan, the staff structure, functional divisions, and evaluations of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division must be drawn up and submitted to the emperor today."

"Zhang Kentang, all the corresponding memorials related to water transportation have been sent back by the imperial court. The past years of drifting, troop transportation along the way, the share of water transportation in various places, the actual situation of each section of the canal, etc., must be emphatically reviewed and verified, and any unclear points should be noted down. !”

"He Tengjiao, how did you sort out the actual internal situation of the troops in Northern Zhili? What did His Majesty say before? Why did you dare to delete something? When you enter the study, I asked you to do errands, not to let you do something. If you come here to enjoy the blessings, if you can do it well, do it; if you can't do it well, go back to the Imperial College..."

The upper study room is involved in the military, and the south study room is involved in politics. This is destined to have different atmospheres in the two study rooms.

The attendants under the two study rooms are all specially summoned by Zhu Youxiao. They all have the same background. They are all specially approved supervisors of the Imperial College, but their natures are different. There are tribute supervisors, promotion supervisors, and regular supervisors. In the officialdom In terms of official career, they are like blank sheets of paper...

Dong Nuan Pavilion at that time.

"Brother Imperial! Why don't you order the arrest of those greedy guys!"

Zhu Youjian's eyes were slightly red, and his hanging hands were clasped tightly. His emotion could not be concealed, "My brother has left the palace in the past few days and went to various places in the capital, Liangxiang, Fangshan, Tongzhou and other places to conduct unannounced visits. The situation is better than what you have seen." The memorial is much more serious, and the truth is nothing like..."

Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne and looked at the emotional Zhu Youjian calmly. He knew that when Zhu Youjian left Beijing and went deep into the people, he must have seen many injustices. The actual situation among the people presented in the memorial, There is a huge deviation from the real civilian situation, and this impact has a great impact on Zhu Youjian.

"Is the shortage of food in private circulation an established fact?"

Zhu Youxiao looked calm and said in a calm tone: "Is it an established fact that the price of food in Gyeonggi Province has increased? You said you asked me to order arrests. Do you mean that these people can be arrested? You want to watch Gyeonggi Province Will people be further panicked?"

"But the royal brother!!"

Zhu Youjian said emotionally: "There are too many tricks hidden in the increase in food prices in various parts of the capital. Does the emperor know? I won't mention the shops in the capital. There are righteous merchants such as Convenience Society who sell cheap food to the outside world. Maybe the quality is poor." It’s a lot, but at least people won’t starve to death. But in various places in Gyeonggi, there are already cases of selling children, selling daughters, and even hanging themselves...” “Of course I know that the price of food in Gyeonggi has increased, and there are too many tricks hidden in it.”

Zhu Youxiao's tone was a bit colder, "I asked you to leave the palace and go deep into the people, not to let you scream incompetently in front of me. What I want you to say, have you ever said a word before? Why is this situation happening in Gyeonggi? ? To what extent is the public resentment? Have local governments stabilized food prices? Have they appeased the people?"

Zhu Youjian was silent.

"Your current performance makes me feel a little disappointed."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "I am the Son of Heaven. As far as the current situation is concerned, I cannot leave the Forbidden City easily. I must stay in the Qianqing Palace and take charge of it. Why are you asked to leave the palace? Go to Xinuang Pavilion now. I will give you two Time, please help me calm down and write down everything I have seen and heard in the past few days in detail."

"My brother obeys the order."

Zhu Youjian bowed in shame.

"Your Majesty, Yin Sun of Shuntian Prefecture is calling the court to see you."

As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Liu Ruoyu hurriedly walked into the hall and bowed to Zhu Youjian.

"Xuan."

Zhu Youxiao said concisely.

Looking at Zhu Youjian who was in a depressed mood, Zhu Youxiao felt deep in his heart. He is so emotional. He is so impulsive when encountering problems. No wonder he would do those unthinkable things. What kind of virtue is the civil service community? If you know it in your heart, Okay, when something happens, kill when you need to, but how to kill must also be principled. What problems can be solved by incompetent killing?
The rules of the game in the power field sometimes cannot be bound by them, but sometimes they must be followed. Otherwise, once the order is messed up, the hidden dangers and threats will be even greater.

"minister……"

"Excuse me."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Sun Chuanting who walked in, holding several memorials in his hand. He knew what Sun Chuanting had found, and immediately interrupted: "Is there any clue about what I asked the Qing family to investigate?"

"Your Majesty, I have an idea."

Sun Chuanting, who looked a little ugly, suppressed the emotions in his heart and bowed: "There are big problems in the warehouse, especially in the Tongzhou area, which also involves the disappearance of grain. In various districts in the capital and in various parts of the capital, there is some high-priced grain, which is here. The grain belonging to the imperial court was washed away under various pretexts, and was secretly unloaded in Tongzhou, Tianjin and other places without even changing the ship..."

"Bring it up for me to see."

Zhu Youxiao said in a cold tone.

As time went by, as some situations were discovered, Zhu Youxiao became more and more aware that there were many people involved in the price hike in Gyeonggi Province, and these people had different interests. In a sense, It is a non-serial counterattack to various previous changes in the political situation by chance.

Faced with such a complicated situation, Zhu Youxiao must remain stable. Even if he knows that many low-level groups have been exploited and even paid a heavy price, if he does not catch all these hidden people, the losses he has suffered before will not be able to recover at all. Making up for it can't even frighten this undercurrent of the court! !

(End of this chapter)