Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 338 Suzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Magistrate Cai Xuan

On the fifteenth day after Zhu Chu left the capital, it was also the twelfth day after he came to Liyang County.

Regarding the crimes of the Zhang family in Liyang County and Li Yang, the magistrate of Liyang County, as well as the affairs of the entire county, including the aftermath, everything has finally been dealt with.

As Zhu Ming sent several memorials one after another, proper handling and arrangements were made for Liyang County in the next few years.

He was finally ready to leave.

On the morning when Zhu Xi decided to leave, everyone in Liyang County silently came to see him off.

Outside Liyang County, the army was ready to go, but the people behind them had no intention of going back.

"Your Highness, can't you stay and be our vassal king?" Some people couldn't help crying.

In just ten days, Zhu Chu had completely conquered their hearts. They knew that His Highness truly cared about them and worked for them, so they were not willing to let Zhu Chu leave.

But Zhu Ji is the king of Yunnan after all. He is the king of Dian, not the king of Liyang.

Zhu Ming was riding on his horse, looking at the people, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will be officials from your parents coming soon. Moreover, this time the imperial court is transferred from the north to the south, and the new officials who come have nothing to do with the Jiangnan family. If If the new official dares to bully you again, you can go to the capital to file a complaint. If no one pays attention, just tell me directly and I will bring justice to you."

As soon as these words came out, the people cried even louder.

This is a prince, but he loves his people like a son, and yet he missed them.

At this moment, they thought that Liyang County was a county in Yunnan, rather than under the emperor's feet.

That way, they can live in His Highness' territory without fear of being bullied or persecuted anymore.

"Set off."

Zhu Zhen didn't delay any longer. He knew that staying would only waste time, not to mention there were many things waiting for him ahead.

The common people did not continue to interfere, but their hearts seemed to have been taken away by Zhu Zhen, and they were empty.

At the same time, when Zhu Ji left Liyang County, the system prompted that Liyang County had become his territory and had an increase of 200,000 people.

Zhu Zhen was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily.

Look, the people are so simple and kind. They will follow whoever treats them well.

Although Liyang County belongs to the emperor, it is a county directly under the jurisdiction of Yingtian.

But the people were loyal to him, King Zhu Chu of Dian.

On March 15th, the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Ming left Liyang County and headed straight to Wuxi. The next step was Suzhou.

There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The prosperity of Suzhou and Hangzhou is evident.

The scale of Suzhou City is by no means comparable to that of Liyang County.

However, because Suzhou City was built on Taihu Lake, Zhu Ming had to lead his army to detour from Wuxi.

You can also enjoy the scenery of Taihu Lake along the way.

It's a pity that Zhu Chu had limited ink in his stomach and he didn't bother to plagiarize other people's poems, so he couldn't recite poems and compose poems.

Mainly because he didn't want to learn anything in this area, and he didn't even bother to read eight-part essays and the like.

Can that stuff be enough? Can you govern the country? Can industry be developed?

When the large army came to the city gate from the north, they could still see countless pedestrians and traders entering or leaving the city. There was a peaceful and prosperous scene everywhere.

There are also boats sailing on Taihu Lake, ferrying people to the other side of the lake, or doing sightseeing and enjoying the scenery. There are also fishing boats fishing. If the harvest is good, they will set up stalls directly on the shore.

So much so that there is a small market outside the city, selling fish, vegetables, meat, and various vendors and stalls.

Even many families in the city, or their servants and servants, would come here to take a look around, then buy things before returning to the city.

Zhu Zhen nodded secretly, this is what a prosperous age should look like.

Since Zhu Chu led a large force, he quickly attracted attention.

But the city defenders did not panic, and even the people just stopped and watched curiously.

Unlike Liyang County, the people in Suzhou City are well-informed and are naturally not afraid when they recognize that this is the Ming Dynasty army.

Besides, where is this place? This army came from the north again. It could not be Japanese pirates from the sea, nor could it be the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty fighting back, so they were not afraid at all.

They are just curious about why this army came.

Now there is no need for Zhu Ming to come forward in person anymore. Wang Fu has already stepped forward to contact the defenders.

Taking advantage of his free time, Zhu Chu approached the carriage and smiled at Xu Miaojin in the carriage and asked: "Are you tired? Do you want to go for a walk? I think Suzhou City is built on the water. If you are not busy, you can go to the lake." , or take a boat ride on the lake to relax.”

Xu Miaojin's eyes lit up. During this period of time, he was either on the road or dealing with matters in Liyang County. What about the trip he had agreed to make?

At that moment, she quickly turned to Tang Xin and said, "Xin'er, brother is going to take us to play."

Tang Xin's pretty face turned red, she glanced at Zhu Ming secretly, and quickly lowered her head with a guilty conscience.

And her mind had already returned to a few days ago.

It is now March 21st, and it took them six full days to get here from Liyang County.

On the eve of leaving, she accidentally heard some noise that night, mainly because Xu Miaojin lived next door to her, and she accidentally heard it.

She already understood that the two people had already secretly communicated and made a lifelong commitment.

I feel like a light bulb, and it feels wrong.

But after the incident in Liyang County, Tang Xin had a lot more favorable impressions of Zhu Ming, besides being curious about why he had such charm and making the whole army follow him to death.

So she was unwilling to refuse, and acted like a submissive little daughter-in-law, obeying their arrangements.

At this time, Wang Fu had already explained his identity to the defenders, but the defenders dared to question him and even knelt down one after another.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Dian. May you live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."

The people inside and outside the city gate looked at Zhu Zhen in shock, and they quickly knelt down and shouted a thousand years ago.

Zhu Ming shook his head. He always created such a big scene, which was cumbersome and disturbing to the people. He immediately shouted in person: "Everyone, get up. This king is visiting privately incognito, so there is no need to be polite."

Everyone looked at the large army behind Zhu Chu with strange expressions. You call this a private visit incognito, right?

Even Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin covered their mouths and started laughing.

Not to mention the distance, this army is carrying your banner, and no one can seem to see the huge word "Dian".

Nowadays, who among the people in the world does not know that the Dian King Zhu Zhen has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, and he is the only one who mentions the banner of Dian.

Suzhou is a prefecture that governs Wu County, Changzhou County, Changshu County, Wujiang County, Kunshan County, Jiading County, Chongming County and Taicang Prefecture.

Speaking of Suzhou, there are many famous people. For example, Tang Bohu is from Suzhou.

There are also Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying. The four of them are also known as the Four Ming Dynasty painters. They are famous painters of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention there are countless poems describing the beautiful scenery of Suzhou.

Zhu Ming first asked Peng Yue and Niu Sheng to lead the troops to the main camp in Suzhou City. Because Suzhou is much larger than Liyang County, the army reserve is also at the garrison level. There is no need to set up temporary camps outside the city. They can go to the barracks to temporarily stay. .

And before the two generals left, Zhu Zhen gave them a wink.

Peng Yue and Niu Sheng secretly understood.

Then, only Wang Fu led more than ninety guards, surrounded the carriages of Zhu Chu and Tang Xu, and entered the city after the people got out of the way.

After entering the city, I saw that the scenery inside the city was even more prosperous.

First of all, there are countless houses standing side by side. Except for the mansions with tall gates and wide courtyards, even the houses of ordinary people have tile roofs instead of rough thatched houses.

Secondly, there are countless shops on both sides of the street.

There are all kinds of clothing stores, oil and salt stores, rice and grain stores, even brothels and private schools, etc.

Zhu Zhen was even more surprised to find that there was a brothel right next to the private school.

"How can the child study in this way?" Zhu Zhen immediately issued a scolding accusation.

The two girls in the carriage looked at Zhu Zhen together.

"Do you think it's night?"

In broad daylight, there is no prostitution in the daytime, and the sultry sounds can only be heard at night. During the day, the girls in brothels also have to practice the piano.

What's more, not all brothels are places of culture. Many of the brothels that ancient literati liked to go to were plain and were the origin of stories about talented people and beautiful ladies. They usually just played a song, recited poems and composed poems.

Of course there were brothels, but some of them were geisha and maikos, not ordinary prostitutes. The poems are collected from the singers, and the debates shock the guests.

"Yes, yes, you know better. I have never been to a brothel. We are good people," Zhu Zhen didn't want to argue with them. This kind of thing was getting darker and darker, and it was boring to talk about it too much.

"Say it as if we have been there before," Tang Xin bit her lip, her face flushed with embarrassment. How could this bad guy speak?

The main reason is that in the circle of descendants of noble lords, there are inevitably those dandy children, such as Li Jinglong and Chang Mao, who have done a lot of mischief in the past, and the Qinhuai River is a place where they linger.

"Speaking of which, it seems like I haven't seen Li Jinglong for a long time?" Tang Xin suddenly remembered that they seemed to have forgotten someone? Who is coming?

Xu Miaojin exchanged glances with Zhu Zhen.

Zhu Chu smiled. It seemed that his girl was very well-behaved and did not tell Tang Xin any secret whispers.

Tang Xin curled her lips, already seeing that the two of them were hiding something from her.

In fact, that night, after the entire Zhang family was executed, Li Jinglong was secretly sent away by Zhu Zhen.

Didn't you notice that there were only about ninety guards entering the city this time? Among the guards who originally numbered a hundred, more than ten people and Li Jinglong left one step ahead.

Originally, Zhu Chu didn't want to see Li Jinglong, but now that he had shamelessly followed him, what else could Zhu Chu do?

And for some reason, Li Jinglong's attitude towards Zhu Xi was different from the first. He was completely lost in his original rebelliousness, but extremely pious. Those who didn't know it thought he was like this from the beginning.

Zhu Xi really wanted him to recover.

It's a pity that Li Jinglong seems to have received guidance from an expert, and now he treats Zhu Chu's orders as if they were imperial edicts, and he doesn't dare to have any other thoughts.

In this case, Zhu Zhen was not embarrassed, so he also had some thoughts and tried to cultivate it.

Even if he can't become a general in the future, if he really does things for himself, it's not like he can't do small things.

For example, when entering the city at this time, before the Suzhou prefect got the news and came to greet him, Li Jinglong suddenly rushed out from a corner.

"Uncle Eighteen," Li Jinglong shouted and rushed to Zhu Chu.

Because they were in the city, even Zhu Zhen took the initiative to dismount and lead the horse away. Li Jinglong did not ride a horse either. He ran to Zhu Zhen, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "My nephew has lived up to his command. We found the Jin Yiwei spies left behind by Li Gui and investigated the crimes of many local aristocratic families. We can let the army enter the city and catch them all in one fell swoop."

Looking at Li Jinglong's extremely excited appearance, Zhu Zhen looked at him speechlessly.

"What's wrong?" Li Jinglong was still wondering.

"Did I say not to alert the enemy?" Zhu Zhen asked.

Li Jinglong scratched his head: "So what?"

how is it?

As soon as he entered the city, he was going to attack the Gu family. Didn't everyone know that he had been secretly investigating for a long time?

This brat, can't you just think about the consequences?

I'm afraid that after this time, all the aristocratic families will have to tuck their tail between their legs.

You have to do a full show, even if you already have evidence of guilt, you still have to act a little bit. After all, their lair is here, are you worried that they can escape?

"Okay, okay, don't think about it anymore," Zhu Zhen had given up hope on Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong was very innocent. He clearly completed the task as instructed, but instead of being praised, he was scolded instead?

Is Uncle Eighteen too capricious?

He is worthy of being the son of the emperor's uncle.

He was angry at both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Zhen at the same time. If Zhu Zhen knew about it, he might have to be beaten.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly came straight towards us, beating gongs and drums, and took out the street sign.

The so-called Jingjie sign is a sign of "quietness and avoidance". Weren't they all seen in costume dramas in the past?

When officials go out, there are three groups of government officials beating gongs to clear the way and holding signs telling them to be quiet and stay away.

However, ordinary officials are not qualified enough.

But at this time, Zhu Zhen stopped and already guessed that the team was coming to greet him.

Sure enough, an official sedan led the yamen servants and finally arrived in front of Zhu Zhen and his party.

"I am the magistrate of Suzhou, Cai Xuan, and I would like to welcome your highness to your thousandth birthday."

The prefect of Suzhou knelt down in the street.

At the same time, the people around him naturally knelt on the ground.

Not only was Zhu Ming not proud, but he frowned, feeling extremely tired of this annoying etiquette.

But at this time, he had to speak in an official tone and say: "Prefect Cai, please rise."

Cai Xuan was able to get up.

Zhu Ming looked up at the people around him and shouted: "Get up, everyone. I am just passing through Suzhou temporarily. I was going to Shanghai to inspect the coastal border defense. You don't need to pay attention to me, but I am disturbing you."

Naturally, the people didn't even dare to shout.

Speaking of Shanghai, today’s Shanghai is naturally not a modern Shanghai, nor does it have modern high-tech modern urban civilization.

But as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Shanghai was the fiefdom of Huang Xie, Lord Chun Shen of Chu State, so it was also called Shen.

Later, in the Jin Dynasty, because fishermen created the fishing tool "Hu", the place where the river flows into the sea was called "Du". Therefore, the area downstream of Songjiang River was called "Hudu". Later, "Hu" was changed to "Hu", so Shanghai was abbreviated 'Shanghai'.

In fact, as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, a town was set up on the west bank of Shanghai Pudong and was called Shanghai Town.

During the Beiyuan period, Huating County was promoted to a prefecture, and the following year it was renamed Songjiang Prefecture.

Up to now, Songjiang Prefecture is still there and governs the three counties of Huating, Shanghai and Qingpu.

So theoretically speaking, it is still called Shanghai, but now it should be Shanghai County. It was promoted from Shanghai Town to County, but it is not under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture.

Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture are adjacent to each other.

From Suzhou Prefecture, pass through Songjiang Prefecture, then Jiaxing Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture, and then Hangzhou Prefecture.

After all, it is the land of the capital and a fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River. There are more than a dozen political districts in the provincial capital alone.

After hearing this, Cai Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so much so that there was a layer of cold sweat on his forehead.

Zhu Ming looked at Cai Xuan calmly, with a smile on his face, and asked: "Prefect Cai, are you hot, or are you tired from running all the way? Why are you sweating profusely?"

"Ah? Ah, it's hot, it's hot," Cai Xuan lowered his head.

He came in a sedan, how could he be tired?

Zhu Zhen looked at him with a smile. The weather today is not so hot that he is sweating, right?

With a murderous intent flashing in his eyes, Zhu Zhen said in a casual tone: "Okay, since you have already greeted me, you don't need to hang around me anymore. This huge Suzhou Mansion has to rely on you, Magistrate Cai, to fight Reasonable, you go and do your business."

"But His Highness came to our Suzhou today and had to make some arrangements." Cai Xuangang wanted to invite Zhu Chu to stay at the government office.

But Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "Don't worry, we have a place to live, so we won't sleep on the street. Just go and do what you are supposed to do, and don't bother me. I will go to the lake for a while."

"Yes, yes, then I'm resigning. If you have any orders from Your Highness, you just need to be dispatched." Cai Xuan wiped his sweat and left with his people backwards.

Zhu Zhen snorted: "What? You want to spy on me?"

I don't know if the news about the Zhang family in Liyang County has reached here. How can I accept their 'good intentions' now?

The Zhang family didn't take precautions before and just lived in their Zhang family's yard. Maybe they could take the opportunity to find something in the Zhang family's yard.

As for now, naturally there is no need to do that.

Zhu Chu turned to look at Li Jinglong.

It turned out that Li Jinglong was also wiping his sweat, and he was also sweating profusely.

"What's going on? You must be in cahoots with Magistrate Cai and have some ulterior secret, right?" Zhu Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with a serious expression.

If Li Jinglong really dared to take bribes and embezzlement in front of his own eyes, Zhu Zhu would not spare him.

Li Jinglong quickly cried out: "Uncle Eighteen, you are looking down on your nephew too much. My nephew is not that short-sighted. Mainly, the money you gave me before was too little, and my nephew did not buy you a large production area."

Zhu Ming was dumbfounded and asked: "What are you talking about? I gave you five hundred taels of silver. That's five hundred taels of silver. It's more than enough to buy a yard. You said less?"

Zhu Chu had brought enough expenses when he came out this time, but there was no need to worry about the troops' baggage. These were all travel and dispatch expenses that would be used along the way.

Five hundred taels of silver, does this kid know what he is talking about? few?

Li Jinglong looked at Zhu Ming helplessly and said, "When you know the power of the Gu family, you will understand what my nephew means."

Zhu Zhen sneered secretly, could it be possible that the Gu family could have hyped up real estate transactions hundreds of years in advance?

(End of this chapter)