Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 715 Complaint
  "The merchant surnamed Tang is very vigilant. He feels that someone is watching him. What are they doing?"

Zhu Xuan asked after thinking of this.

The content of the letter did not indicate what would happen next. Jin Yiwei was probably still investigating, and he was in a hurry and was unable to write another letter and send it here.

Yan Guan said: "According to the brothers who came down from the north, the merchant surnamed Tang went to naturalize to prepare for trading with the Monan herdsmen. They arranged for people to follow him to naturalize, and at the same time asked General Ping for help. The merchant surnamed Tang was doing business normally, and the others did nothing."

Ping'an sent his cronies to replace Jinyiwei to monitor the merchants surnamed Tang.

There are no results yet.

Zhu Xuan thought for a while and said: "You arrange for people to go north quickly, tell Ping An and the others to remove all the people who are watching. You can arrange people to watch, but definitely not too many, and you can't do it too deliberately or frequently, let them do it." toss."

"Yes!"

Yan Guan nodded.

The merchant named Tang must be related to the White Lotus Sect and has a big agenda.

What White Lotus Sect Mingwang wants to do is not only avenge Han Lin'er and the others.

In addition, Zhu Xuan thought of Zhu Yunwen and Zhang Fu.

The White Lotus Sect took them away. There is no news yet, and they don't know what they will do by taking them away, but they are definitely not doing anything good.

"The weird White Lotus Sect."

Zhu Xuan was thinking helplessly.

After grumbling in his heart, he put away the letter and decided not to interfere with the White Lotus Sect's affairs for the time being. He would allow the merchants named Tang to develop. When they get bigger and more exposed, they will be easier to deal with.

He is confident that there will be no uncontrollable situations. If there are, then violent means will be used.

"Your Highness!"

Mu Yuanjun said softly: "This White Lotus Sect seems to be very bad."

Cen Hua echoed: "They are super bad, and they are not good people. I heard a long time ago that the White Lotus Sect has done all kinds of bad things."

They were in the carriage, chatting about the White Lotus Sect.

The carriage Zhu Xuan took to Fengyang was specially made and had a lot of space inside. It was no problem to bring four young wives in it.

The distance from Dingyuan to Fengyang is not very far.

If you go faster, you can get there in half a day, but Zhu Xuan and the others go slower, walking for most of a day, and arrive outside Fengyang City in the evening.

The current Fengyang magistrate Jiang Zhiwen led officials and waited outside the city gate.

Following the lessons learned from his previous term, he led the whole city to come out to welcome people, but was scolded by Zhu Xuan. Jiang Zhiwen did not dare to bring people to greet him, but just brought a group of officials to wait. When they saw the car approaching slowly, they immediately stood up Straighten your body.

My legs, which were so sore after waiting for so long, miraculously no longer feel sore.

"Here you come, Your Highness is here!"

Jiang Zhiwen shouted excitedly.

He also led Fengyang's honor guard to beat gongs and drums, lined up on both sides of the city gate to welcome him, and then walked over to greet the car.

Zhu Xuan heard the noise outside and felt that the car had stopped. He looked outside and saw that there were not all the people in the city, but only some officials. He felt that the officials in Fengyang were finally sensible.

As for the ordinary officials, if they want to welcome you, then let them do whatever they want.

"My lord, Fengyang Magistrate Jiang Zhiwen, pays homage to His Royal Highness the Emperor Grandson!"

Jiang Zhiwen said loudly first.

He knelt down, and other officials knelt down along with him, with a respectful attitude.

Zhu Xuan got out of the carriage, and Mu Yuanjun and the others continued to stay in the carriage. It was not convenient to show their faces at this time, and said: "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Jiang Zhiwen stood up and bowed deeply, showing himself to be as respectful as possible.

Zhu Xuan was quite polite to them and said: "It's getting late, let's go into the city!"

"Your Highness, please come into the city!"

Jiang Zhiwen shouted again.

Apart from anything else, he was very attentive to these facade work. After entering the city, Zhu Xuan continued to live in the mansion where Zhu Yunwen once lived, and then asked Mu Yuanjun and others to get off the carriage.

Jiang Zhiwen very wisely asked people to bring all kinds of wine and food, treating it as dinner, and even stood by to wait on it.

"Master Jiang, have you eaten? If not, then let's go together."

Zhu Xuan mentioned it casually.

"Don't dare!"

Jiang Zhiwen was flattered and shook his head quickly, but he still seemed hesitant to speak.

Zhu Xuan asked: "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Jiang Zhiwen did have something to say to Zhu Xuan, but he didn't know how to say it. Once such things were said, many honorable people could be offended.

You must know that there are more nobles in Fengyang than in Dingyuan.

He hesitated and looked around again.

Zhu Xuan understood something and waved his hand to tell the others to leave, leaving only his young wife, Yan Guan and Hou Xian behind.

"Your Highness, that's what I said."

Seeing this, Jiang Zhiwen gritted his teeth lightly and decided to take the risk and said: "I know everything about what His Highness did in Dingyuan County. Here is a list compiled by me."

The implication is that there are also many nobles in Fengyang County who collude with Buddhist temples to avoid taxes.

Zhu Xuan was not surprised at all. It would be the most surprising if those nobles did not do this.

Hou Xian took the list and sent it to Zhu Xuan.

"Master Jiang, aren't you afraid of their revenge?"

Zhu Xuan asked.

Jiang Zhiwen nodded solemnly and said: "Afraid! But this is what I should do when I sit in this position. In fact, if it weren't for His Highness coming down and discovering something, I really wouldn't dare to take out this list."

He is afraid of death.

Dingyuan opened the door to let him see the opportunity to curry favor with the emperor's grandson.

In fact, Jiang Zhiwen has always ignored this matter. First of all, those nobles were all Dukes and Marquises, and he could not afford to offend him. Secondly, he did not participate in it, not at all, but he did not dare to expose it.

Occasionally, it is their benefit to collect a little more to help hide this matter.

The advantage of collecting it is that it is quiet. Others cannot pursue it and cannot trace it out. If someone comes to investigate, they will not be able to trace it on themselves.

There was a big fuss over Dingyuan.

Jiang Zhiwen felt scared, so he might as well submit a petition directly to protect himself first. With His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson here, he thought it wouldn't matter if he defected, since no one outside would know about it.

Zhu Xuan opened the list and looked at it. Many familiar princes had their names on it.

But I can't see the Tang family.

"Does the Tang family have any?"

Zhu Xuan raised his head and asked.

But I was thinking again, as expected of Tang He's family, they knew right from wrong, what should be done and what shouldn't be done, and knew how to cooperate with Lao Zhu's various government orders.

"no!"

Jiang Zhiwen shook his head and said: "Xinguo Gong's family is the most low-key noble family in Fengyang. The children in the family are never arrogant and domineering, do not do anything illegal, and do not go around with other princes on weekdays."

It can be seen that Xin Guogong’s tutor is very good.

You can teach future generations who are so low-key that they don’t even dare to avoid taxes.

"If the great Ming Dynasty nobles were as good as Duke Xin, we would have less troubles."

Zhu Xuan put away the list and handed it to Yan Guan.

Yan Guan knew what to do. He took the list down and checked it secretly to see how deep the water for those princes was and whether he could control it.

(End of this chapter)