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

Chapter 722 Nervous reaction

Xu family.

After Xu Huizu came back, he immediately found his two younger brothers.

"Have our Xu family colluded with the Buddhist temple?"

"Let me check as soon as possible whether the fields in Haozhou are clean and whether there is any tax evasion."

Xu Huizu said anxiously.

Things about Dingyuan, Fengyang and other places have been formally and comprehensively spread to Yingtian. Although Zhu Xuan had wanted to hide it and did not want to spread it out so quickly. He mainly used a time difference to catch the nobles in Beijing by surprise, but many Sometimes, paper cannot contain the fire.

Moreover, Lao Zhu had already summoned Fengyang, Dingyuan and other family members who were serving in Beijing.

At first, he could still hide it, but as time went by, it was normal for people outside to know. However, Xu Huizu had just received the news and was shocked.

According to Lao Zhu's character, even if Xu Miaojin is the grandson concubine, as long as there is a problem with the Xu family, the Xu family will not be easy. This means that they will take action against Xungui again, and they are worried.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Xu Yingxu asked puzzledly.

Xu Huizu had no choice but to briefly explain what he heard today.

Hearing this, Xu Yingxu and Xu Zengshou were shocked. In fact, they had known about this matter for a long time and had heard about it, but they did not report it and did not dare to bring it up. After all, we are all nobles, how could we It was done so ruthlessly.

Now that the Dongchuang incident has occurred, Zhu Xuan, who went back to worship his ancestors, accidentally discovered it, and things have to become serious.

Xu Zengshou said quickly: "Our Xu family has always been law-abiding and we will never have this kind of thing happen."

Xu Huizu shook his head and said: "Whether there is or not, please check it for me and arrange for someone to go back to Haozhou as soon as possible and contact the people there. We work in Beijing and have not been back to Haozhou for a long time. If people from our hometown do this in our name , we may not know anything, and we may be killed by them!”

Both of them trembled.

Yes there is this possibility.

So, we quickly made various arrangements and sent someone back as soon as possible to find out.

If it was true, Xu Huizu would have to go to the palace and kneel down to apologize, otherwise he would be worried that he would not be able to protect the Xu family.

After Fengyang's incident was exposed, it gradually fermented, and more and more people knew about it. Not only Xu Huizu, but also Chang Sheng quickly sent people to investigate after returning, and arranged for people to go back to his hometown to ask for details.

Except for the Chang family, the Xu family, etc., all the remaining dignitaries in the capital had to stand up at this time. They were all frightened and quickly arranged for their own people to investigate clearly. If there was really any problem, they would immediately apologize and ask for leniency. deal with.

They all hoped and prayed that their family members in their hometown would not hide this from them, and silently prayed that everything would be fine.

For a time, people in the noble circle were panicked.

Not only the nobles, but also the Buddhist temple are a little worried now.

The abbot of Jiming Temple, Yuankong, has something to do with the Buddhist temple in Fengyang. There is a senior brother who is also the abbot of a Buddhist temple in Fengyang. At this time, the senior brother secretly sent someone to send a message to Yuankong at Jiming Temple. null.

After seeing the contents of the letter, Yuankong originally thought about the Buddha, but suddenly forgot all about the contents of the Buddhist scriptures.

"If this matter becomes serious, the Buddhist temple will be fully investigated."

"Our Buddhist sect is going to be finished!"

"wrong!"

"Is there any problem with Jiming Temple, a poor monk? Is there any collusion with noble officials?"

"Come, come quickly!" Yuankong is not sure whether Jiming Temple is the same as those Buddhist temples in Fengyang. He is not responsible for managing the fields under the Buddhist temple. He is just greedy for sesame oil money and deceiving wealthy businessmen and others.

Even if you are afraid, Jiming Temple would dare to do this.

If they are found to be connected, the entire Jiming Temple will be destroyed.

The bald heads of these monks will roll all over the floor.

After listening to Yuankong's words, several monks outside immediately ran in.

As a result, the Buddhist temple also began to conduct a comprehensive self-examination of itself. It was necessary to find out the problems. If there were no problems, it would be fine. If there were... I could only go to Yingtianfu Yin to apologize!
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The next day.

Zhu Xuan got up in Mu Yuanjun's gentle home. Hou Xian brought the palace maid in. After washing Zhu Xuan, he glanced at the time outside and knew that he had to go to court. He first went to see the emperor's grandfather, and then the two grandsons met again. Get up and go to the main hall.

At this time, all the civil and military officials had arrived.

Most of the group of military generals and nobles have dark circles under their eyes. They had a bad sleep last night. They have been self-examining their own problems and are worried.

In fact, the mental state of not only the nobles but also the civil servants is not much better.

Officials and gentry pay taxes together, which means that civil servants also need to pay taxes based on acres of land, and no one is exempt!
  Xungui was worried about whether he had evaded taxes, and the civil servants were also worried, so they all had to conduct a comprehensive self-examination. Zhu Xuan wanted to use civil servants to deal with military generals. In fact, he had not considered it comprehensively, but using the civil servants of Yushitai to speak out was an idea. It still works.

Seeing the mental state of the civil and military officials, Zhu Xuan knew that the news had spread, and they had been worried all night.

After Zhu Yuanzhang arrived with Zhu Xuan, the officials immediately knelt down and saluted.

"Get up!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, his eyes swept over them. He saw that the officials were in low spirits. He probably guessed why they were in low spirits, but he pretended not to understand and asked: "Did you all become thieves last night? All of you were fine." How can you govern the country if you are spiritless?"

Hearing this cold voice, the officials' sleepiness dissipated a lot, but they were still uneasy and scared.

"If you continue to be so spiritless, drag me out and punish you with a cane!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said again.

His majesty successfully put the officials into a state of tension and made them forget their difficulties.

"Okay, do you have anything to report?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

The first person to speak was Shen Qian, whom Zhu Xuan had originally chosen.

In fact, Shen Qian doesn't want this. Although her home is very clean and she is sure that she has not colluded with the Buddhist temple, many of her colleagues around her are unclean. An unspoken rule has gradually formed, but no one impeaches each other and allows this unspoken rule to continue to exist. .

After all, these are closely related to their own interests and have common interests. Even the officials of Yushitai do not dare to impeach.

Shen Qian gritted her teeth and said loudly: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun discovered many Fengyang nobles on their way back to Fengyang to worship their ancestors. They colluded with the Buddhist temple to conceal the number of fields in order to evade taxes. Your Majesty We are particularly merciful to the Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, allowing them not to pay taxes, do corvee labor, or perform military service. However, the Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, and noble landowners took a fancy to this and colluded with each other to deceive the court. I believe that they should be strictly investigated and severely punished!"

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the hall fell silent and felt inexplicably nervous.

When Zhu Xuan saw the person he had chosen, he was the first to speak, and nodded slightly to Shen Qian, indicating that Shen Qian had done a good job.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that this was the person chosen by the obedient grandson, but after hearing Shen Qian's impeachment, he still smiled coldly and glanced over with cold eyes, like a hungry wolf preparing to catch prey, making the officials present, wearing clothes Windless automatic.

(End of this chapter)