The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 233

The courtiers next to him also never expected that the assistant king, who had not yet officially taken office, would act so swiftly and swiftly.

As soon as Lin Zunbin turned around, another person stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Commander Liao Qing." "Your Highness, since Tianxing Mansion lifted the ban yesterday, many people in the city have fled. As of this morning, at least nearly [-]% of the population has left the city.

"If this trend continues, Tianxing Mansion may become an empty city! I have the courage to ask His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince to order the reopening of martial law and seal all the gates of the city..."

Zhu Linmi shook her head, Tianxing Mansion, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, would be magnified and interpreted every move.Continuing to close the city will only make the world think that the chaos in Tianxing Mansion is still alive.

And blocking is worse than sparse, the more people are prevented from leaving, the more uneasy the people in the city will feel.

His mind turned, and soon he had a plan.Officials from Hong Si's mission office will soon arrive in Fujian, and there is nothing more effective than grassroots propaganda in alleviating public panic.

Second, he remembered that the Jianlu officers captured at Shanguan had been escorted to the vicinity of Tianxing Mansion.The common people hated Jianlu to the bone. Killing these Jianlu officers to show the public can attract the people to return to the city to watch, and it can also greatly boost people's confidence and morale.

Zhu Linmei then said to Liao Qing: "I will handle this matter myself, there is no need for martial law."

"This is."

It seems that the DPRK and China have not handled government affairs properly for a long time, and the officials are full of things.Later, Zuo Heng, a doctor of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and reported, "His Royal Highness, I have received many emergency calls from Houguan County. Please send the more than ten thousand Jian prisoners who are temporarily detained by Houguan to other places. COFCO rice can no longer supply so many people."

Zhu Linmi frowned, not only Hou Guan, but even Tianxing Mansion was struggling to feed the 2 Cantonese prisoners, and the more than [-] captured in Shanguan did not know where they were stationed at this time.

"How is Fujing's water conservancy construction arranged this year?" He looked at the officials in front of him.

After a while, an official who was closer to Zhu Linmi took half a step forward, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, it is Yang Mingjing, Minister of Industry, who is in charge."

"What about others?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Yang Mingjing belongs to Tang Ni's party, he should stay at home to attend..."

The minister of the Ministry of Industry seemed to be Huang Daozhou. Zhu Linmi just turned her head away when Huang Daozhou came forward and said: "The old minister will get someone to come up with a water conservancy plan as soon as possible."

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "The prisoners captured by Hou Guan, Tianxing Mansion and Shanguan are sent to various places as coolies, and the food is paid from the water conservancy bank. In addition to water conservancy, those who need it in other places can also send it to the Yellow River. The old man pleases people."

Huang Daozhou hurriedly said: "Remember, old minister. But," he pondered again, "We need to invest a lot of money in the construction of water conservancy."

Zhu Linmei sighed helplessly: "I will allocate 10 taels to you first, and we will discuss it later."

"The old minister obeyed."

"Your Highness..." Immediately, another person stood up.

In this way, until it was close to dinner time, all the courtiers left with unsatisfied intentions.

This half day was like a court meeting at the gate of Prince Chen's mansion.After returning to the palace study, Zhu Linmi was already sweating profusely from exhaustion.

If you are not in charge of the family, you don't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. He has great power, so Fang Jue has so many trivial matters, but the core problem still falls on money.

The Longwu Dynasty was poor, and the Taizheng Dynasty was even more so. The treasury was so empty that the rats starved to death.Even after today's "temporary court meeting", there is a shortfall of nearly one million taels in all places that need money!
"My lord, are you looking for me?" Zhang Jiayu bowed at the door of the study.

"Oh, Yuanzi, come in quickly." Zhu Lin waved hurriedly, "Did you bring the ledger?"

Zhang Jiayu knew that what he was talking about was the "subsidy for food, rice, and money" promised by the officials of Tianxing Mansion when the Dragon Guards besieged the city.He hurriedly took out a booklet from his sleeve, "Master, it's by your side."

"How much money do officials in the city 'donate' in total?"

"61 taels."

"These guys are quite rich." Zhu Linmei smiled, and asked again, "How much has been credited so far?"

"This... is only less than 8 taels."

"Oh?" Zhu Linmei frowned, "I can wait for the money to be used urgently." He looked at Zhang Jiayu, "Yuanzi, these days you are only responsible for urging the money, the sooner the better! Report any obstacles to me at any time."

"Yes!"

After dinner, before Zhu Lin could take a breather, Shi Lin sent another report saying that Lu Zhenfei asked to see him.

As one of the three masters of the Ming Dynasty, it must be something important.Zhu Linmei had no choice but to cheer up and said: "Please."

Lu Zhenfei entered the study room and paid respects.Zhu Lin quickly helped him up, ordered his servants to watch tea, and then asked Lu Zhenfei, "What's the matter with Lu Ge's department?"

Lu Zhenfei took out a post that was folded in three, and handed it over, "I do have an urgent matter."

Zhu Linmi was a little puzzled, Lu Zhenfei was also at the "Morning Meeting" in the afternoon, why did she have to wait until now to speak.

He opened the folder, and saw densely packed names on it, he looked up at Lu Zhenfei, "This is it?"

"This is the list of officials of Tang Ni's party. Please show your highness how to punish them?"

Zhu Linmi frowned, and threw the roster on the case, "Most of these people are just in the wrong team. Except for Su Guansheng, Wang Yinghua, Su Pin and others who are the leaders, hand them over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to deal with them according to the law, and the rest don't need to go to war."

After all, Zhu Yu'ao was a member of the Ming royal family, and the officials who took refuge in him can be forgiven to a large extent, after all, this is a family matter within the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, Empress Dowager Zeng is really disappointing, Zhu Linmi has heard about her selling her title, so it's no wonder the courtiers think otherwise.

He immediately took another roster from the bookshelf and handed it to Lu Zhenfei, and said coldly: "In comparison, these people should be dealt with strictly!"

Lu Zhenfei unfolded the paper in surprise, couldn't help widening his eyes, pointed to the names on it and said, "This Wang Jin, Hu Chengxian, etc. are all clean, and the official reputation is also good. This Liu Zhiyu is an old minister beside the late emperor. , I don’t know why Your Highness wants to…”

Zhu Linmi rummaged through a wooden box again, and quickly found Liu Zhiyu's letter, and threw it to Lu Zhenfei, "Let's take a look at Lu Ge."

"Greetings to Your Excellency, General Zhengnan. Respect to His Majesty the Emperor, Chengtian Yuji... Leading the soldiers to return to the sincerity, the whole world celebrates." Lu Zhenfei was shocked. Seeing the final signature, it was indeed Liu Zhiyu's own handwriting.

He looked at the roster in his hand again, and said bitterly, "These people, are they all..."

"They are all traitors to the captives!"

"What does His Highness mean..." Lu Zhenfei said halfway, and he knew the answer when he saw Zhu Lin's cold expression.He nodded slowly, put away the roster and cupped his hands and said, "I'll do it now, sir."

Zhu Linmei said to Shi Lin at the door of the study, "Let Yu Xin lead a battalion to assist the Luge Department."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)