Zhu Youxiao is very happy, this time Wang Zaijin brought good news!

With a stable and growing source of food and some grain in stock, we will have a foundation in our hearts, and we must avoid the occurrence of a great peasant uprising in the future as much as possible!

It is best to feed these leaders of the peasant uprising and recruit them into the Ming army to serve themselves, you know, there is no shortage of brave generals and ministers who can fight well!

After Wei Zhongxian left, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Zaijin and said:

"I am very concerned about the affairs of the southern provinces, you must always report to me, I will allow you the right to play directly, and from now on, your music can go directly to the Forbidden City."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao and Wang Zaijin, who returned to Beijing to report on his work, had a long talk for more than an hour.

In addition to asking about the situation in the southern provinces, he mainly talked about the follow-up promotion of sweet potatoes and the introduction of corn and potatoes.

Zhu Youxiao designated more than a dozen cities as the main grain storage areas in the south.

In these grain storage places, large-scale granaries must be built, and the emperor's troops from the Jiangnan battalion will be dispatched to guard them, and the commanders and captains will be supervised to inspect day and night to prevent accidents.

For Daming, who is gradually entering the Xiaoice period, grain is the lifeblood of the entire country.

Only when they have enough to eat can the people not rebel, and only when they have enough to eat can the local recovery begin, such as the construction of people's livelihood, water conservancy measures, and urban defense and military preparation, these can be put into practice.

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Early the next morning, the second trial began under the auspices of Wei Guangwei.

Wei Guangwei bypassed those rules and directly brought all the two dozen officials to the lobby and began the trial in front of them.

The first session of the second trial was the confrontation between Li Zhiling and Qian Han, a prisoner in Sichuan.

In the middle of the lobby sat Wei Guangwei, and Zhou Jiamo and Li Yangzheng were seated on his left and right.

Further to the side, there are the jury officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department, as well as the position of the secretary, and this trial should be recorded as history.

On the left and right sides of the lobby, there are all kinds of torture instruments on the ground. Sticks, sticks, clamps, whips, chains, etc., were all available, and there were many reddish-brown blood stains on them, giving it an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

There are no torture instruments in the lobby of the officials' department, this is Wei Guangwei's special arrangement, which is to use these things to kill the prestige of these former officials!

Li Zhiling was escorted to the lobby, saw that Qian Han was already waiting in the middle, and then looked around, feeling a completely different atmosphere from the first trial.

Looking up, the presiding judge was no longer the familiar Zhou Jiamo, but had become Wei Guangwei, the godson of Wei Zhongxian, who was gritted his teeth and hated, and he was suddenly trembling with fear.

He knew in his heart that today's second trial would not pass so easily.

Qian Han was a member of the prison in the teahouse that day, and he felt that he couldn't afford to provoke him, and the more he thought about it afterwards, the more angry he became, so he first wrote a post, and then went to the gate of the Kedao Yamen, wanting to make a big deal about it.

I didn't expect this matter to really make a big fuss, and it still made a fuss in front of the emperor, and it went straight to the heavens, and it became the first major case in this dynasty!

Qian Han sneered viciously: "Li Zhiling, you also have today!" ”

Li Zhiling didn't answer, and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on Qian Han's face, and Qian Han was about to jump up and beat him, but he was directly held down by the officials.

After Qian Han calmed down a little, the interrogation continued.

These two people, one is a tribute student of Jinshi and the first, and the other is a prison student who failed to make the list, and they ignored Sven and performed an old woman scolding the street in the hall.

It can be seen how much the scholars who have fallen off the list at this time hate these fraudulent tributes and the officials who defend them!

Wei Guangwei kept looking up and asked solemnly:

"Are you two old feuds or new feuds? The grudge is so deep, could it be that they once knew each other? ”

Wei Guangwei asked this on purpose, just to provoke a conflict between the two.

Qian Han came back to his senses at this time, tidied up his clothes, and said: "Back to the presiding judge, I have never met this guy in my life, and I have only had one time in the teahouse before the exam. ”

"At that time, the student heard this guy boast about himself, saying that he was a child of the same examiner clan, and how easy it was to win the championship and win the championship!"

"At that time, the student still didn't believe it, but I found out afterwards that he had already had a section and could read the test questions in advance!"

Saying that, Qian Han knelt down and shouted: "Today's subject will be examined, the student will expose this disadvantage regardless of his face, and make a big fuss about the science, there is really an unspeakable hidden, I just want to raise my eyebrows for the frustrated people in the world!" ”

"Oh, that's understandable!" Wei Guangwei praised and turned to the side, "Li Zhiling, do you know this Sichuan prisoner?" ”

"Back to the presiding judge, this is an ungrateful and vicious villain, he is not knowledgeable enough, and he is suspected of being disadvantaged when he falls off the list, so it is better to go home and farm as soon as possible!"

Li Zhiling had already made a statement, that is, he said in a lamented voice: "It's a pity that I can't see through his femme fatale heart in the two rankings, and I still treat him in the teahouse as a host, which is really cheap!" ”

Qian Han was furious again when he heard this, and he was about to come up with his fist, but he was directly held down by the official again.

"It's true that the teahouse invited guests, but it wasn't him who invited guests at that time, it was a businessman who paid all the expenses of this house, and negotiated with him to sell test questions!"

"Lord Presiding Judge, he's talking nonsense!!"

Qian Han watched Li Zhiling talk eloquently, and was also completely angered by his indifferent demeanor, if he hadn't been pressed by the officials, he was afraid that he would have been punched in Li Zhiling's face by now.

The official still wanted to continue pressing, but when he saw Li Yangzheng, the secretary of the criminal department, he gave a look, so he let go and took two steps back.

Qian Han also realized at this time that this was a trial in the lobby, and he didn't do anything drastic, but he was still angry when he thought about it, so he stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Zhiling's nose and stomped his feet and scolded:

"What the student said is indeed true, if the presiding judge doesn't believe it, the shopkeeper of the teahouse that day, the prisoner and the businessman can all be called to testify!"

Hearing this, Wei Guangwei showed a smug smile on his face, and glanced at Zhou Jiamo and Li Yangzheng from time to time, the former was already stunned at this time.

When Li Zhiling heard this, he was actually a little breathless.

However, thinking that the shopkeeper of the teahouse had been given a lot of profits, the businessman Huang Huatang didn't know where he was now, and there was no substantial evidence for what Qian Han said, so he was relieved again.

As soon as Qian Han's voice fell, he sneered and argued:

"It's all gibberish, deliberately framed!"

"Can't you adults hear that the tribute students who can testify are all walking with him, and all of them are on the list, so naturally they are jealous of us and the other two list of Jinshi, how can what they say be used as evidence."

"Whether it's the rest of the businessmen, or the shopkeepers, it's just one side! Besides, what he will try to compete is real talent and real learning, if he Qian Han is full of wealth, how can he fall off the list? ”

Wei Guangwei slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Pass the teahouse shopkeeper and the little guy!" ”

Soon, two plainly dressed men, one middle-aged and the other in his twenties, were all taken to the court by the officials of the Criminal Department.

After the two worshipped, Wei Guangwei asked in a solemn voice:

"This official asks you, was Li Zhiling's expenses that day from the merchant Huang Huatang, or was Li Zhiling a guest for the prisoners?"

The two glanced at each other, the little guy dodged his gaze, and said first: "Hui, go back to the master, it was Li and Li Li Gongzi who had a treat that day." ”

Wei Guangwei looked at the shopkeeper again, and the latter subconsciously avoided his gaze, and then immediately lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "Lord Presiding Judge, this is indeed the case." ”

"Li Gongzi was very generous that day, and gave more than 20 taels of silver for the prisoners!"