Zhu Biao was quite surprised when he heard this, but this person did not do anything wrong, the nobles still have a way to live, but this Huai'an prefect has only a dead end, and fleeing overseas is indeed the last chance of life.

Zhu Biao casually ordered: "Then go to the sea to catch papers, focus on the coastal areas, and their relatives will also be beaten." “

Chang Mao took the order and left, Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and thought that this person probably fled to Dongying, Huai'an Mansion and Japan are across the Yellow Sea, and it is not a strange thing that its prefect knows a few Japanese Kou.

If he really fled to Japan, then the Ming Dynasty was actually powerless, and the sea capture document was an official document issued by the government ordering the yamen to capture fugitives, just like the current wanted notice, referred to as "sea capture". The sea is a metaphor for the vastness of the territory, and the sea fishing is to pursue it throughout the country.

If the Ming Dynasty has been established for many years, it is not difficult to directly order the king to send the prisoners over, but now that the Ming Dynasty has been established, I am afraid that the Japanese side does not know yet, let alone ask the other party to obey the order.

Zhu Biao put down the official business in his hand and went to the room of the two younger brothers to take a look, a mere Huai'an prefect is a trivial matter, and the accident of these two little ancestors is earth-shattering.

After another night, the wind and snow that lasted for several days finally stopped, and Zhu Biao led people out of the city to go around the village, because the snow was very thick, so they returned in the evening, and the news in the capital finally came.

Zhu Biao stood up from the ground and took the holy decree, it seems that his father is not ready to attack Xungui, the meaning of the decree is that the crown prince has full power to deal with it, as long as he reports to the court afterwards.

At this time, the Fengyang prefect on the side stepped forward and said: "There are a total of seventy-four officials involved in this matter, and a total of three hundred and twenty officials, and at present, forty-three people have committed suicide in fear of crime, and the rest are all imprisoned in the prison. ”

Zhu Biao nodded and ordered: "Confiscate the stolen money, the officials above the sixth grade will be beheaded in three days, and the rest will be escorted to the corrupt official camp according to their criminal responsibility, and if they can survive the sentence, they will be dismissed from office and removed from office for life." ”

The prefect of Fengyang came out as promised, and he knew in his heart that with the intensity of the work of the corrupt official camp, there were probably no more than twenty of these people who could survive the sentence in the end.

Zhu Biao looked at Quan Xu and asked, "How is the third child?" ”

Quan Xu replied, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Xu Yungong have already controlled those 50,000 elites. ”

Zhu Punctuation nodded and said: "Tomorrow, Xu Yungong will be ordered to lead 20,000 elites to come over to protect the defense, so that the government soldiers who are now guarding Bozhou will return to their stations."

Quan Xu went as promised, Zhu Biao sat back in his chair and pondered, the civil officials are easy to handle, then the Marquis of Pingliang and the Marquis of Yongjia are not easy to deal with, the killing is too light, the dismissal of the official is the minimum, and the property obtained from corruption must also be returned.

Early the next morning, Zhu Fan and Zhu Di also eased up, and had breakfast with the eldest brother, Zhu Biao looked at the two younger brothers and asked, "What do you say should be done with Fei Ju and Zhu Liangzu?" ”

The brothers were stunned for a moment, and first thought about whether this was what they should answer, but they thought that their eldest brother would not test them like that.

Zhu Fan scratched his head and said first: "Since my father did not directly order the punishment, it should mean that the eldest brother should be treated lightly, and the scene is passable." ”

Zhu Di also nodded and said: "Yongjiahou and Pinglianghou are both people who have made great contributions, and killing them like this really makes the nobles dissatisfied, not to mention that they don't have much corruption, far better than the granary we checked."

Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows slightly, but he understood in his heart that although the two younger brothers had also seen the current situation of the people with their own eyes, they did not have much sympathy, compared to those people who played like ants, they valued the generals who made military exploits for the Zhu family.

But it is understandable, after all, they were born into nobles, and the least they can accommodate in their eyes must be officials above the fifth grade, and the rest are not qualified, let alone a mere Li Shu.

After casually sending the two of them, Zhu Biao began to receive letters from Beijing one after another, including the Marquis of Nanxiong, the Marquis of Yingchuan, the Marquis of Ji'an, the Marquis of Gongchang and many other marquises, and even Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, and Deng Yu, the Duke of Weiguo.

There are also civil officials, led by Hu Weiyong, and many civil servants affiliated to the East Palace, including his teacher Song Lian, who also sent letters to plead, Zhu Biao frowned and read them one by one.

At noon, Zhu Biao began to receive letters hoping to severely punish these two people, which were passed on by the officials led by Yang Xian, and the content was righteous and awe-inspiring, as if Fei Ju and Zhu Liangzu would never die in the imperial court.

In the afternoon, letters from Li Shanchang, the king of Changsha, Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and Li Wenzhong, the prince of Cao Guo, also began to come, and they naturally did not express their position clearly, the content was mainly to greet Zhu Biao's body, but at the end they secretly expressed their hope that they could be lightly dismissed.

Zhu Biao rubbed his eyebrows and leaned on the back of the chair, these people were watching earlier, and they saw that the emperor did not intend to punish him severely before they came to intercede with him, I am afraid that there was already a storm in the capital, but from some letters, we can see how terrifying the power of the nobles is.

In addition to Yang Xian's two percent of the civil officials in eastern Zhejiang, nearly seventy percent of the officials hope that this matter can be dealt with lightly, although they each have their own positions, and even have political disagreements, but they are all noble backgrounds, which is the basis of their lives.

At this time, the net worth of Pinglianghou and Yongjiahou was no longer important, and the nobles were forced to show their muscles, which was also what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see, he just wanted to boost their prestige.

But this degree is not enough, Zhu Yuanzhang will presumably let them take Yang Xian, the civil official group in the court will be crushed by the nobles with brute force, and Zhu Yuanzhang will set up Hu Weiyong as the prime minister, so that the nobles will inevitably reach the top, and the rest only need to watch quietly.

Seeing him raise the Zhu Tower, seeing him feasting guests, and seeing his building collapse, such a huge power will inevitably make some nobles have inflated ambitions, such as Hu Weiyong, a person who has been suppressed by Li Shanchang and Yang Xian for many years.

Zhu Biao leaned back in the chair and covered his face, it is far from simple to kill Xungui, the supremacy of imperial power is also because of the allegiance of the army, the crime of corruption can kill civilian officials, and if you want to kill Xungui on a large scale, there is only one crime, rebellion!

This is why the Hu Weiyong case and the Lan Yu case were implicated in the death of tens of thousands of people in history, because killing one or two people is far from solving the noble forces, and his father is now playing a big game of chess.

What Zhu Biao has to do is cooperate, to be honest, he wanted to kill Yongjiahou, but now he wants to let him go against his will, which is unpleasant, Zhu Biao has never been so aggrieved since he was born.

Zhu Biao took his hand off his face, looked at the roof with empty eyes, and suddenly thought very willfully in his heart, if you don't kill it, my father can still blame me, I am the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, I can't kill the two marquis?

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