Gusts of spring breeze swept through the green moat water under Jinling City, wrinkling layers of ripples like fish scales, making the figures reflected in the water tremble gently.

Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, Zhu Guobi of Funing, Du Sheng, the eunuch of the town guard, Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wang Yongguang, the rank of counselor of the Ministry of War, are looking forward to it with different thoughts.

Early this morning, everyone got the news that the imperial driver was about to arrive in Nanjing, and asked them to prepare for the Luan drive to welcome the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

But right now, it has been three poles in the day, but the bright yellow banner of the Yongwei Battalion has not yet been seen.

In December of the second year of the Apocalypse, although the weather in Nanjing has been slightly cooler, it is still hot and humid every two hours between noon and afternoon.

After waiting for half an hour, everyone was quite complaining, constantly wiping their sweat.

As the most trusted internal garrison officer according to legend, Du Sheng naturally inevitably suffered from everyone's frequent attention at such a time.

There is no other reason, he is the godson of the eunuch of the current dynasty, if the emperor changes the distance or time, how can he not know?

Du Sheng is very innocent, he really doesn't know.

In the face of everyone's fingering, Du Sheng had to continue to wait.

I don't know how long it took, everyone was a little impatient, and some of the people who wanted to watch the excitement also left in groups, and the impatient shouting in the ranks of officials became more and more numerous.

Xu Hongji glanced coldly and said:

"Shut up."

When the words landed, the martial arts team suddenly became silent.

The ministers did not react, but at the end of the team, some people laughed loudly, although Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, was the leader of the martial arts, but he had no deterrent effect at all against their foreign ministers.

What's more, in the twentieth year of Wanli, Xu Hongji had already taken the initiative to give up their position as a coordinated garrison in Nanjing for the Duke of Wei, and he had no real power in his hands.

At this time, on the horizon in the distance, a flag slowly appeared.

Du Sheng picked up the clairvoyant mirror, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the flag, this is the descendant army personally formed and trained by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the Yongwei Battalion.

Unless ordered to go on an expedition, this army will almost always accompany the emperor, protect the royal driver, and the brave guard camp has arrived, which means that the emperor is really here.

All of a sudden, the people were boiling, and the ranks of officials became silent.

There was a sound of hooves in Nanjing, but it was the Jinyi Wei Nanzhili Governor who was stationed in Nanjing, and sent a team of people.

Du Sheng grabbed one of them as they crossed the drawbridge and slowed down their horses, and asked in a ghostly manner:

"What are you going to do?"

"The manager doesn't know yet?" Jinyi Wei Baihu was a little surprised, and then smiled:

"Back to the words of the governor of Du, the governor of Tian Du received an edict from His Majesty, asking us to send people and horses out of ten miles to meet us, and the emperor's order is here, so I will not accompany him."

After saying that, he shook his body, his crotch tightened, and shouted:

"Driving ——!"

Looking at the Jinyiwei's people, the ministers whispered, and Wu Xun also felt very interesting, how could the emperor go out on patrol, and let the Jinyiwei go first without notifying the courtiers to greet him.

Du Sheng's face was solemn, and he was puzzled in his heart, could it be that Father Wei had broken his trust in the emperor, and His Majesty was going to favor Jinyiwei?

This Wei father naturally refers to his godfather Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youxiao rode on a horse, pressing the imperial sword in one hand and holding the reins of the horse in the other, looking at the southeast from afar, and the whole picture of Jinling City in the Ming Season came into view.

The red and green colors of the rich family garden are connected with the majestic city wall, and in the distance there are enemy towers guarded by soldiers, and the garden below the castle complements each other.

Colonel Zhu ordered the troops to slow down their march and observe the surrounding scenery little by little.

Look at Jinling closely, before reaching the city, the suburbs have been prosperous, the pavilions and pavilions are distributed on both sides of the road, the height is scattered, the small merchants and hawkers, the merchants and travelers come and go and shout, in an orderly manner.

A tavern, there is a row of double-layered twenty jars of daughter red outside the door, walking through here, the aroma of wine comes to the face, and the diners come and go, in an endless stream.

Even Chen Ce unconsciously glanced at the tavern.

I secretly praise in my heart, good wine!

Just thinking about it, a team of Jinyi captains came from afar, everyone hung the waist card of the superintendent, and where they passed, pedestrians stopped and looked.

Coming to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Jinyi Wei Qianhu and Governor Tian Ergeng hurriedly dismounted, knelt down and said:

"Minister Nanjing Supervision Department Governor Tian Ergeng, see Your Majesty."

Colonel Zhu You snorted lightly, and Wang Chaofu also hurriedly signaled these brocade guards to get up and get on their horses and escort them beside the royal driver.

"Choose a good place for me, arrange for the Yongwei camp to camp, I will live in the barracks, and I will not enter the city today."

"Your Majesty, there is a spacious place in the thirteen miles here, and the mountains and rivers are clear." Tian Ergeng has been in the local area for many years, so he naturally kept the various situations in mind and said:

"Your Majesty, please, the minister will lead the way."

With that, he waved his hand, and more than a dozen cavalry brocade guards lined up in front of the army, slowly opening the way.

Along the way, Tian Ergeng held back the curiosity in his heart, and did not ask the Emperor of the Apocalypse why he did not live in the spacious and bright city of Nanjing.

He was waiting, waiting for the emperor to ask.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Wang Chaofu to summon him to the rear team, and he whispered that the emperor had something to look for.

"Tian Ergeng, I ask you, is this area south of the Yangtze River still too peaceful during this time?"

"Taiping, under the rule of Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is thriving, where is not peaceful."

Tian Ergeng first cleverly slapped some sycophants, and then said:

"But some people just want to disturb this peace."

"Some young scholars who have fallen off the list, who do not learn and have no skills, and are unwilling to go to the southwest to give lectures, have secretly formed a secret society under the pretext of being unfair to this year, and lobby for Ye Xianggao, Yang Lian and other sinners in a vain attempt to reverse black and white and make a name for themselves."

"Moreover, the minister also found out that at least more than half of the relief grain for the famine in Huaibei provinces in June this year was privately resold to grain merchants by some officials and replaced with poor grain bran."

"After the milled rice sent by the imperial court is exchanged for grain bran, the profit difference will cost millions of taels to say the least, and they can divide it, and everyone will be full of money!"

"Bran? Can you eat that? ”

Zhu Youxiao's tone was a little angry.

"It's not more than that, Your Majesty, there are some things that the minister doesn't know whether to say or not..."Tian Ergeng looked a little hesitant, afraid that he would say something that would shake the foundation in the next sentence.

Zhu Youxiao did not hesitate, took the reins of the horse, and said fiercely:

"Speak, I forgive you not guilty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Since Tian Ergeng has done this, he is not afraid of offending people, and after confirming that the emperor really wants to listen, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists and said:

"Your Majesty, there are officials in Nanjing City who are secretly colluding with local wealthy families!"

"Officials withheld the grain provided by the imperial court for disaster relief and resold the milled rice to grain merchants, who joined forces to hoard grain, raise grain prices, and then sell the grain from the imperial court for disaster relief to the people at a high price."

"At first, even the old rice sent to various provinces in Huaibei had to raise the price several times and then sell it to the people..."

"Presumptuous ——!" Zhu Youxiao was furious, stopped the horse, looked back, and was furious:

"It's so presumptuous! I have repeatedly ordered and reaffirmed, and they are all regarded as deaf ears, and they have been banned repeatedly! Those are the life-saving food I have distributed to the victims, and they dare to move!! ”

"Tian Ergeng!"

The latter was frightened by the emperor's sudden rage, and was stunned for a moment, before he shuddered and replied:

"The minister is here!"

Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath and said slowly: "Continue to investigate for me, investigate deeply, no matter how hard the backstage is this time, how big the chaebol is, I will touch them." ”

"No one who is an official is the master of the people, so I, who is the emperor, must let the people of the Ming Dynasty see hope!"

"Obey the order!"

Zhu Youxiao calmed down, looked at the camping spot in front of him, and immediately looked north, his voice was full of coldness, and said:

"What's the other situation, you tell me all about 1510."

Tian Ergeng thought so, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, after the governor's yamen was set up in Nanjing City, the number of times the yamen was attacked by the chaotic people was at least three times a month. ”

"What did you do?"

Tian Ergeng was excited, and hurriedly proved himself:

"The minister did not let the captain slaughter the people, and the minister felt that these were all those people with ulterior motives, who misled the good people behind their backs and made them resentful of the imperial court office."

"You're doing a good job." Zhu Youxiao muttered, and then asked:

"What else?"