Zhu Youxiao wants to wear a crown dress this time, the reason is very simple, it is to show importance and let everyone know what he is going to do this time.

The main purpose of coming to Nanjing by himself was to deter, and this time he wanted to use all his strength to overwhelm them.

Early the next morning, Zhu Youxiao changed into a crown robe under the service of Chen Hong and others, and then went directly to the main hall in front to prepare for the morning court.

And by Zhu Youxiao's side, Qi Yuanfu followed closely.

Glancing at Qi Yuanfu, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand at him and said, "Take it." ”

Zhu Youxiao not only had to wear a crown robe this time, but also had to go to the palace with a sword.

Qi Yuanfu didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly stretched out his hands, and respectfully handed a sword to Zhu Youxiao.

Stretching out his hand to take the sword, Zhu Youxiao walked into the main hall.

At this point, everyone is waiting here.

Wei Chao stood on the top of the steps and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

With these words, everyone knelt on the ground and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Youxiao walked into the main hall, sat down directly on the dragon chair, and slowly swept his gaze over all the courtiers.

This hall, after so many years, finally ushered in another emperor's ascension.

And after Zhu Youxiao sat down, what he thought of was Zhu Yuanzhang, the famous Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Taizu should have been here to kill in the first place, right?

After putting the sword in his hand on the ground and making a loud noise, Zhu Youxiao said, "Calm down." ”

After everyone stood up, Zhu Youxiao continued: "I brought you here today because I have something to say. ”

Here, there is simply no need to detour. The courtiers here are all courtiers from Nanjing, not Beijing, and they are all inferior in terms of ability and power.

Zhu Youxiao brought them over, not to discuss with them. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's attitude is very firm, and his tone is also very calm.

He said directly: "This matter is that I want to carry out an investigation in Jiangnan, from the civil and military officials to the peddlers and pawns, but all those who oppress the good, violate the law and discipline, and do not abide by the norms and ethics will be severely punished." ”

"I have brought you here to tell you not to try to interfere with this investigation. If anyone dares to interfere or shield them, they will be severely punished if they are known by me. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone and said again with an expressionless face: "Whoever has an opinion, you can stand up and say it." I am an emperor who is open to opinions. ”

There was silence in the hall, and the needles could be heard. Everyone stood there stunned.

In fact, no one expected that the emperor would summon his own people and say such a thing.

You know, this is not a summons at all, it is just a call to threaten everyone. This is not what an emperor should do.

Many of the civil officials below began to frown, and they were all nervous in their hearts.

You must know that what the emperor did in Yangzhou can be said to be very big. Over the years, there has been a rare killing in officialdom. This kind of power, except for Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu back then, no emperor has it.

But now, the young man sitting on it has escaped this power.

No one dared to speak, or even object.

The reason is very simple, today's emperor has such a prestige, although the prestige is not as high as that of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu, but it is about to dominate the world.

Whether it is the royal army, or the means of these years, no one dares to underestimate His Majesty the Emperor,

In fact, this is the reason why Zhu Youxiao has seized the power of the central government.

The cabinet, the General Staff, and the General Administration, plus Dongchang and Jinyiwei, these people are all from this emperor now. Even if someone doesn't go along with him once in a while, it's just a personal decision.

Over the years, this emperor has scattered a lot of things and built a lot of new ones. Today, those who can stay above the court are basically the emperor's people.

If you want to oppose it, you have no choice but to rebel through officialdom.

In the face of Zhu Youxiao, it is not so easy to rebel. Now the pro-army in the capital is not talking, and no army in the Ming Dynasty can pull out and fight them.

What's more, it is not the people who are rebelling now, but those of them who are officials, so it will be even more useless.

In thick words, the peasants revolted, then they revolted; If there is no peasant participation, it is not called an uprising, then there is a rebellion.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Youxiao said: "This is very good. This time, I handed over the inventory to Wei Guogong to preside. The upper and lower people must all obey the dispatch of Wei Guogong. If someone changes his behavior and disobeys the order, he will be severely punished. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked out to the back.

At this time, Wei Guogong's face was full of bitterness.

It's not a good job. Don't say that you don't want to do it, you were forced by the emperor, even if you want to do it, this errand is a fatal errand.

In this way, he offended the entire Jiangnan and could not gain a foothold in Nanjing. When the time comes, there will be more arrests, more people will be killed, and there will be no reputation.

But now the emperor is forcing him to do this, that is, to make him break with the people of Nanjing. To put it bluntly, you have aroused the suspicion of the emperor.

If you don't understand this, then you don't need to mess it up. So I can only bite the bullet.

As for whether you can really call the shots?

That's impossible, it's just a name. Wei Guogong's face became ugly, but he could only force himself to make his face look better.

After returning to the apse, Zhu Youxiao glanced at the Wei Dynasty and said, "Let them do it." ”

"Yes, Emperor." Wei Chao hurriedly agreed.

The content of this decree is very serious.

After this holy decree was spread, the entire city of Nanjing began to move.

Jinyiwei and the General Administration Department cooperated with each other, the people of Jinyiwei grasped the business, the people of the General Administration Department began to arrest them, and the Internal Affairs Office dealt with the aftermath, and they cooperated very tacitly.

All of a sudden, the entire Nanjing people panicked, and it became a pot of porridge in an instant.

Many people wanted to escape from Nanjing City with their families, but at this time they found that Nanjing City could not get out. The reason is also very simple, Lu Xiangsheng has already led people to blockade Nanjing City.

After the blockade of such a large city, it must be very troublesome. But it's not that you won't be allowed to go, it's okay to block it for a few hours or most of the day. There is no way to leave Nanjing City now.

Originally, everyone thought that it was presided over by the Duke of Wei, but there was a little bit of relaxation.

But I didn't expect that this move was vigorous and resolute, obviously because I had prepared for it.

Among the six yamen in Nanjing, nearly forty percent of the officials were arrested, and in addition, countless people from the middle and lower yamen were also arrested.

Many of the merchants in Nanjing City were also arrested. On the streets of Nanjing, a temporary yamen was erected.

This yamen is a newly established temporary yamen, which inherits the form of all the people in Nanjing. Anyone who violates the law and discipline by an official, or a businessman who commits a traitor, can all come here and tell him.

All of a sudden, the entire Yangzhou city was surging, and at the same time, Jinyiwei and the General Administration Department attacked in all directions. Rush to other cities.

Zhu Youxiao sits in the palace of Nanjing City.

Glancing at Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao said: "Let your people keep an eye on it, and don't let people do things here." If someone takes advantage of it, it's even more troublesome. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The slave has been passed down, let them keep an eye on it. Chen Hong hurriedly said.

You must know that in every purge, there will be people who pretend to be public and private, and declare personal vendettas. To put it bluntly, it's the use of the Great Purge to do something.

In the party struggle of the Ming Dynasty, Jingcha played a great role. It is often a good way to crack down on dissidents, and it is used to frame up people.

Although this time it was Jinyiwei and Tongzheng who were in charge of the investigation, and they were not involved in the original officialdom at all, Zhu Youxiao was still very worried, so he sent Chen Hong's people to keep an eye on it. He didn't want his cleansing to become a tool for others to make money.

Zhu Youxiao carried out a vigorous rectification in the south of the Yangtze River, while on the other hand, the Internal Affairs Office quietly developed.

What they have to do is also very simple, through the investigation over the years and the list they have obtained, they have started to contact and connect. What is recorded in their list is, of course, those businessmen with better reviews and good reputations.

With the exception of some commercial practices, there is no act of adultery.

These people were all absorbed and conspired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You either become an internal service provider, or you become a peripheral of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They will take over the stolen merchants and quickly take over the market.

On the one hand, it maintains the stability of the market, and on the other hand, it is to unite people's minds and boost morale.

This time he did a big job, I am afraid that there are a lot of people who move, and Zhu Youxiao is also worried about affecting the people's hearts and making people think that he is a tyrant. Then it is important to publicize and unite the people. ”

Under such pressure, these people agreed very happily.

Then they get the first task, and then they need publicity.

Quickly report all the circumstances, say what bad things these people have done, and make their crimes public.

The emperor did not do this brutally, but for the sake of the people to rectify them.

At the same time, another thing was finally taken out by Zhu Youxiao.

This thing is a newspaper. On this day, there were suddenly many newspaper sellers in Nanjing, and the newspapers in their hands were shaking and shouting loudly.

Nanjing, which can basically be said to be a place where literati gather in the south of the Yangtze River, has a lot of readers. So after the newspaper came out, it quickly became a hot thing, and it was snapped up everywhere.

In the newspapers, the focus is on the crimes of those people.

Of course, the main one is to catch the great evil. Everybody knows what bad things those people have done.

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