In prison, an old man and a young man stared at each other, the prefect of Beiping lowered his head, and a sigh reached Ma Sanbao's ears, he looked up, and there seemed to be fog in his eyes.

"Hey, this kind of thing, it's useless for you to threaten me, I'm really not familiar with those guys, our officialdom in Beiping is much more difficult than you think, just you are a superintendent of the imperial history, and you want to thoroughly investigate Beiping, it's too difficult, I am a Beiping prefect, can you guarantee that the next Beiping prefect is honest and honest?" The prefect of Beiping opened his mouth and said, even Ma Sanbao didn't know how to answer, what the prefect of Beiping said was that the officialdom of the entire Beiping was fundamentally corrupt, and it was not easy to talk about it if it was to investigate thoroughly, even if the list arrived, there was not enough evidence to prove that these people were officials who were corrupt with the prefect of Beiping.

In this prison, Ma Sanbao has nothing to do with this Beiping prefect, don't look at the reputation of the Beiping prefect now, but he doesn't care, after all, he needs to spend the rest of his life in prison, and his treatment in prison is not bad, why betray his accomplices? Don't look at Beiping is the most prosperous city in the Ming Dynasty except for Nanjing, but the hand of the imperial court is not stretched too long, as long as there is no official position above the second grade, basically no one can control the corrupt life of the Beiping prefect.

"Okay, whatever you want, you can say what you like, and if you don't say it, you can pull it down, and when I find out, they will come to the prison to be your companion and eat together in prison." Ma Sanbao was helpless, the prefect of Beiping didn't say anything, besides, in Beiping, with his connections, the people in this prison would not do anything to him, Xu Da only cares about Gu Jun's affairs, and he is not involved in other political affairs at all, so naturally no one can take care of him.

"Young Master Ma, I won't send off guests, I have news, I heard that the imperial court will order someone to take over my position, hey, I have worked hard to run Beiping for most of my life, and I am going to give it up!" The prefect of Beiping was suddenly lost, and even Ma Sanbao was a little surprised, the old man who was still talking eloquently and high-spirited before, now he was like a beggar who had lost his treasure on the street, with an indescribable look flashing in his eyes.

"You still have a lot of news in prison, it seems that your power is really huge, which makes my work more difficult, I am alone, I want to deal with your entire Peking officialdom, it's unrealistic!" Ma Sanbao shook his head helplessly, dealing with the entire Beiping, his official position may not be enough, someone must help, what he is most afraid of now is that the newly appointed prefect of Beiping is an official promoted in the Beiping officialdom that is rotten to the bone, which will make it difficult for him to complete the task assigned to him by the imperial court.

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In Beiping, a shop was quietly established, but attracted a large number of people to stop and buy, a novel newspaper attracted the attention of the people, once haunted in the various teahouses and restaurants of the bag inquirers are now gathered in the newspaper opened by Zhu Di, constantly provide all kinds of gossip to the newspaper, the busy printers are constantly printing the upcoming newspaper, each newspaper layout is in accordance with Ma Sanbao's drawings to pay attention to, the relevant court affairs and political affairs are in the largest territory, as for the gossip, It also occupies a lot of space in the newspaper.

The emerging newspaper has received countless praises as soon as it came out, regardless of status, they all hope to spend a penny or two to pocket the newspaper, after all, the newspaper is recorded in the freshest news, Zhu Di in the newspaper office looked at the newspaper sales so hot, and suddenly couldn't help but count the money, although the newspaper is a small profit, but more sales, in the number of stacking, Zhu Di has also harvested thousands of money, which is not worth mentioning in Zhu Di's cost, of course, it is not only Zhu Di who is busy, There is also Ma Sanbao, who has just returned from prison, because he did not speak from the mouth of the prefect of Beiping, he wrote it himself, and wanted to typeset out an article condemning the officialdom of Beiping, for a while, even Zhu Di admired it, once the matter about the officialdom of Beiping was exposed, the public opinion and public sentiment at that time would stand by Zhu Di and Ma Sanbao's side.

In the mansion of the prefect of Beiping, since the prefect fell into prison and was replaced by a new prefect, he took over the so-called three fires of the new official, he removed all the luxurious furniture and ink paintings from before, and the office environment seemed to be a lot simpler.

"The Fourth Highness has made a good move! Public opinion and public sentiment are on their side, it is estimated that the officialdom of the entire Beiping will be turned upside down, some of my future colleagues feel sorry for me, hey, if the Tianyuan Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not give an order, it is estimated that the war on the border will drag on the Four Highnesses for a long time, and their good days are basically over! The new prefect of Beiping said, the prefect of Beiping is not very old, only about forty years old, compared to the previous gray-haired old man, this is only a middle-aged age, sitting in such a high position, there are also certain means.

When the new prefect took office, the servants subordinate to the old prefect did not dare to deal with the new prefect, after all, no one knew what the temper of the new prefect was, and the attendants carefully put the water and food aside, but the prefect ignored it, but was interested in the newspaper.

"I don't know when the Fourth Highness will come to see me." The new prefect put down the newspaper in his hand and looked out the door, this prefect was not from the officialdom of Beiping before, he was parachuted, and even the attendants did not know his origin.

Although the middle-aged man has a gentle and elegant scholarly temperament, he is restrained and domineering and resolute, as if he has been by the emperor's side for a long time, this middle-aged man does not look simple, otherwise how could he be airborne to become the prefect of Beiping? Apparently with the orders of the imperial court.

In Zhu Di's newspaper, Zhu Di, who was still being gossiped, suddenly heard that a new Beiping prefect had arrived, and he couldn't help but be a little shocked for a while. However, it sounds like the history of the Beiping prefect was not subordinate to the Beiping officialdom before, but was transferred from other places, and the sudden Beiping prefect even Ma Sanbao was a little shocked, I don't know who this Beiping prefect is.

"There's a new prefect in Beiping, I don't know if it's the same as the original one! The officialdom of Peking is rotten to the bone. Ma Sanbao muttered, not long ago, he had just interrogated the former prefect of Beiping, and he knew something about the officialdom of Beiping, and the new prefect of Beiping did not even know about it, and he became the prefect in just two days, and he was definitely a capable person with a background and background.

Late at night, they are not good to visit the prefect of Beiping, now the newspapers are printed at night, only this newspaper office is still lit on the whole street, most of the newspapers are made urgently at night, but they are tired of the workers who need to be printed live, but they have no complaints, Zhu Di gives a lot of wages.

The next day, early in the morning, the sky was bright, the news of the new Beiping prefect took office in the newspaper spread all over the streets and alleys, the new officials took office, many bureaucrats are ready to come to the door, however, the new prefect of Beiping is very acquainted, any of the gifts are not seen, the bureaucrats who give gifts are turned away, and those who come to deal with them are accepted into the room, for a while, the bureaucrats of Beiping were shocked, as if they had met a great capable person, showing a dissatisfied look, if it is the old prefect, I heard that the door would have been opened to welcome you, But the new prefect didn't get in, and they didn't know how to build a good relationship with the new prefect.

"There are so many officials outside the prefect's mansion? I have more or less some silver taels in my hands, are I here to give gifts? Zhu Di also came to the outside of the mansion, looked at the rejected officials outside the door, and asked confusedly.

"Don't give gifts, he didn't see any gifts, I didn't recognize them just now, it turned out to be the Fourth Highness!" The official who had taken care of Zhu Di before said with bad intentions, and it wasn't until he looked at Zhu Di that he realized that the person who came was the noble Fourth Highness, "It's a lot of offense, don't take it to heart Fourth Highness." ”

"Little things, naturally, don't take it to heart." Zhu Di smiled, he and Ma Sanbao, one big and one young, stood outside the mansion and looked inside the mansion.

In just one day, the previously luxurious mansion has become a lot simpler, except for the rockery and fake water that basically cannot be moved, other expensive plant potted plants have been removed, and the whole courtyard looks empty.

"Fourth Highness, you are finally here, I'll report to you!" The attendants saw the Fourth Highness Zhu Di, and hurriedly spoke, for the Fourth Highness Zhu Di, they are very familiar, not long ago the Fourth Highness Zhu Di also came to visit, took the old prefect away from the mansion, and since then sent to prison without any news, followed by the new Beiping prefect settled in the mansion.

"Lord Prefect, the Fourth Highness is here to visit!" Hearing the Fourth Highness, this group of servants was very diligent and invited the Fourth Highness Zhu Di into the mansion.

Entering the mansion, Zhu Di and Ma Sanbao couldn't help but admire the determination of the Beiping prefect, who had just taken office, and sent most of the treasures of the old prefect out of the mansion, obviously to establish a clean and honest image, and the officials who gave gifts were all gone, what kind of courage and decision-making it took to make such determination.

"Fourth Highness, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time." From the house, a middle-aged man walked out of the face, the middle-aged man was personable, gentle and elegant, like a scholar, when he stood in front of the fourth highness Zhu Di, Zhu Di opened his mouth in surprise, and was speechless for a while.

"Old... Teacher! ”