After writing all the letters, Zhu Houzhao handed the letter to Liu Jin, and instructed with a serious face: "Find a few reliable people and send them to the capital quickly, and get an answer as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, the slave and maid will do it." Liu Jin hurriedly agreed, remembered something again, and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the commander of the Hangzhou Guard Liao Zhong asks to see him." ”

After saying this, Liu Jin waited for Zhu Houzhao's instructions on the side.

"Let him in." Zhu Houzhao said expressionlessly.

Regarding Liao Zhong's arrival, Zhu Houzhao did not feel strange.

In other words, during this period of time, there will be people who keep coming, because this is choosing to take sides.

Zhu Houzhao felt that this gentleman was doing one thing, that is, persecution. is not only persecuting himself, but also persecuting Jiangxi.

It can be said that this gentleman's arrangement in Zhejiang is essentially to prepare for a future rebellion. But things went wrong, that is, the matter of the household department in Nanjing, which led to the arrival of the prince in Zhejiang.

Now Zhu Houzhao has begun to suspect that all this may have been a conspiracy from the beginning.

Since he arrived in Nanjing, this conspiracy has already begun. In the case of the Nanjing Hubu, they did it deliberately in order to lure themselves to Zhejiang.

After arriving in Zhejiang, the other party used choice to stimulate himself, and through the extreme method of assassination, after his own reaction, the other party immediately chose to rebel. And through this simple coercion, they do not even hide their own purpose in the slightest.

However, in Zhu Houzhao's view, this is not a plan that can succeed, and it is doomed to failure.

In terms of the comparison of forces, they have no way to beat themselves.

On the other hand, it is difficult for some people to follow them because such a threat is not particularly big, and it is not a major crime of raiding the family and destroying the family.

Although he was more ruthless, like Han Tai, the political historian of Zhejiang, and Zhou Yi, the envoy of Zhejiang, did not kill them themselves, and it was impossible for the officials in Hangzhou not to know. So this threat is not a deterrent.

In such a situation, the other party still chooses this approach, why implement a plan that knows that it is impossible to succeed?

The other party is not stupid, and he doesn't want to fight to the death, so naturally he has other purposes.

It's not against themselves, it's only for themselves.

In many cases, the best way to resolve internal contradictions is to transfer internal contradictions to the outside. Apparently this gentleman did just that. Maybe this gentleman is a little dissatisfied with the Jiangxi side, and he wants to stimulate the other party in this way.

If his conjecture is not wrong, the other party will lead him to Jiangxi next.

But in what way will the other party guide it?

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect it for a while.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao believes that the other party will not do such a stupid thing is mainly because of the incident in the capital.

The planning of that incident was very delicate, forcing him to kill people in the palace.

And here in Zhejiang, the other party has been planning for so many years, and it can be said that the whole of Zhejiang is in his hands.

Whether it is the military town, or the officials up and down in Zhejiang, or even his own strange Zhai, they have all been infiltrated by him.

People who can do these things are naturally not stupid, and it is impossible for them to choose to do stupid things at this time.

Soon Liao Zhong walked in from outside, interrupting Zhu Houzhao's thinking.

Looking at Liao Zhong who was kneeling on the ground, Zhu Houzhao sat on the chair with an expressionless face, his fingers lightly tapped the armrest of the chair, and said coldly: "What is the matter with you coming to see the palace?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister is here to ask for sin." Liao Zhong knelt on the ground and said.

"Let's talk about it." Zhu Houzhao nodded. Nothing more than that.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to see what Liao Zhong would say, so he waited quietly.

As for how to deal with Liao Zhong, it depends on what he says.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, here's how it ......"

Liao Zhong told the whole thing all over again, without the slightest concealment. How they got hooked up with this gentleman in their family, how they began to embezzle the fields, how they started to sell silk to them, bit by bit.

In Liao Zhong's narrative, the whole thing began to become clear.

After this gentleman arrived in Zhejiang, the first thing he did was to buy a large amount of silk, and the price was higher than the market price. So all the silk merchants in Zhejiang sold silk to him.

But even so, he still collects it, and the price is very high. Under such circumstances, silk merchants who were not worried about sales naturally had to find ways to increase production.

Then the problem arises, silk does not appear in vain, it needs to be produced, and land is needed to grow mulberry trees. As a result, many businessmen began to change the land where they grew food into land for mulberry trees.

But this does not work for local officials, because the imperial court attaches great importance to food, and it does not mean that you can change it if you want to.

So people began to mediate, and they took the money to pay bribes, starting from county to county, and then to prefecture by prefecture. At the same time, the above has not stopped, and bribery of high-level officials in Zhejiang has also been carried out. So a large group of officials were dragged into the water, turning a blind eye to their efforts to convert rice to mulberry.

As for the officials who wanted to expose this matter, all the officials who were bribed were brought down for various reasons, and some even died of illness. In Liao Zhong's words, there are many people who have died unexplained.

These people have been doing such things all along, and in the past few years, the whole of Zhejiang has been held in their hands.

This is a huge network, and characters like Liao Zhong are just small people in it. They just annexed the tuntian and changed it into mulberry fields, and then went to plant mulberry trees, raise silkworms and weave silk.

There is another important reason why this project can go so smoothly. That is, this group of people can ensure the food supply of Zhejiang, and they will provide a large amount of grain to Zhejiang every year. This is a surprise.

Liao Zhong was also worried, that is, what about the food? Once there is no food, things will be big, and no one will be able to run away at that time.

But it's amazing that they can bring food every year. Although some of it is aged rice, most of it is fresh rice and it is of high quality.

This made Zhejiang officials, including Liao Zhong, gradually lose their vigilance, and at the same time, they were also carried away by interests, and things became bigger and bigger.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, that's probably how things are." Liao Zhong knelt on the ground and said: "Later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to Nanjing, and there was such a case in Nanjing, and many people knew that Zhejiang was involved, so everyone began to panic, but there was no good way for a while." ”

"I've been looking for that gentleman too, but I can't find him anymore."

Speaking of this, Liao Zhong kowtowed a few times, and said with an ugly face: "The minister is guilty, he shouldn't act like this." The ministers are ashamed of His Majesty's cultivation and the ancestors and ancestors. The minister is willing to give all the land and family property, and only asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to implicate the minister's family. As for the ministers themselves, they only ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to leave a whole corpse for the ministers. ”

Zhu Houzhao stood up, passed by Liao Zhong's side expressionlessly, and then walked to the door, looking at the sky outside, with a smile on his face.

Maybe that's part of this gentleman's plan, right?

If he raided Liao Zhong's house and killed his people, then there might really be people outside who would rebel.

The reason is also very simple, it is worth their fight to kill their homes.

The other party is forcing himself, and the previous stimulation may also be for this step, in order to make himself lose his mind and kill these people. At that time, those generals outside Hangzhou will inevitably be panicked.

It can be said that this is a big layout, from the earliest entry into Zhejiang, their purpose is to control.

Zhu Houzhao could think that once they wanted to rebel one day, they would cut off Zhejiang's grain in advance. If there is no food, then there will be chaos.

What will the people do without food to eat?

They will rebel.

It's not an act of God, it's **!

The grain is pinched in their hands, and as long as they agitate at that time, the whole Zhejiang will become a breaking point. When the time comes, they set out from Jiangxi and come with grain. So what will be the result?

Coupled with their internal response, the whole of Zhejiang will fall into their hands.

occupied Jiangxi, occupied Zhejiang, and to the north, you could directly take Nanjing and take Yingtianfu; To the south, you can take Fujian, Guangdong; To the west is to take Huguang.

Buying a wave of people's hearts in Zhejiang can gather a large number of troops, which is a very clever strategy, and it is a big plan.

Once this plan takes shape, it will be a catastrophe.

At that time, this rebellion will inevitably sweep across the entire Jiangnan, and the scale will definitely be much larger than in history, and it will definitely be even more difficult to quell.

Obviously, there is a master plotting it. As for whether it is this gentleman, Zhu Houzhao can't judge.

But apparently something went wrong within them, and perhaps some of them committed suicide in the capital.

There are some factions among them, and Zhu Houzhao is not surprised at all. The last suicide in Beijing and this time in Nanjing seem to be the same person's handiwork, and maybe this Zhejiang is the same this time.

Because I arrived in Nanjing, once I found out the matter, I would definitely find out in Zhejiang. Because I am here to check the taxes, that is, to settle the land accounts.

As soon as I arrived in Nanjing, I called all the strange shopkeepers from all over the country. This is a very bad signal, and Zhejiang's affairs can no longer be hidden.

So they took a risk and got a guy in the household department. Maybe it was to stall for time, maybe it was for some other purpose, but they chose to do it.

But they probably didn't expect that the prince would pounce on Zhejiang as soon as possible, so they were caught off guard.

After this incident, they made a plan, now to rebel or abandon Zhejiang?

If they allow themselves, the prince, to investigate, their layout for many years will be all exposed, and they will fall short.

Obviously, some people were unwilling, so there was the next thing, assassinating and provoking themselves, allowing themselves to betray their relatives in Zhejiang, and letting the people of Zhejiang stand by their side.

To launch a rebellion at this time, apparently they were not prepared.

Even if this incident was not instructed by the people in Jiangxi, Zhu Houzhao did not dare to guarantee it.

Although my guess may not be accurate, the general context has been sorted out.

They went to Liao Zhong's people to rebel, and the purpose was not really to make them rebel. It was also impossible for them to really believe that Liao Zhong would cooperate with him, because once one person informed, the entire plan would be leaked. That's not how it works.

They just wanted to provoke themselves again and let themselves kill Liao Zhong.

It seems that the layout is in Hangzhou, and the focus is in Hangzhou, but their eyes have long been outside Hangzhou.

If there is chaos on the Hangzhou side, the Jiangxi side may take advantage of the situation to attack. That's their plan.

If you are not a traverser, if you are really young and vigorous, you may really fall for their scheme, and I have to say that their plan is very clever.

If you are not a traverser and don't know that the real root is in Jiangxi, then if you have already judged that the problem lies in Jiangxi after the incident in the capital, you may still be surrounding them and still struggling with the problems in Zhejiang. Then they will surely succeed.

If he catches this gentleman all over the world, or even starts killing people, maybe there will already be a move in Jiangxi.

Now Jiangxi may be in full swing. Once someone rebels on the Zhejiang side, the other side will follow.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao turned to look at Liao Zhong and said, "Okay, get up." For the sake of your loyalty to the court, I won't kill you. But capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. Your family property, the palace will not want, but the fields you have embezzled over the years will be returned, and there is no room for negotiation. ”

"In addition, all the profits you have made over the years must be handed over.

As for yourself, since someone wants to rebel, then you should be guilty of meritorious service. If you have done enough, then your seat will be reserved for you; If you don't have enough credit, you go to work as a military household. You should know what kind of life the military family lives, right? ”

"Besides, you must have had many enemies over the years, and there are many people who covet your property. Once you're gone, you know what will happen to you. How to do things, you should understand. ”

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao turned around and walked to the back, and did not pay attention to Liao Zhong again.

Liao Zhong got up from the ground, his body soaking wet.

There was a fierce gaze in his eyes, of course, this fierceness was not aimed at Zhu Houzhao, but at those anti-thieves.

Now he's guilty, and if he doesn't do it, he'll be miserable. As for the property in the family, he no longer cares about it.

When the money is gone, you can make it again, and when the people are gone, there is nothing.

Under such circumstances, Liao Zhong was naturally going to be ruthless. Just catch that gentleman and he'll be able to roll over!

Liao Zhong turned around abruptly and strode outside.