In order to deal with the investigation of the governor's yamen and today, Feng Deyuan had already prepared, and raised his hand without hesitation: "Back to the emperor, these things are all in charge of the cheap, but in the past few years, Weichen has donated most of his family property, more than 10,000 taels to help the victims. ”

Zhu Xu suddenly smiled and said to the others, "You all see, Lord Feng, this is my good official of the Ming Dynasty!" The most important thing in governing the side is to enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment, improve their living standards, and donate their family property to help the victims......

"The emperor has a good reputation." Feng Deyuan said calmly, but his eyes were secretly happy. With the emperor's words, it is not easy for the governor yamen to move him.

People who don't know the inside story secretly regret that they didn't stand up to show their merits.

The expressions of Huang Chengyuan and the others who can be known remain unchanged, but they are shaking their heads in their hearts, this Lord Feng still hasn't figured it out, the emperor in front of him is not the previous apocalypse, Wanli, he can't tolerate sand in his eyes, you talk nonsense in front of him, and you will be severely punished later.

Before the words in their hearts were over, suddenly a huge drum beat sounded outside the governor's yamen, and it came in like thunder.

Everyone looked at each other, and Zhu Xu said, "What's wrong?" ”

Huang Chengyuan stood up and said: "Back to the emperor, the affairs have been complicated recently, and the ministers have put a big drum in the yamen, and the people who have grievances can come to the drum to complain." ”

Zhu Xu snorted, this can be regarded as a means of beating the head snake on the ground, and said with a smile: "Then call in, I will also hear any grievances." ”

Huang Chengyuan had a clear conscience and said outside: "Bring it in." ”

Outside the door, one of the guards turned around, said 'yes', and walked briskly to the front.

The rest of the people in the hall were worried, and if the emperor held on to it, they would all have to eat and fall.

It didn't take long for Gong Dingyu, who was dressed in a Confucian shirt and looked like a scholar, to be brought in, he looked at the 'Zhu Muyu' who was sitting on the upper seat and looking at him with a smile, and suddenly he was enlightened, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said loudly, "Gong Dingyu, the examiner, knock on my emperor, long live my emperor!" ”

Zhu Xu smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Let's be flat, we can be considered acquaintances, so there is no need to be polite." ”

A little sweat appeared on Gong Dingxiao's head, his mind was full of paste, and his heart was even more uneasy.

How could he have guessed that the person he met in Pingshui and the person who was idle with them would actually be the current emperor! But looking back, apart from the emperor, who can understand today's government so well and so thoroughly!?

"Emperor Xie!" Gong Dingyu stood up, his mind was still messy, and he forgot what he had come for a while.

Huang Chengyuan, Feng Deyuan and others all looked at Gong Dingyu, not knowing what kind of injustice this test taker was going to shout when he came here?

Gong Dingyu quickly calmed down, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhu Xu, his body trembled a little, and he still said loudly: "The grass people want to complain to the emperor and tell him. Yang Fengzhong, Governor of Nanfu, Thai. Feng Deyuan, the prefect of Anfu, they were embarrassed, embezzled the money and grain of the imperial court for disaster relief, and collaborated with the gentry of the two places to divide the acres of land under their names to avoid taxes from the imperial court! ”

Before Gong Dingyu's words fell, Feng Deyuan hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "The minister is wronged!" The minister has never intervened in the court's disaster relief, and has always been the direct manager of the household department. The minister's family property is only 400 acres of land, and he has already declared it to the patrol yamen, and there is nothing to hide, please ask the emperor to know it. ”

Zhu Xu smiled, looked at Gong Dingyu and said: "I also praised Feng Aiqing for loving the people like a son just now, you have no evidence, you can't indiscriminately frame the ministers of the court, you have to punish the crime!" ”

Gong Dingyu calmed down, took out a notebook from his arms, and said, "Back to the emperor, this is a mountain. Some officials and gentry from all over the east jointly wrote a copy of the exposé, and asked the emperor to read it. ”

Cao Huachun hurriedly stepped forward and took it and handed it to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu glanced at Feng Deyuan and opened it to take a look.

A cold sweat broke out at Feng De's source, he ignored these two things, and thought that no one would mention them, but he didn't expect someone to denounce him in front of the emperor, the governor Yamen and a group of other people!

His eyes flickered sharply, his back unconsciously bent a little more, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is following the Ji. Nanfu's decree has never been corrupt, nor has it ever colluded with the lawless gentry, and the emperor has been asked to check it. ”

Zhu Xu closed the notebook, threw it to him, and said lightly, "Gong Dingyu, you come." ”

"Yes!"

Gong Dingyu was calm, turned his head to look at Feng Deyuan, and said coldly: "Lord Feng, your three brothers-in-law have suddenly added nearly 1,000 acres of fertile land under their names in the past month, and your housekeeper and master have suddenly had thousands more acres under their names, and the other seven, seven, eight, and eight add up to nearly 3,000 acres, you can not admit it, but as long as you check the past contracts of these acres, you must not be able to escape!" There are also a few of your wives and concubines in Huitong Commercial Bank, at least hundreds of thousands of taels, you will definitely not be able to erase these! Your shops, the warehouses of money and grain, have definitely not been cleaned up for a while, as long as you check a little, the evidence is conclusive! How about it, Lord Feng, do you want me to continue? ”

A trace of fine sweat broke out on Feng Deyuan's slightly chubby face, his eyes were red, and his face twitched.

Huang Chengyuan stood up and said with a cold gaze: "Feng Deyuan, do you confess your guilt now, or do you want the official to personally bring someone to check on you?" ”

Feng Deyuan knows very well that he can't stand up to investigation, so many years, so many things, where can he be erased for a while!

He struggled in his heart, knelt on the ground with a thud, and said dejectedly, "The guilty minister pleads guilty, and asks the emperor to give him a lenient sentence." ”

Zhu Xu sighed and said, "Great loyalty is like a traitor, I have also seen it, come here, pull it down, and hand it over to the governor's yamen for disposal." ”

"Yes." Two forbidden soldiers rushed in and dragged Feng Deyuan away.

"Arrange a place for Gong Dingyu." Zhu Xu said.

A janissary moved in and put a stool at the back, Gong Dingyu raised his hand and said, "The grass people thank the emperor." ”

He didn't dare to raise his head, lowered his head, bowed his body, slowly pushed to the end, and sat down carefully.

A group of people didn't dare to speak, especially Huang Chengyuan and other people who had seen the emperor and entered Beijing, and they became more and more worried.

The emperor is not such a careless person at all, and letting Feng Deyuan go so simply is not the emperor's style at all!

Zhu Xu sat there, patting the folding fan in his hand, his eyes swept over the faces of Huang Chengyuan, Yan Mingtai and others, and after a while, he smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, let's just chat today, let's talk about my days in the mountains first. The idea of walking around in the east. ”

Huang Chengyuan and the others did not dare to be careless at all, and bowed slightly to show their respect for the hadith.

"My first feeling is corruption, mountain. The officials of the East, from top to bottom, I no longer know who is incorruptible and who is corrupt? Decay has brought about a lot of disadvantages, people are superficial, separated from the people, bad court discipline, bad officialdom, and cause civil unrest, which can be said to be the fundamental reason for the change of dynasties. This Feng Deyuan is a prefect, with nearly 10,000 acres of land, how did he come here? YANG Feng Zhongji. The prefect of Nanfu, the old mother celebrated her birthday, and received a gift of 100,000 taels, I am much older than him, if I also have a birthday, can I receive a million taels? I remember that the tax silver in the year of the Apocalypse was only 2.5 million yuan a year, maybe I could earn ...... on this birthday."

The hearts of the people were chilled when they heard this, and the emperor's words were piercing, sweeping their faces to the ground, but there was nothing to refute.

Zhu Xu said a lot, and continued: "The second one is the disaster, the mountain. The disaster in the east is not light, but it is not as serious as the previous one. Dong's ability can basically be solved. Since the third year of Chongzhen, the imperial court has given the mountain. East tax exemption, disaster relief money and food is close to 10 million taels, what do you think......

A group of people's scalps are numb, and the emperor clearly wants to settle accounts after the autumn!

When Zhu Xu said this, he picked up the teacup, took a sip lightly, and said: "It seems that it has become a habit for local officials to deceive and conceal it. This habit is very bad, in the past, I didn't pursue it, because I was entangled in the New Deal and the construction of slaves, etc., but now that the New Deal has begun, I must open my eyes to the blind, and you must also do things seriously and get rid of those stinky problems. I hope that I can be wise and virtuous with my ministers, and become a good story for the ages......"

A group of people became more and more uneasy, and even Gong Dingyu was worried.

"I hope that my Ming officials, while studying the articles and poems, can also have the sentiment of helping the world, since they are officials, they must be worthy of the people, do not live from a lofty position all day long, say some lies, empty words, big words, not boundary, to be down-to-earth, implement government affairs, and strive to improve the living standards of the people, do not be too ambitious, look at the end of the world, and be at a loss......"

A group of people didn't move, and it wasn't like no one here really wanted to do something.

It's just that since Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, the government has collapsed rapidly, and the officials have formed a party and become private, falling into internal friction, and they can't get things done at all. Although the Donglin Party is one of the biggest sources of party contention in recent years, their slogans did not come out of thin air, and were completely based on the bleak reality of the Ming Dynasty's official government.

"Well, I'm going to do it all the time, I can't let me do everything in the world alone, Shan. I told you Governor Huang about the affairs of the east, I will not interfere, but if I do, everything will be up to you......"

Everyone was sitting on pins and needles, and the emperor's words were cold slaps in the face and gave them a warning.

"The other is the White Lotus Sect, I have seen it in many places, and I also know in the capital that there is a God Sect, and they also looked for me, hoping to let them preach, but I refused. I have no objection to religion, but the doctrine needs to conform to the laws of our Ming Dynasty, and I can't arbitrarily set up sects, fool the people, defraud them of their money, and say, 'No old mother descends to earth, and leads her children back to heaven', what kind of doctrine is this? The son is silent, and the strange power is confused? ”

Huang Chengyuan and the others were thoughtful, but they still didn't understand what Zhu Xu was going to do.

"Whenever there is chaos, I don't know how many people use ghosts and gods to make trouble, and the imperial court must strictly control some cults, and we can't let them go free because they haven't made trouble for the time being. Since ancient times, there have only been two religions in China, one is Buddhism and the other is Taoism, and as for the others, I have never seen them. Therefore, the yamen at all levels must strictly control and examine them, put them on record and follow up on new religions, and they must not treat them as big as they happen, and only send troops to encircle and suppress them when there is a disorder, and they must be prepared for danger in times of peace and take precautions before they happen......

"This, you mountain. Dong should seriously discuss the rules and show them to me and the cabinet. ”

"I won't say much about the new deal, the imperial court will send multiple departments to accept it, and I will also secretly observe, if you want to fool me and fool the court, you can tell me to return to my hometown now, and I will ......allow it in person."