Chapter 281: The Son of Heaven's Means

Beijing in July is not as hot as June, but for Zhu Di, who is nearly 60 years old, the weather is by no means comfortable. The bad news he had just gotten upset him even more. If it weren't for the fact that several cabinet ministers were standing in front of him at this time, he was so upset that he even wanted to reach out and unbutton his neck.

"Li Li is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and he dares to provoke again and again, Li Bin's tens of thousands of troops have been going back and forth for more than a year, and they have been played around? It's good now, there is another Pan after Li Li! The pioneers of this Jiaozhi native have clearly respected the majesty of my Ming Dynasty, but now they are rebelling one after another, and none of the officials I sent are of great use! ”

Yang Rong has always been quite dissatisfied with the labor expedition to Jiaozhi, the emperor saw only a number of expeditions to Jiaozhi won a complete victory, only knew that the army sent out the natives were frightened, but what he saw was that the cochin natives did not obey the indoctrination and repeatedly rebelled, Zhang Fu went out four times, and then the army guarded and sent troops to fight, and the cumulative military expenditure was at least equivalent to all the taxes of the Ming Dynasty in two or three years. There is no production in the land of projectiles, so what is there to fight? He glanced at Jin Youzi next to him, and finally swallowed these words into his stomach.

Although Zhu Di is still heavy on civil governance, relatively speaking, the emperor's enthusiasm for martial arts has reached the point of fanaticism. Although there is no customary seat for cabinet ministers, now that Yang Shiqi is in Nanjing, he can be regarded as the first. At this time, he persuaded the angry emperor to withdraw his troops, but he was afraid that if the soldiers were not withdrawn, he himself would have to stay in Jinyiwei first, and in the end he would cheapen others in vain.

The lesser of two evils, he has always been resourceful, he carefully calculated it in his heart, and immediately bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, since Jiaoren has repeatedly rebelled, it is difficult for the Marquis of Fengcheng to calm down for a while, so it is better to transfer the British Duke back." The reputation of the British public is shocking to the world, and if he goes, the author will definitely look at the wind. ”

"Zhang Fu's generation of famous generals, Li Lipan's generation is just a clown jumping off the beam, how can he kill chickens with a knife!" Zhu Di vetoed Yang Rong's proposal without thinking about it, and then sneered, "It's just a small rebellion in the land of projectiles, how can you send out the first humeral general by my side again and again?" sent a message to Fengcheng Hou Li Bin, telling him that I want Li Lipan's head, and if I can't get it back, he doesn't have to come back! He's also a battle-hardened general, don't let me down! ”

Even if this set the tone of the matter, Yang Rongjin Youzi was most afraid that Zhu Di would have to increase his troops, and he was finally relieved at this time. In order to ease the atmosphere, Jin Youzi mentioned the grand occasion of the return of the Ming fleet from the West, and how many envoys and ministers of the country paid tribute, so Zhu Di, who was still gloomy just now, finally gradually smiled. Only Yang Rongfang saw that there seemed to be a lot of gloom hidden in the emperor's smile, and remembering all kinds of rumors about Zheng He's trip to the West, he suddenly extinguished his funny thoughts.

"These athletes have traveled to the sea for decades, and their hard work is rewarding. Tell the Ministry of Rites and ask them to send someone to greet them. Well, they all command each person to reward 20 ingots, the commander to reward each person with 18 ingots, the thousands of households and the guards to appease each 16 ingots, the fire chief 15 ingots, and the sergeant 13 ingots each, to reward their labor......"

On a whim, Zhu Di had to say a lot of measures, but fortunately, Yang Rongjin Youzi had the best memory, and after listening to them one by one, he repeated them again, just word for word. Today's main discussion is about these two things, since the emperor has decided on the charter, they naturally have nothing more to say, and immediately retire and leave. When they arrived at the entrance of the hall and went down the steps, the two met Yuan Fang, who was wearing a red satin embroidered gauze robe, and immediately stopped

The scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion is only the fifth grade, which is far from the commander of the Jinyi Guard of the third grade, but Yuan Fang has always been known for being cautious and low-key compared to his predecessors, and when he met the two cabinet ministers at this time, he took the lead in politely bowing his head. Although Yang Rongjin Youzi was unwilling to deal with this Jinyi Guard commander more, but seeing that they were polite at this time, they had to return the greetings, and only when they saw Yuan Fang go straight into the cool hall, did the two continue to move forward.

"Mian Renke has heard that the emperor wants to set up an East Investigation Factory? Jinyiwei alone is already terrifying, not to mention adding another East Factory? And compared with Ji Gang, this Yuan Fang has never been a prestige, everything is based on the holy will, and he has never exceeded the rules, if he is replaced by a lieutenant, it may not be better for him. ”

"It's good not to be a Weifu, but Jinyiwei is Jinyiwei after all." Although Yang Rong and Jin Youzi have an ordinary relationship, and they are even a little ugly on weekdays, they still have a position when it comes to this kind of topic, "No matter what, this is not a blessing for me, and I am afraid I will have to be more careful in what I say and do in the future." However, the biggest impact of this matter is probably still this Yuan commander. After all, it is difficult for a foreign official to compare with a middle official, and it may not be known whether he will be able to enter and leave the palace as freely as he is now. ”

The two cabinet ministers whom the emperor trusted extremely did not waste too much time on such a taboo topic, and soon discussed on the way how to discuss with the Ministry of Rites on the return of Zheng He and others to Beijing, how to issue a document on the Jiaozhi army and other serious matters, and the troubles soon turned to another direction - this year has just exempted some places in Shuntianfu from taxes, and there are many natural disasters in various places.

The cool hall is the top of the yellow glazed tile mountain, the front hall is connected to the volume shed newspaper building, and the emperor throne is set up in the center. This palace is near the pool, with a pipe to lead water into the palace, and by the craftsman made of the pipe and many organs to release the mist, so the hall is quite cool, Yuan Fang as soon as he enters the feeling of a refreshing coolness, sweating half of the body. Contrary to the speculation of the two departing cabinet ministers, he did not come here on his own today, but on order, and he had already made preparations at this time.

"Have you prepared the people I told you to draw?"

"Back to the emperor, the minister has dispatched 100 elite horsemen from all over the world, all of whom are experts in investigating major cases in the past, and they are innocent and have no worries, and there are no bad deeds and illegal things in the past cases. The minister has registered a person and submitted it to the royal court. ”

Squinting his eyes and looking at Yuan Fang who was on the ground for a while, Zhu Di ordered the little eunuch next to him to go up and take the list. When he opened the roster on the imperial case and carefully examined the various information such as his origin, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

After all, Ji Gang did a lot of things that he couldn't give orders to do, even if he didn't kill himself in the end, he would kill him, and there were many people in the world who could be the commander of the Jinyi Guard. It's just that a Yuan Fang can be used so easily at will, but this is an unexpected surprise. There is not a single captain from Henan on this list, and none of them are people from the north and south of the town, but they include the south and the north, and the highest official position is no more than a small flag, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a private person.

"Good, good."

Zhu Di has rarely praised people, but at this time, he said such a praise sentence for the first time. Signaling Yuan Fang to get up, he simply ordered him to transfer capable officers from the Jinyi Guard to fill in the East Factory, and directly named a person: "The East Factory is the first place, and the first thing is to determine the name of the sentence." The Beizhen Fusi you promoted before was good at punishing a thousand households, and you transferred him to Dongchang to punish a thousand households, and you picked a proper person to punish a hundred households. The rest of the people will be filled in one by one, and you will do more for yourself. By the way, I ordered the prince to give a congratulatory gift on the Qianqiu Festival before, what is there to talk about among the officials? ”

Yuan Fang didn't have time to finish thinking about what he said before, and then he smashed such a sentence, Rao is he has always boasted of being shrewd and shrewd, but he was still stunned for a moment before replying: "The minister respectfully obeys the holy will." As for the latter thing mentioned by the emperor, there is indeed a discussion among civil and military officials. However, in the past two years, most of the civil officials have written calligraphy and paintings in person, and the cabinet ministers have sent books. However, many heroes have prepared generous gifts, and now they are locked in the warehouse or disposed of separately if they are not needed, and there is quite a discussion in private. ”

Although these Dongchang personnel are now all selected in the Jinyi Guard, Zhu Di has always been extremely enthusiastic about the supervision of his subordinates, and Yongle had scattered a group of spies before the Jinyi Guard was reset in the early years, so he naturally knew that Yuan Fang had not lied to him, and he couldn't help but feel a little more satisfied. Picking up the tea on the imperial case casually and taking a sip, he casually asked, "What about those key criminals?" ”

Since Zhu Di had not specifically named him, Yuan Fang happened to remember the urgent letter he had received from Zhang Zhuo before, so he bowed down and said in a hurry: "The former prince Xima Yang Pu is still studying, and the family sends a few books every once in a while, and the minister has already ordered the jailer not to disturb him. Du Zhen, the former political envoy of Shandong Zuobu, paced and recited every day in prison, and asked for pen and paper to practice calligraphy when he had nothing to do. The former Le'an County ordered Sun Lianggan to kowtow to the sky in his cell every day, hoping to meet the emperor......"

"Don't mention the self-defeating Le'an County Order!" Zhu Di frowned in disgust, and then sneered, "The last branch jinshi actually won such a person, Yang Rong and they are actually gone!" One he, one Meng Xian...... This kind of person is locked up in the Jinyi Guard Prison and occupies a place, and you will pass on my will later, remove his fame and reputation, and drive him back to his hometown and never use it. Killing him also defiled my treasure knife, it's disgusting for no reason! ”

Yuan Fang proposed that the matter just wanted to be settled, and he was originally mentally prepared, if the emperor didn't want to keep Sun Lianggan alive, he would immediately send someone to Jiangnan to deal with the Sun brothers quietly, so as not to leave trouble, but he didn't want Zhu Di to even disdain to kill. Hearing that the emperor didn't say anything to Yang Pu and Du Zhen, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and immediately bowed and retreated. However, he had only taken a few steps back when he heard another voice above him.

"Yang Pu, that nerd doesn't care about him, let him continue reading if he wants to! As for Du Yishan...... Go to the imperial study to find two pieces of ink, and then take 200 pieces of jade plate paper for him, and if there is any written one, present it to me! ”

What kind of disposition is this?

No matter how much Yuan Fang wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out what this disposal meant, so he had to agree and withdraw from the hall. He hadn't been gone for long, Zhu Di picked up another document on the case, opened it and looked at it, but it was the result of the Zongren Mansion choosing a guest of honor for Zhu Ning, the lord of Chenliu County. However, after watching it for a short time, he sneered in annoyance.

"All of them are the sons of heroes, hmph, these guys will only figure out their intentions and pretend to be smart!"

mentioned that Zhu Pen smeared out the three names on the top, and Zhu Di criticized again and again - "Reject and redraft".

Just as he was tired and ready to take a nap, a little eunuch suddenly rushed in from outside, knelt down on his knees and kowtowed far away from the imperial case, and then reported loudly: "Your Majesty, Yang Rongjin, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, asks to see you." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. These two people have just quit their jobs, why do they ask to see each other again after a while? Knowing that Yang Rong was clever and skillful, and Jin Youzi was also an agile person, he would not ask to see him without anything, so he immediately ordered a summons. When the two of them hurried in to meet him, he asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"Your Majesty, Jinan Mansion reported urgently, Qin sent Zhang Yue and Lu Feng chariots and horses to be attacked in Xiaomengshui, fortunately unharmed, and now they have arrived in Jinan Mansion safely. The accompanying sergeant killed 19 men and captured 7. Yang Rong remembered the point specially pointed out by the two political envoys of Jinan Mansion on the song, and his face couldn't help but be a little unnatural, "Because it is difficult to transport the corpses in the hot summer, Zhang Yue ordered the accompanying sergeants to cut off the heads of the nineteen people and hang them on the flagpole to open the way, which caused an uproar after arriving at Jinan Mansion. The seven people who were captured all committed suicide after being imprisoned, and Song Li angrily sent all the prison officials on duty to prison for interrogation. ”

"Good, good!"

Although it was still exactly the same words as the pioneer's praise of Yuan Fang, there was a deep evil aura coming out of Zhu Di's mouth at this time. He didn't look at the two cabinet ministers with sinking faces, and laughed angrily: "There is such a strange thing in broad daylight, and they dare to say that this is a peaceful and prosperous era?" Song Li is old and sick, and he can't be blamed for this. Let the deputy envoy and a few inspectors investigate the matter carefully, and if they can't give an explanation, they will see what they are charged with according to the crime of arson! ”

Jin Youzi saw that Zhu Di was blindly holding on to the judge, and he couldn't help but feel a little resentful, so he immediately stepped forward and reminded: "Your Majesty, after Zhang Yue's attack, the head of the nitrate system was hung on the flagpole, which is tantamount to lynching to vent personal anger and lynching, so you can't ignore ......."

"What's there to ask about this!" Zhu Di frowned and glanced at Jin Youzi, and sneered, "I sent him to Shandong to let him kill people, and now more than 400 sect bandits are all ambushed, and more than a dozen more have been killed on this trip, so naturally they are good at killing!" Hanging the head of the rebel people on the flagpole to open the way is just right to deter those lawbreakers, why not? I knew that those seven captives would lose their lives in the prison of the judges, so it was better to kill those seven people together! ”

The emperor's murderous tone made Jin Youzi shudder, but Yang Rong on the side sneered in his heart - Jin Youzi is really old and confused, the emperor clearly wants Zhang to see more blood, and the more the better, how can he be held accountable for his fault this time? It's just that, looking at the emperor's technique, it seems that Zhang Yue is forcing Zhang Yue to go down a certain road......

Du Yishan, Du Yishan, even if you know how to teach students again, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand up to the means of the Son of Heaven!