The arrest operation went very smoothly, and Luo Sigong quickly brought the news to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, everyone has been caught. Now in prison. Luo Sigong said softly.

"So soon, take me to see it." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the prison is filthy, so you might as well bring them over." Luo Sigong proposed.

"No need, I'm going to meet them myself this time." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No." Wang Liqian replied.

……

When Zhu Youxiao arrived at the prison, Luo Sigong was preparing to interrogate the eight people. Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is a serious crime in any dynasty, and Luo Sigong naturally does not dare to relax in the slightest.

"Bring Fan Yongdou and the other eight people." Zhu Youxiao commanded.

"No."

Fan Yongdou and the other eight people had just been arrested, and their mental state was very good, and when they were brought to Zhu Youxiao, they didn't know that they were already dying.

"The grass people knock to see Your Majesty." As soon as Fan Yongdou and the others saw Zhu Youxiao, they immediately judged that the person in front of them was the current emperor Zhu Youxiao.

"You should know why I'm arresting you, right?" Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"The grass people have been wronged, the grass people have never done anything to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, and I hope that Your Majesty will investigate it clearly and return the grass people to a clean slate." Fan Yongdou is serious nonsense.

"The grass people are wronged, please Your Majesty to investigate!" The rest of the people also said together without changing their faces.

Seeing the demeanor and demeanor of these eight people, if Zhu Youxiao hadn't crossed over from the later generations, he would really have been deceived by these eight people. These eight people are people with real skills, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, colluded with Houjin, smuggled grain and ironware and sold things looted by Houjin, such a trade has been done for decades and has not been discovered, it is said that it also acts as Houjin Neiying, after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, these eight were even named imperial merchants.

History evaluates these eight people as "traitors who died in the Ming Dynasty and traitors in the decline of the Han Dynasty".

For such a group of old foxes, Zhu Youxiao is too lazy to fight wits and courage with them, for Zhu Youxiao, it is not much more difficult to pinch them to death than to pinch an ant to death.

"Wronged or not, you know it to yourself, it is my will to arrest you, I will not talk to you, I want you to die, no one in this world can protect you." Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, these eight people suddenly lost their original composure.

Zhu Youxiao continued: "I want you to honestly explain everything, and there must be no concealment, I may let your family go, otherwise, I don't mind punishing you and the other nine clans, and I want you to leave nothing behind." ”

Without waiting for the eight to speak, Zhu Youxiao said again: "I only give you one day, and I will see your confession early tomorrow morning." No matter who is involved in this matter, I must honestly explain it, and if it is the King of Jin who is involved in this matter, I will not let it go. ”

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he said to Luo Sigong: "Detain these eight people separately and send people to serve them with pen and ink, if anyone dares to commit suicide in fear of crime, there will be no chickens and dogs left within the nine clans." ”

"No." Luo Si respectfully returned to the Tao.

Whether it is Luo Sigong or Wang Liqian, it is the first time they have seen Zhu Youxiao have such a big murderous intent. They almost determined that these eight people must have committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

……

Back at the residence, at this time, Zhao Nanxing, Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian, Xu Guangqi, and Huang Zunsu were already waiting for Zhu Youxiao here. Of course, they didn't come to intercede for Fan Yongdou and the eight people, but were summoned by Zhu Youxiao to discuss other matters. These eight people were arrested for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and now no one dares to intercede for them, and those who are involved with them are now in a state of panic.

In view of the wide range of involvement in the affairs of these eight people, Zhu Youxiao had already ordered the new army to take over the city defense and impose martial law on the whole city, and all the officers in Datong Town and Shanxi Town were now under strict guard. In order to prevent the leakage of news, the entire Datong City is not allowed to enter or leave.

"Your Majesty, it is really inappropriate to continue to blockade Datong City for the sake of eight merchants. Now the people are panicked and complaining, the prices of food and daily necessities have skyrocketed, and I also ask Your Majesty to lift the blockade of Datong City as soon as possible. Zhao Nanxing pleaded.

"If these eight people don't collude with local officials and local garrisons, how can they transport grain, iron and other materials out of Daming, and transport the materials looted by Houjin back to Daming? This is far from being as simple as it seems, and I have to guard against it. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"But to find out that these eight people collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, it is not a matter of a few days, does Your Majesty have to block Datong City for dozens of days? If this time is long, I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising. Zhao Nanxing said.

"Rest assured, now that the main officials and generals of Shanxi are in Datong, anyone who is implicated can be dealt with immediately, and the case will definitely be concluded within seven days." Zhu Youxiao said.

"...... so fast," Zhao Nanxing said in surprise.

"Of course, after seven days, no matter what the result is, I will lift the blockade of Datong City." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, according to the news, the heavy snowstorm in Yan'an has lasted for more than two months, and the people have been displaced, and now a large number of displaced people have been moving to Xi'an." Yang Lian said.

"I plan to emigrate 30 percent of the population from Shanxi and Shaanxi to Taiwan and Qiongzhou, where the land is fertile and beautiful, and the vast wilderness is uncultivated, enough to feed millions of people. In Shanxi and Shaanxi, the land is barren and the production is not enough to feed the local population. Zhu Youxiao said.

"The population of Shanxi and Shaanxi is as high as two million, and if Your Majesty wants to accomplish this, he will need at least ten million taels of silver. Now that the treasury is empty, it is difficult to achieve this matter, and I ask Your Majesty to think twice. Yang Lian said.

"I have my own way to do it, and I must complete this immigration within five years." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty has emigrated eighteen times from the third year of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Yongle, and in these forty-seven years, the number of immigrants is only one or two million. And this time it needs to immigrate 2 million, how can it be done in five years? Zhao Nanxing said.

"For this immigration, I have prepared 20 million taels of silver, and if it is not enough, I can also invest 10 million taels of silver." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Twenty million taels of silver? Dial out from Nenu? Zhao Nanxing asked suspiciously and surprised.

"The emptiness of the treasury does not mean that Nenu has no money, and the money needed for this migration will be allocated from Nenu. In addition, those who are willing to resettle the land will be given two taels of Sichuan silver dollars and seeds per person, and one ploughing ox will be distributed to the three households, which will be transported to Taiwan and Qiongzhou by sea from Tianjin Wei. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty's move, I'm afraid that 20 million taels of silver dollars is not enough to complete the immigration." Xu Guangqi said.