The dripping raindrops fell to the ground, gently hitting the opposite side of the bluestone, making a crackling sound of dripping. The air smells faintly earthy, but the temperature is low, and the cool temperature fills the lungs with a breath.

Holding on to the window, the Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned and looked out the window, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking about something important. From time to time, he bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and stood there all the time, motionless.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid let people stew lotus seed soup, and the emperor drank it while it was hot!" Walking to the Emperor of the Apocalypse with a dinner plate, Chen Lin said in a respectful tone. However, looking at the Emperor of the Apocalypse, there was a faint worry in his eyes.

Waving his hand, the Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't speak, picked up a piece of paper in his hand and looked at it, and his face sank a little.

Putting the dinner plate in his hand on the table, Chen Lin knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't want to say good things, but he walked back to the Emperor of the Apocalypse from the new side, and said respectfully: "It's cold in the rain, the emperor should take a rest!" Everything is based on the dragon body, the emperor is the lord of the world, there is nothing more important than the emperor's dragon body Kangtai! ”

Turning around slowly, the Emperor of the Apocalypse glanced at Chen Lin, smiled helplessly, pointed at Chen Lin and said, "You slave, you have been with Wang Chengen for a long time, and you have learned what he looks like to a lot." I have my own opinion, I want you to be a slave and maid here! Despite saying this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse still walked back to the table and sat down!

Chen Lin naturally didn't care, walked to the Emperor of the Apocalypse with a smile, brought the lotus seed soup to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, drink a bowl while it's hot!" The emperor didn't eat anything in the morning! ”

Nodding, the Emperor of the Apocalypse brought the porcelain bowl in front of him, blew lightly, looked up and said to Chen Lin: "Go and find Yuan Keli, I have something to say!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Lin replied respectfully. But instead of turning around and going out, he closed the window and walked out the door!

Looking at Chen Lin with a smile, the Emperor of the Apocalypse shook his head, this Chen Lin is already getting more and more interesting at this time. Now it looks more like Wang Chengen. However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse also knew that this Chen Lin would never become Wang Chengen.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse's lotus seed soup had not yet been eaten, and there was a sound of footsteps outside, Chen Lin walked in front, and Yuan Keli in the back followed.

"Minister Yuan Keli, I have seen the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" Although there are no three bows and nine knocks, Yuan Keli's etiquette is still done at a glance, without the slightest omission.

waved his hand. The Emperor of the Apocalypse pretended to be angry and said: "Yuan Aiqing, how many times have I said it, there is no need for these etiquettes outside, hurry up!" ”

Standing up respectfully, Yuan Keli said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you can't afford to be courteous, no matter where you go, it's all like this!" If you are not a king. Ministers are not ministers, how can the road be followed? ”

Naturally, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would not speak out against this. If it was possible in a previous life, it is absolutely not now. This set of feudal general theories, that is for the ruler, who is the ruler? Yourself, of course! If this set of Gangchang theory is overturned, it is to overthrow his own foundation as an emperor, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse will not do this!

waved his hand. The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled and said to Yuan Keli: "Yuan Aiqing is reasonable, I will pay attention to it in the future!" Now sit down! I have something to tell you! ”

"The emperor's admonition is like a stream, which is done by the prosperous emperor! Non-Tang Dynasty and Song ancestors can't be compared, and they should be a model for future emperors! Yuan Keli replied respectfully, smiling and patting the Emperor of the Apocalypse. Respectfully sat aside!

Pointing at Yuan Keli with a smile, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said in a brisk voice: "Aiqing has made progress, this horse is shooting well, I like it very much!" ”

Unexpectedly, Yuan Ke looked at the Emperor of the Apocalypse quite seriously and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is a heartfelt word, not a sycophant!" ”

Looking at Yuan Keli, who was serious, the Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded slightly, and the god became serious. took a piece of paper on the side and said to Yuan Keli: "Aiqing, take a look!" Here's the list of criminals to be caught, take a look! ”

Slightly stunned, looking at the serious face of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Yuan Keli nodded cautiously, took the list, and looked at it seriously.

His brows slowly frowned, Yuan Keli's face became a little ugly, he put down the list in his hand, and said to the Emperor of the Apocalypse in a complicated manner: "Your Majesty, these people? ”

Nodding solemnly, the face of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was not very good-looking, and he said in a deep voice: "All of them have been verified, most of them are true, and the Yangzhou prefect and Yangzhou transfer envoys can come up with evidence there." As for the rest, I'm afraid we can only investigate and deal with it after the house is raided! ”

As soon as the question came out, Yuan Keli knew that he was asking in vain, and if it was not reliable, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would not show it to himself. If it is not reliable, no one will give it to the Emperor of the Apocalypse. Hearing the Apocalypse Emperor's affirmative answer, Yuan Keli sighed deeply.

"Your Majesty, on this list, there are more than 300 officials involved in the Caoyun Yamen, the local government and county yamen, the salt farm officials of the household department, the Yamen of the governor of Nanzhili, the Yamen of the political envoy, and the Yamen of the inspection envoy. If all these people are arrested, the entire Nanzhili officialdom will be empty! Yuan Keli's hands trembled, and the muscles on his face twitched.

In fact, some people in Yuan Keli didn't say it, that is, the salt merchants in Nanzhili, and this time eighty percent of the salt merchants will be arrested! Thousands of families are involved, thousands of people are involved, and there is only one crime, that is, selling smuggled salt!

After drinking tea from Jinyiwei, the major salt farms in the Ming Dynasty now total 5 million per year. Among them, 3 million citations were registered by the DPRK and China, which is 3 million official salt. The remaining two million were throttled by the officials of the salt works and turned into private salt, which was sold by these salt merchants who operated official salt with great fanfare!

There is a provision in the Daming Law that anyone who buys and sells more than three stones of illicit salt shall be punished with capital punishment! Those who have more than 100 quintals will be wiped out! Now these salt merchants must be enough for the last charge, if they really raise the butcher's knife, I'm afraid that the heads of these thousands of people will all have to be moved!

Raising his head and looking at the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Yuan Keli's lips trembled uncontrollably, he didn't know what the Emperor of the Apocalypse would do! This is just the first wave of officials, and after a round of interrogation, there will be more officials involved in the future. Beijing officials, officials in Nanjing, hereditary nobles, princes and princes, Yuan Keli believes that these people will all come out!

Slowly standing up, the Emperor of the Apocalypse picked up the list and walked back and forth in the room! At the beginning, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, a Hu Weiyong case killed 30,000 people successively, what a courage it was! Originally, he just sighed, but at this time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse knew how difficult it was to make this determination!

If I really make up my mind, I'm afraid that there will be no fewer people killed in this case, what should I do? (To be continued......)