Wei Zhongxian said: "On the side of the East Factory, I have investigated the officials in Nanjing...... It's pretty safe. ”

There are two sources in the East Plant.

One is the Jinyi Guard, who has the power to control the Jinyi Guard, and the information can be shared with each other.

However, Wei Zhongxian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and another source of information comes from the eunuchs in various parts of the world.

These town guards and eunuchs were all sent out by Wei Zhongxian, and they took Wei Zhongxian as the leader.

Wei Zhongxian said that it was quite peaceful.

But the Emperor of the Apocalypse disagreed, and said: "Look at what these people are talking about, I don't know that this Duke of Wei and the Six Ministries of Nanjing dare to disobey my will and speak specifically for the gentry in Jiangnan." ”

As he spoke, the Emperor of the Apocalypse threw a stack of pieces out, but it was just sent by the cabinet.

Wei Zhongxian hadn't seen it yet, so naturally he didn't know.

It's not that the Emperor of the Apocalypse has left Wei Zhongxian behind, but now there is a famine everywhere, and the rogue is making a lot of trouble, so all the messages about relief and relief of the disaster, the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked that it be delivered to him as soon as possible.

Although it is rumored outside, the Emperor of the Apocalypse ignores everything and comes out of Wei Zhongxian.

But in fact, the Emperor of the Apocalypse still has a clear sense of priorities.

At this time, he looked very angry, and said angrily: "In order to alleviate the food crisis, I have strictly ordered Jiangnan to do everything possible to plant more grain crops in the coming year, and those who can grow rice will grow rice, and those who can grow sweet potatoes will grow sweet potatoes!" ”

"But this Wei Guogong and others are playing, saying that the people of Jiangnan are already miserable, if they are easily changed to grain land, it will inevitably cause anger among the masses, and they also say that as soon as this performance comes out, the price of silk and mulberry in Jiangnan has skyrocketed, and they must strive to ask for the lives of the people in Jiangnan, and I hope that the court will not force it too much."

The anger of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is justified, this Wei Guogong and the Nanjing Six Divisions, is it the Wei Guogong of the Ming Dynasty or the Nanjing Six Divisions? Or the Nanjing Sixth Department and Wei Guogong in Jiangnan?

It was Li Guodao: "Your Majesty, it is inappropriate for Wei Guogong and others to ignore the overall situation, but after all, they are asking for the people's lives......"

"For the sake of the people?" Zhang Jingyi sneered beside him: "What is this asking for the people's life? I don't dare to say that I know about the situation in Jiangnan, but I also know that the fields in Jiangnan, seven or eight times out of ten, are in the hands of the gentry! I think that at the beginning, Xu Jie's children, in a mere Songjiang Mansion, Xu Jie's clansmen occupied 240,000 acres of land, which was really appalling. In this Jiangnan, there are many officials who have entered the dynasty, and their children are ...... How much land is there in Jiangnan? Every day is for the people, for the people, but I want to know, is this for the people, or for myself? In this world, there is always a need to be reasonable, and it is not good for these people to take it, but even the name of righteousness must be taken away, right? ”

"During the Jiajing period, I always had a Hai Rui in the Ming Dynasty who dared to investigate. But now? Jiangnan officialdom, up to Nanjing to garrison Wei Guogong, to Nanjing Six Ministries, to the governors of various provinces, political envoys, prefects, and counties, who is there to investigate? Now His Majesty wants to alleviate the disaster, this is unanimously agreed by the cabinet, there is only so much land in the world, they have changed the grain field to mulberry land, although the land is their own, but these people have still received the grace of the country after all, they are really going to starve to death the real people, what good can they do? A group of rat-eyed people, who only look at the immediate benefits all day long, but they still talk about what to govern the country and level the world, and now they only let them relieve some of the difficulties of the imperial court. Your Majesty, this matter ...... It's time to be ruthless. ”

Li Guo didn't expect that he would be scolded by a martial artist like Zhang Jingyi.

It's just that Zhang Jing has a left and a Xu step on the right, but it makes him helpless.

Xu Jie was once a scholar of the Jiajing Dynasty's first auxiliary cabinet, at least for the moment, his reputation is still good, after all, he defeated the famous traitor Yan Song.

But...... The Xu family's indulgence of the children of the clan and the encroachment on the fields everywhere is also true, that is, Hai Rui found out, and the amount of land occupied is staggering.

Li Guo smiled bitterly: "Actually...... The land in the south of the Yangtze River may not be owned by the gentry. ”

Zhang Jingyi said without hesitation: "If it is not owned by the gentry, then it is owned by the people?" The same piece of land, owned by the gentry, who could almost do anything to get rid of the taxes. If it is owned by the people, not only will they have to bear heavy taxes, but they will also have to support forced labor! ”

"Let me ask you, how many generations can the land of the people last for two hundred years? After a few generations, all the gentry who did not need to pay taxes were gone, so why did not necessarily belong to the gentry? Doesn't Scholar Lee's words feel ridiculous? ”

Li Guo was speechless for a while, so he simply kept silent, he knew that he couldn't argue with Zhang Jingyi at this time.

After listening to Zhang Jingyi's words, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was obviously even more annoyed, and said viciously: "It seems that ...... It's time to investigate thoroughly, and someone should be ordered to go to Nanjing in person and apply for punishment. ”

After saying that, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was still angry, and said viciously: "Do you really think ...... If you really starve the people to death, you will be able to escape? That rogue is still ...... I haven't dared to say that I came to the capital and took my position! What they are killing now are you unscrupulous gentry, and when the destruction of the family and clan is in front of you, they only look at the immediate benefits! Well, I'll see who dies first! ”

He let go of the cruel words, and his eyes were cold.

Zhang Jingyi thought in her heart, Your Majesty's words are really wrong. The first to die may not be these gentry, if the king kills in, I am afraid that the first to be sent to meet the king is these gentry, and then quickly give their money and food, the first to die...... Probably surnamed Zhu.

Of course, this cannot be punctured.

It's just that the Emperor of the Apocalypse at this time is obviously furious, and the six departments of Nanjing are not obedient, but Wei Guogong is a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the representative of the royal guard of the Nanjing Imperial Mausoleum and the garrison of Nanjing.

Others can go to such a recital, or they can ask for the people's lives, but he Wei Guogong can't do it.

At this time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had a cold face and scolded, "That's it for today...... Let's stop it. ”

Huang Liji and others said yes, this Huang Liji said: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will urge Nanjing to immediately promote the measure of turning mulberry into grain." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse pursed his lips and only nodded.

Li Guo had no choice but to say: "The minister is vain, please forgive your majesty." ”

Everyone withdrew from the warm pavilion, and the scholars all had their own thoughts.

In fact, after the eunuchs attacked Donglin, many important powers of the imperial court were in the hands of the northern scholars, and the economic conditions of the north and the south were different, so there were many disputes between the two capitals and six departments.

Since the ministers in Nanjing who failed in the struggle at the beginning were all defeated by the people of the Sixth Department in Beijing, it is natural that most of them will obey the yang and the yin.

Of course, everyone is a reader, and their essential interests are still the same, and they are all afraid of too much chaos.

Especially Huang Liji and Sun Chengzong.

And Li Guo, although Huang and Sun are both from Beizhili, but they are also different, Li Guo has actually faintly felt that in the cabinet, Huang Liji's position is stable, and Sun Chengzong entered the cabinet, as the emperor, there is a great possibility to succeed Zaifu in the future, even if it is Liu Hongxun, although he has the least qualifications, he is also quite famous.

This made Li Guo's heart quite anxious, he really didn't want to get involved with those people in the south, but he also knew it...... Cabinet scholars need to have a foundation, and his foundation is ...... Obviously unreliable.

was scolded by Zhang Jingyi today, and in front of the monarch and ministers, he was greatly embarrassed, but he didn't refute it too much, but he continued to work on duty as if there was no one around.

……

Zhu Youzhen entered the customs all the way, almost without stopping, and the few guards he brought, two of them had already fallen behind halfway, not because they were worse than Zhu Youzhen, but because they couldn't stand it.

But Zhu Youzhen had a tendon, even though his body was extremely tired, he still insisted on running day and night, and refused to delay for a moment, so that after arriving in Gyeonggi, there was only one guard left by his side.

Even the guard, the horse that sat down, foaming at the mouth.

At this time, the guard persuaded Zhu Youzhen: "Your Highness, take a rest, eat and sleep enough, change horses, and then go to Beijing." ”

Zhu Youzhen was dark and blue, looking haggard, but said: "After a year of hard work, I still survived, how can I not survive this last journey?" The horse of the lonely king is better than yours, this capital is in front of me, I will take the first step, rest assured, this is already the land of Gyeonggi, and there are no hidden dangers. ”

So, he abandoned this last escort and continued to gallop towards the capital.

In fact, this road is tired, Zhu Youzhen actually relied on his own will to support, who knew that in the evening, the horse stumbled, he fell off the horse, the whole person was groggy, people wanted to get up, but finally couldn't bear it, and finally passed out.

When he woke up, he found himself on a mule horse, and his body rose and fell with the mule horse.

He forced himself to open his eyes, only to find that this was actually a caravan entering Beijing, so he hurriedly opened his mouth: "People come, people come ......"

But there was a man driving mules and horses and said: "Haha, don't thank me, I saw you lying on the side of the road, unconscious, so I picked up your life, what's the matter, is your body better?" ”

Zhu Youzhen was only wrapped in a dirty and smelly coat, dazed, and suddenly remembered something: "My grain bag, where is my grain bag?" ”

The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are all honest people, how can we take your things?" Your baggage is well stored in the back car. Well, you might as well take a good rest. ”

Zhu Youzhen only felt weak, touched his forehead, and felt that his forehead was a little hot.

He smiled weakly and bitterly: "My horse ......"

The man hurriedly said: "Don't wronged people, when we saw you, we didn't see your horse, I want to come...... The horse must have run on its own. ”