Lanyang County because of the arrival of the emperor's grandson.

It was as if a small stone had been dropped in a calm pool of water in a mountain stream, and a circle of ripples began to slowly rise on the surface of the water.

The affairs of the county government spread in Lanyang County in an instant, and with the appearance of that lovely head, it began to spread on the boundary of Lanyang County at a faster speed.

Then, before anyone could react to what was going on.

The officials who came with the imperial court this time have already begun the disaster relief work with the first batch of 50,000 quintals of grain on this trip in accordance with the pre-plan on the road.

One by one, the clerical orders were conveyed, and more accompanying officials, under the escort of the Jinyi Guards of the Shangzhi Army, rushed to other counties in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the accompanying officials who had dispersed all the way since Xuzhou Mansion would support the relief of the entire six affected prefectures.

"The grandson has arrived, Cao Guan is dead, and the head is here, come and see."

A big human head, *** on a bamboo pole, held by a county official of Lanyang County on horseback, surrounded by a team of Jinyi guards under the supervision of the officer, shouting loudly in the dialect of Lanyang County.

The sound echoed inside and outside the county seat of Lanyang County, and floated to the ears of the people who had been working in the fields day after day, working continuously for more than half a month to dredging and dredging the fields.

Under the mission of the brocade guards, whenever they went to a place where the people gathered, they would slow down until they stopped completely, and then lowered the bamboo pole in their hands and kept showing it in circles to the people who came around.

In fact, not many people in Lanyang County know Cao Zhisheng, the new county magistrate who has been in office here for more than half a year.

But when such a big bloody human head dangled in front of their eyes, everyone chose to believe it.

In the crowd, there seems to be some silent change.

The messenger's arm trembled and looked at the surrounding Jinyi guards, and after receiving the signal to continue, he slowly raised his speed again, and passed Cao Zhisheng's head to the next place.

and even the breach of the lower reaches of the Yellow River embankment in Lanyang County.

The blood left on the bamboo pole had already coagulated, and the hand of the errand officer was firmly glued to the bamboo pole.

Cao Zhisheng's head swayed back and forth in mid-air against the wind blowing from behind the river embankment.

The officer shouted again.

The work of the river workers at the breach has never stopped, moving bricks, resisting the bag, everyone has their own things to do.

Throughout the embankment, countless river workers were like worker ants in an ant colony, covering the entire embankment, but none of them were interested in looking back or curious about the call of the servants.

The messenger trembled and looked back at the murderers in brocade guards.

Taking a deep breath, the messenger clenched the bamboo pole with a fierce face and turned over and dismounted, and then stepped on the stagnant water under the embankment, and ran towards the breach of the embankment.

When the messenger ran to the breach, which had been padded to a half-story high, the whole person was also out of breath.

The bamboo pole in the hand of the messenger is deep in the dirt under the feet of ***.

Looking at the riverworkers around him who still ignored him, his heart was full of anger, but he had nowhere to vent. ….

In the end, the messenger could only snort coldly, waved his finger at Cao Zhisheng's head above his head, and roared angrily: "This is the head of Cao Zhisheng, the county commander of our Lanyang County, which has been cut off by the imperial grandson, and asked me to spread it all over the country, so that everyone can see clearly, the imperial court is focused on us, and the grandson is here to save our Lanyang County!"

The river workers up and down the embankment finally stopped silently, put down their work, and looked silently at the errand who was standing on the breach, raising his arm and pointing at the human head on the bamboo pole.

In an instant, the errand who was still shouting angrily was under the gaze of thousands of people, and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, but he still stiffened his neck calmly.

In the anxious waiting of the errand officer.

The riverworkers up and down the embankment finally moved slowly.

The first to move were the rivermen closest to the servants.

The first riverworker went to the errand officer

In front of him, he looked at the errand officer, sneered, shook his head, stretched out his hand full of mud and patted it on the shoulder of the errand officer who had long been afraid.

Then, it was the second riverworker who walked up to the officer.

Still stretching out his palm, which was covered with muddy water, he patted the officer's chest.

"Since it's from our Lanyang County, you have to get some muddy water on your body."

After saying that, the riverworker silently walked into the distance.

At this time, the messenger was already stunned, his face dazed and at a loss.

In front of his eyes, a famous riverworker slapped his muddy palm on his body, and a famous riverworker walked past him.

I don't know when, there was a snapping sound next to the officer, and he trembled in shock, and turned his head to see that the bamboo pole he had planted in the ground had been brought to the ground by an unknown river worker.

Just when the errand officer was trembling and wanted to put the bamboo pole up again, the big soles of his feet, which had been covered with mud, had already stepped heavily on the head.

"Ah......h

The officer shouted.

Cao Zhisheng's head has been heavily trampled into the ground.

Definitely on purpose!

These people definitely did it on purpose!

The messenger was willing to swear by his own mother, he saw with his own eyes that the river worker's foot stepped on Cao Zhisheng's head, and the whole person pressed the weight of his whole body on that foot, and finally sank down fiercely.

The brocade guards who escorted the errand also rushed over at this time.

He didn't look at the errand officer, but just looked at the bamboo pole that had fallen to the ground, and at a glance he saw the human head that had been trampled into the dirt by the big feet of countless river workers.

Several people glanced at each other, and finally silently adopted an attitude of inaction.

The errand officer looked left and right, and only felt that his scalp was numb.

However, in front of the servant, there were more rivermen walking by one by one, and their big hands covered with mud and water slapped on his body.

After a long time.

Up and down the embankment, once again became silent.

When he turned back, the messenger was already trembling all over, and he could barely pick a clean spot on his body.

And not far behind him, at the end of the bamboo pole, there was no trace of Cao Zhisheng's head.

There are still many places where Cao Zhisheng's head has not been.

The emperor's grandson is in the county office. ….

Thinking that the first thing the imperial grandson did when he came to Lanyang County was to cut off Cao County's head, the messenger was so frightened that his heart jumped, his whole body was weak, and he fell to the ground all of a sudden.

This is exactly the time.

Up and down the embankment, suddenly there was the movement of the rope.

I don't know who started it.

On the embankment of the Yellow River, a trumpet suddenly came.

"Yo ho ho hi hi!"

"Yo ho ho hi hi!"

Two loud sounds, like a sharp arrow breaking through the sky, passed through the entire Yellow River embankment, rose from the embankment, and went straight to the blue sky and white clouds.

Subsequently, up and down the entire river embankment, and in the entire land of the Yellow River, everyone was inspired and shouted in unison.

"Pull it up!"

"Yo yo hi! Yo ho hi ......

"Pull it up!"

"Yo ho hi hi! Keep up the work!"

Originally, he was worried that he had "lost" the head of Cao Zhisheng's officer, and he was still in a panic, but at this moment, he heard the sound of the river horn that filled his ears, and suddenly a spirit of the whole person got up from the ground.

When the messenger stood up and looked at the surrounding embankment, his eyes were already full of shock.

Up and down the entire embankment, the people were still the same people, and the things they did were the same things, but no one shouted a word except for the trumpets.

However, the errand officer felt that the Yellow River embankment at this moment was completely different from the Yellow River embankment not long ago.

One

In the sound of the horn on the river embankment, a smile gradually appeared on his face, and he walked lightly to the front of the messenger.

"Your business is done, wait with me to return to the county office."

After finishing speaking, Jin Yiwei had already turned around in front of the messenger and walked down the river embankment with the others.

The messenger opened his mouth, turned around and stretched out his hand to point to the location where Cao Zhisheng's head was buried, and finally shrank his head, his eyes flashed, and he looked for the backs of the departed brocade guards in a panic, and ran over with his footsteps.

……

Lanyang County, County Ya.

The headless corpse of Cao Zhisheng in the county hall has been taken away by Zhang Hui, and no one asks what this brocade-clothed elder wearing a flying fish suit and exuding cold air is doing to take away this corpse.

Zhu Yunxi leaned back in his chair and took a nap for a while.

Until they did not receive the decree from Taisun, the accompanying officials who still stayed in Lanyang County walked in.

The officials all walked in with the sound of footsteps.

However, the subtle voice still woke up Zhu Yunxi, who was closing his eyes and recuperating.

Zhu Yunxi slowly opened his eyes.

In the eye, it is Pan Deshan in the Ministry of Industry. Around, it is the rest of the accompanying officials.

"Your Highness, your courtiers."

Faintly, the accompanying officials this time were already led by Pan Deshan.

Zhu Yunxi snorted and looked at Pan Deshan in front of him.

I saw that Pan Deshan's official boots were already full of muddy water, and the soles and uppers had already been dyed with yellow muddy water. There are also a little mud spots on the robe.

"Already been there?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Pan Deshan and asked softly.

Pan Deshan immediately bowed down and clenched his fists: "The minister only looked at the embankment of the Yellow River from the city wall today, and His Royal Highness summoned His Majesty to postpone going up and down the embankment." ….

Zhu Yunxi nodded, did not speak, but looked at the rest of the accompanying officials first.

After coughing lightly, Zhu Yunxi slowly spoke: "How to help the disaster in the six provinces, and how to restore the livelihood of the people in the six provinces, on the way to the west, Gu and you have discussed it in detail.

At present, the grain and grass of the imperial court will arrive one after another, and all the grain must be faithfully distributed to every affected people.

Only when the people are fed will they have the strength to work, and they will be able to press ahead of what should not have been born."

One of the imperial historians of the Imperial Court who accompanied him immediately stood up: "Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that the relief grain and grass transferred by the imperial court still need to be supervised. Although His Royal Highness has beheaded Cao Nugan for the crime today, it can temporarily deter the local government. However, His Royal Highness lives in Kaifeng County, but it is impossible for him to go to all the places in person, and it is inevitable that the local officials will be deceived up and down."

Zhu Yunxi snorted, "What does the Metropolitan Procuratorate mean?"

The Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, who was a little helpless, paused, but still spoke: "The minister thinks that the officers and soldiers of the Jinyi Guard should be sent to supervise this matter, strictly investigate the distribution of grain and grass by the local government, and implement the strategy of cash-for-work."

"Yes."

Zhu Yunxi agreed softly, and turned to look at the others.

At this time, another accompanying official from the household department walked out.

"Your Highness, the six mansions have suffered from the disaster this time, and many families have died, so should the vacant fields be arranged separately. Recently, the ministers have seen that there are many good boundaries that have been silted out of the Yellow River, and whether such a plain and terra nullius land is sold by the imperial court."

Zhu Yunxi paused, and his fingers gently rotated the white jade wrench on his thumb.

After half a ring, Zhu Yunxi spoke: "The vacant fields in Liufu County will be registered and registered by the local government in advance, and the household department will accompany them to review, and after the disaster, they will be distributed to the people according to the original place according to the people of each household. The fields that have been silted up along the river will be measured and made by the household department with them, and they will be considered to be tuntian, and the court will dispose of them separately afterwards."

The officials accompanying the household department bowed

Commanded, silently retreated.

Zhu Yunxi only looked at Pan Deshan who was left aside by himself at this time: "The method of controlling the river you mentioned last time, harnessing the water and washing the sand, and overhauling the river embankment, let Gu He and everyone see the effect with their own eyes. When the time comes, it will not be impossible for Lone to hand over to you the Son of Heaven decree given by His Majesty on this trip."

The Son of Heaven Order, which is the highest symbol of power in the place where the Son of Heaven acts, has the irreproachable power to cut first and then play.

Zhu Yunxi received the order of the Son of Heaven from His Majesty the Emperor on this trip, which is something that everyone in the court knows.

It's just that at this moment, Zhu Yunxi said that he wanted to hand over the order of the Son of Heaven to Pan Deshan, which inevitably made the accompanying officials present feel a sudden burst in their hearts.

Pan Deshan knew for a long time that if his method of governing the river wanted to be popular, not only to gain the trust of the imperial grandson, but also to have the approval of these accompanying officials present.

These accompanying officials are all sent by various ministries and departments, as long as they are approved, then it means that the yamen of all ministries and departments in Yingtian City will basically agree with his method of governing the river. ….

Pan Deshan immediately received the order.

At this time, Tian Mai, who was accompanying him, hurriedly walked in from outside the yamen.

Tian Mai swept past the accompanying officials standing in the hall of the county government and walked all the way to Zhu Yunxi.

"Your Royal Highness, Pei Benzhi, the county commander of Chenliu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, is wearing a flail to plead guilty, and the person has already arrived outside the county ya, and he is kneeling at the door of the ya."

As soon as Tian Mai said this, the officials in the lobby immediately moved slightly, and many people turned their eyes to the outside of the county office behind them with curiosity.

The name of the iron neck of Chenliu County, they knew about Pei Benzhi's county order because of the impeachment recitals of Kaifeng Mansion on the way to Lanyang County.

Zhu Yunxi was a little surprised.

He was very curious about Pei Benzhi, a Daming county magistrate with the iron neck of Chenliu County, because of those impeachment chapters and what he did in Chenliu County.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that such an iron neck would actually wear shackles, personally hear his whereabouts from Chenliu County, and run to Lanyang County.

"Pei Benzhi!"

Zhu Yunxi snorted in front of all the accompanying officials present, and some laughter was revealed in his voice.

After reading Pei Benzhi's name, Zhu Yunxi clapped his hands on the table and stood up, his eyes were already looking at the outside of the county office: "Go and see what the conscience of our Ming Dynasty looks like."

The matter of Pei Ben's hand cutting off the heads of the gentry in the jurisdiction without approval has passed.

As Zhu Yunxi's footsteps reached behind the accompanying officials, a thought immediately appeared in the hearts of these officials.

There are those who are happy for Pei Benzhi.

There are also sighs for Pei Benzhi.

Everyone knows that with the words of the emperor's grandson, Pei Benzhi is not only innocent of murder this time, but will even become another feudal official of the Ming Dynasty or a member of the court in the near future.

Lanyang County Yawai.

Zhu Yunxi had already walked out lightly.

Under the steps at the entrance of the county ya, on the ground covered with yellow muddy water, Pei Benzhi knelt on the ground with his waist straight, and the shackles on his body failed to make his head lower.

Behind Pei Benzhi, there were Chenliu County officials and several errand officers, who knelt on the ground with this stubborn donkey county lord.

Zhu Yunxi looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile softly.

"You are Pei Benzhi, the iron neck of Chenliu County?"

Pei Benzhi raised his eyes and turned his head, the place where his neck and shackles touched was red, and some skin and flesh were faintly worn out and oozing blood.

Pei Benzhi looked at the entrance of the county government in Lanyang County.

This was the first time in his life that he met His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun of the Dynasty.

Young.

Heroic.

The smile on his face did not have the hypocrisy of the court, and it seemed very sincere.

This is Pei Benzhi's first impression, and no matter how much he has, he can't see it.

"Sinner, in the eighteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he was awarded the Kaifeng Mansion of Henan Province

Chen Liuxian county order, Pei Benzhi, wearing a flail to plead guilty."

"The criminal ministers are deeply favored by the emperor, and the dynasty is reused, shepherding the land of a county, but they know the law and break the law, and ignore the laws of the country. There is no trial by the three legal divisions, no approval from the imperial court, no royal approval from His Majesty's Zhu Pen, and the people under the rule will be beheaded by lynching."

"The guilty ministers ignored the emperor's grace in vain, and they were worried and uneasy, and for the law of the whole country, the guilty ministers wore shackles and pleaded guilty. I beg Your Highness to hold the Son of Heaven decree and give the guilty minister the death penalty."

Pei Benzhi's voice was very loud, almost penetrating into the county office.

When the accompanying officials who rushed out of the county government hall walked outside the yamen, they happened to hear Pei Benzhi's statement of guilt.

Everyone looked at each other, and couldn't help but glance at Pei Benzhiduo who was kneeling at the door of the yamen.

This man turned out to be a man who confessed to death?

Everyone thought in silence.

Zhu Yunxi was already chuckling and shook his head and walked down the steps, pacing in front of Pei Benzhi.

He paced back and forth, and then fixed himself in front of Pei Benzhi's eyes, tilted his head and squatted down, but his palm stretched out to the Chenliu County warden on the side.

The warden didn't know, and was at a loss for a moment.

Zhu Yunxi was not angry, and said, "The key on the shackle."

"Oooh oh ......"

The warden faced the imperial grandson, panicked for a while, his hands were scratching and pulling on his body, and only after half a ring did he take out a key from his sleeve.

Zhu Yunxi took the key, and under Pei Benzhi's frowning gaze, he slowly opened the shackles.

Subsequently, Zhu Yunxi wanted to personally remove the shackles for Pei Benzhi.

At this time, the ceremony on the side finally woke up, and hurriedly bent over and lowered his head to step forward to remove the shackles on his stubborn donkey.

Zhu Yunxi sighed slightly, patted the shackles, and looked at Pei Benzhi, who was frowning.

"You are the conscience of the Ming Dynasty."

"Lone won't kill you."

"No one in the Ming Dynasty can punish you!"

Shredded pork and rice noodles