After returning to the palace, Huai En came to report, and Yuan Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, asked to see him, and he had been waiting in the imperial study for a long time.

Zhu Qizhen seemed to think of something and asked, "How is Miss Song?" ”

Wynne said: "Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor has seen it, and the recovery is not bad. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded, turned around and came to the imperial study.

Yuan Bin hurriedly saluted: "Minister Yuan Bin asks the saint bow!" ”

"I'm fine, excuse me!"

Zhu Qizhen sat down and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yuan Bin said: "Your Majesty, Zhu reported some things to the minister, and the minister felt that this matter was too important and did not dare to slack off, so he rushed over as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded, before setting out on the expedition, he did explain some special things to Zhu Ji, and he thought he was a little eyebrows.

"What about Zhu Ji, why didn't he come with you?"

"Back to the emperor, he is not in Beijing now."

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen asked, "Where is it?" ”

"Fuzhou!"

"Fuzhou?"

Zhu Qizhen was puzzled, let you check a few people, why did you go to Fuzhou?

Yuan Bin took out a list and handed it over, and then said: "During the emperor's expedition, Zhu Baishi found some clues by investigating some merchants who came and went, and then went to Fuzhou in person. ”

Zhu Qizhen opened the list and glanced at it, and said dissatisfiedly: "Do these people think that the court's income is too low, and they still secretly do business?" ”

On the list were not only merchants, but also many court officials.

In the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, officials above the fourth grade were forbidden to do business, and if they embezzled sixty taels of silver, they would be stripped of their skin and displayed to the public.

However, no one in this world has trouble with silver, and most of the officials in the court have more or less contact with businessmen, so they begin to turn a blind eye.

As a result, the situation in the early Ming Dynasty in which officials and businessmen did not dare to raise their heads due to torture gradually became a non-existent situation.

With the passage of time, the high-ranking officials and important ministers saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity and make it profitable, and they ignored the rules set by Ming Taizu and let their families go into business, so that a unique phenomenon of banning border merchants was formed, so that officials and businessmen were rampant, and rich people came out one after another.

Yuan Bin explained: "The emperor doesn't know that the list of these officials counted by Zhu Yishi is not extraordinary, but ...... Sea trade! ”

Zhu Qizhen's face began to look ugly, although he also had plans to open the sea, but it was my business to open the sea, and if you go to sea privately, you won't take me, the emperor, in your eyes!

Zhu Yishi traced down the line of merchants, and found that some people had close ties with court officials, and then traced down, one of the merchants from Fuzhou bought silk, porcelain, cotton cloth and other goods in the south, but he could not find out the way of his shipment, as if he only entered but could not leave. He went to Fuzhou in person, watched day and night, and finally traced the way through which those people shipped, and it turned out that all of them were shipped to the Japanese Kingdom, Korea, Luzon, Annam and other countries. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen was actually a little hesitant, if he really arrested these officials and smugglers according to the ancestral system, it seemed that it was not necessary.

At present, the Ming Dynasty is waiting to be revived, and the development of industry and commerce and maritime trade is the general trend.

If you do everything now, and then announce the opening of the sea and encourage industry and commerce, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

"Actually, I have heard for a long time, there have always been people who secretly go to sea, since it is the will of the people, I am also considering whether the sea ban should be lifted, as for those officials who secretly collude with businessmen, it is appropriate to punish them."

"Your Majesty, it's not that simple."

Yuan Bin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In order to investigate the matter, Zhu Yan disguised himself and mixed into one of the fleets, but found that there was a connection between those people and the Japanese Kou!" ”

"Wako?"

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but change his face, if it was just smuggling at sea, he could still deal with it lightly, but colluding with the Japanese would be another matter!

"Not bad!"

Yuan Bin nodded and said: "Zhu Yan was worried about arousing the suspicion of the other party, so he didn't write a letter, but just asked someone to bring out a sentence, saying that he might have made some big moves recently, and he is currently further inquiring." ”

These words are consistent with what Song Gu Xi said, and it further confirms that the White Lotus Sect's collusion with the Japanese Invaders is true.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a long time and asked, "Can you contact Shi Heng?" What is the situation of this person now? ”

Yuan Bin shook his head and said: "After Shi Heng left, there has been no news, and the minister is worried that he has already rebelled, so he doesn't dare to let Zhu Yan go to find him." ”

Zhu Qizhen's face was a little disappointed, Shi Heng's goods, although reckless, but with a bit of pride, could it be that he really misjudged him?

If this piece can be useful, it will be crucial.

However, in the current situation, I can only deeply regret it.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it and said: "These people on the list, don't act rashly and send people to spy on them, and all those who correspond with them, whether they are officials, businessmen or ordinary people, must be investigated to the end!" ”

"Obey the order!"

After Yuan Bin left, Zhu Qizhen also left the imperial study and went to visit Song Guxi.

Her injuries are still recovering, and there are no surgical conditions or antibiotics at this time, so she can only rely on her physique to support her.

"Your Majesty...... You're here......"

Song Gu Xi struggled to sit up, but Zhu Qizhen pressed her shoulders and pressed her back to the bed.

"Lie down and don't move!"

Song Guxi nodded slightly, his face full of comfort.

"I'm asking you something!"

"Your Majesty...... What do you want to ask? ”

"Did your White Lotus Sect take rebellion as its mission in all dynasties?"

"The emperor laughed......"

Song Gu Xi smiled awkwardly and said, "The White Lotus Sect originated from the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, requiring believers to recite the Buddha's vows in order to be reborn in the Western Pure Land. ”

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Then why, since the Southern Song Dynasty, no matter which dynasty or generation, you all have to rebel?" ”

The Ming Emperors of all dynasties were no strangers to the White Lotus Sect, because the establishment of the Ming Dynasty and the White Lotus Sect were inextricably linked.

The White Lotus Sect originated in the Southern Song Dynasty and was at its peak in the Yuan Dynasty.

Meng Yuan was brutal, and the people were struggling to make a living, which eventually led to the Central Plains being full of flames, and the whole world was full of uprisings.

The most famous of those days was the Han Shantong Uprising, where Han Shantong's grandfather was punished for promoting the idea of the White Lotus Sect. Therefore, when governing the river, Han Shantong advocated: "Advocate that the world is in chaos, and Maitreya Buddha will be born." ”

Especially after knowing Liu Futong, the two of them increased their propaganda about the birth of Maitreya and the birth of King Ming, not only that, but they also secretly formed a Red Turban Army to prepare for an uprising.

The stone man has one eye, and the folk song that instigated the Yellow River to oppose the world was made up by these two people.

Later, Han Shan's children were defeated and captured, and their son Han Lin'er was established as the king of Xiao Ming by Liu Futong.

This Xiao Ming King is Zhu Yuanzhang's nominal master.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's recollection, he wanted to support King Xiaoming as emperor at that time, and specially sent the general Liao Yongzhong to pick him up, but he didn't expect that the boat went to the Guazhou River, accidentally leaked and sank......

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Come to think of it, all this is providence!