Chapter 449: Windfall
Jinyiwei arranged a large number of spies in Mobei, and the news of the emperor's disappearance immediately spread.
Zhu Qizhen originally thought that it would take at least three to five days for the incident to ferment, but he underestimated the ability of the broad masses of people to eat melons.
Just one day later, the grassland was full of news of the emperor's loss.
Moreover, these news have become more and more outrageous after various false rumors.
Some people said that the emperor paid a private visit, was robbed by bandits, was arrested, and asked the court for a ransom of 10 million taels before he was willing to release him.
Some people also say that the emperor was killed by Qi Qike, because Qi Qi Ke is the daughter of Ye Xian, and she has been brewing a revenge plan all these years.
The most excessive, saying that the emperor fell in love with a Mongolian girl, nostalgic for the gentle township, and was reluctant to return to the palace.
Zhu Qizhen looked at the information collected by Yuan Bin, and his face turned pale.
"That's all you let people say?"
"No, no...... Absolutely nothing! ”
Yuan Bin hurriedly explained: "Jinyiwei only said that the emperor was missing, but he didn't expect the local people to mistakenly believe the rumors and spread the ......."
"Damn, when did I fall into the name of lust?"
Zhu Qi is angry, I am the emperor, am I short of women?
It's hard not to wonder if the person who made up this rumor is not reading too much romance.
And the one who said 10 million taels of ransom, the emperor, is it worth such a small amount of money?
Happily, many herders like Aturu have organized themselves and are running around the desert in search of their tracks.
Although they had never even seen their own faces, of course, although Aturu, Kazakh and others had seen them, they did not know about them at all.
They didn't even know that the emperor was tall, short, fat, thin, and old, so they searched blindly in the desert.
In Helin Town, almost all the young and strong men were dispatched.
Only women and children are left in the house to take care of the cattle and sheep, and if they don't know, they think that there is a war on the front line.
Only this loyalty moved Zhu Qizhen greatly, it turned out that on the grassland of Mobei, there was such a group of loyal people, they were not Han Chinese, and they were not good at expression, but they were showing their loyalty with their own actions.
Five years ago, they were fighting each other on the battlefield.
After that war, the pattern of the world changed greatly, and Mobei was officially included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, many people in the DPRK suggested that the "alien races" in these steppes should be ruled by high pressure, because the people who were not of our race would have different hearts.
However, Zhu Qizhen did not do so in the end.
It turns out that as long as you treat these simple "aliens" with benevolence, they will be eager to repay them with death.
At this moment, Zhu Qizhen felt that his trip to Mobei was not in vain.
Even if you can't catch this big fish in the end, this result is quite gratifying.
A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind......
"Yuan Bin, do you remember what Atulu and the others said when they mentioned the tea card?"
When Yuan Bin heard this, he first recalled it, and then said: "I only remember that when they talked about Chaka, this person regarded himself as noble and did not want to be in the company of others. ”
Zhu Qizhen looked solemn and asked, "The question is, where did the others go?" ”
Yuan Bin immediately realized the problem, these people are now horse thieves, rogues, like rats crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats, and they will not show up unless they have to.
Because it is too risky for them to go out and loot, and if they are not careful, they will die.
In fact, Chaka did die.
At that time, I just cared about watching the excitement, but I didn't think about it, where did the others go?
Since Chaka is already starving, it stands to reason that the situation of the others is roughly similar.
However, Aturu said that he had only seen Chaka appear recently, and the others seemed to have disappeared suddenly.
There are only two possibilities, either, these people have starved to death.
Or, they found another source of supplies.
These people are trying to survive in the gap between Mobeiwei, Beihaiwei and the Rakshasas, who will provide them with supplies?
Maybe there's someone who can ......
Yuan Bin's expression was grim, and he said, "Could it be that it is really out of love?" ”
After thinking about it, the only one who can take in these people is to get rid of it.
Otherwise, it's hard to find a second person!
Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Which yamen is the errand who came last time?" ”
Yuan Bin replied: "It's the local inspection department. ”
The Inspection Department is a public security yamen at the township level, mainly responsible for arresting bandits, and horse thieves such as Chaka are the key targets of the Inspection Department.
"In terms of time, people are still patrolling the department, right?"
Yuan Bin nodded and said, "It will take at least three days to arrest, interrogate, and then transfer to the county-level yamen, and if it is fast, it will be transferred tomorrow." ”
"So what are you waiting for?"
"Yes, I'll go!"
The person who has a tea card will definitely know some information, and it will be clear in the first trial.
Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "I will go with me!" ”
Yuan Bin hesitated: "Your Majesty, you are not...... Missing? ”
"The people from the Inspection Department don't know me, just disguise yourself!"
The dignified Jinyi Guard is the commander, and naturally there are a few younger brothers around him.
Zhu Qizhen looked for a captain's black fish-pattern uniform to change into, and when outsiders saw it, they thought it was Yuan Bin's follower.
The person in charge of the inspection department is named Xu Guangliang, and when he saw the waist card of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he trembled with fright, and he almost knelt down and kowtowed.
Yuan Bin kept a straight face, not angry and arrogant: "Do you know, why is this commander here?" ”
Poof!
Xu Guangliang still didn't hold on after all, his knees weakened, and he knelt in front of Yuan Bin.
"Commander, Commanding Majesty, humble ...... Lake Tu! ”
Zhu Qizhen looked stupid, but he didn't expect there to be an unexpected gain?
Although Yuan Bin didn't know what was going on, as the head of the intelligence department, he immediately understood what to do.
"Commander Ben doesn't want to waste his words, you can say it yourself!"
Xu Guangliang snorted and cried, and said, "I, I am a lowly ...... Explain it all! ”
Yuan Bin was a little impatient and kicked him.
"What nonsense, explain your business!"
"Yes, yes......"
Xu Guangliang was kicked out, hurriedly got up, and said: "You shouldn't go to prostitution, and please command the lord to raise your noble hand, and promise that there will never be a next time!" ”
Yuan Bin's face froze, prostitute?
Zhu Qizhen was also a little surprised, after the new policy, an edict was indeed issued prohibiting officials from prostitution.
It's just that this kind of thing is not strictly grasped, everyone goes to the Qinglou to drink, and finds a girl to sing songs to help the fun, in principle, it doesn't matter.
As for whether he went home to sleep after listening to the song, or went to do something else, no one really checked.
Zhu Qizhen knows very well that freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and some concepts have long been ingrained, and it is impossible to change them by just relying on an edict, there must be a process.
Therefore, he also turned a blind eye to this kind of thing.