November 12 of the first year of Taichang......

When Zhu Youzhen got the news that Lu Wenzhao asked someone to fly the pigeon, his first reaction was two words.

"Grinding ......"

In his opinion, after Yang Lian and the others arrived in Pizhou, they should immediately use the identity of the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate to remove Liu Bian, detain them, and let Lu Wenzhao take over Xuzhou and Huai'an.

Later, he opened a regular liquidation for disaster relief, and detained all officials in Xuzhou and Huai'an, and then posted a notice to post the cause of the Huaibei Great Hunger at the door of the disaster relief porridge field, so that the victims knew what had happened.

As for those officials? The corpse that Lu Jianxing hid was enough for them to die three hundred times, where did they need to check Chang Ping and Guan Cang?

However, this is Zhu Youzhen's comment that he does not understand the power of the officials of the Ming Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate does not have the power to directly open a warehouse for disaster relief, and must first monitor whether there is a famine, and then impeach the officials, and order the fast horse to be sent to the capital eight hundred miles as soon as possible, and the emperor will determine the decree to the cabinet, and after the cabinet is determined, the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will agree, and the imperial history will have the power to provide disaster relief.

This process is very cumbersome, so it's not that Yang Lian doesn't want to cut the mess quickly, but the conditions don't allow him to do so.

Although he already has the status of the official department and the metropolitan procuratorate, he still lacks the identity of the local governor and the criminal department.

Once these identities are available, then he can directly open an official warehouse to release grain, and come to a second division to interrogate, raid people's homes on the spot, and then convict and kill the accomplice, and send the main culprit to the capital to be killed.

But now he doesn't have these two identities, so even if he wants to do this again, he is just a courtier after all, not a prince or an emperor.

What the two Zhu Youxiao brothers can do, he will never be able to do.

"Sure enough, the methods of civil officials still don't work, but this kind of thing is ruthless enough for eunuchs to do."

Speaking of the evaluation, Zhu Youzhen no longer hesitated, but immediately went to the Qianqing Palace.

The chariot was pulled by the horses, and there was a "gurgling" sound on the red walls and white snow of the Forbidden City floor tiles.

This voice usually feels very rhythmic and rhythmic, but now it only makes Zhu Youzhen feel upset.

He didn't expect that after the Huaibei hunger developed into a party dispute, it was a very simple matter, but it was made into this situation by a group of people.

You know, this is different from the Suzhou tax resistance during the Wanli period.

Suzhou's anti-tax resistance, it was the common people, scholars, small and medium-sized landlords, border generals and many other forces united to jointly target the action of the mining tax eunuchs.

Collecting mining taxes is a good thing, but Wanli used the wrong method.

Wanli's method of collecting mining taxes was to send eunuchs down to collect taxes, which was called "mine supervisors".

In other words, Emperor Wanli did not collect mining taxes through formal channels such as imperial court institutions, but sent eunuchs to local governments to collect mining taxes.

The eunuchs were close servants of the emperor's side, and the emperor believed that they were understandable, but this group of eunuchs did all kinds of evil when they arrived in the place.

Since Wanli began to collect mining taxes in the 24th year, the cruelty of these mining tax eunuchs is simply outrageous, and it is wanton and reckless throughout the country.

For example, the eunuch Ma Tang was in charge of Tianjin's mining tax, and when he arrived in the jurisdiction, he gathered hundreds of outlaws, armed with various torture instruments, and robbed day and night, and collected mining taxes in the name of the United States.

In the end, there was a public outrage, and tens of thousands of people gathered together to burn down the yamen of Matang and kill 37 of his henchmen.

The eunuch Liang Yong was in charge of the mining tax in Shaanxi, Xi'an was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Liang Yong excavated the mausoleums of the past dynasties there, and also connived at the robbery of outlaws.

The eunuch Yang Rong acted recklessly in Yunnan, and even the prefect of the imperial court said that he would be imprisoned, and finally succeeded in provoking a popular uprising and was killed by the angry people.

In the 29th year of Wanli, more than 2,000 silk weavers also set fire to Suzhou and smashed it, also to oppose the behavior of the mining tax eunuchs.

Originally, Emperor Wanli collected mining taxes, whether out of greed for money or the idea of alleviating the financial crisis, which was beneficial to the national treasury revenue.

But after such a toss, the eunuchs embezzled I don't know how much, and after the exploitation, the real ones who were handed over were definitely not as much as the eunuchs who were corrupt, and more importantly, these eunuchs were engaged in local public grievances, which made the court lose all the people's hearts.

What's even more ironic is that Emperor Wanli also had special trust in these eunuchs who did all kinds of evil, when Yin Yingyuan, the governor of Shandong, and Wu Zongyao, a magistrate of the county below, played the impeachment of the evil deeds of the mining tax eunuch Chen Zeng, and ended up being punished for participating in the misrepresentation.

On the contrary, Yang Rong, the eunuch of the mining tax, was killed in public anger, and Emperor Wanli was so sad that he couldn't eat for a few days.

Among the mining taxes, the most serious and corrupt military discipline was the Gaohuai Rebellion.

Before the Gaohuai rebellion in Liao, the Ming Dynasty had a very strong control over the Northeast Jurchens, and the soldiers and horses in Liaozhen were also considered strong.

But since the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, Gao Huai was ordered to go to Liaodong to open mines and collect taxes, Liaodong began to be turbulent.

Gao Huai forcibly levied mining taxes, falsely accused border merchants and ordinary people, and connived at his eunuch Liao Guotai to abuse the people and upheaval, and falsely arrested dozens of people......

This series of operations made the people of Liaodong begin to generally distrust the Ming Dynasty, distrust the imperial court, and even turn their families to the Jurchens, Koreans and Mongols.

If the matter ends here, forget it, but Gao Huai later impeached Ma Lin, the general soldier of Liaodong, and deducted the monthly ration of the sergeant, so that the garrison troops in Qiantunwei, Jinzhou, Songshan and other places made an uproar, and the mutinous soldiers wanted to kill him.

At this time, he knew that he was scared and didn't want to solve the matter, but directly left the turbulent Liaodong and fled back to Beijing, and after running back to the capital, he also falsely accused the same acquaintance Wang Bangcai and the general Li Shuyang, saying that these two people provoked the mutiny in Liaodong.

Therefore, the tax resistance in the Wanli period was the result of the union of the people, businessmen, and officials, and it was also on the side of justice.

So it led to a multi-party impeachment petition for the abolition of the mining tax.

This matter is completely unable to form a dark political struggle such as party struggle, and if the emperor wants to cover it, he wants to oppose everyone in the world.

But now it's different!

Huaibei was hungry, and the people besieged the county government, the premise of this matter was the oppression and deception of the people by the officials and gentry, and the emperor had set it in the first year of the Apocalypse.

In other words, this is a high-pressure anti-corruption action organized by the emperor and a group of civil servants.

Under the system of the Ming Dynasty and the Wenchen Party Struggle, the imperial power that had been suppressed by the Wenchen for more than a hundred years became an important force.

At the moment of party struggle, whichever faction the imperial power falls towards, which faction will gain overwhelming power.

For example, in the first year, second year, and third year of the Apocalypse, when Zhu Youxiao trusted the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party was able to kill the Quartet, suppress and beat the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and almost cut them off.

As a result, all these five parties ran to join Wei Zhongxian, and after the eunuch party was formed, plus the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian blew the wind on the sidelines, Zhu Youxiao began to distrust the Donglin Party.

As a result, the Donglin Party, which was originally majestic, began to be directly destroyed and punished by the Eunuch Party with an overwhelming advantage in the next second.

In this way, it can be seen that once the imperial power falls to which faction, that faction has a force that other parties cannot contend with.

But it was this kind of imperial power that fell to the Donglin Party, and when the imperial court wanted to clean up the south of the Yangtze River, there was actually a group of grain merchants who did not know the depth of the water to step on the red line.

For a while, Zhu Youzhen didn't know whether to say that they were too stupid, or if they looked down on the umbrella behind them.

In addition to this sigh, the chariot also arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and after Zhu Youzhen got out of the car, under the leadership of the eunuch on duty in the Qianqing Palace, he walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

"What is my brother doing?"

"Banzai is dealing with the sparseness, and I just had dinner." Hearing Zhu Youzhen's inquiry, the eunuch on duty responded softly.

Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, and when he walked in front of the Qianqing Palace, he didn't need to ask someone to pass it on and stepped in directly, and then walked towards the Heart Cultivation Palace.

During this period, he kept holding the letter sent by Lu Wenzhao Feige in his hand.

"Didn't you say don't bother me?"

As soon as Zhu Youzhen stepped into the Palace of Heart Nourishment, he heard the words of the good imperial brother with a little anger.

He was not afraid, but smiled and said:

"Then I'll be gone......"

"Huh?" Hearing the familiar voice, Zhu Youxiao's brows slowly loosened, and then when he looked up and saw that it was Zhu Youzhen, he couldn't help but laugh on his face:

"What nonsense is my brother talking about, I'm talking to the slaves."

"Hehe, I know that too." Zhu Youzhen unceremoniously walked directly to the position next to Zhu Youxiao and sat down, and then said with a smile:

"I came here to tell my brother something, but I hope my brother won't be angry after reading it."

"What can I be angry about? There are so many things that really get angry, and I've been full lately. Zhu Youxiao sighed, it seems that the energy and good temper consumed by dealing with the music are a bit too much.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen could only hand over Lu Wenzhao's letter and explained:

"Yang Lian and others took down Liu Bian, the prefect of Huai'an Prefecture yesterday, but today some gentry and grain merchants in Huai'an Prefecture instigated the hungry people to besiege the county government and forcibly rob the official grain."

"The Changping positions in Haizhou, Taoyuan, and Yancheng were robbed of more than 146,000 stone official grain ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen didn't continue, just because he saw the good emperor's brother clenching his fingers in the letter.

It can be seen that the good royal brother is very angry, but he is just hindering himself and not breaking out.

"Wei Zhongxian!"

Suddenly, the good imperial brother shouted outside the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and then quickly heard the sound of hurried footsteps.

Zhu Youzhen's long-lost Wei Zhongxian reappeared, and hurriedly walked into the Heart Cultivation Hall to compose: "Long live ......"

"Tell the first assistant of the cabinet, Congzhe, Ye Xiang is old, and I can't bear to disturb his return!"

"In addition, he sent an order to Qi Yuanfu and ordered him to divide his troops to Huaibei after recruiting soldiers and horses, and he led his troops to Nanjing and Yangzhou alone, escorting autumn taxes and grain, and sending silver to the north."

"Slave maid leads the ......" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Wei Zhongxian knew that this was the emperor who was going to tear his face with the cabinet.

It was Zhu Youzhen next to him, who was happy when he heard this, and then regretful.

Qi Yuanfu was not surprised when he led his troops north and escorted the grain, his joy and regret were because of Ye Xianggao.

The reason why I am glad is because if Ye Xianggao is not allowed to enter the cabinet, then there will be no one to balance the party struggle, the party struggle can continue, and he will have more room to operate.

And it's a pity that because Ye Xianggao is indeed one of the most talented cabinet ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, when he was in charge of the cabinet, he really made the world stable for a while.

It's a pity that this life is not at the right time.

If he was born at the time when the imperial power was the greatest, or when the Pan-Jiangnan Wenchen was united, he would have been a good minister.

As a result, he was born in the late Ming Dynasty when the party was seriously strife, balancing the contradictions between various parties and making Ye Xianggao consume great energy.

"Alas......"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen sighed, and then said in front of Wei Zhongxian:

"Brother, this Huaibei is hungry, do you still need to continue to picket?"

"Check! Naturally, you have to check! Hearing this question, Zhu Youxiao answered without thinking about it.

"Don't just check! I also have to find out all the people who are hiding behind me! ”

"Until the entire Nanzhili is cleaned up!"

Speaking of which, no matter how hard Zhu Youxiao tried to hold back his anger, he still inevitably broke out.

However, he restrained himself very well, he didn't smash things, and this endurance alone is worth learning from Zhu Youzhen.

"That's right......" Zhu Youxiao suddenly looked at Zhu Youzhen and said:

"Brother, these days, let's go back to the Yanshan camp first."

Zhu Youxiao's words made Zhu Youzhen feel a sigh in his heart, thinking that his Miqin Palace was not safe?

But after a while, Zhu Youxiao smiled bitterly:

"Yanshan camp is more comfortable than here......"

"Hmm...... I'll stay with the royal brother for a few more days and leave. Zhu Youzhen was helpless, he knew that the good imperial brother didn't tell the truth, but he couldn't ask directly.

Thinking of this, he got up from his seat and saluted the good imperial brother:

"In that case, then I'll go back to the Qingong Palace."

"But before leaving, I hope that the imperial brother can promise his brother one thing."

"Tell me first." Zhu Youxiao put down the recital.

"After the Huaibei famine this time, all the gentry officials and guards involved in the seizure of their homes, the silver taels were included in the internal funds, the grain was used for local disaster relief, and the acres of land were included in the imperial horse prison?"

"The acres of land that belong to the imperial horse supervisor, the normal payment of Liaoxiang and Tian Fu, the imperial horse supervisor and the people are divided into seventy-three, the imperial horse supervisor is three, and the people are seven."

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"In addition, Liao Xiang and Tian Fu extracted ...... from the three percent of the Imperial Horse Supervisor"

Zhu Youzhen had the audacity to put forward this suggestion, and to put it bluntly, it was to grasp the Donglin Party and other parties' party contentions and expand the financial resources and income of the internal funds in disguise.

Zhu Youxiao naturally would not refuse this kind of thing, so he smiled:

"I agreed to this matter, but you have to ensure that the taxes on these acres must be as you said, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the officials......"

"Brother rest assured" Zhu Youzhen made a compilation, and Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand: "Since that's the case, let's go." ”

"Brother quit ......" Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen sold a good job, and slowly withdrew from the palace after saluting.

When he withdrew, Zhu Youxiao kept smiling at him, but it was only when he completely left the mouth that Zhu Youxiao put away his smile and looked at Wei Zhongxian with a frosty face.

Wei Zhongxian swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and at this moment he felt that Zhu Youxiao's eyes were like arrows, arrows and arrows.

"Tell your subordinates from Dongchang to go to Jiangnan to find out who is involved in the Huaibei Great Hunger and Hunger officials!"

"In addition, if Wenchen asks about Huaibei's seizure of the family's fields, he will say that I have newly opened the southern field of the Imperial Horse Prison, and all the acres of land obtained from the seizure will be included in the southern field of the Imperial Horse Prison."

"Slave obeys!" Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to slack off, and nodded hurriedly, and Zhu Youxiao saw this and also put his gaze back on the song:

"Let's get out......"

"Yes." When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he cautiously retreated, and as soon as he withdrew, he called one of his eunuchs.

Leaving Zhu Youxiao's sight, Wei Zhongxian slowly straightened up the ridge, squinted at the little eunuch and said:

"Tell Wang Tiqian, go and find out who is behind the hunger in Jiangnan and Huaibei."

"Yes......" When the little eunuch heard this, he hurriedly saluted, and then slowly retreated.

However, Wei Zhongxian, after the little eunuch left, just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but saw the Ke family who was dressed brightly and had a gold headdress on his head and walked into the Qianqing Palace.

Ke Shi bit his lower lip, and Wei Zhongxian's heart was itching, and he couldn't wait to catch her back to his residence now and ravage her.

The appearance of these two people was seen by others, but they turned around to avoid it, but Zhu Youzhen, who had just walked out of the Qianqing Palace, sat on the chariot and closed his eyes to recuperate.

He was wondering if he would expand the impact of this Jiangnan Huaibei famine and pull down some of the nobles of Nanzhili.

At present, Qi Yuanfu has recruited 8,000 troops in Zhejiang, if he expands his influence and takes back the salt and tea quotations in the hands of most of the nobles in Nanzhili, and then hands them over to the Imperial Horse Supervisor to manage them well, maybe he can increase millions of taels of tax silver for the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that this involves too much, and he and his good brother don't have a soldier and horse that can fight nationwide at the moment, and they still need to be patient.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen pinched his eyebrows, and then said to Wang Chengen, who was driving:

"Tell Lu Wenzhao that the squire officials investigated, once they are guilty, they will immediately report to the imperial brother, and as long as the imperial brother agrees, they will be raided one after another."

"The acres of land obtained from the seizure will be returned to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the grain will be provided for local disaster relief, and the silver taels will be sent to the internal treasury."

"These acres of land that are included in the Imperial Horse Prison are handed over to Lu Jianxing to manage, recruit people, or maintain the original tenant relationship, and divide them with seventy-three."

"Tell him, don't be afraid of making things bigger, and do it absolutely if you want to do it, unless it involves Xungui."

"Your Highness, will this cause dissatisfaction among the Zhejiang Party officials?" Wang Chengen was a little worried.

"Huh? Are they dissatisfied? Let's get over the current difficulties first! Zhu Youzhen snorted coldly.

There is nothing wrong with what he said, at present, Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian of the Donglin Party have directly attacked Nanzhili, as long as the Kun Party and the Xuan Party fall, the Zhejiang Party will not be far from waiting for death.

The advantage of the Donglin Party is that it is different from the party, and it will not stop like other parties.

So when it comes to attracting hatred, the Donglin Party is simply a player with a taunt state, and it's best to use it as a knife.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen did not worry that hatred would attract the good imperial brother and himself, and he was more concerned about what happened in the southwest and what happened to the coal sale of the imperial horse supervisor.

With these questions, he quickly returned to the palace in a chariot.

When he returned to the Qingong Palace, fast horses also rushed out of the capital and went straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

On November 13, that is, early the morning of the second day after Zhu Youzhen and the good imperial brother finished talking, a copy of the decree was sent to the Pizhou County Government by 800 miles.

The reason why it is a central decree is that it has not been nodded by the Cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Six Divisions.

This means that Ming and Zhu Youxiao are not prepared to let Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou of the cabinet know about this matter.

When Yang Lian got the middle order, he was also very entangled.

There is such a thing as the Zhongzhi, without the nod of the cabinet, and the people who get the Zhongzhi dare to use it and how to use it.

If you are bold enough to use it, then it will be large enough, but if you are timid enough to use it, then it will be very small.

It just so happens that Yang Lian is the most courageous person in the late Ming Dynasty, and it can even be said that he is the last representative of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao's central decree does not have too much content, and there are only 12 short words behind "Fengtian carries the emperor and makes it said":

"Governor Xu Huai, Zhejiang soldiers are dispatched, and the weight is ...... at their own convenience"

These twelve words are very meaningful, not saying what is heavy and what is light, but ambiguously saying a self-convenience.

That is, the weight is in Yang Lian, not in the hands of Zhu Youxiao.

At present, he is the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is also in the middle of the matter, and now Zhu Youxiao has given him the official title of governor Xu Huai, which means that at present, whether it is government affairs or military affairs, as long as Xu and Huai's affairs are in charge, he can manage them.

He can open a warehouse and release grain, whether it is a regular position or an official warehouse, he can also use the treasury silver at will, and he can also use the official department to give the identity of the imperial history and Xu Huai governor to kill the criminal officials at will.

In the words of later generations, this is equivalent to Yang Lian becoming a "player + referee + event official" in the Xuhuai region.

If Yang Lian thinks that the situation of the Great Hunger in Huaibei is too serious, then it will be as serious, that is, raiding the house and arresting people, and convicting everyone.

Those who commit minor crimes will be beheaded directly in the local area, and those who are serious will be sent to the capital and beheaded on the street.

Of course, if Yang Lian thinks that the eucalyptus is very light, then he will honestly follow the previous holy decree and take the Zhejiang soldiers to escort the autumn tax and send the silver north to the capital.

Two choices were placed in front of him, and according to Yang Lian's choice, he was naturally ......

"Lu Tongzhi!"

Yang Lian, who took over the central order, decisively called Lu Wenzhao when the others were still hesitating, and Lu Wenzhao also bowed slightly.

"Long live the purpose of this, this official will take over the order, may I ask Lu Tongzhi, can you dare to continue to track down the Huaibei Great Hunger?"

"Naturally!" Lu Wenzhao nodded.

The middle order was received by Yang Lian, Yang Lian dared, and he Lu Wenzhao did not dare.

To put it bluntly, Yang Lian fell with the help of the Donglin Party, and Lu Wenzhao had Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youxiao to help.

As long as someone from the civil official family helps Lu Wenzhao say a word, it is impossible for Lu Wenzhao to be punished.

Even if Yang Lian falls, there is still Zuo Guangdou next to him.

Therefore, no matter how bad this situation is, it can't be worse than Lu Wenzhao's head.

That's why he responded to Yang Lian directly, and when Yang Lian saw this, he directly raised the middle order:

"Receiving His Majesty's holy decree, please ask Lu Tongzhi to investigate the main thing behind the Huaibei Great Famine, pursue all the criminal grain merchants together, confiscate the property of the criminal grain merchants, and hand over the evidence to the Criminal Department."

"Command!" Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao will be able to let go of his hands and feet.

It was only after they finished speaking that Zuo Guangdou spoke:

"It's better to transfer Zhejiang troops to the north first, so it's safer."

"No, wait for the Zhejiang soldiers to go north, these people have already been prepared, what they have to do now is to take advantage of the chaos to arrest them one after another, and the accomplices will be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable markets in each county, and the repeat offenders will be escorted to the capital to be beheaded." Yang Lian first answered Zuo Guangdou's question, and then explained to Zuo Guangdou:

"Please write a letter to Birchin, and hurry up to the north to interrogate these illegal grain merchants and gentry."

Bo Qin, this is one of the officials who reinstated Zhu Youxiao during the Heavenly Dynasty meeting a few days ago, Gu Dazhang, a member of the Donglin Party and a member of the Criminal Department.

Although Gu Dazhang is a member of the Donglin Party, his hometown is Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, so according to Gu Dazhang's dispatch from the revived officials, the other party should not have gone to Shuntian.

At present, directly relying on Gu Dazhang's identity as a member of the Criminal Department, coupled with the identity of Yang Lian's Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Officials Section, the second division can be simply formed, and the conviction can be directly convicted, and all the illegal squires in Huaibei will be tried on the spot, and finally confiscated the house to alleviate the hunger in Huaibei.

Yang Lian's idea was very good, and Zuo Guangdou also nodded after hearing it: "Since this is the case, then I will write to Bo Qin." ”

After that, he turned around and walked back to the county office, and Lu Wenzhao also went to fetch people with the assembled Jinyi guards after a while.

For Jin Yiwei, the three tongues he caught yesterday had already confessed overnight.

Therefore, Lu Wenzhao already had a list of the guilty gentry and grain merchants in his hands, so he just waited for an order.

Now that Yang Lian is responsible, he is even more unscrupulous.

Thinking of this, he led people out of the county office, and at this time, Shen Lian also came with an urgent letter and handed it to Lu Wenzhaodao:

"My lord, this is a handwritten letter from the palace that someone sent it urgently."

"In the palace?" Hearing these two words, Lu Wenzhao knew that it was the handwriting of His Royal Highness.

He hurriedly opened the letter, and then saw the original words of Zhu Youzhen, who was ghostwritten by Wang Chengen.

[Thorough investigation, the seized silver two or three components to trace this eucalyptus brocade guard, seventy percent sent to the interior, grain in Huaibei disaster relief, acres of land not reported, charged into the imperial horse prison. 】

[If you encounter an officer of the illegal guard, wait for the arrival of the Zhejiang soldiers, and check them together, and ......]

There is not much content in the letter, but the most relevant thing is about the merger of Tian Mu into the Imperial Horse Prison, and the officials of the illegal guard station will be confiscated together.

In the Huaibei Hunger Plague, the areas involved are Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, Guide, Fengyang and other six prefectures.

Among them, Xuzhou and Huai'an are stationed in Huai'anwei, Pizhouwei, Xuzhouwei, Xuzhou Zuowei, and Yancheng, Haizhou, and Donghai.

If you count the border guards in Fengyang Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion to intercept the hungry, then there are still six guards and five guards involved.

In other words, these people who helped to block the way, as well as the guards who did not act, were ten guards and five guards, for a total of 61,000 guards.

Four thousand brocade guards, if you want to raid the ten guards and five houses of 61,000 households, it is really a little difficult for Lu Wenzhao.

Although the current guards are peasants with weapons, they are not something that the brocade guards in Lu Wenzhao's hands can deal with.

They have only a cuirass on them, and if they forcibly inspect the guards, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Cannot inspire mutiny......

Thinking of this, Lu Wenzhao decided that the arrest of the guard station would have to wait until Qi Yuanfu came to divide his troops.

However, it is much simpler to control these gentry and grain merchants than the guards.

"Pass my order, fly the pigeon to pass the book to all 100 households in Huai'an Prefecture, and start tonight to arrest the illegal gentry and grain merchants in the counties of Huai'an Mansion on the list."

"All mansions are sealed, and no one is allowed to be released anywhere without my handwriting!"

"Yes!" Hearing Lu Wenzhao's words, Shen Lian also knew that the imperial court was going to move seriously.

So, after a cup of tea, dozens of carrier pigeons were released one after another in Pizhou Jinyi Wei Baihu, and flew towards Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou......