"Xuzhou grain merchant Liu Kuan......"

"Pizhou County lifts people Li Ye ......"

"Pizhou County Orders Han ......"

On November 18 of the first year of Taichang, when the ice and snow fell, tens of thousands of people surrounded the north gate of Pizhou, and hundreds of accomplices of Huaibei hunger were named one by one, and then dragged out by Jinyi Wei and knelt in the snow like dead dogs.

Tens of thousands of people looked at them with hatred, anger was accumulating, their mouths were insulting, and they kept throwing stones, mud, and snow in their hands.

As their names were counted, Gu Dazhang, the member of the criminal department in charge of the beheading, suddenly tightened his expression and ordered: "Behead!" ”

"Poof......

Hundreds of Jinyi guards used unskilled decapitation broadswords to slash down in an instant, and hundreds of human heads rolled down the snow like scattered marbles, staining the entire snow with blood, and releasing part of the resentment in the hearts of the people.

"Good!"

"Well killed!"

"Feed them to the dogs!"

The people's insults were endless, hundreds of people rushed forward, Jinyiwei hurriedly retreated, and then the corpses of these hundreds of people were trampled by the people with their feet, smashed with stones and wooden sticks, and even some people grabbed the corpses and bit them.

Eat their flesh and drink their blood......

Even these six words cannot describe the resentment of the people who have experienced the hunger in Huaibei.

After half a bang, hundreds of corpses were covered in mud and trampled straight into the dirt.

Immediately afterward, their bodies were doused with fire oil by the brocade guards, and then burned clean.

The people stared at the burning flames of the corpses until the flames in their eyes slowly extinguished......

"Is this the result of the hungry people who died in Huaibei?!"

At the same time as the flame of the corpse was extinguished, in the Pizhou County Ya, Yang Lian took the holy decree in his hand, looked at the content on it, his hands kept trembling, as if he was a few years old, and questioned Lu Wenzhao.

Faced with doubts, Lu Wenzhao could only bite the bullet and say: "The will of the palace is like this, Nan Zhili's next Jingcha needs to be handed over to Zhang Zuodu Yushi." ”

"You and Zuo Yushi need to go to Shandong and Huguang respectively for Jingcha."

That's the end of it......

The meaning in the palace was very simple, but Yang Lian couldn't calm down for a long time.

The Holy Decree was not rushed, and three days had passed since the Huaibei Great Hunger and Jingcha were set.

This clearly shows that the people in Asari want to wait for the dust to settle before telling him and Zuo Guangdou to appoint them.

Such an approach made him unbelievable.

Huaibei starved and killed hundreds of thousands of people, and in the Hongwu and Yongle years, it was a heavy eucalyptus that wanted to raid the family and exterminate the clan, and even tens of thousands of people were held accountable.

But at present, it is so hastily concluded, affecting only more than 2,000 officials, grain merchants, and gentry in Huai'an and Xuzhou.

Although this morning, the main culprit of the Huaibei Great Hunger was sent to the capital and died in accordance with the law, and 2,000 accomplices were also beheaded in various places.

However, other non-local officials who received the money were only dismissed.

Yang Lian couldn't believe it, so with the last glimmer of hope, he asked Lu Wenzhao:

"Jingzhong Liu Cifu, didn't they say anything?"

"Liu Cifu and Han Yihan both hoped that Banzai would punish the officials who reported Yao in accordance with the law, but after thinking about it, Banzai still decided to hand over Nanzhili and Zhejiang Jingcha to Zhang Zuodu Yushi and Gu Yushi."

Lu Wenzhao responded in a deep voice, and this response made Yang Lian a few years older.

He knew that if Liu Yixiao and Han Yi were both negligent, then the matter should be settled, but there was only one reason why it was not settled at the moment, that is, there were also people within them who wanted to settle things and were afraid of death.

At this time, he recalled in his mind what Zhu Youzhen had said to him.

"If one day Mr. is left with only a minister, how should Mr. deal with himself?"

In a word, I thought it was just a joke at first, but now it seems that in the huge clear stream, only a dozen people such as Zuo Guangdou, Liu Yixiao, and Han Yi are with him.

His body couldn't help but stiffen up, and at this time, Zuo Guangdou also walked back from outside.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Yang Lian's appearance, Zuo Guangdou had a bad premonition in his heart, he walked next to Yang Lian and took over the holy decree to read it quickly.

At this glance, the anger in his heart was provoked, but it quickly subsided again, and a sense of sadness was born.

Does anger solve the problem? No......

Compared with Yang Lian, he is not so stubborn, and he knows how to analyze the pros and cons, but it is this kind of analysis that makes him feel lonely now.

Obviously, during the period of Jingcha, it was clear that they were in control of the direction of the situation, but in the end, they could not even ask the leaders to strictly investigate the use of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Right now, Zuo Guangdou only feels that the "colleagues" who used to talk and laugh with him are so hateful now.

"Alas...... Pack up......"

After that, Zuo Guangdou put the holy decree on the table, turned around and walked into the side room next to him, ready to pack his luggage and go to Huguang.

Yang Lian was silent, and so was Lu Wenzhao.

It was only after a moment that Yang Lian suddenly asked in a slow voice, "Your Highness...... Didn't say anything......"

Yang Lian put his last hope on Zhu Youzhen, but Lu Wenzhao saw him like this, and he couldn't bear to say:

"Your Highness said, 'There is nothing he can do about this matter, and if you want to save the people, you can only endure until the time is ripe.'

"When the time is ripe......" Listening to these four words, Yang Lian laughed at himself, turned around and walked to his side room, and muttered to himself in a low voice:

"The time is ripe...... But how much time do I have......

Yang Lian returned to the room, leaving only the holy decree on the table.

Lu Wenzhao looked at his back and couldn't bear it, but in the next second, he walked into the house with a puzzled expression:

"Why did the adults call me back?"

Shen Lian was very puzzled, he set off four days ago, and arrived in the capital only the day before yesterday, and there was no news from the investigation, and yesterday Lu Wenzhao asked him to return to Pizhou, leaving only a general banner to continue the investigation.

As for why he was called back, Lu Wenzhao motioned for him to follow, and then walked out of the county office with Shen Lian, and after calling the other brocade guards at the back door, he sighed and said:

"Long live means that the Nanjing officials involved in the Huaibei Great Famine can be investigated, and there is no need to arrest them."

"In this way, it would be too wasteful to transfer you to Nanjing, I asked you to come back, and I will do the matter of measuring acres of land and setting up a new Yuma Prison South Field."

"Thanks to your subordinates, my subordinates will do their best to ......" Shen Lian made a return salute, but after returning the salute, he carefully glanced at Lu Wenzhao twice, and said:

"However, after the subordinates finish this matter, they have to go to find my eldest brother."

"Well, don't worry, I won't stop you then." Lu Wenzhao smiled and patted Shen Lian's shoulder, and then instructed Qianhu next to him:

"The 1,000 people of Fusi in Beibei Town will be refined, and the acres of land of Xuzhou officials and gentry and grain merchants will be measured."

"In addition, those mansions, don't wait for Master Gu from the Criminal Department, let's raid the house first."

"Yes!" Thousands of households compiled, and did not raise questions.

To put it bluntly, the people of Huai'an and Xuzhou have become abandoned children who don't care about anyone, and there may be people among them who have been wronged, but more of them deserve it.

What's more, what they have to do is to help their Royal Highness and help Banzai set up a new Imperial Horse Prison South Field, the better the South Field is, the higher their status will be, and the easier it will be to be taken seriously.

Therefore, in the following time, under the command of Lu Wenzhao, Jinyiwei began to raid the house, compiled all the most basic things into a book, and sent them to the capital quickly.

When Zhu Youzhen got this booklet, it was already November 25 in the first year of Taichang.

He stayed in the capital for twenty days, just because of the gallurgy of Jingcha and Huaibei, he couldn't leave him, and he was afraid that his good imperial brother would accidentally kill someone by mistake.

Therefore, he missed Qin Liangyu leading the troops north, but fortunately, in two days, Qin Liangyu would lead people to the south with light equipment and come to the capital to receive the salary for recruiting new troops, and they could meet each other at that time.

Thinking like this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help blushing a little, after all, this meant that he was going to pick up the royal brother's wool again.

So in order to make up for it, he can only hope that the corrupt officials and illegal businessmen in Huai'an and Xuzhou can give some strength.

In the palace, he looked at the preliminary statistics in his hand, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened it.

Skipping the long list of superficial words in front of him, Zhu Youzhen directly focused on the last few pages of the copy.

[On November 23 of the first year of Taichang, 567,263.28 coins and 3 cents of dirty silver were copied. 】

[13 mansions in Shandong, 64 acres, 14 mansions in Henan, 1004 acres, 36 mansions in Nanzhili, 627 acres, 6 in Zhejiang, 1009 acres, 5 in Jiangxi, 89 acres, ...... in Beizhili]

[A total of 98 mansions, totaling 1,463 acres, worth about 24,300 taels of silver......]

[56 dirty fields in Shandong, 39,400 mu of land deeds, 27 dirty fields in Henan, 15,300 mu of land deeds, 592 dirty fields in Nanzhili, 2.82 million mu of land deeds, ...... of Jiangxi dirty fields]

[A total of 807 dirty fields, 3,193,200 acres of land deeds.] 】

[A total of 1,726,435 stones and 27 catties of grain were confiscated. 】

[This involved 96 officials, 3,675 officials, 47 grain merchants, and 2,541 relatives. 】

The summary of more than 300 words is not over, and after the end, Lu Wenzhao added.

In Huai'an, Huai'anwei, Pizhouwei, Xuzhouwei, Xuzhou Zuowei and other four guards and three guards were not dealt with, and the six guards near Fengyang Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion intercepted the hungry people, and two of them were not dealt with

In other words, there were 10 guards and 5 institutes, totaling 61,000 military households.

According to the number of 50 mu of soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty, these 10 guards and 5 guards involved 3.05 million mu of military tun land.

Even if you only count the four guards and three institutes in Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou, it also involves 25,400 military households and 1.27 million mu of military tun fields.

Lu Wenzhao asked at the end of the booklet that he didn't need to do anything about the ten Wei five needs.

This question was already in mind when Zhu Youzhen saw it.

Move! Gotta move!

As long as the ten guards and five are eaten, plus the people's land in Xuzhou and Huai'an, there will be more than 6 million mu of cultivated land in the southern field of Yumajian, and even if they are seventy-three points with the tenants, and then pay the land and silver, there will be at least 5 million stone grain income left.

These ten guards must be moved, but before moving, Zhu Youzhen needs to visit someone.

British Gong Zhang Weixian......

Thinking of this person, Zhu Youzhen squinted his eyes slightly.

The British public Zhang Weixian, he controlled the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the people of the Beijing camp.

Although in Zhu Youzhen's own opinion, the so-called Five Armies Governor's Mansion and Jingying are just local chickens and dogs, he doesn't want to turn his face with Xungui yet.

However, to talk to Zhang Weixian clearly, one thing needs to be clarified.

This time Huaibei famine, is there a figure of Nanjing Xungui?

If there is, then this is undoubtedly the best way to peacefully dismantle the guards of Shuntianfu and Yongping, as well as the guards of Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Fengyang.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen closed the booklet, handed the booklet to Wang Chengen and instructed:

"Tell Lu Wenzhao to investigate for me whether there is a noble figure in the hunger of Huaibei."

"In addition, give the document to the imperial brother and let the imperial brother see what to do with these things."

"The slave takes the command." Seeing His Royal Highness speak, Wang Chengen hurriedly took the booklet, and then personally sent the booklet to the Qianqing Palace.

It's just that when he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao was dealing with the music, and Wei Zhongxian smiled at Wang Chengen:

"Wang's palm print, wait a little."

Wang An was not approved by Zhu Youxiao to go south, so Wei Zhongxian's rights only stayed in Dongchang, and he still needed to maintain the relationship with the Qin Palace, so it was naturally impossible to put on a face to Wang Chengen.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen didn't say anything, just saluted and thanked him.

After Wei Zhongxian returned the salute, he walked into the Yangxin Hall of the Qianqing Palace, and said to Zhu Youxiao, who was reviewing the recital:

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"Long live, the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm print, asked to see him, saying that His Royal Highness the Imperial Horse Supervisor Nanchang had been cleared up."

"Huh? Tell Seung-eun to come in. When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he put down the pen in his hand and sighed.

Seeing this, the Ke family behind him hurriedly pinched the acupuncture points for Zhu Youxiao, which made him feel a lot more comfortable.

"Xuanyu Ma Jian Palm Seal Eunuch Wang Chengen~"

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian sang to the outside world, and Wang Chengen also walked into the Heart Cultivation Hall in small steps, and then knelt down and handed out the document book:

"Long live the slave Wang Chengen, this is the Nanchang document sent by the Fifth Highness to the slave and maid to Long live."

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao answered, and Wei Zhongxian also took the document and handed it to Zhu Youxiao.

While enjoying the Hakka massage, Zhu Youxiao opened the book in his hand and read the book with a frown.

At the end, Zhu Youxiao spoke:

"The south place confiscated the silver taels, all of them were filled into the internal money, and they were transported north together with the autumn tax and the additional silver."

"As for the health centers involved in Yanzhou Mansion and Fengyang Mansion, there is no need to pursue it if you tell your younger brother."

"The four guards and three offices in Xuzhou and Huai'an Mansion have been abolished respectively, and I will have people tell the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies about this."

Zhu Youxiao knew very well that his younger brother wanted to abolish all the guards in one go, but he also knew that his younger brother's idea was too anxious.

As an elder brother, he needs help, but he also needs to protect Zhu Youzhen.

The abolition of the Ten Guards and Five Institutes in one go will inevitably cause panic among the nobles.

It's just that the four guards and three institutes involved in the eucalyptus are abolished, which is like the end of the matter for the nobles involved in the eucalyptus.

Whether it is the nobles of the North Zhili or the nobles of the South Zhili, they will not say much.

And if he speaks, the British Duke and others will not be too hostile to Zhu Youzhen.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Youxiao is in the middle and Zhu Youzhen's impatience, perhaps in his opinion, he is only sixteen years old, and he still has a good age, and he can slowly change the situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Slave and maid lead the ......" Seeing the emperor speak, Wang Chengen immediately sang in return, and Zhu Youxiao also continued:

"By the way, this time, 300,000 taels will be allocated as Qin Liangyu's salary to recruit new troops, and Lu Wenzhao will send someone to the stone pillar, so that Qin Liangyu will not go to the capital again."

"After the silver arrives in the capital, another 50,000 taels will be allocated as the silver and sent to Changping for the Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers to pull."

"Yes......" Hearing this, Wang Chengen responded obediently, and Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand and said, "Stand down." ”

Seeing this, Wang Chengen slowly withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Hall and brought the news back.

When Zhu Youzhen heard that he could only move Huai'anwei, Pizhouwei, Xuzhouwei, Xuzhou Zuowei, and the other three offices of Donghai, Yancheng, and Haizhou, he immediately frowned.

However, after reacting, he still realized that he was too impatient.

At present, Qi Yuanfu's soldiers have not been completely trained, and the Seven Guards and One Battalion of the Yanshan Battalion have only been trained for a month and a half.

Although on paper, the 7th Guard 1st Battalion, plus the Zhejiang soldiers and the white pole soldiers, had 60,000 soldiers and horses on his side, but these soldiers and horses were still not enough to quell the panic of the dismantling of the guards.

Only by finding the right way like this Huaibei famine can we completely conclude on the abolition of the guard station.

The southeast is different from the Central Plains, the northwest, Hebei and other places and the southwest.

Yungui's health center is insufficient, and it will be abolished, after all, it is relatively barren and there is not much oil and water.

However, other places are different, such as the current four guards and three battalions, which involve 1.27 million mu of land, how to dismantle it, and how to divide the land after the removal, this is a relatively important matter.

If one is not good, Qi Yuanfu's eight thousand people and Lu Wenzhao's four thousand brocade guards will have to be dragged there.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen frowned, and made an analysis according to the strength of the Four Guards and Three Institutes, as well as the number of people it might have.

There are a total of 25,400 military households, and according to the minimum of five people in a household in the early years of Hongwu, they are at least 130,000 people.

This is still the first year of Hongwu, and now it is the first year of Taichang, and this number may have doubled or tripled, that is, they have to face 400,000 people at most.

400,000 people, 1.27 million mu of military tun land, seems to be very well divided, one person can add 70,000 mu to three mu.

But it's not really possible to divide it like this, it's not difficult to divide it, will it be noisy because of this, and whether Lu Wenzhao, a local Lu Wenzhao in Huai'an, can stabilize the situation, has become something he needs to consider.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen said to Wang Chengen:

"Tell Qi Yuanfu that there is no need to divide the troops, and directly take the Zhejiang soldiers to Nanjing to escort the tax to the north, and when he arrives at Huai'an Mansion, he will ask Lu Wenzhao to send a thousand brocade guards to continue to escort the tax to the north."

"Qi Yuanfu led the Zhejiang soldiers to measure the military tuntian and the southern field of the imperial horse prison, and after all the measurements were completed, starting from Xuzhou and then to Pizhou, the land of one state was divided."

"It will be divided according to one person and four acres, and the extra will be left as a horse farm."

"Before dividing the fields, it must be made clear that they are the tenants of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and they are divided into seventy-three with the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the Imperial Horse Supervisor pays taxes for them, and they just need to farm the land honestly, but if their grain is to be sold, they need to be sold to the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

Whether it is directly transported to Liaodong through Haizhou, or to Luoyang via the Huai River, and then transferred to Shaanxi for disaster relief, it can relieve the pressure on the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen had a headache again.

He originally wanted to take advantage of the establishment of the South Field to transfer Wang An away and let Wei Zhongxian take the position, and by the way, let Wang An help him manage the South Field.

But now, because of himself, Wang An seems to be a little favored, and it is difficult for Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family to get Wang An away or kill him.

Without such a big plate as Wang An and Yuma Jian Nanchang, only Cao Huachun was sent to go.

It's just that if Cao Huachun goes, then only Chengen can be used by his side.

"Alas......"

Sighing in his heart, Zhu Youzhen could only say to Wang Chengen:

"Cheng Eun, if you were told to go to the South Field, what would you do?"

"Slaves?" Wang Chengen was stunned, and then said without thinking: "Your Highness wants the slave to do something, and the slave and maid will do it." ”

Wang Chengen's power plot and political struggle are not very good, which makes Zhu Youzhen a little worried.

The southern field of the Imperial Horse Prison, if after pulling out the four guards and three institutes, is more than 4 million acres of cultivated land, and it has become the economic leader of the Imperial Horse Prison.

Among them, if someone plays tricks and embezzles from it, with Wang Chengen's means, it may not be able to clean it up.

"That's it, just stay in the capital." Zhu Youzhen gave up letting Wang Chengen manage the south field.

In this way, he is the only one who chooses Cao Huachun.

However, it was impossible for him to ask Wang Chengen to tell Cao Huachun, and he still had to tell the other party when he went to the Yanshan camp, otherwise it would be easy to cause a festival between the two sides.

Speaking of which, he hasn't been to the Yanshan camp for twenty days, and now that the good imperial brother directly transfers Huai'an's dirty silver to the stone pillar, Qin Liangyu will not come to the capital, so there is no need for him to wait.

The men and horses of the Yanshan battalion formed combat effectiveness one day earlier, and the situation in Daming would be better.

Although with the South Field of the Imperial Horse Prison, the pressure on him to raise troops is much less, but the tax of the South Field of the Imperial Horse Prison can only be collected after at least two years.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen asked Wang Chengen to call Jinyiwei, frowned and asked:

"What is Lu Jianxing doing?"

"Back to Your Highness." Jin Yi Wei Qianhu replied:

"Lu Jianxing is now preparing to buy grain from Huguang and Jiangxi, ready to be shipped to Huaibei for sale."

"According to the meaning of the people below, he is preparing to return with silver in the spring of the next year after the sale is over."

"Half a month ago, he had already earned nearly 600,000 taels with interest."

"600,000 taels...... Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, with these 600,000 taels, the seven guards and one battalion of the Imperial Horse Prison will be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, he continued to ask:

"What's going on outside the city this year?"

"There is no vision, just like in previous years, except that Nurhachi exchanged an iron pot and some sea salt for cattle and sheep from the Tuman and Horqin tribes."

Nurhachi's exchange of iron pots and sea salt for horses, cattle and sheep is not new.

At present, Nurhachi occupies the Mowen River Guard, which is a natural ice-free port, which is later known as Vladivostok.

With manpower, this kind of thing can still be done, and this kind of thing is also one of the few trading methods for Houjin to obtain external materials.

This old guy is now trading for horses, which means that he doesn't have many horses at his disposal.

He is expanding his strength, so he can't be idle.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen confessed to Wang Chengen and said:

"Let's talk to Brother Huang, tomorrow I will go to the Yanshan camp and hope that Brother Huang will take care of his health."

After speaking, he turned around and returned to the dormitory, and Wang Chengen told Zhu Youxiao according to his meaning.

When he heard the news, Zhu Youxiao was still dealing with the song, but when he learned that Zhu Youzhen was leaving, he suddenly lost his mind, so he explained to Wang Chengen:

"This time I went to the Yanshan camp, you remember to go to the imperial dining room to get ten bear paws, ten catties of bird's nest, and three catties of tribute tea......

"In short, what my brother likes to eat and drink, you know best, get these things and take them away."

"Long live rest assured, the slave will take care of His Highness." Wang Chengen responded with a salute, and Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand and said: Then retreat.

"Yes......" Wang Chengen slowly retreated, but Zhu Youxiao frowned after he retreated, and then looked at Wei Zhongxian and explained:

"Go to the celebrant to tell Wang An, ask him to go to the British Mansion in person, and say that the four guards and three institutes in Xuzhou, Huai'an are too involved, and they will be merged into the south field of the imperial horse prison after the abolition, and ask the old national public security to appease the nobles."

"Slave and maid lead the oracle ......" Wei Zhongxian walked out of the palace gate with a smile, but he didn't bother to find Wang An himself, but asked Wang Tiqian to pass the word.

By the time Wang Tiqian went to deliver the news, the imperial city had already been curfew, and only the tiger guards patrolled the imperial city.

When Wang An received Zhu Youxiao's dictation, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

He left the imperial city overnight and told the British prince Zhang Weixian what Zhu Youxiao meant.

When the old man heard Zhu Youxiao's words, he was silent for a long time, and then said that he knew, so he stopped talking.

Seeing the other party's appearance, Wang An also knew that the other party was trying to explain to the nobles, so after saluting, he withdrew from the British Mansion.

In the huge study, only the silence of Zhang Weixian's slight frown remained......