The South City Gate of Jinan Mansion.

Zhao Ziliang, the political envoy of Shandong Chengxuan, was inspecting the work at the porridge shed at the gate of the city.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the thick rice porridge in the iron pot, and inserted a chopstick into it, seeing that the chopsticks were inserted in it and did not fall, a relieved smile appeared on his face.

"Not bad!"

"You porridge shack is good, better than those bastards at the North Gate!"

"I have allocated them a lot of food, and they dare to deduct them privately, they should really cut them down!"

"By the way, are the victims ready for today?"

"Yesterday, the emperor's grandson said that today he will have a meal with the victims. Find a few clean-looking children, take them to the bathhouse in the city for a while, wash them, and change into clean clothes, and don't let them recruit lice to the emperor's grandson......

"In addition, find a few more squires in the city, let them wear patched clothes, and accompany the imperial grandson to have a good meal......

"Okay!"

Zhao Ziliang arranged this work, calculated that the emperor's grandson was coming over soon, and ordered the generals to command Chen Zhi, intending to continue to let him pull the guards over to make up the numbers.

However, seeing that the imperial grandson's car was about to come, he didn't see Chen Zhi.

It wasn't until the frame of the imperial grandson's carriage appeared at the gate of the city that a servant ran over panting.

"Lord Zhao, it's not good, the imperial grandson just issued a temporary decree to close the barracks and not allow anyone to go out!"

"Huh?"

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he only felt his brain explode!

Finished!

The emperor's grandson knew that he had brought soldiers over to pretend to be victims!

Just when Zhao Zi's conscience was worried, Zhu Yunxi's carriage drove out of the city gate and drove straight towards his porridge shed.

As the imperial grandson's carriage got closer and closer, Zhao Ziliang's heart became heavier and heavier, and gradually sank to the bottom.

When Zhu Yunxi's carriage stopped at the edge of the porridge shed, Zhao Ziliang knelt on the ground as if he had lost all his strength.

Zhu Yunxi took two steps forward and kicked Zhao Ziliang, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Lord Zhao, there aren't many victims here today!"

"Ah......h

"It's not much......

"I guess all the victims have gone home, right?"

Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly when he heard this.

"Really?"

"I'll give you a chance at the end, and I'll talk back when I'm ready!"

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed.

"Your Highness spares your life!"

"Wechen is guilty, Wechen shouldn't deceive His Highness, and he shouldn't find someone to pretend to be a disaster victim......

Qu Neng, the procurator on the side, also knelt down when he saw this, and followed Zhao Ziliang to plead guilty, and at the same time distinguished Zhao Ziliang.

"Your Highness's forgiveness!"

"Although Lord Zhao is at fault, it is also for the sake of His Highness's safety!"

"Your Majesty has repeatedly ordered us to ensure the safety of Your Highness, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no White Lotus rebels among the victims, so we have made this decision......

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he raised his foot and kicked over, knocking the two of them down in turn.

"Shut up!"

"It's not your turn to protect Lone's safety!"

"If you just find some people to act for Lone, Lone won't do anything to you even if he gets angry!"

"But you shouldn't, you shouldn't, stop the real victims dozens of miles away, and let them starve to death!"

"Come on, pull Zhao Ziliang and this dog out and cut them down, and then hang the head on the city gate to show the public!"

Zhao Ziliang was stupid when he heard this, how could he say that he was also a political envoy of a province, and he was cut down like this?

"Your Highness spares your life!"

"Wechen is guilty, Wechen doesn't dare anymore!"

"Your Highness, Weichen is a member of the third grade, even if you want to cut it, you have to have Your Majesty's will, you can't kill me......

"Grandpa?"

Zhu Yunxi saw that they had moved out the imperial grandfather, and he was laughed at by the two of them.

"Why don't you send the two of you to the capital and let the imperial grandfather deal with you two for you?"

"Grandpa Huang's methods are much more ruthless than Lonely, once you two are sent over, it's hard to say whether you can leave a whole corpse, hehehe......

Just now, he was crying and grabbing the ground, and he couldn't wait to explain the Da Ming Law to Zhu Yunxi, proving that the imperial grandson was not qualified to kill them, and immediately shut up after hearing Zhu Yunxi's words.

The two of them suddenly thought of the old emperor's methods of killing people over the years, peeling the skin and filling the grass, executing Ling Chi, gouging out his eyes and cutting off his hands......

I fell into the hands of the old emperor, it was worse than death!

"Come on, escort the two of them to the capital and hand them over to the emperor's grandfather!"

Zhao Ziliang was directly frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed to Zhu Yunxi.

"Wechen is guilty!"

"His Royal Highness, Wechen is willing to accept your punishment, please don't send Wechen to His Majesty the Emperor, woo woo woo ......

"Weichen is also willing to die at the hands of the imperial grandson, woo woo woo ...... "

Zhu Yunxi saw that these two people changed their words, and asked jokingly.

"Figured it out?"

"If you really want to figure it out, write a confession and confess the crimes you have committed!"

"Lone may be able to treat you lightly!"

"Crime?"

The two looked at each other, thinking about what other crimes they had, wasn't it just a deception, and didn't let the imperial grandson see the real victims?

Zhu Yunxi saw that the two of them were so obsessed, and couldn't help but nod a sentence.

"Is the disaster in Shandong a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?"

"Is there too much of a miscellaneous tax in Shandong?"

"How are all the exorbitant taxes collected every year spent?"

"In addition, what about the grain that was ripe and productive in Shandong two years ago, why did a drought cause the people to be so short of food?"

Zhao Ziliang's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he was more embarrassed than he had just heard that he was going to die.

"Your Highness, this is a long story......

"It doesn't matter if you talk long or short, if you want to live, you have to explain things to Lonely!"

"Someone!"

"Take the two to the barracks and keep them under strict guard, and don't allow the two of them to commit suicide in fear of sin!"

"No!"

After Xingwuwei's people brought the two down, Zhu Yunxi called Xu Liuzi again.

"Xu Liuzi, take someone to search the homes of the political envoy and the envoy, arrest and torture all the people around him, and see if there is anything corrupt and perverting the law!"

"No!"

After Zhu Yunxi finished these things, he said to Erhu.

"Send a signal to the other side, let them open the level and release the people!"

"No!"

An hour later, the victims who had been separated by ten miles rushed over in droves, and finally ate their first mouthful of hot porridge since the disaster.

When Zhu Yunxi settled the porridge field, he immediately summoned the officials of the whole city and held a meeting with them at the Yamen.

"You helped Zhao Ziliang, the political envoy, to deceive before, and I don't know about it. But at this time, it is the time to employ people, and I will spare you!"

"In the days to come, the Lone Guild will have a brocade guard next to each official to supervise the work of the others."

"During this period, if you are serious about your work, responsible for the court, and responsible for the people, you will be alone in the court, and you will be promoted!"

"If you wait for the yang to obey the yin, and the lonely things are bad everywhere, the lonely will not hesitate to cut them with a knife and axe!"

"It is also ordered that all the provincial and county officials in the province will punish them for any reason if there is a starvation of the people!"

"On the contrary, as long as you can help the victims and prevent them from freezing and starving to death, no matter how big the crime is, you will be alone!"

"No!"

Under Zhu Yunxi's drastic moves, Jinan City soon restored order.

Officials at all levels dealt with all kinds of rescues in an orderly manner

In the disaster work, the victims who came from far and near also received relief from the imperial court in an orderly manner under the management of officials and soldiers at all levels.

Originally, everything was developing in a good direction, but because of a fire, Zhu Yunxi was completely angered.

The grain he transported by sea through the Daqing River was burned at the wharf!

After a strong investigation by Jin Yiwei, it was found out that the matter turned out to be the case of Chen Zhi, the commander of the capital, and dozens of officials from Jinan Prefecture.

The reason is also very simple, once there is grain from other places, the grain they have hoarded before cannot be sold!

Zhu Yunxi was furious and pushed all seventy-eight officials to the river transportation dock and cut them down!

This move not only shocked the entire Jinan Prefecture, but also the entire Shandong Province.

This is the first time that the imperial grandson has killed someone!

And kill so many at once!

After this incident, Zhu Yunxi also completely understood what Gao Ming said before, the so-called natural disaster is actually a man-made disaster!

If there is no Shandong political envoy in the first three rows of people to make it bad, where will Shandong Province be affected?

Zhao Ziliang and Qu Neng in the cell, after learning that the imperial grandson had cut seventy-eight people, did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly confessed everything they knew.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the crimes of the two, and felt a sense of sadness for Shandong and the entire Ming Dynasty.

"The criminal minister Zhao Ziliang is respectful!"

"During his tenure as the political envoy of Shandong, only three tax names were arranged, namely, the pen and ink tax for the renovation of the fish scale atlas, the yellow book tax, and the custody tax for the construction of the treasury for safekeeping......

"The rest of the miscellaneous taxes are all left over from the successive political envoys, and the criminals are just sticking to the old ways......

"The income tax silver is divided into three parts, one part is given to local officials at all levels, one part is used for the government to usher in, and one part is used to pay tribute to King Yan and King Lu......

Qu Neng's explanation of the flow of miscellaneous taxes is similar to what Zhao Ziliang explained, combined with the confessions obtained by Jinyiwei during torture of other officials, it can basically prove that what Zhao Ziliang said is true.

In addition, the two also explained the grain accumulated in Shandong Province over the years.

"Shandong is already short of grain, the grain accumulated over the years is limited, and the use of troops at the border has not limited the amount of grain borrowed and misappropriated......

When Zhu Yunxi saw this confession, a big question mark suddenly appeared in his mind, and he sensitively felt that there was a problem here.

"Uncle Tiger, can the food of the border army still be requisitioned and transferred to Shandong Province?"

Although Erhu is just a janitor, he stands outside Lao Zhu's Qianqing Palace all the year round, and he has been exposed to many major government affairs.

"I guess there is."

"In the early years, the imperial court could exchange grain for salt, so many merchants transported grain to the border and then exchanged it for salt to ......

"In addition, this matter may involve King Yan, Your Highness, it is best for you to bring Zhao Ziliang over and ask......

"Oh?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately ordered someone to bring Zhao Ziliang over and asked him in detail about the grain requisition.

Zhao Ziliang originally left a living mouth in his confession, and if the imperial grandson found out that the cat was tired, he would naturally ask him. If the imperial grandson didn't find out, he wouldn't have to say much.

Now seeing that the imperial grandson happened to ask this question, Zhao Ziliang said everything about pouring beans from the bamboo tube.

"Your Highness is wise!"

"This matter is indeed not the sole responsibility of the criminal, the criminal has only been in Shandong for more than a year, how can he commit so many crimes!"

"This matter has been participated in by all the political envoys, and the criminal ministers are just following the old practice and continuing to mobilize grain for Yandi......

Zhu Yunxi's face sank when he heard this.

"You mean, the fourth uncle of Gu transferred Shandong grain away?"

"Yes......"

"Why does my fourth uncle want so much food?"

"This ......"

Zhao Ziliang fell into a dilemma again, because if he continued to talk about it, he would be suspected of dividing the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family.

"Your Highness, why do you knowingly ask?"

Zhu Yunxi

Wen Yan sighed helplessly.

"I really don't know!"

"Lord Zhao, if you don't want your wife and children to be assigned to the Teaching Division, you can honestly explain to Lone, and the young lady will play dumb riddles for Lone here!"

Zhu Yunxi's threat became the last straw that overwhelmed Zhao Ziliang, making him completely break the jar.

"The sinner is guilty!"

"But the sins of the guilty are not punishable!"

"The border army has always been smuggling, and King Yan has guarded the northern land for more than ten years, and has trade contacts with the Mengyuan tribe in the northern land and the Jurchens in Liaodong."

"However, the grain production of Beiping Province is limited, and it has been relying on salt to transfer grain from Shandong for many years, which has led to the emptiness of Shandong's treasury, and people will starve to death whenever there is a drought......

"Now the criminal minister has said everything that should be said and what should not be said, I just ask the imperial grandson to give the criminal minister a good time, don't implicate the family of the criminal minister, woo woo woo......

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he was so angry that he walked out of the room directly and came to the courtyard to look up at the sky.

Under his perseverance, he finally got a truth that he least wanted to know.

Shandong's mess, tossing and turning, or tossing to the people of their old Zhu family!

Gao Ming looked at Zhu Yunxi's back looking up at the sky, and his face couldn't help showing distress.

Although Zhu Yunxi is the emperor's grandson, he is actually still a child and should not bear these things.

However, he was born in the royal family, and he shouldered the weight of the Ming Dynasty, so he could only come into contact with these shady things too early.

Gao Ming had been silently paying attention until Zhu Yunxi lowered his head, and then he stepped forward.

"Your Highness has made a decision?"

Zhu Yunxi let out a long sigh.

"I won't tell the imperial grandfather about this, so as not to make the imperial grandfather embarrassed."

"But King Yan's affairs should really be taken care of!"

Gao Ming nodded when he heard this.

"Your Majesty is too old to know about this. But if His Majesty is not known, what crime should His Highness punish King Yan for and make King Yan wake up?"

Zhu Yunxi is also having a headache about this.

Neither can the imperial grandfather know that this matter is related to King Yan, nor can he let King Yan go.

Otherwise, he won't even be able to pass the threshold of his own conscience.

"Master Gao, what do you think of the killing?"

"Kill?"

Gao Ming chuckled in his heart when he heard this, and hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade.

"Your Highness, you haven't ascended to the throne yet, but you must not make this risky move!"

"Once the other vassal kings know about this, they will unite against you!"

"I'm not afraid!"

"With a million troops in the imperial court, are you still afraid of these vassal kings?"