On the same day, the Acting Imperial Mansion issued a notice that from now on, martial law and curfew will be imposed in Datong Prefecture, and people will also be strictly interrogated, and locals who are not registered or registered will be investigated.

To a certain extent, this announcement caused turmoil in Datong Province.

Many people are wondering what is going on.

After all, the acting king returned early before the emperor's birthday, which has already made many people realize that something is wrong.

However, due to Zhu Gui's operation for most of the year, he has been supported by most of the locals.

This included all the peasants, the business class, and the local officials.

Except for those local landlords and gentry whose interests were harmed in the reforms.

However, because Zhu Gui did not take tough measures and made up for their losses, most people did not complain, and were even a little happy about it.

However, there are still some people who feel that Zhu Gui's reforms have deprived them of their 'decent people' and prestige.

And these people, under the initiative of Jinyiwei, thought that the acting king was about to be finished, so they immediately jumped out and began to walk around in Datong Mansion and began to spread rumors.

Soon, the remarks that 'the king wants to rebel' spread in the jurisdiction of the four prefectures and seven counties of Datong Province.

This is mainly due to the fact that the reform measures in these places are not as in-depth as those in Datongfu, and there are many people who are also skeptical of some of the policies of the acting king.

The news soon reached Zhu Gui's ears.

He immediately understood that this was Jinyiwei's attempt to get him, in order to 'stone hammer' him.

In history, many princes and even princes were worried about being trusted by the emperor because of folk rumors, so they had to be forced to rebel.

Jin Yiwei's public opinion battle is indeed clever, and if it is placed on other vassal kings, it may work.

But Zhu Gui just laughed at this.

But he was indifferent, but some people were in a hurry.

Xu Yingxu had already led someone to rescue Zhang Mao from the county guard's mansion, and when the two heard the news, they hurried to the palace of the king.

"Lord Wang, why are you still drinking tea? The news out there that you're going to have breakfast is getting more and more sinister. Zhang Mao said eagerly.

"Do you believe that?" Zhu Gui asked lightly.

"The lower officials naturally don't believe it, but everyone is afraid that if the news reaches Nanjing, I am afraid that the emperor will listen to it."

Zhang Maodao.

"Yes, Lord Wang, I'm afraid this matter was caused by Jinyiwei, I didn't expect them to even use such a dirty trick, now we have to think of a way, otherwise the situation may really get out of control."

Xu Yingxu also said.

"Okay then, Zhang Junshou, you go back and recruit people to expand the prison, General Xu, you take people to arrest all the people who spread the rumors about this."

Zhu Gui said.

"Huh? Catch them all? Isn't that too serious? Xu Yingxu was taken aback.

"Those who can believe and continue to spread the news can be convicted of negligence no matter what, but that's not the point, and catching these people can also sift out the big fish behind them."

Zhu Gui had no choice but to explain.

Zhang Mao and Xu Yingxu glanced at each other, and there was really no better way at the moment, so they had to follow the order of the acting king first.

After the two left, Zhu Gui began to write the recital, and wrote all the details of Jinyiwei's affairs.

Of course, Zhu Gui also took some responsibility for it, such as his failure to handle the relationship with those wealthy families.

The intention of this is not to make Zhu Yuanzhang feel that he is completely shirking his responsibility.

After the song was sent out, Zhu Gui came to the courtyard and began to distribute equipment to the soldiers.

In addition to the two flintlock pistols per man, there are helmets, body armor and other protective gear provided by the system.

If Zhu Gui was worried that these soldiers would be unfavorable to him before.

After these fierce battles, they had completely won Zhu Gui's trust.

Not to mention what crazy things will Jinyi Guards do, who have already lost several times in a row.

As for the 1,000 Yunzhou troops, Zhu Gui was unable to fully equip them, so he only issued flintlock muskets to the officers above the rank of chief, while the others used relatively cheap three-eyed guns.

But even so, the firepower of the Yunzhou army plus a hundred government soldiers before this time could completely fight against the regular infantry of the tens of thousands of Ming troops.

After doing all this, Zhu Gui was not enough, he immediately sent a messenger to the grassland, and then agreed with Hei Muhan that the two sides would meet in Hujian City shortly.

The next day, Zhu Gui came to Hujian City with a team of government soldiers.

And Heimuhan and the other leaders of the Mongol tribes had been waiting outside the city for a long time.

Zhu Gui ordered someone to open the city gate, and the two sides came to the city lord's mansion together.

Zhu Gui did not talk about his current situation, but spoke of his willingness to expand trade relations with the Mongols.

He was willing to increase some of the important supplies such as salt and iron in exchange for the right to dispatch the Mongols' 3,000 Mongol cavalry at any time.

The Mongols did not dwell too much on this issue, and the focus of the discussion became the amount of salt and iron and the compensation for the casualties of the Mongol cavalry.

Zhu Gui was not too harsh on this, so the Mongolian tribal leader left very happily.

That night, Hei Muhan returned to Tiger Stream City.

The relationship between him and Zhu Gui is rarely known.

Zhu Gui confessed his current situation this time, and said the worst plan, that is, if the emperor really wants to deal with him, he may flee to the grassland.

Although Hei Muhan was very surprised by this kind of struggle between the Ming royal family, he didn't think much about it.

And also expressed support for Zhu Gui's plan.

Because even if Zhu Gui was no longer a vassal king, the army, firearms, and salt-making technology he had in his hands were all things that the Mongols could not refuse.

The two kept talking about Tianming, and Hei Muhan left.

Zhu Gui rested for a morning, and then wandered on the grassland for an afternoon until Xu Miaoqing found him, and the two returned to Datong Mansion together.

"There has been news from Nanjing, I heard that the prince told the emperor about your attack, and the emperor is ordering Jinyiwei to investigate the matter thoroughly."

Xu Miaoqing said happily.

Zhu Gui nodded, and he was relieved in his heart, which at least showed that it was not the emperor who wanted to remove his domain, but the unauthorized behavior of Jinyiwei.

However, what gave him some headaches, Zhu Yuanzhang actually asked Jinyiwei to investigate this matter internally.

Is this for fear that they will not make good excuses for themselves in advance?

It seems that although Zhu Yuanzhang is angry at this time, he has not lost his trust in Jinyiwei.

And this incident has made it impossible to reconcile the relationship between Zhu Gui and Jin Yiwei.

If he can't take advantage of this opportunity to let Zhu Yuanzhang abolish them, then he may not be able to live in peace in the future.