"Sneer......"

In the quiet imperial study, the emperor, who had a depressed face before, suddenly couldn't suppress a sneer.

Eighteen pairs of eyes stared at him in unison, their faces solemn.

"Autumn grain, taxes, border troubles. Not long after I was in the extreme, the monarch was young and strong. The vassal king succeeded to the throne, and the clan was not stable. ”

Word by word, echoing in the Zhongyuan Hall, Zhang Bi, who is also the living official, is shaking his hands.

How many of these words of the emperor are enough to swallow countless people?

"All of a sudden, a lot of bandits, vendettas, and dead soldiers." There was a contemptuous sneer on the corner of Zhu Houxi's mouth, "Did they happen to launch such a trick at the same time, or did they have the audacity to think that they could bring the world's officials and gentry to order me?" ”

Yang Tinghe left the table and knelt down: "Your Majesty, stop your anger." The minister is willing to go to the murderer to supervise the grain, and the overall situation in the southeast of the town! ”

Yang Tinghe, who has never left the capital and the center of the court, took the initiative to ask for help, which shows the fierceness of this matter.

"Yang Ge is always a serious please!" Wang Qiong, who is no longer suspected of fighting for power between the cabinet and the six ministries, and has been "whitewashed" in the past, couldn't help but leave the table and kneel, "The old head of the Range, if you go to the southeast in person, it will inevitably seem that the court is too solemn!" The ministers of the military department, the household department, and the official department can be in this position! ”

In the imperial study, a few people left the table for a while.

Zhu Houxi nodded: "Take a seat." ”

After they sat down again, Zhu Houxi said with a smile: "If this matter is not too arrogant, it should be revealed again today." After months of comings and goings, today's ministers finally do not shy away from them and have the courage to do things. ”

Yang Tinghe smiled bitterly: "The minister is just going to paste again, the autumn grain is important." There is money but no food, and no amount of silver will help. His generation is already so rampant, and next year it is not impossible to destroy cultivation in the spring and destroy the rivers in the summer, causing chaos in the world. If the minister goes, he will arrest the culprit, and he will not miss this year's Jiangnan Tianfu. ”

"It seems that the southeast is united in one mind, and there is no end to it." Zhu Houxi's eyes flashed with cold light, "As Yang Qing said, it seems that his generation has been rampant for so long, is this southeast still the southeast of my Ming Dynasty?" ”

Yang Tinghe's reaction today was straightforward and straightforward, which surprised Zhu Houxi, and after pointing out the sentence "the southeast is still not the southeast of the Ming Dynasty", Zhu Houyu looked at Yang Tinghe.

Yuan Zonggao thought badly.

The most dangerous move to kill officials in the southeast will eventually spread to the center.

At the national policy meeting that was finally established, the situation of the monarch and the minister helping each other, the rift reappeared.

In such a bad incident, there were people in the center who supported him to put pressure on the emperor, and it was only natural for the emperor to suspect this.

And Yang Tinghe, the "conservative" politician, has naturally become the main suspect, and he now invites himself to go to the southeast, and he admits that it is a paste-like strategy.

He immediately looked at Zhu Houxi and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the two criminal ministers used to raise their own respect, and this time Zhang Fu Jinggu was able to catch the first evil by surprise, but the sea cowards raised by his generation fled from the wind. In the southeast, it is also possible that thieves infiltrated and deliberately used the "On Hai Policy" and Guangdong to try out the new law. Killing an official is like a rebellion, who doesn't know? Up and down in the southeast, it will not be so demented, not to mention the killing of nine court officials on the street in a short period of time, all over Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian? The minister thought that Xu was a plan for revenge! ”

As soon as he finished saying this, there was silence in the imperial study, as if they were leaving an opportunity for him to continue talking.

Because Yuan Zonggao's identity is different.

said a thousand ways and ten thousand, in a short period of time, nine imperial court officials were selected to assassinate them on the street in Nanzhili and the two provinces, and they didn't engage in tricks such as suicide and accidents, are the officials and gentry in the southeast really crazy?

So the ministers were so stupid that they couldn't think of this before, and didn't remind the emperor from this angle?

Yuan Zonggao struck while the iron was hot: "It may even be that the Northern Prisoners have discovered that my Ming monarchs and ministers have been concentric, and Your Majesty has the ambition to change the law to enrich the country and train troops to be strong, so it is not yet known to take this opportunity to cause me civil strife." A thousand words in one sentence: This series of serious cases is too strange, and the most sinister part of the intentions is still in the court, between this imperial study! Your Majesty, the disadvantages of the southeast, or the disadvantages of the world, Your Majesty has the ambition to earn ten times the year, and the ministers have already discussed the fundamentals at this national policy meeting. If it weren't for Zhang Fujing's shock and intimidation, how could Guangdong easily try out the new law? Your Majesty, think again! ”

Zhu Houxi asked with a complicated mood: "As soon as Elder Yang Ge and the Great Heavenly Official first spoke, it proved that the local government had the courage to do such a thing. ”

Yang Tinghe and Wang Qiong showed a trace of embarrassment on their faces.

They look at me, I look at you, and they seem to be waiting for the other party to explain first.

"The minister......" Yang Tinghe is the first assistant, but Wang Qiong is embarrassed, "If the minister doesn't speak out about his shortcomings, explain the cause, and take responsibility for supervising his affairs, wouldn't it be the first chaos between the monarchs and ministers in this imperial study?" Even if there are thieves to provoke, the southeast has its own disadvantages that can be provoked. ”

“…… The minister looks backwards, no matter what the reason, the minister first states the possible consequences of the subsequent disposal, and the pros and cons that need to be weighed. Wang Qiong arched his hand towards Yuan Zonggao, "There are some words that are most appropriate for the great uncle to say." Your Majesty, some people in the southeast have some thoughts and some courage. But if you really want to do something, it won't be like that. It seems rampant, but it's actually stupid. ”

Zhu Houxi's expression was strange: "...... I am very relieved, and Zhongqing is now becoming more and more honest. According to Qing and others, it is more likely that it was done by foreign enemies or the remnants of the two provinces, which was intended to make me and the secretaries suspicious of each other, and the court and the local government suspicious of each other? ”

The eighteen Arhats nodded in unison.

Cui Yuan said at this time: "Your Majesty, forgive me, minister...... I'm not used to being able to speak now. In today's situation, no matter who makes the move, it is nothing more than Jiangnan Tianfu. And Jiangnan Tianfu is related to the small half of the imperial court officials. The people surrendered to avoid servitude, and there were almost no people in Jiangnan who were involved. Among the ministers who participated in the national policy meeting, only the ministers were not from scientific backgrounds, if they were secret...... Isn't it true that the center is the backbone of the southeast to act like this? ”

Yang Ting and them looked at him with complicated expressions, as if to say: I have been waiting for you for a long time! Guo Xun doesn't understand, and he doesn't know if he understands the stakes or not, whether he has the courage to say it!

I suddenly felt that it was good to have a lord in the national policy meeting.

But you have to have a brain.

"As Your Majesty can see, this important minister of the court, intelligent, generous, and majestic like Your Majesty, what is the difficulty of Xianfu under the majesty of the sky?" Yang Tinghe hurriedly took this opportunity to continue to add: "When the ministers sent an edict to discuss His Majesty with the cabinet and the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Cishou, I only knew that His Majesty was smart, quiet, and behaved moderately. The importance of the auxiliary country, the minister does have a time to give up who else. The first emperor reigned for 16 years, and the ministers were often worried. His Majesty is extremely powerful, discussing etiquette and understanding the law, diligent and close to the ministers, knowing the general situation when attacked, and releasing the old mistakes with a glass of wine. Set up the imperial study system of the ministers, and the ministers of the national policy council discuss together. In the middle of the night, His Majesty still instructed his ministers to wait tirelessly, and the ministers also advised His Majesty to be fearless. ”

Everyone remembered the night they were tormented by him.

Yang Tinghe's tone was quite touching and said: "The monarch and the minister have helped each other so far, and the minister has finally let go of his worries, and he has not avoided suspicion, please let my son release the history, and then the father and son will work together to help Your Majesty achieve a great cause." Previously, Gainchen really knew that the place was complicated. The Battle of Tuen Mun is an example, when the holy decree came, they had the audacity to try to get rid of their dissidents with defeat first, and then ask for food and wages to whitewash old accounts. The minister knew that some people suspected that the minister had used the two affairs to let His Majesty know the difficulties, but the difficulties of the place had been over for a long time. It's not the two Guangzhous, it's the southeast. One day, it will be difficult to clean up! ”

Suddenly, Wang Qiong was in a trance. Above the court, when did it start to become so honest?

But Yang Tinghe is right, whether he has the heart to guide it or not, it really doesn't matter. The place is so bad, the Ming Dynasty is so big, there will always be a big case in a place because of something outrageous. Either the Tuen Mun officers and soldiers were killed in battle, or the people elsewhere were killed.

Even if he was intentionally guided, it was nothing more than letting the emperor see the real side.

Although Yang Tinghe dissected his heart at this time in order to explain to the emperor: The killing of officials in the southeast has nothing to do with me.

Yang Tinghe looked at Zhu Houxi and said sincerely: "The ministers will see the face of the sky every day, and they know that Your Majesty is majestic and strategic, and he is far better than ordinary old ministers. However, the place is far away from the center, and His Majesty is enviable, and his generation has not yet realized it. How is the court, and their generation also thinks that it is the same as in the past. The southeast has naturally always been the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that the southeast is big, and there will be no shortage of bold and ill-intentioned people. Killing an official is the same as rebellion! This case must be strictly investigated! It's just Your Majesty, this case may not be committed by the officials and gentry in the southeast, and the autumn grain must not be mistaken! If the field endowment is greatly reduced this year, the border town army is unstable, and it is useless to have silver taels after that. If the southeast of Dasuo, people are panicked, and it is even more dangerous for several years of Tianfu! ”

A sudden big case, after slowly probing, and pouring out the unprecedented frankness, everyone looked at the emperor expectantly.

I don't know if he turned the corner.

Really, Your Majesty, they didn't have to do it, unless they were all crazy. Killing officials is a rebellion, and if there are rebels, they want the army to plow the southeast, and they would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go, will those shrewd officials and gentry in the southeast be bold to this extent?

We are all afraid that the more we persuade, the more you will drill the horns! It's better to explain the problems in the southeast first.

Zhu Houxi looked at them.

To be honest, he lacks a very personal understanding of the inadmissibility of imperial power, after all, which is another reason why he does not kill people easily.

In his heart, the inequality between people is not so exaggerated. Everyone does have their own interests and positions, and Zhu Houxi can understand this, and also understand the essence of the imperial power and the subjects supporting each other.

And he knows that the so-called "it is more difficult to touch interests than to touch the soul", and "the mountain is high and the emperor is far away", I don't believe how bold the important members of the two Guangxi are?

So he only thought for the first time that this was a warning from the southeastern gentry to him and the imperial court because of the signal of the law change.

Yang Tinghe and Wang Qiong's initial statements seemed to confirm his inference.

Outcome...... That's what they actually think? Afraid that the emperor will be suspicious from top to bottom?

"I see." He felt a little relieved in his heart, "The imperial court is single-minded, but as soon as this case comes out, if it is really not done by the locality, they are worried that the imperial court will use a knife against the southeast, will they do something in the future?" Or did they just do the opposite, but instead used the Liangguang incident and the Beiyu to cover it up and lead me and Zhongqing to think in this direction? If the thieves all know that borrowing from the southeast field endowment can work, wouldn't it prove that the southeast cannot be moved lightly, so that the new law will not be implemented in the southeast in the future? ”

Yang Ting and them were full of entanglement: What did you say...... There is also a little truth, although not much.

How could the imperial court not investigate and deal with this kind of thing? The possibility of losing the southeast gamble is too great, and it will not be so desolate.

Only Yuan Zonggao can continue to consume the trust of the emperor and the old ministers of the Qiandi: "Your Majesty, it is most likely that a thief or a foreign enemy will do it." At present, the southeast must already be panicking, if you don't appease it early, I'm afraid you will really fall for the thief's trick. ”

He was only worried that the emperor's actions would trigger more and more chain reactions.

Just like if it had not been for Zhang Fujing's knife and grasp in Liangguang, if Guangdong had not started to try out the new law, and if there had not been "On Haice", it is very likely that the incident in the southeast would not have happened now.

He hoped that the emperor would be more stable......

"The matter has come to this, if it is really done by the southeast, but the imperial court acts in such a posture, won't it be shameless and authoritarian?" Zhu Houxi thought for a while and said, "No matter who did it, if an official of the imperial court was assassinated on the street, someone was rebelling. If you don't get involved, what are you afraid of? Only by working together to find out the real culprit can we solve this crisis. What is the truth, the imperial court has been in a position to find out. However, in order to seek stability, both Guangxi and Guangxi will face difficulties. I may have been a little anxious before, but I can't withdraw anymore! ”

Yang Tinghe was about to speak, but Zhu Houxi continued: "As for the autumn grain, this year's tax revenue is another matter. If someone takes advantage of the southeast investigation to suppress the rebellion and delays it, it will be a rebellion. If there are still people who are helplessly implicated because of this, there is no need to worry too much about the reduction of annual income. Let's see, who dare to do such arrogant things, who are arrogant and unsubservient. These traitors have the courage to do so, and they must have prepared money and food in case of emergency. The investigation is out, the food is available, and the money is also available. If there is not enough food, I will take their silver and make Zhang Fujing pay double the price to Jiaozhi and Zhancheng to buy! ”

Wang Qiong and Wang Shouren both looked at the emperor in amazement, and they actually thought that they would go to Jiaozhi and Zhancheng to buy, so that the price of grain in Daming would not skyrocket.

With Zhang Fujing's current posture of copying his house in Guangdong, I am afraid that he will not have to wait for the silver in the southeast to be copied out, so he can advance money first, and set off at this moment to buy new rice in Jiaozhi and Zhancheng.

The emperor's vision pattern surprised them a little.

Zhu Houxi said calmly: "Knowing that I intend to pass through the southwest, knowing that I am resetting the three major battalions, I dare to have such courage, this is to help my soldiers see blood." If you don't go through war, how can you train elite soldiers? Whether it is a foreign enemy, a remnant of the two Guangxi provinces, or a rebel in the southeast, this matter will happen immediately, and there will be no reason to be confused! Since Zhongqing also said that some people in the southeast have ideas and courage, but they won't be so stupid, then they should also be shocked! If you don't have a ghost in your heart, what are you afraid of? ”

He stood up: "This is going to the southeast, not to supervise the grain and preach the appeasement, but to quell the chaos and suppress the rebellion!" The new Shenji Battalion was set up with 5,000 Chinese troops to go to the south and Zhili, and 5,000 people from Guangxi to Fujian. Cui Yuan, you are the commander-in-chief of the military commanders, the Marquis of Wuding, and the Marquis of Funing. Set up the governor of Zhejiang, and the governor of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and manage the grain and salt law. If this case is not solved, Nanzhili and the two provinces will not record children and pay tribute within ten years! No matter who wants to harm the southeast, the southeast gentry and scholars have the responsibility and obligation to help me find out the thief! This governor of Zhejiang, who wants to go? ”

One by one, the commands are breathtaking.

The Marquis of Wuning, who was demoted, and the Marquis of Funing, who was removed from the world coupon, were all red-eyed and wanted to make up for their mistakes.

Cui Yuan, no one knows his routine. He is now mainly in the rank of military generals, and there must be a civil servant moderation on it.

Who wants to be the governor of Zhejiang, who wants to be the governor of Zhejiang, who is going to be the first to be established?

There are some plots, I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry about it first, it's serialized every day, and you question what you're doing at every turn......

(End of chapter)