When Zhu Su took Ouyang Lun to the Prince's Mansion to "report", Zhu Biao had just returned from the cabinet and received the two in the front hall.

"Are you saying that the nobles led by the Marquis of Ji'an and the Marquis of Yan'an took advantage of their relations in the army to buy prisoners from the north on a large scale for personal gain?" Zhu Biao's face was a little tired, but when he heard these words, he regained his spirits.

"Yes." Ouyang Lun frowned, looking angry, and almost answered when he asked: "The Marquis of Ji'an and the Marquis of Yan'an pouted with the ministers, and said that the slave trade in the north is more lucrative than mining in Fengmingzhou. And there is no need to organize a fleet, there is no need to be far from home, as long as the relationship between the military and the Chinese is dredged. And there is no explicit law prohibiting this, and it has always been a convention in the north, and there is no such thing as any disaster. ”

"The minister felt that it was inappropriate, so he first made a mistake with him, and today I have come to report this matter to His Royal Highness the Prince......

Zhu Biao glanced at Zhu Su, who was looking at his nose and his nose over there, and already knew that this was the fifth brother's means, so Wen Yan said to Ouyang Lun: "What my sister-in-law said, I already know. ”

"The slave trade in the north is detrimental to the majesty of the imperial court, how to deal with it, there will be a decision after Lonely...... It's good that you know not to get involved. Lone and the fifth brother still have some affairs to discuss, you go to the side hall to rest for a while......"

After that, without waiting for Ouyang Lun to respond, he directly called a waiter: "Come on, lead Ouyang Lun to the side hall to see the tea!" ”

Ouyang Lun didn't dare to say much, so he only promised and took the order. Only Zhu Su and Zhu Biao were left in the room, and the gentle color on Zhu Biao's face faded and was replaced by a dignified color.

"Fifth brother, is this matter serious?"

Wuxun sells slaves, this matter can be big or small. In a big way, it involves hoarding private soldiers and plotting against them. To put it mildly, it is just a kind of livelihood that has emerged in recent years, and it can be regarded as a tacit business at the border.

Today, there are no more established enemies outside the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty. With the efforts of the Wei Gong Xu family, countless pastures have been encircled on the grassland, and through the output and income of wool and cow milk, they have imperceptibly cleansed the ferocious blood in the bodies of nomads for thousands of years.

However, there are still one or two recalcitrant tribes, incarnated as steppe horse thieves, constantly harassing the border passes, pastures and farms of the Han people.

The only way to deal with these people was to exterminate them, but fortunately, they did not have the support of the pro-Ming herders, who already had pastures as a stable source of income, so it was not difficult to fight them. It's just that the captured captives are a little difficult to do, kill it, it will hinder the reputation of the court, let it go, maybe it will come back and disturb again, if you keep it...... Isn't that a waste of food?

The emergence of slave traders just solved this big problem for the soldiers at the border pass: now that the Ming Dynasty is short of people everywhere, these captives happen to be sold as slaves, which will not only bring disaster to the northern frontier, but also give these soldiers stationed in the bitter cold land an additional income.

It's not that Zhu Biao didn't know that there were businessmen who bought prisoners...... The imperial court just deliberately turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. These slave traders, to a certain extent, can be regarded as alleviating the expenses of the Ming Dynasty to eradicate the grassland bandits, and the entire court is happy to see it.

But when it comes to Wu Xun, it's different.

The imperial court can organize captives to build bridges and pave roads, and merchants can buy captives to farm land and livestock, only Wuxun ...... They shouldn't buy prisoners, especially those who were once elite soldiers. They have the ability to lead soldiers, and some of them can get armor. They gathered captives, and who knows if they wanted to use them to raise cattle and farm the land, or if they wanted to overthrow the imperial court?

Especially Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng and others, when they gave up their military power, they had no chance to make military merits, and then they saw Xu Da, Lan Yu, Fei Ju and others soaring because of their military exploits, and even closed their borders overseas, and they had long had many complaints in their hearts......

What do they want to do when these resentful warriors start to get involved in the slave business?

"Big brother, I don't know the specific details yet." Zhu Su replied to Zhu Biaodao. "Listening to what Ouyang Lun said, it seems that Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng are only handling it, through their former connections in the army, buying prisoners, and immediately selling them to landlords and businessmen who have opened farms and ranches in various places or have a livelihood overseas."

"But whether they have different intentions, I can't guarantee."

"But I think that this matter should be restrained, and if it is left unchecked, there is a precedent for this...... I don't know what kind of catastrophe will be caused in the future. ”

In the past few years, businessmen and martial artists have grown in barbarism in many aspects, and they are crossing the river by feeling the stones, that is, because Lao Zhu is the founder of the country, his prestige is long, and Zhu Biao is the lord of benevolence and virtue.

Otherwise, maybe it will be like Emperor Yang of Sui.

But Rao is so, all kinds of new things should be set immediately. If you continue to let it grow wildly, without a rule to restrain it, you may have to cause some big trouble in the future. And when Lao Zhu is here, in fact, it is the easiest to get things done, with him, the founding king, all kinds of affairs of the Ming Dynasty can be adapted to the times, how to do it is only in Lao Zhu's thoughts, and it will not set off any big waves.

But if it is passed on to the kings of future generations, if you want to put a shackle on these things that grow wildly, you may be in a boil.

"Well, you're right." Zhu Biao pondered for a while, nodded, and affirmed Zhu Su's opinion. "I just wanted you to persuade Ouyang Lunmo to be lustful for profit, but who knew that he had dug up this matter."

"The imperial court saw that the slave trade had some benefits, so it let it go for a long time...... However, now that it has involved Wu Xun, and even almost involved the royal family, it can be seen that this matter cannot be let go after all. ”

"It's time to do something about it."

"Ouyang Lun said that they imprisoned the slaves they bought in the Zhuangzi in the west of the city?"

"Not bad." Zhu Su nodded. The location where they hid the slaves was actually quite secretive, and even the Shen family of the city owner did not know about it. However, in order to win Ouyang Lun's trust, he told Ouyang Lun and Pan.

"Okay, this matter can't be delayed, I'll act immediately." Zhu Biao's long body stood up, and his body was already filled with the majestic demeanor of the prince of a country and the prince of the prison country. "Most of the other martial artists in the city are relatives of the Erhou Township Party, and they may not be credible, among the leading generals in Beijing, they only believe in you and the second brother and the fourth brother."

"You take Lone's order, go to the forbidden army with the second brother and the fourth brother to transfer 5,000 soldiers and horses, and lead the way with Ouyang Lun to block the Zhuangzi used by the second marquis's prisoners."

"Remember, don't startle the snake and bring these slaves to Gyeonggi! Do you understand? ”

This is the first time that Zhu Biao has called himself "lonely" to Zhu Su, Zhu Su was stunned, knelt down on one knee and said: "Yes, my brother takes the order!" ”

(End of chapter)