"My lord, it has been confirmed that the king of the southwest is indeed here, and it is not far from Ezhou."

Ezhou prefect yamen.

Governor Hua Xingwen listened to the report of his entourage, his face became ugly, and he couldn't help asking, "Do you know who you have brought?" ”

The entourage said: "I don't know the specifics, but I know that there are a lot of merchant ships with us." ”

It seems that what His Royal Highness said is true, the king of the southwest is really going to build Ezhou.

This should have been good news for Hua Xingwen, but ......

A solemnity appeared on his face, and he paused and asked, "Is there any movement on the side of the Ministry of Commerce?" ”

Didn't wait for the attendant to answer.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the yamen.

"What's going on out there?"

Hua Xingwen scolded.

A servant walked in quickly, "Lord Qiyu, it's those workers in the new city, and they have come to the yamen to ask for wages. ”

Hua Xingwen said, "Didn't you want you to disperse people? How can there still be a crowd? ”

The official said: "My lord, the brothers have already done it, but they have come again, and there are obviously more people gathered today. ”

Hua Xingwen scolded: "Bastard, hurry up and disperse the people, the king of the southwest is about to arrive." ”

"Yes!"

The retinue was about to retreat, when another official walked in, "My lord, Lord Zhang is here!" ”

"Please!"

Hua Xingwen hurriedly got up when he heard this.

Ezhou New City is a key project of the imperial court, and a prefect alone naturally can't afford this burden, so he just assists from the side, in addition to him, there is also Zhang Weimin, director of the Bureau of Commerce, who is also the head of the household department.

The Ministry of Commerce is equivalent to the six ministries, and the Bureau of Commerce is one of the three major departments of the Ministry of Commerce, and the director is no less than the six ministries, which can be imagined.

Hua Xingwen didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

Soon, a middle-aged official with a calm expression walked in.

Hua Xingwen hurriedly stepped forward, "Lord Zhang, you are here, the King of the Southwest is about to arrive, what is the situation now?" ”

Compared with his nervousness, Zhang Weimin did not fluctuate much, and said: "Why should Huada people worry, they will come, what else can they do?" ”

This?

Hua Xingwen was stunned for a moment.

What else? That's the King of the Southwest! swept the Huns, sealed the wolf Juxu, such a murderer, Ezhou New City was restarted by the other party, and now it has become this mess, what else can it say?

Zhang Weimin said again: "Don't forget, the surname of this world is Zhu, and the second highness is Zhu." ”

Hua Xingwen's face froze, as a prefect, or the prefect of Ezhou, the construction of a new city, his prefect has also risen with the tide, and he can naturally have access to more things.

I have long heard about some things about the great talent, and the other party is obviously hinting at him that the king of the southwest is no longer the king of the southwest he used to be, and he may be the king in the southwest, but when he comes here, what His Royal Highness says counts.

During this period of time, the court changed dramatically, the third prince had a bad reputation, and the second prince was favored by the princess of Vientiane Kingdom, and he was already in an absolutely dominant position in the battle for the crown prince.

On the contrary, the King of the Southwest is out.

However, having said that, Hua Xingwen was still a little worried, "What does Master Zhang think?" The workers are making trouble, and the king of the southwest is only afraid of ......"

Zhang Weimin said calmly: "Come on, come on!" If you want to make trouble, let them make trouble! It's better to make a big fuss, then it's none of our business. ”

He said with a sneer on his lips.

Hua Xingwen was stunned at first, and then comprehended.

Outside the yamen.

At this time, there were indeed many people gathered on the street, all of them looking at the yamen with sad faces, and some people were praying: "Please make the prefect the decision for us." ”

There are also people shouting, "Debt repayment, it is justified, pay us back!" ”

"That's right! Pay us back. ”

“……”

Various sounds mingle together.

At this time, the gate of the yamen finally opened, and a group of yamen came out.

Seeing this, the crowd immediately looked at each other.

And the leader of the yacha looked arrogant, and said: "You people of Diao, hurry up, and if you don't get out, you will all go out." ”

As he spoke, the killing rods of those yacha fell directly towards the crowd that came in.

There was a terrible howl from the front.

Some of the workers were panicked and some were angry, and some shouted: "Why beat people, it is natural to repay debts." ”

The head of the government said: "Diao Min, the construction of the new city is for the imperial court, no matter how much you dare to gather people to make trouble, it is still light to beat them all." ”

With this order, the yacha were even more merciless, and the killing rod fell like raindrops.

The workers were already holding back their anger, and now they are all angry.

Pushing each other.

The scene was chaotic.

In the crowd, several men looked at each other when they saw this.

One of them took out a curved bow and two arrows, and directly hit the yacha in front.

"Murder, murder!"

The scene instantly turned into a pot of porridge, and the yacha were obviously panicked, and the yacha led by them was furious, "Dare to make trouble, dare to kill the yacha, and take them all down!" ”

“……”

"The yamen has no way, oppresses the people, and can't survive anyway, so fight with them!"

"That's right! I fought with them, starved to death without pay, and was beaten to death by them for begging for wages, and left and right were just death. ”

"Slaughtered these bitches, damn it, they never treated us as human beings."

"If you kill the dog officer, your wages will be greedy by the dog official."

“……”

The workers have long been unable to hold back this breath, the yamen has not been paid, and all kinds of oppression and beating, plus ulterior motives, many of them have been dragged into the water, and can only go one way to the dark.

The people are blindly obedient, perhaps saying that there is no way back for them at this time.

Because it has already happened, and there is no way to get it back.

Whether they do it or not, they can't escape.

The whole scene was chaotic, once people were red-eyed, they couldn't care so much, and all kinds of killing shouts were filled.

"What's up ahead?"

Zhu Tai came all the way from Kyoto, and as soon as he entered Ezhou, he found that the situation was not right.

The accompanying guards hurriedly went to investigate, and soon returned, "Oh no, Third Highness, the people of Ezhou New City have rebelled and have already attacked the prefect's yamen." ”

"What did you say?"

Zhu Tai's face changed greatly, and his eyes couldn't help but show a look of panic.

It's not fun for the common people to rebel, as a prince, once you are in such a situation, it must be the primary goal, so ......

"Third Highness, we must leave Ezhou and return to Beijing immediately, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

Guardway.

Zhu Tai was also panicked, in such a situation, it was obviously impossible to say that he was not afraid, but the purpose of this trip was ......

Immediately, he hurriedly asked, "Where is Lin Qingfeng?" ”

The guard hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, according to the previous news, the King of the Southwest should arrive at the Ezhou Wharf soon." ”

Zhu Tai said: "Then let's go to the dock." ”

The guard said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, the thieves will inevitably control the dock after taking the prefect's yamen, and ...... by then."

Zhu Tai gritted his teeth, "Take a gamble and go to the dock!" ”

……