Zhu Gaochi is different from Zhu Di, to a group of civil officials in the court, more like Prince Yiwen, benevolent and loving the people, a pure Confucian prince.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, is vulgar and arrogant, sometimes likes to scold people, and has no quality.

Therefore.

A group of civil officials, although they have only been in contact with Zhu Gaochi a few times, have already fallen in love with this highness.

But it is precisely because of this that Zang Shiwen, Wen Chang and others can understand how angry this highness can be in this matter, insulting his father and teacher?

In this way, in order to calm down the turmoil as soon as possible and restore peace to Jingshi, he can only find a way to let Liu Wen and Dai Jiu take the lead.

After coming out of Fengtian Palace, Zang Shiwen and Wen Chang and other officials didn't say much, just glanced at each other and understood each other's thoughts.

Thereupon.

Soon after, a word spread to the Zhuangzi outside the city.

After hearing this, the old man surnamed Zhang sighed slightly.

"Butler, take out two thousand taels of silver and three thousand taels of treasure from the inner treasury, and hand them over to that imperial historian, so as to calm down this turmoil as soon as possible!"

"Yes, sir!"

The butler answered, and hurriedly walked out.

As for the old man, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and a trace of distress flashed in his eyes.

On the side, the old man's eldest son said worriedly: "Dad, the new emperor has just ascended the throne not long ago, or are those brocade guards in charge of investigating this case?"

The child is worried, can he ...... with money to do something?"

"There's nothing to worry about, whoever it is, they're all human. As long as they are human, they have greed and weakness. ”

The old man waved his hand indifferently, "After so many years, how many people has our family taken to take root in Jiangning County?"

Even during Zhu Chongba's reign, those officials, even Jinyiwei, still want to get benefits from our family? ”

"Don't worry, as long as our family can send them silver, our family will be very safe, and whoever dares to touch our family's silver will be unlucky......

Let's write some letters later and send them to those old friends, so that we can send Liu Wen and Dai Jiu on the road smoothly! ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly said: "Dad knows in his heart, and the child is relieved!" ”

"Hmm!"

The old man surnamed Zhang nodded slightly, "Tomorrow, you will go to the temple on the mountain with us to donate some incense money, and accumulate some yin virtue for our Zhang family!" ”

"Yes, Dad!"

……

And in the Dinghai Hou Mansion.

Zhu Di has been lying on the soft chair for a whole day.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zhu Di got up and soothed his waist with a comfortable face.

"Speaking of which, we haven't sat on Guo Qing's mansion for so long for a few years, and Guo Qing's mansion is still comfortable!"

Guo An subconsciously pursed his lips, and said with a respectful face: "Your Majesty has indeed worked hard all day in the past few years, and has no free time to come to the Weichen Mansion. ”

"yes!"

Zhu Di nodded approvingly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty......"

At this time, Erhu ran in from the outside with a look on his face.

"Weichen see Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Dai Jiu's outer chamber has been found!"

Zhu Di's face was overjoyed, "Found it?" ”

"Exactly!"

Erhu reported again: "Your Majesty, that Dai Jiu is really not a thing.

The wife only lives in a small courtyard with a slap, but the outer room lives in a two-entry courtyard, with five or six subordinates to serve, and two children......

In addition, in Dai Jiu's outer room, Weichen also found more than 1,000 taels of silver, 2,000 taels of treasure money, and a box of gold, silver and jewelry......

An account book! ”

"What a bad thief!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but widen his eyes, his face full of anger.

"is so bad as a wife, but she loves the outer room so much. Go and bring his outer room to Dai Jiu and see if he can recruit him! ”

"A small official, who can save so much silver, and can secretly raise such an outer room, must be a thief!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Erhu said with a respectful face, "Dai Jiu's account book has recorded in detail the source of all the money!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di was stunned, "This person still keeps this kind of account book?" Hurry up and let us take a look! ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Erhu replied respectfully, and hurriedly took out an account book from his arms and handed it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di opened it and looked at it, and his expression suddenly became gloomy.

Immediately, the more I looked at it, the darker my face became!

"What a thief, so bold and reckless, mad......

And the Zhang family, you can send someone to investigate, what kind of strong man is it, can raise a thief like Dai Jiu? ……”

"Then Liu Wen is really a waste, there is such a thief under his command, and he didn't even notice it at all?

……”

"Your Majesty, what kind of family is the Zhang family?"

On the side, Guo An asked with some curiosity.

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, and handed the account book in his hand to Guo An.

Guo An opened it and took a cold breath, his face full of regret.

"How bold are they? If Emperor Hongwu finds out, can't he cut them all with a thousand knives, peel them and eat grass? ”

In Dai Jiu's account books, all the records are records of the annexation and purchase of fertile land in partnership with a family.

Even, there are nearly 10,000 acres of fertile land, which directly avoided the yellow book and put it into the Zhang family.

These have been completed one after another in the past few years.

openly invaded the fertile land of the Ming Dynasty, or during the reign of the most murderous old Zhu!

That Dai Jiu and the Zhang family are not ordinary bold!

"No wonder they would rather offend Wechen, and also put Wechen's food and acres near General Mountain!"

Guo An said indignantly, and then reported to Zhu Diyu.

"Your Majesty, with only Dai Jiu and a small household scribe, it is impossible to quietly put all these fertile fields into the hands of that Zhang family!"

"What does Guo Qing mean?"

Zhu Di said coldly.

Guo An said slowly: "Your Majesty, if you can quietly disappear so many acres of land, in the Jiangning County Ya, even in the household department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there must be people covering them up!" ”

"What a bunch of thieves!"

Zhu Di turned his head violently and said to the second tiger: "Second tiger, quickly take the Jinyi guard, confiscate the Zhang family, and interrogate it well."

In addition, keep an eye on us, those officials who have been pleading with Liu Wen and Dai Jiu in the past few days! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The second tiger suddenly took the order with a solemn face.

Zhu Di also let out a long breath of turbidity, and walked towards the palace with Yishiha.

Inside the Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Gaochi had just finished processing all the pieces when he saw that his father walked in from outside the hall with a black face.

"Daddy......"

"Chi'er, look at this account book!"

Without waiting for Zhu Gaochi to salute, Zhu Di directly threw the account book to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly picked it up and looked at it.

The more I looked, the more angry I became.

"Dad, these thieves are so bold, they must be strictly investigated!"

"We have already sent Erhu to take all the Jinyi guards to raid the Zhang family's home, let's see how many officials are recorded in the account books of the Zhang family!"

Zhu Di said again: "Come on, summon seven ministers to come, and prepare dinner for them!"

Tonight, the seven ministers stayed in the palace! ”

"Slave obeys!"

Yi Yu Ha answered, and hurriedly went down to make arrangements.

Half an hour later.

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru, Xie Jin, Huang Boqian, Yin Changlong, and Huang Huai came to the Fengtian Hall with doubts on their faces.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

"See Your Highness!"

After the ministers respectfully greeted the salute, Zhu Di said directly: "Today, we found out that in Beijing, there is actually a group of thieves who are very hidden, secretly making trouble.

When we thought that there were these bold and crazy thieves under our noses, we couldn't sleep and eat.

After a while, there will be a brocade guard who will raid his house and send the account books, and he will bother the ministers to give us a good look at how many thieves and officials are harming the people in Beijing, and how to punish them......"

This......

All the cabinet ministers couldn't help but look stunned, only Zhu Fu felt a strong sense of foreboding.

Xie Jin asked curiously: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of big case it is?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Jiangning Zhang family! ”

"Zhang's family?"

Xie Jin, Yin Changlong and others couldn't help but be stunned.

"Your Majesty, but the good Zhang family on the banks of the Qinhuai River?"

"Good?"

Zhu Di's face was directly gloomy.

"That kind of stolen gentry, how dare you call yourself a good family?"

"Stealing the country?"

Xie Jin, Yin Changlong and the others were stunned again, "Your Majesty, although Weichen and others have not had contact with the Zhang family, Weichen has also heard the good name ......of the Zhang family, and often helps the surrounding neighbors, providing shelter and good money for the scholars who go to Beijing to take the exam."

"What a good Zhang family!"

Zhu Di was even more angry, and directly picked up an account book and threw it to Xie Jin, Yin Changlong and others.

"Take a good look at this book!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Xie Jin and Yin Changlong didn't delay, and directly opened it and looked at it.

“……”

The more they looked, the more Xie Jin, Yin Changlong and the others became, the more angry they became, "That Zhang family is so bold and reckless, and sanctimonious?" ”

"In this way, for so many years, the officials who have been in contact with the Zhang family ......"

Suddenly, thinking of something, Xie Jin, Yin Changlong and the others thought of something even more terrifying, their faces changed greatly, and they couldn't help but shiver, and they were chilled.

They know too well how many evil things can be done by this kind of family with money and good reputation, united with some officials, in the name of goodness!

For example, the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land recorded in this account book are just a few county yahu house scribes.

And in the past few days, the imperial history and squire who have been playing frequently have been ......

Meantime.

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu and others on the side also read it, and a cold breath surged directly from their hearts.

People like them, who have been in charge of various state capitals, can understand how dark and how many dirty deeds can be done when local big families collude with officials compared to Beijing officials such as Xie Jin and Yin Changlong.

And, in the end, these dirty deeds are in the hands of those people, and all they need is a few articles, or a piece of music, is a great good deed, and they are all good families, virtuous officials!

It's no wonder that a small county yahufang scribe can attract so many people to jump out!

With such an evil gentleman, His Majesty should dispatch the brocade guard......

And on the other side.

The second tiger took the Jingshi 1,000 brocade guards, the 500 government army avant-garde, plus Liang Hu with 500 Yanshan guards, and came directly to the front of the Zhangjia Manor.

……

(End of chapter)