Inside the Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Di sat behind the table with a solemn face, and reviewed the music without a match.

Since Zhu Gaochi began to set up the newspaper mansion, he, the emperor, can no longer be idle, and the number of pieces that need to be dealt with every day has directly increased by more than five times!

It's only been two days, and he already misses the time when Zhu Gaochi stayed in the cabinet all day.

"Yisha, do you know how the newspaper mansion in charge of the prince is organized?"

Yisha hurriedly replied with a panicked face: "Your Majesty forgives me, the slave doesn't know!" ”

"You don't know?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly.

Yisha hurriedly knelt down and explained: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the slave maid is just an internal servant, and he only knows some things in the palace all day long, and the slave and maid don't know anything about things outside the palace!" ”

"Incompetent!"

Zhu Di reprimanded irritably, and waved his hand at the same time, making Yi lose his heart.

In this regard, Yizha is not too surprised.

It is normal for him, the slaves and maids, to scold a few words when His Majesty is in a bad mood.

"Your Majesty, the commander of the Jinyi Guard asks Zhao Hu to see him!"

At this time, an attendant walked in from outside the hall and reported cautiously.

Zhu Di said: "Huh? …… Let him in! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

With the attendant going out, in less than a moment, Zhao Hu walked in from outside the hall.

"Weichen Jinyi Guard commands Zhao Hu to see Your Majesty!"

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and asked, "Why did you come to see us?" ”

Zhao Hu took out a small notebook from his arms, and presented it to Zhu Di with respectful hands, "Back to Your Majesty, that Zhang Zhen has spoken, this is all the transcripts of Weichen's interrogation of Zhang Zhen and his subordinates!" ”

"Oh? Grab it now! ”

Zhu Di's face was happy, and he said directly to Yizha on the side.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yisha answered, and hurriedly stepped forward, took the small book, and then respectfully handed it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took the small book and looked at it directly.

The more I looked, the more cold my face became.

After reading it, he stared at Zhao Hu directly with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "You can send someone to check this record, but is there that thief who bites indiscriminately?" ”

Zhao Hu said solemnly: "Your Highness Qiqi, everyone on the record, Weichen sent people to investigate secretly, and interrogated Zhang Zhen every other day, no worse!" ”

"Okay, yes!"

Zhu Di was furious, "We didn't expect that since we ascended the throne, we have killed several times, and there are still so many thieves and officials hidden in the court!"

There are also officials and wealthy businessmen in Fujian and Yunnan, who are really bold! ”

Zhao Hu said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, in addition, Your Majesty, most of these officials, most of them have been promoted from below in the past two years!" ”

"Was it promoted by Zhang Zhen's thief?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then stared at Zhao Hu tightly.

Zhao Hu arched his hand and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has already sent someone to investigate carefully, and these officials were all transferred to Beijing by Zhang Zhen!" ”

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly and said hatefully: "These thieves, all of them should be killed!" ”

Zhao Hu hung his head and was silent.

Zhu Di glanced at Zhao Hu and continued to ask: "The thieves in Fujian, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, have you found them?" ”

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"Wechen got revenge, those thieves seemed to have disappeared in place, without any trace."

"No trace?"

Zhu Di's expression froze, and he looked at Zhao Hu quietly, "As long as anyone has activities, they will leave traces, how can they not find them?" ”

"This ......"

Zhao Hu was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and after Weichen goes back, he will quickly send someone to investigate!"

If someone below dares to leak it, Weichen will severely punish them! ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and said, "However, since Zhang Zhen has already confessed, then we must not delay, directly arrest them and interrogate them quickly!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Zhao Hu replied with a solemn face.

"In addition, we will give an edict to the Shenji Battalion, so that they can cooperate with you and others, and send troops to the thieves and officials that Zhang Zhen confessed, including those thieves and profiteers in Fujian and Yunnan, overnight, and raid all of them!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"This time, we must uproot them, no matter how deep they hide, they must be pulled out for us!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As Zhao Hu led the order, Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair again, frowning and thinking.

After a while, he got up, took Yi Shiha, and went to the Dinghai Marquis Mansion.

……

"Six Beijing officials, eight Fujian and Yunnan officials, and one giant, two gentry families?"

After listening, Guo An only frowned slightly, and then said with a solemn face: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Weichen will go to the Shenji Camp in a while, and let Liu Sheng take Lu De, Su Sheng and others to raid the house with Jinyiwei, and he will definitely not run away from a thief!" ”

"Why do so many people have to go?"

Zhu Di glared at Guo An, "When the Shenji Battalion travels, there must be five thousand battalions to accompany it, so a large army is dispatched?" I'm afraid that before they reached Fujian and Yunnan, those thieves heard the news and fled in all directions! ”

"It's Weichen's negligence!"

Guo An smiled and said, "Weichen is all at the mercy of His Majesty!" ”

Zhu Di said: "The Shenji Battalion will send out two armies, and the 5,000 lower battalions will also send out two armies to escort the Shenji Battalion." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Guo An responded, and then said: "Your Majesty, this time you have to send a sailor to stay overseas at all times, just in case?" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Then, after thinking about it, Zhu Di said again: "What worries us is that these officials are all corrupt and entangled with those local gentry and merchants, and they can't be killed!"

What is Guo Qing's best plan for this matter? ”

"This ......"

Guo An's brows furrowed slightly, he thought for a moment, and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, can you change these vacant official seats to other officials?" ”

"Officials elsewhere?"

Zhu Di was stunned, they are all officials of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be officials elsewhere?

Guo An reminded: "Your Majesty, Yan Guo! ”

"Yan Guo?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.

Immediately, his brow furrowed again.

"Guo Qing, let's remember that although the officials of Yan Kingdom have a good ability to handle government affairs, they don't have any fame, and the highest ones are only able to raise people, right?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An flattered.

Zhu Di said again: "In this way, some government officials and courtiers, they can't serve!" ”

Guo An said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to admonish, I don't know if there are regulations in the court, and those with low reputation cannot be courtiers?"

Weichen remembered that when Emperor Taigaozu was the emperor, among the four auxiliary officials selected, many of them did not have too high fame! ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di's expression froze.

Guo An continued: "Your Majesty, many officials in the Yan Kingdom are also Shangshu and Shilang of the First Country, as well as the prefects, prefectures, and counties, and their governing ability is no worse than that of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and even they are more loyal to Your Majesty and more ......honest than some officials of the Ming Dynasty."

…… (End of chapter)