Jingshi, inside the Imperial Palace Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhu summoned the four eunuchs of the celebrant and told them about the mining of Yongping Mansion.

「…… As far as I know, among the gentry in the left vicinity of Gyeonggi, there are prejudices about Bingkuan's use of mining kilns to increase the use of the imperial court, and to burn coal, smelt iron, and cast artillery, and so on, and there are not a few people in the court who are involved in this matter."

Zhu Youji: This can be regarded as a warning to these four people.

Before Zhang Zhou opened the mine, the local mining was also repeatedly prohibited, and this kind of mining is not an ordinary official is qualified, and the DPRK and the Central Committee have no background, even if they become local heads and officials, they have to hold their tails between their tails in this kind of matter.

And the four celebrants are the backers of many people in the local area, Zhu Youzhu has heard of it before, but Zhu Youzhu has always protected his shortcomings and given some benefits to the people around him, which is nothing wrong with Zhu Youji's opinion.

Li Rong said: "Back to Your Majesty, it's okay to talk about it locally, but I'm afraid that among the important ministers in Beijing, they will be involved in the interests of the locality."

The contradiction shifted to the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Zhu Youzhu said in a leisurely tone: "No matter who it is, it can't hinder my ideal of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty, this is my lifelong wish, Bingkuan is not making profits for himself, he is doing everything for me and the Ming Dynasty." Therefore, I have also decided that anyone who hinders the implementation of his affairs in the local area will be severely punished!"

Xiao Jing asked, "Your Majesty, this is a severe punishment...... To what extent?"

"Kill!"

Zhu Youji's tone was resolute, "If I can't hinder him three times, but someone is still deliberately looking for trouble, will I still keep him for the New Year?" Do you think I'm easy to talk to, or do you think I'm easy to bully?"

Xiao Jing took two steps back and was silent.

"Let the people of Jinyiwei go to investigate, and find out one by one, Yongping Mansion has privately purchased fields in the past few years, as well as forcibly occupied farmland, and there are also cases of not reporting to the imperial court after reclaiming wasteland, how many acres of land around Jingshi are taxed? In the past, the money and grain in the Daming Mansion Treasury were all emptied by this group of people in disguise!"

Zhu Youzhu was very annoyed.

The preferential treatment of the Ming class to the scholar class, especially the preferential tax on acres of land, led to the shortage of money and grain income in the Ming Treasury, and the surrounding areas of Beijing were the hardest hit areas.

Needless to say, the emperor's relatives and princes and ministers had a lot of farms and properties around Beijing, and they used their relationship between the court and the Chinese government to pay nothing to the court in matters such as acres and business, and even more importantly, the supporters of this group of people, as well as the people who had not many people in the tax-free fields, also occupied too much land that did not pay taxes.

In the Ming Dynasty, it does not mean that the unlimited land under your name can be exempted from paying taxes, but at the executive level, if it is related to the court, you can get "accommodation".

Xiao Jing, the four eunuchs, never thought that the emperor would take this matter to open the knife, but now they know that the emperor is not as closed as they imagined, or not as reasonable as they imagined.

This seemingly benevolent and righteous emperor, when he was strict, was simply more perceptive than any emperor, which also made them feel pressured.

After the internal summons of the celebrant was over, Zhu Youzhu left Li Rong alone and instructed in detail about the factory guards and Zhang Zhou's opening of the mine.

Especially when it comes to disputes with the localities, according to Zhu Youji's meaning, if there is any uncooperative or troublemaker, he must use a knife, and he does not seek to kill one to make an example, but to kill one by one, only in this way can he ensure that his plan to level the grassland can be completed.

The remaining three, under the leadership of Xiao Jing, returned to the duty room of the celebrant supervisor.

"Grandpa Xiao, look ......" Wei Bin's face was a little embarrassed.

In the interests around Jingshi, Wei Bin is a special person, because his interests in the east, especially Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town, are the most complicated, and Wei Bin also has interests with those imperial relatives.

Xiao Jing said, "Except for your own, what others can break, and what can be broken has been broken early."

"I'm afraid of breaking bones and connecting tendons." Wei Bin didn't want to explain too much, but this sentence also told Xiao Jing that he couldn't get out if he wanted to.

The interests involved are too complicated, and others put them

He is a backer, and in addition to giving benefits, that group of people is actually blackmailing this group of eunuchs in disguise, do you think you can get out if you want to? What was given to you before was given for nothing?

Ordinary local gentry, you are not afraid of a ceremonial eunuch, but are you afraid of the imperial relatives and relatives? You don't give face to the ministers of the DPRK and China?

Xiao Jing frowned and said, "I said before, what others send to you, don't open your eyes, you just don't listen. Now that Your Majesty can't rub the sand in his eyes, aren't you numb to your paws? It's not easy to take back the outstretched hand."

Wei Bin and Chen Kuan were both slandering in their hearts, and said what about us, how much better can your own situation be?

Chen Kuan said: "When it comes to our job, there is a filial piety or something below, and it is difficult to refuse."

Xiao Jing shook his face and said with an indisputable attitude: "Stuff something over, you accept it, and others don't know about it, but you have to have so many contacts with local people, how good can this be?" But if you want to come to the factory guards, they are all our people, even if you make trouble with the DPRK and China, there will be no accidents."

Chen Kuan reminded again: "I'm afraid that Cai Guogong ......."

The implication is that now Zhang Zhou is a little incompatible with the local government for his own interests, if Zhang Zhou makes trouble, and finds out that many people in the local area actually have them as background backers, and if they want to tear their faces at that time, the emperor must be on Zhang Zhou's side, and they will be unlucky even if they are the celebrant eunuchs.

Wei Bin asked tentatively, "At the moment of interest, you can advance or retreat, but I am afraid that when you are on the verge of life and death, there is no way to retreat."

This is the plan to ask Xiao Jing for the next step.

Seeing that Zhang Zhou has reached a time when no one can shake his position, it is equivalent to them conniving at a tiger, but if this tiger wants to take the opportunity to eat them all, is it waiting to be eaten at that time, or is it to resist?

Xiao Jing said: "From what we have seen, this Cai Guogong is not a person who is killed completely."

Wei Bin shook his head and said, "In the matter of protecting the country, he doesn't seem to be merciful, if it is related to his own interests, and there is His Majesty's decision behind it, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be stubborn."

Xiao Jing scolded, "If you don't open your eyes, you really don't have any consciousness at all. I don't want to think about it, what Your Majesty wants to do, can you still do it? Is the trend reversible to you?"

Wei Bin and Chen Kuan understood as soon as they heard it.

Xiao Jing here looks hard-boned, but in fact, he is also a soft persimmon, he was bullied by Zhang Zhou, but he still chose to compromise, and the banner is to put the emperor's order first, which means that the emperor supports Zhang Zhou, and we can't do anything with him.

"You should still send someone to make peace." Chen Kuan gave a suggestion, "Or...... It's best not to let us people get involved, it doesn't matter how many taels of silver, but many things never matter about those taels of silver! No matter how much Cai Guogong does something, he can't mess around."

Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty has summoned Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, before, according to what he said, Your Majesty will send someone to cooperate with Cai Guogong, so let him bring us a message to show goodwill. It shows that as long as he doesn't make a big fuss, he just wants to rectify the local people in Yongping Mansion, and we will support him."

As he spoke, Xiao Jing looked at Wei Bin and said, "You won't be reluctant, will you?"

Wei Bin's interests in Yongping Mansion are the greatest, Xiao Jing also wants to ask Wei Bin's opinion, you proposed to break the jar, and even had the urge to break the net with Zhang Zhouyu, you won't have objections to my proposal, right?

Wei Bin looked reluctant, but he still arched his hand and said, "It's all up to Grandpa Xiao."

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Li Rong listened carefully to Zhu Youji's instructions, and all he said was how to cooperate with Zhang Zhou, at this time, the celebrant and the supervisor could also be sure that Zhang Zhou did not go to Jizhou Town to fight, but to grab benefits with local forces.

"I also know that someone in the palace is spreading rumors to the outside world, leaking what Bingkuan wants to do when he goes to Yongping Mansion in advance. You even greeted the local authorities in advance and asked them to take some precautions, did you know?" Zhu Youji's tone was cold.

This involves collusion between the ministers and the ministers, and it is very taboo for the emperor to do these things.

Li Rong was also secretly shocked in his heart, the eunuch who could know in advance what Zhang Zhou was doing in Yongping Mansion could count the slaps on one hand, and most of this came from the mouths of the three colleagues before.

Li Rong said, "The slave doesn't know, but I think ...... What is Cai Guogong's intention to go to Yongping Mansion, it is estimated that ...... No one should want to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble...... The slave and maid have lost their words."

Although Li Rong knew the truth of self-preservation very well, at this time, he also knew that the celebrant and eunuch should advance and retreat together, or they should be in the same breath.

Zhu Youzhu said coldly: "If everything is good and cooperative, I have no opinion, and there is no need to hide it from the outside world where Bingkuan goes. But I only recently learned that the local resistance to the opening of the mine was greater than that in Beijing. Bingkuan has secretly taken on too many things for me! I can't let him come out and bear it alone!"

Li Rong said: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids will let people go to the local area to strictly investigate, and if someone takes the opportunity to make trouble, they will not be spared."

Zhu Youzhu tilted his head to the side, and said even more angrily: "If it's just a little bit of an opinion in the local area, it's nothing, but I'm afraid that the officials and local officials in Beijing, as well as the local squires, will collude to put pressure on Bingkuan!" Since Bingkuan took over the mining incident, there have not been 1,000 copies of the DPRK and China's proposal to participate in the impeachment, and there are more than 100, right?"

Li Rong was silent for a while.

He is very aware of the resistance that Zhang Zhou encountered in the court, which is an inevitable thing to encounter if he is determined to innovate, and the so-called non-breaking and non-standing is probably like this, and Zhang Zhou is not capable of "breaking", that is, reshuffling the Ming forces, but the emperor has this qualification.

"You go for yourself." Zhu Youzhu said, "If you want to be strict with anyone, you don't have to make enemies for Bingkuan, just find a clear eye, it is reasonable, and you can take the people of the factory guard to the end." Wherever Bingkuan points out, you will do it."

You will do the work, you will carry the black pot, and Zhang Zhou will be the commander behind the scenes.

Li Rongxin said, I, an old bone, actually have to go to the place and fight with the local snake? The point is that I can't get any benefits, it's purely to make wedding dresses for people, and I have to carry the black pot, is my life so bitter?

"Leave today, arrive in three days, and there will be no delay on the way."

Zhu Youzhu sneered, "If someone in Beijing, no matter who puts pressure on you, even if it is my closest relative, you will report it to you, and sometimes it is not taboo to cut it first and then play!"

Li Rong got the emperor's order, and he was going to take people to Yongping Mansion.

Jin Yiwei commanded Mu Bin to accompany Li Rong.

When Li Rong arrived at Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town in a hurry and saw Mu Bin, Mu Bin seemed to have some confusion about the errand of this trip at this time.

"Gonggong Li, as I know from my humble position, there are soldiers from the Ming Jing Camp in the local mines of Yongping Mansion, and there are at least thousands of garrisons, plus the servants and laborers who work, there are also tens of thousands of people, right? What do I need to do about this?"

In Mu Bin's mind, even if Zhang Zhou is in trouble with mining in the local area, there are so many people in the mine, and there are even regular troops, so are you afraid of a ball?

If someone makes trouble, just scold it.

Why do you want to let the Dongchang factory and the commander of Jinyiwei personally bring people to supervise it?

Li Rong said: "You don't understand, Your Majesty is trying to convince people with virtue."

"What?" Mu Bin almost thought he had misheard.

It is clear that he wants to use force, but he says that he is to subdue people with virtue, which means...... Force is virtue?

"Your Majesty wants me to make enemies, Cai Guogong is a good person, can you understand this?" Li Rongdao.

Mu Bin smiled bitterly.

While speaking, Guo Ang, the envoy of the Fusi of Beizhen, came in with a team of people and stood at the door of the main hall.

Mu Bin said, "Everyone is all ordered."

"Is this a person?" Li Rong frowned.

He almost said, since we are going to carry the black pot, and we are also working, we should bring more people, anyway, it is the emperor's order, even if we bring all the brocade guards, it is not too much.

Mu Bin hurriedly said, "Two thousand battalions, two thousand men and horses, all of them. In the case of recruitment, the local inspection department can also provide assistance. Yongping Mansion originally had a thousand household battalions of Jinyiwei

, Sun Shangqi has always been stationed in Yongping Mansion and has not left. If that's not enough......

"That should be enough."

As soon as Li Rong heard this, the entire three thousand brocade guards went, if this was not enough, it would be pure nonsense.

Even if the regular Tatar army came, 3,000 people could do things, not to mention this time at most facing some local private forces.

This is still the worst-case scenario, a little more normal, no one in the local area will dare to be an enemy of him, the East Factory Factory.

"Convince people as much as you can, and do not do anything that offends them unless absolutely necessary." Li Rong instructed.

Mu Bin said, "Will it follow His Majesty's orders...... contradictory?"

Li Rong said coldly: "Our family listens to Your Majesty, and you can listen to our family!" Do what you want!"

"Yes." Mu Bin heard that this Gonggong Li also had the meaning of yang and yin, and he didn't dare to chew his tongue at this time, after all, he was now tied to the same boat.

Zhang Zhouren was stationed in the Santun camp in Jizhou Town for only two days, and he had to take people away.

Liu Yu has been very attentive to Zhang Zhou in the past two days, even if he knows that Zhang Zhou is not interested in wine and wealth, but he still keeps sending his "heart" to the post house, and he has been defeated again and again, and even a little happy.

seems to feel that with "sincerity", Zhang Zhou will definitely be impressed.

On the day of Zhang Zhou's departure, Liu Yu personally came to see Zhang Zhou off, and specially asked to talk to Zhang Zhou alone.

In Zhang Zhou's room, Liu Yu took out a few letters and respectfully presented them to Zhang Zhou.

"Liu Zhongcheng, what do you mean?" Zhang Zhou asked.

Liu Yu said respectfully: "Before Zhang Butang came here, many people in Yongping Mansion secretly wrote to you, hoping that the lower officials would take the lead and jointly impeach Zhang Butang with the ministers of the DPRK and China, so that you could hand over all the local mines to the local government to take care of them."

Zhang Zhou pretended to be curious and said, "This group of people is very concerned about the local government, is it for the people's livelihood, or to increase the income of the imperial treasury?"

Liu Yu looked embarrassed and said, "Naturally, it's for their own interests. Even if it is handed over to the local government, but the officials are all rogue officials, only they are the iron battalion, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many descendants of meritorious ministers have lived in the surrounding area, and they have great influence in the local area."

"Really?" Zhang Zhou smiled, "It seems that I moved someone else's cheese."

"Huh?"

Liu Yu didn't understand what Zhang Zhou meant.

Zhang Zhou asked, "Liu Zhongcheng told me about this, why did he tell me?"

Liu Yu said: "Xiaguan knows that the situation behind the scenes is complicated, and with your identity, sometimes it is really inconvenient to come forward, especially if you offend people, Xiaguan is willing to share your worries."

"That's really...... Huh." Zhang Zhou didn't know what to say about this enthusiastic governor.

Liu Yu gritted his teeth and said: "Xiaguan has always believed that no matter what, you must put the emperor's order first, and take the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty as your own responsibility, it is rare to see a minister like Zhang Butang who thinks about His Majesty everywhere, Xiaguan is willing to do his best to do something for you, and it can be regarded as living up to the grace of God."

"Loyal servants." Zhang Zhou's words were said with a smile, and everyone could see it, but there was still a little derogatory meaning in his words.

But Liu Yu seemed to be deeply encouraged and said, "I don't know what the lower officials can do for Zhang Butang?"

Zhang Zhou said, "Liu Zhongcheng, you don't think that I came to Yongping Mansion just for the matter of the mine, right?"

"Uh......" Liu Yu was a little confused for a while.

If you're not for the mine, are you still for the side?

Zhang Zhou said: "You should also know that the imperial court has established the official position of governor of Bohai, and Yongping Mansion is close to the sea, which happens to be Bohai...... I want to open the shipyard here, echoing the shipyard in the south."

"This ......" Liu Yu felt that his brain was not enough.

Is this nonsense with me? Fool me?

You don't open mines, you build ships?

Zhang Zhou continued: "There are too few people in the place who can cooperate with me, if Liu Zhongcheng has the heart to help, I think this should be a good deed."

"But Xiaguan doesn't know anything about Bohai shipping and other things." Liu Yu is not big now, if he is not proficient, he is not proficient.

It's also not to make trouble for yourself.

Zhang Zhou said: "That's a pity! But it doesn't matter, as long as the local government cooperates more, let them have the money to contribute, and help me get this matter done, then even if the benefits of the mine are divided among them, I can accept it. But that's it...... I'm afraid they won't cooperate."

Liu Yu was also a little surprised.

Previously, this Zhang Butang put down all the cruel words, and now he will take the initiative to make peace with the locality?

It's unusual!

Isn't there a bigger conspiracy behind it?