First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 468

"Come on, set up the iron pot!"

Zhu Lao Si was really unambiguous, and directly asked people to move the number one iron pot in the army, and put it directly on the open space.

Just shovel some snow, pour it into the pot, and light it on the fire. After a while, the snow in the pot melted, and white heat came out.

"See! Who dares to talk nonsense, throw it in now and cook it!"

In the face of Zhu Laosi's domineering, these officials are really scholars who meet soldiers, and they have no reason to explain, let alone they really have no reason.

There was no other way but to move grain out of the city from various warehouses according to Zhu Di's wishes.

After only one day of moving, a treasury official came to Zhu Di, "Your Highness, there is no place to store grain outside the city, and we all moved here. I'm afraid the loss will be too great. Do you want to check it in batches? It has been verified, and send it back to the warehouse as soon as possible." !"

"Send it back?" Zhu Di rolled his eyes, "Should I send it back and then move here tomorrow? Are you idiots for thinking I'm the king? It's cold and snowy, and the food won't freeze outside! Move! Everything Move me out!"

The treasury officer fled in embarrassment in fright, this little thing is really not easy to deceive!

I can only continue to carry according to Zhu Di's instructions.

On the third day, someone came again, this time Zhu Di didn't talk nonsense, and ordered directly to throw the treasury official into the pot, and set a fire under it, so that he could feel it.

Zhu Di was quite kind, he only boiled a cup of tea, the water was only [-] degrees, and he didn't even burn his skin, but even so, he frightened several treasury officials.

It's about to die, this King Yan is too fierce, and his heart is too cruel at such a young age...

There was no other way but to continue transporting food outside according to his instructions. On the seventh day, it finally stopped, and Zhu Di was furious.

"This time, don't think about it!"

These few people cried, "Your Highness, it's not that you're unlucky, it's that you're gone!"

"there is none left!"

Zhu Di was startled, and immediately ordered: "Check it out for me, and see how many there are!"

Although Zhu Di was young, and Li Jinglong and Hua Wei were equivalent to waste snacks, the three guards of the palace who followed were not just a decoration, with six thousand people, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and all kinds of talents.

They quickly found out that the total amount of food shipped out was only 30 shi, while the accounts of the Beiping Left Behind Department should have a full [-] shi!

It's just over [-]%, less than [-]%!

The official document stated that the deficit was more than [-]%, which is still conservative!

"Grain, what about food! To be honest, otherwise this time it would not be boiled, but directly fried!"

Sure enough, in the open space, a few large pots were filled with large pieces of lard, and within a short while, black oily smoke came out.

If you throw people down, it will take less than a minute to fry until the bones are crispy and the meat is rotten.

It's terrible, this king of Yan is even more barbarian than a barbarian!

Naturally, the treasury officials couldn't bear it, so they could only plead: "Your Highness, we are all petty officials, even if we were given great courage, we would not dare to eat so much food from the imperial court... This, this is all from above. Order!"

"Fart! The Prince's elder brother was in charge of the Remaining Department before. Do you want to say that the Prince is greedy for ink and food? I, I will throw you into the frying pan right now!"

The treasury official cried, "Of course it's not the prince, but it's the chief envoy!"

"The chief envoy? Who is in charge? Who is the chief envoy?" Zhu Di questioned.

"Yes, it's the original Minister of Rites, Qian, Qian Yongren!"

Zhu Di tried hard to think about it, and he finally remembered, "Is it the one who didn't want to go to Shandong at the beginning! Later, he recommended meritorious service and was sent to Peiping?"

"Yes, it's him! Your Highness is indeed wise!"

Zhu Di was furious. If I was wise, I wouldn't be fooled by you for several days.

"Catch! Go and grab Qian Yongren!"

Li Jinglong quickly agreed, not to mention, following Zhu Di, he was able to make some noise. It is so interesting to catch corrupt officials.

As soon as he turned around, Zhu Di said again: "Remember, don't just grab the money and use money, and don't let any other officials of the chief envoy be let go. I don't think this group of things is interesting!"

Li Jinglong quickly agreed and went quickly.

Zhu Di sat in the barracks, thinking over and over again, if there are no good people, then maybe... For example, who is the one who wrote the official document?

He should be brought here!

Zhu Di quickly ordered his subordinates to dispatch and search around.

Finally, after more than a day of busy work, I found this person.

"According to the experience of the envoy, Ru Taisu, pay homage to King Yan!"

"Ru Taisu? You, you, aren't you the one who impeached my prince brother and wrote a lot of words that no one can understand?"

Ru Taisu's old face was flushed, it was really bad news, even Zhu Di knew about it.

"Your Highness, it is the crown prince who is gracious and specially ordered me to be transferred from Yingtian to Beiping. I, I dare not forget the prince's great kindness!"

Zhu Di was taken aback, and immediately said: "So, you belong to the elder brother of the prince? Then, how many corrupt officials are there in Beiping? Do you know?"

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How many corrupt officials are there?

Ru Taisu thought for a long time, and finally stretched out a thumb slowly.

Zhu Di was taken aback, "Just one? You lied to me?"

Ru Taisu smiled helplessly, "His Royal Highness King Yan, I can only guarantee that I am not greedy or possessive, and I am innocent. As for other people, I don't know!"

"what!"

Zhu Di is completely stupid, what do you mean?

Could it be that corrupt officials are everywhere in Peking?

That's too scary, right?

This is the Ming Dynasty!

The Ming Dynasty, which was just founded less than ten years ago!

"Ru Taisu, are you not lying?"

Ru Taisu said seriously: "I was saved by the crown prince, and I survived by chance. During these times, I have been investigating secretly. If I say something false, I will be struck by lightning!"

Zhu Di looked at this bearded scholar and had to believe his words.

"I asked you to investigate, can you find out all the corrupt officials?"

Ru Taisu gritted her teeth, "Of course, I'm just afraid that King Yan won't be able to handle it!"

When Zhu Di heard it, it was a joke!

"I am King Yan of the Great Ming Dynasty. I stayed behind in Beiping and acted on the banner of the king's order. Anyone who dares to stop me will be killed immediately!"

Ru Taisu was startled for a while, and bowed deeply, "Since the King of Yan is sure of this, the lower officials are just going to die, so there is nothing to be afraid of!"

Ru Taisu turned around abruptly, and said to the soldiers, "Go, follow me to arrest the corrupt officials!"

Five hundred soldiers, following Ru Taisu, went straight to Beiping City... Ever since Zhu Di went north, countless pairs of eyes were staring at him.

"Your Highness, this Ru Taisu was arranged by you, right?" Zhang Ximeng said with a smile.

Zhu Biao nodded, "Sir, although Ru Taisu is a little pedantic and easy to show off his words, he is still upright, jealous of evil, happy in poverty, and quite chivalrous. After he went to Peiping, he kept reporting and impeaching him, which provoked many People. There were also people who complained in front of me, and I suppressed them all.”

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Your Highness is right to do this. Ru Taisu is indeed a magical weapon. If you take it out at a critical moment, it can indeed clarify Yu Nei and convince Xiao Xiao. This move is brilliant!"

Zhu Biao felt a little comforted, but then he said with worry: "Sir, I really can't figure out why those officials didn't want to repay the favor they received from the emperor, and they actually took money and broke the law. Do they really think that the Ming Dynasty's kingly law is a child's play?" I think the news from Beiping is that not only the chief envoy, but also the other two are also involved. Especially Qian Yongren and others, they have already been punished by their father, and they cannot be taken as a warning. What are these people thinking about keeping themselves clean and being implicated instead?"

Zhang Ximeng sighed, also a little helpless.If you can learn your lesson, things in the world will not be so troublesome.

"Your Highness, what are the backgrounds of the officials in Beiping these years, I think His Highness knows something about it?"

Zhu Biao nodded, feeling awe-inspiring. When the Ming army recovered Dadu, many officials of the Yuan court were captured.In order to maintain order, many small officials of the Yuan court were retained, and this group of people accounted for about one-third.

Later, many officials were sent to Beiping to enrich the place.This group of people were forced to come here, needless to say how many corrupt officials there are.

These people got together, hoping that they could turn over a new leaf, and from then on, they would focus on state affairs wholeheartedly.

It is really difficult for the strong.

Moreover, there is another troublesome thing here. Beiping and the grassland are closely connected, and the front line of the Great Wall is not blocked at all. There are only some beacon towers. It is not difficult for people to come and go in normal times.

There was another question, but Zhang Ximeng didn't want to talk about it.

After almost 500 years of estrangement, the connection between the people of Beiping and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is probably higher than that of the Ming Dynasty. At least those survivors of Mongolia, Jurchen, and Khitan are thinking of their old masters and thinking about the good days of domineering , and there is nothing difficult to understand.

Counting on the rule of Ming Dynasty for a few years to make up for the separation of hundreds of years, it is really too overestimating the ability of Ming Dynasty.

"At present, the officials in Beiping are still divided into three parts, one part is the old officials of the Yuan court, one point is assigned by the father, and the other point is that they have recently passed the assessment and were recruited locally. These people have no problems. Younger, the old officials of the Yuan court have not changed their bad habits, they are still greedy and perverting the law, and acting recklessly. Those who were assigned in the past felt resentful and felt that they had left Yingtian and suffered a loss, so they racked their brains to make up for the loss by taking bribes and breaking the law. As for the local recruits , those who can read and write, and most of them were those who benefited from the Yuan court. It seems that the effect is very little and it did not restore people's hearts, this disciple is really ashamed."

Zhu Biao's voice was low and he was depressed. It can be said that he failed to completely solve the problem in Peiping and left a lot of future troubles. He is very sorry.

But Zhang Ximeng didn't see it that way. Some things really needed the right time and the right people to solve them properly.Zhu Biao has tried his best and cannot be too demanding.

"Your Highness is the crown prince. If you deal with any party rashly, it will cause local turmoil. Some people will even suspect the court's national policy, spread rumors and sway people's hearts. The affairs in Beiping are still mainly based on the use of troops. We must first deal with the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Only when the external threat is eliminated can we rectify internally, otherwise internal and external collusion will cause endless troubles!"

Zhu Biao cheered up and said hurriedly: "Mr. hit the nail on the head, I really thought so, so I deployed troops against Liaodong first, I thought that I would defeat the remnant soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, recover Liaodong, eliminate external threats, and then I could concentrate on internal affairs. At this time, the fourth brother will go there, and with his disposition, he will definitely turn upside down and expose many problems, so it will be logical to take the opportunity to rectify it."

Zhu Biao finally expressed his vision. In fact, this scheme is very Zhang Ximeng's style.

After the recovery of Dadu, the most important thing is military.

It is necessary to concentrate our forces to solve the threat of the remnants of the Yuan army.

Recover Shanxi, attack Shangdu, and finally capture Liaodong... In this way, a clear isolation zone can be established to completely separate Beiping from the remaining forces of the Yuan court.

After dealing with the outside, you can then focus on the inside.

But on the whole, Zhu Biao had two unexpected things.

First, he didn't expect that Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong would be so quick, and they wiped out Yuan Ting's power in Liaodong in just over a month.There was no delay, nor was there time for internal and external collusion.

Second, he did not expect that not long after Zhu Di arrived in Peiping, he first won a "big victory", and then immediately set off a big prison and began to arrest Beiping officials on a large scale.

This matter became very interesting. Without the blessing of military achievements, Zhu Di would be just a brat fooling around. It was hard to say how much movement there was, but Zhu Biao felt that he could take it easy.

But Zhu Di got a piece of military merit, and then dealt with corrupt officials, it would not be a fool, but foresight and clever means.

Although even Zhu Di may not know exactly what he planned and what he was thinking about, but I guarantee that someone will make up for him.

But in Zhang Ximeng's view, these problems are not big, and it can even be said that these accidents are good things.

The question now is how much trouble did these people in Peiping cause?

To what extent will this case be involved, and how to clean up the mess...

Zhang Ximeng was thinking about these things, and Zhu Biao was also thinking about it. He ran to Zhu Yuanzhang's side every day, always caring about the news from Peking.

But what surprised Zhu Biao first was not the news from Peiping, but the news from Liaoyang.

The person who sent the letter was Li Wenzhong. According to his inventory and seizure, he found that a batch of Ming Dynasty's grain had flowed into the hands of the Yuan army, with a quantity of more than [-] shi.

Stealing and selling military food!

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was already furious and filled with righteous indignation, and then looked at the news from Beiping that there was a huge shortage of food, as long as he was not a fool, he would know what happened.

"Okay, that's great! How dare you sell rice to the enemy! This is no ordinary corrupt official!"

Old Zhu was furious, and immediately shouted: "Call Mao Xiang over here!"

Not long after, Mao Xiang, the commander of Jinyiwei, came in a hurry, and Zhu Yuanzhang said directly: "You leave immediately, go to Beiping, take over this case, and put those corrupt officials in custody, and we will have a trial in person!"

Mao Xiang immediately received the order, and the Xiuchun knife was unsheathed again.

In the following days, more and more news came, and gradually, the entire Ming court was frightened by the events in Beiping.

What is unscrupulous and what is boldness? Compared with them, Lu Zhongheng, Tang Shengzong and others are simply good babies.

Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong sent a full ten boxes of correspondence.

After unfolding, it turned out that there were quite a few powerful men in Peking, even merchants from Datong and other places, and letters from the Liaodong Yuan army.They informed the Yuan army of Daming's military strength, the arrangements of the generals, food, grass and weapons.

Some people even begged, hoping that the Master Wang could organize the army, counterattack Beiping as soon as possible, save the people from fire and water, and drive away the red thieves... Obviously, in their eyes, the Ming Dynasty is still not as orthodox as the Yuan Dynasty.

It's nothing more than being powerful, and there are some officials in it, which looks very ironic.

What is especially shocking is that this group of people actually prepared a plan, which is to raid the merit camp, rescue the iron pot emperor, send him to Helin, re-enthroned and proclaim himself emperor, and order the Mongolian tribes to recover Beiping.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned, the imagination is really rich!

You also look down on the ability of the Ming Dynasty too much.