Outside the awning, there are mundane and mediocre money transactions, but inside the awning, there are moral sages talking nonsense, and they have a pure atmosphere.

While Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Xianyong were silent, Liu Ruoyu hurried in with an ugly expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, Li Ruhua's chief assistant has passed away!" Liu Ruoyu whispered in Zhu Youxiao's ear.

Li Ruhua!

This name immediately reminded him of past memories. Although the time had not passed very long, for him, it was almost a long time ago.

Thinking of the unknown old man who worked hard to maintain the situation, Zhu Youxiao felt depressed for a moment. He no longer had the intention to chat here and watch a lot of money being paid into his account.

"There's something going on in the empire. I'll leave first. You guys can take your time and play." Zhu Youxiao said, and then left before anyone could react.

On the way back to the palace, Zhu Youxiao asked in detail what happened. Li Ruhua never stopped after taking office. Instead, he kept letting his servants drive the carriage to take him around, first in the countryside, and then in the countryside.

Fucheng, and finally the provincial capital. After wandering around the provincial capital, go to the nearby provinces.

Before he died, the last person Li Ruhua saw was Sun Chengzong, who happened to be at the nearby Reform Clinic. The two had a pleasant conversation at the time, but the news of Li Ruhua's death came the next day.

Listening to the messenger's bits and pieces of narration, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help feeling a little emotional, life is so fragile, and it will be gone if he doesn't.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao didn't know that Li Ruhua had lived nearly a year longer than in history. He should have retired last year and then passed away. In this era, perhaps he got a taste of being the chief minister, so he lived longer

for a year.

"Let the officials formulate the posthumous title and mourning honors, and everything should be done according to the highest standards." This was Zhu You's first order after returning to the palace.

"Haha, in the cabinet of the first year of Tianqi, there is only one Wang Zuo left." After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Cui Jingrong and Huang Kezuan plotted rebellion, were captured and executed; Li Ruhua died of illness, Sun Chengzong changed positions and became the governor. Among the original five cabinet bachelors, only Wang Zuo remained.

"It's such an eventful time!" Zhu Youxiao shook his head and staggered towards Kunning Palace. He was in a bad mood and didn't want to do anything.

The next day, when Zhu Youxiao woke up from Zhang Yan's bed, it was already noon. Next to him, there were three more smooth bodies overlapping each other, making the scene quite dazzling.

After taking a look, Zhu Youxiao got up with some soreness all over and asked the maid outside to wash and dress. By the time everything was finished, it was already almost one o'clock.

The Ming Dynasty also had the habit of taking a nap. All yamen and cabinets did not work at noon. They took a rest in their offices and waited until about two to three o'clock before working again.

Besides, in fact, the official duties of the central department are not that numerous, which are just processing documents from various places. Now that Zhu Youxiao is reforming the system, the people who are pushed down from the top have many tasks, so the entire center looks like

Extremely busy.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the sky and felt that summoning the ministers at this time was not a good idea, so he gave up the plan. Anyway, enough things happened yesterday, so it would be better to deal with other things first.

"Go to Yingtai and ask Xu Xianchun to wait there."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

So, the emperor's carriage slowly headed towards Taiye Lake. In the palace, he made more details about riding a carriage. It was not only fast, but stable and safe. With springs and shock absorbers, the carriage was now much more comfortable than before.

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After arriving at Yingtai, Xu Xianchun was still in the future. Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the distance between the other party from outside the palace and here was much farther than him, and he still walked here, so no wonder he didn't arrive.

Zhu Youxiao smiled and didn't take it seriously, then took off his coat, revealing the training clothes underneath. Yesterday, he was hit on the shoulder by his monk, and the force penetrated his body, causing some internal injuries, and he needed to recover well.

Standing in the pavilion, Zhu Youxiao opened his boxing stance and slowly began to punch with strength. The movements were neither fast nor slow, but they affected the muscles of the whole body, driving the strength in the body and spreading to the organs throughout the body.

Zhu Youxiao was immersed in the boxing movements and didn't know how long it took. He didn't stop until he felt so comfortable, sweating profusely all over his body.

He looked around and found that Xu Xianchun had already arrived and was waiting respectfully. When the emperor stopped moving, he quickly stepped forward and saluted, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty."

"Get flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"What do you think of my boxing set?" Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile.

Xu Xianchun was stunned. He didn't expect the emperor to ask such a question, but he immediately replied, "Your Majesty is talented and intelligent, and his martial arts are profound and profound. This set of boxing is not very clear to me because I have little talent and little knowledge."

"Haha, you, you, you are not as good as Luo Sigong in this regard. Even if he doesn't understand, he will take the initiative to flatter me, and he will not wait for me to ask. As soon as I stop, he will come over on his own initiative." Zhu

Youxiao laughed and pointed at Xu Xianchun.

"..." Xu Xianchun looked confused. He was stunned by the emperor's divine expansion. Does he want me to flatter him or flatter him? For a moment, he was stunned and didn't know how to answer. Before,

He had never been in contact with the emperor alone, and this was the first time.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore, let's get down to business." Zhu Youxiao straightened his face, "The people who intercepted and killed me yesterday must have been caught."

"Your Majesty, we have captured them all. After that, the ministers started interrogating overnight, and basically found out the people behind it. In addition to the two bachelors, there were also two ministers, several doctors, and Yuanwailang.

, there are also many people under General Qin Liangyu who are involved."

"As long as there is evidence, we will capture them all." Zhu Youxiao sighed, "I don't know if all the bugs will pop out now."

"As for the people involved in the local area, how King Fu escaped, and the origins of those monks, the local officials in Henan and Kaifeng must be involved in these matters, and they must investigate clearly. All those involved

One person, take them all." Zhu Youxiao set the tone.

"The person in charge will be sent to the capital to be punished, and the rest of the family members will be imprisoned in Shanghai Port. I will use it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Okay, that's about it. You go down and do your errands. Don't let me down." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand.

Xu Xianchun bowed and left.

Afterwards, Tiqi from all over the capital came out in all directions, either breaking into various government offices, entering restaurants or hotels, or directly breaking into houses and seizing people with hooks and locks.

However, the common people in the capital were not afraid of these at all. On the contrary, some people watched with great interest. The common people are the most sensitive. They can understand what they can and cannot do without anyone telling them.

Nowadays, the Jin Yiwei is different from before. They have no contact with the people at all. Even the patrols that used to be on the streets have been cancelled. They are replaced by policemen in black clothes. This has become the object of respect for the people today. As for the Jin Yiwei, they have begun to

Mystification.

All the rumors of the evil power in the past, coupled with the later rumors of the way to train elite personnel, various covert operations, and confiscation of homes and people, made this department the protagonist of many legends.

Tiqi were rampant inside the capital, and the same was true outside the capital. On every concrete road, large groups of Jinyiwei rushed out and rushed to various places, causing a bloody storm in the local area. This was another Jinyiwei after the Nanzhili rebellion.

A nationwide operation.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Xianchun used ruthless tactics and once again organized some internal personnel. His methods were much more ruthless than Luo Sigong. Not only did he lose his life, he even lost his wife, children, and children. Under such bloody methods,

There wasn’t even a single complaint within Jinyiwei, and everyone was involved in it under various names.

Zhu Youxiao saw everything Xu Xianchun did, but he acquiesced. Jin Yiwei was a knife in his hand. Since it was a weapon, it had to be sharp, and he couldn't have his own ideas. Xu Xianchun's approach was inhumane, but it was

The most effective and the most in line with his interests.

Of course, these are all things for later. At this time, Zhu Youxiao was still handling his own government affairs in Yingtai.

"Go and bring in the ministers of the internal affairs and the assistant ministers of the cabinet." After Xu Xianchun left, Zhu Youxiao summoned another wave of ministers.

After a while, eleven ministers hurried over. Their yamen were all in the palace, much closer than Jin Yiwei. The ministers from the two yamen were lined up on the left and right.

On the left are five cabinet bachelors headed by Xu Guangqi, on the right are the inner government headed by Li Zhizao, followed by the heads of various departments, Zhou Quan from the Ministry of Supervision, Sun Yuanhua from the Ministry of Military Industry, Song Yingxing from the Ministry of Heavy Industry, and Wang Wenyan from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade.

, Wang Chengen of Daming Royal Bank.

Comparing the two sides, the cabinet suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Their number was actually one less than that of the inner government.

"Li Zhizao, how much did the cement technology auction cost yesterday?" Zhu Youxiao was the first to ask the question that concerned him the most.

"Your Majesty, this is the number." Li Zhizao raised three fingers with his eyebrows flying.

"How much." With a pop, Zhu Youxiao spat out the tea in his mouth. With three fingers, naturally it couldn't be three million, it could only be thirty million taels. But what he advertised in the newspaper was thirty million.

Two, but this is just an idea. The exact amount of investment depends on the specific situation in each place.

"It's 33 million taels." Li Zhizao added.

Not only was Zhu Youxiao so good at this figure, but even the ministers next to him were extremely surprised, with lifeless expressions on their faces. Think about Ming Dynasty's past annual income of four to five million taels, and then look at this figure today, and

This is only the money paid by those who were photographed, what about those who were not photographed?

Just thinking about this number makes me shudder with excitement.

"Why are there so many?" Zhu Youxiao asked with a frown. There must be a reason for this. It is unlikely that it was stimulated by his road construction plan. Businessmen in the Ming Dynasty really did not have such advanced awareness to see road construction.
Chapter completed!