The feelings of the noble prince of the Qin Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty were wrongly paid.
But the favored Crown Prince Yan showed disgust on his face.
It took Zhu Gaochi a long time to push Zhu Yunxi away from the bear hugging him, and he broke away from the clutches, without leaving the other party a chance, and hurriedly hid aside.
Zhu Shangbing, who had been wrongly paid, stood aside, grunting and staring at Zhu Gaochi, who was probably a little confident. He rolled his eyes and waved his hands to signal his men to enter the city.
Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was still trying to come over, and couldn't help but feel anxious on his face. He explained repeatedly: "I was forced to come here by the old man."
"I heard that you were ambushed by thieves in Xuzhou Mansion. Fortunately, I knew about it in advance, and I just took advantage of the situation and planned to eliminate the thieves. I was afraid that something would happen to Brother Chi on the road, so I handed over a note asking for leave to Jiangwutang and brought someone to escort him here.
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Zhu Shangbing came closer at some point and explained to Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the two of them with a smile on his face, but he didn't listen to the explanations of his two brothers at all.
He grabbed the two of them and walked towards the city: "Just come and don't say anything else."
Zhu Gaochi frowned and glanced at Zhu Yunxi's back, sensing that there was probably something wrong with this western tour and relief mission. It's just that we are still outside the city and there are many people talking, so it is not an easy place to talk. p>
Zhu Shangbing's mouth seemed to have opened, and he could not stop talking.
Zhu Shangbing was in high spirits and said with a red face: "Grandpa heard about what happened to you in Xuzhou Mansion and was worried that you would be alone here and there would be no one around you to discuss it.
Originally, we were going to ask Xia Yuanji or Xie Jin to come over, but Xia Yuanji was busy with the affairs of the household department. As you know, the household department is a bit complicated now, so Xia Yuanji had to focus most of his energy on handling the household affairs.
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Xie Jin was also busy. The cement road from Yingtian Mansion to Hangzhou Mansion was under construction. He couldn't get away either. Not counting road construction, he had to be busy with the book and newspaper bureau and the Xinxue business.
Busier than anyone else."
Zhu Yunxi just had a smile on his face and looked sideways at the fat guy next to him: "So, the old man asked you to come over?"
Zhu Gaochi nodded, a little helpless, a little depressed, and a little irritable.
He was trying to hide himself. When he sent Yingtian City to Brother Hei, he thought that the things here had nothing to do with him. And he himself could stay at the tax office with peace of mind in Yingtian City and deal with the mess that he originally had.
It's something I don't want to deal with.
But no matter how many calculations he had to make, he could not have guessed that there was a thief on the border of Xuzhou Prefecture, and he was so bold that he dared to ambush the grandson of the emperor who was in charge of the country.
When the old man heard the urgent music, he kicked the table over. If the prince's uncle hadn't said a few words in the old man's ear, I'm afraid that the Xuzhou Mansion incident might have caused much change. p>
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It's just over.
Everything is fine, I just said a word to the old man, and he was almost sent here.
Could it be that Man Daming himself is a great injustice?
….
Zhu Gaochi looked up at the sky.
The sky is very blue, clear and cloudless.
But Zhu Gaochi's heart was filled with dark clouds.
Zhu Yunxi laughed twice: "It's good to be here. I took charge of the Western Tour and relief work. After entering Xuzhou Prefecture, I always felt that many things happening now are comparable to some things last year, but I still feel that many things happening now are comparable to some things last year.
There is a fog in front of my eyes, so that I can't unravel the details to understand the context."
Zhu Gaochi hasn't spoken yet.
Zhu Shangbing had already reached out to the side, passed over Zhu Yunxi, and slapped Zhu Gaochi heavily on Zhu Gaochi's back. The palm of his hand slapped on the back with a bang.
I saw him shout loudly: "Brother Chi is here now, brother Hei, just ask him to help you think of anything. He is like a boring gourd all day long, as if he has eight hundred minds. One day
I can think of ten thousand things."
Zhu Gaochi snorted twice and glanced at Zhu Shangbing with a stern look: "You secretly asked for leave and ran out without telling the emperor and the second uncle this time. Aren't you afraid of being beaten back?"
Zhu Shangbing immediately shrank his head and pursed his lips and said: "I am here to protect you!"
When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he hummed.
The two of them inevitably started to quarrel.
Zhu Yunxi was accustomed to such noises in his ears, and even felt a little relieved.
Not long after, the three of them had entered the Lanyang County government office.
Never went to court.
In the past few days, Lanyang County has had an acting magistrate, who was arranged from among the officials accompanying the emperor's grandson and who has been in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for two years.
In the county government court, the newly appointed Lanyang County Magistrate has initially completed the centralization of power in the government office after removing the Lanyang County Magistrate and promoting others. Today, he is leading people to discuss the progress and repairs of the work-for-relief program.
The progress of the levee and other matters.
Zhu Yunxi took Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing all the way around the court and arrived in a courtyard of Houya.
Yutian, the eunuch in charge of Taisun Mansion, diligently cooked tea for the three of them, then carefully left the house and gently closed the door.
Zhu Gaochi glanced around and coughed slightly: "Is there any documentation of what happened recently? I want to take a look first."
Zhu Shangbing had just sat down. Hearing Zhu Gaochi's words, he couldn't help but raise his head and look sideways: "You don't have to be in such a hurry."
Zhu Yunxi bent down, picked up a wooden box from under the table, placed it on the table with a clang, and opened the box to reveal piles of various documents carefully organized inside.
"From the time I got the news in Xuzhou Prefecture that the rebels had set up an ambush, I went to Lanyang County to kill Cao Cao, and I met Chen Liu and Pei Benzhi, as well as all kinds of reporting documents from the accompanying officials in the six prefectures, they are all here."
Zhu Gaochi didn't say much, moved the box in front of him, took the top document and started to read it.
There was a rolling sound in the house.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and saw that the tea was already cooked, so he softly poured a cup of tea for each of the three of them.
Zhu Shangbing took the tea and after two unnecessary blows, he drank like a cow.
Zhu Gaochi still lowered his head and flipped through the documents one after another.
However, the speed at which he flipped through the documents became faster and faster, and by the time he finished the document, he could read it at a glance and ten lines at a time.
….
After a while, Zhu Gaochi finally read the last document.
At this time, Zhu Gaochi's no longer round face was covered with a cloud, so solemn that it seemed like rain could fall.
Zhu Shangbing, who had been sitting with him for a long time, had already grown horns on his buttocks and was very impatient. Seeing Zhu Gaochi's appearance, he immediately quietly sat down on his buttocks and quietly lowered his head and held the teacup. p>
Zhu Yunxi took a look and asked in a low voice: "Do you see the problem?"
I don’t know since when, when Zhu Yunxi dealt with many social and state affairs, he was always used to discussing and analyzing with Xiaopang, and sorting out a matter from beginning to end.
It seems that this is a habit that started when I took him to Jiaozhi Road?
It has to be said that the inevitability of history, in the original trajectory, can be called the word benevolence. Xiaopang, who has been in charge of the center for more than 20 years, has always been unmatched by others in his ability and vision in handling internal affairs.
Zhu Yunxi is not worried that Xiaopang will do things that will destabilize the clan in the future because he has been in the center for a long time and adheres to the affairs of the country.
I am not the person who I haven’t seen again for a long time in Fengyang City, Zhongdu.
Zhu Gaochi said gloomily: "Don't you see it? Or are you a fan of the authorities and blinded by what is happening in front of you? Or..."
At the end, Zhu Gaochi suddenly stopped.
He put down the document in his hand and looked up at Zhu Yunxi in front of him, frowning and turning his eyes several times.
In the end, Zhu Gaochi shook his head: "None of that... you have already had your suspicions, but you just don't want to admit it.
”
Zhu Yunxi chuckled to himself: "A few days ago, my fifth uncle came here from Kaifeng Fucheng to look for me. He brought the medical books he had compiled over the years, and also handed over the medicinal fields and historical output of the Song Palace and Zhou Palace.
But at the same time, he also talked to me a lot."
"Fifth uncle?" Zhu Gaochi muttered, frowning: "What did fifth uncle say to you?"
Zhu Yunxi subconsciously glanced at Zhu Shangbing, who could only stand aside and act like a melon-eater every time he discussed things with Little Fat Shang.
Zhu Shangbing raised his head, looked at the two of them, and hummed twice: "Don't worry about me, don't mind me. Even if you two want to trick my father, I won't say a word more."
This guy is not a son of a man!
Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi looked at each other and cursed secretly in their hearts.
However, after being manipulated by Zhu Shangbing, the topic and atmosphere that originally seemed very solemn became a little more relaxed.
Zhu Yunxi said softly: "My fifth uncle told me that the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion are very involved and involve countless people. He even said that if this matter is not handled properly, it will definitely lead to internal troubles and even foreign troubles. He advised me to drive.
On the cliff, you should walk carefully and slowly."
Zhu Gaochi was silent for a moment, his whole face tangled together.
After a while, he sighed softly and spoke again.
"I'm afraid this matter is far more serious than what Uncle Wu said."
"I'm afraid that we are not just walking on the cliff, but also on the thin rope. Even a breeze may cause the thin rope to break and cause a big disaster."
….
Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Chenliu County currently has 5,000 Yulin right guard troops commanded by Tang Bi. Taikang County will soon have 30,000 Beijing troops stationed. Behind Tongguan, there are three guards of the second uncle ready to go. It's just that
..."
Hearing that the matter really had something to do with his family, Zhu Shangbing couldn't help but raise his head and look at the two of them.
"Have the three guards from Prince Qin's Mansion arrived at Tongguan?"
Zhu Shangbing asked in a low voice.
Zhu Gaochi turned his head and said, "If you regret it, you still have time to get rid of your Beijing errands."
Zhu Shangbing immediately shook his head: "Forget it, the general guarding the Qin Palace is very good, I don't have that many ideas."
Zhu Gaochi glared at Zhu Shangbing and signaled the guy to stop interrupting randomly, then turned to look at Zhu Yunxi: "With more than 50,000 troops and horses, it can probably intimidate most people. There is also Yu Ma, although he has only been directly seen from above**
*As the governor of Henan, I think that with his methods, he can also contribute a lot. However, if the matter is really too involved, beyond what we think now, then everything will be unknown."
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand and took a sip of tea.
"Just tell me what you think. I never dare to make a conclusion easily."
Zhu Gaochi nodded and slapped his palm on the pile of documents.
"Officials from the six prefectures or various prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, local gentry and merchants, members of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong and north of Zhili, and our fifth uncle." Zhu Gaochi began to name names one by one, and his voice became slower and slower.
: "Perhaps, there are also F and Dao who are involved, and even local military camps."
Zhu Gaochi spoke solemnly, and Zhu Yunxi's face became gloomy when he heard it.
Zhu Shangbing, who had just been warned once, opened his mouth wide and couldn't help shouting: "Come on, there are no good people in the entire Central Plains!"
"When will there be no thieves in the world?" Zhu Yunxi sneered.
Zhu Gaochi added in a low voice from the side: "I feel that this kind of thing may not only happen in the Central Plains."
Zhu Shangbing was still immersed in the shock that there was no good person in the entire Central Plains. When he heard Zhu Gaochi say this again, his whole body suddenly became numb.
Zhu Gaochi continued: "Since last year, there have been many differences in the court. But at that time, we didn't think about these things. During the snow last winter, the court was originally worried that there would be exploitation and corruption in the local area.
Things happened, but unfortunately a few of them were not discovered. The only thing was the matter over at Dashengguan."
Having said this, Zhu Gaochi raised his head and looked at Zhu Yunxi opposite.
His face became more solemn and gloomy.
Zhu Gaochi whispered: "Speaking of it, these things can make sense now."
Zhu Yunxi nodded, his expression equally ugly: "Dashengguan Longquan Temple..."
"What on earth are you two talking about?"
Zhu Shangbing's eyes flickered back and forth between the two of them, and he couldn't understand it at all.
Zhu Gaochi sighed softly, but turned back to look at Zhu Shangbing, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said worriedly: "If it's really what Brother Xi and I think, I'm afraid your father is really going to be in trouble." "Ah?" Zhu Shangbing opened his mouth: "My father hid in the Imperial Ancestral Temple for the whole winter last year. After the beginning of the new year, he was kicked out of the palace to work. Besides the emperor, what else could he be in trouble for?"<
/p>
….
Zhu Gaochi shook his head and turned to look at Zhu Yunxi.
The two of them spoke almost in unison.
"We ignored the Taoist temple outside the temple."
"What's wrong!" Zhu Shangbing stood up with an anxious expression on his face.
He said he didn't care whether his father Zhu Xi lived or died, but when things really went wrong, he would still worry.
Zhu Shangbing left his seat and paced back and forth: "How do you manage the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion and involve those tulv and Taoist priests again?"
Zhu Yunxi frowned and remained silent.
Zhu Gaochi sneered: "Fangwai Temple and Taoist Temple are not subject to taxes. This was a preferential treatment given when the dynasty was first established. In recent years, there has been some practice of donating money to avoid taxes, but I have never imagined whether it is possible.
They will not take a step back at all costs and only care about the interests of their own family."
Zhu Yunxi also said coldly at this time: "There is also the Song Palace and the Zhou Palace, which has more than 5,000 hectares of land to its name, but my fifth uncle told me personally that the palace only collects 10% of the output."
"They are so brave!"
Zhu Shangbing shouted, finally realizing the seriousness of the matter.
But very quickly, he discovered another loophole and exclaimed: "That's not right, now my father is in charge of the work of dividing the land between farmers and farmers, and the officials and gentry all pay the grain together. All the fields in the local area, no matter who the account is, are
It is for measurement and registration. No matter who you are, you must pay the two taxes according to the law. Even if they contribute, how can they avoid the two taxes?"
Zhu Gaochi walked up to Zhu Shangbing, raised his hand and patted his shoulder: "The tricks you can't think of may not be used by others."
"What should we do? Can't this matter be solved?"
Zhu Gaochi shook his head, turned around and looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was still thinking, and said in a deep voice: "If we go by the worst scenario, the current manpower is far from enough."
"What do you think?"
Zhu Gaochi paused for a moment, his brows condensing: "Come to the north, the north has been dealing with the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty all year round, so it must not involve much. Deploy troops and horses, station them in Daming Mansion, control the east and west, and respond at any time."
Daming Mansion is located in the southernmost part of Beiping Dusi, with Shandong Road to the east and Henan Road to the west and south.
Zhu Gaochi made this the most prudent suggestion in view of the ambush Zhu Yunxi encountered in Xuzhou Mansion.
The troops from Beiping Dusi and Jiubian moved south to intimidate Shandong and Henan provinces. Once things started to get out of control, these troops could immediately respond and mobilize.
But when he made this proposal, Zhu Gaochi still had some concerns.
As the grandson of the emperor who oversees the country and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, would Brother Xi be willing to let the troops from Jiubian and Peiping go south?
Zhu Yunxi didn't pause at all. He waved his hand and said directly: "You write the document and I will seal it."
Zhu Gaochi hummed, nodded and turned to look inside the room.
After searching for pen, ink and paper for a while, he began to write a document to be sent to Prince Yan's Mansion.
When the document was finished, Zhu Yunxi had already taken out his seal and stamped it on the document.
After the two of them have finished these things, they seal the documents into the envelope.
Zhu Shangbing whispered: "Then what are you going to do now?"
Passed
Zhu Shangbing has long understood the reality over the years that in front of these two people, he only needs to be obedient and do things, and he can just let the two of them do the things with his brain.
Zhu Yunxi also raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaochi with a questioning look.
After coughing slightly, Zhu Gaochi showed a smile and said: "Of course we go to Kaifeng City. You are the grandson of the emperor who oversees the country. You have received the emperor's order this time, holding the Emperor's Order in your hand, and you are patrolling the west and doing relief work. You should also go to Kaifeng City.
Let’s take a look at the situation."
"You and I have the same idea." Zhu Yunxi took the last sip of tea, stood up, and looked at Xiaopang with a smile on his face.
With the arrival of Xiaopang.
Things that had troubled me for a long time and had never been able to sort out were finally sorted out step by step.
Also with the arrival of Xiaopang, the time when I was trapped in Lanyang County by myself came to an end.
Kaifeng Fucheng.
That is where the real stage of the great drama of the Central Plains lies.
Everything should have been performed in that ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties.