Three months have passed since the beginning of spring when the Yellow River embankment burst in the Lanyang County section under the control of Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan Province, causing disasters in the six prefectures.

The temperature in the Central Plains is getting hotter and hotter.

The grain and grass supplies mobilized by the imperial court from Ocang, the household department of Yingtian City, and Fucang, Hangzhou, were also continuously transported to the ground of the six prefectures affected by the disaster.

The government office of the Yellow River Water Affairs Governor of the third rank tentatively designated by the court was also officially established a few days ago. Pan Deshan, a former official of the Ministry of Industry and Water Purification, was promoted from the official position of the fifth rank to the governor of the Yellow River in the Ming Dynasty.

For the entire section of water affairs, we can carefully mobilize the power of many prefectures and counties along the coast and the third-grade border officials stationed in the local guards.

The moment Pan Deshan put on the bright red robe, he began to organize and coordinate the Governor's Yamen that was constantly improving its structure.

A few months ago, the raging Yellow River caused a disaster and left the people of the six prefectures with pain. With the comfort of the newly established Henan Province bureaus and the imperial court, they gradually recovered from the pain of the disaster.<

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Under a prosperous scene, the situation once again became strange.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door!"

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards of the Imperial Army, came here to handle the matter on the order of the Emperor's grandson!"

"If you don't open the door, don't blame the army for breaking in!"

In Changge County, Xuzhou Prefecture, in front of a large gate, there were officers and soldiers in brocade uniforms wearing flying fish uniforms and embroidered spring knives on their waists. They led more guards officers and soldiers to surround the high gate compound here.

In the courtyard, there seemed to be some panicked movements.

The officers and soldiers of the Jinyiwei didn't give much time. After waiting for a while, they didn't see the courtyard door open, so they immediately gave a cold shout.

Immediately, the officers and soldiers behind formed a team, carried a thick bumper, shouted in unison, and rushed towards the gate of the house in unison.

There was a clang, and the wood hit the door, causing pieces of wood to fly instantly.

The rivets on the door burst out.

There was a cry of exclamation in the house.

But the officers and soldiers outside the gate showed their swords and guns one after another, and merged into the house in groups in front of the formation.

A few moments.

The busy people who were watching from a distance heard screams and begging for mercy coming from the house that had attracted countless people's attention in the past.

Soldiers and armor formed in formations, full of murderous intent.

Wait until the coolness and fragrance of the tea are gone.

Countless officers and soldiers escorted a man, who was shackled and shackled and dressed in brocade and silk, out of the gate.

"Another family just disappeared."

"It's really ruthless."

The onlookers sighed cautiously, and when they saw the officers and soldiers looking over, they immediately lowered their heads and acted like sheep.

……

Kaifeng Fucheng.

Recently, the city of Kaifeng has almost become a place full of complaints. Voices of grievances can be heard everywhere. The people in the city have trouble sleeping all day long, and they are in panic all day long.

Outside the city gate, just like yesterday, there were crowds of people.

Officers and soldiers heavily guarded the city gate, and the cries of injustice came through the wall.

It's just that these crowds are not caused by people's livelihood gradually recovering after the disaster and merchants returning to business.

On the long official road that connects to the city gate, there are clouds of soldiers, holding shackled people one by one and lining up to rush into the city.

These people are almost the same as the family in Changge County. They are all dressed in brocade and show off their wealth.

"Prisons in various places in the city can no longer hold people. Even the military barracks and schools in the city now hold countless prisoners."

Upstairs at the city gate, Zhu Gaochi, with sunken eyes, black bags under his eyes, and a pale face, yawned and forgot to take a look at the scene outside the city that was just like yesterday, and couldn't help but uttered an admonishment.

Zhu Yunxi, who stood in front of him, had a calm face. Although he was not as tired as Zhu Gaochi, his eyes were also covered with visible bloodshot eyes.

"If you can't imprison them, you build a camp outside the city. You can always imprison these people."

Zhu Gaochi stared blankly at Zhu Yunxi, who spoke indifferently, but his head was feeling dizzy from working hard for days.

After breathing deeply several times, he spoke in a hoarse whisper: "In the inventory of local land, although there are endless deceptions and deceptions, and the number has increased, there are still many people among them. They are not to be punished with death, nor should they be punished.

Arrest them all and bring them to Kaifeng Mansion."

Zhu Yunxi turned his head to look at Xiaopang, who looked tired, and said softly: "It's time for you to put everything aside and rest for a day."

Zhu Gaochi snorted: "Do you know what rumors are going on in the local area now? How can I sleep?"

Zhu Yunxi said: "What rumors? Isn't the current situation in Henan Province exactly what we expected and hoped for?"

Zhu Gaochi glanced outside the city, then turned to look left and right on the city wall.

Then he lowered his voice and said: "They are shouting! They are shouting that Ming Dynasty is going to perish!"

"Is the Ming Dynasty going to perish?"

Zhu Yunxi repeated it with a sneer, and then the laughter gradually became louder.

His laughter began to subside and gradually disappeared, and Zhu Yunxi's face slowly darkened.

He spoke again: "The Ming Dynasty is going to fall? What a joke!"

"There is a memorial in Henan Province asking for the execution of criminal officials in the yamen. Has the imperial court approved it yet?"

Zhu Yunxi asked in turn.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head: "Counting the days, even if Grandpa Huang gets the memorial and approves it on the same day, it will still take another three days for the approval document to be sent back."

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but sigh.

Now he indeed has power that can be said to be almost impossible for any prince in any country to control in all dynasties.

But there is another piece of authority that I do not have in my hands.

That is the power of life and death.

He can appoint and remove all local officials under the old man's will, and can handle all local affairs, but he does not have the power to kill people arbitrarily.

He killed Cao Zhisheng, the magistrate of Lanyang County, in order to vent the anger of the people of Lanyang County. With the emperor's order in his hand, killing a county magistrate was insignificant.

But if it is like now, if we want to kill all the criminals in Henan Province, we must have the old man's approval.

Although he used the emperor's order and the old man's decree as if he had my authority, he could also forcibly kill all the prisoners in Henan Province.

But he just can't do this.

This must be left to the old man Zhu Pi. It is the bottom line of the old man as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the bottom line that Zhu Yunxi adheres to.

After thinking that it would take three to five days to receive a reply from the court, Zhu Yunxi turned around and whispered: "Here comes."

Yutian, the chief steward of Taisun Mansion, appeared in front of Zhu Yunxi at the right time.

Yutian bowed and said: "Your Highness."

"I asked Prince Yan to go back and have a rest. Don't let him handle business today."

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows and winked at Yutian.

Before Zhu Gaochi could react, Yutian had already called over several personal guards.

Amidst a burst of shouts from Prince Yan, he carried him off the city wall.

Not long after Zhu Gaochi's dissatisfied shouts disappeared from the city wall, Tian Mai and Zhang Hui appeared quietly behind Zhu Yunxi at the same time.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Yunxi looked at the gentry families outside the city who were being escorted into the city to obstruct and deceive the imperial court's plan to spread the land between men and women, and hummed softly: "Where is the matter?"

Tian Mai turned his head to look at Zhang Hui.

Therefore, Zhang Hui took the lead and took a step forward, bowed his head and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the news has been passed to those families according to Pan Boyong's instructions. At present, the humble officials and others have deployed manpower to secretly monitor these families.

It can be confirmed that all the rumors on the ground in Henan Province in the past few days were spread by these people.

The lower-level officials also found out that these people were delivering messages to Yingtian, Huguang, Shandong and other places. Among them, Shandong Road was the most popular, and they had many responses to this place."

Zhu Yunxi looked deeply to the east and whispered: "Is there that one?"

Zhang Hui's eyes flickered, just slightly

After thinking about it, he nodded and said: "That family has the most contacts. I thought that that family might cause a lot of trouble for His Highness in Yingtian, so I had to be on guard against it. Just because of that family's status.

, I don’t dare to go deep into the humble position, and I still can’t grasp the details.”

Zhu Yunxi snorted: "Tian Mai, let someone pass the message to Zhang Zhiyuan."

Tian Mai immediately stepped forward and bowed: "This is my humble duty."

"Tell Zhang Zhiyuan that the saint is not wrong, and his sins are everywhere. Today's events should be blamed on today's people."

Tian Mai frowned slightly: "I accept my order from my humble position."

After writing this down, Tian Mai continued to bow, as if he was thinking about a certain problem and forgot to get up.

Zhu Yunxi looked over and asked, "What else is there?"
To be continued...