He entered the main hall, bowed and saluted Lu Xuan and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Xiu, pays homage to your Majesty."
Lu Xuan smiled and said: "Yang Qing, have you found all the information on local military business operations?"
Yang Xiu solemnly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, we have found them all. The most important place at the moment is Xuzhou garrison general Cao Bao, who takes the lead in doing business. Secondly, Jingzhou Wenpin."
"Although Wenpin is upright and honest, Wenpin's relatives are from a wealthy local family in Jingzhou, and they use Wenpin's name to do business. In addition, there are some problems in Yizhou, Jizhou and other places."
"It's just that in other places, the scale is relatively small for the time being. Please read the specific information, Your Majesty."
He took out the memorial that he had compiled a long time ago and handed it over directly.
Lu Xuan took it over to check, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. In fact, Lu Xuan had an expectation of the local army's business situation, and felt that these people violated the law and discipline, and would do anything to suppress people in order to do business.
However, it is still underestimated.
The army not only occupied merchants' shops, but also colluded with local big families, ostracized local officials, or colluded with local officials to create collusion.
This has touched the foundation of the imperial court.
For the first time, Lu Xuan had boundless murderous intent. He thought about expanding the territory outside, relocating the people, easing internal conflicts, and obtaining more resources for the court. However, the speed of domestic corruption had far exceeded his ability to expand the territory.
The speed of soil expansion.
It is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to control a country. Lu Xuan felt this deeply this time.
Zhang Zhao can handle many things.
However, there are some things that Zhang Zhao cannot handle, and he does not have enough ability and courage to deal with them.
Yang Xiu stood below and noticed Lu Xuan's stern expression and the murderous intent shown by Lu Xuan, and his heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, his father's judgment was correct, and His Majesty wanted to take action against these merchants stationed in the army.
Otherwise, he will not be arranged to investigate.
Combined with Lu Xuan's murderous intention at this moment, Yang Xiu can be sure that Xuzhou Cao Bao will definitely suffer this time, and the army will definitely be killed and blood will flow.
Yang Xiu secretly said that he was politically acumen and did not have a deep understanding of the situation in the DPRK.
This aspect really needs to be strengthened.
Otherwise, if he wants to go further in the future and get further respect, it will be impossible.
Lu Xuan read them all one by one and said in a deep voice: "Yang Xiu, get ready and come with me to Xuzhou. This time we will go to Xiapi in Xuzhou first."
"I obey the decree."
Yang Xiu answered immediately.
He thought for a while and asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to mobilize the embroidered guards in advance?"
"unnecessary!"
Lu Xuan shook his head and replied, "You only need to arrange Xuzhou's embroidered guards to keep an eye on the army's actions."
"I obey!"
Yang Xiu nodded in reply and got up to prepare.
Lu Xuan then arranged for Xu Chu to notify Zhou Yu and Huang Zhong to gather at the gate of the imperial city. Immediately afterwards, he arranged for someone to notify Zhang Zhao that he would pay a private visit incognito, and that the government affairs in the DPRK and China remained the same.
After everything was arranged, Lu Xuan took Lu Yu out of the palace, took Zhou Yu, Huang Zhong and Yang Xiu outside the imperial city, and then left Nanjing and headed north, directly towards Xuzhou.
After Lu Xuan left, Zhang Zhao also received the news that Lu Xuan was leaving with his people while on duty at the cabinet.
Zhang Zhao had a thoughtful look on his face.
Lu Xuan just returned to the imperial capital of Nanjing and left in a hurry. What happened?
As the prime minister of the cabinet and the head of the hundred officials, Lu Xuan asked him to continue handling government affairs. Obviously, this matter had nothing to do with him. However, Lu Xuan left in a hurry as soon as he returned to Nanjing. It was obvious that something big had happened.
There is no room for Zhang Zhao to be careless.
After Zhang Zhao thought about it, he arranged for Kuai Liang, Gu Yong and Yan Xiang to come to discuss the matter.
Over the years, the four people worked together and were responsible for handling the government affairs of the DPRK and China, and they gradually got along well. Although there were some minor frictions from time to time due to their respective ideas, the general direction maintained unity.
Zhang Zhao looked around at the few people and said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that His Majesty returned to the capital for the first time, so he left the capital with Prince Lu Yu, Governors Zhou Yu and Huang Zhong, and Governor Yang Xiu of the Xiuyi Guard. I don't know where to go specifically at the moment.
You know, it will take some time before there is any definite news."
Kuai Liang is extremely sensitive.
In an instant, he realized something might be wrong.
Kuai Liang looked serious and said: "Prime Minister Zhang means that this time the incident may have something to do with the military."
Zhang Zhao nodded and said: "After all, Governor Zhou Yu has gone, so it is most likely related to the military. But the real concern is that the military affairs will implicate local officials. If it is just the military, it has nothing to do with our civil service system.
There is no need to worry about the actual situation of any relationship, just watch the show quietly. However, it has to be considered."
Kuai Liang said: "What Prime Minister Zhang said makes sense."
Yan Xiang took advantage of the situation and said: "Prime Minister Zhang's concerns and worries do have some truth. But at the moment, we don't have any direction. Even if we want to intervene, I'm afraid it's impossible. For the time being, we can only wait and see what happens."
Gu Yongzheng said: "I agree with Yan Xiang's analysis. We have no entry point and can't find the direction."
When it comes to the military and local officials, whether it is Zhang Zhao, Kuai Liang, Gu Yong and Yan Xiang, they all hold the same attitude and must be treated with caution.
In the past two years, the Ming Dynasty developed rapidly.
There are foods such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, and local people cultivate them on a large scale, which has solved the problem of hunger.
This is a real political achievement.
However, everyone was also worried that something would happen.
No one can withstand Lu Xuan's thunderous fury.
Zhang Zhao said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, we are confused and cannot see the direction. The only thing we can do is to stare in the direction of His Majesty and see where he has gone. Then, we can respond at any time. At least, we can know the place.
situation."
Gu Yong said seriously: "I have no objection."
Yan Xiang said: "I have no objection, but there must be a prerequisite. That is, our actions cannot involve His Majesty. Once we confront His Majesty, you all know the result. If so, I will not interfere."
Kuai Liang nodded and said: "What Prime Minister Yan said is what I want to say. We are observing His Majesty just to respond and see if the civil service system is involved, so that we can self-correct and self-examine in time to avoid being implicated."
Zhang Zhao looked relaxed and said: "Aren't your thoughts the thoughts of the Prime Minister? You are afraid of His Majesty, aren't the Prime Minister afraid? On this point, you can rest assured, the Prime Minister knows what to do."
Kuai Liang said: "That's no problem."
After several people reached a unified opinion, Zhang Zhao quickly made arrangements and arranged for people to keep an eye on Lu Xuan's whereabouts. When news came back from the front line, it was reported that Lu Xuan had entered the boundaries of Xuzhou, and Zhang Zhao quickly read up on the situation in Xuzhou.
In terms of government affairs, it seems that Xuzhou has no problems.
Zhang Zhao and others still couldn't figure it out, so they could only wait and watch the changes for the time being so that they could respond at any time.
