In the following days, the news that a gentry family in Guangdong Province was colluding with spies from the Samarkand Kingdom spread widely in Guangzhou, and continued to spread to surrounding prefectures and counties.
The common people are very disgusted with such gentry families. First, the captured spies of Samarkand admitted that they wanted to murder the Ming Emperor. Now that the Ming Dynasty was founded not long ago, the population is not large, the land conflicts are minor, the officials are generally relatively clean, and the people They lived a very happy life, and they were naturally grateful to the emperor who gave them such a life; they also talked nonsense in court, wanting to massacre the Han people, and often talked about pagan things, which made people subconsciously angry. Everyone was angry with these overseas barbarians. Their disgust naturally implicated the gentry families who had connections with them.
Yunxi did not waste the people's emotions that he had finally aroused. He quickly claimed that two gentry families in Guangzhou were in collusion with the Samarkand Kingdom, published the evidence, and sent troops to search their homes. When the imperial troops ransacked their homes, not only were there no common people The soldiers who blocked the imperial court either complained about the two families or loudly applauded the government. When they saw the soldiers escorting the people from the two families out of the yard, many of them hit them with rotten cabbage clappers, and some stretched out their hands to hit them. The soldiers stopped him.
Seeing that his efforts had such good results, he immediately asked Yang Ren to send an order to the prefectures and counties near Guangzhou City, and after the rumors of the public trial spread widely in the local area, the designated homes would be searched.
He also told Yang Rendao: "Not only these families need to be raided, but other gentry must also be suppressed, especially the gentry living in the countryside. It's just that the news spreads much slower to the countryside, so we can't rush it. I'll leave this matter to you." I’ve given it to you, don’t live up to my expectations.”
"There is also the matter of migrating the natives and the common people. Regardless of the natives, the backbone of the people is the gentry. It will be much easier to deal with the image of the gentry in their hearts. The most prestigious gentry among the common people who want to migrate must do everything possible. They were connected with the spies of the Samarkand Kingdom, and these families may not necessarily have no connections with the spies of the Samarkand Kingdom. But in the end, we had to be 'lenient' and just exile them."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Of course Yang Ren couldn't bear this, but he also knew that from a national perspective, doing so would be good for the country. Moreover, Yunxi didn't ask him to get rid of them all, so he could still accept it.
Yunxi patted him on the shoulder and said a few more words, showing that he had great trust in him. He also discussed a few other Guangdong matters and asked him to retreat.
After Yang Ren retreated, Wang Xi, who came up to help Yun Xi change his clothes, said softly: "Guan, although Yang Ren is your majesty's confidant, you can't completely trust him. How can your majesty explain such confidential matters to him clearly? If he confided it to others in private, wouldn't it damage His Majesty's honor?"
"Wang Xi, he still has to handle this matter. If I don't explain it clearly, he will misunderstand my meaning and do the wrong thing, and I will have to wipe his ass. Why don't we explain it clearly to him from the beginning. "
"Secondly, I only spoke to him orally and did not write down the words. I have never said such words to him when other officials were present. Yang Ren took care of everything below. Even if he said it to others in private, it would not be the same. Not many people may believe it.”
'What's more, I have already asked the Jin Yiwei to produce evidence that Yang Ren is connected with spies from the Samarkand Kingdom. If any bad news comes out against me, the evidence will be thrown out immediately to get rid of him.' Yun He said the last sentence. He didn't say it out loud, but thought in his heart. Yunxi didn't want to use this preparation, but he was prepared.
"As long as the officials are on guard, it's fine. In addition to caring about their own future, these scholars also care about their reputation. There are very few who are sincerely loyal to His Majesty, so they can't be careless. According to the slave, it's better to leave this matter to him.
Generals, they feel more at ease when doing such a thing." Wang Xi said.
"This can't be done," Yunxi did not doubt that Wang Xi had taken bribes from the generals, and explained to him: "A military general cannot have such power. Military generals interfere in civil affairs and have influence among the people, but they can't lose their power.
This is a last resort in a newly developed place like Taiwan, but it must not be done in other places."
After explaining the matter clearly, Yunxi had already changed his clothes and said to him: "Are there many memorials today?"
"Your Majesty, there are not many news coming from the capital. After all, the New Year has just passed. But there are quite a lot of news coming from Annan. Mr. Zhang is cautious and consults your majesty on many matters in Annan. His Royal Highness the King of Jingjiang is even more so.
, I have been asking for your Majesty’s support these days.”
"Also, Mr. Zhang seems to be ill and not in good health. Now the consort Li is in charge of daily affairs. The consort Li is more careful and asks for more instructions."
"Zhang Wen is sick? What disease? Is it serious?" Yunxi asked immediately.
"Your Majesty, according to the records, Zhang Houye's illness is not serious, it is just an occasional wind and cold. However, Prince Consort Li's records say that Zhang Houye is old and it is not easy to recover even from wind and cold."
"Quickly, find the best doctor in Guangdong and send him to Annan to treat Zhang Wen." Yunxi ordered.
Wang Xi agreed and called a young eunuch in, asking him to deliver the decree to the Yamen in Guangdong.
Wang Xi turned around and said to Yunxi: "Officially, the most important thing in His Royal Highness King Jingjiang's letter, according to my opinion, is a request for His Majesty to decide on a list of guard posts that will be under His Majesty's command in the future. Your Majesty should reply earlier.
, His Highness’s affairs will be easy to handle.”
"Of course this matter is very important, but I can't just decide it in Guangzhou. I will go to Annan to have a look and then make a final decision. The army will not withdraw from Annan for a while, so there is no rush."
"Guanjia, when will you go to Annan? It's better for the servants to prepare in advance." Wang Xi asked.
"Today is the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month. In two days, I will leave on the second day of the second lunar month." Yunxi thought for a while and said.
"Why are the officials so anxious?" Wang Xi was surprised when he heard this and asked.
"It's not early!" Yunxi said: "I set off from the capital in September, and it is already the end of the first year. If I go to Annan again, it will be almost early March when I return to the capital. I have been away from the capital for six months.
The month has been very long."
This is the longest time he has been away from Beijing since he succeeded to the throne. He didn't even spend the New Year in the capital. Now he already wants to go back. If he wasn't really worried about Annan's affairs, he would have returned to Beijing long ago.
The two of them, master and servant, exchanged a few more words, and allowed Xi to go to the room where memorials were usually processed to criticize and answer the memorials. Wang Xi stood beside him to serve him.
While he was standing, a young eunuch walked in lightly with several memorials and said to Wang Xi: "My lord, these are the new memorials from Annan."
Wang Xi nodded and took the memorial and asked him to go down and read it one by one. He is now Yunxi's secretary. All the memorials submitted directly from the local government or drafted by the auxiliary officials are reviewed by him.
Classify the matters according to their priority, and then turn out the resumes of the officials involved in the excerpts for His Majesty's review. Annan's excerpts are now sent directly to Yunxi.
When Wang Xi read the first few memorials, his face was very calm and he couldn't tell anything. But when he saw the third to last memorial, his face changed and became serious. When he saw the second to last memorial, his face became surprised.
, looking at the sealed envelope sandwiched in the fold, he did not open the envelope but closed the fold; when he saw the last one, his expression returned to normal.
He closed the last fold, weighed it, rearranged the memorials and walked to Yunxi's side. After Yunxi finished approving a batch of folds, he stood up and moved for a while before sitting down again to continue approving the folds.
: "Your Majesty, the memorial just came from Annan."
"Is there something very important?" Yunxi asked immediately.
"Yes, Your Majesty." He then took down the first three memorials and put them in front of Yunxi, and said, "I think the things reported in the three memorials are very important."
"This is the first share," Wang Xi said as Yunxi opened the memorial: "His Royal Highness the King of Jingjiang wants to build momentum for the king in Annan. Please allow your majesty."
This memorial was written about the matters previously discussed between Zhu Shanyi and Chen Qia. Chen Qia revised and improved it before sending it to Guangzhou.
After Yunxi read the memorial, he approved it with the word "acceptance". This was one of the things he sent Chen Qia to Annan to do, and there was no reason not to approve it.
"In this second copy, your Majesty, do you still remember the information that Lord He Ronghe gave to Your Majesty after the first disastrous defeat near Yi'an, about the Annan spies and the rebellious Jin Yiwei in the Ming Dynasty? They have all been investigated now.
."
"Oh." Yunxi said, and opened the memorial and read it carefully. Not long after, he said angrily: "Han Yike, the magistrate of Lingao County in Hainan Prefecture, turned out to be Annan Xizuo? Immediately send someone to Hainan Island
Catch him and interrogate him as to why he betrayed the Ming Dynasty!"
Of course Yunxi was very angry. He had treated the officials well since he succeeded to the throne, and besides, this was a case of collusion with foreign affairs, which was even more intolerable.
"Official family," Wang Xi said softly, "Now Han Yike is no longer the magistrate of Lingao County. He is now the magistrate of Danzhou."
"Who promoted him?" Yunxi asked.
Wang Xi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, it was your Majesty who went to Hainan for inspection before and saw that he still had some abilities, so he decided to promote him."
"What!" Yunxi had already forgotten all about it and shouted, "Have I ever done such a thing?"
Wang Xi stood aside and said nothing. Yunxi thought about it by himself, and after a while he found this memory from the depths of his mind.
"This," he just wanted to punish the person who promoted Han Yike, but he didn't expect that the person who promoted Han Yike was himself. This was very embarrassing.
But immediately Yunxi's second reaction was to become even more angry. I have already expressed my appreciation for you, but I still want to hook up with the Annan people.
So Yunxi said: "Order the Jin Yiwei to capture him and take him to Guangzhou for interrogation. When I come back from Annan, I must know why he hooked up with Annan."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi agreed.
Yunxi's eyes turned to the last memorial. He was originally waiting for Wang Xi's explanation, but he heard him say: "Your Majesty, there is a secret letter in this memorial, and I dare not read it."
"Oh, which thing I entrusted to them should be so careful about?" Yunxi opened the memorial, tore open the envelope and read it.
