This is a border gate in the eastern border of Dayu. It is close to the East China Sea. You can only walk three to five miles from the city gate to the seaside.
The city wall of Junma Terrace already looks extremely old. After all, this is still a city gate left by the previous dynasty.
Emperor Dayu stood on the gate tower of Junma Terrace and looked at the sea. He should have been in a relaxed mood, but at this time, his face did not look good, and he was a little gloomy.
The imperial court allocates funds for the repair of the city wall of this important coastal defense town almost every year, but it seems that this place has not been repaired for at least ten years.
Concubine Wan Gui could naturally tell that the emperor was in a bad mood. She wanted to persuade him, but in the end she didn't.
Because she knew the emperor too well. Given the emperor's character, he wouldn't be able to be relieved by persuasion, so she had to do it.
"The Ministry of War matter seems to be much bigger than I expected."
The emperor looked at the distance outside the city and said in a gloomy tone: "If there are no people in the court nodding, who among the people below would dare to be so presumptuous."
Concubine Wan Gui hummed.
The emperor is right. If the people at the top responsible for supervision are not fed, how can the people at the bottom dare to embezzle so much money?
Without going too far, let’s just say that in the past ten years, the imperial court has allocated nearly 10 million taels of money for the repair of Dongjiang’s coastal defenses.
???????????????Jianma Terrace is just one place, the sea defense is very long, and there are many places like Junma Terrace. You can almost guess the whole picture by looking at this.
"Walking along the way, I saw that some people in the local government were greedy for a small amount of money. I saw it, but I didn't interfere because it was a local matter. No matter how great the harm is, it only affects one city or one place. Besides, I can't see it.
Come out, local officials will not dare to take so much."
The emperor's hand clapped on the city wall.
"But this is the border!"
The emperor pointed his finger into the distance: "No one can see what is outside the ocean. Dayu is strong, but I never think that Dayu is the strongest in the world. What if one day, our navy does not have enough strength to control the sea?"
Previously, there was an enemy attack from the sea, can this place be able to stop it?"
He patted it hard again, and the top brick on the city wall was actually loosened by him.
He is not a cultivator, and he cannot even match the physical strength of an ordinary man.
"Your Majesty, I like that side."
Concubine Wan Gui pointed to an island within sight: "I want to see that island. Your Majesty has been so hard on the way. If you have to take a boat, I'm afraid it will be even harder, so Your Majesty doesn't need to accompany me."
Already."
In this world, the person who understands the emperor best is her after all.
Concubine Wan Gui knew that the emperor had thoughts of killing, even though the emperor had been trying to persuade her not to worry so much, but seeing Haiphong like this, how could the emperor not be angry.
If she stays here, the emperor has to take care of her emotions, so she might as well go out and play for a few days. When she comes back, the emperor's murderous intention has been released, and everything that the local government and border garrison should do has been done.
She is not worried about the emperor's safety. In such a small place, there are only a few thousand troops stationed there, and they are definitely no match for the imperial guards.
As for the people in the local government, they are not even worth mentioning.
"That's fine."
The emperor nodded and said: "You go and relax by yourself, and you will be back in two days. If you don't come back, I will look for you."
Concubine Wan Gui said with a smile: "Then I won't come back and will wait for His Majesty to come find me."
The emperor was amused by this sentence.
Half a day later, Concubine Wan Gui left the border town surrounded by her guards and entourage. She went to the seaside and took a big boat to go to the island that looked like a fairyland from a distance.
"Nie Duo."
The emperor called softly.
Nie Duo, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, stepped forward, leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, I am here."
The emperor waved his hand and said: "Go get someone."
Nie Duo immediately responded, beckoned and led a group of troops out.
In less than half a day, Nie Duo and his men had brought back more than a hundred people, including the fifth-rank generals, captains and other military officials stationed here, as well as officials from local county offices.
"His Majesty."
Nie Duo stepped forward and said, "According to your Majesty's order, everyone has been brought here."
He asked for instructions: "Does Your Majesty want to interrogate it personally?"
The emperor turned around and walked up to those people who were kneeling on the ground. There were more than a hundred people kneeling there and no one dared to raise their heads. But he knew without looking that their faces were not looking good at this time. They must be white.
Scary.
"Interrogation?"
The Emperor said: "Why bother? If I asked them which official in the court was supporting them, they would not dare to tell me, so it would be useless for me to waste my time asking."
He stretched out his hand and gestured: "Cut this side first."
With this gesture, about a third of the people were drawn out.
This group of people were so frightened that they immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy, but the emperor didn't even look at them. He just waved his hands casually. Nie Duo also waved his hands, and a group of imperial guards came forward and dragged the dozens of people.
Just ???????????????pull it aside and chop it.
The terrified wails and cries before death suddenly made this place become eerie and terrifying.
More than thirty heads fell to the ground, and these people didn't even have a chance to defend themselves.
The emperor watched expressionlessly. After the heads of the thirty or so people were brought over, the emperor nodded with satisfaction and said as if talking to himself: "This is the person who made the mistake and should face it."
My appearance."
Then he looked at the group of people who were kneeling and shivering, and pointed to the other side: "Let's chop this area as well."
"His Majesty!"
This time, someone responded quickly.
The fifth-grade general in the army immediately moved forward on his knees, shouting as he moved.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty. I am willing to plead guilty and to identify other guilty persons."
The emperor snorted softly: "By you? You don't have the guts. I don't want to hear your nagging."
After saying that, he waved his hand again, and Nie Duo stepped forward in person, grabbed the general by the collar, picked him up and walked out.
"His Majesty!"
The general roared loudly: "I would like to say that a large part of the military salaries and appropriations withheld in the pass were taken away by the adults in the Ministry of War. We only took a small part, a very small part."
The emperor raised his hand and hooked his fingers, and Nie Duo immediately carried the man back.
This general looked tall and thick, with a majestic build, even taller than Nie Duo, but in the hands of the deputy commander of the imperial guards, he was like a little chicken.
No matter how tall and mighty a person is, as long as his momentum is weak, then his tallness and might will be meaningless.
"Give him paper and pen and let him write it out."
The emperor said: "Let me see how courageous he is and how many people he can bite out."
An hour later, Nie Duo walked quickly to the emperor with a stack of papers.
"Your Majesty, those people have all confessed. This is the confession written by each of them."
The emperor said without looking back: "I won't read it. I will send someone to send it back to Ning Weimo as soon as possible."
Nie Duo asked softly: "At this time, Master Ning is probably dealing with the general's affairs."
The fact that he can say this is enough to show that his position is very important.
This time the emperor went on patrol, and he was accompanied by his personal bodyguard instead of the commander of the Ouchi guards, which actually explains something vaguely. It’s just that people are always used to judging whether a person is important or unimportant based on his official position. Usually this person is in
He is incredibly low-key in the palace, so he is almost a transparent person.
However, the outside world speculated that he was one of the masters among the Ouchi guards.
One of the skills that the emperor is best at is hiding people. Sometimes he can hide himself, sometimes he can hide others, and there are no flaws in his hiding.
Twenty years ago, when he pretended to be crazy and stupid to show weakness, who could tell that he was hiding himself?
The emperor pondered for a moment and then said: "I wonder how things are going over there."
Nie Duo said: "With Lord Ning and His Highness planning the matter, and Your Majesty has already made arrangements, there shouldn't be any surprises."
The Emperor said: "How can such a light thing happen? Wang Luoshen is not as simple as you think."
The emperor looked outside the city and said with a complicated tone: "I know that Yan Que is no match for Wang Luoshen, nor is Ning Weimo, nor are they both together."
"But I can't hold on to it all the time. I have to let them practice on their own. Whether they can beat Wang Luoshen or not... the outcome will remain the same."
He still had a word left unsaid.
This sentence is...???????????????? Anyway, Lin Ye is behind the scenes.
"How about this."
The Emperor said: "You arrange for your cronies to send these confessions back. When Ning Weimo is free, the General Office will take a closer look at the affairs of the Ministry of War..."
He turned back to Nie Duo and said, "Write a letter to your master and tell her that something unexpected happened in Ruoge Ling City. I hope she can help Yan Que."
Nie Duo leaned over and said, "I obey, I will write it right away."
The emperor's eyes returned to the sea again.
At this moment, he finally felt some of the vastness and comfort that the sea can bring to people.
Looking at the sea can really make people feel happy.
"Look here."
The emperor said to himself: "Someone dares to interfere in the affairs of Guanfang, and even dares to deduct the food and salary of the frontier army... How can the Central Plains be renewed without a big commotion?"
Nie Duo did not dare to respond. This was not something he could respond to.
After saying goodbye to the emperor, he went back to write a letter. It was difficult to write this letter because he knew his master's temperament very well. If he worded his words carelessly, he might be in trouble the next time he saw his master.
He wrote and rewritten a letter of only a few hundred words, which took him a full hour.
Then he sealed the letters and the confessions, and called his most trusted people over.
"These testimonies are all sent to the office and must be handed over to Mr. Ning personally."
"This letter asks you to find a way to go to Haoyuan in Qingyuhe..."
Nie Duo took off a wooden sign from his body and handed it to his men: "Without this sign, we can't go to the island in the middle of the lake. Remember, this letter must be sent to the island in the middle of the lake."
The subordinates agreed, carefully put away the things, then said goodbye and left.
Nie Duo followed his men out of the house and stood at the door watching his men walk away. He couldn't help but sigh.
Master has not asked about Jianghu affairs for twenty years, and he doesn't know whether the weight of his letter is enough.
He is a close disciple of the mysterious big man on the island in the middle of the lake. If not, how could he be qualified to stay in the palace and secretly protect His Majesty?
He, a closed disciple, had obtained the true biography of that mysterious big man.
"Your Majesty...I really admire you."
Nie Duo talked to himself, with some worry about the unknown in his eyes, but also a kind of radiant longing.