First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 415 The overall situation has been decided
After eating and drinking, Zhu Biao ordered Quan Xu to sleep for a few hours before letting him go. After all, his hard-working body couldn't bear it after working hard for days without rest, so Zhu Biao naturally felt sorry for his favorite general.

In the next few days, Chen Rongyan left early and returned late, but every day, several large carts of silver were transported into the guard. Naturally, during this period, many people wanted to see Zhu Biao, hoping to have a good discussion.

Zhu Biao ignored him at all, he was not interested in seeing a group of people who were destined to die, even his elder brother Zhang Mingyuan in Qingyang Mansion asked to see him, it was useless to talk too much.

Such an attitude naturally made many people uneasy. Some people began to doubt Chen Yunze's identity under various guesses.

This guess was scolded by everyone as soon as it came out, but as time went by, many people believed it more and more, but they couldn't believe it and strongly resisted this inference.

Because if Chen Yunze is really the prince Zhu Biao, then they are really dead, and if it is someone else, there is still room for relaxation.

Based on this, Chen Rongyan's extortion became smoother and smoother. As long as Chen Rongyan dared to speak, they dared to give it away, just hoping to send away the terrible plague god, and more than a dozen local officials were so worried that they couldn't get out of bed and collapsed.

Among them, Fang Liangpin, the magistrate of Pingliang, was the most serious. The high fever persisted and his life was in danger.

The more powerful people can find that they have been wrapped in a big net, and the connection with the outside world has also been blocked. Wang Shijian died as an imperial envoy, and no one from the provincial government came down to inquire, as if the land of Shaanxi and Gansu has become a deadly Jedi .

On the contrary, the people affected by the disaster felt much better. The porridge they can get every day is much more than the previous few months. It is not enough to eat, but it is more than enough to survive.

After a few days of calm, Zhu Biao looked at the group of people sitting below in the Pingliang Mansion Guardhouse and said, "Relief for the disaster is your top priority, and you don't have to worry about the rest. The food for disaster relief is still sufficient. , but it’s definitely not enough to be extravagant, so you must plan carefully, do you understand?”

Zhang Fan stood up and replied: "The disaster relief plan Your Highness has formulated is very complete. If you can't do things according to the regulations, why don't you see your Highness again with shame?"

Li Jin also cupped his hands and said: "The ministers must do their jobs well, and they will definitely not disappoint His Highness."

The rest also got up to express their opinions. Some of them were Jinshi candidates from the previous department, and some were officials temporarily transferred from Xi'an prefecture.

It would be a drop in the bucket if they were placed in the whole of Shaanxi-Gansu. Fortunately, under the disaster situation, most of the victims were concentrated inside and outside the prefectures, and the smaller villages and towns were already empty, so it was enough to appease the main prefectures.

When the disaster situation is stable, officials from all over the country will arrive at that time, and then they will start working on restoring people's livelihood and persuading the victims to return to their hometowns.

Zhu Biao left them to discuss with each other, while he himself walked out of the house and into the newly opened large warehouse, which was full of gold and silver treasures, so they could only be counted according to the box. Chen Rongyan was taking notes, seeing Zhu Biao coming Chen Rongyan rushed to meet him.

After leading His Royal Highness to look around, Chen Rongyan said: "There should be nothing to dig out there now, and I have pulled out my own old bottom just to survive."

Zhu Biao shook his head with a smile and said: "No, don't look at them crying poor, maybe they all bleed a little, but they are definitely reluctant to dig their own flesh. After all, the matter is so big, so it is natural to be tall and carry it. on his own head.

Chen Rongyan gave a wry smile, they were really unlucky to meet His Highness the Crown Prince, and he knew their thoughts like the palm of his hand.

Zhu Biao then picked up a heavy ingot of silver and tossed it and asked, "Are you all honest?"

"The officials are very honest, but they haven't seen General Dingyuan Wang Liu for the past two days, will they..."

Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Of course you can't see him, he has already gone to Qingyang Mansion to meet General Zhaoyi He Cheng."

Chen Rongyan was a little nervous at once, but he relaxed again in an instant. Since His Royal Highness knew about it, it means that he was prepared and there was nothing to worry about.

Zhu Biao put the silver back into the original box, and when he went outside, he couldn't help but sigh, why all the dynasties have suppressed generals. It is true that they can really threaten the rule of the court.

When the imperial court wants to kill them, whether it is the chief official of the frontiers or the prime ministers of the six ministries of Xiaheng, they can kill them as long as they have no army under their command. No matter how high they climb, they will not be able to surpass the imperial power.

Only martial arts are forbidden. Just like now, under the threat of a mere Chen Yunze, countless state government officials are like slaughtered cattle and sheep. They can only be cut and bloodletted passively, begging him to be noble.

But Wang Liu and the others have already decided to fight to the death. Anyway, people are dead and birds are up to the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years. Whether it is the emperor or the prince or the prince, it is not so easy to take my life!

Why?It's not because civil servants don't want to fight to the death. It's because they have no soldiers and generals. The few servants and government servants they can mobilize can be used as farts. They have a way of beating ordinary people, but they are afraid of facing the imperial army Even pee can scare out

In such a situation, it is natural that there is no idea of ​​being powerless to resist at all. You can only think about turning big things into small things and turning them into nothing. At worst, you can save money and avoid disasters.

However, Wang Liu, He Cheng and others all have elite confidants, and if they ask themselves to rebel, they can pull a group of people. Naturally, they are not willing to let them die obediently. This is the fundamental difference in mentality.

If Fang Liang could have [-] soldiers to obey his orders, he would have already broken through the guards and captured Chen Yunze before discussing how to reconcile. Anyway, the court can only accept it if it is generally going well.

It's a pity that they don't have that ability, Wang Liuhe Cheng is also a general who has been excluded, otherwise, according to their achievements, they would not be reduced to serving in poor places like Shaanxi and Gansu.

When he got the news, Zhu Biao had ordered Cao Liangchen and Han Zheng to lead the troops to the Qingyang Guard to take down the two of them. The two founding marquises were enough to deter those soldiers. There are very few soldiers under command.

He didn't move before, because Zhu Biao didn't trust Cao Liangchen very much. After all, he had only met this person a few times, and he wasn't sure whether he was involved in this case. He wanted to see his reaction.

Anyway, Hanzheng had already sent news that most of the generals in the Xi'an garrison had been contacted by his name, and they could take away Cao Liangchen's command and take him down at any time if something went wrong.

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(End of this chapter)