Prince of Chaos

"Prince, this matter must be strictly handled!"

After Emperor Wanli had finished venting, he did not forget to instruct Zhu Changluo to handle the matter strictly.

In fact, in the original historical time and space, Emperor Wanli also knew about these things, but every time Emperor Wanli could only issue an order, and could not impose strict punishment.

The reason for this was not that Emperor Wanli was insane, but also because Emperor Wanli knew that his ability to control the Ming Empire was gradually diminishing and could not effectively solve these problems.

These corrupt people who break the law are certainly hateful, but at least after they are full, they can still have a sense of shame, and they know that they have something in their hands, and they are willing to restrain themselves a bit.

Once the decree is made to deal with them severely, and there is no one in his hands who can be trusted to sit in the local area and stick to the rule of law, there will soon be another group of hungry wolves rushing up to deal a fatal blow to the already precarious situation!
These people who can't stand the exploitation are in the round after round of exploitation and oppression. They will not see the determination of the Holy Son of Heaven to punish corrupt officials in order to rescue them. They are all so ruthless.

In the end, these people will release all their anger on the court itself!

In the end, the only one who bears all this can only be the emperor.

Therefore, even if it was a last resort, Emperor Wanli would still not touch these corrupt officials, because their tentacles had stretched too deep, and they had already reached Daming's muscles and bones, and they could no longer be pulled out.

Pulling them out is tantamount to pulling himself out to death, so Emperor Wanli can only turn a blind eye and close one eye, slowly waiting for the end to come.

What a sad sense of powerlessness is this?
Even as the supreme supreme, he has to compromise the ridiculous secularism!
But, now everything is different again.

Now Emperor Wanli is daring to be furious, not because he has changed, but because under the leadership of Zhu Changluo, the capital-centered fundamentals have been stabilized. Finally, under Zhu Changluo's series of operations, it became the confidence of Emperor Wanli.

Therefore, now Emperor Wanli naturally has the heart to eliminate evil and do everything possible!
Because he already has options and plans to replace these people. Now that he has a better solution, he will naturally not hesitate.

Of course, the reason why these basic disks can be achieved is not how powerful the industrialization led by Zhu Changluo is, but because of the popularity of sweet potatoes and potatoes!

It is precisely because of the popularity of these two artifacts that the north is no longer short of food.

As long as there is no shortage of food, it means that more financial and material resources will be saved and created. Otherwise, relying on the original grain output of three to five shi per mu to engage in large-scale industrialization, that is courting death!
Large-scale industrialization requires a large number of people who are out of production, and these people will continue to eat. If there is not enough food for them to eat, no matter how much wealth they create, it will be short-lived. Perish in disillusionment!

Therefore, food is the original driving force for Zhu Changluo to initiate all changes!

After all, the development of Daming is different from that of Taixi. Taixi relied on the cheap black slave trade to complete the accumulation of primitive capital. However, Daming does not have such unique conditions.

What you have in your hand is only your own people, how can your own people squeeze without limit?
What's more, these common people have been squeezed to the limit by the big gentry, all Zhu Changluo can do is try to rescue them.

Zhu Changluo is just carrying a great dream, and continues to do the deeds of suffering the common people. In the end, Da Ming may not be able to support Li Zicheng's unemployment, and there will be an avalanche moment!
Therefore, food security is the cornerstone of all stability!

Only when there is food can we not panic, and only then can we turn out millions of desperate soldiers!
With such a tyrannical foundation, whether it is Zhu Changluo or Emperor Wanli, when they encounter something like Liu Shiyan, they will definitely not swallow their anger and choose to die slowly.

"Father, don't worry, I have already made up my mind. This time, I plan to kill two birds with one stone, and directly uproot the corrupt martial arts and those gentry of a decent generation in Nanjing! Let them fight each other first, and finally we will fight again." Stand up and deal with them, and stabilize the hearts of the people in Jiangnan!"

Zhu Changluo expressed his thoughts to Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli hummed, "Okay, you can deal with this matter according to your needs. I am really angry this time, and I have to rest for a few days to take it easy."

Zhu Changluo walked up to Emperor Wanli and pushed Emperor Wanli, and said, "Father, you can rest at ease, and my ministers will stabilize the overall situation in the south of the Yangtze River."

After comforting Emperor Wanli, Zhu Changluo announced to meet Xu Hongji and Nanjing Liubu Shangshu and others who were seeking an audience outside the palace gate.

These people had been waiting in front of the Meridian Gate of the Nanjing Imperial Palace for a long time, waiting to be summoned by Emperor Wanli and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

At this moment, Zhu Changluo had already moved to Nanjing Qianqing Palace, waiting for the meeting of Xu Hongji and others. At the same time, Zhu Changluo also prepared the props for this meeting.

Looking at the distorted portraits on the imperial case, the corners of Zhu Changluo's mouth couldn't help twitching. These Jiangnan scholars are really too presumptuous!
The emperor's portrait of Taizu was distorted like this by them. Either he was painted with a shoehorn face, or his face was full of pockmarks.

Originally, Zhu Changluo thought that this abstract portrait of Taizu was a historical ugly work created by the later Manchu Qing Dynasty in order to slander the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the culprits who vilified the portraits of Taizu turned out to be a group of gentry living in the Ming Dynasty.

Now Zhu Changluo is really worthless for Zhu Yuanzhang. He feels that his anti-corruption efforts were still light when he founded the country. Otherwise, how could he leave so many sins and vilify him in a few hundred years?
Xu Hongji and others went to the Qianqing Palace to have an audience with anxiety.

Although Xu Hongji was at the top, as the leader of Nanjing Wuxun, Xu Hongji had no chance to see Tianyan. Therefore, this was the first time that Xu Hongji and other Nanjing Wuxun met the supreme ruler from Beijing!
However, the officials from the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing were not as nervous as Xu Hongji. After all, many of these people had stayed in Beijing.

They may not have seen Emperor Wanli, but they still have a chance to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who has been the regent and supervised the country for nearly 20 years.

Therefore, after seeing Zhu Changluo sitting behind the imperial case in Qianqing Palace, their kneeling to Zhu Changluo was extremely smooth and natural, and they were not as uneasy as Nanjing Wuxun, who wanted to see but dared not.

"The ministers are waiting to see the Holy Prince."

Everyone knelt down on the main hall of the Qianqing Palace. This is also the scene of this Nanjing palace welcoming the worship of officials again after a hundred years since Emperor Zhengde.

However, Emperor Zhengde, who was worshiped here a hundred years ago, did not seem to be as lucky as Zhu Changluo. He worked hard from Beijing to Nanjing to suppress the rebellion of King Ning in Nanchang.

As a result, King Ning was defeated by Wang Yangming before the people arrived.

Although Emperor Zhengde also made a scene of letting the tiger go back to the mountain and capturing it again, it was still detrimental to the emperor's prestige.

But this is not the point. The point is that Emperor Zhengde fell into the water bizarrely after arriving in the south of the Yangtze River and became seriously ill.

Although he insisted on going back to Beijing to offer sacrifices to heaven and prisoners, but the fate is obvious to all.

Before the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and prisoners was over, a mouthful of old blood was spit out, and then it was over without much tossing.

It can be said that the tragedy of Emperor Zhengde began in the south of the Yangtze River, but now times have changed.

Although Jiangnan, or Nanjing, is still the base camp of scholar-bureaucrats, Zhu Changluo is different from Emperor Zhengde. Although Emperor Zhengde is also a dragon across the river, his strength is definitely not comparable to Zhu Changluo who brought [-] Zhili sailors to Nanjing.

From this comparison, Zhu Changluo is the real Raptor who crossed the river!

Seeing Wu Xun of Nanjing kneeling in the hall, and the main officials of the Six Departments of Nanjing, Zhu Changluo did not directly say the word "flat body".

Zhu Changluo said lightly: "Nanjing is really magnificent!"

Zhu Changluo's words made everyone in the hall tremble with fright, and all of them stuck to the ground tightly, not daring to breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhu Changluo continued: "Ye Xianggao has degenerated like this within a few years after he arrived in Nanjing. Gu Zhen can't judge whether it is Ye Xianggao's failure or the environment in Nanjing is problematic."

This sentence was quite heartbreaking, and the ministers of the Six Ministries of Nanjing hurriedly argued: "Your Highness, the loyalty of all the officials in Nanjing to His Highness is a lesson to be learned from the sun and the moon. Ye Xianggao did not think about the king's kindness, and turned his back on the court. It is his sin alone! "

After Zhu Changluo listened to these people's excuses, he didn't have much emotion. Who wouldn't say something like this?

Zhu Changluo continued: "I am very disappointed, especially for you. As the pillars of the court and the face of the court, you not only failed to lead by example, but also let people like Ye Xianggao who have lost faith and morality do evil in Nanjing for so many years. Are you just Is there no crime of negligence?"

All the officials trembled, "I will die!"

Zhu Changluo said again: "Death? You really deserve death!"

After saying that, Zhu Changluo angrily threw the portrait on top of the imperial case and under the portrait in front of all the officials in the palace.

"Keep your eyes wide open! See what these portraits are about?"

Zhu Changluo yelled these words almost in a roar, and the whole hall was buzzing. This was the first time that Zhu Changluo uttered a roar of anger in public since he traveled for so long!
After the officials kneeling in front took a careful look at the portrait that Zhu Changluo threw on the ground, they were all scared to death!

If there was no such thing as the visit of the emperor and the crown prince to Nanjing, these portraits would at best be a kind of entertainment and mockery among literati and gentry.

However, the emperor and the crown prince came and found these deadly paintings, and the nature was resolved at once.

If it doesn't work out, there will be bloodshed and countless families will be wiped out!
It is no small crime to slander Taizu and uglify the imperial statue.

It can be directly linked to treason!

All the officials in the hall were sweating in panic, not knowing how to explain.

At this time, Liu Shiyan, who was kneeling behind, seemed to have seen the contents of the portrait. At this moment, he was ecstatic in his heart, and suddenly felt that the opportunity had come.

Liu Shiyan leaned over and shouted: "Your Highness, please kill Ye Xianggao! These paintings are all made by Ye Xianggao and his like. Their purpose of doing this is to despise the imperial court and fail the country's grace!"

There was a sneer at the corner of Zhu Changluo's mouth. This Liu Shiyan was really bold. He jumped out before he could lead him out. He was indeed a little clever and calculating person. He was worthy of being the descendant of Liu Bowen. The strength is still there.

Now that Liu Shiyan has jumped out like this, Zhu Changluo will save trouble, and Zhu Changluo said directly: "Since Uncle Chengyi is so jealous, I will entrust you with the task of confiscating this painting. I don't want to see anyone slipping through the net." Hidden in the dark and continue to slander Taizu and the court!"

Liu Shiyan also never expected that he would get such a lucrative job with just one word, and immediately bowed again excitedly: "I must do my best to live up to the emperor's grace!"

Zhu Changluo looked at the people still kneeling on the ground, and snorted again, "Back off."

Zhu Changluo gave them a complete blow to the pilgrimage of the officials in Nanjing this time, and never looked at them directly from the beginning to the end.

After repelling all the officials, Zhu Changluo ordered to summon Sun Juxiang, the censor who had reported the crimes of Nanjing's nobles, and Dang Cunren, the tax supervisor sent to Nanjing by the inside and outside.

Sun Juxiang is a figure similar to Yu Jideng, and also Zhu Changluote's official who stayed in Nanjing and served as the supervisor of the censor.

Although Sun Juxiang's grade is still determined according to the grade of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, as long as he can be transferred out of Nanjing, his grade can go straight to the third rank.

Therefore, Sun Juxiang is not a person who should not be underestimated in Nanjing!

At least in terms of monitoring corruption, Zhu Changluo was very satisfied with what Sun Juxiang did.

As for Dang Cunren, it's even simpler. Dang Cunren is a person who went out from the big house, and he is naturally a staunch follower of Zhu Changluo.

If he wants to continue to be famous, he has to constantly show his value in front of Zhu Changluo, otherwise he will either be treated coldly as a poor eunuch who no one cares about, or he will be thrown to Fengyang to see the imperial tomb.

Therefore, Dang Cunren is 100% unconditionally loyal to Zhu Changluo!
This is the fate given to him by his identity, if he does not obey this fate, his end will be worse than death!
Sun Juxiang did not expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would summon him alone. After arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Sun Juxiang in a blue robe knelt down on the main hall of the Qianqing Palace from a distance.

"My minister, Nanjing Supervising Censor Sun Ju, is meeting with the Holy Prince!"

Zhu Changluo looked up at Sun Juxiang, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Changluo looked at Sun Juxiang and said, "I have a decree for you. During the period of my lonely visit to Nanjing, you have the right to investigate the illegal affairs of all officials in Nanjing. Whether it is a hereditary prince or a minister of the court, you can investigate. But these It must be carried out in secret, and after collecting conclusive evidence, you must not act without authorization and report to Gu Yu for approval. If there is any leak, Gu Wei you are the only one to ask!"

Sun Juxiang never dreamed that Zhu Changluo would give him such a great power of investigation, that he could even let him directly investigate the hereditary Duke and the imperial minister!This is not a great power!
Although the censor has always had such power, it has always been suppressed in the final analysis, and it should be the first time that this kind of power has been mentioned on the surface.

Sun Juxiang bowed excitedly: "The minister accepts the decree!"

Zhu Changluo added: "In order to cooperate with your investigation, I will send you a competent general who has been in Nanjing for a long time."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Changluo said directly: "Dang Cunren, from now on, you will follow Sun Yushi and follow orders without any mistakes!"

Dang Cunren stood up from the side, knelt down and said, "Your maidservant leads the order."

After arranging the dark line of Sun Juxiang and Dang Cunren, Zhu Changluo felt relieved.

The next step is to see how many people Liu Shiyan, a mad dog, can bite out on the bright side, and how much useful evidence Sun Juxiang and Dang Cunren can collect secretly.

To be honest, this kind of operation is also an opportunity that Zhu Changluo gave Nanjing Baiguan. If he can't grasp it well, Zhu Changluo can only use the methods of Sun Xian and Wei Zhongxian.

Although these two methods are very effective, they are still not very legal in terms of procedures, and it is relatively easy to cause a backlash from local public opinion.

But if Liu Shiyan, Sun Juxiang and Dang Cunren don't achieve the effect Zhu Changluo wants, that's all they can do in the end.

After all, the Ming Dynasty now belongs to Zhu Changluo!

The ass decides the head!

Whoever digs the roots of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Changluo will destroy that clan!
This is a matter of principle without discussion, and there is no right or wrong at all!