Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Chapter 345 Zhu Gaoxuan: Why have you become a reckless man?
After deliberation among the patriarchs present in the Fuya Neitang, the patriarch of the Fan clan finally stood up and spoke. He smiled and said: "Master Fu, don't worry, we have already discussed it. This time, the seventeen families, the big guys will join together first. Gather up, gather up 20 shi of grain and send it to the government government granary."

The prefect of Kang was overjoyed, and he cupped his hands and said: "Fan Laozhen is a model of our Ming clan. My clan of Yangzhou is well aware of the righteousness of the nation, and I admire it. You are all heroes of my Ming. I will meet the crown prince at that time. The official must praise you all."

He originally just wanted these patriarchs to come up with a hundred and eighty thousand yuan, but he didn't expect these people to be so powerful, and it was 20 yuan when they opened their mouths.

You know, in Zhending Mansion in the north, the land tax for a whole year is only 11 shi.And these Yangzhou patriarchs directly took out the land tax of Zhending Mansion for two years.Coupled with the 20 taxes that Yangzhou already had this year, it is a full 40 shi.

40 shi of grain is enough to satisfy the prince.

And the prefect of Kang can also keep the black hat on his head.

The patriarch of the Fan clan waved his hand and said: "Master Fu Zun is too polite, serving the country and the people, this is what we, the country gentry, should do."

The prefect of Kang said solemnly: "Old Fan understands righteousness deeply."

……

After the magistrate Kang sent the clansmen away, a person slowly came out from behind the screen. This person was dressed in a white shirt and looked old-fashioned, with a goatee beard and red phoenix eyes.

This man is the master of the Yangzhou government office.

Masters are very common in government or county yamen. They have no official position and can only be regarded as the category of "officials". Generally, there are people who study administrative affairs after the imperial examination has not been passed, and advise the magistrate or county magistrate.

"Fu Zun, why do I feel that there seems to be something wrong here?"

The master frowned and said, "In the past, these country gentlemen were just morons, and they would never move if they didn't give benefits, but if you want them to pay a penny, they will be so annoying that they can pester the government for a long time. Why are they doing nothing today? Suddenly he became generous, and promised to give us 20 shi of grain in one breath, is there... is there something tricky?"

"Master is worrying too much."

At this time, the prefect of Kang was proud of his horseshoe disease, and said happily, "Those powerful clansmen, although they are sometimes stupid, they are still very smart when they should be smart. If the number is not satisfactory, I must be the first to suffer, but after I die, how can they survive?"

"In the past year, although I can't say that I have been in the same boat as these clan princes, I have also escorted them and served as the magistrate of Yangzhou for a year. For them, they can earn more when I am in office. .”

"With the style of our prince, how can he not know the deep meaning, killing this official is only to relieve the anger for a while. Compared with Yangzhou, what is the crime of this official? The real guilt is these clansmen Ladies and gentlemen, they control the money and grain of the Yangzhou government. The reason why the court cannot get the money and grain is because these patriarchs and lords are unwilling to let go. Don't even think about living!"

"Under this situation, how can they not compromise?"

"This food not only saves me, but also them. I can only live for a few decades at most, but the family they want to plan for hundreds of years and thousands of years. How can this petty profit compare with thousands of years?" The family of the year stretches?"

After listening to the master, he felt that the words were reasonable, knowing that the magistrate Kang was overjoyed at this time, and he couldn't listen to other people's words. If he said it himself, it would be useless, it would only annoy the other party, and felt that it was a blow to the atmosphere.

Helpless, he could only cup his fists and say, "I hope so."

……

The royal boat docked, the river was surging, and the spring was gradually rising to the Yangtze River.

Zhu Gaoxuan got off the dragon boat, followed behind by Yu Qian and Wen Yiwu, one of Zhang Mu. There were already officials from the Yangzhou government waiting to worship at the pier. They all knelt and kowtowed, and shouted in unison: "His Royal Highness, Wanfu Jinan!"

"You are exempt."

With a smile on his face, Zhu Gaoyi looked at one of them, "You are Kang Shike, the magistrate of Yangzhou?"

Kang Zhifu raised his head, a little flattered: "Your Highness still remembers me?"

"We met, when we were in Nanjing."

Zhu Gaoyi smiled lightly, "You were promoted to the magistrate of Yangzhou before, and it was an isolated record. You should have an impression?"

"Your Highness's kindness, I will not forget it even if I die."

The magistrate Kang quickly said, "At that time when I came to Beijing to report on my duties, I met His Highness once. I never thought that His Royal Highness has such a good memory. I still remember this little prefect."

"The magistrate is not a petty official. As long as he is in office, there are no petty officials. Even if he is a small official of the county government without a title, he is called a small official, but to the local people, he is the master. The official of the sixth room of the county government, That's like the six ministers of the imperial court. I've heard that the magistrates of this county government often engage in "small courts", and they are like emperors in the local area. Aren't the six officials just small? Shangshu?"

Zhu Gaoxuan patted Kang Zhifu on the shoulder, and said, "Even a seventh-rank magistrate can make a small court. Aiqing, a fourth-rank magistrate, is directly under Nanjing. It is one of the two prefectures in the south and the north. How can the seven counties of the prefecture be petty officials?"

The magistrate Kang almost fell apart when he was slapped, he was terrified, he raised his sleeve to wipe off the sweat dripping from his forehead, and quickly said: "These daring and reckless people who have eaten the hearts of bears and leopards are simply abominable. How can they do anything?" Such a big rebellion, disobedience, disobedience, and violation of discipline. Don't worry, Your Highness, the ministers in other places can't control it. Anyway, within the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture, the ministers absolutely do not allow such things to happen."

Zhu Gaoxuan waved his hand and said: "For Yu Gu, for Your Majesty, and even for the court, this is nothing. As long as you can do practical things, let alone a small court, even a big court can do it." How, if it can make the local people rich, so what if we can pay taxes to the country on time and in accordance with the regulations? I have always looked at people like this, I can ignore some small flaws in the official position, as long as I can make political achievements, Ai Qing , what do you think?"

The magistrate Kang said in embarrassment: "Your Highness is right, I dare to ask Your Highness to come to the guild hall first. I have already arranged a banquet in the guild hall to clean up the dust for Your Highness."

"Not urgent."

Zhu Gaoyi looked around and asked, "Why do I only see officials but not the people?"

Kang Zhifu said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the government office has dispersed the people here in order to welcome His Highness, so as to protect His Highness's safety."

Zhu Gaoxuan frowned slightly: "Prefect Kang, what you did is not honest?"

Kang Zhifu's heart skipped a beat: "Your Highness, why did you say that, but is there anything wrong with your plan?"

"Think about it for yourself, why does Gu go on a southern tour?"

Zhu Gaoyi sighed, "The purpose of the Gu's southern tour is to observe the sentiments of the people and to care about the people of Ming Dynasty. But you dispersed the people in advance, so how can Gu go to understand the people? Let's talk about it again. When the prince comes, the people have to leave. Then Doesn't it mean that Gu has become a plague god, how will the common people see Gu?"

The prefect of Kang immediately knelt on the ground: "The minister is guilty!"

"My love, what are you doing?"

Zhu Gaoxuan helped magistrate Kang up, and said in a harmonious voice, "Who in the world is not a commoner? You are also a commoner, and you are also a commoner. The ancestors of our Zhu family were also old farmers. No one is a sage. The magistrate Kang's dispersal of the people is also thinking of the lonely, and it's just that the lonely doesn't appreciate it, so how can they add innocent crimes to you?"

He smiled softly and said, "Since the people failed to come to meet me, then I will go to meet the people, Governor Kang, please find someone to take me to Yangzhou City, so that I can have a chat with the people After a while."

"Good good."

The prefect of Kang hurriedly waved his hand and called a group of people, "You guys, come quickly and lead the way for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

……

After Zhu Gaoxuan left, the magistrate Kang changed his flustered expression just now, and stood calmly on the spot, not moving against the wind.

The master of the government office couldn't help sighing: "As expected of the lord of the government, he is not chaotic in the face of danger, and his demeanor is at ease. He pretended to be flustered just now, but in fact there is a world inside. Such a city is admirable."

Prefect Kang said indifferently: "Master, come here."

The master walked over in a hurry, tilted his head and asked, "My lord, do you have any orders?"

"It's nothing, I just want you to help me."

Prefect Kang put his arms on the opponent's shoulders, and his whole body softened as if he had been discouraged. He was so limp that he didn't need any strength. "I was so frightened that my legs went limp, and my crotch was almost wet."

The master was dumbfounded, he thought that the elder of his family would not be chaotic in the face of danger, but he never thought that the other party would be so frightened that he could not move.

After working in the government office for so many years, he has never seen the other party be so ugly!
"You were not by my side just now, so you don't know how scary the aura of our prince is. As expected of the prince who came out of the flames of war, he has the bloody aura of gold and iron horses all over his body. It is as majestic as a mountain, like a tide hitting the shore, which makes people's ears ringing, their eyes dazzled and their whole body paralyzed."

Kang Zhifu tremblingly said, "Looking at it from a distance, His Highness the Crown Prince's angry words seem to be amiable, but in fact there is a knife hidden in every sentence, both soft and hard, both yin and yang, every Every sentence is like a sharp sword piercing into my heart, it's really scary."

"Just now, the crown prince used the county yamen to enter the topic, as if casually asking me about the achievements of the county yamen, but he was actually reminding me that the matter of the granary was taken care of. How dare I tell the truth, I just I can get away with it for the time being, but luckily the crown prince gave me a step down, so I didn't ask any further."

Speaking of this, the lord Fu Zun seemed to have regained his strength, and asked quickly: "Master, I ordered you to keep an eye on the [-] family members all the time these two days, did they ever send food to the government office?" In the granary, this is an errand to bet on my head, if something goes wrong, I will ascend to heaven in place!"

The master smiled bitterly and said, "Seventeen families only sent [-] shi of grain and grass."

"what!"

The prefect of Kang turned pale with shock, "The promised 20 shi, but they only sent [-] shi. What is this, are you teasing me?"

The master said: "The patriarch of the Fan clan sent someone to spread the word that the scenery this year is not good. At the end of last year, he sold dozens of boats of grain to the north. It is too difficult to gather 20 shi in a short period of time. Now we can only send it here first. [-] shi. But if the lord Fu Zun can hold the prince for two or three days, they will be able to send all the food over."

"He gave his grandma a leg!"

The magistrate Kang yelled, "He really dared to think, let me hold the crown prince, what level am I, what level is the crown prince? I am a prefect of the fourth rank, it's okay to be domineering in the local area, who saw it? Everyone has to shout 'Master Fu Zun', but in front of the prince, that's a fart!"

"The prince is happy, he saved face for me as a magistrate, and called me Aiqing. If he is not happy, he has to tell me to wait for my head to be beheaded at Caishikou!"

He rested his forehead irritably, "Master, you have to give me an idea, and you have to let the prince perfunctory."

Master: "..."

Damn bastard, the crown prince doesn't look down on you as a magistrate, but I, a master without a rank, are taken in by others?
I can go to Nima!
……

Yu Qian followed behind Zhu Gaoxuan, hesitating again and again, but he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Sir, the prefect of Yangzhou must be perfunctory for you, right?"

Zhu Gaoyi slightly raised his eyebrows: "You finally understand?"

Yu Qian scratched his head and said: "You just asked him about his political achievements, but you were actually reminding him of whether the granary issue has been resolved. But he is refusing to change the subject. Most likely, it has not been resolved."

"Yes, Not Bad."

Zhu Gaoxuan nodded and said, "You have made progress, but you are not as stupefied as before. It seems that the month of going to the prefect of Annan Province has improved you a lot. You guessed it right. Looking at it alone, this Kang The magistrate is not only [-]%, he has not settled the granary [-]% of the time."

Yu Qian said: "Then why are we talking nonsense with him? Just kill him and then ransack the house. Kill the chicken to make an example to the monkey. Kill him and it's over!"

"...Why did you become a reckless man after staying in the Academy of Arts for a month?"

Zhu Gaoxuan said helplessly, "Think about it with your not-so-intelligent little head. Could it be his fault that the lack of food is not in order? The Zhili regions in the north and south of the capital are the tax bureaus and the inspector guards. The most ruthless investigation, if the magistrate Kang is an official who only knows how to take money but does nothing, can Lu Chaoyang let him go? Saiha Zhizhi let him go? Of these two people, one used to be the real power leader of the Jinyiwei, and the other was a former Jinyiwei Honorary Commander, he does things neatly, can the prefect of Yangzhou at the gate of Nanjing escape their knives?"

"Lv Chaoyang and Sai Hazhi didn't touch him, which means that the Yangzhou magistrate still has something to do. It's just that the food can't be harvested, and it's not his fault alone. In the granary of the Yangzhou government, it only costs 20 shi of grain. , This is already a qualified number. But now that he came to Yangzhou alone, the 20 shi is not enough. After all, 20 shi is the land tax that is usually paid, but he came here alone, so he at least doubled it. Shangguan inspections and routine situations are two different things."

"There is not enough food, what should I do?"

"Search from the people? Does he dare? Here is a lone man, how dare he go to search the people?"

"Then you can only ask for it from the powerful local gentry. Tell me, whose problem is this?"

(End of this chapter)