Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 309: Six Strange Cases in Ming Dynasty, Demon Book Case (1.5)
New Year's Eve of the tenth year of Jingtai.

Zhu Ying, the governor of Shandong, received a New Year's Eve banquet from Beijing.

Years later, Zhu Ying would resign as governor of Shandong and take up his post in Jiaozhi.

After the great rule of Shandong, there will be no governor. Yin Min, the right supervisor of the Supervision Department, will go out of Beijing to serve as the chief envoy of Shandong and be in charge of Shandong's civil affairs.

Yin Min has been an orthodox Jinshi for 13 years, and his performance is evaluated every year. Especially last year, the Beijing inspection found out more than 100 officials who had cheated on their political performance, and his political achievements were outstanding.

This person was recommended to the emperor by Wang Fu. It can be said that Yin Min was Wang Fu's man.

As for the governor, the emperor had a clear decree and it was not permanent. If the governor was removed, it would be divided into military and political affairs. Zhu Ying was the first governor of Shandong, and I don't know when the next one was established.

After several years of rapid development, Shandong should also enter normal development. Development is tortuous and cannot be pushed hard by the central government. It only develops along the way. Once it loses the booster of the central government, it will collapse.

Therefore, Shandong must enter a period of stability, digestion, and recuperation.

Shandong's iron partners, Zhu Ying and Xiang Zhong, are about to go their separate ways. Zhu Ying is going to Jiaozhi to serve as chief envoy for a term, and Xiang Zhong is going to Tianjin to take charge of the Bohai Sea Navy.

Zhu Ying was awarded the title of Prince Shaofu, the second rank of Zhengzhi Shangqing, the Bachelor of Dongge University, and was given a gold talisman.

One hundred carts of goods were delivered to Zhu Ying's residence in Beijing.

The New Year's Eve banquet is divided into five courses. The first course is fruits and vegetables. As an appetizer, there are more than [-] kinds of canned fruits, made into assorted plates, and eight desserts.

The second course is hot pot, spicy hot pot. The dishes are not as many as the hot pot feast in the first year, but they are more exquisite and taste better than before.

The third course is steak. The steak is served with butter. It is cut and plated, and presented to Zhu Ying for tasting.

It should be noted that butter was created by the Huns and was also spread from the east to the west, so the origin of butter is China!

Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, butter was eaten by nomads and low-level dock workers.

Using butter with steak is a dish passed down from the palace.

The fourth course is barbecue.

The fifth course is traditional dumplings, but the fillings of these dumplings are very particular. There are 36 dumplings on the plate, divided into nine kinds of fillings, leek and egg, celery and pork, mutton and green onion, three fresh shrimps, onion and beef, pork and chives, Mackerel egg yolk, oil pickled cabbage, winter bamboo shoots and chicken, four pieces each.

The New Year's Eve banquet was not particularly original, but it highlighted the emperor's intentions.

Traveling thousands of miles to give a banquet shows the emperor's recognition of the hard work of his ministers from other places for a year.

Zhu Ying waited for the arrival of the new chief envoy Yin Min. After completing the handover, he would leave Shandong where he had stayed for three years. He would go south to Jiaozhi and take office in Huanzhou before the rainy season.

In Rehe.

Li Bing, Wang Shu, and Song Jie were all enjoying the New Year's Eve banquet.

The preliminary construction of Rehe has been completed. Rehe Province already has a population of one million. The population is mixed. There are Han people, Tatars, Oaras, Mongolians from various tribes, and natives on the grasslands. Han people account for the majority.

Chineseization work is also being done. The household registrations registered by the people of Rehe all have Chinese names.

Officials strictly ordered that daily speech must be mainly in Chinese. If anyone is found not speaking Chinese, he will be whipped ten times in the street.

Rehe is newly built, and for the time being it is mainly used for grazing and growing food.

In the past two years, Wang Shu recruited civilians to cultivate 11 acres of land in Rehe Province.

As for what kind of food can be grown, we don’t know yet.

Rehe also relied on food from the south of the Yangtze River, and it was the emperor who raised Rehe single-handedly.

However, at the end of the [-]th year of Jingtai, countless merchants gathered in Rehe, and the trade volume of the ten prefectures in Rehe increased steadily.

The most popular product of Jingtai in the [-]th year was canned fruit, and the most popular product of Jingtai in the [-]th year was canned meat.

Sugar is a natural preservative. As long as canned fruits contain enough sugar, they can stay fresh for more than a year.

Natural preservatives include sugar, vinegar, wine, etc.

Therefore, in the Zhou Dynasty, there was a custom of making cans, but sugar has always been very expensive and ordinary people could not afford it.

In the ninth year of Jingtai's reign, the emperor built canneries all over the country and purchased icing sugar on a large scale, prompting people everywhere to grow beets, boil sugar and sell it to canneries. This made canning popular.

There is plenty of arable land, but if you plant more sugar beets, there will be less food.

Therefore, the emperor gave tax exemptions and the central government stopped collecting so much, so that the people would have enough to eat at home, which prompted the people to plant beets, and then there was a bumper sugar harvest.

In addition, the past two years have been good and there are few places affected by disasters. Although droughts occurred in Shandong and Jiangsu this year, the overall direction is good.

Therefore, in the ninth year of Jingtai, canned fruits became very popular.

Since the eighth year of Jingtai, the Ming army has captured many sheep outside the Great Wall. In the Jehol pastures controlled by Taipu Temple, there are already too many sheep to feed.

Ma Wensheng ordered them all to be slaughtered.

They are made into bacon, bacon, jerky, sausage, sausage, and canned meat respectively.

Meat products have become synonymous with Rehe, attracting merchants from all over the world to buy goods.

After two wars and hundreds of small-scale wars, the number of sheep in Rehe was 170 million.

It is not a good thing to have too many sheep. Taipu Temple cannot afford to raise them at all, so they can only order to keep the breeding sheep, slaughter the rest, and find a way to sell them.

This canned meat is divided into three flavors: sweet meat, salty meat and cured meat. Sweet meat is marinated with sugar and honey, bacon is soaked in salt, and cured meat is marinated in meat juice, similar to glutinous rice. Something that smells bad.

There are also small categories, such as canned meat, canned meat sauce, canned meat paste, including mutton, beef, and pork.

This canned meat paste can be used directly as dumpling filling. It is not valuable in winter, but it is a good thing in summer.

Canned meat is packed in earthen jars and sealed with iron lids.

Canned meat has been on the market since the second half of the [-]th year of Jingtai, and the response in the market has been very good. The farther south it is transported, the higher the selling price.

As a result, more than 100 canneries were built in ten prefectures across Rehe Province.

All kinds of canned meat are collected and distributed from Rehe to the whole country. Rehe also attracts a group of people to stay in Rehe because of the business of the cannery.

Yuan Jie, who was in Ningxia, discovered that the cannery was making money, so he ordered the slaughter of Ningxia sheep and started a canned meat business.

Rehe exploded with canned meat and went from chaos to peace. Even after three years of construction, Rehe is no longer a bare grassland. Instead, as far as the eye can see, it is a city with dense crowds and has the style of a major inland province. .

Meat has become a major industry in Jehol.

Various meat manufacturing factories have appeared in Rehe. The factory owners are all Han Chinese. The only criterion for recruiting workers is that they must be able to speak Chinese.

Anyone who doesn't speak Chinese will be rejected.

A notice issued by the Chief Secretary of Rehe stated that in any place of employment, including meat factories, if any of the workers cannot speak Chinese, they will be fined 1 taels, and if there are two people who cannot speak Chinese, the factory owner will be put to death.

Among the newly established provinces, Rehe was the slowest in Sinicization. Li Bing and Wang Shu were reprimanded by the cabinet.

Therefore, at the end of the [-]th year of Jingtai, the Chief Secretary issued a strict order to speed up the Chineseization.

However, the governor of Hubei Province, who was young and rich, followed the trend of canned meat and started a canned fish business. He imitated the canned meat and made canned fish, which still sold well.

The Chechen tribe who had driven Li Jin and Mao Sheng to the south were also willing to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty because of the canned meat. They were nomadic in Hanzhou.

He sold all the cattle and sheep in the tribe to Rehe to earn Ming Dynasty silver coins.

With the economic control of the Ming Dynasty, the Chechen tribe and the Oara who went south no longer fought with the Ming army. Li Bing encouraged the tribes to move inward and move to Rehe.

The Chechen Ministry has been shaken. Their favorite Ming Dynasty products are glass and canned fruits.

Li Bing and Wang Shu actually used Ming Dynasty goods to infiltrate all ethnic groups on the grassland and force them to integrate into the Han nationality.

When Mao Sheng, Li Jin, and Yu Mian did not leave, they would often go north to plunder, forcing the tribes north of Rehe to either annex or flee north.

Rehe is becoming the northern trade center.

The canned fruits of the Ming Dynasty have also become a favorite of the tribes in Mobei. After the iron pot, canned fruits have become the number one trade.

The money from selling cattle and sheep is also distributed by Taipu Temple.

Taipu Temple is planning to invest in the cannery and expand the canning industry in Rehe. Ma Wensheng wants to use cans to further control the grassland tribes.

Ma Wensheng wanted to apply economic theory to the various ethnic groups in the grasslands. He wanted to use the economy to collapse the various ethnic groups in the grasslands and force them to rely on the Ming Dynasty instead of using force to suppress them.

The cabinet approved and allowed Ma Wensheng to exploit the grassland tribes economically.

Canned fish has become a new synonym for Hubei.

Nianfu followed the trend of canned meat and produced canned fish, bringing life back to Hubei, the thoroughfare of nine provinces.

In the year when he was rich, all the chieftains in western Hubei except Shi Zhouwei were eliminated and returned to their hometowns. He also opened up the Dabie Mountains and cleared out and resettled all bandits.

This year, Yu Qian discussed the three civil servants who have made the greatest contributions, and the first one is their wealth.

The young man fought and wiped out the entire Hubei.

And relying on canned fish, Hubei became an Internet celebrity province in Ming Dynasty this year.

With a wave of his hand, the emperor established a military factory, a steel factory, a coin pressing factory, a glaze factory, a kerosene factory, etc. in Wuhan.

This is the first time that the Ordnance Bureau has set up a branch factory, and it chose Wuhan because there are iron mines nearby, which is convenient for manufacturing firearms.

Another point is that it is too far to transport it from Beijing to Jiaozhi, and a transfer station is needed. Putting it in Wuhan is a compromise strategy discussed by the cabinet.

When he was rich, he had been governor of Hubei for three years. He had made great achievements and received many rewards. The emperor issued an edict and stayed in office for two years, and then he was promoted to the cabinet.

In Jingtai's ten years, his greatest achievement was to open up the Dabie Mountains and pacify hundreds of thousands of bandits in the Dabie Mountains. Therefore, he was promoted to Shaobao.

The main reason why Nian Fu wanted to stay in office was that he had to clear out the remaining Tujia territory in Hubei and Shizhouwei.

In two years at most, Young Shaobao will be in charge of the center.

This is Chen You’s second New Year’s Eve in Northwest China.

He has obviously lost his energy this year. In the war against Turpan, he won and lost.

Under Kou Shen's slow advance, Hami was completely annexed, and the border bordered Turpan.

Kou Shen recruited 10,000+ people in Hami, and moved in [-] Han people, [-] Mongolians and [-] Hui, forming New Hami.

But the entire Gansu Province relies on the central government for blood transfusions.

Gansu's land is barren and desolate, and there have been years of war, making it unable to be self-sufficient.

With the addition of Hami, the pressure on Gansu has increased greatly.

Fortunately, the emperor issued an order to cut down trees on a large scale in Lingnan, Yunnan and Guizhou and sell them to Gansu. Gansu stockpiled a large amount of wood for road construction, building houses, river management and other purposes.

After three years of immigration, the population of Gansu has exceeded 150 million, and the number of Han residents has reached 60.

Kou Shen was celebrating New Year's Eve in Shazhou and enjoying the New Year's Eve banquet sent by the palace.

Last year, the Reclamation Department of the Ministry of Rites planted 2000 million saplings in Gansu and planted large areas of Populus euphratica forests near deserts to prevent and control desertification.

The soldiers of the Gansu Guard were converted into officials of the Reclamation Department, their military status was changed to civilian status, military land was allocated to them, and an additional pension was given to them.

Kou Shen's greatest contribution was the establishment of Yumen Oil Production Plant, Yumen Oil Lamp Factory, and Yumen Asphalt Plant in Yumen.

The first asphalt road in the Ming Dynasty is under construction from Yumen to Jiayuguan.

The reason for building this road was firstly to see the actual effectiveness of the asphalt road, and secondly because Yumen was not close to the river, so a road had to be built leading to Jiayuguan, from which the water would be launched and sent to the capital.

A month after the road was built, Chen You made a special trip to see it. He rode a horse on the asphalt road and said bluntly: Wherever this kind of road is built, the Ming Dynasty cavalry can hit it.

Pure nonsense.

The cost of building asphalt roads was too high. Kou Shen hired 20 people and boiled them in [-] iron pots every day. How much asphalt could he produce?
If we want to build the entire Ming Dynasty, we may not be able to complete it within 100 years. The key asphalt is hard to come by.

Yumen, Gansu Province, became the center of Daming Lantern Factory.

The world's kerosene comes out of Yumen.

Kerosene lamps are very popular among the public, with canned meat ranking first and kerosene lamps ranking second. They are one of the three best-selling products in Jingtai in the past ten years.

Because of kerosene lamps, Gansu became the northwest trade center, and various kerosene lamps were sold throughout the country.

Scholars could not read at night, so the emergence of kerosene lamps saved the world from darkness.

Yao Kui therefore became one of the three most successful civil servants in the ten years of Jingtai.

Both the government and the public no longer talk about giving up the land of Hami. They all say that the land of Hami is a treasure.

Hami also grows onions on a large scale.

Chen You presented the onions to the palace, and the emperor praised him repeatedly. As long as the emperor liked it, it would be popularized among the people.

Chen You planted large areas in Hami and actually made money from selling onions.

Onions have become Hami’s second largest economic pillar.

Similarly, Liu Guangheng, the governor of Shaanxi, also established a lamp factory, asphalt factory, and kerosene factory in Yan'an.

However, there are not enough iron pots in Shaanxi, and the cooking scale is far less than that of Yumen.

Shaanxi's asphalt is transported directly to the capital by water, and the asphalt transport ships work day and night.

After the roads thaw next year, Yao Kui will start laying asphalt roads in Gyeonggi.

For Liu Guangheng, the first priority in Shaanxi is to dig karez wells to solve the drinking water problem of the people in the northwest.

In Shaanxi alone, from the eighth year of Jingtai to the tenth year of Jingtai, a total of 7000 saplings were planted, including fruit trees, jujube trees, mulberry trees, etc.

It is urgent to protect the water and soil in Guanzhong.

Shaanxi has a large population. If you don’t count the hidden households, the population is as high as 600 million. If you include the hidden households, the population is probably over [-] million.

Therefore, after Gansu was established, a large number of Shaanxi people took the initiative to establish themselves in Gansu and Ningxia.

For those who took the initiative to immigrate, the central government allocated one more acre of land, which made people from Shaanxi begin to take the west exit.

Liu Guangheng was not showy, but he was doing what the people really needed. For this reason, he was praised by the emperor many times.

People are behind the scenes, making silent contributions, and the emperor can also see it.

And in the Northeast.

After 14 months of exploration, iron ore was finally discovered in Anshan.

Anshan is the name of a post station in the Ming Dynasty. This place is also deserted and not many people live there. It is under the rule of Liaoyang.

After the discovery of iron ore, the emperor waved his hand and built a separate city, named Anshan Station.

He also sent the Royal Merchant Company to mine in Anshan, established the Anshan Iron Works, and placed it under the jurisdiction of Liaoning.

The [-] iron pots supplied to Yumen were made from Anshan's iron ore.

In the tenth year of Jingtai, Governor Li Xian has been leading people to fill the quagmire on both sides of the Liaohe River. The land washed out by the Liaohe River is fertile farmland.

But when it was not developed, it was still a quagmire and swamp, which needed to be filled in a little bit before being cultivated into fertile farmland.

Li Xian recruited 200 million people and spent a year filling and reclaiming the Liaohe Tao, and gave priority to allocate land to participating farmers.

The reason why it was so fast was due to the discovery of Anshan iron ore, which enabled 20 farm tools to be manufactured.

In addition, Li Xian adopted a merit-recording system. Farmers who made meritorious contributions would be given farm tools after the completion of the project.

The government and the people worked together, and it took one year to miraculously create [-] hectares of fertile land.

Li Xian will also merge two new prefectures in Liaoning in North Korea, open up important roads, build Chiyi, and move in batches of Han people.

After two years of immigration, the population of Liaoning exceeded 200 million, including 130 million Han people, 30 Tatars, 30 Koreans, 10 Uliangha people, and some natives.

The number of registered residents exceeds 200 million.

Li Xian has made great contributions. Corn will be planted in Liaohetao next year, and Liaoning's food problem will be solved. With this, he can return to the cabinet. When Hu Hui retires, he will be able to assume the position of chief minister.

He and Xu Jue enjoyed the New Year's Eve banquet together.

After the banquet, Xu Jue was worried, and Li Xian asked him why.

Xu Jue said, "Brother Yuan De, these three treasures of corn are probably not as good as your Majesty thinks."

"What happened again?" Li Xian's heart skipped a beat.

Experimental planting of corn Sambo has always achieved good results.

Although Xu Jue was an eunuch, he was also given a banquet by the emperor.

There must not be many eunuchs who can enjoy the New Year's Eve banquet, only Feng Xiao, Shu Liang, Jin Zhong, Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong, Lian Zhong, Xu Jue and so on.

The former were both confidants of the emperor, while Lian Zhong was instrumental in controlling floods. Xu Jue was obviously a direct participant in the coup, but he was given a New Year's Eve banquet, which shows his contribution.

"Yuande, after this year's corn harvest, I went to see the land and found that the fertility of the land was almost exhausted and it had changed from black soil to loess. If I continue to plant it next year, I am afraid that I will not be able to harvest it."

Hearing this, Li Xian was slightly surprised: "What's the reason?"

"Fertility!"

"The reason why corn Sambo can be grown in the Northeast is that it requires a lot of fertility. If there is not enough fertility in the ground, Sambo will not be able to bear fruit."

"The fertility they consume is several times that of rice, corn and wheat."

Xu Jue's eyes were sad. He wanted to enter the Confucian Temple by cultivating the three treasures of corn.

With that said, he sent the detailed records to Li Xian.

After reading it, Li Xian couldn't help sighing: "Sure enough, the way of heaven is more than enough, but not enough. There is no perfect thing in this world."

"If you can grow the three treasures of corn in this harsh environment, you will have to consume several times the fertilizer."

"According to your records, this fertile black land can only last three years, and the land in the Central Plains can only last one year."

After Li Xian read it, he felt half relieved.

He is developing the Liaohe Tao on a large scale just to plant corn.

The emperor wrote to him, telling him that he had bought enough seeds from Xiyi merchants and would send them to Liaoning after the rivers were opened, so that he could promote planting next year.

Now the land is cultivated and the seeds are ready.

You told me that this thing is for fattening and cannot be grown for two years. How about fun?

"What if we use plant ash and supplement it with farm fertilizer?" Li Xian asked.

"It's not enough."

Xu Jue has been planting the Three Treasures of Corn for nearly three years and has detailed records every day, so he is the most professional corn expert in the Ming Dynasty.

"Then what can we do?"

Li Xian read a lot of books and thought: "What can I use to increase fertility?"

Thirty thousand hectares of fertile land cost the central government 120 million taels of silver!
If this fails, Li Xian will be a sinner, and he will be in the cabinet, so he will be killed if he takes the lead.

“Ever since I planted corn Sambo, I started studying fertility.”

"This fertility is mainly composed of feces, plant ash and other materials. I have analyzed in detail the reasons for the production of these natural fertilizers."

"It may be a substance that can enhance the fertility of the land."

"So, as long as we can find this substance and increase the amount of this substance, we can increase the fertility of the land."

Xu Jue is one of the smartest people in the world, and he has already started thinking about chemical fertilizers.

Li Xian did the same. He clapped his hands and said: "As long as we find this substance, we can plant the three treasures of corn in the land of Liaoshen."

Xu Jue gained confidence again. He was short of fertilizer, so he went to find fertilizer.

He wrote quickly and searched out all the available fertilizers on the market, and then tried them all to find alternatives and see the superimposed effects.

Then send people to the private sector to ask old farmers to see if the private sector can collect useful information.

His agricultural college already has thousands of disciples.

It was winter, and he ordered all his disciples to study how to improve the fertility of the land to meet the requirements for planting corn.

Xu Jue believes that he will be able to overcome this difficulty.

Li Xian is also writing letters for help and sending them to his circle of friends to see who has a good solution.

Not only officials celebrate New Year's Eve.

Soldiers all over the world are also celebrating New Year's Eve, and the emperor gave a set of cotton-padded clothes as a New Year's gift.

This set of cotton-padded clothes includes a cotton coat, outer robe, thick trousers, winter shoes with thousand-layer soles, and a belt embroidered with the word "明".

There are soldiers from both the north and the south. If the soldiers from the south can't wear them, they can get money.

The emperor spread money to win people's hearts.

And in Siping.

This place is the temporary headquarters of Jilin Dusi, and Wang Lai serves as the commander-in-chief of Jilin Dusi.

Jilin Dusi was established in the eighth year of Jingtai, but it was officially put into use in the tenth year of Jingtai. It is adjacent to the three provinces of Liaoning, Rehe and North Korea.

Wang Lai used Jianzhou Sanwei as the basis to build a new city and built it eastwards connecting Liaoning.

At the same time, he sent envoys to conduct business with various tribes and recruit these tribes as Han people.

The Haixi Jurchens were the most confused. They were Jurchens a few days ago, and now they have become Han people. They don’t know who they are.

But the Ming Dynasty was very generous, changing everything.

In the past, Mongolians and Jurchens worked as second-tier traders, trading with them in exchange for their precious Dongzhu, ginseng and other items, but they received very little.

Now that there are no middlemen, Ming trades directly with them.

The Ming Dynasty was rich, and its price was much higher than that of Mongolia and Jurchen.

Let these tribes who are close to the savages quickly warm up their relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and they are all willing to join the Ming Dynasty and become Ming people.

The king came to spend money to ask them to help build the city, and then spent money to recruit soldiers among them to form a barbarian army.

These people were sent to Hami to fight a war of attrition with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

Some barbarians mutinied on the road and were killed by the Ming army. The rest were demoted as slaves and sent to control the Yellow River.

Wang Lai continued to trade with them and established trading centers in Changchun, Jilin, Dunhua, and Yanji to trade with various tribes.

For the dependent ethnic groups, they began to recruit troops and transport people to the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Lai had only been here four months and sent 6000 people to Hami.

The city was built to Yanchun (the border between China, North Korea and Russia).

To the north, cities were built in Dehui, Harbin, Zhaozhou and Suihua.

Wang Lai planned to build a city in the important area of ​​Jilin Dusi and send people to guard it, and then gradually fill in the city and population, build galloping roads, and establish river transportation.

Nowadays, the purpose of building a city is mainly to trade with various ethnic groups and then recruit various ethnic groups.

There is no obstruction such as the Great Wall, it is purely a trading city.

When Wang Lai first came to Jilin, he thought Jilin was poor, but after he opened a trading station, he realized that the furs of the Northeastern tribes were particularly cheap.

Jilin’s fur is Jingtai’s third best-selling product in ten years!
In the past, these furs were exchanged for iron from Jurchens and Mongolians, and the price remained high. This time, they were traded directly with the natives of the Northeast, and they realized how cheap they were.

Wang Lai made a name for himself in Jilin by collecting and selling skins. Many businessmen gathered in Jilin and purchased large quantities of skins from Wang Lai.

In the Central Plains, especially in the south, leather was sold out immediately.

In the ten years of Jingtai, the three best-selling commodities in the world were canned meat, kerosene lamps and furs.

Wang Lai set up the provincial capital of Jilin Dusi in Harbin.

Harbin was called Ciluwei in the Ming Dynasty, and Harbin was translated from Jurchen language.

In the past few months, about 2 people have moved from North Korea and the mainland and have been resettled in Changchun and other places.

When corn planting is promoted next year, Jilin will become rich.

Now there are businessmen who are willing to take root in this black land, which at least makes a good start.

Wang Lai tasted the New Year's Eve banquet and made great wishes.

The Hanzong case brought huge political fear to Nanjing.

The emperor arbitrarily killed the wealthy households in Nanjing without any explanation. The key was to slap a label on them and force them to move away.

Finally, the people of Nanjing could see the power of the emperor.

On New Year's Eve, Nanjing was not lively at all.

Zhu Qiyu had a reunion dinner, which was very dull, especially the Queen Mother Sun, who was afraid that the emperor would bring up the Hanzong case and make her unable to step down.

"Winter in Nanjing is really cold."

Zhu Qiyu, a northerner, couldn't stand the humidity and cold in the south. Charcoal was still being burned in the hall, and he still felt it was too damp.

"The quilt has been warmed. Please go to bed, Your Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu stood in front of the brazier and sighed quietly: "Feng Xiao, have you calculated the wealth?"

"Back to the Emperor, the silver sent to the palace is 7400 million taels. The estimated price of various precious items is more than 3000 million taels."

"How is the construction of the coin pressing factory going?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

"Back to your lord, it has been completed, but workers have not been recruited yet."

"After the ban is lifted in Nanjing, we will recruit immediately, and then all the silver will be pressed into silver coins and circulated throughout the world."

"My slave obeys the order." Feng Xiao reported back.

"Those objects will be escorted to Beijing. By the way, some will be picked out and rewarded to the soldiers who have made great contributions."

If you sell it now, you will lose money.

It is better to send it back to the capital and take action slowly. It is best to use it to reward ministers and avoid being charged the price difference by middlemen.

It’s been a dull year in Nanjing.

But New Year's Eve in Beijing was terrifying.

Yu Qian stipulated that officials in Beijing and central China will not have a holiday on New Year's Eve this year and will celebrate the New Year on duty.

Just as the fireworks were going off.

The cabinet received a letter. The external topic is of national concern, but the internal issue is worrying and discussed.

The person who opened it was Yao Kui.

The first sentence at the beginning is: Today there is peace, the country has been solidified, there is nothing to worry about, and there is nothing to worry about.

Snapped!
Yao Kui was so frightened that he closed the book and quickly looked at Wang Fu, who was also on duty: "Come here and take a look, what kind of demon book is this?"

"what?"

Wang Fu regretted it after taking one look at it. Why did he look at it?

Today there is peace, the foundation of the country is solid, there is nothing to worry about anymore, nothing to worry about anymore.And why do you always have no hesitation?
Answer: The current situation is exactly what Jia Sheng said is the time when people are accumulating wages.

Kunimoto...

This is a big hole!

In the past, when the emperor had no son, he was very fragile and sensitive. How many times did he get into trouble because of this matter?
They all have personal experience. The emperor killed people when he made trouble.

Now that the emperor has a son, the prince must be replaced, and everyone in the world knows it.

However, no one dares to mention this?
This demonic book was actually written directly, which was to trample and trample the emperor's face under his feet!

See how he answered?

There are officials from the East Palace in the East Palace. How can one be called an official if he is not prepared?The emperor was forced to establish it as a last resort due to the request of the ministers, and he was unprepared to serve as an official. This is why he intended to change it in the future, just like the change of the old prince.

The emperor was forced to invite the ministers to invite him, so he made the son of the Japanese prince the prince. Now that the emperor has his own son, he will definitely change his tune and replace his son as the prince.

The next step will be even more exciting!

They singled out Yu Qian and regarded Hu Hui, Yao Kui, Geng Jiuchou, Fang Ying and others as the Ten Chaos. The reactionary forces headed by Yu Qian occupied the atrium and deceived Shengting.

The rest are familiar.Wen Ze includes Hu Gongyi, Yao Gongkui, Li Gongxian, Geng Gong Jiuchou, Bai Gonggui, Wang Gongfu; Wu Ze includes Fang Gongying, Wang Gongyue, Kou Gongshen, Wang Gonglai, etc., and Yu Gongqian is the master within. This is called ten chaos and internal confusion. A king who charms the world externally is like the ten constant attendants of Emperor Ling and the four treacherous ministers of Emperor Huizong.

Yao Kui and Wang Fu looked at each other, have we become the ten permanent servants?

He said: Then how can we know what these people are doing?

Said: All the princes are outstanding people, and they all hope to divide the land.For example, Yao Guangxiao would not only be rich and noble for the rest of his life?Therefore, if there are Fan Guang and Yu Kang, the soldiers of Jingnan will be able to seize all the capital camps and be self-sufficient; if there are Hu Bo, the dangers on the three sides will have to be controlled by someone; if there are houses in Ningxia, the throat of the world will be strangled, and the soldiers of the King of Qin in the four directions will not be able to control them. That's it. Li Jin and Mao Sheng are guarding the Forbidden City. Who can cut through the pass and enter?
This means that we are suspected of rebellion!
Yao Kui and Wang Fu were both stunned. This article scolded all the officials in the court.

Or say: Mr. Jiaomen is alone speechless?
Said: Jiaomen is a dangerous thief who uses people but does not use them for others. Therefore, if he is blessed and suffers his own disaster, he avoids it and does not get involved. How can you see this?Husband, Jin Yi, Wei Xisi Fang Leizhuo, famous ancestors come, there is no one who is not promoted.But the emperor's reputation in Daohua has not been promoted, how can his talents be inferior to those of other servants?The Duke of Xing wanted to right Zheng and leave the king, so when he verified the time and order, his in-law Fan Guang suppressed his achievements and did not record them. It was also because Hu Gongxi had silently taught them.

Said: Then why is Zi here?
Said: What Heaven has promoted cannot be abolished; what Heaven has abolished cannot be promoted.I only listen to my ears!Can An be able to rebel?
Some people just retreat.

In the tenth year of Jingtai, the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's Eve.

Not signed.

But he scolded all the courtiers.

Look at the people the emperor puts in high regard. They are all sycophants. So what kind of wise ruler can he be who appoints these people?
Isn’t this just a roundabout way of cursing the emperor? "The demon book, this is a fabricated demon book!" Yao Kui originally wanted to ignore it and simply tear it up so that no one else would know.

but.

It is Yu Qian who controls the capital.

He, Yao Kui, was extremely happy to add trouble to Yu Qian.

Besides, this person sent the demon book to Yao Kui just because he wanted to use his hands to make Yu Qian uneasy!

If you give it to Yu Qian, Yu Qian will definitely put things at ease.

This time Yao Kui tore it up and gave it to Sun Yuanzhen.

Therefore, he asked people to invite Yu Qian and all the important ministers in the cabinet.

At the wonderful New Year's Eve banquet, the courtiers in the capital didn't eat a single bite. They all gathered in the cabinet and looked at the demon book in confusion.

Also with them were Zhang Yong and Liang Fang, the Supervisors of Ceremony.

Yu Qiankong sat there for half an hour without saying a word, feeling bitter in his heart. When the emperor left the capital, all the guns and arrows came at him, both openly and secretly.

Sun Yuanzhen was also very angry because his name was not included in the demon book.

But those who were included were all trembling.

No one wants to be included in the party and become Yu Qian's people, which is not good for anyone. Yu Qian doesn't want it, and they don't want to be.

As a result, a demon book listed these people in the party.

Instead, the emperor fell into a weak position and was deceived by Yu Qian, a cowardly king.

Why don't you think about who caused the situation in the DPRK to become like this?
and many more!

Does it look like the handwriting of an emperor?

Yu Qian presided over the government in Beijing and had a large number of troops. Therefore, the emperor was worried that Yu Qian would rebel, so he kept stumbling upon Yu Qian, making Yu Qian uncomfortable and restricting him.

However, the opening chapter of the Demon Book is about Yi Chu, and it also mocks Emperor Jingtai for his troubles with Yi Chu.

It starts with Yi Chu, but focuses on Yu Qian. The ending is about who can defy the odds?It's like mocking the emperor!

Yu Qian's strength was something the emperor tried his best to praise.

It seemed that he was scolding Yu Qian as a sycophant, but in the end he turned into mocking the emperor for creating party strife.

Could it be that the emperor was laughing at himself?
The emperor likes to flaunt himself as a benevolent king, so why would he scold himself?
"Gentlemen, what do you think?" Yao Kui couldn't help but ask.

He is quite disgusting, and he has become a member of Yu Qian's party inexplicably.

"First there is the Hanzong case, and then there is the demon book case. Someone is planning a major case to bring trouble to the imperial court." Wang Fu helped Yao Kui speak.

"Xing Guogong, please explain." Sun Yuanzhen pointed her finger at Yu Qian.

It took Yu Qian a long time to come to his senses, and his tone was hoarse: "What's the explanation? I am unswervingly loyal to the Ming Dynasty and loyal to His Majesty. Will a mere demon book that I dare not even sign my name force me, Yu Qian, to commit suicide to apologize?"

Sun Yuanzhen smiled and said: "Xing Guogong, is your reaction so big?"

"You also said it, it's just a demon book."

"Then why don't you dare to face it?"

Yao Kui took advantage of the situation and said: "This book is centered on you, Duke Xing."

"You, Duke Xing, are in charge of the central government again, and the Holy Master is in Nanjing, not in Beijing."

"So Sun Shangshu is right, please ask Duke Xing to explain."

"Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was trapped in Jiangdu, so the Second Sui Dynasty died."

"As soon as this demon book comes out, we will all become your friends. If you don't explain it clearly, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain it clearly."

Geng Jiuchou was even more ruthless.

Yu Qian found out that the emperor's curse on him had happened again!
Regardless of any disturbance, the tightening curse would be recited and give Yu Qian an unbearable headache.

It was as if the emperor was telling him in his ears: Without me protecting you at the center, you would have been a withered bone in the tomb!
"Okay, I will give you an explanation here!"

Yu Qian gasped: "A demon book allows you to criticize me verbally and writtenly. Because I have become a lord, I should no longer occupy the position of chief minister."

"The existence of my chief assistant is blocking your way!"

"That's why I, the chief assistant, am in trouble today!"

"Then, I, like Bai Gui, will stay at home and wait for His Majesty's announcement!"

Sun Yuanzhen smiled, and Yu Qian made a bad move.

If you give up your choice at this time, the emperor will definitely be angry if he knows it.

"Xing Guogong left as soon as he said so and didn't care about His Majesty's orders. How could he not comply with what was said in the demon book?" Yao Kui said coldly.

Yu Qian is not good at politics, he seems very immature in politics.

If someone with high merit overwhelms the leader, if it were someone with high political sensitivity, he would immediately step down, at least not occupy the position of first and second-in-command.

As for Yu Qian, he served as the Duke of Xing and also served as the first assistant. He was the only official in the court who managed both civil and military affairs.

Not only did the emperor hate him, but both civil and military officials also hated him.

Yu Qian blocked the way.

Li Xian is about to complete his service, and he is bound to return to the center with force. Since there is no seat in the cabinet, Yu Qian can only move.

Hu Hui made it clear several times that the designated successor is Li Xian.

After Zhu Ying completed his term, he went to Jiaozhi to serve for another three to four years. At that time, he would also return to Beijing to join the cabinet or become the six ministers.

There are also Nian Fu, Xiang Zhong and Xue Xuan who have made great achievements in the local area.

They all have to return to the center.

There are so many people, but there are only a few central positions. If you, Yu Qian, don't give up, who will give up?

"Xing Guogong, is this your explanation?"

Sun Yuanzhen sneered: "I think you are running away from the battlefield, and you are unworthy of the grace of God!"

Yu Qian finally experienced Bai Gui's pain.

He is also an anomaly among civil servants. Bai Gui offered his daughter to seek honor, while he became the Duke of the country and dominated the position of chief minister.

Coupled with the tight spell that the emperor placed on him, it's surprising that he can do well.

Does he have to dominate the position of first assistant?
It's the emperor who won't let him move!

"Then what do you think we should do with this chief assistant?" Yu Qian is also stupid. At this time, silence is the best answer.

He just wanted to act on his own initiative.

"certainly……"

Just as Sun Yuanzhen was about to speak, Yao Kui suddenly grabbed him with a smile on his face: "Mr.

This is a big hole!

You, Sun Yuanzhen, try to deal with Yu Qian and see if the emperor can kill you. Do you dare to use imperial power?crazy?

Sun Yuanzhen's back felt cold. Yu Qian was so shady that he deliberately set a trap to lure him in.

At the same time, he realized that Yu Qian was deliberately pretending to be stupid, but in fact he was luring him to the bait.

Sure enough, there is no fool who can sit in this seat.

"Then I will present the book to Your Majesty and ask His Majesty to deal with it."

Yao Kui thought about the problem from another angle. Before leaving, the emperor ordered him to see him, and the implication was that he should look at Yu Qian.

If Yu Qian followed Bai Gui's example and gave up his choice, he would think about it behind closed doors.

Is the tight spell the emperor set on Yu Qian still useful?

gone!

The reason why the emperor kept Yu Qian in the center was because he was worried that things in Jiangnan would not go smoothly, and he needed Yu Qian to lead his army to support the emperor's return.

Now Yu Qian is forced to shut up and think about his mistakes. When the emperor wants to use him, will he issue an order to ask him?
Yao Kui saw clearly.

Look at the people the emperor left in the center, they were all promoted by him.

These people have all received certificates of submission. If Zhu Qizhen ascends the throne, they will not benefit. If Zhu Jianshen ascends the throne, they will also die.

Therefore, the emperor felt free to leave the affairs of the court to them and went on a tour to the south.

Yu Qian is the back-up man retained by the emperor.

You have to use him, but you also have to guard against using him.

Therefore, Yu Qian cannot move, and he cannot be freed from the tight curse. He has to make Yu Qian feel uncomfortable, make him obedient, and make him work hard.

Yu Qian's eyes were sinister: "Mr. Yao Ge is quite reasonable."

He is not a fool, the people in the game see more clearly.

That's why he feels uncomfortable, so he wants to get rid of this tight curse.

"I don't dare. How can a mere monster book alienate the harmonious relationship between the DPRK and China?" Yao Kui smirked.

"Then, Sun Shangshu, are you going to question my chief minister?" Yu Qian looked at Sun Yuanzhen.

Sun Yuanzhen said quietly: "That depends on your actual actions."

Yu Qian looked around at the ministers: "What do you mean?"

"Let's check first." Chen Wen was helpless.

"it is good!"

Yu Qian tested everyone's bottom line, and his tone became increasingly fierce: "The chief assistant also has a few words to ask you!"

"Are you going to start a party struggle by just biting and biting randomly based on a demonic book?"

"My chief assistant has been ordered to stay in the capital and take charge of the government and military affairs. Could it be that your majesty doubts me, so you use the country and the country to test me?"

"If you don't mention my Yu Qian's achievements, let's talk about my Yu Qian's unwavering loyalty."

"How could he do anything detrimental to Ming Dynasty?"

"Is it possible that I, Yu Qian, have read books for half my life and ended up reading them into a dog's belly?"

Yu Qian exploded!

He tested the bottom line of the courtiers. These people were the emperor's curse on him. They could only make him uncomfortable but could not kill him.

Once the bottom line is understood, he can roll around freely.

Let’s hurt each other!

Doesn’t the emperor want this situation?

Geng Jiuchou was the most stubborn: "Chief Assistant, as soon as the demon book case came out, everyone was caught off guard. It is reasonable to suspect you. Why did you react so strongly?"

"We all know your contribution."

"We also appreciate His Majesty's trust."

"So, the center was entrusted to your hands. We did not dissuade His Majesty, and even cooperated with you in everything."

"We all abide by your verdict in the case of Shangshu Bai yesterday."

"Today you are yelling at the cabinet because of a demon book. So the Minister Bai, who has been wronged, is going to set the cabinet on fire?"

Geng Jiuchou helped Bai Gui reverse the case, but he was actually muddying the waters.

Let Sun Yuanzhen and Yao Kui end and continue to bite Yu Qian.

Yu Qian's eyes darkened. This Geng Jiuchou is definitely a mad dog. Yesterday he bit Bai Gui and put the shit basin of the Han Zong case on Bai Gui's head. Today, he put the shit bowl on Bai Gui's head from the demon book case. He is absolutely a mad dog.

But thinking about it more deeply, Geng Jiuchou was just flattering.

He is the emperor's loyal dog and must help the emperor.

Looking at it this way, the Han Zong case is more like Geng Jiuchou and Bai Gui putting on a show to pick out someone, and this person is the real culprit in the Han Zong case!
Yu Shiyue, have you seen through this?
Yu Qian found that he realized it later and felt regretful.

"Don't be upset, Geng Shangshu."

Sun Yuanzhen smiled and said: "Our official position is one level lower, and he is acting as an agent for the government. Not to mention the demon book case, even if it is true, what can we do?"

Acting as an agent in government affairs?

This is a big scapegoat!

There was no precedent for ministers to act as agents of government in the Ming Dynasty, but there was in the previous dynasty. Sima Shi, Liu Yu, and Yang Jian all acted as agents of the government, but who were they?

"What is acting as an agent of government? When did His Majesty issue this decree?"

Yu Qian immediately retorted: "I, Yu Qian, have been determined to fulfill my ambitions for the country since I was a child. His Majesty is broad-minded and does not dislike my vulgarity. He uses me and promotes me. That's why I, Yu Qian, am today. Could it be that I, Yu Qian, am born a wolf and look after me?"

"Whether this demon book case is true or not, I, Yu Qian, have turned a blind eye to the investigation. It is up to you to decide who will investigate. If my family is investigated, everyone in my family will cooperate. I only ask you to clear my name, Yu Qian." clean."

Yu Qian bowed deeply.

He is making peace with others.

But Geng Jiuchou was not happy.

He had just slapped Bai Gui in the toilet, so he naturally wanted the political turmoil to pass quickly so that he could prove his innocence.

If he wanted the Han Zong case to pass quickly, he had to let another more explosive thing cover it up. When the demon book case broke out, he was the happiest person.

"Xing Guogong's attitude is indeed worth learning from." Geng Jiuchou said lightly.

Yu Qian stared at Geng Jiuchou, do you insist on breaking up with me?

Yesterday, I supported you!

Are you going to kill me to death today?

Yu Qian knew very well that this shit basin was definitely going to hit him, so how should he fight back?
His use to the emperor is to fight.

The Ming Dynasty does not lack famous generals, but it lacks famous commanders. Yu Qian is a famous commander.

If there was a big battle to be fought, the emperor would quickly uncover the demon book case and let Yu Qian lead the troops to fight.

However, there is no war in the north?

Even if there were, the scale would not be big enough and it would not be Yu Qian's turn.

Yu Qian suddenly understood one thing, why the Mongols couldn't be beaten away!

He has fought against Oara and Tatar, and he knows that these two forces are not weak, but they are not so strong that they cannot escape after 100 years of fighting.

This shows that the border guards will always be trying to cultivate the bandits' self-respect.

If a military general wants to demonstrate the value of his existence, he must always have battles to fight.

Why did Xu Da die so cowardly? Wasn't it because there was no war to fight? Emperor Taizu's sons had grown up and were able to take charge of their own affairs, so Xu Da was no longer needed.

Sapphire, isn't it the same thing?

You have hit the fishing sea, and the north has been peaceful for at least ten years. Is your blue jade still useful?
Therefore, the general cannot end the war.

Let’s look at Emperor Xuanzong again. Why did he suddenly die suddenly? He just returned from patrolling the border and died suddenly. What was the reason?
Throughout the dynasties, it’s not that there are no famous generals or commanders, it’s that no one is willing to fight, even the soldiers at the bottom are unwilling to fight them all in one go.

Who doesn't want the water to flow slowly?

Making money every day, compared with making money once in a lifetime, you must choose to make money every day.

On another level, the gentry behind the merchants did not want to lose this fat sheep. They only made money by fighting at the border every year.

The gentry controlled the court, relying on money and chaos. The Ming Dynasty was besieged on all sides, so the emperor would be honest and obedient, and the gentry could decide to change the emperor.

Yu Qian now hopes that there will be war on the border. As long as the war begins, the dead game he faces will be completely revitalized.

But he was so honest that he destroyed the Tatars and Wala ran away.

There are no major forces in the north that can threaten the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Qian can't even think of fighting.

This is also the reason why Yu Qian was forced into a desperate situation. The civil officials thought he was a hindrance, and the military generals thought he was cutting off his financial path. Therefore, he was an uncle who didn't care for his grandmother, so he had a tight curse.

So, how to create a large-scale war?What about re-demonstrating my worth?

Yu Qian thought of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!
As long as the Eastern Chagatai Khanate invades the Ming Dynasty and loses Gansu, no, Shaanxi as well, the emperor will definitely send Yu Qian to organize his troops.

This time, he will definitely not be able to fight once and for all. It is best to fight for 20 or 30 years. He, Yu Qian, will not come back from the border.

This is the way to be a general.

"Is Xing Guogong thinking about how to get away with his crime?" Sun Yuanzhen smiled evilly.

Yes.

I'm thinking about how to start a war. It would be best if the Ming Dynasty loses several provinces.

Why did the officials of the world oppose the emperor's expansion of territory?

Because there is no way to replace such an emperor, if there is no crisis at the border, the gentry will also lose power, and the imperial power will expand rapidly.

Just like now, when wars are being won all over the world, the emperor can manipulate the gentry at will, even drive them away, and move them wherever he wants.

Because there was no crisis in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was expanding its territory, and the imperial power of the Ming Emperor expanded rapidly. Only Emperor Taizu had such terrifying imperial power.

Therefore, the emperor killed people in Nanjing at will, but there was no chaos in Beijing.

Yu Qian's mouth was filled with regret. He had also contributed to this huge imperial power.

As soon as the demon book case comes out, the emperor can send him to hell with an imperial edict.

He kind of guessed who was the mastermind behind this case!

If it were him!
There will be big cases later!
Yu Qian's eyes flashed with fear. The stupid Wang Yue, Fang Ying, and Chen You were still opening up territories, and the stupid Yue Zheng, Xiang Wenyao, and Han Yong were still clearing away the natives.

Just wait, when all this is done, the emperor will kill whoever he wants!
Respect yourself!

If a military general cannot respect himself, he is not a military commander.

If the civil servants do not restrict the imperial power, they are idiots!
"I am heartbroken, but I believe that Your Majesty will believe me." Yu Qian gritted his teeth and said.

The whole story about the demon book case was written into a memorial and sent to the capital overnight.

At the same time, after discussions among the ministers, Zhou Xuan, the minister of Dali Temple, personally took charge of the case.

The seventh day of the first month.

The city gate of Nanjing opens.

However, the prosperous Nanjing is no longer prosperous.

Instead, groups of prisoners were escorted out of Nanjing and sent to Jiaozhi by boat.

Nanjing has a registered population of 57.

After the suppression of counter-revolutionaries, the remaining population was 144 million, and the exiled population in Jiaozhi was as high as 40.

Why is there so much population?

Because these are all hidden households, household registrations hidden by the nobles.

Those who were removed were all wealthy households, gentry, and powerful people.

After two inspections, the palace received 1.3 million taels of silver, 0.6 million taels of precious antiques, and a fixed output value of 0.5 million taels.

The money is not much, Nanjing is the hometown of Jiangnan, and all the rich people in the world have properties in Nanjing.

But what surprised Feng Xiao was that these wealthy households in Nanjing actually hid 6000 million taels of silver.

If the family members hadn't betrayed him, the court wouldn't have been able to find so much money.

Those who rebel can become rich men when they go to Jiaozhi. Depending on their contribution, the smaller one will be given 1 taels of silver, and the larger one will be given one million taels of silver.

Even criminals who moved to Jiaozhi were assigned houses and land, and Zhu Qiyu gave each person a settlement fee of five taels of silver.

It was strictly forbidden to torture Han people on board the ship. Once discovered, the torturer would be killed with a stick and his family members would be exiled.

These gentry are a scourge in Nanjing.

When he went to Jiaozhi, he controlled the basics of Jiaozhi.

Who dares to complain against the emperor for trying to rebel?Okay, just look at how Dajun teaches you how to be a good person.

In fact, it’s not bad to go to Cochin.

You have a house, land, and accommodation allowance. You can also capture natives as slaves. You don't have to farm the land. You are allowed to do business. You are also allowed to take the imperial examination and become gentry in another place.

Even though the accumulation of thousands of years is gone, the emperor still leaves them a way to survive and work hard to become officials.

Then greed, then robbery, fattening the emperor before killing him.

however.

The demon book case broke out.

Zhu Qiyu received the memorial on the fourth day of the first lunar month.

The Lantern Festival has passed, but no rumors have come out in Nanzhili. Those who spread rumors seemed to have become mute for an instant.

The emperor is really killing!
Look at Nanjing, how many people died?
How many aristocratic families survived the Mongols and Emperor Taizu, only to be cut off by Zhu Qiyu in the end.

"This demon letter is quite interesting. I see this demon is here in Yingtian Mansion!"

"I'm ordering Yang Xin to respond to the Tianfu, seal off the entire Yingtian Mansion, and let me investigate! Find out the truth!"

Zhu Qiyu issued another decree.

This much money has been found in Nanjing, so let’s continue to check Yingtian Mansion!
As soon as the demon book case came out, Ying Tianfu trembled.

Hu Hui had been watching with cold eyes, until the emperor took advantage of the demon book case to take action against Tianfu, and he saw clearly who was behind the demon book case.

After he met Ye Sheng, he immediately went to the palace to see him.

"The old lady was also alarmed by the demon book case?" Zhu Qiyu looked worried.

"I am worried about Your Majesty."

"Let the old lady worry about it."

Zhu Qiyu let out a breath and asked the eunuch to move to Jindun: "It's not cold in Nanjing, but it's really cold in the palace. The old lady should keep warm."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I thought this demon book case was aimed at you."

"Every word, every word, calls me a coward, using sycophants and rebellious ministers. It's really ridiculous to compare me with Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu said: "When the Han Zong case broke out, rumors spread throughout Nanjing."

"This demon book case is more exciting than the Han Zong case. Why are there no rumors?"

"Are they secretly writing something to curse me?"

"This is the most difficult thing to investigate. Some people don't curse me with their mouths, but curse me in their hearts. Alas."

"I have asked Ye Sheng and Gao Zongben to prepare for immigration. All these criminals from Nanjing should be moved to Jiaozhi, so as not to upset me."

Hu Xi was thinking: "Your Majesty, can Jiaozhi be able to bear this population?"

"Of course, I have decreed that all the Annan people will be killed. Annan's population is around 400 million. My territory is much larger than Annan. It will be okay to accommodate 500 million people."

Hu Xi's heart skipped a beat.

The emperor wants to move 500 million people from Jiangnan.

"Your Majesty, excessive immigration will harm the peace of the world." Hu Hui was worried that of the 500 million immigrants, only half would reach their destination smoothly.

On a ship, any disease can break out.

These gentry have tender skin and tender flesh, how could they have suffered such torture?

"It doesn't matter, they are all sinners. If they are not executed directly, I am showing mercy beyond the law. Besides, life and death are fateful. What does it have to do with me?"

Zhu Qiyu didn't think about losses. He needed millions of people, or even more, to develop the Indochina Peninsula for him.

Some losses are acceptable.

"Old Master, you don't think the demon book case was concocted by me, do you?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly changed the subject.

Hu Xi immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I dare not override Your Majesty."

"Why should I throw dirty water on myself?"

Zhu Qiyu was a little helpless. In the Hanzong case, he seemed to be the biggest profiteer.

"I just take advantage of the situation and turn the bad things into good things."

"When the Han Zong case came out, my legitimacy was questioned."

"It would be fine if it were another emperor."

"I became a monk on the way. I was raised by you and Duke Xing. I also have a brother above me, and he is the emperor with upright roots."

"Who am I? What do you think?"

Geek!

Hu Xi's heart skipped a beat, and an extremely bad feeling came over her.

If the person who concocted the Hanzong case and the demon book case is really the emperor!
Then the emperor's target of spearhead is not the Jiangnan gentry, but the Japanese prince who is trapped in Nangong!

The target of the big case later is him!

"Old Master, why are you looking at me like this?" Zhu Qiyu suppressed the smile on his face.

"Old, I know my mistake."

Hu Hui nodded in shock, is it him?
Because I said that when I return to the capital, I will establish a crown prince, so I want to cut the knot quickly and use my absence from the capital as a cover to attack the Japanese prince?
If the emperor is not in the capital and the Japanese prince dies, then even if the emperor suffers infamy, it will be nothing.

He copied all the Jiangnan gentry, and there were not many people who could oppose him.

At this time, the Japanese king was executed.

It's logical...

Hu Ming felt frightened, because if the Japanese king died, Hu Ming would be useless!
If the emperor wants to be the emperor for eternity, what he hates the most is someone gesticulating, and he, Hu Hu, is the old man gesticulating.

Once the emperor's throne is secure, he is no longer needed.

In fact, everything has a chain reaction.

Why do civil servants restrict imperial power? Look, the emperor with absolute imperial power is so scary. He can replace whoever he wants.

It's the same principle as a military commander raising an enemy to respect himself.

Now, the emperor's biggest enemy is the Jiangnan gentry. Once the emperor eliminates the Jiangnan gentry, then the emperor will have absolute imperial power, and his own safety will be sufficiently guaranteed.

So, does it matter who the first assistant is?Who is the Minister of Civil Affairs? Is it important?

not important.

No one can threaten the imperial power.

The emperor is no longer afraid that his throne will be lost, and he is no longer afraid that he will die suddenly, because no, he will only die naturally.

So, is Hu Ming still useful?

useless.

There are talented people everywhere in the world, why must I use you Hu Miao?There is no need for you to come to Ming Dynasty’s Dinghai Shenzhen.

Why would any emperor cut off his wings after gaining power?The founding emperor would kill his heroes.

It's because these people have become new stumbling blocks.

Hu Hui's brain was running wildly. The only way to stop the emperor was to destroy the emperor and get rid of the Jiangnan gentry.

The Jiangnan gentry became the last card to keep Hu Hui's power.

However, was this weakness of the Jiangnan gentry deliberately unleashed by the emperor, so that Hu Hui could capture it and then take the opportunity to cut him off?
The Jiangnan gentry never listened to Hu Hui's words.

To save or not to save?
It was like a glass of poisonous wine, exuding an alluring fragrance. Did Hu Hui choose to drink it or knock it over?

And in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Song Wei is holding a salt merchants meeting. He has summoned all the salt merchants in Yangzhou to hold a grand meeting.

(End of this chapter)