Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 137

Zhuo Wende, magistrate of Daxing County, saw Zhu Youxiao pulling his face, and realized that he might have flattered the horse's leg, and explained with a smile:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is all due to the friendship of the people of Daxing County, not by the officials. Because Your Majesty, you personally led the king's teacher to drive away the Tartars, so everyone is very grateful to you."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao just nodded and went straight into the city without saying anything, and the bureaucratic gentry hurriedly followed in.

The streets are very clean and tidy. Although there are signs of burning in several places, most of the houses are intact. However, there are no people in the entire county, and some shops facing the street are not open.

There were no beggars or refugees who entered the city. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing and said, "Magistrate Zhuo, Daxing County is well managed. Although the city is full of desolation, there is not a single beggar or refugee."

"Thanks to Your Majesty's praise, the official was originally a dull person. Fortunately, with the cooperation of Li Fuyin and a group of gentry and common people in the city, Daxing County is where it is today."

Hearing what Zhuo Wende said, Zhu Youxiao pretended to be surprised, and turned around and smiled at Li Chunmao.

It is not uncommon for local officials to rely on the local gentry to govern the region, but Zhu Youxiao dislikes his own people-friendly officials who have become the agents of these local gentry to compete for private interests, so when Zhuo Wende replied that it was all supported by the squires in Daxing County At that time, he was already a little displeased, but he didn't show it on the surface.

Zhuo Wende, the county magistrate of Daxing County, took Zhu Youxiao to the county government office first, and sat down for a while, Li Maochun, a second-rank official, stood up and said, "Your Majesty has great martial arts skills, and it is indeed the hero of the common people to wipe out the barbarians. Blessings, the great fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and your majesty, you love the people like a son, now that the tartars have gone, please return the people's wealth to the people, so that the people can live and the world can submit."

It was also very helpful for Zhu Youxiao to hear that Li Maochun flattered him as soon as he opened his mouth, but he didn't expect that Li Maochun's meaning would suddenly change sharply, saying that he wanted to return the people's wealth. It's just because the Tartars robbed him, a big landlord, of his property and asked for it from him.

Seeing that Li Maochun had first approached His Majesty to ask His Majesty to return the property he had seized by the Tatars, the other gentry and officials who accompanied him into the county government also got up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, admonishing Zhu Youxiao to send the Tartars out of the country. Return what they robbed here.

Zhu Youxiao hadn't thought that these people would ask him for debts before, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "Your property is robbed by the Tartars, why do you ask me for it? If you have the ability, go out and find the Tartars now."

"Your Majesty was joking. The people in this area of ​​Gyeonggi all know that, Your Majesty, you have taken it back from the Tartars for us. It is precisely because of this that we came to ask His Majesty to ask for it. Please give it back, and don't take advantage of the people's interests." !"

After speaking, Li Maochun got up and saluted Zhu Youxiao again, and the other squires also stood up: "Please return it, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao looked coldly at these squires who appeared to be submissive but were aggressive but did not speak. As soon as he put down the teacup in his hand, he beckoned to Liu Bin: "Come here with your ears."

All the gentry looked at Zhu Youxiao whispering beside Liu Bin, and naturally they didn't know what Zhu Youxiao said. They all hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would return the property looted by the Tartars because of their joint petition. I know that the gold, silver and jewels stolen by the Tatars are the accumulation of their years of being officials.

"Yes!" Liu Bin responded and walked out. Li Maochun followed Liu Bin's figure and looked out, wondering if His Majesty sent him to transfer property.

People always subconsciously think of the bright side, and the centuries-old Ming Dynasty's generous treatment of the private property of the scholar-bureaucrats also made them unaware of the approaching danger.

The end of the Donglin Party and the fate of the troublemakers are nothing more than a group of ignorant nerds to blame for themselves, and they neither participate in the scourge of the party, nor care who is the emperor, they just want to get back their own property That's all.

What's more, at this time, His Majesty Zhu Youxiao did not show any dissatisfaction.

Zhu Youxiao did not show any dissatisfaction. Now that he has his own gun, why waste his words with these selfish vested interests.

Zhu Youxiao just picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and then asked Zhuo Wende, the county magistrate of Daxing County: "Zhuo Wende, as far as I know, when the Tartars plundered the capital, the Amin Department also attacked your Daxing County, Moreover, you still took the initiative to open the gates of Daxing County, and offered to surrender to the Tartars, and it is precisely because of this that the Amin Department only robbed wealth and did not kill anyone, is there such a thing?"

When Zhuo Wende heard what Zhu Youxiao said, he said that Zhu Youxiao was punishing himself for his ineffective defense of the city, so he knelt down on the ground in fright: "Your Majesty, I was outside the city at that time, and I didn't know that the Tartars were coming. In Daxing County, Kaicheng was done by the county magistrate Yang Zhengying, and Lu Shilang has executed him."

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked about Zhuo Wende, Li Maochun and other squires hurriedly defended their parents and officials, and they all proved that Zhuo Wende was indeed not in the city at that time.

Zhu Youxiao put the teacup heavily, and said in a stern voice: "I know you were not in the city at that time, and it was not your fault to open the city to surrender, otherwise you would not have kept your head today, but let me ask you, what do you do when you go out of the city?" What's going on, the Taizu had a legacy that the officials close to the people had to go out of the city to disturb the people, you'd better tell me the truth, don't force me to expose the dirty things you did in front of the city's gentry!"

"My minister, I have been wronged!"

Zhuo Wende didn't dare to say that he went out of the city because Li Maochun invited him to his manor for a small get-together and had an affair all night, which led to a delay in returning to the city, so he just started howling.

Suddenly, Tang Fusheng led a group of gendarmes into the courtyard, and surrounded the outside with their Xiuchun knives drawn.

At the same time, Liu Bin came in with an old servant: "Your Majesty, the old butler of Li's residence has arrived."

Li Maochun stood up in astonishment, he didn't expect that His Majesty would suddenly bring the old butler from his house, he looked at the old butler and then at Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, this, this is."

Zhu Youxiao ignored Li Maochun. Jin Yiwei had already secretly monitored these big gentry, especially the gentry in the capital.

After all, these gentry held a lot of real power in the local area. In many cases, the reason why the Tatars were able to easily plunder the city was not unrelated to the prior collusion with these big gentry.

Of course, the purpose of their collusion is only to keep their own three acres of land, and they don't really want to be obedient citizens of the Tartars, but sometimes the Tartars will not abide by the agreement and plunder their property, and they will also You can only suffer from being dumb.

Zhu Youxiao knew that people could do unscrupulous things for their own selfishness, so he didn't intend to care too much about it.

But now that these people are bullying him and asking him for debts, Zhu Youxiao doesn't intend to be polite to them anymore.

　Second update, a bit late
　　
　
(End of this chapter)