Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 189
The whole world suddenly became strangely quiet, and the torrential rain at the turn of spring and summer swept in, pattering on the deck.

Wang Cheng'en, the chief inspector of ceremonies, bent down, the rainwater hit his python suit through the window sill, and it was as cold as a sharp sword cutting his skin, but now that His Majesty was furious, he didn't dare to turn around and close the window .

The same is true for Li Mingrui. Although the rainy wind brought some coolness, his forehead was still dripping with sweat. Once upon a time, how could a senior civil servant like him be so frightened in front of the emperor.

Unless it was during the Hongwu period, when some officials had to say goodbye to their wives every time they went to court, the civil officials had never been so timid in front of the emperor, and even after the Chenghua period, the civil officials even formed a group of The ethos of calling the emperor proud.

Wu Jin walked in with Yuan Chonghuan's head in his hand. The big devil who had always been Zhu Youxiao's sharp sword replied in a weak but anxious voice, "Your Majesty, Yuan Chonghuan has been put to death."

"Go find the coffin and put it in temporarily. In addition, the news of Yuan Chonghuan's murder has spread to all provinces, and I have warned the governors and generals everywhere to be loyal and responsible, and not to follow my order in vain!"

As soon as Zhu Youxiao said that, he left the boathouse. He needed to come out to take a breath. There are also relatives of the emperor. Although their wrists are not as iron and bloody as Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, they can also be compared with Chengzu Zhu Di, but he has never been as heavy as today.

Yuan Chonghuan, a well-known figure in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, was still killed by himself.

Zhu Youxiao gave him a chance, and even specifically told him not to engage in internal strife and not to attack Mao Wenlong before sending him to Liaodong. For this reason, he said harshly at the beginning, saying that if he killed Mao Wenlong, he would definitely die. Destroy its nine clans.

But who knows, Jiangshan is easy to change and nature is difficult to change, Yuan Chonghuan still ignored his own warning, and even rebelled against himself face to face, forcing himself to kill him.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help sighing, he was even thinking that if Yuan Chonghuan knelt down to him, just begging for mercy, or admitting a mistake, he might be able to spare his life, but besides being ambitious, this person was also stubborn, Is this the so-called integrity of the scholar-officials?
Zhu Youxiao stared ahead. At this time, Wang Chengen didn't know when he came behind Zhu Youxiao with an umbrella. The master and servant didn't speak, and Li Mingrui, the elder of the pavilion, and Wu Jin, the head of the East Factory, followed suit. They came, but neither of them opened an umbrella, and they were soaked in water in an instant.

The rain curtain woven like silver threads drifted back and forth under the gust of wind, punching densely packed small holes in the muddy Grand Canal.

The tossing and turning boats, big and small, also docked urgently, lowered their sailboards, and put up their canopies. Except for the dozens of big boats of the Ming Emperor who were still lying on the river, the entire Grand Canal around Jinan Prefecture was moved away in an instant. empty.

No one knew that a court official had just been beheaded and killed on the imperial boat of His Majesty the Ming Emperor who was a hundred steps away but could not approach.

Only the officers and soldiers of the imperial guards guarding Yu Zhou Zhou still stood around the side of the ship as straight as a mountain, and from the expressions in the eyes of these people, it can be seen that His Majesty killed a civil servant for the sake of a general. The shock to them is not small, at least from now on they believe that His Majesty thinks highly of warriors like them.

Suddenly, at the time of the heavy rain, a small boat came towards Yuzhou like an arrow off the string, and one could clearly see a vigorous old man standing on the small boat that was overturned in the torrents , the old man was dressed in ragged clothes and had white hair all over his head. He also shouted loudly towards Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty!"

"emperor!"

The old man shouted loudly, and looked very anxious and flustered. He seemed to have forgotten that this is a restricted area for the emperor's guard of honor, and the wooden paddle was paddling fast.

But because it was too far away from Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao didn't hear what he was shouting clearly.

Here, the person in charge of the southern tour affairs is Li Mingrui, a scholar of the Dongge University and the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

In an instant, he changed his initial reticence, and immediately shouted at Ye Zhen, the commander of the first battalion of the Imperial Guard infantry on a boat in front of him: "Ye Chen, stop that man quickly, and don't let him run into your majesty." !"

"Don't worry, Mr. Li Ge. We have marked the restricted zone on the river, and there are still three feet left. As long as he drives another three feet forward and doesn't retreat, he will definitely die."

As soon as Ye Qianshi finished answering, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Don't be so nervous, he's just an old man, forgive him for not being an assassin, and even if he is an assassin, he wouldn't be so blatant to bring him here. I'm a little curious why this person dared to break into Yujia."

Ye Qianshi saluted Zhu Youxiao, and immediately ordered a team of imperial guards to go there according to Zhu Youxiao's order.

Not long after, the old man was escorted to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao saw that this man was wearing a coir raincoat, a bamboo hat, and a white beard, but he looked like a fisherman who made a living in this area.

It was also the first time that this person saw His Majesty today, and he hurriedly kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao.

"Please hurry up, old man." After all, Zhu Youxiao couldn't accept the gift from an old man calmly, so he asked Wang Chengen to help him up and asked:
"Old man, this is my royal boat, and idlers are not allowed to get close to it. You should know it. Tell me, how did you have the courage to venture here? Do you know that if I hadn't been merciful just now, you would have already Buried in this Grand Canal."

The old man looked at Zhu Youxiao ignorantly, and then looked around at the officials in brocade clothes or the soldiers in armor. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but knelt down again, not He kept kowtowing to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must decide for the grassroots! The grassroots have a great injustice!"

Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was the first time he met such a person, and he went directly to cry in front of himself, the present day.

"Old man, if you have any grievances, you can go to the county government office. If the county government office is not good, you can go to the government office. If the government government office is not good, you can go directly to the branch patrol, or go directly to the procuratorate. Come to me to complain, and I may not be for you. It's up to you," Zhu Youxiao said, and after Zhu Youxiao said, he planned to let Wu Jin take the old man to the county government office. He is not a patrol censor, but he doesn't have so much time to inquire about local lawsuits.

The kind of plot where the emperor has to clean up all kinds of major cases and vindicate the people's grievances as soon as he arrives in the place is only played out in TV dramas.

"No, no, your majesty, you are the greatest official in the world. You can't ignore the life and death of us little people. The daughter of the grass-roots went to do part-time work for Master Kong's house, but she disappeared after a month. Master Kong said that she The day before, I got paid and left, but Caomin searched all over Shandong, spent all my savings and couldn't find it. I also went to the yamen of the county lords and magistrates to file a complaint, but except for a few meals Other than beating, those gentlemen don't care, now that I finally heard that the emperor has come to our place, I rushed to come here."

The old man started rubbing his eyes while talking, and said to himself: "I'm just such a girl, how will I live in the future."

(End of this chapter)