First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Biao was quite surprised when he heard this, but this man did nothing wrong. The nobles still have a way to live, but the prefect of Huai'an has only a dead end. Fleeing overseas is indeed the last chance.

Zhu Biao ordered casually: "Then let's go to the sea to catch documents, and focus on the coastal areas, and his relatives should also beat and beat."

Chang Mao took the order to go, Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and thought that this person probably fled to Dongying. Huai'an Mansion and Japan face each other across the Yellow Sea. It is not a surprise that the prefect knows a few Japanese pirates.

If he really fled to Japan, Ming Dynasty would be helpless. The sea arrest document is the official document issued by the government to order the local Yamen to capture fugitives, just like the current arrest warrant, referred to as "sea arrest". Hai means the vastness of the territory, and sea hunting means hunting across the country.

Therefore, arresting documents at sea does not mean chasing after the sea. If the Ming Dynasty has been established for many years and its national strength is strong, it would not be difficult to directly order the King of Japan to send the prisoners. Require the other party to obey the order.

Zhu Biao put down his official business and went to look at the rooms of his two younger brothers. A mere Huai'an magistrate is a trivial matter, but what happened to these two little ancestors would be earth-shattering.

After another night, the wind and snow that lasted for several days finally stopped. Zhu Biao led people out of the city and went around the village again. Because of the heavy snow, he did not return until evening. It finally came.

Zhu Biao stood up from the ground and took the imperial decree. It seemed that his father was not ready to take action against Xungui. The decree meant that the prince had full power to handle it, as long as he reported it to the court afterwards.

At this time, the Fengyang magistrate on the side stepped forward and said: "A total of 74 officials participated in this matter, and a total of 320 officials were dispatched. At present, 43 of them committed suicide in fear of crime, and the rest are detained in large prisons. "

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Confiscate the stolen money. Officials above the sixth grade will be beheaded three days later, and the rest will be escorted to the corrupt official camp according to their crimes. If they can survive the sentence, they will be dismissed from office and not re-elected for life."

The prefect of Fengyang came out as promised, and he knew in his heart that with the intensity of the labor in the corrupt official camp, there might not be more than 20 of these people who could survive their sentences in the end.

Zhu Biao looked at Quan Xu and asked, "How is the third child?"

Quan Xu replied: "His Royal Highness King Chu and Xu Yungong have already controlled the 50,000 elites."

Zhu punctuated and said: "Tomorrow Xu Yungong will be ordered to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to defend Bozhou, so that all the government soldiers guarding Bozhou will return to their stations.

Quan Xu left as promised, Zhu Biao sat back on the chair and meditated. The civil servants are easy to deal with, but the Marquis of Pingliang and Marquis of Yongjia are not easy to deal with. Killing is too much and letting go is too light. Dismissal is the minimum. The property obtained through corruption must also be returned.

Early the next morning, Zhu Xi and Zhu Di also recovered, and had breakfast with their eldest brother. Zhu Biao looked at his two younger brothers and asked, "How do you think we should deal with Fei Ju and Zhu Liangzu?"

The two brothers were taken aback for a moment, and first thought about whether this was what they should answer, but they thought that their elder brother wouldn't be tempted to test them like that.

Zhu Xi scratched his head and said first: "Since father didn't directly order punishment, it should mean that elder brother should be punished lightly. The scene is just passable."

Zhu Di also nodded and said, "The Marquis of Yongjia and Pingliang are all people who have made great achievements, so killing them just like this really dissatisfied the nobles, not to mention that they don't have many corruptions, which is much better than the granary we checked.

Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows slightly, but he understood in his heart that although these two younger brothers had seen the current situation of the people with their own eyes, they didn't have much sympathy.

However, it is also understandable, after all, they were born as nobles, and at least they must be officials of the fifth rank or above in their eyes, and the rest are not qualified, let alone mere Li Shu.

After dismissing the two casually, Zhu Biao began to receive letters from Beijing again, including many marquises such as Nanxionghou, Yingchuanhou, Ji'anhou, Gongchanghou, etc., and even Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, Weiguo Mr. Deng Yu, the letter is full of pleas.

There were also civil servants, headed by Hu Weiyong and many civil servants affiliated to the East Palace, including his teacher Song Lian also sent letters pleading, Zhu Biao frowned and read them all.

At noon, Zhu Biao began to receive letters wishing to severely punish these two people. They were delivered by officials headed by Yang Xian.

In the afternoon, letters from Changsha King Li Shanchang, Zhongshan King Xu Da, and Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong also began to arrive. Naturally, they would not make a clear statement. The main content was to greet Zhu Biao's body, but at the end they still secretly expressed the attitude of hoping that he would be punished lightly. .

Zhu Biao rubbed his brows and leaned on the back of the chair. These people were watching from the sidelines earlier, and came to plead with him when they saw that the emperor did not intend to severely punish him. The capital might already be in turmoil, but from these letters, we can see how powerful the nobles are. fear.

Except for Yang Xian's 20% of civil servants in eastern Zhejiang, nearly 70% of the officials hoped that this matter would be dealt with lightly. Although they had different positions and even disagreed with each other, they were all of honorable background. It is their foundation.

At this time, the wealth and lives of Pinglianghou and Yongjiahou were no longer important. The nobles were forced to show their muscles. This is what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see, and he just wanted to encourage their power.

But this level is not enough, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely let them take down Yang Xian, the civil servant group in the court will be crushed by the nobles with brute force, and Zhu Yuanzhang will make Hu Weiyong his prime minister, so the nobles will inevitably be defeated At the apex, the rest just need to watch quietly.

Seeing him get up from Zhulou, seeing him entertain guests, seeing his building collapse, such a huge power will inevitably inflate the ambitions of some nobles, such as Hu Weiyong, who has been suppressed by Li Shanchang Yang Xian for many years.

Zhu Biao leaned on the chair and covered his face. It is far from simple to kill Xungui. The supreme imperial power is also because of the loyalty of the army. The mere crime of corruption can kill civil servants. If you want to kill Xungui on a large scale, there is only one crime. , Rebellion!

This is why the Hu Weiyong case and the Lan Yu case implicated tens of thousands of deaths in history, because killing one or two people is far from solving the noble forces, and my father is now playing a big game.

What Zhu Biao has to do is to cooperate. To be honest, he wanted to kill Yongjiahou, but now he wants to let him go against his will. This is uncomfortable. Zhu Biao has never been so aggrieved since he was born.

Zhu Biao took his hands off his face, looked at the roof with empty eyes, and suddenly thought very capriciously in his heart, if he didn't kill him, I would blame the emperor. Not enough?

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