Chapter 250 Choosing someone!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and sighed: "If your mother sees you like this, she will be very happy."
"This is our good son."
< br>“We must let them know to be afraid of the following people.”
“We can tolerate them for a while because they have been with us through life and death. If we are cruel, it will be somewhat unreasonable after all, but We also drew a line for them early, but we didn’t expect that Xia Zhibai would actually come up with something we haven’t seen before.”
“These people below all bully me for being ignorant.”
“Think that we don’t understand anything.”
“They all want to enrich their own pockets and stuff all our things into their own pockets. , we originally wanted to endure it, because we thought at the time that Beiyuan was still there, and we still needed to use these people to solve the border troubles in the north for us, but now that we have a better way, naturally we will not Just turn a blind eye."
"It's up to you, boss."
"Since it's a rule."
"We have to let them know whose world this is!"
Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."
After a while.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered again: "The matters in the south are actually not easy to solve. Although you are the prince, it is not convenient for you to end it yourself. Let's leave this matter to Xia Zhibai. He was the one who caused these things. It’s up to him to end it.”
“We’ll let Tang He help.”
"But on the surface, Tang He will still be the main one."
Zhu Biao nodded and said, "I understand."
"I don't think it's that troublesome, in Xia In Zhibai's memorial, Erchen understood something clearly. The chaos in the south was caused by the ownership rights. Once the ownership rights were established, Erchen did not think that these officials in the south would really dare to go against the imperial court. "
“Say no more.”
“Even if the court imposes heavy taxes.”
"It's still possible to make money, but it's just less."
"And this part of the money should not have been earned by them. Now that the court is generous and allows them to earn part of it, it is the end of their benevolence. If they If you don’t understand, the imperial court won’t mind taking action directly.”
“The south is the south of the Ming Dynasty.” People who are still officials must understand this truth.”
"If they don't understand, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will make them figure it out!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.
Zhu Biao thinks everything is too simple.
He has always been wary of the influence of the South. In the past, he used the Zhejiang East Group to compete with the Huaixi Group. However, as he gained power, he began to slowly prune the branches. His original intention was to wait until the Beiyuan Group faced off against the Huaixi Group. Ming will take action only when there is no longer any threat.
Of course, I also do some actions in private.
Whether it was the Hu Weiyong case or the Guo Huan case, they all had the intention of weakening the South.
It’s just that the people in the south were very vigilant. Whenever the imperial court made any move, it would immediately cause chaos in the local area. Then the officials headed by Li Shanchang began to brush the brush. As they went to the back, there were even more people brushing the brush. They were civil servants, and even the military attachés were involved.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang increasingly fearful and angry, and he could only hide his thoughts secretly.
The South cannot be in chaos.
Xu Benzou is based on this.
This is also where Zhu Yuanzhang has been hesitant and entangled.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We know that you are interested in sorting out the south, but the situation in the south is unusual after all. Most of the civil servants and generals in our court are from the south. We have targeted them in the past, but we have targeted them again and again. In the end, we have We still have to use people from the south.”
“The south does have more talents than the north.”
Zhu Biao nodded.
He sighed: "How could my son and minister not know this?"
"But it is precisely because of knowing that I am even more worried."
"With the prestige of my father, the local government is still making small moves, and has been putting ideas into the hands of the court. The original imperial examination system, and then In the subsequent Zhangqing land and the current salt policy, every time the Ming Dynasty implemented some policies, it was difficult in the south. The good and benevolent government of the court turned into bad and bad government once it was implemented in the local areas. "
"The root cause."
"It lies in the local officials' obedience and insubordination."
"And the reason why they dare to obedience and insubordination is because they know that the imperial court does not dare to cause chaos in the south?"
"This is how you can be so confident."
"The imperial court cannot keep retreating, otherwise the imperial court will become more and more passive if the local government pushes further. My son is now more and more understanding of Xia Zhibai's thoughts. We must Through various novel things, we will continue to break the local shackles so that the court's supervision can be truly relaxed."
"This time, the local government wants to test the court's reaction."
" Let them take a good look."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.
He sneered: "We just don't want the world we worked so hard to conquer to fall into turmoil again, but if these people are really so ignorant, we don't mind and send troops to the south again. We killed Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng back then. Local landlords and gentry. "
"We dared to kill them back then."
"How can we be afraid now?"
" But after all, he is an old friend who has been with us for so many years, so we still feel a little bit unbearable. "I will let Tang He lead five thousand elite soldiers to follow him."
"Let Jiang Yu go with us."
"We have already adopted this posture, they should be able to understand my attitude." A cold look flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.
As an emperor, although he has power over the world, he cannot really do whatever he wants in many cases. There are many things to consider. He does not want chaos in the south. There are many people in the south. Once chaos breaks out, it will easily lead to chaos. disaster.
The people of the world have just recovered from the war, and it is really hurting to experience another war.
And if you want to restore it, it will take more time.
He doesn’t have that much time.
Zhu Yuanzhang was hunched over, with his hands behind his back, his eyes a little forlorn.
How could he not know that he was a little indecisive? If someone had dared to do these little things in front of him when he was young, and dared to use public opinion to threaten him, he would have killed these pieces of shit without saying a word. All chopped down.
But now.
But he had to think more about it.
He was not worried that he would not be able to control the situation, but he did not want to cause a mess to his successor.
The father and son were almost done talking, and Zhu Biao was ready to leave. But as soon as he reached the entrance of the palace, he saw Pu Gou'er trotting over. Zhu Biao frowned and asked: "Eunuch Pu, but What's the matter?"
Pu Gou'er bowed respectfully, took a deep breath to calm down, and said, "Your Highness, Xia Zhibai just sent a memorial to the palace."
“A murder occurred in the city last night. An engineer under Xia Zhibai’s command was assassinated.”
Zhu Biao's eyes were slightly strange and he said, "Show me the memorial."
Pu Gouer did not dare to hesitate and handed over the memorial in a hurry.
Zhu Biao looked through the memorial, his face instantly became gloomy, and he ordered: "I will send this memorial to His Majesty, please step aside first."
Pu Gouer nodded repeatedly.
Zhu Biao weighed it in his hands and chose to go back to the palace.
Seeing Zhu Biao go and come back, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "What's wrong? Is there anything else you didn't tell us?"
Zhu Biao said: "Father, Xia Zhibai handed over a memorial. Last night Someone is committing murder in the city, and according to Xia Zhibai, the perpetrator may be related to the Prince Consort of the Ming Dynasty. These people want to grab the drawings from Xia Zhibai in advance so as to prevent the court from rectifying the salt policy. "
< br>Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Consort?"
"It seems that our own family members have dirty hands and feet as well."
"Forget it."
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"We originally wanted to give them more time. Since they are so unrepentant, we don't care about their life or death. Boss, now you send someone to send a message to Xia Zhibai, Tang He, and Jiang Yu, asking them to get up immediately. Go south."
"We want to see what kind of trouble Xia Zhibai can make in the south."
Zhu Biao nodded.
Zhu Biao put this memorial on the case and retreated again. When he walked out of the hall, he looked up at the clouds in the sky and suddenly felt as if the clouds were pressing on his heart. How could he not know that things in the south were affecting more and more people.
Isn’t this a trial and a ‘forced uterus’?
Just when Zhu Biao sent someone to convey the order, Zhu Yuanzhang also announced the decision.
Hearing that the imperial court adopted Xia Zhibai’s suggestion, Li Shanchang, Xu Ben and other officials frowned, with an uneasy premonition in their hearts. One Xia Zhibai, one Tang He, and one Jinyiwei commander. So, this seems not to solve the problem.
More like solving people!
Li Shanchang has smelled the smell of blood.
After all, His Majesty cannot tolerate the current situation in the south.
He raised his head, looked towards the south, and sighed softly: "These people are still unable to see current affairs clearly after all. Your Majesty is just old, it's not that he can't lift the knife. Who's to say that as soon as your Majesty uses the butcher knife, he will be dead?" Won't you raise the butcher knife again?"
"I just hope that they will see that His Majesty has shown such sincerity and will not do anything drastic, otherwise."
"Things may turn out badly. Out of control."
"Xia Zhibai."
"Is this what you want?"
"Will you be willing to accept it if it really makes the south agitated?"
Li Shanchang shook his head.
He has begun to feel timid. His Majesty's attitude is too tough. He is going to 'solve' the southern issue. If it is not resolved, I am afraid that Xia Zhibai and others will not come back at all, and Tang He, Jiang Wei and others were escorting Xia Zhibai.
The South has hit the wall this time.
Xia Zhibai was in the Hanlin Academy when he received the edict.
He just glanced at it briefly and put the edict aside.
He had actually been ready to go south for a long time.
I have been waiting for this edict.
He pondered for a moment, took out a piece of rice paper, and wrote on it. Since he was responsible for the salt administration, he naturally had to select some people to help him, and the people he could choose at present could only be from those he was familiar with. And was selected as a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy.
Xia Zhibai thought for a moment and wrote down a roster.
In the end, he did not choose a bachelor's degree from the Hanlin Academy. The Hanlin Academy was a place for talent cultivation, so it was better to let these bachelors continue to cultivate talents. Besides, compiling textbooks was also a major event, and he did not want to disrupt it.
He chose a Jinshi of the same class as himself.
Looking at the roster above, Xia Zhibai showed a strange smile. Now Hualun, Lian Zining and others were actually above him in official positions. When he wrote their names on it, he felt a little uncomfortable. Strange.
It’s just that he doesn’t have many choices.
(End of this chapter)