I am the king of the dead

The first five days were the time when the most people were there. Wang Bingfu asked for an order to lift the curfew so that the people who had been waiting day and night could get Jingtai Tongbao as soon as possible.

Finally on the sixth day, Wang Bingfu, who was a little tired and paralyzed, was relieved to see the reduced crowd, and fell into a drowsy sleep.Xu Chengzong finally left the Baoyuan Bureau, and immediately fell asleep when he returned to Wei Guogong's mansion.

In this world, are there still people who refuted the great emperor's face, talked nonsense to the emperor, and are still living well?

Yes, one named Wang Fu, in Helin.

One was Liu Qi, who came to the city of Nanjing this time as a forced laborer.

Zhu Qiyu once visited the folks with the signboard of Qipin participating in government affairs, and met Liu Qi (Chapter 260).

Zhu Qiyu asked Liu Qi why he was dissatisfied with the capital. Liu Qi said that officials are not good people, so he pushed his car away without telling Zhu Qiyu.

Liu Qi lives in a private house outside Chaoyangmen, this time the escort, in addition to forced labor, also has a certain reward.

Liu Qi took his bounty and weighed it. After a day's rest, he would do hard labor again to escort the silver that His Majesty sent to the Beijing Division of the Beiya.

Go back this time, and reward silver.

Although the Chinese New Year was delayed, Liu Qi didn't feel hard work at all. After this trip, he would not have to do corvee for the whole year next year, and he would still be able to earn money.

Your Majesty has the Labor Insurance Bureau. After calculating the schedule, when it comes to the recruitment of civilian husbands, the corvee will be converted into silver, and then more will be refunded and less will be paid.

Liu Qi ate a plate of dried shredded tofu in the tea shop, stuffed two sesame seed cakes, and walked along the banks of the Qinhuai River with crooked footsteps. Looking at the moored painting boats, he repeatedly lamented the difference in customs between the north and the south.

"you again!"

in unison.

Few people in Nanjing City have seen what the emperor looks like. Zhu Qiyu spent the whole day as a "Shandong luxury businessman" in activities, and happened to meet Liu Qi who had finished eating dried shredded tofu and sesame seed cakes.

"You also joined His Majesty in the conquest?" Liu Qi asked cheerfully.

Liu Qi is from Shaanxi, after he entered Beijing, His Majesty had already killed King Jili in Taimiao, but he did not recognize the emperor.

In Liu Qi's mind, the emperor should have phoenix eyes and a dragon head, otherwise how could he be an emperor?

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "You came south with His Majesty, how did you get to Nanjing?"

Liu Qi finally met an acquaintance who was a seventh-rank official. Although he didn't know how old the seventh-rank official was, the county magistrate seemed to be a seventh-rank official.

And Zhu Qiyu spoke very politely, so Liu Qi was naturally not afraid.

Liu Qixu chattered about what she had seen and heard along the way down the canal.

"Oh, this Nanjing city is really prosperous." Liu Qi looked at the Qinhuai River and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Zhu Qiyu nodded. It is indeed very prosperous, but this kind of prosperity is easy to attract the eyes.

Liu Qi suddenly said, "Aren't you the one discussing politics?"

"Can you tell your majesty? It would be great if you could exchange this hard work for silver. I will give you one thousand a year. I originally found a job as an apprentice to learn some skills, but it was delayed."

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said, "This is it."

Ren Yuanxiang, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, once said at the Salt and Iron Conference: "Those who take from the people are nothing more than three ends. What Mencius called corn, cloth, and labor."

"Don't be in a hurry." Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty also has His Majesty's difficulties, don't you?"

Liu Qi snorted and said: "You are timid because you are timid! Don't dare to tell His Majesty, who is His Majesty, what difficulties can there be! Isn't it just a matter of one sentence?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said with a smile: "Then let's talk about it with His Majesty some other day."

Liu Qi clapped his hands and said: "I won't talk to you anymore, I have to go to the pier later, and take a boat to the Mizhou Shipping Department. Your Majesty made a lot of money by going south this time, and the three-masted ship was loaded. Four boats!"

Seeing that Liu Qi was really going to leave, Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It happens that we are also busy, so the green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever. There will be a period later."

"There will be a period later." Liu Qi hurriedly headed towards the Jinchuan Gate, and he wanted to escort Yin Liang to the Mizhou Shipping Department.

And Zhu Qiyu headed towards Xi'an Gate, he was going to the court meeting.

Zhu Qiyu came to the Wenhua Palace, and all the ministers saw His Majesty's attire, and they knew that His Majesty was going on tour again in micro clothes.

Yu Qian was a little puzzled, could it be that after Jin Yiwei arrived in Nanya, he became weaker?

There were more than 300 people convicted in Meixiang Tower alone, and Tiqi went around to check and make up for it. The whole capital was full of turmoil, and the grass and trees were full of soldiers. However, every flying fish suit passing by would tremble.

"See Your Majesty, is Your Majesty blessed?" All the ministers saluted.

Zhu Qiyu motioned for them to flatten, and said, "Commander Lu, have you finished the investigation?"

Lu Zhong bowed his head and said: "Just finished raiding the house, this time about 300 million taels of silver have been transported."

"Not a lot." Zhu Qiyu nodded, the amount of silver is not much, it should be, because Li Xian has been "expropriating" in Nanjing for more than seven months.

Under the situation of huge military threat and insufficient food and wages, Li Xian and the rebels had exhausted all their strength.

But not much money does not mean that the harvest is not great.

As a Tiqi, Lu Zhong was very ingenious and concealed part of the harvest in the court discussion very cryptically, and this part of the harvest was the main part of this harvest.

Hubu Langzhong Wang Hu keenly sensed that something was wrong. He was about to stop, but suddenly thought of Jin Lian roaring before leaving.

Wang Hu suddenly asked, "What about the real thing?"

Lu Zhong and Lin Xiu sighed, and did not hide it from the foreign court. The biggest gain this time is the real thing.

Lin Xiu reluctantly took out the account book, handed it to Wang Hu, and said, "It's more troublesome to count the physical objects. There are about 30 bolts of cloth and silk, which is equivalent to 30 Huaiyan salt. There are thousands of two-masted ships and three-masted ships. There are 27 large ships, more than a thousand flat-bottomed boats for water transport, 730 million shi of rice and beans, and more than [-] hectares of land deeds."

After reading the account book, Wang Hu said angrily, "Your Majesty, they are committing a crime of deceiving the emperor! They only talk about money, and they are planning to use their hands to covet tens of thousands of ink!"

"His Majesty!"

Zhu Qiyu was noncommittal and didn't speak at all, he had already read the accounts.

The efficiency of the group of diehards headed by Zhao Wuyan and Xiao Jingtang is still too low, and the household department has already arrived in Nanjing.

Why are the people in the household department so philistine now, isn't it just something real?As for not letting go of the bite?

This is cutting things short!It stinks of copper!

Wang Hu frowned, and immediately understood the key point, it was time to raise a pen to remonstrate with His Majesty!

Lin Xiu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, Wang Shizhong. Didn't your majesty say that? We'll settle the accounts after returning to Beijing."

When will the household department and the internal money fight, Zhu Qiyu thought that after he returned to Beijing, the quarrel would be turned upside down.

But until then, Nanjing is still not absolutely loyal.

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and said: "I discovered something. The common people will gather in the mountains and forests, and move when they hear the wind. It seems that they have never heard of it. The families of powerful people echo each other and communicate with each other."

"Don't they get together? No, on the contrary, they maintain a tacit union anytime and anywhere, which is a very common and natural state."

This is Yu Qian's remonstrance before the [-]th regiment went to Taihang Mountain, Gouzhu Mountain and Yanshan Mountain to quell the bandits.

Yu Qian is always reminding His Majesty that the family of Haoyou is bound to be united together in a tacit understanding.

"When I went to the south, I thought that the biggest enemies in this rebellion were Uncle Huichang and Uncle Jingyuan. I wiped out the rebels and beheaded them for public display."

"I thought that the biggest enemies were demons and ghosts who didn't know their destiny. I personally drove them, and finally wiped them all out in Meixiang Tower."

"I thought it would be over here, but I never expected it!"

"They are still resisting me."

The purpose of military victory is to make the enemy lose its ability to resist, and ultimately, through political and economic means, make the enemy obey its own will.

But it is clear that Nanya is still resisting the emperor's will.

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and said: "I have been walking for a long time today. Although the coal, rice, cloth and silk in the capital are lower than when they deliberately hoarded them and speculated, they are only lower. It’s still much higher than it used to be.”

"A phenomenon is very interesting. I still can't buy a whole batch of goods in Nanya with my imperial silver coins, and I can't even buy whole batches of goods in Lianghuai, Nanjing, Zhejiang and other places."

The Nanya's resistance to the wind, with hundreds of people headed by Zhao Wuyan and Xiao Jingtang, were arrested into the Jinyiwei Yamen, and there was a tendency to ease.

But as Yu Qian said, they are still resisting, but they have changed from working together to tacit understanding.

At this time, it is not a problem that can be solved by moving a knife.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "They don't want to use the imperial court's fights, balances, seals, benevolence and righteousness, but want to use their own rules to operate."

"Reflected on financial affairs, they are still unwilling to let the imperial silver coins circulate in the Jiangnan provinces, and are now silently resisting."

"It's okay, it's easy."

"If they resist, I will go in and out a few more times, and they will naturally get used to it."

Li Binyan asked in a daze: "Your Majesty, why don't you just buy the whole batch of goods with silver taels?"

"I'm not confused. News came from the Hangzhou government yesterday that the water in the West Lake has started to freeze, and a big cold wave is coming."

Chapter 358 I Can Only Suffer

"The water in the West Lake is about to freeze? To what extent?" Zhu Qiyu said with a frown.

This is a natural disaster, not a warning from heaven or man.

Li Binyan said helplessly: "Now it's just the lake embankment and the stone barriers in the lake are frozen. In a few days, the West Lake will be open for pedestrians."

"Pedestrians can walk in the Inner West Lake. If the Outer West Lake is also frozen, Your Majesty, it's better to take it easy. After all, if merchants are like ditch water, if they continue to chase after them fiercely, I'm afraid something serious will happen."

All the ministers were discussing, Zhu Qiyu squinted his eyes, looking at the half-burned dragon banner in front of Zhu Qizhen.

Surrender is never half lost, surrender is never only death.

Zhu Qiyu killed Zhu Qizhen, and there is no such thing as losing half of the surrender.

"What about the Ministry of Industry? How much coal do we have available for use?" Zhu Qiyu's first thought was to invite people.

But Wang Cheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the canal is already frozen. We hurried to arrive at Nanya before the canal was frozen."

"The coal-fried wood in Bingziku of the Ministry of Industry is only 30 catties, which is not enough for millions of people in Nanya, let alone people in Jiangnan and Huaihe Rivers."

There are only three saddle factories in the Guanye Institute, how to transport coal to the south?This is impractical.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and looked at Wang Hu, the household doctor.

Wang Hu shook his head and said, "Once the imperial court starts to rush to buy, if silver coins cannot be purchased, they may have to use silver, and they may take the opportunity to hit the imperial court hard."

Lu Zhong looked at the helpless appearance of the court officials, and said in a vibrating voice: "Your Majesty, how about ransacking the house! I am good at this!"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "Since the court program has been set, if it violates the righteousness of the struggle for power that I have set myself, it will be a loss of justice for the world, and there will be no reason or mistake for me to steal the house. What's the difference?"

Lu Zhong took a deep breath, feeling a little helpless.

Li Binyan took a deep breath. He knew that His Majesty might not like to hear what he said next, but he still wanted to say it.After all, it is related to the people's livelihood in Zhejiang, Huaihe, Nanjing, Luzhou and other places.

Li Binyan said very seriously: "Your Majesty, after the Meixianglou case, Jiangnan Shilin has already felt how sharp His Majesty's sword is, and the resistance is now very weak. If there is a slight relaxation, they will probably be willing to listen. "

Zhu Qiyu frowned and asked: "How to ease it? Is the Advisory Council set up to wrestle with them?"

Li Binyan immediately shook his head and said, "How can it be possible! It's a trade-off between the administrative system and the system. How can the Advisory Council be reopened?"

Li Xian quickly took over the words and said: "No, no, then the Advisory Council is usurping the power of the imperial court, how can it be established?"

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight, and said with piercing eyes: "Do you know what Zhao Wuyan said? Their three appeals are to reopen the Advisory Council, to reduce the sea tax, and to reduce the money customs. These three appeals are in order. Progressive, not parallel."

"Don't you think they are not confused? I warned them face to face, they are still lawless, have no rules and regulations, and still want to do the same things that are greedy and rich."

"But do you say they are confused? They know that the first priority is to reopen the Advisory Council, knowing the key to usurping power."

"They're not stupid, they're just doing things according to past practices."

Are these idiots really stupid?

It's just that it's been too long since the Hongwu period, and they have forgotten the appearance of harsh punishments and laws.

They are not stupid, on the contrary they are very shrewd. They intend to use subtle means to control the people's livelihood, and then threaten the emperor to agree to their conditions.

It's just that they didn't expect that His Majesty would follow his words and go deep into the enemy's interior, even agitating and shouting!

Where have they seen such an outrageous emperor?

Li Binyan said a little dejectedly: "Your Majesty, I beg you to forgive some of the criminals in Meixianglou. After all, some of them are just for fun. Hard labor, hard labor is changed to forgiveness."

"Then use gold flowers and silver to buy goods, suspend harsh punishments, and survive this predicament."

Zhu Qiyu laughed, looked at Li Binyan and asked with a smile: "When it was over, Governor Li was impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In the end, he had to go to court and was convicted. Governor Li, what do I say to you?" Woolen cloth?"

If Zhu Qiyu really listened to what Li Binyan said and did it, it would be Li Binyan who died.

To intercede for the criminal, those censors, a group of hungry and faint wolves, would swarm up and tear Li Binyan to pieces.

Fengxian officials don't care which faction you belong to. They are like fundamentalists, and they don't care what circumstances you have made these decisions and how many difficulties you have.

Li Binyan didn't answer. Since he said it, he naturally thought of the consequences.