I am the king of the dead

He organized the language, bowed his head and said, "This Grand Canal runs from south to north and ends at Tongzhou. There should have been a river called Tonghui River from Tongzhou to the capital, but this river is blocked."

"Yu Shangshu led people to dredge the river. When the Tonghui River is connected, the grain will enter Beijing. If the Tonghui River is blocked, the 800 million shi of grain is not as simple as burning it to the fire as the old minister said."

Zhu Qiyu also understood a bit after hearing it. The reason behind the blockage of the Tonghui River is heartwarming!

He felt a little dry, turned his head and said, "Xing'an, you sent someone to quickly tell Yu Shangshu that you must ensure that food is brought into Beijing. Anyone who obstructs it, no matter who it is, will not be forgiven."

The more he thought about it, the more fire in his heart, what was the price of rice in the capital?One stone of grain costs four taels of silver. How ridiculous is this price?One cent of silver is about eighteen copper plates, which can cut a pound of pork.

One tael of silver is equal to ten cents equal to one hundred percent of silver. You can buy [-] catties of pork, and forty taels of silver can buy [-] catties of pork.

One stone of grain is about 180 jin in Tiehu Pingman.

Pork is far from enough to eat, there is no doubt, only Mi Liang can make Daming fight this battle to defend the capital.

The price of grain in Tongzhou is six cents per stone.

Such a big price difference in the middle is business, and it is obvious that someone controls this business.

There was only less than ten days' worth of food left in the capital, and the Tongzhou warehouse was urgently needed to enter the capital, but someone prevented Yu Qian from transporting the food, and it seemed that more than one person was offended.

"This...Your Highness, I'm afraid..." Xing'an's words flickered and whispered in his ears: "Your Highness, Huangzhuang also has a share in this business."

Xing'an just turned the palace into a mess, and naturally found some accounts. He picked some key points and reported them.

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were round, and the industry directly operated by the royal family was called Huangzhuang.

That is to say, today's Jingtong grain price difference is profitable. Huangzhuang takes the lead, Xunqi follows, and uses the giants as white gloves for purposeful economic activities.

But the money, most of the money, was not taken away by Huangzhuang, but by honorable relatives, Duke Ming, and giants.

The typical squire's money is returned in full, and the common people's money is divided into three and seven business!

"Among them, the three palaces of Cining, Kunning, and Qianqing, and Gongzhuang took the lead. The people of the capital all knew about this, and they complained that Yu Shangshu's trip would be a failure." Xing'an sighed.

This one of the things, more than a complex?

"Then is there any other way for Yu Shangshu? The capital has to transport food." Zhu Qiyu looked at the 52 people kneeling on the execution ground, after much deliberation, there were still fewer beheads.

Destruction in the physical sense is the real destruction.

The way of a loving father is always effective at critical moments.

Seeing that King Yun finally understood the key, Jin Lian bowed his head and said, "Yu Shangshu is trying to dredge the Hui River."

"If you can't get through, let them go to Tongzhou to get food on their own after the military and Japanese troops enter Beijing."

"Although there will be looting, it is helpless."

Jin Lian is not a fool. He said that burning the grain in the Tongzhou warehouse was because he was afraid of looting and turning the soldiers into bandits. It was just a matter of military orders.

By then, Tongzhou would be in complete chaos.

It's okay to let the military and Japanese troops work hard, but you have to let people eat, and then work hard?

Zhu Qiyu finally understood why Yu Qian was so important, but he was in Tonghui River, and he wanted to send food to the capital through a method that was more beneficial to Jiangshan and Jiji.

But Jin Lian and Xing'an always believed that Yu Qian was bound to fail.

Can Yu Qian dredge the Hui River?

The answer is no, he can't.

"Xing'an." Zhu Qiyu thought about it seriously and said, "Be sure to keep food coming to Beijing. Anyone who obstructs it, no matter who it is, will be executed."

"You ask the Ministry of Industry to find some thick wooden poles, five or six feet high. After beheading, hang the corpse on both sides of the Tonghui River as an example!"

"Let Lu Zhong of Jinyiwei go with Tiqi, but if someone obstructs it, once it is investigated to the end, it will not be tolerated. After all the obstructers are cut off, they will all be hanged!"

Xing'an shuddered, and asked in a low voice: "Then if... Huangzhuang's head is found, will he be hanged too?"

"Hang!"

Yu Qian could not dredge the Hui River, but Zhu Qiyu could.

Yu Qian did not have the kind of power to investigate and punish Huangzhuang's business.

Yu Qian can't, Zhu Qiyu can, he is the supervisor of the country and the future emperor.

Chapter 13 Take it!

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath. There was a problem in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a problem in almost all empires.

That is: "Everyone in the Empire believes that they are so strong that they can withstand small mistakes and problems."

Even the ceiling of Zhu Qiyu's minister, Yu Qian, probably has this idea.

There is no problem in Huangzhuang doing some business and making some money. The people of Daming have this kind of affordability. Xunqi and Xunqi make a fortune together. There is no problem. Daming can afford it.

The weakening of the empire, in this kind of situation, the small problems will gradually accumulate into big problems, and the final collapse of the empire is almost predictable.

What Zhu Qiyu said to Xing'an was one of his attitudes, and it was considered a new atmosphere of the new dynasty.

The emperor can't dig his own foundation with his head, and he is also very happy.

That would be so fucking stupid.

Xing'an bowed his head and walked away, while Jin Lian stood up straight, quietly retreated behind Wang Zhi, poked Wang Zhi, and the two left the center of Wufeng Tower at the Meridian Gate, walked to the position of the wall, and whispered. conversation started.

Zhu Qiyu just glanced at it, and didn't care too much, Jin Lian was not stupid.

In fact, when Jin Lian proposed to burn the grain of Tongzhou before, he had some disdain for this minister of households in his heart.

But after learning about the actual situation, he put down a little preconception.

Misunderstanding resolved.

After Zhu Qiyu learned about Jin Lian's experience, Zhu Qiyu confirmed that this was an available person.

Jin Lian was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Yongle. Since he started to be the supervisory censor of Huguang Road, his reputation has spread in the south.

Zhejiang giant thief Shi Qingzhen's activities were rampant. For several years, no one could subdue him. Jin Lian struggled to arrest him and bring him to justice.

Later, Jin Lian's father died of illness. Jin Lian requested an order to return to Shuntian Mansion to honor his father's filial piety, but the emperor refused to allow him to go to Shaanxi as a deputy envoy. Jin Lian failed to keep his filial piety and went to Shaanxi.

This was called seduction in ancient times, because without this minister, things could not be done.

Jin Lian did a very good job in Shaanxi. He built water conservancy, arrested robbers, pacified mountain bandits, stabilized people's livelihood, set up a school to teach the people the history of reading scriptures, taught the generals to read and read and study the art of war, and practiced archery in person. The Tars did not dare to attack again.

After more than ten years of imperial borders, the Tartars were frightened and fled in the wind.

Jin Lian returned to the capital to become the Minister of Criminal Justice, and he only did one thing, judicial fairness.

He treated both honorable and senior officials equally. This style of doing things eventually offended a large number of honorables and courtiers. Finally, in the case of An Xiangbo, Jin Lian was impeached by more than half of the court. dismissed from office.

In the 13th year of orthodoxy, Jin Lian served as a military officer, admiring all the affairs in the army, and went to Fujian to quell the Ye Zongliu-Deng Maoqi uprising.

How big was the Ye Zongliu-Deng Maoqi uprising?

The rebel army occupied the whole of Fujian, half of Jiangxi, Zhejiang's Chuzhou, Wenzhou, Quzhou and half of Jinhua, which were captured by the rebels.

In the direction of Guangzhou, Deng Maoqi occupied Haiyang County.

With more than 80 troops and tens of millions of people under his control, he is called the King of Suppression, and the King of Suppression will eradicate all injustices.

Jin Lian took people to Fujian to suppress the rebellion. Before he started, Jin Lian's mother died of illness. Jin Lian asked for filial piety, but the court refused to allow him to hold a funeral and immediately went to Fujian.

At the beginning of the year (February, 14th year of Zhengtong), Jin Lian set up a bureau in Yanping to lure Deng Maoqi's main force to attack, and killed Deng Maoqi in the first battle.

Jin Lian began to divide the uprising army, persuaded the resettlement, the uprising was resettled and appeased, and the momentum became smaller and smaller.

Zhu Qizhen personally conquered the grasslands when there was a large-scale uprising in the southeast.

I have to say that Zhu Qizhen is really courageous, and I don't know who gave him the courage.

Jin Lian is a good comrade with strong ability. He is an important official who is handy in military affairs, law and accounting, and is dedicated to the people.

This kind of whispering, Zhu Qiyu doesn't care, the new dynasty has a new atmosphere, the new emperor needs to adapt to the courtiers, and the courtiers need to adapt to the new emperor.

"His Royal Highness." The King of the Ministry of Officials came to Zhu Qiyu with embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Can we take a long-term view on the matter of dredging the Hui River for grain transportation?"

"No." Zhu Qiyu replied coldly. He looked at the person kneeling on the execution ground under the stage and said in a low voice, "Wang Shangshu, the people of Oirat will not give us time to make long-term plans."

Mr. Lu Xun once said: "The Chinese people's temperament always likes to moderate and compromise. For example, if you say that this room is too dark, you must open a window here, and everyone must not allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will I will come to reconcile, and I am willing to open the window.”

Wang Zhi's persuasion was actually a plan for He Xiaomu.

A harsh decree also needs to give some people time to choose. He is not against it, but hopes that Zhu Qiyu will give some time to react.

Unfortunately, Zhu Qiyu did not intend to open the window, but planned to tear down the roof directly.

"Your Highness, it's three o'clock in the afternoon. Yu Shiyue, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, please kill 53 prisoners." Xing'an bowed his head and said to Zhu Qiyu according to the procedure.

Zhu Qiyu nodded calmly and said, "Take it!"

The voice of Tian Yu Lun was transmitted by Xing'an with a high-pitched voice, and the servants standing on both sides of the Meridian Gate continued to shout loudly at the oral instructions of His Highness King Yi.

Two pass four, four pass eight, then 16 people, 32 people shouted one after another, and finally the 320 big Han generals standing under the Meridian Gate shouted "Take it!" with the loudest voice.

Sound vibration roof tiles.

The executioners inserted the small and exquisite bone-removing knives in their hands into the prisoner's neck and pried gently, only to hear a clicking sound, which is the sound of the cervical vertebra being pried open.

The inmates lost consciousness without much pain.

Immediately with a loud shout, the executioner pulled out the life and death card, raised the ghost head knife in his hand, and slashed vigorously under the noon sun, 53 heads rolled to the ground.

The blood splashed forward more than three feet, and the human head rolled and fell under the execution ground. The executioners jumped off the execution ground, held the head high, and showed it to the people surrounding the execution ground.

Zhu Qiyu stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Flay his bones and put them on the grass, hang them above the nine gates, and remind them all the time that as a servant of Daming, eat Daming's salary, and capture people, this is the only end. Spread the word to the world!"

The Ming emperor has always been merciless and merciless, and the courtiers are very clear about this, and being violent is not a problem.

Will I lose a piece of meat if I get scolded twice?Won't!

Zhu Qiyu wants to nail these people to the pillar of shame in history, and they will be cast aside for generations!

Zhu Qiyu threw his sleeves and walked down the Meridian Gate. He wanted to go back to his palace, instead of entering the palace. After Xing'an finished cleaning the palace, Zhu Qiyu was unwilling to live there.

He returned to the study room of Prince Yu's Mansion and looked at a table full of memorials, but he had a headache. These were sent by Wenyuan Pavilion, and all of them were written to impeach Yu Qian.

"Nothing to say." Zhu Qiyu selected a few of them and put them in front of the case, and pushed the others over: "Cheng Jing, throw all these notes in the kitchen for cooking."

"Yes." Cheng Jing embraced all these impeachment papers against Yu Qian.

Zhu Qiyu said very dissatisfiedly: "Jin Ying has been imprisoned, you should take up the burden of the internal officials first, don't let Xing'an busy himself, tell Xing'an that there is no need to send a note to impeach Yu Qian in the future. "

"Yes, the minister takes orders."

Chapter 14 Help them look decent!

"Lu Zhong, come in and get off." Zhu Qiyu said, looking at the few notes in his hand, "At the Fengtian Palace that day, Xu Youzhen's wife and children went south by boat, right?"

Lu Zhong shuddered suddenly, bowed his head and said, "Yes."

"Gu Xu Youzhen said that he was not alone in sending his wife and children to the south."

"You are like this, secretly investigate, write a list, and then let out the wind, saying that you are investigating this matter alone, but don't announce it, hold it in your hand." Zhu Qiyu's eyes were a bit sinister and fierce, and he moved forward. Leaning over, he asked, "Do you understand what loneliness means?"

"I understand." Lu Zhong took a deep breath, grabbed the embroidered spring knife, and left the study of Prince Yu's mansion.

This matter is very easy to investigate. He returned to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen. It only took half a day to investigate the matter clearly, write a list, and send it to the study of the Prince Yu's mansion.

Zhu Qiyu opened the few letters of impeachment against Yu Qian, and began to check one by one with the list provided by Lu Zhong.

Those who impeached Yu Qian were sent to Nanzhili by their families, and the two lists were highly overlapped.

In addition to Xu Youzhen, the censor of the capital, there was also a second-rank official in the imperial court. Yu Shiyue, the minister of punishment, feared the danger of Hu Kou, and used horse boats to send officials to send his wife home.

The facts are very clear. The purpose of these people to impeach Yu Qian is not to really bring down Yu Qian. Their purpose is still to realize their proposition of moving south by attacking Yu Qian.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the two lists, his eyes became more and more fierce.

If it wasn't that Oirat was about to go south, and if someone talked about moving south, Zhu Qiyu would still be willing to listen. After all, the south has the advantage of the south, and the north has the effect of the north.

The dispute between the North and the South has been in constant debate since Zhu Di moved the capital.

There's no harm in discussing it.

But at this time, the Oara people are about to go south. If they escape at this time, the final result will be that Daming will become the Southern Song Dynasty.

I also finally understood why Yu Qian said that in the court of civil and military affairs, those who moved to the south would be killed.

Because this will affect the major event of the defense of the capital.