Wei Zhongxian said: "We found all the officials in Nanjing at the East Factory... they were quite stable."

There are two sources of information from Dongchang.

One is the Jinyiwei, who has the power to control the Jinyiwei and can share information with each other.

However, Wei Zhongxian is not a good source of fuel. Another source of information comes from the eunuchs guarding everywhere in the world.

These eunuchs in charge were all sent by Wei Zhongxian, so they followed Wei Zhongxian's leader.

Wei Zhongxian said he was quite peaceful.

But Emperor Tianqi disagreed and said, "Look at what these people are saying, I don't know that the Duke of Wei and the six ministries of Nanjing dared to disobey my will and specifically speak for the gentry of Jiangnan."

As he said that, Emperor Tianqi threw out a stack of memorials, but it was just sent by the cabinet.

Wei Zhongxian hadn't read it yet, so he naturally didn't know it.

This is not because Emperor Tianqi left Wei Zhongxian aside, but now there are famines everywhere and the bandits are making a lot of trouble. Therefore, Emperor Tianqi asked all the memorials on relief and relief of disasters to be delivered to him as soon as possible.

Although it is rumored outside that Emperor Tianqi ignored everything and made Wei Zhongxian the political system.

But in fact, Emperor Aoki still distinguishes between priorities.

At this time, he seemed very angry and said angrily: "In order to alleviate the food crisis, I have strict orders to let Jiangnan try every means to plant more grain crops, rice that can grow rice, and sweet potato that can grow sweet potatoes!"

"But the Duke of Wei and others submitted a memorial saying that the people in Jiangnan were already suffering. If they were easily replaced with grain land, it would inevitably arouse anger. They also said that once this memorial was released, the silk and mulberry prices in Jiangnan had soared. We should strive to ask for the people in Jiangnan, and hope that the court would not force them too much."

Emperor Tianqi's anger makes sense. Are these Duke of Wei and the Six Tribes of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty or the Six Tribes of Nanjing? Or are the Six Tribes of Nanjing and the Six Tribes of Wei in the Jiangnan region?

It was Li Guodao: "Your Majesty, Duke Wei and others ignored the overall situation, which is inappropriate, but after all, they are asking for the people..."

"For the people's destiny?" Zhang Jingyi sneered, "What is this for the people? I dare not say that I understand the situation in Jiangnan, but I also know that seven or eight out of ten of the land in Jiangnan are in the hands of gentry! Thinking back to the fact that Xu Jie's children occupied 240,000 acres of land in Songjiang Prefecture, which is really shocking. There are many officials in Jiangnan who have entered the court and become officials, and their children... How much land is there in Jiangnan? They are for the people and the people every day. I want to know whether this is for the people or for themselves? There are always reasonable things in this world. It is not good that these people occupy them, but they even have to take over the title of righteousness, right?"

"During the Jiajing period, there was another one of the Ming Dynasty, Hai Rui, who dared to investigate. But what about now? The Jiangnan officialdom, from the Duke of Wei in Nanjing to the six ministries of Nanjing, to the governors, governors, governors, prefects, and county magistrates, who did investigate? Now that Your Majesty wants to relieve the disaster, this is what the cabinet agrees with. There is only so much land in the world. They have changed the grain fields to mulberry and mahjong. Although the land is their own, these people have finally received the national favor. What can they do if they really starve the real people to death? A group of short-sighted people, who only look at the benefits in front of them all day long, but they still talk about what to do to govern the country and pacify the world. Now they only let them all alleviate some difficulties in the court. These "Xujie" complained. Your Majesty, this matter... should be rectified."

Li Guo did not expect that he was scolded by a warrior like Zhang Jingyi with a righteous manner.

But Zhang Jing said Xu Jie on the left and Xu Jie on the right, but it made him helpless.

Xu Jie was once the Grand Secretary of the Prime Minister of the Jiajing Dynasty. At least at present, his reputation is still good. After all, he defeated the famous treacherous minister Yan Song.

However... it is true that the Xu family indulged the children of the clan and occupied the fields everywhere. It was found out by Hai Rui that the amount of land occupied was shocking.

Li Guo smiled bitterly and said, "Actually... the land in Jiangnan may not be owned by gentry."

Zhang Jing said without hesitation: "If it is not owned by the gentry, then is it all for the people? The same piece of land, owned by the gentry, can almost do their best to get rid of taxes. If it is owned by the people, not only will it have to bear heavy taxes, but it will also have to support corvee labor!"

"I'll ask you, how many generations can the people's land be persisted in over the past two hundred years? After that, we will be gentry who do not need to pay taxes, so why don't we have anything to own? Don't you think this is ridiculous?"

Li Guo was speechless for a moment and simply stopped talking. He knew that he could not argue with Zhang Jingyi at this time.

After hearing what Zhang Jingyi said, Emperor Tianqi was obviously even more angry and said viciously: "It seems... it is necessary to investigate thoroughly. I should order someone to go to Nanjing in person and give him a serious reprimand."

After saying that, Emperor Tianqi still had anger and said viciously: "You really think... if the people are really starved to death, you can escape? The bandits have not yet dared to come to the capital and take my position! They are killing you unscrupulous officials and gentry now. When you destroy your family and destroy your clan, you are still looking at the benefits in front of you! Okay, I want to see who will die first!"

He spoke harshly and his eyes were cold.

Zhang Jing thought to himself that Your Majesty's words were really wrong. The first one to die may not be these officials and gentry. If the King of Chuang entered, I am afraid that the first one to send to welcome the King of Chuang will be these officials and gentry, and then quickly donate their money and food. The first one to die... may be Zhu.

Of course, this cannot be exposed.

But at this time, Emperor Tianqi was obviously furious. It would be fine if the six tribes in Nanjing were not obedient. But the Duke of Wei was a minister of the Ming Dynasty, representing the royal guards of Nanjing's imperial tombs and guarding Nanjing. To put it bluntly, the Duke of Wei was in Nanjing for a long time and obviously began to get along with some people.

Others can submit such memorials or ask for the people, but the Duke of Wei failed.

At this time, Emperor Tianqi said with a cold face and scolded: "I will discuss it today... let's give up."

Huang Liji and others said that Huang Liji said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will urge Nanjing to immediately promote the move to change mulberry into grain."

Emperor Aoki pursed his lips and nodded.

Li Guo had no choice but to say: "I am talking nonsense, please forgive me for your crime."

Everyone left the warm-up hall, and the Grand Secretary had their own thoughts.

In fact, after the eunuch party attacked Donglin, many important powers of the imperial court were in the hands of northern scholars. The economic conditions in the north and south were different, so there were many disputes between the two capitals and six ministries.

Since the ministers who failed in Nanjing were defeated by the people of the six Beijing ministries, most of them were lip service.

Of course, everyone is a scholar, and the essential interests are still the same, and they are afraid of too much trouble.

Especially Huang Liji and Sun Chengzong.

Although Li Guo, Huang and Sun were both from Northern Zhili, they were different. Li Guo actually felt that Huang Liji's status was stable in the cabinet, and Sun Chengzong entered the cabinet, as an imperial teacher, and in the future, he had a great chance of successor to the prime minister. Even Liu Hongxun, although he had the least qualifications, he had a very clear name.

This made Li Guo quite anxious. He might not be willing to get involved with the people in the south, but he also knew that... all the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet needs to have a foundation, and his foundation... is obviously not reliable.

Today, Zhang Jingyi scolded him a lot, and in front of the king and his ministers, he lost face. However, he did not refute too much, but just continued to work on duty as if no one else was around.

...

Zhu Youjian entered the pass all the way without stopping. Two of the guards he brought were left behind in the middle. It was not that their health was worse than Zhu Youjian, but that they could not stand it anymore.

But Zhu Youjian was a stubborn man. Even though he was extremely tired, he still insisted on running day and night, and refused to delay for a moment. So after arriving in the capital, there was only a guard left by his side.

Even the guard, the horse sitting down, fell down, spitting white foam in his mouth.

At this time, the guard persuaded Zhu Youjian: "Your Highness, take a break, eat and sleep well, change your horse, and then go to Beijing."

Zhu Youjian was blushing at the moment, and his face was haggard, but said, "I can't get through this last journey after a year of hard work. How can I not get through this last journey? The horse of the Lone King is better than yours. The capital is right in front of me. I will take the lead. Don't worry, this is already a place in the capital, and there are no hidden dangers."

So, he abandoned the last guard and continued to run towards the capital.

In fact, Zhu Youjian was exhausted all the way, and he was actually supported by his will. In the evening, the horse broke his hooves and fell off the horse. He was drowsy. He wanted to get up, but he finally couldn't bear it and finally fell into a coma.

When he woke up, he found that he was being hung on a mule and horse, and his body was rising and falling with the mule and horse.

He forced himself to open his eyes and found that there was a caravan entering Beijing, so he hurriedly opened his mouth: "People come, people come..."

But a man driving a mule and a horse said, "Haha, don't thank me. I saw you lying on the side of the road and unconscious, so I saved your life. Why, are you better?"

Zhu Youjian was only wrapped in a dirty and smelly coat, confused and suddenly remembered something: "My grain bag, where is my grain bag?"

The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are all honest and honest people, how could we take your things? You are all in the car behind you. Okay, you'd better take a good rest."

Zhu Youjian felt weak all over. He touched his forehead and felt that his forehead was a little hot. He went through day and night these days, and the fall suddenly made his body collapse.

He smiled weakly: "My horse..."
Chapter completed!