"Keep drinking..."

"Don't get drunk after a thousand cups."

"My lord, you drink too, and don't act shamelessly..."

"..."

Zhu Xi was leaning on the chair at this time, looking out the window at the orange-red sunset shining into the building.

At this time, the light seemed to have a shape.

A few streaks of smoke twisted and rolled in the light.

He has also been drinking today, but now his eyes are gradually becoming clearer.

As Zhu Cang waved, his bodyguard brought him a bowl of hangover soup, which he drank.

Except for Zhu Xi's face, which was slightly flushed, he didn't look like he had drunk too much wine at all.

He glanced at Guan Huaigong, who was lying on the table, with a slight smile on his face.

Young people are like this, they like to drink hard and fast.

After drinking several bottles of wine, the person's stomach will absorb the wine before he or she can react. How can one not get drunk quickly and wake up slowly?

The commander of the three guards of Prince Qin's Mansion stood aside, watching the prince stand up and walk to the window.

"Your Majesty, all the officials in Yangzhou City have been beheaded, and now there are only about a hundred officials left. The news has been sent to the sky."

Zhu Xi lowered his head and looked downstairs in Jiangnan.

The nearly a thousand heads and corpses have been cleaned away, and there are only some water stains on the ground reflecting the reflection of the surrounding buildings.

In the water channel under the courtyard wall, you can still vaguely see some blood-red soft bodies.

The temperature is slightly cool, and the smell of blood only occasionally wafts out from the corners.

At this moment, Yangzhou City is as quiet as a woman in a Jiangnan ink painting, hazy and beautiful.

Zhu Feng spoke in a low voice: "Let the people from the Yangzhou Taxation Department take over the important military and political affairs of Yangzhou first. When the people from the imperial court arrive, Yangzhou will almost be stabilized."

The royal guard commander who acted as a personal guard nodded and whispered: "I'm afraid that if the prince doesn't wait until he returns to Beijing this time, he will receive news of impeachment from the imperial court again."

Zhu Xi smiled faintly: "The cabinet must thank me for saving so much firewood for them to keep warm in the winter."

The guard commander immediately showed a smile on his face.

Zhu Xi turned around, looked at Guan Huaigong who was still lying on the table, frowned and said: "Let him have a rest. Young man, it will be fine if you see blood a few more times. When you see blood again, you can't move."

With your voice and appearance, you can take on big responsibilities."

The guard commander had a smile on his face and whispered: "Zou Dutai must remember this favor from the prince this time."

Zhu Fang curled his lips and said: "Zou Xueyu can be a good errand for our Ming Dynasty, which means he has repaid this king's favor. Training students for him is not training talented ministers for our Ming Dynasty."

The guard commander smiled.

What the prince said is true.

What happened in Yangzhou City quickly spread throughout Zhili Road.

On the first day that Prince Qin entered the city, he beheaded all the officials in Yangzhou City. Almost all the officials were slaughtered, leaving less than a hundred people. For a time, the Zhili Dao officials were frightened and everyone was in danger.

Now everyone knows that the imperial court's large-scale absence from the examination of officials in the 18th Prefecture of South Zhili this time has been handed over to the King of Qin for investigation.

This is a knife hanging over everyone's head.

Today this knife fell on Yangzhou Prefecture. All the officials who were chopped down were killed, and there were not many officials left.

Tomorrow, who knows where this knife will swing from Yangzhou Mansion.

So the impeachment memorials poured into the capital from all over the country like snowflakes.

Many timid officials did not even write impeachment memorials in the coming year. Instead, they wrote a resignation letter and sent it to the capital as soon as possible, so that they could dare to resign and return to Yangzhou before the sword fell on their heads.

Rural pension.

And in Beijing.

When the news arrived, everyone in the court was trembling.

Even if the imperial court implemented the "shared land" and "Hongwu New Deal" in the past few years, there were many local cases and people were convicted and executed, but there was never such a thing as killing so many people at once.

The last time nearly a thousand heads were chopped off like this was during the Kongyin case and the Guo Heng case.

If nearly a thousand people were killed in one Yangzhou mansion, tens of thousands of people would be killed in the entire Zhili Road!

For a time, even in the Sanfasi, which had been in power in recent years with heavy regulations, many officials wrote to the King of Qin that he was too cruel.

It was already afternoon in Beijing at this time, and it was almost time for the various offices to go down to the office.

Wang Xinling rushed out of the government office in a hurry, stood in front of the office and looked around, then continued towards the right gate of Chang'an.

After a while, Wang Xin's mausoleum entered the imperial city, passed Chengtian Gate, Duanmen, and Meridian Gate, and entered the palace.

Turn left and follow the door to the cabinet.

Wang Xinling glanced at the cabinet room where candles were already lit, took a deep breath and turned to the front of the public room next to the cabinet room.

Bang bang bang.

There was a knock on the door.

The voice of Bai Yuxiu, a doctor in the Literature and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, came from the room.

"Enter."

Wang Xinling walked in casually and closed the door behind him.

"Do you still have enough people on the list of the Literary Selection Department of your Ministry of Civil Affairs?"

At this time, Bai Yuxiu was reviewing the matter handed down by the cabinet today to fill officials for various departments and yamen in Yangzhou City.

When Wang Xinling asked, he raised his head and said with a smile: "It's enough, don't worry."

With the implementation of the public examination system, the imperial court has not only filled the official vacancies accumulated in previous years in the past two years, but also reserved many government officials for the imperial court who have not yet been awarded official positions.

Once suitable positions are vacant in the central government and at the local level, these officials who have passed the public examination system to observe the government in the central government can immediately fill them.

A more complete official reserve system has already been established.

Wang Xinling took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to the senior.

"This is the news I just received, please read it first."

Bai Yuxiu was a little confused, picked up the piece of paper, and looked down at it.

Wang Xinling said worriedly: "Originally, the court should be aware of it in a memorial tomorrow, but I think this matter is probably very serious, so I will tell you first.

Our Highness the King of Qin is really going to kill the 18th Mansion of Zhili this time.

He had just killed someone in Yangzhou City, and now he went to Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture to behead people.

Nearly 1,500 officials in the two governments were beheaded, more than 500 households were confiscated, and nearly 8,000 people were implicated and awaiting conviction by the court."

Wang Xinling spoke quickly.

Then he searched the table, picked up a cup of tea, not sure if it was Bai Yuxiu's, and drank heavily.

Bai Yuxiu, who looked at the contents on the paper, also took a deep breath.

Wang Xinling sneered: "Senior, do you still have enough manpower to fill these vacancies in your Literature and Selection Department?"

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Chapter completed!