I'm really not the carpenter emperor

There were hoofbeats in Nanjing City, but it was Jin Yiwei Nanzhili Governor's Office stationed in Nanjing City who sent a team.

Du Sheng grabbed one of them when they passed the suspension bridge and slowed down their horses, and asked in a mysterious way:

"What are you going to do?"

"The manager doesn't know yet?" Jin Yiwei Baihu was a little surprised, then smiled and said:

"Returning to Director Du, Dudu Tian has received an order from His Majesty, asking us to send troops ten li to meet him. The Emperor's order is with us, so we will not accompany you."

After saying that, he swung his body, tightened his crotch, and shouted:

"drive--!"

Looking at the men and horses of Jin Yiwei, the civil servants whispered, Wu Xun also thought it was very interesting, how could an emperor go on tour without notifying his courtiers to greet him, and let Jin Yiwei go first.

Du Sheng's face was solemn, and he was puzzled. Could it be that Wei's father had lost his trust with the emperor, and His Majesty wanted to favor Jin Yiwei?

Father Wei naturally refers to his godfather Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youxiao was riding on a horse, holding the emperor's sword in one hand, and holding the rein in the other hand, looking to the southeast, and the whole picture of Jinling City in Ming Dynasty came into view.

The majestic city walls are connected by the red and green color of the rich family gardens, and the momentum is coherent. In the distance is the enemy building where soldiers are patrolling, which complements the garden below the city.

Zhu Youxiao ordered the troops to slow down and observe the surrounding scenery little by little.

Looking closely at Jinling, before reaching the city, the outskirts are already full of prosperity. Pavilions and pavilions are distributed along both sides of the road, at random heights, and small merchants, hawkers, and business travelers come and go in an orderly manner.

In a tavern, there is a row of double-decker [-] altars of daughter red outside the door. Walking through this place, the aroma of wine blows over your face, and diners come and go in an endless stream.

Even Chen Ce unconsciously took an extra look into the tavern.

Secret praise in my heart, good wine!

Just as he was thinking, a group of school captains in brocade clothes came from afar, everyone wearing the badge of the Superintendent, and passers-by stopped to look.

In front of Emperor Tianqi, Jin Yiwei Qianhu and the governor Tian Ergeng dismounted immediately, knelt down and said:

"My minister Tian Ergeng, the governor of Nanjing Supervision Department, please refer to Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao hummed lightly, and Wang Chaofu quickly signaled the guards in Jin Yi to get up on their horses and guard beside Yu Jia.

"Choose a good place for me, and arrange the camp of the brave guards. I will live in the barracks, and I won't go into the city today."

"Your Majesty, within thirteen miles, there is a spacious place with heavy mountains and clear water." Tian Ergeng has been in the local area for many years, so he has already kept all kinds of situations in mind, and said:

"Your Majesty, please lead the way."

After saying that, he waved his hand, and more than a dozen Jinyi guards lined up in front of the army, slowly opening the way.

Along the way, Tian Ergeng held back his curiosity, and didn't ask Emperor Tianqi why he didn't live in the spacious and bright city of Nanjing.

He was waiting, waiting for the emperor to ask questions.

Sure enough, not long after, Wang Chaofu summoned him to the rear team, and whispered that the emperor had something to look for.

"Tian Ergeng, let me ask you, is this area in the south of the Yangtze River still peaceful?"

"Taiping, under your Majesty's rule, Daming is thriving, where is it not peaceful?"

Tian Ergeng cleverly patted some flattery at first, and then said:

"But some people just want to disturb this peace."

"Some young scholars who failed the rankings were ignorant and unwilling to go to the Southwest to give lectures, so they used the excuse that they were unfair to be elected officials this year, and secretly formed an association to lobby for sinners like Ye Xianggao and Yang Lian in an attempt to turn black and white, Botu Fame."

"Furthermore, I have also found out that at least half of the relief food for the famine in Huaibei provinces in June this year was secretly resold by some officials to grain merchants, and replaced with crude chaff."

"After the polished rice sent by the imperial court is replaced with bran, the difference in profit is at least a few million taels. They can divide it up, and everyone will be full!"

"Grain bran? Is that edible?"

Zhu Youxiao's tone seemed a little sullen.

"It's more than that, Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something..." Tian Ergeng seemed a little hesitant, afraid that the next sentence would shake the foundation.

Without hesitation, Zhu Youxiao took the rein of the horse and said fiercely:

"Speak, I pardon you innocent!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Since Tian Ergeng has done this job, he is not afraid of offending others. After confirming that the emperor really wanted to listen, he gritted his teeth, cupped his fists and said:

"Your Majesty, there are officials in Nanjing who are secretly colluding with local wealthy families!"

"Officials withheld the government's disaster relief grain and resold the polished rice to the grain merchants. The grain merchants teamed up to hoard grain, raise the price of grain, and then sell the imperial court's disaster relief grain to the common people at a high price."

"In the beginning, even the old rice sent to various prefectures in Huaibei, they had to raise the price several times before selling it to the common people..."

"Presumptuous—!" Zhu Youxiao was furious, stopped the horse, turned around and looked, furious:

"It's too presumptuous! I have repeated orders and repeated orders, but they have ignored them all, and they have repeatedly banned them! Those are the life-saving food I distributed to the victims of the disaster, and they dare to move!!"

"Tian Ergeng!"

The latter was frightened by the emperor's sudden rage, and was stunned for a moment before he trembled all over and replied:

"Chen is here!"

Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath and said slowly: "Continue to investigate for me, and investigate deeper. This time, no matter how powerful the backstage is or how big the chaebol is, I will touch them."

"There is no one who is an official to make decisions for the common people, so I, the emperor, must let the people of Ming Dynasty see hope!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhu Youxiao calmed down, looked at the camp site in front of him, and immediately looked north, with a bone-chilling chill in his voice, said:

"If there is anything else, you can tell me all about it."

Tian Ergeng took it seriously, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, after the governor's office was established in Nanjing, the number of times the government was attacked by rioters was at least three times a month."

"What did you do?"

Tian Ergeng was agitated, and hastily proved himself:

"I didn't let the school lieutenant slaughter the people. I feel that these are people with ulterior motives who mislead the good people behind their backs and make them harbor resentment towards the imperial court."

"You did a good job." Zhu Youxiao murmured, and then asked:

"anything else?"

Chapter 277 Rumors Can Kill

When the news came, the people who picked him up were all stupid.

The elderly Wei Guogong Xu Hongji left with a sneer, and those who left with him were the warriors who dispersed in a rush, leaving only the internal officials of the inner prison and the civil servants who stood there stupidly, at a loss.

"Boss, His Majesty is really not coming...?"

An inner prisoner asked quietly.

"Snapped--!"

With a crisp sound, the inner eunuch covered his flushed face, froze for a while, then knelt down on the ground in panic, begging for mercy repeatedly:

"Boss, the servant is wrong, the servant is wrong..."

"Get away from our family! Our family is upset when they see you!"

Du Sheng cursed angrily, then left quickly.

The inner eunuch who had been slapped still had to cover his face and tremble behind the team, but this time, he didn't dare to talk anymore.

Seeing this, many civil servants were puzzled, what did the eunuch do so violently, and why was his temper so violent.

Wang Yongguang, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, with the title of Counselor and Maintenance, sneered, and was the first to leave with his hands behind his back, and said softly:

"Play well, if you don't play, you won't have a long memory!"

This is actually true, Du Sheng was thought to be the most favored, the one who would have the least trouble when the emperor came on his southern tour.

Before this, many people were so overwhelmed that they wanted to enter Du's mansion to ask for care.

This time the emperor changed his course temporarily, and he only informed Jin Yiwei, but he didn't tell the chief inspector.

Asking questions at this time, isn't it poking his sore spot?

It's no wonder that Du Sheng was so irritable and made a big mouth, which was to divert the attention of the civil servants so that he could escape.

It's just that in Wang Yongguang's view, these are tantamount to deception. Anyone who has a thoughtful heart, who can't see it?

……

"Godfather..."

An inner eunuch was called to Du Sheng, said two words cautiously, and then stopped.

Just as Du Sheng sat down, his chest was still heaving and fluctuating. He took a few breaths and said:

"Go, send a letter to our family to the capital to ask about Father Wei's situation, saying that His Majesty came to Nanjing for a tour, and stayed in the barracks without going through the main entrance."

No matter how angry Du Sheng was, he didn't dare to get angry with Wei Zhongxian. He asked Wei Zhongxian if he knew about this matter.

"Yes, godfather."

"Well, let's go down."

It wasn't long after he went to the inner prison, Du Sheng was thinking about it, and he just calmed down a little, and he was lying on the armchair humming a little tune leisurely.

He didn't notice that there was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near.

"Director Du, I'm so excited, being sold, and this leisurely and elegant—"

Du Sheng got up in a jerk, stared at it, and wanted to know who was so bold, but after a while, he laughed and said:

"It's Uncle Xin Cheng, have you figured out something about your farmland today? Why do you have the time to come to my place?"

"Your Majesty has just arrived in Nanjing City, so I don't need to mention what happened in Fengyang."

"Look at what you said, when your Majesty comes to Jinling, you will be fine?"

After Zhao Zhilong said this, he laughed loudly, sat aside, squeezed the ass of the maid who brought the tea, and said with a look of surprise:

"The Chief Manager doesn't know about this yet, does he!?"

"What should our family know and what should we not know?"

Du Sheng subconsciously ignored Zhao Zhilong's rude behavior just now, and his expression became a little puzzled, as if he realized something, and soon added a trace of fear.

He got up and went forward, stretched out his hand to press the teacup that Zhao Zhilong was about to put into his mouth, but he didn't speak.

"A sip of tea is not allowed?"

Zhao Zhilong spread his hands, stared at Du Sheng for a while, and chuckled:

"It's nothing serious. It's just that there have been a lot of rumors about you, the chief executive, in the streets recently. They are all rumors. They are not credible, not credible."

Originally, Du Sheng vaguely felt that this was a conspiracy against him.

Besides, Du Sheng knew very well about Xin Chengbo Zhao Zhilong, this man was greedy, he didn't like money, power, sex, there was nothing he didn't like.

This time I came to find myself, I must have some big news in my hand, and I came to make a deal.

Normally, Du Sheng wouldn't bother to cooperate with Zhao Zhilong at all. He could find out the information in his hands at most with a little effort.

But now, the emperor had just arrived in Jinling, in such an eventful time, an hour could decide the life and death of a person or even a family, and he couldn't afford to delay.

You know, what happened in Fengyang happened within two days!

Looking at Zhao Zhilong, the sneer in Du Sheng's eyes became a little unpredictable, he slowly let go of the bowl holding the teacup, turned around and ordered:

"Come and serve good tribute tea to Uncle Xin, how can this kind of thing work?"

Zhao Zhilong also smiled, put down his teacup, and said, "It's still the Chief Manager who is understanding."

In fact, he knew in his heart that it was done!

Watching Zhao Zhilong drink tea, Du Sheng returned to his seat, motioned the maid to stay beside Zhao Zhilong and said calmly:

"Three people make a tiger, one mouth makes money, more rumors can kill people!"

"Then I'll just say it. Zhu Guobi, Marquis of Funing, and Li Sancai are planning how to drag you into trouble, Chief Manager."

Zhao Zhilong smiled, and kept moving his hand behind the maid, lightly throwing a blockbuster.

Sure enough, someone is going to deal with our family!