I'm really not the carpenter emperor

After saying that, he stomped hard on the corpse of the leader Yan Ding again, and shouted: "Ti Qi is dead, follow my orders."

"The Tang family disobeyed the imperial government's decree, colluded with the government, altered the notice without permission, and embezzled official salt. The evidence is convincing! Immediately arrest the entire family and hand it over to the Superintendent for orders!"

"As ordered!"

……

Le'an, Garrison Mansion.

Ever since the news came that Lu Xiangsheng had come to Qingzhou Mansion to quell the chaos, Le'an's garrison Rong Guangyu had been restless all day long.

He, like many people who waded into this muddy water, now has only one thought, regret.

"Master Guard, the Tianxiong Army has reached the boundary of Le'an!"

"Explore!"

"My lord, the Tianxiong army just defeated two thousand rioters in the wild!"

Rong Guangyu was shocked when he heard this.

"This group of rioters, these days I have followed the agreement, ignored them, and allowed them to rob the official positions. Why are they still so vulnerable!"

"Explore, explore again!"

"If Lu Xiangsheng has any moves, please report back to me!"

Looking at the servant who turned to leave, Rong Guangyu rubbed his forehead and paced back and forth in the lobby of the Garrison Mansion, looking into the distance for a while, and sighing heavily for a while.

Not long after, another sound of footsteps came.

"Reporting to the defense, the Tianxiong Army has won two battles and two victories. Half an hour ago, they have wiped out the last group of rebels and recovered the Le'an Salt Farm. They are on the way!"

When Rong Guangyu heard this, he almost lost all hope.

He never expected that the total number of rioters in Qingzhou Prefecture should be as many as [-] to [-], and the number is skyrocketing every day, and they were flattened by Lu Xiang in less than half a month.

"Teacher, why did he come back so quickly..." Rong Guangyu frowned and muttered, "Lu Xiangsheng doesn't want to stay in the saltworks, is he afraid of something?"

Jia Ding asked: "My lord, the Tianxiong Army squadron is going to pass through the county seat. According to the usual practice, foreign troops are ordered to quell chaos and cross the border. The garrison commander needs to greet him personally. Should we make plans in advance?"

When Rong Guang met the inspiration, he nodded quickly, put on his armor, and said:

"exactly!"

"Prepare horses and food, I will go out of the city to greet you personally, and reward the Tianxiong Army!"

Now that things have happened, they can only sell it to Lu Xiangsheng.

Not long after, he lined up outside the city with about a thousand city guards, and he also specially invited prominent figures in Le'an City to support him.

What he hopes is that Lu Xiangsheng, a foreign soldier, can give himself, the local chief, some face in front of these big shots.

"Look, my lord, it is the banner of the Tianxiong Army!"

In the distance, a sharp-eyed servant on a horse exclaimed and pointed to the flag that appeared in front of him. Under the flag, an orderly formation of official troops was marching slowly.

"Xiaguan Le'an's garrison is honored, and I have met Lord Bingbei!"

About [-] steps away from Lu Xiangsheng, Rong Guangyu got off his horse and came to Lu Xiangsheng with a flattering smile on his face:

"Your Majesty won seven battles and seven victories in the Qingzhou Mansion. He calmed down those rioters so quickly. His Majesty must be rewarded for his return!"

When Lu Xiangsheng heard these words, he didn't even have the most basic etiquette, and just looked at him silently.

In terms of official rank, Lu Xiangsheng's army is actually not much higher than Rongguang Yu's Le'an garrison, and his powers are similar.

In terms of years of being an official, Rong Guang met this old fritter, and he didn't know how much older he was than Lu Xiangsheng.

Being treated so coldly, the smile on Rong Guangyu's face stagnated, and he couldn't help it. But after all, he wanted something from others, and he had a ghost in his heart, so he continued to smile:

"Come on, please enter the city, Lord Bingbei!"

"Your Majesty was overjoyed to hear that the officers and soldiers had won the victory, and prepared a banquet in the city early to welcome the soldiers and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army!"

Lu Xiangsheng waited for a while, and when the atmosphere in the air gradually condensed, he cupped his hands in the direction of the capital, and said in a strange way:

"Don't dare, how can Lu's mere military equipment be worthy of the kindness of Rong Defense."

Chapter 489

These days, the news of Dongchang arresting people in Shandong has been pouring in, making the atmosphere in the capital tense, and ghosts and snakes are waiting for the news and preparing secretly.

But the next piece of news made the capital calm again in an instant.

It has only been half a month since Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army to Qingzhou Mansion, seven battles and seven victories, beheading thousands, quickly appraising civil unrest, and is on the way to return to court.

Civil chaos rises fast, and it goes down fast.

If there is no trouble in the local area, the people in the capital will understand the final outcome of this matter, and naturally no one dares to be a backer for those "rebellious parties".

The official residence of Li Yangzheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

After the major imperial examination case last year, the Donglin forces in the imperial court were basically wiped out. Li Yangzheng is also the only person who has had close contact with the Donglin Party among the six ministers.

Of course, he can still sit in this position now, which is also the reason why he separated himself from the Donglin Party in time during the major imperial examination case.

For Wang Weijian, governor of Shandong who heard the news of Tang Wanfeng's arrest, this was the last straw he could grasp.

No matter what it is now, after all, it is limited to the place.

If there are cliques in the capital, if one minister of the Ministry of punishment can be dragged into the water, then a large group of officials will inevitably follow.

At that point, things take another level.

No matter how powerful the emperor is, he can't clean the place and the capital again. Doing so will easily lose people's hearts.

In fact, Wang Weijian's calculation was right. At that time, it would be very difficult for Zhu Youxiao to do that, to kill the capital again.

It is one thing to clean the place, but it is another thing to clean the court again.

No matter how you arrest people and kill people in the local area, it is just that the vested interest groups have changed a batch and shuffled them manually.

After the last major imperial examination case in the imperial court, there has not been a pattern of confrontation between the two powers. This time, Zhu Youxiao wants to push Wen Tiren's Zhejiang Party to compete with Wei Zhongxian in the court.

The balance in the court is very important, once this balance is broken, the court will be in chaos, and the court will be chaotic, so there is no need to mention any place to control.

Most of the local officials are also linked to various bigwigs in the court.

So Wang Weijian did grasp the key point. If the new situation of the Zhejiang Party fighting against the Wei Party does not take shape, Zhu Youxiao will not do it easily again.

Li Yangzheng has a habit of eating supper.

He especially liked to order the servants in the mansion to sit down with a few dishes of small dishes and a jug of fine wine in the dead of night in the empty courtyard full of stars, enjoying it alone.

This day was no exception, Li Yangzheng had just picked up two mouthfuls of small beans and chewed them in his mouth, and then filled a small cup of fine wine from Fuchu. Before he could drink it, the butler rushed over.

"Master, there is a man who came all the way from Shandong and said that he has something important to say, so he will meet the master."

"The people from Shandong at this time still say that they have something important to tell..." Li Yangzheng muttered, happily pouring a little wine into his mouth, smashing it and saying:

"There won't be any good things, see you, so as not to get into trouble."

The butler responded and hurried back to reply.

After a while, the butler ran back in a hurry, this time with a look of anxiety on his face.

"Master, the man said that he is the servant of Wang Weijian, the governor of Shandong. If the master doesn't see him, he will sit outside the mansion and won't leave..."

"ridiculous!"

Li Yangzheng glared at this side, and said with a sneer:

"If he doesn't leave, he won't leave. I drink my wine. What does it matter to me?"

"Go out and tell him, even if he sits here until dawn, I won't see you, master! Wang Weijian has waded in the muddy water by himself, and he still wants to bring me here, what do you think?"

"Hmph, according to my master, it's best to stay where it is. If you insist on messing up the capital, will they be satisfied?"

"Tell the servant to drive him away. If he appears at the door, he will be kicked out. If he can't be driven away, he will be beaten. Just don't beat him to death."

"At this time, there can be no accidents..."

The butler left, and after giving the order, he came back to serve him. Seeing that the wine glass was empty, he hurried up to fill it up, and asked:

"My lord, I think this is just a matter of arresting a few people under the new law. Is it so evil?"

Li Yangzheng took a bite of the side dish and said with a smile:

"Let me tell you, this is not the most evil. Your Majesty is not a good person even though he is only in his early twenties."

"Just keep your eyes open and watch carefully. No one can stop the implementation of the new salt law."

The butler seemed to understand, and added another glass of wine.

"I can't even understand the little one..."

"If you understand everything, the new salt law won't cause so many disturbances. It's all greedy... Li Yu, Tang Wanfeng, Wang Weijian are all too greedy!"

"They thought that with their little cleverness, they could win against the imperial court and deceive the world!"

Li Yangzheng chuckled, picked up the small cup and drank it in one gulp. Seeing that the butler was about to pour the wine, he quickly waved his hand to stop him, got up and walked back unsteadily, saying:

"That's all, I have to go to court tomorrow!"

……

That night, the Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Looking at the good news in front of him, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. This Lu Xiangsheng deserved to be famous in history. How could civil servants be so powerful in fighting.

Perhaps the current rioters are far from the level of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong in the later period, or maybe our army is too strong?

Taking another look at the secret report that Xu Xianchun put up to monitor the East Factory, Zhu Youxiao leaned back on the chair, and now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

It has to be said that it is very useful for Wei Zhongxian to keep him. Apart from him, there is no other suitable person to do this kind of thing.

Dongchang has been of great help to Zhu Youxiao both in handling cases and investigating intelligence.

After receiving the support of the local garrison, Dongchang arrested people, tried the case, and beheaded in one go, and no one could stop it.

Within half a month after Wei Zhongxian was beaten, a large number of officials were arrested in Shandong. Beizhen Fusi secretly investigated and said that Dongchang is now in Denglai and Denglai, and has arrested more than [-] civil and military officials.

What is the concept, basically the whole Denglai will have to change a new group of people.

Aristocratic families such as Li Yu and Tang Wanfeng who managed the saltworks from the Hongwu period to the present were uprooted by the new salt law.

Without these former local snakes, new local snakes will naturally emerge.

It's just that now all these local snakes understand a truth, there is no good end to going against the court.

After Li Yan from Haiyang Salt Field was arrested, it was not known that Dongchang was attacking the remnants of the Li family, and even the rest of the local tycoons and salt merchants were taking advantage of the fire to loot.

Among them, one of the strongest emerged. With the support of the local patrol salt department, he basically took over the entire salt industry of the Li family in Haiyang.

Zhu Youxiao didn't want to ask how wonderful the secret struggle between the local tyrants and the officialdom for the upper ranks was during this short period of time. He only cared about one thing, whether the newcomers would be obedient or not.

If you don't obey, it's not in vain.

But this time there were basically no accidents. The newcomer was much more honest than Li Yan. Of course, he only looked honest on the surface.

If he was really honest, he wouldn't be able to get to this position.

Except for Haiyang, the local situation in Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture are also similar. Both the officialdom and the salt industry have been reshuffled because of this large-scale corruption operation by the imperial court.

Those who are new to power rarely dare to bite the bullet and confront the court.

Up to now, basically the matter of the new salt law has been investigated clearly.

Local tyrants colluded with local officials in an attempt to deceive the world and prevent the implementation of the new salt law in Shandong and the coastal areas.

Shandong is the main battlefield, the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River are the focus areas of contention, and most of the rest of the world are waiting for the wind and ready to fall with the wind at any time.

Following the actions of the imperial court in the Shandong area, the remaining coastal areas, such as Lianghuai, Fujian, etc., began to accept the new salt law one after another.

Of course, there are still a lot of obedience and inconsistency, and now Zhu Youxiao doesn't bother to take care of it.

When the scale of the Salt Inspection Bureau and the Salt Inspection Division has developed, Zhu Youxiao doesn't even need to do it himself, and even the East Factory doesn't have to intervene, and the Salt Inspection Division can subtly take care of them.

Zhu Youxiao intends to end the chaos in Shandong at tomorrow's court meeting.

4 Chapter Ninety Implementation of the New Salt Law

It has only been more than a month since the news of the new salt law was sent from the Qianqing Palace.