When Daxing County Magistrate Zhu Wende saw Zhu Youxiao pulling a face, he realized that he might have flattered the horse's legs, and hurriedly explained with a smile:

"Report to Your Majesty, this is all the friendship between the scholars and the people of Daxing County, not what the officials do. Because Your Majesty, you personally led the royal army to drive away the Tartars, everyone is grateful to you."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao just nodded and said nothing, and went straight into the city. These bureaucrats and gentry hurriedly followed in.

It is a very clean and neat street. Although there are signs of burning in several places, most of the houses are intact. However, there are no people in the entire county town, and some shops facing the street are not open.

There were not even a single beggar or refugee who had mixed into the city. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile and said, "Mr. Zhuo County, your Daxing County is well-managed. Although the city is full of bleakness, there is no beggar or refugee."

"Thanks to the praise of Your Majesty, the lower official was originally a foolish person. Fortunately, with the cooperation of the Prefect Li and the gentry and the people in the city, Daxing County is today."

After hearing Zhuo Wende say this, Zhu Youxiao pretended to be surprised and turned around and smiled at Li Chunmao.

It is common for local officials to rely on local gentry to govern local gentry, but Zhu Youxiao did not like his own people-friendly officials became agents of these local gentry for personal interests. Therefore, when Zhu Wende replied that it was entirely due to the support of the gentry in Daxing County, he was a little displeased, but it was not shown on the surface.

Zhuo Wende, the magistrate of Daxing County, took Zhu Youxiao to the county government office first, and sat down for a moment. Li Maochun, a gentry who had once served as the second rank, stood up: "Your Majesty has great virtue and great achievements, and it is indeed a blessing for the people. It is a blessing for the people. The country and the country of Ming Dynasty. Moreover, you love the people as your son. Now that the Tartars have left, please ask Your Majesty to return the people's wealth to the people, so that the people can survive and the world can surrender."

Zhu Youxiao heard that Li Maochun flattered him as soon as he opened his mouth, which was very helpful, but he did not expect that Li Maochun would suddenly turn a sharp turn as he said that he wanted to return the wealth of the people. In fact, it was just because the Tartars robbed the property of his landlord, who came to ask him for it.

When the other gentry and officials who accompanied the county government came to see Li Maochun first asking His Majesty to return the finances he had taken away by the Tartars, they also stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, and advised Zhu Youxiao to return the snatched Tartars from them.

Zhu Youxiao hadn't expected these people to ask for debts before, so he couldn't help but laugh: "You all have all the money and wealth that was robbed by the Tartars. Why do you ask me for it? If you have the ability, you will come out of seclusion and go to the Tartars now."

"Your Majesty is joking. Everyone in the capital knows this. Your Majesty, you have taken it back from the Tartars for us. It is precisely because of this that we come to ask Your Majesty for your request and ask Your Majesty to give it back, so that you will not gain the benefit of the people!"

Li Maochun said that, and then stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao again, while other gentry stood up: "Please give it back to you by Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the gentry who seemed to be obedient but actually aggressive did not speak. He put the teacup in his hand and waved to Liu Bin: "Come on your ear."

All the gentry watched Zhu Youxiao whisper beside Liu Bin, and naturally they didn't know what Zhu Youxiao said. They all hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would return the property robbed by the Tartars because of their joint request. They should know that the gold, silver and jewelry that were confiscated by the Tartars were accumulated over the years as officials.

"Yes!" Liu Bin responded and walked out. Li Maochun and others followed Liu Bin's figure and looked out, thinking whether His Majesty would send him to transfer money and property.

People always subconsciously think about the better, and the tolerance of the private property of the literati and officials in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years also made them unaware of the danger.

In their opinion, the fate of the Donglin Party and the consequences of the troublemakers were just a group of ignorant nerds who were blamed for themselves. They neither participated in the disaster of the Party nor cared about who the emperor was. They just wanted to return their own property.

What's more, the Emperor Zhu Youxiao did not show any dissatisfaction at this time.

Zhu Youxiao did not show any dissatisfaction. Now that he has his own gun, why bother with these selfish vested interests?

Zhu Youxiao just picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then asked Daxing County Magistrate Zhuo Wende: "Zhuo Wende, as far as I know, when the Tartars plundered the capital, the Amin tribe also attacked your Daxing County, and your Daxing County town took the initiative to open the city gate and asked to surrender to the Tatars. It is precisely because of this that the Amin tribe just robbed money and did not kill anyone. Is there any such thing?"

When Zhuo Wende heard Zhu Youxiao say this, he even said that Zhu Youxiao was punishing his own crime of not defending the city effectively. He was so scared that he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I was outside the city at that time and did not know that the Tatars came to Daxing County. Kaicheng was done by the county magistrate Yang Zhengying, and Minister Lu had already rectified the law."

When Li Maochun and other gentry saw Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked about Zhu Wende's matter, they rushed to defend their parents and proved that Zhu Wende was not in the city at that time.

Zhu Youxiao released the teacup heavily and said sternly: "I know you were not in the city at that time. It was not your fault to open the city and accept surrender, otherwise you would not have kept your head alive. But I will ask you, what did you do when you left the city? Taizu once had a lesson. People-friendly officials had to go out of the city to disturb the people. You'd better give me the truth and don't force me to expose the dirty things you did in front of the gentry all over the city!"

"I am wronged, I am wronged!"

Zhuo Wende dared not say that he left the city because Li Maochun invited him to his manor to have a small gathering and was romantic all night, which caused him to delay returning to the city, so he just started crying and howling.

Suddenly, Tang Fusheng led a team of military police into the courtyard, and all pulled out the embroidered swords and surrounded the outside.

At the same time, Liu Bin came in with an old servant: "Your Majesty, the old housekeeper of Li's mansion has been brought here."

Li Maochun stood up in shock. He didn't expect that His Majesty would suddenly bring the old housekeeper in his mansion. He looked at the old housekeeper and looked at Zhu Youxiao again: "Your Majesty, this, this."

Zhu Youxiao ignored Li Maochun. The Jinyiwei had already secretly monitored these big gentry, especially the gentry in the capital.

After all, these gentry hold great real power in the local area. In many cases, the reason why the Tartars can easily rob cities is not unrelated to the fact that they collude with these gentry in advance.

Of course, the purpose of their collusion was to save their own share of three acres of land, and they did not really want to be obedient people of the Tartars. But sometimes the Tartars would not abide by the agreement and rob their property, and they would have to suffer in silence.

Zhu Youxiao knew that people could do unconscionable things for their own selfishness, so he did not intend to be too concerned.

But now that these people have bullied themselves and asked for debts to them, Zhu Youxiao did not intend to be polite to them anymore.
Chapter completed!