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Chapter 84 Let Zhu Youjian be the prisoner

The ancients believed that after death, their souls could still live in the underworld, so there was a saying that they would build a cemetery and build a tomb.

As the emperor, as the emperor of the Nine Five, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been a rule that the emperor will build the imperial tomb after one year of ascending the throne, and even the state taxes have a special share for the emperor to build the tomb.

This is a symbol of the emperor. So far, no minister has criticized the emperor for spending a lot of money to build the imperial tomb. Many emperors also like to use this as an excuse to make money, which is even less likely to be hindered by the ministers.

But what Wang Chengen, Zhu Youjian and others did not expect was that Zhu Youxiao actually wanted to stop the construction of his imperial tomb and also used the money elsewhere.

This is a rare event in the Ming Dynasty that has not been seen in more than two hundred years. How could a generation of emperors be sympathetic to the people to the point that they would rather stop building the tombs and save money to provide relief to the people.

Even Zhu Youjian was very surprised. He never expected that his royal brother would make such a decision. He was deeply educated by Confucianism and wanted to stop Zhu Youxiao's crazy actions without thinking.

The Queen Zhang Yan, Zhou and Yao Xuanshi also knelt down and they couldn't help but cry. The old eunuch Wang Chengen didn't know whether it was pretending to be pretentious or true feelings, sobbing constantly.

In other words, Zhu Youxiao himself didn't think anything was there. He did a good job in a materialistic education in his previous life, and he didn't think so clearly about what happened after his death, nor did he think about how important the tomb was.

It can be said that if Zhu Youxiao did not build a tomb, it would be equivalent to violating the rules that the dynasty ruling class enjoyed special social power.

Zhu Youxiao's seemingly insignificant sacrifice also caused great shock to others because of this.

"I have decided that as long as the people of Qin can survive and do not rebel from my Zhu family, I, Zhu Youxiao, will be satisfied."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneeze as he said that he was sweating and had not had time to change his clothes after being wet. Queen Zhang Yan suddenly realized this and hurriedly said that she was dereliction of duty and immediately ordered someone to prepare hot water and boil ginger soup.

After Zhu Youxiao took a shower, he saw that Zhu Youjian was still kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up, you are a soldier of the Imperial Guards. It is a military rule that you have committed to leaving the barracks without authorization. Go to the Imperial Guards’ law enforcement officer Tang Fusheng to receive the punishment. After receiving the punishment, you can ask the Imperial Horse Supervisor Yin Liu Ruoyu to apply to leave the Imperial Guards’ barracks, and stay honestly in the West Garden for me in the future!"

"yes!"

Zhu Youjian did not violate Zhu Youxiao's wishes, but simply followed Zhu Youxiao's orders and left Kunning Palace.

Zhu Youxiao also came to the West Warm Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, but when he arrived at the West Warm Pavilion, he saw the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet Wei Guangwei, Gu Bingqian and others kneeling on the ground, wiping their tears.

"What are you doing? My Qianqing Palace is not your ancestral hall, so get up." Zhu Youxiao said and walked into the inner room to sit down, and Wei Guangwei and others also stood up: "Your Majesty is a benevolent and righteous act of cherishing the people, but you should not not build an imperial tomb because of this. In this way, the people of the world will have the face to see the king and father again in the future!"

"Okay, I understand your heart of Chicheng. I am still young and it's not too late to say it after building the imperial tomb. According to Sun Chengzong's memorial, the food in Qin is still rising rapidly, but I have ordered people to transfer grain from the Huguang area of ​​Shu to Shaanxi since last year. Why is it still soaring? Can the people from Dongchang find out the reason?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Wang Chengen as he spoke.

Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed and replied: "Report to Your Majesty, it is reported that local gentry hoarded goods or colluded with local officials to buy and sell them. In addition, there is naturally the weather is still cold and the drought is still continuing."

"The factors caused by God cannot be changed immediately, but these human-caused factors must be suppressed. Tell Sun Chengzong that there is no need to tolerate and raise traitors, kill a few more officials for the people. In addition, the leader of the Donglin Party and the traitor who are locked in the Dongchang would rather go through my execution than wait until after the autumn. I will take me to Caishikou to execute tomorrow. I want to see those who are ready to move, whether I am so easy to talk to!"

When Zhu Youxiao said so coldly, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet Wei Guangwei and others were shocked, but they were also a little secretly happy. It seemed that His Majesty was still resentful of Donglin's remnants.

At this time, Li Mingrui stood up: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. Since Han Yu and others are executed, it is better to let Zhu Youjian be the decree of the prison."

Zhu Youxiao was stunned after hearing this, and immediately understood the profound meaning of Li Mingrui's actions. He simply wanted Zhu Youjian to be the last executioner of the Donglin Party so that the gentry in Jiangnan would give up completely.

"Very good. My emperor brother is not honest as a prince. He is afraid of suffering as a soldier. It is better to let him do this. He will pass on his mission and restore Zhu Youjianxin's title to the title, but he only has the title and does not pay the salary, and he will be the deceased official!"

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he left the Xihunting Pavilion and still left the Forbidden City in vain in the afternoon. If he had expected it was good, because of the murder of Chen Mingxia and others, Fu Guan was probably already anxious.

In a teahouse in the capital, Zhu Youxiao angrily punched the table and shouted at Fu Guan: "I said Mr. Fu, who asked your people to meet His Highness Xin so soon! Do you know that because of this, I just let me put a spy on the Jinyiwei on duty in the Imperial Guard as the chief banner. Didn't I ask you to tell your person? I have to wait until the Tang surname is not here!"

"How could I know that I just asked them to act on camera and find the right opportunity to find a way to save His Highness King Xin. And last night, I happened to learn that Tang Fusheng had not returned to the Duke's Mansion in the military camp. But who had expected that the Tang mansion did not leave and directly killed my three students. Later, I learned that His Majesty had returned to Xiyuan, so that I could send a message to Eunuch Gao of Xiyuan overnight, asking him to hint that His Highness had been discovered from the military camp of the Imperial Guards so that His Highness could make a solution to his response. But what is strange is why His Highness returned to Xiyuan?"

Seeing that the young man named Zhu Ning was so anxious and angry, Fu Guan did not expect that it was because Zhu Youxiao, who pretended to be Zhu Ning, had already arranged everything in secret, that Chen Mingxia and others who were inserted into the Imperial Guard were soon executed.

But this does not mean that he has no doubts at all, especially why Zhu Youjian didn't take advantage of the fact that he escaped from the capital last night and returned to Xiyuan.

"I asked Your Highness to return to Xiyuan. Since the matter has been exposed, Zhu Youxiao will be controlled by Zhu Youxiao wherever he goes. It would be better to let him return to Xiyuan. In this way, Zhu Youxiao will think that Your Highness has no intention of being a disobedient and will not have the intention to kill him."

Zhu Youxiao sat down as he said that, and he drank all over a cup of tea in one sip, looking very depressed.

Fu Guan bowed to Zhu Ning: "Young Master Gao Jian, it is just puzzling why Tang Fusheng, the Imperial Guard, learned so quickly that our people were going to take His Highness out of the military camp. It was really weird."

As he said that, Fu Guan stared at Zhu Ning's eyes.

Zhu Ning didn't hide, and smiled naturally, "So, Mr. Fu suspects Zhu?"
Chapter completed!
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