Capital, cabinet.

Seeing the imperial edict coming from Shaanxi, the elders looked at each other in shock.

"Since His Majesty's personal expedition, more and more things have happened, alas..." Chief Assistant Huang Liji sighed, feeling particularly tired.

Since Zhu Youjian's personal expedition to northern Shaanxi, the rebellious refugees have been almost pacified, but the chaos is getting bigger and bigger.

Not long after Zhu Youjian arrived in northern Shaanxi, he killed all the county officials and squires in Qingjian County. When the news reached Beijing, although the courtiers criticized it, most of them had nothing to say. After all, there was such a big chaos in northern Shaanxi.

There were tens of thousands of refugees rebelling in Qingjian County alone. Someone had to be responsible. It was understandable that Zhu Youjian killed some officials. Although the method was too vicious, it was also to frighten people's hearts, wasn't it?

However, Zhu Youjian's next move made the courtiers feel uneasy. He established village chiefs in the prefectures and counties of Yan'an Prefecture, tried all the squires, and divided their land and property. This did not look like the behavior of an emperor, and his methods were clear.

They are exactly the same as those rebellious refugees!

It used to be that the rebellious refugees attacked the squire's Wubao Manor, robbed their wealth, attacked the county town, killed the officials and robbed the city's wealth, but now it has become the fact that the emperor personally led the imperial guards to rob the people in the name of pacifying the refugees.

.If it were not the emperor who took the lead, these officials in the DPRK would have thought that someone was rebelling...

What is a squire? He serves as an official in the court and becomes a gentry when he returns to his hometown. These squires all have a high status and are part of the scholarly community. They have many people of the same age, masters, disciples and old officials, and courtiers.

Tangled and intricate.

But now, Zhu Youjian has slashed his knife at the entire northern Shaanxi gentry, making the officials in the court very uncomfortable. Whether a rabbit dies or a fox grieves, or an animal hurts its own kind, many officials feel particularly uncomfortable.

Of course, Zhu Youjian's reason for using the knife on the squires was fair and aboveboard. The stacks of confessions sent back to the capital described the squires' numerous evil deeds. It seemed natural that they were executed and exiled. They were not unjust at all. No one could say otherwise.

What happened?

Some upright officials even applauded the emperor's actions, believing that in troubled times, heavy laws should be used, and the Ming Dynasty laws should be used to punish these gentry who were remnants of the people. However, most of the courtiers remained silent, and their own families knew their own affairs. This Manchu official had

Aren't there thousands of hectares of farmland and hordes of slaves in a few homes?

Even if you are a high-ranking official in the ministry, your annual salary is only a few hundred taels of silver. How you can accumulate so much wealth is nothing more than robbery.

If we follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty, how many of the officials and gentry in the world are innocent? Ninety-nine percent of them will have to be skinned and tortured...

These days, the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government have become more and more responsive to the emperor's personal expedition. Every day, memorials are sent to the cabinet, exhorting the emperor to return to Beijing as soon as possible. However, what can the ministers in the cabinet do? The emperor is far away in northern Shaanxi, and the cabinet is also very practical.

It was beyond their reach. Huang Liji and others could only write memorials in person and have them sent to northern Shaanxi to urge the emperor to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

These days, every news coming from northern Shaanxi makes Huang Liji and others nervous. When they learned that the Fugu Liu bandits had crossed the Yellow River and entered Shanxi, the court suddenly boiled, and officials from Shanxi wrote to the cabinet one after another.

, requesting the cabinet to dispatch troops and generals as soon as possible to suppress this banditry, for fear that the emperor would use this banditry as an excuse to enter Shanxi again and ruin Shanxi again.

Although Huang Liji was originally from Beizhili, he had a good relationship with Shanxi officials and even had a stake in Shanxi merchants' business. Naturally, he would not ignore the requests of Shanxi officials and immediately sent a letter to Governor Xuanda and the governor of Shanxi in the name of the cabinet.

Send an order, ordering them to wipe out this bandit as soon as possible.

In fact, without urging from the cabinet, the officials and gentry in Shanxi Province are very attentive. The gentry donated food and materials one after another. The officials recruited civilians and soldiers. Even the feudal princes and clans in Shanxi also donated food and labor to try their best.

To eradicate this bandit, for fear of bringing the emperor into Shanxi again...

Thanks to the concerted efforts of Shanxi officials and gentry, Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and other bandits could no longer stand in Shanxi. They were surrounded by the government troops on three sides and forced to go north into the Mongolian territory of Hetao.

The bandits who entered Shanxi were driven away, and most of the bandits in Shaanxi were put down. In the eyes of the courtiers, the emperor should have calmed down a bit. Unexpectedly, he wanted to change Yan'an Prefecture into Yansui Town again.

We must turn hundreds of thousands of people in northern Shaanxi from civilian households into military households!

"How is this possible? There is already Yulin Town in northern Shaanxi, which together with Ganning Town in the west are nine important towns. What's the point of setting up Yansui Town?" Li Guopu asked dissatisfied.

"In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with it. The land in northern Shaanxi is barren, and there have been natural disasters for many years, so that there is chaos among the refugees. If it is not handled well, it is not impossible that the entire north will be in turmoil. Now a military town has been set up and guarded by the Imperial Guard.

, there will no longer be worries about civil unrest in the future." Shi Minlai said.

"King Shi Yu, this matter is of great importance and involves the ancestral system. How can you flatter His Majesty?" Li Guopu said angrily, almost pointing at Shi Yu and scolding him for being a sycophant.

Shi Minlai wiped the saliva that was sprayed on his face and said displeasedly: "Brother Yuanzhi, I'm just discussing the matter. Besides, His Majesty has already issued an order, what else can you do?"

Li Guopu said angrily: "The cabinet can refute His Majesty's imperial edict!"

Shi Minlai sneered and said: "Reject? Your Majesty can issue a decree and directly appoint the deputy generals of Yansui Town. These generals are not civil servants, so they will not refuse your appointment."

"I..." Li Guopu opened his mouth and had nothing to say.

The cabinet can veto the emperor's imperial edict, but the emperor can still issue an imperial edict and appoint officials. Generally speaking, civil servants will regard the imperial edict as a shame and refuse to accept the appointment, but the generals are different. They only listen to the emperor's words.

"Since it can't be changed, why bother with your Majesty? Your Majesty is not in the capital right now, and the world still needs the cabinet to maintain it." Shi Minlai said.

Huang Liji let out a long sigh and said, "That's it. The cabinet drafts a decree and has it handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies for sealing, renaming Yan'an Prefecture to Yansui Town."

"Yuan Fu, it is better to urge His Majesty to return to Beijing as soon as possible." Li Guopu glanced sideways at Shi Minlai and said to Huang Liji solemnly.

Huang Liji sighed: "I have sent several memorials to His Majesty in the name of the Cabinet, but Your Majesty has not replied. What else can I do? Unless..."

Huang Liji didn't say it out loud, but everyone else understood, unless there was a big change that forced the emperor to return to the capital.

As if they heard the voices of Huang Liji and others, a few days later, news suddenly came from western Liaoning. The slave chief Huang Taiji led 50,000 Eight Banners troops, crossed the Liao River, and was attacking Jinzhou.

"Send a message to your Majesty quickly, saying that Jian Nu is attacking with all his strength, Jinzhou is in danger, Shanhaiguan is in danger, please Your Majesty quickly lead the Imperial Guard back to Beijing!" As if hearing the sound of nature, Huang Li was extremely happy and ordered repeatedly.
Chapter completed!