Zhu Biao was followed by Zhu Xi and Zhu Di, and behind him were Fu Zhong, Li Qi and others. Behind him were the officials of Kaifeng Mansion. Stars holding the moon surrounded the prince as he entered Kaifeng Mansion.
There were police officers on both sides of the road to maintain order. Some people from the province rushed into the nobles. The common people along the way looked at them curiously. Kaifeng Mansion was very big. When they arrived at the Kaifeng Mansion Office, a group of people were kneeling at the door. Zhu Biao frowned, but
Without saying anything, he walked into the lobby.
The three brothers found a place to sit down, and the remaining officials stood in silence. Zhu Biao lightly tapped the table with his fingers a few times and said, "May I ask if you have any advice for me?"
The magistrate of Kaifeng lowered his head and said: "I dare not allow such a thing to happen in Kaifeng. I cannot escape the blame. I have already submitted a petition to the imperial court to request punishment."
Zhu Biao frowned. What this person meant was that there was no way to solve the matter and he was willing to let the court handle it. Anyway, it would not implicate him. It was just a crime of oversight.
Zhu Ming stood up and said: "How outrageous! The prince is here, do you need to report to the court to deal with you?"
Zhu Di also said in a cold voice: "There are many ills among the officials in Kaifeng Prefecture. The granary actually caught fire for no apparent reason. This is obviously a deliberate cover-up. Please ask the emperor to severely punish the prefect of Kaifeng!"
The two brothers have endured the Kaifeng magistrate for a long time. They can only do Tai Chi when something happens, and they make excuses without telling the truth. If he is dedicated to his work, there will be no need for Zhu Di, the King of Qi, to collect grain in person.
It's just that if the eldest brother doesn't come, they princes have no evidence and can't directly take down the highest official in the government, so they send a letter to invite the eldest brother to come to Kaifeng Mansion.
Zhu Biao looked calm at this time, looking at the Kaifeng magistrate below who was anxiously defending himself. This man was in his fifties and was originally the Minister of Industry of Yuanting. He had taken refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years and achieved the position of Kaifeng magistrate.
The prefect of Kaifeng spoke slower and slower. Looking at the calm eyes of His Royal Highness above him, his heart suddenly shrank as if he had been hit. He opened his mouth but could not speak.
Zhu Biao glanced at the officials behind him who were trembling like quails. Zhu Di told him last night that he had imprisoned Kaifeng Tongzhi, Tuiguan, grain chief and other officials. It can be said that the administrative system of Kaifeng Mansion has been dismantled.
Most of it.
Zhu Biao straightened his body and said: "As a governor of a government, something like this happened in your jurisdiction. How can you be excused from the crime of negligence?"
The prefect of Kaifeng knelt on the ground and was about to continue his defense, but the official behind him could no longer stand. He knelt aside and said: "I am going to announce to the Crown Prince that the prefect of Kaifeng, Xue Ru, is shielding his cholera party and stealing the grain stored by the imperial court and selling it to
I would like to ask Your Highness to punish the Northern Mongolian tribe for their crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!"
Zhu Xi and Zhu Di looked at each other. It was not that they had never interrogated this Kaifeng general magistrate. Why didn't they come forward to speak out about it at that time? Otherwise, they would have put the Kaifeng magistrate in jail.
Zhu Biao was not surprised. He looked at the Kaifeng magistrate with a solemn expression and asked, "Do you have any evidence? It is a serious crime to frame an official of the imperial court."
The Kaifeng magistrate's blood was rising. He turned his head to take a deep look at the Kaifeng magistrate. He turned to Zhu Biao and said, "Your Highness, please don't believe this person's words. He has many disagreements with the ministers. This is to trap the ministers."
righteous!"
Then he gritted his teeth and said: "I ask your highness to search Wei Chen's house. If there is no letter about the stolen money, I ask your highness to be my master and severely punish this beast and give justice to Wei Chen!"
Everyone's eyes turned to the Kaifeng magistrate. They wondered what kind of evidence this person had, or whether he just wanted to show his face in front of His Highness the Crown Prince and wanted to give His Highness an excuse to take down the Kaifeng magistrate.
Zhu Biao squinted his eyes slightly, and could not relax at all against these old foxes. This Kaifeng general magistrate may not be from the Kaifeng magistrate. What he did was just a double act to show Zhu Biao.
If, based on his one-sided words, Zhu Biao ordered the search of the home of a fourth-grade official and found nothing, then Zhu Biao would not be able to take action against the Kaifeng magistrate. He could only admit that he was an upright official, otherwise he would only
He is regarded as a narrow-minded person by others and has no tolerance for others.
Everyone had different expressions, Zhu Biao looked at him and said: Is there any evidence, or do you think the evidence is in his house?"
Kaifeng Tongpan was not a young boy. If he dared to stand up, he was well prepared. He knelt on the ground and cupped his hands towards Zhu Biao and said: "If you want to return to His Highness the Crown Prince, just before His Highnesses King Jin and King Qi enter Kaifeng Mansion,
Xue Ru sent his servants to deliver several large boxes of things to his concubine's house in the middle of the night, and I thought there must be stolen goods among them."
Zhu Biao's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at the Kaifeng magistrate, only to see that his face was pale. Zhu Xi and Zhu Di looked at each other. They also thought that if their eldest brother took down the Kaifeng magistrate and searched his house, they would definitely gain something, but they didn't expect it.
This man had already planned it.
The Kaifeng magistrate gritted his teeth and defended: "Your Highness, the lion roars in the east of the river at home, and I dote on my concubine, so I secretly take care of his family. It is not stolen goods. Please tell me clearly."
The general magistrate of Kaifeng kowtowed his head to the ground and said, "If not, please behead me, Your Highness!"
Just as Zhu Biao was about to say something, he saw the official at the back moving outside step by step. It seemed that there should be letters in the stolen goods that could implicate him, otherwise how could it be like this.
The official naturally felt the gaze of His Highness the Crown Prince, and his blood suddenly surged with nervousness. Thinking of the strict laws of the court, he fainted and urinated.
Zhu Biao stood up and ordered: "Second brother, you and Li Qi lead people to check the place mentioned by the Kaifeng general magistrate. You must be quick!"
As soon as he said this, the prefect of Kaifeng also fainted. There were many officials behind him and he immediately knelt down and shouted: "I also want to impeach Xue Ru. Please have mercy on me. Your Highness, I have evidence of accepting bribes."
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Now that things have happened, there is no need to say many things anymore. Zhu Ping took the order and left. The officials on the ground were crying and howling. Zhu Biao knew at a glance that they couldn't escape, otherwise there would be no need to be so excited.
Unfortunately, it was too late, and there was only enough crab to feed one person. Even if the Kaifeng general magistrate was somewhat involved in this matter, Zhu Biao would still be open to him as long as it didn't go too far.
It’s also to let others take a look and know that you can make mistakes, but you can’t hide them all from me.
Zhu Biao waved his hand and asked people to take them down. He looked at Zhu Di and said, "Have all the people in the prison been tortured?"
Zhu Di nodded and said: "Let them suffer a little physical pain, but no severe punishment."
Zhu Biao knocked on the table and said: "Very good, when the bandits from Lao San are escorted, we will organize them all together and send them to Fengyang to clear up wasteland. After clearing up wasteland, they will dredge the canal. There will always be work for them to do in the imperial court.
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Zhu Di thought for a while and said: "The rest of the people are easy to talk about, but those two marquises are my father's old brothers. They are from Huaixi. I heard that they followed Chang Shuai during the first Northern Expedition."
Zhu Biao pinched his eyebrows and said: No matter who it is, the rules cannot be broken. Half of the nobles are guarding various places. If they are handled lightly this time, others will follow suit. When the time comes,
How to deal with it in order to convince the public."