Taking advantage of floods to annex people's fields can only be regarded as a traditional art. It is natural for the world to be peaceful and to profit from many kinds of mulberry trees.
It's just that these things that are taken for granted are not so taken for granted in Zhu Di's hands... The emperor needs to investigate strictly, and the Jin Yiwei will naturally intensify his efforts.
Huzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Yanzhou, the following counties, Deqing, Yuhang, Changhua, Chun'an, Jiande...
The big households in each county, all the wealthy businessmen and aristocratic families who took the opportunity to annex land, were arrested one after another.
Suddenly, Tiqi appeared in all directions, and there was a roar... Facing the powerful Zhu Di, naturally no one dared to gather a crowd to resist the law and cause trouble.
Li Zhigang, the former Minister of Rites, was also arrested and taken to Beijing.
It is said that he tried to escape overseas, but failed and was charged with treason with the Japanese.
In Fusi, the northern town of Jinyiwei, the sound of wolves crying and ghosts howling can be heard all the time.
Almost every day, people failed to survive the torture and were brutally beaten to death.
Those who are slightly older seem to have returned to the time of the four major Hongwu cases.
Everyone in the Xu family shouted, which naturally alerted Zhu Gaochi. Xu Jingchang pulled him and went outside together.
He found Xu Jingchang walking quickly around the fish pond. Fatty Zhu quickly came over and said, "Brother Xian, I have something I want to ask for advice."
Xu Jingchang said sternly: "Your Highness, you have to know that some famous doctors have strange prescriptions like this. You are a demon in your heart. I need to help you get rid of the root cause of the disease before you can implement the prescription. Don't you want to become like the King of Han?
Are you strong and strong, walking like flying?"
Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "Your Highness, it is really a disease...but this disease requires a very special medicine."
It was a hardwood with a thick arm, but Zhu Gaochi was not weak at all. He hit Li Jinglong on the body and almost killed him.
Xu Mansion!
At this time, Xu Jingchang smiled and stood beside him, "Your Highness, with a body like yours and a mind like yours to care about others, aren't you a little overconfident?"
Xu Jingchang kept walking and said with a smile: "Your Highness, how about we play a game. I will walk in front. If you can catch up with me, I will help you solve your problems."
Zhu Gaochi had no choice but to continue chasing.
"The only one who can defeat you now is yourself. If you are in poor health, suffering from diseases, becoming more and more obese and slow, even having difficulty walking, and unable to hold power, at that point, even if His Majesty wants to replace you, it will not work.
." Xu Jingchang said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, can I ask you, when did you start to gain weight? I remember that although you were also very fat before, you were still very flexible. You were proficient in horseback riding and archery. How do you do it?
Is it like this?"
Zhu Gaochi said: "Young Master asked me to let nature take its course. It was difficult for me to make a decision at the moment."
"No, absolutely not. There will be no second peace in the Ming Dynasty, absolutely not." Zhu Gaochi shook his head desperately and gasped: "Xian brother, because of the Xuanwu Sect's change, Empress Wu usurped the throne in the Tang Dynasty.
In the country, two incidents caused turmoil, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty was in danger. The throne was inherited, and the swords were shining. After the Anshi Rebellion, the world was in chaos and could no longer be dealt with. The Ming Dynasty must not repeat the same mistakes, and it cannot be like this no matter what."
The two of them continued for a quarter of an hour. Zhu Gaochi couldn't run anymore and sat down on the ground, panting, and the flesh all over his body kept shaking.
In fact, he still has some brute strength. If he catches up, he can definitely push Xu Jingchang to the ground... Zhu Gaochi shook off all the fat on his body and strode forward to chase after him.
Zhu Gaochi was doubtful, "Can you do it?"
He chases, he runs...
Zhu Gaochi was confused and said, "Brother Xian, what kind of medicine introduction are you talking about? You are lying to me!"
"Take the sack away and you will know what is true and what is false."
Zhu Gaochi thought blankly and said helplessly: "Speaking of which, during the Jingnan period, Cao Guogong led hundreds of thousands of people to storm Peiping. I was so worried at that time that my mother and queen went to the city in armor to defend themselves against the enemy. I found that only
Eating big mouthfuls of food can temporarily forget your fears, and you can calm down for a while after eating... Since then, I have been obsessed with eating. As a result, I have eaten more and more, and have become fatter and fatter. My father doesn't like me.
, and for this reason, he felt that I was wasting food and eating nonsense in the back... But I was really afraid. I was afraid that the southern army would come in, I was afraid that Peiping would be destroyed, and I was afraid that Zhanji and the others would be caught and their heads would be missing.
..." Fatty Zhu said bitterly: "Brother Xian, I have asked many people, and they all said it's nothing. Do you know what's wrong with me?"
So Zhu Gaochi raised the door bolt and swung it towards the unlucky guy who was caught in the sack.
Emperor Taizu is back!
He rushed to Xu Mansion while there was no court meeting.
Xu Jingchang had a smile on his face, "Your Highness, what do you think is the best way to avoid this tragedy?"
Could there still be assassins?
This guy swaggered forward and passed a moon gate. Suddenly someone came down from the sky with a sack. Li Jinglong let out a strange scream and had no time to dodge before he was caught by the sack.
Beijing!
"Wrong! You need to be strong enough and live long enough!" Xu Jingchang said bluntly: "You have read so many books, why can Sima Yi defeat Zhuge Wuhou? Is it because he is strong in ability or has a good strategy? No, it is
He lived long enough. I won't tell you anything else. His Majesty has officially made you the prince. Based on this, no one can touch you. Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are both wishful thinking and daydreams."
At the moment, Zhu Gaochi is still in his twenties and has just experienced the crisis. Although he is obese, he has not yet had difficulty walking.
Especially if you can take advantage of the opportunity of establishing the crown prince to issue decrees and pardon some insignificant people, which can be regarded as giving yourself face and adding glory to the crown prince.
Li Jinglong's ability to turn things around depends on Xu Jingchang.
"He is pretending to be Cao Guogong. He is a fake. Fight him quickly!" Xu Jingchang encouraged him from the side. Zhu Gaochi hit him a few more times, but gradually, he also felt that something was wrong.
"There are thieves, fight them quickly!"
"It's not like you don't know how capable I am. Okay, just wait and take a breath and gather some strength."
After being beaten more than ten times, he had no choice but to beg for mercy, "I am Li Jinglong, I am Cao Guogong, I am not a thief!"
The hot sweat all over Zhu Gaochi's body turned into cold sweat, and his hair stood on end.
"Stop talking!"
Hu Yan said, "Your Highness, the young master is naturally as wise as the sea, and every word has profound meaning... But I thought Xu Tongzheng was more direct in speaking. He is your Highness's cousin, so he will definitely be able to make plans for Your Highness."
"It's nothing, I'm just thinking that since Prince Yiwen didn't survive Emperor Taizu, will we in the Ming Dynasty repeat our old tricks and relive our old dreams?"
Zhu Gaochi raised the door bolt and struck it down one after another, making a loud banging sound, and Li Jinglong screamed repeatedly.
After Xu Jingchang finished explaining, he quickly called Xu Yi.
Xu Jingchang smiled and said to Zhu Gaochi: "Your Highness, go to my room to rest first. You'd better find a stronger wooden stick."
…
Zhu Gaochi's expression changed, and he was obviously extremely frightened.
But as time went on, Fatty Zhu became worse and worse.
Zhu Gaochi was confused and looked at Xu Jingchang stupidly, "Brother Xian, what do you mean?"
"Your Highness, I think these ideas are not wrong, but you'd better ask Xu Tongzheng and hear what he means." Hu Yan said seriously.
Regardless of this, Xu Jingchang has already moved forward quickly. He still walked quickly and did not start running... This suddenly aroused Zhu Dapang's competitive spirit.
"Who dares to hit me? Is it against heaven?"
He felt that Xu Jingchang was simply a devil.
Even Zhu Gaochi's crown prince canonization ceremony was uneventful and uneventful.
Just like that, someone opened the sack, revealing a beaten and embarrassed Li Jinglong.
Zhu Gaochi pondered over and over again, and finally decided to look at Xu Jingchang's opinion.
One is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the political envoy of the current dynasty. They are like the wind entwining the sand, lingering on the edge of the fish pond.
Xu Jingchang hurriedly said: "The thief is arrogant, beat him to death!"
Hu Yan was startled for a moment, and then said: "What did Master Yao say?"
As a result, Li Jinglong felt something was wrong as soon as he entered the gate, but he didn't think much about it.
Zhu Gaochi was also confused. However, he could no longer be polite after reaching this point.
The entire capital was shrouded in trembling.
Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Jingchang blankly and murmured: "Are you trying to dispel the ambitions of the second and third sons?"
"There is a thief in the house, don't let him go!"
Xu Jingchang knelt down and looked at the chubby Zhu Gaochi, "Cousin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince... you said that in case you leave first, Your Majesty likes the eldest grandson and makes Zhu Zhanji the grandson of the emperor. After Zhu Zhanji ascends the throne, the two of them will
My uncle is still here... He wants to cut down the feudal vassal, and my uncles want to be punished..."
"What kind of medicine primer?" Zhu Gaochi didn't know why.
He asked him to arrange a few good men, and then sent an invitation to Cao Guogong Li Jinglong.
Zhu Gaochi hesitated slightly, wondering: "But I have already met Master Yao."
The big fat man didn't care about the ostentation, but after becoming the prince, did he need to do something? For example, to persuade his father to cherish the people, be benevolent and generous, and spare some people appropriately.
Zhu Gaochi was still hesitating, but Xu Jingchang whispered: "Do you still want to do it? Hurry up and do it!"
Whenever Zhu Gaochi stopped, Xu Jingchang turned around and laughed: "With such a weak body, you still want to be the prince of the Ming Dynasty?"
He first yelled and cursed, but was beaten even worse.
And you also know that I am so fat, how can I catch up with you?
"Your Highness, come on quickly and beat me hard!"
Fatty Zhu’s face turned dark. We are not three-year-olds, so we still play this little trick of running and chasing each other?
At first, Zhu Gaochi could barely keep up, and the difference between the two sides was only less than ten feet.
He was sweating profusely, panting, and his clothes were soaked.
Therefore, after receiving Xu Jingchang's invitation, he did not dare to delay for a moment, and came to Xu Mansion in a hurry and beaming with joy.
Zhu Gaochi was also dumbfounded, "Brother Xian, why are you making such a joke?"
Xu Jingchang instead smiled and said: "What a joke? Your Highness is a half-king, so even if you kill Cao Guogong, it is natural."
"You're talking nonsense." Zhu Gaochi quickly leaned over, helped Li Jinglong up, and said hurriedly: "Are you injured? Do you want to see the imperial doctor?"
Li Jinglong shook his head bitterly, "My body is quite strong, but I don't know where I offended His Highness and Xu Tongzheng? If you tell me, can't I change it? Is it necessary to beat me up like this?
