Li Yunze remembered very clearly that he did not bring any girls with him when he went to Jiangnan this time.
Looking at the girl's graceful back, he stepped forward in confusion.
The footsteps were not soft, but the girl didn't know whether she was too focused on painting and didn't pay attention, or whether she was deliberately pretending not to hear, but she was still painting seriously.
Coming behind the girl, Li Yunze saw clearly that the girl's painting was a fan, and what she painted was orchids.
If you want to talk about looking at the past and discussing the present, Li Yunze is very skilled.
But painting is such an artistic thing, it would be really difficult for him.
When the girl finally put down her paintbrush, Li Yunze choked out, "The painting is quite beautiful."
The girl suddenly turned around, a look of joy flashed across her pretty face, which was as bright as a peach blossom, and then turned to surprise.
Lowering his eyelids, he bowed and saluted, "I have seen Your Majesty."
It was Gu Hengbo, who had performed Nanqu in Wuju Garden before.
"Why are you here?"
Gu Hengbo didn't know how to respond to this question. After being embarrassed, he could only respond in a low voice, "It was the gentlemen of Jinyiwei who brought the slave back."
What actually happened was that when there was chaos on the Wugou Garden platform, she took the initiative to tell Jin Yiwei that she was named by the emperor.
The reason for saying this may be that he was afraid of being captured at the time, or maybe he had other ideas in his mind after seeing the majesty of the emperor.
Jin Yiwei didn't dare to get involved in this kind of thing, so he reported it directly to Luo Yangxing.
Luo Yangxing, who was thinking about how to curry favor with the emperor, immediately decided to take Gu Hengbo back to Yanzheng Yamen and place him in the backyard.
From this we can see that Luo Yangxing is indeed not as good as his father in doing things.
If it were the experienced Luo Sigong, even if he wanted to curry favor with the emperor, he would definitely investigate Gu Hengbo first and then find someone to check him.
No one knows her identity. What if she is disadvantageous to the emperor?
Luo Yangxing didn't understand here, so he took the big thorn to the backyard without even checking it.
After that, he was sent out to do things, and Li Yunze was busy with various matters, so this matter has been postponed until now.
Li Yunze didn't think much about it, just thinking that it would be fine if Jin Yiwei brought it back.
"Keep your head up."
Gu Hengbo's delicate body trembled slightly and he slowly raised his face.
She is very good at showing off her charm.
Li Yunze, who had been very ordinary since he came out of Beijing, looked at the pretty face in front of him and smiled naturally.
His voice was a little hoarse. "Do you know musical instruments?"
"This slave knows a thing or two."
In the Yingtian Mansion across the river, many well-known businessmen from the south of the Yangtze River gathered together to discuss important matters.
"Everyone, I just want to say one thing. Your Majesty has cut off the salt affairs. What's the next step? Is it going to introduce a commercial tax? After the commercial tax, is it necessary to use money to farm land?"
"Your Majesty has already killed the salt officials before he crossed the river. How can we have a good death after we cross the river?"
"Our new Majesty has a clear approach to his work and is decisive and ruthless in his actions. If you dare to cross the river, you will definitely have us stabbed."
"But what can we do? He is the emperor. Now even Yingtian Mansion has been taken over by the new army."
"Dear good people, I have a plan, and I would like to discuss it with you."
"Master, please speak."
"Concentrate all your Majesty's energy on the salt affairs. As long as you are tied up with the salt affairs, you will have no energy to do other things. When time goes by, you will naturally have to return to Beijing."
"We all know this, but why should we use salt as a bond?"
"Simple, sweep away all the salt on the market. People have no salt to buy, so they will naturally cause trouble."
"Salt is something that you don't have to worry about being sold, and it can be stored for a long time. The price set now is cheap. If we buy up all the salt so that people can't buy it, great things will happen."
"Great idea! Let your Majesty have a good look at the financial resources of everyone in Jiangnan."
"That's it! We have to let His Majesty know that if you touch us, you will touch the foundation of Ming Dynasty!"
In Taicang County, everyone from Fushe gathered together and were drinking and talking.
"Brother Qiandu." Wu Changshi, a famous scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, toasted to Zhang Pu with a wine glass in his hand. "It was all thanks to my brother's efforts that I got out of this disaster. Here's a glass of wine to you, brother."
Zhang Pu accepted it readily, and after drinking, he said with a smile, "He who came to ask for orders for the people is a role model for the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. How can I be humiliated by the hands of hawks and dogs?"
Everyone in Fushe laughed one after another, and the laughter was very hearty.
Wu Changshi, who became a XX after becoming a Jinshi in high school, turned to look at Li Xiangjun, who had an alluring appearance, "Lao Xiangjun is worried about me."
Li Xiangjun Naige, girls like them, the biggest wish is to find a talented and handsome scholar to escape from the sea of misery.
Unfortunately, the one Li Xiangjun has chosen now is Wu Changshi.
When she heard that Wu Changshi had been arrested, she hurried from Yingtian Mansion to Taicang. Fortunately, Wu Changshi had been rescued after arriving.
Li Xiangjun, who had picturesque features, raised his fan and pursed his lips, but did not answer. He turned to ask Zhang Pu, "You gentlemen burned down the county government office. I wonder what the imperial court will say?"
Compared to these scholars, Li Xiangjun obviously thought more carefully.
This is no small matter.
I heard that the emperor is in Yangzhou City. If the emperor is angry, the princes will be in great misfortune.
Ruan Dacheng, who admired Li Xiangjun's beauty, heard this and immediately stroked his beard and chuckled, showing his magnanimity, "We are asking for orders for the people! What can the court do to me?"
Li Xiangjun was interested in Wu Changshi because Wu Changshi was young and unmarried.
As for Ruan Dacheng, she already had a family at home, so of course she didn't consider it.
Many young men drinking wine laughed and said, "That's right, I'm asking for orders for the people, what can the court do to me!"
Amidst the laughter and laughter, screams and noises came from outside the house.
Ruan Dacheng, who was eager to show off in front of Li Xiangjun, immediately stood up and walked towards the door, "Who is making such a noise~~~"
"Bang~~~"
The door was suddenly opened, and a large number of soldiers, holding shields and knives, lined up on the shield wall and walked in step by step.
There was an uproar in the room.
Ruan Dacheng, who was a little drunk, shook his head and got up and yelled, "Where did you come from? I don't want to live anymore!"
He stretched out his hand to push the shield in front of him, "If a certain family submits a film to the yamen, you... eh?!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A sharp long knife pierced his chest directly.
Then another long knife swept across, and Ruan Dacheng's head immediately rolled to the ground.
The young masters who had been so arrogant about Yuntian before were completely dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
There were a few people who were mentally weak and just like Li Xiangjun, they fainted from fright.
Cao Wenzhao, who was wearing a turban, strode in, took off his turban and looked around.
His eyes were so sharp that no one among the gentlemen dared to look at him.
"According to the emperor's order, we must exterminate and capture the imperial prisoners and burn down the rebels in the county government! Anyone who dares to resist will be shot without mercy!"
One young man couldn't help but defended, "We all have fame..."
What responded to him was the long knife whizzing past.
Cao Wenzhao, who was holding a knife, looked around again, "Who else?"
No one dared to say a word, and some people even wet the hem of their Confucian uniforms.
Cao Wenzhao was marginalized when he was in Liaodong Town, but it was Li Yunze who transferred him to the capital.
Later, he was entrusted with important responsibilities and rose through the ranks.
His loyalty to Li Yunze is definitely beyond the skyline.
Since Li Yunze designated these people as rebels, Cao Wenzhao would never care about the identities of these people.
He waved his hand and said, "Take them all away."
"General." A sergeant reported to Cao Wenzhao, "There is a woman."
"What's wrong with the woman? Anyone who is with a traitor must also be a traitor."
"General." The sergeant lowered his voice, "You'll know just by looking at it."
"Um?"
Cao Wenzhao took a few steps forward in confusion and was immediately surprised when he saw Li Xiangjun in a coma.
Of course he is not a gentleman. It stands to reason that when he sees such a beautiful woman, he will certainly be moved.
But Cao Wenzhao wanted to go with Luo Yangxing.
When something good happens, of course it should be dedicated to the emperor first.
Nothing in this world is more important than your kindness.
"Take it back and send it to Yanzheng Yamen."
As the emperor, there are too many people who want to please.
Many times, when you don’t know anything, good things come to your doorstep.
There was a burst of noise outside the courtyard gate, which quickly disappeared without a trace.
He ignored her and waited until the music was over to tell the girl to go back first, then shouted towards the courtyard door.
"Who's coming?"
Wang Chengen, who was responsible for guarding the courtyard gate, responded, "Your Majesty, it's General Cao who has come to return his orders."
"Come in."
Cao Wenzhao, who was slightly fat, trotted in and saluted, "Your Majesty, Cao Wenzhao. I was ordered by the emperor to suppress the rebels. Now I have brought back all the rebels. Long live your decision."
After finishing speaking, Cao Wenzhao presented a roster with both hands.
Li Yunze, who was carefully flipping through the roster, looked at the familiar names and smiled at the corner of his mouth.
"Wang Cheng'en, bring me the ink pen."
Holding a red pen, he drew a cross on the names of those who had taken refuge with the Tatars in historical times such as Wuchang Dynasty, and even followed the Tatars to suppress the rebels.
Chen Zilong and others, who were loyal and unyielding and eventually died for their country, wrote the word "service".
These people would be punished by doing corvee labor to atone for the things they had done.
As for an ambitious guy like Zhang Pu, he just wrote Liu characters.
They will be sent to Qiongzhou Mansion, and if nothing else happens, they will spend the rest of their lives there.
He handed the roster and ink pen to Wang Chengen and asked him to leave it to Luo Yangxing to handle it.
Looking at Cao Wenzhao who was hesitant to speak, Li Yunze asked kindly, "Is there anything else?"
"I captured a woman in Fushe. It is said that she is related to the traitor Wu Changshi. I don't know how to deal with it?"
If she were an ordinary girl, she wouldn't specifically bring it up in front of the emperor.
Li Yunze knew very well the little thoughts of Cao Wenzhao.
It's just that he is currently busy teaching music theory and is not very interested in it.
"Who is he? Forget it, just repatriate him to his place of origin."
Cao Wenzhao looked disappointed, "I accept the decree and will send Li Xiangjun back to his place of origin."
"Wait."
Li Yunze, who looked strange, asked, "What did you say her name was?"