In order to deal with the investigation of the governor's yamen and today, Feng Deyuan raised his hand without hesitation and said, "Back to the emperor, these things are all underestimated, but in recent years, the Wealthy minister has donated most of his property, more than 10,000 taels are used to provide relief to the victims."

Zhu Xu immediately smiled and said to the others, "Look at it, Lord Feng is my good official in the Ming Dynasty! The most important thing in governing one side is to make the people live and work in peace, improve their living standards, and be able to donate their maternal property to help the victims. In the current officialdom where everyone is greedy, it is really valuable..."

"The emperor is too proud." Feng Deyuan said with a calm expression, but his eyes were secretly happy. With the emperor's words, it would not be easy for the governor's yamen to touch him.

Anyone who doesn't know the inside story secretly regrets it and fails to stand up to show his merits.

But the expressions of Huang Chengyuan and others remained unchanged, but they were shaking their heads in their hearts. Lord Feng still didn't understand that the emperor in front of him was not the previous apocalypse. Wanli, he had no choice but tolerate sand in his eyes. If you talk nonsense in front of him, you must be severely punished later.

Their words were not over yet, and suddenly, there were loud drums outside the governor's yamen, and they came in like muffled thunder.

Everyone looked at each other and Zhu Xu said, "What's wrong?"

Huang Chengyuan stood up and said, "Go back to the emperor, things have been complicated recently. I have put on a big drum in the yamen. People with grievances can come and yell the drums and complain about grievances."

Zhu Xu said 'huh', which was a way to hit the local snake. He smiled and said, "Then call me in, I'll hear what kind of injustice are there."

Huang Chengyuan had a clear conscience and said to the outside: "Bring it in."

A guard outside the door turned around, said 'Yes' and walked quickly forward.

The others in the lobby were worried. If the emperor held on to the handle, they would have to be killed.

Not long after, Gong Dingzi, who was wearing a Confucian shirt, was brought in. He looked at the seat and looked at him with a smile. He was stunned. He suddenly became enlightened. He knelt on the ground with a pounce and said loudly, "Gong Dingzi, the examiner, will be held to see my emperor, long live my emperor!"

Zhu Xu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Let's just flat, we have known each other, there is no need to be too polite."

Gong Dingzi had a little sweat on his head, his mind was covered in mud, and he felt even more worried.

How could he guess that the person who met by chance and the person who chatted with them would be the emperor today! But when he thought about it carefully, except for the emperor, who can understand the current government so well and so thoroughly?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gong Dingzi stood up, his mind was still in a mess, and he forgot what he had come for a while.

Huang Chengyuan, Feng Deyuan and others were watching Gong Dingzi, wondering what injustice this test-taker would come here to shout?

Gong Dingzi quickly calmed down, lowered his head and did not dare to look at Zhu Xu, and his body was trembling a little. He still said loudly: "Caomin wants to sue the emperor, sue Ji. Yang Fengzhong, the governor of Tai and An Prefecture Feng Deyuan, they colluded with each other to embezzle the court's disaster relief money and grain, and together with the gentry in the two places, dividing the land under their name to avoid the imperial tax collection!"

Before Gong Dingzi finished speaking, Feng Deyuan quickly stood up and shouted: "I am wronged! I have never intervened in the court to provide disaster relief. I have always been the direct manager of the Ministry of Revenue. My property only has 400 acres of land. I have reported to the patrol yamen. There is no concealment. Please give it a clear explanation."

Zhu Xu smiled and looked at Gong Dingzi and said, "I just praised Feng Aiqing for loving the people as much as my son. You have no evidence and cannot frame things randomly. Fraudulently accusing the court ministers. You are punished!"

Gong Dingzi calmed down and took out a memorial from his arms, saying, "Back to the emperor, this is a memorial written by some officials and gentry from all over the east. Please read it by the emperor."

Cao Huachun hurried forward and took it and handed it to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu glanced at Feng Deyuan and opened it and looked at it.

Feng De was sweating coldly on the source. He ignored these two things and thought no one would mention them. Unexpectedly, someone reported him in front of the emperor, the governor's yamen and other groups of people!

His eyes flashed quickly, and his back became more bent unconsciously. He suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I am following the Ji Nanfu's government orders. I have never embezzled or colluded with illegal gentry. Please check it out."

Zhu Xu closed the memorial, threw it to him, and said lightly, "Gong Dingzi, you say."

"Abide by the order!"

Gong Dingzi was calm and turned to look at Feng Deyuan, and said coldly: "Mr. Feng, your three brother-in-law have suddenly had nearly a thousand acres of fertile land in their name in the past month. Your housekeeper and master also had thousands of acres of more than 3,000 acres of other places. You can't admit it, but as long as you check the past contracts of these acres, you will definitely not be able to escape! There are only a few wives and concubines who have deposited the bank in Huitong Trading Company, at least hundreds of thousands of taels, you will definitely not erase these! Your shops and the warehouses of money and grain must not be processed for a while. As long as you check it a little, the evidence will be conclusive! How about it, Lord Feng, do you still want me to continue talking?"

Feng Deyuan's slightly fat face showed a trace of sweat, his eyes were red, and his face twitched.

Huang Chengyuan stood up and said with a cold look: "Feng Deyuan, are you pleading guilty now, or have you let me take someone to check you out?"

Feng Deyuan knew very well that he could not stand the investigation. After so many years and so many things, how could he erase them cleanly in one go!

He struggled in his heart, knelt down with a pounce, and said dejectedly, "The criminal confesses his guilt, please ask the emperor to be lenient."

Zhu Xu sighed and said, "Great loyalty is like a traitor. I have misunderstood. Come on, take it down and leave it to the Governor's Office for disposal."

"Yes." Two imperial guards rushed in and dragged Feng Deyuan away.

"Arrang a location for Gong Dingzi." Zhu Xu said.

A guard moved in and placed it on the back. Gong Dingzi raised his hand and said, "The grass-roots thanked the emperor."

He didn't dare to look up, lowered his head, bowed, slowly pushed to the end, and sat down carefully.

No one dared to speak, especially those who had seen the emperor and entered the capital, who were even more nervous.

The emperor is not such a careless person at all. It is not the emperor's style to let Feng Deyuan go so simply!

Zhu Xu sat there, slapped the folding fan in his hand, and glanced at Huang Chengyuan, Yan Mingtai and others. After a while, he smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. Let's chat today. Let's talk about my thoughts about walking around the mountains and east these days."

Huang Chengyuan and others did not dare to be careless at all, and bowed slightly to show that they would listen to the Hadith.

"My first feeling is corruption. From top to bottom, I don't know who is honest and who is corruption? Decay brings many disadvantages. People are overdoing things, disconnecting from the people, bad court rules, bad officialdom, and causing chaos in the people. It can be said that the fundamental reason for the change of dynasties. Feng Deyuan, a prefect with a territory of nearly 10,000 acres, how did he come from? Yang Feng Zhongji, the prefect of the Southern Prefecture, celebrated his mother's birthday and received 100,000 taels of gifts. I am much older than him. If I live a birthday, can I receive a million taels? I remember that the annual tax silver for the Tianqi period was only 2.5 million, maybe I could earn it on this birthday..."

Everyone felt cold when they heard this. Every word of the emperor was harsh, sweeping their faces all over the ground, but there was nothing to refute.

Zhu Xu said a lot and continued: "The second is the disaster. The disaster in Shandong is not light, but it is not as serious as the ones reported. If all levels can take it seriously and rely on Shandong's capabilities, they can basically solve it. Since the third year of Chongzhen, the court has exempted Shandong from taxes and the money and grain for disaster relief are nearly 10 million taels. What do you think..."

A group of people had numb scalps, and the emperor clearly wanted to settle the score after the autumn!

Zhu Xu said this, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "It seems that it has become a habit for local officials to deceive their subordinates and hide their superiors. This habit is very bad. In the past, I did not pursue it because I was plagued by the new policy and the Jiannu. Now that the new policy has begun, I am blind and I have to do my best. You must do your best to get rid of those bad habits. I hope that both my ministers and my ministers can be wise and virtuous, and become a story that has been eternal..."

The group of people became more and more uneasy, and even Gong Dingzi was worried.

"I hope that while studying articles and poems, my officials in the Ming Dynasty can also have the sentiment of saving the world. Since they become officials, they must be worthy of the people. They should not be high-level, tell lies, empty words, and big words all day long. They must be down-to-earth, put government affairs into practice, and strive to improve the living standards of the people. Do not be too ambitious, look at the end of the world and be at a loss..."

No one moved, and not everyone here really wanted to do things.

However, since Zhang Juzheng, the government's government collapsed rapidly, and officials formed party members and fell into internal friction, and could not do anything at all. Although the Donglin Party was one of the biggest causes of party struggles in recent years, their slogans did not come out of thin air, and were entirely based on the dismal reality of the Ming Dynasty's official affairs.

"Why, I just click until I click. I can't let me do everything in the world alone. I have told you Governor Huang that I will not interfere, but if I intervene, everything will be impossible..."

Everyone was feeling uncomfortable, and the emperor said this coldly and gave them a warning.

"The other is the White Lotus Sect. I have seen it in many places. In addition, I also know in the capital that there is a God Sect. They still look for me and hope that they will preach and refuse it to me. I do not object to religion, but the doctrine needs to comply with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. We cannot establish sects at will, fool the people, and defraud them of money. What is the doctrine of "the old mother who has no birth descends to earth and leads her children to heaven." What is this? The son does not say that the strange powers and gods are in trouble?"

Huang Chengyuan and others were thinking, but they still didn't understand what Zhu Xu was going to do.

"Whenever there is a chaotic situation, I can't know how many things are used to cause trouble. The court must strictly control some cults and cannot let them go just because they have not done anything at the moment. Since ancient times, China has only two religions, one is Buddhism and the other is Taoism. As for the others, I have never seen them. Therefore, yamen at all levels must strictly control and review them. For new religions, they must register and follow them. They cannot be regarded as big as they are. If there is a chaos, they will send troops to encircle and suppress them. They must be prepared for danger in times of peace and prevent them before they happen..."

"You Shandong must seriously discuss a statement and hand it to me and the cabinet."

"I won't say much about the new policy. The court will send multiple departments to accept it. I will also observe it secretly. If you want to fool me and the court, you can surrender to me now and return home and allow it in person..."
Chapter completed!