Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 267 You are the worst officials I have ever led (please subscribe!!)

After hearing Guo Zi's words, Zhou Dexing became anxious.

And now that so many ministers are staring at him, if he, Zhou Dexing, doesn't stand firm, he will be completely shameless in this officialdom from now on.

Zhou Dexing was also prepared for Guo Zi's words.

He immediately pointed at Guo Zi and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Guo Zi is talking nonsense!"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice: "Why do you say Guo Zi is talking nonsense?! What he said is obviously much more reasonable than you!"

"Your Majesty, because Guo Zi is Ouyang Lun's man!" Zhou Dexing said loudly: "The four of us went to Beizhili together, but Guo Zi was able to ride in the same carriage with Ouyang Lun, and the three of us were arrested by the people of Peking. He wanted to burn him to death, but Guo Zi didn't do anything!"

"With such different treatment, Guo Zi is clearly in cahoots with Ouyang Lunhang!"

"In addition, Guo Zi has been explaining to Ouyang Lun from beginning to end. Isn't this obvious enough, Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty, Ouyang Lun and Guo Zi formed a party for personal gain and murdered court officials. Ouyang Lun controls Beizhili, fools the people, disrespects the court, and will definitely become a disaster for the court in the future!"

"Your Majesty, please be aware!"

What Zhou Dexing said seems to make sense, but compared with his previous truthful statement, it still contains a lot more personal emotions, and there are not many words that are really useful, making this statement not very convincing at all.

Guo Zi immediately retorted: "Mr. Zhou, although you are not the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and don't know how to ask for evidence to convict people, I don't blame you. But as the Minister of the Ministry of War, you have led troops to fight. You should understand that rewards and punishments are clear and you do not seek personal gain." The truth is, if you say that Ouyang Consort and I are colluding, you have to provide substantial evidence instead of your speculation, otherwise it will be your slander!"

"In addition, you said that Ouyang Prince Consort and I were sitting alone in a carriage and conspiring. At that time, there were not only Ouyang Prince Consort and me, but also Wei Guogong. Could it be that you meant to say that the three of us were conspiring to rebel together?"

"Both Prince Consort Ouyang and I served as Chief Envoys of Northern Zhili. When I was Chief Envoy, Prince Consort Ouyang was still the county magistrate under me. After returning to Northern Zhili after two years, you still don't allow me to communicate with Ouyang Prince Consort. After the prince-in-law exchanges some management experience, is it possible that he still needs to report everything to you?"

"As for why the people in Peiping only arrested you and not me, the reason is even simpler. When I was the chief envoy of Beizhili, I treated the people well. Although I was not as good as Ouyang Prince Consort, I did not make the people hold grudges. No matter how angry they were , will not burn me to death. On the contrary, you have not made any contribution to the people of Beizhili. You came to Beizhili with the intention of taking away all the sweet potatoes. Ouyang Prince Consort understands the righteousness and agrees that you take away all the sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes, but what about you? Walking on the streets to show off your power, for fear that no one will know that you are an imperial envoy, and you want to take away all the sweet potatoes!"

"If I were a citizen of Peiping and saw your arrogance and what you did, I would have to beat you up first! You should find the reason within yourself!"

After denounced Zhou Dexing, Guo Zi said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, I do not deny that I have a good personal relationship with Ouyang Prince Consort, but Mr. Zhou said that I and Ouyang Prince Consort formed a party for personal gain and endangered the Ming Dynasty. This is completely unfounded slander!"

"Please ask Your Majesty to be your minister and make the decision for Ouyang Consort!"

These impassioned and sincere remarks immediately made Zhou Dexing's image of "revenge for personal gain" more vivid.

"Guo Zi, you are so eloquent, but things are not what you said! Ouyang Lun is." Zhou Dexing wanted to argue again.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and scolded: "I've heard enough, don't say any more!"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang had almost figured out the whole story, and became even more disgusted with Zhou Dexing.

Regardless of whether Ouyang Lun encouraged the people to burn the three Zhou Dexings to death, Zhou Dexing's performance in Beizhili was thoughtless. Even Zhu Yuanzhang regretted letting Zhou Dexing go to Beizhili.

He is really a guy who succeeds more than he does.

Zhu Yuanzhang never denied that he was very interested in sweet potatoes. It would be best if the sweet potatoes could be controlled by the court.

But you, Zhou Dexing, used such stupid methods to take away all the sweet potatoes in Beizhili. After you failed, you still had the nerve to go to the court to complain, and even participated in Ouyang Lun. You were afraid that others would not know that I asked you to go. Are you going to grab the sweet potatoes from Beizhili? Do you want me to be scolded by the people along with you, Zhou Dexing?

You, Zhou Dexing, must carry this pot!

"Zhou Dexing!"

"I'm here." Zhou Dexing prostrated on the ground.

"Do you know your guilt?!" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Ah!?" Zhou Dexing was confused.

He was beaten up by the people in Peiping and almost burned to death, and he was humiliated by Ouyang Lun. He was the victim!

"Your Majesty, I am not guilty! The guilty party is Ouyang Lun and Guo Zi!" Zhou Dexing said bravely.

"You still don't know the crime!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "I ask you, why did I ask the four of you to go to Beizhili?"

"Investigate the sweet potatoes to determine whether the sweet potatoes are the same as the rumors." Zhou Dexing said truthfully.

"Then did I ask you to bring all the sweet potatoes back?" Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.

"No, no, but..." Zhou Dexing panicked inside.

"But what? I didn't let you take back all the sweet potatoes, but you took the decision on your own and forcibly took away all the sweet potatoes, causing public resentment. Why didn't they burn you to death!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "You made a mistake without knowing it. , after you come back, you will participate in Ouyang Lun, which saved your life. Why is your heart so dirty? I really misjudged you!"

"Ah!" Zhou Dexing was completely dumbfounded.

"In view of your bad conduct and lack of ability, if you are allowed to be in charge of the Ministry of War again, I am afraid that our Ming army will be tortured by you. People all over the world think that our Ming officials are as arrogant and hateful as you. From now on, you will be exempted. As Minister of the Ministry of War, you are imprisoned in the house, and you can reflect on yourself. We will tell you when you are ready!"

"I'm a little tired, so I'll come here this morning."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves and left.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

All civil and military officials saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang left, most of the officials gave Zhou Dexing a pitiful look and left one after another.

The officials of the Huaixi Party looked extremely ugly as if they were bereaved.

Zhou Dexing sat slumped on the ground, his eyes vacant. He never expected that after all his hard work, Ouyang Lun had nothing to do. Not only did he lose his post as Minister of War, but he would also be imprisoned in the house. If nothing unexpected happens, his political future is completely over.

Song Guogong Feng Sheng walked up to Zhou Dexing and said, "Old Zhou, you are still a little reckless."

"But don't be too discouraged. Master Taishi is doing very well in the four southern provinces. I believe he will be able to achieve results soon. When he comes back strong, there will be many ways to deal with Ouyang Lun. You should take a good rest during this period! "

Hearing this, Zhou Dexing sneered a little maniacally, "Yes, it doesn't matter if I, Zhou Dexing, lose. There is also the Grand Master, and the Huaixi Party. Ouyang Lun, you almost caused me to be burned to death, and now you have caused me to lose." The official was imprisoned, and the account will be settled with you sooner or later!” Zhu Yuanzhang came down from the court, but did not return to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but came to Queen Ma’s Kunning Palace.

Queen Ma is still playing badminton with the palace maid Yuanyang.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang walked over directly, took the badminton racket from the palace maid Yuanyang, and started playing with Queen Ma skillfully.

Queen Ma hit the badminton over and said with a smile: "Chongba, you are very free during this time! You have time to come to my place to play ball almost every day. You must have fallen in love with playing ball!"

"As His Majesty the Emperor, you must be self-disciplined and not lose your mind by playing with things!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened and he said angrily: "Sister, we must have come to Kunning Palace to see you! Playing badminton is just incidental. Besides, I found out that after playing badminton, we handled the memorial. My efficiency has become much higher, and my brain is more flexible.”

"There are such benefits to beating feathers, so naturally we have to beat them more."

"With our current strength, you may not be able to beat us!"

While answering Queen Ma's question, Zhu Yuanzhang waved the badminton racket in his hand and hit the badminton back very accurately.

"Chongba, the more I hear you say this, the more I suspect that you have encountered something difficult today." Empress Ma smiled and said: "If you have something you want to discuss with me, don't hide it, just tell me directly Bar."

"Hehe, I really can't hide anything from my sister." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and directly told Empress Ma what happened in the court today.

After listening, Queen Ma couldn't help but frown.

"Dexing was really reckless this week. What was originally a good thing turned into a bad thing!"

"Isn't it! It directly offended the entire people of Beizhili. Zhou Dexing may never dare to go to Beizhili in his life." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered.

Empress Ma rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "I think Zhou Dexing understood what you meant this time, but he messed up. If he really brought all the sweet potatoes back successfully, you might have to praise Zhou Dexing as yours again." You can become a capable general!"

"Ahem." Zhu Yuanzhang looked quite embarrassed when Queen Ma revealed his inner thoughts, "Sister, how could we be that kind of person? It's not good for me to snatch Ouyang Lun's sweet potatoes."

Empress Ma smiled slightly and did not discuss this issue with Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Chongba, now that you have dealt with Zhou Dejiang, and you have confirmed that sweet potatoes can really produce a thousand catties per mu, and can also make many delicacies, what do you want to do next?" Queen Ma asked seriously.

"Sister, we want to go to Beizhili!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.

"Going again? It hasn't been long since you last went to Beizhili?" Queen Ma said in surprise.

"We also feel that we go to Beizhili a little too frequently, but there are too many things going on in Beizhili recently, such as the new city plan, the trade city, the economic war, Ouyang Lun's marriage, and now the sweet potato. I was originally I thought that I could figure out the problem by sending Lu Chang and Song Lian, but in the end, something like this happened. Now we have to go there and talk to Ouyang Lun in person, so that I can feel relieved."

"Besides, you've almost finished taking your medicine. We're going to go to Beizhili to ask Ouyang Lun for medicine."

Hearing this, Empress Ma nodded, "It would be good to go shopping in Beizhili more. Apart from the two of us, who else are you taking with you this time?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, "We also plan to bring Guo Zi with us. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and knows more about money and food. We will inevitably have to bargain with Ouyang Lun, so it will be more convenient to bring him with us."

"It seems like you still don't give up on sweet potatoes!" Queen Ma said with a smile.

"Sister, if you say you have no idea, you are lying. That is a good thing with a yield of one thousand catties per mu. If it is only used in Beizhili, it would be a bit of a waste of money." Zhu Yuanzhang said with longing eyes.

"Indeed, I understand you very well, but I don't know if Ouyang, the child, can understand. You must tell Ouyang carefully this time and don't lose your temper at every turn, otherwise things will only become more tense." Queen Ma warned.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Sister, I admit that my temper before was bad, but it is much better now, otherwise we will be pissed to death by Ouyang Lun sooner or later."

"Okay, let's get ready and set off now!" Queen Ma nodded.

"Okay, I'll let Wang Zhong prepare."

It couldn't be easier to travel in private, especially to Beizhili. Now there are spacious cement roads and expressways between Beijing and Beizhili, and a round trip takes less than ten days!

In addition, with Prince Zhu Biao here, Zhu Yuanzhang would not worry about any problems with the government affairs in the capital. He only needed to tell Zhu Biao.

Guo Capital was already lying down at home when Jin Yiwei suddenly broke in and pulled him up from the bed. This scared him so much that he thought Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was going to go on a killing spree again!
  Only when he was caught by the Jin Yiwei, who had changed into civilian clothes and was preparing to pay a private visit to Zhu Yuanzhang incognito, did he finally understand.

"Your Majesty, Guo Zi, pays homage to your Majesty! I wonder why your Majesty summoned me so late at night?"

Guo Zi asked cautiously.

"This time Song Lian, Zhou Dexing, Lu Chang and you went to Beizhili to suffer, but Hongshu I don't want to give up. I plan to go to Beizhili again with the queen, and we will inevitably discuss teachings and conditions with Ouyang. You are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue I’ll be more considerate with you.”

"I understand!"

Although he had just returned from Beizhili, Guo Zi was quite excited when he heard that he would go to Beizhili again with His Majesty the Emperor.

Beizhili, Peiping.

Chief Secretary Yamen.

As the chief envoy, Ouyang Lun was holding a "meeting" with several prefects below.

Other chief envoys were eager to hold meetings with their subordinates every day, but Ouyang Lun could only hold meetings a few times a year, so the prefects and prefects were still looking forward to this meeting.

At this moment, Ouyang Lun was carefully reading the excerpts written by various prefects and prefects.

The prefects of the prefecture did not dare to speak loudly at all. They all looked at Ouyang Lun who was reading the book and waited patiently.

"Cough cough."

Ouyang Lun cleared his throat, furrowed his brows, and then loudly said with a hint of hatred: "You are really the worst prefects I have ever had!!"

"Look at the work report you wrote, it's a piece of shit!"

"You guys still want to develop states and prefectures like this, which is simply a fool's errand!"

(End of this chapter)