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Chapter 264 Chapter 264: Fang Xiaoru, the son of an old friend, asks for favors from Zhu Yue!
The planned railway line from Xi'an Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture starts from Xi'an Prefecture and goes all the way east, first arriving at the important town of Luoyang, then Kaifeng Prefecture, and then going southeast through Huaixi and other places to reach the north bank of the Yangtze River outside Yingtian Prefecture!
Such an exposed plan is also in line with the layout of the entire railway network in the future!
Starting from Kaifeng Prefecture, we can also plan a railway network going north and directly south, which can radiate to the entire Ming Dynasty from the hinterland of the Central Plains!

The Kaifeng area will also be the railway hub of the entire Daming Center in the future!
After all, Kaifeng’s geographical advantage lies there!

In the court, because the ministers had been to Hanzhong and experienced the train, most of them were supporters of building railway tracks. There were also voices of opposition, but they had been covered up by the voices of support, and they were insignificant at all!

But the problems in the court have been solved, but the problems among the people have not!

Most of the people during this period had neither read nor were illiterate, their thoughts were even more ignorant, and they were easily deceived by others!
Anyone with ulterior motives, as long as they spread some remarks among the people, are likely to incite the people and trigger a civil uprising!
In the first month of the 30th year of Hongwu's reign, at the beginning of spring, construction of the railway between Hanzhong and Xi'an was about to begin. Within two days, bad news came!
It is said that there are many voices opposing the imperial court's construction of railways in Kaifeng and Luoyang, and most of these voices come from ordinary people!
Especially the situation in Kaifeng is not optimistic. I don't know who made the remarks, saying that the imperial court is going to build many railway lines in Kaifeng, and a lot of people's crop fields and houses will be expropriated!

Although the court did plan to do so and would compensate the people who lost their crops and houses due to the railway line, people with ulterior motives caught the court off guard!
After all, the layout of Kaifeng as a railway hub is a long-term matter and cannot be accomplished overnight. It is a long process!

But the common people don't know this. They just think that it won't be long before the court begins to expropriate large-scale land!

Land is the life of the people!

When they hear that the fields they rely on for a living may no longer exist, why should these people panic?

As a result, many people got entangled and attacked the local county government!

Zhu Biao frowned at this time and suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Killing a group of people and integrating a group of people is nothing more than a little troublesome, but the process of reform is unstoppable!
However, what Zhu Li didn't expect was that not long after, Fang Xiaoru actually found him because of the civil uprising in Kaifeng Mansion!

Even if they were all chopped off, it would not cause much trouble in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart!

A few days later, Zhu Biao arrived at Kaifeng Mansion with a group of Jinyi guards.

In fact, the governor Qianshi was a military attache, so it was helpless to let a civil servant like Fang Xiaoru occupy such a position.

At the same time, Jinyiwei also followed the lead and arrested a large number of people who spread false opinions among the people, and escorted them all back to Beijing!

"These bastards really think that by using the common people to create these disturbances, they can stop the imperial court from continuing to build the railway?"

It is impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with things like the imperial court's planning of railway lines!
"I didn't expect that now that the situation is so clear, there are still people who are still evil and are taking advantage of the common people to fight against the imperial court! It's simply despicable!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, but at the same time he was laughed out of anger by some people who were hiding in the dark and deliberately planning to cause destruction!

A cold look flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. Anyone who dares to obstruct the Ming Dynasty's changes will become the dead soul of Zhu Yuanzhang. It seems that he will have to kill again this time!

Under the general trend, these shady things, using such small means, can only be regarded as a mantis trying to trick the car!
But the anger in my heart is also real!
"Dad, the most urgent thing is for me to go to Kaifeng Mansion in person to appease the people first!"

It is said that most of the people who caused trouble in Kaifeng Mansion this time were Confucian scholars, and several of the leading contemporary officials were also ordered by Wu You, the Minister of Rites!
Even the Minister of Rites was directly arrested by Jin Yiwei and sent to Zhao Prison. In fact, there were not many officials involved in this matter, only a dozen or so, but there were as many as 348 famous scholars. people!
Of course, this amount is probably not even a fraction of the four major Hongwu cases in history!

At first, Zhu Li didn't think about the civil uprising in Kaifeng Mansion. He only thought that Fang Xiaoru felt that he should also contribute to the reform and could no longer stay in the Han Dynasty to teach, so he came to see him.

However, this old boy obviously had some worries in his heart. When he first came to see Zhu Yue, he still ignored him and kept making insinuations.

"Master Fang, now you have returned to the center of the imperial court, and you have also served as the governor of Qianshi. Your official rank is the second rank, which is equivalent to the six ministers."

Zhu Yue did not take this matter seriously. In fact, during the reform process, things like this happened from time to time. It is impossible to completely prevent it!

"But you don't have a real job. You are still teaching in my palace. Do you have something in mind?"

Not long after, Zhu Li, who was still in Hanzhong Mansion, also got the news!

As the current prince, he still has prestige among the people. I believe that after he goes to Kaifeng, he will definitely be able to solve the doubts in the hearts of the local people. Those who deliberately planned to cause destruction will naturally have done nothing!
"Forget it, you can go to Kaifeng, and ask Jiang Yu and Jin Yiwei to go with you, find the person who secretly planned the civil uprising, and bring him directly back to Xi'an!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao received the news, their faces were extremely gloomy!
They all understood that it must be someone in the imperial court who incited the people and released some remarks that were unfavorable to the imperial court among the people, which caused the civil uprising!

As expected, the Crown Prince Zhu Biao quickly stabilized the situation as soon as he appeared, and the people who didn't know the truth were quickly calmed down.

After all, the civil servant position was given to Fang Xiaoru, so Fang Xiaoru must be returned to the center of the court. If you are given an official position and rights, then you have to do something, right?

The military attache does not have much restraint in this regard. It is more of a false title rather than an actual duty!

As long as a military attache does not have military power, he is actually just a polished commander!

Just like the nobles of Huaixi, when they are not fighting, there are only a few who are still leading the troops. Most of them actually just have a temporary job and have nothing to do on weekdays!

Even a general like Lan Yu who leads troops is now mainly responsible for serving as an instructor at the Imperial Guard Academy!

Therefore, Fang Xiaoru was just an idler who only had a name in vain, and ended up teaching in the palace of the King of Han Dynasty!

But in fact, Fang Xiaoru is not in a hurry to return to the center of the imperial court immediately, because he is now the edict of the Han Palace, and whether it is the crown prince Zhu Xiaqiu or Zhu Xiafeng and the others, they all have the status of master and disciple with Fang Xiaoru!

The benefits of this are self-evident!

What's more, if he stayed in the Han Dynasty Palace, he was the person next to the Han Dynasty. He really returned to the center of the court, but there was some distance between him and the Han Dynasty father and son!

Of course, it was only a matter of time before he returned to the center of the imperial court. Fang Xiaoru was just waiting for Zhu Yue's arrangements, so he was not in a hurry in this regard!

"Your Highness, I don't mean this. When you return to the court, it is your Majesty and Your Highness's decision. You can just follow the arrangements!"

Knowing that Zhu Li had misunderstood his purpose, Fang Xiaoru broke out in sweat and hurriedly explained with a wry smile.

Facing Zhu Yue, Fang Xiaoru could only call himself a subordinate official, but not a minister!
In the entire Ming Dynasty, there were only two people who could make officials profess ministers. One was the emperor, and the other was the prince!
When facing other superiors or princes, all officials can only be called lower officials!

"Oh? Then you came to see me today just to talk to me about all these things, right?" Zhu Li became puzzled after hearing this.

"Actually, today, Xiaguan...that's all, Xiaguan just said it with all his face!"

"I came to see His Highness today because I actually want to ask for a favor from His Highness!"

"Has Your Highness ever known about the civil uprising in Kaifeng Mansion?"

Fang Xiaoru finally gritted his teeth and got down to business.

"Of course this king has heard about such a big thing!"

"Why did you come to me because of the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion?"

Zhu Li frowned, and then suddenly realized!

It must be that among the officials who caused the trouble, someone had a close friendship with Fang Xiaoru, otherwise Fang Xiaoru would not have come to ask for favors from him!
"Among the local officials of Kaifeng Prefecture arrested by Your Majesty this time, there is a man named Li Zhong, who is the son of an old friend of Xiaguan!"

Fang Xiaoru explained with a wry smile.

This Li Zhong was the magistrate of Kaifeng and the son of Fang Xiaoru's late friend. Fang Xiaoru also treated Li Zhong as his nephew!

"You came to me just to ask me to intercede for this Li Zhong, right?"

Zhu Yue immediately understood what Fang Xiaoru meant.

"Yes, Xiaguan and the Li family are family friends. Xiaguan knows Li Zhong's temper very well. The reason why he is involved in this matter is only because of Wu You, the Minister of Rites!"

Fang Xiaoru nodded and admitted directly that he really wanted Zhu Yue to come forward and save Li Zhong!

"You mean, Li Zhong was bewitched by Wu You?"

Zhu Li raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Wu You is actually Li Zhong's father-in-law!"

"With this kind of relationship, it is reasonable for him to be bewitched by Wu You!"

Fang Xiaoru directly told the son-in-law relationship between Li Zhong and Wu You.

"So that's what happened!"

"Actually, I have also heard about the situation of Wu You and Li Zhong in Zhao Prison. The Li Zhong you mentioned is unrepentant and wants to die. You have worked so hard just to help someone who wants to die. man of?"

Seeing Fang Xiaoru's pleading eyes, Zhu Li couldn't help but sigh.

To put it bluntly, even if this Li Zhong was bewitched by Wu You, he still had the kind of paranoid character who would go all the way to the dark side, and he didn't even realize where he was wrong!

You can save people, but only if that person is worth saving!

"Your Highness, I beg you to intercede in front of Your Majesty. As for Li Zhong, I am going to go there in person. I will naturally persuade him to change his ways!"

Fang Xiaoru bowed his hands and expressed his thoughts.

"That's all, since you insist on doing so, I will follow your whim. I will say hello to you at Jin Yiwei. You can just go to Zhao Prison with my jade token to see Li Zhong."

Zhu Li looked at Fang Xiaoru's insistence and finally nodded in agreement.

In fact, he is just Li Zhong, and if he wants to keep him, it is just a matter of Zhu Yue's words!
"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Hearing this, Fang Xiaoru couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, respectfully took the jade token from Zhu Yue, and then withdrew!
Soon after, Fang Xiaoru appeared at the gate of Jinyiweizhao Prison in Xi'an Mansion, holding the jade token given to him by Zhu Yue!
The Jin Yiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers and are only responsible to the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the past, the only person in the Ming Dynasty who could command these imperial guards, besides Zhu Yuanzhang, was the crown prince Zhu Biao!
This is also because Zhu Yuanzhang is not on guard against Zhu Biao. Under normal circumstances, even the crown prince is not qualified to get involved in Jin Yiwei!

But now, not only Zhu Biao, but also Zhu Yue has secretly become the target of Jin Yiwei's service. Of course, all of this was instructed by Zhu Yuanzhang!

Therefore, it is also easy to directly take the jade token of Hanwang Zhu Yue's identity to Zhao Prison. Even if Jiang Gu is here, he will not dare to stop Fang Xiaoru!
But even so, when Fang Xiaoru came to Jinyiweizhao Prison, she still felt uncomfortable!
Not only because this place is heavily guarded, but mainly because to the officials, this place is no different from hell!

Even the noble ministers in the court would always walk around this place for fear of being exposed to bad luck!

Furthermore, no one wants to deal with Jin Yiwei. Even if you want to make friends, it is still a question of whether they are willing to talk to you!

If it weren't for the son of his old friend, Fang Xiaoru would never want to step into this unlucky place!
Fortunately, after seeing the jade token showing his identity as King of Han, the guards in charge showed due respect and courtesy to Fang Xiaoru, which made Fang Xiaoru secretly relieved.

Not long after, Fang Xiaoru saw Li Zhong in Zhao Prison!

It's just that at this time, Li Zhong had disheveled hair, scars all over his body, and looked very embarrassed. If Jin Yiwei hadn't told him that the person in front of him was Li Zhong, Fang Xiaoru would have almost not recognized him!

"My dear nephew, where did your injuries come from?"

Fang Xiaoru couldn't bear to see Li Zhong's miserable appearance.

"Haha... Master Fang, from the moment I entered Zhao Prison, I had already expected such an outcome!"

Li Zhong's voice sounded a little weak, but his eyes were filled with deathly gray!
He seemed to be resentful, so his tone sounded a bit dissatisfied!
(End of this chapter)