Chapter 189 Three imperial edicts, hundreds of people submitted letters, and the father-in-law and son-in-law fought! (Please subscribe!!) Jiang Wei is now used to it. Usually when Zhu Yuanzhang is so anxious to ask him to come to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to ask questions, more than [-]% of them ask Ouyang Lun, and the remaining [-]% ask about matters related to Ouyang Lun.

So he had done his homework before coming.

"Back to Your Majesty, after Prince Consort Ouyang arrived in Beiping City, he held a banquet at the Chief Envoy's Yamen that day to entertain the officials of Peking. According to the records of Jinyiwei spies, there were hundreds of officials who attended that day. Except for almost all officials who were not in Beiping City, All the other officials have gone!”

"And each official paid an entry fee of 5000 taels as a congratulatory gift."

Jiang Wei said truthfully.

Um! ? ? When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes widened immediately.

"As soon as he arrived in Beiping City, he openly collected money? Does he really not want Ouyang Lun's head anymore?"

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, it has become a custom in Beizhili to pay the entrance fee. Everyone has to pay it. Moreover," Jiang Wei wanted to say, didn't you, the emperor, also pay the entrance fee? It's not allowed now. Did anyone else pay it in? Of course, Jiang Wei could only mutter in his heart the rest of the words, and it was not easy to say them in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he could not finish them.

Hearing Jiang Wei's words, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of something and looked a little embarrassed.

"Ahem, one person is 5000 taels, and 100 people are only 50 taels. This is relatively small among the things Ouyang Lun committed. We will settle the accounts with him later!" Zhu Yuanzhang muttered: "You just said that all the officials in Peiping should go Went to Ouyang Lun's banquet?"

"Did King Zhu Di of Yan and Duke Xu Da of Wei also go?"

He shook his head repeatedly as he spoke, "Back to Your Majesty, His Highness King Yan and Duke Wei did not go. His Highness King Yan is still serving as the militia captain in Yong'an Mansion, while Duke Wei is training troops in the military camp outside the city."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Da is indeed the person he values ​​the most, and now he is just waiting for Xu Da to take hold of Ouyang Lun.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and looked at Jiang Wei, "Tell me, what else does that guy Ouyang Lun do besides setting up banquets and collecting money?"

"What else did you do?" Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Back to Your Majesty, Prince Consort Ouyang thanked the guests behind closed doors, and handed over the government affairs to others."

"Thank you behind closed doors? Didn't you do anything?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened with confusion.

"Yes, I heard that Ouyang's consort is not satisfied with the place where he lives now and wants to renovate it." Jiang Wei replied.

"Where to live?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of the castle he saw when he went to Yong'an Mansion. Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang became so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Bastard!"

"I asked him to go to Peking to hold a banquet to collect money and build a luxurious house!!"

"I thought that after these years of training, he would change, but now it seems that his true nature is hard to change!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu and others in the Hall of Supreme Harmony knelt down one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang would kill someone in this state! Huhu——

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed heavily out of his nostrils and his chest heaved violently, but other than that, there was no sound.

"We must never let Ouyang Lun relax like this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang roared, while his eyes kept spinning in his sockets, thinking of a way.

"Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an edict: Northern Zhili is the northern barrier of the Ming Dynasty, and its safety is of vital importance. He ordered the chief envoy of Northern Zhili to repair the Great Wall to resist the Northern Yuan Dynasty! The repairs will be completed within this year, and there must be no mistakes! This is it!"

"Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an edict: This year, the Ming Dynasty suffered serious disasters, and the national treasury was in urgent need. The funds originally allocated for repairing the Great Wall will be made up after the repair of the Great Wall is completed. I hereby express my gratitude!"

"Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an edict: In view of the good development of Beizhili in the past two years, the tax revenue will be doubled in the future. If it cannot be completed, officials at all levels will be severely punished. I appreciate this!"

Within one day, three imperial edicts came from the capital.

Good things do not go out, and foreign affairs spread thousands of miles.

Li Fuyuan, Xu Liang, Zhao Tianming, He Fang and other officials originally wanted to come to see Ouyang Lun, but happened to hear the contents of these three imperial edicts.

One by one, some of them looked ugly, even sad and angry.

"Your Majesty's request is too much!" He Fang muttered.

"Just let us repair the Great Wall. You don't even want to give us any money??!" Zhao Tianming said angrily.

"Not only does he not want to give us money, but he also wants us to double the taxes we pay. What should we do?" Xu Liang originally thought that with the arrival of Ouyang's consort, everyone's good days would come, but now it seems that other It's a good day, it would be great to pass the test smoothly.

"Hey, His Majesty issued three imperial edicts in a row this time, and he also said that if it cannot be completed, we will all be convicted!" Li Fuyuan also frowned at this moment.

"Let's go in quickly to see Mr. Ouyang and hear what he plans to do."

"Let's go."

Everyone quickly walked into the Yamen, passed through the Yamen, and came to the backyard.

At this moment, a new house is being built in the backyard, and Ouyang Lun is sitting in a temporary shed.

Ouyang Lun looked at the three imperial edicts in his hand and was a little dumbfounded.

"Is this Lao Zhu out of his mind and crazy?"

"Three tasks at once. If this were in a game, such an NPC would be scolded to death by the players!"

At this time, Li Fuyuan, Xu Liang and others also came over.

"Master Ouyang!"

"Hey, why are you here? Didn't I tell you to do your own thing well and don't come to me if you have nothing to do?" Ouyang Lun said in surprise when he saw so many people surrounding him.

"Sir Ouyang, we originally wanted to come here to ask you for instructions on how to govern the country next." Li Fuyuan glanced at the three imperial edicts in Ouyang Lun's hand and said in a deep voice: "I happened to hear His Majesty's instructions to us in Beizhili. "Three Imperial Edicts"

"Sir Ouyang, I think your Majesty's arrangement is too harsh! How can we complete it!"

"That is, the repair of the Great Wall has always been under the auspices of the imperial court, led by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. We in Beizhili can only assist at most, but now it is all left to us! How can we build the Great Wall in Beizhili alone, with manpower and material resources? How much will it cost? It’s all money!”

"If the imperial court pays for it and we are responsible for repairing it, then we will accept it without hesitation. But the second imperial edict means that we will not be replenished until the Great Wall is repaired, so we are required to pay for it first. The cost is not low! "

"You are too young. Although His Majesty's imperial edict stated that you will be given the money once it is repaired, but once you finish repairing the Great Wall, you will probably be delayed for various reasons. This is clearly asking us to use the money to repair the Great Wall, but they are too embarrassed to say it clearly. !”

"Actually, what I am most worried about is not the construction of the Great Wall, but that starting from this year, the taxes paid by Beizhili will be doubled! Although Beizhili has developed well in the past two years because of Yong'an Prefecture, and even Beizhili We have made a lot of money, but the money we earned has been used to build roads, urban reconstruction and invest in businesses, and there is still extra money to pay taxes!"

"It's too much! I think we can't sit still and wait for death. Each of these three task lists is enough to make us peel off a layer of skin in Beizhili. Now that all three tasks have to be completed within this year, this is simply impossible to complete. Task!"

"Why don't we jointly submit a letter to clarify the truth to His Majesty? Even if His Majesty does not cancel all three tasks, at least two will have to be cancelled."

"Yes, jointly submit a letter!"

"I have prepared paper, ink, pen and inkstone here, write now!"

Ouyang Lun watched Li Fuyuan, Xu Liang and others get more and more excited as they talked, but he didn't say anything, so he acquiesced to their approach.

To be honest, these three tasks are not difficult for Ouyang Lun. He can do it with a little effort, but why!

Just because we are excellent, Zhu Yuanzhang will use us to death?

What kind of statement is this? Just because we don’t speak up doesn’t mean we don’t have any opinions!

Soon, Li Fuyuan wrote a memorial, and the officials in Peiping signed it one after another. Perhaps to protect Ouyang Lun, they did not let Ouyang Lun sign it. After reporting the matter, they had people rush to deliver it eight hundred miles away. Enter the capital.

However, in order to strengthen their voice, Li Fuyuan, Zhao Tianming and others also wrote letters to officials who had left Yong'an Mansion, asking them to also submit a letter.

On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang was holding a morning court meeting in Taiji he issued three imperial edicts to Ouyang Lun, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood has improved again.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, with the three tasks he set, Ouyang Lun would definitely not dare not do something. It doesn't matter if he can't do it. Then he would have an excuse to manipulate Ouyang Lun. If he could do it, it would be even better. He Zhu Yuanzhang earns at least tens of millions of taels!

Aren't you, Ouyang Lun, lazy? Then we'll give you some strength!

Dare you disobey the imperial edict?

"My dear friends, do you have something to report?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sat firmly on the dragon chair, overlooking the bottom.

There was silence in Tai Chi Hall.

"Since there is nothing to do, let's stop here today."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he was about to get up and leave.

At this moment, a guard came in holding a memorial.

"Your Majesty, please report urgently from eight hundred miles north!"

Swah——

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled and said quickly: "Could it be that something big happened in the north? Wang Zhong, please read it to me and the ministers quickly!"

"Yes!"

Wang Zhong walked down quickly, took the memorial from the guard, and returned to Zhu Yuanzhang's side.

Just when Wang Zhong opened it and was about to read it, his expression changed.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to read it? Otherwise, you should take a look first." Wang Zhong said softly.

"Recite it as you are told, there is so much nonsense." Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

"Yes."

Wang Zhong did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, so he immediately started to read it.

"Li Fuyuan, the Inspector-General of Northern Zhili, reported to His Majesty that recently His Majesty issued an order to allow Northern Zhili to repair the Great Wall, but did not pay for the cost of repairing the Great Wall. Northern Zhili alone cannot afford it. In addition, Northern Zhili also requested that this year Doubling taxes will make it even more difficult. His Majesty's arrangements must be based on his trust in me and others. However, I know how capable I am. It is impossible to complete all three tasks this year. I am sincere and frightened. I am afraid that something will go wrong. Your Majesty’s plan, I apologize in advance!”

"120 three officials including Li Fuyuan, the inspector general of Beizhili, Zhao Tianming, the right political advisor, and Xu Liang, the prefect of Peiping, signed the petition!"

Wang Zhong finished reading the memorial in fear.

At the same time, the entire hall became silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang held the armrests of the dragon chair with both fists, almost pinching the armrests to make marks, his face was terrifyingly gloomy.

The inner roar roared.

Very straightforward writing! This is a blatant rejection of me!

At this time, another guard sent a stack of memorials, "Your Majesty, these are the memorials that have just been sent from various places."

"Wang Zhong, come and take a look."

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Zhong walked down again and took a stack of memorials from the guard's hand.

After opening a few books, his expression changed.

"Your Majesty, these are memorials asking Your Majesty to withdraw the three imperial edicts. The contents are all the same."

Hear this.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face became even more ugly.

Good on you Ouyang Lun!The wings are so hard, you dare to force me to do it!

Inside the hall.

Wu Jingzhi, who was already the censor of Youdu, mustered up the courage to stand up.

"Your Majesty, I also served in Beizhili in the past. I think the three tasks your Majesty has set for Beizhili this time are indeed a bit overwhelming."

Then Guo Zi.

"I agree with what Mr. Wu said."

Lu Chang also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, building the Great Wall is time-consuming, laborious and expensive. If the imperial court doesn't spend any money, it will be really difficult for Beizhili to complete it. How about allocating the original funds to Beizhili?"

"Or cancel today's doubling of taxes, so that Beizhili can go all out to repair the city wall."

Wu Jingzhi, Guo Zi, and Lu Chang were all very nervous at the moment. Everyone else was writing memorials, but the three of them were facing the furious Zhu Yuanzhang. If Zhu Yuanzhang had murderous intentions, they would be the first to suffer. Three.

I can only keep cheering myself up in my heart.

What Zhu Yuanzhang wants to do most now is to tear up all the memorials in front of him, rush down and kick each of Lu Chang, Wu Jingzhi, and Guo Zi, and then go to Peking and beat Ouyang Lun hard.

But Zhu Yuanzhang soon calmed down and rejected this crazy idea.

snort! With so many people coming to complain, does Ouyang Lun really want to cancel those three tasks?

Not necessarily! Ouyang Lun's real purpose is to anger me.

If I really do something irrational, I will play into Ouyang Lun's hands.

Since you have this idea, then I am not satisfied with what you want.

"Humph!"

"You are so short-sighted!"

"When you encounter any difficulties, just cry father and mother in front of me. You still have the integrity of a Ming Dynasty official."

"Of course I have my own reasons for this arrangement. You may not even know how rich Beizhili is now. Beizhili's construction capabilities are even more top-notch. For others, it is impossible to complete my three tasks. But for Ouyang Lun, this is not a big problem."

"Otherwise, why didn't Ouyang Lun submit a letter together?"

"Now that the three imperial edicts have been issued, I will definitely not take them back, but there is one thing I forgot!"

"Come here, tell me another decree. If Beizhili can complete my three tasks this year, all Beizhili officials will be promoted to one level. Those who have made great achievements will be awarded a title and a thousand gold coins!"

Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a master of insight into people's hearts and human nature.

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the hall exclaimed in surprise, with a hint of envy in their eyes.

It is not easy for a civil servant to be knighted, and the opportunity is even rarer. After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's last words, many people wanted to go to Beizhili.

(End of this chapter)