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Inside the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

An urgent report was sent to the prefect's desk, a very strange report, and the contents of it were also interesting.

This is a formal document from the cabinet, and it is not an official document, but what it talks about is a serious matter.

This prefect is also considered a noble body, and he is a second-class jinshi, who used to be a Shujishi in Hanlin, but then he was released, and he was a Kaifeng prefect, although he was insulated from the cabinet, but he was also qualified enough to be a feudal official in the future.

Of course, those who have stayed in the court know that the note handed by the cabinet is different from the official document sent by the cabinet, and the official document is just a thing on the official face, which can be disobeyed, at most, that is, in response to a call. However, the rules of the cabinet are different, which means that in the cabinet, at least one scholar is paying attention to something, and if he does not do it obediently, he will suffer hardship.

However, this article makes people feel a little different, and the content in the article is actually simple - measuring the land.

Every once in a while, the imperial court will clear the land, which is the most important basis for the imperial court to pay taxes, of course, can not be lazy, how much land in a house, how much grain must be paid, this is the biggest foundation for the imperial court to maintain the operation in the past, so the land is almost every local yamen must do.

Of course, there will definitely be cats here, so the upper authorities will send inspectors or inspection envoys to supervise the matters of clearing the land.

However, the cabinet's note is to let Kaifeng Mansion specialize in clearing land, which is meaningful.

If there is a note on the top, there is their intention, but what their intention is, we still have to figure it out.

Although this Kaifeng Mansion is also a high-class state capital, it is not eye-catching, and the cabinet wants to focus here, which means that Kaifeng Mansion has something different from other places, which has attracted the attention of the cabinet.

What is this different thing?

The prefect of Kaifeng Mansion sat behind the case, pondered for an hour, and gradually had a little eyebrows, the only difference is that there is a vassal king in Kaifeng Mansion, and the king of Zhou is in Kaifeng.

If you continue to think deeply, the prefect can't help but break out in a cold sweat, assuming that ...... Assuming that the cabinet is really aimed at the king of Zhou, then it suddenly proposes to clear the land of Qingzhang, and gives this order in the form of a private note, then the only possibility is that the cabinet does not care about the land of Qingzhang Kaifeng Mansion, but cares about the land of the king of Zhou.

Each vassal king has a Wang Zhuang in his own fiefdom, some have more granges, some have fewer granges, but the imperial court has always been customized, and you can't let the people of the entire domain be your tenants, so this Wang Zhuangzi has an upper limit, no more, there will be no more.

But then again, the major princes will not meet the upper limit set by the imperial court, after all, no one will think that they have too much land, and embezzling land is the most enthusiastic thing for the vassal kings, and these, the magistrates know, the imperial court actually knows, the bachelors of the cabinet, the ministries of each ministry, everyone knows, no one knows. Everyone just turns a blind eye, as long as they don't go too far, no one cares about this idle matter.

After all, they are nobles and clans, and their identities are extremely noble. If you go after them, who knows if you will get into a rut.

But now, looking at the meaning of the cabinet, it seems that the cabinet is not very satisfied with King Zhou, and wants to check the grange of King Zhou's mansion.

This Kaifeng prefect pondered it at this time, and couldn't help but sweat coldly, King Zhou is a prince, this is not easy to offend, but then again, his future is not pinched in the hands of King Zhou, but in the hands of the cabinet.

After thinking about it, the prefect had already made a decision, and then called a messenger to come and instructed: "From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, start to clear the land, and put other things aside for the time being, especially those granges of the King of Zhou, to find out, how much land there is in the Zhou Wangfu, and to make a book of 1510, and not to be negligent." ”

"Let ...... this matter go" The prefect pondered for a long time, as if he was not very at ease with others, and finally said solemnly: "This official is fully responsible, so that the people below must not be lazy, you spread the news first, so that everyone can be prepared." ”

After he finished this order, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, he is also chasing ducks to the shelves now, so he can only act hard.

In fact, it is not only his prefect's yamen, but also the local Jinyi Wei yamen, which is also nervous at the moment, it is also a strip, but it is a strip handed over by Liu Chengfeng's servant's office, and the requirements are actually simple, the case of the prince is complicated, and it is very likely to be related to the king of Zhou.

In Jinyiwei, no one is blind, of course these hundred households know the powerful relationship, not to mention, this is still Liu Chengfeng's handwriting, after he read it, although he was shocked, but he also knew that this matter should not be disobeyed, gritted his teeth, and immediately began to organize people to get up.

At the end of February, there was a spring rain in Kaifeng, and the rain drifted intermittently for two days, washing the Kaifeng Mansion, but the air was also a little damp and cold, but at this time, Zhou Wangfu had already noticed something.

Jinyiwei began to keep an eye on them, and even some of the subordinates who entered and left the palace refused to be left behind, and even the eunuchs who were bought were stared at to death. In fact, it is not only that, last night, a group of brocade guards suddenly appeared in a grange in the palace, under the pretext of leaving the prisoners, and asked to enter and search.

Immediately afterwards, the errand who measured the land also appeared, and began to haunt various granges, measuring the land, and even the large and small yamen of the entire Kaifeng Mansion, also saw the name, and gradually began to alienate from this palace.

King Zhou is not King Ning after all, he has almost no control over Kaifeng, and everyone usually respects him, but he also keeps his distance, but now he is talking about turning his face, which makes the palace of Zhou confused.

And then, the news from the Jingshi still made Zhou Wangfu a little nervous.

The prince was stabbed, and an imperial envoy came forward to demand a thorough investigation, and the cabinet also paid attention to the situation, especially the Jinyi Guard of the Beijing Division, who had begun to swarm out.

If that's just the case, it's actually okay, the problem is that, judging from all the news, Jin Yiwei is clearly suspicious of Zhou Wangfu.

There is a thing in this world, called father-killing, father-killing is a beast, but there is another thing, called killing a son, killing a child is called violence, no matter which one it is, it is a violation of etiquette, not only the law does not tolerate it, but the law cannot tolerate it.

If he really splashed this dirty water on his head King Zhou, then Zhu Muyun would be completely finished.

At this moment, he was sitting in the study, because his body was weak, and the weather was getting colder, so there was still a charcoal fire in the study, leaning on the chair, Zhu Muxi's face was cloudy.

What he was holding in his hand was a letter from the Jingshi, and sitting beside him was an old eunuch.

There are not many eunuchs in the palace, but they are all trusted by the vassal kings, this old eunuch is the internal affairs manager of the Zhou Palace, called Qian Yang, Qian Yang sat down, carefully looked at Zhu Muyi's expression, in fact, he didn't know that the King of Zhou had encountered a hurdle that was difficult to overcome, and now not only did someone seem to have the meaning of the whole Zhou Palace, but also a storm was brewing on the side of the Jingshi, and it was overwhelming towards Kaifeng at any time.

If one is not good, the boat may capsize in the gutter, and Wang Qike, who has been the king of Zhou for so many years, will be ruined.

With this Qian Yang's understanding of King Zhou, if he simply heard the news of the attack on the prince, he would not show anything, who in this palace does not know, the family relationship between the prince and the prince is extremely weak, in a sense, if the prince is really assassinated, it is not a good thing, at least it is a matter of the prince's heart.

King Zhou has a lot of blood, and he has dozens of children, and the most disliked thing is this son, but because of the rules of the court, he can only swallow his anger. The death of the prince is a chance for the prince.

But now, the prince must not be happy, because things are very tricky and troublesome.

Qian Yang sat with his nose and nose in his eyes, holding his breath, just like an old monk sitting still, the prince didn't speak, and he didn't dare to intervene in such a big matter.

After a long time, Zhu Muyun sighed, and then said coldly: "This king was actually played with in the palm of his hand by a kid surnamed Liu, and sent someone to assassinate the prince, what good is it for this king?" Hmph, he deliberately used the topic to play, to embarrass the king, and also to give the king a dismount, Yueluo's girl, but he found a good husband, hum! ”

His face was pale, his eyes became colder and colder, and he finally calmed down, and then said slowly: "What do you think about this?" ”

Qian Yang only then spoke, and said: "The slave maid thinks that if the Jinyi guard fabricates incidents and evidence, he will not dare to come to wronged the prince, and in addition, the slave maid heard that the prefect's yamen has begun to clear the land of our grange, so it seems that this Liu Chengfeng has made complete preparations, as long as the prince is not careful, he will take all kinds of means, and he intends to break the net with the prince." Lord Wang, for this, it is not worth it to fight with him to break his head and bleed. ”

Zhu Muyun sneered: "But this king can't swallow this breath." ”

Qian Yang smiled bitterly and said: "If you don't swallow this breath, you have to swallow it, when they come to check the prince under this name, things will be even more tricky." ”

Zhu Muyun became depressed all of a sudden, and that anger gradually subsided a little, which one of the vassal kings did not do some messy things, it can be said that the vassal kings of the world are not good things, what he is afraid of is this, the matter of Jinyi Wei Cha Shizi is not terrible, as long as it is not his Zhu Muji's hand, no one can blame him, but what if the other party uses this name to collect his other crimes?

Not to mention, the prefect's yamen is so bold to measure the land, and there must be an ally who is not light by the side of Liu Chengfeng.

(To be continued)