In this way, Zhu Youxiao, who was considered mean and ungrateful by the literati and officials, followed the trend and forced the civil servants to take the initiative to find ways to prove that he was a benevolent king, and he also tried his best to find various things that reflect his benevolence.

Not just civil servants in the court.

The folk scholars and officials had to rack their brains to make up some stories and give Zhu Youxiao the virtue of benevolence and filial piety.

There is no way, they really cannot refuse the benefits of Zhu Youxiao's good governance of permanent exemption of land, and they do not want future kings to know that such good governance was accomplished by a stingy and ruthless king.

Since Hei Zhu Youxiao is cruel and merciless and has become pale and powerless, he can only beautify it endlessly, deformed beautification, and no principled beautification.

But Zhu from the school was still an iron-fisted emperor from beginning to end.

He always used the most harshest way to deal with ways that did not conform to his philosophy, and did not think about forgiveing ​​those he hated.

Lu Xiangsheng and the army he mobilized have once again become the sword in Zhu Youxiao's hand.

This knife points to Goshima and Kashima.

The officials and gentry of Gojima and Kashima did not know that they were about to be strictly dealt with by the people sent by the Emperor Ming Dynasty.

They were still immersed in extravagant pleasures, and under the banner of the emperor's eldest son, they made money and even completely forgot about the retired soldiers they slaughtered.

However, they didn't know that the people sent by the emperor would make them recall this incident soon.

The officials and gentry of Gojima and Kashima naturally heard that Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to inspect the military and political affairs of the world, but the government order given by the court was too confused, just like the idle chess arranged by chess players, so they could not reason that Lu Xiangsheng was out of Beijing for them, which belonged to the high mountain emperor.

It was not until Lu Xiangsheng arrived at Wudao that Deputy Envoy Song of Wudao and Gao Jianshi and other officials learned the news and hurriedly came out to greet him.

But they didn't know that Lu Xiangsheng was here to handle them, so when they saw Lu Xiangsheng, they all said with flattering smiles: "We welcome the Master to visit the Five Islands for inspection. If you have any mistakes, please forgive me."

Lu Xiangsheng did not express his intention, but said, "You don't have to be polite. I'm just ordered to conduct a routine inspection. Are there any pirates harassed around the five islands?"

"I ask Your Majesty to be wise, Master, you will be wise in governance. Therefore, the world is already peaceful and clear, and the people around the five islands no longer know what pirates are."

Deputy Censor Song Zhibi replied.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and suddenly asked Song Zhibi in a low voice: "I heard that Ge Jun is also in this area?"

After hearing this, Song Zhibi was stunned, and then he was ecstatic and said to himself: "It turns out that Master Lu is a fellow disciple. If he can pull Master Lu into the water, as the backstage of his own people, it will be better than playing the Libutang brand, and even better than using the banner of the princes. After all, who doesn't know that Master Lu has prestige in both military and political circles, and is one of the ministers most trusted by the emperor."

"Dissatisfied with Ge Lao, Ge Jun is now in Kashima."

Song Zhibi replied with a smile.

When the other officials and gentry heard Song Zhibi's question, they all knew it and knew that Mr. Lu was not a righteous person. This would help them make friends with others, so they all relaxed their vigilance and became very happy.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said, "Then you will follow the servants to visit Kashima and tell me about the current situation in Kashima at any time. All the officials and officials will go, including officials, and the defense of the island will be temporarily taken over by me!"

"this!"

When Lu Xiangsheng said this, Song Zhibi and others felt something was wrong.

Lu Xiangsheng pulled his face down: "Why, I refuse to execute it?"

As he said that, Lu Xiangsheng took out the Shangfang sword and ordered first: "The General of Wudao Gui Mosheng, take all the military officers under your command, and go to Kashima with him, Jiao Lian, you will lead your troops to take over the defense of Wudao immediately. Those who do not follow will be executed on the spot for the crime of rebellion!"

"yes!"

Jiao Lian replied first.

Gui Mosheng was silent for a while, and finally bowed and replied: "Yes!"

Naturally, he did not dare to really reject Lu Xiangsheng's order, and he didn't even dare to say more about it, because Lu Xiangsheng's prestige in the army was indeed higher than him, and he brought more people than he did on the island.

So Gui Mosheng first took a bunch of people on board.

Seeing this, the officials and gentry of Song Zhibi became even hesitant and uneasy.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng asked Song Zhibi: "Deputy Envoy Song, do you really want your servant to personally invite you to board the boat to Kashima?"

"The officials dare not."

Song Zhibi replied, and then got on Lu Xiangsheng's ship. Seeing this, the other officials and gentry had to follow Lu Xiangsheng's ship.

On Kashima, Lu Xiangsheng had sent Yang Zhan's troops to form an advance team to surround Kashima.

After Lu Xiangsheng arrived, Yang Zhanxian came on a ship and greeted him: "General coach, the surrounding islands have been controlled by us, and our ships are also monitored by the Satsuma and Ryukyu."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and ordered: "Enter the port!"

"yes!"

Yang Zhan replied, then shouted: "Enter Hong Kong!"

...

"Hi! Hi! What do you say, Mr. Lu, why did you come suddenly? This caught my subordinates off guard."

Like many former generals of the Guards, Kong Xigui still habitually called Lu Xiangsheng and General Lu's coach.

Therefore, after Kong Xigui knew that Lu Xiangsheng had arrived, he hurriedly brought Kashima and a group of officials and gentry to greet him, with smiles on his face, and was very excited. After all, this was a rare opportunity to contact a high-ranking official who was once his old leader.

However, after Kong Xigui and Lu Xiangsheng met on the island, Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "Take all the people here except the magistrate Chen Que! Yang Zhan, you immediately take over the defense of the island with a flag! Take all the military officers of the navy above the chief and above!"

Kong Xigui was completely confused after hearing this.

"yes!"

At this time, Yang Zhan had already led his troops to start the action.

The guards beside Lu Xiangsheng also came over and detained Kong Xigui and others.

Kong Xigui didn't come back to his senses until his arm was pressed down and struggled to ask, "Teacher Lu, what are you doing? I am your student!"

"You have the nerve to say it's my student!"

Lu Xiangsheng replied coldly, and then ordered: "Catch all the officials of Song Zhibi and other five island governments, regardless of civil and military affairs, and including the East and West Factory!"

The senior officer of the West Factory couldn't help but ask Song Zhibi: "What's going on?"
Chapter completed!