The ministers of the Ministry of Industry, the Minister of Honglu Temple, and others left the court one after another, while several ministers in the cabinet stood silently.

After all those who wanted to leave were gone, Zhang Juzheng restrained his hands, looked around and said, "Your Majesty is in the Chengguang Hall, waiting for me to give you the right answer."

After saying that, he put the wat tablet into his sleeve and walked straight out of the Wenhua Hall.

Everyone followed closely behind.

…

This is Zhang Siwei’s first time entering Xiyuan.

Now he is temporarily handling cabinet affairs on behalf of Yang Bo, and his position is only below the three cabinet members, so the experience is naturally different.

Especially when he was specially summoned to Xiyuan and was not left behind, he experienced a different feeling than before.

This is what it feels like to have half a foot in the cabinet!

On the way to Chengguang Hall, perhaps because everyone was in a heavy mood, they all remained silent.

Zhang Siwei knew that this was because the matter in Huguang was so big that no one could take it lightly.

In fact, based on his understanding of the emperor, he thought that the emperor would be furious at the court meeting today and then appoint Hai Rui to investigate thoroughly.

As a result, several important ministers came to Xiyuan to discuss the matter.

It seems that the emperor also found it difficult.

There is no way, this is the disadvantage of a vast territory, and it is beyond our reach when encountering problems.

Even if the emperor behaved and wallowed and wanted to vent his anger, he couldn't do it - he didn't even know who did it.

This is a solid place that cannot be penetrated by water or penetrated by needles.

Just as he was thinking about the emperor's response, Zhang Siwei looked up and saw that he had already arrived at the entrance of Chengguang Hall.

He calmed down a little, followed Lu Tiaoyang and walked in.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw several tables surrounding the center of the hall.

There are memorials, manuscripts and other items on the desk.

There is also a screen placed next to it, and it seems to have people's names on it.

Zhang Siwei took another look and saw Chen Rui, the political envoy on the right... Du Si, the inspector general of Huguang... Qiu Qiao, the Dongting garrison... Chen Xiao, the patrol commander on the river.

They are all officials from Huguang!

He withdrew his gaze, looked at the emperor who was standing in front of the case, and saluted with Zhang Juzheng: "Your Majesty."

Zhu Yijun motioned for everyone to stand up, and then waved his hand to signal the head of the clan, Prince Consort Wu Jinghe, to go down first.

Wu Jinghe bowed and left.

Zhang Siwei glanced at the consort in charge of the sect's mansion, his mind raced, and he vaguely grasped some context.

At this time, I heard the emperor slowly speak: "Yuanfu, I don't care about your hometown, the people's customs are so strong."

"I just wanted to find out. I didn't do anything, but they rebelled directly!?"

When I said the last two words, the shock and anger in them were really empathetic.

The dignified imperial envoy of the Central Committee and the governor of a province were so blatantly cremated and sent off!?

This is something Zhu Yijun doesn't even understand - aren't you afraid of death? Evidence is needed to investigate a case, but only coordinates are needed to counter rebellion.

You can't do this if you are an official, right?

Those who fell from a building in the previous life, died suddenly, and died of illness thirty-seven days after taking office are all understandable things, and can at least be attributed to accidents.

But what is the difference between blatantly leading troops to attack the county government and blocking the county government with a fire, and direct rebellion!?

This is really trampling his reputation as an emperor into the ground!

Zhang Juzheng directly ignored the Xiangzi theory and said matter-of-factly: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to find out the cause and arrest the culprit."

This time, he did not correct the emperor's wording, or in other words, he thought this was tantamount to rebellion.

Allowing bandits to kill officials! This is simply appalling!

Not just the emperor, no one in power in the central government can tolerate this kind of provocation!

Zhu Yijun sneered: "The bandit leader Shi Chaofeng resisted stubbornly and was executed on the spot. He really knows how to share your worries!"

Whether it was a murderous attempt to silence the enemy or a real stubborn resistance, no one could tell since the central government was beyond its reach.

Zhang Juzheng saluted again and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Then let's ask Dongting guard Qiu Qiao and Chen Xiao, the patrol commander, to go to the capital for interrogation!"

At this time, if anyone still talks about evidence, then he is reading stupidly.

Zhu Yijun waved his sleeves and refused, saying in a deep voice: "Let's investigate on the spot! If this matter is not investigated to the bottom of the matter, I will have no shame in sitting on the throne!"

It is impossible to give in on this matter.

No matter who is behind it, whether he is a high-ranking official or a noble family member, no one wants to be dignified this time, he will definitely kill everyone!

Let’s save the dignity of water heaters for burning until the next life!

At this time, Gao Yi interrupted and asked: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, what did Zhang Chucheng find when he went to Huguang?"

It's not a fatal place, so it's impossible to commit such a murderous attack.

If it were true, as I said before, that I would go and find out about the mining tax, I wouldn’t be so crazy and crazy.

Therefore, the content involved is also an important clue.

Zhu Yijun calmed down his expression, pointed to a table, and said coldly: "Those on the table are the memorials that Zhang gave after he went to Huguang. Please read it yourself."

"At the beginning, he was to supervise the Chief Minister Tang Bin on my behalf to rectify the mining tax under the rule."

"Later, the local government was discovered, colluded with the gentry, and instigated the mine thieves to open the mine privately."

The scope of Huguang probably included most of Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Hainan, and Guizhou in later generations.

There are naturally a lot of minerals, such as Tongcheng Prefecture, with Xishan in the south, which used to produce silver and tin.

For example, in Daye Prefecture, there are Tieshan Mountain and Baiji Mountain in the north, which produce copper mines, Weilu Mountain in the east, which produces iron, and Tonglu Mountain in the southwest, which used to produce copper.

Not to mention the ore thieves.

If the center wants to open a mine, it will either damage the dragon's veins, or it will not be able to return to its roots - Sejong spent 30,000 taels to dig out 28,500 taels of mine, but he has always been nailed to the pillar of shame.

But private companies are flocking to it, and I don’t know why they are willing to do such a loss-making business.

In fact, this kind of thing is not too fatal, and it is impossible to say anything about stubborn resistance.

The worst case scenario would be to vomit out the excess food, make sacrifices to the heavens, and end the knot. This is what was done in the past.

Even if the mine thieves pay taxes, they may be able to transform themselves into a government mine.

So much so that when Zhang Chucheng was asked to find out, he never expected to encounter such fierce resistance.

Therefore, you really can't check everything. If you don't pay attention, you will find something.

Several ministers have already walked to the desk and looked through the memorials that Zhang Chucheng had previously handed over.

Zhu Yijun endured his emotions and continued: "That's it for now."

"I will ask Zhang Chucheng to return to Beijing in February and prepare to slowly rectify it in the future."

Zhu Yijun's eyes were deep and his tone was incomprehensible: "As a result, Zhang Chucheng changed his mind again on the way back to Beijing. Please check again for two months and say..."

"He found traces of privately minted copper coins and soldiers' armor!"

Note 1: At the end of the twelfth month of the third year of Longqing, first, He Shu, a mining thief from Luonan County in the west of the country, gathered more than 3,000 people and stole eight out of ten caves in Baihualing. They chased them for a long time but failed to capture them.

He was captured. In the case of Wu Jin, the imperial censor of Yunyang, eight people including the thief Shou Shu were killed. Nineteen of his party members, including Shi Chaofeng, and twenty-four people including Liu En were dispatched. The remaining information - "Muzong Ming Dynasty"

"Record"

Note 2: When the Ministry of War was overthrown, Zhao Xian, the governor of Huguang, reported that Linxiang County was stolen, officials and warehouses were robbed, and the county hall records were burned. Qiu Qiao was guarded in Dongting, Chen Xiao was patrolling the river, and the censor asked questions during the patrol.——

"Records of Ming Shenzong"
Chapter completed!