Everyone was smiling when they saw the old man sitting down. Fengyang garrison eunuch Wang Yumin was the backbone of everyone in the Eight Guards. With him around, even Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation, had to be honest.

The commander of the Eighth Guards waited carefully, served tea and water himself, and gave a detailed report to Wang Yumin about the Crown Prince's land survey.

Fengyang Guard Commander Gao Chi said: "Father, the 100,000 acres of fertile land under your name are also in it. You can't just sit back and do nothing!"

Wang Yumin said leisurely: "The Crown Prince is still young and is easily deceived by villains. He will inevitably make some small mistakes. As the Fengyang garrison eunuch appointed by the imperial court, our family will advise the Crown Prince and restore peace to Fengyang Mansion."

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Several people were happy when they heard this, but Gao Chi said: "Father, what if His Highness insists on doing it? How should we deal with it?"

Wang Yumin glanced at him and said, "How do you want to deal with it?"

Gao Chi pondered: "My child thinks so. If His Highness insists on checking the land, we can make people make a fuss. The gentry will make a fuss, and the military households will also make a fuss!"

Zhuang Hongchang, the prefect of Fengyang, looked at Gao Chi and said angrily: "Master Gao, what do you mean by this? Aren't you going to harm me by doing this?"

Gao Chi chuckled and said, "Master Zhuang, don't worry. The guards are not making trouble for no reason. It's just because of the Crown Prince's order. Everyone doesn't agree to inventory the land. It's difficult for you, Master Magistrate, right?"

When things get louder, my adoptive father and you only need to tell the Crown Prince about the situation in Fengyang Mansion. I think the Crown Prince doesn't want to make the matter bigger, so the matter will be settled."

Zhuang Hongchang snorted coldly: "It's too risky for you to do this. If the higher-ups blame you, what will you do?"

"Don't you have Fengyang Governor Zhu Dadian above you? If he takes the responsibility, he will come first. What are you afraid of?" Gao Chi looked at Wang Yumin again and said with a smile: "What do you think, foster father?"

Wang Yumin was hesitant. If the Crown Prince hadn't been here, no one would have dared to act so recklessly in their own territory, but His Highness, he was...

The connection between Bawei and him is too great. If Bawei's land is inspected, his value will be reduced by at least half!

Thinking of this, Wang Yumin nodded and said: "My son is right. When you guys get things settled, I will go to the palace with Xiaozhuang to meet the crown prince."

According to past experience, the royal family was most afraid of mutiny by the troops below. The Yongwei Battalion had mutinied before. Didn't His Majesty kill a group of officials with his rod? But nothing happened to the Yongwei Battalion. Therefore, Wang Yumin decided to give it a try.

After everyone had reached an agreement, they started eating, drinking and having fun at Wang Yumin's signal. The maids also began to perform erotic arts, play instruments, sing and dance gracefully.

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On the second day of the new round of inspections, Yang Tinglin and other inspection officials from the water transportation yamen encountered fierce resistance from local gentry and landlords, making the inspection work very difficult.

A large number of servants appeared in each city of the Eight Guards, as well as many guardsmen. They were armed with sticks and swords and held up flags to say that the government was seizing land by force on the pretext of checking the land.

A large group of people paraded through the streets in various cities shouting, demanding that the crown prince stop checking the land and destroying the stable life of the military and civilians!

Many landowners and gentry smiled happily when they saw this situation, and took the opportunity to ask their servants to join the crowd of volunteers, adding fuel to the flames.

Some guardsmen wearing mandarin duck jackets and the landlord's servants found the officials who came to inspect the land. They threw stones at them, and even came forward and used sticks to drive the inspection officials out of the city.

The inspection officials were beaten until their mouths and noses were bleeding, and they were in such a state of embarrassment that some of them even ran away with their boots on.

These rebel soldiers and servants only felt that it was very refreshing to attack the official, and they suddenly became unscrupulous and began to take advantage of the chaos to rob the shops in the city.

Such bad things happened in various wards, but all the state and county officials from all over the country lost their voices. No one came out to stop them. They all said they were sick and stayed at home and did not care about worldly affairs.

The commanders of the various guards closed the city gates on the pretext of maintaining the stability of the city, and instigated the landlords and gentry to cause trouble in the city. There was even a riot in Fengyang City.

After receiving the reports from various places, Zhu Dadian in the Governor's Mansion frowned and sighed. The Crown Prince was still young and might not be able to cope with this situation. It seemed that he would have to find and appease the commanders of the guards himself.

Zhu Dadian had no choice but to go out personally to quell the matter. He only asked not to hurt the crown prince, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the court.

In the palace of Fengyang Imperial City, Yang Tinglin blushed and said: "Your Highness, these people are too wanton. They first encouraged the landlords to organize their servants to cause trouble and create public opinion, and then they dared to let the soldiers beat the officials. It is simply too disrespectful.

You put the imperial court in your eyes!"

Zhu Cixi was lying on the dragon throne and smiled: "It's really wonderful!"

Seeing that the Crown Prince was not in a normal state, Yang Tinglin hesitated and said: "Your Highness, how should we respond? Give up the investigation?"

Zhu Cixi smiled coldly and said: "Give up? Who are the Eight Guards of Fengyang? Do you really think that I can be bullied when I am young?"

With that said, he stood up from the dragon throne and said loudly: "Send the order, the Royal First Brigade of the Tianwu Army is stationed in Fengyang Guard, Fengyang Central Guard, Fengyang Right Guard, and execute the rebels and troublemakers!"

"The Royal Second Brigade of the Tianwu Army is stationed at Huangling Guard, leaving behind the left guard and the center guard!"

"The Royal Third Brigade of the Tianwu Army is stationed at Huaiyuan Guard, Hongtang Qianhu Residence!"

"The Royal Cavalry Regiment of the Tianwu Army attacks Changhuai Guards!"

"If the city gates are closed and the Imperial Guards are unable to open the city, they can directly attack the city with artillery. If they encounter those who resist with weapons, kill them all, and don't let anyone go!"

Orders one after another were issued from the Imperial City and reached all the Tianwu Army units stationed in Fengyang City in the shortest possible time.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In Zhongdu's Wancang Campus, the war drums of the Tianwu Army camp were beating, and the sergeants of each battalion began to gather quickly.

Fengyang garrison eunuch Wang Yumin and Fengyang Prefecture magistrate who went to the imperial city to meet Zhu Cixiang all changed their expressions. What is the Tianwu Army doing? Are they using force to quell the rebellion?

Wang Yumin's face was solemn, and Fengyang Magistrate Zhuang Hongchang was also breaking out in a cold sweat. The two of them hurriedly came to the front of the palace and saluted Zhu Cihong.

Wang Yumin said sharply: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Fengyang Magistrate also said urgently: "Your Highness must not raise troops. These guards and gentry are the foundation of the country. If you do anything..."

Zhu Cixiang looked at the two of them and said coldly: "Wang Yumin, what are you asking me to do? I still want to ask you! As a Fengyang garrison eunuch, he has the right to supervise civil and military officials. During the drill, Si Bawei and I will be left behind.

You have the army and horses, dispatched the officers and soldiers of the guard station to suppress the resistance, suppressed the rich and powerful, and arrested fugitives. The imperial court gave you such great power, but what did you do?"

Zhu Cixiang pointed at him and said bitterly: "As an eunuch of the inner court, you colluded with the officers of the guard station, annexed the land of military households, accepted bribes, drove away good people, and registered land concessions for wealthy businessmen. You should handle all these matters

Don’t I know?”

When everything was revealed in public, Wang Yumin was so frightened that he lay on the ground, trembling. He didn't understand why the crown prince knew so clearly.

Zhu Cixi looked at Fengyang Magistrate, who was sweating on his forehead, and said: "And you! Dai Tianmu is guarding one side, and this is my place of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty. How do you do your job? You are worse than Wang Yumin.

Nothing less!”

Fengyang Magistrate quickly kowtowed and said: "Your Highness, I am wronged!"

Zhu Cixiang cursed angrily: "The big-headed devil who wronged your mother! Someone, drag these two idiots down and put them on death row to await execution!"
Chapter completed!