When Zhu Di mentioned the word "gossip", he became furious.

Being in front of Queen Xu, Zhu Di tried his best and finally suppressed his anger.

So he added: "It seems that this matter must be done. If the name is not right, the words will not be right."

Queen Xu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, how should we handle this matter?"

Empress Xu already understood what Zhu Di meant, but after thinking about it, she also understood that this matter was not trivial. The key to the problem was that it had to be done and it had to be done beautifully.

The ancients were very particular about the four words that are right and correct. But if there is even the slightest bit of criticism, it will inevitably lead to criticism.

Zhu Di smiled slightly and said: "This is easy to handle. As long as there are two people, it will be done. And these two people... I think the time has come."

He looked like he had the pearls of wisdom in his hands.

After Empress Xu heard this, she stopped asking further questions.

Even though Zhu Di was sometimes reckless, he was very meticulous in many aspects. Since he felt that there was a safe way, then this matter could definitely be accomplished.

After a while, I saw Zhu Di looking worried again, and said quietly: "What I am worried about now is the problem of Taiping Mansion. I heard that all industries are in depression, hey..."

Queen Xu said: "In the past few years, the internal funds have been abundant, which is indeed not unrelated to the Taiping Mansion. Now that something has gone wrong, Your Majesty should really pay attention to it."

Zhu Di stared at Queen Xu: "What, what do you have to say?"

Empress Xu smiled gently and said: "I am a woman, I don't have any high opinions, what can I say? It's just... Your Majesty, as the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. Now those people are actually committing regicide. It can be seen that

These people are crazy! Because of this, they jump over the wall in a hurry, but they don’t know what they will do. From my perspective, as a woman, if something goes wrong in Taiping Mansion now, it is even more difficult to guarantee that no one is secretly causing trouble.

"

After hearing this, Zhu Di took a deep breath and nodded: "I had expected this, these people...hehe..."

Zhu Di showed disdain and said coldly: "If we can't kill all these people, our Ming Dynasty will never have peace."

Empress Xu smiled sweetly and said: "Your Majesty, during the time of crisis in the past, no matter how difficult things were, it was just like this. If you think about it for the better, at least... most of what your Majesty and Zhang Qing wanted to do has been accomplished.

, If not, how could these people be so anxious as to jump over the wall?"

Zhu Di said: "This is not wrong. If it hadn't really hurt them, they might not have had the courage. After thinking about it, after all, the New Deal is very effective."

Queen Xu said: "Although I have lived in the palace for a long time in these years, I know that people's hearts are the most difficult to control. For petty profits, or even just a job title, the eunuchs will fight, and the concubines in the harem will also fight.

As His Majesty just said, Emperor Taizu Gao did not even

I have to alienate the disciples, but I also know that if I don't do this and cut off people's thoughts, the brothers will fight against each other. Throughout the dynasties, father and son fought, brothers fought, and ministers fought. In which case was it not life and death? Such a thing

, is it still missing? Your Majesty should not be concerned about this, let alone be angry."

Zhu Di said bitterly: "I treat them well, but they dare to do this. How can I not hate them?"

Empress Xu shook her head and smiled: "Because we can't have hatred. If people have hatred, they will inevitably be blinded by resentment and make irrational judgments."

"And your Majesty is someone who wants to achieve great things. At any time, he must be calmer than the people in the world. At any time, he must make better choices. The Nine-Fifth Lord holds the power of the world, and he has the power of thousands of people.

It attracts everyone's attention, and everyone is in awe, but it is inevitable that there will be ambitious people who will covet this great position. If even Your Majesty is blinded by resentment, how can you achieve great things?"

When Zhu Di heard this, his expression was stunned, and then he laughed dumbly and said: "You are right, I shouldn't be so angry that I shouldn't be irritable and impulsive at any time. Otherwise, it will lead to bad things."

Zhu Di, who was originally in a bad mood, felt relieved after being comforted by Empress Xu.

At that moment, he said leisurely: "It's a shame to go and pass it on. I have something to tell you."

………………

A secret edict was quickly sent to the Jiangxi Chief Envoy.

Liu Guan, the Minister of Rites, has gone crazy here.

Even Chen Daowen, the Jin Yiwei Qianhu who accompanied him on the case, felt that this guy was a bit unreasonable.

This is not investigating an imperial case, this is murder.

All the people involved in the railways ransacked their homes. They took the account books and compared them one by one. They first issued the driver's license and were called. Then they interrogated them all night. The next day, the Jin Yiwei started to search their homes.

As a result, the prison in Nanchang Prefecture was simply not enough, so all the government offices were turned into prisons.

Anyway, most of the officials in Nanchang Prefecture's government office have also been cleared out, just to free up space.

Liu Guan was extremely dissatisfied with Jin Yiwei. He always felt that Jin Yiwei was too polite. Liu Butang was a person who was sworn in with crime. He couldn't stand Jin Yiwei's style of being obedient, interrogating and then ransacking homes.

So he said dissatisfied to Chen Wendao: "It's too slow. If this continues, when will we be able to clean up the evil spirits in this place? Chen Qianhu, you Jinyiwei are too old-fashioned in doing things, so they just searched it out from the hands of the Wu family."

Just take all the books. Why are you so polite? The prison is overcrowded now. If this continues, where will there be room to accommodate so many prisoners? In my humble opinion, it is better to cut the knot with a sharp knife."

Chen Daowen looked at Liu Guan with a complicated expression, but still said: "Jinyiwei has the rules of Jinyiwei."

Liu Guan opened his eyes slightly and said with a look of hatred on his face: "Everyone will punish these rebellious officials and traitors. If you don't show them any strength, they think the imperial court is weak! You don't know how greedy they are.

Where, let alone how arrogant they are, do you know that when they are arrogant, the Minister of Rites may not take them seriously, all they want is money!"

Chen Daowen said: "Mr. Liu, please calm down."

Liu Guan sighed and said: "Today's young people are not as angry as they used to be. I think back then, when Emperor Taizu Gao was here, how could he care about these things."

Chen Daowen was speechless for a moment.

"Mr. Liu."

At this moment, the clerk from the camp came quickly, walking in a hurry.

Liu Guan couldn't help but wonder when he saw it, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The civil servant said: "There is a decree coming from the palace."

Liu Guan was startled at first, and then he felt numb all over. He was most afraid of what the palace wanted!

Why?

He is worried that His Majesty will settle accounts later in life!

The official said again: "This is a secret decree."

Liu Guan hurriedly said: "Please invite the angel in quickly."

"It has been arranged in the study." The literary official said: "It is better to avoid a few people when talking about this matter."

Liu Guan did not dare to neglect, so he walked away quickly and hurried to the study.

Immediately, the eunuch waiting here gave Liu Guan a decree. After the eunuch left, Liu Guan carefully picked up the lamp, took the decree, and read it carefully silently.

Then, Liu Guan frowned and couldn't help but mutter: "When I was in Jiangxi, I didn't get a single penny from them. Instead, they almost took me away. When I got to the palace, I didn't even get a penny from them.

What’s the benefit, but now you’re teaching me to use it as a shield?”

He sighed for a while and was speechless.

…………

Zhang Anshi was punished for one day and was soon resurrected with full health. At this time, Yang Pu came to the East Palace to pay an audience.

Yang Pu obviously came here specifically for Zhang Anshi. Of course, he was also an official of Zhan Shifu and could have come in and out in the name of meeting the prince.

Zhu Zhanji sat high and Zhang Anshi sat on one side. What Yang Pu brought was a book.

The book is full of forms.

What was recorded was the situation in Taiping Mansion.

Yang Pu's expression was solemn. He looked at Zhang Anshi without saying a word.

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, looked down at the various data with a slightly unhappy look on his face.

"The situation is actually worse than imagined."

"The data from various prefectures and counties may have discrepancies and inaccuracies, but the numbers from the railway company are real. The amount of cargo carried every month is clear. But the current situation is shocking.

I am very worried. Not only that, many of the companies that used to have long-term cooperation with the Railway Department are now in recession. I have personally visited a few of them, and I am not optimistic."

Zhang Anshi said: "There's no rush, we can just recover."

"But the official is a little worried." Yang Pu looked at Zhang Anshi, with an obvious look of worry on his face, and said thoughtfully.

Zhang Anshi said: "There are no outsiders here, you just have to say whatever you want."

Yang Pu thought for a while and then said: "The official believes that the current depression in all industries is a general trend. But behind this general trend, it is more like someone is deliberately causing trouble. Now there are many people in Taiping Mansion who are fanning the flames and causing trouble.

It's quite powerful. People are already in chaos now, and if someone does this deliberately, it will make it even worse."

Zhang Anshi looked a little more serious and said, "Who are they?"

"There are mostly scholars, but there are only a few scholars, or it's just the appearance..."

Zhang Anshi smiled coldly, and then said: "They are so anxious to jump over the wall now, but they think that they can't escape anyway, so they will die together."

Yang Pu nodded and said: "Commander here, I'm afraid we have to make plans early."

Zhang Anshi lowered his head slightly and thought for a moment, then said: "Don't worry, I know it in my heart. I don't want to see if they have any weight in playing with Zhang Anshi."

After a pause, Zhang Anshi said again: "I will go to Qixia now."

A few hours later, Zhang Anshi appeared in Qixia, Chen Li, Gao Xiang, Zhu Jinren and others. They were already eager to see what happened. They came to see Zhang Anshi one by one and told them one by one about the situation in Taiping Mansion.

The situation is indeed not optimistic.
To be continued...