At the entrance of the Chief Secretary of Kaifeng Prefecture.
All the officials 'expressions changed.
Especially the officials of the Department of Justice, their expressions were even uglier.
At this moment, the smile on Zhang Qian's face gradually faded. He looked at Zhu Rong and asked calmly,"
"Prince Zhou, you are…"
Zhu Rong smiled faintly.
"Oh, I just brought him here to recognize his face.”
"I heard that he is a student of the directorate. In the future, you and he will be officials of the same dynasty.”
"Isn't officialdom all about making friends?”
At this time, an official from the Department of Justice couldn't stand it anymore and thought that Zhu Xiong didn't know Tie Xuan's identity. He also reminded him,"
"Your Highness Prince Zhou, this person is a spy of the Yuan Dynasty and a criminal of the Imperial Court. You cannot be deceived by this person.”
Zhu Xiong was surprised."
"A Yuan spy and a criminal of the Imperial Court? How was this possible? He was a student of the directorate, how could he be a criminal of the court?”
"Sir, you are the judge. Do you have evidence?”
The judge said in a deep voice,"
"Even the arrest warrant has been issued. How can it be fake?”
Zhu Rong was enlightened.
"Oh, I see. Then you must have all the evidence? How about this, this king happens to have nothing to do, so I'll settle this case properly. Bring the case file over for this king to take a look first.”
"As for the evidence, you can also provide it to this king. If he is really a criminal, this king will not tolerate it!”
The judge who spoke looked troubled.
"This…Your Highness, this is against the rules. Investigating and handling cases are all matters of the Criminal Justice Department. Without an imperial edict, I have no right to show it to Your Highness.”
Zhu Xiong narrowed his eyes at this person and said indifferently,"
"Since when did this king need an imperial edict to decide a case on his own fief?”
"This is the law of the imperial court. Why don't you tell this king?”
"This Kaifeng is this king's fief. Since the founding of this dynasty, has the imperial court ever decreed that a vassal king cannot handle political affairs in his own fief?”
The judge's expression changed drastically, and he stammered,"
"This, this is not true, but the previous dynasty…"
"Stop, stop. This king is talking about this dynasty, why are you talking about the previous dynasty with this king?”
Zhu Xiong decisively interrupted the official.
"Since this dynasty doesn't have such a system, that means that this king still has the power, right?”
The judge smiled bitterly and said,
"Yes, Your Highness has the right.”
Zhu Rong snorted,"
"Since you have it, why don't you bring the case file over to this king?”
"This…this…"
This official was in a dilemma and looked at Zhang Qian for help.
Governor Zhang Qian's expression was a little ugly.
He could see that this Zhou Wang wasn't here for a banquet, he was here to cause trouble!
Looking at the pleading eyes of the judge, Zhang Qian had no choice but to speak up.
"Your Highness, this is not the Criminal Justice Department, but the Chief Secretary. If Your Highness wants to hear a case, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until tomorrow to go to the Criminal Justice Department.”
Zhu Rong looked at Zhang Qian and smiled faintly."
"So, are you going to go back tonight and create a temporary case file to add some evidence?”
Zhang Qian's expression changed."
"Why do you say that, Your Highness?"
Zhu Rong didn't want to be coy with these people anymore, so he shouted,"
"Men!"
In the next moment, nearly a thousand soldiers of the supply camp trotted out of the darkness in neat rows.
The appearance of the supply camp made everyone's expression change.
Zhang Qian questioned angrily,"
"What does Your Highness mean? Are you going to fight in front of my Chief Secretary's door?”
Zhu Rong snorted coldly and waved his hand without even looking at Zhang Qian."
"Take them all down!"
"Yes, sir!"
Without a word, the soldiers of the supply camp drew their swords and rushed forward decisively, subduing all the officials in front of them.
This group of actions instantly caused the group of officials to explode.
"Your Highness, what are you doing? We are officials of the imperial court. You have no right to do this. I want to submit a memorial. I want to impeach you!”
"Prince Zhou, you are lawless. Our Ming Dynasty has laws that only the imperial court can deal with officials. As a vassal king, you cannot arrest officials of the Ming Dynasty for no reason.”
"Yes, Zhou Wang, you have no right to treat us like this, even if you are a vassal king!”
"Let go of me, let go of me. Zhou Wang, this official will definitely kill you!”
Among the officials, Zhang Qian was the calmest. He did not resist even when he was caught. He just looked at Zhu Rong coldly and said,"
"Your Highness, do you know the consequences of doing this?”
Zhu Rong sneered,"
"What consequences? This is Kaifeng, this king's fief. If you are officials in Kaifeng, you are this king's subordinates. What are the consequences of this king seizing your subordinates?”
Hearing this, Zhang Qian's face instantly turned ashen.
He knew that Zhu Rong was taking advantage of the court.
Because the imperial court had yet to clarify the specific system of the feudal lords 'fiefs, even if they reported it to the imperial court, it was very likely that they would just argue.
Without a clear system, who could convince the Emperor to punish a prince?
Zhu Rong didn't care what Zhang Qian was thinking. He said to Tie Xuan beside him,"
"Point out the people you know.”
Tie Xuan was extremely excited at this moment. Without a word, he stood up and pointed out.
He identified eight officials in one breath.
Zhu Rong looked at the eight officials. Coincidentally, the judge who said Tie Xuan was a criminal was among them.
Zhu Rong smiled and pointed at the man,"
"Come, come, come. I'll start with you."
After saying that, Zhu Rong looked at Zhang Qian,"
"Yes, I'll lend it to you, Chief Secretary."
Then, he escorted all the officials into the Chief Secretary.
This investigation took an entire night.
Some of these officials were still stubborn and wanted to fight to the death.
Some even wanted to commit suicide.
But who was Zhu Rong? How could he be so prepared?
Want to die? Don't be anxious. It's not too late to die after you've explained everything.
The methods Zhu Xiong used against these officials were absolutely daunting.
Some of the officials even had a mental breakdown.
However, the harvest was exceptionally good.
Just as Zhu Rong had said, officialdom was like this. Pulling out a carrot, there was still mud.
Originally, only eight officials had been identified by Tie Xuan, but in just one night, dozens of officials had been implicated.
Including Kaifeng's governor Zhang Qian.
And this was among the officials present.
There were also a lot of people who were not present.
Most of the Dukes, Marquises, and Earls in Kaifeng Prefecture were involved.
When all the testimonies were summarized, a shocking network of interests was exposed.
The number of officials involved and the number of people involved were shocking and shocking.
The crimes committed by these people were far more than what Tie Xuan had said.
The most terrifying thing was that these people were actually devouring the Kaifeng army. They were using the grain of the Kaifeng army to pass off as ordinary grain, transporting it to Beihe, Datong, Gansu, and other places through the imperial court's water transport to exchange for salt, and then exchanging the salt for salt for profit.
He used the imperial court's grain to go through the imperial court's water transport, and then exchanged it for the imperial court's salt to profit for himself.
This no-cost business was really good!
His Zhu family's territory had become these people's ATMs.
When Zhu Xi and Zhu Di walked out of the Chief Secretary's office, they felt numb all over.
The two of them had learned too many shocking things that night.
Zhu Xiong finally calmed down and looked at his fourth brother, Zhu Di."
"Fourth Brother, do you think these people should be killed?”
At this moment, Zhu Di's expression was extremely ugly.
"Kill! They all deserved to be killed! These people didn't die! The heavens cannot tolerate this!"
Zhu Rong nodded.
"Men!"
The soldiers of the supply camp heard the sound and quickly gathered in front of Zhu Rong.
Zhu Rong took out a list and handed it to the centurions, saying in a deep voice,"
"According to this list, copy them one by one!”
"Anyone who dares to stop us, don't be polite and kill them without mercy!”
"Yes, sir!"
A bloody storm began from Kaifeng!
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