Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

"It's really hot today."

On the outskirts of Luoyang, in a private house in a market town, Wei Zhongxian wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with a sweat towel, frowning slightly and said: "The sun in Luoyang is much worse than that in the capital. We have only been here for a few days, and our family has begun to miss it. It’s the capital.”

I miss the capital, and you never say anything about going to the city as soon as possible.

Li Yongzhen, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but complain when he heard Wei Zhongxian's emotion. Li Yongzhen couldn't quite understand why he had to go out of his way to hide his identity and stay in the suburbs of Luoyang when he had obviously arrived in Luoyang a few days ago. , and even sent a group of factory workers to various places in Henan?

"Has any news come back from the batch of factory dispatchers sent earlier?"

Wei Zhongxian threw the sweat towel into the basin, picked up the tea cup next to him, glanced at Li Yongzhen and said.

"Returning to the factory, Mr., there are several reports coming back."

Li Yongzhen stood up hurriedly, and when he reported the situation to Wei Zhongxian, he naturally walked towards the basin, "The lineage of King Zhao from Zhangde Mansion, the lineage of King Zheng from Huaiqing Mansion, and the lineage of King Lu from Weihui Mansion." , the lineage of the King of Zhou in Kaifeng Mansion has been able to find out all the behaviors of the vassal."

With that said, he respectfully handed the washed sweat towel to Wei Zhongxian.

"Is there any behavior of occupying fertile land, being domineering, plundering people's wealth, and bullying the market?" Wei Zhongxian raised his eyebrows slightly, took the sweat towel in front of him, and said calmly.

"Have."

Li Yongzhen replied truthfully: "In recent years, there have been frequent disasters in Henan, either floods in the Yellow River or serious droughts. This has also caused a large number of people to be unable to bear the disasters, so they have to borrow usury and sell their land at a low price. But like In this situation, not only the sects and vassals from various places are involved, but also officials, gentry and merchants from all over the country..."

"Our family had to hide their identity a few days ago and didn't rush into Luoyang City. I wonder if the people below are confused?" Wei Zhongxian wiped his sweat and interrupted Li Yongzhen.

"No...no."

Li Yongzhen hurriedly replied: "When the factory manager makes such a decision, it must be the factory owner's plan. How dare the people below have other ideas."

"Actually, our family also wants to enter Luoyang City early and invite Prince Fu and his family back to the capital." Wei Zhongxian said, "But this is the emperor's wish. Before leaving the capital, Liu Ruoyu came to our family and said that the emperor had The decree is that when our family comes to Henan, we can also investigate the situation of the vassals in Henan."

What happened.

Now Li Yongzhen understood. No wonder when he entered Henan, his own factory owner asked the factory workers in Dongjishi Factory to separate and sent out a large number of factory workers. It turned out to be the emperor's order.

While Li Yongzhen was thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian narrowed his eyes and said: "In this case, there are still the Tang Wang lineage in Nanyang Prefecture and the Chong Wang lineage in Runing Prefecture. What they did in the vassal area has not yet been spread. Message back.”

"Yes."

Li Yongzhen came back to his senses and hurriedly lowered his head and responded: "However, the information that was previously explored is mostly from the above-mentioned princes, such as the princes of the counties, generals of Zhenguo, generals of auxiliary countries, generals of Fengguo, etc. I want to find out. I’m afraid it will take some time to find out the detailed situation, after all, they are scattered everywhere, and the investigation is not as clear-cut as the princes in various places.”

The vassal vassals in Henan are undoubtedly the largest in scale. In addition to the princes, their clans will be divided into descendants according to the system, so there are a large number of county princes, generals who govern the country, and generals who support the country. , General Fengguo, etc. This also resulted in a lot of land under Henan's rule. After a long period of precipitation, most of it was concentrated in the name of these privileged groups.

In addition to the vassal clan, the gentry, merchants and other groups under the rule of Henan are also not idle. This also leads to the fact that the group of self-cultivators under the rule of Henan is the smallest!

Zhu Youxiao sent Wei Zhongxian to Luoyang. The main purpose was to bring King Fu's family back to the capital and to investigate the situation in Henan. This was because Zhu Youxiao knew that Henan had suffered serious disasters in recent years, and he wanted to understand the real situation in Henan. If you want to reverse the fate of the Ming Dynasty and cannot truly understand the actual local situation, you are undoubtedly talking nonsense!

"Can't wait any longer."

Wei Zhongxian, who heard this, frowned slightly and said: "Choose a few reliable people to keep an eye on this matter. We will reveal our identities and go to the city tomorrow. Our right eyelids have been twitching these past two days. We always feel that something is wrong." occur."

"The factory owner means the capital?"

Li Yongzhen thought of something, looked at Wei Zhongxian and said.

"Our family is not sure either."

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said: "We left Beijing and came to Luoyang this time to invite Prince Fu and his family back to the capital. Our family is a little worried that Prince Fu does not want to come to Beijing."

"That's unlikely."

Li Yongzhen said with some surprise: "The Emperor issued a special edict to summon Prince Fu to the capital. How could Prince Fu..."

Wei Zhongxian interrupted: "If you stay well in Prince Fu's Mansion in Luoyang, no one will want to return to the capital, let alone being ordered by the emperor to return to the capital?"

Now Li Yongzhen knew what Wei Zhongxian meant.

Prince Fu Zhu Changxun was deeply favored by Emperor Shenzongxian. He was born to his beloved concubine Zheng Guifei. He was named Prince Fu at the age of fifteen. The vassal territory was specially chosen in the prosperous Luoyang. In order to build Prince Fu's residence, Emperor Shenzongxian allocated funds from within. A large amount of gold and silver was obtained, and the key was to give Prince Fu excellent treatment.

Who would have imagined that Prince Fu's residence in Luoyang City was modeled after the imperial palace in Beijing.

Located in Luoyang City, Prince Fu's residence is larger than ordinary people's imagination. It is divided into an inner palace and an outer palace.

The outer palace is built with the Yimen, the Holy Archway, the Zhongzheng Hall, the Emperor's En Hall and nearly a hundred wing rooms. In front of the back door of the outer palace, there is a wall that is more than one foot high and three feet wide, facing south, with two dragons playing with pearls. Facing north, he wrote "The Emperor's grace is mighty".

They even specially built four gate towers, Zhenghua Gate in the south, Xihua Gate in the west, Donghua Gate in the east, and Wangjing Gate in the north. This high standard caused a lot of controversy, and it was even called the Little Forbidden City in private. !

In the inner palace, there are three gates and a pair of stone lions on the outside. In front of the gate is a large screen wall with the words "Long Live the Emperor" facing north and two dragons playing with pearls facing south.

In the inner palace, there are private houses on the left and right, a living room and a study room in the middle, Wenchang Building is built at the back, and the martial arts training ground and Tutu Temple are in the east. To the west is the garden. An artificial lake is built in the garden, and the spring water from the Lotus Temple is introduced into the lake. Pavilions, terraces, pavilions, rockeries and strange rocks are built on the lake bank.

Even after the luxurious Prince Fu's residence was built, Emperor Shenzong Xian not only gave him a large number of rare treasures, gold and silver, but also specially selected a large number of eunuchs and maidens in order to make Prince Fu live comfortably in his vassal. This formed a very sharp contrast with the neglected Emperor Taichang.

"Mr. Factory, what if...we are talking about what if." Li Yongzhen pondered for a moment, then looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "What if Prince Fu refuses to return to the capital?"

"That's not up to him."

Wei Zhongxian raised his lips slightly and said: "If Prince Fu doesn't come to Beijing, we won't be able to return to Beijing, let alone return to the palace to serve the emperor. Prince Fu had better be sensible, otherwise, don't blame our family for being cruel!!"

When he thought of the expression on his emperor's face when he was talking about this matter, Wei Zhongxian understood that if he really failed in this errand, he would never be able to return to the capital again in his life.

For Wei Zhongxian, he had sacrificed so much to have his current status and power. It would definitely be impossible for him to give up like this.

Therefore, King Fu in Luoyang has to go to Beijing whether he is going to Beijing or not. This is non-negotiable. As for the situation that King Fu and his family will face when they enter the capital, it has nothing to do with Wei Zhongxian. …