Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Hongxuan led the guards.

Traveling from south to north.

The weather in the south is slowly warming up in March, but the weather in the north is still at the end of the cold season.

Hongxuan has ordered his personal guards to wear thick clothes.

The women and children who were riding in the carriage heading to the north also wore thick clothes.

During this journey, Hongxuan not only did not spend much money, but he had accumulated a considerable amount of gold and silver wealth.

Of course, most of this money came from bandits.

Along the way, Hongxuan eliminated all the bandits that passed by.

The troops marched all the way to Yuzhou.

Yuzhou is connected to the northern border area. After passing through Yuzhou, you will reach the end of this long journey.

Although the North is a bitter and cold place,

But in comparison, if compared with the prosperous Kyoto, it is indeed a bitter and cold place.

If we compare it with other cities in Dafeng Kingdom where people are living in poverty, then the northern border will not seem too hard.

Hongxuan ordered the troops to station in Yuzhou City.

He ordered a team of one hundred people to enter the city of Yuzhou to purchase supplies.

Under the city wall of Yuzhou, Yuzhou Governor Song and a group of officials have lined up to welcome them.

They got the notice and came to greet us early in the morning.

The King of Zhenbei has led his personal guards to the territory of Yuzhou.

"Welcome King Zhenbei!"

Song Yushan, the governor of Yuzhou, saluted Hongxuan respectfully.

"Envoy Song, there is no need to be polite. I have come here to buy some supplies. After the purchase, I will continue to head to the northern border."

When Governor Song heard what Zhenbei King Hongxuan said, he responded with a smile on his face.

"King Zhenbei has been exhausted from the long journey, and I have prepared a sumptuous banquet."

"No need! My soldiers are outside in the cold wind. As the commander of the army, I should be with the soldiers."

Hong suddenly said to Governor Song with a cold face.

"I have seen too many displaced people along the way."

"Almost all the people say that you, Governor Song, as the father and mother of a state, have done nothing but enjoy yourself. What's even more hateful is that the food allocated by the Dafeng court to help the disaster victims was embezzled by you and a group of officials. Did Governor Song do this?"

Song Buzheng heard what the King of Zhenbei said. His face turned pale and he said in a slightly panicked voice:

"Which unruly person dares to frame me? He deserves to be killed! King Zhenbei, the words of these unruly people and refugees must not be trusted!"

Governor Song did not expect that a sumptuous banquet and singing girls had been prepared to welcome the King of Zhenbei.

Not only did the Prince of Zhenbei not appreciate it, he also accused him in front of the eunuchs of embezzling the disaster relief grain allocated by the court.

"I can see with my own eyes whether you have been falsely accused or not!" Hong Xuan said coldly.

Song Yushan said in a bad tone:

"Your Majesty, you don't know that I have been diligent in governing Yuzhou. Your Majesty has only come to the city and has not yet entered the city. Why do you say that I have failed in my duty in governing Yuzhou and caused the people to be displaced? It is completely false that I am incorruptible."

"I have official business to attend to. Since the King of Zhenbei does not need me to accompany him, I will take my leave."

Song Buzheng wanted to leave a long time ago.

Hong Xuan sneered: "You mean the people in this city are the people you should take care of? And the people outside the city are not the people you should take care of?"

Governor Song looked grim. It was the first time in all his years as governor that he lost face in public.

"Well, then! Since you said that the people in the city are under your jurisdiction, then when it comes time to collect taxes from the people outside the city, will you, as the governor, collect taxes from them?"

Song, the governor, narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty! Isn't it natural for the people to pay taxes?"

"Haha! You, Governor Song, just said that the people outside the city are not your responsibility, but now you say that it is natural for the people to pay taxes. This is really ridiculous!"

Hongxuan sneered.

"Somebody come!"

His vanguard stepped forward to take orders.

"I'm here!" The guard knelt on one knee and shook his fist, responding respectfully.

"Catch all these corrupt officials who don't do their job."

The officials were shocked. They didn't expect that they had welcomed the King of Zhenbei with good intentions, but they didn't expect that the King of Zhenbei would directly arrest them all.

Song, the governor of the state, was furious: "Prince of Zhenbei! Although you are a prince, the governance of a state is not your responsibility. I am an official appointed by the court, you cannot do whatever you want!"

"Song Yushan! It seems that you are not convinced. I will arrest you. Good! I will make you convinced."

"Somebody come!"

A guard took out a large stack of complaints from the people collected along the way.

Hongxuan took these petitions.

He slapped Song Yushan on the face and said:

"Look at what these are. These are the lands of the people of Yuzhou under your rule. It says on them that you have occupied these years."

"There are also exorbitant taxes. These taxes have not even been promulgated by the imperial court, but you, a provincial governor, have collected these taxes without authorization. What crime do you think you should be punished for?"

"And you really didn't stop the boy from trafficking women and children! These evidences are simply full of crimes!"

"He! They framed me! These unruly people deserve to die!"

"Haha! Framed you? Didn't you just tell me that? You only care about the people in the city, but you don't care about the lives of the people outside the city. You just told me that yourself. Do you want to deny it?"

"People outside don't even have enough to eat, but you in the city live a comfortable and luxurious life! Is this your unreal achievement?"

"The left and right guards will take Song Yushan and these officials into custody and wait for their fate!"

Hongxuan can ignore other places, but Yuzhou and the northern border are very close to each other. If he doesn't care about them, it will affect his development of the northern border.

Hongxuan's personal guards arrested all these officials.

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei saw everything with his own eyes along the way, so of course he would not kill officials for no reason.

He said to his subordinate Zhao Bencai:

"Go do something!"

"Zhao Bencai, spread the news of the arrest of Governor Song so that all the people will know about it!"

"If there are people who plead for him, it means he is a good official! Not many, as long as ten people say he is a good official, I will release him!"

Zhao Bencai received instructions from Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan and immediately supervised the matter.

The King of Zhenbei wrote the calligraphy himself and gave it to Zhao Bencai to copy.

The entire Yuzhou City was kicked in all directions, and the city was covered with

The inscription reads:

I am the King of the North! I came from Kyoto, and went to the northern border. When I arrived at Yuzhou, I saw that many people were displaced, hungry, and suffering. I now questioned Song Yushan, the governor of Yuzhou.

If the governor Song Yushan is a good official who has not taken bribes or committed corruption,

All it takes is for ten people to come forward and identify Song Yushan, and if he is a good official, I will let him go and will not pursue any responsibility.

If not, I, on behalf of my father, will arrest this beastly, corrupt Song Yushan and send him back to Kyoto to be punished, and all his followers and officials will be severely punished.