At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a silk dress and was holding the tax announcement torn off the sign.

There were two people standing next to him, both of whom were young, in their twenties and thirties, but they didn't look like martial arts practitioners, but they looked gentle and kind.

Another man followed him, and he was obviously a martial arts practitioner.

Zhu Qi opened his mouth blankly, and he couldn't even speak. Logically, wasn't Zhu Yuanzhang in Yingtian Prefecture at this time? How could he appear in Dingyuan County, and just like him, come over to check the tax collection announcement?

Xu Miaoyun knew Zhu Yuanzhang, and was shocked at this time. He was standing beside Zhu Qi with a good look on his face, but this time he hurriedly retreated to the back. However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not seem to recognize Xu Miaoyun, probably because he had never seen him before.

Before Zhu Qi could react, Zhu Yuanzhang put away the official document, waved to Zhu Qi, and said:

"It's not convenient here, come and talk."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he walked towards the other side of the street with his hands behind his back. The two gentle men hurriedly followed. However, the official officer not far away saw Zhu Yuanzhang tearing the announcement and hurriedly walked over with a loud shout:

"Where did the unruly people come from? How dare you tear them..."

But before the official said the words, Zhu Qi saw the man behind Zhu Yuanzhang rushed forward with a quick glance, and slapped him in the face. The official was beaten to the billboard and fainted.

At this time, three more officials rushed out of the gate of the government, and the man went straight to meet him.

Zhu Qi did not look at it anymore, and followed Zhu Yuanzhang's pace with nervousness...

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Zhu Qi thought about it for a while on the road. Zhu Yuanzhang must have known that someone had reported Zhu Huan, so he came to Dingyuan County. He thought that the prince Zhu Biao had made a good arrangement, but it seemed that he could not hide it from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to a sedan chair parked in an alley. An internal official was waiting to lift the curtain on the side. Zhu Yuanzhang shook his clothes and walked up, indicating to Zhu Qi.

Zhu Qi hurriedly followed, and the inner officer lowered the curtain, and the only thing he thought about was Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Qi in the carriage.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked:

"After saying that, did the boss ask you to investigate Zhu Huan?"

Zhu Qi had already thought of a remark on the road, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang already knew it. Of course, he couldn't betray his elder brother Zhu Biao at this time. He had to rely on his elder brother to make a living in the future. If the elder brother knew about this, how could he make a living in the future?

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who was expressionless in front of him, Zhu Qi bit his steel teeth into pieces, took out almost all his brotherly loyalty in his life, and said:

"Yes, my brother asked me to come. I didn't expect you, Dad, are here too."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:

"This Zhu Huan is my nephew and your cousin. I also know that the boss wants to investigate clearly before talking about it, but since I know this, how can I sit in Yingtian Mansion and wait for peace of mind."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the announcement in his hand, his tone gradually became tougher, and he said:

"I didn't believe it at first, but now I have seen it with my own eyes. It seems that Zhu Huan is really doing evil in Dingyuan County."

Just collecting taxes is a serious crime. During the Hongwu period, officials embezzled more than 60 taels of money and were sentenced to death.

The original thirty tax was changed to thirty tax three. Zhu Huan had been a county magistrate in Dingyuan for many years, and the amount of corruption was probably more than 60 taels.

In fact, Zhu Qi was also a little confused. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, if someone dared to embezzle like this, he would have been killed by Zhu Yuanzhang long ago. Zhu Yuanzhang has not made any noise yet. Could it be that he really had the intention to let Zhu Huan go all out, right?

Zhu Qi had just thought about this when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's order:

"Let's go to Zhu's Mansion."

The carriage quickly marched forward, while Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the carriage, sighed and talked about the past. When he was a child, he couldn't eat enough and his whole family was starved to death. When he was about to starve, his cousin Zhu Liujiu gave him a bite of food. Later, he went to Huangjue Temple to become a monk.

Zhu Liujiu saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life and was the elder brother of the same clan. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he was naturally rich and prominent. He was granted a marquis and inherited the past. Even Zhu Liujiu's son was also named a magistrate of Dingyuan County.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he was so noble, and Zhu Huan should be satisfied, but he did not expect that he would receive the corruption and abuse of the law two days ago, so Zhu Yuanzhang came to Dingyuan County in person.

The report was Zheng Shiyuan, which was one of the two people outside the carriage.

Zhu Qi did not expect that Zheng Shiyuan was so stubborn. After reporting to the prince, he saw that the prince was not moving, so he came to report it to the emperor without asking a few questions. You should know that Zhu Biao and the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat first looked at the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and after making annotations and suggestions, he would send it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zheng Shiyuan skipped the Secretariat and the Crown Prince directly, and he did not take the Crown Prince and the Secretariat seriously. Moreover, he clearly felt that the Crown Prince would protect Zhu Huan, so he did this.

What a good guy, after all this, he offended many people, and he was a bit like Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty. As expected, all famous officials are so unique?

The carriage soon arrived at Zhu Mansion in Dingyuan County, which is where Zhu Liujiu lives.

There were two large stone lions at the door, and a gatehouse stood outside the red copper gate. An internal official went up to hand over the famous letter. Not long after the gatehouse left, he saw someone running over hurriedly. Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Qi out of the carriage at this time.

The person who came was a gray-haired man who looked much older than Zhu Yuanzhang, but his legs were still very neat. After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, he bowed his body and knelt down quickly and said:

"I don't know that the emperor has arrived and has not welcomed him. I deserve to die!"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could kneel down, he hurriedly held him up with both hands and said:

"My old brother, how many times have you said that you don't have to kneel when you see me. Come on, let's talk inside. I haven't eaten all the way. Brother, prepare it for me."

Zhu Liujiu also had a smile on his face, and pulled Zhu Yuanzhang very kindly and said:

"The emperor hasn't eaten yet? Come quickly, I'm about to eat."

Zhu Qi had an impression of Zhu Liujiu. Although his memory was already very shallow, he still knew him after seeing him and hurried forward to salute:

"My nephew Zhu Qi has met the emperor's uncle."

Zhu Liujiu was also smiling, looking like a kind-hearted old man, and said to Zhu Qi:

"I saw a child last time, I'm still a child, so I've grown up like this! Why are you polite to me with uncle? Come on, come on, come on."

As he spoke, he saw Zhu Liujiu and Zhu Yuanzhang to the inner courtyard. There was a large table in the hall, which was filled with delicacies of mountains and seas, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and walking on the ground. There was everything.

If other officials dared to eat like this in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, they would probably be investigated that day, but Zhu Yuanzhang was even more happy when he saw Zhu Liujiu was eating well.

Everyone always thinks that Zhu Yuanzhang is an emperor who kills meritorious officials and slaughters all officials, but most of the people Zhu Yuanzhang targeted corrupt officials and massacres. He also did it after Zhu Biao's accidental death. Of course, this action directly made Zhu Di pick peaches, which is a story in history.

But Zhu Yuanzhang himself actually took great care of those who were kind to him. For example, Liu Jizu, a village in Fengyang County, once buried Zhu Yuanzhang with a piece of land. Later, he was enfeoffed and inherited until the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Even Liu De, a landlord who once stood by and watched his own difficulties, not only did not blame Liu De for Liu De, but also gave Liu De thirty acres of fertile land because he was a relative of Liu Jizu. It is conceivable that Zhu Yuanzhang was not the cruel person who killed and killed in history.

Zhu Qi didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang had, so he followed silently. Zhu Yuanzhang had a meal with Zhu Liujiu and talked about family matters, but he didn't say anything else on the meal.

At this moment, a servant came outside to report that the young master was back.

This young master is naturally Zhu Huan, the magistrate of Dingyuan County!

But at this time, it was still the time for the government to work.

Zhu Liujiu, the father-in-law, didn't look particularly worried, but just said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Your Majesty, Huan'er is back. You haven't seen each other for a long time, right? Since he became a magistrate, he has been thinking about doing things for the people every day, and he dare not slackew at all..."

Zhu Liujiu was praising him there, and at this time he saw a man in official uniform walking over and saying as he walked:

"Dad, somehow a few foreigners came to the government to cause trouble today, which delayed some time..."

When Zhu Huan was talking, he walked to the door and saw Zhu Yuanzhang sitting in the hall. He heard Zhu Yuanzhang say casually:

"I am the one who makes trouble."

Zhu Liujiu didn't understand why, but Zhu Huan's face turned pale, his knees became weak, and he knelt down on the spot.

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Chapter completed!