Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

A thousand bags of grain were delivered to the city gate. Even if Zhu Ming wanted to hide it, he couldn't.

Seeing so much food being delivered, the people who had originally complained about Zhu Ming also calmed down.

Although the food they received was not much, it could at least allow them to survive for a few more days.

Zhu Ming looked at the disaster victims who were receiving food and smiling from ear to ear, and he finally felt relieved.

Next, just wait two days and the food Liu Jin bought will be delivered.

Zhu Ming was watching the people collecting food when an officer trotted up to him and whispered in his ear, "Your Highness, the arsonist has been caught."

"Ok?"

After hearing the report from the officers and soldiers, Zhu Ming's expression changed and he turned around immediately.

"where?"

The arsonist is an important witness who can incriminate Wang Ganju.

After learning that the thieves had been taken to prison, Zhu Ming ignored everything and went straight to the prison in Shanxi Province.

When Zhu Ming rushed to the prison, the arsonists had already been severely beaten and were lying in the prison wailing.

Although these officials were ruthless, they knew that they could not just beat people to death, so they did not torture them further after the killing blow.

"Are you the arsonists?"

Zhu Ming asked in a deep voice, with his hands behind his back, looking at several men in the prison whose buttocks were bruised from being beaten with killing sticks.

"My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare your life."

Although these thieves did not know Zhu Ming, they knew that this child-like man was not simple because he had such extraordinary popularity and could walk into the prison so brazenly.

They crawled in front of Zhu Ming, put their hands on the railing, and pleaded with a painful look on their faces, trying to arouse the child's sympathy.

"Let me ask you, are you the one who set fire to the granary?"

Zhu Ming looked at them coldly and stepped on their hands.

He never had any mercy on such people.

"Sir, we know nothing."

The thief was stepped on by Zhu Ming, which added to the pain, and he couldn't help but wail loudly.

The others watching nearby also shrank back in fear.

This man is not as kind as he looks.

Even though they were tortured, they still refused to admit their crimes.

Arson of a granary is a serious crime punishable by beheading, no matter when it happens.

"Do you know I'm sleeping?"

Seeing that these thieves were still unwilling to plead guilty, Zhu Ming loosened his feet, squatted down, and stared at these thieves who could not stand up.

"I am the grandson of the emperor who came here to provide disaster relief under the order of the emperor. I have seen people with more backbone than you."

Zhu Ming said calmly, grabbed the hand that was stepped on by him, exerted force hard, and broke the finger directly.

"Your Highness, we really don't know anything."

The man grabbed his broken fingers and was in so much pain that he couldn't even make a sound.

The frightened thieves watching from the side quickly spoke up to defend themselves.

"It doesn't matter if you don't speak."

Zhu Ming also didn't want to waste his energy interrogating these people personally. Such professional matters should be left to professionals.

"Chen Ling."

Zhu Ming just shouted, and a figure appeared behind him.

Seeing the flying fish suit appearing behind Zhu Ming, the thief who was trying to argue felt a chill in his heart.

The name of the Jinyiwei was known to them even though they were far away in Hedong.

Their methods are notorious and well-known.

"give it to you."

Zhu Ming didn't care how frightened these people were. He calmly gave an order and turned around and walked out of the prison.

There was someone else he wanted to see.

As a prefect, Wang Ganju was thrown into prison and held in solitary confinement, and was not locked in the same cell with these thieves.

Compared to the arsonists who panicked as soon as they saw Zhu Ming, Wang Ganju sat cross-legged in the straw, closing his eyes and resting with a calm expression.

If it weren't for the bloodstains from torture on his body, Zhu Ming would have thought he was here for vacation.

Realizing someone was walking in front of him, Wang Ganju just slowly opened his eyes.

It was not until he saw clearly that the person coming was Zhu Ming that he showed some changes in emotion, but they were quickly concealed.

"Your Highness came to see me. Could it be that you are tired of playing and want to be executed?"

He looked at Zhu Ming and spoke slowly.

"Of course not. I'm just charging you with taking bribes, which is too easy for you."

Zhu Ming shook his head and answered seriously.

After experiencing this incident, Zhu Ming realized that Shanxi Province was rotten to the core.

Even if these people gave up some silver because of his temporary threats, he did not intend to let them stay here.

Wang Ganju is his important tool to uproot these people.

"Your Highness, what do you mean? I am stupid and don't understand."

Wang Ganju chuckled. Even though he was now behind bars, he remained calm when facing Zhu Ming.

It seemed as if he was sure that Zhu Ming would not kill him.

“I’ve actually been thinking about one thing.”

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Zhu Ming was not angry, but just looked at him with interest: "If you were against me at the beginning because you were afraid that I would take away your power, then cutting off the firewood and burning the granary will not do you any good. Why did you do this?"

Zhu Ming did not hide his doubts and spoke seriously.

"I have no idea about the granary fire."

Hearing Zhu Ming's doubts, Wang Ganju's body stiffened, then quickly returned to normal and started acting crazy.

"You're still so calm even though you're in my hands. Are you sure I won't kill you, or that I can't kill you?"

Zhu Ming ignored Wang Ganju's words and continued talking on his own.

Seeing this, Wang Ganju stopped talking, quieted down, and listened carefully to Zhu Ming's words.

"Except for fools, I can't think of anyone who would do something that is not good for themselves for no reason."

"You can sit in the position of prefect, so you can't be a fool."

Zhu Ming said this, touching his chin, then raised his head and looked directly into Wang Ganju's eyes, as if trying to see through his soul.

"In this world, there is only one kind of person who will do something that is not good for themselves, and that's the knife that's handed to them."

"Only those who obey orders to deal with me meet the above conditions."

After Zhu Ming finished speaking, he fell silent and began to observe Wang Ganju's expression carefully.

It must not be his own intention for him to treat me like this.

"Your Highness, I really don't understand what you said."

Wang Ganju shook his head perfunctorily at Zhu Ming and said with a smile.

"It's okay, I'm just guessing."

Zhu Ming didn't say anything else. He clapped his hands, turned around and started walking towards the prison door.

When he reached the door, he paused: "I forgot to tell Lord Wang."