Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

"Before I came here to investigate this mine, I took the account books that Your Majesty had brought out and went to the three mines in Huaibei, Huainan, and elsewhere. Without exception, all of them were found to have corruption!"

"The punishment of skinning and stuffing with straw, and exposing the body to the wilderness..."

"I've already looked at it three times!"

Although Zhuo Jing was a scholar, when he said the last two sentences, there was no trace of weakness in his eyes, but rather a hint of ruthlessness.

This place is spacious and sounds can travel far.

Hearing what he said, whether it was the common people who were still surviving the disaster and crying bitterly, or Yang Daqiang who was unwillingly curious, or Li Shunan and his companions who had been captured and tied up by the garrison soldiers brought by Zhuo Jing... they all widened their eyes and looked incredulous.

Zhuo Jing said it very clearly.

The meaning of the words is not difficult to understand.

Yang Daqiang, who hadn't expected this answer, couldn't help but sigh, "Your Majesty!? You're so far away in Yingtian Prefecture, and you just glanced at a few account books and directly pulled out all the problematic ones!?"

What kind of magical power is this! ?

He is currently serving Zhu Yunhuan, and previously served Zhu Yuanzhang, working in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He knows best what the late emperor was worried about: greed!

But greed...

The case involves a wide range of people, and is very complicated. The people below use all kinds of means to hide it for the sake of money... For example, this time, Li Shunan had a chance encounter with the right time and place, so it was difficult to be discovered.

While the Jinyiwei could certainly keep an eye on things within Yingtian Prefecture, the Ming Empire was vast beyond Yingtian Prefecture. How could local affairs be handled so easily?

This was also something that often troubled the late emperor.

But... now that this matter has fallen into the hands of His Majesty, why does it seem like everything is under control?

Yang Daqiang was really puzzled.

Of course, there is someone else who is even more devastated. The main culprit, Li Shunan, is now tied up and can only wait for the so-called "skinning and strawing" to come upon him... He has a thousand horses galloping through his heart, and his face is full of resentment and anger.

Is this even possible?

He originally thought that he had been extremely cautious this time, taking every aspect into consideration without any mistakes. Even his immediate superior, Captain Yang, did not notice anything, and everything went very smoothly.

In the end, the matter was exposed like this?

What about playing?

But he had to face this ridiculous fact.

at the same time.

The miners, already weeping with tears, suddenly became even more frantic. After a moment of silence, they burst into passionate shouts, "It's... It's Your Majesty! If it weren't for Your Majesty! I'm afraid we'd all die here, batch after batch, without anyone seeing us!"

"It was His Majesty who saved us!"

"Your Majesty is wise! Long live His Majesty! Long, long live His Majesty!"

"..."

The people knew nothing. They had no idea what Zhuo Jing was thinking, nor did they know whether it was a deterrent or not... They only knew that the young emperor was their savior!

See this situation.

Zhuo Jing understood that he had said what he wanted to make public. In the future, people all over the world would speak for His Majesty. When this matter got out, those Jinyiwei and local officials who were responsible for the matter... would know how to deal with it.

He glanced at Yang Daqiang who was still stunned.

He took a deep breath and said, "Captain Yang, I promised to handle this impartially, and I will. All under heaven belongs to the king, and you can't escape. Right now, there are better places to use you than in the Yuanzhou government jail."

"These people in front of you are miners who should have been paid by you. You should take care of them, comfort them, and deal with the aftermath... perhaps you can even earn meritorious service by redeeming your sentence."

Zhuo Jing's previous attitude was just to suppress his arrogance and to enable him to do this matter more wholeheartedly.

As for whether Yang Daqiang was really involved in this case, he had an idea in his mind and understood that this matter probably had nothing to do with Yang Daqiang, otherwise the other party would not be so stupid as to try to put on the airs and posture of the Jinyiwei even after he had surrounded the mine with his own troops.

Hearing Zhuo Jing's words.

Yang Daqiang's heart skipped a beat, and his dull eyes suddenly brightened. He said in surprise, "Dai... redeem yourself from your crimes and make meritorious contributions!"

"Don't worry, Master Zhuo! I've been in Yuanzhou Prefecture for a long time, and I'm very adept at this. The current situation at the mine is due to my negligence and dereliction of duty. I will do my best!"

Zhuo Jing's grab and release method was indeed quite effective, and Yang Daqiang immediately became extremely active and serious.

Zhuo Jing nodded.

He carefully put the imperial edict in his hand back into his sleeve, swung his robe, jumped on his horse, and said, "Let's go to the Yuanzhou government office to try the case!"

The words fell.

The horses' hooves were raised, and everyone followed, walking on the snow.

……

Three days later, Yuanzhou Prefecture.

At the gate of the government office.

Many yamen runners and constables filed out and stood in two neat rows, dispersing the bustling and crowded people of Yuanzhou Prefecture and clearing a wide open path.

The imperial envoy then stepped out.

He San, still looking a bit haggard and scarred, stood beside him with his hands behind his back. A cold look filled his eyes as he spoke loudly, "After investigation, it was found that Li Shunan, a small flag of the Jinyiwei, abused his power for personal gain and, together with his clan members, controlled the mines and enslaved the civilian miners..."

"I am hereby obeying the decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming!"

"Li Shunan, Li Shunyi, Li Shunwu, Li Xingzheng, Li Xingzhi... a total of thirteen of the main culprits involved in this incident will be sentenced to death. They will be skinned and stuffed with straw outside Yuanzhou, and their bodies will be left exposed in the wilderness!"

"For the rest of the suspects, the entire family will be executed if the crime is serious, and the property of the suspects will be confiscated and they will be exiled if the crime is minor!"