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

Moreover, the ones who did this were the Jinyiwei, the personal army of the emperor, and they used the money from His Majesty's private treasury. No matter how outrageous the Jinyiwei were, only a minority of them would dare to target His Majesty.

But this part of the mess...

All of them were encountered by Zhuo Jing?

So the conclusion they both came up with was: What the hell is this Zhuo Jing? Looking for needles in a haystack among so many mines, and he only managed to find four!

Both of them remembered their private complaints about this matter:

"You can, but you don't have to"?

"A blind cat catches a dead mouse"?

Uh... sorry, I'll backtrack for a moment.

Of course, they can see the weirdness at a glance based on their knowledge and information sources, but ordinary people don't see it that way.

"I checked four mines and found all four were corrupt. Could it be that all the mines have problems?"

"Investigate thoroughly! We must investigate thoroughly!"

"That's right! We all know that the money spent on this anthracite mining project was taken from the current emperor's own private treasury! These evil people! How dare they do this!?"

"that is!"

"..."

The people in the outer hall could not help but feel indignant.

Many people even became so angry that their faces turned red.

Many of them may have cursed the "tyrant" in the past, but now, they are also the beneficiaries. Some of them have warm charcoal fires, and some of them have meat to eat during the New Year... There is a hint of guilt in the reversal.

At this moment, the gavel on the podium clattered once more. "Mr. Zhang, the editor of the Media Department in charge of the interview, shares your doubts! Since we're speaking face-to-face with Mr. Zhuo this time, I naturally asked him about my doubts."

This reminder reminded everyone of this.

They immediately withdrew their gazes and returned to the podium: "Yes! How did Lord Zhuo talk about this?"

Even Zhan Hui and Fu Youwen were hiding in the crowd, staring intently at the platform, completely blending in with the people, almost forgetting their status as high-ranking officials of the court - the people have their own questions, and didn't they have a lot of questions as well?

The old man reading the newspaper continued, "Master Zhuo replied: That's not the case! It's absolutely not the case that all mines are plagued by corruption and abuse of power. Even the recent scandals at the Huainan, Huaibei, Jiangxia, and Quanzhou mines only occurred in some, or even just one or two, of those mines."

"For example, at the mines in Quanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, after investigation, we found that all other mines were following Your Majesty's regulations, arranging meals and paying wages, etc.... Only one mine, located in a remote area, had a heinous incident."

"This matter is too egregious, so let's put it aside for now and bring it up later."

"Your Majesty is blessed by Heaven, and his mighty majesty intimidates the scoundrels. How could there be so many fearless thieves?"

Hear this.

Everyone nodded and thought it made sense. Everywhere was greedy... This didn't seem so reasonable.

But they became confused the next moment.

Or.

Returning to the question of Zhan Hui and Fu Youwen:

This time, the Imperial Envoy wasn't away for long, which should have been enough time to investigate the mine. However, since this kind of corruption and abuse of power isn't widespread...

"How did this imperial envoy, who patrols the country on behalf of the emperor, catch the enemy so accurately?"

"I remember that the old emperor had put a lot of effort into these corruption cases, and had sent out various governors and imperial envoys... but they often came to no avail."

"Often, it's only when something is exposed that the court realizes something is amiss and launches a thorough investigation."

"This Master Zhuo's abilities...are quite great."

"..."

Zhu Yuanzhang hated corruption and corrupt officials. This was something known to everyone in the world, and it was also the reason why people all over the world were willing to speak well of him: it was true that the old emperor had a bad temper and was bloodthirsty, but he killed for the people of the world!

Hearing everyone discussing these issues, Zhan Hui and Fu Youwen subconsciously looked at each other, and their fear became even greater.

For nothing else.

But the content revealed in a Q&A in the newspaper was even more mysterious: there was nothing wrong with the entire mine's accounts, and the real problem lay with some of the mines within it, or even just one of them!? Such situations are often more difficult to investigate!

Their intuition told them.

There must be some link involved.

Even... perhaps... this so-called link is somehow related to the young emperor in the Qianqing Palace.

After all, it was he who asked Zhuo Jing to patrol the mines, and he had done many surprising and unbelievable things before! Although this matter seemed incredible no matter how hard it tried, that person... had always been a person who could not be measured by common sense.

The two of them narrowed their eyes with hesitation. Although they didn't say anything to each other, they could guess what the other was thinking from each other's expressions.

After pondering for a moment, the two turned their heads and looked at the platform. Whether it was a link or not would depend on what was said in the newspaper!

I only heard the old man reading the newspaper on the platform pick up the newspaper again.

Then he slowly read: "Master Zhuo also gave an answer to this."

"Lord Zhuo smiled with shame and said, 'Lord Zhang, you are embarrassing me. Where did I get such great ability? If I had it, I would have recommended myself to the old emperor and been sent to inspect the accounts! In fact, the cause of this matter is not my fault. The mystery lies entirely with Your Majesty!'"