Chapter 153: Blatant Old Zhu
Chapter 153: Blatant Old Zhu
"what!"

Amidst the exclamations, Yao Guang didn't even notice that the chicken leg in his hand had been moved to the table.

"Sir, you said you were going to be transferred to our Beishan Royal Manor?"

"It's really God's will that we have an official like you. The people of Beishanhuangzhuang will have a good life now!" Seven or eight farmers looked at the big fat chickens in their hands, all of them overjoyed.

However, Yao Guang was an official of the Ministry of Revenue and knew that transfers between government offices were not that simple.

"Sir, have you been transferred to the Ministry of Revenue?" As he said this, he glanced at the Jinyiwei official uniform on Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan understood what Yao Guang meant and shook his head.

When Ye Xuan shook his head, everyone's faces suddenly turned gloomy.

However, the next second, Ye Xuan smiled again and said, "Although His Majesty did not transfer me to the Ministry of Revenue, he personally ordered me to be fully responsible for the management of Beishan Royal Farm."

Hearing this, everyone became happy again.

"Wow, this is actually an edict from the emperor himself!"

"Master Ye is indeed extraordinary!"

"Need I say this? When I first saw Lord Ye, I felt that he must be a god descended to earth!"

"Okay, stop flattering me." Ye Xuan raised his hand with a smile, then told Zhu Yuanzhang about how he dealt with Li Guodong.

Although everyone had been exploited by Li Guodong for a long time, they had already hated Li Guodong to the core.

But when he heard that Li Guodong was not only going to be skinned and tortured, but his family was also going to rush into the Jiaofangsi, he was suddenly frightened.

What kind of place is the Jiaofangsi? No one in the Ming Dynasty is less famous than Lei Famous.

The men will be called little turtles and the women will be called little chickens, and they will be included in the music register from generation to generation, and will be kept there until they die as long as they are alive.

But in the end, Li Guodong deserved it. Everyone just sighed for a while and then became happy again.

"Then sir, will you go back to Beishan Royal Manor with us later?" Yao Guang asked before leaving.

Ye Xuan shook his head and said, "When I'm not at Beishan, all the affairs of the farm will be handed over to you. If there is anything you can't decide, send someone to send me a letter."

"Finally, it's about the potatoes. We must take good care of them and make sure nothing unexpected happens!"

Yao Guang nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will never let anything happen to Tu Dou even if I die!"

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The next day, in the court hall.

"Your Majesty is innocent!" In the court, a red-robed official was kneeling trembling in fear on the throne.

"Although Li Guodong is the head of my Ministry of Revenue, Beishan Royal Manor was awarded to the Prince of Yan three years ago. It was only because His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan had not come to receive it that I did not withdraw Li Guodong out of good intentions, thinking of facilitating it. Who would have thought that this thief Li Guodong would be so bold!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Zhou Bin, you want to get away with it with the excuse that the reward has already been given to Prince Yan?" Minister of Revenue Zhou Bin put his head firmly on the ground, not daring to refute at all, but just kept shouting that he was wronged.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was still furious and snorted, "If it weren't for Ye Xuan, the captain of the Jinyiwei, who exposed this matter, I would still be kept in the dark by this Li Guodong!"

Ye Xuan, it’s this Ye Xuan again!
When Zhu Yuanzhang said Ye Xuan's name, all the civil and military officials in the court exclaimed in their hearts at the same time.

Recently, it seems that His Majesty often hears about seeing Ye Xuan. Could it be that His Majesty can't wait to push this illegitimate son into the court?

Some people couldn't help but start speculating about Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions. Although a small head of the Ministry of Revenue was corrupt, there seemed to be no need to point it out specifically at the super meeting, right?

However, before everyone could come up with a conclusion, they heard Zhu Yuanzhang continue to say: "Zhou Bin, although Li Guodong's corruption case was wrong, it is indeed not entirely put on the head of your Ministry of Revenue. Prince of Yan Zhu Di also has an unshirkable responsibility!"

In fact, Zhou Bin had wanted to say this a long time ago, but the Prince of Yan was Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son after all, so after thinking it over, Zhou Bin still didn't dare to say it.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang said it himself, at least Zhou Bin's head was saved.

"This rebellious son, I gave him Beishan Royal Manor with good intentions, but he actually despised it and didn't even send anyone to take over. This is why Li Guodong can do whatever he wants in Beishan Royal Manor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded angrily, and then said coldly: "Since this rebellious son doesn't care about Beishan Royal Manor, then I will take back the Royal Manor and let Ye Xuan manage it from now on!"

All the officials were even more shocked when they heard this!

Although Prince of Yan Zhu Di made mistakes, strictly speaking they were not serious ones.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be making a fuss out of nothing and actually took back the farmland that he had awarded. This was the first time in Daming.

However, the most important thing is not this. Zhu Yuanzhang just said that he would give Ye Xuan full management of Beishan Imperial Farm?
What does this mean? Ye Xuan is only a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Even if the Sad Imperial Manor is taken back, it will not be the turn of an Embroidered Uniform Guard to be in charge of its management!
Even if the Ministry of Revenue is no longer trusted, it should be handed over to the eunuchs in the inner court for supervision!
How can this be handed over to a Jinyiwei?

Some officials who originally had reservations about Ye Xuan's identity had to seriously consider the possibility that Ye Xuan was Zhu Yuanzhang's illegitimate son.

On the surface, this incident was caused by the corruption of Li Guodong, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, which made Zhu Yuanzhang furious and even took back the land and estates originally awarded to the Prince of Yan.

And because of his disappointment with the Ministry of Households, he did not return the management rights to it.

Everything was reasonable up to this point, but something was wrong when it came to Ye Xuan.

First of all, it was such a coincidence that Li Guodong's corruption case was exposed by Ye Xuan. Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang unreasonably gave the management rights of the imperial farm to Ye Xuan.

As a member of the Imperial Guard, Ye Xuan had the duty to supervise all officials, but the Imperial Guard generally did not leave Yingtian Prefecture. How did Ye Xuan happen to find the Beishan Imperial Manor thirty miles away?

Secondly, Ye Xuan was the whistleblower and he was only a Jinyiwei. No matter from which angle you looked at it, it was extremely unreasonable to hand over Beishan Royal Farm to Ye Xuan.

Of course, they had no idea that Lao Zhu did this just to make it easier for Ye Xuan to grow potatoes.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is not a modern person, he can see the importance of potatoes from the amazing yield per mu of potatoes, so in order to ensure the successful cultivation of potatoes, he was desperate.

However, all this took on a completely different meaning in the eyes of the civil and military officials in the court.

This is definitely the case of him robbing his other sons' property and giving it as compensation to his own illegitimate son!
My goodness, this is a bit blatant, Your Majesty.

(End of this chapter)