Suddenly, Li Jinglong's back was covered in cold sweat.

Xuyi is the hometown of his Li family, the land of the Duke of Cao, and all the villagers are there. He knew about the occupation of farmland and forests, but it was not considered an occupation. It was secretly run by local officials.

He, Li Jinglong, is not stupid. He knows what the old prince hates, and he doesn't dare to snatch it from farmers. He could only spend a small sum of money from the local government to make a few changes in the field register, turning those farmland and ponds into his family's family, and turning the good land on the government's field register into wasteland.

To take advantage of the imperial court. Besides, it was the local official who came to the door to please him, not him who took the initiative to ask for it.

But the people who came forward in this matter were all his own housekeepers. How could the censor know about it and bring it to the attention of the old emperor?

Li Jinglong thought to himself, it's over, it's over, we have to find a way quickly to make the old man lift it up high and put it down gently.

Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly there was a thunderclap in my head, and my head buzzed.

"In addition to this, you also condoned the sale of illegal salt by domestic slaves. Ten thousand kilograms of illegal salt shipped from Yunnan were sold in Huaixi, right?" Zhu Yunxi suddenly shouted loudly.

"No, I am wronged!" Li Jinglong said loudly. But then he lowered his head, as if he was a little unsure.

In fact, it was someone else's fault, and Zhu Yunxi took it and placed it directly on his head. But how many of the families of the founding heroes of this era have clean butts?

If others have done this, you, Li Jinglong, must have done it too.

Zhu Yunxi was right. At this time, Li Jinglong was checking one by one in his mind whether his family had sold so much private salt in the past few years.

It seemed that there had been a few times, but it was always the housekeeper who came forward. He was so flustered that he couldn't even remember it.

There were only two snaps heard, and the memorial in Zhu Yunxi's hand clapped loudly on the table.

"You said you were wronged? This is a memorial written by the censor of the Supervisory Academy. It is clear when and where each piece was made!" Zhu Yunxi said loudly,

"Did the censor of the Inspectorate wrong you, or did I wrong you, or did grandpa wrong you?"

"My lord..." Li Jinglong was shocked and his words were incoherent.

"Forget it, look at this!"

Zhu Yunxi opened the memorial, and the dense handwriting on it dangled in front of Li Jinglong's eyes from a few steps away. The latter took a few glances and suddenly became frightened again.

The first line of writing on it actually contains the name of the general, followed by Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding.

When he wanted to read it again, Zhu Yunxi slammed the memorial on the table again, making a sound like a whip.

"Not only did they occupy the land, but they also killed people!" Zhu Yunxi said sternly, "Your slaves secretly killed farmers who refused to submit to your family. There were five men and women in total, and they were all buried in your village!"

"No...that's possible!" Li Jinglong panicked and felt unsure.

Everyone knows the virtues of noble slaves. You can't be prepared for someone who has his eye on other people's land and uses his own name to grab it. He couldn't have prepared himself for the murderer who had done this in private.

The memorial has been submitted and the old emperor has read it. How can it be false?

"The emperor's grandpa often said that I, the Zhu family, come from a poor family, and I despise officials, those with power, and those with money who bully the people. As a relative of the emperor, you not only bullied people, but also caused trouble. You also caused trouble. The place where people died was exactly where the emperor’s grandfather raised his army.”

"Aren't you asking the people of Huaixi to stab the backbone of my Zhu family? For the sake of land, mountains, and money, you actually do such an unfaithful and unfilial thing?"

"Grandpa Emperor made you so angry that you couldn't even eat dinner. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have been sent to prison. If I hadn't stopped you, the Jin Yiwei would be ransacking your home now!"

"In both public and private matters, whether it is the laws of heaven or the law of the country, which one can tolerate you?"

"You keep telling me about the duty of a minister. Is this your duty? Your duty is to bully the emperor, to be in a land of fish and meat, and to harm people's lives? Huh?"

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"Your Highness!" When Zhu Yunxi asked sternly, Li Jinglong couldn't hold on anymore and knelt down directly, crying. At this time, he couldn't remember whether these things were done by his family, but he was so panicked. "I am confused, I deserve to die. Please, for the sake of the little incense love between the Crown Prince and me, please pull me out!"

"If I didn't want to pull you, would I still ask you to come?" Zhu Yunxi sat down again and did not look at him. "The emperor's grandfather was furious, so I persuaded him to stop. Although he did not hand over to the Jin Yiwei, he still had to hand over to the Third Division and the First Division. !”

Sansi? That's not much better? The censors and civil servants of Dali Temple and the Inspectorate found these warriors extremely distasteful.

"Your Highness..."

Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand to stop Li Jinglong's voice, "The three divisions will interrogate you for the crime of confiscating your home, seizing your position, and even being sent into military exile." After speaking, he paused, "But..."

"Your Highness, save me, I know I was wrong!" Li Jinglong kowtowed.

You idiot, you are so intimidated! I guess your family does a lot of these things behind your back!

Zhu Yunxi felt resentful in his heart, but he was not a master yet, so he could only follow the old man's wishes.

After giving it up, he continued, "But I told Grandpa Huang that after all, you are a hero, and the blood of the Zhu family is also flowing in your body."

"Yes, yes, my father is the nephew of the old prince. I want to call the prince my cousin. I also have royal blood in my body..." Li Jinglong kowtowed repeatedly.

"Don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "Forget it if you take away the position, but there is no need to surrender to the army."

Li Jinglong was about to say thank you, but when he heard Zhu Yunxi speak again, he was suddenly struck by thunder.

"But? You have to give an explanation to the world for doing these things. You can no longer take the title of Cao Guogong. I think what grandpa means is to choose someone from your brother to inherit the title."

"After all, your father and your grandfather fought for this title with blood. It would be unfair to your father to take it back. Why don't you just become an ordinary citizen?"

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Li Jinglong shouted with tears in his eyes, "Speak to me again, please help me!"

Once a person has tasted the taste of power, it is more uncomfortable to let him become a common person than to kill him. He is not his father's only son, he can inherit this position only because he is the legitimate son.

If the title falls on other bastard brothers, they may be looked down upon and aggrieved in the future.

Without the title, he would have to move out of Cao Guogong's mansion. Without the title, not a penny of the Li family's property would belong to him. Without the title, none of the servants in the family would look at him.

Without his title, how would he live for the rest of his life?

Li Jinglong climbed to Zhu Yunxi's table, scratched the table and cried, "Your Highness, for the sake of my cousin, please help me again."

"I want to help, but how can I open my mouth to the emperor's grandpa!" After gaining the right to speak, Zhu Yunxi subtly changed his name to Gu.

"You must have a way. The old emperor loves you the most. People say that you are going to be a grandson!"

"Shut up!" Zhu Yunxi slapped the table, "Is this what you can say nonsense?"

"I deserve to die!" Li Jinglong gave himself two words, "I am a warrior, outspoken, and will say whatever is in my heart. Your Highness's benevolence will definitely not be as arrogant as the minister, but what I say is what is in my heart. Apart from you, who else Are you still worthy of this position?"

As he said that, he kowtowed again, "Your Highness, please help me. As long as I pass this test, I am willing to go through fire and water for His Highness!"

If it weren't for the fact that this idiot like you is still useful, I really don't want to see you look so ugly!

Zhu Yunxi sneered in his heart, but pretended to be troubled on his face, "Actually, it's not impossible!"

"Your Highness, what can I do?" Li Jinglong raised his head in surprise.

"Come here!" Zhu Yunxi seemed to have made a lot of determination.

Li Jinglong knelt down and crawled to Zhu Yunxi's side. The latter leaned slightly on the chair and whispered, "The law does not punish everyone, you know!"

"I understand!" Li Jinglong nodded, like a chicken eating rice.

"Not only are you included in the book, there are also Marquis Guo, Marquis Jingchuan, Duke Guo of Song...these are all meritorious veterans of our Ming Dynasty."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Jinglong said again.

"I'll give you a chance to be a good person. I'll find a way to delay the trial of the three divisions for a few days. You go and talk to them, and then give the emperor a confession, and then transfer the occupied fields to the tenants. Wait until you spit it out.”

"Everyone, please retreat!" Li Jinglong said with gleaming eyes.

"The more you retreat, the better. Just say that the court is in a difficult situation now, and it is useless to keep so many fields in your family. We might as well hand them over to the court. In this way, the emperor will calm down, you will have a good reputation, and the censor will also Don’t hold on to it like that!”

"I will go back to discuss with some marquises immediately!" Li Jinglong said quickly, "I will ask someone to write a note immediately!"

Bang, Zhu Yunxi hit him on the head. Just like the old man, knocking his chestnut when nothing happens.

"Are you stupid? Is there anyone else who can help with this kind of thing? Write it yourself. If I were you, I would wish to write it with blood, so that Grandpa Huang and all the officials can see your sincerity, do you understand?"

"I'm stupid!" Li Jinglong was like a puppet now. He said yes to whatever Zhu Yunxi said.

"Remember, communicate with those old ministers and convey your intentions. Then you will hand over the land and population. Do you understand?" Zhu Yunxi said again.

"I understand, I will leave now!"

"Well!" Zhu Yunxi sat up straight, "Go and do it beautifully, so that I can speak to you in front of grandpa!"

As he spoke, his eyes fell on the gift box Li Jinglong was holding before entering the door, "What is that!"

"I heard that His Highness was summoned, so I brought His Highness some medicinal materials from home. Although they are not valuable, they were dug out of the old woods in the countryside. I heard that His Highness reads late into the night every day, and it is dark and the lights are dim, so I am worried about His Highness's eyes."

Li Jinglong said it sincerely, "Country remedies are the best for eye protection."

This man really knows how to dig into a camp!

Zhu Yunxi sneered silently, he knew how to talk, cajole, pretend, and use such means to warm people's hearts. If you meet a guinea pig emperor, it will be difficult for you not to develop.

Now I will use you first to let those old ministers bring me back.

Suddenly, in Zhu Yunxi's mind, he thought of Lan Yu, who had not yet returned to the court and was ranked first in the memorial.

"Uncle, even if I want to use you, I must first suppress your unruly and domineering temper!"