Ming Dynasty: The army is forcing the palace, you say that Lao Zhu faked his death

Chapter 119

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang and Jiang Wei were discussing the Mo family's affairs, suddenly the people on the boat shouted,"The ship is about to dock!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked forward at this time and found that the bow of the ship was already slowly sailing into the port.

Although Huai'an's river channels have not yet been completely built, ports and docks have been built.

Compared to the dilapidated appearance of the past, the pier is now larger.

At first glance, it looks like it has just been repaired.

Looking at the scene of these docks, Zhu Yuanzhang finally felt the results of Zhu Quan's dredging of the river.

As soon as the ship docked, several people in public uniforms boarded the ship.

"Don't wander around, everyone needs to verify their identity!"

The few people who spoke immediately caught Zhu Yuanzhang's attention.

I saw that those people were wearing the clothes of local officials and minor officials. The difference was that the"Nine Seventy" pattern on their clothes clearly had the symbol of a river.

Obviously these people They are not ordinary clerks or officials, but people who specialize in water transportation.

These people look at the passengers on the boat, their eyes are shaving like knives, as if to tell the people present to be honest and not to be slippery.

The owner of the boat and the people on board the boat The businessmen who got off the ship rushed over immediately after hearing the sound.

Facing these low-ranking officials and petty officials, they nodded and bowed, saying hello in a low voice.

Those officials and petty officials did not accept their understanding, but held them down. The two of them said:"If you don't pay attention to these false etiquette, why don't you hurry up and give us the personnel list!"

The captain didn't dare to delay, so he immediately took out the list in his hand and gave it to the clerk to look at.

The clerk glanced at it and immediately noticed that there were several more different passengers in the list.

That was Zhu Yuanzhang and others. He brought Jin Yiwei and others with him.

He raised his eyes and immediately fixed his target on Zhu Yuanzhang and the others.

"Are you one of those people who got on the boat halfway?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the high-spirited appearance of these officials and petty officials, he was already filled with anger.

When he was young, he also encountered such domineering petty officials in the fish and meat village.

It's just that At that time, he was still Zhu Chongba who was too weak to resist.

However, of course he knew that he could not get angry in this situation.

It would not be a good thing to expose his identity at this time.

So, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said:"Yes, it's us."

Jiang Yu, who was beside Zhu Yuanzhang, had already stood beside him. He handed over the fake household registration certificate that he had prepared with one hand, and the other hand was unconsciously pressed on the weapon.

As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, he It has been a long time since he has encountered a situation that requires him to take action.

However, his skills are also among the best. If he really has to take action, he is not afraid at all.

Jiang Wei has now entered a state of alert. In just a moment, if there is any abnormal movement of these people, He planned to take action.

However, to their surprise, the little official who asked the question did not embarrass them too much after getting the household registration certificate and confirming their true identity. He did not even ask for bribes, just He waved his hands and said to them:"You guys, queue up over there and pay.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very puzzled when he heard this and asked:"Pay?" What to pay?"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard that the other party was asking for money, he became vigilant.

When the other party asked for money so blatantly, was he asking for bribes?

Are these officials so confident in asking for bribes?

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of those corrupt officials, he thought of himself again Anger kept brewing in his heart due to his childhood experiences.

Jiang Wei, who was standing by, heard something was wrong at this time.

He looked in the direction pointed by the clerk and saw many queues in front of him, and he had a rough idea in his mind. Guess.

Are the people waiting in line going to be charged water tolls?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu took a piece of silver in his hand, with an attentive and eager smile on his face.

"Gentlemen, do you have to pay water tolls ahead?

The clerk waved his hand impatiently:"Yes, yes, now that you know, you should go quickly, lest you won't be able to wait in line for a while.""

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he realized that this was the water toll specially set by Zhu Quan.

Unexpectedly, it was collected in this place.

Regarding the water toll, Jiang Yu and other Jin Yiwei had already investigated a lot. (Read the Baoshuang novel , just go to Feilu Novel Network!)

However, seeing that there was a ready source of intelligence, Jiang Wei still wanted to investigate a little more.

He stepped forward, with a bit of deliberate flattery and eagerness on his face, and held the little boy with one hand. The official said:"You officials, you must be tired from performing official duties for such a long time. This is my humble wish. Please accept it."

Jiang Wei said as he handed over the silver ingot in his hand.

He thought that the little official would accept the money with a smile.

But what Jiang Wei didn't expect was that when the little official discovered that what Jiang Wei handed over was After something happened, his expression changed drastically!

He almost used all his strength to push the silver ingot out of Jiang Wei's hand!

"What are you going to do! Put down what you are holding!"

The little official looked at the silver ingot in Jiang Wei's hand, as if he was not seeing money, but the enemy who killed his father!

This was the first time Jiang Wei saw that someone would look at the silver ingot in this way.

The little official was so angry when he saw Jiang Yu looking like he didn't know what was going on.

"Don’t you know that King Ning is very good at catching corrupt officials now? You actually framed me like this?"

"If you are caught, you will die! Hearing this

, Jiang Wei said sarcastically,"I'm sorry, but I didn't think well. I hope you can forgive me." The little official's face was still angry, and he looked at the others and said,"His Royal Highness Prince Ning has already said that those caught engaging in corruption and bribery will be severely punished!""

"Anyone who has this idea, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible, otherwise don’t blame us for turning against us!"

The words that were released were loud and clear, as if the 3.6 yuan of silver had been regarded as a scourge.

Everyone present was stunned.

Although everyone present had heard that King Ning was rectifying the officialdom recently, they did not expect that it would actually happen. The rectification has reached this point!

Those officials who have always been overjoyed when they saw the money can be fished out, now they look like they are facing a formidable enemy!

This is really novel!

I really don’t know what kind of method King Ning used , can actually make such a big change in these officials!

Even people like Jiang Wei, who regard corruption and bribery as a common phenomenon, can't help but marvel.

As soon as King Ning took action, there was really such a big change. What effect?

Can these officials who are chasing petty profits have such a big change?

It is unimaginable!.