The night is warm and the moon is sparse.

Zhu Qi sat alone in the palace, sorting out all kinds of reports he had received from the people of Fengyang over the past two days.

Some of them have evidence, such as if the land was robbed and the original land certificate was in hand, which could be corrected by taking it to the government for investigation; there were also people in the family who were beaten, injured or even disabled, and those servants of the Pingyang Hou did not even need to be tortured, and they had already confessed.

In addition to these strong evidence, there are also some outrageous things, such as Pingyang Hou raped an old sow; his own yellow dog left a litter of cubs, which was exactly the same as Pingyang Hou...

Although it is exaggerated, you can feel the hatred of the people towards Pingyang Hou from these words.

Zhu Qi sorted out these evidences. Of course, he did not throw away these evidences, but instead put these exaggerated and false evidence on the top, because all these evidences had to be seen by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang started out as a commoner. He knew the common people the most and hated the officials who oppressed the people the most. During the Hongwu period, he was the most trembling in his official career. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the extremely absurd thing, and he was absolutely gritted in his teeth when he saw it.

You only give some evidence to seize land, beat others, and force good people to death. Zhu Yuanzhang, an emperor who values ​​family ties, might even become soft-hearted. It is hard to say that he will show mercy to his adopted son, Marquis of Pingyang, and is exiled to the frontier to exempt him from the death penalty.

But when these evidences are sent, Zhu Qi dares to guarantee that the Marquis of Pingyang is dead!

Zhu Qi finally sorted out all the evidence. When he looked up, the sky was so dark outside. He was thinking of going to bed quickly and going to search for Pingyang Hou’s home tomorrow.

But at this moment, an internal official walked in and said to Zhu Qi:

"Report to Your Highness, the Duke of Wei asked for a meeting."

Zhu Qi was stunned. What a sky, Xu Da actually came over? If Xu Da was in the military camp, he would probably have come in directly, but this is an open palace, so Xu Da would also inform him first.

"Come on your behalf."

Zhu Qi pushed all the evidence to the side, stood up and greeted Xu Da. Not long after, he saw Xu Da coming in. Zhu Qi dared not wait for Xu Da to salute him. He hurried over and saluted Xu Da with his tribute to him, and then pulled his seat and let Xu Da sit, which was extremely respectful.

Can you be disrespectful? This is the God of War in the Ming Dynasty!

Xu Da was stunned at first, then smiled and said:

"What Your Highness has done in the past few days has been deeply loved by the people."

Zhu Qi hurriedly said modestly:

"Uncle Xu is so proud. This is what a kid should do."

Zhu Qi was a little surprised. I didn’t know whether Xu Dashen ran over in the middle of the night to praise him? This doesn’t look like Xu Da’s low-key personality.

Fortunately, Xu Da didn't know anything, so he asked:

"I'm here this time, I actually have a few questions to ask Your Highness. Please tell me the truth."

Zhu Qi nodded and said:

"Uncle Xu, tell me, I have nothing to hide from you."

"Okay, first of all, the first question." Xu Da pondered for a moment and said:

"This Marquis Pingyang is the emperor's adopted son and his noble's righteous brother. If you want to deal with him, aren't you afraid of offending other brothers? Marquis Pingyang and his noble's other brothers have a good relationship. They used to fight together on the battlefield."

Zhu Qi was stunned. This question was not difficult, so he asked straightforwardly:

"If you want to talk about this, Uncle Xu has also been on the battlefield with Marquis Pingyang. Marquis Pingyang has committed a crime. I have dealt with him. Uncle Xu, do you think he was offended?"

"This is not."

Zhu Qi spread his hands and said with a smile:

"Isn't that right? What's more, if I really offend my righteous brothers, I'm not afraid at all. But I saw with my own eyes that the Marquis of Pingyang forced good men to become prostitutes, bullied the people, and killed the women of the people. If I don't do him, the people who offend them will offend the people. Not only am I afraid, but even my father will be afraid."

When Xu Da heard this, he saw that Zhu Qi's eyes had changed a little. He nodded with relief and continued to ask:

"Since you know the emperor's temper, why don't you submit this matter directly to the emperor? Why do you have to act here for the people for several days and let them report it?"

Zhu Qi quickly said:

"Uncle Xu, what I didn't send directly to my father's emperor is wrong. First, I was worried that the crime was not enough. The father might be thinking about the father-son relationship and spare his life. Second, the Marquis of Pingyang is used to being arrogant in Fengyang, and the people are afraid of him. Officials at all levels have also done some bad things. I will do him directly in Fengyang, to reassure the people, and second, to follow the clues. Besides, this can barely be called a legal act."

"Legal education?"

Xu Da obviously doesn't understand the new word Zhu Qi very much, so Zhu Qi continued to explain:

"The emperor said a long time ago that all local officials and people can go to Yingtian Prefecture to file a lawsuit directly. The people of Fengyang dare not sue, but think that the Marquis of Pingyang is a nobleman and the current emperor, and the law of the Ming Dynasty is useless to him. I dealt with him in Fengyang today, just to tell the people that the prince violated the law and committed the same crime as the common people, let alone a small marquis? In the Ming Dynasty, I cannot bully the heavens and the people below me!"

Zhu Qi's words were loud and loud, especially the sentence "I cannot bully the heavens in the Ming Dynasty, and the people in the lower classes will not be abused!" It even echoed in the palace.

Then he heard someone say:

"Okay! Well said! That's why you have been delaying for so long. You have to post notices every day, and encourage the people to come and report the crimes of the Marquis of Pingyang. You even announce tomorrow that you will search your house, just to let more people know about this matter, pay attention to it, and let them know that the law of the Ming Dynasty is directed to the people, not to a marquis like him!"

Zhu Qi nodded, but then he was stunned. This was not Xu Da’s voice! It was Zhu Yuanzhang’s voice!

When Zhu Qi looked at the door, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang wearing a regular suit standing at the door with a smile on his face!

Zhu Qi was stunned, then looked at Xu Da. Xu Da looked normal, and even stood up with a smile and retreated aside. It was obvious that he had known that Zhu Yuanzhang had come for a long time.

This makes me understand why Xu Da, who is usually low-key, suddenly came to ask these questions. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to ask! Zhu Qi never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would come to Fengyang by himself.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang came here was actually because Xu Da sent small notes to Yingtian Mansion every day these days. Fengyang was very close to Yingtian, and it was just a round trip every day.

As early as the first day when the Marquis of Pingyang was arrested by Zhu Qi for committing an incident, Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this, and then every operation of Zhu Qi was under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose.

One of the problems that Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very troubled is that the strategy of joining the people to deal with corrupt officials has little effect. The people are often timid, but they did not expect that Zhu Qi had such a way to act directly for the people to show them, so that the people thought that others had begun to report and expose them, so I would also report and expose them!

Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that there was such a routine. He was happy in his heart. Of course, what was even happier was that Zhu Qi, as his son, was so jealous of evil and eliminating harm to the people, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very relieved.

But Zhu Yuanzhang only thought of these two levels. He came here tonight and heard what Zhu Qi said about the popularization of the law. He realized that Zhu Qi had such an intention. Tomorrow the house would be a show for the people, and to give them courage.

Zhu Qi was a little confused when he stood beside him and didn't dare to say anything more. He saw Zhu Yuanzhang looking at him, touching his beard, and laughing:

"Qi'er did a good job. I will search my house tomorrow. You can copy it with confidence and boldly. Just like you said, "I will not bully the heavens of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the lower classes will not abuse me! If anyone bullies me, the people of the Ming Dynasty, I will kill him!"

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