In Beijing, Yikun Palace, Emperor Wanli, who had just passed forty last year, was furious and almost roared at the eunuch of Sili, Jin Zhong, and said: "Go and tell the cabinet that if the incident in Yunnan is not strictly investigated, I will go on a hunger strike!"

"The emperor cannot do this, the dragon body is important!" When Jin Zhong heard that the emperor was about to take a hunger strike, he was so scared that he knelt down quickly. The inner prisoners in the hall were also frightened and were in a panic.

"If I don't go on a hunger strike, will they pay attention to me!"

Wanli gained weight in middle age and had a slightly fat figure. Because he was too angry and excited, he was breathing poorly. The murder of Yang Rong, the Yunnan Mining Supervisor, was furious. But what made him even more angry was that when the incident came out, the outside court ignored him.

The cabinet's votes plan to label Yang Rong as a traitor. He repeatedly asked the Sili Supervisor's Cabinet to punish him severely and must not be tolerated, but four days have passed, and the cabinet still has no movement.

Wanli couldn't bear it anymore, but he found that he had no choice but to threaten the cabinet with hunger strike.

This is his sorrow to be the emperor.

Whether it was the capital of the country, the mining tax entourage, or any major event, he was always controlled by the foreign court, which made him disheartened by the court and refused to attend the court for twenty consecutive years.

But this does not mean that as the emperor, he did not care about state affairs. He read all the memorials of all sizes, and he knew exactly what was going on outside.

"Yang Rong was sent by me. I asked him to mine gold and silver mines. All the income was for national use. Which one was used by me personally?... Again and again, several months ago, Yang Rong complained to me, saying that the dispatcher he sent asked the local government to kill many people and asked me to make the decision for him. I was incompetent and didn't think much about it at the time. As long as Yang Rong was patient, don't conflict with the local government. But now, they killed Yang Rong directly and killed more than 200 people he brought. What is this? This is a rebellion!"

Wanli's face turned pale and a little scary.

Jin Zhong knelt there, and the Yunnan incident was indeed horrifying.

This time it was not a business riot, but the local garrison also participated in the operation, and about 10,000 soldiers and civilians rushed to Yang Rong's residence and executed him and his entourage from the Yunnan Mining Supervision Office. Before and after the incident, the Yunnan officialdom was collectively silent.

This is terrible.

Not long ago, business riots occurred in Huguang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the finger was pointed at the mine supervision and tax envoy sent by the inner court.

In Huguang, thousands of merchants and civilians clamored to leave the city and intercepted Chen Feng, the Mining Supervisor and Tax Envoy of Huguang on the road, "flying bricks and hitting stones, no one can resist."

After Chen Feng escaped by luck, thousands of merchants gathered together to governors and inspected the yamen, asking for punishment. However, he turned to surround the yamen and shouted the slogan of expelling Chen Feng.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Feng hid in time in the King of Chu's mansion. The King of Chu ordered the guards to shoot arrows at the demonstrators, shooting many people to death and injuring more than 20 people. The people did not dare to attack the King of Chu's mansion, but surrounded the King of Chu's mansion, which made Chen Feng dare not take a step. Sixteen followers of Chen Feng who had not hid in time in time were tied up by the merchants and civilians.

In the Suzhou and Hangzhou, known as "paragraph", there were also tens of thousands of merchants gathered without saying goodbye and besieged the yamen of Sun Long, a weaving eunuch in Suzhou. Sun Long took advantage of the chaos to escape to the courtyard of his neighbor and fled to Hangzhou that night. The besieged merchants failed to find someone, so he beat Sun Long's entourage and killed many people. The Suzhou market also lost control and was in chaos for eight days.

Thinking about it best, Jin Zhong also realized that a series of recent events were dominated by someone. Otherwise, how could the merchants and the people gathered without calling, and how would there be garrisons involved? Whether in Yunnan, Huguang, or Suzhou and Hangzhou, the local government did not take any action when the incident occurred, and did not even send one army and one soldier to protect the yamen of the mine supervision and tax jail.

Now, the silence of the cabinet further shows that the foreign dynasty is attacking the mine surveillance officer in a planned and organized manner, trying to force the emperor to cancel the mine surveillance officer through violence.

"I know what they want to do. They say that I compete with the people for profit, and this people are themselves." Wanli snorted coldly, and he was very insightful, "Why did Yang Rong be killed? He has touched the interests of those people."

Jin Zhong hesitated: "Emperor Chen, did you ask the East Factory of Eunuch Chen to call me? Check it out carefully."

"No," Wanli shook his head, "I'll ask the cabinet to investigate this matter. If you tell Chen Ju, just say it's my intention. Don't interfere in the Dongchang and Jinyiwei people, so as not to give them a message."

"I understand." Jin Zhong nodded. At this critical moment, if the factory guards appeared in the local area, they would inevitably cause greater conflict.

"You go and tell Ye Xianggao, I don't care about other places, in Yunnan. If he doesn't give me an explanation, I will never eat!"

Yunnan is too bad in nature and is like a rebellion. No matter how merciless Ren Wanli is, no matter how much he can tolerate it, he must investigate it to the end, give Yang Rong, himself, and give other mining taxes an explanation. Otherwise, who would dare to do his job for the emperor!

"I'll go to the cabinet now."

Jin Zhong quickly got up and went to the cabinet. The cabinet is now only a Grand Secretary, Ye Xianggao is both the only assistant and the chief assistant, so he spends almost every day in the cabinet public housing.

I don’t know when the emperor will be allowed to join the cabinet?

Thinking of the "Miao Zhuge Pavilion Master" who was still in the temple, Jin Zhong couldn't help but sigh. No matter who came in, he was not the emperor's caring person. If you want to agree, it was Wang Xijue who was the most in line with the emperor's thoughts back then.

However, Li Sancai of the Donglin Party must not ask him to enter the pavilion. Once this man enters the pavilion, Ye Xiang is as tall as a tiger, and the emperor will inevitably become more powerful.

After Jin Zhong left, Concubine Zheng slowly walked over from the back of the hall with a pity on her face. Looking at her husband who was still sulking, she said with a distressed heart: "Since your Majesty knows why, why are you still holding her body? I'm so angry, who will love you?" She was holding a scroll in her hand, which had not been opened yet.

Seeing Concubine Zheng, Wanli's expression calmed down: "It's enough to have a beloved concubine to love me."

Concubine Zheng put the scroll on the desk, sighed and said, "These things are not accidental, most of them are because of Chang Xun."

Wanli was stunned: "What does it have to do with Chang Xun?"

"You gave half of the tax money collected by the mining supervision envoys from various places last year to Chang Xun, and also gave Chang Xun the property of Zhang Juzheng, the miscellaneous taxes along the Yangtze River from Yangzhou to Taiping, and the salt taxes and tea taxes from the entire province of Sichuan. What do you think about the outside court?" Concubine Zheng glanced at the direction of the East Palace and said lightly: "What do you think of that young master?"

"I am still here and I can't tolerate him thinking. What I give to Chang Xun is nothing to do with him." Wanli's face looked ugly again, "Besides, I gave him the best, what else is there to be dissatisfied with him!"

"Does Your Majesty know that the more you give Chang Xun, the more you will harm him in the future." Concubine Zheng helped her husband sit down and asked the palace maid to give some snacks.

"I won't eat!"

Wanli refused to eat because he said that if the foreign dynasty did not deal with relevant officials in Yunnan, he would go on a hunger strike. The emperor of the Nine Five Emperors, once the golden mouth was opened, he could not take it back.
Chapter completed!