Zhu Youxiao is very happy that what Wang Zaijin brought this time is indeed good news!

With a stable and growing source of food and some food storage, we will have a foundation in our hearts and try our best to avoid the occurrence of a large peasant uprising in the future!

It is best to feed all the leaders of the peasant uprising and recruit them to the Ming army to serve themselves. You must know that there are many brave generals and civil servants who can fight well!

After Wei Zhongxian left, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Zaijin and said:

"I care about the affairs of the provinces in the southern region. You must always report to me. I promise you the right to report directly. From now on, your memorials can go directly to the Forbidden City."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao had a long chat with Wang Zaijin who returned to Beijing to report his work for more than an hour.

In addition to asking about the situation in the southern provinces, we are mainly talking about the subsequent promotion of sweet potatoes and the introduction of corn and potatoes.

Zhu Youjiao demarcated more than a dozen cities as the main food storage place in the south.

Large-scale granaries must be built in these grain storage areas, and the emperors from the Jiangnan camp personally guarded them, and the supervisors of the department inspectors day and night to be careful of any accidents.

For the Ming Dynasty, which was gradually entering the Little Ice Age, food was the lifeblood of the entire country.

Only when people are full can the people not rebel. Only when they are full can the local people start to recover, such as people's livelihood construction, water conservancy measures, and urban defense preparations. These can be implemented.

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The next morning, the second trial began under the auspices of Wei Guangwei.

Wei Guangwei surpassed those rules and directly brought all twenty officials to the lobby and began the trial in front of them.

The first part of the second trial was the confrontation between Li Zhiling and Sichuan Supervisor Qian Han.

In the middle of the lobby was Wei Guangwei, Zhou Jiamo and Li Yang sat on his side.

Further to the side are the jury officials of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice, and the secretary. This trial should be recorded as a historical record.

On the left and right of the lobby, Yaya placed various torture instruments, including big sticks, wooden sticks, fixtures, whips, iron chains, etc., and there were also many reddish-brown blood stains on them, with a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.

The lobby of the Ministry of Personnel does not have torture instruments. This is Wei Guangwei's intentional arrangement, which is to use these things to kill the majesty of these former officials!

Li Zhiling was taken to the lobby. When he saw Qian Han, he had already waited in the middle. He looked around and felt a completely different atmosphere from the first trial.

Looking up, the judge was no longer the familiar Zhou Jiamo, but became Wei Guangwei, the godson of Wei Zhongxian who was gritting teeth and hating, and was trembling all over.

He knew in his heart that the second trial would not be so easy to pass today.

Qian Han was a member of the supervisor in the teahouse that day. At that time, he felt that he could not afford to provoke him. The more he thought about it, he became more angry. He first wrote a post and then went to the gate of the Kedao Yamen, trying to make the matter a big deal.

Unexpectedly, this incident really became a big deal, and it even hit the emperor and went straight to the sky, which became the largest case in this dynasty!

Qian Han sneered viciously: "Li Zhiling, you have today too!"

Li Zhiling did not answer and spitted thick phlegm on Qian Han's face. Qian Han was about to jump up and beat him up, but was directly held down by the yamen runners.

After Qian Han calmed down a little, the interrogation continued.

These two people, one was a tribute student who passed the imperial examination and the other was a prison student who failed the exam. They even performed an old woman scolding in the classroom regardless of their gentleness.

It can be seen how much did the people who failed the exam hate these fraudulent tribute students and officials who defended them?

Wei Guangwei kept looking up and asked solemnly:

"Are you two old or new? The grudges are so deep, can you know each other before?"

Wei Guangwei asked this on purpose to arouse conflict between the two.

Qian Han then came to his senses, tidied up his clothes, bowed and said, "Return to the presiding master, I have never known this guy in my life, I only had one meeting in the teahouse before the exam."

"The student heard this guy brag about himself, saying that he was a child from the examiner's clan, and it was easy to win the championship!"

"The student didn't believe it at that time, but he realized later that he had early joints and could read the test questions in advance!"

As he said that, Qian Han knelt down and shouted: "In the exam, the students ignored their faces and made a big fuss about their crimes. There is something unspeakable about them. They just want to be proud of the frustrated people in the world!"

"Oh, this is understandable!" Wei Guangwei praised and turned to the side, "Li Zhiling, do you know this Sichuan supervisor?"

"Return to the presiding judge, this is a vicious villain who is ungrateful and cruel. He has insufficient knowledge and is suspected of losing the exam. It is better to go home and farm as soon as possible!"

Li Zhiling had already said something, and said sadly: "It's a pity that I was a Jinshi of two lists, but I couldn't see through his scorpion heart. I was still treating him to the teahouse. I was really a shame!"

Qian Han was furious again when he heard this, and waved his fist and was about to come up. He was directly pressed by the yamen runners again.

"It was true that the teahouse treat was really good, but it was not him who treats the guests at that time. It was a businessman who paid all the expenses of this guy and discussed with him the test questions!"

"Sir, he is talking nonsense!!"

Qian Han saw Li Zhiling talking and was completely angered by his indifferent expression. If it weren't for being pressed by the yamen runners, he would have been hit on Li Zhiling's face now.

The yamen runner wanted to continue pressing, but saw Li Yangzheng, the Minister of Justice, winking, so he let go and took two steps back.

Qian Han realized that this was a trial in the lobby and did not do anything extreme, but he still became angry when he thought about it, so he pointed at Li Zhiling's nose and stomped his feet and cursed:

"What the students said is true. If the presiding judge does not believe it, the servants, shopkeepers and businessmen in the teahouse that day can call them to testify!"

Hearing this, Wei Guangwei smiled smugly on his face, and he glanced at Zhou Jiamo and Li Yangzheng from time to time. The former was already stunned at this time.

When Li Zhiling heard this, he was actually a little impatient.

However, thinking that the shopkeeper Xiaosu was given a lot of money, the businessman Huang Huatang didn't know where he was now, and there was no substantial evidence that Qian Han said, so he felt relieved again.

As soon as Qian Han finished speaking, he sneered and defended:

"It's total nonsense, deliberately framed!"

"You sir, can't you hear that the tribute students who can testify are with him and all the students failed the exam. Naturally, they are jealous of us and the two Jinshis, so how can they be used as evidence?"

"Whether the other businessmen or shopkeepers are just one-sided words! Besides, the competition is about real talent and knowledge. If Qian Han is full of knowledge, how could he fail the exam?"

Wei Guangwei slapped the agglomeration and shouted: "It is said that the teahouse shopkeeper and servant!"

Soon, two men in simple clothes, one in middle age and the other in about twenty years old, were all taken to the court by the Ministry of Justice.

After the two of them bowed, Wei Guangwei asked in a solemn voice:

"I ask you, was Li Zhiling's expenses on that day paid by merchant Huang Huatang, or did Li Zhiling invite guests for the prison students?"

The two looked at each other, and the servant dodged his eyes and said first: "Go back, Master, it was Li that day, and Mr. Li Li treats him."

Wei Guangwei looked at the shopkeeper again, who subconsciously avoided his gaze, and then immediately lowered his eyebrows and smiled happily, "Sir, this is indeed the case."

"Mr. Li was very generous that day and paid more than twenty taels of silver for the prison students!"
Chapter completed!