"Grandson, do you mean to move all these people outside of Ming?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked after some hesitation.

Zhu Ying nodded and replied, "Of course it is so."

"Whether it's Annan, Goryeo, or even the future Japan, the natives in these places need to be educated."

"Whether they are from Jiangnan or scholars who have committed crimes, I think they should be given a chance to redeem themselves and make meritorious contributions."

"In the future, when the princes go to the vassal states outside the Ming Dynasty, they will also need the assistance of scholars and businessmen. Let them manage the vassal states well. In my grandson's opinion, their reading of the sages' books will not be in vain."

"It's also a good publicity for the reputation of our Ming Dynasty."

The punishment of exile has existed since ancient times. What Zhu Yuanzhang heard from his eldest grandson was to increase the number of exiled people.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt good.

The first is the problem of distance. Unlike the previous migration, where one could pretend to be a refugee and run back, it is not so easy to come back once one has left the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The journey is thousands of miles long, and you can't just return by begging along the way.

"I don't care about reputation, but your method has given many people a chance to survive. Well, let's follow your method and change the punishment to exile except for those who have committed the most heinous crimes."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not feel much about his eldest grandson's proposal and agreed to it directly.

Only Zhu Ying knew how great an impact this decision made during dinner would have on the future of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire world.

This is a continuous output. The most important thing is that these people, mainly scholars, will have an impact outside the Ming Dynasty that is difficult to estimate.

This is an important foreshadowing for Zhu Ying's idea of ​​cultural export.

…

The policy of establishing the Public Security Bureau, the Public Security Department, and the Public Security Bureau took away the most important armed power from the county magistrate, the prefect, and the prefect.

In the court, no one dared to disobey the edict issued by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But secretly, many officials and intellectuals resisted this.

Suzhou City.

This place was once the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty, but now it seems a bit dilapidated.

After the "Hongwu Dispersion", many large families in Suzhou City were directly relocated.

Even the most prosperous Changmen Gate in Suzhou now seems much quieter than before.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Compared with other areas in the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou is still prosperous.

The magistrate's office in Suzhou.

The prefect Yang Youwen, the associate prefect Song Xin, and the assistant magistrate Xu Zhen gathered together.

Everyone took office last year, around the 24th year of Hongwu, which can be considered the same period.

Among them, Yang Youwen was transferred from the Ministry of Works in Beijing.

Yang Youwen had risen from the ninth rank to the fourth rank, which could be said to be a rapid ascent to the top.

This is also because of Suzhou’s uniqueness.

The reason for this situation is that, among the ten people who took up the position of Suzhou prefect, basically eight died, and the remaining two were either exiled or demoted.

In the previous twenty years, the prefect of Suzhou had changed twenty-eight people.

Relatively speaking, there were more changes when the Ming Dynasty was just founded. For example, in the fourth year of Hongwu, four people were replaced one after another in just one year.

You know, this includes the time spent on the road.

In other words, on average, each of these four prefects, including those who took office immediately, only worked for an average of three months.

Among the four, three were sentenced to death and one was demoted to county magistrate.

That's why a situation like Yang Youwen happened.

Yang Youwen’s predecessor as prefect, Wang Guan, served from the 19th year to the 24th year, a total of five years.

This has something to do with Wang Guan’s background. After all, he was a successful candidate in the imperial examination.

Now most of the official positions are still in the form of recommendation. Relatively speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang attaches much more importance to officials who have passed the imperial examinations.

However, he might have been corrupted by some local wealthy people, and his fate was not good either.

Yang Youwen has been frightened from last year to this year. He often wakes up from his dreams and suddenly the Jinyiwei come and arrest him and take him to the capital.

"Sir Yang, what do you think this order from the imperial court means? To open a public security office in Suzhou City is like dividing your military power."

"It is said that these individuals all came from the army. From now on, the power to arrest people in Suzhou City, one state and seven counties will be controlled by them."

Tongzhi Song Xin said in a sarcastic tone.

As Tongzhi, he was in charge of local salt, grain, catching bandits, river defense, coastal borders, river engineering, water conservancy, as well as clearing military records and pacifying the civilians.

Now that the Public Security Bureau has arrived and the thieves have been separated, it's not a big deal.

The key point is that most of the yamen runners under his command were also taken away.

There is no one under him, and it is not easy to get things done these days. This means that as a co-governor, he has to negotiate with him on most matters.

This is actually not a big deal.

The biggest problem is that the commander of the Public Security Bureau is of the fourth rank, only half a rank lower than the prefect, and is not under the jurisdiction of the prefect.

Its superior is the Public Security Department, which corresponds to the Chief Secretary.

In other words, the current situation is that Suzhou Prefecture is no longer dominated by the prefect alone, and the armed forces have been completely divided.

The prefect no longer had the power to arrest people. If he wanted to arrest someone, he had to go through the Public Security Bureau. And whether to arrest someone or not was not decided by the prefect, but by the commander of the Public Security Bureau.

These are the contents of the document issued by the imperial court regarding the powers of the Public Security Bureau.

Yang Youwen glanced at Song Xin. He knew very well that, unlike himself, Song Xin was recommended, and secretly had some unclear relationships with some wealthy families in Suzhou.

Today's three-person meeting was also proposed and initiated by Song Xin.

As soon as these words were spoken, Yang Youwen understood that this was an attempt to sow discord between him and the new Public Security Bureau.

"According to Mr. Song's opinion, what should we do? This is confirmed by His Majesty's decree. If we resist, we will have a hard time in the future."

"Oh, maybe he won't even be able to live. Is Song Tongzhi going against His Majesty?"

Yang Youwen did not say anything. The judge Xu Zhen on the other side spoke directly without any hesitation.

It is obvious that Xu Zhen is with Yang Youwen, otherwise Yang Youwen alone would not be able to go against these big families in Suzhou.

After all, the yamen runners were basically all local people from Suzhou. Once some government orders were issued, no one knew whether the people below would follow them.

Moreover, since the prefects of Suzhou changed too quickly, few prefects were able to support the corresponding opposing forces, and they were brought down before they had time to take any action.

When Song Xin heard this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, we dare not disobey your will, but those soldiers are illiterate, how can they know how to arrest thieves?"

"In my opinion, even the Public Security Bureau has to rely on the prefect to get things done successfully. Otherwise, the people of Suzhou may not pay attention to them."

"My Lord, do you think what I said makes sense?"

Song Xin had the support of the wealthy families in Suzhou, so he spoke very confidently and was not too afraid of Yang Youwen and Xu Zhen.

Although the situation in the room is currently two to one.

But apart from this house, the prefect and the magistrate are responsible for the entire Suzhou.

Upon hearing this, Yang Youwen glanced at Song Xin calmly and said, "Your Majesty's arrangements, we must follow them. Besides, I heard that these people from the Public Security Bureau who came here are all veterans with great military achievements."

"Even the commander this time is related to the Duke of Liang. If Song Tongzhi thinks that the Duke of Liang is no big deal, then I naturally have nothing to say."

When Song Xin heard this, he immediately stopped talking.

The people of Suzhou have a natural fear of this series of military generals and nobles, led by the Duke of Liang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Suzhou, his army was strong but he suffered heavy losses outside the city. After ten months of hard fighting, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he vowed to massacre the city of Suzhou.

The ones who attacked Suzhou were the famous generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.

Chang Yuchun was a notorious butcher. When Suzhou City was broken, he kept shouting that he wanted to massacre the entire city to vent his anger.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zheng Kui and his son Zheng De, talented men from eastern Zhejiang, moved from Suichang to Suzhou and took refuge with Zheng Yuanyou, who had joined Zhang Shicheng's camp.

Before this, Liu Ji of Qingtian, Song Lian of Jinhua, and Zheng Kui and his son were all talented men from eastern Zhejiang who knew each other and appreciated each other.

Upon hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to massacre Suzhou, Zheng De, for the sake of the safety of the people in the city and his uncle Zheng Yuanyou and others, immediately wrote to Song Lian and Liu Ji, asking them to try to dissuade Zhu Yuanzhang from massacring the city.

It was in this way that the massacre of Suzhou was successfully avoided.

However, although there was no massacre, the rampages of the Huaixi generals still caused great damage to the city of Suzhou.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's indulgence, the military generals showed no mercy at all.

At that time, Lan Yu was under the command of Chang Yuchun and left a great reputation in Suzhou City.

Song Xin maintained his last bit of stubbornness, snorted coldly and left.

This is the current psychological state of most people in the Jiangnan region. They are afraid of and hate Zhu Yuanzhang, but they have to join.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew about these situations.

But as the literati in the Jiangnan region said, there is only one stone in the world, and Jiangnan alone occupies eight dou.

At present, there is a huge gap in talent between the north and the south. In the imperial examinations, most of the people on the list are from the south, which is something that is difficult to change in a short period of time.

After Song Xin left, Yang Youwen and Xu Zhen began to communicate more casually.

"This matter was arranged by His Royal Highness Chang Sun himself. I think the people in Suzhou City are probably not even aware of His Royal Highness Chang Sun's existence."

"Just watch out. If you want to go against His Royal Highness Chang Sun, you will not have a good ending. Song Xin's position as the Tongzhi has reached its limit."

"He actually thought those people in Suzhou City could protect him. How ridiculous."

Yang Youwen looked at the untouched wine on the table, picked up a glass and drank it, and said with a sneer.

But these words made Xu Zhen, the judge next to him, feel a little embarrassed.

Because he didn't know who His Royal Highness Changsun was, he couldn't understand what Yang Youwen meant at all.

Fortunately, there were only two people in the room, so Xu Zhen said tactfully: "I am a lowly official, and I would like to ask Lord Yang for some advice."

Yang Youwen was not surprised to hear this. What he said just now was actually a test for Xu Zhen to see what kind of connections his subordinate had in the capital.

Now that the answer is out, they don’t even know the existence of His Royal Highness Changsun, so it’s obviously not a good idea.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him not to know about this open secret that alarmed the officials in the capital.

After a moment of hesitation, Xu Zhen beside him poured wine for Yang Youwen. After Yang Youwen finished drinking, he slowly said:

"His Royal Highness Changsun is the eldest grandson of His Majesty, the legitimate son of the Crown Prince, and the Prince Yu, who became famous during the Henan plague."

"Ordinary people don't know about His Royal Highness Prince Yu. Judge Xu can learn about the Xiaoling incident a few months ago and he will roughly understand it."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhen's hand holding the wine jug shook and he almost dropped it.

After a long while, he said in shock, "So, the rumors about Xiaoling Mausoleum are true?"

Yang Youwen chuckled and said, "If it wasn't true and it was related to Xiaoling Mausoleum, how could it be spread so widely?"

Xu Zhen's face gradually brightened with smiles, and he said, "It seems that there will be a big change in Suzhou City."

Yang Youwen smiled and said, "I'll tell you one more thing. Anyway, you will know it soon."

"The commander of the Public Security Bureau who came to Suzhou this time is none other than the nephew of Duke Liang, the commander of the Yingwu Guard, Lantian."

…

"Master Lan, take care. I won't see you off."

"Congratulations, big brother, on your promotion. I've heard that Suzhou City is very prosperous. It was said that it was once as prosperous as the capital."

"Lord Lan..."

Amidst the compliments, Lantian got on the carriage and headed back to his home.

Although he was a commander, Lantian's family was obviously not wealthy. In the inner city of the capital, he only had a three-courtyard house, which was purchased with the money provided by his father Lan Rong.

In fact, most of the officials in Beijing have very average personal conditions. Now it is the Hongwu period, and the officials in Beijing are the most honest. Those who are not honest are basically gone.

Even the ministers of various ministries lived in the yamen, and most of the officials in Beijing lived in official residences.

That is to say, the military generals and nobles were able to have large mansions and palaces bestowed by His Majesty because of their past merits.

This three-story courtyard was purchased by his father Lan Rong when he got married.

The housekeeper was already waiting at the gate of the yard.

Seeing Lantian getting off the bus, he hurried over.

"Master, you are finally back. The master and the Duke of Liang have been waiting for a long time at home."

When Lantian heard this, he suddenly sobered up from his drunken state.

He hurriedly walked towards the yard.

In the hall, Duke of Liang Lan Yu and his father Lan Rong were sitting at the top.

His wife was serving him next to him.

After entering the hall, Lantian bowed and said, "Greetings, father, and uncle."

"You good boy, you just got the appointment and you're already eating and drinking outside, making your uncle wait here for half an hour. You're really bold."

Upon seeing this, Lan Rong started to scold him.

"Don't blame me, big brother. We came in a hurry and I didn't know about it. Besides, it's inevitable to have a few drinks with colleagues after getting promoted."

Lan Yu persuaded with a smile.

Lan Rong snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Of course he wasn't really angry, but his younger brother had been waiting for him for so long, and he was afraid that his younger brother might have some complaints about his son.

With these words out of the way, there will naturally be no problem.

Unlike Lan Yu, although Lan Rong is the eldest brother, he relies on Lan Yu to a large extent.

It can be said that Lan Yu is the backbone of the entire Lan family.

Lan Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I came here suddenly this time because I have a few things to tell you. This is also the intention of His Royal Highness Chang Sun."

Hearing the name of His Royal Highness Chang Sun, Lantian stood up straighter.

This was an instinctive reaction after previous training in the imperial palace training grounds.