Chapter 138: Capturing the Southern Zhili Patrol Censor
Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that Jiang Wei would dare to use this as a threat, so he couldn't help asking:
"Didn't you hear? I have spoken beforehand, and anyone who stands in the way will be killed immediately!"
"Your Majesty is a sage, and a sage will not kill his ministers because of their unfaithful words!" Jiang Wei buried his head and used this as an excuse to say.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly didn't know how to refute Jiang Wei, thinking that this guy actually put a high hat on himself and threatened himself, meaning that if he killed him, he would not be a saint.
Zhu Houzhao ignored Jiang Wei again, because Jiang Wei's words actually did not threaten him. He didn't care about the name of a holy king or not, so he turned to look at Qiu Yue: "Why are you standing there, chop him off!"
"Yes!"
Qiu Yue pulled out his sword and walked directly towards Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei suddenly stood up and wanted to run: "Your Majesty! Please go back to the palace! I will go back to the Ministry of Ceremonies to write a memorial first! I hope your majesty can return to the palace!"
Click!
Jiang Wei obviously didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao was really going to kill him, and his reaction was a little slower. After hearing the sound of the steel knife being unsheathed, he just stood up and wanted to run, but he didn't have time, so that even his head and half of his body were killed. The brave Qiu Yue was chopped to the ground.
Bang!
Jiang Wei, who only had half his body and one head left, looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock, but closed his eyes before he could open his mouth to speak.
"Keep going!"
Looking at the blood on the ground, Zhu Houzhao was helpless and only gave one order. He didn't know if this was a sign that he was destined to cause a bloody storm when he was about to go to Jiangnan.
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At this time, Jiangnan was still singing and dancing.
Song Kai, the censor of Southern Zhili, also just came out of Yuan Zhongan's concubine's room. He played so much last night that his waist was still very sore. He had to turn his waist and ask his staff: "Has the imperial court's approval arrived?"
"Yushi of the Song Dynasty, you don't have to wait for approval!"
At this time, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Liang Ze suddenly appeared at the moon cave door and waved his hand: "Take it down!"
So, the two Jinyi captains immediately kicked off their boots and ran towards Song Kai. Song Kai was also very surprised when he saw this. He never expected that Jinyi guards would come to take him directly, and he couldn't help shouting:
"You! What are you doing! I am the censor of the patrol, and I am innocent and blameless. Why do you want to lock me up at will!"
"According to the decree! The Zhenjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, the Chongming County Taxation Bureau of Suzhou Prefecture, and the Zhenjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau were massacred. As the patrol censor, you originally had the authority and responsibility to supervise local military affairs, but now it is under your jurisdiction , the pirates are so rampant, it is enough to show your dereliction of duty! Therefore, I will take you to the Jinyi Prison and interrogate you severely for the suspicion of raising bandits!”
When Liang Ze was talking, two captains in brocade clothes had already detained Song Kai, and Song Kai also said with a stern expression:
"I have explained in my memorial that I was in Nanjing at the time. The disaster caused by the pirates was due to the inability of Su Song's troops to prepare the road and the Zhenjiang general's defense. I have impeached them. What does this matter have to do with me? Even if The investigation of this official should be done by the Metropolitan Procuratorate! You Jin Yiwei’s request for permission is an act of disobedience!”
Liang Ze ignored Song Kai's question. After all, he was only responsible for taking care of people. He didn't understand the rules of the court and was too lazy to understand them.
Song Kai felt a little scared at this moment. After all, he knew in his heart that he had something to do with this matter, but he couldn't admit it now, and he could only use the rules to prevent Jin Yiwei from taking his own. Behavior.
The civil servants and gentry have always hated the Jin Yiwei interfering in the judiciary and arresting people for no reason, because this will prevent them from using their power to circumvent the court rules and do things. Therefore, the literati have always criticized the Jin Yiwei's interference in the judiciary and arresting courtiers as bad governance, but they ignored it. How he trampled the law at will and abused the common people when he was an official.
But as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao obviously needs Jin Yiwei, especially an old fox like Song Kai. If he follows the rules, he will not be able to catch his faults, and there is even nothing he can do about him. But with Jin Yiwei, it will be much easier.
Now Zhu Houzhao first asked the Jin Yiwei to arrest Song Kai and imprison him, thus avoiding the obstruction of Song Kai, the censor of the patrol, when Wang Yangming, the governor of South Zhili, arrived in Jiangnan to investigate the tax bureau case, and also caused the gentry in Jiangnan to lose their official position first. The biggest protective umbrella to prepare for further attacks on these Jiangnan local tycoons in the future.
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Jiangnan is where the gentry gathers. Therefore, the Jin Yiwei came here and directly took away a patrol censor, which naturally attracted the attention of the gentry, not to mention that he took it from the gentry's home. On the day that the imperial censor Song Kai was captured by the Jin Yiwei, Suzhou Juren Yuan Zhongan knew the news. He immediately called a group of squires: "Everyone, Mr. Song was taken away by the Jin Yiwei. We cannot stand by and watch this happen. ! Jiangnan is not a capital city, and we cannot allow Jin Yiwei to behave like this. Besides, once Mr. Song is captured, we will not be able to escape the consequences of the interrogation!"
"The people sitting here are all distinguished scholars, and there are people in the family who are serving as officials. The imperial court dares to take people from Jiangnan at will. It is undoubtedly very disrespectful to us Jiangnan aristocratic families! We cannot let the imperial court do this! We must organize The people in Shilin went to the Yamen to petition, asking the parents to go to the court for us, and ask the court not to ruin the reputation of upright officials and listen to the public opinion of Jiangnan!"
At this time, Gu Xiantong, who had once served as a minister in the Imperial Academy of Nanjing, also started talking.
Yuan Zhong'an nodded in agreement: "I heard that the imperial court has appointed a new governor of Southern Zhili, who will take office soon. The prime minister is Wang Shouren of Zhejiang, the son of the number one scholar Wang Hua. He will be relying on Mr. Gu at that time. Let me introduce you. After all, you can be considered his uncle. Wang Hua and you were also Jinshi in the same discipline."
"It doesn't matter. I don't think he would dare to be an enemy of all the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River!"
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As soon as Wang Yangming, the governor of Southern Zhili, arrived in Nanjing, Gu Xianping and other Jiangnan gentry sent a message asking for an audience.
Township officials and students have always been the two most typical representatives of the local privileged class in the Ming Dynasty. They were also one of the two major hazards that led to the collapse and even death of Ming society. The other was subordinate officials. Nowadays, these Jiangnan township officials and students are all Wang Yangming did not dare not to see him when he came to see him. He also knew that these local officials and gentry had always wanted to interfere with local government affairs, but as pastoral officials, they could not do without these gentry to drive the local grassroots to obey his rule.
But Wang Yangming did not expect that so many people would come this time, and there would even be his father's family friend Gu Xiantong. Moreover, as soon as these gentry came, they would give him a big gift and speak sincerely:
"Futai! We are only here to intercede for Song Xun'an. Song Xun'an is an upright official! When he was in charge of Jiangnan, he rested with the people, studied and built rivers, and made outstanding achievements. The people of Jiangnan were grateful for his kindness and built shrines. To provide for it, why did the Jin Yiwei seize it for no reason, causing the upright official to be wronged? Therefore, we follow the people's request and ask Mr. Futai to speak to the court and restore the innocence of Song Xunzong. "
"Yes! Mr. Futai is also an official of our imperial court. How can he just sit back and watch the factory guards roaming the south of the Yangtze River, in vain and in vain! Don't you think this is an act that is insulting to politeness?"
Yuan Zhongan also followed suit.
"Everyone, please get up quickly. It is my first time to take office and I don't know the actual situation. However, the Imperial Guards are the Emperor's own soldiers and are under His Majesty's control. I have no right to intervene. It is really helpless. However, I can send your request to the Listen to Datian, I’m sure your Majesty won’t ignore your request!”
Wang Yangming finally persuaded these gentry to leave. At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was really not easy to come to Jiangnan to be the governor of Southern Zhili. He had just taken office, and there were so many gentry interfering in government affairs, even asking for help. He forced the court to release Song Kai.
Unknowingly, I became one of these Jiangnan gentry in a trance. I thought to myself, no wonder His Majesty wanted to come to Jiangnan in person. Otherwise, in Jiangnan, which is far away from the capital, I cannot follow the emperor's orders and can only obey the public opinion. But now public opinion is in the hands of these Jiangnan gentry.
But in any case, Wang Yangming still forwarded the request of these Jiangnan gentry to Zhu Houzhao.
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At this time, Zhu Houzhao, who was still on the road, also received Wang Yangming's memorial about the Jiangnan gentry's request for the release of the patrol censor Song Kai. He couldn't help but laugh, and took the memorial and came to Song Kai who had been escorted to him: " Song Kai, you are so proud! You have just been captured by the Jin Yiwei, and these Jiangnan gentry went to the governor to plead for you!"
"Your Majesty! I am innocent! I really don't know what crime I have committed, but I asked you to send out the royal guards to arrest me! Since Your Majesty asked me to patrol the southern Zhili, you should trust me. But now, Your Majesty only believes in the slander and arrested me for no reason. , which actually made the people dissatisfied. I have no intention of using public opinion to oppose His Majesty. I only ask that Your Majesty allow me to resign! "
Song Kai roared with confidence. He knew that after the Jiangnan gentry interceded for him, not only did he not feel scared, but he felt emboldened. After all, he now knew that the entire Jiangnan gentry was behind him to support him.
"Public opinion? How dare you threaten me with public opinion! Do the Jiangnan gentry represent the public opinion? You, Song Kai, are worthy of the public opinion! Stop fooling me! I am not a three-year-old child! The cabinet just rejected your request for dismissal. The memorial to the Taxation Bureau was immediately followed by the one about the massacre of the Taxation Bureau. You really think someone from the Central Court is a fool! Can't you see the connection?
No, it’s not that you and the gentry behind you can’t see it, it’s that you have no scruples! Yes or no! You want to threaten me and the court with this, you are telling me that if I don't comply with your request, more tax bureaus like this will be massacred, and more innocent people will be killed! Yes and no! ”
Zhu Houzhao asked Song Kai loudly.
When Song Kai saw that Zhu Houzhao had revealed the past purpose of himself and the Jiangnan gentry, he did not defend himself and said: "Your Majesty said so, and I don't know how to answer. Now I just want to ask your Majesty. Your Majesty wants to offend the entire Jiangnan gentry. Will you be remembered forever? ”
"Presumptuous!"
Zhu Houzhao kicked Song Kai on the spot and pointed at Song Kai: "How dare you threaten me!"
Then, Zhu Houzhao said: "However, I can tell you that I am really not afraid. It doesn't matter even if I offend the entire Jiangnan gentry. Come, hang Song Kai up and interrogate him about the massacre of the Tax Bureau!"
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