Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 644 It's better to arrest someone and ransack the house

When Lu Xiangsheng led the team to the governor's yamen, he happened to encounter a group of thieves who were besieging the yamen. Fortunately, the yamen's walls were high and thick, so they were not breached for a while.

Lu Xiangsheng led a charge to kill the thieves and happened to capture Chen Xance. After interrogation on the spot, Chen Xance confessed to Xie Qiguang.

Afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng urged his horse to rush to the Nanjing government office, killed another group of thieves, and rescued Feng Youming who was about to set himself on fire.

The dignitaries in Nanjing all lived in the east and west of the city. Although Chen Xiance only confessed that he was appointed by Xie Qiguang, after a brief discussion with Zhao Zhiyong and Feng Youming, Lu Xiangsheng and Zhao Zhiyong agreed that Xie Qiguang was not alone in this matter, and there must be others. People are involved in it, now as long as the east and west cities are sealed off, and Xie Qiguang is captured after dawn, then they can follow the clues and find the rest of the planners.

"Humble post obeys!
However, I thought that before the mastermind knew that the matter had been revealed, as a precaution, we should arrest him as soon as possible, lest the envoy of the master seek death after being trusted, and other accomplices escape from justice! "

After Zhang Yuan took the order, he hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his thoughts.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled slightly after hearing the words and said: "It's rare that you have thought about this, but you don't need to worry about it at this time.

Xie's residence is ten li away from here, the thieves have just been defeated, they are so panic-stricken that they can't care about others, now they only care about escaping their lives.

The gates of the rich and powerful families are strictly controlled, and there is no possibility of letting outsiders into the mansion at midnight, and the walls of the deep house are so high that ordinary people cannot climb inside without external help!
Since you have thought of this place intentionally, in order to prevent accidents, the Xie Mansion Hall will arrange for a man from the government office to lead the way, and you can send a cavalry team to watch outside the Xie Mansion. "

"Honorable orders!
Pavilion Department, how many guards do we need to keep besides the official station? "

Zhang Yuan asked after saluting again.

"Not one left! Scatter them all to inspect everywhere!
A group of mobs are already terrified right now, they only need to wait until after dawn, when the government officials and officials gather together, and lead the officers and soldiers to capture them! "

Just as Zhang Yuan was about to take the order to leave, a guard of Lu Xiangsheng rushed over and reported loudly in the hall: "To the commander-in-chief, the cavalry of the official army outside the official post came to report. A quarter of an hour ago, the cavalry of the official army killed and dispersed a group of soldiers to besiege Jin Yiwei. The thieves of the Thousand Households! There are hundreds of people!"

Lu Xiangsheng was also a little surprised when he heard the words, and after looking at Zhao Zhiyong and Feng Youming, he said: "Understood! If someone from the pro-army comes later, just bring them in directly!"
Let's go, General Zhang! "

Lu Xiangsheng ordered decisively, and Zhang Yuan turned around and left after saluting.

"I never thought that this group of people would be so bold and reckless that they would set fires everywhere, which is no different from rebellion!

The cabinet, the lower officials think that when such a shocking event happens, it must be dealt with severely!

Although the officers and soldiers are sufficient now, the soldiers should focus on suppression, but they lack the means to investigate the case.

If the factory guards participated in the disposal, it would definitely gain more, and the imperial court's new policy would be accelerated as a result! "

Thinking that if Lu Xiangsheng hadn't rescued him tonight, he and Feng Youming would have lost their lives, and the main messenger probably came from the group of dignified officials and gentry who came to him earlier and talked to him about the distinction between gentlemen and villains. In the plot, Zhao Zhi, who has always been unwilling to offend others, started with hatred from his heart, and regardless of the conflict between civil servants and factory guards, he brazenly proposed to let Jin Yiwei intervene in it.

"The lower officials think Zhongcheng's words are justified!

After dawn, the cabinet will sit here to command, and the subordinate officials and the Zhongcheng Council will dispatch personnel to cooperate with the officers and soldiers to patrol and suppress various places in the city. The matter of capturing the criminals can be handed over to the factory guards to do whatever they want, with a view to killing all the criminals. All the masterminds behind the scenes have been taken down. This move will be more conducive to the implementation of the New Deal with Jiangsu Province. I hope the Cabinet will give it more consideration! "

Feng Youming, who had the same thoughts as Zhao Zhiyong, agreed with him.

Over the past year since he took office, Feng Youming has been able to feel the difficulty of public affairs in everything. The government orders he issued will always be subject to various constraints, and many measures will end without a problem in the end.

Some middle- and lower-level officials in the government office, because they lived in Nanjing for a long time, have long been associated with those officials and gentry. It can even be said that these people are the eyeliner and tentacles of the officials and gentry in the yamen. Most of the time it is just a mud-bodied wood plastic.

This time there is a chance to uproot these people, so what if the factory guards participate?Those factory guards with darker hearts and darker hands are the best at implicating them. This time, they just use their strength to eradicate these forces together, and then they can issue a notice to recruit people.

There is a lack of everything in Jiangnan, but there is no shortage of scholars.

Hearing that you can enter the government office as a clerk, why don't the whole family rush to come?At that time, only pick those downcasts with no background, then in the future, I will really be able to say what I say.

"Alright!
After this matter was reported to the Holy Majesty, it must also be convicted of treason. What the two of you said is also reasonable. In order for the New Deal to be implemented more smoothly, iron and blood must be used to open the way! "

Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't like to use the factory guards to exercise the power of the court, but considering the special circumstances, extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times, so after much consideration, he nodded and agreed with the suggestions of the two chief officials.

Not long after, the Jinyiwei Nanjing Thousand Households Office Qianhu Section hurried over to register for a visit. After being allowed to enter, they entered the living room to pay respects to Lu Xiangsheng.

This time, Xie Qiguang and others changed the official style of Ming Dynasty who had been procrastinating for many years, and took action immediately after the agreement, in order to cause chaos before Jin Yiwei did not react, so Nanjing Jin Yiwei has always been kept in the dark about this matter .

It wasn't until the start of the raid here that the captain on duty vaguely heard the faint and continuous sound of guns in the quiet night sky. He felt a warning sign and hurriedly reported to the officer. To the ear of Duan who is sleeping soundly.

Duan Yongyi felt that his subordinates were overreacting, but suddenly there was a sound that Lu Xiangsheng, an important minister, was in Nanjing. The habit of doubting everything he had developed over the years alerted Duan Yongyong. He immediately ordered a hundred households to gather a manpower to go to the official post to check. However, it soon became known that someone actually blocked all the exit passages, and a school lieutenant was injured by a bow and arrow shot by the opponent.

Duan immediately realized the seriousness of the situation at this time, and he immediately ordered to gather the school lieutenants from three hundred households stationed in the nearby barracks, trying to quickly open the blocked passage.

However, under the pressure of the opponent's bow and arrow, Jin Yiwei paid more than a dozen casualties, but he still couldn't get close to the piled up horses, knife carts and other obstacles, and there were shops on both sides of the street, and he couldn't climb over them at all.

After finally smashing down several shops, the school captains crossed the hall and tried to get over the wall in the backyard, but in the end they returned without success: someone also set up roadblocks at the intersection after passing through the alley. sealed inside.

Duan Yong once again ordered to charge separately, but after several attempts, he was still unsuccessful. The firecrackers of the captains could not cross the obstacles to kill the opponent, but the thieves could effectively intercept and kill them with their bows and arrows.

Just when Duan Li was about to bang his head against the wall in a hurry, a troop of official cavalry rushed over after hearing the sound of firecrackers, and killed the culprits with a single charge.

After clearing the roadblock, Duan Lili learned from the officers and soldiers that Lu Xiangsheng was fine. He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and waited for a long time before returning to normal.

He was even more afraid than Zhang Yuan in his heart.

As a minion of the Tian family, he didn't realize that the assassination of the cabinet ministers happened under his nose. If something happened to Lu Xiangsheng, he would definitely lose his head.

Fortunately, the loyal minister who was highly valued by the emperor and admired by everyone in Jinyiwei was safe and sound, so this time his head was finally saved, but this thousand households couldn't do it.

For such a serious dereliction of duty, he might be sent to the Experience Department after returning home.

"This time the cabinet was frightened, it's derelict dereliction of duty, I'll apologize to the cabinet first, if anything happens to the cabinet, even if the cabinet dies, I can't bear it!

Has the person in charge of the envoy been found out this time?If not, ask someone here to ask you humble!
If it has been found out, then please ask the cabinet to take a seat here, and leave everything to the pro-military to do! "

While secretly hating Duan Yong, he was also thinking that this time he had to take the opportunity to make more money. When he returned to Beijing and was idle for a period of time in the future, he could use it to honor several superiors and strive to return to his post as soon as possible.

"Why should Duan Qianhu be like this? Now the person behind the scenes has surfaced. This person is Xie Qiguang, the former Minister of the Nanjing Military Department. As for whether there are others, it is impossible to know now!
The aftermath of this matter will be handed over to the pro-army, but I want to reiterate one point: Do not implicate innocent people!

After the matter is over, I will submit a report according to the facts! "

(End of this chapter)