Jingming

Chapter 232 He is still a boy

The officials of the Nanjing Nursing Home have not experienced as much as the officials of the Beijing court.

They didn't experience Zhu Houcong's first court meeting after he ascended the throne, they didn't experience the undercurrent in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice after the debate, and they didn't face the "party struggle" that sent many officials to prison in the first year of Jiajing.

After the new emperor came to the throne, the closest Nanjing officials were to fear was the killing of officials in the southeast in the 16th year of Zhengde.At that time, Zhang Zilin was going south, looking like a plow sweeping, but in the end he raised it high and lowered it lightly. After all, he only focused on Xuanfu.

After experiencing the gentle Hongzhi Dynasty and the Zhengde Dynasty where the eunuchs were domineering but the emperor did not like to fight, Nanjing officials finally recalled: During the Hongwu period, the coercion of Taizu spread from Nanjing to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Now the young emperor is far away in Beijing, but overnight, Marquis Wu Ding took control of all the gates of Nanjing, Marquis of Xining commanded the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and Jin Yiwei was still running among the various yamen in Nanjing.

In the Nanjing Garrison Hall, Dai Yi, Guo Xun, Song Liangchen, Caojiang Admiral Wei Pengju, Caojiang Censor Xia Yan, and Nanjing Military Minister Qiao Yu met.

"Eunuch Dai, if you have a will, please declare it!" Qiao Yu looked at Guo Xun again with a sullen face, "If there is no will, what is the reason for what happened last night and today?"

This is the meeting of the garrison hall. Xia Yan is because of his status as Cao Jiang Yushi, and Qiao Yu is qualified to be a counselor for this meeting.

Dai Yi was much older than two years ago, he bent over and did not speak.

Guo Xun narrowed his eyes slightly: "Could it be that Qiao Shangshu thought that Jin Yiwei and I acted without authorization? I told you, Mr. Jiang Ge is going south, and the decree will arrive in two days."

Qiao Yu felt chills in his heart: "Suddenly, Yin Tianfu Yin, the right servant of the household department, two people from the military department, two people from the Ministry of Industry, three people from the criminal department, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Supervising the censor, the right minister of the official department, and the minister of the household department! Guohou, with so many people and such a high position, how can he take care of him without purpose?"

"Since Qiao Shangshu knew that there were so many people, how could he have captured them all in one fell swoop if he hadn't taken it by surprise?" Guo Xun raised his head, "If you ask for the order, this Marquis has already received the order before he went south, and the reason for coming to Nanjing was last night. Big event! The three major battalions were set up by the Marquis at the beginning, and now someone dares to reach out to the Beijing camp and even dare to mutiny! Qiao Yu, as the minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War, you are aggressive about this matter now, don’t you think about it carefully Consequences?"

Guo Xun called him by his first name. The pleasure of controlling the situation in Nanjing at the moment made his waist stiff, and his tone became a little gloomy.

Dai Yi finally opened his mouth: "Your Majesty has already made arrangements, and the news from the palace came. Jin Yiwei came to Nanjing to bring the meaning of Zhang Gonggong, including our family, many provinces and many important places will be guarded and replaced. Guo Lord Hou, Qiao Shangshu is only worried about the instability of Nanjing."

"There's nothing unstable! As I said, Mr. Jiang Ge will arrive in a few days. At that time, he has a clear order to go to Nanjing. The Beijing camp has a total of [-] forwards. If you dare to be unstable in Nanzhili, you can give it a try!"

When Qiao Yu heard him say that he had received the order before going south, he could only shut his mouth in horror.

After a corpse impeachment, before the change of the Fifth Army Battalion happened, Guo Xun had already gone south.

Zhang Wei conspired to rebel, and Sichuan changed, that was later.When Guo Xun came to Nanjing, did he just wait for an excuse for treason to appear in the world?
Guo Xun said coldly: "To tell you the truth, it wasn't just Nanjing who took people last night. In Zhejiang, it was also at the beginning of the Hai hour last night. Qiao Shangshu, we are here today. It is only right for Brother Ni to care about how to make meritorious deeds. Jin Yiwei The commander of the capital has already left the capital, and it is not the imperial court who will act rashly before the fifth year of Jiajing!"

Qiao Yu gasped.

So with the impeachment case of Li Xiang's corpse, the emperor didn't care about his reputation in the history, but was he furious about this kind of trick?
Qiao Yu is smart, but he is also timid.

He will follow the trend, but the trend of the new law is so fierce, and His Majesty is so determined and persistent.

Resetting the three major battalions at the beginning of enthronement is to make preparations for sweeping the world, and preparations for raising troops to quell chaos!

The world is in chaos?Is he just worried that there will be chaos?
Otherwise, how could it be like last night that the second and third rank officials just took it without asking the reason!

In Zhejiang, who did Yan Song take?

On the Zhejiang side, Yan Song held a stack of banknotes and said to Xie Changjie with a smile: "Look, there are still a lot of people who know the goods. With this money, His Majesty doesn't need to spend extra money to arrange people to build the Emperor Ming. It's clock."

Xie Changjie was in a complicated mood.

This guy must be very clear that his main task in Zhejiang is actually to keep an eye on him for His Majesty.Yesterday, many people "enthusiastically" wanted to buy the franchise and hire the Wanfa Pavilion to enshrine and teach the secret method, so he made it clear to himself the amount of money he received, and acted like a show off.

Then Yan Song talked about the business: "The many families that He Xingxing took last night all have a lot of friends in Zhejiang. Xie Xun press, after the news spread, under the interrogation of Wang Nietai, many county officials must be panic. Brother Xie Xun According to Zhejiang, the next step is to work hard.”

Xie Changjie hesitated for a moment, and then he still asked for advice: "Futai, in Xie's opinion, I'm afraid many officials and gentry have contacts with him. Xie is an inspector, and it depends on whether the local officials use their own affairs to patrol Zhejiang. According to the confession of the arrested person, Xie should look at which officials bought land, hid their households, and evaded too many taxes, and used this as a criterion to impeach him as a traitor?"

Yan Song saluted with a smile: "Brother Xie is brilliant!"

Isn't it just forcing people to stand in line now?

If you don't want to be charged with treason, then "spend money and eliminate disasters", and pay the taxes that should be paid in the future. In this way, you may be able to seize the good positions left by many high-ranking officials after being purged this time.

As for the future, it has its own rules.With the law of purchasing and the treatment of officials, Yan Song knew very well that His Majesty was not the Taizu who was only willing to let officials live a hard life.

Seeing that Xie Changjie let go and left, Yan Song showed some doubts in his eyes.

Why does Your Majesty clearly not care that the courtiers who are capable of doing things will also get some benefits, why did you specially send Xie Changjie to be a patrol censor in Zhejiang to keep an eye on him?
Yan Song cherishes the wide and smooth promotion path now, and doesn't want to leave an impression of greed in His Majesty's eyes right now.

But Your Majesty thinks I might be greedy?

He was secretly vigilant: Although His Majesty doesn't mind his subjects living a better life, there must be limits to that.

And the most important thing is, it must be able to do things extremely beautifully!

……

Two days later, the news spread, and Liu Zhenyuan saw it very accurately.

Nanjing and Zhejiang were dispatched at almost the same time, taking so many people in one go, and the deterrent effect revealed was extremely powerful.

Behind this, what is needed is early planning and preparation, and it is also necessary to deal with possible reactions after the event.

In one word: determination and strength.

Jiang Mian came to Nanzhili, which also showed determination and strength.

But he didn't go to Yingtian Mansion, nor Nanjing City.

He stayed in Yangzhou Prefecture.

This is the throat of the canal going north from the Yangtze River. The government office of the governor of Nanzhili was actually located in Yangzhou.

The governor of Nanzhili was only temporarily established, and his main affairs were water transportation, salt law, and water conservancy.

But since he has such a name and is the second assistant going south, the remaining senior officials such as Shangshu in Nanjing still have to go to visit him, and they also need to listen to the order.

Guo Xun didn't need to listen to the decree, and neither did Xia Yan—Jiang Mian hadn't arrived yet, and the official department's interpretation and selection results had already been passed on: Xia Yan was promoted to Yingtian Fu Yin.

After all, Meng Chun was the one who was sure to be removed before Jiang Mian left Beijing.

So Guo Xun and Xia Yan sent many people onto the boat outside Jinchuan Gate.The river was turbulent, and the official ship was going down the river. The "surviving" Nanjing officials on board were heavy-hearted and had no interest in talking.

In two days and three nights, more than 28 five-rank or more were missing from the six ministries of Nanjing and the various yamen.For those below the sixth and seventh ranks, only 13 people were taken.

This time, it was focused on the big ones.

Naturally, there is also a imperial prison in Nanjing Jinyiwei, and now it is like a cloud of visitors.

Down the river, the official ship passed Zhenjiang, and it was already noon in Jiangdu County.

The government of Yangzhou is in Jiangdu County. The current Jiangdu County is not only attached to the prefectural city, but also handles affairs under the nose of the temporary governor of Nanzhili, highlighting a trembling.

The wharf was already ready to welcome the left-behind Sixth Department and senior government officials from Nanjing City. Seeing the large number of people in red official uniforms disembark one by one, the magistrate of Jiangdu could only accompany the magistrate of Yangzhou to greet them.

Everyone is reluctant to talk too much, after all, there is still Guo Xun who has dispatched Jiang Mian as the governor's pacesetter.

You said that he is only a temporary governor, and he is not a full-fledged governor like other provinces, but he Jiang Mian has his own battalion.

For the time being, Jiang Mian set up the yamen in the Daming Temple, which was first built in the Ming Dynasty of Song Xiaowu in the Southern Dynasty. Many officials from Nanjing visited here.

On the west side of the main hall of Daming Temple is the Pingshan Hall built by Ouyang Xiu when he was the prefect of Yangzhou.

Standing in front of this Pingshan Hall, you can overlook many mountains in the south of the Yangtze River by leaning on the railing. The distant scenery is almost parallel to the realization, so it is named Pingshan Hall.

Are all the peaks in the south of the Yangtze River at the foot of Jiang Mian, who has set up his government here?

An incense table had already been set up in front of Pingshan Hall, and the ground was swept clean.Jiang Mian's personal soldiers in the pacesetter battalion were guarding various places inside and outside Pingshan Hall. Jiang Mian stood in front of the incense table, and the person beside him was holding an imperial edict in his hand.

A few people couldn't help but look at the person who was about to announce the decree with extreme surprise, and their hearts were shocked.

When the Nanjing officials came to meet Jiang Mian, Jiang Mian stepped aside to salute the person holding the imperial decree, and then said: "Please the eunuch Mr. Zhang Jin, the eunuch who is in charge of the ceremony, to announce the decree."

The one who went south with Jiang Mian turned out to be the seal of the Supervisor of Rites.

Zhang Jin discussed with Zhang Zuo and others about the replacement list of guarding eunuchs from all over the world. As a result, he gave up the position of the chief inspector of ceremonies to Zhang Zuo, and he went to Nanjing to replace Dai Yi himself.

At an extraordinary time, the entire ministerial system is no longer what it used to be.With the imperial study room, the role of the supervisor of ceremonies is gradually being adjusted, and Zhang Jin will also go to the local area to do things for the emperor like Wei Bin and Gu Dayong.

Now for the officials in Nanjing, the chief inspector of ceremonies came to announce the decree in person, and then the decree clearly stated that he would take over the defense of Nanjing, and the emperor's determination was even more obvious.

"... I asked Jiang Mian, the governor of Nanzhili, to follow the old rules except for water transportation, salt law, and water conservancy. In the land of Longxing in the south of the Huaixi River, I guard the gate in Beijing. You are as loyal as Nanjing Xugong Tiguo. I said in front of the palace that five years before Jiajing, the world first observed the effectiveness of the new law in Guangdong, and if there were any obstacles, it would be regarded as conspiracy."

"Now, they are not only obstructing them, but also betraying me! Zhang Wei of the Fifth Military Battalion, Gao Kewei of Sichuan, etc., where did they have the courage to make waves with false orders? Besides Yin Mengchun and others in Yingtianfu, who else gave them courage? Today Let me reiterate: What I said on the day I killed Guangdong Buchen and raised my son, my heart has not changed!"

"I appointed you as high-ranking officials to relieve my worries, enrich the country and secure the people. I agreed to the law on the treatment of officials, etc. that Mr. Yang Ge invited. Now I feel and still feel that the new law is harsh on officials and gentry. As for collusion and conspiracy? They are all people who have read a lot of history, and they have founded the country for more than a hundred years, and they have just passed on. Do you really want me to see the Ming Dynasty fall in the future?"

"Last year, there were early results in Guangdong. This year we will try out the new law of taxes and servitude. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the corpse came to remonstrate with me. So loyal! Good integrity! Good reputation! I want you to remember one thing, I am the vassal king, and I have the destiny to continue this greatness I have no burden! I only want to be worthy of my ancestors and the people of Ming Dynasty!"

"I also warn you that you also need to be worthy of my importance, worthy of the sage books you have read, and worthy of the people you rule! Tang Taizong said that water can carry a boat and also capsize it. You must remember. Daming If this boat capsizes, I and my descendants will not be spared, nor will you and your descendants!"

"Kin this!"

This is by no means an imperial decree prepared by the Hanlin Academy with gorgeous rhetoric and euphemism.

Many people have never heard the emperor speak with their own ears. Now from Zhang Jin's mouth, they seem to see a determined young emperor standing in front of him, speaking to them coldly, suppressing anger and reasoning rationally.

The emperor and his courtiers are all sitting on the big ship of Ming Dynasty.

As long as you are not a fool and understand the consequences of continuously oppressing the people, the boat will capsize sooner or later.

The problem is: not now.

The emperor didn't want him to be flooded after his death. The emperor said that he was just a vassal prince and had no burden in his heart.

The emperor seems to be a violent boy...

All the ministers knelt down to listen to the imperial decree and promised in unison before standing up. After looking at Jiang Mian and Zhang Jin with serious expressions, they remembered that the emperor had asked Yang Tinghe and Fei Hong to perform this scene together. The power of terror suddenly descended on the wrist of the power of thunder.

The emperor is also a scheming young man...

He is still a teenager.

When the "surviving" officials in Nanjing heard the edict with their own ears, those who went to Guangdong to proclaim the edict to Zhang Fujing and Gui E had already arrived in Wuchang Mansion.

Naturally, the decree for Sun Jiao and Marquis Zhenyuan also arrived.

Gu Dayong, the eunuch of Huguang, the general town, Sun Jiao, the Marquis of Jing'an and the head of the cabinet, who is now the governor of his hometown, and Gu Shilong, the Marquis of Zhenyuan and Huguang's general soldier, clearly stood together, but not as some people had speculated before. Because the change of the Five Army Battalions was planning to "Qin Wang Qingjun's side".

And Gu Shilong tied up his second son and handed it over to the eunuchs who came to proclaim the decree, and asked them to take it back to the emperor to return the decree.

The one who was most stimulated by this news was Zhu Rong, king of Chu.

He was so stimulated that both Sun Jiao and Gu Shilong were shocked that night.

"Is this true?"

Sun Jiao stood up and asked the person who came to report.

The person who came was the Chief of the Chu Palace, Shi. He tried his best to put on a sad expression, but his eyes were terrified: "It's true, the King of Chu is dead!"

Zhu Rong, the sixth king of Chu, was crowned king of Chu in the seventh year of Zhengde, and now he has just passed away for 12 years, at the age of fifty.

He had been sick before, it was real.

But never expected that after the court's decree spread to Huguang, after Gu Shilong kidnapped his second son and sent him to the capital to apologize, the king of Chu died that night.

Sun Jiao and Gu Shilong looked at each other with serious eyes.

What will the world think?
(End of this chapter)