Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 136 Meridian Gate Knocking Que
"Your Majesty, we can't arrest you anymore!!"

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Xu Guangqi knelt on the ground and said emotionally: "In the past two days, the white-armed soldiers stationed in the Fengtai camp came to Beijing according to the order and arrested nearly a thousand people in various places inside and outside. More than half of them were scholars. After this incident, everyone in the capital is in panic, and there are many things to say..."

Zhu Youxiao, who was busy at his desk, looked up and saw Xu Guangqi kneeling on the ground, his eyes signaling to Wang Tiqian beside him.

"Xu Jijiu, please tell me if you have anything to say."

Wang Tigan hurried forward and bent down to help Xu Guangqi.

"I know that Your Majesty is angry about this matter."

Xu Guangqi remained unmoved and continued to kneel on the ground, "It is unreasonable to discuss the Hongwan case and King Fu's visit to Beijing. Some people do have hidden evil intentions and want to bring this public opinion to the court, but most people are innocent. They have just been deceived and taken advantage of, so it cannot be generalized."

Really stubborn.

Zhu Youxiao sighed softly, put down the imperial pen he was holding, stood up from the throne and walked towards Xu Guangqi, "The Qing family, please get up and speak. I know what the Qing family said, but these people must be arrested.

When I founded the Ming Dynasty Times, I made it clear to the Qing family that if you have any thoughts or opinions on certain policies or personnel of the dynasty, you can write them down one by one and submit them to the Imperial College. If what you say is true, you can publish it and let the people know it. widely discussed.

But what about this matter?

It was obviously an organized and premeditated action. Everyone followed what they said to stir up public opinion and throw dirty water on me. If they were not arrested, where would the law be?Where is the law of heaven? "

"But Your Majesty... the provincial examination will be held this year."

Xu Guangqi, who was being helped up, said with a somewhat moved expression: "If so many scholars were arrested at once, if the news spreads out of Beijing, how will the scholars in the world view the imperial court? How many scholars will refuse to participate in this year's provincial examination? Science Examination, this is a big deal.”

Yes, it’s the first year of Tianqi, and the provincial examination is about to begin.

Next year, the General Examination and the Palace Examination will be held in Beijing.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes narrowed slightly. As the first provincial examination held in the new dynasty, if not many scholars participate, next year's joint examination and palace examination will be affected to some extent.

The importance of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was too important, and it was too important to make any mistakes, otherwise it would have repercussions in various places. In serious cases, it would even affect local stability.

"Justice rests in the heart."

Zhu Youxiao calmed down his mind and said resolutely with eyes: "If the scholars of Ming Dynasty misunderstand the imperial court due to unfounded things, then these people should not take part in this year's provincial examination. The imperial court respects Confucianism and promotes science. Selecting talents to govern the world, you can’t even tell right from wrong, and doing such childish things after listening to rumors is definitely not what I want!”

Some things can be compromised temporarily, but some things cannot be compromised even a step!
Even if the dirty water is poured on himself, Zhu Youxiao will never allow this kind of thing to ferment.

Xu Guangqi showed a complicated expression. This was what he was most afraid of. If this situation continued, someone in the court would definitely react.

The current situation in the court seems to be much peaceful, much better than when the emperor first ascended to Dabao, but Xu Guangqi knows better than anyone else that it is just an expression.

"Dong Dong~"

Vaguely, Xu Guangqi seemed to hear the faint sound of drums coming from outside the hall. Soon, Xu Guangqi's face changed slightly, and a terrible thought came to his mind.

What should come will come.

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his hands, a look that was half a smile but not a smile. From the time he issued an order for the white-armed soldiers to come to Beijing and arrest those who spread rumors and made false claims about Hongwan and King Fu coming to Beijing, Zhu Youxiao expected that there would be Today's matter.

Although it was unknown who was secretly controlling all this, among the people arrested, there was a guy named Wang Wenyan. Zhu Youxiao knew that this matter was inseparable from the Donglin Party!
"Go and see what happened at Meridian Gate!"

Wang Tigan's voice sounded outside the palace, and some eunuchs and eunuchs left in a hurry.

Even the young eunuchs in the inner court knew what this meant.

Knock on the Meridian Gate! !
Wang Tiqian, Han Zanzhou and others were a little panicked. They wanted to arrest a group of people who were deceiving the public with their monstrous talk, instead of just letting some people from other dynasties knock on the door at the Meridian Gate.Things are getting serious.

Inside the Dongnuan Pavilion.

"The Qing family looks forward to the spring plowing."

Zhu Youxiao was not affected at all. He turned around and walked towards the imperial court. He said to Xu Guangqi, who was stunned: "I previously read the "Rediscussing Sweet Potatoes" submitted by the Qing family, and ordered the officials of the inner court to send people to the southeastern provinces to purchase some. A batch of sweet potatoes came to Beijing. In addition to sweet potatoes, they also found several new crops, such as corn, potatoes, peanuts, tobacco and other items.

I know that the Qing family is proficient in farming, and I will leave all the imperial estates in Beijing to the temporary management of the Qing family.

The Qing family is in charge of the Imperial Academy and the Huang Ming Times. The Qing family should also pay more attention to the trial planting of new crops. If the yield is really impressive and improved seeds can be cultivated to adapt to the climate of northern Xinjiang, it will be a great merit. Will the Qing family share my worries? "

With that said, Zhu Youxiao took a stack of memorials and handed them to Xu Guangqi.

"The minister leads the order."

Xu Guangqi's eyes changed slightly, he hurriedly reached out to take it, bowed his head and bowed.

"Okay, this is what a pillar of the Ming Dynasty should be."

Zhu Youxiao showed an approving look, "The Qing family doesn't need to worry about anything else. Just do your job well. Whether you're short of money or short of people, just report it to the emperor and I'll let you handle it."

Zhu Youxiao has always been doing one thing, which is to limit the political infighting in the Ming Dynasty to a certain category, and prevent some people from falling into meaningless internal strife. If the Ming Dynasty wants to change, it needs these Use your talents to solve practical problems everywhere.

But, there are always some people who want to challenge his bottom line.

"Set up at the Meridian Gate."

The smile on Zhu Youxiao's face disappeared, and he said with a cold expression: "I would like to see who are the people gathering around the Meridian Gate to knock on the que!"

One sentence made Qianqing Palace busy.

Zhu Youxiao had too many things to do. Just preparing for the war with Liao Dynasty consumed a lot of energy and time. For many matters of the foreign dynasty, he should push them to the cabinet if he could. It didn't matter whether he could handle the matter or not. Just keep it running basically.

As long as the operation of the small-scale peasant economy does not involve disaster relief, rebellion and other important matters, it is okay to delay other matters for a while. After all, the efficiency of Ming Dynasty is not high at the moment.

Some people always want to disrupt the current situation so as to take advantage of the chaos for personal gain, but Principal Zhu You wants to pour cold water on it to cool down the noisy current situation. Sometimes it is necessary to be quick and solve the problem with a sharp knife, but most of the time it is necessary to Be slow, work slowly and work carefully, everyone can be anxious and messy, but Zhu Youxiao can't!

"Qing Family, Imperial Brother, let's go, accompany me to the Meridian Gate, and take a good look at this farce."

Zhu Youxiao walked out of Dongnuan Pavilion, looked at Xu Guangqi and Zhu Youjian and said with a smile: "Look at how these good ministers of mine are taking the salary I gave and eating the royal food I gave, but they are causing trouble for me!"

"The minister obeys the order."

"My brother obeys the order."

Xu Guangqi and Zhu Youjian hurriedly bowed their heads, but they had different thoughts in their hearts.

With that said, Zhu Youxiao flicked his robe sleeves and walked towards Long Zhu with his head held high. The eunuchs, eunuchs, and generals of the Han Dynasty who gathered on the left and right bowed and saluted one after another.

This farce is so interesting. Since someone wants to cause trouble, Zhu Youxiao must let the world know about their ugly face.

"Let's drive~"

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the cushions and looked straight ahead, driving towards the Meridian Gate...

(End of this chapter)