Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 952 Why arrest me?

The weather is getting warmer.

The capital city is still bustling.

“Some people are just too greedy.”

A tea stall somewhere.

A middle-aged man put down his teacup and said to his tea friend beside him: "Look at the current situation in the capital. If it were in the past, it would be unthinkable."

"Whether it's the city roads or the lanes, they are all paved with cement and planted with trees, not to mention the waterways, which need to be dredged and expanded. When I think about the past, every time it rained, it was either muddy or full of stinky water. Sometimes I wonder what kind of life we ​​lived in the past."

"That's true, that's the truth."

After hearing this, the tea friend nodded and agreed: "Now we have environmental improvement, city appearance, and yes, garbage transportation. In the past, there was no such thing, and no one had even heard of it."

"Every year you only need to go to the official office and pay a certain amount of money, and you don't have to pay anything else for the whole year. In the past, if a dung carrier is unhappy and asks you to pay more money, and you don't pay, then that person won't come to your place to carry dung anymore."

After hearing this, many other tea drinkers laughed.

"Everyone envies the good life in Beijing, but no one has ever thought that there is a glamorous side to life in Beijing, but the not-so-glamorous side is all ignored."

The middle-aged man looked somewhat melancholy, and lifted his robe and said, "Since our Majesty ascended the throne, let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the several Shuntian prefects who were specially promoted. Tell me, which one of them was not a good official who served the people?"

"In recent years, let's ask ourselves, have we rarely seen people who bully others, who rob beggars, and who steal petty things?"

"That's true."

One person echoed, "There was really no way to make a living in the past, especially during years of disaster, when food prices would inevitably go up, and then large numbers of loan sharks would appear."

"But in recent years, it doesn't matter if there is a disaster. The government has implemented work-for-relief. The ones you just mentioned, as well as the expansion of official roads, workshops, and large residential areas outside the capital, are all asking the victims to exchange their labor for food. It's tiring, but they don't have to bear debts or sell their children."

"It's more than that."

Another person followed closely and said, "Anyone who performs well in the work-for-relief program will be recommended to work in the industrial workshops under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. Think carefully about how many people have been resettled in our capital in the past few years?"

Change cannot be achieved overnight; it must be accumulated over time. Many things that are not understood will be questioned and criticized when they are first implemented, but as time goes by, some changes will gradually emerge, and in return they will become commonplace, or even cause sighs and lamentations.

In this atmosphere, the capital of the Ming Dynasty changed little by little. The division between the inner and outer cities in the past has now become the core area, while the areas opened up outside the capital have become non-core areas. However, as the population continues to settle, a complete Ming Dynasty capital circle will gradually take shape.

That's what change is.

From being unable to accept to gradually getting used to it, as this group continues to grow, those stubborn thoughts and ideas of the past will quietly fall apart.

"hurry up!"

"Follow!"

Shouts were heard one after another, and many people on the originally busy street moved to the sides. Hundreds of Jinyiwei flag officers marched at a very fast speed.

"Are you planning to catch corrupt officials again?"

"That's for sure."

"I don't know who has been found."

"Why can't we catch all the corrupt officials?"

"Ask me, I'll ask who to go to."

The crowd gathered, watching the Jinyiwei flag officers rushing by, and started to discuss it. It seemed that even they did not notice that in the past, when they saw the Jinyiwei, in addition to fear, they were more likely to criticize and abuse them in their hearts. After all, the reputation of the factory guards had been ruined too much before. The key point is that there are too many people of mixed good and bad qualities coming in, wearing that skin and doing all kinds of bad things. How can the people of the people not be disgusted and afraid?

But in the past two years, the reputation of the factory guards has changed.

The Jinyiwei, Dongjishichang, Xijishichang, Da Neixingchang and other organizations that were absolutely dependent on the imperial power no longer infiltrated the people. Any task they did was closely related to the court. As for the affairs of the people, the government had their own way to resolve and deal with them.

If there is something that the government cannot resolve, it means there is injustice, and the factory guards really need to take action.

Since the rules have been broken and trampled upon, if you want everyone to respect the rules again, you must go through a long bloodbath, and this is what Zhu Youxiao is doing.

The pressure on the Ming officialdom and military is being continuously increased to eliminate the corrupt officials and scum hidden within them one by one.

This kind of high pressure will not be passed down to the people, but will be carried out in the officialdom and the military. Perhaps some things will happen during this period, leading to chaos in local order, but only after a great destruction can a great reconstruction be achieved. In order to have better governance in the future, some determination must be made. The best examples are the previous Liaodong, Sichuan and Guizhou, and now the southeastern provinces!
“What do you want to do!!”

Dingguo Gongfu.

There was a roar.

"You Jinyiwei are too lawless!" Xu Xigao was shocked and angry. Surrounded by several family generals, he walked quickly over, glared at the Jinyiwei in front of him, and shouted sternly.

"You broke into my Dingguo Mansion without even saying hello. Do you still have any respect for the law? I will report you to the emperor."

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"Xu Xigao, your incident has been exposed."

But before he could finish his words, Xu Xianchun came over holding the Embroidered Spring Knife, stared at Xu Xigao with a half-smile and said, "How dare you mention the king's law? Have you ever thought that one day, the king's law will punish you for the Liaodong incident?"

Xu Xigao's expression changed slightly and his eyes became evasive.

"I don't know what you are talking about."

Xu Xigao's Adam's apple moved and he subconsciously shirked the responsibility.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know."

Xu Xianchun smiled and said, "Come on, please invite Duke Dingguo to the Imperial Prison. Once you are in the Imperial Prison, I believe you will remember everything you have forgotten."

"Here!"

Several captains and thousand-householders of the Jinyiwei immediately shouted, and then ordered their flag officers to step forward and prepare to arrest Xu Xigao. This scene made the generals on both sides draw their swords.

"You want to rebel!"

Seeing this scene, the Jinyiwei officers were not willing to stand it anymore. They drew their swords and shouted, which made the retainers panic.

The shadow of a famous tree.

Who doesn't know the power that the Jinyiwei has established in recent years?

No one who goes against the Jinyiwei will have a good ending.

"Why are you arresting me?"

"Are you all dead?"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent."

The Duke Dingguo's Mansion was in chaos, and at this moment, it was not only the Duke Dingguo's Mansion that was experiencing such commotion, but also other noble mansions. A storm was brewing.

(End of this chapter)