People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 392 Jinyiwei is just a knife in my hand! !
Compared to other people, Li Rubai's condition is that he won't be afraid of so many things.

Even if there would be a dispute with His Majesty the Emperor, he had better options.

Because they have now completely become important ministers around Chen Han.

To put it bluntly, everyone can see that although the emperor is the boss of the empire now, most things are still decided by Chen Han.

Everyone knows what the Duke means to the Ming Dynasty; he means the second emperor.

It is precisely because of this idea that everyone is now even more afraid of Li Rubai.

why?
Because in the Duke's eyes, the Li family now has a very special status.

Especially in Liaodong, which is a very important place for the Ming Dynasty.

Under the governance of Grandfather Duke, it has now become an important gateway and a very important transit station to the north.

The Li family has a very special status there.

Although the current Li family is not as arrogant and domineering as before.

After all, after the Duke went to Liaodong, he killed many arrogant and domineering warlords, so everyone became much more restrained.

But it still cannot stop the Li family from becoming a special existence.

The Li family is guarding there like a stabilizing force.

With the support of the Li family, Li Rubai would never find himself in the same embarrassing situation as the other Jinyiwei.

He was even more courageous in telling the truth to the emperor.

Although all those civil servants deserved it, they should all be punished.

But for these family members, sometimes they still seem a little bit innocent.

Because of this, we realized that these brothers of Jinyiwei are not as cruel and vicious as rumored by the outside world.

In fact, they also saw the families of the civil servants. Sometimes they didn’t know what the civil servants had done, and they were somewhat innocent.

But they didn't dare to speak out.

It is a good thing for these families that someone like Li Rubai, who is not afraid of getting involved, says such things.

So after hesitating for a while, the family members knelt down at Li Rubai's feet.

Even the civil servants did not act pretentiously at this time. They all knelt at Li Rubai's feet, thanking Li Rubai for listening carefully to their requests, understanding their difficulties, and even helping them seriously to avoid such things from happening.

In fact, the civil servants did dislike Chen Han.

Although he did want to bring down the Imperial University of Peking.

But ultimately this is a political struggle and has nothing to do with family.

Li Rubai understood this very well because he had seen too many such things.

When in Liaodong, his father controlled a large number of troops.

Before Chen Han had completed the overall management of Liaodong, it was actually his father who was doing all these things.

Although his father was a rough man who had done many evil things, such as killing innocent people to gain credit, he could not stand it.

But later on, I gradually understood it, because there were countless vested interests behind his father.

It is impossible for these vested interests to make their father do things according to their wishes.

And now he is facing the same situation as his father.

His father dealt with many opponents at the time, but kept their families.

Because his father always believed that one should be responsible for one's own actions and should not let their families be implicated.

At this time, Li Rubai was very magnanimous.

He even said to the civil servants kneeling on the ground, “You don’t need to be grateful to me. I am not doing this mainly for your sake.

Mainly because of your family, who may really be innocent.

If your family members have the same idea as you and want to harm our Duke, I will treat them in the same way.

But the current situation seems to be that there is no need to thank me for anything, I just did what I thought was right.

Even in your majesty's presence, I would say these words.

It’s not because of you, but I personally feel that this is what I should do.

Of course, I understand that if you, as family members, kill your master, you will hate the court, His Majesty, and the Duke. "

He said this while looking at the family members.

Those families are resentful.

Could he not know?

I understand it very well, but why should we let it go and leave such a seed of hatred behind?
Because it is impossible to have both.

Because you can't make everyone not resentful.

Whatever the Duke does is good for the people, but isn’t it bad for some people?
Is there even a little bit of resentment in their hearts?

Even wanting revenge?
Yes

But they had no choice.

This is the courage of Li Rubai and the Duke.

I know you are very unhappy, but what can you do?

Can you kill me? Or can you impeach me in the court like the civil officials, and then drive me out of the capital and then ambush and kill me on the roadside?

You can't do it, so you have such confidence.

Li Rubai looked at the family members and said, "I have seen it in your eyes. You will definitely hate the court, His Majesty, and the Duke."

As soon as these words were spoken, the family members immediately knelt on the ground and said, "No, no, no, we dare not, we will not resent you. You have done us such a great favor, how can we dare to do that?"

Li Rubai laughed loudly, "Don't try to play tricks on me, I know exactly what you are thinking.

Let me be frank with you. Back in Liaodong, many generals under my father's command who had made mistakes were dismissed from their posts and sent to the border to guard the frontier. Their families were also sent as exiles.

When they were leaving, the resentful look in their eyes was very similar to the look in your eyes now.

They begged and they knelt on the ground begging for release and mercy, but we did not spare them at that time and still sent them to the border to guard the border.

why?
Because at that time, we, or the Li family, had no way to suppress all dissenting opinions, so we could only kill one to warn the rest, or even catch them all in one fell swoop.

But it’s different for you.”

He said this with great pride, because the Duke is different now.

"The biggest difference between the Duke and my father is that everything the Duke does now is just and beneficial to the people.

If you oppose the Duke, you are opposing the whole world, and the whole world will come to deal with you when the time comes.

So I give you a piece of advice, if His Majesty lets you go this time and only punishes the main criminals, you'd better keep your tail between your legs and behave yourself.

Because once you reveal your hatred for the Duke, the people will drown you with their saliva."

Li Rubai is so confident now.

He was confident that the world was on the side of the Duke. Then Li Rubai waved his hand without saying anything more to them: "Retreat!"

All the civil servants were detained, and some were left behind to guard the residence of the Imperial University of Peking, and the families inside were not allowed to leave.

Then, in the middle of the night, he brought in the troops from the Military Affairs Department and detained the families of all the civil servants.

If these civil servants are interrogated later and it is not discovered that their family members had followed them to do evil, these family members may all be released.

But it’s not possible now, it must be kept under surveillance.

After doing all this, Li Rubai went straight into the palace and went to the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor.

At this time, the ten-year-old Emperor Wanli was still awake and still dealing with memorials.

He was actually waiting for Li Rubai to report the news to him.

At this time, Chen Han, who was far away in Japan, was also waiting for Li Rubai's report.

He wanted to see what tricks the current civil servants in the country could come up with when he was not in the country.

The most important thing is that he really wants to see whether these people can stop after they have done all the tricks.
These civil servants have challenged my bottom line time and time again, so I'll let them know that I'm angry now and will suppress them by any means necessary.

He will not allow any civil servant to dare to challenge him. This is his last bottom line.

Precisely because of this, this time Chen Han intends to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. Confiscating the property and exterminating the clan are the basics.

If we don't do this, we won't be able to intimidate those civil servants.

In fact, Chen Han has always given face to those civil servants and given them many opportunities.

But some people really seek death, and no one can stop them.

For example, now we clearly know that the stone bridge built by students of Imperial University of Peking is the most important appearance of Imperial University of Peking since its opening.

But these civil servants actually dared to make trouble under such circumstances, so don't blame them for being cruel and ruthless.

Just as he was thinking, a eunuch came in: "Your Majesty, Li Rubai is here to report the situation."

Chen Han raised his eyelids: "Let him in!"

Although the eunuch was almost fifty years old, he had served two emperors, Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Longqing.

But even so, he was walking on thin ice.

Because for some reason, he actually saw the unfathomable depth of Emperor Jiajing in the ten-year-old emperor.

How could he know that a modern man in his thirties lived in the soul of this ten-year-old child.

I could only secretly remind myself that I must never treat him as just a ten-year-old child in front of His Majesty.

When he went outside trembling with fear, he saw Li Rubai standing respectfully at the bottom of the stairs waiting for him.

The eunuch called out, and Li Rubai looked up and saw that the eunuch's face was pale, and he asked in a low voice: "Are you feeling unwell, eunuch?"

The eunuch forced a smile and said, "Nothing, nothing!"

Li Rubai did not take it seriously. After entering the palace, he saw that the lanterns on both sides of the huge palace were extinguished.

Only the two crane-shaped bronze lamps on the dragon desk where the emperor sat were lit.

Chen Han is a very frugal person.

He doesn't like extravagance.

There were only two lamps on in the huge study.

Under the dim candlelight, Li Rubai came before Emperor Wanli, bowed first, and then explained the current situation.

Emperor Wanli asked: "What do you think of those family members?"

Emperor Wanli was puzzled when he heard Li Rubai say that he had no plan to arrest all the family members.

Li Rubai finally said: "Your Majesty, those families have nothing to do with this matter. It was those civil officials who did this. Those civil officials deserve to die, but their families..."

Emperor Wanli raised his eyelids and looked at him coldly: "Why? Being a Jinyiwei is unfair to you, you want to be a censor?"

As soon as these words were spoken, they pressed down on Li Rubai like a mountain, making his scalp numb and his back sweat profusely.

He knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, I dare not."

Emperor Wanli sat behind the dragon desk. Although the huge dragon throne made his ten-year-old body look a little frail.

But his eyes revealed the aura of a king who controlled the world.

Captivated by these eyes, Emperor Wanli felt as if his entire body was enveloped by an invisible cage, unable to move.

He never imagined that the gentle boy on weekdays would burst out with dragon power that he could not withstand at all.

At this point he still wanted to make some excuses.

Emperor Wanli said, "The Li family is a military family, but now they have produced material for you to be a censor. How about I let you be a censor for a few days, and you can quit your job as a clerk."

After hearing this, Li Rubai felt even colder all over.

Emperor Wanli stepped down from the dragon throne, put his hands behind his back, and walked in front of him: "If it weren't for Chen Aiqing's repeated recommendations to me, you would not be able to become the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei with your character. You know that this is a great favor.

Now instead of being grateful, you act as a censor in front of me.

Who are you?

Who are you?
You are a Jinyiwei, you are a knife in my hand, how do you say I should use the knife?"

How to use a knife? Li Rubai couldn't answer.

Emperor Wanli replied: "The sword just needs to obey, understand?"

Li Rubai looked at Emperor Wanli and saw that he had a dignified look on his face without being angry. The words he said were not something a ten-year-old child could have.

This time when he faced the king, he finally felt what it meant to be deeply gracious.
It can lift up a huge ship, but can also submerge all ships in an instant.

And this process was just a matter of a word from the emperor.

Li Rubai finally realized where he was wrong. Just as Emperor Wanli said, the Jinyiwei was just a knife in the emperor's hand.

The emperor can use it however he wants and is not allowed to have his own thoughts.

Li Rubai finally understood why he was taught a lesson by the Emperor.

It turns out that I was really too self-indulgent.

He thought he could help those families out of trouble here with His Majesty.

But unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor didn't listen to any of this at all.

Instead, he believed that as a Jinyiwei, one could not have any thoughts of his own and only needed to be a knife.

Although this is hard to accept, this is the duty of the Jinyiwei.

Especially now when he was facing the emperor, the powerful majesty displayed by the emperor made him unable to refute at all.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, and it won't happen again."

Hearing what he said, Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "If you know you are wrong, you must correct it. I will not make it a fuss this time. You go and interrogate those family members. If they really have nothing to do with this matter, release them. I will give you this favor this time, but there must not be a next time. Do you understand?"

(End of this chapter)