Zhu Houzhao didn't expect this Jiang Wei to dare to use this as a threat, so he couldn't help asking:

"Didn't you hear, I have already said it first, and those who block it will be killed!"

"Your Majesty is a holy monarch, and a holy monarch will not kill ministers because of his loyalty!" Jiang Wei buried his head and said with this as an excuse.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly didn't know how to refute Jiang Wei, thinking that this guy actually directly put a high hat on himself and threatened himself, meaning that if he killed him, he would not be a saint.

Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to Jiang Wei anymore, because Jiang Wei's words actually didn't threaten him, so he didn't care about the name of the Holy Monarch or not, so he turned his head to look at Qiu Yue: "What are you doing in a daze, cut it!" ”

"Yes!"

Qiu Yue pulled out his knife and walked directly towards Jiang Wei.

This Jiang Wei suddenly got up and wanted to run: "Your Majesty! Please go back to the palace! The minister will return to the Ministry of Rites first! I hope Your Majesty can return to the palace! ”

Click!

Jiang Wei obviously didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to really cut him, and his reaction was a little slower, and after hearing the sound of the steel knife coming out of the sheath, he just stood up and wanted to run, but he didn't have time, so that he even half of his head was cut to the ground by Qiu Yue, who was known for his bravery.

Smack!

Jiang Wei, who only had half of his body and a head left, looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock, but closed his eyes before he could open his mouth to speak.

"Keep going!"

Looking at the blood in one place, Zhu Houzhao was also very helpless, and only commanded, he didn't know if this was a sign that he was about to go to Jiangnan, and he was destined to set off a bloody storm.

……

At this time, Jiangnan was still singing and dancing.

Song Kai, the imperial historian of Nanzhili, had just come out of Yuan Chong'an's concubine's room, and he had so much fun last night that his waist was still very sore, so he had to turn his waist while asking his staff: "Has the approval of the imperial court arrived?" ”

"Song Yushi, you don't have to wait for approval!"

At this time, Liang Ze, a thousand households of Jinyi Wei, suddenly appeared at the door of the Moon Cave, and waved his hand directly: "Take it!" ”

So, the two Jinyi lieutenants immediately kicked their boots and strode towards Song Kai, and Song Kai was also very surprised when he saw this, where did he think that there would be Jinyi Wei to take him directly, and he couldn't help shouting for a while:

"You guys! What are you doing here? This official is to patrol the imperial history, innocent and responsible, why do you lock up this official at will! ”

"By order! The Zhenjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau, the Suzhou Chongming County Taxation Bureau and the Zhenjiang Prefecture Taxation Bureau were slaughtered, and you, as a patrol of the imperial history, had the right and responsibility to supervise local military affairs, but now under your jurisdiction, you have made water bandits and pirates run rampant, which is enough to show your dereliction of duty! So take you! Go down to the brocade clothes to guard the prison, and strictly interrogate you for raising a coward! ”

When Liang Ze was speaking, the two captains in brocade clothes had already detained Song Kai with his backhand, and Song Kai was also very nervous:

"This official has explained in the song that this official was in Nanjing at the time, and the scourge of the water bandits and pirates was that Su Song's soldiers were preparing for the road and the Zhenjiang general army were not able to defend the country, and this official had impeached them, what does this matter have to do with this official, and even if the official is held responsible, it should be investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate! Your Jinyi Guard's unauthorized request for the Central Decree is a move to disrupt the dynasty! ”

Liang Ze ignored Song Kai's questioning, after all, he was only responsible for taking people, and he didn't understand or bother to understand the rules of the court.

And Song Kai was a little scared at this time, after all, he knew in his heart that this matter had nothing to do with him, but he couldn't admit it now, and he could only use the rules to stop Jinyiwei's behavior of locking himself.

The civil officials and gentry have always hated Jinyiwei's interference in the judiciary and taking people for no reason, because this will make them unable to use their power to avoid the rules of the court to do things, so the literati have always criticized Jinyiwei's interference in the judiciary and arresting courtiers as a bad government, but they don't know how they trampled on the law at will and abused the common people when they were officials.

But as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao obviously needs Jinyiwei, especially an old fox like Song Kai, if he can't catch his mistakes at all according to the rules, or even have no way to deal with him, and it is much easier to do it with Jinyiwei.

Now Zhu Houzhao first asked Jinyi Wei to arrest Song Kai and put him in prison, so as to avoid the case of Wang Yangming, the governor of Nanzhili, when he arrived in Jiangnan to investigate the tax bureau, this inspector Song Kai made an obstacle from it, and also let the Jiangnan gentry lose their biggest protective umbrella in the officialdom first, so as to prepare for further crackdown on these local gentry in Jiangnan in the future.

……

Jiangnan is a place where the gentry are concentrated, therefore, Jinyiwei came here to directly take away a patrol imperial history, which naturally attracted the attention of the gentry, not to mention that it was taken in the gentry's house.

On the day that Song Kai was taken away by Jinyiwei, Yuan Chong'an, a man from Suzhou, knew the news, and he immediately called a squire: "Everyone, Lord Song was taken away by Jinyiwei, we can't watch this matter!" Jiangnan is not the capital, we can't let Jinyiwei come so nonsense, what's more, once this Lord Song is arrested, what happens to the interrogation, we can't escape from it! ”

"The people here are all famous scholars, and the family is not without slaughtering officials, and the court dares to take people in Jiangnan at will, which is undoubtedly very faceless for us Jiangnan families! You can't let the court do that! We have to organize the people of Shilin to go to the yamen to petition, let this parent official go to the court for us, and ask the court not to ruin the reputation of the Qing officials, and listen to the will of the people in Jiangnan! ”

At this time, Gu Xiantong, who had been a minister of Nanjing Hanlin Academy, also spoke.

Yuan Chong'an nodded thoughtfully: "I heard that the imperial court has added the governor of Nanzhili, and he will arrive soon, this Zhongcheng Lord is Wang Shouren of Zhejiang, the son of Wang Hua, the champion prince, and when the time comes, it will be up to Mr. Gu to introduce him, in the end, you are also his uncle, and Wang Hua and you were also the same scholar back then." ”

"It's okay, I don't think he dares to be an enemy of the gentry in our entire Jiangnan!"

……

Wang Yangming, the governor of Nanzhili, had just arrived in Nanjing on the front foot, and Gu Xiantong handed over a post to ask for a meeting on the back foot of the Jiangnan gentry.

Township officials and students have always been the two most typical representatives of the local privileged class in the Ming Dynasty, and they are also one of the two major harms that led to the collapse and even demise of the Ming society.

But Wang Yangming didn't expect that there would be so many people this time, and there was actually his father's friend Gu Xiantong, and as soon as these gentry came, they saluted themselves, and said earnestly:

"Futai! I only came to intercede for Song Xun, Song Xunpress is a Qing official! During his reign in Jiangnan, he rested with the people, studied and repaired the river, and made outstanding political achievements, and the people of Jiangnan were grateful for his kindness, and repaired the shrine for it. ”

"Yes! Lord Futai is also an official of our imperial court, can he sit back and watch the factory guards run rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and ignore the court's outline of the law! Don't you think this is an insult to Sven? ”

Yuan Chong'an also said.

"Everyone, please hurry up, this official is the first time to take office, and I don't know the actual situation, but Jinyi Wei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and he is controlled by His Majesty, and this official has no right to intervene, and it is really helpless, but this official can send your request to heaven, and Presumably Your Majesty will not ignore your request!"

Wang Yangming finally persuaded this gentry to talk badly, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was really not easy to come to Jiangnan to be the governor of Nanzhili, he had just arrived, and there were so many gentry who came to interfere in government affairs, and even forced the court to release Song Kai.

Unconsciously, I became a person from these Jiangnan gentry in a trance, thinking that it was no wonder that His Majesty wanted to come to Jiangnan in person, otherwise, in this Jiangnan, which is far away from the capital, I could not obey the orders of the king, and I could only obey the public opinion, but now the public opinion is in the hands of these Jiangnan gentry.

But in any case, Wang Yangming still gave Zhu Houzhao the request of these Jiangnan gentry.

……

At this time, Zhu Houzhao, who was still on the road, also received Wang Yangming's note about the Jiangnan gentry's request to release Song Kai, who was the governor of the imperial history, and couldn't help laughing for a while, and took the note and came to Song Kai, who had been escorted to him: "Song Kai, you have such a big face!" You have just been captured by the Jinyi guards, and these Jiangnan gentry have gone to the governor to intercede for you! ”

"Your Majesty! Innocent! The minister really didn't know what crime he had committed, so he asked you to dispatch the Jinyi Wei Nachen! Since Your Majesty has asked the ministers to follow the Nanzhili, you should trust the ministers, but now Your Majesty believes in slander and takes ministers for no reason, which makes the people dissatisfied, and the ministers have no intention of holding public opinion hostage against Your Majesty, and the ministers only ask Your Majesty to resign from their posts! Let the minister rather return to the township! ”

Song Kai yelled fearlessly, he knew that after the Jiangnan gentry interceded for him, not only did he not feel afraid, but he had confidence, after all, he now knew that there was the entire Jiangnan gentry behind him who was supporting him.

"Public opinion? You still dare to threaten me with public opinion! He, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, represents the public opinion? You Song Kai are worthy of the will of the people! Less fooling! I'm not a three-year-old! The cabinet rejected your request to repose the tax bureau, and you immediately went to the report that the tax bureau was slaughtered, you are really a fool to be a person in the central court! Can't you see there's something to do with this?

No, it's not that you and the gentry behind you can't see it, it's that you have nothing to fear! Isn't it! If you want to threaten me with this, you are threatening the imperial court, telling me that if I do not comply with your request, more of these tax bureaus will be slaughtered, and more innocent people will be killed! Yes and no! ”

Zhu Houzhao asked Song Kailai loudly.

Song Kai saw that Zhu Houzhao had exposed the past purpose of himself and the Jiangnan gentry, so he did not defend himself: "Your Majesty said so, and the minister doesn't know how to answer, the minister just wants to ask Your Majesty now, does Your Majesty want to offend the entire Jiangnan Shi clan and leave a reputation for eternity?" ”

"Presumptuous!"

Zhu Houzhao kicked at Song Kai on the spot and pointed at Song Kai: "You still dare to threaten me!" ”

Then, Zhu Houzhao said: "However, I can tell you that I am really not afraid, even if I offend the entire Jiangnan Shi clan, it doesn't matter, come here, hang Song Kai, and interrogate him about the slaughter of the Tax Bureau!" ”