The magistrate of Shanhua County suddenly said viciously: "This Li Zhi wants to put the gentry in Jiangnan to death!" If our civil officials in Jiangnan are afraid of retreating, I am afraid that the next step for the Son of Heaven will be to set up a court in Jiangnan. ”

Wu Zhida, the magistrate of Liling, said angrily: "This Jiangnan is not Li Zhi's territory, is Li Zhi's hand stretched too long." ”

Tang Tonglin, the magistrate of Yiyang, said helplessly: "For example, today Zi hired Li Zhi's brother-in-law Cui Changwu as the second assistant of the cabinet to take charge of the government. It can be said that half of the court situation was handed over to Li Zhi. ”

Wu Zhidare said: "Even so, he Li Zhi should not fight to the death with our gentry everywhere. There is a reason why he paid all the flatfields in his domain for taxes. Why did he fight to the death with our gentry in the land under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven? Do you have a grudge against the gentry of the world? ”

The officials were silent for a while, and they all hated Li Zhi's behavior in their hearts.

Wu Zhidang said loudly: "There are only 20,000 people in the Tiger Army, and the hundreds of thousands of local battalion soldiers and guards in Jiangnan all listen to us, we can't sit idly by." We contacted the dignitaries in various places and transferred troops to attack the Tiger Ben army. ”

In the late Ming Dynasty, the generals of the local military towns and guards were not only promoted by civilian officials, but also relied on civilian officials for their salaries, grains and grass on weekdays. After so many years, it can be said that the local soldiers and horses are completely at the disposal of civilian officials.

Therefore, when the Jiangbei Army went north, it could gather all the local armies in Shanxi and Beizhili.

Because of this, the civil officials in Jiangnan dared to confront the Son of Heaven. If the Son of Heaven sent Dongchang Fanzi to Jiangnan to get people, the civil officials in Jiangnan were sure to mobilize the soldiers and horses of local generals to kill Dongchang Fanzi.

But when the Tiger Army came, it was completely different.

The three Chinese officials looked at each other at this time, and none of them supported Wu Zhida's words.

The local generals were all ruffian-like figures, and although they were attached to civilian officials, they had little faith. The Jiangbei Army was able to hold the local army hostage and attack the capital north, and that was when the gentry had the upper hand. Now that the Tiger Ben Army has sent troops, the local generals are not stupid, which one will go to the death of the Tiger Ben Army, the strongest army in the world?

Although there are only 20,000 tiger troops in Nanjing, there are still more than 100,000 in one town and nine provinces. Even all the battalions in Jiangnan went up together with the Weisu army, and they were not the opponents of the Tiger Army.

At this time, if the civilian officials wanted to mobilize the local army to fight against the Tiger Army, they were afraid that the mobilized soldiers and horses would scatter in a hurry as they walked.

Tang Tonglin looked at Wu Zhidare, who was gritting his teeth, and sighed.

As soon as Li Zhi intervened in this matter, the civil officials in Jiangnan would be defeated.

Tang Tonglin arched his hand and said: "The official documents stamped with Cui Changwu's big seal arrived at the old man's official office a few days ago, and the old man did not dare to slack off, so he will go to Beijing tomorrow to be a Beijing official." Ladies and gentlemen, the old man has taken his leave. ”

Dropping this sentence, Tang Tonglin left the three halls by himself and went out of the yamen.

As soon as Tang Tong left, the other magistrates stood up one after another, and they all bowed their hands to Ding Yougui, the governor of Chaling Prefecture.

In the end, Ding Yougui also left Santang under the pretext of having something at home.

Wu Zhidang opened his mouth wide and watched his colleagues leave one by one, and in the end, only the magistrate of Shanhua County and himself were left.

The magistrate of Shanhua County gritted his teeth and said: "At this time, the Li thief is powerful, so let's avoid him and apply for Beijing for the time being." The green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, and he Li Zhi will always capsize one day. ”

After saying this, he also waved his sleeves and left.

Wu Zhidang stood in the three halls for a minute, sighed, and walked out of the Zhizhou Yamen with his eyes open.

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On the third day of the sixth month of the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen, the early dynasty on the Huangji Palace, the civil officials recruited from all over the country stood in the court.

After Li Xing's 20,000 people settled in Nanjing, the civil officials in Jiangnan all learned about the current affairs one by one and went north to enter Beijing.

When they arrived in the capital, under the control of 20,000 new troops in Beijing and thousands of Dongchang fans, these magistrates had to listen to the Son of Heaven one by one.

The local magistrates in Jiangnan were all replaced by Zhu Youzhen with civil officials who had operated law changes in Beizhili and Shanxi. Although there is no guarantee of the absolute loyalty of these officials, at least they have obeyed, and they are much easier to dispatch than the civil officials in Jiangnan.

At this time, in the court, the fans of the East Factory stood on both sides with embroidered spring knives, staring at the Beijing officials holding tooth cards. Even if the civil officials from Jiangnan had a bad stomach, none of them dared to splash it on the court.

After a long time, Zhu Youzhen, the Son of Heaven, walked out from the back of the Imperial Palace.

Zhu Youzhen's side, Cui Changwu, a scholar of Huagai Hall and a deputy assistant to the cabinet, wore a big red official robe and a tooth tag in his hand, and walked to the court with a serious face.

Obviously, before going to the dynasty, Cui Changwu and the Son of Heaven also discussed some things in private.

Seeing Li Zhi's brother-in-law Cui Changwu's style, the civil officials in the court hated it. However, Li Zhi's military might was there, but no one dared to speak disrespectfully to Li Zhi's wife and brother.

In fact, because Cui Changwu stood by the side of the Son of Heaven on behalf of Li Zhi, the Son of Heaven in the eyes of all the officials was heavier.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the civil officials who were thinking about each other and sneered. He flicked the front of his official robe, and sat down on the throne.

The officials of Honglu Temple waited for the Son of Heaven to sit down, and sang with a whip: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

Cui Changwu took a step forward and sang loudly: "The new head of the Ministry of Rites, Wu Zhikang, Feng Liushan, Langzhong of the Ministry of Households, and other twelve people are discussing the government in vain at home, and the officials of the imperial court slander the new law of the imperial court, and their hearts can be punished. The minister asked the Son of Heaven to take down these twelve people and hand them over to Dongchang for interrogation and interrogation! If there is no mistake, it is advisable to deal with it! ”

After saying this, Cui Changwu handed over a list to the eunuch in front of the throne.

Hearing Cui Changwu's words, the officials in the court were stunned.

Wu Zhidang does not have a clean mouth these days. After he arrived in the capital, he was assigned to the Ministry of Rites, which had the least oil and water, and he was the most powerless principal, complaining every day. He did find a dozen old friends from the same year to complain, saying a few words about the new law.

These dozen or so people did speak more radically, saying that they wanted to prevent the Son of Heaven from changing the law in Jiangnan.

But that's not going to be a punishment, is it? Kill a dozen people at once?

This Cui Changwu is too ruthless, right? And Li Zhixue's?

Is he taking Wu Zhidare, these twelve people?

The officials looked at each other, and wanted to come out to save these people, but they were frightened by the momentum of Cui Changwu and Zhu Youzhen, and they were a little hesitant for a while.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Cui Changwu's list, his face sank, and said: "Ignorant old man dares to talk about the new deal, where is Wang Dehua?" ”

"The slave is here!"

Zhu Youzhen threw the list in his hand at Wang Dehua: "Go to the Thousand Steps Corridor and capture Wu Zhidang and the other twelve people." If there is no difference, then these people will be beheaded according to the second assistant! ”

"Slave obeys!"

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, the civil officials in the court were silent for a while.

The Son of Heaven abolished the centuries-old tradition of the Ming Dynasty and began to sin people for his words, what is this going to do?

Do you want to be paid in Jiangnan Juntian?

Sure enough, after Cui Changwu threw out the list, he continued: "The major event of changing the law is related to the food, clothing and food of hundreds of millions of people in the world. Now that the time is ripe, the ministers are asked to implement the new law in Jiangnan, Juntian Fu, and open a court. ”