Zhu Houzhao's resolution to clear Shuangyu Island and severely punish the foreigners was handed over to the emperor Zhu Zailei through Zhang Rong, the privy envoy of the Guards.

Emperor Zhu Zailei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and ordered without hesitation: "Do it according to the emperor's wishes!" ”

For Zhu Zailei, he is now on the throne for the first time, and what he is most worried about is that he will not handle government affairs correctly, which will make Emperor Zhu Houzhao feel dissatisfied, and then find an excuse to abolish himself.

After all, Zhu Zailei now also knows that his father's prestige is not something he can challenge now.

Now, as long as Emperor Zhu Houzhao decides to clear Shuangyu Island, even if the cleansing of Shuangyu Island causes a series of incidents, he no longer has to worry about being excused by his father to abolish him.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know if his eldest son Zhu Zailei was more concerned about being the emperor because of his prestige, or if the ministers in the court deliberately used his prestige to fight against the imperial power, but now he also found that his influence really couldn't be completely eliminated for a while.

Some people will still directly complain to him about their grievances, and even complain to him about a certain owner's arrears of wages.

Zhu Houzhao is actually very ambivalent about this phenomenon, because he wants to establish a society ruled by law, not by one person, but many people in the empire are still accustomed to the rule of man.

still likes to rely on a clean official or a chivalrous person to preside over justice.

But only Zhu Houzhao himself knew that once he upheld justice, it would mean breaking the legal order established by the empire.

As the saying goes, Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban.

Once a rule is broken, it's hard to re-establish it, and it's hard to convince others to follow it.

In that case, it will still be difficult for Chinese civilization to progress.

The wisdom of the people is still not completely civilized.

This is Zhu Houzhao's clearest feeling now, especially the elderly.

Because the universal education for all in the empire has also been universal for decades, middle-aged and young people under the age of 50 are still relatively well educated, and know the importance of abiding by the rules of society and maintaining justice and fairness.

However, the older generation of Ming people are heavily influenced by the old ideas, and they still do not know the importance of the rules, and coupled with the moral influence of respecting the old, the old people of the Ming Dynasty often break the rules of society.

Now it is these old people who are directly looking for Zhu Houzhao to complain about their grievances.

But these people are Zhu Houzhao's staunchest supporters.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao is very contradictory, he can't ask Jinyiwei to kill black-hearted capitalists and hateful corrupt officials because of these people's identity as the emperor.

But he can't see death without saving, so he can only continue to write to the governors of various places in the name of the emperor, and let the governors go through the regular procedures to investigate.

However, for these elderly people, he didn't know that Emperor Zhu Houzhao was so strict with the rules, and he was not in a hurry to deal with these black-hearted bosses and corrupt officials, in order to maintain the rules of society, otherwise the people in power could do anything wrong, they only thought that the emperor had changed and began to stand with these black-hearted capitalists and corrupt officials, and was not willing to deal with these black-hearted capitalists and corrupt officials.

This also means that Zhu Houzhao began to gradually lose popularity.

But there is no way, Zhu Houzhao knows that he can't give up his idea of establishing a society under the rule of law in order to win the so-called popularity.

He knew that although the people of the older generation did not understand his good intentions and even began to misunderstand him, the new generation of people in the Ming Dynasty who had the knowledge and the ability to think for themselves should be able to understand him, and knew that what really benefited the society was not the chivalrous knights who were happy to enmity and revenge, but the system innovators who encircled power in a cage.

"Since the abdication, the Emperor Taishang has become more and more timid, unwilling to uphold justice for us people, and only let us find the government, but can the government be trusted, if we can find the government, why do we need to find the emperor!"

For example, at this time, there was a literati in Wuxi who commented on Zhu Houzhao, the emperor who had just left Wuxi, in a teahouse.

Some people who have personally experienced the Emperor Zhu Houzhao are unwilling to directly come forward for them to straighten out the so-called black-hearted capitalists and corrupt officials on the spot, and they also deeply agree with this, thinking that the Emperor Taishang is indeed not like a person who is on his side.

And literati like Jian Hua will even directly analyze:

"Emperor Taishang is the biggest boss of the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Bank and the Royal Industrial Company control most of the wealth of the empire, how can you say that the Emperor Taishang can help you and me to speak, don't be naïve! When people ask you to find the government, they naturally want to act as a protective umbrella for these black-hearted capitalists and corrupt officials. ”

"According to what Mr. Jane said, it's true, so it's as dark as a crow in the world, we still can't count on others, we have to rely on ourselves to fight for it!"

At this time, some of the people chimed in.

After Zhu Houzhao learned these news from Jinyiwei, he was quite emotional, and he had to admit that the most hateful thing in the Ming Dynasty was not these old people who had not opened their minds, but these literati who knew the truth but talked nonsense, to be precise, the literati who were bought by the merchant class.

"These literati who took the money of the merchant class are really no different from the bitches who sell themselves for money, and the same as the bitches who take money and get rid of it, these scholars are talking nonsense with money, and seeing that there is no way to control the regime anymore, they mislead the people to regard their top families of the empire as enemies, and directly let Jinyiwei secretly execute this person named Jian Hua! These literati who only have money in their eyes, it is not okay to reason with them, they have to use guns. ”

Not long after Zhu Houzhao said this, this person named Jian Hua was caught by Jin Yiwei, and, according to Zhu Houzhao's instructions, Jin Yiwei directly shot at this Jian Hua, and this Jian Hua was killed on the spot!

Of course, Jin Yiwei is a dark walker, so even if Jian Hua is killed by Jin Yiwei, no one knows.

Zhu Houzhao is still letting Jinyiwei destroy the rules of society.

This also shows that Zhu Houzhao is not pedantic enough to only know how to abide by the rules, he knows that the only thing you can do for a shameless literati like Jian Hua is to shut him up.

Because he is already pouring dirty water on you, you can't expect him to reform himself, and besides, these shameless literati themselves have already said that Jinyiwei is killing people in secret, so Jinyiwei has nothing to scruple about assassinating these shameless literati, after all, he has already put on the hat of indiscriminate killing, so he can only kill indiscriminately.

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"Daddy Chao, your son was killed on the construction site, you had better go directly to the emperor, now the emperor has just arrived in Huzhou, only if he finds him, he can make the decision for you, you think, he is the emperor's father today, you just say that he can deal with this matter, as long as he is willing, want these heads of officials, it's not a matter of words!"

At this time, Lu Xuanyan suggested to the old man of the Yichao clan in his town, suggesting that the old man go to Zhu Houzhao to avenge his grievances.

Because of Zhu Houzhao's various propaganda and guidance of loving the people, and Zhu Houzhao's years in power have indeed brought a lot of benefits to the people of the Ming Dynasty, this Mo father, like other people, is also convinced that Lu Xuanyan said that the Emperor Zhu Houzhao can administer justice to them.

However, after Daddy Mo left, Lu Xuanyan couldn't help but sneer, and said in his heart:

"Although it is said that Xia Yan and Yan Song killed their teacher, but the root cause of this matter is that you Zhu Houzhao don't want us businessmen to rise, if you insist on establishing a rule of law and a fair environment, you have to restrain your prestige, and in this way, we just let you lose the foundation of your prestige, so that the people of the world no longer love you, as long as the people of the world no longer love you, you will not have any advantage, lose the hearts of the people and lose the world, once you have no support from the people, the world will still be our merchant class."

After Lu Xueyan sneered, he commanded: "Let Mr. Tai come in!" ”

Lu Xueyan continued to prepare to push some civil and criminal lawsuits to the Emperor Zhu Houzhao, but not long after Lu Xueyan laughed, the two brocade guards jumped down when no one was around.

Among them, a brocade guard covered Lu Xueyan's mouth and nose, Lu Xueyan couldn't help but widen his eyes, he felt very frightened and frightened, he really didn't expect Jinyiwei to appear in his house.

But Lu Xueyan didn't have time to ask why Jin Yiwei appeared, and after a while, he was killed by Jin Yiwei on the spot!

Of course, there is more than one person like Lu Xueyan who was assassinated by Jinyiwei, and what is placed on Zhu Houzhao's case is just a number.

Zhu Houzhao knew that he was killing people, but he had no choice, because he had no other way to stop these literati who spoke for the merchant class, and he could only physically exterminate them!

Zhu Houzhao also had to be glad that he still controlled the military power and could also control the Jinyi Guard.

Otherwise, he can only watch as the literati in these places take advantage of their abdication to travel to the local area, instigating the common people to come to him to resolve the conflict, so as to take the lead in interfering with the local judiciary, undermining the rule of law in society, or losing the popularity of the people in order to uphold the rules.

Gradually, some literati who spoke for the merchant class found that more and more of their own kind were dying, and they gradually felt fear, knowing that although the emperor Zhu Houzhao had abdicated, it was not easy to clean up.

Zhu Houzhao let Jinyiwei carry out assassinations on a large scale, but it also made the people come to Zhu Houzhao to seek justice, but Zhu Houzhao also knew that the Ming Dynasty must also pay attention to the collusion between officials and businessmen and the series of contradictions caused by it, however, he did not directly instruct Zhu Zailei, he believes that the current emperor, that is, his son, should be able to pay attention to this problem.

Zhu Houzhao now tries to put his mind on the mountains and water.

After Min Xian, the right attendant of the National Taxation Bureau, learned that his nephew Min Yuanhong also died, and many members of his Yunheng Literary Society died, he also guessed that it was Jinyiwei who was doing it, and couldn't help but feel both frightened and afraid: "I didn't expect that he was still so ruthless, we all mistakenly thought that this majesty really wouldn't kill!" ”

"Yan Mou said a long time ago, don't despise our abdicated emperor, this Ming, it's still up to him!"

Yan Shifan smiled coldly as soon as he covered the tea, and said: "Let's still think about making money, you can't fight for the right thing, you know, our Emperor Taishang, behind it is supported by many big chaebols, including my father, even the Emperor Taishang's fart is fragrant!" ”

"Yan Gongzi is right, I don't know what Yan Gongzi can inquire about from Ling Zun?" At this time, Min Xian couldn't help but ask.

"I really inquired about the important news, don't hide it from you, the news of Shuangyu Island has come to fruition, but you have to give me 10,000 silver dollars, otherwise I won't open this mouth."

Yan Shifan hugged a maidservant girl in his arms as he spoke, and at this time, Yan Maoqing, the imperial historian, stood up and took out the bill: "Yan Gongzi, please open your mouth." ”

"The above meaning came from the south, if you have an industry on Shuangyu Island, hurry up and return it, the loss of money is small, don't be able to keep the black yarn hat at that time, I'm afraid it will be about your life!"

As soon as Yan Shifan said this, Min Xian and Yan Maoqing couldn't help but look solemn.

Min Xian even arched his hand and said: "Lost company!" Then, he hurriedly walked out, and his henchman came and ordered: "Bring a glass of water, a box of cement, and quickly deliver it to Ship Master Xu!" ”

Yan Shifan only smiled slightly when he saw this, did not debunk Min Xian, but just let him do it.

Although Yan Shifan is only the son of Yan Song, the current deputy assistant to the cabinet, he also understands that Shuangyu Island seems to be just a pirate settlement, but in fact, many coastal nobles are involved in the smuggling trade on the island, otherwise these officials with coastal noble backgrounds would not try their best to inquire about the imperial court's decision on Shuangyu Island or let it go its own way.

Because of this, Yan Shifan also took advantage of the mood of these officials from the coastal scholar clan to understand the decision-making of the imperial court.

And because of this, Min Xian, an official from the coastal scholar family, had the opportunity to pass on the imperial court's resolution to Shuangyu Island.

Therefore, the people on Shuangyu Island have all learned that the imperial court has allowed Zhu Kun to send troops to Shuangyu Island.

Li Guangtou, Xu Dong, Ji Tian, Feders and other Shanghai pirate leaders on Shuangyu Island couldn't help but gather at this time to discuss how to deal with it.

At this time, Chen Yun, a representative sent by the Chen clan, a major coastal clan, couldn't help but suggest:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Chen thinks that as long as the imperial court dares to do something to us, we can't be too polite to the imperial court, if the imperial court wants to attack Shuangyu Island, then we will attack any of their cities, and we can attack in many places, so that the imperial court is tired to deal with it, and even mess up Jiangnan because of this, and then it will be just time to create pressure on Zhu Kun and the Ming court to which he is loyal!

Moreover, before this, Chen had already communicated with the heads of various families on the shore, and they would help us in secret, and right now, the Emperor Taishang of the Ming Dynasty was about to go to Ningbo to inspect, and when the time came, we would take the opportunity to attack Ningbo and create panic for the Ming court! ”

Chen Yun's proposal was endorsed by most of the pirate leaders.

However, as the pirate leader smugglers on Shuangyu Island, what they didn't know was that although they had the secret support of the local scholars, but, as the imperial court, they had the support of the entire Ming people, and the powerful Jinyi Wei Organization did not even have an eyeliner in Shuangyu Island.

Therefore, when Zhu Houzhao was touring the mountains and rivers, he learned from Jinyiwei that there were pirates from Shuangyu Island who wanted to attack Ningbo.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing at this: "This smuggler on Shuangyu Island is really not simple, even the imperial court has their people!" Right now, where is Zhu Kun? ”