Because Zhu Houzhao was on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, he ordered someone to simply hang up the patrol according to the imperial history Song Kai for interrogation, as long as this Song Kai refused to confess, Zhu Houzhao planned to let him have a close contact with the river mixed with countless excrements in the east and west of the river.

However, as soon as Song Kai was lifted from the boat, before he was put into the water, he shouted:

"Your Majesty! The minister really has nothing to do with the case of the Tax Bureau! The minister has no idea about this! If Your Majesty really doesn't believe it, let people investigate it carefully! And please Your Majesty do not hang the ministers into the water, the ministers are afraid of the cold, now just after winter, when the spring is cold, this water is estimated to be very cold! ”

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself that you Song Kai was Qian Qianyi, and he was afraid that the water would be too cold, so he ordered:

"Hang him into the water until he confesses truthfully!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You can't do this! The minister is a disciple of Confucius and Mencius! The minister is a two-list jinshi, and he should be treated preferentially by the imperial court! ”

Song Kai roared as he watched himself get closer and closer to the river, and as soon as he touched his head on the river, he couldn't help but shudder:

"Your Majesty! Move! All the ministers are recruited! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect these Wenchen to be so afraid of the cold, and thought that maybe Qian Qianyi in history was not really hypocritical, and seeing that Song Kai was willing to recruit, he asked Jinyiwei to lift Song Kai up.

Song Kai took a long breath, and then took the initiative to confess his hookup with the gentry to Zhu Houzhao, and even told how he was trapped in the chain of interests of the Jiangnan gentry in the first place, and said with a sad face:

"The minister is really helpless! Your Majesty! I think that the ministers were also grateful for the grace of the court's promotion, so that the ministers patrolled the south and Zhili, and the ministers were also full of ambition to be a good official who was the master of the people, but those gentry said that they were the people, and said that the ministers were the masters for them was to be the masters of the people, and the ministers could not deny that for the sake of local tranquility, they could only follow the wishes of the people! ”

After listening to Song Kai's words, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile and asked: "So you are the master of the people, the master went to bed, and the master went to the palace of these gentry?" Unconsciously, you find that you are the master of the people, not only can you be promoted, but you can also have beautiful women to give them a hug, and you can also have silver to take the initiative to send it, you find that they are all obedient people and good people, and those who sue them are Diao Min, right? ”

"That's true! Your Majesty! The minister really just wants to be the master of the people, but the gentry are too cunning, and the minister is really helpless! I hope that Your Majesty will spare the sins of the ministers, and the ministers are willing to resign and return to their hometowns, regardless of political affairs, and the ministers know that they are incompetent! ”

Song Kai knew that he was now held by the emperor, and it was impossible for him to keep his official position, so he only put the responsibility on the Jiangnan gentry.

After all, he could also see that the emperor personally came to Jiangnan to do something to the Jiangnan gentry, and he put the main responsibility on the Jiangnan gentry, and he himself could ask for a whole body to get out, anyway, he had enough money, wouldn't it be happy to go back and be a squire.

"Then, why don't you go back and be a squire like them, and also be a prestige, annex land, take the wealth of the people, and let the government make decisions for you, the people, if you are a little dissatisfied? Hard and soft? Or the collusion of the gentry? ”

Zhu Houzhao asked with a smile again.

Seeing this, Song Kai, who was exposed, guessed that Zhu Houzhao was unwilling to let him go easily, so he hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty! The minister didn't mean that! ”

"Cut it! Since you have taken the initiative to confess, I count you as turning yourself in, and you will be punished leniently! Don't delay you! Don't thank you yet! ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Song Kai was stunned for a moment, and then cried with a face, and begged: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to die!" I really don't want to die! The minister is willing to be an eunuch, and the minister can be an eunuch, as long as His Majesty lets the minister live! ”

"Cut! The eunuch is also what you say you can do! ”

Zhu Houzhao shouted.

So, this Nanzhili patrol according to the imperial history Song Kai was dragged down, and then he was pushed down to the side of the boat, and Qiu Yue waved the knife down!

Click!

Under the knife, Song Kai's head fell into the cool river water, and the lower half of his body was also thrown in.

"Quickly give the evidence of Song Kai's confession to Wang Shouren, the governor of Nanzhili, and then, Jinyiwei doesn't have to come forward for the time being!

Since these Jiangnan gentry are the people, I will not interfere and let the government govern them, so that Wang Shouren will take over the grudge with these Jiangnan gentry when he takes office, so that he will not be corrupted by these gentry in the future, and tell Wang Shouren that if this matter is not ruthless enough, it will not be wiped out! I withdrew him! Let's change the means and be tough! ”

Zhu Houzhao instructed Liang Ze of Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

"Yes!"

After Liang Ze got the order, he quickly went south, and arrived in Nanjing City in less than three days, and came to Wang Yangming.

And Wang Yangming is now annoyed by the Jiangnan gentry from all walks of life.

"Master Hao is here to worship!"

"Master Tong posted a post asking to see you!"

"Back to the master, the two slaves and maids were sent by your uncle, to relieve the boredom of the master, the slave and maid Xiaohe, good at blowing 0 flutes; Slave Yulian, the congenital diameter is narrow! ”

"This is the gift list of Master Guan, five jade boys, five jade girls, three thousand yellow rice, and ten thousand white rice...... Please observe the public opinion and accept it all! ”

Wang Yangming finally went to Zhenjiang quietly, Weifu visited the local water bandits, and really learned some military information from the local fishermen, and he also went to check it himself, and even went to Chongming County to investigate the pirates.

And when Wang Yangming returned home, Liang Ze, a thousand households in Jinyi, had been waiting for him for a long time, and conveyed the evidence of Song Kai's confession and Zhu Houzhao's instructions to Wang Yangming: "The governor can start taking people!" ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!"

Wang Yangming immediately ordered: "Change your official uniform!" Take this official to see Yang Mao, the absolute sound guard! Now that everything is in order, start taking people! ”

……

Yuan Chong'an and Gu Xian, the same Jiangnan gentry, had not returned to Suzhou at this time, and they also had a small gathering on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

Gu Xiantong couldn't help but say: "Yuan Xiaolian, you said, this patrol according to the imperial history Song Kai is now arrested by Jinyiwei, will he confess to us, once Jinyiwei is strictly investigated." ”

"Gu Hanlin doesn't have to worry, if this Song Kai really confesses to us, it will be difficult for him to dare to do it, won't he listen to the law and not blame the public? Besides, if the imperial court wants to punish crimes, it can only make a fuss about the recent slaughter of the Tax Bureau, and he Song Kai can only confess Yuan, so you don't have to worry! ”

Yuan Chong'an said.

"Gu is just worrying about you!" Gu Xiantong replied.

"After preparing to leave Nanjing tomorrow, I will immediately go to the East to live temporarily! And move the family over, and come back when the wind and waves are calm! ”

As Yuan Chong'an was speaking, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside, and soon, the officers and soldiers of the Absolute Sound Guard surrounded here, and Wang Yangming also appeared in front of these gentry at this time.

Gu Xiantong and Yuan Chong'an and other Jiangnan gentry couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this.

Yuan Chong'an asked directly: "Why did Lord Futai suddenly bring so many officers and soldiers?" ”

"Yuan Chong'an, you colluded with bandits and plotted to rob taxes and silver! Now the evidence is conclusive! This official has now decided to detain and interrogate you! ”

Wang Yangming shouted directly.

Yuan Chong'an couldn't help but be surprised: "Lord Governor, why do you want to take it below, it's just drinking here!" Students are filial piety, even if you are an official, you can't just take students! ”

"Why did I take you, you know for yourself!"

When Wang Yangming spoke, Yang Mao, the absolute voice guard who had already received Wang Yangming's gesture, took Yuan Chong'an down.

Seeing this, Gu Xiantong hurriedly persuaded: "Nephew! Although you are the governor, you can't break the rules of the court! It's not Uncle Shi who said you! He Yuan Chong'an is a person and an official, how can you take him casually, even if you take him, you have to learn from him first! Well, the scholar inspector Song Kai Song has been arrested by the Jinyi guard and taken into Beijing, you can't arrest him without the permission of the scholar officer! ”

"Yes, Lord Governor, you can't just arrest students!"

Yuan Chong'an also shouted when he saw this, he didn't expect the person who came to get him to come so quickly, and he was also the governor's person, but he had obviously tested the attitude of the governor Wang Yangming before this, and he obviously had a good attitude towards the gentry, but he didn't expect this Wang Yangming to turn his face in a blink of an eye, this Yuan Chong'an and the gentry present were a little resentful, and there was a kind of anger that he was played.

"This official has been voted by the cabinet and approved by the celebrant supervisor, not only to supervise the military and civil affairs of Nanzhili, but also to supervise the academic administration! His Yuan Chong'an's fame has been revoked by the official, and he has been appointed to the Ministry of Culture and Rites, so you don't have to worry about the official;

This official is doing things according to the rules, and in addition, the famous officials of several of you have also been dismissed by this official, and they must also be detained, otherwise it will not be enough to clear the suspicion that you and Yuan Chong'an are complicit! ”

Wang Yangming quietly sent people to follow these gentry as early as when these gentry flattered him, and deliberately paid tribute to these gentry at the beginning to paralyze these Jiangnan gentry, and the purpose was to get the evidence of the crime, so as to catch all these people, and now Gu Xiantong these people, he will naturally not let go.

Yuan Chong'an didn't expect this to be the case, and the other Jiangnan gentry didn't expect it either, but Gu Xiantong used to be a Hanlin official, and he was still Wang Yangming's uncle, so he shouted quite arrogantly:

"Wang Yun! (Wang Yangming's name when he was a child), you are rampant! Don't think that because you're a governor now, you can be so presumptuous! The old man just wants to ask you, if you dare to do this to us, how will you face Lord Lingzun in the future! How to face your royal family! If you do this, you will make your royal family unable to gain a foothold in the Shilin! ”

"Uncle Gu Shi, do you think I, Wang Shouren, will be afraid of my father? Of course, the nephew thinks that the father will not blame the nephew for this, even if he blames him, the nephew is first a member of the court, and then a member of the Wang family, not to mention that now, he will not take you! If you don't bring to justice those who have sucked the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, my Wang family will not be beneficial! ”

Wang Yangming said that he asked Yang Mao to arrest Gu Xian and others in the next issue.

For a time, the news of Wang Yangming, the governor of Nanzhili, who had imprisoned more than a dozen gentry at once, spread in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the news of how Wang Yangming interrogated these people strictly every day also reached the ears of these gentry.

Even Yin Qian, the prince of the Hongzhi Dynasty, who had already taken the prince, also knew about it.

"Gong Yin! You can call the shots for our lord! The new Futai lord indiscriminately arrested his father, who was also an official in the DPRK and China, and now he was imprisoned just because he drank a drink with Yuan Chong'an, and the Futai lord also said that he would kill his relatives with righteousness, regardless of the feelings of the world, if you don't help, my father will be really fierce and lucky, woo! ”