Beijing, Qianqing Palace, South Study.

"Your Majesty, Li Shi, a weaving lieutenant in Suzhou, reported that the mob in Suzhou stopped Jinyiwei from arresting Zhou Qiyuan and Gao Panlong at the instigation of local forces, and killed one Jinyiwei on the spot and injured several others."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was reviewing the chapters, and Wei Zhongxian walked in quickly with an official document in his hand, bowed down and said with both hands in his hand.

"What?"

Hearing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse looked up at Wei Zhongxian, who was standing on the side, and looked quite surprised by this, knowing that Jinyi Wei was a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, and after leaving Beijing, he represented the majesty of the Son of Heaven.

Then, the Emperor of the Apocalypse took the official document from Wei Zhongxian's hand and looked at it, his face becoming more and more grim.

"How can this be reasonable, lawless!" After reading the official document, the Emperor of the Apocalypse slapped it on the table with a snap, and spit out four words coldly in his mouth.

Zhou Qiyuan was a member of the Donglin Party, and before the closure of Xinjiang, he was the governor of Su Song's ten mansions, and his seat was in Suzhou.

It is worth mentioning that Gao Panlong, the former imperial historian of the left capital, was impeached at home, and Zhou Shunchang, Huang Zunsu and Li Yingsheng, who were also idle at home, often went to Zhou Qiyuan to get together, and they had a close relationship with each other.

The official position of Suzhou tax supervisor Li Shi is the official of Suzhou Weaving, in other words, the eunuch of Suzhou Weaving Mansion, after arriving in Suzhou, he was first boycotted by Zhou Qiyuan, the highest governor of Suzhou, making it almost difficult for Li Shi, an outsider, to move an inch in Suzhou.

Therefore, Li Shi gave a recital to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, stating that Zhou Qiyuan and the Suzhou officials and business magnates resisted his supervision of taxation.

Not only that, Li Shi also reported to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and Gao Panlong and Zhou Shunchang often went to Zhou Qiyuan's house to gather, which was an important force to resist taxes.

Although Gao Panlong, Zhou Shunchang and others have been impeached and dismissed, their influence in society is still there, and they are also well-known figures in the Donglin Party, so Li Shi believes that these people undoubtedly supported the local officials and business elites in Suzhou to resist the Emperor's new tax policy.

Moreover, Li Shi also reported another thing, that is, Zhou Qiyuan took advantage of his position to exchange the 100,000 taels of silver that the imperial court used to pay the weaving craftsmen for a small amount of money that was insufficient, and the difference was filled into his own pockets.

Therefore, Zhou Qiyuan led the huge public resentment of the weaving craftsmen, in his words, "so far the people of Wu hate to eat their flesh and sleep their skin".

Although Li Hongyu was not in the capital, he naturally heard about Li Shi's impeachment of Zhou Qiyuan, Gao Panlong and others, although it is certain that Li Shi did point out in the recital that Zhou Qiyuan and Gao Panlong and others resisted the new tax policy of the imperial court and did not want them to supervise tax matters.

But whether Zhou Qiyuan moved the matter of giving 100,000 taels of silver to the weaving craftsman, he really didn't know at all, after all, Li Shi only heard that there was no evidence, and how to look at this matter can only be judged by opinion and the current situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

There were rumors in later generations that Zhou Qiyuan was involved in the weaving craftsman's 100,000 taels of silver, which was deliberately fabricated by Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the left deputy capital of the Imperial Historian, in order to defeat Gao Panlong, and deliberately fabricated it under the pretense of Li Shi's recital, so as to involve Gao Panlong.

However, Li Hongyu thinks that this rumor is not credible, Wei Zhongxian is undoubtedly loyal to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and Li Shi is a eunuch, and it is impossible for Cui Chengxiu to see the recital, and Wei Zhongxian does not dare to deceive the Emperor of the Apocalypse by falsifying the matter of the recital.

After all, the Emperor of the Apocalypse first eliminated the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, and other factions, and then vigorously suppressed the Donglin Party, how could he be the kind of faint monarch who was wantonly manipulated and deceived by Wei Zhongxian like the rumors of later generations?

If the Emperor of the Apocalypse was really so easy to fool, Wei Zhongxian would not be able to have the illustrious power he later had, although he could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but the premise was to have enough strength, like Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms.

But it is clear that Wei Zhongxian, who did not officially enter the stage of history until the Emperor of the Apocalypse ascended the throne, could hardly have such power in a short period of time, and those who defected to Wei Zhongxian were loyal to the Emperor of the Apocalypse rather than Wei Zhongxian.

One thing Li Hongyu can be sure of is that in Li Shi's impeachment of Zhou Qiyuan, Gao Panlong and others, Cui Chengxiu must have fallen into the ground, Gao Panlong had impeached Cui Chengxiu when he was the imperial history of Zuodu, and Cui Chengxiu naturally wanted to "exchange courtesies" and put Gao Panlong to death.

Due to the increasing cost of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not want to touch the Tian Fu that was related to the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, so he could only open the knife to the commercial tax, which was related to the safety of the Ming Dynasty, how could he bow to those interest groups that obstructed the new tax policy.

Therefore, the Emperor of the Apocalypse ordered Jinyiwei to go to Suzhou to arrest Zhou Qiyuan, Gao Panlong and others to the capital for trial, and the result was that Jinyiwei was killed.

To tell the truth, even Wei Zhongxian was taken aback after receiving this report from Li Shi, he never expected that the local forces in Suzhou would be so bold and reckless that they would even dare to kill Jinyiwei, which undoubtedly violated the prestige of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Suzhou made a fuss, almost killed the tax officials in the city, and those officials in the court at that time counted the tax officials, so that the imperial grandfather had to let them go, and now they dare to provoke me without repentance, it is really an unforgivable sin!"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse got up and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back a few times, then stopped and said coldly to Wei Zhongxian, "Send the people of the Jinyi Guard to Suzhou to investigate this riot, I don't believe that there is no royal law there!" ”

"Your Majesty, how should we grasp the proportions of this matter?" Wei Zhongxian bowed down when he heard this, and opened his mouth to ask for instructions.

After all, Suzhou is the most prosperous and wealthy place in the world, and the annual tax revenue accounts for a large proportion of the imperial court's tax revenue, so Wei Zhongxian naturally asked for instructions on how to handle the case.

"Kill one and make an example!"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse sneered, and slowly spit out eight words in his mouth, he originally wanted to promote the new tax policy smoothly, but at present, it seems that if those local forces do not know that it is powerful, this commercial tax will not want to be collected.

In fact, the Emperor of the Apocalypse does not expect to collect all the commercial taxes, but at least he must be equal to those local forces, and even the local forces account for the majority, and he, as the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, naturally has to consider the safety of the Ming Dynasty.

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was really angry this time, otherwise he would not have said such a murderous eight words, so he had to think about how to deal with this matter.

Master of Ceremonies.

"Chief, I don't know what the summons are called?"

A middle-aged man dressed in a brocade dress bowed his hand to Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting there drinking tea, and asked respectfully.

"Commander Cui, take a look at this recital." Wei Zhongxian nodded at a piece of music on the table next to him, and said lightly.

This middle-aged man is Cui Yingyuan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, hesitated when he heard this, knowing that this was not in line with the custom, but then he stepped forward and opened the chapter to check.

"Those people in Suzhou killed the Jinyi guard who went to get people?"

After seeing the content of the recital, Cui Yingyuan was taken aback, since the establishment of Jinyiwei, he was beaten to death when he was never born to take people, this is a big crime of bullying the king!

"The miscellaneous family is going to send you to Suzhou to take a trip, and you must arrest all those rioters who rebelled."

Wei Zhongxian put down the teacup in his hand and said to Cui Yingyuan with an expressionless face, "The emperor said that those people's sins are unforgivable, so you have to make an example of you when you go south this time to make an example!" ”

"Obedience." Cui Yingyuan came back to his senses when he heard this, and replied in a deep voice after bowing his hand to Wei Zhongxian, since the Emperor of the Apocalypse had already spoken, then things would be much easier.

"This is a troop transfer document issued by the Ministry of War, and after you arrive in Nanjing, you will mobilize the Nanjing garrison to go to Suzhou with you."

Wei Zhongxian picked up an official document on the table next to him, handed it to Cui Yingyuan, and coldly instructed, "You go this time to salute the soldiers first, let them hand over the people involved in this matter, if they are stubborn or want to get away with it, just arrest people." ”

"If anyone dares to defy the law, then there will be no mercy!" As he spoke, Wei Zhongxian's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he accentuated the pronunciation of "Kill without forgiveness", since they didn't let the court live in peace, then they shouldn't think about it.

"Humble duty understands." Cui Yingyuan was shocked when he heard this, and then bowed down and replied, Wei Zhongxian gave him the right to kill.

"Remember, Suzhou is an important tax place for the Ming Dynasty, and many goods in the Ming Dynasty's overseas trade are provided by Suzhou, so you just went to investigate the case this time and try to cause as little trouble as possible."

Wei Zhongxian stared at Cui Yingyuan when he heard this, and reminded him with a serious expression, "Suzhou is only a stone's throw away from Shanghai County, once something happens to you, then I'm afraid no one will be able to protect you!" ”

"Rest assured, the manager knows how to do it."

Cui Yingyuan immediately replied respectfully, he naturally knew why Wei Zhongxian mentioned Shanghai County, Li Hongyu, who was in charge of the affairs of the Customs Department, was there, Wei Zhongxian meant to let him not do anything to provoke Li Hongyu, otherwise he would be in big trouble.

Of course, Wei Zhongxian didn't want to hinder Cui Yingyuan from going south to get oil and water this time, after all, this was a benefit for officials who went out on business, but he just warned Cui Yingyuan not to do anything that provoked Li Hongyu.

Early the next morning, Cui Yingyuan led a group of Jinyi guards to set off south, rushed to Nanjing day and night, and then mobilized thousands of Nanjing defenders and more than 100 Nanjing Jinyi guards to Suzhou.

Nanjing City naturally also has a Jinyi Wei Yamen, although the scale and power can not be compared with the Jinyi Wei in the capital, but after all, it is also a Jinyi Wei system, so it is also a Yamen in Nanjing that no one dares to mess with.

Hearing that he was going to Suzhou to perform official duties this time, the more than 100 brocade guards who were transferred by Cui Yingyuan were naturally gearing up and eager to try, and everyone knew that they would definitely get a lot of oil and water from this trip.

Not long after Cui Yingyuan entered Nanjing City, a fast horse rushed out of the city gate in a hurry, rushed to Suzhou at a gallop, and went to report to Zhou Qiyuan and others in Suzhou.

(End of chapter)

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