Chapter 3 The wall falls down and everyone pushes it
The hall is as silent as death!
This turn was too sudden, and no one expected that Emperor Longwu would attack Ding Kuichu.
If you change to Emperor Chongzhen, it is not surprising to anyone, but Emperor Longwu has always been peaceful and rarely disposes of his officials, let alone the dignified governor of Liangguang and the feudal officials.
"Your Majesty, Ding Kui Chu Governor Liangguang for many years, even if there is a small mistake, there is no need to delve into it." He Wuyu was the first to express his position and pleaded for Ding Kuichu.
"Wechen, please impeach Choi Shanzhi!" Lu Daqi also stood up: "The court is eventful, everything is based on stability, Cui Shanzhi openly attacked the court members, and the crime is unforgivable......"
The civil official is a loose group, they can fight to the death, but when they are suddenly attacked by the outside world, they have to protect this group by instinct, Emperor Longwu can clean up Ding Kuichu today, Lu Daqi tomorrow, and He Wusu the day after tomorrow, this precedent cannot be opened!
The two giants expressed their stance together, and other officials followed suit, and the hall immediately knelt down in a black oppression, and only a few officials were still standing.
"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to vouch for Ding Junmen!"
"Cui Shanzhi is a villain, trying in vain to destroy my Daming Gancheng!"
"When His Majesty first entered Guangdong, people's hearts are undecided, so don't make a big move......"
The crowd was turbulent, as if Ding Kuichu was Yue Fei, and Emperor Longwu was Zhao Gou.
"Hehehe, can I say that I want to deal with Ding Kuichu? Ding Aiqing, get up, I have always trusted you. Emperor Longwu had already prepared, and stabilized the scene in a few words, but then his face changed: "Those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid, Cui Shanzhi's impeachment of Ding Kuichu is also the duty of a courtier. ”
Make room. Emperor Longwu stood up, shook his hand and retreated into the apse, leaving these civil officials there to dry, looking at each other.
Was it really just an accident? The civil servants were a little confused.
Maybe Emperor Longwu really didn't know, but this Cui Shanzhi didn't know the height of the sky, and the civil officials were holding back enough energy to make a scene, but Emperor Longwu didn't accept it at all, as if he had punched him in the air, and he was unspeakably uncomfortable.
Let's disperse! This early dynasty was fried from beginning to end, and finally broke up unhappily. Even the emperor ran away in anger, what are you doing here?
The civil officials were deflated and retreated in twos and threes, He Wuqi shook his head and smiled bitterly at Lu Daqi. The two also walked out of the main hall together, ignoring Ding Kuichu.
Ding Kuichu will still kneel. Hurriedly stood up. Throwing off a few henchmen who came to comfort him, he chased after He Wusu and Lu Daqi, and just came to the outside of the main hall, but he met a team of armored soldiers and stopped him with a spear.
"Ding Junmen, long live the Lord has a purpose. Please take a trip to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. "It was Shi Wushu who led the team, and he was aggressive, and he didn't take Ding Kuichu in his eyes at all.
The surrounding civil officials found that something was wrong and hurriedly surrounded them. Shi Wuxian's eyes widened, and he shouted loudly to order the soldiers to stop him.
"This will be an errand by order, who dares to stand in the way, don't blame the knives and guns for not having long eyes!" In the minds of Shi Wushu and the soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion, there is no concept of the emperor and the scholars ruling the world together, these civil officials are all under the emperor, if they dare to disobey the holy decree, Shi Wushu will not hesitate to arrest them all.
He Wufu and Lu Daqi's faces changed, and they stepped forward together, wanting to use the identities of Shoufu and Pavilion Elder to suppress Shi Wuxian, but at this time, a noisy footstep suddenly came from behind them.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
Groups of soldiers from the Gongyi battalion rushed in, fully armed and well-armoured, with a full thousand soldiers, and when they arrived at the civilian officials, they stood in thick rows and blocked the way.
"Get out of the way! I am the head of the court, and I am the first assistant! ”
"I am the second assistant Lu Daqi, who is your general, let him come to see me!"
He Wusu and Lu Daqi were furious, and they were about to break through when they stepped forward, and a hundred and ten civilian officials followed behind them, rushing towards the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion with great momentum.
The soldiers of the Gongyi battalion under his command, the knife is not out of the sheath, the tip of the gun is facing the sky, a thousand strong guys stand upright, one by one close together, the civil officials reach out to push, but they can't push at all, they open their mouths and scold, and the soldiers stop there silently.
"Hehe, take it!" Shi Wuxian smiled proudly, waved his hand to the soldiers, and escorted Ding Kuichu away.
"This, this, this is a mutiny!" The civil officials were filled with righteous indignation and shouted that they wanted to go to Emperor Longwu, but the thousand soldiers of the Gongyi battalion stopped in front of them, as impenetrable as a city wall.
"The Son of Heaven is deaf, he was instigated by the military leader, and the country has been raising soldiers for 200 years, and we should be admonished to death!"
A few civil officials of the Donglin Party got angry, and they were about to hit the wall when they opened the stance, ready to splash blood on the spot, and commit suicide to become famous. Tan Xiao gave an order, and two hundred soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion rushed forward, subdued all these civilian officials, and directly tied them with ropes.
"Take it away!" Tan Xiao gave an order, and the soldiers escorted these civilian officials down.
More civilians rushed up, the soldiers still blocked the way, and the civilians were also mad, ignoring Sven, even beating and kicking, scratching and scratching, and the soldiers raised the round shields on their arms to protect their heads and faces, and splashed them as they pleased...... On one side are the powerless civilian officials, and on the other hand, there are the veterans of a hundred battles who crawled out of the pile of dead, and the soldiers of the Gongyi battalion just don't fight back, and these civilian officials have never been able to rush through.
"Enough!" Lu Daqi suddenly shouted and stopped the civil officials of the Donglin Party.
"Let's go, let's go, isn't it shameful enough!" He Wuqi walked out with the civil officials of the southern faction, and Lu Daqi hesitated for a moment and followed out.
When the civil officials came to the gate, they found that there were soldiers of the Gongyi battalion everywhere, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, swords and guns were shining, and their expressions were strict, and the whole street was already under martial law, and there was a barricade in the middle of the street.
He Wusu sat in a sedan chair and walked all the way forward, all the way he met the soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion, one by one, row by row, rushing towards various important places in the city, the cavalry hooves rushing back and forth, and the sound of swords, guns and armor colliding endlessly......
Wang Kefan personally led 3,000 soldiers to disarm Ding Kuichu's subordinate troops and impose martial law in Guangzhou.
Officials of all Cantonese factions are under control and can enter and leave normally, but they are not allowed to interact with each other, and officials of the Donglin Party and the southern faction are relatively preferential, and as long as they do not engage in tandem gatherings, they do not interfere in other activities.
At the same time, Su Guansheng, a scholar of the university, led 5,000 men and horses, together with the Yunnan general Zhao Yinxuan and Liang Zhiren of Guangdong, a total of more than 10,000 troops, suddenly came to Zhaoqing, took out the emperor's holy decree and Ding Kuichu's general order, and disarmed Ding Kuichu's other battalion.
On the same night, Emperor Longwu issued an edict to raid Ding Kuichu's home, which was carried out by Pang Tianshou and Wang Kefan, and at the same time urgently summoned He Wusu and Lu Daqi, and the monarch and ministers talked until the early morning of the next day......
Regardless of the Donglin Party or the southern faction, they have to rely on Emperor Longwu in order to maintain the power in their hands, and take out Ding Kuichu, Emperor Longwu really controls Guangdong, the imperial court is no longer an ornament, and their power can be implemented......
Emperor Longwu and Wang Kefan, Fu Guan, Pang Tianshou, and Su Guansheng joined forces, and won Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang with a thunderous blow, and the local factions in Guangdong were caught off guard.
After the wood was completed, the Donglin Party was the first to change its attitude and unequivocally support Emperor Longwu.
There was a relationship of checks and balances between the emperor and the scholars, when the Ding Kuichu incident occurred, the Donglin Party was very nervous, and instinctively wanted to unite with other civilian groups to fight against Emperor Longwu, but as the situation became clear, they found that Emperor Longwu did not break the balance between the imperial power and the cabinet, but only attacked the local factions in Guangdong, and the Donglin Party was unscathed, but it would be beneficial, so they were happy to see it.
Most of the members of the Donglin Party were officials from the north, or at least from Nanjing, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.
The southern faction led by He Wusu also changed their attitude and supported Emperor Longwu.
He Wufu and others have their roots in Guangdong, representing the interests of the Guangdong gentry, and are relatively closer to Ding Kuichu, but Emperor Longwu has made it clear that the disposal of Ding Kuichu is only a case, and he will not expand the case, and will not implicate too many Guangdong officials, so He Wufu and others chose to compromise.
Although Ding Kuichu is the governor of Liangguang, he belongs to foreign officials, his foundation is not in Guangdong, and the real local gentry in Guangdong are different, since the emperor has made up his mind to get rid of him, He Wusu and others regard Ding Kuichu as an outcast, since Emperor Longwu has done things, they can only be forced to accept it.
The case of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was handled very quickly, and other crimes were not investigated, but Ding Kuichu's corruption and bribery were investigated, Wang Kefan and others searched the house and found 700,000 taels of silver in Ding Kuichu's house.
Where did the 700,000 taels of silver come from? Surely embezzlement!
Local officials in Guangdong defected one after another, killed their relatives in righteousness, exposed Ding Kuichu, and coupled with the Donglin Party and the southern faction, the excerpt of impeachment of Ding Kuichu was handed up like snowflakes.
The wall is down and everyone pushes it!
Under the careful preparation and operation, under the tremendous pressure from the outside of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, under the prestige of the victory of the Battle of Ganzhou, with the cooperation of the powerful forces of the Gongyi Battalion, and under the prestige of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, Emperor Longwu finally overthrew the first unruly feudal official and took control of Guangdong. (To be continued......)