Chapter 42. Dengwen Drum
The flames brought by dozens of wooden plows slowly began to burn out, and the flickering flames shone on Yang Lian's uncertain face. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
At this time, Hou Guoxing's eyes were blood-red, his whole body trembled violently, and his hands were holding the Xiuchun knife rigidly. The surrounding forbidden soldiers and soldiers retreated in fright.
Yang Lian gritted her teeth and resisted Hou Guoxing's murderous intent, like a lonely snow plum standing proudly in front of Hou Guoxing.
"Get out of the way!" Hou Guoxing ignored the sarcasm between Yang Lian's words and spoke coldly.
"Hou Guoxing, you dare to commit murder in public?" Yang Lian roared and said!
"Haha... Hahaha... Murder in public! Hou Guoxing looked up to the sky and smiled, and roared:
"Dare to ask Lord Yang, what crime has this group of tenants committed, and they have to bear the result like today!"
Seeing Hou Guoxing pressing towards him step by step, Yang Lian's forehead also began to sweat, so she simply lowered her heart, stretched out her hands and violently pushed Hou Guoxing away, and shouted:
"Hou Guoxing, if you hadn't kidnapped the scholar in public, it would have caused the scholar to lose control of his emotions. Will there be such a situation now? You're all at fault with these tenants! ”
Hou Guoxing asked Yang Lian to push back a few steps, and after being stunned for a moment, he was angry and sobered up a lot. Although Yang Lian buttoned the hat of this matter on her head as soon as she opened her mouth, she did have an inseparable relationship with herself at this time.
This Yang Lian is a loyal minister who has left a name in history, Hou Guoxing still admires it very much in his heart, he was angry just now, and now let Yang Lian calm down in such a column. If he really injured this group of scholars, it is estimated that even Zhu Youxiao will not be able to protect himself by then.
Thinking of this, Hou Guoxing bowed deeply to Yang Lian and said:
"The student was angry just now, and he was offended, and he hoped that the adult Haihan would be angry."
Yang Lian saw Hou Guoxing soften, and couldn't help but feel relieved. I thought that the righteousness of the sages mentioned in this book of sages seemed to be true.
Thinking of this, Yang Lian stared at Hou Guoxing with those eyes full of justice, and said coldly for a long time:
Hou Guoxing, you robbed the scholars in public, resulting in the current situation, shouldn't you give an explanation to the officials and the people of the world here?
Seeing Yang Lian looking at him with that righteous eye, Hou Guoxing was really a little hairy at first. However, hearing that Yang Lian had deducted the responsibility for this matter on himself, Hou Guoxing slowly frowned, bowed deeply to Yang Lian, and arched his hand:
"Lord Yang, this incident is indeed caused by a student. However, the student had already confessed to the crime of beating the scholar in public. In fact, you just need to follow the law. Helplessly, this group of scholars ......"
Hou Guoxing explained to Yang Lian that he was forced to make this decision at the beginning, and if he didn't rob the scholar, he might have to be forced to commit suicide.
Unexpectedly, before Hou Guoxing finished speaking, Yang Lian interrupted and reprimanded angrily:
"Hou Guoxing, why are the scholars of the world persecuting you, you don't know, why do you shirk here, if you are doing right and standing straight, why do the scholars gather in front of your house......"
This Yang Lian, as a speech official, is also a loyal minister who has left a name in history, and of course her talent will not be bad. Quoting scriptures for a while, in a word, all the responsibility for this matter is put on Hou Guoxing, a traitorous minister.
Seeing Yang Lian accusing herself awe-inspiring on the side, Hou Guoxing suddenly felt a burst of grief and indignation in his heart. I respect you Yang Lian is a loyal minister through the ages, and you directly treat my Hou Guoxing as a traitor! What's more, what you are talking about is nothing more than the words of those scholars who are chasing after the wind and shadows.
In the end, he actually got involved in the chaos of the palace, Hou Guoxing couldn't bear it anymore, and interrupted:
"Lord Yang, what the students did, they think they are right, and they are the emperor and the Ming! There may be a slight misunderstanding in the middle, and I hope that the adults will not insult my mother again! ”
Daming puts filial piety first, and when he heard what Hou Guoxing said, Yang Lian was not good at entanglement, not to mention that the mother and son of this guest had really not done anything hurtful at present.
However, this person is a lucky villain, Yang Lian really has no good impression of him, waved his hand at the moment, turned around, and pretended to be disdainful and said:
"The title of student, this official can not be deserved, you are now a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and you belong to the same five products as this official, and the title of student should not be used in the future. Now I ask you, what are you talking about? You must know that the case has been decided, and it seems that it is not your turn to intervene. ”
Seeing that Yang Lian in front of him was so arrogant, Hou Guoxing clenched his fists tightly and suppressed the anger in his heart. I am so complimented by myself as nothing more than respecting your loyal name in history. Since you are so arrogant, you can't afford to stick your cold ass, so you said coldly at the moment:
"Lord Yang, this thousand households came here to ask why these tenants were convicted. As far as this thousand households know, Lord Yang, you? It seems that there is no right to decide the case! ”
As soon as these words came out, Yang Lian's face turned pale and coughed repeatedly, and now in this Ming Dynasty, he can be described as hot, even the cabinet ministers, they don't dare to be too proud when they see themselves. This Hou Guoxing actually dared to question himself in public.
However, Hou Guoxing is right, as a speech official, he really has no right to judge the case.
After coughing for a long time, Yang Lian slowly spoke:
"As a speech official, this official really does not have the right to judge the case, but he has the right to listen to the wind and persuade him, and the cases here are all decided by the generals of the forbidden army, and the official just happens to be here." After speaking, he pointed to the side of the general.
At this time, the general who was hiding on the side scolded his mother in his heart, and it was just a matter of letting Yang Lian rush straight to the forbidden army in front, after all, it was just one person and one carriage.
Now the five hundred cavalry of the Jinyi Guard rushed directly into the forbidden army, and this face is considered to have dropped big.
But the problem is that at the moment, these two people can't be offended, and if a civil official is offended, at most he can't be an official. If this brocade guard is offended, but if you want to die, you may not die as you wish!
The most annoying thing is that the two people in front of him are all fucking five-grade only. This is a general, but he is a three-grade!
However, Yang Lian had already pointed to herself, and the general had to step forward, arched his hand at Hou Guoxing and Yang Lian and said:
The two adults, in the future, there have been a lot of casualties here, but there are too many people involved in this matter, the so-called law does not blame the public, and the officials can only fight fifty boards each. I would have thought it would be best to deal with this matter.....
Listening to the punishment of the general, it was clearly biased in favor of the scholar, Hou Guoxing said angrily:
"Fifty boards each? My Houfu is now razed to the ground, and this thousand households can not be investigated. But these farmers, what crimes have they committed? The farmland was demolished, and the houses were pushed, weren't they all done by these scholars, and now let these scholars accompany them for a few dollars? ……”
"You traitor, if it weren't for you kidnapping scholars, what would these people be like this?" Seeing the general made Hou Guoxing too frightened to speak, and Yang Lian interrupted angrily on the side.
"The abduction of scholars by this thousand households is punished by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. What does Uncle Zhang have to do with it? What does this group of tenants have to do with it? What do you have to do with this group of readers who sell their heads? ”
Thinking that he had inexplicably become a traitor in the mouth of this group of people, he inexplicably blocked the door of his house, and inexplicably almost forced himself to commit suicide to thank the world. The more Hou Guoxing spoke, the more angry he became, and he began to curse in his mouth.
The scholars who had just calmed down and felt guilty in their hearts because of Lao Zhangtou's death, saw that Hou Guoxing, the culprit, dared to be so arrogant, and the sound of shouting and killing Hou Guoxing for a while boiled again.
Looking at the boiling scholars on the side, Hou Guoxing felt a wave of nausea, and felt that it was a waste of his tongue to continue. Since this group of scholars decided that they were traitors, and they did not disdain to be in the company of these people, they turned around and talked about it at the moment:
"Ben Qianhu came here not to have a verbal dispute with you and other sour Confucians, but to come today just to give Uncle Zhang a fair term and a fair face to these tenants."
After speaking, he shouted at the tenants kneeling on the ground:
"Get up for me, all of you! Pick up Uncle Zhang, and let me beat the Dengwen drum of the Jingshi. If you have any grievances, go directly to the emperor. As long as I, Hou Guoxing, am here, I will seek justice for you. ”
Just now, Hou Guoxing led 500 cavalry straight into the image of the forbidden army, like a god. was so frightened that neither the scholar nor the forbidden army dared to speak.
Now I heard that this god-like Hou Guoxing wanted to avenge himself and others, and for a while, the tenants of the Hou family and the surrounding farmers all gathered around Hou Guoxing, crying and telling their grievances, and shouting that they wanted to go to the emperor to sue the emperor.
And these scholars, when they heard that Hou Guoxing was going to take away this group of peasants, they actually took them to beat the Dengwen drum, and they were furious for a while.
Although Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he set up a Dengwen drum, stating that no one should stop those who complain. But for more than two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, this Dengwen drum in the scholars. In Wenchen's mind, it was the product of the traitorous ministers who instigated the emperor. It is used exclusively in the persecution of loyal servants.
For this Dengwen drum, the civil officials have fought with the imperial power for hundreds of years, and it is not easy to make this Dengwen drum slowly become an ornament, and this time it is going to be sounded again? What's more, it is still a group of scholars who take the country and the nation as their own responsibility.
For a while, this group of scholars felt deeply insulted and surrounded Hou Guoxing and others. scolded Hou Guoxing for his evil words to confuse the people, and bring disaster to the country and the people......
Looking at the surrounding scholars, Hou Guoxing frowned tightly, but now that he has calmed down, he will not do the thing of killing people with his own hands, and turned to Yang Lian and said:
"Lord Yang, the state has national laws. Why is this group of farmers surrounded by this? Still don't dare to let them go to the emperor to tell their grievances? ”
Looking at the excited scholars and farmers, Yang Lian's heart began to feel uneasy. What I want in my life is to be able to make this Ming official clear and long-term peace.
At present, Wang Wenyan's plan is not easy, and he has seen the dawn, as long as he cleans up the traitors, when the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, why will the world not prosper.
But this Hou Guoxing is now provoking confrontation between farmers and scholars in public. The whole thing is indeed at fault. If Hou Guoxing is really allowed to provoke this matter, no matter what the result is, the Qingliu forces will inevitably suffer.
Thinking of this, Yang Lian arched her hand at Hou Guoxing, softened her tone and said:
"Hou Qianhu, this official has already closed this matter, why are you making waves?"
(Note: Dengwen Drum: In the first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also set up Dengwen Drum in Nanjing Wumen, where the peasants, businessmen and industry or officials, there are "great injustices and confidential feelings" can beat the drum, and there is also a special management of the imperial history on duty, once there is a grievance against the people to beat the drum, it must be immediately accepted and reported to the emperor (that is, the so-called "hit that is", if the emperor has instructions on this, the officers of the Jinyi Guard will take the driving post to escort the parties to the judicial department for processing, if there are those who dare to delay and block, "the crime of blinding and deterring" will be severely sentenced.
In the Xuande period, an official on duty who was on duty proposed to the emperor:
Many prisoners, thinking that they have grievances, always beat the drum to complain, which is really "unforgiving".
It's so annoying, it's unforgivable!
Emperor Xuanzong replied to him:
The establishment of the (ancestor) Dengwen drum is to allow the lower (folk) feelings to be reached, how can it be called "profanity"?
During the Jingtai period, if ordinary people went to the higher levels to file a complaint, no matter whether the content of the declaration was true or not, true or false, they would be "sent out to fill the army", and without the support of strong imperial power, the possibility of the common people wanting to directly talk to the supreme power did not exist. )