Mi Yan completely fell in front of the aggressive Zhu Yuncai, although he hesitated, but he intuitively understood in his heart that Wei Guogong was a hot potato, and he couldn't throw it away or keep it. He just wanted to dissuade Li Xin again, but Li Xin waved his hand to stop Mi Yan from speaking.

Then, Li Xin turned to Zhu Yuncai and said, "After disposing of the Duke of Wei, if the imperial court investigates it, how should it be handled?" ”

Zhu Yuncai seemed to have a long time in his chest, and replied with a flirtatious voice: "The imperial court? Since the fifth battalion of the left of the Revolution occupies the two Huai, the imperial court decree has long been sad about the Yangtze River, and now what the town marquis does, the imperial court can only admit a map. ”

How could Li Xin not know the facts Zhu Yuncai said, but although this kind of blatant tearing of his face was painful, it would also provoke countless enemies of all kinds for the Three Guards, and it would obviously do more harm than good to expose himself to the attacks of all people.

Zhu Yuncai is more than lenient but not stable enough, so Li Xin can't help but sigh secretly, wanting to find a capable official who can excel in all aspects is different from looking for a needle in a haystack? Besides, Zhu Yuncai does not cultivate his personal morality, if he rashly entrusts him with a big responsibility, he is afraid that he will not be risky.

However, at this time, a thought popped up in Li Xin's mind, Chen Wenshan, just the opposite of Zhu Yuncai, too steady and too weak to be aggressive, the two of them can complement each other's strengths. So, in this instant, an idea in his heart has gradually taken shape, and he decided to take the exam for Zhu Yuncai first.

Thinking of this, Li Xin abruptly changed the topic, "Zhu Langzhong, there are officials making trouble in the Qinhuai River Execution Ground today, I don't know how Ying Tianfu will deal with it?" ”

Although the security of the city is in charge of Yin Chen Wenzhi of Yingtianfu, Zhu Yuncai is in charge of the prison, and it is also inseparable from it inside and outside the execution ground. As for today's execution ground, there are indeed officials making trouble, after all, one of the Lang officials who was beheaded today was the son-in-law of the old man of the previous dynasty. However, this old family is rooted in Zhenjiang Mansion, and after the son-in-law was executed, he ran up and down to ask for help, hoping to get out of trouble. At the beginning, Na Langzhong's family did not take Zhu Yuncai in their eyes, but he was just a minister who rose by leaps and bounds, and all he relied on was the power behind him.

And this former court elder has a good relationship with Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the current cabinet, relying on the people in the court, even if he kills the famous Zhenhou in Yingtianfu, he may not be in his eyes. So, an old man in the cabinet who was running for Nalang Guan taunted Zhu Yuncai openly and secretly, and let go of his wild words, making it difficult for him to be an official in Nanzhili.

This greatly challenged Zhu Yuncai's bottom line, if this strong local force challenge is not suppressed, then how will he strictly enforce the law in the future? As a result, the Lang official, who should not have betrayed the leader, was inexplicably classified as a death row prisoner because of the arrogance of his wife and brother, and was beheaded after hearing it.

And the old man who had spoken wildly had already noticed that something was wrong after hitting the wall again and again, and at this time he heard that his brother-in-law had been sentenced to beheading, so he immediately realized the complexity of the matter and immediately ran to see Zhu Yuncai. At this moment, how could Zhu Yuncai see the arrogant son again? Naturally, sweep it out of the way. The boy understood how powerful Zhu Yuncai and Li Xin behind him were in Nanjing City, and at the same time regretted his previous arrogance, but this regret came late after all.

That Lang Zhong was sent to the execution ground on the bank of the Qinhuai River today, in a desperate situation, the arrogant son gathered the clansmen to the execution ground to shout injustice, and was severely ridiculed by the people who watched the execution nearby, and finally the family members of the officials did not dare to humiliate and clashed with the people. This conflict has already been caused, like a firecracker lighting a fuse, which immediately detonated the anger of the people. The angry people attacked him, and the situation suddenly got out of control, and six family members of the officials died, although five of them were family servants, but the worst thing is that one of the deceased was the son of the tortured man, so that the situation became a little delicate.

At that time, at the suggestion of Yin Chen Wenzhi of Tianfu, it was turned into a small matter, after all, after cutting off the corrupt officials, it was not appropriate to provoke the enemy in vain, but Zhu Yuncai suggested an iron-fisted suppression, these people stirred up the law and made mistakes, and the people who watched the punishment ignored the law and openly beat people to death, which is also their crime that must be investigated. So he immediately ordered the gendarmes to arrest all the family members of Na Langzhong, including the arrogant son who ridiculed Zhu Yuncai. At the same time, all the people who participated in the beating were also detained and brought to prison.

This incident caused a lot of shock in the officialdom of Nanjing, and at the same time made the people in the city complain. Li Xin also got the report after returning to Yingtianfu, so he wanted to see how Zhu Yuncai, who had always had the reputation of a cool official, could deal with this sudden incident.

Zhu Yuncai didn't expect Li Xin to mention this conflict, and he didn't think about it, and immediately replied: "The Ming Dynasty has a law, and it is implemented impartially, who dares to criticize it?" If the Ming Dynasty is dormant in the public discussion, where is the majesty? ”

In the previous sentence, Zhu Yun answered Li Xin, and the latter sentence was his venting of doubts about a large part of the hundred officials.

Mi Yan, who was on the side, finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, and stood up and retorted: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat." If you don't care about the public opinion and the people's will, isn't this tantamount to deviating from the Confucian road? ”

Zhu Yuncai sneered: "The government naturally gives priority to benevolence in governing the people, and if it talks about governing the law, it must be fierce and unambitious." ”

Li Xin couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, such a must-win ambition, Zhu Yuncai is worthy of the reputation of a cool official, but he is so blindly fierce, the officials and the people have made trouble, and the trouble brought out is also real, if you ignore it, I am afraid that it will be out of control. Mi Yan quickly asked Li Xin this doubt.

Zhu Yuncai still looked like a bamboo in his chest, he sat down and said indifferently: "As long as it doesn't break the law, you can let it go, if there is a violation, it will be the king of heaven, and the prince and grandson will not be forgiven." ”

At this time, Li Xin found that Zhu Yuncai's answer at the moment had actually changed a lot from his usual style in the past, and after thinking about it carefully, he also understood that maybe it was he who did what he liked. Thinking of this, Li Xin couldn't help but examine his past attitude, could it really give Zhu Yuncai some wrong illusions?

It's just that Li Xin couldn't figure out what kind of places he had that made Zhu Yuncai, who was suspected of being inflammatory, completely transform into a cool official. At this time, I only heard Zhu Yuncai add: "The people are making trouble because they feel resentful and resentful of the unfair handling of the government." If because of the turbulent public opinion, the government will bend the law and sway from side to side. Isn't this a false hint to the people, as long as they make trouble, the government will definitely give in, and over time, it will be the prestige that will be lost, and the harm will be great in the long run! ”

Regarding this point raised by Zhu Yuncai, Li Xin had considered it before, in fact, as far as Nanjing officialdom is concerned, the public opinion is the most lethal to the political situation, and the people make trouble, and the government can suppress it without any scruples, so even if there are ill-intentioned people behind the scenes, this kind of noise from the bottom can be easily eliminated. The most troublesome thing is the voice from the first floor of Shilin, the government has no choice but to move these people, and the treatment of some troublemakers is often thunder and rain, and over time, Jiang Yueguang, these officials who only know how to talk big, have a chance to indirectly grasp the power.

This kind of bottom-up way of controlling the political situation was still quite admired by Li Xin in the past, thinking that it would play a role in supervision after all. As everyone knows, this is not the case at all, and the public opinion of Shilin and the officials is still manipulated in the hands of the officialdom oligarchs, and once the opposition erupts, someone will inevitably operate from it. Therefore, from the perspective of the transformation at the bottom, Li Xin agrees with Zhu Yuncai's strict law enforcement to deter these petty people.

However, Li Xin has to continue to see how Zhu Yuncai will deal with it.

"If hundreds of officials gather to impeach you, what should you do?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuncai did not answer positively, but said solemnly: "As long as the Marquis of Zhenyu is determined to forge ahead and is determined to quell the filth of Nanjing officialdom, Zhu Yuncai will not die even if he has ten thousand swords!" ”

This is his statement, not a specific response, but it is this statement that is more convincing than a hundred strategies and methods of response. Li Xin was immediately moved by Zhu Yuncai's statement and determination.

After a while, Li Xin waved his hand away Mi Yan and Zhu Yuncai, Zhu Yuncai saw that the Marquis of Zhenyu no longer asked when he retired with a gift, on the contrary, Mi Yan was unwilling to stay, and persuaded Li Xin again, but he was still driven out by Li Xin.

Mi Yan and Zhu Yuncai walked out of the main hall together, he glared at each other fiercely, and said hatefully: "Zhu Langzhong instigated the capture of the marquis so much, in case it provokes the anger of the public, how can the Three Guards still gain a foothold in Nanjing?" Don't you think there are enough opponents of the town? Now you want to bring the people of Nanjing to join in? ”

Zhu Yuncai once again ridiculed each other: "The prison army's words are wrong, the people are short-sighted, and they don't distinguish between good and evil, beauty and ugliness, so they need the government to forcefully correct it, although there will be a temporary pain, but after a long time, they will know the benefits." ”

Mi Yan was stunned for a long time, only to feel that his thoughts were very different from him, obviously the Tao was different, so why bother to fight with him for the benefit of this tongue?

"It's just a bunch of nonsense, a bunch of nonsense!" Mi Yan was a little trembling with anger, and wanted to point at Zhu Yuncai's nose and scold, but after all, he gave up this impulse and walked away with a cold snort. Zhu Yuncai looked at Mi Yan's angry back, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, he also had to do it as a last resort, if he had a great strategy, what would he be in front of the Marquis of Zhenyu?

And now it seems that he is betting on this treasure right.

Sure enough, early the next morning, the Marquis of Zhenyu convened a meeting of the generals and announced his decision in public, which surprised all the middle and senior generals present.