Chapter Eighty-Four: After the Autumn Settlement of Dongchang, the Civil Officials Surrender and Beg for Mercy!
Zhang Gui looked at the mountains of Yangzhou officials and gentry and wealthy businessmen, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Yan, and said in his heart: "These civil servants who began to support the change of the law are not inferior to themselves with an iron fist!" Perhaps because he is a scholar himself, he knows the scholar doctor better, so he is not much gentler than his own uncle. ”
After thinking like this, Zhang Gui smiled and said to Zhao Yan: "Zhao Butang is the capable minister who quelled the Shandong Rebellion, and even this governor admires this method. ”
"Uncle Guo doesn't know, there is no such means, in fact, Zhao can't quell the Shandong Rebellion! Because of the rebellion of Xu Hongru in Shandong, it is not so much a rebellion by Luojiao, but a rebellion by officials and the people. ”
Zhao Yan said and said: "After a few years of governor Shandong, the contemptible people are more determined, and the imperial court should indeed lose more than enough to make up for the shortcomings. ”
"Load all these heads on the ship, as well as the heads of the Governor of Caoyun and the Huai'an General Army, and also load them on the ship, write their charges and the reasons for their execution, and let them go down the river and let the other provinces in the south of the Yangtze River know that this is the end of the new policy against the imperial court."
Zhang Gui commanded at this time.
"Yes!"
It didn't take long for the small boat full of heads to come to Zhenjiang Mansion.
The prefect of Zhenjiang was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly sent someone to inform Zhou Qiyuan, the governor of Yingtian, of the news.
After Zhou Qiyuan learned about this, he was quite shocked and couldn't help but say: "It's appalling, it's really appalling!" ”
Li Guangcheng, a staff member, therefore asked: "Zhongcheng, what should I do now, do I want to stop the new policy of the imperial court?" The officials and gentry in Jiangnan wrote to say that they hope that you can make decisions for the people and do not let the harsh government that disturbs the people appear in Jiangnan. ”
"Can't be stopped! Take a boat to meet the business trip now! ”
"If you really come to implement the new policy, you may be able to go against it."
"But judging from the current situation, they have no intention of discussing with you when they come to implement the new policy, and it can even be said that they are using the name of the new policy to create a rebellion against the Jiangnan gentry!"
"And this official is an official of the imperial court in the end, and he can't work against the imperial court!"
Zhou Qiyuan said and then commanded: "Tell the squires that this official can't help them!" ”
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"This is not a change, this is a rebellion!"
Capital.
Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the ministry, looked at the letter from Huai'an with trembling hands and said.
He originally thought that Zhang Gui, the uncle of the country, and Zhao Yan, the governor of the country, who went to Jiangnan to change the law and implement the new policy, would be afraid of local obstacles, and would not dare to carry out the reform thoroughly.
But he didn't expect that these people didn't mean this at all, but they had long been determined to take away the profits of these officials and gentry!
Obviously, even if these people don't take the initiative to cater to them, people will directly force them.
And because of this, Zhao Nanxing had to admit that he didn't even have the opportunity to mix in the law change team and wait for the opportunity to do things behind his back.
Because after the uncle and Zhao Butang went south, they had already taken the initiative to settle accounts after the autumn on the matter of the grain cut-off, and they also took the lead in taking action against such a big official as the governor of Caoyun, so that his underwear, an opposition who did not support the change in nature, was suddenly stripped clean!
After receiving the confession sent by Zhang Gui, Tianqi sneered: "Caoyun is really tired. ”
"Wei Zhongxian!"
Then, the apocalypse called.
"The slave is here."
Wei Zhongxian replied.
Apocalypse threw the confession in front of him: "Catch! ”
"Yes!"
Wei Zhongxian agreed, and went to the East Factory with his confession.
Soon, the official school of Dongchang took action.
Zhao Zhai.
As soon as the porter saw the official school of Dongchang rushing in, he hurriedly ran towards Zhao Nanxing's study: "Master, it's not good, someone from Dongchang is here!" ”
Zhao Nanxing was taken aback when he heard this, and then smiled calmly: "Sure enough, there is this kind of uncle who uses a direct rebellion posture to reform, no matter how much the old man wants to disobey the yang and the yin, now there is only one way to commit suicide by hitting the wall." ”
Zhao Nanxing said and ran towards the wall.
Seeing this, the porter hurriedly shouted: "Master! ”
But the porter didn't stop him.
Zhao Nanxing himself stopped when his head just touched the wall and sat on the ground dejectedly: "It's too difficult to break myself!" ”
It didn't take long for the Dongchang Official Academy to rush in, and when he saw Zhao Nanxing sitting on the ground, he didn't say much, just picked him up and left.
Zuo Guangdou also learned the news here, and was very indignant because of this: "I didn't expect that my uncle from another country would directly raise troops to make a move against the governor of Caoyun!" He is really mean and cruel! ”
And when Zuo Guangdou complained like this, the people from Dongchang broke in.
Zuo Guangdou couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?!" ”
"I'm ordered to take you!"
The official school of the East Factory replied.
After hearing this, Zuo Guangdou realized that Dongchang must have mastered his own crimes, so he hurriedly said: "You can't take me, I want to see Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty!" I want to see Your Majesty! ”
For a time, all the civil officials involved in the grain delivery were arrested.
Many civil officials in Beijing also realized that after Zhang Gui, the uncle of the country, and others went to the south to directly lift the table, the emperor also began to settle accounts after the autumn, so they were all panicked.
The civil servants also knew that the time had to give in.
After all, no one thought that Uncle Guo, who went to Jiangnan, would directly use desperate methods to change the law and the new policy, so that the old bottom of the cut off grain was picked up.
Therefore, many civil officials related to the interruption of Caoyun came to Xiyuan and begged for mercy from the apocalypse.
"Your Majesty's mercy! Many of the courtiers did not know the general situation, and they were resentful because the troublemakers were killed, so they did the thing of cutting off the grain transportation, but their original intention was not to endanger the society and ignore it, nor did they really have no monarch! Your Majesty! ”
"Your Majesty! The gentry of the world already know that they are wrong, and they are willing to make up for last year's grain, and they only ask His Majesty to be merciful, and they have to make another big case! Your Majesty is the father of the monarch, and he should be a courtier with benevolence! ”
"Your Majesty! Uncle Guo and Zhao Butang went to Jiangnan, obviously not to implement the new policy of changing the law, but to implement the new policy of changing the law, slaughtering the official gentry, framing the loyal and good, and cracking down on dissidents! Your Majesty! ”
"Please Your Majesty recall Uncle Guo and Zhao Butang, don't stir up the world again! Last year's Cao Yun blockade was indeed due to the Cao Yun Yamen's ineffective work, and there will never be another Cao Yun grain outage in the future, please Your Majesty Mingjian! ”
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in the future, you can pay an extra 1 million stone per year for the grain to make the palace real. I would rather suffer the people than let my father suffer from food shortage, I just ask Your Majesty to be kind enough to let Uncle Guo come back! ”
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These civil officials are really afraid.
They are afraid that Zhang Gui and Zhao Yan will continue to use this kind of table-flipping method in Jiangnan, and they will completely expose the old background of these scholars, and when the time comes, it will not only be the loss of their lives, but also their reputation, and even in the annals of history, it will be difficult for future generations to see a group of Weiguang Zhengshi doctors.
After all, no one knows how many dark things will be laid out underneath after the table is lifted.
Therefore, these civil officials were in a hurry to come to the emperor to cry and admonish, and were even willing to give the emperor an extra million stone grain in the future, and they also wanted the emperor to recall his uncle Zhang Gui and Zhao Yan.