People in the city of Hangzhou are saying that they have not seen such heavy rain for many years, and this day is gloomy for several days, and the sun is hiding behind dark clouds, and they don't want to come down.

Many scholars don't understand why the officials and people in Hangzhou, even the peddlers and pawns, lived a peaceful life before they lived, why they tossed Zhejiang continuously in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Hongzhi. Those brocade guards came and went, walked and came, what did the emperor want to do to Zhejiang?

Many of them have never seen such a big change in their lives.

So in the end, the fierce resistance was not nipped in the bud, and people poured into the government, hoping for governors and envoys...... Or any one of them, can someone come forward and be the Lord for them?

And the rightful Jinyi Guard, people were angry and terrified of him, and when the scimitar really came out, the air froze again.

"Zhongcheng!"

By Mao Wenwen's side, Wang Qiong finally stood up, and as soon as he appeared, many people began to call his name.

After that, Peng Ze and Tan Wenyi all appeared.

Today's events are of a bad nature, but the scholars hate the factory guards, not them, and they are not so bad as to kill officials, these people have more or less read books, if the countryside is wild, maybe they really kill people and rob money, anyway, let's talk about it first.

"Jiwu Gong!" A tall scholar stood out from the crowd, he was wearing a square scarf, and he looked magnificent, "In the past few days, Mr. Huang and Mr. Li have been arrested in Hangzhou City. We are all students from various prefectures and counties, and we have had the privilege of listening to Huang and Li's lectures in the past, but now the court is so arrested, if it weren't for the traitorous ministers who deceived the saints, we really wouldn't dare to believe it! ”

The so-called traitorous ministers naturally mean factory guards.

Peng Ze knew in his heart that these young people did not understand the real court, they thought that they had grievances, but the emperor did not know. But in fact, once the trouble continues, it is really possible to complete a major case since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

"What's your name?"

"Xiao Miao, a person from Jiaxing Mansion, was fortunate to be lifted the year before last."

The evolution of the affairs in Zhejiang to this extent is already the opposition of the gentry to the opening of the sea, not the business of a few smugglers. Because of the symbiosis of interests, coupled with the slightly bloody actions of Jinyiwei in the past few days, it has actually angered this entire class.

Because Mao Wen killed all the famous people.

Objectively speaking, Daming treats scholars quite preferentially, as long as they are lifted, they don't have to pay taxes, they don't have to serve hard labor, and they don't have to kneel when they see county officials, which everyone knows.

In addition, there is also a piece of food for the lifter. Depending on the region, it varies from about 12-18 taels per year. This is basically twice the income of a farmer from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

In addition, once the lifter meets Enke, then the imperial court will issue another sum of money, which is the travel fee, which is included in the local service system, that is, it belongs to the government's expenditure.

The matter of travel expenses is actually very interesting, and it can be seen that there are two points that the government decree does not leave the Forbidden City and that public opinion is in the hands of readers.

First of all, there is a clear record in the seventeenth year of Hongwu that the Chinese-style lifting of people is given to the public documents, and the official goes to the Ministry of Rites to print the paper and take the test in order to cope with the giving. Among them, "廪 giving" refers to money and grain subsidies such as rice and rice.

However, during the Jiajing period, a person named Huo Tao recorded that there was no way to raise people's travel expenses.

What do you mean?

The imperial court has made it clear that there is this expenditure, why do you still say that there is nothing to give before Chenghua?

It may seem contradictory, but anyone with life experience can understand with a little thought that the imperial court stipulates that the government will give you money, not that you can take it if you say you can.

So after a long time, in fact, the gentry government has formed a symbiosis of interests.

On the other hand, since the orthodoxy and Chenghua, the matter of raising people's travel expenses has gradually been exposed, and there are constantly officials who have played to the imperial court, saying that we have 'great Confucians' and 'village sages' here, and they cannot participate in the imperial examination because they have no travel expenses, and I hope that the imperial court can pay attention to it.

In the subsequent Hongzhi and Zhengde years, there have always been such voices, and Jiajing also reiterated the rules set during the Hongwu years. The famous Yang Jisheng received thirty taels of travel expenses to attend the examination after winning the promotion, but he used the money to donate a loose official to his brother.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty such as Wanli, the cost of this part increased several times compared with before. Of course, in terms of absolute amount, it is just a difference between a dozen taels and hundreds of taels, which cannot crush a country, but in fact, a problem can be seen.

Why is it that even a problem of travel expenses can be solved in the field of vision of the imperial court, and this problem is solved better and better with the extension of time, while the problem of life and death of so many tenants and poor peasants is solved worse and worse?

The essence of this problem is that different strata have different abilities in the game of social resources.

That is, the stronger the richer, and the weaker the poorer.

Straight to the point.

The gentry were a relatively powerful group in the Ming system, and they continued to win the struggle for hundreds of years.

To put it bluntly, they themselves believe that it is still up to them to govern the country.

How do you say that, opening peace for all generations, this is the ultimate ideal of the literati.

And now they also have a request,

Mao Wenwen couldn't count on it, so they counted on Wang Qiong and Peng Ze, the one named Xiao Miao spoke earnestly, "Duke Dehua, Duke Jiwu, yesterday Gongsun Dao, Yan Zixiao, Yu Ruifeng, Ren Qing and other four people were killed on the street!" This matter is really appalling, and we have no other way to ask for it, so we beg the two Shangju court to plead for the four people, and ask the court to punish the traitor! Give me back a lot of clarity! ”

At this time, the matter of opening the sea seems to be less important.

The battle itself has become the protagonist, and the content of the fight has disappeared.

This is a sign of intensification.

Wang Qiong and Peng Ze are not easy to say this, they can neither agree nor refuse.

In the end, it was Peng Ze who spoke: "This matter, whether it is right or wrong, the court has its own public opinion." But you shouldn't gather people to cry and trespass on the official mansion, if you report to the Beijing Division, what do you think about the Beijing Division? If you still trust the old man, then listen to the old man, go home separately, and live in peace. The imperial court has never had a holy decree to kill. ”

When Mao Yu heard it, this last sentence was too appeased and should not be spoken.

Sure enough, someone raised his voice, "Since the imperial court has no intention of killing, how should the lives of these four people be calculated?" ”

"We can't go back, we have to make a fuss about it and let the court know!"

And at this time, Gu Dayong had already appeared here one after another with Jinyi Wei, when more than 80 Jinyi Guards and 500 Dongchang Fanzi appeared with knives,

The faces of many scholars changed greatly.

Peng Ze was anxious, "Deputy Envoy Mao, what are you going to do?" ”

Mao Wen's face did not change, "Mr. Jiwu's temper is really good, and he can forgive those who forcibly break into the official mansion." If this is the case and he is sent home, as if nothing happened, where is the majesty of the court, where is the majesty of His Majesty? ”

Peng Ze said: "You dare to commit murder here? ”

"The envoy didn't say that he was murderous, but the envoy won't let anyone go!"

Peng Ze couldn't help it, "Zhongcheng! ”

He knelt down and was right in front of Wang Qiong.

Seeing Peng Ze kneeling down, all the other subordinate officials in the yamen also knelt down, "Zhongcheng! The lives of hundreds of people are in your thoughts, if there is a big case of killing scholars in Zhejiang, the whole country will be shaken, and the world will be unstable! ”

Xiao Miao, who spoke before, also began to get nervous, he and a few classmates snuggled up to each other, and began to be scared at this time, but he still had to pretend to be calm, after all, he would lose his face when he was afraid.

Wang Qiong fell into a desperate struggle.

Some of the people who asked him for help were for themselves, and some were for the Ming Dynasty. For the sake of his own people, he will not have any political future in this life, even if he continues to dangle in this yamen, he doesn't care about any political future for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

But he cares.

Zhejiang's incident this time will undoubtedly enter the emperor's sight.

He had to consider the question of his place in the emperor's heart.

To put it bluntly, whether you want to be with these literati or with the emperor. The former is famous in history, and the latter is soaring.

"Please Zhongcheng avenge the four people of Zhejiang!"

"Please Zhongcheng avenge the four people of Zhejiang!"

……

These noisy and chaotic cries made Wang Qiong deeply upset.

"Silence!"

Mao Wenyu narrowed his slender eyes, at this time his people had already come, it was not a problem to control this place at all, and the time was not in a hurry, so he also wanted to see how Wang Qiong would choose at this moment.

No matter how many conspiracies and conspiracy there were before, it finally came down to the choice at this time.

What kind of person is Wang Qiong?

Wang Qiong, the word Dehua, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, was a famous minister in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. But he has a bad reputation, and he is ashamed to make friends with the powerful, but he is good at making friends with the powerful. And he is more scolding, like the famous Sanyang Cabinet, Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and these Qingliu ministers, he scolds very much. For example, he criticized Li Dongyang in the face of floods and droughts, and he knew that money and food were reduced and reduced, and there were no measures to deal with the aftermath.

“…… In any case, this is also the governor's yamen of this official! Wang Qiong didn't speak fast, and for some reason there was a fire in his eyes, "This official is the governor of Zhejiang who is ordered by the imperial court!" Scholars from all over the world study Confucius and Mencius on weekdays, and they should know how to respect and inferiority......"

The corners of Mao Wen's mouth curled.

“…… Heaven will not tolerate the following offenses. ”

“…… The king is a minister, it is for the righteousness! ”

Peng Ze and the others began to turn pale.

That's a lot of people! What is it for!

Mao Wenwen raised the knife in his hand, there is no need to say anything else, he will not kill so many people, because there is no need, but none of these people can leave.

"Jinyi Wei listens to the order, take it all!"

(End of chapter)