At this time, outside the palace, the ministers and other bureaucrats in Beijing were already anxious, and they all looked in the direction of the Qianqing Palace.

They don't care if the new policy of reform can continue, but they care about how the current turmoil will be resolved, and what the attitude of the supreme power holder in the temple is.

After all, whether the Ming Dynasty is dead or not may not matter too much to them who are landlords.

But local unrest is directly affecting their interests.

The bureaucrats, who have been trained by the Baguwen and have been trained as tools of rule since they became officials, do not dare to make up their own minds, but are only willing to wait for the supreme power holders to make up their minds, and quickly tell them what to do.

So, what they need most now is a solution to the turmoil, not a suspense like now.

Whether it's reformers or conservatives, they have to maintain this governing process, waiting for the upper authorities to tell them what to do and give them a way.

"What is Uncle talking to Your Majesty, even if it is a way to slaughter Wu Di with a river of blood, it is better than no way!"

"It's all at this time, do you still want to teach Your Majesty and know the truth of forbearance for the country? What do you do so much! Becoming a king or losing a king, no matter what the Son of Heaven does, as long as he does not lose the country, there are people who hide the side that is not suitable for people to know, it is better than hanging in the air now! ”

Wang Guoguang couldn't help but muttered to the other party at this time.

Fang Fengshi whispered on the side: "Do you think your uncle is you?" ”

Zhang Siwei also squinted at the main hall at this time, and asked Liu Yingjie and Yang Zhao beside him, "You say, why did Yuanfu stay in it for so long?" ”

"If he stays any longer, the old man can only go to the door in person and ask His Majesty to give him the right thing!"

Liu Yingjie said in a deep voice at this time.

Yang Zhao replied: "No matter how long you stay, Yuan Fu should not dismiss the will of the ministers of the world!" ”

"What does the Minister of the World mean?"

"What can the secretary of state of the world mean, even if he is intentional, when did he agree, when Yuanfu asked if the official gentry paid the grain as an errand, it seems that I alone have my own opinions, right?"

"A group of guys who only know how to cherish their lives when they encounter big things, and they deserve to let people care about your intentions?!"

Wang Guoguang was sarcastic on the side at this time.

Yang Zhao's face became ugly.

Liu Yingjie opened his eyes, looked at Wang Guoguang, and shouted: "Wang Ruguan! Everyone is a scholar, please leave your mouth! I don't want to speak ill of the public! ”

Wang Guoguang snorted, waved his sleeves behind his back, and didn't say anything more.

Fang Fengshi scolded Wang Guoguang in a low voice: "You still have this temperament, if the Xianmiao Manchu Dynasty Shangshu was not a clay sculpture in the past, could there be a Chenghua plough court, and the same is true today!" ”

"I'm not made of mud, I really want to restructure, but I didn't expect the restructuring to come to this point."

Wang Guoguang replied.

"I know, I know!"

Fang Fengshi hurriedly said "I know" twice.

Squeak.

The doors of the temple were suddenly opened.

And at this time, it was Zhang Juzheng who came out of the hall.

Zhang Juzheng's long beard was not floating, his thick eyebrows were locked, and he walked down the steps step by step with a wat board.

"Motosuke!"

"Uncle!"

"What did Your Majesty say?"

Zhu Gongqing immediately greeted him, looking at Zhang Juzheng with blank eyes, wanting to stare at the answer from his face.

Even the brocade guards who were on duty couldn't help but glance over.

"Mobilize troops to quell the rebellion! Governor Gahairui had the military power of the southeast and gave Shang Fang the sword. ”

Zhang Juzheng replied.

"What about the pro-military guards?"

Liu Yingjie asked.

Zhang Juzheng said: "Naturally, in addition to collecting taxes, he assisted in counterinsurgency on the spot and listened to Hai Rui's moderation. ”

Liu Yingjie looked disappointed after hearing this: "So Your Majesty refuses to grieve the pro-military guards?" ”

"Even if you are a servant, you will not let the Son of Heaven wronged the pro-military guard!"

Zhang Juzheng suddenly replied in a deep voice.

Liu Yingjie suddenly wanted to say that it was impossible, but then he felt that this was something that Zhang Juzheng could do, after all, he even dared to say what Wu Naishi said, so he directly asked: "Why is Uncle unwilling?" ”

"If you are willing, wouldn't the restored Son of Heaven's pro-army six guards be restored in vain, if a sword can only be hidden in the box, what is the difference between not having this sword?"

"If the Son of Heaven is not respected, how can there be justice in this world?"

Zhang Juzheng asked about Liu Yingjie.

Liu Yingjie glanced at Yang Zhao and Ma Ziqiang, then took a long breath and said: "Okay, Yuan Fu Ning forced everyone in Wu to rebel, forced the southeast to be chaotic, and I don't want to wronged the Son of Heaven, my loyalty is far inferior to Yuan Fu, and I really don't deserve to be an official in the court." ”

As he spoke, Liu Yingjie turned around and threw his sleeves away: "I'll resign!" ”

Ma Ziqiang, Yang Zhao, Yan Qing and others all stood up and wanted to speak.

"Not allowed!"

But Zhang Juzheng suddenly shouted.

Liu Yingjie stood up and sneered: "It's up to Yuanfu to decide, right?" ”

Zhang Juzheng looked at Liu Yingjie: "At a time when this place is not quiet, the center can't also mess up at this time, and it's not allowed to lose his temper and resign at this time!" ”

Saying that, Zhang Juzheng said again: "Therefore, if the prince does this, the servant can only immediately return to the palace to ask for the decree to punish the prince, saying that the public has no king, and at this time threatening His Majesty with resignation, and opening his eyes for the anti-thief, with ill intentions!" I don't have the courage to bully the king, but I still have the courage to kill the secretary of state! ”

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he turned around and went up the steps.

Liu Yingjie was stunned when he saw this.

Seeing this, Wang Guoguang shouted in front of Liu Yingjie: "Why are you stunned, why don't you go and tell your uncle that you don't mean this, do you have to trap your father in injustice?!" ”

Liu Yingjie came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly turned to Zhang Juzheng and said loudly: "Yuanfu stays, I am confused, and now I understand that this is not the time to be angry!" ”

After Liu Yingjie finished speaking, he shouted again: "We should all take the overall situation first, and since the holy will has been decided, then it is not appropriate to renew the branches!" ”

"That's right, now that the decision has been made, it is the people of Wu Land, regardless of men, women, old and young, and dignity, as long as they burn, kill and loot, they will be killed by anti-thief theory!"

Wang Guoguang echoed.

Fang Fengshi also said at this time: "The nature must be certain, the officials and gentry and the people need to have a clear position, and they can no longer disobey the yang and the yin!" ”

"Yes, the so-called Han thief is not mutually exclusive, whoever speaks for the thief at this time should be punished!"

Zhang Siwei followed suit.

Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng walked back and glanced at Liu Yingjie, who was sweating: "What the public said just now, the servant didn't hear it!" ”

"Xie Yuanfu!"

Liu Yingjie breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, Zhang Juzheng went to the Imperial Division, and asked the minister to draft an edict to instruct the Privy Council to transfer troops to quell the rebellion in Wudi, and also sent an edict to Hai Rui, asking him to put down the rebellion in the southeast military affairs of the governor first.

The joint statement of Hai Rui and Sun Guangyou, who had already arrived in the cabinet, on the withdrawal of relatives and the return of the military guard to Beijing was also rejected, and was reprimanded by the cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng even instructed Zhu Geng: "Now that thieves are rampant in Wudi, it has nothing to do with Fu Zhao's ineffective arrest in the local area, and Sun Guangyou, Tian Le, Lu Yi, Li Yi, Li Ji and other Nanzhi officials are directly fined and confiscated half a year's salary and year-end bonuses!" Let him wear the crime and make meritorious service, if the place is not appeased, he will not be guilty of the crime, and he will be arrested and brought into Beijing! ”

"For these wills, on the grounds of the urgency of the military intelligence, I directly asked the Privy Council to deliver them by 800 miles."

The speed of the 800-mile express was very fast, and within a few days, the edict and the imperial approval were all in Hai Rui's hands.

"Scolded!"

After Hai Rui saw the content of the imperial approval, he said with a smile, and then said with a smile: "Good scolding, good scolding!" ”

After speaking, Hai Rui handed the imperial approval to Hu Shouren, and then said to Hu Shouren, Lu Kun, and Tang Chuanxun with a calm face:

"Now that the court has made up its mind to characterize these bullies and hooligans instigated by the arrogant right as anti-thieves, we have nothing to say, just do as ordered!"

"In accordance with the arrangements already set by the church, some of the patrol teams recruited and trained will go to patrol and arrest, and if they are caught, they will be killed immediately to restore order; Especially, we must arrest and execute those who have set up a council and a council! ”

"There's no need to try it, the trial will definitely not be able to judge anything, the people behind it are not so stupid, put their fox tails, and we have to rely on our own eyeliner to catch the people behind the scenes!"

"On the other hand, they also encouraged the people to go to the official offices to make trouble, demanding that the gentry reduce rents and interest rates and increase their salaries;

"The Church, with the power of the Governor of the Southeast, allows them to set up peasant cooperatives and industrial cooperatives, so as to demand that the township council be more in line with the wishes of the people;"

"If the official gentry wants to suppress it by force, the nearby patrol team has the right to directly suppress it!"

"But the officers and men of the National Taxation Department do not have to be sent out, and they should leave a thousand headquarters in shifts, so that in case of large-scale turmoil, there are enough troops to suppress it!"

"The first thing to be suppressed is the three thousand fierce people who blocked the Jinyi guards from entering Zhenjiang City!"

The three of them said yes, and they all complied with full spirit.

Hai Rui promised Governor Sun Guangyou and other civil officials that at the meeting he would ask the imperial court whether to withdraw the pro-military guards, and after the turmoil was eliminated, he was not idle.

On the one hand, Hai Rui asked Jin Wuwei's officers and soldiers to quickly recruit young and strong people who were familiar with them before the training to form a patrol team; On the one hand, Jin Wuwei's right-hand man went undercover to find out the situation, and also contacted Jinyiwei, striving to quickly extinguish the thieves after the patrol team training was completed; He even recruited a group of scholars from poor families and encouraged them to join the governor's yamen as assistants to help carry out the popular movement.

At the same time that Hai Rui promised Sun Guangyou and other civil officials, the pro-military guards did not levy any more taxes, and only scattered in civilian clothes in various villages to train young and strong people, so the civil unrest also weakened a lot, and it was not as strong as the rumors outside.

But it is true that there are still many bullies and ruffians, and once they take advantage of the local tyrants, it is difficult to stop.

In addition, some tyrants and rightists have even begun to despise public power, and want to continue to use these bullies and ruffians to forcibly occupy the people's land and expand their interests, not just to resist the New Deal.

Therefore, there are still small-scale burning, killing and looting in the local area.

And after Hai Rui issued the order to kill when caught, the first thing the patrol team suppressed was the bully and gentry who were still burning and looting.

On this day, Hu Huaide led a patrol team of 500 people to Longtan, where he encountered a team of bullies swaggering along the street with knives and knocking on the doors of people's houses to collect protection money, totaling more than 200 people.

As soon as Hu Huaide gave the order, the thirty cavalry of the patrol team first copied the neighboring street and blocked the way of the bully, and then Hu Huaide personally led the infantry to rush up and shoot directly at the bully team.

Suddenly, the bullies in this team of bullies were shot and fell to the ground, and at the same time, the cavalry also rushed to kill and slashed those who did not fall to the ground.

Gu Yuanxiong, the leader of the bully, didn't understand what was going on at all for a while, so he only knelt down: "Spare your life!" ”

Hu Huaide walked over, held the eagle's beak and put it on Gu Yuanxiong's head, because Hai Rui asked to kill him if he caught it, so he directly pulled the trigger.

Bang!

With just a bang, Gu Yuanxiong's head blossomed, and a large amount of blood rushed out, and the whole face was suddenly smeared with blood.

(End of chapter)