Wang Xijue shouted after the order.

At the gate of the government under the rain curtain, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed in under the leadership of the chief soldier Zhang Yuanxun, and they all surrounded these halls with guns.

And Zhang Yuanxun himself was wearing ring armor, majestically with a group of generals and two teams of firearms, and fought with a knife before Wang Xijue's death, and bowed his hand to Wang Xijue: "I am ordered by the ministry to listen to the old man of the pavilion to control himself!" Please show me! ”

At this time, Lin Bin, the governor of Guangdong, immediately got up when he saw this, looked at Zhang Yuanxun, and asked in surprise: "Why did the prince appear here, the general soldier of Guangdong is now Zhang Yu!" ”

Originally.

Since the beginning of the eighth year of Wanli, Zhang Yuanxun, the former commander-in-chief of Guangdong, realized that the era of arrogance was coming, and there would be a large-scale liquidation of reformist ministers such as Zhang Juzheng and other reformist ministers who did not have such a heavy heart for the military generals' embankments, so he chose to retire after success, retired from the post of Guangdong commander-in-chief, and wrote a letter to persuade Qi Jiguang to retreat bravely in the rapids.

However, Zhang Yuanxun was greatly surprised by the later development, he did not persuade Qi Jiguang to retire, but Qi Jiguang persuaded him to go out of the mountain again and serve the country.

Zhang Yuanxun is a famous anti-Japanese general in the period of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, among them, his achievements in Guangdong to resist the Japanese and quell the chaos are the most significant, and he is deeply loved by the people of Guangdong, and the people of Guangdong in later generations also set up Zhanggong Temple for him.

Because of this, the most important thing Wang Xijue did when he followed Liang Menglong south in the past few days was to persuade Liang Menglong to use Zhang Yuanxun as the commander-in-chief of Guangdong, and also asked the imperial court to allow him to use it as he pleased.

Therefore, after Lin Bin said this, Wang Xijue said: "Zhang Yu has been impeached and removed from office by Liang Butang for conniving at Xiyi's private manufacture of weapons, and replaced by Zhang Gong!" ”

Lin Bin's face changed greatly after hearing this.

Du Huisheng and other Guangdong gentry also changed their faces.

"What does the elder want?"

Du Huisheng couldn't help but ask Wang Xijue at this time.

Wang Xijue looked at Du Huisheng: "This should be asked to you, what do you want, is it, if the servant really insists on inspecting the sea trade, he will die on the way soon?" ”

Du Huisheng blushed and did not answer.

"Soon after Ma and Shen Ergong inspected the world, they implemented the matter of the official gentry paying grain and working as errands throughout the country, so this made the princes vigilant, worried that the servants would inspect the sea trade this time, and they would also change the system of sea trade in the future;"

"Therefore, according to your calculations, either the servant is willing to look at nothing, not to inspect anything, but to travel only in the mountains and rivers, and it is better to take your money and become your people; Or you can only die suddenly on the way. ”

Wang Xijue said here: "Therefore, the servant had to pretend to promise you the day before yesterday that you can only visit the mountains and rivers in Guangdong, and not inspect the sea trade!" But guys, do you really think that this can scare the servants? Scare other doctors in the court? ”

Syllable!

Wang Xijue suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Who dares to die for the country in the world, how can there be a certain person?!" ”

Wang Xijue smiled as he spoke: "I have found someone to prepare a coffin for myself, and I will also prepare a coffin for you, and then it will be up to you to die or I die!" ”

Lin Bin looked at Wang Xijue: "How did Elder Ge know about these things?" ”

"Who is so despicable and shameless!"

Inspector Zhang Yingzhao also asked loudly at this time.

Chen Younian, the envoy of Guangdong, got up at this time and said: "No matter who said it, but how can the person who said this be despicable and shameless?" And if the cabinet ministers inspect and insist on inspecting the maritime trade without understanding the people's feelings, isn't it despicable and shameless to let them die on the way? ”

After Chen Younian said, Lin Bin and Zhang Yingzhao both looked at Chen Younian with even more ugly faces, and then smiled helplessly.

The chief soldier Zhang Yu had already knelt down directly at this time: "Please be gracious to the elder of the pavilion, how dare you resist Fu Press, connive at Xiyi's private fire gun, and also listen to Fu Press's Jun order!" ”

Du Huisheng and other Guangdong gentry looked at Wang Xijue: "What is the elder going to do?" ”

"Truthfully report the gold and silver that each of you actually received from the sea trade with Xiyi every year."

"Is it true that Guangdong only has 10,000 taels of tax silver every year, and even so many ships in and out of a Haojing, why only pay 500 taels to the imperial court every year!"

Wang Xijue said.

"The benefits of sea trade are not big, only enough for Xiaomin Hukou, how can the elder of the pavilion not know?"

Du Huisheng asked with a smile.

As he spoke, Du Huisheng said: "Since the elder of the pavilion wants to know the details, then we will inform the elder of the pavilion." ”

"If you don't report it truthfully, you will be punished on the spot for deceiving the court! The servants are ordered to inspect on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and they still have the power to cut first and then play. ”

Wang Xijue said and looked at the officials and gentry present: "You can supervise whether what your head of the family reported is true, if it is not true, you will be considered meritorious in exposing it, and you can be awarded an official on the spot and be the head of the family on his behalf!" ”

"Wang Taicang!"

"It's not a gentleman's act for you to do this!"

Du Huisheng was shocked when he heard this, and pointed at Wang Xijue and shouted.

"Scolding the servant, for disrespecting the Son of Heaven, behead him!"

Wang Xijue knew that he now had to show these Guangdong officials and gentry, so he took advantage of Du Huisheng's words to say so.

"Yes!"

Zhang Yuanxun said yes, and personally asked the two bosses to drag Du Huisheng out of the hall, and knelt down at the foot of the steps.

Du Huisheng panicked and shouted: "Wang Taicang, I am a heavenly official, you are such a good official and gentry, you will be despised by the world!" ”

Swish!

Only a knife fell.

Du Huisheng's head rolled in blood in the courtyard, staining the weeds in the courtyard red.

All the officials and gentry couldn't help but take a step back, and they trembled.

Only Du Huisheng's grandson Du Ruojia had a calm face at this time, and then shouted: "The children of the Du family are fighting with them!" ”

As she spoke, Du Ruojia pulled out her scribe's sword and rushed towards Zhang Yuanxun with a few Du family disciples.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

A row of firearms under Zhang Yuanxun's command appeared in front of them at some point and bombarded these people.

As a result, Du Ruojia was shot several times and died.

Wang Xijue said in a deep voice: "The Du family rebelled, raided the house and destroyed the door!" ”

"Yes!"

Then, Wang Xijue looked at the other Guangdong gentry: "Report it, if you don't want the court to slaughter you all." ”

"Master, report it!"

Yuan Yupei, a son of the Guangdong clan, pushed his head of the family, Yuan Shiying, to the front.

Yuan Shiying hurriedly said: "My Yuan family relies on shipments to Haojing, Champong, Java, etc., and the annual income is about 300,000 taels of silver. ”

"My family has an annual income of 100,000 taels!"

"My uncle said less! In fact, it is about 260,000 taels, and he buys a large amount of raw silk, saltpeter, gunpowder, sugar, and iron for Luo Mingjian every year! Because I am good at arithmetic, I basically pass the account, so I know! ”

"There are 36 iron shops in Foshan, which are exclusive to his big house, and he and Francois privately make firearms to Japan for profit!"

At this time, Zeng Quan'an, the nephew of Zeng Yiyao, a Guangdong gentry who had been a salt envoy for the two Huai, loudly refuted it after Zeng Yiyao said it.

"Then the crime of deceit! Drag it down, slash it! ”

Wang Xijue said suddenly, and then looked at Zeng Quan'an: "What's your name?" ”

"Xiangshan County students Zeng Quan'an has seen Ge Lao!"

Zeng Quan was busy with Wang Xijue.

"Give him a set of seven-rank crown belts and the seal of the deputy counselor of the university."

After Wang Xijue gave an order to his subordinates, he looked at Zeng Quan'an: "From now on, you will be the deputy counselor of the Counselor's Office of the Non-commissioned Residence of my Dongge University, assisting the servants in inspecting the maritime trade. ”

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Zeng Quan hurriedly thanked him: "Xie Ge old trust!" ”

According to the new system set by Zhu Yijun, the ruling secretary can directly promote all the scholars and scholars as their subordinate officials, and handle confidential affairs for themselves.

After each ruling minister takes office, the ministry will give him a number of official documents and a number of crown belts, and the ruling minister will choose his own life, and he only needs to report to the ministry within one year.

The subordinate officials who have been selected can continue to participate in the imperial examination.

Zhu Yijun not only wanted to reduce the burden on the ruling ministers to support their staff, but also wanted to achieve supervision by bureaucratizing the staff, so that the imperial court could know what staff these senior officials used, and sometimes the imperial court would directly select jinshi or raise people to serve as counselors of the ministers.

The conversation turned back.

As soon as Zeng Quan'an defected, Zeng Yiyao's sister-in-law raised Zeng Quan's face to anger, and immediately scolded Zeng Quan'an: "You are a cheap seed, relying on my Zeng family to study and have a reputation, and now you are eating inside and out!" ”

Swish!

Zeng Yiyao was beheaded in court at this time.

Zeng Quanhe immediately shut up, his face pale.