Next.

On the pillar under the high platform outside the imperial tent of the big camp, a number of criminal officials who were arrested by the Jinyi guard overnight have been tied.

Zhu Yijun was sitting on a dragon chair covered with half-worn cushions, looking at these arrested officials: "Do you know why I arrested you?" ”

"Yes!"

Xue Hongyan, the prefect of Zhending, replied with a face full of repentance at this time.

Zhu Yijun asked again: "Do you regret it?" ”

Xue Hongyan replied: "Regret! The sinner has lived up to His Majesty's expectations of the sinner, and he is sorry for His Majesty's cultivation, and he feels extremely guilty in his heart! ”

As he spoke, Xue Hongyan choked up.

"I regret it when I find it, but when I don't find it, it's bolder than the other!"

"How many years has it been since the decree prohibiting the private gift of galloping official tickets to the gentry has been issued, and the decree to permanently exempt the world from forced labor has also been issued for so long, and even asked the household department to allocate funds for you to organize scholars to preach and study, but the result has always been a deaf ear."

"I don't bother to say anything, go to the Nine Springs and ask the ancestors for forgiveness."

After Zhu Yijun said this, his face sank: "Chop!" ”

"Yes!"

So, Wei Peng and the others walked towards these prisoners with knives again, and after these prisoners were pressed to their knees, they all raised their knives.

Swish!

Swish!

Swish!

On the spot, the heads fell to the ground, the blood stained the snow, and when the cold wind blew, they all solidified into blood porridge.

The officials and soldiers present were also more solemn.

Zhu Yijun returned to the account after this, and said to Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue, who came with him: "This personal expedition can be regarded as letting all the officials in the world know that the consequence of the rebellion is that I will personally come down to make them even more uneasy!" Therefore, don't really think that the power comes from the Son of Heaven, not from the people, so you don't treat the people as people, you can only recite the new rites, you must know that the power of the Son of Heaven comes from the people, and the Son of Heaven is not just talking about the new rites! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"All officials in the world should have this understanding, if they don't have this understanding, then even if their heads are different, it's not a pity!"

Qi Jiguang first echoed at this time.

Wang Xijue also followed: "The minister seconded the proposal, the people are only the state, and the state is solid for the people, and the minister believes that as long as he reads the books of the sages, he will have this enlightenment, but there are a few people who have consciousness but do not have the perseverance to do it." ”

"Of course I believe that officials are not stupid! I believe they are all very conscious! It's just that they often realize that they only come into contact with the wealthy gentry and the people! ”

"Yu thinks that there are drowning people in the world, and they are drowning by themselves; Thinking that there are hungry people in the world, they are hungry because they are in such a hurry; It's hard to do that! ”

"Including today's beheading of these lawless criminals, I'm afraid that there will still be many people who don't know how much it hurts because the knife was not cut on their heads, and they still dare to bully the people."

"In any case, I still say that, I don't want all of them to love the people like Hai Rui, but most of them don't take the initiative to harm the people, and I am very satisfied with them."

After Zhu Yijun said this, he asked Liang Menglong, the privy deputy envoy in charge of the march, how long it would take for the army to pull out of the camp, and after Liang Menglong answered, Zhu Yijun went to rest and did not mention it, while Wang Xijue was silent in the tent for a long time.

Qi Jiguang couldn't help asking, "What is Elder Ge thinking?" ”

Wang Xijue smiled slightly: "It's nothing, I just hope that the bureaucrats and soldiers I see next can fight for breath." ”

In the middle of the nineteenth year of Wanli.

Zhu Yijun crossed the Yellow River and officially entered the territory of Shaanxi.

Huayin County.

On this day, when the red sun was shining, Zhu Yijun walked towards Xiyue Huashan on the snow, and he still came in small clothes, and Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue did the same, walking with Hu.

Ding!

When he came to Huashan, Zhu Yijun heard the sound of chiseling stones, and so he followed the sound, and then he saw many people quarrying stones here, and there were people dressed as officials here to supervise.

Seeing this, Qi Jiguang couldn't help frowning at Wang Xijue and said:

"Your Majesty does not take the main road and does not visit the big towns of Juyi, but focuses on small towns, so I am afraid that I will see that many new policies that are forever exempt from forced labor have not been effectively implemented, and the people are still being expropriated and extorted by the government."

"I know Your Majesty will do this, but I still don't want to believe that in places that are difficult for the imperial court to detect, there is really no official who is willing to implement a new policy, rest with the people, and benefit the people."

Wang Xijue said with a somewhat depressed expression.

Qi Jiguang also twisted his eyebrows and looked ahead.

"Who are you and why are you here?"

At this time, Shen Ji, the governor of Xi'an, led his soldiers to appear here, and asked about Zhu Yijun and his party.

Zhu Yijun turned around and said, "Pass by and take a look." ”

Although he had participated in the palace examination, he did not meet Shen Yijun of the Son of Heaven, and he did not know Zhu Yijun and others, and because he was in a hurry now, he only muttered for a while, did not ask any more, and then looked at the quarry in front of him: "Take all the officials and operators of this quarry!" ”

"Wait!"

As soon as Shen Di's words fell, a big man in a soap-colored robe walked out of the pavilion next to the quarry, still holding a teapot in his hand, bowed to Shen Di, and asked, "This official must be a mansion?" ”

Without waiting for Shen Yu to answer, the big man said again: "The little cheap name Wanfu, who is the family of Zhang Gong of Nanbenbing, now I hereby tell the Fuzun that this quarry is the property of the old parents of the county, and I also ask the Fuzun not to disturb the people, otherwise once the people of the county are angered, I am afraid that the Fuzun people will not be able to leave Huayin County." ”

After the rich Zhang family slave said, he also looked at Zhu Yijun: "These people look extraordinary, they must have come to climb Huashan, I don't know what to think of this?" ”

"How else can you look at it, naturally I don't dare to meddle in things."

Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

Wanfu didn't say anything more when he heard Zhu Yijun say this, just Zhu Yijun and other knowledge.

And Shen Yu said at this time: "A self-surrendered slave is also qualified to teach the mansion to do things, is it to teach the mansion to be a slave of the wealthy clan like you?!" ”

After Shen Yu said, he said: "Take it all!" Your Majesty has been exempted from forced labor in Shaanxi for almost five years, and you powerful families have also colluded with the government to enslave the small people, even if you fight for your life, you will have to pay the price for those who fight against the oracle! ”

So, Wanfu and the others were still arrested by Shen Yu and picked up.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yijun only turned around and left here with Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue.

On the way back, Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other.

"I said that I would never doubt that my Ming Dynasty did not have virtuous and loyal ministers, and there were no good officials who really acted for the people, and this Shen Yu proved this to me."

"I also believe that there are many scholars like Shen Yi, who are ensuring that my good governance is carried out and protecting the people of the world for me, and they are also protecting them very well, and they are not because of me, let alone because I have given them enough money, before I give them a large increase in income, when the imperial court can only use pepper and sumu to make up the amount or even owe money, many of them are also trying their best to protect the people of the world and benefit them."

"Otherwise, how can the Ming Dynasty continue to continue when the old rites have collapsed for a hundred years, and why do there be one thing after another to ask for the people's lives."

On the way back, Zhu Yijun also talked about Shen Yu to Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue, and also expressed his feelings.

But as soon as Zhu Yijun finished speaking, he saw a large number of Huayin people with knives, arrows, and sticks passing by his people in a hurry.

"The corrupt official Shen Yu swallowed our road repair silver, and now he has to raise our taxes and kill him!"

At the same time, there were also passing people who shouted words to arouse people's emotions while leading these people away.

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

……

These people who walked with them also shouted loudly with knives, arrows, sticks, and sticks, and also followed these people who organized them to go in the opposite direction of Zhu Yijun and the others.

When Zhu Yijun saw this scene, he probably guessed the reason, so he asked Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue: "Do you remember what that Wanfu said?" ”

"Remember!"

Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue hurriedly replied.

Zhu Yijun then smiled and said: "I don't believe who can I trust my own ministers, I can't really just believe that these people who have been organized by local tyrants are really going to uphold justice, right?" ”

Zhu Yijun stopped as he spoke, looked at these people who gradually followed Shen Yi and others who were three layers inside and three layers outside, and said with a calm face: "Nanchang Hou, you immediately go and quickly transfer the cavalry battalion of Jin Wuwei who is waiting ten miles away, I don't want that there will be a third rebellion in Huayin County today, even if it appears, it must be suppressed quickly!" ”

Liu Wei immediately surrendered his hand and rode out of here.

And Zhu Yijun continued to Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue at this time: "The state-owned people are the blessing of the community, but helplessly, what the imperial court has been doing is only benefiting the people, and it has not yet had time to popularize education on a large scale, so that Haoyou is still easy to coerce public opinion, especially in this place where most of the people are farming, it also makes me have to continue to maintain the order where power comes from. ”

"Hit!"

"Kill this dog officer!"

At this time, the people surrounding Shen Yu had already rioted, waving the knives, guns and sticks in their hands and starting to beat.

Seeing this, Shen Yi ordered his soldiers to resist.

As a result, there were casualties on both sides, but the people who made trouble were outnumbered, so the soldiers of the prefect's yamen were beaten back and forth.

And Qi Jiguang said to Zhu Yijun at this time: "Your Majesty, these people don't mean to lock up the prefect with the "Great Message", they want to kill the prefect Shen Yu directly!" It should be the Haoyou behind them, and they don't want to follow the rules and let the people know that the prefect is not guilty according to the system, but just want to instigate the people to beat the prefect to death, and then find a few people to blame, so that this riot is still illegal, and at the same time, it also makes the successor prefect know and fear Haoqiang! ”

"Send an edict to Liu Ling, and the cavalry he brought will immediately suppress the riot as soon as they come!"

"In addition, let the Jinyi guard keep an eye on a few suspicious ones and follow them after the people disperse."

Zhu Yijun commanded at this time.

(End of chapter)