The prince nodded after hearing this.

Next, he really pretended to be sick and ignored government affairs.

And on the day of the beginning of winter in the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, when the warm sun was shining.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly appeared on the bluestone slab near Xiuning County, and more than ten horses appeared, which was eye-catching.

It didn't take long.

The more than ten horsemen who rode horses entered the county office with post tickets, and directly met the prince himself, who was said to be sick.

"Urgently, the holy decree requires strict investigation of the illegal mining of mines."

The crown prince also got the latest holy decree from these shopkeepers, and soon after that, he informed Zhang Yunsheng of this.

Zhang Yunsheng asked: "Dong Weng is really not from the family of eunuchs?" ”

The prince smiled and replied, "Naturally! ”

"Then Dong Weng should immediately ask his mentor or backer, what does he want Dong Weng to do, and then how to do it, don't really act according to the will of the court."

Zhang Yunsheng hurriedly suggested.

The prince glanced at him: "Why?" ”

Zhang Yunsheng couldn't help but explain: "This will is clearly aimed at the gentry and heroes of the world, and Dong Weng is from a humble background and has no foundation, so it is not appropriate to offend the township eunuch Haoyou, otherwise someone will stare at Dong Weng in the future, so that Dong Weng will not dare to make any mistakes!" And even if you want to offend, you have to find a backer first, so that even if you offend the township eunuch Haoyou, you will have a backer to support and protect Dong Weng in the future, otherwise, Dong Weng's career will be difficult for a long time. ”

"It's not really necessary for this county to be a big official, I can not do it for famous ministers, but I can't do it for loyal ministers."

The prince rejected Zhang Yunsheng's suggestion, and after speaking, he said:

"Go and ask the king to command."

Zhang Yunsheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then only said yes.

Soon.

Wang Jingdi came to the prince.

The crown prince gave him the will: "Commander Wang must know the intention of the imperial court to make this decree?" ”

"Xia Guan understands."

Wang Jingdi replied.

The prince said: "That's good! Please ask Wang to command the next immediately and strictly investigate the matter of illegal mining, the county will let officials at all levels cooperate with you, if there is no cooperation with you, you can cut it first and then play, if something happens, the county will bear it. ”

Wang Jingdi said yes.

……

"Just now, our people came to report that more than a dozen cavalry soldiers arrived at the county office and met the magistrate."

On the day of Lidong, Wang Dabin also came to Wang Huan and spoke.

Wang Huan, who was practicing calligraphy, couldn't help but put down his pen and said: "Recently, many prefectures and counties have such urgent delivery soldiers, it seems that there is a new will, but our county lord obviously has a powerful staff to guide him, and now he is still pretending to be sick and refuses to drive us." ”

"And will he drive us next?"

Wang Dabin asked.

Wang Huan smiled: "Who knows? ”

Wang Dabin said uneasily: "I'm afraid it's coming at us now, should we stop all those things that don't comply with the laws of the country?" ”

"It's too late!"

"What's more, what is the purpose of the imperial court, we haven't figured it out yet, and we may make the imperial court even worse."

"As the saying goes, sticking out your head is a knife, and shrinking your head is also a knife, it's better to earn more quickly, as long as it's not extermination, maybe you don't have to spit it all out!"

Wang Huan replied.

Wang Dabin nodded: "You're right, after all, the imperial court is the imperial court, not a county parent official, if we really come to copy our home, we don't let the imperial court copy the family property, maybe it will make the imperial court unhappy, and we will directly set up bandits." ”

As a result, Wang's side did not let his people stop mining next.

Many of the eunuchs are the same, still frantically mining privately.

At that time, Wang Jingdi had already bought off the local people in advance, first touched a mine, and led his troops to find a path to lurk here, and immediately surrounded the mine here.

Bang bang!

Because the Ming Dynasty banned mines internally, although those who dared to mine privately had the support of the big clans behind them, the mine owners and miners who mined on the bright side were outlaws, not to mention the courage to fight, and some dared to fight directly.

Therefore, when Wang Jingdi led the troops, the mine owner directly led the miners to resist, and even copied out the privately hidden firearms to shoot at the police soldiers, and after the shooting, some miners also launched a charge against the police soldiers under the organization of the foreman.

In general.

At this time, if it was an ordinary catch, he would have been scared and weak, and he would have to be defeated after a long time of parrying.

But now, these miners were met with veterans of a hundred battles who had just returned from the fierce battle on the front line, so they soon found that these police officers of the government had not retreated, and were even waiting for them, and when they rushed closer, they shot at them like cannons.

Soon, in a misty white miasma, many miners fell to the ground.

When some brave miners rushed to the front, they found that these officers and soldiers also dared to fight with them, and they worked in groups of three, and the cooperation was very tacit, so that when they rushed close to hand-to-hand combat, only their side was killed.

There is no way, the miners who are good at fighting in groups but just dare to fight bravely and ruthlessly, due to the lack of tactical training, can only be passively beaten in front of the officers and soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles.

After a while, after many miners who dared to play with their lives were killed one after another, the remaining miners all came to their senses, and finally felt frightened, and began to retreat, even if they dared to go back to defend the mine wall, and did not dare to take the initiative to charge.

"Damn, we've met a stubble officer!"

"I think it's a police officer who has recently been transferred back from overseas."

"Great-grandfather, what should we do?"

After Jin Dajun, the foreman of the miners, ran back, he hurriedly came to the mine owner Zeng Changxin and spoke.

Zeng Changxin pulled his face, walked to the upper floor of the mine village, and shouted to the officials and soldiers outside: "Soldiers, I am the owner of the mine here, I don't know where the contemptible people have offended you, so you have to force each other like this?" Whether or not they can give the brothers a way to live, the brothers are naturally grateful! ”

"You didn't offend us, but you offended the king!"

"The ban on mining in the customs is a clear order, and you can't fail to obey the order."

Wang Jingdi replied loudly at this time, and said: "Push the cannon up, and listen to my order later, and open the cannon to bombard this mine wall!" ”

"Yes!"

Here, Zeng Changxin said: "But the real owner of this silver mine is the property of the famous eunuch Wang family in his hometown, do you really want to ban the mine here?" ”

"No matter who you are, you are not allowed to open a mine in the Guannai!"

"If you know each other, surrender as soon as possible, otherwise this official can only kill you, including your relatives and family members in the mine!"

After Wang Jingdi said loudly, Zeng Changxin's face became even more ugly.

"Let me tell you, Your Majesty has a will, if you can, you won't kill, so as long as you are willing to tie your hands and be captured, you will definitely not cut off your head, and you will only be exempted from the death penalty!"

Wang Jingdi continued to speak at this time, and after speaking, he ordered: "Fire!" ”

Rumble!

Rumble!

It didn't take long for the two guns to burst into flames, knocking down the mine wall on the spot.

"Don't fire!"

Zeng Changxin trembled violently because of this, and then shouted, "We surrender!" ”

As a result, the mine was successfully taken over by the police, and both the mine owner and the miners were detained.

After Zeng Changxin was detained, he took the initiative to ask Wang Jingdi:

"Official, does the court really want to exempt us from the death penalty?"

"Naturally! The holy decree stipulates that those who surrender will not be killed, and the wives and daughters of criminals will not be dishonored. ”

"But they will be detained pending disposal."

After Wang Jingdi answered, he asked Zeng Changxin and others to be detained.

And after the prince learned from Wang Jingdi that the Wang family was suspected of colluding with Haoyou to open a mine privately, he also immediately ordered: "Take everyone in the Wang family immediately, and in order to prevent changes, this county will go in person!" ”

"Dong Weng thinks twice!"

"The Wang family is no better than other clans, if Dong Weng insists on this, I am afraid it is inevitable to leave the name of a cool official!"

Zhang Yunsheng persuaded him.

The crown prince rode on Sun Zhonghe's horse at this time, and said: "Elder Zhang doesn't need to persuade me anymore, although I am from an ordinary background, it doesn't mean that I am not qualified to be a loyal minister because of my ordinary background!" ”

After the prince said that, he personally took Wang Jingdi and others to Wang's mansion.

Although there are not many soldiers officially in a county, there are actually not many soldiers who are not in the army, and basically in a large county like Xiuning County, which is a rich area in the south, there are between thousands and more than 10,000 soldiers.

However, therefore, when the prince went to copy Wang's mansion, it was not only more than 100 soldiers under Wang Jingdi's command and a number of arresters, but a large group of soldiers.

There is no such thing as a completely impermeable wall.

With the promulgation of Zhu Yijun's will to require officials at all levels to strictly investigate and ban mines, Wang Huan and others actually knew that the imperial court would strictly investigate the ban on mines.

But Wang Huan and others did not let the miners below them stop mining, nor did they choose to escape, but chose to sit and wait.

Therefore, when the prince came, Wang's mansion was still the same as usual.

"Why didn't they run away?"

When the prince saw Wang Huan and others coming, he couldn't help but ask Zhang Yunsheng.

Zhang Yunsheng replied: "Because they know that Dong Weng will not do anything to them, and they know that the holy will cannot be violated. ”

The prince bowed his head after hearing this, and after seeing Wang Huan, he also asked: "Presumably Wang Lao also knows why this county is here?" ”

Wang Huan bowed down and said: "The dog has no king's law, conniving at the slaves to collect money and open mines, violating the law of the country, and there is a crime of lax discipline, and he is willing to be punished." ”

Then, Wang Huan asked, "I just don't know, how will the imperial court deal with us?" ”

The prince replied: "The decree is that all those who participate in private mining, regardless of the main and accessory offenders, and the three clans and three generations, will be exiled overseas, and will not be killed, although all will be confiscated, but the subscription coupons, silver dollar coupons, cloth, non-technical books and furniture, handicrafts other than antiques and jade, clothing, shoes and socks, knives and weapons, chariots and horses are not confiscated. ”

"In addition, the criminals in Xiuning County are to be sent to Dinghaiwei for detention first, and then sent to the education and education area of this state in batches.

After the prince said this, Wang Huan immediately fainted. (End of chapter)