In order to stop Emperor Zhengde's southern tour and keep the old nest in the south of the Yangtze River. The civil servants are fighting!

In the spring of the fourteenth year of Zhengde, hundreds of civil officials from the cabinet, the six ministries, the law department, the Hanlin Academy, and the temples knelt down at noon.

Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, held a spiritual throne in his hand, and wrote "Open Heaven and Walk Dao, Zhao Ji, Establish a Great Sage, Divine Benevolence, Righteousness, Wu Junde, Success, and Emperor Gao". This is the full name of Taizu.

In order to stop the southern tour, the civil officials even moved out the ancestor of Emperor Zhengde.

In fact, it was very common for civil officials to kneel in the early Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties.

But now they are kneeling, but they are looking for death!

When today's son is not the child emperor of the year, let alone the weak and generous emperor.

Emperor Zhengde is now in power. It is no longer something that the civilian clique can be blackmailed by kneeling.

Outside the noon gate.

Chang Feng, Qian Ning, and Jiang Bin stood side by side. Five hundred wolf-like Han generals have surrounded the civilian officials.

Chang Feng walked in front of Yang Tinghe: "Mr. Yang, why are you doing this? It is a good thing that the emperor toured the south and observed the sufferings of the people. How can it be like digging up the ancestral graves of your people? ”

Yang Tinghe found a reasonable reason: "There was a disaster in Jiangnan last year, and the people were miserable. The emperor's southern tour will be a big show. In order to prevent intrusion, the victims of the disaster will take refuge one after another. We advised the emperor to dispel the intention of the southern tour, but it was for the sake of millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River! ”

What does it mean to be clever and eloquent? What is sharp teeth? Yang Tinghe is the best example.

The original intention of the Ming civil officials to block the southern tour was to safely exploit the people of Jiangnan without interference from the imperial power. When it came to Yang Tinghe's mouth, it was for the sake of the people.

Chang Feng sighed: "Alas, my Yang Shoufu, do you believe this yourself?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "What I said, every word is from the bottom of my heart!" For the livelihood of the people, we are willing to admonish with death! ”

Chang Feng reluctantly turned his head and left.

Jiang Bin said: "What's the matter, Master Hou can't persuade them, right?" ”

Chang Feng shook his head: "These eight kings have eaten the scales and are hard-hearted." Jiangnan finance and taxation are their lifeblood. If the emperor travels south, he will uncover the lid of this black pot with his own hands. Oh, I'm afraid that the foundation of civil officials will collapse with a bang. ”

Qian Ning instructed a thousand households: "The emperor's will should have arrived." Tell the brethren to cheer up and get ready to clean up this group of dogs. ”

The matter of kneeling down to advise Wenchen was something that Liu Jin had done before. But Liu Jin did not have a good death.

Chang Feng showed the true colors of the old fox at this time. I saw him covering his stomach and showing a painful look on his face: "Uh, I, I"

Jiang Bin was shocked: "Master Hou, what's wrong with you?" Was it poisoned? ”

Chang Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Uh, I, I was greedy for cold last night, and I ate two more bowls of Yueji Ice Dew." Pet Biyun's little hooves at night, and fell asleep without clothes afterwards, and kicked the quilt, and his belly was cold. ”

"Uh, I can't! I'm going to run out! If you run outside the noon gate, then you don't lose your dignity? Ah, quick, get me home. ”

Jiang Bin said: "Come on, take the Hou Ye back to the house." ”

Basha hugged Chang Feng: "Master Hou, I told you a long time ago, eat less moon season ice dew." ”

Chang Feng scolded: "I need you to put an afterthought!" Come on! ”

Basha picked up the wind and left the noon gate with a puff of smoke.

Qian Ning stared at Chang Feng's back and said meaningfully to Jiang Bin: "Master Hou is worthy of being the old-timer of our brothers. He's getting blood on his hands. ”

Jiang Bin smiled: "Master Hou is too cautious. The emperor is wise and martial, can civil officials still turn against the sky? With the emperor's body and bones, it will not be a problem to live for another fifty years. ”

"In the past 50 years, civil officials have been grandsons! We, the emperor's close ministers, are grandfathers. Have you ever seen your grandson take revenge on your grandfather? ”

Qian Ning smiled: "Uncle, this metaphor is very wonderful. ”

At this moment, Gu Da ran over with three steps and two steps: "The emperor's will!" ”

Qian Ning and Jiang Bin hurriedly asked, "What's the purpose?" ”

Gu Dayong said: "The rod scolds all the officials below the fifth grade outside the noon gate!" More than five products are not investigated! ”

Emperor Zhengde also saved face for his teacher Yang Tinghe and the six departments and Jiuqing. Only the rod reprimands the fifth, sixth, and seventh grade officials.

Qian Ning ordered viciously: "The Han generals have listened!" The rod reprimands all the officials of the fifth grade and below! Hit it hard! ”

The Han generals raised big sticks and began to beat the civilian officials.

Yang Tinghe and those six Jiuqing wanted to stop them, but they were held up by the Han generals.

Suddenly, there was a wail outside the noon gate. The rotten Confucians, who are powerless, meet the Han general who is like a wolf and a tiger with a big stick, and the outcome can be imagined.

Blood was sprinkled all over the bluestone slabs outside the noon gate.

Half an hour later, the scepter ended.

The number of civil servants who were rebuked with the rod was 147. Eleven of them were killed with a rod.

Qian Ning said loudly: "Listen to it all!" Now it's a five, six, or seven rank official. If you are still making trouble here, the next thing you will do is one, two, three, or four officials! ”

"It's not worth killing you!"

After speaking, Qian Ning walked in front of Yang Tinghe and said with a smile: "Yang Shoufu, the emperor is a promising king. It's like a grandfather. Taizu even killed the prime minister. ”

"You don't want to see that all the six Jiuqing are killed outside the noon gate, right?"

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Qian Ning, you are careless of human life!" dared to kill more than a dozen court officials. ”

Qian Ning disagreed: "During the Hongwu Dynasty, Jinyi Wei killed thousands of court officials? There are only eleven people, which is not enough to worry about. ”

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Qian Ning, you wait!" ”

After speaking, Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth and stood up: "Colleagues, let's go back to the government first and think about it in the long run." ”

Yang Tinghe said the most ruthless words and did the most cowardly things. Two quarters of an hour later, the civil servants had all left the noon gate. The generals of the Han Dynasty began to carry the corpses, and the eunuchs in the palace carried buckets and washed away the blood stains outside the noon gate.

Qian Ning said to Jiang Bin triumphantly: "Uncle, civil officials usually boast that they regard death as home. It's just a bunch of death-scared ghosts! ”

Let's say that Chang Feng pretended to be sparse, sat in the official sedan chair and left the place of right and wrong at noon, and returned home.

Today's Changfu is very lively.

In order to hide from right and wrong, Chang Ponu and Chang Qingyun father and son took leave. Huang Yuan took leave.

Even You Jingwu, who led the troops in the regimental camp, took leave. Chang Feng was afraid that Emperor Zhengde would be angry, so he transferred the regiment and battalion soldiers to clean up the civilian officials. simply let You Jingwu go back to the house.

Chang Feng's family sat opposite each other and drank tea, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform. After an hour, an ear came to report: "Master Hou, the matter over there at noon is over." The Han generals killed eleven officials of the fifth rank and below. ”

Chang Feng hurriedly asked, "What about the six departments and nine qing?" ”

The ears and eyes replied: "Officials above the fourth grade are not among the cane responsibilities." ”

Chang Feng bowed slightly: "The emperor is still sensible." ”

Chang Ponu answered: "That also killed eleven people!" The last time so many officials died in the court, it was when Liu Jin was in power. ”

Chang Feng did not have any pity for the civil officials: "They deserve it!" Look, after the emperor's southern tour, the good days of civil officials and bribery are coming to an end! ”

Chang Qingyun asked: "Grandfather, they have killed eleven people this time, can they give up?" ”

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "Civil officials are like dog skin plasters, and they will never give up." I'm afraid I'm going to have to die. ”

"Broken slaves, Huang Yuan, Qingyun. All three of you are civil servants. Recently, we should pay attention to the fact that once we notice that there is a difference between the DPRK and the DPRK, we will pretend to be sick when we should pretend to be sick, and we will take leave when we should take leave. ”

"The struggle between imperial power and vassalage is a whirlpool. Knowing that it is a whirlpool, you have to think of ways to stay away. ”

Chang Ponu asked: "What if Mr. Yang's group of people are determined to stop the southern tour?" Can the southern tour still be made? ”

Chang Feng said: "They are just using the mantis arm as a car!" Let me tell you, the emperor has a reason to convince the public to tour the south. ”

Chang Ponu asked, "What reason?" ”

Chang Feng stroked his gray beard: "Don't say it." ”

What Chang Feng refers to is naturally King Ning's rebellion! King Ning has now become a pawn of Emperor Zhengde without knowing it.

Yang Tinghe Mansion.

The members of the cabinet, the six ministries and the nine secretaries gathered together. Naturally, the only thing missing is the Chang Po slave who is in charge of the household.

The second assistant Liang Chu said: "The emperor is so ruthless and ruthless. This is something I would never have expected. Shousuke, what are we going to do now? ”

Yang Tinghe said: "We need to continue to dissuade the emperor from touring the south. While preparing for the worst. Send a message to the governors and magistrates in Jiangnan, and let them restrain themselves recently. Let them grab and wipe their butts clean. In particular, the grain and salt taxes. ”

When he said this, Yang Tinghe was stunned. He was shocked to find that the dragon slayer eventually became an evil dragon. He became the kind of person he least wanted to be—hiding the dirty things his colleagues were doing.

The magistrates of Jiangnan are connected with the officials of Beijing, and both suffer losses and glory.

As a civilian leader, Yang Tinghe can only do things against his will.

Jiang Mian sighed: "Alas, if the military power is still in the hands of the military department and the local governor, how dare the palace do this?" ”

Yang Tinghe waved his hand: "Don't say this kind of thing again in the future." The world is the emperor's world, and we are all ministers of the herdsmen on behalf of the sky. ”

"But if the emperor is wrong, it is the duty of the courtiers to correct the king's mistakes."

"This time, eleven people died at noon. If the emperor mentions the matter of the southern tour again, we need to continue to kneel and admonish! ”

"Say something that doesn't matter. If the southern tour is completed, many of you here will die. It's better to fight to the death. ”

"I don't believe it, the emperor has the courage to kill all the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty!"

Sure enough, as expected, this group of civil officials is simply a dog skin plaster.

The Chang family has been idle lately.

The whole family took a long vacation. simply played hemp hanging at home. The men have one table and the women have another.

On this day, the Chang family continued to fight at the poker table.

Evergreen punches out a chick.

Huang Yuan was overjoyed: "Eat chicken!" ”

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind. Chang Ponu smiled: "Touch the chicken!" ”

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Single hanging chicken, Hula!" Ha ha! Give money for money, five cents of silver per person! Thank you to all the rich owners. ”

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded: "Chang Feng, you are rich!" ”

The person who came turned out to be Emperor Zhengde, and he was followed by Zhang Yong.

Chang Feng and his family hurriedly saluted Emperor Zhengde: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor." ”

Emperor Zhengde said: "Excuse me." ”

After speaking, Emperor Zhengde sat down on the card table, picked up a hemp tag and played it in his hand: "Your Chang family is really going to hide and be idle." ”

Chang Feng hurriedly opened his eyes and said nonsense: "Ah, our family is not angry. A few days ago, when I was eating, I broke my stomach together, and I was getting worse every day. The buckets at home are about to explode. I am really ashamed that I can't serve the emperor recently. ”

Emperor Zhengde scolded with a smile: "Okay, old fox, don't pretend to be weak and sick!" I am truly convinced, and I have sent Biyun to you to be my eyes and ears. It's only been a few years, and she's become your person. ”

"Yesterday, she also sent a message to the palace, saying that your family has suffered from abdominal diseases."

"Uncle, you are really old and strong, old and strong. I can sleep on Biyun's little hooves. ”

Chang Feng hurriedly sloppy eyes: "Ah, Biyun is the emperor's eyes and ears?" The emperor didn't say it, and the old minister really didn't know. ”

Emperor Zhengde said: "If you want to say that you are pretending to be confused, your uncle is really the number one master in the court." ”

"Okay, I'm going to tour the south, and none of your Chang family members can be idle! Chang Po slave, I order you to always take charge of the money needed for the southern tour. ”

"Chang Feng, I ordered you to plan the affairs of the garrison."

"You Jingwu, you will bring the Four Yong Battalion with you when you arrive."

"As for Qingyun, I ordered you to find out what delicious and fun things are along the way."

"And the Imperial Aunt. After I leave the capital, the garrison of the capital will be handed over to you. In addition to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, I will give you the Four Wei Battalion. You must prevent civil officials from making trouble in the capital. ”

Chang Feng asked: "Dare to ask the emperor, the date of the southern tour is June?" ”

Emperor Zhengde had a surprised expression on his face: "How do you know?" ”

Chang Feng said with a smile: "Yesterday's godfather, the old minister Huai En gave the minister a dream, saying that the emperor would start his southern tour in June. ”

In fact, Tuomeng's words can only coax children.

King Ning recruited more than 100,000 bandits, thieves, and ruffians in Jiangxi. It is very easy for Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Division to put some eyes and ears in it.

Er has been sending back news in the past few days that King Ning may rebel in June.

If King Ning rebelled, Emperor Zhengde's southern tour would become a southern expedition, and the emperor's imperial expedition to quell the rebellion of the vassal king was famous, and the civil officials could not stop him even if they had 10,000 reasons.

The news of King Ning's rebellion in June was not only known to Chang Feng, but also to Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde smiled: "Dream? I really believe you are a ghost. ”

Chang Feng said: "Your Majesty, it's really a dream!" Biyun can testify. I woke up and told her about the dream. ”

Emperor Zhengde said: "Okay, tacitly!" In short, all the miscellaneous matters of the southern tour will be entrusted to your Chang family. No one else believed it. ”

Chang Feng said suddenly: "Your Majesty, there is something about whether the minister can play alone." ”

Emperor Zhengde nodded. Chang Ponu and the others retreated with interest.

Chang Feng knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Nanchang is too close to Ganzhou!" Wang Shouren, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, is a talented person who is a subordinate. But now he has not a single soldier in his hands. ”

"If King Ning rises up, with Wang Shouren's character, he will definitely not surrender. Death awaits him. ”

"For the sake of protecting the virtuous ministers, the minister asked the emperor to transfer Wang Shouren from Nanjiang!"

Emperor Zhengde said: "No, it will startle the snake!" ”

Chang Feng begged Emperor Zhengde: "Your Majesty, Wang Shouren is not only a talent of Zaifu, but also a sub-saint." If he dies in the rebellion, it will be a great pain for the Ming Dynasty! ”

Emperor Zhengde showed the ruthlessness of an emperor at this time: "If the sub-sage of the Ming Dynasty died at the hands of King Ning. Wouldn't there be more reason for me to drive south? ”

Emperor Zhengde used King Ning as a chess piece, with a twofold purpose. First, it is logical to go down to the south of the Yangtze River and stab the lair of civil officials.

Second, establish martial arts to quell the rebellion of the vassal kings.

Emperor Zhengde never imagined that it was precisely because of his ruthlessness to Wang Shouren that Wang Shouren single-handedly quelled King Ning's rebellion and robbed Emperor Zhengde's martial arts. (End of chapter)