Chinese calendar, the twentieth day of the first month.

Just after the Lantern Festival, the plenary session of the first parliament of Nanjing City was held on the site of the original imperial city of Nanjing and the original site of Wenyuan Pavilion.

The councilors, that is, the members of the cabinet of the former Ming court, followed the Donghua Gate in turn, passed the shadow wall, and circled the Jinshui Bridge before arriving at the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Wenyuan Pavilion has been expanded, more than three times larger than the original area, and the whole layout is the same as the parliament of Beijing City, simple and solemn.

Wang Shou sat in the middle of the first row, and another official from the Ministry of Rites was in charge of presiding over the meeting.

And Wang Qi did not show up today, and was still working in the Yingtianfu Yamen located in the temporary residence.

Qin Erbao was in charge of the entire Nanjing City, and today was the first plenary meeting of the parliament, and law and order were the top priorities.

From Wang Qi's attack to today, Qin Erbao has not removed his armor for more than ten days.

Standing by the window on the third floor in the center of the drum tower, Qin Erbao looked at the direction of Donghua Gate in the distance, with a solemn expression.

"My lord, outside the Donghua Gate, there are unknown people in the South Xuanfang, and they are heading towards the Donghua Gate."

"On the other side of Jiye Gate, there is a group of scholars gathered, and they are heading towards the general prison, it seems that they are going to storm the prison."

"General, Zhu Yun is coming to the drum tower with a group of nobles and nobles."

The three armored soldiers knelt behind Qin Erbao and reported the news they had gotten.

"Nanxuanfang, tell Ding Fu that as long as someone dares to storm Donghua Gate," Qin Erbao stood there, motionless, without any waves between his eyebrows, just his lips and teeth moved slightly, and he spit out a word: "Kill!" ”

"Jiyemen, before noon, let them move, after noon, if anyone dares to rush into the yamen, kill them!"

"As for those things that are noble and noble, they don't know life and death," Qin Erbao finally turned around and looked at the last armored soldier: "So-and-so is waiting for them here!" ”

At this moment, by the Yamen Lake in Yingtianfu, Wang Qi is still sitting by the lake, wearing a hat, and fishing leisurely.

At this moment, in Nanxuanfang, a large number of scholars held flags, waved sage books, chanted slogans, and began to rush towards the Donghuamen Council Hall.

"Abolish the Parliament!"

"Wang Shou is a scholar, how can he be the lord of a mansion without the imperial examination??"

"The creation of the parliament is a trampling and insult to the imperial examination system in the world for more than 1,000 years! We will not tolerate this! ”

Today, on the day of the first session of the formal parliament, the gathering of these scholars immediately attracted the attention of the people.

Nanxuanfang is not far from Donghua Gate, and it will take a quarter of an hour to arrive, and the people naturally want to know, if someone storms the parliament today, on the first day of the plenary session of the parliament, what will happen?

Soon, the soldiers, who were carrying flags and books, and the people who were watching, knew what had greeted them.

At this time, on the tower of Donghua Gate, heavily armed archers and armored soldiers were waiting for them.

Ding Fu rode his horse and stood under the city, looking coldly at the approaching crowd in the distance.

"Shield!"

Ding Fu ordered.

With the waving of the order flag.

A group of soldiers armed with wooden and iron-clad shields stepped forward, forming a wall of walls to stop the soldiers who stormed the council.

"Within fifty steps, there is no forgiveness!"

"Within fifty steps, there is no forgiveness!"

"Within fifty steps, there is no forgiveness!"

The voice of the shield soldier rose into the sky, warning the approaching soldiers.

However, those young people who have been carried away by blood and naivety will only take this warning as a kind of cringe and helplessness.

When these soldiers saw the shield armor soldiers coming forward, they had only one thought: "Without Wang Qi's order, they will never dare to kill people in the street!" ”

"Don't be afraid! They don't dare to do it to us in broad daylight! He Wang Qi claims to be a natural saint, and he wants to be righteous and obedient to the regent and govern, and he will never do anything to scholars and scholars, otherwise everyone in the world can drown them if they spit on the stars! ”

"Let's go together, don't be afraid, even if we die, but die for the country, die for the Ming, and die as we deserve!"

And the onlookers are also gathering more and more at this time.

"Ready." Ding Fu's voice was extremely cold, and with the waving of the Ling Flag, more than 100 archers on the city wall immediately opened their bows and set arrows at the approaching crowd.

Under the castle tower, those scholars and people naturally also saw the archers on the city wall.

Looking at the cold arrows of the black hole, the daylight shone with a dazzling light.

Naturally, there are people who want to back down!

But the back kept surging forward, pushing the soldiers and the people who wanted to see the excitement, and no one was allowed to retreat.

The soldiers in the first row, almost being pushed and shoved, kept moving forward.

Even, under the surging crowd, some people were hot-headed and began to open their mouths to insult Wang Qi: "Wang Qi is a thief who steals the country, everyone will be punished!" ”

"Against Wang Qi'!!"

"Entering the parliament, the prince will have a kind of !!"

Man is a group and social animal, hidden in the crowd, some of the words that are not dared to say on weekdays, but imagined, without thinking through the brain, in this scene, have been blurted out.

"I don't know if I !! alive or dead"

Downstairs in the city, Ding Fu, who heard this, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and the palm holding the handle of the knife suddenly tightened: "Let it go!! ”

Hula!

As the flag was waved, the bowstring shook the air on the castle tower, and the sound it made was heart-wrenching.

Airplanes!!!

As the arrows burst through the air, the tip of the sword in his eyes became bigger and bigger, and the sound of breaking the air seemed to reach his ears with the light.

Where have the soldiers in the front row seen such a scene?

They were all bewitched and came to put pressure on the parliament, wanting Wang Qi to give more preferential treatment to the scholars in the imperial examination, at least in terms of acreage, in paying taxes, and in terms of social status.

But now, in the face of the rain of arrows that are coming from the sky.

For the first time, the men felt the trepidation.

Anything involves politics.

There is no softness or warmth at all.

Wang Qi will not show mercy to anyone who interferes with the development of the council!

Poof!!

As the arrows swung into the body, many young scholars in the first row had already fallen to the ground with arrows.

The crowd in the back row didn't know what was going on, and still surged forward, trying to rush to the front as soon as possible.

The people in the front row wanted to hide backwards, panicked and tried to flee for their lives, while the crowd behind them still pushed forward.

For a moment, the whole scene became extremely chaotic.

Like an emotionless machine, Ding Fu looked at the many dead and injured soldiers in the city, except for a slight increase in his eyebrows, there was no emotional fluctuation, but spoke again: "Prepare!! ”

Crunch

The bowstring, under the influence of strong arm strength, is close to a full moon.

"Put !!"

Airplanes!

The tight fingers suddenly loosened,

The cluster of arrows broke through the air in an instant.

Shoot at the crowd that is still advancing.

At this time, even if he was blind or deaf, when he encountered this kind of scene, he knew that Wang Qi was really murderous.

The archers on the tower, the shield soldiers on the tower, no matter what, one step further, that is death.

In less than a cup of tea, the entire Shizi who attacked the Donghua Gate were all scattered, and the crowd of those who were hit by the arrow were all lying on the ground, ghosts crying wolves, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"Take all those who are injured into custody, pull out the list of the whole clan, report it to the parliament, and no official !! shall be awarded for three generations"

Before Ding Fu came, he had already obtained Qin Erbao's warrant, these people, as long as they dared to appear in Donghua Gate, one of them was one, they would be killed as an example!

"My lord, will this cause a sensation?" His guards hesitated.

Ding Fu took a deep breath and sneered: "The rabble, being used by others, what's the use of keeping it?" ”

As Ding Fu's order came out, outside the entire Donghua Gate, those scholars and scholars began to flee, and none of them rushed forward.

These people, one counts as one, are all driven by the enthusiasm of the moment, or by those bold words and slogans of dying for the country for no reason—in the end, they are just dead in vain.

When the blood was flowing outside the Donghua Gate, more than ten miles away, at the gate of the Jiye Workshop and the General Soldier Prison, people also began to storm the Yingtianfu Prison.

Here, a large number of idle men gathered early this morning, blocked outside the prison, and the momentum was quite loud.

Wang Shouxin, who was stationed here, only had one glance and knew that these people were all gathered by Zhu Yun and others.

"It is said that Xiucai rebelled, and it will not be successful in three years," Wang Shouxin sneered: "What can you do with this group of people?" ”

"My lord, there are more than 300 people, if they rush up, it will not be easy to clean up."

Behind Wang Shouxin is a man with a rather majestic figure.

Wang Shouxin glanced at his subordinates, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "I heard that outside the Donghua Gate, Ding Fu used a cup of tea to repel the scholars. ”

"A salvo of arrows, can you not be fast?" The man smiled, obviously a little disdainful.

"What about you?" Wang Shouxin looked at the group of men who were already approaching.

Today is the first plenary meeting of the Parliament, and I don't know how much money those nobles have given to make them so fearless of death.

"Deal with this group of people," the man licked his lips, and his face was full of murderous energy: "You don't need a cup of tea." ”

"Then let's take a look," Wang Shouxin waved his hand, "Don't let them disturb the adults' interest in fishing." ”

"Your Excellency later." Hearing this, the man bowed down and walked away with his knife.

Wang Shouxin just stood there, indifferently staring at the group of people downstairs who were rushing to the prison, and spit out four words in his mouth: "I don't know whether to live or die!" ”

In the center of Nanjing, at the Drum Tower.

Qin Erbao had already received news at this time that the battle between Donghuamen and Jiyefang had stopped.

The rabble gathered by that group of scholars did not cause any substantial impact on the arrangement of Qin Erbao and others.

"My lord, that group of Yanei is here," he walked up to the second floor and said to Qin Erbao, whose eyes were slightly closed.

As if he was pretending to sleep, Qin Erbao's eyes raised slightly when he heard this, and there seemed to be a trace of sleepiness in his eyes, and he only spit out four words: "Don't scruple." ”

"Subordinates take orders."

At this time, the parliamentary meeting of Wenyuan Pavilion was going smoothly.

The bloody battles in three places in the city of Nanjing did not affect the agenda of the entire meeting, and the people who were immersed in the political joy of the new dynasty did not even know that there was already blood all over the ground outside, and nearly 100 people died.

Wang Qi took the manuscript handed over by the waiter and began to summarize the content of the meeting.

By this time, the two-hour meeting had come to an end.

The seven councillors, the major committees, and the ordinary members have been elected, and each has its own place, and each has its own joy.

"I hope that you can sincerely cooperate, and we will work together to make due contributions to the stability and development of Yingtianfu, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang provinces, and I hope that you will be loyal to the new dynasty and the parliament."

"We are dedicated to serving the parliament and the new dynasty!"

The entire council, more than 300 people, all stood up and roared.

At this time, a waiter came and handed Wang Shou a note.

"Three small things happened in the city," Wang Shou finished reading the note, his expression did not change, but he picked up the note, and said loudly to everyone in the hall: "Someone has attacked the Donghua Gate, the Yingtianfu Yamen, and the Bell and Drum Tower!" ”

"This is a rebellion," Wang Shou's voice turned to Su Ran: "It has been completely suppressed, and its blood has stained the Donghua Gate Imperial Road, the Yingtianfu High Platform, and the Drum Tower Bell." ”

"Nobles, gentry, wealthy families," Wang Shou's hand slapped on the table: "The thief's heart is not dead, today's slaughter, not killing, but a necessary move to stabilize the situation and calm people's hearts, I hope you will take it as a warning!" ”

As soon as Wang Shou's words fell, the entire hall was full of discussions.

Donghua Gate, Yingtianfu, Drum Tower.

There were shock incidents in three places, and listening to Wang Shou's words, all of them have been suppressed - to put it bluntly, all of them have been killed.

Everyone present is old and experienced in officialdom, and this reaction to Wang Qi is this.

It should have been expected.

This was a normal reaction after taking charge of the political situation at that time.

For opponents, iron-blooded repression.

in order to calm people's hearts.

"For all the rebellions of the former dynasties that disrupted the order of the parliament and tried to subvert in vain, we will unanimously and unconditionally support the members of the parliament!"

Looking at the people in the hall, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, the corners of Wang Shou's mouth rose slightly: This is probably what the chief consul said, power comes out of the barrel of a gun!

When the parliamentary process in the city of Nanking ended.

Ying Tianfu back house, lakeside.

Wang Qi finally put away the fishing rod.

Today's harvest is full, and the fish basket is already full, full of fat big fish.

The sound of footsteps behind him came, and Wang Qi was still unhurriedly packing up his fishing gear.

"My lord, everything is in order," the waiter bowed behind him: "However, there is a letter from Qin Erbao's side, saying that Yuan Keli has passed out when he sees those stumps and broken arms." ”

A few days ago, Yuan Keli came to the mansion for a meeting with Wang Qi, just to let Wang Qi raise his noble hand and be lenient to those nobles.

But obviously, Wang Qi took the words of the day as a deaf ear.

When Yuan Keli arrived, the entire Gulou Street, the bluestone slabs were already full of blood, and the flow was inexhaustible.

Unhurriedly put away the fishing gear, Wang Qi raised the hat upwards and turned his head: "Tell Yuan Keli that I didn't promise anything that day." ”

At the beginning, Wang Qi just said that he would disperse before noon, and he was not to blame for the past.

But since they took the initiative to attack Qin Erbao's Liaodong Army,

This is the way to die,

What can Wang Qi do? (End of chapter)