In fact, Wu Zong himself knew that with the few troops he had, there was no way he could be a match for the imperial envoy and his party. After all, they had defeated thousands of gangsters, so how could they not be able to deal with dozens of them?
But the imperial envoy wanted to take him down without asking why, and since Pan Fu revealed the deal between them, he had no choice but to rebel even if he didn't want to.
If you rebel, there is still a glimmer of hope. If you don't rebel, then there is really no hope at all. In fact, there is no hope in going the other way, but Wu Zong was forced to a dead end by Pan Fu, so he had to do this.
Therefore, Wu Zong hated Pan Fu even more than he hated the imperial envoy.
Han Du didn't care whether Wu Zong hated him or not. The top priority now was to dig open the blocked door of the prison, and then throw these people in to secure the prison. Then quickly write a letter to Lao Zhu, tell him the situation here, and ask him to send someone over to put an end to it.
After all, he only has fifty people in his hands, and Pan Fu's case involves several surrounding counties. Even if he has a lot of heads and six arms, he can't take care of it.
Han Du worked hard at his desk and quickly wrote several thousand words, giving a brief report on the case to Lao Zhu. After sealing the memorial, Han Du handed it to Li Jizu and said eagerly: "Send someone to take it to the palace immediately."
"Yes." Li Jizu knew the importance of this memorial. It could be said that everyone's lives depended on this memorial. Naturally, he had to figure out how to send the memorial to the palace safely as soon as possible.
Soon, several people and two horses each chose different roads and headed towards the capital. Everyone is dressed in the same attire, with a robe on their backs. Even the wooden boxes inside are exactly the same.
Perhaps Li Jizu was overly worried, but all the troops he sent finally reached the capital safely.
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The sunset filled the sky. Lao Zhu was sitting with Zhu Biao, looking at the golden red sky and the earth, and sighed: "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk. Li Shangyin really said what was in my heart!"
Zhu Biao listened on the sidelines, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Father, the emperor was in his prime years..."
When Lao Zhu heard this, before Zhu Biao could finish speaking, he waved his hand to interrupt him. He shook his head and said: "I am old as I am. The prosperity of the Spring and Autumn Period is just something that my officials deliberately said to please me to please me. Zou Ji once said, My wife's beauty for me is private; my concubine's beauty for me is my own. , you are afraid of me; the guest who likes me wants to ask for something from me. You have nothing to ask for from me, so there is no need to say these words to please me."
"Father, son, minister..." Zhu Biao still wanted to explain.
But Lao Zhu didn't give him a chance at all. He shook his head and said with a smile: "If you really want to please me, then you might as well work harder and give birth to more grandchildren, which will make me even happier."
Although Zhu Biao was almost forty years old, he still blushed when his father mentioned the matter of having a child.
On the contrary, Lao Zhu, at his current age, has no verbal taboos and can say whatever he likes.
Facing his father's teasing and longing gaze, Zhu Biao had no choice but to lower his head and reply: "Jingyun has been acting strangely recently, as if there are signs of pregnancy. I am thinking about when to send the imperial doctor." Let’s go get a diagnosis.”
"Really?" Lao Zhu's eyes widened suddenly and he grabbed Zhu Biao's arm in surprise. He immediately said: "Then what are you waiting for? Come on, send three imperial doctors to the Crown Prince's Mansion immediately to diagnose the Crown Princess."
"Yes!" the old eunuch on the side ordered, and he seemed to be more happy than himself to continue the incense, and jumped up and down to convey the order.
"This old guy." Lao Zhu looked at the old eunuch's leaving figure and cursed with a smile.
Then he looked back at Zhu Biao and said: "What I just said is true. I know that I am old. But I am very happy because I have you. With you, there will be successors to the Ming Dynasty. I have prepared for you. Once everything is settled, your achievements in the future will definitely be greater than mine."
Zhu Biao stood up immediately. He was frightened by his father's words, but also worried that he would not be able to shoulder such an important responsibility. He quickly said: "My son, I am worried..."
"Huh?" Lao Zhu suddenly raised his head and stared into Zhu Biao's eyes, grabbed Zhu Biao's wrist with one hand, and said to Zhu Biao word by word: "Don't be afraid! Remember, no matter what kind of thing you encounter, you will always be safe." Don’t be afraid! Only when you face it bravely can you find a solution to the problem.”
Zhu Biao just acted subconsciously, but he did not expect that even such behavior was absolutely unacceptable in the eyes of his father.
Thinking of this, Zhu Biao took a deep breath, nodded solemnly, and replied: "Yes, I understand, I am not afraid!"
"Okay, okay, okay! This is my prince, my good son!" Lao Zhu was really happy. How could he not be happy to see Zhu Biao's will become stronger with his own eyes?
Just as the father and son, Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao, were laughing, the old eunuch who had just gone to deliver the order with a cheerful pace came back, but his face no longer had the joy.
Lao Zhu's expression suddenly turned bad. I'm about to have a new grandchild. How dare you, an old man, be unhappy?
"What's wrong?"
The old eunuch heard the emperor's deep voice, and when he looked at the emperor's expression, he immediately knew that the expression he had just seen after reading the memorial appeared on his face.
He quickly bowed and replied: "In reply to the Emperor's words, the servant has passed on the Emperor's oral instructions, asking the Taiyuan Hospital to immediately send three imperial doctors to the Prince's Mansion to diagnose the Prince's Mansion. In addition, this is the memorial to promote Han Du to the Imperial Palace. , please take a look at it, your Majesty.”
When he heard that Han Du was playing, Lao Zhu immediately knew why his expression was like that. There was no intention of blaming the old eunuch anymore, and he directly opened the memorial he presented.
After just a quick scan, Lao Zhu immediately became so angry that his teeth started to itch and he said angrily: "How brave!"
Zhu Biao's eyelids twitched as he watched his father slap the memorial on the table. He asked tentatively: "Father, what happened to Han Du?"
"Lawless, simply lawless, see for yourself." Lao Zhu was furious and immediately threw the memorial to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao took it carefully and opened it to take a look. After he finished reading, even Zhu Biao fell silent.
Corruption and perversion of the law, clever use of names, preying on the common people, and even these are nothing. They even colluded with each other to dominate Liyang and surrounding counties. They even dared to shout words to the imperial envoy who went to investigate so that he would not be able to leave Liyang. They even gathered gangsters and attacked the county town. This was no different from rebellion. No wonder my father was furious.
Lao Zhu stood up suddenly, with a cold light in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Summon Xu Chengfei into the palace..."
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Before he finished speaking, Lao Zhu had already changed his attention and said directly: "Forget it, don't call him into the palace. He sent an order and ordered Xu Chengfei to lead the Shanzi Camp into Liyang, asking him to arrest all the people involved in the case. Bring to justice.”
"Yes." The old eunuch immediately bowed in agreement and hurriedly drafted the imperial edict.
After drafting it, the old eunuch handed it to the emperor to read it over. After the emperor nodded, he used his seal to send the eunuch directly to Shanziying to deliver the order.
Seeing the messenger leaving with the imperial edict, Zhu Biao pondered for a while and then said: "Father, please move the Shanzi camp into Liyang. This move will probably cause a shock in the court!"
Lao Zhu sneered twice, looked at Zhu Biao, intending to teach him, and said: "I just want to shock the court! In recent years, corrupt officials have been killed endlessly, and they will appear again after killing them. Even officials protect each other, thinking that this is the case There is nothing I can do against them. Today I want to let them know that corrupt officials will only die. If necessary, I can even deploy troops to suppress them to see how many heads they have that I can chop off."
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Xu Chengfei was also very surprised when he received the imperial edict. You must know that the Ming Dynasty has no precedent of mobilizing large armies to deal with corrupt officials.
However, after verifying that the decree was correct, Xu Chengfei ordered the army to be assembled, leaving only two thousand troops to guard the banknote bureau. Xu Chengfei took the others with him and rushed towards Liyang in a mighty way.
The movement of the army was so loud that it was impossible to hide it from everyone's eyes.
Soon a news spread in the court, and the emperor mobilized the army into Liyang.
A case that preyed on the common people was worthy of the emperor mobilizing an army? Someone who was smart suddenly thought of something, his face turned pale for a moment, and he didn't dare to say a word on this matter.
He opened his mouth to talk freely, but in fact he had nothing in mind. When he heard the news, his first reaction was that this was too much. One by one, they prepared to report to the emperor in the morning.
The next day, the morning court started as scheduled. The old eunuch stood up and shouted impassionedly in a sharp voice: "If there is something to do, leave the court!"
The reason why Lao Zhu asked the old eunuch to say this was because he had already guessed how the ministers would react and didn't want to listen to their nonsense.
But even so, there are still some who are ignorant.
"Your Majesty, I have this report." Zhao Lu, the counselor of the Department of General Affairs, stood in the middle, knelt down and worshiped.
The old eunuch glanced at Zhao Lu very depressedly, and couldn't help but turn around and look at the emperor cautiously.
Lao Zhu looked at Zhao Lu with a sneer and said, "It's accurate."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Lu straightened up and said: "I heard that Your Majesty transferred the Shanzi Camp to Liyang. I wonder if this is the case?"
When Lao Zhu heard this, he raised his eyebrows. Is this bastard's tone questioning me? He couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and with a dangerous aura, he said to Zhao Lu: "Yes."
Zhao Lu immediately burst into tears and cried with grief, and said: "Your Majesty, why is this so important? Even if Liyang officials have done something illegal, it is enough to send the supervisory censor to find out. What should be the sentence, Those who deserve to be killed should be killed, so why should we send a large army to go there? The troops are passing by like combs, and the army is heading to Liyang, but the people of Liyang will suffer!"
After saying that, Zhao Lu bowed to Lao Zhu and said, "Please, Your Majesty, have mercy on the people of Liyang and take back your life!"
