At Commander Luo's residence, the father and son were speechless. I don't know how long it took before they heard Luo Sigong sigh and say, "I've found out who the leader is."
"Let's find out clearly," Luo Yangxing said, "The leaders are Zhu Guoshou from North Zhili, Zhang Pu from South Zhili, and Yang Tingshu from Changzhou. In addition to these three people, there are also Li Chunzhen from North Zhili and Niu Jinxing from Henan. , Yang Tinglin from Jiangxi, Sun Chengze from Shandong, Chen Tiangong from Zhejiang, Nie Lianggong from Hubei, Yin Siqi from Hunan, Cai Qiuqing from Fujian, Li Qiande from Sichuan, Li Chongxuan from Guangdong and other ten people are trying to contact him...Dad, should my child be allowed to ride on Jin Yiwei Ti? Go get someone?"
"Who are you taking?" Luo Sigong glared at his son, "What crime have they committed? They just submitted letters in series... and they are all candidates who came to Beijing to take the exam. Why should Jinyiwei take someone?"
Luo Yangxing was right when he thought about it. Although Jinyiwei could take people according to orders, hadn't the emperor not issued an order yet?
Luo Yangxing thought for a while, "How about letting Tiqi warn them secretly and let them disperse... As long as they are admitted to Jinshi, what are the dozens of stone field taxes?"
"Are they willing?" Luo Sigong sneered, "They have more backbone than us... They know that Long Live Lord is not easy to mess with, but they still dare to stand up and shout out. They are stronger than us, the honorable ministers who have retired from the country. too much!"
Luo Yangxing's heart tightened after hearing the old man's words, and he looked at his father nervously: "Dad, you, you don't want to be like them, do you?"
Luo Sigong said angrily: "What are you talking about? My father just admires them...Although they are not fighting for the common people in the world, they still dare to compete with the emperor for their own interests! These scholars are indeed better than us. , no wonder the Ming Dynasty has been controlled by them for so many years."
"Dad," Luo Yangxing seemed a little unconvinced, "These people, for their own sake, have missed the common people. What is there to admire?"
Luo Sigong shook his head: "Heaven and earth are unkind, and treat all things as mutt dogs; saints are unkind, and treat the common people as mutt dogs... We are all just mutt dogs, so take care of yourself first!"
"What dad said is true," Luo Yangxing nodded, "If you don't care for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth! Do you know what to do?"
Do you know again? Luo Sigong looked at his son and said in his heart: I haven't even thought about what to do? You're way ahead of your time.
"Dad," Luo Yangxing said, "I will take the list and go north to the Xuan Mansion to ask for the emperor's order. At the same time, I will dispatch Tiqi to monitor those who want to cause trouble... I will wait until I get the order from Lord Long Live before I come back. Get them!”
Luo Sigong listened to his son's words, thought for a while, and then shook his head, "No, no, no... what time is it now? Do you still want to cut the tofu with a knife and see both sides? You are still not as good as those idiots!"
"What dad means..." Luo Yangxing didn't understand for a moment, and thought to himself: Does the old man also want to make trouble with those nerds?
"You have to take action right away!" Luo Sigong paused and then said, "Don't you understand yet? Don't you understand what Long Live Master wants to do? Don't you understand what those people are against?"
"Ah..." Luo Yangxing suddenly realized, "It's the officials and the gentry who pay grain and taxes together! What Long Live Master did in Beizhili must be implemented throughout the world!"
Luo Sigong looked at his son, "Can we stay out of this matter? Long Live Lord has already wiped out the Jingying camp, so why are we Jinyiwei still left? He just wants to see if our Xiuchun knife is still sharp and usable?"
"Dad wants a son..." Luo Yangxing shook his hands and made a murderous gesture.
Luo Sigong snorted: "That's the best, but do you dare?"
Luo Yangxing shook his head gently.
Luo Sigong said: "Since you don't dare, then you personally take people to find the 13 people on the list, and then send them to Xuan Mansion to face the saint... Go right away! Don't let them tell them about the letter on the bus. Done!"
The letter on the bus expresses the voice of the scholars of the world! Once it was done, Zhu Youjian was very passive. If he gives in to the scholars of the world, then the matter of officials and gentry paying grain and taxes together will be a waste... Not only will it not be possible to promote it nationwide, but it will not even be able to maintain the achievements in the eight prefectures of North Zhili. Those people who are now helping Zhu Youjian in Beizhili to organize officials and gentry to pay food and work as errands will soon become public enemies of scholars, traitors who everyone calls for beating!
And if Zhu Youjian issues an edict to arrest the scholars who write letters on the bus, he will put himself on the opposite side of the scholars in the world.
Although Zhu Youjian did want to dig out some benefits from the scholars all over the world, he did not want to break with them... because Zhu Youjian did not have a large enough bureaucratic group to replace them.
In this regard, Zhu Youjian is not as good as his rebellious son Zhu Cixiang who did not go to Jiangnan empty-handed, but went to Jiangnan with hundreds of thousands of empty-handed northerners.
Whether it is the officials and gentry paying grain and tax together, or directly confiscating the homes of southern scholar-bureaucrats, these poor northerners and noble bureaucrats all agree with their hands - these people have nothing, and if they don't want to live under someone else's roof and beg for food in Jiangnan, they have to follow. Zhu Cixiang went all the way to the dark side. There is no possibility that noble scholar-bureaucrats from the north and the Donglin Party from the south would join forces!
But Zhu Youjian does not have such a pauper bureaucracy at his disposal. Even Yang Hao, Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others are still big landowners in the final analysis! Of course they will help Zhu Youjian carry out reforms, but they will not get things done...and the number of these people is incomparable to the number of noble bureaucrats from the north that Zhu Cixiang brought to Jiangnan. Therefore, we have to rely on the landlord class intellectuals and bureaucrats to push the officials and gentry in the eight governments to pay grain and taxes together.
If Zhu Youjian and the world's scholars are in serious conflict, he will face the dilemma of having no one available... He can't let a group of "bandits in front of the tent" become civil servants to govern the place, right? If these people don't take into account the discipline and restraint of the former army, why can't they act recklessly? When the time comes, I can scrape some money and transport it all to the construction of northern Shaanxi!
"Boss!" Luo Sigong looked at his son, "Now it's time to prove that our Jin Yiwei can be used! Whether the Jin Yiwei will be abolished or reused is up to you!"
With more than 30,000 people under Jin Yiwei's banner, they can still do something!
Unlike the empty soldiers in the Beijing camp, the personnel of Jinyiwei are relatively neat. Moreover, they have dealt with various unscrupulous people for a long time (Jin Yiwei is responsible for the security of Beijing and also manages various chores), and has experience in managing public security and rectifying profiteers.
In addition, Tiqi and Zhaoyu often prey on scholar-officials and bureaucrats... Isn't this what Zhu Youji wants to do?
So Jin Yiwei hasn’t been laid off yet...
Luo Yangxing finally came to his senses, "I'm going to... call the Tiqi Na people!"
Luo Sigong shook his head: "It's not to take, but to invite... Go and invite Zhu Guoshou, Zhang Pu, Yang Tingshu, and those who are running for them to the Xuan Mansion. If you have anything to say, say it in front of the emperor. !”
...
Wanping, Zhu Family Courtyard.
In Zhu Guoshou's study, the three gentlemen who led the petition were gathering together, holding the manuscript of the petition and reviewing it in detail.
The room was quiet except for the sound of paper shaking. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a rush of footsteps, and then I saw the study door being knocked open. Zhu Guoshou looked up and saw that it was Li Chunzhen, a talented person from Yongnian County, Guangping Prefecture, and one of the "thirteen people who wrote letters on the bus".
Guangping Prefecture is one of the eight prefectures in Beizhili, so Li Chunzhen and Zhu Guoshou are considered to be from the same hometown. They used to work together in Shilin, Beizhili, and their relationship is very good.
This Li Chunzhen's family is also a high-ranking official, a big landowner, and a talented person. Of course, he is a very graceful and thoughtful person. He usually takes things calmly and calmly when he encounters everything. Why did he come in today after he knocked on the door?
The three gentlemen all have very good minds, so they knew something was wrong right away?
Zhu Guoshou asked calmly: "Is the Royal Guard riding here?"
Li Chunzhen looked at Zhu Guoshou and nodded in admiration: "It's Tiqi... not just any ordinary Tiqi! I just entered the city with my front foot, and I saw a large group of Jinyiwei on my back foot. The leader seemed to be Tishuai Luo Yangxing! The master student Brother, brother Gandu, brother Weidou... something is wrong, let’s get out of the city and hide!”
