After seeing Hou Xun's memorial, Zhu Youxiao shook his head and asked, "How did the cabinet vote?"
After Zhu Youxiao thought this way, he still asked the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch.
"The cabinet's vote is to be used by guards in uniforms to beat up those who gather to make trouble with sticks."
Wei Zhongxian replied.
Zhu Youxiao nodded after listening.
Last time, the scholars of the Donglin faction made trouble in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Luo Sigong was secretly blocking the Jinyiwei, and because Cao Yubian, the imperial censor of Zuodu, and the rest of the troublemakers were of the same mind, they soon killed these scholars after they made trouble. The troubled scholars were persuaded to leave the Imperial Procuratorate, so Jin Yiwei did not play a role in that incident.
But this time, because Wei Zhongxian also instructed the Jinyiwei in accordance with Zhu Youxiao's order, there was no need to rush to stop the non-Donglin scholars from making trouble in front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Therefore, these non-Donglin scholars could also stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a long time. A crowd gathered in front of the door to cause trouble, shouting that Donglin officials would be investigated for any illegal activities.
But gathering crowds to make trouble was indeed illegal in Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, in Zhu Youxiao's view, there is no problem with the cabinet voting like this.
But Zhu Youxiao deliberately suppressed the Donglin Party's advantage in public opinion by non-Donglin officials.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao then ordered Wei Zhongxian: "Change your opinion on the vote when you approve the red vote. The decree is issued like this. Guards in royal robes will arrest all those who gathered to make trouble and send them to prison. The lighter ones will not cause any casualties or property losses to the government, officials and people." Anyone who commits a crime shall be subject to a fine ranging from 10 taels to 50 taels, and the serious offense shall be punished with a penalty ranging from 20 taels to 100 taels of imperial staff and a period of detention ranging from 15 days to three months. However, Those who cause disability or even death will be subjected to the same pain, and they will also be disabled or their lives will be paid. Those who resist will be killed without mercy, and those who cause trouble will be expelled if they have merit."
"According to the order!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.
And Zhu Youxiao added: "But you still have to pay attention to the specific implementation method. I predict that the scholars of the Donglin Department will definitely not be willing to have scholars who are not from the Donglin Department insult them like this, so I will definitely stop it in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The people making trouble in front of the door are not Donglin scholars, so tell the Jinyiwei people to let them come out after the Donglin scholars show up. That way more people can be arrested, and Jinyiwei can earn more fines."
"My slave understands!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.
After Hou Xun received the imperial edict in his memorial, he said to Wang Zhiyin and other Donglin censors: "Your Majesty has approved the document and requires the Jin Yi Guards to deal with it strictly and arrest all those who are causing trouble in the imperial edict."
"What about the Jin Yiwei? The bastards outside have been scolding our Donglin Party for a long time, but I haven't seen a single Jin Yiwei come."
Li Yingsheng said angrily.
"Huh, Jin Yiwei is obviously partial to these bastards! Everyone in the capital probably knows that there are unscrupulous people making a fuss in front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but Jin Yiwei is the only one who still pretends not to know!"
Wang Zhiyin said depressedly.
"Our people are here! The leaders of several literary societies below us in Donglin are here. Their people are much more numerous than these troublemaking scholars. They should be able to drive these bastards away!"
Zhou Qiyuan said excitedly at this time.
"Let's go and have a look!"
Wang Zhiyin, Li Yingsheng and others all said something.
really.
At this time, a large number of scholars appeared on the side of the street outside the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Some of them used broken table legs as sticks, and some even held knives. The capital was in front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, shouting that the Donglin Party was corrupt and perverting the law. A non-Donglin scholar came over with murderous intent.
"Spread out! The Jin Yiwei is coming."
The non-Donglin scholars received the news that Jin Yiwei was coming first, and immediately evacuated here in an organized and orderly manner.
Wang Zhiyin, Li Yingsheng and other Donglin officials were stunned when they saw this. Before they could figure out what was going on, a large number of Jin Yiwei rushed over.
"What are you doing! Who allowed you to cause trouble near the Metropolitan Procuratorate! We are ordered to capture all those making trouble! Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"
Wu Mengming, a member of the Jinyi Guards Thousand Households, shouted loudly and immediately ordered thousands of Jinyi Guards to rush towards these Donglin scholars.
These Donglin scholars were also confused. Just now there were a bunch of people wearing Confucian robes like themselves. Why did they all run away and turn into a large number of imperial guards?
Before some Donglin scholars could react, they were pushed to the ground by Jin Yiwei Tiqi.
There were even a few Donglin scholars who subconsciously tried to resist but were hacked to death by Jin Yiwei on the spot.
Wu Mengming even stabbed to death a scholar who was wielding a knife at him: "Good guy, you still dare to make trouble with a knife, are you planning to rebel?! Take them away, I will take them all!"
This scholar was also very shocked. He did not expect that he impulsively mobilized his literary club members to trouble the Fei Donglin scholar out of a moment of righteous indignation, but was stabbed to death by Jin Yiwei on the spot.
"stop!"
Wang Zhiyin came back to his senses at this time, and when he saw that many of the Donglin scholars on his side were killed on the spot or handcuffed by the Jinyi guards, he immediately shouted and angrily rushed from the capital to investigate. He walked out of the courtyard gate and came to Wu Mengming, asking: "What are you doing? How can you kill people for no reason?!"
"What do you mean by killing people for no reason? We are here to target people who gather to cause trouble. Once they resist, we will kill them! Those who were killed were all because they resisted with knives or sticks! You officers, you have nothing to do with this matter."
Wu Mengming replied, and continued to order: "Catch all those who caused trouble and bring them back to the prison for interrogation!"
"You are acting indiscriminately. You did not arrest the real troublemakers before, but now you arrest these innocent soldiers. You are enforcing the law indiscriminately! I want to intervene with you."
Censor Li Yingsheng also roared angrily.
Wu Mengming asked directly: "There were people making trouble before? I don't know about it! I didn't see it either! But these people appeared in this area armed with wooden sticks or knives. I saw it with my own eyes, so I have to deal with it according to the order, otherwise It’s just dereliction of duty!”
Wu Mengming said: "Keep catching!"
Wang Zhiyin, Li Yingsheng and others were furious, but they had no other choice now but to watch helplessly as these Donglin scholars who came to cause trouble for non-Donglin scholars were captured by the Jin Yiwei.
The next day.
The non-Donglin scholars came to the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate again and cursed the Donglin Party. After learning about it, the Donglin scholars also gathered a crowd and rushed over, but this time they behaved better and did not bring sticks or knives.
However, at this time, the non-Donglin scholars withdrew again, and the Jinyiwei appeared in time after the non-Donglin scholars withdrew, and then captured a group of Donglin scholars and sent them to the imperial edict for registration, fines, or detention. Court staff.
The third day.
Still so.
But Donglin Shizi had a longer memory this time and sent someone to look out to see if the Jin Yiwei showed up.
But they found that whenever they appeared in a crowd, the Jin Yiwei would arrive in time, forcing them to disperse and escape as soon as they gathered together.
In order to increase their income through fines, the Jin Yiwei would still try their best to catch some Donglin scholars who had no time to escape.
However, gradually, Donglin scholars did not dare to come again because of this. After all, they did not bring much money to the capital, and they did not want to lose their fame.
And because of this, it was mainly non-Donglin scholars who had the opportunity to gather a crowd in front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to curse the Donglin Party.
