"Who allowed you to give lectures here, and brazenly said that traitors are in power and tyranny is rampant in the imperial court today! And you wrote such slanderous words about the imperial court into your article! It is an unforgivable crime!"
With the cooperation of Dongchang's informants, Xu Xianchun personally led some Dongchang servants to raid an academy in Jiangning County, arrested a group of Jiangnan scholars who were violently criticizing the government, and also reprimanded these people.
These Jiangnan scholars were naturally dissatisfied.
Among them, a scholar named Guang Zhongyan directly questioned: "I am not allowed to give lectures anytime! Does your Dongchang even take care of these things now?! You are trapping the emperor and father into injustice! You are This is a forbidden way of speaking in the world!"
"Don't tell me you're lecturing, even if you talk, I, Dongchang, can take care of it! Take it away!"
Xu Xianchun shouted loudly as he spoke.
The Dongchang's superintendent put Guang Zhongyan in chains first.
At this time, a military inspector from Chongwen Temple ran over and informed Xu Xianchun that Fang Shihong had obtained important information.
Xu Xianchun immediately started talking: "Zonghe, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, dared to plant spies in Dongchang and Chongwen Temple, and knew about our move south. Could it be that he wants to be the emperor of the night?"
As Xu Xianchun said, he held up his hands to the military inspector and said: "I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Xiaoge on behalf of Xu! I, the Dongchang, will not let go of such a thief who dares to put an informant in the imperial office and inform the Jiangnan scholars. of!"
Xu Xianchun said: "Send the order to enter Nanjing City immediately and go to Nanjing Hubu to arrest the right servant Lang Zonghe of Nanjing Hubu!"
Therefore, Xu Xianchun returned to Nanjing with a group of people from Dongchang.
Xu Xianchun originally arrived in Nanjing City first when he came to Nanzhili, but now he just led some troops to raid an academy in Jiangning County.
Therefore, Xu Xianchun returned to Nanjing City instead of going to Nanjing City.
As soon as Xu Xianchun returned to Nanjing, he took thousands of his Dongchang troops to the Nanjing Hubu Yamen.
"Surround the Nanjing Hubu Yamen and send a message to the Nanjing Hubu right servant Lang Zonghe to come out and tell him that this commander is handling the case according to the order. No matter who it is, he has the right to arrest him first and report later! If he still thinks that he is As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, let him come out and be bound by himself!"
As soon as Xu Xianchun arrived at the Nanjing Hubu Yamen, he gave loud instructions.
Soon, Dongchang's troops immediately surrounded the Nanjing Hubu Yamen, and a hundred households under Xu Xianchun also immediately went to the Nanjing Hubu Yamen.
Not long after, Lang Zonghe, the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, came out, looked at Xu Xianchun very calmly, and asked loudly: "Is this the commander of Dongchang Commander Xu?"
Xu Xianchun's lips curved slightly: "It's me! Zongbutang, you have a good son. If it weren't for him, this commander would never have noticed you. The Nanjing Hubu Yamen is also in charge of taxation arrangements in the southern provinces. Feishui Yamen, what is wrong with you? You dare to hide your spies in Dongchang and Chongwen Temple. You are so brave! Do you know who is behind Dongchang and Chongwen Temple?!"
Zong He laughed: "Zong, no matter who is behind you, Zong only knows that my Jiangnan cultural heritage cannot be cut off in your hands! I can't let my Jiangnan Confucian scholar dare not say a word or say a word from now on. ! Behind you are nothing but powerful eunuchs, and behind Chongwen Temple are nothing but powerful ministers, all of them are traitors!"
Zong He said and yelled: "Everyone who gets it will be killed!"
boom!
Suddenly a gunshot rang out.
A plume of white smoke came out of the Hubu Yamen in Nanjing.
Zonghe also sneered after yelling.
But then Zonghe was shocked to find that Xu Xianchun did not fall from his horse. Because of this, he couldn't help but look back and found that the sergeant he bribed had been beaten to death by another sergeant.
Xu Xianchun laughed at this time: "Zonghe, don't play these despicable methods of assassination with me, Dongchang! In this regard, I, Dongchang, are your ancestors! If you can place people in Dongchang and Chongwen Temple, my Dongchang will also Can't you place someone in your Nanjing Hubu Yamen? Otherwise, do you think the people in your Hubu Yamen can get firearms so easily?!"
After saying that, Xu Xianchun said: "To murder the imperial envoy is to add guilt to crime, and to be an accomplice in rebellion!"
Zong He was furious and shouted: "Xu! You will not die well!"
Xu Xianchun simply shouted: "Get him!"
"Wait!"
But at this time, a large group of officers and soldiers rushed over and stopped in front of Zong He, and then several nobles came over immediately.
The first person to appear was Wang Qia, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, who was the counselor of Nanjing's military affairs.
Wang Qia walked out of the sedan and said to Xu Xianchun: "Commander Xu! Although you are here under the emperor's order, Zongbutang is an important official of the imperial court. You cannot arrest him at will! Otherwise, I will not be the first to do so." promise!"
Commander Xu looked at these Nanjing Jiang Defense officers and soldiers and asked seriously: "Are you going to rebel?!"
At this time, a military general named Tian Gan, the Minister of War in Nanjing, came out: "I don't dare to wait for you. I am just acting on the orders of the Grand Sima! Please forgive me, Commander!"
"very good!"
Xu Xianchun sneered, and then looked at the nobles who followed him: "Do you also want to resist the emperor's order?"
Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu, who was cooperating with the Nanjing garrison, got off the sedan chair and came over: "Commander Xu! After all, Wang Butang is an important official of the imperial court. How can he just take it as he pleases? You'd better go back to Beijing to ask for his orders!"
"That's right, we are also under the emperor's order to protect the safety of Nanjing. If you can just take someone casually, it will be difficult for us to explain to the emperor!"
Anyuan Hou Liu Zuochang also started talking at this time.
Xu Xianchun clenched the knife in his hand and continued to ask coldly: "Do you know what you are doing?"
"I know! But the imperial court can't be too pushy! What should we do next if we urge you to pay taxes and clear out the land? Are you going to let your Dongchang raid our homes, or let Chongwen Temple label us as a disaster to the country and the people? The imperial court really wants to let us Can’t everyone survive?! If that’s the case, then we can’t let them slaughter us!”
Zonghe suddenly shouted loudly.
"Presumptuous! How dare you say such treasonous words! If you want me to die, I have to die. Even if the emperor wants you to cook fish, you can only cook fish!"
Xu Xianchun roared loudly and said, "Unless you really think you can ignore the emperor!"
Zonghe sneered: "It's hard to escape death anyway! What do I have to fear? Go back and tell the tyrant, be careful to follow in the footsteps of Emperor Sui Yang! Hahaha!"
Zonghe laughed wildly as he spoke.
At this time, Wang Qia, the Minister of War in Nanjing, started talking: "Commander Xu, we have no other intention. We can take Zongbu Hall. There must be a clear imperial edict. You can't catch it first and report it later! Otherwise, don't blame us for not polite!"
"If you have the ability! Just rebel! Don't think that you mainland officers and soldiers can scare us. The people in Dongchang are not vegetarians either!"
As he spoke, Xu Xianchun raised his crossbow and ordered: "Brothers of the former Jin Yiwei, what happened to Luo Sigong last time, the emperor has been very disappointed with those of us who were once the Jin Yiwei. If we really can't even do this, If it goes well, then His Majesty will really let the people of the Yulin Guards ride on the heads of us! He will even let the people of the Yulin Guards kill us! Therefore, if you want the emperor to take us seriously, you have to do it yourself Fight for this breath with your life! Even if you die, you can’t be compared with the people of the Yulin Guards!"
After Xu Xianchun gritted his teeth and said this, he took up his crossbow and then personally rushed towards Wang Qia's Jiang defense army: "Those who resist the emperor's orders will be killed without mercy!"
"Kill without mercy!"
Other people from Dongchang also came to kill him.
After all, most of the middle and lower-level officials among them were members of the former Jinyi Guards, and they did not want to be compared with the Yulin Guards, nor did they want to be hacked to death by the Yulin Guards like Luo Sigong.
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