In this way, Zhu Youxiao, who was considered to be mean and ungrateful by the scholar-bureaucrats of the time, after taking advantage of the situation to carry out this landmark good governance, actually forced the civil servants to take the initiative to find ways to prove that he was a benevolent king, and took great pains to find him. There are various things that reflect his benevolence.
It's not just the civil servants in the court.
The civil literati also had to start racking their brains to make up some stories to cover Zhu Youxiao with the virtues of benevolence and filial piety.
There was no way, they really couldn't refuse the benefits brought by Zhu Youxiao's good governance of permanently exempting land tax, and they didn't want future generations to know that such good governance was accomplished by a ungrateful king.
Since Heizhu Youxiao's cruelty and ungratefulness has become pale and powerless, we can only beautify it endlessly, beautify the deformity, and do not beautify the principles.
But Zhu Youxiao was still an iron-fisted emperor from beginning to end.
He always used the harshest methods to deal with those who did not conform to his ideals, and never thought of forgiving those he hated.
Lu Xiangsheng and the troops he mobilized have once again become the sword in Zhu Youxiao's hands.
The knife was pointed at Goto and Kashima.
The officials and gentry of Goto and Kashima did not know that they were about to be severely punished by the people sent by the Emperor of Heaven.
They were still immersed in extravagant enjoyment, amassing money and enriching themselves under the banner of the emperor's eldest son, and had even completely forgotten the retired soldiers they had massacred.
However, they did not know that soon after, people sent by the emperor would remind them of this incident.
Naturally, the officials and gentry of Goto and Kashima also heard about Lu Xiangsheng's order to inspect the military and political affairs of the world, but the decree given by the court was so confusing, like a chess player's idle chess, that they could not It is speculated that Lu Xiangsheng's departure from the capital was for places like them where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.
It was not until Lu Xiangsheng arrived at the Five Islands that the deputy envoy of Song Dynasty and Gao Qianshi and other officials from the Five Islands learned the news and hurriedly came out to greet him.
But they didn’t know that Lu Xiangsheng was here to deal with them, so when they saw Lu Xiangsheng, they all put on flattering smiles and said: “We sincerely welcome Mr. Ge to visit the Five Islands for inspection. Please forgive me for missing the welcome. .”
Lu Xiangsheng did not state his purpose of coming, and only said: "You're welcome. I'm just on a routine patrol. Are there still pirates harassing the Five Islands area?"
"Thanks to your majesty's wisdom, Mr. Ge, you have assisted in governing wisely. Therefore, the seas and rivers in the world have become clear, and the people in the Five Islands area no longer know what pirates are."
Deputy envoy Song Zhibi replied.
Lu Xiangsheng nodded and suddenly asked Song Zhibi in a low voice: "I heard that Mr. Ge is also in this area?"
Song Zhibi was stunned for a while after hearing this, and then he was overjoyed in his heart, and said to himself: "It turns out that Mr. Lu Ge is a member of the same group. If this can drag Mr. Lu Ge into the water, it will be better than using Li Butang's name as a backstage for people like him. It is even easier to make an envoy than to use the banner of the princes. After all, who doesn’t know that Mr. Lu Ge has prestige in both the military and political circles and is one of the emperor’s most trusted ministers.”
"I am dissatisfied with Mr. Ge, Mr. Ge is now in Ludao."
Song Zhibi smiled and replied.
When the other officials and gentry heard Song Zhibi's question, they all understood clearly. They knew that Mr. Lu Ge was not an upright person, and this was not conducive to making friends with them, so they relaxed their vigilance and became overjoyed.
Lu Xiangsheng therefore nodded and said: "Then you all will patrol Ludao with your servants, and tell them about the current situation of Ludao at any time. All officials, big and small, will go, including officials. I will bring the defense of the island." People are temporarily taking over!”
"this!"
When Lu Xiangsheng said this, Song Zhibi and others felt something was wrong.
Lu Xiangsheng, on the other hand, looked downcast: "Why, you refuse to execute it?"
With that said, Lu Xiangsheng took out Shang Fang's sword and first ordered: "Gui Mosheng, General of the Five Islands, take all the military attachés under your command and above to Ludao Island. Jiao Lian, you lead your troops to take over immediately." The five islands are being defended. Anyone who refuses to comply will be shot on the spot for treason!"
"yes!"
Jiao Lian replied first.
Guimosheng was silent for a while, and finally said, "Yes!"
Naturally, he didn't dare to really refuse Lu Xiangsheng's order, and he didn't even dare to say anything more when he asked, because Lu Xiangsheng did have a higher prestige in the army than him, and he brought more people than he had on the island.
So, Guimosheng took a bunch of people on the boat first.
Seeing this, the officials and gentry of Song Zhibi became even more hesitant and uneasy.
Lu Xiangsheng asked Song Zhibi at this time: "Deputy Envoy Song, do you really want your servant to personally invite you on board the ship to Ludao?"
"I don't dare, my subordinates."
Song Zhibi replied, and then boarded Lu Xiangsheng's boat. Seeing this, other officials and gentry had no choice but to follow Lu Xiangsheng's boat.
On the Ludao side, Lu Xiangsheng had already sent Yang Zhan's troops to form an advance team and surrounded Ludao.
After Lu Xiangsheng arrived, Yang Zhan took a ship to greet him: "General Instructor, the surrounding islands are all under our control, and our ships are also monitoring Satsuma Domain and Ryukyu."
Lu Xiangsheng nodded and ordered: "Enter the port!"
"yes!"
Yang Zhan replied, and then shouted: "Enter the port!"
…
"Hey! Hey! What do you mean, Mr. Lu taught me, why did you come suddenly? This caught my subordinates off guard."
Kong Xigui, like many old Guards generals, still habitually calls Lu Xiangsheng Wei Lu General Instructor.
Therefore, after Kong Xigui knew that Lu Xiangsheng was coming, he hurriedly brought a group of officials and gentry from Ludao to greet him, with smiles on his face and very excited. After all, this was a rare time to contact a high-ranking official who was his old leader. Opportunity.
However, as soon as Kong Xigui and Lu Xiangsheng met on the island, Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "Take down everyone here except the magistrate Chen Que! Yang Zhan, you immediately take over the island's defense with the flag! Everyone Anyway, all the naval attachés above are escorted over here!”
Kong Xigui was completely stunned after hearing this.
"yes!"
At this time, Yang Zhan had already led his troops into action.
The guards beside Lu Xiangsheng also came over and detained Kong Xigui and others.
Kong Xigui didn't come back to his senses until his arm was pinned down, and struggled to ask: "Mr. Lu, what are you trying to do? I'm your student!"
"You have the nerve to say you are my student!"
Lu Xiangsheng replied coldly, and then ordered: "Catch Song Zhibi and all the officials from the Wudao Prefecture, regardless of civil or military, including people from the East and West Factory!"
Gao Qianshi from Xichang couldn't help but ask Song Zhibi: "What's going on?"
Song Zhibi replied: "The West Factory, the East Factory, our civil servants, and the military attachés are all one. Even the internal factory personnel hidden in your East and West Factory have been bribed by us. If the officials below report to the superiors, Some of the things we do will be stopped by the mail crews, people at the inn, and even our people in the General Affairs Department. The eldest son directly communicated with His Majesty through private messages! It was the eldest son of the Emperor who let Your Majesty know about this!"
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