"It's okay if you don't retreat."
Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief and laughed.
I don’t know if this was the case in the original history. Anyway, in this life, Zhang Juzheng and Zhu Yijun became more and more popular as they used them more. From the bottom of their hearts, they didn’t want Zhang Juzheng to become an official now.
Because there was no Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng in this life became his political ally.
Therefore, in his heart, Zhu Yijun wished that Zhang Juzheng's vision could really be realized, that is, all the extremely difficult reforms he wanted to make could be completed during his tenure as first assistant.
In this way, he, the emperor, can really pretend to be a saintly king and benevolent master in front of the world's bureaucrats for the rest of his life.
However, Zhu Yijun didn't expect that because he had been showing off his edge these days, his Mr. Zhang would actually want to become an official.
However, fortunately, Zhang Juzheng has been put on the stove. Even if he wants to become an official, the reformists behind him do not want him to become an official.
After all, Emperor Zhu Yijun is not the only one with selfish motives.
Other reformers also have selfish motives and want Zhang Juzheng to stand up. Then, they can do things that benefit the country and the people, and they can also explain when the officials and gentry are dissatisfied that they are only acting on the orders of Yuan Fu. People are in the Jianghu, and they have no control over themselves. They did not take the opportunity to over-implement the New Deal. This can be regarded as taking care of the feelings of you officials and gentry.
Of course, from a public perspective, Zhang Juzheng does have more prestige and means.
Therefore, before Zhang Juzheng could write his begging letter, he was stopped by other reformist officials.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but feel sorry for Zhang Juzheng.
He had to admit that it was really difficult for Zhang Juzheng to retreat even if he wanted to.
Zhu Yijun still feels that it doesn't matter whether Zhang Juzheng can escape in the future. As for whether he will be settled by Qiu Hou, the key depends on what he, the emperor, wants to do now.
Zhu Yijun decided to continue to work hard to avoid being forced by the bureaucracy in the future to act unkindly and unjustly towards Zhang Juzheng and his teacher, which would not only damage his royal face, but also indirectly damage his respect for others. The majesty in the heart of a scholar-bureaucrat with dignity as a teacher.
While Zhang Juzheng was dissuaded from begging by his colleagues, He Xinyin was also taken to prison.
"ah!"
As soon as He Xinyin, who was heavily shackled, entered the dark and deep prison, he felt as if someone was cutting his bones with an ice knife.
At the same time, he also heard screams coming from the darkness, and suddenly felt his body trembling. He couldn't help but ask the Jin Yiwei guard who was escorting him:
"Is this really a good place to study?"
"I said! I said!"
"I protected the wealthy people. I didn't clear their land, and I even made up the number of clearings. Indeed, I received not only 30,000 taels of silver, but also 50,000 taels, which I shipped to the Censor Palace of Guangdong Road in advance. My hometown!”
"In order to help me get promoted to the rank of inspector as soon as possible in the future, please spare me, wuwu! I was really wrong, I don't dare to do it anymore!"
"I really regret it now. I shouldn't have only read the books of sages and not practiced the principles of sages."
"I have lost the grace that a gentleman should have, and I am ashamed of my father. I failed to control my own desires, and I failed to control my slaves."
"I really regret it! I shouldn't have restrained myself even after the law was passed, and I shouldn't have cherished the first-class medal for integrity that I was awarded when I was the prefect! Woohoo!"
Soon, the crying was getting closer and closer, and He Xinyin clearly saw a person being beaten to pieces in a cell, so he asked: "Who is this person?"
"Cheng Gongchen, the original Huining soldier, took heavy bribes from Hui merchants, and during the Qingzhang incident, the party protected the big Hui owners."
Zhai Rujing, the official of the Jinyi Guards Hall who was responsible for contacting He Xinyin, appeared behind He Xinyin and replied in a deep voice.
"He is a member of my Wang School. Although he does not believe in killing people's desires, he has indeed forgotten about abstinence and abstinence. It is too late to regret now."
He Xinyin replied accordingly.
"I ignored the laws and regulations on passing the examination and acted out my own selfish desires. As a result, I ended up in this situation today. The lesson is a painful one!"
"I'm just asking Zhu Tishuai if he can stop interrogating like this. The one tael of stolen money from the dismissed officers is really gone. It's really all gone!"
"Even if you pinch off the soldiers' fingers, it won't be a big deal! Woohoo!"
Not long after, He Xinyin saw the disheveled and disheveled official being arrested being interrogated. He was already crying heartbrokenly before he even started being interrogated.
"This is Su Feng, the former Yunnan censor, who was impeached by the governor for embezzlement. He also impeached the governor for his inability to clean up the governor. Finally, the Jin Yiwei stationed in Yunnan found out that it was his problem, not the governor's."
Zhai Rujing said to He Xinyin.
He Xinyin nodded after hearing this: "It seems that the emperor is actually right. This is indeed a good place to study. You can see the current situation of many fallen officials."
Not long after, He Xinyin was taken to a cell with a window.
Zhai Rujing, on the other hand, had the Four Treasures of the Study placed on the wooden table in He Xinyin's cell, took the shackles off of He Xinyin, and then said, "Write down all your gangsters."
He Xinyin really took up the pen, dipped it in ink, spread the paper, and started writing.
"Yan Shannong, Luo Rufang, Hu Xiaowen, Cheng Xuebo, Liu Quexian, Wang Changgeng..."
Zhai Rujing read several names written by He Xinyin, and asked He Xinyin in surprise: "Wait a minute, aren't you already under Yan Shannong's family? Why are you listing him as well?"
"Saving one is saving, saving a hundred is also saving."
"I'll simply list all these famous Confucian scholars who I know who love to lecture among the people and let you catch them!"
"Save them from harming people in the future because their knowledge cannot be corrected!"
"There's a big problem with my Taoism. Don't they have a big problem with their knowledge?"
He Xinyin said: "This is like burning books to trap Confucians. One Confucian is a trap, and so are a hundred Confucians. Since we want to establish a new Taoism, we will simply trap them all!"
"It saves you Jin Yiwei the trouble of finding them all at once. After all, they are protected by local gentry and their whereabouts are unpredictable. But I know where they are and have contact with them. I can tell them the places they love to go and the places they like. Tell you."
Zhai Rujing sneered after hearing this: "You scholars are more ruthless than us Jin Yiwei! Many of them are close friends with you, right? Have they really been betrayed?"
He Xinyin said: "I promised to save them! Let them find their way back. As a close minister of the emperor, does Tishuai want to deny the holy will?"
After hearing this, Zhai Rujing couldn't help but feel a chill running down his back, and said hurriedly and sternly: "What are you talking about! Just list them as many as you want, and I will catch as many as you want, and I will personally take credit for you when the time comes!"
"Thank you Tishuai!"
He Xinyin replied with a smile and wrote down the names of Li Zhi and Xu Kun.
After seeing this, Zhai Rujing was shocked again: "Mr. Xu's second son is also a traitor?"
He Xinyin nodded: "How dare you, the common people, do whatever you want? In the Xu family, the eldest son pursues an official career, and the second son pursues a scholarly career. Each has its own assignment. Without the support of Xu Ershe, who represents the Xu family, how can we have money to teach everywhere? The common people sincerely care about Confess, don’t dare to mess around!”
Saying that, He Xinyin asked again: "Besides, why should Tishuai worry? Everything is proved by Xiaomin's own handwriting. Tishuai just takes people according to what Xiaomin has given him. If Shilin wants to hate, he will only hate Xiaomin. Not on your head.”
Zhai Rujing thought that since he was a Jin Yiwei, it was really not easy to ask many questions about these things, so he only gave instructions to the Jin Yiwei Qianhu beside him:
"Get people directly according to the list! This is arranged by the Holy Order. It cannot be ignored or made mistakes!"
"yes!"
At this time, He Xinyin's friend and fellow scholar Hu Shiwen was anxious because He Xinyin was captured by Jin Yiwei, and came directly to the Nanzhi Guild Hall.
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Liu Quexian and Wang Changgeng also couldn't bear to leave at this time because He Xinyin was arrested, so they followed Hu Shiwen to the Nanzhi Guild Hall.
Hu Shiwen met Qin Deng, the son of Qin Liang, the former governor of Jiangxi Province, at the Nanzhi Guild Hall, and told him about the matter.
Qin Deng was also surprised after hearing this, and then said: "I will take you to ask Mr. Zhang Ge, the second assistant! Now for this matter, we can only see if Zhang Puzhou can lend a helping hand! He has a good relationship with the Xu family , and he is Zhang Jiangling’s confidant, so he should be able to help.”
"Thank you!"
As he spoke, Hu Shiwen took Liu Quexian, Wang Changgeng and Qin Deng to Zhang Siwei's residence.
But as soon as they came out, a group of royal guards stopped them and asked, "Is there a man named Hu Shiwen here?"
Qin Deng hurriedly pointed at Hu Shiwen and said, "That's him! He just introduced his name to me, but I didn't know him before. Only the other two came with him!"
Hu Shiwen, Liu Quexian, and Wang Changgeng looked at Qin Deng in surprise.
"Take these three away!"
Xiao Mojin, the leading flag officer of Yijin Yiwei, therefore let Qin Deng go and ordered the arrest of Hu Shiwen, Liu Quexian and Wang Changgeng.
Hu Shiwen watched Qin Deng leave with a confused expression, and then looked at the Jinyi Guard Tiqi with a confused expression, arresting him, Liu Quexian, and Wang Changgeng, and couldn't help but ask: "I wonder what I have committed?"
"The traitor He Xinyin spread rumors and confessed his accomplices, including you Hu Shiwen! He also specified that you would come to the Nanzhi Guild Hall, but I didn't expect you to be here."
Xiao Mojin, the flag officer of Jinyiwei, replied.
After hearing this, Hu Shiwen was stunned for a long time, and then said: "These two people have only just met me. One is named Liu Quexian, who is just a junior student, and the other is named Wang Changgeng, who is just a new student. He Xinyin's matter has nothing to do with them, everyone. Can the school let them go?"
"Liu Quexian, Wang Changgeng?"
The Jin Yiwei general was overjoyed and asked about it. Seeing Hu Shiwen nodding, he said, "Then take him away too!"
"Damn it, that person named He didn't write clearly about the whereabouts of these two people. He only said that they are in the capital. They are undoubtedly the hardest to catch. I didn't expect it to be so easy!"
Xiao Mojin, the commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei, was a talkative man, so he cursed for a while.
Hu Shiwen, who had already been put in the prison car, cursed after hearing this: "He Xinyin, you bastard! You are afraid of death, so you don't care about betraying your friends. Why do you implicate innocent people!"
