At this time, dark clouds had been gathering outside for a long time, and the darkness was so heavy that it made people breathless.
Hai Rui looked up and suddenly saw dense silver threads pouring down from the patio, dancing beads flying in the hall. Then he said to Lu Kun and Tang Chuanxun in front of the rain:
"There are two reasons;"
"First, it is used as a delaying measure. The people recruited need to be trained for a period of time."
"Secondly, I have said that whether this storm can cleanse those powerful right-wingers behind the scenes is something that only one of us who dares to work hard to be an official can do. It depends on how determined the emperor is!"
Hai Rui laughed as he spoke, and said with a smile to Lu Kun and Tang Chuanxun:
"In the past, I was the same as you, thinking that you could protect the common people of the country with your pure heart. But later, after experiencing many things, you realized that you can't do it alone!"
"It is better to shed blood than to continue to implement the New Deal without humiliating the pro-military guards."
"Still, compromise at this point, sacrifice the lives of a few pro-military guards, sacrifice their heads to the powerful people behind the scenes, let the pro-military guards go back with the reputation of committing all kinds of evil in Jiangnan, and then compromise on the demands for reform. , only reducing the preferential exemptions for the officials and gentry but not completely canceling them, increasing the four million stones of grain and one hundred taels of gold and silver that the Jiangnan officials and gentry were willing to hand over every year to a larger figure, in exchange for the imperial court no longer sending troops. What are the conditions for going south?”
"It all depends on the choice above!"
"If it's the latter, then we don't need to fight them hard and increase the number of killings! After all, the lives of the people are also lives!"
Lu Kun nodded at this time, and the fire in his heart subsided a lot.
"But if it's the latter, it's like asking the emperor to abolish his martial arts!"
"In the future, if the emperor wants to send pro-military guards to Beijing to suppress the local area, some civil servants will definitely use this incident as an excuse to stop them. They say that sending pro-military guards out will only disturb the people and lead to civil commotion, and ask the emperor to take back his order. !」
Then, Lu Kun looked at Hai Rui and continued talking.
"Will not!"
Tang Chuanxun suddenly said something loudly, then clenched his fists and said solemnly: "Anyway, your Majesty will not choose to sacrifice his personal guards!"
…
In fact, during this period of time, the capital was also spreading rumors about the civil uprising in Wudi.
And the rumors are much more serious than what actually happened in Wudi.
It is said that more than 100,000 people in Wudi rebelled because they could not bear the burning, killing, looting and looting by the pro-military guards, and conquered Zhenjiang, Shangyuan, Jurong and other places.
It is also said that 40,000 to 50,000 Wu people have rebelled and fled to Huizhou, Fengyang and other places.
It is also said that a large amount of grain has been looted by the rebels, and a large number of officials have been killed.
As for the fact that business travel is blocked and a large number of fields are uncultivated, this is not shocking news.
In short, it seems that the entire Wu region is really in complete chaos.
Therefore, officials in the DPRK and China were panicked.
After all, as members of the landlord class, what they fear most is unrest and instability.
Both reformists and conservatives are afraid of this.
Not just officials, but also dignitaries with properties across the country, that is, those relatives of the emperor and nobles.
And on the day of Hai Rui's invitation, a large number of officials and scholars in the capital had gathered in the official residence and asked to see Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, hoping that Zhang Juzheng could put forward some opinions on this.
After all, the officials in the capital and the scholars in the capital knew very well that all this was caused by the new policy in which the officials and the gentry all paid for the work together.
And this new policy happened to be implemented only after Zhang Juzheng advocated it.
So, they all came to Zhang Juzheng.
However, when the Jinyi guards guarding the official residence saw so many officials and scholars from the capital coming, they were also worried that these people were here to cause trouble, so they closed the door directly and did not let these people in, and hurriedly reported them.
Bang!
Bang!
"Why don't you let us in?"
"Do the ruling people only know how to implement the New Deal but don't know how to clean up the aftermath? Don't they know how to take responsibility for the civil uprising in Wudi?"
Responsible? ! "
"Do we have to wait until the world is in chaos and the Ming Dynasty is destroyed before we are willing to come out and welcome the new master?!"
These officials and scholars in the capital became even more angry. They kept bumping into the iron hoops and shouting all kinds of ugly words.
The main reason is that the chaos in Wudi did affect their respective interests.
After all, Jiangnan is the largest domestic demand market and the largest export base for various commodities. Whether they are officials from Jiangnan or officials from other places, as long as their families are doing business, they are worried that their sales will be affected.
As for officials who were local landowners in Jiangnan, they were even more worried. They must know that farmers abandoning farming will undoubtedly mean that their income will also be greatly reduced.
Of course, these bureaucrats themselves do not want the exemption to be cancelled, so they are naturally willing to take this opportunity to cause trouble.
The ruling ministers in the official residence have all arrived at the official residence of the chief minister of the cabinet and gathered here at Zhang Juzheng.
"Yuansuke, why don't we meet them."
At this time, Ma Ziqiang said something to Zhang Juzheng first, and said: "After all, Southeast Wu is the most wealthy place in the world. Once there is chaos, everyone will be worried!"
Zhang Juzheng said: "The people guarding the courtyard of the official residence are the imperial guards. The servants cannot force their way out to see them!"
Then, Zhang Juzheng looked at the ministers present and said, "Take this opportunity to express your opinions first. Make up your mind before going out to see them."
"I didn't expect that the implementation of the unified payment of grain and errands between officials and gentry would eventually cause such a big popular uprising! At the beginning, I really underestimated how difficult it would be to implement this new policy. If I had known this, I would have discouraged this from happening."
Cabinet minister Ma Ziqiang simply spoke first.
Liu Yingjie, the Minister of Civil Affairs, also said: "Yes, even if we are still willing to insist, those officials in the capital outside are afraid that they are not willing to insist, let alone the local officials. Everyone is in danger, let alone implementing the New Deal and maintaining the previous peace. It’s all difficult!”
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"Then is there any other better way?!"
"As the Son of Heaven, one should endure for the sake of the country!"
"Besides, running a big country is like cooking small dishes. You can't rush for success!"
Liu Yingjie started talking at this time and said: "If Yuan Fu insists on refusing to wrong the emperor's ministers and would rather kill the emperor, I will have no choice but to resign!"
Ma Ziqiang also followed: "There are also subordinates who can only resign! After all, as ministers, they are not the emperor's slaves. There is no reason to really sacrifice the interests and disadvantages of the world and only plan for the emperor! They have to be responsible for the common people of the country!"
"And I!"
Yang Zhao also echoed.
"And I!"
"If this is the case, I can only resign!"
…
For a time, most of the ruling ministers no longer wanted to only care about the emperor's rights and interests.
"In that case, please come to the palace with your servants! Ask to see the Emperor!"
That's why Zhang Juzheng said this.
After Zhang Juzheng said this, he actually led a group of ministers to the gate of the official residence and said to the royal guards here: "Please report to your majesty, we will ask to see the emperor."
At this time, Zhai Rujing came over and said: "Your Majesty has known that you are specially allowed to come to see me!"
So, Zhang Juzheng and other ministers took a carriage to the palace city.
At first, the officials in the capital and the scholars in the capital stopped them and asked them to express their stance. However, after learning that they were entering the palace to see the emperor to resolve the civil uprising in Wudi, they began to get out of the way one after another and followed suit. Come, it's as dense as clouds for a while.
Zhu Yijun only announced that he had met Zhang Juzheng.
"Sir and the courtiers must have come here to persuade me to aggrieve the military guards, as a sign of compromise, right?"
Zhu Yijun asked directly after seeing Zhang Juzheng.
