Wu Hongji walked over with a stunned look on his face and looked at Gu Xiancheng: "How could this happen?!"
"This plan is a sudden one, so it is difficult to be thorough."
Gu Yuncheng answered for Ma Wenqing at this time.
Gu Xiancheng looked at the lake with a sullen face. After a while, he asked Ma Wenqing, "Does your father have something to say?"
Ma Wenqing nodded: "My father-in-law thinks that Zhao Mengbai should be rescued! Zhao Mengbai is now imprisoned in the imperial prison, which will make all gentlemen uneasy and help the treacherous people make trouble."
"Great idea!"
Gu Xiancheng suddenly praised.
Wu Hongji echoed: "Yes! He Zhao Mengbai cannot be locked up in the prison without any reason. As long as he comes out, there will still be a way for him to take a sip of tea and make him unconscious from now on."
When Gu Xiancheng heard what Wu Hongji said, he turned around and handed over to Wu Hongji: "Then I will save Mengbai after I go to Beijing."
"It's the first priority, otherwise why would you meet the people in the world?"
Wu Hongji also said something in return.
Imprisonment.
In the deep cell, everyone else was talking about current affairs and knowledge, but Zhao Nanxing was still in a daze.
Seeing this, Zhang Jingxiu took the initiative to ask him: "Gongzong, are you really not going to say anything?"
Zhao Nanxing suddenly said: "I really don't know about this matter, and I didn't expect that such a thing would happen. After thinking about it seriously, I still think it will be the fault of Shenwu County and others."
Zhang Jingxiu sneered: "Yuan Fu still needs to use this kind of conspiracy to kill them?"
"It must be him, you have to believe me!"
"Because the more impossible the person is, the more likely it is. Shenwu County has long hated the upright people in the court!"
"He naturally has to seize this opportunity this time. In this way, he will not only get rid of the gentlemen in the court who are against him, but also will not make His Majesty suspicious of him. He is bullying the Holy Will!"
Zhao Nanxing suddenly said to Zhang Jingxiu excitedly.
Zhang Jingxiu smiled: "I didn't expect that you are still protecting your comrades, even if they already want to kill you."
Zhao Nanxing stood up and spread his hands, pretending to be shocked and asked Zhang Jingxiu: "Do I have any comrades?!"
"Tishuai doesn't know that a gentleman has friends but no party?"
Zhao Nanxing then continued to ask with a smile.
Zhang Jingxiu asked directly: "Do you believe that as soon as you leave this prison, someone will immediately kill Gong Ye?"
"letter!"
Zhao Nanxing replied without hesitation and added:
"But if I die suddenly after I go out, it will definitely be the work of Shenwu County and other traitors."
Zhang Jingxiu gritted his teeth and finally said nothing, just turned and walked away.
Zhao Nanxing smiled coldly and glanced at Zhang Jingxiu.
…
"He is trying to confuse right and wrong and confuse right and wrong. In this case, he will continue to be detained and let the people in prison communicate with him more."
After Zhu Yijun learned about Zhao Nanxing's attitude, he gave Zhang Jingxiu a few instructions, then looked at Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang and said:
"Zhao Nanxing has been locked up in the prison. Those who are worried about him will definitely rescue him. They will not retaliate when the time comes. As I said, we will remove the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron and start at the root of the problem!"
"Since they only talk about their positions and not about right and wrong, then we will develop more and more people who hold different positions from them."
With that said, Zhu Yijun said again: "How do you think Zhu Huakui and the pseudo-official clan involved in the rebellion should be dealt with?"
"Your Majesty, Wang Ruoquan, the guest of honor of the Emperor of Chu, reported that Zhu Huakui was actually the son of a concubine with a foreign surname, pretending to be the son of the former King of Chu."
"Now that Zhu Huakui is so disloyal, there must be a possibility that he is not of the clan's blood, otherwise he would not have destroyed the family friendship so much. I am afraid that Wang Bihe and others are actually preparing for a rebellion by finding a son with a foreign surname to pretend to be a clan member."
"If it is found out that the root cause of the Chu King's rebellion was that a traitor allowed a foreigner to pretend to be a member of the Chu King's clan and want to rebel, then we can point to the root cause and make the world understand more clearly that the Chu King's rebellion is not due to the disharmony between the imperial court and the clan. It’s not that the clan is stupid, but that there are traitors who instigated it.”
"Whenever a vassal king plots rebellion, we can first conclude that he is not a relative of my clan and is instigated by an evil person! We can use this as an example to find the people behind the scenes."
"As for Zhu Huakui himself, he should naturally be executed, and the clan members, honored guests, and pseudo-officials who conspired with him should all be executed. He did not commit suicide, but the clan members and honored guests who did not conspire with him should only be punished for the crime of not reporting the crime of knowing about it. They are all demoted to common people."
"In addition, the land of Chu King Zhuang should be divided among the distant clan members of Chu King's Palace who did not follow the rebellion, Yibin and Zhuang tenants. These people have been demoted to common people. They should farm and pay taxes. They should also be allowed to take the imperial examination and pursue other careers."
Shen Shixing spoke at this time.
Qi Jiguang followed: "I second my opinion."
Zhu Yijun also said: "One more thing, the original Chu Prince's Mansion was changed to Chu Xue, and King Jing was asked to appoint a professor of the school from a erudite and virtuous son of the Prince of Chu's royal family. Every year, 20% of the income tax collected from the original village land of the King of Chu was used as the professor. Spend money on learning so that the royal family and honored guests of the King of Chu, who have been demoted to common people, can study and learn about the right and wrong of loyalties and traitors, and have the resources to serve the court in the future."
"According to the order!"
Next, Zhu Huakui, Zhu Yunqian, Wang Bihe and others were taken to the execution ground and their heads were put in the market.
Shortly after Zhu Huakui and other rebel conspirators were executed, Wu Hongji arrived in the capital and wrote a memorial to impeach Zhang Jingxiu for arresting Zhao Nanxing without permission. He was deliberately trying to frame Zhao Nanxing, even calling for a thief to catch a thief.
Zhu Yijun refused to report this.
Then, the Chinese side Rumei also defended Zhao Nanxing, saying that the Jinyiwei should not arrest the official. Although An Xifan and others were poisoned, they were probably killed by their political enemies and had nothing to do with Zhao Nanxing. This is what the Jinyiwei was doing. Instigated by Shen Shixing, he deliberately framed Zhao Nanxing.
Zhu Yijun still refused to report this.
Qian Yiben couldn't bear to see this, and he said: "Zhao Nanxing has been in prison for a long time. Even if he is really the mastermind of poisoning his colleagues, the truth should be revealed. Why is he still in prison now? Your Majesty He often stayed in court without reporting anything he had heard from the court officials. Such behavior is not an act of diligent government."
Zhu Yijun still couldn't read back Qian Yiben's chapter. He only summoned Shen Shixing in Xiyuan and asked: "How has the vernacular been promoted during this period? What is the reaction of the people in the market who know the truth about King Chu's conspiracy?"
Shen Shixing replied: "I have made an inspection in civilian clothes. After knowing the causes and consequences of King Chu's rebellion through vernacular newspapers, the people's position was indeed different from An Xifan and others. After learning that An Xifan and Yue Yuansheng were poisoned, Most of them think that it is their party members who are silencing them, and they all say that these people are evil-minded, and they want them to bear the world's taxes alone, and they also want them to be unable to go on strike and behave like animals like before, and they will be beaten to death by their employers. The employer cannot be made to pay with his life.”
"Let me tell you, they are not the only ones who have a stand!"
"Inform the people about Wu Hongji, Fang Rumei, and Wang Jiaping. Since some people like to argue about whether Zhao Nanxing should be imprisoned, let more people participate in the discussion. The public discussion must be public."
"Lest I directly issue an order to deal with Gong Lun, I will instead let you be blamed for suppressing Gong Lun."
Zhu Yijun said.
Shen Shixing handed over his hand and said yes.
So, a few days later, because Zhu Yijun refused to report his chapter memorial, Wu Hongji came to Jimen again and prepared to publish it again. This time, in order to prevent Zhu Yijun from staying in Zhongzhong, he deliberately criticized it directly in the chapter memorial. Zhu Yijun only knew how to indulge in drinking and sex in the harem, neglect government affairs, and let powerful officials do whatever they wanted, in the hope of angering Zhu Yijun and forcing him to release Zhao Nanxing.
However, as soon as Wu Hongji came out in his sedan chair, he was blocked by a group of soldiers and civilians.
"Is this the villain Wu Chunyang in the sedan?"
"Speak! Are you yes or no?!"
"Don't think that we don't know what you people are thinking of constantly making the emperor upset. It's just the same as what was written in the "Qimin Daily". You are making trouble now because you don't want us people to live like human beings! You want us to live like animals like before!"
…
All of a sudden, the soldiers and people who stopped him started shouting at him.
(End of chapter)
