Under the blue sky and white clouds, a large number of royal guards began to appear on the street lined with rows of shops and stalls.
These royal guards all rushed to the place where the soldiers and civilians stopped Wu Hongji.
"Be bold!"
At this time, Wang Tingshu, a member of the Qianhu family of Jin Yiwei, also came over and shouted.
at the same time.
The original plan was to sprinkle the pepper powder in front of the soldiers and civilians who were about to riot. As a result, the Jin Yiwei were ordered to sprinkle the pepper powder on the faces of the soldiers of the Bingma Division who drew their swords first.
Many soldiers immediately covered their eyes and cried: "It's so spicy!"
At this moment, Wang Tingshu walked up to Zhao Qing and said, "Zhao Shiyu, you have such great official authority!"
"Behead first and then show off. It should be my royal guard's right, right?"
"I, the Jinyi Guard, will also handle the rebellion, right?"
"When will it be your turn to patrol the city and the people from the Military and Horse Department to take charge?"
"If you dare to do this today, I, the Jin Yiwei, can only think that you are rebelling, and I can only suppress you first."
"You usually stop the ministers of the Cabinet, Privy Council, and even my royal guards, just like you stop your own children, and you just scold them. Why is it not okay for people to do this today?"
After Wang Tingshu said this, he asked Zhao Qing: "Isn't this unfair?"
"I understand, these people were instigated by your Jin Yiwei."
"No wonder there are so many vernacular articles in newspapers recently."
"It's no wonder that recently there have been a lot of stubborn students who are willing to humble themselves to lecture the people on politics."
Zhao Qing spoke with a stern face at this time, then pointed at Wang Tingshu and asked sternly: "Is what you Jin Yiwei doing worthy of His Majesty?!"
"We just followed the emperor's order, why are we sorry?"
Wang Tingshu replied.
Zhao Qing chuckled, then turned his horse's head: "Let's go!"
At this time, Wu Hongji could only watch Zhao Qing leave with the soldiers from the Military and Horse Division, and sighed helplessly for a moment.
At this time, Li Zhi, Zeng Zhan and others also turned their attention to him again.
At this time, Wu Hongji saw that the Jin Yiwei were supporting these scholars and common people, and knew that if he did not give a satisfactory answer today, he would not be able to leave, so he forced a smile and said:
"What you fellow citizens are saying is that Jin Yiwei's trial of Zhao Nanxing is reasonable, legal and reasonable. I should not conclude that Zhang Tishuai is retaliating and therefore impeach him;"
"But this is just because I am really confused and want to gain reputation. It does not mean that I am really hiding evil intentions and forming a party with Zhao Mengbai and the others. I even want you to lose your land and sell your sons and daughters."
As Wu Hongji spoke, he pretended to be aggrieved and said: "So, where do you start from saying that I don't treat you as human beings?!"
"Moreover, in fact, Zhao Mengbai and An Wosu were deceived by Wu Yuexiu when they first interceded for Wu Yuexiu. What's more, Wu Yuexiu only accepted the unfaithful childbirth, which was corruption and perversion of the law. Even His Majesty did not judge him as a rebellious minister because of this and defend him. Naturally, I can't be considered a rebellious minister, so I can't be considered a traitor, and I'm just trying to plot chaos!"
"We don't care about the facts, we only ask about the position!"
Zeng Zhan shouted loudly.
Wu Hongji was startled.
Don't ask about the facts, just the position?
He had the feeling that his own moves had been secretly learned by men from a humble family like Zeng Zhan and used against him.
"Unless you write a letter of commitment in person now, saying that you are indeed confusing right and wrong just to gain fame, otherwise, we will still question your position!"
Zeng Zhan continued.
Wu Hongji smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of truth is this? This is definitely not possible."
"It has to be done!"
"Otherwise, your position is wrong!"
Zeng Zhan said loudly.
"Wu Shiyu, you'd better write one. Since you really want to gain fame, admit it openly. You can be considered a magnanimous person!"
"Don't really say that you are messing with the government just to gain fame, and yet you are unwilling to leave written evidence to prove it. That will make the world look down upon you even more."
Zhang Wei, the official of the Imperial Academy, started to persuade him.
Shen Xiao, the young minister of Taichang Temple who came with Zhang Wei, also said: "Yes, it's just a letter of commitment, and it doesn't hurt your muscles and bones."
Wu Hongji now hated these civil servant colleagues who might have different political opinions from him, and he had to force a smile and said:
"Okay, I'll write!"
So, some students brought up pens, ink, paper and inkstones.
Wu Hongji wrote down the promise with a look of sorrow on his face, and took the initiative to admit that he was confusing right and wrong just to gain fame.
After this, the scholars and common people dispersed in an organized manner.
Many scholars and civilians were very excited because of this, and began to realize that participating in politics was so exciting.
"I'm just saying that to deal with this kind of problem where the minister only talks about his position but not about right and wrong, we have to start from the root of the problem!"
"The root of the problem is that they represent a force, and the force they represent is no longer something that I and the ministers can fight against. What's more, most of the ministers also come from their force. Among relatives and friends, there are He If they have the same political views, in many cases they cannot directly fall out and can only reconcile."
"But the new citizens are different. They have no land, most of them are propertyless, and most of them are not locals. They have little dependence on the clan, so they only understand the evil of the gentry. In order to understand the goodness of the gentry, their stance is different from that of the descendants of the gentry. It’s the opposite.”
"The imperial court must pay attention to this emerging force, and must be good at utilizing and guiding it."
At this time, Zhu Yijun also watched the whole process in a not very gorgeous carriage not far away, and spoke to Shen Shixing and others who were riding in the same carriage.
Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty is right, but this force can easily backfire on the imperial court. They are more literate than small farmers, and because their work needs to be organized, they are also easy to be organized, and because most of them do not engage in farming but do business, and It becomes even more profit-seeking.”
"I know!"
"But the emergence of their forces cannot be stopped. We cannot eliminate them, nor can we ignore them. We can only guide them well."
"Self-interest is not terrible. What is terrible is that you only want to benefit yourself, and you would rather harm yourself than harm others. Zhao Qing, the censor of the city patrol, is like this. He would rather end up with his head in a different place than to kill the citizens who are blocking the officials. This is a typical example of even if Even if you can't live, you can let others live with dignity, while others can only kneel down."
Zhu Yijun's face became serious as he spoke at this time, and said: "They asked me, I didn't kill just because I said it, Zhao Qing would be better. If the people ask a question according to the "Great Edict", he will kill or massacre, why?" , they can be thieves of the people, but I can’t?"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"This Zhao Qing is stupid and stubborn, so he should be dealt with strictly. The ministers are also responsible, so they actually let him serve as the censor of the city."
Qi Jiguang replied at this time.
Zhu Yijun said: "I don't think he is stupid, he is shrewd. It's just that many people don't understand his shrewdness. In many cases, just because a person is not afraid of death doesn't mean he is stupid. He probably knows it better than anyone else!"
"Send him to prison and directly face the death penalty. Such a reactionary and stubborn person has no need to be benevolent!"
"Go back to the palace!"
After Zhu Yijun said that, he returned to the palace.
Wu Hongji also returned home, and as soon as he returned home, his face darkened, he locked himself in the study, then hugged his head and cried:
"I will be infamous all over the world from now on!"
(End of chapter)
