It is now the cold weather of the twelfth lunar month of the nineteenth year of Wanli.
After leaving the camp, Wang Xijue looked at the frosty sky and the hazy world. He couldn't help but rub his hands, and then took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve.
This small porcelain bottle contains a magic pill to cure his diarrhea.
Wang Xijue has always had a bad spleen and stomach, and is prone to diarrhea. Fortunately, he has pills that are suitable for his symptoms. Basically, if he takes this pill every time he commits a sin, he will be able to avoid it.
But now he wants to throw away the medicine, so that he can get rid of diarrhea due to diarrhea and does not have to exercise his power to offend local bureaucrats and powerful people who have not implemented the policy of eliminating corvee.
Although Wang Xijue vigorously rectified some wealthy families in Guangdong and regained Haojing, this was because most of the wealthy families in Guangdong were industrial and commercial gentry. Although they were also landlords, the transformation was not difficult, and in essence, the purpose of the court was just Expanding sea trade and sharing the benefits of sea trade that the Western barbarians occupy is not as fundamental as eliminating corvee. Therefore, as long as we are strong, the local right-wingers will surrender and even take advantage of the Western barbarians because they rely on the imperial court. The benefits captured will also be grateful to him, who represents the imperial court.
Wang Xijue felt no pressure to do that at that time.
But it is different now. It is necessary for the entire country's ruling class to transform and completely eliminate corvee. It can no longer become complacent because there are a large number of people in the country who can be enslaved, and it is gradually unwilling to develop external financial resources, so this will be even more difficult.
This is equivalent to the fact that a wealthy man can become a master and continue to be rich by enslaving the local people without doing anything;
But now the local people cannot be enslaved, so they have to give more money or put in more effort. Giving more money is naturally to give wages to the people or to invest in the country and society. Putting in more effort means that you have to go out and make contributions yourself. This is considered an increase in costs. Even if the profit will be greater, it will still be harder than before when I was a landowner and could earn profits by enslaving the local people while I was lying down.
Therefore, for many powerful people who just want to be able to become masters by lying down, preventing them from enslaving the local people is simply costing their lives and depriving them of their qualifications to be masters.
Wang Xijue was still a little afraid of what he was going to do next, and he also wanted to deliberately let his old illness relapse, and then make it so severe that he could not do anything, so that the emperor would not have anything to blame himself.
"Mr. Ge, don't worry. I'm bringing it with you here too. You don't have to worry about running out of supplies due to the cold wind relapsing on the road."
But this time.
Wang Xijue's medical officer Zhang Lu came to Wang Xijue and saw that Wang Xijue took out the porcelain bottle filled with medicine and was lost in thought. He didn't know whether he had guessed what Wang Xijue was thinking or if he really just thought that Wang Xijue was worried about not having enough medicine. Just a reminder.
Zhang Lu is also the orphan of Zhonglie adopted by Zhu Yijun.
But unlike most of the orphans of loyal martyrs who chose civil and military subjects when they were trained by Zhu Yijun, he chose medicine and is now assigned to Wang Xijue's side as a health medical officer to assist Wang Xijue.
One of Zhang Lu's responsibilities was to report to the emperor every day the health condition of the second assistant king Xijue.
Of course, it is not known whether the report is about health status or not.
At this time, Wang Xijue could only get off the slope and said with a smile: "That's good."
"Mr. Ge!"
It just so happens.
Li Ruhua, the imperial censor, walked towards Wang Xijue with a serious look on his face and bowed his hands.
When Wang Xijue saw Li Ruhua coming, he immediately grimaced. He only touched the goat's beard with his hand and wandered around the thousands of trees in the sparse forest, listening to the roar coming from them.
Li Ruhua came over and asked Wang Xijue: "Do we really want to add a few more lives this time?"
"Do you even need to ask?"
Wang Xijue replied without any doubt.
"But."
Just as Li Ruhua was about to speak again, Wang Xijue interrupted him and said sternly: "There is nothing to be ashamed of! If you really think about Xinli for your father, you and I will not only kill people, but also be more ruthless than the emperor." many!"
"Unless you want the emperor to personally take action and take over the duties of ministers like you and me!"
When Wang Xijue said this, he sneered at Li Ruhua and asked, "You have the courage to rebuke Yan Yan, but you don't have the courage to punish evil and eradicate evil?!"
"Is Mr. Ge really there?"
Li Ruhua also asked angrily.
"Why not!"
"If I get scared in the future, you can kill me with a sword!"
Wang Xijue replied to Li Ruhua's words without blushing or heartbeat.
With that said, he got on his horse and rode away in the wind and snow, letting the sky full of broken jade and jade fall behind him.
What Wang Xijue said about killing himself with a sword was actually an old incident in which he was forced to use a sword by Zhang Juzheng.
then.
Wang Xijue brought a group of people to try to persuade Zhang Juzheng and Ding You, but Zhang Juzheng forced him with a sword and asked Wang Xijue to kill Zhang Juzheng directly. Since he felt that Zhang Juzheng was a treacherous and evil person, he, Wang Xijue, immediately gave up.
now.
Wang Xijue also said this to Li Ruhua, and naturally he wanted to express that he was not afraid of death in front of Zhang Lu.
Li Ruhua looked at this scene and bowed his hands again.
Let’s not talk about how Wang Xijue and Li Ruhua paid a private visit here incognito and carefully checked for the emperor where the New Deal was not implemented properly.
It is only said that after Zhu Yijun decided to hold a banquet on the march to meet with Shaanxi veterans and other local officials and sages, he drove to Huazhou City after the snow stopped and the weather cleared.
Tian Yi had come to Huazhou City first to arrange and inspect the emperor's stay.
"check carefully!"
"Also remember, don't mention to the emperor where there are any hot springs."
"Don't mention to His Majesty any place related to water where you can take a boat!"
"You must know that our emperor is very vigilant about water. If anyone is too smart and loses his head, don't blame us for not warning you!"
"Anyway, we eunuchs should stop thinking about fighting for some kind of holy favor or asking for great power. We can't control that. Power is left to those outside to fight for power. Now we just need to serve the emperor well and keep him safe. If you want to be promoted, you will go up. Anyway, there are not many yellow gates in the inner court to enter the palace."
After Tian Yi directed a group of eunuchs to inspect various places in Huazhou City, he gave instructions to a group of eunuchs: "Do you understand?"
"Understood! Please don't worry, Mr. Tian."
At this time, a group of eunuchs agreed.
Tian Yi nodded: "Go ahead."
When Zhu Yijun arrived at Huazhou City, the red sun was setting in the west and it was getting late.
The officials and citizens of Huazhou came out in advance to greet them.
On the silver-white avenue, Zhu Yijun saw these people and the houses behind them from a distance.
When he saw that most of these houses were made of adobe cave dwellings and few were huts or shacks, Zhu Yijun knew that the living conditions of the people here were indeed much better.
Even though there are many trees outside the house, Zhu Yijun also realized that more and more people are using coal for heating, so there are still a lot of trees. This is undoubtedly a good protection for the ecological resources of the entire Shaanxi region, and avoids the inland Resources are overexploited, leaving less for future generations.
And just when Zhu Yijun was thinking like this, a big man suddenly ran out of a fence beside the road. This big man ran out holding a three-eyed gun.
"Escort!"
Immediately, the officer in command, Shen Yongmao, shouted.
Then, Wei Peng and others immediately captured the big man on the snow.
But the big man just kept struggling and didn't speak.
The waiting officials and citizens had not yet reacted.
Shen Yan, the prefect of Huazhou, looked over in astonishment. After a while, he hurriedly asked Wen Zhiyong, the general who was stationed in the city to listen to his control:
"What on earth is going on? Didn't I ask you to deploy spies in advance?"
Wen Zhiyong also said innocently: "The subordinates don't know how this happened."
"Go and close the other city gates immediately. No one is allowed to leave the city."
Shen Yi ordered at this time.
"yes!"
Zhu Yijun glanced at Qi Jiguang at this time.
Qi Jiguang also looked over.
The two of them didn't speak.
"Your Majesty, this man is mute and cannot speak."
Not long after, the big man was escorted over by Shen Yongmao, and Shen Yongmao also reported at this time.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun ordered: "Then we will detain him first and then interrogate him after he enters the city."
then.
Zhu Yijun let the army continue to enter the city. Only when he saw Shen Xiang did he smile and said: "It seems that some people do not welcome me to this Qin land!"
"I failed to welcome you, and I am willing to accept any punishment."
Shen Xiu hurriedly apologized.
"It doesn't matter. It's not certain whether he was assassinated or not. Maybe it was an old border soldier who came to stop him and file a complaint."
"Dong Chaoying and others who started the rebellion in Shaanxi didn't say that their troubles were caused by treacherous officials subjugating their border troops. If that was true, then maybe he was not the only one who was subjugated like him, and naturally there would be others. Dare to come and complain."
Zhu Yijun said and ordered to continue entering the city.
But after Zhu Yijun said this, many officials and gentry behind Shen Yi looked very uneasy.
However, at this time Qi Jiguang still stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I would rather believe that it exists than that it does not exist. I think it is better to immediately order the blockade of Huazhou City. Everyone outside Huazhou City rushes into the city first, and those inside the city People are not allowed to leave the city, and the whole city is under martial law, but it will not be too late for the factory guards to open the city after they find out the truth, after all, this matter involves the safety of the emperor."
Liang Menglong, Liu Wei and other retinue ministers also stood up and said: "I second the proposal!"
"In that case, I will comply with what you and others have said, and everything will be arranged by the prime minister."
Zhu Yijun nodded.
"yes!"
Therefore, Qi Jiguang sent officers and generals to immediately drive away the residents outside the city.
The pro-military guards who had already taken over the city defense arrived first and felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. They began to add more troops to the streets everywhere.
"Is this an assassination?"
Ning Cheng'an, who had served as the Minister of Dali Temple in the early Wanli period, looked at the snow in the court on the night after the reception and asked about his son-in-law Dong Shou Yue.
Dong Shouyue put his hands in his sleeves and walked to Ning Chengan and said: "It's not an assassination, it can be said to be an assassination. After all, we didn't do it, but it was an opportunity to scare His Majesty not to pursue further investigations."
"You're right."
Ning Chengan smiled and said, "But this is probably not an assassination, but an assassination staged by the imperial court."
(End of chapter)
