"No!"
Han Zonggong raised his head and replied loudly, then glanced at Xiong Tingbi with a fierce look, obviously dissatisfied with the civil servant in front of him who was too serious about enforcing the law.
Xiong Tingbi looked back without fear.
Han Zonggong couldn't help but have a look of surprise in his eyes.
Gu Yangqian had no choice but to continue to smooth things over here and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Du understands the righteousness, then this matter will be easy to handle. Everything will follow the rules."
Xiong Tingbi nodded, and after Gu Yangqian issued the governor-general's order, he ordered his people to take Han Zonggong and others into prison, and then he began to interrogate these people one by one in person.
At that time.
Zhangjiakou Fort.
This place has always been a gathering place for Han merchants doing business with Mongolia and Jurchens. The business is developed and many wealthy merchants like to settle here.
Fan Ye, Han Dengyu and others, who had been doing business here for several generations, were sitting in a spacious hall, discussing how to deal with Xiong Tingbi's crackdown on smuggling.
"It's basically certain that Xiong Tingbi from Huguang is a barbarian!"
"He directly arrested our people without saying anything, and forced Mr. Du to surrender our Sanlang. Now it seems that our Sanlang family will inevitably lose their military status or even be executed."
Han Dengyu said something first at this time.
Fan Ye chuckled and said: "After all, he is the one chosen by His Majesty, how can he be a person without courage?!"
"The key now is whether we should watch as the lands outside the Great Wall that produce a large amount of leather goods and ginseng will become the private property of the royal family in the future."
"Who would?"
"We have been proposing in the DPRK that the newly opened territories in the north should be divided among the people just like the newly opened territories in the south. Then we would buy the land from the people and turn it into a source of wealth for our Shanxi merchants. .”
"But the cabinet has always refused. It's because His Majesty is preparing this plan!"
"snort!"
"Our Majesty would rather let us businessmen suffer than harm the farmers in the pass!"
Wang Chengku said something with a smile, and then added through gritted teeth.
Han Dengyu sighed and said, "But it's okay if you don't want to. The people don't fight with the officials, so we'd better admit it."
"That's right, you can only admit it."
Fan Ye nodded and replied, but then said with hatred in his eyes: "But you can't admit it in vain!"
Han Dengyu and others looked at him: "What do you mean?"
Fan Ye said: "We in the court will naturally impeach Xiong Tingbi for bending the law for personal gain, undermining merchants, and framed the military academy, causing the soldiers to resent and the people to hate! If the emperor understands, he will know that at this time, he should kill Kill Xiong Tingbi!"
"What if His Majesty refuses to kill Xiong Tingbi?"
Han Dengyu asked at this time.
Fan Ye smiled faintly: "Then it can only be a repeat of what Qiao admonished! The emperor will not give us a chance to vent our anger. After all, this is a business. Saibei can become the private property of the royal family. Our arms can't twist the thighs. , I can only admit it, but His Majesty also has to let us vent our anger, and not let us suffer this loss in vain."
"We Shanxi merchants should also be appeased!"
Han Dengyu and other Shanxi merchants nodded after hearing this: "Absolutely! We really can't admit this loss in vain."
At this moment, Fan Ye stood up and touched his big round belly and said, "In this world, there are always people who like to be heroes and talk about doing what is right for the world."
"But in my opinion, this world is ruined by these heroes."
"Originally, all the wealth in the world belongs to those who are capable, but because of these heroes and heroes, some fools have the opportunity to share the wealth, and this also allows some independent men to rely on them and the fools in the world to make the most of the world's benefits. Opportunity."
"So, once a hero appears, he must be eliminated! If not eliminated, it is not enough to eliminate all the evil in the world!"
Fan Ye's face became serious as he spoke.
…
Capital.
Not long after, Yan Guan Song Yihan and Zhu Yigui indeed began to impeach Xiong Tingbi, saying that when he served as the patrol censor in Liaodong, he handled commercial crimes too harshly, which put the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong in danger. They also handed over some soldiers and civilians The letter was presented to them to accuse Xiong Tingbi to prove that he had no knowledge of it.
When Zhu Yijun received the official's impeachment seal here, he had already received the self-impeachment seal from Jun Song.
Jun Song did not impeach Xiong Tingbi in his self-impeachment memorial.
After all, there was no need for him to influence the emperor's perception of his Du family just to exclude Xiong Tingbi.
Zhu Yijun also further confirmed through Jun Song's bullets that Xiong Tingbi had indeed begun to act according to his own intentions in Liaodong.
Therefore, after Zhu Yijun saw the bullet from Liangyanguan, he said to Shen Lixiao who was accompanying him: "This is threatening me. I guess if I don't deal with Xiong Tingbi for this, will Xiong Tingbi be killed by another person next time?" How to deal with it?"
"Your Majesty is a saint!"
Shen Li replied at this time, and then said: "Since ancient times, the emperor has had no choice but to do things that would make a cunning rabbit die and a lackey cook."
"If it is said that the emperor is destined not to do everything upright, but sometimes he must be ruthless and ruthless, and use some conspiracy, then why must he let the cunning rabbit die and be cooked by the lackey?"
Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and then asked Shen Li with a smile.
After hearing this, Shen Li couldn't help but glance at Zhu Yijun, and then instantly understood what Zhu Yijun meant, and cupped his hands and said, "Please give me your Majesty's orders!"
"As far as I know, your son founded a unified society after he was discharged from the army, right?"
Zhu Yijun asked at this time.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This is just a little trick he played with a few friends after he was injured in Luzon and returned to his hometown. It cannot be put on the big stage."
"They are studying every day how to unify the world as soon as possible, remove the obstacles to global unification, and let everyone in the world realize that if they are unified, everything will be fine."
Shen Li answered seriously at this time.
Zhu Yijun said: "You can't get on the big stage now, but maybe you can get on the big stage in the future. Who knows what will happen in the future?"
"There is no party in the world, and there are all kinds of strange things! Especially now that the people are enlightened and more and more people are literate and eloquent, these societies and societies will definitely continue to increase."
"Even now, there are tens of thousands of clubs registered with the imperial court alone, let alone those that are not registered."
"Some ministers once suggested banning societies, but I did not agree because I know that these groups cannot be banned, and banning them would go against the original intention of opening up people's wisdom. At present, we can only stipulate that they must register if they want to establish a society."
"And I can also see that in the future it will be inevitable for people from various socialist parties to serve as officials in the court. There may even be big fights between different societies, but they are still budding right now, and the court is still outside. Expansion, everyone is increasing their wealth, so the fights are not so fierce and obvious, so they are not so noticeable."
"But this does not mean that because they are still in their infancy and not enough to influence the imperial government, the imperial court cannot use them to do things. Therefore, you should let your son, the Unification Society, do something."
"yes!"
Shen Li replied.
So, Shen Li talked about this matter to his son after returning home.
Here, Zhu Yijun approved the memorial for the impeachment of Liangyan officials with a clause that "orders the governor of Liaodong Xiang to investigate and make a decision."
"Your Majesty wants to protect Xiong Tingbi!"
"Who doesn't know that Liaodong Governor Xu Honggang has a good relationship with Xiong Tingbi? How could his surname Xu speak to us!"
Song Yihan therefore told Zhu Yigui about the matter.
But as soon as the two of them finished speaking and were walking towards their respective mansions, two groups of people came on horseback, and two of them drew their bows directly at them.
In an instant, two sharp arrows were stuck in their throats.
Neither of the two domestic servants and guards responded.
By the time their servants and guards reacted, they were already dead.
…
"What do you Jin Yiwei do for food?"
"In the bustling city, if someone is killed, he is still a two-word official. I don't think you, the left commander of the Imperial Guard, should take it for granted!"
After the news came that Song Yihan and Zhu Yigui were killed, Zhu Yijun frantically acted out what it meant to be angry at Long Yan in front of all the ruling ministers, and furiously attacked Zhang Jingxiu.
Zhang Jingxiu also accepted it very cooperatively.
Shen Li also took the initiative to cooperate and stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The population of the capital has already exceeded ten million. No matter how meticulous the Jin Yiwei is, there will inevitably be oversights. What's more, the King is currently driving south with the emperor. It is inevitable that we have to take care of everything in the capital, and perhaps because of Kingo's absence, the Jin Yiwei below have indeed relaxed a bit."
"What about Qiao Yun's incident before?"
Zhu Yijun asked pretending to be annoyed.
Shen Li replied: "Qiao gave the remonstrance because he was unbearable to Yuan Fu in public and was dissatisfied with the current state affairs. He offended some military schools, which led to the tragedy! Your Majesty, we cannot confuse this with this matter!"
"As for Song and Zhu, they may have offended some people. Therefore, instead of blaming Kingo here, His Majesty might as well give Kingo a chance to make meritorious service and let Kingo find out who is taking revenge like this."
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!"
University scholar Wang Lin also guessed the secret and responded accordingly.
Seeing this, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jingxiu, who had his head drooped:
"In this case, I will only remove Zhang Jingxiu from the title of Taibao of the Crown Prince as punishment, and allow him to perform meritorious service. We must find out the real culprit behind the scenes!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Zhang Jingxiu cupped his hands and replied.
Therefore, as the emperor, Zhu Yijun made his own reaction to the murder of Song and Zhu.
Zhang Jingxiu, who was in charge of the Imperial Guard, was deprived of his official title of Crown Prince and Taibao.
It seemed like a loud thunder, but in fact it had no big impact.
At the same time that Zhu Yijun knew about this, Shanxi merchant Fan Ye and others also knew about the murder of Song, Zhu and others.
"What?"
"Song and Zhu Eryan were killed?"
Han Dengyu was shocked when he learned about this.
Fan Ye nodded with a pale face, and then said:
"It's really chilling! Our Majesty still likes to flip the table so much. You want him to use some terrifying means on you, but he wants to use some terrifying means on you first. He really doesn't want to compromise at all!"
"So what do we do?"
Han Dengyu asked.
Fan Ye smiled bitterly and said, "What else can we do? We can only run away for our lives. If they dare to kill Yan Guan, who knows they won't kill us?"
"Father, many people under the banner of the Unification Society came outside and surrounded the place!"
At this time, Fan Ye's son Fan Ming suddenly walked in and reported.
The Shanxi merchants were immediately shocked.
(End of chapter)
