Fan Ye stood up with his bones weak and his muscles numb, and said in a deep voice: "What a sinister majesty!"
Han Dengyu also understood at this time, nodded and said:
"He would rather be afraid of farmers who have lost their land and eunuchs who have no income than us merchants!"
"What a bully!"
Shanxi merchant Wang Chengku also said the same thing at that time.
"Father!"
"They're coming in!"
"What should we do?!"
Fan Ming looked at the strong men with swords rushing in in groups at this time. He was so frightened that his legs weakened on the spot, and he asked Fan Ye anxiously.
Fan Ye himself was frightened and could only watch helplessly as his servant, whom he had raised for many years, was killed while fighting these people.
Because many of the members of the Unification Society were veterans of the military academy, they were very experienced in launching armed attacks, and these servants of the Shanxi merchants were no match for them.
Before these servants raised by Shanxi merchants were killed in the battle, Fan Ye was shot with several arrows by several members who rushed in from behind. Fan Ye felt a sharp pain in his back on the spot, and then he fell to the ground. on the ground.
Before closing his eyes, he glanced in shock at the few members who rushed in from behind.
Han Dengyu knelt down decisively at this moment: "Have mercy! We know we were wrong!"
Click!
A member of the commune came over and cut off Han Dengyu's head on the ground with a knife.
Wang Chengku fainted from fright when he saw this.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I have important secrets to reveal about my father and others who are trying to prevent reunification!"
Fan Ming, the son of Fan Ye, reacted quickly. He shouted quickly and pointed at Wang Chengku and others:
"They can all testify!"
As a result, Wang Chengku escaped a disaster.
Therefore, the people of the Unification Society did not take action against him.
Fan Ming himself also escaped.
And within a month, Fan Ye and several other heads were suddenly hung outside the capital city, and reports were posted on the wall that these people were trying to prevent the unification of the world and prevent the people from living a peaceful life, so they should be killed.
at the same time.
Fan Ming and Wang Chengku also knelt at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and said they wanted to surrender.
Therefore, for a time, the whole world was shocked and panicked by this series of events, and started talking about it one after another.
Dongchang also took the opportunity to confuse and guide public opinion.
"Have you heard, these things are all done by the Unification Society!"
"What is the Unification Society? It is a society composed of retired military academies who are determined to unify the world! Some of them threatened to kill everyone who hinders unification!"
"Why, what good does reunification do to them, so that they dare to do this?"
"It's no good! As long as the imperial court is on the road to unifying the world, they will have a role to play. For example, the recently hotly discussed matter of unifying the northern part of the country and replacing the imperial village with becoming an imperial property, they can therefore replace the royal family. Taking charge of these royal properties can continue to work for the royal family. After all, the emperor himself cannot manage so many royal properties, and other civil servants and officials are unwilling to take care of them, so they can only hire them who are not afraid of wild men, beasts, wind, frost, rain, and snow. Those who dare to risk their lives will take care of it.”
"Jin Yiwei doesn't care?"
"How can Jin Yiwei manage this? Besides, Jin Yiwei and them are all members of the same family. The people in Jin Yiwei are also afraid that they will have no work to do after they retire from the army. They are not as good as the literati doctors. They can still do literati things after they retire. They can only continue to do it. It’s a life-threatening thing, and even if there are people in Jinyiwei who don’t want to risk their lives and want to live peacefully, they will be afraid of life-threatening people, so naturally they just pretend not to see it and then they can’t see it.”
"Then I support reunification!"
"I don't dare not support it. If I don't support it, maybe someone from the Unification Society will come looking for me."
"Yes, it's really terrible, but I'm afraid that some robbers will deliberately accuse someone of hindering global unification and take the opportunity to kill them and seize their property."
"Because of this, His Majesty did not support the Unification Society's actions. He was very angry and expressed that he wanted to curb this phenomenon. He also arrested many people from the Unification Society and even killed a few. For this reason, he also All the titles given to Kingo Kingo have been reduced, and now he only holds the official position of Commander of the Royal Guards. He is the eldest son of his most respected gentleman. He has always been trusted by His Majesty. Now I heard that he is being tortured in front of the emperor every day. scold!"
"It's better to block than to open up. It's useless for Your Majesty to just blame Kingo. You have to find a way to solve the problem itself. In fact, it doesn't matter if you unify Saibei, and it doesn't matter if it becomes an imperial property. That place is not afraid of the cold. Those who are willing to die are willing to go, and those who are given away for free are not wanted.”
"So, since ancient times, only the Tatars in northern Saibei took the initiative to go south, and no one took the initiative to go north."
"Who says it's not the case? The princes in the court and the people in the world are all sensible people. They should know this truth. I think they will come up with a solution soon."
Because Dongchang is guiding public opinion, people all over the world are paying attention and discussing these things. At the same time, they also turn their attention to whether to unify the northern part of the Great Wall, and whether to turn the mountains and forests in the northern part of the Great Wall into the royal property of the Ming Empire instead of In the domestic imperial village, under the guidance of Dongchang, it seems that as long as this matter is resolved, assassinations and riots will disappear.
The powerful bureaucrats and civilians who just wanted to live a peaceful life in this prosperous era began to support the unification of northern Saibei, hoping that this would eliminate this uneasiness.
Zhang Yuedu, the censor of Zuodu, had to ask Fan Ming and Wang Chengku after they came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to surrender, and asked them: "Why are you surrendering, but it is also related to the Unification Society?"
"no!"
"It has something to do with ourselves."
At this time, Fan Ming replied.
But Wang Chengku just hung his head.
Zhang Yue was a little stunned after hearing this: "Is it related to me?"
"Yes, how dare students lie in front of the capital."
Fan Ming replied again.
After hearing this, Zhang Yue asked: "If it's for yourself, why do you surrender? Why do you have to surrender to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"
"Because the matter involves a court official, I naturally have to come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to surrender."
"The students and Uncle Shi surrendered because they colluded with the border officials and soldiers to smuggle fur goods and ginseng."
"We Shanxi merchants are basically involved in smuggling. In fact, we were involved as early as after the war with tribute. We were not only smuggling ginseng skins into the customs, but also smuggling iron and gunpowder out of the customs. But later on, a large number of Mongolian Jurchens were relocated If they leave or are Chineseized, we can hardly smuggle anything out, so we can only smuggle ginseng skins into the customs."
"Now, we are only focusing on one thing, and that is to let our own children, relatives and friends serve as officials in the court, and try our best to facilitate the division of the land in the north of the Saibei among the people, or to prevent it from being included in the territory of our Ming Dynasty. This is for In the future, it is best to gradually annex the dense forests and mountains in northern Xinjiang, so that the fur products, ginseng and coal in those places will only become the profit of our people on the right side of the mountain."
"It's just that now, the imperial court wants to turn the dense forests and mountains in northern Xinjiang into royal property. Naturally, we Shanxi merchants are unwilling. However, there are people like Xiong Tingbi who are willing to be the vanguard to make this happen, and we just want to Even if we can't stop this, we must get rid of Xiong Tingbi and teach those heroes in the world who want to serve the country and the people a lesson, so that they dare not take the world as their own responsibility."
"Although we also know that removing the imperial palaces in the country and returning them to the people, and only turning the dense forests and mountains in northern Xinjiang into royal properties, will not only help the emperor and father to support the noble family without undermining the people, but also help the country not to suffer from supporting the royal family. It is tiring for the common people, and Xiong Tingbi is willing to do this to achieve this, which can be regarded as doing such a thing for the long-term stability of the country, but because of our own selfishness, we decided to retaliate against Xiong Tingbi."
Fan Ming said clearly at this time.
At this time, Hou Fugong, the censor of Qiandu, who was also a Shanxi merchant, couldn't help but came over and said sternly: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Don't be angry, Hou Shibo."
"The students are just telling the truth."
Fan Ming answered at this time.
Hou Fugong looked at Zhang Yue with a livid face: "General Xian, can you take a moment to talk about this matter?"
Zhang Yue replied: "No need!"
Then, Zhang Yue looked at Fan Ming and continued to ask: "Tell me, how are you going to take revenge on Xiong Tingbi?"
"Since he wants to seriously investigate the smuggling of fur goods and ginseng in Liaodong, we plan to let Song Yihan and Zhu Yigui impeach Xiong Tingbi first. In this way, the ruling officials in the DPRK and China will understand what we mean and persuade His Majesty to kill Xiong Tingbi. Comfort our hearts and avoid forcing us; if Your Majesty does not do this, we will have no choice but to let our people in Liaodong assassinate Xiong Tingbi."
"But before we could arrange for someone to kill Xiong Tingbi, officials Song and Zhu Yan were killed first. Even my father and several uncles who were close friends were also killed."
Fan Ming replied.
Zhang Yue nodded after hearing this: "Is there any relevant physical evidence?"
"The physical evidence includes various letters and documents from my father's lifetime, and the witness is Uncle Wang Shi next to me."
"Then, if Hou Shibo is willing to confess to the court, he can also be used as a witness."
After Fan Ming said this, he pointed at Hou Fugong.
Hou Fugong gritted his teeth here, his face was red and his lips were white, and he said nothing.
"Let them sign a bond and then put him in prison first. We will make a decision after this court reports the matter to His Majesty."
Zhang Yue gave an order at this time.
As a result, Fan Ming and Wang Chengku were taken into custody.
Zhang Yue rejected the others, leaving only Hou Fugong:
"What exactly do you want to say?"
Hou Fugong sighed: "I have nothing to say."
After hearing this, Zhang Yue nodded and left the Metropolitan Procuratorate without saying anything else.
Hou Fugong then honestly surrendered to the court and submitted a self-impeachment memorial. However, he chose to commit suicide by taking poison shortly after submitting the memorial.
Zhu Yijun only approved "handle it according to law" and did not explain anything else.
As a result, Fan Ming and Wang Chengku were transferred to the Penal Department Prison to await execution.
However, in this way, the entanglement between Shanxi merchants, the Unification Society and Xiong Tingbi was completely exposed to the world, so that the people who were killed no longer aroused so much sympathy from the people of the world.
Then, other people involved in smuggling were really afraid of the emperor and did not dare to suggest that the emperor kill Xiong Tingbi. They did not even dare to kill Xiong Tingbi.
Because they were afraid that if Xiong Tingbi disappeared, the emperor and the people in the world would naturally think that they were responsible for this matter. Then, the emperor would have reason to continue to investigate until they have vomited out all their money. Therefore, Not only did they not dare to do anything to Xiong Tingbi, they even had to start secretly protecting Xiong Tingbi. (End of chapter)
