However, civil servants wrote letters one after another to plead for mercy for the five people who were imprisoned. Zhang Juzheng refused to listen and dismissed Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian from their posts. Ai Mu, Shen Shenxiao and Zou Yuanbiao were sent to Liangzhou, Shendian Guard and Duyun Guard respectively. Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian were selected as Jinshi by Zhang Juzheng in the fifth year of Longqing Dynasty, and they had a teacher-student relationship with Zhang Juzheng, while Ai Mu was a fellow villager of Zhang Juzheng. They set out from the principle of maintaining feudal ethics, did not talk about personal favors, did not avoid power, and ignored Zhang Juzheng's seizure of power. Qing, "his direct voice shook the world", and the five people were called the "Five Direct Ministers" at that time. But no one knows what they are thinking!
Finally, Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun, came forward and said that Zhang Juzheng "personally inherited the late emperor's commission to assist me in my childhood" and "I am so dependent on you, how can you leave me for a day"? .
It was not until March of the following year that Zhang Juzheng returned home to bury his father. There was a lot of discussion inside and outside the court about "stealing love". Opponents of Zhang Juzheng criticized him for being "greedy for position and forgetting relatives" and ignoring "eternal principles". Although Zhang Juzheng succeeded in "stealing love", he still maintained sole power. However, this incident also became the bane of his being accused of crimes and having his house confiscated after his death.
As soon as Wu Zhongxing and others published the memorial, the capital was shocked! Immediately, the news spread throughout the Ming Dynasty at the speed of the wind, and then the world was shocked! Wu Zhongxing and others became famous all over the world overnight. Everyone praised them for their loyalty, uprightness, and courage to speak out!
However, some people say that there are others behind the letter, and some even say that they are just trying to gain fame! It’s just that this voice was so small that no one even dared to talk about it openly, so it was drowned in a sea of praise in the blink of an eye!
The next day, Li Yaozong continued to go to the city and wandered around the pier, and went to the city to collect various news. As a result, he had no news for two days in a row. It was not until the fourth day when he returned to the dock from the city in the evening that he discovered that there was an extra boat on the dock! However, the flag on the ship was the navy's flag, which made him a little disappointed!
However, he still walked to the pier with a glimmer of hope and asked a few sailors who were chatting: "Brothers, just one of your navy ships has arrived today. Are there any other ships?"
After the three sailors looked him up and down after hearing this, one of them suddenly said: "You are from the navy, right? Why are you dressed like this?"
Li Yaozong couldn't help but perked up when he saw that he knew about the navy! He immediately said: "Yes, I am from the Navy, how did you know?"
The sailor smiled and said, "I know it's because our mission is to send people from your navy! But he took people to the city to do something, he..."
The sailor suddenly stopped talking and looked around warily! When Li Yaozong saw this, he hurriedly followed his gaze and saw that twelve or three people suddenly appeared in the crowd and gathered towards them! And he also recognized someone, Ma Pingchuan!
So he immediately guessed the origins of these people, but he still asked carefully: "Brothers, what do you do?"
The people he asked didn't dare to answer, probably because they were worried that Li Yaozong was from the Yamen. However, Li Yaozong also understood what they were thinking, so he bravely said: "I am from the Second Squadron of the Navy's Beiyang Fleet. What do you call me?"
As soon as these words were said, everyone around him breathed a sigh of relief! Someone immediately reported the name of the brand, and it turned out that the people who came were all from the navy! It’s just that some are from Nanyang and some are from Beiyang!
Seeing that they were all brothers, everyone naturally wanted to chat for a while and exchange information with each other. At this time, the sailor just interrupted and said: "You don't need to discuss it anymore. People from your navy have already gone to deal with this matter! When he left, he left a message for us, saying that if anyone from the navy comes to ask, I ask you to pay attention to the blocked intersection in the past two days, and if you find soldiers coming from the guard station, hurry up and pass through!"
Everyone was happy after hearing this. It turned out that the handsome man from home had great hands and eyes, and he actually persuaded the guards to fight against the officialdom! If that’s the case, you’re sure!
However, these people were still worried. After asking about the situation, they directly found a carriage shop nearby to stay, waiting for the navy man. Moreover, this group of people are all soldiers in the Navy, so they have a common language, so living in a horse and carriage shop is not lonely!
As a result, they waited in the big car shop for two days before the people sent by the Navy arrived! First
The naval officer was discovered by the people waiting on the dock. When they saw that the man had returned, they hurriedly invited him to the carriage shop.
As soon as the two parties met and found out each other's identities, everyone started asking how things were going? The person who came was an officer with a garrison rank, named Hu. He dared to guarantee it and directly patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, brothers, the contact with the people from the guard station went very smoothly this time. They have promised to send them out within two days! When you return to your respective villages, you must send more If you look at the intersection and see that the guards have arrived, it means everything is fine!"
Li Yaozong said eagerly: "Then have they given a specific time?"
Hu Shoubei curled his lips and said: "To be honest, I don't know either! It's not like you don't know that the guard house is in such bad shape now that it won't act according to the date at all, so you'd better keep an eye on it yourself. , don’t expect them to arrive on time!”
Everyone laughed and agreed after hearing this, because many of them came from the guard house, so they naturally knew what the birds were like in the guard house. Then everyone inquired about the specific situation, and then someone asked: "Sir, what should I do if the raw silk is transported to Suzhou City?"
Hu Shoubei smiled and said: "Are you obsessed with raw silk? Of course it will be sold to merchants when it is shipped to Suzhou City!"
Everyone laughed again when they heard this, making the person who asked the question laugh! But then Hu Shoubei continued: "I have not been idle these past two days. I have already reached an agreement with the government-run weaving workshop and several merchants in the city. As long as you can transport it to the city gate, they will be there at the city gate." The raw silk is collected outside.”
Li Yaozong said: "But there are also guards and archers at the city gate, and they will also intercept it!"
Hu Shoubei said: "It doesn't matter. The people who will come forward to collect raw silk will be people from Jiangning, and the county magistrate can't afford to offend! Moreover, the owners of several local private weaving workshops are also local wealthy people, and the county magistrate doesn't dare to offend too much, so you just Don’t worry about selling raw silk!”
Li Yaozong and others felt a little relieved when they heard this, because the local bigwigs could really influence the existence of a county magistrate. As long as you delay in collecting grain, you can make the county magistrate cry for father and mother!
