It was still raining lightly in Hangzhou City, and because of the cold weather, many people were actually hiding indoors, which avoided chaos.
No matter how loud it was, most people were still frightened once the butcher's knife was actually used.
The city of Hangzhou, which had killed many people, suddenly became very quiet.
When Mao Yuwen rode a strong brown horse to the house where Li Min lived, there was no one on both sides of the street. Two Jinyi guards went up and knocked open the door.
When they entered the courtyard, the old man and the young maidservant knelt down shivering, but the real master was nowhere to be seen.
Mao Yuwen was a little confused, and then he walked into the courtyard under the guidance. When he got inside, he found two people sitting and playing chess. What is twisted in the hand is the black and white pieces.
Jin Yiwei quickly approached with a knife and surrounded the two of them.
Of these two people, one has a long beard and is called the Beautiful Bearded Man in the folk saying.
One is quite obese and can't even see his feet when he lowers his head.
However, they are all dressed in silk and satin, one is blue and the other is green. The two of them hold out their fingers, and their fingers are green and white.
Mao Yuwen saw this detail from a distance. It seemed that they were rich people who had never done menial work since childhood.
Although the battle between Jinyiwei and Jinyiwei was not small, the two of them did not seem to be affected at all.
"We are sitting in the game at the Autumn Equinox. The chessboard is shaded by green bamboo. No one can see the bamboo, and we hear the sound of falling pieces from time to time. Brother Ziyang, I accept the concession." The fatter man probably won. Although he said he was humble, there was no trace of his words. No pride.
Li Min, whose nickname is Ziyang, is like an old child at this moment, "Come again, come again, just now doesn't count!"
Li Zhi stretched out his hand and pressed the back of his hand, "You have no regrets, how can you not count it? Besides, there are guests coming to your house, so it is important to receive them first."
Mao Yuwen came through the corridor and pavilion. Because of the rain, there were water stains on the ground with every step he took. The footsteps made of rain did not stop until they reached the wooden table.
"Yes, you have no regrets when you make a move. Losing is losing, winning is winning. If you can regret it at will, it will be a mess."
The expressions of both Li Min and Li Zhi changed.
Mao Chinese language,
They have heard this name for many years.
"Deputy Envoy Mao, long time no see."
Li Min can say this.
In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi's reign, he returned to his hometown with Ding You. Although they didn't have a close relationship before, they still bumped into each other more or less on weekdays.
But the fat Li Zhi only served as a county magistrate at most. Later, he felt that being an official was not interesting. He might as well write articles and watch dances every day. Of course, if you don’t have money, don’t learn from others.
"It must have been more than three years." Mao Yuwen knew that Li Min had also been an official in Zhan Shifu. "It turns out that I only thought about arresting you in the capital, but I didn't expect to come to Hangzhou. You don't understand the rules of the imperial court. I understand, I shouldn’t need to say anything more.”
That's why Li Min sat here and waited.
Rather than thinking of escaping like some fanciful people would.
"Does Vice Ambassador Mao know how to play Go? Sit down and talk about a game?"
Mao Yuwen pinched his waist and looked left and right, "I met an old friend today, that's right."
Li Min smiled heartily, "Please."
"Just the next game. There are too many and I don't have time. I have to catch people in a hurry."
This is what I said...
"How many people will be arrested this time?"
Mao Yuwen held the piece in his hand, stared at the chessboard, and said: "I didn't say how many people. If you can open the sea by capturing one person, I will capture one person. If you can open the sea by capturing a thousand people, I will capture a thousand people."
"Why is Your Majesty so determined to open the sea ban?"
"You are worthy of being a bachelor. But this question is not very smart because you didn't ask the right person."
"The deputy envoy himself doesn't want to know the reason?"
Mao Yuwen raised his eyes. This question was very interesting.
"Mr. Li, I am Jin Yiwei, and I am doing well. Do you know why?"
"Appreciate further details."
"Because I think less."
Li Min understood after hearing this.
But he shook his head, "What a pity."
"What's a pity?"
"Being stupid is called being smart, being too smart is called being stupid. This is where many things in the world go wrong. Do you think it's a pity or not?"
Mao Yuwen suddenly became interested. He held his sunglasses under his arm and pointed to the rain curtain outside, "Mr. Li, do you know what it's like to have to hide from the rain in a ruined temple in such a cold weather without having enough to eat or wear?"
"I know that the deputy ambassador started from a young age."
"So, it doesn't matter whether you say it's a pity or not."
Li Min still shook his head, "The world needs people like the deputy envoy, and it also needs people like me. If everyone doesn't think about the meaning of life and death, and why, it's not necessarily a good thing."
Snapped.
Mao Yuluozi said, "You are an official of the imperial court, and you can have the opportunity to speak to His Majesty. So I went back and wrote a few lines to tell the imperial court that the Qiantang Li family will comply with the imperial edict and turn over all the smuggling proceeds in the past years to the imperial court. In the future, they will only do business from the Shipping Department." Pass. In this way, everything can still turn around."
Li Min said nothing, "I will admit that I lost the game."
"I still can't figure out why you want to fight with the emperor."
"This is actually the difference between me and the deputy envoy."
"What you want is to satisfy the scholar in your heart. But what I want is that the people in my family can wait for me. Don't think that you are worthy of the world. The world is good and you don't need to be ashamed. But your family must It won’t be good, you are ashamed of them.”
The words can end here. Mao Yuwen also stood up.
But at this time, Li Min no longer looked as relaxed as before, and seemed to have suddenly lost his soul.
The fat man Li Zhi on the side also felt strange, "Brother Ziyang, what's wrong with you?"
"The Li family in Qiantang was destroyed by my hands... The Li family in Qiantang was destroyed by my hands..."
Li Min only muttered these words in the end.
But Mao Yuwen would not give him another chance. He, a deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei, was not the Bodhisattva enshrined in the Guanyin Temple. Those words just mentioned were just for the sake of seeing the acquaintances in the old years. After all, he has not met many acquaintances in all these years.
"Someone is coming."
"Here!!" Everyone shouted, with overwhelming momentum.
"Take it!"
"yes!"
Mao Yuwen turned around and stopped looking at them, and ordered to the subordinates around him, "The scholars in Hangzhou City gathered to make trouble, confuse people's hearts, and incited the people to resist the imperial government's national policy of opening up the sea. I order you to conduct an in-depth investigation. All relevant scholars will be arrested and brought to justice. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"
"The final general honors your order!"
Then Mao Yuwen kept moving, rushed outside, mounted his fast horse, shouted loudly, and headed to the governor's office.
Following him were teams of Jin Yiwei. These strong men had been carefully selected by Mao Yuwen in the past few years. Each of them had a tiger's back and a wasp's waist. They were running so wildly through the streets of Hangzhou. There was really something that no one could stop. It also adds a more solemn feeling to autumn.
All tranquility no longer exists at this time.
There is no strict organization among these people who gathered together. Basically, if they check one person, they will check a group of people, so the doors of private houses are constantly being kicked in.
After entering the house, Jin Yiwei could even call out the owner's name because he could ask.
This scene happened one after another. Some came out of the house like shrews and rolled around, some were scared out of their wits like bereaved dogs, some were beaten to death and refused to recognize them, crying and saying that they were caught by mistake. Of course, some shouted "The new weather is deep day and night, how heroic can I do?" I bravely faced difficulties.
Suddenly, the city of Hangzhou was filled with cries and tragic scenes one after another.
Even the people in the government office were holding their foreheads and sighing, extremely anxious, but there seemed to be no good solution.
It wasn't until the second day that the situation started to be a little different. It was about to be a fatal situation. Of course, these smart people who had read the book would not just sit at home and wait for someone to catch them.
Li Min has that awareness, but many people actually don’t have it yet.
So I don’t know who thought of a way. A dozen people gathered together and talked among themselves, and hundreds of people slowly gathered. If you want to kill someone on such a large scale... the person holding the knife began to hesitate.
Mainly, they are all distinguished scholars.
If it is nothing, then a few hundred people are nothing.
During this hesitation, the crowd slowly gathered in front of the governor's office. After arriving, these famous scholars did nothing but cry!
All he said was words like "Taizu, Taizong".
That means, there is really no way to live this life now.
It turned out that Wang Qiong was hiding well in the house. He never expected that he would be attacked like this. Besides, how did the Jin Yiwei and the others in the street get here?
When I got outside, I saw that Wuyang Wuyang was full of human heads.
Mao Yuwen also heard about the situation. He and Gu Dayong hurried along and entered the house through the back door.
When things have reached this level, maybe this case will become the largest case in the Zhengde Dynasty and the most famous case since the founding of this dynasty. I can't find a few cases in the history books, and I guess there won't be any in the future. how many.
Their names will also fall into the history books.
So the commotion was so loud that no one could easily make up their mind.
After all, the latest imperial edict has not yet arrived.
The gate of the governor's office was closed tightly. Wang Qiong had always been calm, but at this time he was also a little anxious. Facing the Jin Yiwei, he did not dare to say anything, but he still couldn't help complaining, "The Jin Yiwei's attack on Hangzhou City was originally going to be defeated in one strike. How can these people form such a large scale? Didn't you even notice it before?"
Mao Yuwen said in his heart that labor and capital had just arrested a Jiangxi governor. If you didn't do well, you should arrest him too. Who gave you the courage to speak like this, "Wang Zhongcheng, His Majesty has an imperial edict to open sea in Zhejiang. Before this envoy arrives. , the city of Hangzhou has clearly become unstable among the soldiers and the people, but I don’t know what the governor’s office has done besides watching the situation develop? If your majesty asks him about it in the future, how do you think the envoy should answer? "
"Do you want to say that if there are people from the governor's office, there will not be a shortage of manpower and the scholars will gather in groups?"
Wang Qiong was pushed so hard that he felt uncomfortable, but he was in the wrong. So there is nothing to say.
Gu Dayong came out to smooth things over, "From our perspective, we should get through the current hurdle first, and the rest is not important."
Peng Ze said: "The Jin Yiwei killed people when they entered the city, perhaps to shock people, but their behavior was rough and the reason for killing was too simple. Of course these scholars will try their best to resist."
Mao Yuwen became angry, "If it weren't for me, let's see how you manage to open the sea. By then, the court will blame you and there will be no regrets."
"Okay!" Wang Qiong slammed the table, "Peng Jiwu, please stop saying a few words. Deputy Envoy Mao is right. No matter what, the national policy cannot be changed. What is primary and what is secondary must be clearly distinguished."
"Then how do we divide it? Are we going to kill people with knives like before? There are many students from government schools and county schools outside? If we kill them all, will our Ming Dynasty still have justice?"
Mao Yuwen and Wang Qiong both calmed down.
It’s true that they all have emotions, but when it comes to big things, they still control themselves.
"Eunuch Gu, have you reported to the palace?" Wang Qiong asked.
Gu Dayong nodded, "Deputy Envoy Mao came into the city yesterday, and the report was written and sent out in the evening. But today's events were not written down."
"This is a big deal. No matter how troublesome it is, I still have to send another one. In my opinion, I will draft this memorial. Everyone will read it, and then everyone will sign it and submit it."
Gu Dayong didn't understand. He was from the palace and had nothing to do with foreign ministers. Why should he get involved in this matter.
Besides, he, the guarding eunuch, was here to show the emperor how much money was coming. He didn’t want to get involved in these local affairs, and hundreds of scholars gathered together. This was such a big thing that it had never happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he didn’t want to deal with it. He has some connections.
In fact, Wang Qiong does have this consideration,
This matter was too big for him to handle alone, so he invited a few more people to come over.
"...Does our family also need to sign?"
Wang Qiong looked very concerned about Gu Dayong, "Father! Something big has happened in Zhejiang. No matter how the matter is handled, we should at least show that we can put aside our differences and work together to see the overall situation. Let His Majesty also know that the officials in Zhejiang We are united to resolve this matter. This way His Majesty will feel that we are all working sincerely."
"If the father-in-law does not sign, or the father-in-law will not report anything other than the report last night, then your majesty will wonder what the father-in-law is doing, and why the father-in-law does not report such a big thing. Or the father-in-law will send another letter. , but His Majesty will also wonder why we people are still at odds with each other when it comes to major matters related to the court, and may even wonder if it is us pushing each other's blame that led to this situation. Which one of these do you think is better?"
Wang Qiong's words were extremely cunning, and the so-called old fox in officialdom was really displayed vividly.
Gu Dayong was an eunuch with a high status, but half of it was earned through lifeblood. When Wang Qiong said this, he immediately felt that it made sense.
"In this case, it doesn't mean you can't sign."
Wang Qiong turned to Mao Yuwen and asked: "Where is the deputy envoy?"
"Zhong Cheng is right. We are here to resolve this matter."
In addition, Peng Ze and Tan Wenyi were his subordinates, so he asked no more questions. So I decided in my mind, "This matter is urgent, I will write it now, and I will sign it now after I finish writing it."
Mao Yuwen said: "Wait a minute. Even so, it will take half a month at the fastest to go back and forth. If His Majesty and the princes of the DPRK discuss it for a few more days, it is possible on the 20th. Can we still Can’t you wait for twenty days?”
"What does Deputy Ambassador Mao mean...?"
"State it in the report that the person has been arrested by us."
Wang Qiong and Peng Ze began to tremble in their hearts. If they signed this memorial, they would have no contact with all the scholars in the world.
"Just send them home. Why arrest them?!" Peng Ze objected first.
"If you don't write this sentence, the envoy will not sign." Mao Yuwen said it in one sentence anyway, "I am the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards. I can also report to the emperor. In my report, I want to write If Eunuch Gu doesn’t dislike these words, you can sign this memorial!”
Gu Dayong was surprised, "Didn't you say it's best not to separate?"
Mao Yuwen gave him a look, secretive but easy to recognize. So Gu Dayong stopped asking any more questions.
Over there, Wang Qiong paused. He had something to say to Peng Ze.
"Deputy, please wait a moment. I will write first. If it is not appropriate after I finish writing, then we will talk about it later."
Mao Yuwen said calmly: "Okay, that's okay."
After that, the two sides each found a reason to avoid each other, leaving Tan Wenyi in command, which made him slightly redundant and embarrassed. His duty was to prevent rebellion, but in fact, the possibility of rebellion was still small.
After all, Emperor Hongzhi had worked hard to govern for eighteen years. Even if the new emperor struggled, it would take several years. The people would not be able to survive before there would be careerists. Why rebel now?
So, he actually has no mission.
Meanwhile, outside,
Gu Dayong quickly caught up, "Brother Mao, is there any trap inside?"
Mao Yuwen looked around, and after confirming that no one was there, he said: "Father-in-law, if I end up reporting separately from them, I can sign any one of them. But I can't just sign theirs."
"Why?"
"Because we are factory guards, we are different from them. We are not afraid of father-in-law's jokes when we speak out. If we can't do dirty things, brother, I will not be far away from death. Today's incident can be reported and explained clearly. How to say it You can do anything, but you can't just talk about things and not talk about measures, and just throw the problem to His Majesty. Because Your Majesty will find it difficult to deal with it after seeing it."
"When Your Majesty feels uncomfortable, he will tolerate Wang Qiong and Peng Ze, because they are civil servants, and civil servants always make the Emperor uncomfortable. But Your Majesty will not tolerate you and me. Because we are factory guards, Your Majesty does not have the requirements for us and them. Same. If we are tied up with them, fine. Then we have to do the dirty work. If they take the blame for us, why not? As long as His Majesty is happy."
"But if you just hand it over without saying what to do, Your Majesty will see your and my names clearly on it, and you will think about what you and I are doing. When you look at it a second time, the three words Mao Yuwen are placed on Wang Qiong After that, it will be particularly dazzling.”
Gu Dayong could understand this.
When the three words "Mao Yuwen" are dazzling, doesn't Gu Dayong seem dazzling?
Factory guard and factory guard, how different can they be?
"Brother Mao is really astonishing, but I didn't expect that just a report could contain such a mystery!"
Mao Yuwen made up his mind, "My father-in-law has given me too much credit. No matter what they write in the future, this person will definitely be arrested today."
Because he knew that a person was buried here, and it would not be long. In fact, he still remembered Wei Bin's face. Wei Bin died because his elbow was turned outward.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to board Wen Chen's pirate ship, otherwise Wei Bin will be the one after him.
Bang! !
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the sky.
Mao and Gu were originally sitting, but they stood up immediately when they heard the noise, especially Mao Yuwen, who moved very quickly. After walking around a rockery and pavilion, he saw several servants running around, and he grabbed one at random.
"What's wrong?!"
"Someone, someone opened the door! Everyone came in!"
Mao Yuwen stamped his feet angrily, "I knew someone from the government was taking care of it!"
It's a pity that he couldn't bring so many Jin Yiwei to the governor's office. In desperation, he said to Gu Dayong: "Eunuch, go around from the back and bring in my Jin Yiwei brothers. I'll do it first. Go to the front room.”
Without any hesitation, Gu Da set off immediately.
Mao Yuwen set off alone and trotted all the way to the front hall.
At this time, the soldiers of the governor's Yamen also gathered on the left and right sides of the front hall in a defensive posture.
But Mao's language is clear and the gate of the governor's office can be opened. Do you expect these people to help at the critical moment? It would be fine if I didn't give you a knife in return.
"Deputy Envoy Mao!"
In the place surrounded by many yamen soldiers, Mao Yuwen heard Wang Qiong calling him, but he ignored it and went straight forward.
There is a small square in front of the front hall, where hundreds of scholars gathered after entering through the gate.
They didn't want to rebel, because they didn't have weapons, but they just rushed into the government office. Mao Yuwen didn't really understand what they were going to do, or he just wanted to vent his emotions.
"Traitor! Traitor!"
Although the scholars could not recognize his appearance, they could recognize his clothes. A group of people advanced one after another, stretching out their fists and letting go of their voices, shouting as they advanced. The murders two days ago aroused the anger of many people. They all turned red and cursed, as if they wanted to eat Mao Yuwen.
Behind the scenes, Wang Qiong was not an ordinary cowardly official. If he didn't come forward at this time, the emperor would definitely settle the score with him in the future, so he broke away from the guards and walked step by step towards where Mao Yuwen was standing.
He looked from behind and saw a figure under the pouring rain, one person against hundreds of people, but the wind and rain could not shake his figure. Then the scimitar was unsheathed and pointed straight ahead.
"Forcibly break into the government office and cause trouble! Anyone who dares to take a step forward will be killed!"
(End of chapter)
