Li Ruolian was facing the way he came, and he saw movement when he raised his head. Suddenly, unexpectedly, he smiled.
He didn't expect that Zhang Mingwei just entered the palace and invited such a great god!
When Liao Guolin saw his expression, he knew in his heart that Li Ruolian's reinforcements had arrived, and he frowned. According to his estimation, they shouldn't have arrived so quickly, right?
Thinking this, when I turned around to look, I was a little dumbfounded.
If Liao Guolin, as the censor of the city patrol, had a psychological advantage and was not afraid of Li Ruolian, the silent commander of the Jinyiwei, he would not be afraid of Luo Yangxing, the current commander of the Jinyiwei, because they We are fellow villagers, we have a good relationship, and we take care of each other. Just this little thing can be easily overcome.
However, judging from the flag sign, the person who came now turned out to be Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and the governor of the East Factory!
Liao Guolin had heard about Wang Chengen's strength in the cabinet, and now he was aggressively raiding Wang Dehua's family. To be honest, Liao Guolin was immediately frightened.
He glanced back at Hu Yong, who had already stood up, and then turned to look at Wang Chengen leading the large group of troops. He suddenly showed a sinister look and turned to wink at the general of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.
The knife was always next to Hu Yong. Seeing his expression, he looked up at Wang Chengen again, suddenly pulled out his waist knife, and slashed Hu Yong's neck with one blow, so hard that Hu Yong's head almost fell off. At the same time, he shouted: "How bold, you want to run away!"
At this time, almost everyone was attracted by the movement on Wang Chengen's side. No one expected that something would happen suddenly.
Hearing the noise, Li Ruolian immediately turned around and saw that Hu Yong had fallen to the ground, blood spurting out and flowing all over the floor.
"You..." Li Ruolian was furious when he saw this. Based on his experience, no matter what he said, he knew that he would be silenced.
The Prime Minister ignored him, knelt down on one knee to Liao Guolin, and reported in a panic: "Sir, when I saw this guy was about to run away just now, I was so anxious that I accidentally killed him!"
"You actually killed him before I even tried him?" Liao Guolin shouted angrily and looked very angry. But then, he changed the subject and said, "But according to what you said, it was also love." It’s excusable! Just go back and wait while I report to the emperor to decide how to punish you!”
"The general will realize his crime and be willing to be punished!" After hearing this, the boss immediately replied.
When Li Ruolian saw them singing in harmony, he was not as angry as before, and just watched them perform indifferently.
Soon, a large group of people arrived. To everyone's surprise, the leader was not Wang Chengen, but a young man. Wang Chengen was a little behind, so it was obvious that this young man had a higher status.
Li Ruolian naturally knew him, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. The gentleman was really amazing, and he actually asked the factory owner to arrive with a large group of people from the East Factory so quickly.
Although Liao Guolin did not know Zhang Mingwei or met Zhang Mingwei, he also guessed Zhang Mingwei's identity. After all, in the capital today, apart from the emperor, the only one who can be accompanied by the eunuch, eunuch and admiral of Dongchang, who has appeared out of nowhere, is this emperor's favorite who suddenly appeared.
Instead of confronting Wang Chengen directly, to be honest, Liao Guolin was not so worried. If we are civil servants, talking about things is what we are best at as a censor.
Zhang Mingwei was sitting on a tall horse. When he saw the body that was still bleeding, he was stunned for a moment and knew something had happened. He immediately asked in a cold voice: "What's going on?"
"I heard that someone was making money from refugees, so I came to deal with it." Liao Guolin heard this and responded first, "I just didn't expect that the most suspected person wanted to run away, but Liao Jide was so anxious that he killed him by mistake!"
At this point, when he saw that Li Ruolian wanted to speak, he rushed to say: "When I arrived, the Jin Yiwei commander Li Ruolian and Li Tongzhi had already told me that this person was the refugee who made a fortune. With Li Tongzhi's ability, I believe that this man deserves what he deserves!"
After finishing speaking, Liao Guolin raised his fists and saluted Zhang Mingwei: "I don't know what to call this person. Do you have anything to do?"
Generally speaking, although the rank of the patrol censor is not high, his power is very great, just like the patrol inspector. Within the scope of his responsibilities, major matters are reported and minor matters are arbitrary.
He just handled this matter like this, and he had a reason. Generally speaking, others couldn't do anything to him.
Even if a big shot like the Chief of Ceremonies, the eunuch in charge and the governor of the East Factory comes, and there is no conflict of interest between the two parties, this kind of thing will usually be reported according to Liao Guolin's statement, and the matter will be settled. At least if Wang Dehua or Cao Huachun came, they would definitely have dealt with it this way.
Now that Wang Chengen is not the leader, Liao Guolin is more confident that he is the emperor's favorite. If this person does not have an official position, then he will be more confident in handling the matter first. Even if there is one, what kind of official position can it be? In short, things here are basically within his control now.
He had already thought about it. He had cut the knot quickly, dealt with Hu Yong first, and then covered up other subsequent matters, and there would basically be no problems. Even if this person goes to report to the emperor and then take care of this matter, it will definitely be too late.
However, when he was thinking this, he heard Zhang Mingwei say loudly: "The emperor appointed me as the refugee resettlement envoy in the capital area, and gave me Shang Fangjian. If there is any illegality in all matters related to refugees, regardless of status or official position, , you can kill first and then play!"
The refugees who were isolated by the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division originally had hopes. But later, when they found that the new officials seemed to be making things difficult for Li Ruolian who was left behind, they knew that the situation seemed to be getting worse, and they were all worried. .
When a large group of people came, of course they also attracted their attention. When they saw that the leader was the one who had promised them that he would not let them starve or freeze to death again, they were already a little excited.
But at the same time, they are also a little worried, fearing that things will happen again. For example, officials protect each other, such as the official who did not come first, etc.
But at this time, they heard Zhang Mingwei speaking loudly, saying that the emperor had made him the envoy to pacify the refugees in Gyeonggi and granted him Shang Fangjian. If there was any illegality in anything related to the refugees, regardless of his status or official position, he could be beheaded first and then reported. !
Immediately, the refugees who heard clearly could no longer bear it any longer, and spontaneously knelt down and began to speak with choked sobs.
"Damn it, did you hear it under Jiuquan? The baby can survive!"
"Oh my God, you finally opened your eyes!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, may you live a long life!"
"Master Qingtian is here, we are saved!"
"..."
Listening to these "noises" and seeing Shang Fang's sword revealed, Liao Guolin suddenly panicked.
He never expected that the emperor would give this man such great power, which was far beyond his imagination. He could hardly resist a blow with a stick.
But soon, Liao Guolin came back to his senses. He suddenly remembered that with such a fast speed and such great power being given, the emperor's will must be fulfilled!
So, he quickly said to Zhang Mingwei: "Where is the imperial edict? I want to see the imperial edict..."
In the Ming Dynasty, starting from the Zhengde period, if the emperor's edict was issued directly from the palace without following the formal process, it was called the Zhongde edict, which would often lead to the joint resistance of hundreds of officials.
For example, Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, repeatedly sealed the imperial edicts of Zhengde. In addition, the corresponding officials also had the power to refute the imperial edicts.
There was also Zhang Juzheng's fellow countryman Li Youzi who rejected Emperor Wanli's offer to promote him to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. There were even cases where Yuan Keli, the censor of Shanxi Province, ignored Emperor Wanli's decree to pardon the sinners, and things still clicked.
But ultimately, this kind of thing is relatively rare.
Officials dare not accept the appointment of Zhongzhi because they are afraid of being squeezed out by their colleagues. It is better to have some principles and fight for the power of the civil servant group as a whole, which will gain a good reputation.
However, Zhongzhi's appointment is ultimately effective. In an imperial society, the emperor ultimately has the greatest power.
But relatively speaking, if Liao Guolin knew that Zhang Mingwei was appointed by the Central Committee, he would at least have the possibility of resisting.
However, Wang Chengen, who was standing next to him, looked at him and guessed what he wanted to do. He sneered and said, "Could it be that Yushi Liao thinks we will falsely convey the decree?"
He did not give Liao Guolin this chance at all, but determined that the imperial edict was true or false! The people in the palace were most disgusted with these methods of civil servants.
After finishing speaking, Wang Chengen immediately said to Zhang Mingwei: "Long live my family to help you, sir. If you want our family to do anything, sir, just give me your orders!"
Zhang Mingwei also noticed the reason from their conversation. But he didn't care. He had already made up his mind to seize every day to save the people. If you have enough power, just do it sideways. If you are afraid that they will exclude you, you will have trouble!
So, after he glanced at the scene in front of him, he said decisively: "Come on, invite all of them to the East Factory for questioning. Help me with this murder case, the disaster relief food transfer case, and the issue of refugee wealth." Check it out!"
