The reason why Zhou Yanru was arrested, at least in his own opinion, was all because of Zhang Mingwei. Therefore, as the former chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, after seeing Zhang Mingwei, he held his head high and acted like a gentleman.
But who knew that Zhang Mingwei ignored him and directly ordered him to be imprisoned.
When Zhou Yanru saw it, he immediately felt that his appearance was on the wrong person, and he quickly shouted to Zhang Mingwei: "Zhang Fangzhi, do you know why I was imprisoned? I did it all for you..."
It’s weird for me! Zhang Mingwei was busy himself and did not answer his words. He waved his hand and asked the captain of the Jinyi Guards to take him away.
No matter what Zhou Yanru originally wanted to say, Zhang Mingwei was sure that Fu She spent money to move Zhou Yanru to the position of chief minister. This was definitely not something Emperor Chongzhen could tolerate. Therefore, this reason is definitely the most important reason, bar none.
Zhou Yanru's arrest this time was just a minor incident. Zhang Mingwei continued to take over the Jinyiwei, and all documents and files had to be handed over. He was too busy. What's more, he was still thinking about the refugees outside the city, so he had no time to deal with Zhou Yanru. Anyway, he was in prison and couldn't escape.
He was busy, but the major events that happened continuously on the fourth day of March in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen had shocked the entire capital.
First, Zhang Qingtian, the refugee resettlement officer in the capital, was assassinated. Everyone guessed that this was the reason why the announcement he issued yesterday offended the powerful. Unexpectedly, the murderer later found out was Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei.
When the emperor left the palace, Long Yan was furious on the spot. Luo Yangxing was put on death row and his house was confiscated. Zhang Qingtian took over the command of the Jinyi Guards.
Before everyone in the capital could recover from the news, news came out again that Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant, was sentenced to prison.
To be honest, among these things, Zhou Yanru's imprisonment was the least sensational. Because apart from Wen Tiren, none of the chief assistants of the Chongzhen Dynasty had served for long enough. It is not surprising that Zhou Yanru was imprisoned.
If it were in the past, if something happened to the chief minister, everyone in the capital might think that the emperor was not easy to serve. But this time, as the news of Zhou Yanru's imprisonment spread, the scene in the temple at that time also spread.
Suddenly, most people, especially ordinary people, felt proud and wanted to praise the emperor for the first time.
"I didn't know it before, but now Zhang Qingtian is making the comparison. Haha, all the princes in the court are sanctimonious people!"
"Yes, everyone is a corpse. Before Zhang Qingtian, did anyone care about ordinary people and those refugees?"
"Zhang Bodhisattva did his best to serve the country and the people and donated all his wealth. However, among the princes of the court, none of them donated any money or food."
"That's right, half a day has passed today, but I heard that those who responded to Zhang Qingtian's notice and went to donate money and materials outside the city were all ordinary people, even those in Fengyue Tower. Although there were not many, it was a little bit. But look at it, how many dignitaries, royal relatives and nobles have donated?"
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Later, the people in the capital became excited and even more angry.
"Fortunately, they are still disciples of saints and dare to tell the emperor that refugees are a bottomless pit. So is this the reason not to donate any money or material?"
"No wonder the emperor is so angry. Compared with Zhang Qingtian, it's really not too obvious! If you ask me, those princes of the imperial court should be imprisoned like the chief minister! With them as officials of the Ming Dynasty, it's no wonder that our life is easy. !”
"No, each of them, and their domestic slaves, aren't they well-dressed and well-fed? Is it so difficult to get a little bit out from between the fingers? Zhang Qingtian donated all the money and materials! This person is better than People are really incomparable!"
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Needless to say, the people in the capital were already like this. When the news spread to the refugee camps outside the city, the refugees were naturally even more angry.
At the same time, of course, the gratitude towards Zhang Mingwei became even deeper. When he mentioned Zhang Mingwei, he didn't even call him Zhang Qingtian. They all called him Zhang Bodhisattva. It was because of the birth of Guanyin Bodhisattva, who saved the suffering, that such a good official with a kind heart and wholeheartedness for the people emerged.
No one else needs to explain the difficulties of rescuing refugees that are exaggerated by those civil servants. The refugees themselves realize how difficult Zhang Mingwei's job is.
Zhang Pusa has tried his best to prepare money and food for them, but the amount is limited. But the number of refugees is unlimited. Other refugees from the capital will definitely flock to the capital, and it is impossible for Zhang Pusa to generate money and food, so this is an unsolvable problem.
The people in the capital were already analyzing that Bodhisattva Zhang was so out of touch with others that he offended so many people with just one announcement, and even invited assassination. If he can't do this well and can't solve it properly, countless officials will definitely impeach him!
To be honest, at this time, many refugees were already worried about Zhang Bodhisattva. If possible, they felt that they could not cause trouble to Zhang Bodhisattva. However, if they leave the capital, they will starve to death!
As a result, a sad atmosphere enveloped the refugee camp, and there was no such thing as the joy they felt after they had food on the first day!
In the afternoon, the number of people going out of the city to donate suddenly decreased a lot.
Soon a news spread in the capital, saying that many officials said that no one was allowed to donate a piece of clothing or a steamed bun to help Zhang Resettlement Envoy to see how he would resettle the refugees!
They did this to force Zhang Fangfang to complete the job. In short, the presence of envoy Zhang was very annoying to them.
Ordinary people could do nothing about this kind of officialdom matter. Apart from being angry, they could only pray that the emperor's trust in envoy Zhang would not change because he could not do this well. After all, when the emperor dismissed Zhou Yanru, judging from what he said, he also believed that Ambassador Zhang had done his best!
In just half a day, the public opinion in the capital has changed so much. As the protagonist, Zhang Mingwei knew nothing about it. He only made hurried arrangements for Jinyiwei's affairs. Because he was worried about the refugees, he rushed outside the city to work on the refugee camp.
However, before he could leave the city, Wang Chengen came to find him personally.
"Sir, the results of Liao Guolin's interrogation have come out." Wang Chengen told the good news as soon as they met, handed over a document and said, "The matter of reselling disaster relief money and food is a matter of his relationship with the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division. It was done by individuals joining together.”
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he knew that Wang Chengen really had to give priority to this matter, so he nodded and said: "Okay, this refugee issue can't be delayed any longer. I have to resettle it as soon as possible. When the time comes, I will be free to deal with those corrupt officials. Dirty official!"
After hearing this, Wang Chengen thought to himself, Okay, if you make more noise, I won't have so much pressure!
Let's join hands and toss the Ming Dynasty together!
Zhang Mingwei quickly rushed to the refugee camp outside the city. Seeing his arrival, all the refugees were relieved as there were no injuries at all. But when they thought about their own problems, they all became worried about Zhang Mingwei. How should they deal with it?
And when Zhang Mingwei announced the previous investigation into reselling disaster relief food, it highlighted Zhang Mingwei's service to the country and the people, making them even more worried that something might happen to Zhang Mingwei.
However, Zhang Mingwei himself was not that worried. Even after seeing the results that Lan Tianbao handed him about the donation of money and materials from all over the capital, which were much less than expected, he was not too worried.
Because he already had a solution for the refugees.
