The plainclothes officer tried to explain, saying that adding the content of the edict in private was a false edict and a serious crime. No matter how courageous Zhang Xunjian was, he would never tamper with the edict.
However, this was the territory of the Qian family, far away from the capital. Fanyi's explanation was of no use at all. Instead, it aroused doubts about him because of his northern accent.
Some agitated people gathered around him, looking at his posture, as if they were about to use violence.
The plainclothes officer had no choice but to show his badge, which frightened these people. Then, when he explained again, those people ignored him. It was obvious that others did not believe what he said.
There was no choice but to return immediately and report the situation to the stall owner Jiang Dong.
As soon as he finished speaking, before Jiang Dong could speak, the other Dongchang officers couldn't help it anymore and immediately shouted angrily.
"How brave, do they still dare to attack Dongchang?"
"I don't think there's any need to be polite to these southern barbarians. I can just arrest them!"
"Yes, anyone who dares to talk nonsense or deliberately slander us on the streets will be arrested!"
"..."
As a Dongchang fan servant, I have never been treated like this before. Basically, every Dongchang fanyi is very angry.
Seeing this situation, Jiang Dong was about to say something, but Zhang Pu said first: "Absolutely not!"
"What?" A Dongchang officer was a little puzzled after hearing this, and couldn't help but ask, "At this time, do you still want to protect these unruly people?"
The other officers also wanted to speak. Judging from their expressions, it was obvious that they were a little dissatisfied with Zhang Pu.
However, Jiang Dong has been in contact with Zhang Pu for a long time, and he knows that this man actually hates this guy very much, but he still says that, so there must be a reason for him.
Therefore, he interrupted and said: "Shut up and let Mr. Zhang finish what he said!"
Hearing this, Zhang Pu couldn't help but glance at Jiang Dong gratefully, and then said seriously: "Jiangnan is different from the capital. Relatively speaking, Shilin is more powerful here. Don't forget, Suzhou's tax resistance during the Wanli period During the rebellion, Sun Long, the eunuch sent by the emperor, was so frightened that he fled Suzhou and many of his men were killed!"
"What?" A soldier was very surprised after hearing this, and asked with a look of surprise, "Is it possible that they still dare to attack us?"
After hearing this, Zhang Pu thought for a moment, and finally shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be a problem at the moment, but if the situation continues, no one knows what will happen in the end?"
His words are somewhat authoritative. Therefore, after he finished speaking, the room fell silent. No one expected that things might be serious.
After a while, Jiang Dong spoke first and said, "That's good, I'll contact Nanjing immediately to see if they can send more people over?"
Factory Guard still has branches in Peidu, and there are people there. If there is a situation here, as long as you go and ask for help, you will definitely take action.
After hearing this, Zhang Pu immediately nodded and said: "Okay, this should be done as soon as possible. As for Changshu, it is not appropriate to add more excitement at the moment, and we should focus on stability!"
After Jiang Dong heard this, he immediately began to arrange manpower and went to Nanjing to ask for help.
From the beginning to the end, neither he nor Zhang Pu mentioned the Changshu County Government, because they all knew that it was impossible for them to use the people from the Changshu County Government. If there is a conflict, it is entirely possible to cause trouble secretly.
So, in the next few days, Zhang Pu suddenly said that he was too busy these days, a little tired, and not as diligent as before.
This matter soon spread to Qian Qianyi who was hiding in the dark. After hearing this, Qian Qianyi sneered and said: "Zhang Pu, you already know my methods!"
Hou Fangyu on the side was also very excited, as if he had won the war. He happily said to Qian Qianyi: "When Mr. Yushan takes action, it will naturally be enough for Zhang Pu to drink a pot. According to the students, he is afraid I'm going to run away in despair! Haha..."
After Qian Qianyi heard this, he sneered and said, "I came here to make trouble, how can I let him leave so easily!"
"What does Mr. Yushan mean?" Hou Fangyu asked a little doubtfully after hearing this.
Qian Qianyi said with a cold face and angrily: "Continue, don't stop!"
After hearing this, Hou Fangyu remembered the humiliation in Qiuyue Pavilion, and immediately clapped his hands and said: "Okay, we finally have this opportunity, how can we let him get away so easily!"
Therefore, under their secret instigation, Zhang Pu wanted to slow down the situation first, but failed to do so. A storm continued to brew.
Seeing this, Jiang Dong was a little worried, so he suggested to Zhang Pu: "Sir, I think it's better to avoid the limelight first, at least wait until the reinforcements from Nanjing arrive, and then we can come back!"
"Inappropriate!" After hearing this, Zhang Pu immediately shook his head and said, "At one go, it will weaken again, and then it will be exhausted. The more difficult something is, the less likely it is to dampen the spirit and boost the morale of others. Moreover, what we represent It is the face of the court and represents the emperor. If we retreat like this, there is no way to explain it. Instead, these unscrupulous people will take advantage of it, and those people behind them will add fuel to the flames. It is very likely that the emperor's rectification of officialdom will disappear just like this! "
At this time, Zhang Pu had already unknowingly sided with the emperor and was thinking about how to carry out the verification of quotas for privileges and exemptions for officials and gentry and the collection of arrears. This is not to say that he has awakened, but that his opponent is over there, so naturally he will take this side.
Jiang Dong frowned when he heard that Zhang Pu's words made sense.
Zhang Pu thought for a while, and then said slowly: "I will definitely not be wrong about this matter. It must be that old guy Qian Qianyi who is behind it. This place in Changshu County will definitely not be used by me. If you want to Hurry up, then we can only seek reinforcements nearby."
When Jiang Dong heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "It seems that your master's mentor is in the next county. His reputation is not lower than Qian Qianyi. If he comes forward, this matter will be easy to handle! "
When Zhang Pu took the examination, Zhou Yanru was the examiner. According to the practice of this era, Zhou Yanru was Zhang Pu's mentor. The one Jiang Dong was referring to happened to be dismissed from office and living in his hometown, right next door in Yixing County, Suzhou Prefecture.
Hearing this, Zhang Pu hesitated for a while.
To be honest, he actually didn't think Zhou Yanru would help him, because from various signs, it was speculated that this mentor did not actually welcome his arrival, especially when he was on an errand.
However, if we want to quickly alleviate the current crisis, we can only seek help nearby.
Zhang Pu remembered that when he was in Chongzhen for ten years, he had written a letter to plead for Zhou Yanru. Or there is still some friendship. Therefore, he agreed and immediately wrote a handwritten letter and asked someone to deliver it quickly.
This time, the Dongchang policeman was not asked to deliver the letter because it was from a nearby county and the recipient was a local celebrity. Therefore, it was handed over to the county government officer for delivery. It's just that there must be an explanation and a reply from Zhou Yanru, so that there is no fear of mischief by the county government officials.
The other purpose is actually to tell Qian Qianyi behind him, which is almost enough, otherwise Zhou Yanru will come later, and he is a person who is almost as famous as you.
Sure enough, as Zhang Pu expected, his letter was first delivered to Qian Qianyi's hands.
After Qian Qianyi read it, he sneered and threw the letter to Hou Fangyu who was waiting aside. At the same time, he said disdainfully: "How much less can Zhou Yanru's grain fields beyond the quota be compared to me? I'm sure , after this letter passes, Zhou Yanru will only hide and say he is not at home, do you believe it or not?"
As soon as he heard that Zhou Yanru's grain fields would not be much less than Qian Qianyi's, Hou Fangyu was immediately relieved and complimented Qian Qianyi: "Even for Mr. Yushan's sake, Zhou Yanru would not dare to marry Zhang Pu's son. If we get together, maybe we will scold him instead. In fact, as a student, why not let Zhang Pu go to Suzhou Prefecture first? Haha!"
Qian Qianyi also laughed after hearing this. The surrounding officials were either on good terms with Qian Qianyi, or were just like Qian Qianyi, and could not tolerate Zhang Pu'er, so he had to investigate those two matters thoroughly.
So, the letter was sealed as it was and sent to others. At the same time, the two of them laughed at Zhang Pu and Guizhou for being so incompetent!
Just listen to Qian Qianyi say confidently: "In this Nanzhili, I am here, who dares to help Zhang Pu's child!"
After hearing this, Hou Fangyu was about to continue the compliment when suddenly a member of the Qian family came in quickly and reported to Qian Qianyi: "Sir, there is a letter from Yangzhou Mansion. The new Zuodu Censor, Mr. Yang, left Yangzhou Mansion and did not go to Nanjing." , instead came this way!”
"What?" When Qian Qianyi heard this, he couldn't help but asked: "Then Yang Tinglin is coming to Changshu?"
"Going down the river, you'll probably end up in Changshu." The servant warned again.
After Qian Qianyi heard this, he couldn't help but said bitterly: "What a haunting ghost! I have tolerated him so many times. Do you really think I am afraid of him?"
"Then what should we do?" Hou Fangyu asked quickly after hearing this.
At critical moments, with so little experience, his mind often went blank and he had to ask Qian Qianyi.
This time, Qian Qianyi glanced at Hou Fangyu, said nothing, just turned around and left with his hands behind his back. Not long after, a steward of the Qian Mansion left in a hurry and rushed to the Yangtze River.
What they didn't know was that at almost the same time, the new Nanjing garrison eunuch Lu Jiude had arrived in Nanjing to take up his post.
The six ministers and ministers who accompanied the capital saw him coming, and they all discussed giving him a chance. But who knew that this Lu Jiude had no contact with them civil servants at all. Instead, he immediately began to inspect the military camps and rectify the Nanjing garrison.
Many people are surprised by this. Is this Lu Jiude missing his brain or something? Now that the traitors have been wiped out by the emperor, why are they still so diligent in reorganizing the army? Could it be that being a prison guard has become an addiction?
Naturally, they didn't know that Lu Jiude was following Emperor Chongzhen's order and came to Nanjing to take control of the army just in case.
Let Zhang Pu and others do things, how could Emperor Chongzhen be so wishful thinking that this matter would be smooth sailing. It’s easy to think of the Suzhou riots.
At that time, Emperor Wanli sent mining supervisors to various places to collect taxes. In Suzhou Prefecture, because tax evasion was so rampant, the already low commercial tax revenue continued to shrink, so that other money was misappropriated to make up for it. At that time, Sun Long, the eunuch sent by Emperor Wanli, wanted to crack down on tax evasion.
Local Huang Jianjie, Tang Xin and others joined Sun Long and proposed to impose a tax on the silk weaving industry, with a tax of three cents per machine. This should refer to tax collection of three cents per year, which is a quite reasonable proposal.
However, just such an incident suddenly broke out. They stormed the Yamen, killed Huang Jianjie and others, and looted the home of Ding Yuanfu, the squire who lent money to Huang Jianjie. Sun Long was so frightened that he hid in Shenshi's house for two days, then fled to Hangzhou by boat, resigned from his tax job, and never went to Suzhou again.
In fact, at the beginning of this civil uprising, even when it was at its most violent, as long as the local officials worked hard, it would have been absolutely impossible for this situation to occur in the important town of the imperial court, and it could have been suppressed in minutes.
However, the local government didn't care at all and was just perfunctory. Even Zhu Xieyuan, who had just been promoted to deputy envoy of the Sichuan Ancha Division at that time, asked him for help and asked him to quell the riot. As a result, he said that "the troops were used to defend against foreign invaders" and opposed the use of troops to suppress them. In the end, the mob succeeded.
As a result, officials from various places claimed that the mining tax eunuchs sent by the emperor had caused the civil uprising in Suzhou by imposing excessive taxes. If they did not withdraw quickly, there might be more trouble later. In this way, Emperor Wanli finally had to remove the mining tax eunuchs from various places.
Based on the lessons learned from this incident, Emperor Chongzhen specially transferred Lu Jiude, who had experience in leading troops, from the three major battalions and told him to rectify the army after arriving in Nanjing to prevent possible civil uprising.
This time, he will not be like Emperor Wanli. If something like that happens in Suzhou again, he will never be lenient.
However, for the time being, or for a long time in the future, no third person will know what the emperor means. Lu Jiude will also be rotten in his heart. If something really happens that requires him to lead troops to suppress the rebellion, he will also say that it is his own intention. After all, he is the eunuch guarding Nanjing, and he has the right to deal with matters in the south on an emergency basis.
Therefore, without the knowledge of the outside world, the Minister of War and the Nanjing garrison, who also had jurisdiction over the army, did not pay much attention to the guarding eunuchs' reorganization of the army. After all, in terms of actual power, the guarding eunuchs were more powerful. You must know that eunuchs are the He is the emperor's confidant.
On this day, an official ship sailed down the Yangtze River. On the bow of the boat, an official wearing a scarlet robe, accompanied by his subordinates, was watching the scenery of the Yangtze River. Needless to say, this person is Yang Tinglin.
He was in Yangzhou Prefecture, and felt that something was wrong when the perpetrators of the arson case were suddenly captured. Then when I found out, I found that Qian Qianyi had hurried back to Changshu County. Just at this time, Zhang Pu's letter arrived at the same time.
Feeling the seriousness of the situation, he made a prompt decision and immediately rushed to Changshu County.
He had experienced fighting against the captives, so how could he be afraid of trivial matters? Therefore, he didn't care at all and was prepared to follow Emperor Chongzhen's will and escort Zhang Pu's side.
He was looking at the scenery when suddenly, there was an exclamation.
Yang Tinglin turned around to look, and his face suddenly changed with fear.
