Wanli Youming

Chapter 201 The civil servants are in a hurry

Chapter 201 The civil servants are in a hurry

At this moment, when Hu Shouren was about to be ordered to leave, Lu Kun yelled.

Then, he cupped his hands and said to Hai Rui, "Think twice! Everyone knows this. Although the people behind the scenes are aiming to stir up a civil uprising to drive away the pro-military guards, their real intention is to stop the New Deal!"

"At this time, if the pro-military guards continue to supervise taxes directly on the grounds of lack of evidence, I am afraid that the Haoyou behind the scenes will have countermeasures and cause a larger-scale turmoil."

Tang Chuanxun also nodded at this time and said: "This can be said to be a conspiracy. I'm afraid they will wait for you to do this, and let the people suffer again. The local ruffians, bullies and robbers they bought pretend to be military guards and burn them to death." Loot."

Hai Rui nodded, and then said: "You are right. But don't worry, someone will come to the hall to discuss how to stop this turmoil before long!"

Hai Rui looked outside with his hands behind his back as he spoke: "You know, once the turmoil gets out of hand, it's not just the matter of this hall alone, everyone from the governor to the county magistrate will be involved."

"It's just that now, if the notice is not posted, the tax supervision will have to be delayed, and we can't openly build plank roads and cover up the old positions! As a result, the entire New Deal will really not be implemented."

Hai Rui went on to say a few more words.

Lu Kun and Tang Chuanxun nodded their heads, then cupped their hands and said, "Your servant is taught!"

Sure enough, Huo Weida handed over the copy of the notice to Lu Huo and Gu Bingren shortly after the governor's yamen posted a notice stating that the pro-military guards would continue to supervise taxes.

After Gu Bingren looked at it, he sneered: "It seems that Hai Gangfeng really wants to be tough with us!"

Lu Huo stroked his beard under his chin and said: "Then you Wu people will show him some color!"

"nature!"

"Although most of my Wu people still pay taxes, no one is really willing to keep paying like this."

"Obviously it is impossible to resist the New Deal, but it is still possible to cause civil unrest to drive away the pro-military guards."

Gu Bingren said with a cold face.

So, not long after that, there were many incidents of so-called pro-military guards raping and looting in Yingtianfu, Suzhoufu, Changzhoufu and other places, and people began to frequently stop officials from filing complaints.

In addition, storytellers began to preach about the atrocities of the pro-military guards and the inaction of the bureaucrats.

At the same time, merchants went on strike in some towns because of this, threatening that the imperial court would not open the market for a day until the pro-military guards were withdrawn.

And many farmlands were abandoned.

The tenant farmers of many wealthy families and the local ruffians in the city also began to make troubles everywhere under the instigation of Hao Youyu behind the scenes.

There were also a large number of bandits in Wu area who looted merchants' shops, and many overseas Chinese merchants were also kidnapped or killed.

Some officials were also beaten by more and more rioters.

Gradually, even a student named Gong Mingzong began to advocate Wu people's self-government, and directly targeted Zhang Juzheng and others in the court.

He also organized a few classmates to mourn the late Emperor Longqing in the Confucian Temple.

On this day, he faced the Longqing tablet in the Confucian Temple, crying and saying: "O late emperor! Jiangling was in power, hated me, Wu Diduo did not support him to seize love, and let the pedantic and plain love harass and treat the gentry harshly." Not to mention Hai Rui's repeated visits to harm us Wu people, according to Mr. Xu from the hometown, he even once said that you are a foolish ruler and love extravagance, not a wise ruler;"

"This person ignores the king's prestige and deceives the king's heart. He appeared as early as when you were still there, so he has now usurped the imperial power and ruined the imperial court! Woohoo!"

"And we are ashamed of you. Although we have received the country's favor, we can't uphold justice and point out the evil of treacherous ministers. It is really a crime! Woohoo!"

"Everyone! Although we are sorry for the late emperor, we can't continue to be cowardly like this. We should stand up and set up government bureaus in various prefectures and counties. Please have officials who can speak out for the people of Wu to speak for us, so that the people of Wu can rule Wu. And drive away the cruel official Hai Rui, drive away the pro-military guards!"

Gong Mingzong raised his voice after crying for a while.

All of a sudden, his classmates responded one after another.

"That's how it should be. Wu's taxes are too heavy, and the court should be asked to reduce them!"

"Preferential exemption is an ancestral system and must continue to exist. Gentlemen do not have to pay small silver!"

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Therefore, the most cowardly Yingtian Mansion Yin Li Ji was captured by these students and a large group of thugs hired by them to the Chongzheng Academy in Nanjing City, and asked him to preside over the discussion bureau.

Li Ji was very annoyed by this, and cursed at Gong Mingzong: "You guys are rebelling! Either let me go, or kill me! As for the establishment of a separate bureau, don't even think about it at your mercy. Thinking, this government does not approve of your rebellious words of Wu people governing Wu, Wu land is Ming's Wu land, not your Wu land!"

Gong Mingzong and others did not kill Li Ji, but finally released Li Ji.

Afterwards, Li Ji fled from Chongzheng Academy, but he was afraid that the uprising would intensify, and he didn't care about the accusation that these students would arrest him for coming to the academy without authorization, and only came to the governor's office in Hai Rui.

Sun Guangyou, governor of Yingtian, Lv Huo, admiral of Caojiang, Tianle Xunyan, Li Yi of military preparation and other civil officials also came to the governor's office at this time.

Although there are riots everywhere in Wu, no one dares to come to the governor's office to make trouble.

After all, the people who started the riot had suffered a lot, and knew the fighting power of the pro-military guards, so they only dared to pour dirty water on the pro-military guards in secret, instead of breaking openly into the governor's office guarded by the pro-military guards.

But the governor's yamen only kowtowed a lot of people who were still willing to trust Hai Rui.

These people are all self-cultivated farmers, ordinary handicraftsmen or ordinary merchants in Yingtian Mansion.

They came to beg Hai Rui to withdraw the pro-military guards, because they already knew that all the chaos was caused by not withdrawing the pro-military guards.

It happened that this chaos had the greatest impact on them, making them afraid to buy and sell in the towns, and afraid to farm in the countryside.

So, under the guidance of many township eunuchs, they all came to the governor's office to beg Hai Rui.

"Why do you people kneel here?"

After Sun Guangyou and other civil officials came, they also asked about these common people.

At this time, a commoner replied: "Naturally, I came to ask Lord Hai to withdraw the emperor's army back to the capital, so as not to make Wu land never peaceful."

"Your request, this court will convey it for you, and will also make decisions for you!"

After speaking, Sun Guangyou entered the governor's office.

"As your parents' official, this government will naturally."

Li Ji also followed suit.

The people naturally thanked them one after another, and they didn't expect these officials and lords to care so much about the feelings of their own people.

Not long after, Sun Guangyou, Lu Huo, Li Ji, Li Yi, Tian Le and other civil officials met Hai Rui.

After seeing Hai Rui, Sun Guangyou cupped his hands and asked directly: "Does the Ministry really plan to let this turmoil continue?!"

"Ministry, you must have heard the voices of the people outside. Regardless of whether the pro-military guards of the National Taxation Department were wronged or not, the current situation is obviously that if the pro-military guards do not withdraw to the capital, this civil unrest will not end. , I don’t know how many small people will suffer! And how much turmoil will happen, I don’t know.”

Li Ji followed suit, and said: "There are already young radical scholars and thugs who have taken officials captive to Chongzheng Academy, saying that they want the Wu people to self-govern and set up a separate bureau! If this continues, I'm afraid it will really happen Someone has rebelled!"

Lu Huo also held back the corners of his lips and said: "Your official knows that the Ministry is determined to innovate and loves the people like a son, but now that the situation is like this, you can only choose one; please make a quick decision! "

Li Yi and Tian Le also wanted to talk again, but Hai Rui waved his hands at this moment and said, "I'm waiting for you to come. It's not that this hall doesn't want to follow the public opinion, but that this hall shoulders the important task of implementing the new policy. If only one person in this hall Due to the great resistance of the people in Shangshu, there have even been a large number of pro-military guards who have raped and looted, and even a large number of civil uprisings have occurred. I am afraid that Yuanfu will not believe that the court should end the new policy of canceling preferential treatment. Therefore, I have to wait for you to come back together and go to the school together with the hall, and make it clear that the resistance to the implementation of the new policy is indeed beyond imagination."

"So, is the department hall willing to ask the imperial court to withdraw the relatives and guards and return to the capital?"

Sun Guangyou asked happily.

Hai Rui nodded.

"Then we are willing to go to the university!"

"However, in order to completely appease the anger of the common people, we have to imprison a few pro-military guards who are already suspected of bullying the common people, so that the common people can see the attitude of the government!"

At this time, Sun Guangyou agreed without hesitation and made suggestions.

Hai Rui said: "Then put Qi Jin in prison, and Ying Tian Mansion Yin Li Gong will send someone to temporarily detain him in Ying Tian Mansion prison!"

"Butang, don't you believe in our military guards?!"

At this time, many relatives came out from the school, headed by Luo Shanggong and Wang Rulong, all clenched their fists tightly and looked at Hai Rui with tearful eyes.

Sun Guangyou and other civil officials looked at Hai Rui and Hu Shouren in fear.

"My church will naturally believe it!"

"But you are the son of heaven and the army, and you need to worry about the people of the country."

Hai Rui was not afraid, and spoke loudly, then got up and said, "So carry out the order!"

Hu Shouren also came out from Hai Rui's side at this moment, and asked in a cold voice: "Why, do you have to follow the military law?! Do you want to be like those rebels pretending to be us outside?!"

"Go back!"

Hu Shouren then drew his sword and shouted.

These generals finally endured their anger and retreated.

So, not long after, Qi Jin was tied up.

Qi Jin had no choice but to struggle and shouted: "Department, the humble position is wronged. The humble position has never raped Ge Erya, nor killed Ge Dahai!"

Hai Rui only said, "The court will give you justice."

Not long after, Qi Jin was taken to the prison in Yingtian Mansion and put in prison for the time being.

Hai Rui also jointly signed with Sun Guangyou and others to ask the imperial court to transfer the Jinwu Guard of the National Taxation Department back to the capital to appease public grievances.

After going to school, Lu Kun and Tang Chuanxun broke into Hai Rui's study, and Lu Kun walked up to Hai Rui directly, and asked in a bad tone:

"Why did the hall suddenly compromise?!"

"Where did the sea pen stand that was straight for more than 20 years go?!"

(End of this chapter)