Wanli Youming

Chapter 328

Chapter 328

After Wang Xijue gave such an order.

At the gate of the government office under the rain curtain, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed in under the leadership of the general Zhang Yuanxun, and they all surrounded the halls with guns.

And Zhang Yuanxun himself was wearing a ring armor, leading a group of generals and two teams of firearms majesticly, holding a knife to fight in front of Wang Xijue, and bowed to Wang Xijue: "By the order of the Ministry, come to listen to the old man's restraint! Please tell the old man Down!"

At this time, the governor of Guangdong, Lin Bin, got up immediately when he saw this, looked at Zhang Yuanxun, and asked in surprise: "Why did you appear here, and the general of Guangdong is now Zhang Zao!"

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Since the eighth year of Wanli, Zhang Yuanxun, the former general of Guangdong, realized that the era of arrogance of officials is coming, and there will be a great deal of reformist civil servants who are not so serious about Zhang Juzheng and other generals. When the scale was liquidated, he chose to retire after his success. He retired from the post of General Soldier in Guangdong, and wrote a letter to persuade Qi Jiguang to retire bravely.

However, the subsequent development surprised Zhang Yuanxun. Instead of persuading Qi Jiguang to retire, Qi Jiguang persuaded him to come out again and serve the country.

Zhang Yuanxun was a famous anti-Japanese general during the period of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou. Among them, he made the most outstanding achievements in fighting against the Japanese and suppressing the chaos in Guangdong. He was deeply loved by the people of Guangdong.

Because of this, the most important thing Wang Xijue did when he followed Liang Menglong south these days was to persuade Liang Menglong to appoint Zhang Yuanxun as the general soldier of Guangdong, and also asked the imperial court to allow him to follow him.

Therefore, after Lin Bin said this, Wang Xijue said: "Zhang Zao has been impeached and resigned by the servant Liang Butang for conniving with Xiyi's private manufacturing of weapons, and he was replaced by Mr. Zhang!"

Lin Bin's face changed drastically after hearing this.

The faces of Du Huisheng and other wealthy gentry in Guangdong also changed drastically.

"What does the elder want to do?"

Du Huisheng couldn't help but ask Wang Xijue at this moment.

Wang Xijue looked at Du Huisheng: "I should ask you this, what are you thinking, don't you think, if you really insist on inspecting the sea trade, you will die on the way soon?"

Du Huisheng blushed and did not answer.

"Shortly after Ma and Shen visited the world, they implemented the matter of officials and gentry paying food and errands throughout the country, so this has aroused the vigilance of the princes, worrying that this inspection of the sea trade will also change the sea trade system in the future; "

"So, according to your plan, either I am willing not to look at anything, not patrolling anything, and only travel around the mountains and rivers, and it is best to collect money from them to become your people; or I can only suddenly die suddenly on the way."

When Wang Xijue said this, he said: "So, the day before yesterday, I had to pretend to promise you that you can only visit the mountains and rivers in Guangdong, and not patrol the sea trade! But everyone, do you really think that you can scare the servant? Scared the court Among other scholar-bureaucrats?"

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Wang Xijue slapped the table suddenly, and shouted sharply: "Who dares to die for the country in the world, is there someone like Wang?!"

Wang Xijue chuckled as he spoke: "I have already found someone to prepare a coffin for myself, and I will also prepare coffins for you. The next thing is to see if you die or I die!"

Lin Bin looked at Wang Xijue: "How does Mr. Ge know these things?"

"Who is so despicable and shameless!"

The inspector Zhang Yingzhao also asked loudly at this time.

Chen Younian, the procuratorate of Guangdong, got up and said: "It doesn't matter who said it, but how can the person who said it be considered despicable and shameless? And if the cabinet inspectors don't understand the people's feelings and insist on inspecting the maritime trade, let them die on the way." Aren't those people mean and shameless?"

After Chen Younian said, both Lin Bin and Zhang Yingzhao looked at Chen Younian with even more ugly expressions, and then smiled helplessly.

The commander-in-chief Zhang Zao knelt down directly at this time: "Please forgive me, old man, a humble warrior, how dare you resist Fu Yong, and condone Xiyi's private construction of firecrackers, and you are also obeying Fu Yan's orders!"

Du Huisheng and other wealthy gentry in Guangdong looked at Wang Xijue: "What is Mr. Ge going to do?"

"Report truthfully the gold and silver that each of you actually earn from the Xiyi Sea Trade every year."

"Is it true that Guangdong really only has ten thousand taels of tax money every year, and even a mirror with so many ships coming in and out, why only pay 500 taels to the imperial court every year!"

Wang Xijue said.

"Maritime trade is not very profitable, it's only enough for ordinary people to live. How could elder Ge not know?"

Du Huisheng asked with a smile.

After speaking, Du Huisheng said: "Since Mr. Ge wants to know the details, then we will tell Mr. Ge."

"Report truthfully. If you don't report truthfully, you will be punished on the spot on the grounds of deceiving the court! The servant is ordered to patrol on behalf of the emperor, and he still has the right to kill first and then play."

As Wang Xijue spoke, he looked at the disciples of officials and gentry present: "You can monitor whether your Patriarch's report is true. If it is not true, you will be credited with exposing it, and you can appoint an official on the spot to replace him as Patriarch!"

"Wang Taicang!"

"You are acting like an ungentleman!"

Du Huisheng was shocked when he heard this, pointed at Wang Xijue and shouted.

"Calling and cursing a servant is disrespectful to the emperor, so behead him!"

Wang Xijue knew that he had to show his prestige to the children of Guangdong officials and gentry, so he took advantage of Du Huisheng's words to say something.

"Yes!"

Zhang Yuanxun bowed his hands and said yes, and personally asked the two generals to drag Du Huisheng out of the hall, and knelt down under the steps.

Du Huisheng panicked and shouted: "Wang Taicang, I am a heavenly official. If you are so good at officials and gentry, you will be despised by the world!"

Swish!

Only one knife fell.

Du Huisheng's head rolled in the courtyard with blood, staining the weeds in the courtyard red.

All the officials and gentry could not help but take a step back and trembled.

Du Ruojia, the grandson of Du Huisheng, was sullen at this moment, and then shouted: "The children of the Du family are fighting with them!"

As soon as Du Ruojia said that, he drew out his scribe sword, and rushed towards Zhang Yuanxun with a few Du family disciples.

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A row of gunmen under Zhang Yuanxun's command appeared in front of them at some point and bombarded them.

As a result, Du Ruojia was shot several times and died.

Wang Xijue said in a deep voice: "The Du family conspired against each other, ransacked the family and destroyed it!"

"Yes!"

Then, Wang Xijue looked at other Guangdong officials and gentry: "Report it, if you don't want the imperial court to slaughter you all."

"Master, report it!"

Yuan Yupei, a son of a wealthy family in Guangdong, pushed his patriarch, Yuan Shiying, to the front.

Yuan Shiying hurriedly said tremblingly: "My Yuan family relies on shipping to Haojing, Champa, Java, etc., and the annual income is about 30 taels of silver."

"My Zeng family earns 10 taels a year!"

"My uncle said less! In fact, it is about 26 taels. Every year, he buys a large amount of raw silk, saltpeter, gunpowder, sugar, and iron materials for Frangji Man Luo Mingjian and the others! Because I am good at arithmetic, it is basically my life. Account, so I know!"

"There are 36 iron shops in Foshan that are exclusively owned by his Dafang, and he privately made firearms with the Folang machine to Japan for profit!"

At this time, Zeng Quan'an, the nephew of Zeng Yiyao, a wealthy gentry in Guangdong who served as an envoy to transport salt between Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, refuted loudly after Zeng Yiyao said it.

"Then it's the crime of deceiving the emperor! Drag it down and kill it!"

Wang Xijue said something indifferently, then looked at Zeng Quan'an: "What's your name?"

"Zeng Quan'an, a student from Xiangshan County, has met Mr. Ge!"

Zeng Quan hurriedly bowed to Wang Xijue.

"Give him a seventh-rank crown belt and the seal of the deputy counselor of the university."

After Wang Xijue gave instructions to his subordinates, he looked at Zeng Quan'an: "From now on, you will be the seventh-rank deputy counselor in the counselor's office of the Dongge University scholar's mansion, assisting the servants in patrolling the sea trade."

Zeng Quanan hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Ge, for your trust!"

According to the new system established by Zhu Yijun, the ruling minister can directly select scholars above all students to be his own officials, and handle confidential affairs for himself.

The Ministry of Officials will give each ruling minister a certain number of official documents and crowns after he takes office.

Selected subordinate officials can continue to participate in the imperial examination.

Zhu Yijun did this not only to reduce the burden on the ruling ministers to support their staff, but also to achieve supervision by bureaucratizing the staff, so that the imperial court can know what staff these high officials use. Counselor.

Turn the words back.

As soon as Zeng Quan'an turned against him, Zeng Yiyao's son-in-law Juren Zeng Quangao looked angry, and immediately scolded Zeng Quan'an: "You son of a lowly maidservant, you have achieved fame through my Zeng family's education, and now you are eating inside and outside!"

Swish!

Zeng Yiyao was at the head of the court at this time.

Zeng Quangao immediately shut his mouth, his face pale.

(End of this chapter)