Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 88: Catch him, don’t let him get away! (Please read later)
At this time.

Zhu Houcong looked at Wu Wendi, who had been ordered to pretend to be a Jinyiwei in advance, and said, "See, someone is trying to frame you."

Wu Wending immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please let me be your subject and make the decision for Mr. Yangming!"

"Of course I will be the boss!"

Zhu Houcong waved his sleeves with a stern tone.

then.

Zhu Houcong looked at the big man and said, "I'll give you another chance."

"I don't dare to lie anymore!"

"I said!"

"I was sent by our master. His name is Lu Jun. He often buys salt at the Changlu Salt Field. He forced me to frame them."

The big man replied.

Zhu Houcong smiled and nodded.

then.

Zhu Houcong called out again with a serious face: "Qin Wen!"

Qin Wen, the governor of the East Factory, immediately knelt down and said, "I am here!"

"Grasp!"

"Don't let him get away!"

Zhu Houcong ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

original.

Zhu Houcong had already known that there was an assassin planning to attack Prime Minister Liang Chu.

This was mainly due to the work of the civil servant Ke Weixiong who was ordered to fight for the ceremony.

This person was communicating with several civil servants of the ritual-protecting faction who had returned home because of disappointment with the outcome of the grand ceremony. Through an anonymous letter, he learned that a major event would occur in the capital in the near future and would be related to Liang Chu and Wang Yangming. It was also said that this event would make Liang Chu afraid to reform and would make Wang Yangming likely to be disliked by the Prime Minister and would make it difficult for him to return to the capital, and would not be able to influence Your Majesty.

For this reason, the other party asked Ke Weixiong to find someone to impeach Wang Yangming in advance.

In short.

According to the clues provided by this Covey Bear.

Zhu Houcong knew that the people behind the scenes were planning a conspiracy involving Liang Chu and Wang Yangming.

There should be three motivations here.

One is to make Liang Chu afraid of reform and go back to having the emperor use the treasury to solve the financial problem.

One was to make Liang Chu hate Wang Yangming and prevent him from returning to the court.

The third is that there is a possibility that someone might use himself as the emperor to get rid of Wang Yangming and no longer trust Wu Wendi. Even if this cannot be achieved, it can still muddy the waters and make himself, the emperor, doubt Wang Yangming and Wu Wendi.

One stone and three birds.

Zhu Houcong had to admit that he could think of changing the court's financial problems through reform.

These conservatives were not stupid. They had expected the court to do this. They even anticipated that they would have to rely on the cabinet and Wang Yangming and other followers of Wang's school to carry out reforms, and they started to make preparations first.

no way.

Wang Yangming's reputation among the literati is now comparable to that of Yang Tinghe, and he has a large group of disciples.

The key point is that Wang Yangming's disciples were the ones who had followed him on horseback to suppress bandits, and had also dismounted with him to go to the deep mountains and forests to settle the people and reform customs.

These people have grassroots experience and reform ideas.

If Zhu Houcong really wanted to get things done, the central government would have to rely on the cabinet, and the local governments would have to rely on Wang Yangming's people to execute the tasks.

This is the quickest way.

If he relies on himself to train people first and then carry out reforms, it will take at least 20 years.

But Altan Khan in the north could invade at any time and destroy his foundation in the capital, and the Portuguese in the south have begun to eye the Guangdong Bay.

Zhu Houcong naturally could not wait. He needed to rely on people like Wang Yangming to reform his system and improve his finances, while speeding up the training of talents to consolidate his base.

and so.

After Zhu Houcong learned about this, he had the Jinyiwei place people around Liang Chu, and in order to prevent the news from leaking, he also specially arranged for a deaf-mute person from the Jinyiwei.

Simultaneously.

Zhu Houcong also asked Wang Yangming's disciple Wu Wendi to pretend to be a Han general and temporarily serve as his guard.

Now Zhu Houcong has cleaned up the inner court and strengthened the confidentiality measures. He is no longer afraid of outsiders knowing who he wants to place in the inner court or who he meets in private.

Therefore, before Liang Chu and others arrived today, almost no one outside the court knew that Wu Wendi was by his side.

But Zhu Houcong did not expect that the other party would set up this plan so quickly.

What Zhu Houcong didn't expect was...

The mastermind behind this incident turned out to be just a businessman.

Next.

The Jinyiwei took the big man away.

Zhu Houcong only called Liang Chu, Wu Wendi and Zhang Cong into the warm room.

"Motosuke!"

Zhu Houcong called out at this time.

"Chen is here!"

then.

Zhu Houcong smiled and said, "Some people don't want you to help me enrich the country and keep the people safe!"

Liang Chu hurriedly said: "I have received great favors from the previous emperors and Your Majesty. How dare I retreat because of this? Moreover, I am already old. If I can die for the country, it will be more satisfying than dying in my hometown!"

"well said!"

Zhu Houcong praised him loudly, and then asked Wu Wendi: "Wu Wendi, guess what I am worried about now?"

Wu Wendi thought about it seriously.

He knew that Zhu Houcong would not ask him for no reason.

After thinking about it, Wu Wending understood and quickly replied, "I understand!"

"Tell me."

Zhu Houcong replied.

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty is worried that these treacherous officials and villains will see that they have failed to frame me and the princes, so they will directly ask for foreign troops, causing Your Majesty to lose his foundation and dare not talk about strengthening the country again."

"Your Majesty's so-called rejuvenation of the country will be shattered. They can still live in luxury and debauchery and deceive the country and the people." Wu Wendi replied.

Zhu Houcong nodded: "Yes! This is what I am worried about."

"Among the more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians I settled after I ascended the throne, the young and strong have just renovated the land and are waiting to plant wheat, the children have just filled their stomachs and are waiting to go to school, and the women have just become pregnant and are preparing to give birth."

"If the Tartars invade now, what kind of tragedy will happen?"

"Unthinkable!"

Zhu Houcong put his hands behind his back and suddenly turned to look at Wu Wendi:

"Therefore, I have decided to promote you to the position of Right Censor-in-Chief and Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War for your contribution in rectifying the Beijing camp, and to be the Governor-General of Ji and Liao military affairs. The Governor-General will also be under your control and have the power to make decisions at his discretion."

"I will transfer the troops from Gui Yong's camp to yours as a standard camp."

"You should leave the city now and check the defense of Ji and Liao."

After Zhu Houcong finished speaking, Wu Wendi bowed and agreed.

Let’s talk.

Qin Wen, the governor of the East Factory, has learned through interrogating the assassin who tried to kill Liang Chu that Lu Jun is currently sponsoring lectures at the Yishan Academy in Tianjin Wei, Shuntian Prefecture.

then.

Qin Wen then asked Zhang Tong, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, to lead his troops to Yishan Academy.

As soon as Zhang Tong led his troops to Yishan Academy, he saw a large number of students standing at the gate of Yishan Academy.

There were no less than a hundred students, all of them filled with righteous indignation. They glared at Zhang Tong's Jinyiwei and blocked Zhang Tong's way into the academy.

"Step aside!"

Zhang Tong shouted loudly.

Among these students, a student named Ma Jizhong said in a deep voice:
"You court lackeys only know how to oppress the good!"

"Mr. Lu is a well-known righteous businessman who has saved countless people and helped the poor. However, you have set your sights on his money and have staged a slanderous accusation that he is a murderer of the Prime Minister. We are inspired by his sense of justice, so how can we sit back and watch you take Mr. Lu away!"

"That's right!"

"If you really want to take Mr. Lu away, you'll have to do it by stepping over us!"

Student Xu Ai also echoed.

Zhang Tong realized that Lu Jun must have known about his failure in advance through his spies in the capital, so he said at this time: "Lu Jun is at least a suspect, he must be taken away! You scholars, dare to obstruct, don't blame the king for being ruthless!"

"That's just your one-sided statement."

"What rights do you have to arrest Mr. Lu?"

"Aren't you afraid of provoking a civil uprising?!"

Student Ma Jizhong continued to ask.

"That's right!"

"You court lackeys, don't think this is still the capital, and you can do whatever you want here!"

The other students followed suit.

Some students even sneered at this.

Zhang Tong snorted coldly when he saw this: "It's based on the imperial power!"

Zhang Tong walked over and knocked down a student. He shouted, "Get out of the way! Anyone who obstructs me will be killed!"

"presumptuous!"

At this time.

Liu Da, the governor and chief censor of Shuntian, suddenly walked out of the academy and pointed at Zhang Tong and shouted.

Snapped!
then.

Liu Da slapped Zhang Tong in the face.

"How dare you treat scholars like this! Where do you put the virtue of our emperor and father?!"

"Your Majesty treats scholars with courtesy, you are just a lackey, how can you be so arrogant!"

"If we talk about the imperial power, this Dutang is the governor of Shuntian, and controls the military and political affairs of Shuntian. This is also the imperial power! I don't have such an arrogant attitude as you guys!"

Liu Da then scolded Zhang Tong a few words.

Zhang Tong was very confused and his anger grew rapidly.

However, since he had little experience in handling affairs and had just left the palace, he did not know how to deal with the conflict between the Jinyiwei and the civil officials and scholars.

Therefore, Zhang Tong could only hold back his anger and explain: "I am arresting people on orders!"

"Even if you are ordered to arrest someone, you cannot bully the scholar!"

"Besides, Mr. Lu is a charitable businessman who is generous and kind, and is highly praised by the local people. I am afraid there is injustice here. I have already filed a petition to defend him. It will not be too late for you to arrest him after receiving the imperial decree."

Liu Da said.

"Mr. Liu is absolutely right!"

The student Ma Jizhong replied and sneered.

Student Xu Ai also laughed smugly when he saw the Jinyiwei being beaten: "That's right!"

"Take down Liu Da!"

"Your arrest is your business, and their arrest is their business."

"If you students really want to prevent the court from enforcing the law, don't blame me for being rude."

At this time.

Wu Wendi led the cavalry and came with a cloud of dust. After stopping his horse, he pointed at these people and said.

Liu Da, Ma Jizhong and Xu Ai couldn't help but change their expressions.

Wu Wendi continued, "I know you have received many gifts from Lu Jun, and you were even supported by him! But it is the court that really bestowed such favors on you, not Lu Jun. As scholars, you should be loyal to the court, not a profiteer!"

"If you don't get out of the way, I will kill you without mercy!"

Wu Wendi said in a cold voice.

"Don't be afraid, he's just trying to scare us! We are children of officials, he doesn't dare to mess with us!"

Student Ma Jizhong said something.

The other students followed suit and did not retreat.

After all, they all have limited circles, and they don’t know Wu Wendi, or even know Wu Wendi very well.

Liu Da had been detained by Wu Wending's soldiers, and was shocked. Seeing this, he hurriedly shouted, "You know, they are all scholars."

"What kind of scholar are you? They are nothing but thieves who wear green robes and travel around in the name of studying, plundering and oppressing the people, and now they are willing to be the running dogs of profiteers!"

Wu Wendi sneered and then shouted, "Kill!"

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