Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1521, it's worth killing, it's not a pity to die

In the study room of the Minister of the Capital, it was already the annual vacation period. According to the practice of previous years, even the emperor is resting during this time period, and there is no need to deal with any government affairs.

The courtiers also rest at home, reunite with their families, and celebrate the new year happily. If there is anything to do, it will be dealt with after the Lantern Festival is over. Unless it is a particularly important matter, it will be dealt with urgently.

However, at this moment, Emperor Hongzhi's desk was full of memorials to impeach Wang Shouren, many of which were urgently sent from Nanjing.

"...Wang Shouren not only failed to suppress the rebellious people, but instead provided them with food and clothing. He even ransacked the homes of our gentry. The huge wealth he got was distributed directly to those mobs. This kind of appeasement and care for the sick and cruelty to the scholastic children will definitely shake my Ming Dynasty. The country and the foundation of the country."

"In the long run, where is the majesty of the court?"

"From then on, if the common people feel a little bit unsatisfactory, they can gather together to make trouble. Not only are they not punished, but they are even treated kindly."

"Your Majesty, I ask you to thoroughly investigate this matter, and make sure that Jiangnan is clean and bright, to uphold justice for our scholars and people, and to maintain the majesty and law of our Ming court!"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the memorial in his hand with an extremely ugly expression.

It's already at this time, and these people are still turning black and white here.

Emperor Hongzhi knew clearly about the Jiangnan incident through the eyes of the factory guards. The reason for the turmoil was not because these big businessmen, gentry, and big families in Jiangnan deliberately pushed Wang Shouren away. During the Chinese New Year period, the workers were not paid wages, and local hooligans were hired to beat the workers. There is nowhere to complain about grievances, which eventually led to riots of hundreds of thousands of people.

Wang Shouren's handling, although there were violations of regulations, he acted decisively and quickly. In a very short period of time, hundreds of thousands of rioting workers were stabilized, and the wages of the workers were paid out in the shortest possible time. They went back happily for the new year.

The injured workers are also given timely assistance, and the disabled and dead are given high compensation, which quickly eliminates the dissatisfaction and resentment in the hearts of the workers, and finally calms down a possible major turmoil quickly. Reduced the loss to a minimum.

Such an operation also made Emperor Hongzhi look at Wang Shouren with admiration. Originally, Emperor Hongzhi was still worried about Jiangnan, so he might not have a good year.

Who knew that Wang Shouren could calm down quickly in such a short period of time, without bloodshed or any major turmoil. Hundreds of thousands of workers who got their wages have already happily returned to celebrate the New Year. The matter is ultimately a big deal Make it trivial.

Wang Shouren's ability is unquestionable, and the most important thing is to know the priorities of things, know what is important and what is secondary, take into account the overall situation, stabilize the situation, and ensure the stability of Jiangnan.

This made Emperor Hongzhi highly appreciate Wang Shouren, and through the factory guards, he has now figured out that when the accident happened in Nanjing, Wang Shouren went to Songhu for inspection and was not in Nanjing. Wang Shouren can be blamed for whether these things have been dealt with within the time limit.

"Humph~"

"If it weren't for the eyes of the factory guards, this is black and white. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. So many officials impeached Wang Shouren here, and three of them became tigers. Even if they are white, they should be called black. To put it bluntly."

"I really thought that I was the same as before. I didn't know anything, and I turned black and white here, confusing right and wrong."

Emperor Hongzhi threw the melody in his hand to the ground, and he was so angry that he was half dead.

It's not that he was angry about such a big incident in the south of the Yangtze River. Emperor Hongzhi was angry that these ministers turned black and white and confused right and wrong.

I already knew the Jiangnan matter clearly, but looking at the memorials of these ministers impeaching Wang Shouren, the matter was completely different.

In their words, the hundreds of thousands of mobs that appeared in Jiangnan this time were dissatisfied with the low wages, so they gathered crowds to riot and even rebelled under the leadership of caring people.

Criticizing Wang Shouren not only did nothing, connived these mobs and disorderly people, lost the coercion and law of the court, but even sent troops to arrest famous scholars, and directly ransacked the homes of scholarly families and gentry families.

Reminiscent of the past, before Emperor Hongzhi had reused the power of the factory guards, he trusted these civil officials a lot. They did what they said, and Emperor Hongzhi trusted them very much.

Looking at it now, I didn't know how to be played by these civil servants in the past. I didn't know whether it was right or wrong, and I was completely a puppet being manipulated.

This is the reason why Emperor Hongzhi was really angry.

"Humph~"

Emperor Hongzhi was angry when he thought about it, and with a sweep of his hand, all the memorials on the desk were swept on the ground, and all the little yellow gates, palace maids, etc. who were waiting around were silent, not daring to make the slightest sound, for fear of angering them at this time emperor.

Even Xiao Jing didn't dare to talk nonsense at this moment, he knew very well the reason why Emperor Hongzhi was angry.

"It seems that they haven't killed a lot in the past few years, so that they healed their scars and forgot the pain."

"Pass the decree to Liu Jin, let him check the Jiangnan side carefully, go to Jiangnan, and make sure to clean up the Jiangnan side."

Emperor Hongzhi stood up and walked back and forth in his study, thought for a while, and said coldly.

"Yes~"

Xiao Jing nodded quickly, and quickly went to handle the matter.

"Why bother to anger the emperor over and over again, I don't know how many people will die now."

Xiao Jing couldn't help sighing in his heart, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, he knew it clearly through the factory guards under him, definitely not to say that what he sees now is so simple, there are many things that need to be checked carefully up.

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At Nanjing Railway Station, accompanied by bursts of sirens, a train coming from the capital slowly stopped on the high platform. Wang Shouren and many officials from Nanjing were already waiting patiently at the VIP passage.

"Whoo~"

Liu Jin stepped out of the carriage and looked at the Nanjing Railway Station in front of him.

On the way here, I have received a letter from Wang Shouren, and at the same time received the emperor's order from the capital. The matter has settled down, and the garrisons in various places have begun to be sent back. However, Emperor Hongzhi still left Liu Jin to command the [-] troops in Nanjing. The power of the garrison.

"It seems that His Majesty has the intention to kill this time. I'm afraid it will be difficult to turn to His Majesty if you don't kill a group of people."

Liu Jin's expression was cold, and the meaning of the emperor could not be more clear.

It's just that it's not auspicious to kill people wantonly during the Chinese New Year, and Liu Jin actually doesn't like killing people, but as an imperial envoy, Emperor Hongzhi's intention is so clear that he wants to kill a group of people.

"Ma egg ~"

"It's the New Year's Eve when something like this happens, it makes everyone have a bad time, and they deserve it if they die."

Thinking of myself at this time, I should actually be enjoying the leisure of the annual vacation at home with my beautiful wife in my arms, but now I have to brave the severe cold to come to Nanjing for a business trip, and I have to be the knife in the hands of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin couldn't help but curse out.

"If you are looking for something, you have to find a good time to come, and find a better excuse."

"It's not good to do anything, you have to use workers' wages to make troubles. If hundreds of thousands of people really make a big fuss and become rebels, the first thing they will capture is Jinling City. All of you Can't escape."

"I don't know how to die at that time. It's really not enough to succeed, but I don't know how many people will be implicated."

"That is to say, Lao Wang is here, and he took very decisive and quick effective measures to suppress a catastrophe. If someone else really treats these hundreds of thousands of people as rioters and traitors, Nanjing at this moment , and even the whole of Jiangnan is probably already full of flames of war, causing countless casualties."

"It should be killed, it should be killed, death is not a pity!"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin understood why Emperor Hongzhi wanted to kill in anger. These people really deserved to die. For their own selfish desires, they almost ruined the entire south of the Yangtze River, and even caused a huge turmoil in Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, natural disasters are not terrible, but man-made disasters are terrible.

In the famine year, the imperial government provided timely relief and relief, and the food relief for the victims was distributed in time, so that the victims had food, and in the coming year, once the disaster was over, naturally nothing would happen.

I am afraid that the officials embezzled the money and food for disaster relief, and the profiteers took the opportunity to drive up the price of food and made the country miserable. In the end, the victims in the disaster area could not survive, or they became bandits, or committed crimes, and what's more. , the officials forced the people to rebel, and wars broke out everywhere.

Now is not a year of famine, these people can deliberately not pay the workers wages, hire local hooligans to beat the workers, and bribe the government to make the workers have nothing to complain about, almost Jinling will become a powder keg It exploded.

Such a person is really abominable, even if he dies a thousand or ten thousand times, it is not an exaggeration.

"Liu Gong~"

Liu Jin got off the train and was meditating. Wang Shouren brought many officials to Liu Jin and shouted in unison.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin came back to his senses, nodded slightly, and glanced at the officials present.

There are officials from various state capitals and yamen in Nanzhili, as well as officials from the Six Ministries of Nanjing, all looking at him eagerly.

Liu Jin is today's Minister of the Ministry of Officials, holding great power, and a celebrity around Emperor Hongzhi. If Liu Jin promotes an official, he will surely let you fly up like a rocket.

Of course, this time Nanjing has such a major event, Liu Jin came to Nanjing as an imperial envoy, it is impossible to say how many people will be thrown off their hats by then.

(End of this chapter)