Can you live forever

Chapter 424 Two tigers fight each other, chasing the jackal first

Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Lin'an Prefecture.

Today the government office was surrounded again. The parading scholars and the common people chanted the slogan of "eliminate all traitors and sycophants, no violent death is allowed; give an ultimatum within a time limit, and the northerners return to the north", asking Xu Wei, the prefect of Lin'an, to hand over those hiding Officials in the government office.

Since Xu Jie's public reform, not all officials have the opportunity to run away.

At the very least, only a small number of provincial capitals can escape. After all, Xu Jie did not start from the countryside, but from the city. On the contrary, the local gentry have more chances to escape.

Xu Jie didn't care about emptying all the old officials. After all, few buttocks were clean. Even if they were not beheaded, they would still have to be dismissed from office.

And what does it matter if the new officials have no experience at all?
Although the foundation of this reform is the countryside, he has no idea of ​​going deep into the countryside. The countryside can be autonomous. He is not saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, but that he can get the resources he deserves only through economic and financial means, so Those questions didn't bother him.

He just needs to be able to carry out his will.

Therefore, Xu Jie completely abandoned the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and mercilessly attacked those old officials, completely ignoring that there are still a group of capable officials among them, which is helpful for governance.

Those rioting people seemed to rush into the government office and burn the government office down.

The reason why they haven't acted yet is because Xu Wei, the prefect of Lin'an, is a member of the imperial court, so they just issued an ultimatum and did not actually take action.

"Master Xu, you must think of a way. They will give an ultimatum for three days. After three days, they will rush into the government office. You may be in no danger, and we will die!"

Originally, all the officials of Lin'an Prefecture, big and small, begged Xu Wei one by one.

In the past they sneered at the court.

But now he is eager to fly to the north, that is, from now on, he can be an ox or a horse, an upright official who really does things for the people, as long as he can save his life.

In the past, it was said that Jiajing risked the disobedience of the world.

Only now did I realize that the really cool one was Xu Jie, that guy didn't just betray the gentry, he wanted to drive them all to death!

"Don't worry, those who can be sent to the north will naturally not let you be arrested and beheaded."

"But now, do you still have to confess and report?"

"The last two days are the chance, otherwise I will draw up a list, and if I think it is unqualified, I will directly hand it over to the people outside."

"Everyone, don't put yourself to death just to protect others."

Xu Wei didn't have the slightest resentment against Yingtian from the outside, but just looked at those officials lightly, among them there were many officials from the frontiers like the governors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In the past few years, even Nanjing has to consider the local authority.

But now, they are all local chickens and dogs.

Facts have proved that as long as the power of the masses can be mobilized, these exploiting classes are completely vulnerable, the old world is torn apart, and their power, wealth, connections, and reputation are all gone.

When they go out, everyone shouts and beats them.

As long as they are caught, one of these people counts as one, and they will all be beheaded.

At least, according to the law of Ming Dynasty, this is the case.

but.

After experiencing the shocking changes in the south of the Yangtze River, how can they dare to explain everything? You must know that the world is a public place, but the north did it first.
Now that I have confessed, it will be nothing but a death sentence in the future, and I will still be in constant fear.

It was a very difficult day.

Xu Wei didn't care about them, and asked someone to give them a pen and paper, and said to hand in the answer sheet at night, then ignored them, but said to Yang Shen who was beside him: "Brother Yang, did you ever think that there will be today?"

Back then when Yang Tinghe lost to Zhang Zhixiang, in order to keep his eldest son Yang Shen, he paid the nomination certificate and died by drinking poisoned alcohol.

After Yang Shen was pardoned, he was no longer exiled.

He received a letter from Yang Tinghe, in his heart Yang Tinghe asked him to make friends with Zhang Zhixiang, and instead went to work for Jiajing, talking about his interests, Yang Shen naturally recognized his father's insight, and also knew that Jiajing and Zhang Zhixiang were unusual for monarchs and ministers, and there might be big changes in the future , should join as early as possible in order to benefit.

However, he is human after all.

He didn't get over the revenge of killing his father so easily.

Therefore, he was not willing to do things for the imperial court. These years, he basically traveled the mountains and rivers, reciting poems and composing poems. After Xu Jie opened Donglin Academy, he came here admiringly and became a teacher in the academy.

But the situation changed so fast that he was a little overwhelmed.

Everyone thought that Xu Jie was a "hypocrite" who was doing unfair things in the name of fairness. Only the people at the bottom and ordinary students would believe Xu Jie.

But who would have thought...Xu Jie is serious.

Yang Shen smiled wryly, "Perhaps those who followed Wang Mang to usurp the country were also so astonished."

Everyone thought you were acting as a saint, but it turned out that you really wanted to be a saint.

But Xu Wei shook his head and said: "You are stunned because you have not understood the situation at all. The reform of the imperial court has reached this stage. Under the pressure of the Changsheng Revolution, if Xu Jie does not change, he can only wait for death. .”

"It has changed like it is now, but he can take the initiative to attack, and there is a faint chance of winning."

"After all, the manpower and material resources in the south of the Yangtze River are incomparable to those in the north."

"As for His Majesty, the national teacher and the others, the current strategic focus is still on Xiluozhou, rather than dealing with Jiangnan."

As the three talents of the Ming Dynasty in history, Yang Shen and Xu Wei hit it off very well. They chatted a lot together in the past few days, so they understand the situation and some trends of the court.

What Yang Shen didn't understand was: "Xu Jie is about to be elected by the people. At this time, let Jiangnan develop, and let the teachers go on an expedition to Xiluozhou. Is it really good?"

It's not enthronement, it's the position of great commander.

If it was said that Jiajing asked the people to vote whether the emperor's vote was still needed, it was actually a trick. With the help of timing, a result was cleverly obtained. At the beginning, the people could vote or not, and they had to think about it, not to mention that everyone thought that there should be an emperor for granted. .

But now it's different.

If you ask them again, most of them will answer, not the emperor.

Like today, you have one vote, I have one vote, and everyone elects the leader of the country together. Isn't it very exciting and exciting?Like the ancient sage kings, those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

People can't tell the difference.

But what we can know is that Xu Jie, as the general elected by the people himself, has strong legal rationality. From then on, Xu Jie can establish another central government.

In the future in terms of jurisprudence.

There is no difference between the seal of the Ming emperor and the seal of the great commander.

This is critical.

The point is that in Yang Shen's view, Xu Jie cannot be allowed to be the commander in any case, but the court has ignored it at this time, which is really puzzling.

Regarding this, Xu Wei smiled and said: "The two tigers are fighting each other, at least they recognize each other as enemies."

"I won't be taken advantage of by a rich wolf."

"The national teacher and Xu Jie always have a tacit understanding. It is not the imperial court but the Ming Dynasty that the teacher is going on an expedition. When Xu Jie takes office as the commander, he will even take the initiative to announce the conquest of the West Luozhou by the Ming Dynasty."

Yang Shen: "Why?"

Xu Wei: "Fame and merit, Xu Jie doesn't want the imperial court to enjoy it alone, that's all."

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