prosperous age

Chapter 494 Chapter 493
At the foot of Dafeng Mountain in Fujian Province, dead bodies were strewn all over the ground after a great battle, and broken flags were crumbling.

Yu Dayou led his troops to pursue here, and finally caught up with the main rebel army led by Lin Chaoxi with more than [-] people. This is the largest rebel force that has been found in this area.

Since the news of Zhang Lian's capture came out, Zhang Lian's whereabouts among the rebels disappeared, which annoyed Yu Dayou who was ordered to hunt down.

Now, he can only bet that Zhang Lian is hiding in the most powerful team in the rebel army.

After a fierce battle, the rebels broke out again, and now Yu Dayou is patrolling the battlefield.

In the distance, a fast horse came galloping, and the knight on the horse was whipping the horse, driving the horse to approach him.

Yu Dayou withdrew his gaze and looked at the sentry who was running from a distance. When he got close, the sentry did not dismount, but clasped his fists and reported: "General, the main force of the bandit army is fleeing down the river and toward Yunxiao. There is another More than a thousand people separated from the main force at Mayi and fled towards Liangshan and Zhangpu, as if to spare our army's sight."

"Which team is Lin Chaoxi in?"

Hearing that the bandit army split into two groups, Yu Dayou couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked.

"Deputy thief Lin Chaoxi is leading an army south, and the target seems to be Yunxiao."

Faced with Yin Shizhen's questioning, Jin Yiwei's leading hundred households just showed their driving stickers in their hands and said, "Here is the driving sticker. I don't know who is Mr. Tang. Come with us."

After a moment of silence, King Yu looked at Tang Ruji's leaving back, and then said.

In one breath, Yin Shixuan asked the members of Jinyiwei three times in succession.

"I'm afraid it will take years."

Emperor Jiajing also seized the opportunity, and a few days after issuing the edict to re-record the "Yongle Dadian", he issued an edict to rename the three halls, gates and pavilions again.

He waved his hand and ordered to the soldiers behind him: "Send someone to collect the bones, and bury the bandit soldiers on the spot."

It's just that at that time, this Liu Shouyou was only a general banner, and after only two years of seeing each other, he already had a hundred households.

"Your Highness, Tang X went to have a look outside the palace."

It's just that the military order is like a mountain, and Yu Dayou has no choice now. The only thing he can do is to eliminate as many enemies as possible and capture the bandit chieftain. Lin Chaoxi is his next target, regardless of whether Zhang Lian is in his army or not.

In fact, when Zhang Lian gave up his old nest Wushipu and fled eastward, Yu Dayou was already worried about this, which is why he immediately summoned the surrounding Ming army to encircle and suppress.

While Zhang Juzheng was talking about it, suddenly a servant came rushing outside, and reported to the room outside the door: "His Royal Highness, there is a brigade of Jinyi guards coming outside the palace, saying they want to arrest Tang Ruji. My lord is going to prison."

"I don't know what crime Mr. Tang has committed, and he still needs to work with Jin Yiwei to come here?"

Things have been sorted out in the past two days, and the transcription work has started, so they actually don't have much to do.

When Yin Shizhen got up, Wei Guangde also stood up and cupped his hands at King Yu, saying, "Your Highness, I'm going to have a look too."

Jin Yiwei wanted to take Tang Ruji away, but everyone already knew the reason in their minds, it must be involved in Yan Shifan's case.

A month ago, Yu Dayou received a report from the government pond that a major epidemic had occurred in Quanzhou since May, and it was out of control. The surrounding government has blocked the passages and prohibited the movement of people to prevent the epidemic from spreading.

Seeing that Jin Yiwei's people were about to push Tang Ruji away to take him away, Wei Guangde had already taken half a step forward and said with a smile, "Liu Baihu, I never expected to meet again on this occasion."

"Father is as good as he wants."

That's right, Jin Yiwei naturally has information about people in Prince Yu's mansion, including name, appearance, official position, rank, etc.

Wei Guangde stood up, Zhang Juzheng couldn't continue to sit there, so he also got up.

Liu Shouyou saw that Wei Guangde had stood up to speak, so he also cupped his fists and said with a smile: "I didn't think of it in my humble position."

Yin Shizhen didn't have a good look at these factory guards, and asked directly: "Whose order are you going to arrest people, what crime did Mr. Tang commit, do you have a driving ticket?"

However, when the eyes of the brocade-clothed households met Wei Guangde, they froze for a moment, but they still quickly glanced over and stopped looking at Wei Guangde.

At this moment, no matter what, Yu Dayou decided to chase after the most powerful enemy and hand over the dispersed bandit army to the Ming army in various places.

"take away."

After the edict was issued, all civil and military officials in Beijing had to present congratulatory forms, and Wei Guangde, a member of Prince Yu's mansion, naturally also followed the crowd to express congratulations.

Liu Shouyou came here this time with a driving sticker in his hand, which was obviously reported to the palace. The arrest of Tang Ruji was also approved by Emperor Jiajing. He checked to see if there was a driver's sticker, and he seemed a little stern.

But until now, Yu Dayou hasn't decided whether to tell the capital what happened here.

Although almost everyone in the house thought it was related to Yan Shifan's case, according to their understanding, Tang Ruji and the Yan family didn't move around much, and if it was related to Yan Shifan, it should be It was the official document of the Criminal Ministry to arrest people, and it should be the arresters of the Criminal Ministry who came here.

In order to honor the emperor's fate, the imperial edict said, "I am the emperor and respect the heaven, and I must obey the orders of the Revolution. In order to achieve filial piety and honor the ancestors, I must be good at the right to follow the narrative. I have been appointed as the emperor's family and ancestors. For 41 years. , Suye, Gu Xingcheng, training, moving, and not doing, remembering my emperor's ancestors, re-establishing human discipline, establishing the rule of China, and exposing the king's arrival in politics. It is clear to obey the righteousness of heaven. How dare I disobey it? An, hereby He Tianen showed the number of revolutions. When the new building of the palace was completed, it was renamed the main hall and the gate according to the destiny. The left and right gates are called Huiji and Guiji, and the left and right pavilions are called Hong and Zhengxuan. If the ruler’s husband’s heart is in order, he will be honest. There is no doubt among the ancestors. It is the foundation of Xu Chouxi's blessings, and the subjects will return to the extreme. If you follow the way of obedience, you will especially respect the example and use Dixun, and practice the steadfastness. Zai Zhichen, benefiting and benefiting the boundless Zuo, ordered Chinese and foreign envoys to hear about it.

"Master Wei."

The procedures are legal and compliant, and Jin Yiwei is really not afraid of the civil official group's attack, but this is Yu Wang's mansion, although he is dissatisfied with Yin Shizhen's attitude, he has not had an attack.

Could it be that Tang Ruji was not involved in the case of the Yan family?

Immediately, four Jinyi school captains came out to surround Tang Ruji, separated him from Wei Guangde and others, and prepared to take him away.

Tang Ruji, who was surrounded by Captain Jinyi, might have calmed down. He no longer panicked when he heard the news. At this moment, he tried his best to straighten his waist, put on a heroic look, and spoke sincerely to Captain Jinyiwei beside him. .

After receiving Zhang Nie's military order to arrest Zhang Lian, Yu Dayou felt the difficulty of the matter afterwards.

Because several major forces in the court all accepted Emperor Jiajing's will and acquiesced in the renaming of the three halls, the whole matter progressed extremely quickly.

Yunxiao County is already close to Dongshan, and not far away is the sea. Now Yu Dayou is most worried about not being able to wipe out the remaining bandits in the interior and let them go to sea to become Japanese pirates.

Yan Song had already gone south and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi under the supervision of Jin Yiwei. His departure does not mean that the case is over. In fact, the three divisions composed of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have already begun to interrogate Yan Shifan for his crimes.

To be honest, Jin Yiwei had plenty of time to arrest Tang Ruji. Although Tang Ruji was in the palace most of the day, he also had a lot of time to leave the palace.

If the news got out that Prince Yu's Mansion couldn't even keep a subordinate official, it would be too embarrassing for Prince Yu's Mansion.

But he didn't pay any attention to Yin Shizhen's questioning, even though he said so, his eyes had already swept over Wei Guangde and the others, and finally fell on Tang Ruji, as if he was going to take them away directly.

Surrender may still be possible for ordinary people. After all, they are just bandits. Surrendering to a general who does not kill may save his life, but it is even more likely that he will become a military leader.

"Accept orders."

In the eyes of everyone, Tang Ruji had already got up and thought, after bowing his hands to King Yu, and saluting Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde and others, he turned around and left the house.

"When will the transcription of the Grand Ceremony be completed?"

Hearing the servant's announcement, Zhang Juzheng immediately shut up and looked at Tang Ruji, and King Yu, Yin Shizhen and others also looked over.

Either leave early, surrender or hide incognito.

Wei Guangde and the others quickly caught up with Tang Ruji, and they went out the side door of the palace with him, and they saw dozens of factory guards waiting there.

Just a few days ago, Liu Boyue, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, and He Qian, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, were all imprisoned to await trial. It was even rumored that Zhang Yu, the governor of Huguang, and Li Yingshu, the deputy envoy of the Inspection Division of Guangxi, were involved in the case. Tiqi has set out to fetch people.

Yin Shizhen was also a little blushing at the moment, with an angry look on his face.

With the participation of tens of thousands of people, it is unknown to what extent the Japanese plague will grow.

At this moment, Tang Ruji's face had turned pale, his mouth was slightly opened, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

A messenger behind Yu Dayou roared loudly, and then drove his horse to gallop south. The sentry also bowed his hands again and followed the messenger.

"He sent an order to order He Jing to send out a team to chase after the Zhangpu enemy. The whole army must speed up and stop the bandits before they approach Yunxiao County."

Zhang Lian's so-called "Flying Dragon National Army" was originally composed of bandits and righteous people from all over the country, and many ambitious people participated in it.

After handing over the congratulatory form today, the two went back to Prince Yu's Mansion together.

Among the four, only Tang Ruji was still at the sixth rank, and it was not difficult to identify who their target was at this time just by looking at Bu Zi.

Two days ago, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng had been in the Guozijian. As the branch school officials who re-recorded the ceremony, they naturally had to participate in the assignment of transcription and proofreading.

Even this person is considered by many courtiers to be a member of the strict party line.

King Yu nodded, and said with displeasure on his face: "You go and have a look, it's really embarrassing for him to come to my Prince Yu's mansion to get someone."

Now, he and Wei Guangde are the ones who have seen the "Yongle Canon" among all the people here. When King Yu asked, Zhang Juzheng answered naturally, and these are not classified matters.

Now, he is racing against the bandits to see who can outrun him.

"Mr. Yin should also go and have a look."

The sentry immediately replied.

However, the state of Zhangzhou Road at this time is not entirely to guard against Zhang Lian's bandit army's surprise attack, but to close the traffic with Quanzhou.

King Yu knew that Wei and Zhang came here after they had gone to the Tongzheng Envoy to deliver the congratulatory form, so he was concerned about the matter of transcribing the grand ceremony.

It's just that Jin Yiwei only showed the driving stickers for the three questions Yin Shixuan asked earlier, but ignored his other two questions at all, which was a bit embarrassing.

But before he stepped forward to ask, Tang Ruji had already stepped forward and said, "I am Tang Ruji."

These people were obviously abandoned by Lin Chaoxi, and killing them after encountering the Ming army's pursuing troops was no different from sending them to death, and the purpose was only to allow them to continue to survive for a while.

Either follow Zhang Lian, fight against the court to the end, and be completely wiped out in the end.

Liu Shouyou waved the driving sticker in front of Tang Ruji's eyes, then put it away, waved his hand and gave orders.

At this time, Yu Dayou did not believe that those mobs would still follow behind Zhang Lian and other rebels.

As for the enemies who fled to Zhangpu, now the entire Zhangzhou Road has been fortified and cleared, and all prefectures and counties have strictly guarded the city gates to prevent anyone from entering or leaving. It is almost impossible for a thousand-strong bandit army to break through any city.

They still know what this place is, they are not so bold as to break into the palace directly to take people, but they know how to call people out.

Wei Guangde also wanted to confirm the reason for arresting Tang Ruji.

Jin Yiwei took the man, and Yu Wangfu naturally couldn't resist. It's not that Yu Wang hated Tang Ruji. In fact, up to now, people in the Wangfu have a good impression of Tang Ruji.

Wei Guangde felt that this person was a little familiar when the hundred households stood up, and when the two looked at each other, he also recognized that this person was Liu Shouyou who went south with him to Hangzhou on business.

Wei Guangde didn't open his mouth, but Zhang Juzheng answered first, "Although I have heard about it before, this is the first time I have seen the Yongle Grand Canon. After counting, there are about [-] volumes, and only [-] scribes were selected."

Where is the leader of the thief so easy to catch, even if it is a corpse, it is difficult to find after the battlefield.

That group of bandits should be able to pass Zhangzhou Road smoothly, but they will enter Quanzhou Mansion next, which is also a road of ten deaths and no life.

After all, it is just transcription, not compilation, and even if it is necessary to proofread, it is not so quick and easy to do.

It is impossible for King Yu not to be angry.

It's just that it was Jin Yiwei, so no matter how upset King Yu was, he could only endure it.

Most of the corpses on the ground were members of the bandit army, and only a few were wearing Ming army armor.

Seeing people go away, Yu Dayou looked back at the battlefield ahead.

Therefore, at this time, fleeing from the battlefield, escaping from Fujian, and choosing a place to hide is the choice of most discerning people.

They can still gather together when they are victorious. After repeated defeats, these ambitious people can naturally see that Zhang Lian's situation is over, so there are two roads before these people.

This is what Wei Guangde thought of when he saw Jin Yiwei after he went out, and it was also because of Yin Shizhen's words reminding him.

Liu Shouyou frowned slightly, and didn't answer Wei Guangde's question, but just waved his hand.

As soon as he waved his hands, the two captains behind Tang Ruji stretched out their hands to push Tang Ruji, and then they were taken away.

After the captain in Jinyi turned around a few steps behind him, Liu Shouyou, who had been standing still, took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "Forgive me, Mr. Wei, this matter is due to the discovery of letters from the Tang family and the Yan family. "

(End of this chapter)