Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

"Huang Mingdao is here!"

"I found Huang Mingdao!"

"He wants to run, catch him!"

The shout made Huang Mingdao tremble with fright. He didn't care about losing an official boot or his official robe was in a mess. He ran to the back door desperately. He didn't want to be caught by these muddy legs.

But as soon as he ran to the back door, he found that the back door had already been opened, and a group of people were blocking him here!
Seeing this scene and seeing the resentment in the eyes of those common people, Huang Mingdao's heart skipped a beat, and he slumped on the ground.

"Huang Mingdao! Where are you going!"

"Do you think you can run away? The county government has been surrounded by us!"

Looking at these students, looking at the people holding hoes, plows, and pitchforks behind them, Huang Mingdao stretched out his hands tremblingly on the ground and said, "You, you mobs!"

"Trespassing the county government office is a serious crime of beheading!"

The leading student sneered and said, "It's not us, but you who want to behead!"

"Do you think your evidence is hidden?"

Just as he was talking, a student hurried over: "I found the ledger of Huang Mingdao's corruption and extortion! It contains all the evidence of his corruption, and he can't run away!"

Hearing this, Huang Mingdao hurriedly looked, and sure enough, he found a familiar ledger in the student's hand!

Didn't you hand over the ledger to the master?
Yup!

Where did Master go? !

Huang Mingdao was dumbfounded.

He didn't even notice that the master had already run away!
After discovering that the students led the people to besiege the county government, the master realized that this matter could not be ended well. In order to divert attention, he directly put the ledger of Huang Mingdao's embezzlement and extortion in a conspicuous place, and then he pretended to be an ordinary servant and hid it. Wake up, he has already run out of the county office.

Seeing these students and ordinary people approaching him one after another, Huang Mingdao was paralyzed from fear: "You, you untouchables!"

"I'm the magistrate! What do you want to do?!"

"Aren't you afraid of court punishment?!"

The students were angry: "Untouchables! Untouchables! Where do you put my Ming laws?!"

"Folks! Handcuff him, put him in a prison van, and send him to the capital!"

"Yes, handcuffed!"

Seeing that these mud legs dared to do something to him, Huang Mingdao lost his head and tried to escape regardless of the fact that he was surrounded, but was pinned to the ground by two students with sharp eyesight and hands, unable to move.

Immediately afterwards, the common people pushed the prison cart, moved the big shackles, directly put the big shackles on Huang Mingdao, and loaded them into the prison cart.

Seeing the dog official being put into the prison van, the people couldn't help but burst into cheers, while the students said: "Folks, we will definitely let the imperial court give everyone an explanation!"

"Everyone, let's go and send this dog official to the capital!"

"Okay!" All the students drove the chariots, at least those who rode horses, armed with swords, escorted the prison cart out of the county government office, and headed towards the capital under the watchful eyes of the people of Jintan County.

Huang Mingdao, who was loaded into the prison car and put on a big shackle, looked at the mud legs around him pointing at him, talking a lot, he closed his eyes in despair, he knew that he was finished!

Not only because of his corruption and extortion of bribes, but also because he has lost his lord, and no one is willing to protect him!

Along the way, a group of students escorted an imperial official on the official road, which attracted the attention of countless people. Whether they were passers-by, businessmen, students, or local officials, they all knew the crimes of Huang Mingdao, the magistrate of Jintan County, and were caught by the students. Together with the common people, they seized him and sent him to the capital for questioning.

As soon as the news spread, officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River suddenly became nervous. Today is Huang Mingdao who was arrested, but tomorrow it will be him?

At this time, these officials and gentry realized that the storm of rivalry between the old and new parties finally showed its power!
In fact, on this journey, it is not that there are no officials who want to stop these students, but every time they go to a place, local students will join in spontaneously, and the number of students escorting Huang Mingdao is as high as hundreds of people. Facing so many students, who would dare to stop them easily?
Aren't you afraid that you will be the next Huang Mingdao?

Therefore, officials from all over the country chose to turn a blind eye, Quan Dang didn't know about it, and let these students escort Huang Mingdao all the way to the capital.

But they are not stupid, they still send someone to inform Shangguan, tell Shangguan the ins and outs, and ask Shangguan to make a decision.

In short, I don't recite the name of mutilating students, so you can do whatever you like.

The magistrates of the Donglin Party in various places in the south of the Yangtze River also found it very difficult to deal with the news. Who would they turn to?

Are you looking for Wang Wenyan?
Who can be sure that Wang Wenyan, the Jiangnan governor of the new party, is not behind this incident?
Therefore, they had no choice but to send people to continue to inform the big bosses above, and then they could only be Huang Liji, Wei Guangwei, the cabinet ministers of the imperial court, Liu Hongxun and others.

Before the students arrived in the capital with Huang Mingdao in custody, the old party in the capital knew the news.

In Huang Liji's private house, Huang Liji, Wei Guangwei, Liu Hongxun and others sat together, drinking tea in silence, and the atmosphere was extremely dull.

Finally, Wei Guangwei couldn't bear it anymore: "Everyone talk about how to deal with this matter."

Liu Hongxun said helplessly, "It's just that it's difficult to deal with, and everyone doesn't know what to do."

"Now those students are escorting Huang Mingdao to the capital, we can't send someone to stop us, right? When this matter gets out, our reputation will be gone!"

Someone asked: "Could it be that you just watched them take Mr. Huang to the capital for questioning?"

Wei Guangwei was annoyed: "Huang Mingdao, taking money, breaking the law, and harming the people, he has committed a heinous crime!"

"Today, a group of students seized the incriminating evidence, and someone broke into the county government office to drag him out. It's embarrassing!"

Huang Liji was also very angry: "It is indeed a shameful thing! It is really embarrassing for me Donglin Party members!"

Liu Hongxun continued: "Those students were arrested in the name of Emperor Taizu's imperial edict. We can't attack those students, otherwise we are against the ancestral system."

Oppose the ancestral system!

This item was used by the Donglin Party members to attack the emperor and the New Party. Once it was used on the Donglin Party members, everyone would know how serious the problem was.

Therefore, it is difficult for people to make a decision. Right now, the old and new parties are arguing endlessly in Jiangnan. Seeing that the Donglin Party is already in a weak position, it is still struggling to support it with the ancestral system. If the shield of the ancestral system is gone, the situation will be really serious. I can't hold it anymore.

Huang Liji looked at the crowd: "Where's Qiao Yunsheng? Isn't he the Minister of the Ministry of Justice? Why didn't anyone see him at this time?"

Yu Shi sneered and said: "Qiao Yunsheng, he has already joined Zhang Haogu's family, why would he join our party?"

Liu Hongxun said: "Brother Yunsheng is not such a person, he just didn't want to be in a dilemma and chose to be neutral."

"That's a betrayal of us!" An official said angrily.

Huang Liji waved his hand: "After all, he didn't vote for Zhang Haogu. It would be too much to say that he betrayed me right now. If you don't come, don't come. If you don't come, can you force him to come?"

"Let's see what to do with this matter now?"

After getting back to the topic, these people looked at me and I looked at you, but they were all silent. Everyone knows the tricky part of this matter, who dares to say lightly that it can be done?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei looked at each other, both of them looked tired and helpless, the Donglin Party couldn't be moved anymore.

During the party meeting in Donglin, Zhang Haogu also knew about the movement in the Jiangnan Province. A group of students escorted the court officials to Beijing in a mighty way. How could such a big movement be hidden from him?

After looking at the ins and outs on the secret book, Zhang Haogu tapped his fingers on the table: "These students are acting recklessly."

"It's too rushing, you should send letters to various places along the way, asking them to escort these students to Beijing along the way, and don't let those who are interested take the opportunity to mess around."

Huang Zongxi said: "Students understand."

After Huang Zongxi left, Zhang Haogu looked at Mi Zhe and frowned. The most serious thing about this matter was not that Huang Mingdao committed a crime, but that these students trespassed on the county government office to arrest the court officials. This is the most critical issue.

Huang Mingdao is guilty and will be dealt with by the court. These students have no official credentials and no authority. They just broke into the county government and arrested a county magistrate. Zhang Haogu must know what Zhu Youxiao thinks about this matter. Otherwise, it would be difficult for these young and passionate students.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Haogu got up and entered the palace.

"Master Zhang, you are here." Eunuch Wei approached with a smile after seeing Zhang Haogu.

"Eunuch Wei, where is the emperor?" Zhang Haogu asked.

Eunuch Wei pointed and said, "The emperor is currently researching the steam engine. In order to develop a wooden cow and a horse, the emperor has been studying with the bachelors of the Academy of Engineering for the past few days."

Nodding his head, Zhang Haogu said: "Eunuch Wei, I happen to have something to report to the emperor, will you go with me?"

Eunuch Wei laughed and said, "That's a good relationship."

He followed Eunuch Wei to the busy Zhu Youxiao, and after Zhu Youxiao finished his work, Eunuch Wei stepped forward: "My lord, Master Zhang is here."

Hearing Zhang Haogu's arrival, Zhu Youxiao also put down his things: "When did Master come, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Just now I saw that the emperor is busy and serious, so I might as well wait a little longer, left and right are just a trivial matter."

When Zhu Youxiao heard it, he also became interested: "What's the matter, master quickly."

After Zhang Haogu told the ins and outs of the matter, Zhu Youxiao also fell into deep thought: "So that's how it is."

"This matter is interesting."

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao asked, "Where are those students and that corrupt official surnamed Huang?"

Zhang Haogu said: "We have reached the border of Henan, and we will arrive in Gyeonggi soon."

Zhu Youxiao said: "Then I will wait for them in the capital, and see how many criminal evidences they have enlisted for this corrupt official."

Right now Zhu Youxiao is waiting, Zhang Haogu is waiting, Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji are also waiting, everyone is watching the movement of those students, and in the capital, rumors about how Huang Mingdao was arrested are also spreading everywhere Suddenly, the news about Huang Mingdao became the hottest topic in the capital.

Under such circumstances, the students finally came to the capital with the prison cart. The guards guarding the city gate pretended not to see them and let them enter the capital with the prison cart. He pulled the prison cart to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, beat the drum, and complained.

With the sound of dull drums, the Ministry of Criminal Justice was alarmed, and soon the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice came out to check, saw the county magistrate in the prison car, and realized that the Lord had arrived, the Minister of Criminal Justice immediately went to inform the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Qiao Yunsheng.

"Mighty~Wu~"

Accompanied by the shouts of the yamen servants, Qiao Yunsheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, entered the lobby: "Whoever beats the drum, bring it here."

The students and Huang Mingdao were brought into the hall, Qiao Yunsheng looked at the students below the hall: "Who are you waiting for, what is the drumming?"

A student stood up and said, "Hui Mingtang, we are students from Jintan County in the south of the Yangtze River. This trip is beating the drums to appeal for grievances. It is because Huang Mingdao, the county magistrate of Jintan County, extorted money, corrupted the law, and oppressed the people. Relying on it, I had to go bankrupt to satisfy the greed of the county magistrate."

"Since the imperial court promoted the New Deal, it has repeatedly issued documents requiring officials from all over the country to enforce the law and be diligent and caring for the people. However, Huang Mingdao regards the court's laws as nothing, and still does his own thing, constantly apportioning and increasing taxes on the people, and even making the people continue to serve corvee to satisfy their own needs. private."

"Students here have testimonies from people in various villages and towns in Jintan County. A total of more than [-] people pressed blood seals to prove the authenticity of the testimony."

"At the same time, the students also have the accounts of Huang Mingdao's tax increases over the years, false reporting of corvees, and extortion of the people's extortionate miscellaneous taxes."

Qiao Yunsheng said: "The testimony and evidence are presented."

The students handed over testimonies with densely packed fingerprints, and Huang Mingdao's account books were also handed over to Qiao Yunsheng's case.

Qiao Yunsheng looked at the testimonies full of fingerprints, then at the account book that he remembered clearly, and then looked at Huang Ming, who was lying on the ground, and said, "Jintan county magistrate Huang Mingdao! What do you have to say? "

Seeing these testimonies and ledgers delivered to Qiao Yunsheng's desk, Huang Mingdao collapsed on the ground and gave up on himself without saying a word.

Qiao Yunsheng patted the gavel abruptly: "Jintan County Magistrate Huang Mingdao! What do you have to say?"

Huang Mingdao woke up from the shock of the gavel. He stared blankly at Qiao Yunsheng, then scrambled forward and cried, "I'm wronged! I'm wronged! I'm wronged!"

"These students colluded with the mob to storm the county government to frame the lower officials!"

"My lord, please be careful, be careful!"

Qiao Yunsheng snorted coldly. Just as he was about to speak, a young eunuch came out from behind: "Master Qiao, the Emperor wants to see the testimonies and criminal evidence submitted by those students."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yunsheng quickly handed over the testimony and incriminating evidence to the young eunuch: "I'm sorry to trouble you, father-in-law."

The little eunuch sent the testimony and evidence to the back hall. Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Haogu and other cabinet elders were all here. Looking at the testimony and government affairs sent by the little eunuch, what Zhu Youxiao took over was the one that caught his eye. Blood red fingerprints.

Without looking at the testimonies, just looking through the criminal evidence records, the bloodstains on the straw paper made Zhu Youxiao feel shocking: "More than 3000 bloody fingerprints, more than [-] Ming people's accusations !"

"Based on this alone, Huang Mingdao is not an exaggeration to cut him to pieces!"

Listening to Zhu Youxiao's murderous words, Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei couldn't help but shudder. The emperor is angry and is going to kill again!
Zhang Haogu flipped through the ledger and handed it to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, please take a look at this ledger."

Zhu Youxiao took over the account book and looked at the records on it that started in the year of Tianqi. Even after ten years of today's Qiqi, it still hasn't been broken!
With a bang, Zhu Youxiao directly patted the table angrily: "Okay, okay!"

"It's really a good subject of mine, a good subject!"

"Ten years, ten years of corruption! I issued an edict to require all officials to be honest and honest, and not to be corrupt and extort bribes. He has completely ignored it, because he thinks that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and I can't control him anymore. In your eyes, if you don’t take Zhen’s edict in your eyes, you should be killed! You should be killed!”

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao sent testimonies to Huang Liji, Wei Guangwei and others: "Everyone, please take a look! Take a look!"

"How shocking this is!"

"In the south of the Yangtze River, in my Southern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty, there are such brutal and harmful dog officials!"

"What is this? This is the scum of the Ming Dynasty!"

"No wonder the people want to attack the county government. He is forcing the people to have no way out!"

"Officials force the people to rebel, officials force the people to rebel, this is the government to force the people to rebel!"

"Tell Qiao Aiqing to let him investigate the case strictly, and don't let him slack off!"

After saying this, Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei understood that Huang Mingdao must die, and he would definitely die a miserable death.

Didn't see the emperor said that the investigation of this case must not be slack. This is to dig out all the things Huang Mingdao did. Jin Yiwei and Dongchang should go to Jintan County to dig three feet?
Not to mention Huang Mingdao, none of the officials involved with him can escape!
After returning to the palace, Zhu Youxiao said: "Wei Banban, go and check to see how many people are involved, don't let anyone go!"

Knowing that the emperor was angry, Eunuch Wei hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the emperor, the slaves will let the youngsters go and investigate right away, and promise to give the emperor a satisfactory explanation."

Immediately, the fans of Dongchang took action, not counting the flying pigeons passing on the letter, and there were teams of Tiqi out of the city and went straight to the south of the Yangtze River, obviously wanting to do something big.

The storm that was brewing over the Jiangnan province had finally gathered momentum, and now it had accumulated enough power to unleash a devastating and terrifying force.

But in just a few days, a list of criminal evidence of Huang Mingdao and those involved with him was placed on Zhu Youxiao's desk.

Looking at these lists and criminal evidence, Zhu Youxiao was furious and ordered directly: "Arrest Dongchang and Jinyiwei according to the list, but don't let anyone who is famous be let go, and I will escort them all to the capital!"

Some officials got the news in advance and wanted to run away, but the local Jinyiwei directly came to the door. Facing the joint operation of Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi, none of these officials escaped, and all of them were taken down. .

After hearing the news, Wang Wenyan smiled and took a sip of tea: "Okay, okay, without these troublesome guys, the New Deal in Jiangnan will be implemented easily."

Doesn't Wang Wenyan know that these people are corrupt?
Don't know if there is a problem with these people?

Wang Wenyan knew it all, but he didn't act rashly. Instead, he chose to let the students cause this cancer, and then let the emperor do it.

At present, a group of officials from various prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River have been arrested, and the rest of the officials are all trembling and fearful. When students from Datong Academy fill the vacancies, the government orders in this south of the Yangtze River will be smooth.