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Chapter 680 Let me see these cheap scholars' new tricks
Hai Rui resolved all the attacks from the lowly scholars in the Southern Courtyard, and made a statement in front of everyone. This time, he would not retreat even a single step and would finish the unfinished business even if he died. According to Chen Mo's idea, a high-value target like Hai Rui should try to avoid appearing in public, and even reduce various unnecessary meetings to improve safety.

Someone ran to the government office and wanted to acknowledge Hai Rui as his biological father. This kind of thing could be resolved by the Imperial Guards, and Hai Rui's deployment did not require him to appear in person. However, after thinking it over, Hai Rui still appeared in front of the people and said these words.

Because if he didn't show up, it wouldn't be perfect. It seemed that the Tiqi used some means to resolve the crisis, and Hai Rui hid behind the Tiqi like a cowardly villain, not daring to face these ups and downs directly.

Hai Rui has always been brave.

Hai Rui returned to the Southern Court again to rectify the administration of the Southern Court. His starting point was still to fight corruption and catch greed. Some things are like this. You have to catch them. Once you catch them, they will work.

Everyone has his limitations, and Hai Rui is no exception. His way of dealing with problems is too direct. Even after twelve years of bending to survive, he still chooses to face them head-on.

The limitations of the Southern Court scholars are also reflected here. They are used to an unchanging world, and facing the ever-changing Ming Dynasty, they seem to be at a loss. What they do seems out of place and very stupid.

They hope that the world will always remain the world they are familiar with, refuse any changes, and refuse to look at problems from a developmental perspective.

The Ming dukes also had their own limitations. Even someone as strong as Zhang Juzheng was actually very pessimistic about his new policies and the Wanli Reform. He did not think that the Wanli Reform had any great achievements. It was like a person dancing in shackles. The heavy historical burden of the Ming Dynasty made it difficult for the Wanli Reform to move forward.

But the reality is: the seeds planted that year are already taking root, sprouting, growing vigorously, and bearing fruit.

In the second year of the Wanli reign, the Ming Emperor banned the export of raw silk, the raw material of silk, in order to ensure the profits of silk. The reasons for the ban were even a little ridiculous. The foreigners took the silk to weave, but could not weave it well, thus wasting the raw silk. Later, he began to encourage the expansion of domestic silk shops and weaving bureaus, and turned all the raw silk into silk.

This was just a small matter during the Wanli Reform, but its result was enough to make Zhang Juzheng dumbfounded.

"I have to admit that I have underestimated the power of ten thousand men." Zhang Juzheng, the initiator and practitioner of the New Deal, criticized himself. He was too conservative, so much so that he now looks a bit like the Baosi faction of the New Deal. This is funny, but it is also reality.

The Yangzhou Weaving Bureau was the largest weaving bureau in the entire Ming Dynasty. There were more than 10,000 weavers alone. The entire weaving bureau stretched for several miles, and its 18 workshops were weaving silks and satins day and night.

"I have also made the mistake of empiricism in this regard." The Ming Emperor Zhu Yijun stood on the high tower of the bell and drum tower in Yangzhou, looking at the streets of Yangzhou Prefecture, and said sincerely.

The bell and drum tower in Yangzhou is much smaller than that in the capital, but it is high enough for viewing from afar.

As disappointed the emperor was with Xuzhou Prefecture, as satisfied he was with Yangzhou Prefecture. In order to take a closer look, he even stayed there for another day.

Fireworks in Yangzhou in March. Yangzhou in March is extremely beautiful, with catkins like smoke, flowers like brocade, mist and rain, and the fragrance of flowers.

Yangzhou has demolished all its city walls. Even under the threat of Japanese invasion, Yangzhou built a section of earth wall during the Jiajing period. However, with the stabilization of the coastal areas during the Wanli period, this section of earth wall was completely demolished. The well-connected roads, canals and the Yangtze River have made Yangzhou prosperous today.

In Yangzhou, an economic and trade outing is held at the Slender West Lake every March. This is a tradition that has existed since the Song Dynasty. It used to be a carnival for the dental industry, but now it has gradually become an exposition of all department stores, with firewood, rice, oil, salt, fresh fish, fruits, bamboo, wood, umbrellas, baskets, lacquerware, sugar shops, jade, shoes and so on. There are more than 300 kinds of commercial goods in the two-mile long street, which is a dazzling array.

What surprised the emperor the most was that with the continuous rise of handicraft workshops, the business of the human tooth business seemed to be getting harder and harder. Yangzhou Skinny Horse was quietly withdrawing from the stage of history. Perhaps it was because the rise of handicraft workshops replaced the ecological niche of the human tooth business, or perhaps it was because Yangzhou was not prosperous enough. The world of fireworks is always chasing money, and Shanghai County is becoming the center of the new world of fireworks.

Perhaps it was because the people could finally breathe a sigh of relief under the Wanli Reform, and fewer people sold their children.

Yangzhou skinny horses, this deformed economic product, is indeed dying out rapidly.

The imperial guards released by the emperor found no traces of human trafficking. Unlike Xuzhou, where there were human traffickers everywhere, there were only a few individual cases in Yangzhou. For example, a family had too many children to raise, so they sold the children to childless relatives or fellow villagers. The imperial guards could only turn a blind eye to such cases.

Yangzhou Prefecture was one of the thirteen prefectures in the Southern Court. Due to the influence of public opinion, the prefect of Yangzhou did not dare to be overly flattering. He just cleaned up the garbage inside and outside Yangzhou, including the ditches, repainted all the archways, leveled the roads, cleaned the brick joints of the government office, and changed the children of the orphanage into new clothes. That was all.

Not particularly respectful, and there is still some gap between him and the Northern Pacification Division who used a brush to clean the gaps between floor tiles.

"The Wanli Reform actually proved one thing. Even if the high-ranking officials believed that the people are the foundation of the country, they always underestimated the impact of the combined efforts of the people from all over the country on the world. They could not fully understand that human power can conquer nature. This is the limitation of the high-ranking officials. Moreover, no matter what the position is, when the concept is overwhelmed by arrogance, it is not far from making mistakes." Zhang Juzheng said earnestly.

Zhang Juzheng was a Confucian scholar who examined himself three times a day. He was good at self-criticism. He was a high-ranking official in the government. He believed that the Southern Tour was of great significance, which was to let the wise officials know clearly what the world really was.

All the wise men who went on this southern tour, including Zhang Juzheng, were generally arrogant, thinking that it was "I" who changed the status quo of the Ming Dynasty, not the common people. This was a fallacy.

Only when you see the magnificent mountains and rivers, will you understand what the power of the people is.

The canal north of Jining is an ornamental canal. Shipping does exist there, but due to ice, flow and other reasons, the canal north of Jining has insufficient capacity. But starting from Xuzhou, Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu and others truly saw what it meant to have canal ships connected end to end, in an endless stream, day and night.

When Zhang Juzheng saw this, he naturally had to change this arrogance, because arrogance would lead to mistakes. Only gods and Buddhas are high above, and without the worship of the people, gods and Buddhas are worthless.

The main contradictions among the country, the people and the people have not shifted yet, but new changes are quietly taking place. The Ming Dynasty court must see this change.

"Your Majesty, the carriage is ready." Feng Bao carefully reminded His Majesty of today's schedule, which was to pay homage to the Yangzhou Anti-Japanese Loyalty and Bravery Temple.

The reason why the Ming Emperor stayed for one more day was, firstly, because he was fascinated by the splendor of Yangzhou, and secondly, to pay homage to the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery.

During the Jiajing period, Yangzhou experienced two large-scale invasions by Japanese invaders. The first was in the 33rd year of Jiajing, and the second was in the 36th year of Jiajing.

On the second day of April in the thirty-third year of the Jiajing reign, Japanese pirates invaded the gateway to Yangzhou, Nantong Prefecture.

Once Nantong Prefecture was captured by the Japanese pirates, the entire Yangzhou Prefecture would become precarious, just like when Cengang in Zhejiang was occupied by the Japanese pirates and the entire Zhejiang Province was ravaged by them until Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and others recaptured Cengang.

Xie Mingdao, the lieutenant general defending Nantong Prefecture, captured the Japanese pirates' spies throughout the city and personally went up to the city to defend it. The military and civilians were united and vowed to live and die with the city, but the besieging Japanese pirates were numerous. The Ming army, which came to the rescue from Xinghua, was ambushed by the Japanese pirates and wiped out. The people of Nantong Prefecture were shocked.

On the third day of April, Tang Wei, the co-magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, heard the news. As a scholar and civil servant, he not only did not avoid the attack of the Japanese pirates, but instead led the Yangzhou soldiers to rush straight to Nantong Prefecture for support. He rushed overnight and arrived on April 13th, which was also the day when the reinforcements from Xinghua were ambushed and wiped out.

Tang Wei could not enter Nantong Prefecture as the Japanese pirates besieged the city, so he had to lead his troops to station outside the city. Finally, on April 22, Tang Wei got in touch with Lieutenant General Jie Daoming in the city, and then they began to cooperate internally and externally. The Japanese pirates' formation was in chaos, and Tang Wei led the Yangzhou soldiers to enter the city.

The Japanese pirates took advantage of the opportunity when the Yangzhou soldiers entered the city and began to attack the city again. Tang Wei and Xie Daoming held the city wall for four hours and repelled the Japanese pirates. Despite their fatigue, they worked together with other Ming troops who came to support and drove the Japanese pirates into the sea.

In the 36th year of Jiajing's reign, Japanese pirates invaded Jiangbei again. Hu Zongxian, Shi Maohua, Tang Wei, Xie Daoming and others won successive battles in Wantou, Yangziqiao, Wangjiazhuang, Huaian Miaowan and Haikougang, and completely repelled the Japanese pirates. From then on, the Japanese pirates dared not to invade Yangzhou again.

After the war, Hu Zongxian sought credit for the brave soldiers and established a Temple of Loyalty and Bravery to commemorate them. Hu Zongxian wrote the names of the 236 soldiers who died in the war on the memorial, but in the end the court only approved the names of 72 people.

The carriage of the Ming Emperor arrived at the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery. What surprised Zhu Yijun was that the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery located outside the city was not a sparsely populated place. Zhu Yijun even saw several large houses that were no less beautiful than the ones with auspicious designs of dragon and phoenix. They were similar to the large houses in Baiwang Mountain in the capital, and were luxurious properties that only the rich and powerful could afford!
"Why are there so many villas around the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery?" Zhu Yijun asked the accompanying Yangzhou prefect Zhao Zhijie with some curiosity.

Zhao Zhijie said with a strange look on his face: "The land prices around the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery are more expensive than those in the city, but the more expensive it is, the more people buy it, because they feel at ease because of the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery."

"So that's why. It's for peace of mind." Zhu Yijun understood.

During the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty was still quite superstitious. The richer and more powerful people were, the more superstitious they were. They built a temple next to the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery, and even saved the trouble of guarding the house. What else could be more effective in deterring evil spirits than the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery? They could sleep peacefully.

The Yangzhou Loyalty and Bravery Temple is not very grand. It is just an ordinary main house and two side rooms, covering an area of ​​about one acre. But just looking at the slightly smooth marks of the stone bricks in front of the door, you can tell that this place is usually very popular.

The Temple of Loyalty and Bravery was relatively quiet. Zhu Yijun took the lit incense from Feng Bao and placed it on the incense burner.

The Temple of Loyalty and Bravery only has tablets but no statues. There are some murals on both sides. Some of the colors are very bright, which is obviously a special renovation for the inspection.

Zhu Yijun's worship at the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery was a spur of the moment idea and a temporary arrangement. After the emperor had this idea, the imperial guards immediately cleared the streets. It was obvious that it had been made before. Zhao Zhijie predicted the emperor's itinerary and did not let His Majesty see the mottled murals.

Yangzhou Prefecture benefited greatly from the east wind of opening up the sea. It was able to learn from other people's experience and develop rapidly, and was able to solve many problems. Some thorny problems that were previously unsolvable would be solved in the process of development. For example, the Yangzhou skinny horses were a long-standing problem for successive prefects, a trend that had been repeatedly banned but could not be stopped.

Zhao Zhijie was grateful for the emperor's policy of opening the sea, which was the political achievement that led to his promotion, so he liked to guess the emperor's intentions. He guessed the emperor's intentions very accurately for the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery.

Zhu Yijun was standing in the yard. There was a pavilion in the middle of the yard. There was a stele inside, which recorded the various deeds of Yangzhou's anti-Japanese resistance.

The Ming Emperor looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Hu Zongxian is not an honest man either. Look, the court approved 72 people. There are indeed only 72 names in the main hall of the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery, but there are 236 names in the left and right side halls, not one less."

"Take ten copper coins."

The imperial court approved the engraving of 72 loyal and brave men, and Hu Zongxian could not disobey the order, but all the people he reported were included in the Temple of Loyalty and Bravery, but they were worshipped in the left and right side halls. He had to execute the orders from above, and he also had to appease the people below. The reason why Zhu Yijun wanted to take the copper coins was that there was a stone turtle in the round pond in the middle of the courtyard. Throwing coins into the turtle's mouth would bring good luck, which was just a beautiful self-consolation, but the copper coins piled up in the pond proved that everyone wanted to have a good start.

Zhu Yijun picked up ten copper coins and started throwing them into the pool one by one. As a sharp soldier who could hit the target with all ten arrows using the Tiger Force bow, the Ming Emperor amazed the people accompanying him. His ten hits triggered rounds of cheers and flattery.

"Sir, would you like to try it?" Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng waved his hands and shook his head, saying, "Let General Qi come."

Qi Jiguang took the ten coins and started throwing them into the pool. Every time he hit the target, he would cheer. The last coin drew a beautiful arc in the air and landed right next to the turtle's mouth. It turned around and did not fall into the turtle's mouth, but fell into the pool instead.

"Oh, what a pity, it almost went in." Qi Jiguang looked quite annoyed. He made nine out of ten shots, but the last one didn't go in.

"Yeah, what a pity." Zhu Yijun didn't know what to say. He learned most of his martial arts from Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang's last move was deliberately not to throw it in, just a little bit short, making the emperor seem omnipotent.

When it comes to cooperating with the performance, Qi Jiguang will not choose to turn a blind eye. In the Ming Dynasty court, everyone is an actor.

Zhu Yijun stood by the pool, looking at the rows of tablets in the main hall with a sunny smile. The current prosperity of Yangzhou is worthy of the fearless dedication of these warriors back then.

"Yangzhou is beautiful, but now it's time to go to the Southern Court to support our General Hai." Zhu Yijun was greedy for the splendor of Yangzhou, but he really couldn't stay there any longer.

Hai Rui is "fighting alone" in the Southern Court, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty should rush to support him.

Of course, this was the emperor's own opinion. In the eyes of the Southern Court, was Hai Rui just one person?! Behind Hai Rui were the emperor on tour, the imperial court, and the imperial guards in the capital. In the Southern Court, Hai Rui had the naval commander-in-chief, Chen Lin, the Marquis of Shuri, and 20,000 naval soldiers. Xu Bangrui, the Duke of Wei, gave up his defense, Li Le, the governor, helped him, and Luo Bingliang, the commander of the Southern Court, cooperated with him.
Beside Hai Rui were two censors in plain clothes, the Chief of Justice Chen Mo, and four hundred imperial guards as his assistants.

This is what the emperor understood as fighting alone.

The emperor was afraid that Hai Rui would be bullied, but the lowly scholars in the Southern Court had something to say: who is bullying whom? If Hai Rui had this kind of power back then, what could he not have done?!
Zhu Yijun finally saw the expensive Fengzhou. The construction cost was as high as 150,000 silver coins, which made the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty feel distressed. The moment he saw it, Zhu Yijun called it a waste!
Fengzhou was converted from a fast sailing ship. Because it was a river boat, its bottom was relatively flat, and it was not designed like a pointed-bottom ship for crossing the ocean. The mast was removed and replaced with a more luxurious building ship shape with four floors in total and oars. The power was only human power, and it did not even have a propeller. This meant that this Fengzhou was destined to only sail on the river.

But such a large ship is not needed for inland transportation, so the 150,000 silver coins had only one use, which was to help the emperor cross the river. Even the power was chosen to be the most reliable manpower, rather than the propeller that had been proven successful.

What made Zhu Yijun even more distressed was that the ship was too luxurious. Fifteen thousand silver coins were mainly spent on decoration. The ship was so luxurious that as long as it appeared, everyone would know that the emperor was there.

This is the purpose of Songjiang Prefecture Shipyard building this ship, to let everyone know that His Majesty has come, otherwise wouldn’t the ship have been built in vain?

On the last day of March, the Ming Emperor boarded a ship bound for Nanjing. The fleet went to the Qinhuai River, then to Mochou Lake, and arrived at the palace on the shore of Mochou Lake, Nanhu Villa.

Zhu Yijun's ship sailed across the Yangtze River. Everyone knew that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had arrived. The huge ship was not sailing very fast. On the third day, the fleet of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty arrived at the less loyal Yingtian Prefecture. During the whole process, there were no accidents, such as fire or falling into the water. None of the dangers that the Taoist priest encountered during his southern tour fell on Zhu Yijun.

All the officials of the Ming Dynasty saw the antics of Prince Lu Zhu Yiliu in the Northern Yamen. Compared with letting Zhu Yiliu be in power, it was better to have Zhu Yijun, an emperor who could be consulted, as he was more reliable.

The emperor forbade anyone to come to the dock to greet him, because he was not actually on the Fengzhou, but on a specially reinforced horse boat, in order to prevent accidents. If someone wanted to assassinate the emperor, they could go to great lengths to break into the magnificent Fengzhou, or even burn it, and the emperor would be fine.

"It went extremely smoothly, more smoothly than I expected." Zhu Yijun said with emotion when he got off the horse boat and stepped on solid ground.

Wang Chonggu, who was born a rebel, said nothing. What he really wanted to say was: When it comes to playing tricks, who can outsmart you, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
The Fengzhou can't be said to be impregnable, but it can be called unbreakable. The cost of 150,000 silver coins was actually used as bait by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Whoever attempts the assassination will be the fish caught by His Majesty.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty successfully stayed at the Nanhu Villa. As soon as he arrived, a eunuch hurriedly rushed into the main hall with a blood letter, knelt on the ground, held the blood letter in his hands, and said quickly but clearly: "Your Majesty, all the officials of the Southern Court have come to the Nanhu Villa to mourn for you. They said that Hai Rui indulged the treacherous people, bullied the gentry, and was too hasty in seeking justice and making changes too hastily, which offended people."

"The officials have written in blood to report this, begging Your Majesty to use it at your discretion."

Zhu Yijun took the blood letter from Feng Bao and said, "It is rainy and humid in the south of the Yangtze River. Since you are old, you must find an official residence facing the sun. Remember not to stay near water, and be careful about your diet."

"I obey your command." Feng Bao hurriedly bowed his head and accepted the order. In fact, there was no need for His Majesty to remind him, as Feng Bao had already arranged everything. Wherever he went, His Majesty would personally inquire about Zhang Juzheng's food and water. This disciple was really dedicated.

"Let me see what these cheap scholars have done!" Zhu Yijun picked up the blood letter and read it for a long time. His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his expression became more and more solemn. He said to Zhang Hong: "Find a eunuch to tell Hai Rui to do whatever he wants! Be bold!"

"These despicable scholars deserve no pity to die!"

The blood letter mentioned one thing: in the fourth year of Longqing, about three months after Hai Rui took office in Yingtian Prefecture, his wives and concubines died overnight. If it were not for this blood letter, Zhu Yijun would have no idea what price Hai Rui paid that year.

Hai Rui had a daughter, but his wife had not given birth to a son for Hai Rui. According to the Ming Dynasty law, a man could take a concubine if he was childless after the age of 40. Hai Rui took a concubine, but both his wife and concubine died overnight, just when Hai Rui was dealing with Xu Jie and all the officials were pleading for Xu Jie.

Hai Rui came again this time, but the difference this time was that in order to support Hai Rui, His Majesty the Emperor came in person.

After arriving in Nanjing, Hai Rui, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Ming Dynasty, found out the criminal facts of Chen Wuyin, the former prefect of Xuzhou, and then implemented several things with Li Le.

The first thing was to cut unnecessary expenses, which meant conducting a comprehensive inventory of all the repair costs of cities, roads, bridges, and ditches since the first year of the Wanli period, with two key areas of focus: subcontracting at all levels and post-repair.

Layers of subcontracting will inevitably breed corruption, and if a project is cut corners due to corruption, it will inevitably be subject to repeated repairs and patchwork, and this is a wound that cannot be healed.

These two directions can be said to be a direct attack on the vital points of these officials in the Southern Court. There are many Dingjian projects in the Southern Court, and there is money to be made from these Dingjian projects. Hai Rui does not necessarily want to be clean, but the construction of the Dingjian project must not allow any mistakes. It does not matter if you take some, but if the Dingjian project cannot be used, you will be held accountable.

In order to cut unnecessary expenses, 143 officials at all levels were arrested, and another 31 were being sought or on the way to capture.

The second thing is to recover the stolen money, and the blood letter mainly complains about this aspect.

Hai Rui actually worked with the Tax Inspection Office, which was known for its cruel officials, to hunt down the stolen money. In addition to the silver obtained through corruption and abuse of power, all the powerful and wealthy people in the same line had to pay the outstanding taxes. The Southern Court Commander Luo Bingliang and Hai Rui cooperated closely and hunted down a wave of dirty money ruthlessly. Within just seven days, the outstanding debts recovered exceeded 1.5 million silver coins, and the total amount of stolen money recovered exceeded 3 million silver coins.

The third thing was to correct extravagant habits and make clear regulations on extravagance and waste in government offices at all levels. There were clear rules on the amount of coal used by each office in winter, travel ceremonies, the amount of water and food, debts, banquets, etc.

For example, when it comes to banquets, there are eight prohibitions and twelve avoidances. The eight prohibitions are very clear: banquets using public funds, banquets hosted by powerful and wealthy people, banquets hosted by workshop owners, banquets hosted by stakeholders, banquets hosted during the execution of official duties, private guests using public funds, wedding and funeral banquets, and banquets hosted by chambers of commerce. Different degrees of punishment will be imposed depending on the severity of the situation.

These eight prohibitions would be fine, after all, Hai Rui was known for his integrity and honesty. What made the Southern Court officials most uncomfortable were these twelve avoidances.

It seems that it is just a request for avoidance and there is no hard and fast rule prohibiting participation. However, if the punishment is unknown, the power will be unpredictable. The eight prohibitions clearly define the punishment, but the twelve avoidances do not have more detailed punishment clauses. This leads to everyone feeling insecure and not attending a banquet if they can avoid it.

Preventing mistakes that would lead to a bleak career became the only option for everyone.

"Feng Bao, go and convey my order. If they still refuse to leave and keep crying in front of me, let Luo Bingliang come and arrest them and put them in the prison of the Southern Pacification Division. If there is not enough space, let Wang Ci Fu build a Turtle Tower and throw them in!" Zhu Yijun wrote the imperial edict.

Feng Bao brought the eunuchs to the gate of Nanhu Villa. A large group of people knelt in front of the gate. Feng Bao flicked his whisk and said loudly, "Officials, listen to my order."

"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims:"

"Since the Left Censor-in-Chief Hai Rui arrived in Yingtian by imperial order, he has cut unnecessary expenses, corrected old malpractices, revitalized the administration of officials and corrected bad habits. He has been in line with the will of heaven and the will of the people. He has been in line with what he has done and has been against what he has done. He has been dedicated to the country and the people, which has greatly comforted me."

"What you are crying about is not suffering, but the suffering inflicted upon you. All kinds of suffering were inflicted upon the people by you in the past."

"It is very difficult to start something in the world, but it is easy to carry it to the end. Hai Gangfeng's actions were a bit too hasty in seeking governance and making changes too quickly, which may have offended people. It was too radical and inhumane, but his heart and actions were to punish the accumulated abuses and serve the people, and he would not change."

"You don't need to make a fuss here. I have my own ministers to assist me. Please leave now. If you don't leave, you will regret it in vain behind bars!"

"Appreciate this."

The scholars and officials who wrote the blood letter never expected to receive such a tough response.

The emperor not only highly praised Hai Rui's actions, but also reprimanded them verbally and warned them sternly that if they made any more noise, Hai Rui would look into the past to see if they had any problems and were really so clean!

If you are not so clean and still refuse to leave, you can only regret it in prison.

(End of this chapter)