Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 306: We must be lone ministers. His Majesty is forcing us to completely submit to him!

Xie Dou and other gentry from Liangzhe left the governor's office in disgrace.

From the moment Zhu Wan took out the letter and stabbed Wang Ao in the back, Xie Dou and other gentry in Liangzhe knew that they could not persuade Zhu Wan to stop.

"I wrote to my father, but Zhu Wan refused to listen and even made public the letter Wang Zhenze wrote to him."

"He wants to be a lone minister!"

So, as soon as Xie Dou came back, he gave instructions to the housekeeper Xie Wu and added one more word through gritted teeth.

Fujian and Guangdong.

Wang Hong also made the letter from Fei Hong clear to the gentry in Fujian and Guangdong, and they also expressed that they would strictly enforce the maritime ban.

"hateful!"

When Lin Shiyuan in Nanjing learned about this, he was also very angry and hurriedly wrote a letter to his accomplice Lin Xiyuan in Beijing.

After receiving the letter, Lin Xiyuan informed Lin Jun of the matter and said to him, "Lord, this Wang Hong is really stubborn and must be replaced. Otherwise, our southeastern coast will not be at peace!"

Lin Jun's face darkened at this time, and he said, "I didn't enter the imperial study, so I don't know what your majesty is thinking. Naturally, I don't know whether Wang Hong and Fei Qianshan are cooperating with your majesty, but what is certain is that Wang Hong really doesn't take us, the big families in the southeast, seriously."

"He's playing with fire!"

Lin Jun suddenly bared his teeth, revealing a ferocious look on his face.

Lin Xiyuan pondered for a moment and said, "The elder is right. If he didn't have someone to support him, he wouldn't dare to play with fire like this."

"Don't worry about that!"

Lin Jun waved his hand and said, "Let's first show the power of our big family in the southeast, put pressure on Wang Hong and the court. We can't let the sea ban that everyone wants to see turn out like this!"

"That's what the elder said."

……

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"The Forbidden Sea is out of our control and has become something we don't want to see."

"Your Majesty must be plotting something here."

"Our Majesty is truly extremely wise! He is forcing us to support him in opening up the sea in the future, and for this reason, he is letting us all know that the ban on the sea will cause us great pain."

"This is the same reason why he used the teachings of the saints to embarrass Yang Xin before. He wants the world to know that if he really cares about the people, it will not be him who will suffer, but the meat-eaters in the world."

"He wants to tear to pieces what we have been saying about respecting the teachings of the Sunnah and upholding the ancestral system, and force us to completely submit to him if we want to keep our dignity and status!"

"But it's not that easy to make us scholars and gentry submit to him willingly!"

After reading Xie Dou's letter, Xie Qian also spoke with a heavy face to his fifth son Xie Zhi who was taking care of him in Beijing.

As for Xie Qian, he had already determined that this was what the emperor meant, and he even guessed what the emperor would do next.

But guessing it doesn't mean you have to give in or do what the emperor wants.

Xie Qian also instructed Xie Zhi: "Write a letter to tell your family that although the sea is banned and trade is not allowed, the money owed to the pirates must be paid, even if it means selling land, villas, properties, and slaves! Don't really rely on your family of officials and the fact that they dare not offend the government to swallow up their goods and refuse to lend money! Those who dare to smuggle may do anything once they are forced into a corner!"

Xie Zhi quickly bowed and said yes.

Saying.

After receiving Xie Qian's reply, Xie Dou did not take the payment for the goods seriously.

What's more, for Xie Dou, who is actually the head of the family, since the family lost a lot of money and cut off the smuggling route, the income has dropped sharply, but the expenses have increased instead.

Therefore, the entire Xie family is already spending more than they earn, and it is not right for Xie Dou to have wronged anyone in the family.

Therefore, Xie Dou also said: "Father, it's really easy for me to say that. Selling the land and the villa property can solve the urgent problem for a while, but what will happen after the sale?"

After hearing this, Xie Wu couldn't help but ask Xie Dou: "So what does Master mean?"

“No payment!”

"Tell those pirates and sea barbarians below that if they are dissatisfied, they should blame Zhu Wan and the government for being too strict in banning the sea!"

"If they have the guts, they can tear down the governor's office and kill Zhu Wan and his men, even if it means massacring the entire village. This will show the court how powerful they are and make it afraid to impose a maritime ban again. My Xie family will pay him the money even if we have to sell everything we have!"

Xie Dou replied directly. Xie Wu opened his mouth slightly.

But he didn't dare say much and had to do as he was told.

Zhu Houcong soon learned from the Zhejiang Jinyiwei about Xie Dou's attitude towards the pirates' payment for goods.

Because there are also undercover Jinyiwei agents among the coastal smuggling pirates.

"This Xie Qian really can't control his own children."

"The Xie family may really be doomed because of the arrogance of their children."

After Zhu Houcong learned about this, he told Qin Wen, the governor of the Eastern Depot.

Qin Wen couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, do you want the Pacification Office to remind Master Xie?"

"No need!"

Zhu Houcong waved his hand.

"Yes!"

talking.

Zhu Houcong stood up and said, "It's okay to let the Xie family suffer a little. I can't ignore the overall situation for the sake of his family. Besides, it's difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs. Although I am the emperor, if I interfere in other people's family affairs, I will only be in trouble both inside and outside!"

"Now, the court must be alert. If the pirates dare to do something that I dare not do, it means that they will completely become pirates, and will take the wealthy families along the coast and directly massacre the people in the southeast!"

After Zhu Houcong said this, he turned and looked at the map on the wall, his eyes fixed on the southeast region.

then.

Zhu Houcong ordered: "Call the ministers of the Imperial Study to come to the Imperial Study!"

"Yes!"

Soon.

Fei Hong, Wang Qiong and Wang Ao arrived at the imperial study.

When the three arrived, Zhu Houcong asked, "Has the candidate for the Minister of War been nominated?"

Since Fei Hong and Wang Qiong resigned from their positions in charge of the ministry, Zhu Houcong followed Wang Yangming's recommendation and specially appointed Zhao Huang as the Minister of Personnel. At the same time, Minister of Works Tong Rui was specially appointed as the Minister of Punishments. Zhang Cong was ordered to be transferred back to the court to take charge of the ministry, and was appointed as the Minister of Works. Only the Minister of War was recommended by the outer court.

"Your Majesty, the results of the imperial nominations have just come out. The main nominees are Peng Ze, the former Border Censor-in-Chief and Minister of War, and Wang Shizhong, the Left Censor-in-Chief, and Li Chengxun, the Nanjing Minister of Justice."

Fei Hong replied.

"Appoint Li Chengxun as the Minister of War."

Zhu Houcong thought for a while and said.

"Yes!"

then.

Zhu Houcong gave them a secret report from the Jinyiwei of Zhejiang: "Take a look at this."

After seeing this, Fei Hong and the others were all shocked. They all understood why the emperor selected Li Chengxun as his soldier. It was naturally because Li Chengxun had experience in suppressing rebellions in the south.

Fei Hongxian said, "Your Majesty, we must remind the governors and coastal defense officers along the coast to be vigilant against the rampant pirates!"

Zhu Houcong nodded and said, "That's right. Tell Li Chengxun to notify the governors and coastal defense officers in the name of the Ministry of War, and then have those imperial merchants go to the coast to hire unemployed seafarers."

"Yes!"

After Zhu Houcong said this, he asked these people to retreat.

After all, it is already night, and we should go back and rest in preparation for tomorrow's court meeting.

At present, many court officials are ready to criticize Zhu Wan and Wang Hong at the court meeting. After all, both of them refused to cooperate when the sea ban was imposed.

When Zhu Houcong was holding a court meeting with all officials at Zuoshun Gate, the censor Liang Shibiao stood up first and said, "Your Majesty, I impeach the Right Censor-in-Chief, the Admiral of the Southern Zhili and Liangzhe Coastal Defense, Zhu Wan, for falsely accusing innocent people of being bandits and wantonly killing them. Therefore, I request that he be dismissed from his post as admiral and inspector and his power to act at his own will be revoked!"

(End of this chapter)