Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 348 The Emperor treats the gentry and wealthy as thieves!

Boom!

At this time, the navy officers and soldiers had already opened fire.

A large number of thugs were shot bravely and were screaming on the shore.

Upon seeing this, the rest of the thugs also fled in panic.

Wu Jian's face suddenly became gloomy.

Zheng Liang, the son of a wealthy family from the coastal area who came with him, also said angrily at this time: "Huo Tao has deceived us, we must tell this to Mr. Duizhai immediately!"

"Not only should we inform Mr. Duizhai, we should also arrest his family members!"

Wu Jian replied through gritted teeth.

Zheng Liang nodded and said, "Fortunately, Xu Dong and his men will come to support us from Shuangyu Island. It will work even if we don't have any inside help! It just requires more money!"

Wu Jian nodded and looked at Wang Yue, the commander of Dinghaiwei who came with him and was also from a wealthy family on the coast, and said, "Commander Wang! It's time for your servants to go out and supervise the battle, otherwise, we won't be able to hold out until the people from Shuangyu Island arrive!"

Wang Yue nodded and ordered his servants, who had disguised themselves as Japanese pirates, to charge towards the port wearing armor and holding Japanese swords. He also killed many of the retreating brave warriors and forced them to continue fighting with the government troops.

Many brave warriors had no choice but to continue charging towards the government troops.

And the servants in charge of supervising the battle under Wang Yue's command also followed and killed them.

Among the government troops, the armored infantrymen holding knives naturally crossed the musket team and fought with those who rushed forward.

Yu Dayou, who had already put on armor in advance, even came forward with a gun to kill when the battle between the two sides was fierce.

As soon as Yu Dayou joined the battlefield, he was like a man in an empty space. His big iron spear was like a giant black dragon rising from the sea and into the clouds, constantly shuttling between the chests and necks of these people.

Soon, Wang Yue's servants who were pretending to be Japanese pirates could no longer hold on.

The brave warriors who were fighting in the battle collapsed completely.

Wang Yue was getting anxious and asked Wu Jian and Zheng Liang, "Why haven't the people from Shuangyu Island come yet?"

Wu Jian and Zheng Liang were also surprised.

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"Take them down!"

At this time.

Zhu Wan, accompanied by Jinyiwei Lu Bing, appeared at Wanghai Tower with a large number of government troops where Wu Jian, Zheng Liang and others were, and they surrounded them.

Even at this time, Lu Bing laughed while cracking melon seeds in his hand and said, "You guys are really in a good mood. There are so many Japanese pirates here. Other people are either hiding in their homes or fleeing immediately, but you are still here watching the battle!"

"We, we just trust the government troops."

Wu Jian said this in shock.

Zhu Wan sneered at this time: "Why bother explaining? The spy you planted has been arrested! The Jinyiwei has also been keeping an eye on this area for a long time. Do you really think we don't know the real purpose of your coming here?"

"Commander Wang!"

"You don't really think that I believe you are sick and resting at home?"

Zhu Wan asked in a cold voice.

Wang Yue, Wu Jian and others had all been arrested by then.

Wu Jian couldn't help but shout at this time: "Don't be complacent, the Japanese pirates will attack in large numbers soon! When the time comes, someone in the court will blame you, Zhu Wan, for the Japanese invasion of Liangzhe, and you will have to die!"

"The Japanese pirates you are talking about are the pirates Xu Dong and others from Shuangyu Island?"

Lu Bing asked at this time.

Wu Jian was shocked on the spot.

Wang Yue and Zheng Liang were also stunned.

Wang Yue sighed and looked at Zhu Wan: "I surrender! Zhu Wan, I have never surrendered to you before, but now I really surrender to you! You actually cut off our support a long time ago!"

Zhu Wan said, "You should be impressed by His Majesty! You all don't respect the emperor and the laws of the country, which is why you are in this situation!"

"Mr. Zhu is right." "How dare you go against the emperor's will?"

Lu Bing sneered and agreed with Zhu Wan.

Wu Jian took a deep breath and said, "Okay, we lost this time. We lost to the emperor and you guys. But please ask Huo Tao for us whether he wants his family or not!"

Lu Bing sneered again: "Huo Tao's family?"

"To be honest, Huo Tao's family reunited with him in Dinghai yesterday."

Lu Bing replied.

Wu Jian and Zheng Liang looked at each other in astonishment.

Zheng Liangze closed his eyes: "In that case, our defeat was indeed not unfair. The emperor had actually considered us to be the worst people and was on guard against us! That's why he sent people to relocate Huo Tao's family members!"

Wu Jian understood what Zheng Liang meant.

He also laughed at this: "Why, why is it so, why does the emperor treat us gentry as thieves?"

"Are you willing to let the emperor regard us, the gentry, as thieves?"

Wu Jian also asked questions about Zhu Wan, Lu Bing and others.

Zhu Wan said in a cold voice: "You are thieves in formal attire, the source of all thieves in the world. Getting rid of you thieves in formal attire is the most difficult, but also the most meaningful! If China does not have thieves in formal attire like you, then the world will have no internal or external troubles!"

"According to this, there are thieves everywhere in the world, and which meat-eater does not take advantage of the people and use their strength?"

"Isn't Your Majesty a traitor to the people himself?"

"Aren't you thieves?"

Wu Jian now knew that he had been skinned alive, so he began to question without restraint.

"We are not. Your Majesty once said that although we are supported by the people, as long as we work for the welfare of the people, we are not thieves, but servants of the world."

Lu Bing replied.

Wu Jian sneered: "Only those who endure the most hardships can become superior people. Who studies hard and fights hard on the battlefield, not to become superior people?"

"Yes, to be the best, you have to endure hardships and be willing to be a slave to those who are more powerful."

"The current emperor has great power. Since you want to be the superior, why don't you dare to obey the emperor's orders?"

"Isn't this stupid?"

After Lu Bing asked this question, Wu Jian and others who had been taken to the Coast Defense Office frowned.

In fact, they want to be superior to others, but they have never thought of being anyone's slaves.

This is equivalent to them all considering themselves as emperors and thinking that everyone should be under them.

Although the saying "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers born of different species?" has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, some extreme people have gradually forgotten the respect for rules. They all regard themselves as emperors. In local areas, they regard themselves as local emperors and despise government officials. In the court, they regard themselves as the emperor's teacher, believing that the emperor should listen to them and despise the monarch and father.

Zhu Houcong was facing challenges from these people at this time.

When he issued the decree to arrest Wu Jing and received the Ministry of Justice's request to investigate Guo Xun and the two uncles-in-law, officials including the Imperial Censors Wang Ke and Zheng Yipeng, the Censor Cheng Qi Chong, the Nanjing Censor Yao Mingfeng, and the Judge Du Luan successively submitted memorials, saying that Guo Xun and the two uncles-in-law were Li Fuda's backers and demanded that these people be dealt with.

Zhu Houcong looked gloomy about this.

He knew that this meant that not only the Ministry of Justice was challenging his will, but many civil servants were challenging his will.

In history, Jiajing also faced the same challenge when this happened.

Zhu Houcong, like Jiajing in history, decided not to take action first, but instead ordered the three judicial departments to jointly try the case exposed by Ma Lu and asked Ma Lu to send all the criminals and charges to Beijing in order to further determine how these bureaucrats would react after Wu Jing was arrested.

Wu Jing's arrest did cause quite a stir among the court officials.

After knowing this, Deputy Chief Censor Min Kai immediately found Chief Censor Wang Shizhong and said to him, "Do you know why Wu Jijiu was imprisoned? We must find a way to rescue him! Otherwise, Mr. Duizhai will not be able to explain himself!"

"We need to rescue them, and to rescue them, we need to go see Yuan Fu to know how to rescue them!"

"Now, Lord Zhenze no longer protects the officials. Only Yuanfu Yang Anning may be willing to save them."

then.

Wang Shizhong and Min Kai came to Yang Yiqing together.

(End of this chapter)