Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 241: Destroy Qiantang Yu Family Today!
The White Tiger Guard's voice was extremely cold, and in the eyes of others, it sounded like a knife.

But to Wang Yan's ears, it sounded like heavenly music.

"Jinyiwei? Are Jinyiwei here?"

A gleam of light flashed in Wang Yan's eyes and his expression became excited.

Even Yang Jizong's face showed a hint of excitement.

"presumptuous!"

"Stop! If you take another step forward, don't blame us for being rude!"

“Stop! Stop!!!”

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

Then, there was another noisy fight outside the room, mixed with exclamations and screams, and it seemed that a fight had already taken place.

Wang Yan was startled and ran to the door quickly, put his ear against it, and listened to the noise outside.

"I have His Majesty's imperial decree. If you act without authorization, you are defying His Majesty's order, being disloyal and unfilial, and plotting rebellion!"

"White Tiger! Stop now, or if Master Yu tracks you down, he will make sure you die without a burial place!"

Wang Yan could tell that it was Xu Hong's voice.

But at this moment, his tone was filled with panic and fear, no longer as calm and composed as before.

The threats from Xu Hong were nothing but outward appearances and were not to be feared at all.

Wang Yan did not hear Baihu's response, but only heard Xu Hong's terrified cry.

"No! Don't come over here!"

"Stop! I told you to stop!"

“No! Aaaaaaaaah!!!”

"..."

As screams rang out, a stream of warm blood suddenly spilled on the white door paper, emitting a strong fishy smell.

"Ahhhh!!!"

This time, the person screaming was Wang Yan.

"Someone's dead! Someone's really dead!"

Wang Yan was so frightened that his face turned pale. He stepped back repeatedly, lost his balance, and fell to the ground in a mess.

The next moment, the white tiger, covered in blood, kicked open the door and walked in.

"Doctor Wang? Censor Yang?"

Wang Yan looked behind him through the white tiger.

Outside the door, there was a sea of ​​blood and corpses all over the floor.

Wang Yan was so frightened by the bloody scene that he kept gasping for breath.

Yang Jizong was as calm as ever. He stood up and straightened his clothes before bowing to Baihu: "That's right."

Baihu nodded expressionlessly, then took out the imperial edict issued by Zhu Youtang from his arms.

"Minister Wang Yan of the Ministry of Revenue, and Deputy Censor-in-Chief Yang Jizong, listen to your orders!"

Upon seeing the imperial edict, Yang Jizong's face straightened and he knelt down respectfully. Wang Yan also reacted and quickly knelt down to listen to the edict.

"Your Majesty has ordered Wang Yan, Yang Jizong and others to continue to investigate the land area throughout the country."

"Anyone who obstructs me from now on will be killed without mercy!"

After hearing this, Wang Yan and Yang Jizong were overjoyed and immediately accepted the order.

"Your humble servants, Wang Yan and Yang Jizong, will obey the imperial decree!"

After Wang Yan took the imperial edict from Baihu, he looked at it carefully again. After finding no problems, he put it away carefully.

Like Wang Yue, Wang Yan also asked the question that confused him: "May I ask General Baihu, what is the current situation in the capital?"

"The imperial edict from the capital sometimes orders an investigation, and sometimes forbids it. This makes it very difficult for us to handle..."

Bai Hu's eyes narrowed, and he said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty asked you to investigate, so you should investigate carefully. Don't think too much!"

"The traitor Yu Shen has been executed, King Xing has passed away, and all officials have been executed."

"Your Majesty is already purging all opposition forces. The order to investigate the lands of the world cannot be changed."

"You can investigate without any worries. We have the support of His Majesty. If anyone refuses to investigate, we, the Imperial Guards, will kill their entire family!"

"what?!"

Wang Yan and Yang Jizong both showed expressions of horror.

Although Baihu's words are few, the amount of information contained in them is really enormous.

The traitor Yu Shen had been executed, King Xing had passed away, and all officials had been executed.

Every one of these sixteen words shocked them.

"General Baihu, can you tell us in detail about what happened in the capital? We have known nothing about it for more than a month!"

Yang Jizong bowed to Baihu and asked sincerely.

Baihu frowned, a little impatient.

At this moment, Qin Lu, the second in command of the Western Factory, also walked in with blood on his body.

Just when the Jinyiwei attacked these palace army guards, Qin Lu, who was also under custody, also noticed Baihu's movements.

There is a tacit understanding between the factory guards. Although they are in a competitive relationship, no one is willing to submit to the other.

But they knew in their hearts that they were all serving the emperor and were loyal to Zhu Youtang.

Seeing the Jinyiwei suddenly rising up to kill people, Qin Lu hesitated for only a very short time before ordering the Western Factory guards to cooperate with the Jinyiwei to massacre the palace army guards here.

Qin Lu only brought about twenty Western Factory guards, but there were hundreds of palace guards guarding them.

Originally, the Western Factory guards were unable to eliminate so many palace troops.

However, with the help of hundreds of Jinyiwei, it became a matter of time to clean up these Fujunwei. Before Qin Lu, he was hunting down the remaining Fujunwei in the post station.

Only after confirming that there were no survivors did he return to Wang Yan and Yang Jizong's room.

"What Censor Yang said is correct. I hope Mr. Baihu will give me some advice."

Qin Lu clasped his fists towards Baihu, but his expression was still cold.

When Baihu saw Qin Lu, he hesitated for a moment, but finally he patiently explained to the three people what had happened in the capital.

"That's it, that's it!"

After hearing this, Wang Yan looked up to the sky and sighed: "How despicable is that traitor Yu, he is so bold and daring, he is a traitor and a traitor, he deceives his superiors and subordinates, he deserves to be killed, he deserves to be killed!"

"If you don't kill, the people will not be angry!"

"If we don't kill, we won't be able to correct people's hearts!"

Yang Jizong let out a long sigh and smiled: "I'm glad that your majesty has returned safely. The policy of checking the land in the country and benefiting the people cannot be abandoned hastily."

"After your majesty has purged the traitors, we who work for your majesty will no longer have to worry about anything and can focus on investigating the land for your majesty!"

Qin Lu's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't say anything, but his expression became even colder.

"Now that the imperial edict has arrived, please serve the army as soon as possible."

"Farewell!"

After Baihu finished speaking, he saluted the three people, then turned around quickly and took the Jinyiwei back to the capital to report.

After Baihu left, Wang Yan and the other two immediately started to resume work.

At this moment, after knowing what happened in the capital, they had immense confidence in Zhu Youtang.

They firmly believed that under Zhu Youtang's rule, no one could stop this vigorous campaign to investigate land ownership throughout the country!

Anyone who stands in the way must die!
Wang Yan and Yang Jizong were full of fighting spirit and quickly threw themselves into their work.

……

When Wang Yue and Wang Yan began to carry out the orders issued by Zhu Youtang again.

Another group of people are rushing to Nanzhili, Hangzhou Prefecture, and Qiantang County, preparing to start a massacre!
Qinglong led three hundred Jinyiwei and came from the capital day and night just to kill Yu Shen's nine clans!

Yu Shen and Yu Qian were both from Qiantang County, but they were not related.

At most, they both have the same surname, Yu, and belong to the Yu clan.

In Qiantang County, the largest local force is the Qiantang Yu family.

The Yu family is just a new aristocratic family that has developed in the past few decades.

The current head of the Yu family is Yu Qian’s great-nephew, Yu Yunzhong!

At the same time, Yu Yunzhong was also the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture!

Yu Yunzhong and Yu Qian were within the fifth degree of mourning, so they escaped when Emperor Yingzong purged the Yu family.

But Yu Yunzhong happened to be the adopted son of Yu Qian's son Yu Mian. So his relationship with Yu Qian became closer, and he was considered Yu Qian's adopted grandson.

After Yu Qian's death, Yu Yunzhong disappeared for eight years.

Later, after Emperor Xianzong ascended the throne, under pressure from a number of officials in the south of the Yangtze River, he wanted to ease the relationship with officials in the south.

Emperor Xianzong was forced to rehabilitate Yu Qian and pardon all of Yu Qian's clansmen.

But Emperor Xianzong held back. Until his death, he never gave Yu Qian a posthumous title, nor did he erect a monument or a shrine for him. He just went through the motions.

Historically, in the second year of the Hongzhi reign, the powerless Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang posthumously awarded Yu Qian the titles of Special Advancement Guanglu Dafu, Zhuguo, and Taifu in order to please the civil officials in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yu Qian was given a posthumous title of Sumin, which was neither good nor bad, and a shrine was built next to his tomb, titled "Jinggong", for local officials to worship him during annual festivals.

The misleading posthumous title of Sumin did not satisfy the officials in Jiangnan.

Nearly a hundred years later, in the 18th year of the Wanli reign, he tricked Emperor Shenzong into changing his posthumous title to Zhongsu, which was commonly seen in later generations.

The posthumous title "Zhongsu" is much more valuable than the misleading posthumous title "Sumin".

Only in this way can the officials in Jiangnan be truly satisfied.

Closer to home.

Only after Emperor Xianzong pardoned Yu Qian's clansmen did Yu Yunzhong finally get through this.

With the help of officials from the south of the Yangtze River, he inherited the position of deputy captain of Hangzhou Guard. In the Spring and Autumn Period, he worshipped at Yu Qian's tomb and lived in Qiantang, Hangzhou for generations.

He was later appointed as Yuanwailang of the Ministry of War, and later promoted to Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites.

He successively served as Shaoqing of the Nanjing Imperial Equipment Temple and finally became the third-rank prefect of Yingtian Prefecture.

There was something very special about the prefectural system of the Ming Dynasty. In other provinces, the chief official was generally a prefect of the fourth rank.

However, in Yingtian Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture in the north and south, the prefect of Fumugong was a prefect of the third rank.

The third rank is already considered a high-ranking official.

This shows the unity of the civil servants in Jiangnan.

For eight years, Yu Qian sought benefits for the aristocratic families in Jiangnan.

After Yu Qian's death, the aristocratic families in Jiangnan returned the favor.

He helped Yu Qian's descendants to enter the officialdom, and he also tried every possible means to obtain a good posthumous title and a good reputation for Yu Qian.

With Yu Qian as an example, subsequent civil servants in Jiangnan were willing to sacrifice their lives for the interests of the Jiangnan aristocratic families.

It doesn’t matter even if I die.

As long as he died for the benefit of the aristocratic families in Jiangnan, his descendants would be taken care of and his reputation would be fought for.

What is this called?
This is called dying without regrets!

It was for this reason that Yu Shen took the risk and rashly launched a coup.

After seizing power, he immediately introduced various policies and decrees that benefited the Jiangnan gentry.

And now, Qinglong is about to arrive in Qiantang County.

Destroy Qiantang Yu family, today is the time!
(End of this chapter)