Prince of Chaos

Chapter 737 Final Chapter

Shen Ruolin, Li Qing, and Qian Qianyi's ability to spread rumors is unquestionable, but it was Shen Ruolin who opened his mouth even more.

According to the textual research of later generations, the first rumor that the ancestor was not a direct descendant appeared was from "Nanjing Taichang Temple Chronicle" written by Shen Ruolin, which is full of forty volumes. It is really capable of editing!
And Li Qing is even more funny. When Li Qing saw the "Nanjing Taichang Temple Chronicle" written by Shen Ruolin, not only did he not think about it seriously, but thought that he seemed to know some great secret, so he insisted on pulling Qian Qianyi Discuss the textual research together.

In the end, the two of them really went to the Xiaoling Xiangdian to inspect it, and confirmed Shen Ruolin's so-called theory that the ancestors were not descendants.

With such a storyline, some people who have never seen the market and do not understand the seriousness of feudal rule may still have a market, but anyone who understands the ancient feudal system must not believe it.

Where is Xiaoling?
That is the place where Emperor Taizu rested forever. Without the emperor's order and permission, who would dare to enter the Xiaoling Mausoleum to investigate the so-called facts?

Therefore, the rumors about Chengzu not being a direct descendant are completely malicious rumors spread by Jiangnan scholars after Zhu Di usurped the throne and Jianwen!

For hundreds of years, these Jiangnan scholars have worked hard to suppress the imperial power in Beijing, and they never forget to reverse the case of Emperor Jianwen almost all the time.

But is this really the case?
At first glance, the reversal of the case against Emperor Jianwen seems to have the meaning of facing the past squarely and sticking to the facts.But its intentions are definitely sinister!
How did Zhu Di rise to the position? Who in the world doesn't know?

The biggest reason why Zhu Di was able to take the throne in Jingnan was because Emperor Jianwen was too hasty to cut down the vassals, and the New Deal was too aggressive, which led to instability in the country, so Zhu Di was given the reason for Jingnan.

After Fengtian Jingnan, Zhu Di came to the throne before Xiaoling, and the successor was inherited from Taizu Hongwu Emperor, not Jianwen.

Therefore, for the sake of the stability of the country, it is also a natural political move to cut off the title of Emperor Jianwen.

Under the banner of restoring Jianwen to the throne, the ministers of later generations have spoken to the descendants of Zhu Di's lineage generation after generation, and their intentions can be punished!

They want to fundamentally label Zhu Di as a rebel, and then deny the legitimacy of the current royal family, thereby suppressing the legitimacy of the imperial power.

With such a sinister heart, how could Zhu Changluo let them succeed?
Therefore, when he was in Beijing, Zhu Changluo had clearly identified Jianwen. It is impossible to restore the Jianwen reign, and it is impossible for the so-called loyal ministers of the Jianwen dynasty to be rehabilitated.

Zhu Changluo doesn't need to set up a group of so-called examples of loyal ministers to smash his own authority. Although at first glance it encourages and wins over the hearts of scholars all over the world, the deep-seated influence will cause endless harm!
Moreover, when the so-called moral education of loyalty to the emperor was given to these scholars who already had fame and official positions, Zhu Changluo did not believe that they could implement "loyalty to the emperor" to the bone marrow.

Since these people can be officials, the favor they enjoy must not only be the majestic grace of the emperor, they may also be honored by the family of their mentors and friends, so they were able to break through the siege and become masters.

Therefore, this kind of people's thoughts are relatively active, and they are not as simple as those low-level ordinary people who have not read books.

Hope to restore Jianwen's emperor title, and erect a few archways for the so-called Jianwen loyal ministers in exchange for their loyalty, unless Zhu Changluo is a fool!
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhu Changluo to believe such nonsense!

If restoring Jianwen's emperor title can guarantee the loyalty of Jiangnan scholars, then how could Nanming Hongguang Emperor, who was Jianwen's honorary title in the original historical time and space, be captured alive by the Manchus in only half a year?
Is it really because Nanming is vulnerable and internal friction is serious?

To put it bluntly, these people didn't really want to contribute to the old Zhu's family at all. If they wanted to stick to Nanming's half of the country, even if there were conflicts, when facing such a powerful enemy, they should temporarily put aside their prejudices and agree with the outside world.

It's a pity that they don't have this kind of action at all, and even Wanyan Gou's boss is better than them!
Now that they have vilified Taizu and slandered Chengzu before the change of dynasty, one can imagine what the hearts of scholars in Jiangnan are like.

It's rotten from the root!
In a place that has become so rotten, to expect Zhu Changluo to treat them kindly is simply a dream!
"Your Highness, this is Qian Qianyi's confession."

Liu Shiyan knelt down in front of Zhu Changluo at this moment, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and handed over the collated confession and evidence to Zhu Changluo.

After Zhu Changluo read it carefully, he said, "Take someone."

Liu Shiyan immediately bowed excitedly: "Yes, I obey the order!"

Then Liu Shiyan withdrew from Zhu Changluo's hall, ready to close the net in high spirits.

At the same time, Zhu Changluo also sighed and said, "Tell Sun Juxiang that the net can be closed."

Sun Xian replied quietly: "Yes."

Then Zhu Changluo said again: "Xuan Qijin comes in."

After Qi Jin, who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, heard Zhu Changluo's summons, he immediately entered the hall in full armor and half-kneeled in front of Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Changluo said: "A new army of [-] sailors will be transferred to strictly guard the Meridian Gate. From now on, there must be an order from an orphan. No one can enter or leave the Meridian Gate. Anyone who violates the law will be killed without mercy!"

"Leader!"

Zhu Changluo raised his hand and gave Qi Jin a gold medal arrow in his hand.

Qi Jin bowed again holding the gold medal to make the arrow, then exited the hall, and began to follow Zhu Changluo's order to martial law and close the Meridian Gate.

A group of fully armed and murderous Zhili Navy soldiers came out of the garrison camp and headed directly towards the Meridian Gate.

At this moment, the Jiangnan scholars gathered at the Meridian Gate saw such a scene, and all of them couldn't help but panic, but they also saw that their side was the righteous side with a large number of people, so they didn't get too scared, just regarded it as this. Normal operation of His Royal Highness the Emperor and Crown Prince.

But these people soon realized that something was wrong, because the soldiers of the Zhili navy who came here directly guarded all the entrances and exits around the Meridian Gate, and no one was allowed to enter or exit without authorization.

All of a sudden, the Jiangnan scholars gathered at the Meridian Gate couldn't help but panic. What is this going to do?
Then they began to shout excitedly to see the emperor and the crown prince.

The sound was so loud that it spread throughout the Nanjing Palace.

Shen Shixing, who was playing chess with Emperor Wanli, also heard such loud noises that his mood could not help but fluctuate violently when playing chess.

Emperor Wanli was also a little flustered, but Emperor Wanli believed that Zhu Changluo could settle everything, so in terms of face, Emperor Wanli was still very indifferent.

Emperor Wanli ate Shen Shixing's third son after dropping one son, he laughed and said: "Mr. Shen is distracted, if this continues, I will win."

Shen Shixing wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied: "Your Majesty is superb at chess, but the old minister is getting old, and his energy can't keep up with His Majesty."

Emperor Wanli smiled and said, "I think Mr. Shen was disturbed by the voices outside."

Shen Shixing immediately clasped his fists and replied, "Your Majesty has never done anything wrong. The old minister is worried that these reckless Jiangnan scholars will not understand Tianxin and do something that I regret."

Emperor Wanli looked into Shen Shixing's eyes, he understood Shen Shixing's worry, so why wasn't he so worried?
But what about worry?Some things are like this, you want to talk about it, and talk about it slowly, but unfortunately time waits for no one.

Moreover, even if some things are talked about and talked about, there are still many people who will not listen to them in the end, so it is inevitable to use some necessary means when necessary.

Besides, it is impossible for a sage to just reason in everything and not use a real knife, otherwise, the sage would not rely on the power in his hand to kill his opponent Shao Zhengmao and leave his body for three days.

It can be seen that a simple dispute of reason cannot solve the problem, and it is inevitable to use some unconventional means appropriately.

"Mr. Shen, don't worry about them. Since they can't listen to the prince's reasoning, if they insist on making trouble, as the emperor, I will never tolerate them threatening the emperor and the court like this."

Then Emperor Wanli handed a secret report to Shen Shixing, "This is the confession sent by the prince just now. Look at how frenzied the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River have become?"

"Uglify Taizu, slander Chengzu, elevate Jianwen, and praise rebellious ministers. Under such an atmosphere, if the court can tolerate them any longer, then is the Heaven of Ming Dynasty still the Heaven of Daming? What face can this emperor have?" Go to Xiaoling to worship ancestors?"

"It's been a month since I arrived in Nanjing from Suzhou. Since entering the Forbidden City in Nanjing, have I ever taken a step outside the palace gate? Have I ordered the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing to prepare the Xiaoling Mausoleum?"

"Do you think this is what I don't want? I also want to go out of the palace to see the prosperity of Jinling, and I also want to go to Xiaoling to worship the Taizu and tell my ancestors about the grand occasion of the world. But after arriving in Nanjing, what did I see? I have Do you have the face to go out? Do I have the face to go to the top of Zhongshan Mountain to worship Taizu Wanli Zhongxing?"

The successive rhetorical questions of Emperor Wanli made Shen Shixing feel ashamed, and he never expected that what was supposed to be a joyful tour of the south would end up like this when he came to the south of the Yangtze River.

First, there was a major case of defaming the imperial statue of Taizu, and then there was a major case of slandering Chengzu!
Is the heart of the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River really separated from the imperial court?

With such doubts, Shen Shixing was also puzzled. He really didn't understand what these scholars were thinking.

Is it necessary for the world to be in chaos and the court to collapse before giving up?

Shen Shixing fell to his knees: "I am ashamed!"

Emperor Wanli sighed, "Get up, Mr. Shen, it's not your fault. If you want to blame it, you can blame me. I didn't know about such a serious problem in Jiangnan until I arrived in Nanjing. I really don't know what the officials and gentry in these places usually do. How much filth is hidden in my heart and dare not tell me."

"This time the crown prince wants to clean up the original source of Nanjing, and I support it unconditionally. As long as I can sweep away the filth in the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, my trip can be regarded as worthy of my ancestors."

Shen Shixing was extremely moved when he heard Emperor Wanli's words, "Your Majesty is so benevolent, and the old minister is extremely touched. It is really a blessing for all people to have His Majesty in Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Wanli laughed, and said embarrassedly: "Mr. Shen praised me too much. I just expressed my feelings. The crown prince has done better than me as the emperor in many ways. I also thought about it and waited until this time. After the dust of the case is settled, I will sit in meditation with the crown prince and take care of my life."

This was the first time that Emperor Wanli told his foreign ministers how he wanted to sit in Zen. When Shen Shixing heard that Emperor Wanli wanted to sit in the crown prince, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Although he also understood that it would be a matter of time before the Wanli Emperor Zen became the crown prince, he never expected that it would come so soon.

Shen Shixing also knew how to respond to Emperor Wanli's words.

Because this topic is really difficult to answer, the emperor can say this, but others can't mention it, otherwise it will be disrespectful.

While Emperor Wanli was chatting with Shen Shixing, Sun Xian also came to Sun Juxiang with his own will.

At this moment, Sun Juxiang is also busy sorting out all the evidences he has collected. These evidences are all criminal evidences of Nanjing Wuxun and the Jiangnan clan annexing the land. Normally, any one of them would be a major case that would cause a sensation in Ming Dynasty.

But now when such important cases are piled up together, they look like ordinary small cases.

This kind of feeling makes people feel very unreal, and I don't know if Sun Juxiang's mentality has changed, or Daming has changed.

"Sun Yushi, Your Highness has an order."

After Sun Xian arrived at Sun Juxiang's place, he went straight to the point.

Sun Julian hurriedly adjusted his clothes and knelt down to receive the order.

"My minister Sun Juxiang, the censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, asked the Holy Prince Jin'an."

Sun Siam bowed sideways and cupped his fists: "Gu'an."

Sun Juxiang continued to kneel down to listen to Sun Siam's will.

"Sun Juxiang, you can close the net. This is it."

Sun Juxiang bowed again excitedly: "The minister leads the decree."

Sun Xian looked at Sun Juxiang with a smile and said, "His Royal Highness, Sun Yushi, trusts you very much this time. The future is just around the corner, and our family will congratulate Sun Yushi first."

Sun Juxiang replied modestly: "Elder-in-law is serious, I am just a fluke. It is the way of heaven that Daming is flourishing under His Highness's governance. And what I do is to follow the way of heaven and follow the heart of heaven."

Sun Xian didn't expect Sun Juxiang to say such beautiful words, no wonder the crown prince put it together in Jinling, what a talent.

"The rest is up to Sun Yushi. Our family has returned."

Sun Xian and Sun Ju bid farewell to each other and went back to report.

Sun Juping also issued an order immediately after Sun Siam left.

"Come here, hold this constitutional warrant and arrest people in turn according to the list, but kill anyone who resists on the spot!"

Sun Juxiang's official rank has also been adjusted at the moment. Now he has been appointed by Zhu Changluo as the inspector of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and the chief of the Jiangnan Anti-Corruption Agency. His power is comparable to that of Yu Jideng of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Capital.

Already ranked among the top civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, his power also overwhelmed all officials in Nanjing, becoming the highest power officer in Nanjing and even the entire Jiangnan.

Therefore, when he ordered the arrest of criminals, there was no need for Zhu Changluo to give him other magical weapons, and he could directly exercise the right to arrest and interrogate according to the power brought by his official rank!
This is beyond Liu Shiyan's comparison.

The person Sun Juxiang wants to win is far more important than the strength Liu Shiyan wants to win.

Almost all the wealthy and powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River are included, and the first one is Xu Hongji, the head of Wei Guogong's mansion who has occupied Nanjing for nearly 300 years!

The reasons for taking Xu Hongji are also very good, conniving the slaves to cause disasters in the village, using usury to kill the people, annexing the land, and hiding the population and hiding the armor!
Regardless of the previous counts, Xu Hongji can be punished as treason by considering the last two concealment of population and possession of armor.

Of course, Xu Hongji was just an appetizer, and the big Jiangnan family behind him was the highlight.

When Hai Gangfeng was appointed as the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, he was implementing Zhang Juzheng's law. When investigating and dealing with land annexation, he found out the then retired Chief Assistant Xu Jieshang.

Xu Jie, as the leader of the Qingliu, has always been known for his honesty and integrity, but his family has acquired more than [-] mu of land in the Jiangnan area.

The more than 20 mu of land was merged into the name of Xu Jie's family. It is unknown how many poor people will lose their land and freedom, and become tenant farmers oppressed by the Xu family for generations.

At that time, when Hai Gangfeng was thoroughly investigating the case, it caused a sensation in the entire government and the public. Scholars all over the south of the Yangtze River huddled together to attack Hai Rui, trying to protect Xu Jie's family.

Although, in the end, Xu Jie's family gave up some land properly in order to appease the public anger, but the little land that his family gave up and the land that his family has merged to more than [-] mu of land is simply a drop in the bucket!
A large amount of land is still in the hands of the Xu family and has not been released. The concentration of these lands not only destroyed Daming's basic fiscal and tax revenue, but also destroyed the stability of Daming's grassroots people.

After this battle, Hai Rui also completely offended people to death in Nanjing. Although the court at that time had a powerful minister like Zhang Juzheng in power, its real national strength was not as good as it is now.

For the sake of the overall situation in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Juzheng could only remove Hai Rui from the post of governor of the south of the Yangtze River, give him a idle position in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and hide him for the elderly.

It is said that after Hai Rui was evacuated, all the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River celebrated with each other. This "fish and meat gentry" Hai Gangfeng finally couldn't stand up.

Therefore, after Hai Rui, they became even more unscrupulous, and treated the low-level people in the south of the Yangtze River even more oppressively!
The people at the bottom subconsciously think that the imperial court is just a decaying place full of snakes and rats.Now they are powerless to resist the oppression of the imperial court, but once they have the opportunity, their resistance will definitely make the imperial court terrified.

It can be said that under the prosperous south of the Yangtze River, the fire is already cooking oil, and if there is a slight change, it will be really difficult to get back to heaven by then.

According to Zhu Changluo's will, Sun Juxiang secretly investigated the annexation of Jiangnan. He never expected that the Xu family, a family that had been far away from the political center for decades, would still be so rampant, eroding land and persecuting the people.

Such a so-called scholarly family of farming and studying heirlooms looks glamorous, but in fact, such dirty blood flows from every pore of them!

And this blood is dirtier than the blood of capitalists written by Ma Zushi!

Facing it, how could Zhu Changluo let it go in such a situation?

Therefore, it is only natural to repair these people.

It's just that Zhu Changluo has more reasons this time. He wants to take advantage of the big case of punishing and defaming Taizu and slandering Chengzu to occupy the commanding heights in terms of morality and legal system, and then wipe out these people from top to bottom.

Although, this matter sounds like it is not justified directly in the way of making decisions for the people.

However, within the framework of the Ming Dynasty, punishing these silverfish simply based on the fact that the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River persecuted the people and annexed the land may have little effect.

There will even be a large number of people who don't know the truth being incited by them to resist the imperial court's investigation and punishment of their annexation crimes.

Because these ordinary people are also very afraid that if the imperial court cleans up the big households who planted the land for them, and they will have no land to plant in the future, it will be miserable.

So, the tragedy of some people is really tragic.

It is so tragic that they have to put down all their dignity to intercede for those who exploit them in order to survive.

Seeing this situation, sometimes Zhu Changluo didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

This was the way of the world before he crossed over.

Although there are many places that are doing much better than the current Daming.However, once the social form has developed to a certain level, the development of productive forces has also peaked.

Those problems that were covered up by the rapid development in the past have all appeared, such as [-], the theory of blessings, big and small weeks, paid work, etc. The magical reality that makes people dizzy can appear in such a grandiose manner.

Zhu Changluo understood that the reason for this situation was the uneven distribution of resources, which led to those with a lot of resources being able to trample on the dignity of ordinary people at will.

But even so, the imperial court can't do anything to these people, but humbly begs them to restore the economy and stabilize the society. Zhu Changluo can't bear the irony of this feeling!
Therefore, in this operation, Zhu Changluo will not give these gentlemen who annexed the land a chance. He will plunge them into sacks, trap them all together, and press them to death with one hand!
Of course, the reason why Zhu Changluo dared to do this was not the [-] Zhili navy he brought with him, but the capital behind him and the Jiubian and Liaodong places that had begun to take shape.

The industrial structure of these places completely overwhelmed Jiangnan's way of acquiring wealth by merging land, so Zhu Changluo had a card in his hand that could replace them.

However, the imperial court before Zhu Changluo traveled did not seem to have such a card in his hands, so it is helpless to be constrained by capital when the economy is in a downturn.

Zhu Changluo, who is now sitting in the position of the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, can only silently bless the people in his original time and space, wishing them that they can find a way to solve the problem.

As for the new problems that will arise after solving the current problems, this is not within the scope of Zhu Changluo's consideration.

Because Zhu Changluo knows that according to his original world development trajectory, when Zhu Changluo now leads this industrial revolution and wants to encounter the problem of technology peaking, it will take at least 100 years!
If people in 100 years live up to their expectations, they may also follow the current technological trajectory to enter the electrical age, and then enter the information age from the electrical age in more than 100 years.

As for how the world will go after the peak of technology in the information age, Zhu Changluo really doesn't know.

Because he has never seen this answer before, he can only leave these questions to people in the future to think about. As for whether he can figure it out, whether he can solve the problem of the peak of technology in the information age, Zhu Changluo is out of his control.

Palace of Qianqing, Forbidden City, Nanjing.

"Your Highness, I have already put martial law on the Meridian Gate, please show me your Highness."

After Qi Jin completed the task, he returned to the palace to report.

Zhu Changluo hummed lightly, "Wait."

Qi Jin didn't know why, but he clasped his fists and bowed, "Yes."

What Zhu Changluo said is actually very simple, he wants to continue the actions of Liu Shiyan and Sun Juxiang.

When these two people have captured all kinds of important criminals that need to be taken down, Zhu Changluo can come forward to handle the matter publicly at the Meridian Gate.

Otherwise, in the current state, Zhu Changluo went to the Meridian Gate to meet these excited scholars, and wouldn't be sprayed like shit by them?

Therefore, Zhu Changluo not only had to wait this time, but also forbade the scholars who had already gathered in front of the Meridian Gate to leave, so that they had to wait with them.

Otherwise, after Zhu Changluo collected the evidence and criminals, where would he go to find so many viewers?

"Notice to go down and prepare meals for the Confucian scholars gathered at the Meridian Gate, so that they are ready to spend the night at the Meridian Gate. Since you have to wait for Gu to give them an explanation, you have to be patient. Of course, Gu can't treat them badly, after all. They are the people of Ming Dynasty, so they can afford a single meal."

Zhu Changluo also considered that these scholars who gathered at the Meridian Gate had no food to eat at night, and specially asked the palace servants to prepare meals for them.

As for other preparations for the night, Zhu Changluo didn't ask anyone to prepare.After all, the current month is not too cold, and so many people gathered together would surely hug each other to keep warm. If they were prepared with bedding and let them sleep in front of the Meridian Gate, wouldn't it be demeaning?

Therefore, Zhu Changluo was very thoughtful about them.

After hearing Zhu Changluo's will, the palace people around Zhu Changluo immediately bowed and retreated, and began to prepare food for the Jiangnan scholars gathered in front of the Meridian Gate according to Zhu Changluo's will.

Fortunately, the population in the palace has always been maintained at a certain number, so even if there are so many mouths to eat suddenly, it is still a piece of cake for the palace.

So, less than half an hour after Zhu Changluo made the decree, the eunuchs in the palace came out from the side door next to the Meridian Gate with drawers of huge steamers, and then began to read Zhu Changluo's decree for giving food.

After hearing the meal given by the crown prince, all the scholars were moved to tears.

"His Royal Highness still sympathizes with our loyalty."

"This time, Gu believes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely bring Liu Shiyan and other scum who insulted scholars to justice!"

The people who were assigned to the steamed buns didn't understand their situation at this moment, and they were grateful for the emperor's kindness, and condemned Liu Shiyan, hoping that Zhu Changluo could make the decision for them and take Liu Shiyan down.

When it was getting dark, some people had been sitting at the Meridian Gate for a day and felt that they could go back and come back tomorrow.

As a result, at this moment they discovered that the area around the Meridian Gate had been guarded by heavy soldiers, and they were not allowed to enter or leave.

At this moment, the scholars who were not used to eating thick noodle steamed buns suddenly became furious. They completely forgot the feeling of thanking the emperor and the crown prince for the food just now.

He vented all his dissatisfaction immediately, trying to break through the guard and go home.

It's a pity that these soldiers from the Zhili Navy from the north can't understand the squeaky dialect of Nanjing at all. Unless these people can calmly speak the Mandarin of Ming Dynasty, Hongwu Zhengyun, otherwise the communication between the two sides is really chicken and duck said.

Seeing the sudden commotion at the Meridian Gate, Qi Jin had already made preparations.

Qi Jin stood on the high wall in front of the Meridian Gate, with a group of orderly soldiers standing beside him, and shouted loudly: "Quiet!"

A sound like rolling thunder echoed above the Meridian Gate, and immediately shocked the noisy crowd in the Meridian Gate.

"There is a purpose!"

Qi Jin saw that they were all honest, so he began to announce the decree.

After hearing the decree, the Jiangnan scholars under the Meridian Gate did not dare to make mistakes again, so they could only kneel obediently to listen to the decree.

Qi Jin opened the jade decree that had been prepared in his hand, and read aloud: "Following the heavens, the holy prince said: "The loyalty and filial piety of the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River is very comforting. However, the case of Taizu and Chengzu is not alone." Inadvertently. Jiangnan scholars spontaneously gathered at the Meridian Gate. In order to seek justice and live up to their ancestors and the community, the Jiangnan scholars were specially ordered to wait in front of the Meridian Gate and wait for the result. Imperial envoy!"

Zhu Changluo's will is very simple, that is Taizu, if there is no result in the case of Chengzu, no one who is gathered at the Meridian Gate now can think of leaving.

Since you are going to gather together for Liu Shiyan's breaking into Qian's family and ask the court to punish Liu Shiyan, how could Zhu Changluo have the nerve to let you go back empty-handed before this matter comes to fruition?
Therefore, Zhu Changluo asked Qi Jin to prepare this decree, and when it was dark, when they couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to leave, he would use this decree to suppress them, lest they desperately insist on punching the card, and when the time came, they would not be able to kill themselves. It's fun.

The Jiangnan scholars present were all stunned. They never expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would issue such an order to let them all wait here at the Meridian Gate.

No wonder they were given food just now, it turned out that they were ready to let them drink the northwest wind at the Meridian Gate.

At this time, the resentment in their hearts could not help but accumulate, but in the face of the unreasonable and unreasonable soldiers of the Zhili navy, they could only restrain their dissatisfaction.

After all, these people are really vicious and vicious, unlike those guards who used to fight soy sauce in Jinling City, they do have a murderous look.

This murderous aura made them feel a little scared, and felt that if they really took a step forward, they would draw their swords to kill them!

It was getting dark, and Liu Shiyan was very excited. During this period of time, he checked a lot of clues about hiding and defaming the royal statue of Taizu, and he was waiting to close the net today and take down these people without king and father.

Taking advantage of the night, Liu Shiyan and his men rushed into one study after another in Nanjing City, collecting actual criminal evidence, and captured the people involved in the case one by one.

This night was destined to be unstable, but it was surprisingly quiet. Many times when Liu Shiyan rushed into a certain study to take someone, the person was not at home. According to the interrogation servants, these people were all Gathered at the Meridian Gate, but still haven't come back.

After hearing the news, Liu Shiyan was really excited and happy. He felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also helping him!

Thinking of this, Liu Shiyan was even more motivated, and took down all the caught fish who hadn't gone to the Meridian Gate.

At the same time, Sun Juxiang was not idle here, and with the help of Dang Cunren, Sun Juxiang quickly rushed into the houses of the various nobles in Jinling.

Seeing the people attacking the Duke's Mansion and Hou's Mansion with open fire, many ordinary people were too scared to raise their heads, fearing that their own families would also be implicated.

But even so, there are still many ordinary people who curiously stick their heads out to watch the wind blowing on the street.

"The sky in Jinling City is about to change color."

Some well-informed ordinary people also tasted different things. They felt that some nobles in Jinling City might really suffer this time.

As for the extent of the disaster, they couldn't figure it out, and of course they didn't dare to think about it. After all, the more they looked like a quail at a time like this, the safer they were, and the more they bluffed, the more accidents would happen.

Therefore, the spectators just took a hasty look, then quickly closed the windows, blew out the candles, and quietly listened to the movement outside, and stopped looking up.

Duke of Wei.

Xu Hongji never dreamed that one day someone would go to Wei Guogong's mansion with an official document in hand to pass him on in public.

Although Xu Hongji is not a real powerful prince, he still has the coercion that has been pampered all the year round.

Facing Sun Juxiang's subordinates who rushed directly to the mansion, he directly scolded: "Are you planning to rebel? This is the Duke of Wei's mansion built by Emperor Taizu! You smashed the gate of Duke Wei's mansion, which is disrespectful to Emperor Taizu !"

Xu Hongji's scolding did have some effect. The guard who was about to rush into the mansion stopped immediately at this moment, and looked at Xu Hongji with some trepidation.

But at this time, Dang Cunren came forward.

Dang Cunren came out from behind the crowd and bowed softly to Xu Hongji, "Grandpa, what is this? Our family also follows the rules when we come to your house. I hope the Duke will not make our family difficult." Do it. If our family is really asked to come again after the will, some things will not be up to our family to decide."

Xu Hongji looked at the eunuch Dang Cunren, his teeth itching with hatred, but he still wanted to greet him with a smile. Xu Hongji held back his displeasure, and asked, "What's wrong with Mr. Dang? Why did you find out about me?" Is it up?"

Dang Cunren also sighed, "Our family doesn't know, this matter is all done by Sun Yushi, and our family also obeys His Highness's will and Sun Yushi's arrangement. I also hope that the Duke can give me some noodles, and we can do whatever we want." Let's go home, otherwise, if this fight starts with open flames, the Duke may not be able to bear His Highness's punishment."

Xu Hong was basically weak-tempered. After hearing Dang Cunren's words, he immediately became cowardly, and he didn't dare to play the role of Duke Guo anymore.

Although the Xu family is a local snake in Nanjing, but now there is a real dragon in Nanjing!
Under the majesty of the real dragon, no matter how powerful the ground snake is, it has to lie down?
"Okay, I will listen to my father-in-law."

Xu Hongji didn't insist or resist, he just obeyed.

Dang Cunren looked at Xu Hongji and said again: "It's still the Duke who understands righteousness. After the matter is clarified, our family thinks His Highness will definitely praise the righteousness of the Duke."

Anyway, being obedient at this time doesn't cost money, and Xu Hongji hasn't been deposed, so who knows if he will make a comeback?So, it's okay to be polite at this time.

Seeing Xu Hongji, the disciples of the Xu family gave up so much, they didn't dare to make a mistake, and put down the weapons in their hands one after another, looking at Xu Hongji with worried faces.

In fact, at this time, they are more worried about their own future.

Here Xu Hongji won without any risk, but Sun Juxiang was still on his way to Suzhou.

Although Xu Jie has been dead for decades, Yu Wei is still there. If only one or two people with insufficient status are sent to Xu's house to fetch people, not only may they not be able to get them, but whether they can leave is another matter. up.

Therefore, Sun Juxiang had to personally go to Xujiabang in Suzhou to take down the current head of the Xu family.

The Xu family lineage has been prosperous since Xu Jie, his three sons were all sealed up in official positions, and the descendants like Xu Yuanchun and others are all well-connected family members in the south of the Yangtze River.

Family marriages are even more complicated. As early as when Xu Jie was in charge of the family, his son had married Lu Bing's daughter, and her daughter had also married Gu Jiuxi, a son of the Gu family.

The four daughters of his son Xu Fan were all married to the famous Jiangnan families at that time. It can be said that after this wave of operations, after two or three generations of marriages, the current Xu family is not as popular as it was when Xu Jie was overthrown. , but in terms of wealth, it is definitely several times richer than when Xu Jie was alive!
A family like this can accumulate such a huge amount of wealth in just a few decades, if you say that they got it by running a decent business, who would believe it?

Therefore, to deal with such a big family, Sun Juxiang must act quickly and ruthlessly, without the slightest hesitation.

Otherwise, when they unite the power of other families, it will definitely be a big trouble for the court.

Now is a very important growth period for Sun Juxiang. If he is not clear-headed at this time, he will never have such an opportunity in the future.

Now the crown prince has power in his hands in Nanjing, but what about after the crown prince leaves?Nanjing will return to its original embarrassing status as a companion capital. Who will remember the so-and-so in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate?

So, no matter what this time, Sun Juxiang will do his best to perform. If he performs well this time and will skyrocket in the future, will it be easy?
The current capital has changed a lot, and the six departments have been reformed into more than twenty departments, but Nanjing has not moved at all. Isn't this signal obvious?

In the future, the functions of Nanjing's government offices will be completely marginal. If you don't want to jump out of Nanjing's comfort zone and compete in Beijing at this moment, you may not be able to touch the center in your life.

Therefore, Sun Ju paid more attention to arresting the children of the Xu family than he paid attention to anything in the past.

He wants to use this incident to prove to the crown prince that he is not only a reliable and loyal minister in Nanjing, but also a capable minister who dares to do things!

Drifting along the Yangtze River, Suzhou is already in sight in just one night.

Looking at the dark city wall in the distance, looming in the graceful water mist in the south of the Yangtze River, it is like a natural ink painting presented in front of Sun Juxiang.

At this moment, Sun Juxiang was excited. He understood that this picture scroll was not only a natural ink painting, but also a picture of Qingyun straight up that belonged to him!

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Finish the book tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)