Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 144

what?
After seeing Yang Kang being killed by the sudden fireball, everyone present was stunned, and all of them looked in the direction of the sound.

But he saw a young eunuch in brocade clothes sitting on horseback, with a fair and handsome face, his thin lips slightly raised, and he seemed very satisfied with what happened before him.

"Kill this eunuch, and we will avenge Commander Yang!" Qianhu, who was next to him, ordered angrily when he saw Yang Kang was shot dead.

boom! boom! boom!
A well-trained team armed with an improved version of the three-eyed firecracker has already stepped forward. Facing the rebels who may rush over, they immediately light the match, and then shoot at the muzzle.

Everything seemed to require no orders, or they themselves yearned for killing, and ruthless lead bullets roared towards the Yangzhou Wei who was trying to come over.

puff!puff!puff!
The Yangzhou Guards had long since lost the habit of piercing armor, and when faced with oncoming lead bullets, they were unavoidable, and one after another fell to the ground after being shot.

The blood quickly stained the ground where they were, and the Yangzhou guards who fell on the ground were crying in pain, and the scene looked very miserable.

"The miscellaneous family is Wang Zhi, the eunuch defending Nanjing. If you dare to follow the bandits, you will be treated according to the laws of the barbarians!" Wang Zhi said calmly to the group of Yangzhou guards who tried to ignore the imperial power.

The voice was as sharp as many eunuchs, but it was gentle and decisive. This person was like a ruthless killing machine with some emotions.

It was just that Qianhuyihou just now, no matter what choices the hesitant Yangzhou guards made, he had already started shooting, appearing decisive and domineering.

This……

The soldiers present were stunned by the round of shooting just now, and now that the opponent turned out to be the famous Wang Zhi, they couldn't help but looked at each other in blank dismay.

Although the West Factory has been demolished for many years, and Wang Zhi has also disappeared from the court for a long time, but living in this era, who does not know the prestige of Wang Zhi, the governor of the West Factory?

At the beginning of the establishment of Xichang, the "Three Yangs" were already a model of civil official groups and a model of literati. Little did they know that the Yang family, which had lived in Fujian for most of its life, had already become a cancer.

Yang Rong's grandson Yang Tai and great-grandson Yang Ye relied on Yang Rong's glory to mutilate the local people and kill innocent people indiscriminately, resulting in dozens of deaths, but the people had no way to complain.

Wang Zhi learned of this, and later learned that Yang Ye brought gold to Beijing to deceive the officials. He immediately ordered Yang Ye and related insiders to be arrested and tortured in Ximen, and finally obtained the criminal facts of the Yang family.

After receiving the confession submitted by Wang Zhi, Emperor Chenghua ordered the family of Yang Rong, one of the famous three Yangs, to confiscate his home, and even beheaded Yang Tai, the grandson of Yang Rong who had committed many crimes.

Although Wang Zhi only did one thing to punish rape and eliminate evil, because the target of the deal was the family of Yang Rong, a model civil official, Wang Zhi's reputation was stinky and hot, and he became the most hated eunuch by the civil official group.

It's just that no matter how everyone thinks whether Wang Zhi is loyal or traitor, judging from what Wang Zhi has done before, he is indeed worthy of the name "Wang Ruthless".

The current style of acting vigorously and resolutely is not Wang Zhi, a ruthless man, so who else could it be?

Seeing that his subordinates wavered, that Qianhu immediately questioned: "I see that you are clearly with them, don't try to make a fool of yourself here..."

boom!
There was another bang, and next to Wang Zhi a soldier holding a smoking three-eyed blunderbuss was holding the bludgeon expressionlessly.

puff!
Before finishing the Qianhu talk just now, Dang even was shot and fell to the ground, because he hit the vital point, his whole body struggled for the last time in the dripping blood and died.

Wang Zhi looked at Qianhu who fell in a pool of blood, as if he saw a dead dog, and then slowly looked at the Yangzhou guards holding weapons, with a faint smile in his eyes.

"surrender!"

"I surrender!"

"Please forgive my father-in-law!"

……

An inexplicable fear surged in the hearts of all the soldiers, and they immediately dropped the weapons in their hands, not daring to resist any more, and knelt down to plead for mercy with this decisive Wang Ruoren.

"Forget it, arrest some military officers for interrogation, find out Yang Kang's accomplices and punish them!" Wang Zhi looked at the Yangzhou guards kneeling on the ground and shook his head in disappointment.

I thought I could take this opportunity to practice my Shenji Battalion, but in the end I overestimated this Yangzhou Guard, and they surrendered before the official confrontation.

The two commanders next to him immediately handed over their hands, and then began to clear the weapons of the 1000-strong army, and at the same time arrested all the officers who were close to Yang Kang.

The imperial guards led by Lu Song couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but seeing Wang Zhi deal with Yang Kang so vigorously, he couldn't help but admit that he was indeed a ruthless person.

Although their identities are noble, Wang Zhi's revealing of his identities just now may be able to deter Yang Kang, but Wang Zhi's actions are not so happy, and the imperial power also needs blood to maintain.

If everyone was like Wang Zhi who would throw his swords and guns at the slightest disagreement, then there would not be so many people in this world who disregarded the imperial power, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces could truly become the land of kings.

"It's over!"

"How could this be?"

"This time it's really over!"

……

Li Zhiqing and the others saw the hope of escape just now, but they didn't expect Wang Zhi to show up with troops, and even quickly dealt with Yang Kang, they suddenly murmured in despair.

Yang Kang can be said to be their last trump card, after all, fists still speak in the end.

It's just that who would have thought that Wang Zhi would personally lead troops from Nanjing, and even more vigorously and resolutely get rid of Yang Kang.

Their so-called hole cards were completely useless, and even ended up worse than theirs.

When Wang Yue saw Wang Zhi coming towards him, he also smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Eunuch Wang, I haven't seen you for many years, and you still haven't changed at all, you still have the same style!"

Unlike those civil servants who rejected eunuchs, he didn't have much prejudice against eunuchs, and even admired this eunuch Wang Zhi who had his own opinions.

Back then, not to mention those important ministers who were greedy for life and afraid of death, even Yu Zijun, then Minister of the Ministry of War, strongly opposed it.Fortunately, with the support of Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi served as the supervisor and himself as the admiral, and finally was able to lead the Jingqi to attack Weininghai overnight.

The world said that the surprise attack on Wei Ninghai was his credit, but Wang Zhi also contributed a lot to that battle. If it wasn't for Wang Zhi's support, he would never have had the chance to lead the troops into battle.

"Your Majesty, you haven't changed either. The well-behaved imperial envoys are playing for you like marching and fighting. It's really a trick after another!" Wang Zhi responded with a smile when he saw this old friend from the past.

Wang Yue thought that Li Zhiqing had almost found out his identity just now, so he touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "The water in Yangzhou is too deep. If I come here directly as an imperial envoy, I'm afraid all I see are those who worry about the country and the people." An upright official, not a nest of snakes and rats!"

"That's true! It was said that after the Yang family was a virtuous prime minister, it must be a scholarly family with a strict family tradition. I just don't believe that the descendants of the Yang family killed dozens of people! Each of these scholars can tell a lot of things. It makes sense that you can become any kind of official if you meet any kind of superior, but what you do behind the scenes is actually a mess." Wang Zhi seemed to have seen it through, looked at Li Zhiqing and others and couldn't help but scold him.

Li Zhiqing, Yang Mingyuan and Zhang Huangshan knew that their true colors had been revealed, but they knew that it was useless to defend themselves, so they lowered their heads silently.

Zhang Huangshan originally thought that his reputation as a stern censor could save him, but seeing Wang Yue's disgusted eyes, he knew that he would not escape this disaster.

Wang Yue and Wang Zhi had a special relationship, so they sent out an invitation: "We haven't seen each other for many years, let's talk by candlelight tonight!"

If Wang Zhi hadn't been forced to leave by civil officials in collusion with the internal prison, and he was wronged for writing poems, Wang Zhi would have spoken for him, and he would not have ended up in a predicament where no one complained for him.

"Very good!" Wang Zhi nodded lightly as he admired Wang Yue's talent and responsibility.

At dusk, Yangzhou City was covered with a layer of faint golden light.

"Have you heard? Li Zhiqing has been arrested!"

"It's not just Li Zhiqing, there are more than [-] officials locked inside!"

"My darling, there are only a few officials in our Yangzhou city? This is going to catch them all!"

"It's just to catch them all. These officials are not only greedy for ink, but they have done countless illegal things!"

……

When the people in Yangzhou City learned that Li Zhiqing and other more than [-] officials, large and small, had been sent to prison, they didn't feel the same way, but applauded and applauded.

Strictly speaking, people like Yang Zhiqing are greedy for the imperial court's money, so the local people shouldn't hate it.

However, these people relied on their money to buy houses and land everywhere, and thus began to squeeze out the means of production of ordinary people. Even ordinary people have nowhere to sue when they go to the government.

But now everything has changed. Those who used to show off their power in Yangzhou City are now all locked up in prison, and it is the imperial envoy Wang Yue who did these things.

"This time it fell into Wang Yue's hands, those people might lose their heads!"

"It's hard to say about this matter. There are too many people involved, so there is no guarantee that someone will protect it!"

"It's the same, Li Zhiqing has been able to be in Yangzhou for so many years, he must have a big backer in the court!"

……

Although everyone knew that it was Wang Yue who brought Li Zhiqing and others to justice this time, many people still did not believe Wang Yue, but were worried that Li Zhiqing would be protected by the backers behind him.

They lived in an era ruled by civil officials, and the relationship between these civil officials was complicated. When things got to the top, Li Zhiqing might be rescued by the backers behind him.

Although Zhu Youtang wanted to change this era, and Wang Yue also wanted to eradicate evil for the people, this era has been controlled by the civil society for too long.

Like the Yang family back then, if Zhu Jianshen hadn't wanted to do it at will, if Wang Zhi hadn't arrested Yang Rong's great-grandson Yang Ye and tortured him, things might have been like the Xu family in Songjiang being protected by important officials in the court.

As night fell, the banks of the Little Qinhuai River were brightly lit, but the hustle and bustle was significantly lower.

Not only Li Zhiqing and other officials were arrested today, but all the salt merchants who participated in the subscription of Yanyin on the ship were sent to prison.

As for the silver taels they stored in Jiangdu Qiansi, Zhang Cai led a team to seize them immediately, and Xue Huahua's silver taels there will be included in the national treasury.

Affected by the arrest of a large number of salt merchants, the brothel tonight was naturally greatly affected.

Inviting eunuchs to the brothel, probably only Wang Yue can do it, but Wang Yue is not to blame for this matter, but Wang Zhi offered to come to Yangzhou Meng brothel to have a look.

Unlike those eunuchs who have no interest in life, Wang Zhi likes dancing very much.

Since the two big men came here, other people naturally gave way one after another. In Nuo Da's hall, only two people drank together, and there was a wonderful dance performance on the stage.

Wang Zhi picked up his wine glass and watched the performance on the stage, but suddenly he said: "Your Majesty, you have continued to plan this time, and you did not hesitate to take risks to get on the boat. I am afraid that you have already gained something?"

"All non-commissioned officers in Yangzhou can be killed!" Wang Yue thought of the situation on the ship, his eyes flashed and he said fiercely.

Wang Zhi stopped to put the wine glass to his mouth, but said with full of expectation: "In this case, the miscellaneous family should stay to see the prestige of your king's beheading. This time, the beheading miscellaneous family must join in the fun!"

"I wish for it!" Wang Yue already regarded Wang Zhi as an old friend, so he expressed his welcome.

Wang Zhi took a sip of his wine, but expressed his worry: "It's just that if you really want to cut off with this knife, the resistance is no less than when I wanted to kill Yang Rong's grandson!"

"Eunuch Wang, why did you say that?" Wang Yue frowned slightly, and asked in confusion.

Wang Zhi poured the rest of the wine in the glass on the table, then wrote a word with his finger dipped in the wine.

After Wang Yue saw it, he couldn't help sighing secretly.

Wang Zhi took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped his fingers and said, "If I were you, I would have the Baofang Zhanmajian in my hand, and now I would cut it off and it would be all over, otherwise I'm afraid there will be long nights and dreams!"

"There are too many people this time! And your majesty's resourcefulness is not weaker than that of the late emperor. Now that these officials have stolen salt, I don't think they will forgive anyone!" Wang Yue picked up his wine glass, and then changed the subject: "I I have seen the military appearance of the Shenji Battalion in the Nanjing Battalion, but now it is really completely transformed, and your three-eyed gun seems to be even more powerful!"

"Staying in Nanjing as a guard eunuch is not an idle job. Your Majesty has high hopes for the Zajia!" Wang Zhi put the silk handkerchief back into his sleeve and said seriously.

Wang Yue also stopped the drinks brought to his mouth, and asked curiously: "Your Majesty has any special instructions?"

"Practice the Nanjing Shenji Battalion, build the No. [-] Firearms Army of the Ming Dynasty, and develop a firearm called a flintlock!" Wang Zhi met Wang Yue's gaze, and even revealed it.

After the emperor recalled him to the capital, since the matter of the [-]th Battalion had been resolved, after seeking his own ideas, he appointed himself as the eunuch guarding Nanjing.

Different from the city of Beijing, the Nanjing Jingying was mainly responsible for training the officers and soldiers of Nanjing's various guards on shifts in large and small teaching grounds.

It was with the support of the emperor's secret provision of funds and armaments that the current Nanjing Shenji Battalion was able to be reborn, and it was working hard in the direction of the Ming Dynasty's No. [-] Firearms Army.

(End of this chapter)