Chapter 170: Hai Rui Enters Beijing, Old Zhu Liangjian
Hu Zongxian did not come to Beijing alone.
He also brought along his staff and three generals...
These four people are Xu Wei, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Wang Chonggu.
"Budang, do you really want to take us to see you together?"
"Did His Majesty really summon us?"
"Will you be punished for doing this?" Xu Wei, who is 41 years old this year, was sitting uneasily in the class room waiting to be received, his face full of worry.
He couldn't help but feel nervous.
As one of the great talents of the Ming Dynasty who can be compared with Xie Jin and Yang Shen, Xu Wei prides himself on his outstanding talents and extraordinary talents.
However, he had failed to pass the provincial examination for eight consecutive years. In this era where academic excellence leads to officialdom, if he followed the normal trajectory, he was destined to never be an official in his life.
He had already given up and had been serving as Hu Zongxian's staff for more than ten years.
It was also a pleasure for both parties to cooperate.
There were rumors before that Hu Zongxian was going to be dismissed from his post by the imperial court. He was still a little disappointed, but suddenly, things took a huge turn. Hu Zongxian actually received the imperial decree and wanted to go to Beijing to meet the saint.
What's even more unexpected is that His Majesty's imperial edict actually mentioned him, naming him by name and asking Hu Zongxian to take him with him.
This made Xu Wei a little flattered.
Although he had always boasted that fame and fortune were like floating clouds to me before, but now that he really has a fortune and fame in front of him, can he really regard it as floating clouds?
This is definitely impossible.
He dreams of becoming an official to fulfill his ambition and live up to his talents.
It was precisely because of this that he was extremely nervous.
"What if His Majesty writes the name wrongly?"
"What if His Majesty can't remember who he is?"
"What if...he suddenly faints during the interview because he is too nervous?"
Xu Wei's mind was racing very fast at the moment, but all he could think about were all kinds of accidents.
His palms were sweaty, the muscles all over his body were tight, and he even felt that his breathing was starting to become difficult.
"The article is long...!" Hu Zongxian shouted.
"Huh?" Xu Wei suddenly turned his head and looked at Hu Zongxian.
"I have never seen Xu Wenchang like this!"
Hu Zongxian reached out and patted Xu Wei on the shoulder, smiling gently: "What are you afraid of? Don't forget that you are a genius!"
All of a sudden, Xu Wei couldn't help but be clever.
"yes!"
"What are you afraid of? What do you have to be afraid of?"
"I am not one of those people who are just trying to gain fame."
"I am Xu Wenchang, one of the most talented people in the world. Am I not the most talented person in the world? I have nothing to be afraid of." Xu Wei's face instantly regained its confidence and calmness.
"Hu Butang, Your Majesty has summoned you!" At this moment, a feminine voice sounded from behind.
When Hu Zongxian heard this, he stood up quickly and found that it was Huang Jin. He held his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Huang!"
"Let's go, let's go to see the saint together!" Hu Zongxian turned around and said to the four of them, Xu Wei.
Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Wang Chonggu stood up quickly, but then they discovered that Xu Wei was still sitting there with a confident smile on his face.
"What are you doing, Lao Xu? Hurry up and leave!" Yu Dayou urged.
"Didn't you see that my legs are shaking so much that I can't stand up?"
"Why don't you come over and give me a hand!" Xu Wei said with a red face.
"Pfft...!" Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Wang Chonggu, three big-hearted strong men, couldn't help laughing.
Soon the three of them and Xu Wei, who was supported by the three of them, met the legendary sage.
Zhu Yuanzhang is currently practicing martial arts in the yard wearing military uniform.
He is not like the old otaku Emperor Jiajing, who hides in the monastery all day pretending to be mysterious, he just likes to run around and look around.
The sun was good today, and he was about to meet Wu Ren, so he suddenly became interested and wanted to do a couple of tricks.
So he acted.
Seeing Hu Zongxian and others arriving, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile, and looked past Hu Zongxian at Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Wang Chonggu behind him.
The martial aura of the three men could not be concealed, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been killing all his life, naturally identified them at a glance.
"I have met His Majesty!" The five of them saluted together.
"Get up, get up."
"You are all the anti-Japanese heroes of our Ming Dynasty. We don't have the habit of asking heroes to worship us!"
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he swung the long sword in his hand, and it turned into a sword shadow and fell into the scabbard in the distance.
With just this move, Qi Jiguang and the other three warriors who were kneeling on the ground couldn't help but light up their eyes.
The three of them looked at each other and could see the shock in each other's eyes.
Your Majesty is actually a master of martial arts?
This simply subverted their three views.
Especially Yu Dayou, who has the best kung fu among the three, his eyesight is better, and he can tell at a glance that this His Majesty is at least a master of energy transformation.
While this shocked him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of closeness.
After all, people who practice martial arts have a favorable impression of their own kind.
"What are you doing standing still... We have prepared tea for you, sit down and talk!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is really different!"
"How could he be so approachable before?" Hu Zongxian had met Emperor Jiajing, and when he met Zhu Yuanzhang now, he immediately noticed the huge change between the two.
I couldn't help but feel a little surprised and uncertain.
Is this really the current Saint?
Why is his personality so different from before, as if he is a different person?
"Do you know what we are asking you to do this time?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, not paying attention to the expressions on their faces, sitting at the top with a smile.
Seeing that several people were shaking their heads, Zhu Yuanzhang did not show off and waved directly behind him.
Behind him, Huang Jin came over with a three-point decree.
"This is the decree to confer earlship. Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Wang Chonggu each have one share. Are you satisfied?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked around the three of them and asked.
"Pfft!" Yu Dayou couldn't hold himself steady. The chair was broken by him and he sat down on the ground.
"how?"
"Are you not satisfied?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked jokingly.
"The general will be terrified!"
"Your Majesty, please atone for your sins!"
"General... I really didn't expect to be knighted!" Yu Dayou knelt on the ground and said incoherently.
"No problem!"
"Get up!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.
He had read the history books of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally knew about this general's numerous achievements. However, because he did not know how to respect civilian officials, he was treated as a firefighter by the court. He was appointed as a general when there was a war, and was dismissed and returned home when there was no war.
Compared with Qi Jiguang, he is equally capable, but his experiences are much worse.
To be honest, the Ming Dynasty owed these generals in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to ennoble them not only because of this debt.
"We are granting you a title not so that you can live in your old age, but because your services will be needed soon!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the three of them: "You three should have brought their own troops this time, right?"
The three of them nodded without hesitation.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "We need to rectify the Beijing camp next, but the Beijing camp is corrupt. At that time, we want to scatter your soldiers who have gone through bloody battles as seeds into the Beijing camp to change the atmosphere of the Beijing camp.
, are you willing?"
The three of them looked at each other and nodded again without hesitation.
"I am willing to die for Your Majesty!" the three of them said in unison.
"good!"
"This will put us at ease."
After taking care of these three military generals, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his attention to Hu Zongxian: "The most important thing for the Ming Dynasty next is to rectify the military equipment starting from the Beijing Camp. We are going to leave this matter to the Minister of War, Zhang Juzheng, and you?"
"How about you temporarily serve as Minister of Justice to cooperate with him?"
"Yes!" Hu Zongxian nodded without hesitation.
In fact, he had speculated before that he might have come to Beijing to serve as the Minister of the Sixth Division.
Now it seems obviously correct.
Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Wei.
"Xu Wenchang, you are white, if we give you a fourth-grade official, do you dare to take it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with narrowed eyes.
"Dare, as long as your majesty dares to give it, the common people dare to take it!" Xu Wei said with high morale.
At this moment, he no longer had the slightest worry or fear.
"good!"
"Then you should be the Minister of Dali Temple!"
"I will punish you with a palm of my hand, and cure the Ming Dynasty...!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
Xu Wei didn't even know how he walked out of Xiyuan. He only knew that his whole body was floating when he walked.
"Your Majesty is going to build a prison!" Hu Zongxian suddenly said on the way out.
"Ah?" Xu Wei turned his head in confusion.
"Your minister of Dali Temple, my minister of punishment, plus Hai Rui's censor of Zuodu, and the three departments of law have all been replaced. This is enough to explain a lot of problems." Hu Zongxian said.
"who cares!"
"Anyway, I'm going to ruin your majesty's life!" Xu Wei said with a bright face.
Hu Zongxian couldn't help but have a flash of worry in his eyes.
Although His Majesty has begun to work hard to cure the disease, he is now a little afraid that His Majesty is using too much force.
The current Ming Dynasty cannot withstand strong medicine...
An hour after Hu Zongxian met the saint, Hai Rui also entered the palace to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.
The two of them talked for an hour in Xiyuan. No one knew what they talked about. They only knew that when they came out of Xiyuan, Hai Rui's eyes were so bright that it was scary.
Speaking of which, this man is now a complete political star.
It can be said that the Strict Party was able to fall because of this person who sounded the charge.
Eighty percent of the officials in Zhejiang also moved because of his head.
There are even rumors that the reason why His Majesty's temperament changed drastically is probably because of this Hai Rui.
This man is simply a living evil star.
Now the evil star has come to Beijing, and he has met the Holy Spirit. It seems that he has even gained the favor of the Holy Spirit.
This made everyone feel numb.
Especially those corrupt officials were so frightened that they couldn't even sleep.
No one wants to be targeted by this Ming Dynasty sword.
And then... this man indeed lived up to expectations. On the second day after entering the capital, on the day he was appointed as the Censor of Zuodu, Hai Rui directly submitted a memorial, making his first move as the Censor of Zuodu.
He directly impeached the noble group headed by British Duke Zhang Rong and Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo for corruption, accepting bribes, seizing land, misappropriating court property, treating soldiers as domestic slaves, and other 21 charges...
And there is definite evidence for every one of them, there are witnesses and physical evidence, and there are even victims.
The peaceful city of Beijing felt like it had been stabbed in a hornet's nest.
The nobles who were eating melon quietly nearby and happily watching the civil servants pinching each other suddenly realized that Hai Rui's first knife had actually hit them.
Moreover, the knife was fast and accurate, stabbing directly into their hearts and catching them off guard.
However, just when they wanted to fight back, something happened that caught them even more off guard.
The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple actually accepted these cases, and then quickly sent summons documents to each of their families.