"Ding was patrolling the mine, and the last general got into trouble and killed sixteen people who blocked the road." After Lei Chaosheng killed the people, he was a little worried about the consequences and reported to Ding Shikui.
Ding Shikui didn't care, "As long as the errands assigned by the supervisor are done well, the death of a few unruly people is nothing. General Lei doesn't need to worry too much."
"Master, it's a great news. The officers and soldiers killed sixteen common people who blocked the road." Zhou Shiru reported the good news to Mu Yi.
Mu Yi was overjoyed: "What a wonderful death! Mr. Zhou, please help me figure out how to use this matter to make a fuss."
This is the tragedy of the feudal system. From the emperor to the officials, they keep saying that they should love the people as their own children. In fact, in their eyes, the lives of a dozen grassroots, untouchables, and ants are really nothing.
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Chen Yi heard: The Holy Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence. How lucky is it that I caught the Holy Dynasty and bathed and purified it. The gold and silver mines were left behind by the ancestors to benefit the country. No one dares to disobey. But how could the people deserve to be massacred like this? ?Censor Ding, the pressure is severe, he is as anxious as a spark, he takes power and bends the law, and he does everything. What's more, whenever he does evil, he will be said to be following the decree, and he will be blamed by the superiors, and the people will be resentful. A gentleman is close to him, and a villain is far away. This country This is why the family is prosperous. The royal court is praised as a saint, and people from all over the world sing praises. They like flattery but hate uprightness. They like it and hate disobedience. The wise king will not accept it. If the minister is bold, please kill Ding because of the resentment of the common people. Not for himself, but for the sake of all the people. I am humble. Sincerely, I would like to pay my respects and listen to you.
The chief minister heard: In the whole world, there is nothing but the king's land, and on the shore of the land, there is nothing but the king's ministers. However, the Mu family of Lijiang overstepped the rules, and the beauty of the palace was planned for the royal family. The benefits of the gold, silver, and salt wells did not benefit the country at all. I am despicable and stupid, and I am a censor. I have been favored and promoted, and I have been favored and blessed. How dare I not repay my duties with all my heart? A certain local chieftain is an instigator, obstructing the way of the people, and even causing death or injury. If you obey the chief's will, you have betrayed the divine grace; I want to strictly enforce the laws of the country, but I am criticized by others. I would like to express my gratitude to you for hearing about my embarrassing situation.
When Zhu Hengjia saw these two memorials criticizing each other, he couldn't help but feel angry and funny, and he was in a dilemma.
The first letter was written by Mu. He was very smart and did not mention a word about his opposition to the mine transfer. He only said that Ding Shikui, the censor of the mine patrol, was doing mischief in your name, and the people were complaining, and now he actually killed people. , please kill him to bring resentment to the people.
You can't kill. If you really listen to him, if you kill Ding Shikui, who will dare to collect the mines for Gu? The matter of collecting the mines will naturally be ruined. Humph, this Mu Yi has a good calculation.
The second letter was sent by Ding Shikui, who expressed his loyalty and talked about the great difficulties he encountered in order to nationalize the gold and silver mines. He also mentioned that Mu Yi encouraged the native people to block the road, causing deaths and injuries. .The implication is that Zhu Hengjia please leave this matter alone.
To be honest, as the supreme being in the world, Zhu Hengjia really didn't care about a dozen ants-like lives. But he was a prisoner after all. If he really didn't let it go, he was afraid of damaging his reputation as a "benevolent person". .What if the history books of later generations say that he wasted no time on human life for the sake of gold and silver?
After thinking about it, I can't help but investigate the matter of the deceased, but I can't really pursue it.
Zhu Hengjia ordered Xingbu to investigate the case thoroughly, and also secretly ordered Xingbu Shangshu Wang Huacheng to try the case slowly and wait until the people's attention is low before judging. Try to make the big thing trivial. If the trivial matter is trivial, pay some money to settle the matter.
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"What, what do you do for food? You can't find a miner?"
Ding Shikui, the censor of the mine patrol, was furious. He took back the mine and was preparing to resume production so that it could be handed over to the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry.
Trouble is coming. Not a single miner can be recruited. There are mines, but no one is mining them.
Master Mu in Lijiang City has spoken. Anyone who dares to mine for Ding is going against Master Mu. Oh my god! That is Master Mu, the God of the Naxi people in Lijiang! It's okay to offend Emperor Zhu, but it's okay to offend Master Mu. , Haha, you'd better touch the head on your neck to see if it's still there.
"Mu Yi, Mu Yi, how dare you go against me? Don't you know that behind me is the Supervisor of the Country, Prince Jing?"
Ding Shikui was very angry and determined to find an opportunity to show Mu Yi some color.
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"Please Master Mu, please make the decision for us!"
"Please, Mr. Mu, help us track down the real murderer and avenge our dead family members!"
In front of the majestic Mufu gate, tens of thousands of Naxi people knelt down in darkness.
Zhou Shiru leaned against Mu Yi's ear and told: "Master, everything has been arranged."
"Yeah," Mu Yi responded softly and walked slowly outside the door.
His expression was very sad, and tears as big as a dozen were shed at will.
"Fathers and fellow countrymen, I know that you have lost your loved ones and feel sad, but Ding Shikui has the royal destiny, and there is nothing I can do about him!"
"Please ask Mr. Mu to make the decision!"
"If Master Mu doesn't agree, we won't get up!"
"Alas! Folks, please get up. Since everyone believes in me so much, I will go to the Mine Patrol Censor's Yamen and ask Na Ding Shikui to hand over the murderer." Mu Yi finally agreed.
"Thank you, Mr. Mu!"
The dark crowd followed Mu Yi towards the Mine Patrol Censor’s Yamen.
Ding Shikui's mine inspection censor's office is a temporarily rented house of a big businessman. Lijiang City is a famous commodity distribution center in Yunnan, with many big businessmen.
However, although the house is large, it can only accommodate a few hundred people.
Countless Naxi people surrounded the house.
Ding Shikui was furious: "Mu Yi, what are you doing with so many people? Do you want to rebel?"
"Ding Xun Mine, I am here to seek justice for the villagers. I want to pay for the murder with my life, and ask Ding Xun Mine to hand over the murderer," Mu Yi replied calmly.
"Hey Mu Yi, you think I don't know that it was you who incited the unruly people to block the road and caused the tragedy, right? It's you who didn't let the miners go to the mine to mine, right?"
"Hmph, Ding patrols the mine, justice is in the heart of the people. This is your rebellious act, which arouses the anger of the people. What does it have to do with this government?"
Seeing that Ding Shikui was in a hurry, Mu Yi was filled with pride. Haha, if I don't show you how powerful it is, you don't know who owns this Lijiang City!
"Master", Ding Shikui's staff gave Ding Shikui an idea, "This old man is the leader. If you defeat him, the group of unruly people behind will naturally be convinced."
"Well", Ding Shikui became more fierce. In another time and space, he was one of the "Five Tigers" of the Yongli Dynasty. He always dealt with political opponents to death.
"Come on, this old man obstructed the imperial envoy from carrying out his errands. I'll give him twenty slaps."
"I am a fifth-grade local magistrate granted by the imperial court. Who dares to attack me?"
Ding Shikui gritted his teeth and said, "Hit me hard!"
He dragged off the wood left and right, took off his robe, and started playing with a clatter.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Poor Mr. Mu, who has been pampered since childhood, has never suffered this crime. His big white buttocks were beaten into red buns, and he soon died.
When Ding Shikui saw him, he didn't dare to beat him to death, so he ordered him to be dragged down and handed over to his servants.
The servants carried Mu Yi out, and the Naxi people outside were furious.
"Master Mu defended our grievances and was beaten by this dog official."
"Come in, beat the dog officer, and avenge Master Mu."
Zhou Shiruchao winked at his confidants who were mixed in the crowd.
The confidant understood and shouted: "Folks, come with me!"
A flood of people rushed towards the mine patrol office.
While Ding Shikui was commanding the hundreds of sergeants he brought to guard the Yamen, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Quick, go to General Lei Chaosheng to mobilize troops."
Lei Qisheng's army arrived, and a conflict was inevitable. Another death occurred, more than a dozen Ming soldiers and more than thirty Naxi people.
"Oh, be gentle, it hurts me to death." Mu Yi, who was carried back to Mu Mansion, groaned in pain.
Zhou Shiru asked with concern: "Master Mu, are you okay?"
Mu Yi rolled her eyes at Zhou Shiru and said, "Mr. Zhou, after listening to your words, I will suffer a big loss!"
Zhou Shiru laughed loudly: "Master Mu, this slap is worth it! You just got a slap in the face, and Ding Shikui will lose his head."
"Oh? What's the plan?"
"Go to Changsha and file a complaint against him. Charge him with excessive taxation and provoking a civil uprising!"
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"Pa", Zhu Heng pounded the table with joy, "Is this Ding Shikui a stupid ass? Last time more than ten people died, Gu had a hard time suppressing it, and this time so many people died again, he wants to provoke
Civil volt?"
The first assistant, Guan Shouzhen, stood upright. After Zhu Hengjia finished getting angry, he calmly asked: "Jian Guo, Mu Yi came to Beijing to complain to the emperor. How should we deal with it?"
"Humph, let him rest for a while and see him again when we have time."
Zhu Hengjia was secretly annoyed, Mu Yi, Mu Yi, you thought you didn’t know that you were the one who started the whole thing!
But knowing is one thing, and how to deal with it is another.
Zhu Hengjia hurriedly summoned several great scholars, including Guan Shouzhen, Sun Jinding, He Wuzuo, Zheng Feng, and Wen Anzhi, to Ziguang Pavilion for a small meeting to discuss.
Wen Anzhi was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. Seeing that he was steady in his work, Zhu Hengjia worshiped him as the bachelor of Dongge after the great scholar Zeng Daowei died of illness.
Just when he was returning to Beijing to report on his duties, he was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, who was in charge of Yunnan affairs, so he summoned him to discuss it together.
"Everyone, look at how many chieftains have been left alone!"
When the ministers saw it, they were obedient and had a thick basket.
Ankun, the chieftain of Shuixi, Nasong, the chieftain of Yuanjiang, Luhuang, the chieftain of Ningzhou, Longshangdeng, the chieftain of Bazhai, Longshirong, the chieftain of Shiping, Lebao, the chieftain of Nandian, Zhenguo, the chieftain of Ganya, Duoan, the chieftain of Longchuan
Jing, there are also the Lu family, the Diao family in Jingdong, the Wang family and the Shen family in Weimo Prefecture??
There were dozens of chieftains, large and small, but the contents of the official posts were almost the same. They all accused Ding Shikui of blaming the local officials of the court without authorization, provoking a civil uprising, and requested punishment from the court.
If there are only one or two, even if it is a big chieftain like An Kun or Nasong, Zhu Hengjia is not afraid and is confident that he will be able to calm down soon. But with so many people, even if he is as wise and powerful as him, he can't help but feel great pressure.
.It seems that I still underestimated Mu Yi’s strength! Although the Lao Mu family’s military strength is not strong, they are rich, and the more money they have, the more friends they will have. Even San Xuan in the "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts" in remote areas
Here we are, the Nandian Xuanfu envoy Dao Lebao, the Ganya Xuanfu envoy Dao Zhenguo, and the Longchuan Xuanfu envoy Duo Anjing. These three Xuanfu and the further Liuwei are all from the Baiyi tribe.
Zhu Hengjia's face was deep: "Everyone, please discuss how to handle this matter?"
"In the supervision of the country, Ding Shikui provoked a civil uprising and should be dismissed from office," Guan Shou Zhen said.
"Yes, so many chieftains are protesting together. If they don't dismiss their officials, the situation will not calm down," Sun Jinding agreed.
Zheng Feng, however, looked solemn: "In supervising the country, I think that dismissal is not enough, and I have to kill him."
Zhu Hengjia was shocked when he heard this, "Zheng Qing, it's not so serious, right? Ding Shikui was ordered by Gu to collect minerals. Even if he acted erratically and provoked a civil uprising, he wouldn't be beheaded, right?"
"Huh, I'm not ashamed of these greedy people! Jian Guo, you must not listen to them. These people have taken advantage of Na Mu Yi and deceived you." With a loud roar, the fifty-eight-year-old Wen
An Zhi was so angry that his white beard trembled, and he took out a silver note worth one hundred thousand taels.
"Huh? Wen Qing, what is this?"
Wen Anzhi sighed and said: "Jianguo, this is the one hundred thousand taels of silver that Mu Yi bribed his ministers with. Just now, the three bachelors worked so hard to intercede for Mu Yi that they wanted to remove Ding Shikui from his position or even kill him.
I thought that they must have accepted a bribe from Mu Yi just like me. I only wanted to expose Mu Yi's conspiracy by accepting this banknote, so that the court would be clean and upright."
As soon as these words came out, Guan Shouzhen and Sun Jinding turned red with embarrassment, but Zhu Hengjia, Zheng Feng, and He Wuzu laughed together.
Zhu Hengjia glanced at Guan Shouzhen and Sun Jinding with deep meaning, "Wen Qing, you are serious. All of Gu's bachelors are honest and loyal ministers, but Wen Qing is not the only one who is honest. Yesterday, Zheng Qing and He Qing
They each handed over a 100,000 taels of silver note that Mu Yi bribed to Gu. Haha, with such an honest minister, why worry about failing to accomplish a great cause?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Anzhi was very embarrassed and hurriedly gave He Wuzou and Zheng Feng a gift, "It's me Meng Lang. I misunderstood He Xueshi and Zheng Xueshi. I apologize to the two bachelors."
He Wuzuo and Zheng Feng hurriedly returned the gift.
"Jianguo", suddenly heard a voice like a gnat, "Mu Yi also gave me a hundred thousand taels of silver notes. I originally wanted to hand it over to the prisoner after the court meeting." Sun Jinding's face turned red.
Like a monkey's butt, he said naa naa.
"In the supervision of the country, I, like Sun Xueshi, also plan to hand over the bribe given to me by Mu?" Guan Shouzhen also blushed.
Alas! Zhu Hengjia sighed in his heart, one is the chief assistant, and the other is the secondary assistant! How difficult it is to clarify the administration of officials!
This is also the tragedy of the feudal system. The emperors relied on a group of confidants to rule the old empire. Absolute power led to absolute corruption, and corruption of important officials was almost inevitable. Great emperors in the past dynasties killed corrupt officials, killing them one after another.
It’s endless, one after another, systemic problems.
When the water is clear, there are no fish. Zhu Hengjia kept this in mind, but a happy smile appeared on his face.
"Hahaha, it is a great blessing for the Ming Dynasty that these five scholars are so honest and dedicated to their duties! These silvers will be used as military expenses for the Northern Expedition. On behalf of the people in the north who are struggling under the iron heel of the Tartars, I would like to thank the five bachelors!"
The five of them shouted in unison.
After disposing of the five hundred thousand taels of silver, Zhu Hengjia asked Zheng Feng: "Zheng Qing, why did you have to kill Ding Shikui alone?"
Zheng Qing said solemnly: "In supervising the country, civil unrest is not something to worry about. The only ones who can be worried about are the chieftains. Have you noticed that the memorials of these chieftains all vaguely mentioned the four words 'change the soil and return to the flow'. They are not helping
The Laomu family is fighting for the mines, but they are worried that you will change their territory and return to their homeland. Therefore, the severity of your treatment of Ding Shikui represents your attitude towards the return of your land. Only by killing Ding Shikui can the chieftains feel at ease.
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"Alas," Zhu Hengjia couldn't bear it, "but Ding Shikui acted according to Gu's wishes! Even if he does things too hastily, he will not be punished until death!"
"Jian Guo, you haven't realized the seriousness of the matter. Shuixi Ankun's territory borders the Qinglu. Once he surrenders to the Qinglu, Guiyang will be in danger; the 'Three Xuan' are all Baiyi people, and their territory is Next to Burma. Once they lead the Burmese army into invaders, the south will be unsafe again. The Northern Expedition is imminent, so don't start a fire in the backyard! Please kill Ding Shikui to calm the hearts of the chieftains."
Zhu Hengjia knew that Zheng Feng's suggestion was right and Ding Shikui had to be killed. But deep down in his heart, he was still very resistant to killing a minister who acted under his orders.
"If the supervising state cannot bear to treat Ding Shikui, it will be better to kill him and then reward his family."
"Alas! This is what we have to do."
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Mr. Mu went to Beijing to file an imperial petition and won a complete victory. The imperial court sentenced Ding Shikui, the censor of the mine patrol, to death for "excessive taxation and provoking civil uprising."
With one bloody head cut off, the worries of the chieftains, large and small, about the imperial court's return to the country disappeared, and they all called for the sage to supervise the country.
Zhu Hengjia also made concessions to the Lao Mu family's mines. After paying 20% of the tax to the court, the net profits of these mines were half shared by the court and Lao Mu's family.
In addition, the Lao Mu family was asked to pay one million taels of tax silver to use as military expenses for the Northern Expedition.
Just like Ding Shikui and Mu Yi didn't care about the life or death of a few common people, Zhu Hengjia just hissed a few times about Ding Shikui's death, sent someone to give him some property at home, and then forgot about it. He was completely focused on it. Yan Tianfeng's Northern Expedition.
God favored the Ming Dynasty. News came from Beijing that Dorgon, the father of the Qing emperor and the regent, passed away.