As Hai Rui expected, on March 26, the third year of Wanli, Huating and Songjiang prefectures reported civil uprisings at the same time. A total of nearly 13,000 hungry people in the two places were led by people with ulterior motives. The hungry people in Huating County attacked Changpingcang first.
, and then attacked the Xu Mansion to grab grain; those in the government city attacked the government treasury and the government office.
Because the government, county and military preparations had been prepared for a long time, Wang Yixiu, Yang Ruiyun, Cai Guoxi and others immediately took action, and the civil uprising was put out as soon as it started. The losses in both places were not big, only the gate of Xu Mansion was broken through, and the losses were small.
Xiao. Later, officers and soldiers arrived, arrested all the leading hungry people, and suppressed the bullets.
The main force of the civil uprising was a large number of slaves fired by the Jiangnan clan on the grounds that the imperial court reiterated the slaveholding order, mixed with some tenants who had lost their livelihood and were unwilling to leave their hometowns. Therefore, this civil uprising was, to be precise, a slave uprising.——
Known in history as the "Songjiang Slave Revolution." Since Zhu Yijun came to power, this democratic revolution was the largest in the Jiangnan region.
As Hai Rui expected, as soon as the civil uprising was reported to the capital, an urgent edict came out, appointing Hai Rui as the imperial envoy to "governor Jiangnan to supervise the Songjiang civil uprising project".
He made great efforts to investigate the inside story of Songjiang slaves.
The content of the imperial edict spread out, and people all over the Yangtze River south of the Yangtze River saw that the emperor had no intention of admitting his mistake, and their thoughts started to stir. At this time, word came out from nowhere that the Xu family, Dong family, Zhuang family and other people had withdrawn from their fields because the emperor had asked them to.
, deliberately inciting civil unrest to coerce the imperial court - so the emperor sent Hai Qingtian to investigate thoroughly.
Within half a month, the news spread everywhere. When everyone heard that there was such an inside story, no one dared to do anything to support the rebellion. The southerners sympathized with the Xu family and criticized the imperial court because of the rumors.
spread, causing the temperature to drop.
Hai Rui received the decree on the eighth day of April, and his thoughts were as true as if he had swallowed a fly. However, after all, he was not a person who harmed national affairs with selfish motives, so he had no choice but to put his mind at ease, give full play to his expertise in handling cases, and begin to explore the root cause.
Hai Rui's mind was clear as to the two main masterminds of the civil uprising. One was the Jiangnan wealthy family headed by the Xu family; the other was Zhu Yijun, who was far away in the capital. The direction of the investigation could not go astray at all.
Hai Rui wanted to find out what role the Jinyi Guards and the Guarding Eunuch Mansion played in the uprising. But these people were all scheming. When the Imperial Envoy asked questions, he first asked the Dong family, the Zhuang family, the Xu family and other wealthy families.
The situation in which people connected with each other before the civil uprising was completely reversed.
But when Hai Rui asked them why they didn't report it to Governor Yingtian or Songjiang Prefecture in time? The unanimous answer was that monitoring the movements of these wealthy families and officials was routine work, but who would have thought that these people were so ambitious that they instigated a civil uprising to coerce the imperial court.
?Who would have thought of this?
Hai Ruixin said that the emperor is feeding me flies? You are feeding me shit! But he is by no means a person who is unreasonable and adaptable. He has no sympathy for these intricate Jiangnan wealthy families. He has nothing to do with the emperor's big black hand.
With tangible evidence, I had no choice but to hold my nose and admit it.
By the end of April, Hai Rui had clarified the entire civil uprising case and formed a special report to be sent to the capital as a matter of urgency.
In the memorial, in addition to reporting the case, Hai Rui also reminded the court: Public opinion in Jiangnan was arousing at this time - expressing great sympathy for the tragic situation of Xu Ge's hometown being hit by the slave rebellion. The old man fled with his family in embarrassment and almost fell into the hands of thieves.
Hai Rui's report? The entire Jiangnan area has been criticizing the imperial court for reaffirming the slaveholding order and cracking down on the wealthy families. If the imperial court cannot handle it properly, there will be civil unrest!
After Zhang Juzheng read the memorial, he saw that Hai Rui had made a solid case that Xu Jie's two sons had colluded with the Dong family, Zhuang family and other wealthy families before the civil uprising. He was shocked. For the first time in his life, he had doubts about Hai Rui's integrity.
Suspect.
Based on his understanding of Xu Jie, his teacher's slippery skills were beyond the reach of nature and reached the level of being transformed into a god. How could he leave such a big clue to Hai Rui? But Hai Rui attached Dong at the end of the memorial.
, the confession of the mastermind behind the Zhuang family, and the surveillance records provided by Jin Yiwei, made Zhang Juzheng have no sympathy for the Xu family.
But the old Xu family still had to be saved. If the emperor broke down the Xu family and ransacked their homes, the political price paid by the court would be too great, and the damage to Zhang Juzheng's own authority would also be great.
There was no other way, so Zhang Juzheng did not stick to the yellow label, and directly asked to see the emperor with Hai Rui's thick memorial.
Zhu Yijun met Zhang Juzheng in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall. When Zhang Juzheng saw him, he saw some locked sandalwood boxes on his table, with complicated patterns carved on them. Zhu Yijun was reading the documents of various governors and imperial envoys one by one.
"Silver Medal Straight Play".
At this time, the late spring sunshine shone on Zhu Yijun's face. Zhang Juzheng, who was standing behind him, suddenly discovered that the original plump cheeks on the emperor's face had disappeared. Sitting on the throne, it could be seen that his figure became more and more slender, and his chin began to
A faint Adam's apple appeared. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "The emperor has begun to grow into an adult, but I have aged very much in the past two years."
Putting aside his emotions, Zhang Juzheng presented Hai Rui's memorial to the emperor. Zhu Yijun opened it and said, "Is this also Hai Rui's memorial?" After speaking, he raised the unread secret memorial in his hand and said, "This is also Hai Rui's memorial.
Because it is a secret memorial with a silver seal, it is faster than giving it to the imperial court."
After speaking, he said with a smile: "This is my critic. In the secret report, the Hai Ruiqing family accused me of secretly practicing deceit and using the Songjiang Civil Rebellion to promote political affairs. I was not following the right path - this is unfounded.
How dare you say it.”
When Zhang Juzheng heard what he said, he thought that Hai Rui always had a temper that would never stop him from talking. As soon as he thought about it, his heart shuddered again, and his back was suddenly covered with cold sweat.
Without showing off, he calmly asked the emperor to read through Hai Rui's memorial to the court. After reading it, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "Old gentleman, you don't have to pay attention to the yellow and come to play directly, what do you have to say?"
Zhang Juzheng coughed lightly first, as this was not the time to follow the official procedure. He put aside Xu Jie's contribution to maintaining the integrity of the court during the Jiajing Dynasty, his contribution to bringing order out of chaos, and his contribution to protecting the late emperor's accession to the throne.
The profligate person also revealed his selfish thoughts and asked the emperor to give him face and spare the entire Xu family.
Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment and then said: "Well, I don't care about the Xu family. Even if the old gentleman doesn't talk about it, he won't do anything to his family. He must leave some dignity to the court. However, Hai Rui memorial
The public opinion in Jiangnan mentioned later should not be taken carelessly."
After Zhang Juzheng heard this, he thought to himself that if I didn't tell him, it would be strange if you didn't kill him. He has killed so many people in the past two years, how could the emperor ever care about the identity of the person who was killed? As for dignity? What is that?
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he said: "I think that if we take things slowly in the south of the Yangtze River, the ice will be broken one day. If so many big families are investigated at once, I am really worried that other Jin gentry will feel the same sadness as the rabbit dies and the fox dies."
"After all, these Jin gentry are the hope of the place. If they are resentful towards the imperial court, the resistance to governance in the future will be even greater. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
After Zhu Yijun heard this, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth that made Zhang Juzheng's heart feel empty. The emperor took out a folded paper from the desk drawer, handed it to him and said: "I have prepared something for them, Mr.
Let’s take a look first.”
Zhang Juzheng didn't know why, so he reached out and took it from Wei Chao's hand. He saw that the soft paper in his hand was folded as big as a book, with printed large and small fonts on the front and back. When it was unfolded, it turned out to be four pages.
When Zhang Juzheng looked at it carefully, he saw the name "Huang Ming Nanjing Daily" written on the first page of the front. It was inscribed by Yubi himself and overprinted by the bookshop. There were also some small characters such as the first issue number at the bottom. Zhang Juzheng didn't look carefully. His eyes were directly
I was caught by the huge italics on the first page: "Who is to blame for the Songjiang civil uprising? - Exclusively for this newspaper, we will reveal the secret for you!"
Zhang Juzheng's heart seemed to be grabbed by something, and his head was pounding. He had not known that the emperor had secretly prepared such a thing, and judging from the name of the paper and the title of the first article, this...
...What is this? An announcement from the imperial court?
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Hai Rui is worried about the public opinion in Jiangnan, and I am also deeply worried about it. I thought that instead of letting the people in Jiangnan spread gossip, how could the imperial court directly announce the truth of the matter and guide public opinion? I named this paper 'Daily Report'
, it will be published in the south first, one issue per day, please let me see the specific content first.”
Zhang Juzheng felt that the air in the Nuan Pavilion was so hot and humid today that there were beads of sweat on his forehead. He looked through the newspaper the emperor mentioned and saw that the article on the front page was arranged vertically on the right hand side, with half of the chapters and half in white, taking up most of the page.
; Subsequently, the layout of each article was well-organized, and sentence punctuation was added throughout the newspaper to make it easier to read.
He read it at a glance and saw that the content of the first article was similar to the content of Hai Rui's memorial, but the angle was more oriented toward the imperial court, and it heavily criticized several wealthy families who encouraged the hungry people to lead to the civil uprising.
The second article turned out to be a policy announcement of the imperial court's plan to overhaul water conservancy this year. It praised Zhu Yijun's plan to overhaul water conservancy across the country, praising it as an unprecedented virtuous policy. It also included a hymn at the end of the article.
These two articles fill up the first page.
The content of the second page is news from various places, covering all the new things happening in various places in the south of the Yangtze River - Zhang Juzheng saw that it was the public and private things done by the Jinyiwei in various jurisdictions.
There is an article that is a little bit dirty. It is actually the whole story of a sexy criminal case that happened in Nanjing. Except for some words of encouragement at the beginning of the article, the whole article is about the case. It is all in vernacular, but it is like a novel.
Generally ups and downs.
Zhang Juzheng turned over and saw an article on the third page in which the imperial court encouraged the planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes. It introduced the cultivation and breeding methods of the two crops in detail, and made some attractive announcements about their yields.
Zhang Juzheng saw it and nodded secretly.
The rest of the third edition also talks about some daily life tips such as boiling water to prevent illness, etc. Zhang Juzheng was greatly inspired by some of the health-preserving prescriptions.
Most of the last edition is actually the most popular novel published by Qingliu Bookstore - "Yang Family General", but the content is about Yang Silang's dialogue about Chinese rituals and music between Fan Bang and the princess. Through Yang Silang's words,
It promotes the significance of bundling one's hair and right collar to mutual recognition among the people of the country.
What makes it narrow is that the novel is written around the two boxes in the middle of the fourth page. The upper box is mostly empty, and it says "Advertising space is for investment. If you are interested, please contact us"; the second box says
The article "Qingyang Fragrance, Top Luxury" - Lingqing's "Wanru Qingyang" is actually an advertisement for Rishenglong Perfume.
Zhang Juzheng finished reading and didn't know what to say. It was rare for Zhu Yijun to see Zhang Juzheng bewildered by new things, and he felt extremely satisfied. He thought to himself: "For these so-called 'Scholars', modern newspapers are a form of degradation."