Zhang Anshi summoned Chen Li and others again and ordered: "The Jinyi Guards should not act rashly, but they must be on guard against those who take the opportunity to rob the people. The East Palace and the Forbidden City are also under my watch, and nothing can go wrong."
Chen Li hesitated for a moment and asked: "Your Highness, you are talking about robbing the people...which people are these people?"
Zhang Anshi glared at him, his eyes clearly scolding him for being stupid, and gritted his teeth and said: "Of course they are real people."
"Oh, oh, I understand." Chen Li responded with a hurried salute.
Zhang Anshi then ordered: "Besides... I have kept a close eye on all city gates and ferries, and some places must be searched intensively."
Saying that, Zhang Anshi glanced at Chen Li meaningfully.
Chen Li said solemnly: "I understand."
"Okay." Zhang Anshi became calm and relaxed again, and said: "Prepare carriages and horses for me later, and send more guards. I'm watching... It's already getting late, and I should go to the palace for an audience.
"
Chen Li did not forget to express concern: "Your Highness... you must be careful."
"Don't worry." Zhang Anshi smiled, then straightened his face and sighed: "It's time to settle the score."
After saying that, he waved his hand, Chen Li understood, and left.
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At this time, in the capital city, the doors of mansions everywhere were closed.
Guards in Jinyi began to appear one by one, and then, a captain in Jinyi with a sword appeared in front of Liu Zhan's mansion.
As soon as the Jin Yiwei appeared, he knocked on the door.
"Open the door, open the door."
The concierge quietly opened the door to a crack, and saw a guy wearing a fish suit outside. He said tremblingly: "What...what's the matter..."
The school captain said: "I was ordered to protect Xueshi Liu's family. Is there anything wrong inside? Did anyone rush in? Was anyone injured?"
The porter shook his head and said: "No...no. But there are rioters outside. Madam and young masters are very worried...they...they..."
The captain immediately said: "Don't worry, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wuhu County has specifically stated that although there is some chaos in the city, Academician Zhou is the pillar of the court and must be protected no matter what. I will protect him outside."
Come on, don't panic."
The porter nodded, closed the door, and hurried into the inner house to report.
Liu Zhan's eldest son, Liu Xin, felt relieved when he heard that the Jin Yiwei had arrived, but he also cursed: "These damn rebels are so bold, how dare they cause chaos..."
After scolding angrily, he ordered: "Tell them, there is no need to move the gold and silver in the warehouse. It is safer at home now. There are Jinyi guards outside to protect them, so it shouldn't be a problem. These Jinyiwei's bastards,
I still have this ability."
Then he asked the concierge: "How many troops have come from Jin Yiwei..."
The concierge said: "It seems to be one."
"One... one..." Liu Xin frowned and muttered.
He stood there, stunned.
At this moment, there was already a crowd heading towards the house.
In the crowd, everyone was angry. When they arrived in front of Liu's house, they saw a notice posted in front of the door. Above it was a stern warning from Jin Yiwei not to enter by mistake.
Everyone was furious, and someone shouted: "This is the mansion of Liu Zhan, and he didn't give me a way to survive."
As soon as these words came out, the crowd exploded instantly and swarmed to the door.
The captain in Jinyi who was standing in front of the door quickly ran dozens of feet along the wall and disappeared at the corner of the street in a short time.
Dong dong dong...
The door was knocked loudly.
No one opened the door.
Those with nimble hands and feet can climb over the wall and enter.
More people broke the door open.
Then, countless people poured in.
In the overwhelming anger, everything the Liu Mansion had done was destroyed.
When the servants in the mansion saw him, they were frightened and ran away with their heads in their hands.
Liu Xin, on the other hand, was bold. He rushed forward with his two brothers and several loyal servants, and shouted viciously: "This is the residence of the Hanlin scholar, you unscrupulous people, you are so brave, you are not afraid of death."
?"
It's okay if he doesn't say this, he just opens his mouth to say it.
Among the crowd, someone swung the pickaxe directly. When the pickaxe came down, Liu Xin let out an ugh and fell into a pool of blood.
Liu Xin howled like a killing pig.
The remaining loyal servants immediately dispersed.
His two brothers also wanted to leave, but were stopped in time.
Among the crowd, the leader shouted: "Everyone on the left and right is dead. You surnamed Liu want us to die. If we kill one of you, it will be enough. If we kill two of you, we will not lose."
Liu Xin's thigh was directly driven into by the pickaxe, and she was bleeding profusely. She wailed: "My dad...my dad...wait for my dad to come..."
But before he could finish his words, a group of angry people rushed in, and the three brothers continued to scream in agony.
After a while, someone knelt down. He looked at the three brothers of the Liu family lying on the ground in the distance, motionless, and their faces were as pale as pig liver with fear.
This man kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Spare your life, spare your life, heroes, spare your life... The younger one is just a steward of the Liu family, just a steward... If the heroes want to plunder money, the Liu family... has money, and some money...
They are all in the treasury, so go ahead and take them, heroes, please spare your lives!"
Although there are many people here, it is obviously very organized. This is also the difference between farmers and craftsmen.
Most of the farmers are just self-sufficient and living their own lives. However, craftsmen and laborers need to participate in production collectively and need to carry out effective division of labor. Although they are angry and rebellious, they are clearly organized and someone is responsible for maintaining the craftsmen and laborers.
They maintain order and ensure that no innocents are harmed. Some people are responsible for guiding and clarifying goals. Some are responsible for setting the atmosphere, and some are responsible for opening the way.
At this time, many people subconsciously looked at one person.
This man obviously worked as a bookkeeper in the workshop. Although he was among the crowd excitedly, he always watched with a cold eye. Among the craftsmen and laborers, he had considerable authority.
At that moment, he said: "Ask a few people to open the warehouse and tell everyone not to loot. Li San, Wang Ke and you two will take a few brothers to guard this place. Wu Xiucai and I will go and make an inventory.
When everyone heard this, they immediately said yes.
They are people with families and businesses, not the kind of homeless people who have nothing.
Not long ago, they had a good salary, a house with shelter from the wind and rain, married a wife, and their children were studying in school.
What's more, before coming here, people had already been taught in various pamphlets what to do and what not to do, and there were people who were specifically responsible for maintaining order. Of course, they also knew that making trouble is making trouble, and looting is looting.
So at that moment, everyone dispersed in a hurry, and another group of people rushed to the treasury.
The accountant and another person named Wu Xiucai began to enter the warehouse and began to count.
Just stepping in, I was shocked.
Soon, they searched for the account book. When they lowered their heads to look at the account book, the accountant glanced at it with a trace of sarcasm on his lips and said: "Interesting... really interesting..."
Wu Xiucai on the side couldn't help but came up curiously: "How..."
"Look at these accounts."
Wu Xiucai was also an expert. He glanced at it and suddenly knew the details.
Immediately, his face tightened, and he said: "I will be responsible for writing a copy and send it to Jin Yiwei. You can continue to count it here."
"Okay." The accountant agreed, but then he remembered something and said hurriedly: "By the way, just throw the book in front of the nearest Jinyiwei Qianhu Office and leave."
Wu Xiucai said: "Of course I understand."
These two people were also scholars, but they came from poor backgrounds, and the imperial examinations were too difficult. Although they had achieved fame, it was difficult to make a living. At first, they had no choice but to find a job in Qixia.
Although Taiping Mansion is criticized by scholars as a place with corrupt morals, in fact, knowledge is highly valued here.
The main reason is that there are too many workshops and merchants, and they need a large number of people who can write, do calculations, and are good at management. As soon as these two poor scholars arrived in Taiping Mansion, they immediately found a job and soon became the leaders in the workshop.
Important people receive higher salaries, have a relatively leisurely day at work, and are respected by everyone.
At this time, it is absolutely impossible to teach them to be unemployed. Although their salaries are high, they have already bought property in Qixia, their children are also studying, and their daily expenses are not small. These things all mean
With them.
Therefore, when their boss worked with them, they were the most active people. They were making plans privately, arranging manpower, organizing secretly, inciting craftsmen and laborers, and their presence was indispensable in all of this.
In fact, in the eyes of many people, what is breaking out today is a conflict between scholars, gentry and merchants, and craftsmen. Rather, it is a showdown between scholars and scholars.
The latter scholars, because they did not wear the traditional Confucian robes, and their speech was no longer literate. After all, under the influence of merchants and workshops, they no longer only dealt with scholars as before, so their spoken language and
There have been many changes in behavior and behavior.
But in fact, they have read a lot of books, and they may not be without fame.
These people are meticulous and have experience in organizational engineering and labor. They are also familiar with all kinds of allusions and are proficient in laws. Therefore, they are very organized in doing things and often consider everything when doing things.
Soon, Wu Xiucai took a book and left Liu's house. The house was still in chaos. He walked out of the long street in one breath and saw that the street was crowded with people. Every street he passed was full of people.
.
It's not just the trouble in Qixia. In the capital, business has also become prosperous in the past two years. This time it has also been affected, not only craftsmen and laborers, but also ordinary shops, and many people hired by the shops.
, everyone took action at this time.
Almost all the shops were closed, and many mansions in Beijing were also surrounded by people.
However, all the officers of Yingtian Mansion disappeared without a trace. None of the Jinyi guards were found. As for the officers and soldiers, there seemed to be no trace.
Under the commotion, Wu Xiucai walked steadily. Although waves of people passed towards him, when everyone saw that the clothes Wu Xiucai was wearing were work clothes from Qixia Dalong Steel Workshop, no one gave him any trouble.
, someone even made way for him.
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In a deep house...
At this time, someone came in a hurry with panic.
"It's terrible, it's terrible, have you heard the news? There are troublemakers everywhere..."
This panicked voice broke the silence here.
It's still the same place as before.
It's just that this time, not many people came. After all, it was duty time, and many people were still on duty in the government offices.
Some people asked for leave and hurried over.
Everyone turned to the man named Wu and said, "This must be... it must be..."
The man surnamed Wu frowned, pressed his hands and said: "Okay, don't panic, don't panic. This matter is too strange, but... if someone dares to do such a reckless thing, I don't believe it, so the court will ignore him!"
Do they still want the Zhu family's empire...?"
Everyone was still in shock.
Someone looked worried and sighed: "I just came from the Ministry of War. Jin Zhong, the minister of the Ministry of War, only sent a message to the guards in the capital to strengthen their precautions. He had no intention of quelling the chaos."
"It seems that we should be waiting for His Majesty's will. Without His Majesty's will, who would dare to make any move now..."
Everyone was whispering and discussing in low voices.
But at this moment, there was suddenly a noise outside.
Someone came in in a panic and said: "Master, master, it's terrible, it's terrible, someone is coming to kill, the killing is coming..."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone's expressions changed.
No one expected that someone would dare to come here.
As a result, everyone stood up one after another and tried to escape in a panic.
But the visitor said: "There are people all around here... there is no place to go."
It won't take a moment.
Then I saw a crowd of people entering the hall.
One person shouted to them: "You unscrupulous people, do you know who the master of this place is?"
"I'm looking for you! Don't be polite. Before the man named Zhou was beaten to death, he had confessed that it was the owner of this family who told him to make a lot of comments and criticize the New Deal. Come on, your mother, we can eat by our strength, you
These things, inferior to pigs and dogs, don’t produce food on weekdays. They open their mouths when food comes and stretch out hands when clothes come. Do you still think it’s an eyesore for us to exchange our blood and sweat for money to live our lives? You fucking need to be clothed and fed, and we deserve to be punished.
Hungry and cold? Beat!"
All of a sudden, the anger was instantly ignited.
The man surnamed Wu never expected that his home would be taken over by a group of unscrupulous people.
In the past, he didn't even bother to look at these people in front of him. Even his own servants were much higher than these untouchables. But now, someone rushed forward and grabbed him.
.
Only then did he realize that he was so powerless.
You know, in the past, he only had to look at him to make these unruly people obey him. But now, he realized that these people were extremely powerful. With just one tug on his lapel, he was swaying like a kite with its string cut off.
, then, a palm as big as a cattail leaf slapped him on the face.
This slap was covered with calluses and was very rough. When the slap came down, it was like a knife scraping the face of the person named Wu.
"Ah..." the man surnamed Wu wailed.
However, his wailing did not attract anyone's attention, because beside him, there were several men in turbans and Confucian shirts who were howling like killing pigs.
"The world will perish, the world will perish..." Someone was wailing and roaring in despair.
This heartbreaking sound was quickly interrupted by the screams that followed.
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"His Majesty……"
Yi Shiha hurriedly entered the literary building.
Yi Shiha has been here four times.
Every time, something more urgent needs to be reported.
The situation is extremely urgent and the situation is as high as fire and water.
But every time he came, Zhu Di had a calm face and just pressed his hands and said: "I want to read a book, so don't bother me."
"But……"
Zhu Di's eyes moved from the book, and then fell on Yishiha's anxious face.
Zhu Di's gaze was indifferent, but Yi Shiha was startled and immediately left again.
But this time, Yi Shiha came in for the fourth time: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di finally put down the book in his hand.
On the cover of this book, the words "Spring and Autumn" are written clearly.
Zhu Di said with a bit of boredom: "You guys, are you really careless? You can't do anything in this world without me? I just want to be quiet for a moment, read a book, and calm down. Tell me, what's the matter?"
Yishu clicked, bowed down directly, lowered his head, and said first: "I will die for you."
Afterwards, Yi Shiha said: "There are people making trouble outside. Over in the East Factory, we noticed that there are so many people making trouble, everywhere...everywhere..."
"Yeah." Zhu Di still looked calm and calm, and just nodded and said: "You don't choose a good time to make chaos. It's almost the New Year, and you're in a bad mood."
Yi Shiha: "..."
Yi Shiha felt that he was short of words for a moment.
Zhu Di, on the other hand, glanced at Yi Shiha and then said, "What else is there?"
Yi Shiha had no choice but to say hurriedly: "There are... and... the various ministries, as well as the nine ministers, have arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion. Together with the great scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion, they hope to have an audience with Your Majesty."
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "What do they want?"
"This..." Yi Shiha said: "It should be because of the rebellion. Hu Gong said that the civil uprising has occurred and there are tens of thousands of people in chaos... If the imperial court does not suppress it, blood will flow like a river..."
"Is blood flowing like a river?" Zhu Di continued to ask.
Yishiha frowned and said: "This...this...servant...this slave has received a report from Dongchang, and many people have been affected, and many people have died..."
Zhu Di said: "Quite a few? How many does that count? It's also called a river of blood? Hu Guang, he is stupid because of his reading. He has never seen a real river of blood. I think back then... I remember the Hu Weiyong case.
At that time, that was the real river of blood! Oh, there was also Jingnan, the Hutuo River and the Battle of Peking, which were called rivers of blood! At that time, there were really mountains of corpses, and the nearby rivers were all stained
famous."
After Zhu Di finished speaking, he shook his head and said with emotion: "It has only been a few years, and some people have already forgotten it. It seems that the world has been peaceful for a long time, and some people have even wondered how my Ming Dynasty and my country came to be.
Yes, they have forgotten it."
Yishiha raised his head and glanced at Zhu Di. He was originally anxious, but after hearing what Zhu Di said, his eyes became meaningful.
At this time, he actually smiled and said: "Yes, what your Majesty is reprimanding is that Duke Hu has such a temperament that he loves to exaggerate."