He then turned around and went back to the huge crowd, seemingly saying something.
There was a crowd of people, everyone was rejoicing, and then they saw a crowd of people prostrating themselves one by one, shouting: "Long live my emperor, a thousand live your highness!"
At first, it was just the people in the front who learned the news, but those in the back, seeing the people in the front cheering, understood that the matter was settled, so they also bowed down one after another.
As a result, the crowd rose and fell like waves, and the cheers reached the sky.
Then Zhu Zhanji returned to the outside of the Meridian Gate and in front of Zhu Di. He saluted Zhu Di and said, "Sun Chen has met the emperor!"
Zhu Di looked at the vast crowd in the distance and felt filled with emotion. When he turned around, he saw Zhu Zhanji again and his well-behaved appearance was restored.
So he stepped forward and deliberately said with a straight face: "You are very brave, how dare you force me into the palace?"
Zhu Zhanji did not show any panic, but said calmly: "This is what the masters taught Sun Chen."
"Masters..."
Zhu Zhanji said: "Masters taught Sun Chen that reading is to understand principles and clarify aspirations. Sun Chen is a noble man in the sky. He should pay more attention to people's livelihood and think about the common people. This is the teaching of the saint. Now that the people are suffering, how can Sun Chen dare to sit back and watch?
Reason? As the saying goes, even though tens of millions of people have gone, this is not only for the sake of the country and the people of the world, so why not? If the emperor thinks that Sun Chen did something wrong, then punish Sun Chen's masters."
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment.
He looked back.
Among the hundreds of officials I saw, many had livid faces and complex expressions.
Especially some of the doctors from the East Palace were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Zhu Di finally said: "This will not happen again."
Zhu Zhanji said happily: "Your Majesty is holy and kind, and Sun Chen will remember it in his heart."
Zhu Di said at this time: "Are you the leader of these soldiers and civilians?"
Zhu Zhanji said honestly: "It's Sun Chen."
Zhu Di was very surprised: "How do you take the lead? How can you gather so many people?"
Zhu Zhanji said calmly and calmly: "On the one hand, there were rumors that the New Deal was going to be banned, which aroused public anger. On the other hand, the emperor also taught Sun Chen a lot of ways to run the army when he was young...
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Zhu Di listened carefully and was very satisfied.
Especially hearing the cheers of His Royal Highness the thousand-year-old grandson made him feel quite happy.
He is getting older. At this time, what he is most worried about is that he will have no heirs. Now that he has this grandson, if he is really good at anything, the Ming Dynasty will also have heirs.
At this time, I was very happy, but I didn't show it at all. I just said: "Yang Qing."
Yang Rong said hurriedly: "I'm here."
"Since I have made a promise, it is time to issue an explicit decree. What I just promised must be announced to the world. Wenyuan Pavilion has already drafted the decree. After it is drafted, it will be submitted to me for review."
Yang Rongdao: "I obey the order."
Zhu Di added: "Now that the matter has been settled, then..."
"Your Majesty, the matter is not over yet." Zhang Anshi reminded him quickly.
Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi: "What else can you do?"
Zhang Anshi had no choice but to say: "Have you forgotten, Your Majesty? There are still rebellious parties!"
As soon as these words came out, the air suddenly became cold.
Zhu Di was originally in a good mood, but at this moment, a chilling air suddenly flashed across his eyes.
He said coldly: "What Zhang Qing said is absolutely true."
With that said, he quickly walked up to the tied-up Liang Shen. Zhu Di looked at this man with his eyes, and Liang Shen was shocked.
Zhu Di frowned and said, "You just said, Zhang Anshi instigated you?"
Liang Tu was panicked by Zhu Di's stare, so he quickly said: "Yes...yes...yes..."
Zhu Di laughed: "But the person you said was behind the scenes is my grandson. By saying this, you mean that your grandson is behind Zhang Anshi's back. He taught you to wear Zhang Anshi's yellow robe.
Do you want to support Zhang Qing?"
Zhu Di looked at Liang Cai with a smile.
Liang Cai stopped talking.
Zhu Di said: "If you put it this way, then the situation is too terrible. In order to support Zhang Anshi, my grandson did not hesitate to create a lot of publicity and wanted to give the world to his uncle. Is that right?"
Liang Tu still pursed his lips and said nothing.
In other words, he was speechless.
Can……
Zhu Di suddenly shouted: "Yes and no."
Liang Cai couldn't say anything: "It's unnecessary."
After hearing these three words, Zhu Di laughed again: "It's so unnecessary, so good! Zhang Qing, are this person's parents, wife and children here?"
Zhang Anshi said angrily: "No need to be here."
Zhu Di turned around and glared at Zhang Anshi.
Zhang Anshi said: "I will go and check..."
Zhu Di said: "There is no need to investigate, arrest them immediately, and kill them all in front of him. This is what he chose. Treason, framing Zhongliang, and false accusations. These are the three things I will never tolerate. And...
After killing his entire family, I will have him executed."
Zhu Di said, he nodded at Liang Zuo, and then he nodded at several other people who supported Zhang Anshi's plot, and then said: "These people are all like this. As for the rest, they will be killed and even sit down!"
After Liang Cao heard this, a flash of panic flashed in his eyes.
Although he had accepted the cruel reality, hearing Zhu Di pronounce the verdict with his own ears made his heart sink. He still inevitably felt scared, so he subconsciously burst into tears.
These criminals all cried together.
Zhu Di ignored it. In his opinion, there was no humaneness in the world. He made his fortune by killing, and natural killing was the best solution for him.
"Who are these people under the orders of?"
"Your Majesty, I have conducted a thorough investigation, and now they have exposed themselves. Soon... there will be clues."
"Very good." Zhu Di said with satisfaction: "I can't wait to see who it is that dares to be so blatant and wanton!"
When Zhu Di spoke, his eyes were looking in the direction of the officials.
All the officials were solemn and silent, not answering.
Zhu Di said again: "Tell the soldiers and civilians to disperse. Within three days, I will rebel against the party."
Zhang Anshi said hurriedly: "It doesn't take three days. The truth will be revealed within today."
Zhu Di hummed, then grabbed Zhu Zhanji and said, "I'm tired, come back to the palace with me, and Zhang Qing can go and get busy."
After Zhu Di said that, he drove back to Wenlou in a hurry.
Zhu Zhanji arrived following Zhu Di.
As for the ministers, they are all kneeling outside the Wenlou. They don't get the order. No one dares to act rashly, and they just wait silently.
Many people realized that this time, it was a complete failure.
But it is difficult to predict who will be affected next, so everyone is worried.
At this time, Zhu Di was sitting upright, glanced at Zhu Zhanji and said, "How come you, guy, are involved in this matter?"
Zhu Zhanji said: "Your Majesty...my uncle said that he wants to teach me to practice well and deal more with the military and civilians."
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows: "Did you really take the lead in this matter?"
"No, it's the general trend." Zhu Zhanji said patiently: "My uncle told me that now the army and the people have been pushed into a desperate situation, and their dissatisfaction with the ministers has reached overwhelming proportions. At this time, they will inevitably break all boats and organize spontaneously.
, Uncle said that he was very busy and could not take care of this matter. He was going to the model camp to patrol the camp, so he taught Sun Chen to communicate with the soldiers and civilians. When the soldiers and civilians learned that Sun Chen was the grandson of the emperor, they were all excited, naturally..."
After Zhu Di heard this, he understood everything.
So many soldiers and civilians, like dry firewood, finally met Xing Xingzi, but Zhang Anshi deliberately asked Zhu Zhanji to be responsible for contacting him. In essence, he was taking this opportunity... to create a popular image for Zhu Zhanji, and to put himself in the spotlight.
Get out of it.
What's more, this kind of thing is of great benefit to tempering Zhu Zhanji. It not only allows him to understand the public sentiment more deeply, but also allows Zhu Zhanji to be tempered in the process.
So Zhu Di said: "Your uncle is really well-intentioned. This time, he is not lazy, he is really worried about you."
Zhu Zhanji said frankly: "Isn't it right for an uncle to be kind to his nephew? I heard someone say that there is a family in Dongcheng who is quite well-off, but because he has no children, all this huge family property has to be inherited.
If you give birth to your own nephew, people also say that a nephew is half a son."
Zhu Di held his chin and said, "Really?"
Zhu Zhanji nodded seriously and said, "Sun Chen heard this from the people. It should be correct."
Zhu Di stood up, then frowned and said: "You are in Qixia, what else do you feel?"
Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and said: "Sun Chen was thinking that the life of ordinary people is indeed not easy. They have to run around for three meals a day. After hard work, they have to buy clothes for the women and raise children every month.
They study non-stop, and there is not much left in their monthly salary. If other changes occur, it will be even worse. Sun Chen's current salary is very low, and the uncle set it for Sun Chen.
The salary of a third-class official is not enough for Sun Chen to drink a sip of good tea when he was in the East Palace."
Zhu Di nodded: "Yes, people's livelihood has always been very difficult."
Zhu Zhanji continued: "If that's the case, Sun Chen doesn't think people's livelihood is very difficult. On the contrary, what makes Sun Chen even more surprised is that even if life is so difficult, these people in Taiping Mansion still feel grateful for the kindness of the emperor.
It is said that thanks to the New Deal, there is a place like Taiping Fucheng. If they were like they did at the beginning, not to mention three meals a day, teaching children to read, and women adding clothes, they would just support themselves, and they would be able to eat white rice.
It's difficult, he has no clothes to cover his body every day, and he doesn't know the taste of meat all year round. When they mention the emperor, they all say that he is the best emperor in the world. He has never been seen in all dynasties, even Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty.
I'm afraid I can't be like the emperor."
After hearing this, Zhu Di said sternly: "Stop talking about this. I don't know what I look like on the outside. Don't I know in my heart? You have grown up, but you have also become cunning. Don't imitate your uncle in everything. Your uncle
It’s not good to just flatter others.”
Zhu Di was still very rational, and Emperor Wen of Han... he didn't think it was possible for him to achieve such an evaluation.
To be honest, if the people of the world don't regard him as Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, it would be like burning incense.
Zhu Zhanji seemed to have suffered an unfair injustice all of a sudden.
But who is a young man with ideals and ambitions who wants to be regarded as a flattering and wonderful person like his uncle?
What's more, Zhu Zhanji was of noble birth and still very arrogant in his heart, so he immediately said: "If Mr. Sun makes a false statement, heaven will hate him!"
Zhu Di: "..."
Zhu Zhanji continued: "Sun Chen has actually seen with his own eyes and heard with his own ears that the stories and operas told by various teahouses in Qixia, even by storytellers and opera singers, are mostly about your great achievements.
As long as you tell the drama about the emperor's arrest, you will get a lot of applause, and everyone is willing to give you rewards. If you tell other dramas, people will disperse. These cannot be deceived.'
This surprised Zhu Di. After hearing this, he was shocked and said: "What? Everyone is talking about Jingnan now?"
You know, this crisis is a very sensitive thing for Zhu Di.
This is just like in Zhenguan, when everyone was talking about the Xuanwumen incident. How do you think Li Shimin felt after learning about it?
Don't talk about the good stuff, you just pick out the flaws to praise, right, these damn little black men.
Zhu Di's face sank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he actually felt a little pain in his head.
Zhu Zhanji didn't expect the emperor's reaction to be so big. For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.
Zhu Di said angrily: "People's opinions are mostly based on lies. As a grandson of the emperor, you should read more serious classics and history, and don't always indulge in far-fetched nonsense."
Zhu Zhanji could only hang his head.
Seeing that he suddenly became depressed, Zhu Di stood up, patted his shoulder, and comforted him patiently: "In any case, my grandson is no longer what he used to be. I am very happy to have a grandson."
In this way, Jingnan’s original offer to pass on such a large family fortune to you is not in vain.”
Just as he was talking, Yi Shiha came in in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Wuhu County wants to see you."
Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and then he said in surprise: "Has it been found out?"
"It has been found out!" Yisheha said: "His Royal Highness the County Prince reported that if possible... he would enter the palace to arrest the people. In addition... outside the palace, several bandit leaders have also been captured."
Zhu Di was very excited and said with a bit of excitement: "This guy... finally did a good thing, maybe, I can take this opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop!"
With that said, Zhu Di walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then said: "I ordered Zhang Anshi to lead the royal guards into the palace, and... are all the officials still outside the palace?"
Yi Shiha hurriedly said truthfully: "They are all outside the palace... don't dare to move rashly."
Zhu Di nodded: "Very good, then let's settle this account carefully."
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Headed by Zhang Anshi, more than ten people came under escort.
These people cry out for injustice.
Zhang Anshi seemed unmoved by this.
He also showed a look of relief at this time.
However, thinking about the upcoming interview with the Holy Spirit, I cheered up again.
When Zhang Anshi appeared outside the Wenlou.
Outside the literary building, all the officials had their hands tied.
As soon as they saw Zhang Anshilai, their eyes immediately fell on the person escorting him behind him. Suddenly, someone's expression changed and he whispered: "Mr. Wu..."
Obviously, many people who were arrested knew each other.
Even Yang Rong frowned, but he didn't show his expression.
After Hu Guang raised his eyes, his face showed a bit of shock, and he quickly lowered his head, showing that he couldn't bear it.
Hu Guang whispered to Yang Rong: "How could Mr. Wu be involved in this matter... He..."
Yang Rong only moved his lips slightly and said in an inaudible voice: "Can you not surprise everyone you see and express sympathy indiscriminately?"
Hu Guang: "..."
Zhang Anshi stood outside the hall, and someone else came in to announce.
The Wen Building is a small hall. The hall is so small that it cannot accommodate hundreds of officials.
Afterwards, Zhu Di walked out slowly. He first raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Anshi, and saw that a dozen people had been pinned to the ground.
As for the officials, all of them bowed their heads and said nothing.
Zhu Di's eyes finally fell back on Zhang Anshi and said: "Who else is there? There are many people involved among these hundreds of officials, right?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, there are indeed many."
There was a bit of anger in Zhu Di's eyes, and then he said coldly: "Then take people, don't let anyone go."
Zhang Anshi said: "I read "Spring and Autumn" and I have quite a feeling. As the saying goes, to punish without teaching is to torture. I think it is better to clarify the canonical punishment first, lest some people will not accept it and think that I kill innocent people indiscriminately."
Zhu Di nodded.
Although Zhang Anshi is in charge of Jinyiwei, he looks ridiculous and has a very bad reputation, but I have to say that Zhang Anshi is still very disciplined. Whenever he gives a license or takes someone, there is almost always clear evidence of guilt and he is never vague.
Zhu Di knew this very well.
At this time, Zhu Di said again: "All the ministers are here, so... let them also listen to how these people... conspired to rebel."
Zhang Anshi said: "Yes."
Zhu Di's eyes wandered around, not only falling on the officials, but also on the dozen or so prisoners escorted by the captains, and seemed to see some familiar faces.
However, Zhu Di didn't say anything. He waited for Zhang Anshi to come up with something real.
I saw Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, this matter... we must start with the counter-case of the Chief Envoy of Jiangxi. This Jiangxi case... involves a wide range of things, including local officials and even some big gentry.
If you hadn't colluded with people in the capital, how could you have dared to do such an unpardonable thing?"
"So... after the Jiangxi counter-insurgency case, although all the rebels in Jiangxi were wiped out, those who colluded with these rebellious officials and traitors far away in the capital are still at large."
When Zhu Di mentioned this major conspiracy, he couldn't help but snorted coldly.
The hearts of the officials were already in their throats.
Zhang Anshi continued: "As far as I know, there are countless ministers from Jiangxi Province involved in our Ming Dynasty, and there are even more people who have had relations with those who rebel against the party. Not to mention others, let's just talk about Wenyuan Pavilion.
Among them, Hu Gong and Jin Gong are from Jiangxi."
After Zhang Anshi finished speaking, he looked at Hu Guang with a smile and said: "Hu Gong, you see what I said is correct. If I checked correctly, Hu Gong... even has a close relationship with the Wu family in Jiangxi.
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After hearing this, Hu Guang's expression suddenly changed.
He was originally immersed in sympathy for the sorrow of others.
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, he would actually start to sympathize with himself.
Hu Guang immediately said: "I...I...are talking nonsense. Well, I do have some connections with this Wu family..."
Zhang Anshi raised the corners of his lips and looked at Hu Guang with a smile, his expression meaningful.
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