said that the news of Ma Yu's death was not known to the imperial court for the first time.

Although such a thing is terrifying, it will not be such an urgent report as the military situation or major public affairs.

The first person to know about this was the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce and the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce in Beijing.

Hui merchants, Jin merchants are the largest salt merchant settlements in the world.

This time, the salt government in Henan was turbulent, and in the end, whether the salt government was returned to the imperial court or to the king of Lu, of course, the salt merchants were the most concerned about such things.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao's killing of Ma Yu first spread in Huizhou Chamber of Commerce, Shanxi Chamber of Commerce and other places. The salt merchants knew about the officials behind it, the clan, and they knew it immediately.

Trivial news came out, and everyone probably summed up this point of view, Ma Yu wanted to use the silt field case to suppress the two thorns in Henan officials, so as to push the matter of King Lu becoming a vassal.

Seeing that Fu Zhiyuan was injured, Lin Yanchao was forced to kill Ma Yu in desperation, and it is likely that there is support from Henan officialdom behind this. In addition to killing Ma Yu, in opposing King Lu's entry into the domain, it is probably the unanimous attitude of Henan officialdom.

King Lu soon learned the news.

After King Lu got married, he had already moved out of the palace and set up a mansion outside the palace.

King Lu is eating, this meal is very extravagant, worth twenty or thirty taels, and the pomp is only inferior to the Queen Mother, the Son of Heaven.

As soon as King Lu finished eating, he instructed the cook to say a few words, such as the lamb stewed is old, and the sea bass is not fresh enough. Then King Lu saw the eunuchs from Cining Palace, as well as the officials in the palace, and their cronies all outside the house.

Seeing this scene, King Lu couldn't help asking, "Is something wrong?" ”

The eunuch from Cining Palace stepped forward and said, "Lord, Ma Yu called someone to kill him in Henan." ”

King Lu was half stunned when he heard this. The people below explained the reason for the incident.

After King Lu heard this, he raised his head and said: "Isn't it just to ask the imperial brother for a few acres of thin land to support, a few taels of silver, and the officials below want to bully the orphan like this?" ”

"It's this Lin Yanchao again, last time he made Gu bear the infamy and blame the world, and this time he killed Ma Yu, there are so many vassal kings in the world, why does he have to get along with Lone."

"What's wrong with him? Did the lonely king have any grudges with him in his previous life? ”

The eunuch of Cining Palace comforted King Lu and said: "The Queen Mother already knows about this, let me come and tell the prince to be relieved first, the Queen Mother said that this time you must not let Lin Yanchao please him, you must do it again, King Lu, you wait for the Queen Mother to be angry for you." ”

King Lu said: "The last time the officials knocked on the que, it has already caused the queen mother and the royal brother to lose harmony, how dare you use this matter to bother her." Lone just doesn't understand, tens of thousands of acres of land? Are all royal brothers in the world? ”

"Is a few million taels of silver too much? I'm rich all over the world, and it's not that I can't afford it, why can't these officials tolerate me? Do you have to be embarrassed? ”

The eunuch of Cining Palace wept and said: "The prince is angry! It's Lin Yanchao's fault, you can't get angry and hurt the dragon body. ”

King Lu was silent for a long time when he heard this, and suddenly he saw the firm figure when an official in front of the Qianqing Palace went to the hall with a concert in his hand.

This scene suddenly pierced his heart.

At this time, heavy snow suddenly fell outside the house, and Lin Yanchao's killing of Ma Yu also hit the streets and alleys of the capital with this heavy snow.

In a mansion near the capital Guozijian.

In the heavy snow, more than a dozen officials wandered in the living room.

In the study, Shen Li, the current waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Song Qi, the governor of Baoding, sat opposite each other.

Shen Li raised his hands to warm his hands by the fire, while Song Li was reading a few letters repeatedly, and after a long time, he sighed long: "You have to think about it, you have to help Shen Shixing when you decide." ”

Shen Li thought for a while and said: "Under the righteousness, let's not talk about personal grievances, besides, although Lin Yanchao is a protégé of Shen Shixing, he is my generation." ”

Song Qi nodded and said: "The lieutenant is so unscrupulous, Lin Zonghai dares to kill him even if he wants to fight for his future, this person has the courage to act, and he is indeed the pillar of the country!" ”

Shen Li said: "Lin Zonghai won't say it, but now we have to help him get things done, otherwise he will die in vain." ”

Song Qi said: "Yes, King Lu relied on himself to be His Majesty's younger brother, and the lion opened his mouth, how can I and other Henan officials in Beijing not be indignant." Even Fu Zhiyuan, Lin Yanchao still wants his life for the sake of the people, how can we not do our best for the people in the township. ”

"If you look at the officials outside the hall, there is no lack of blood among them."

Shen Li glanced outside the house, and said in his heart that many of these people came to take advantage of Lin Yanchao's killing of Ma Yu this time to win the popularity of the people for themselves, and this was a great opportunity to become a Qingliu official.

But Shen Li said: "Brother Song said it well, in fact, I thought that saving Lin Yanchao and saving the people of Henan were two things. ”

"The Qing discussion is presided over by Shen, in short, it can't be made rampant!"

A moment later, the two pushed open the door, and the officials outside who had been waiting for a long time gathered together.

Zongbo, Futai, and Mentor are all called.

Shen Li nodded and said, "I have discussed with Brother Song together, I will write to save Lin Yanchao and prevent King Lu from becoming a vassal!" ”

Hearing this, the officials below cheered together!

"Heaven has mercy on you, and you don't let the loyal and righteous go alone!"

"Students, please attach their names at the end!"

"Late students, please do your best!"

The impassioned words sounded in the house, and the falling snowflakes almost staggered.

With King Lu, the undercurrent of power among officials is surging, and the matter of Lin Yanchao's killing of Ma Yu is also spreading, and it is gradually not a secret.

First of all, Anhui Guild Hall and Shanxi Guild Hall were places where there were many scholars in Beijing, and then scholars in Beijing also knew about it one after another.

At first glance, this may sound incredible.

When the reader heard about it, his first reaction was: "What, Lin Sanyuan actually killed someone in court?" ”

Most people reacted this way when they heard it, so that few people said: "Which official is so bold that even the lieutenant in the palace dares to kill!" ”

It is not strange for military generals to kill people, but it is rare for scholars to kill people.

It's not as the saying goes, useless is a scholar, and there is no power to restrain the chicken, and there is also Xiucai who has rebelled for ten years.

Scholars always do things with foresight, mother-in-law and mother-in-law.

For example, Lin Yanchao, who was born as a champion, and Wen Kui, who was born in the third yuan and the first, would actually do something like a vase to shoot his head, and it is inconceivable for a reader.

But it's not outrageous!

Some readers couldn't help but think of the incident that after the Tumubao Incident, all the civil officials beat and killed Ma Shun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

At that time, it was Wang Hong who was given by Huke, who first beat him with Chao Wat, and then used his mouth to bite, and then hundreds of officials rushed up to kill Ma Shun. In terms of official position, the commander of Jinyi Wei made Ma Shun much taller than Ma Yu, but one was a heads-up and the other was a beating, and the meaning was different.

Li Bai plays Gao Lishi, and he is talked about by readers, just to admire such a powerful temperament.

Lin Yanchao's move is comparable to that of the Ten Constant Servants back then.

The scholars talked a lot, but there was generally no definite news, and they all heard a sentence or two from some people who knew the insider.

There is no official account for such a thing, and everyone cannot know it in detail. Some scholars anxiously went to inquire about Henan officials.

But in this way, the officials are all divided and refuse to give an explanation.

At this time, the imperial history of Yunnan Province impeached Lin Yanchao for killing Ma Yu.

The killing of a civil official by a lieutenant official is unheard of, unheard of, and rare in ancient and modern times. Of course, in Gu Mingji's recital, Lin Yanchao was annoyed and ashamed, and in order to cover up the truth of the silting case, he killed people, and mentioned in the recital that Yang Yikui and other high-ranking officials in the province gave Lin Yanchao shelter, making this son unscrupulous.

There is finally a truth to this matter!

If it is said that Lin Yanchao was killed by the people before, it is pitiful, but this matter of greedy ink silting is true, would you believe that a corrupt official killed the eunuchs from the palace for the people?

It's a joke.

What is the truth about this? Suddenly it was confusing again.

When he arrived at the General Administration, the first thing he knew was the officials.

In the Ming Dynasty, civil officials and eunuchs were never on the right path.

Officials think that Lin Yanchao's killing of Ma Yu is still very happy. And in line with the position of protecting officials and officials, they should not fall into the ground, and even rescue them.

But if Lin Yanchao is really greedy for silting the fields, then the situation will be different.

And Shen Shixing's previous impeachment of Lin Yanchao pressed the chapter, so that the officials who were not used to Shen Shixing seized the opportunity.

The last time the official took advantage of Gao Qiyu's case to make trouble, after Yu Shi Ding and Lu impeached Gao Qiyu, Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, and Yang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, demoted Ding and Lu to the official.

This stabbed the hornet's nest, the official Wang Shixing, Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi and others impeached Shen Shixing, and Yang Wei blocked the way.

Seeing this, Shen Shixing and Yang Wei resigned together, and Yu Youding, Xu Guo and Shen Shixing advanced and retreated together, and together they opposed the retention of Ding Jilu.

The following officials broke out, and Shang Shu not only Shen Shixing, but also Yu Youding and Xu Guo were caught and bitten.

Later, although Shen Shixing took advantage of the Qiu Hu case to make a comeback, after that, the officials and ministers became more antagonistic, and they were on the same page. Therefore, Shen Shixing's move to impeach Lin Yanchao made the officials feel that they had found an opportunity to attack Shen Shixing.

Of course, not all of them are like this, many officials are still old-fashioned, and feel that there is something strange about this matter, and it is impossible for the actor to be so careless to give people a grip, so let's take a look first.

Officialdom is originally a process of big waves and sand, and those officials who have been in the eunuch for decades, even if their abilities are mediocre, at least their official skills are not bad.

But some officials are different, most of the officials are seven-rank officials, and they belong to the young Zhuang faction among the officials, and they are much younger and more vigorous, and the forces behind Gu Ming have added fuel to the fire.

Some of the speech officials began to communicate with each other, so they didn't care whether they spoke for the eunuchs or not, as long as they could bring down Shen Shixing, so there were so many people who immediately 'rebelled'.

Of course, it is not possible to impeach Shen Shi in the open, and the risk of openly impeaching Shoufu is second only to impeaching the emperor.

Therefore, the officials focused their artillery fire on Lin Yanchao.

With the silting case and the killing of Ma Yu, Lin Yanchao can be impeached. If the Son of Heaven disposes of Lin Yanchao, then the next step is to impeach Shen Shixing, who shielded Lin Yanchao, which is logical, and the risk is much smaller.

So a total of twelve officials wrote to impeach Lin Yanchao one after another, referring to Lin Yanchao on the surface, but secretly knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, coming to Shen Shixing.

The twelve letters were placed on the desk of the Son of Heaven, like twelve murderous swords.

As the official wrote, the officialdom shook up and down.

Empress Dowager Li was sick again, living alone in Cining Palace, and the Son of Heaven was not allowed to visit, and Marquis Wuqing entered the palace to meet the Son of Heaven for half a day, and when he came out, others saw him with tears on his face, but they didn't know what he said to the Son of Heaven.

Some officials are also suspicious of the impeachment of Lin Yanchao by the imperial history of Yunnan Province.

That's right, there is indeed something suspicious about the silt case, and it is also a fact that Lin Yanchao killed Ma Yu, but the officials in Henan have not yet said anything about these two things, how can you Yunnan Dao Yushi Jingshi, who is thousands of miles away, know about this matter, and know it in such detail.

Do you want to impeach yourself until the official statement of the governor of Henan arrives? The ability of this imperial history to 'hear about things' is too strong, is there someone behind this, and someone wants to frame Lin Yanchao?

But such a voice was deliberately suppressed, and there was a big hand behind him that wanted to put Lin Yanchao to death.

The heavy snow in the capital became heavier and heavier, and in early December, the official news from Henan finally arrived.

The news came from the Henan Hall near the General Administration.

As soon as the report came out, or if something major happened in the capital, the officials stationed in Beijing from all provinces would immediately copy it, and then send a fast horse to report it to the province.

Therefore, over time, the General Administration Department has also become a place for communication between the provinces and the capital, and many major events have broken out from here.

And because Henan is poor, Henan officials in Beijing simply stationed in Henan Guild Hall. Anyway, the hall is not far from the General Administration.

On this day, outside the Henan Guild Hall, the snow had fallen three feet deep.

Several fast horses stopped outside the house, and the officers and soldiers on the horses were carrying large packages on their backs, and their ears and noses were frozen purple, and when they arrived outside the house, they immediately shouted: "Quick, tell your lord immediately!" ”

The guys in the hall were sharp-eyed, and they recognized the waist cards of the officers and soldiers, and on the one hand, they were polite, and on the other hand, they said: "Hurry up and prepare hot wine, otherwise you will die." ”

There was hot wine in the shop, and the guy took the warm wine and handed it over, and the scholars in the hall also came to see the excitement when they saw these officers and soldiers.

Several officers and soldiers drank hot wine regardless of the heat, when an officer in a green robe came up and saw the appearance of several officers and soldiers and asked, "Who sent you?" ”

As soon as the officers and soldiers saw that the officials were coming, they immediately got up and said: "We are the pacesetters of the governor's yamen, and the military gate ordered us to go to Beijing to send a joint petition from 283 officials from one province in Henan, as well as a letter from the gentry and common people of eight provinces and one prefecture in Henan Province to petition the people!" ”

"Book of the People!" The official was shocked.

And the Henan scholars on the side were also shocked.

"What is the Book of the People, and what is it that you are invited for?"

The officer and soldier did not speak, and ordered his subordinates to uncover the packages one by one, but saw that the so-called book of the people was not a piece of paper, but a piece of cloth, a very large cloth, and after unfolding, it was like a banner that the people wanted, and there were nine such books of the people, followed by 5.2 million people in the capital of Henan.

After the book of the people was spread, I saw that it was full of ink, and the names of countless people were signed on the cloth.

Every scholar in Henan here looked excited after seeing the book of the people presented by his hometown fathers.

These officers and soldiers knelt on the ground with a thud and said: "Lord Yu, our common people in Henan are suffering! Please hand over this book to the Holy One and save the lives of the common people! ”