Chapter 676: The Capital City
Everyone's hearts moved, and then they all reacted, and they all smiled and said:
"Luo Xin is dead!"
"That's it!" Lu Ding clapped his hands and said, "Don't stay here everyone, hurry up and send someone to Wangjing to deliver the letter." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Suzhou.
Doge's Palace.
Hu Zongxian, Luo Xin and Qi Jiguang talked very happily, Hu Zongxian was naturally happy to get 500,000 taels of silver, and there was no trouble, he didn't care where Luo Xin's silver came from, anyway, he got it from Luo Xin, not from the six great families, even if the six great families wanted to take revenge, they couldn't find him here.
Not to mention......
He has long resented the six great families in his heart, he is the largest official in the southeast, and it is to fight against the Japanese, in order to protect the six great families, but the six great families did not give him much support, but at some times he also pulled him back, and there were many times when his plan to suppress the Japanese was leaked out in advance, and he was very suspicious that the six great families reported to the Japanese invaders. This time, Luo Xin ruthlessly put the six great families together, and he was very happy in his heart. At the same time, he also admired Luo Xin very much in his heart, because Luo Xin did what he had never dared to do.
Sometimes he is also strange, if it is about the background, he is much stronger than Luo Xin, then Luo Xin can not be regarded as a person with a background at all, his father and grandfather are both farmers, but why is Luo Xin so bold, and he is still alive and well, and at the age of seventeen, he has already achieved the fifth rank of officials.
Capital.
Cabinet.
Both Xu Jie and Gao Gong received a large number of recitals, which were all impeached against Luo Xin. Xu Jie looked at these pieces with a very indifferent expression, because a large part of the pieces here were written with his consent. Gao Gong also sat there and looked down at the recital, in fact, as long as he had read one or two copies, there was no need to read it, because the content of those two recitals was almost the same, both of them were impeaching Luo Xin for killing innocents in the southeast, and Gao Gong was sure that the following recitals were all the same content. He picked up the third piece again, and as he opened it, he sighed in his heart, and said in his heart:
"This Luo Xin really won't be called a Luo madman, Luo Killing God. Wherever he went, it was bloody. It's just that he used to kill Mongolian Tartars, and now he has begun to kill corrupt officials. ”
As for why he concluded that the two officials who were killed must have been corrupt officials, because he believed in Luo Xin's character and wisdom.
But......
What to do with these excerpts?
Pressed down?
He glanced up at Xu Jie, Xu Jie's eyes seemed to be able to feel Gao Gong's gaze, the moment Gao Gong looked at him, he also looked up at Gao Gong, and the eyes of the two touched in the air, Xu Jie laughed and said:
"Su Qing, do you see this matter?"
Gao Gong knew that since Xu Jie asked so, this matter could not be suppressed. In fact, he also knew that it was an extravagant hope to suppress this matter, because the driving force behind this matter was likely to be Xu Jie. pondered for a while, thinking back to Luo Xin's past, he always felt that Luo Xin would not be so easy to give Xu Jie such a big handle, since he did this, he must have something to deal with, maybe he was still playing tricks on people who wanted to harm him. Gao Gong had an idea, and then nodded:
"Why don't we send these folds to Your Majesty together?"
Xu Jie's heart was stunned, originally he thought that Gao Gong would speak for Luo Xin, and at worst he would find a way to delay, but he didn't expect Gao Gong to agree so happily, and he would send it to Emperor Jiajing with his own hands.
What was his idea?
Did he already know about it? Luo Xin communicated with Gao Gong before starting in the southeast? What did the two men plot?
However, it was he who proposed to send these folds up, and now it is naturally difficult to retreat. He is the first assistant of the cabinet, and he cannot weaken his momentum. When even with a smile:
"Let's go!"
"Let's go!" Gao Gong also stood up.
Wanshou Palace.
Emperor Jiajing was looking at a secret recital, which was sent by Jin Yiwei. It reads that Luo Xin killed two corrupt officials in the southeast, smugglers and pirates from hundreds of six families.
"Well killed!" Emperor Jiajing slapped the table, and said secretly in his heart: "The real city has not started to make money, but you six great families have made a lot of money." Damn it. ”
"Your Majesty, Elder Xu Ge, Elder Gao Ge asks to see you."
"Xuan!" Emperor Jiajing put the secret music aside, and saw Xu Jie and Gao Gong walking in, and behind the two of them there were two eunuchs carrying a box. After meeting Emperor Jiajing, the two eunuchs retreated, and Emperor Jiajing's eyes fell on the box, and he sighed in his heart. Needless to ask, the box was full of impeachments, and Emperor Jiajing dared to conclude that the box was full of impeachment chapters, because every time a group of people were impeached in the court, they were sent by the cabinet with a box.
And Emperor Jiajing was sure that the pieces in the box were all impeached against Luo Xin. Because recently, in addition to worrying about not being able to come out every day, there is no one in the court who deserves to impeach him together. The only thing that counts as a sensation is that Luo Xin killed hundreds of people in the southeast.
"I don't know how these people impeached Luo Xin."
Emperor Jiajing's gaze fell on Xu Jiehe and Gao Gong again, and said lightly:
"Who are you impeaching?"
After the words fell, he waved his hand again and said, "Forget it, I'll see it myself." ”
At this time, Huang Jin had already walked over, opened the box, and moved a stack of chapters to Emperor Jiajing's imperial book case in batches from inside.
Emperor Jiajing only read a few copies, and then put the piece in his hand still on the imperial book case. He didn't care how many people Luo Xin killed, and as for the turmoil in the southeast caused by this, it seemed ridiculous to him. Kill two corrupt officials, kill hundreds of smugglers, and pirates will cause turmoil in the southeast?
The number of people killed in the southeast every year is more than 10,000, why don't you see turmoil in the southeast?
His mind was a little slippery at this time, he was thinking, since Luo Xin had arrested and killed those smugglers and pirates, you should have seized some gold, silver and goods, right?
Forget about the goods, but how much gold and silver will there be? Why didn't Luo Xin send it yet? Does he want to be greedy for ink? Thinking that money was greedy for ink by Luo Xin, Emperor Jiajing's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Xu Jie and Gao Gong have been secretly observing Emperor Jiajing, and when they saw Emperor Jiajing's eyes filled with murderous intent, Xu Jie's heart was happy, and Gao Gong's heart was sinking.
Thinking that Luo Xin might have confiscated a sum of silver, Emperor Jiajing's heart was a little anxious, and when he looked up and saw Xu Jiehe and Gao Gong, he remembered that these two people had not left yet. also remembered what these two people were here to do, Emperor Jiajing's expression became unfathomable again, and he said in a condensed voice:
"Two Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?"
"Your Majesty!" Xu Jie saw the killing intent in Emperor Jiajing's eyes just now, and his heart had settled down, and he immediately said in a condensed voice:
"The southeast is already full of disasters and difficulties, and the Japanese are burning and looting in the southeast, which has made the people in the southeast live in dire straits, and now Lord Luo is killing in the southeast, maybe it will really cause turmoil in the southeast."
Emperor Jiajing nodded, looked at Gao Gong again, and said, "What about Gao Qing?" ”
"Your Majesty!" Gao Gong pondered and said: "Lord Luo will not kill innocents indiscriminately, and the minister thinks that those people have a way to die." And what the truth of the matter is, we don't know. Therefore, the minister believed that if the imperial court really wanted to investigate, it should send someone to the southeast to investigate the cause of the matter. Moreover, the minister believes that if Lord Luo did not kill the wrong person in this matter, then those who impeached Luo Xin are speaking for corrupt officials, smugglers, and widows, and must be severely punished. ”
Xu Jie's face changed, most of these people who impeached Luo Xin belonged to the Xu Party, if he was severely punished for this, his power would definitely shrink greatly, and he was in a hurry, so he immediately spoke:
"How did Master Gao know that those two people were corrupt officials?"
Gao Gong said lightly: "If it weren't for corrupt officials, what would Luo Xin do when he killed them?" Luo Xin thinks killing people is fun? Or did those two people dig up Luo Xin's ancestral grave? ”
Xu Jie opened his mouth, but finally said, "Then how do you know that the hundreds of people who were killed were smugglers and pirates?" Wouldn't it be a protest against Luo Xin's indiscriminate killing of innocent people? ”
Gao Gong said lightly: "If Luo Xin wants to run the city, he must exterminate the smugglers and the pirates, and it is Hu Zongxian's business to exterminate the smugglers, but it is Luo Xin's business to crack down on the smugglers." Thinking that it would not be exterminated and smuggling, Luo Xin's market division was just a shelf of goods. So I concluded that Luo Xin must have killed smugglers and pirates who traded with smugglers. ”
"That's it!" Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting behind the imperial book case, said lightly: "This matter is pressed back for the time being, and I think there will be successive concerts in the southeast."
Speaking of this, Emperor Jiajing suddenly smiled and said, "I haven't received Luo Xin's recital yet." ”
Xu Jie's heart sank, and he instantly understood the meaning of Emperor Jiajing's words, that is, I can't listen to your words. He couldn't help but think of Yan Song in his heart, and he was jealous of Yan Song, thinking that Yan Song's treatment was much higher than his Xu Jie, Emperor Jiajing had never said anything similar to Yan Song, usually Emperor Jiajing would agree to what Yan Song wanted to do.
With this mood, Xu Jie and Gao Gong left, and both of them were silent, both frowning slightly, thinking about Emperor Jiajing's performance today, and figuring out the holy will.
Emperor Jiajing's behavior today was very strange, at first he showed murderous intent, and later the meaning of his words was to protect Luo Xin.
What's going on here?
Slowly, the faces of the two people changed, Xu Jie's face turned a little dark, but Gao Gong's face showed a smile.
Because both of them thought at this time, since Luo Xin dared to kill so many people, it proved that Luo Xin caught those smugglers and must have seized a lot of silver and goods. Emperor Jiajing was not waiting for Luo Xin's recital, but waiting for Luo Xin's gold and silver, as long as Luo Xin sent the captured gold and silver to the capital, Luo Xin would not be punished by Emperor Jiajing in the slightest. And it will also be appreciated by the vast majority of officials.
After all, the officials who can profit from the smuggling in the southeast are in the minority, and the vast majority of officials are now worried about their lives, because the court has been paying half of their salaries for several months, and they can't even eat enough.
According to the capital, it is not easy.
How can you do it without it?
However, once Luo Xin's silver was sent, they had a fortune, which was everyone's benefit, how could they not be grateful to Luo Xin?
At that time, the person who impeached Luo Xin was a joke, and Tu Xu Jie's was also a joke.
And......
That Gao Gong also said in front of Emperor Jiajing just now that he wanted to track down those who impeached Luo Xin, and this time he suffered a big loss. Even if Emperor Jiajing did not track down those who impeached Luo Xin in the end, but after being hit hard, will those people dare to impeach Luo Xin in the future?
What Xu Jie can think of, Gao Gong can naturally think of. He was very happy at this time, he was happy that he would soon be able to get the full amount of money, he was not short of those two money, but his men needed it. He had already heard his subordinates complain more than once. The second happiness is that he was able to suppress Xu Jie's party again with Luo Xin's momentum this time.
The two of them went home from work with different moods, and when they went to work in the cabinet the next day, although Xu Jie's expression was calm, he was still restless in his heart. flipped through the recital, and there was no recital of Luo Xin, so he called in Xu Shixing, the cabinet secretary.
"Is there a piece of music from Southeast Luo Xin?"
Xu Shixing immediately shook his head and said, "Back to my lord, no." ”
Xu Jie nodded and said, "Got it, you go down." ”
Looking up at Gao Gong, I saw Gao Gong sitting there with a smile and holding a teacup, drinking tea leisurely. Xu Jie was a forbearant person, but he snorted coldly in his heart, lowered his head and continued to read the recital.
Knowing that when he got off work at night, there was still no Luo Xin's recital to send him, Xu Jie returned to the mansion with some unease, but not long after sitting down, Zhang Juzheng and several officials came to Xu's mansion.
After entering Xu Jie's study, Zhang Juzheng said, "Teacher, the matter of impeachment?" ”
Xu Jie sighed and said, "In a few days, presumably Luo Xin will send silver into the capital." ”
Although Xu Jie did not directly answer Zhang Juzheng's question, everyone in the study understood the meaning of this sentence. Zhang Juzheng's heart is also very complicated at this time, on the one hand, Zhang Juzheng admires Luo Xin very much, and he doesn't want Luo Xin to have anything to do, let alone persecute Luo Xin. On the other hand, he is also a person with ideals and ambitions, if he wants to realize his ideals and ambitions, he must go to the top of the Ming Dynasty, but now he is still weak, and if he wants to enter the cabinet, his teacher Xu Jie is very important, so he can't let Xu Jie have an accident. Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and said in a condensed voice:
"Teacher, there's another letter from the southeast."
Ask for a full order! Seek the light of the great gods!
*(To be continued.) )