Domineering Daming

Everyone frowned when they heard the words. Wei Zhongxian's words made sense. What's more, they didn't have the courage to question or resist.

Wei Zhongxian explained to the princes of the Marquis, turned to Nanhe Hou Fang Yiyuan and Wuding Marquis Guo Peimin and said, "You two Marquis, you can contact more people. You don't need to say anything. When the time comes, you will follow into the palace and be in charge of the four gates outside the palace. , to prevent someone from making trouble..."

Fang Yiyuan and Guo Peimin understood Wei Zhongxian's intention, nodded and said, "Okay, leave it to me."

Wei Zhongxian seemed to be berating Fang Qiu, turned to Tang Tong, paused for a while and said, "Master Tang, it's time to meet King Xin."

Tang Tong's body shook, and he said in a deep voice: "The general understands that no matter whether King Xin agrees or not, I will bring Prince Xin's son into the palace to ascend the throne!"

Wei Zhongxian nodded, and immediately said with a warning: "This is the way to deal with the matter! On the emperor's side, Dongchang has arranged people on board, who can bring gunpowder on board. After the explosion, people will check carefully to ensure that the emperor is dead! As if he is immortal, no matter how much we calculate, it will be useless!"

The hearts of all the people present trembled, and the excitement just now cooled down slowly.

What Wei Zhongxian said is correct, the dog emperor has extremely strict control over military power. The Jingxi camp in Miyun and the Jingdong camp in Tianjin Wei can be reached in less than a day. If the emperor does not die, they will die without a place to bury them!

Everyone discussed in secret again, and a group of people left from the secret passage without making a sound.

At the same time, the soldiers of Shuntian Mansion were like wolves and tigers, and they were the first to attack the Zhou family, the largest of the four major families.

The government soldiers are not servants, they have all received extremely strict training. Although they are not as good as the standing army, their combat power and discipline are far superior to those of the government servants everywhere.

"What are you doing, the Zhou family here... ah..."

"Report quickly, the officers and soldiers are here..."

Master Zhou recovered from his illness, pointed at the soldiers rushing over and said sharply: "What are you doing! Our Zhou family was favored by the emperor, how could it be that you ransacked the house in Shuntian Mansion as soon as it said it was, I want to see Chen Qiyu!"

"The Zhou family, who committed smuggling, bribery, assault, and plundering... was ordered by the Shuntian Mansion to take him into custody. If he was worried about resistance, he would be killed on the spot!"

Master Zhou's complexion changed drastically, and he shouted: "Presumptuous! Why did he, Chen Qiyu, arrest me! Copy my Zhou's house, I want to see Mr. Wen, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and I want to see Mr. Laige!"

"When you get to the prison, I'll find anyone you want to see! Come here, take them away, and confiscate all your property!" The leading captain waved his hand and said decisively.

"Grandpa..."

"Father, help, help..."

The Zhou family had a large number of people, crying and shouting loudly.

The government soldiers had no scruples, took control of the Zhou family, and searched from beginning to end, almost turning everything upside down.

The Patriarch of the Li family was pulled down from his concubine, and he didn't allow outsiders to disturb him, and he was awakened only when the government army rushed in.

"What are you doing, our Li family and Lu Guogong are relatives by marriage, do you want to rebel!?"

Lu Guogong Zhang Zhiji, the son of the British Duke Zhang Weixian, is now in charge of the camp in the west of Beijing. He is an extremely special and prominent one among the nobles. After all, he holds military power and is stationed in the west of the capital!

The soldiers in the government didn't care, and said with a sneer: "If you are really capable, we won't come to the door, come here, take it away! Confiscate all the property, don't let it go!"

Master Li's expression changed drastically, and he was still shouting anxiously: "You will regret it, if you dare to take anything from my Li family today, I will definitely ask you to return it a hundredfold!"

He couldn't help but be in a hurry, and the things copied into the government have never been heard that they can be returned.

The other two families were much the same, they were struggling desperately, threatening and intimidating, but under the strong attack of the government soldiers, they had no power to resist, and they were all confiscated, and the patriarch and other descendants were all taken away.

The actions of Shuntian Mansion naturally shocked everyone, and the whole capital was boiling.

"These families are doing all kinds of evil, and they should have been arrested a long time ago. Good arrest!"

"Yeah, I heard that there are not a hundred or eighty girls who died at the hands of Mr. Zhao... They were all tortured to death, miserable..."

"There is also the Zhang family. A few years ago, in order to buy a piece of land, they brutally killed a family of seven and burned them alive in the house..."

"Master Chen from Shuntian Mansion really dares to do it, how many people will be offended by this..."

The common people have a hatred of the rich, watching the excitement is not a big deal, and talking about it happily.

But the gentry class is different. The alliance led by the four major families, since the four major families have fallen, the others must fall and scatter. The "New Deal" of the court, the gentry no longer dare to resist!

They are all worried and afraid that if they don't honestly hand over the land and other conditions, and pay taxes properly, they will follow in the footsteps of the four major families!

But when they were worried, Dongchang Tiqi galloped out, regardless of the size of the family, as long as they did not sign it, they even ignored it immediately, arresting people and ransacking their homes, just like machines, in a short time In two hours, they arrested hundreds of people and confiscated a dozen of them!

Even when it was dark, they were still speeding up without any sign of stopping!

Beizhili is the most benevolent place in the world, and there are many gentry. Especially in the past few years, the establishment of slaves has declined, and the capital has been stable. More big families have bought land and settled here. Coupled with the rise of commerce, it can be said that the capital has been quite prosperous.

The gentry who were already vigilant about Dongchang arresting people and ransacking their homes without any scruples got news one after another.

All kinds of countermeasures came out urgently, and Beizhili was in chaos!

Chapter 624 Wei Zhongxian's Bureau

Late at night, Sun Chengzong's residence.

Sun Chengzong, Zhou Yingqiu, Fu Changzong, Xu Dahua, Shen Xun, even Yuan Keli, Minister of Rites who has been ill in bed, all came.

Even though these people's powers are limited, they can be regarded as the highest management in the capital. With such a big movement in Shuntian Mansion and Dongchang, they can't sleep no matter what.

Yuan Keli's face was pale, he coughed from time to time, and his expression was extremely tired, but he still held on and said: "There are more and more dirty things, the emperor really doesn't worry about history books like knives, leaving eternal infamy..."

Among the six Shangshu, only this Yuan Shangshu dared to say so.

The few people sitting here are very clear that the emperor is behind this incident, and it is no wonder that Yuan Keli said so.

After all, they can't get entangled in this, and they need to focus on government affairs.

Now the cabinet is dominated by Sun Chengzong. He looked around and said: "No matter what Wei Zhongxian is, we can't delay what we have to do. Mr. Bi Ge went out of Beijing to inspect the river, which is the emperor's concern about the water situation this year. Shen Shangshu went out of Beijing , It is also that some bad habits have grown up in the army recently, and they need to be severely cracked down and eliminated. I don't need to say much about the importance of Liaodong. In short, you don't need to think too much about the three adults leaving Beijing..."

Sun Chengzong's comforting words were not convincing to those present, and the facts were right in front of them.

Yuan Keli had been hiding in Dengzhou before, but was called back to the capital last year to serve as Minister of Rites. He had no choice but to accept the "New Deal". Seeing that the capital was about to fall into dire straits, he ignored his illness and looked at Sun Chengzong and said loudly: "Mr. Sun Ge, since ancient times, a Ming monarch has never been so aggressive, trapping the world and trapping himself into injustice. As a cabinet minister, do you really have no responsibility at all?"

Knowing Yuan Keli's character, Sun Chengzong respected the old man quite a bit, and said solemnly, "What does Master Yuan want me to do?"

Yuan Keli's eyes were cloudy, and he said firmly in his mouth: "The lower official hopes that Mr. Sun will control the patrol camp."

The expressions of all the people present here suddenly changed. This old man has been in the army for a long time, and his eyes are very vicious. He can see the capital, and even the key to the entire North Zhili.

Whoever controls the patrol battalion will have the final say in the capital!

Sun Chengzong's expression remained unchanged. He did still have the ability to regain control of the patrol battalion from Cao Qincheng, but, would this be contrary to the emperor's arrangement?

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Yuan Keli, and said: "The lower officials think that Mr. Sun Ge really needs to do something, otherwise the cabinet will appear to be too incompetent. Presumably this is not what the emperor wants to see."

Fu Changzong thought about it for a while, and then said: "Mr. Sun Ge really has to do something, otherwise the world will think that the cabinet and the six ministries are just decorations, and the emperor will be even more distrustful."

No one else dared to talk nonsense. At this time, every word and sentence would reach the emperor's ears, and a little carelessness would be a catastrophe!