I'm really not the carpenter emperor

The words fell, causing everyone to roar with laughter.

Someone immediately said:

"It's all for money, to get the real gold and silver bulging in my purse!"

"We're not even officials anymore, so we won't talk nonsense today."

One stood up unsteadily and said:

"Ten years of hard work, and being looked down upon by others, what is the reason? Isn't it just to become an official one day, stand out, and make money!"

"Hahaha, what my dear brother said is very true!"

Deng Xian, the former servant of the Nanjing household department, stared at the person who spoke, smiled for a while, and suddenly had an idea, thought of something, and said:

"Why don't I give him a poem tonight?"

Tang Binyin praised: "Ordinary people say kneeling and crying to remonstrate, and there are so many dead remonstrances, but you are the only one who has come to such a poetic remonstrance, which really makes me feel ashamed!"

Everyone was drinking and drinking, and they were deeply convinced of this poem.

Deng Xian originally mentioned it casually, but the audience was so temperamental, so he stood up, raised his glass and said, "I am waiting for the sake of the country of the Ming Dynasty, what is there to be afraid of?"

"Poetry remonstrance, it's poetry remonstrance!"

Tang Binyin looked at him and said, "In that case, brother Zijing go first?"

When Deng Xian heard the words, it was not easy to refuse, so he improvised on the spot.

He rolled up his sleeves, picked up a pen on the wall, and wrote while talking:

"Listen carefully to me..."

"Title, Yong Ye.

The sky is full of stars, but the sky is bright, and it takes up many empty spaces. It is you who cover the day, and you are all in the shadows. Could it be the auspiciousness of the country! "

After saying a few words, Deng Xian's eyebrows began to loosen. After writing, he tossed his pen and laughed.

Everyone also laughed and stepped forward to observe.

Zhao Tongpeng clicked his tongue, cupped his hands and said:

"Brother Zijing's literary talent is brilliant in this song about the night, and it can also satirize the darkness of the government. It's really a wonderful poem. I really admire it!"

Deng Xian was flattered by the praise, Tang Binyin laughed loudly and said:

"Brother Zijing will feel ashamed if you continue talking like this. It's not like you don't know that brother Zijing is the most unbearable compliment."

Deng Xian waved his hand, in fact, he was a little dissatisfied with Tang Binyin's meddling in other people's affairs, he said:

"I am also thinking of the king, the country and the community. Even if it is not the most wonderful poem in ancient and modern times, it can still be worthy of the four characters of profound understanding and righteousness?"

Before everyone could speak, there was a shout from outside the house.

"Deserve it! Deserve it!"

Everyone quickly turned their heads to look at these people, wondering and wondering.

Tian Ergeng walked in with a group of school captains, went straight to the poem in Deng Xian's hand, read it in his hand, and exclaimed:

"Mr. Deng's song Ode to the Night, I'm afraid it will really be famous forever in the future!"

"Good poetry, good poetry!"

Seeing Tian Ergeng, these people suddenly became sober.

Not to mention now, even before the emperor's southern tour, Tian Ergeng was also a street rat in Nanjing, everyone shouted and beat him, for no other reason, just because of the skin of Jinyiwei on his body!

Tian Ergeng is here, which means that Jin Yiwei is going to take action against the Xuankun Party!

"What are you here for?"

Tang Binyin stood up shaking his head, he might be among the few people in front of him who were really drunk.

Even Deng Xian, who composes poetry, is just trying to pretend to be in front of everyone.

Originally, Tian Ergeng made up some excuses, saying that they were related to the murder of Wei Guogong this time, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary.

After watching a play outside for a while, this group of people had already made all the mistakes they could make.

With his hands behind his back, Tian Ergeng slowly rolled up Deng Xian's poem "Song of the Night" in front of everyone, and said:

"Deng Xian, Tang Binyin, Zhao Tongpeng and others wrote anti-poems together in Muchunlou, alluding to the government and slandering His Majesty today. There are poems as evidence, and there is also the testimony of Muchunlou's old bustard."

"My lords, will you come with me?"

After the words fell, the captains surrounded him with malicious intentions.

At this time, the guests of the Muchun Tower also heard the wind and surrounded them, and many of them were dignitaries with a reputation in Nanjing.

They looked here, not daring to cause trouble.

The backstage of the supervisory department is Xu Xianchun, Xu Xianchun is one of the emperor's most trusted minions, no one wants to go against Jin Yiwei.

As for the old bustard that Tian Ergeng just mentioned, naturally she can say whatever she wants, and dare not say no at all.

Everyone was almost sober from the wine, and Deng Xian, as the person who personally wrote the "Anti-Poetry", was naturally very frightened.

His face was covered in cold sweat, his eyes flickered, he looked at Tang Binyin first, then Zhao Tongpeng, one by one.

But these Xuankun party members in front of them are already grasshoppers on a rope, and if self-protection is not enough, how can they talk about protecting him?

Deng Xian looked at Tian Ergeng for the last time, and said in a trembling voice:

"My lord, this poem is just an improvisation. I never had the intention of opposing reform or rebellion..."

"As for poetry remonstrance, it has never happened before."

Seeing that Tian Ergeng was unmoved, Deng Xian was even more frightened and flustered to the extreme, stepped forward and grabbed his arm and said:

"Although I made a speech against the reform the day before yesterday, after thinking about it afterwards, I have always been ashamed. Your Majesty knows that I am really confused, and I deserve to be punished!"

"Abolishing the Six Departments of Nanjing, Your Majesty is really thinking about the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty, and the foundation of the eternal life of the Ming Dynasty. I also ask the Governor's Office to show you his noble hand..."

Good guy, this is scary, I have said good things all over again, where is the look of wishing I could meet the emperor and confide my heart just now?

Tian Ergeng has seen many faces of these great sages before and after.

He didn't show any expression, just ordered the captains to take them away, and he was also happy for the unexpected joy in his heart, this time it was enough to show his loyalty to His Majesty with them.

Tang Binyin, Zhao Tongpeng and the others were also entangled in their hearts, curled up in a corner, their faces were covered with sweat, and they raised their sleeves to wipe them from time to time.

They originally thought that this reform would be just empty talk sooner or later. After a year or so at most, if the reform fails and the Nanjing Six Departments are reset, they will all be entrusted with important tasks by the imperial court.

But I didn't expect that the emperor's will to complete this reform was so strong that disaster came from heaven!

It's good if you don't get caught. Jin Yiwei always needs a reason to arrest people. Generally, it is not easy to arrest people on a large scale at this time.

But this time they were at the Muchunlou Poetry Club, and even the poems were pinched in Tian Ergeng's hands, and they became fish on the chopping board, and he could knead them however he wanted.

As for the news of Xu Hongji's sudden death, they were even more ignorant. It would be wronged if they were beaten like this!

Chapter 328 The Eunuch Party Is Involved

In the early morning of the next day, many people spontaneously gathered in front of the newly established yamen in Jinling Province, and everyone was discussing what happened in Jinling City last night.

Mrs. Zhang was intercepted and killed. Xu Hongji died for no apparent reason. Tianqi Emperor Longyan was furious and personally presided over a thorough investigation. Dark clouds were hanging over the entire city.

After the guests of the Muchun Building went back, they mostly talked exaggeratedly everywhere.

How arrogant and domineering the captains of the Night Supervision Department were, they arrested all the scholars who wrote poems upstairs.

The crime of anti-poetry was not established in the Ming Dynasty.

The speech officials are all proud of criticizing each other, and even gain reputation for committing Yan Zhijian in the court. What they want is to leave this name in history.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, the well-known upright official Hai Rui not only scolded the Emperor Jiajing, but also the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Can someone kill his head for this crime?

Zhu Youxiao has always wanted to rectify those Qingliu who scolded him for nothing, but this word cannot be said from the mouth of the current emperor.

No one wants to be branded as a faint king, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't want his future king to follow suit and kill a group of civil servants if he has nothing to do.

If this is the case, the court will be in chaos.

Even the guests who were in the Muchun Tower that night felt very puzzled. Isn't it just dissatisfied with the government to write a poem? Why not.

Tian Ergeng really did something wrong with good intentions, Zhu Youxiao was thinking about other things now, but he didn't say much about this matter.

At least one thing he guessed was right, Zhu Youxiao really hated the Xuankun Party so much.

After Tian Ergeng returned to the Supervision Department, he quickly discovered that the crime of anti-poetry was unlikely to be established under the current situation, and he could guess the emperor's disappointment with him.

In order to prove that he is still capable of taking on important responsibilities, he had to seek other solutions.

Afterwards, either the Xuankun party members will continue to be imprisoned for corruption, accepting bribes, and forming a party for personal gain, or wait for the death of Wei Guogong to be found out here, and then see whether the Xuankun party members will be labeled as killing the state. public party.

Although Tian Ergeng was in a hurry, he also knew that Emperor Tianqi had never said anything, which also showed that in his heart, he also agreed with the arrest of the Xuankun Party.

From this point of view, this matter has a great turning point!

In any case, since the Xuankun Party has been arrested, they cannot be released again.

In doing so, he slapped Emperor Tianqi in the face behind the supervisory department.

The Xuankun Party, which was clamoring for opposing reforms, dissipated overnight, and more than [-] officials who had been officials in Nanjing or were currently officials from the DPRK and China were all arrested.

But it's not over yet.

As a person was tied up and taken to the Neisi Yamen, the people onlookers were all excited. They all knew this person.

Isn't this the famous Xin Cheng Bo Zhao Zhilong!

……

Zhu Youxiao was wearing a royal uniform, and what he held in his hand was not the gavel, but the emperor's sword that had been stained with a lot of blood.

Obviously, today he had the idea of ​​killing someone on the spot.

The governor of Jinling Province, Wang Yongguang, the accompanying military ministers, cabinet ministers, and local officials such as the chief envoy and the procuratorate were all present.

Yamen servants, official servants, imperial guards, civil and military officials, and the surrounding people in Jinling City, some knelt on the ground, some half-kneeled, and they all shouted:

"See, long live your majesty—"

It was the first time for many people to see the emperor to investigate the case. Not only did they have close contact with Emperor Tianqi, but also this group of dignitaries of the Manchu Dynasty that they had never had the opportunity to meet in the past.

With this experience, I'm afraid I can brag about it for a lifetime when I go back!

As Zhu Youxiao shook his sword, he said:

"Take the prisoner!"

Huang Degong who was guarding him immediately shouted:

"Your Majesty said, bring criminals to court!"

Not long after, two soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion, one on the left and the other on the right, pushed Xin Chengbo Zhao Zhilong under Zhu Youxiao's feet like carrying a chicken.

Without any explanation, Zhao Zhilong was twisted and knelt down by two soldiers.

"Sir... criminal minister Zhao Zhilong, I have met His Majesty."

"Zhao Zhilong..."

Zhu Youxiao stared at him, thinking of what he had done in Nanming in history, he had actually sentenced him to death in his heart.

Immediately, with a slightly slower tone, he asked:

"The evidence is so strong, can you be convicted?"

This question was originally a procedure. With such evidence, no one would believe that Zhao Zhilong did not do this.

When Zhao Zhilong heard this, his throat choked, and he prostrated himself and cried loudly:

"Your Majesty, I am wronged——"

"Chen, I thought about not letting Duke Wei send the memorial to the defense, but after thinking about it after returning to the mansion, I always feel ashamed of the emperor's kindness and haven't done anything yet."

"Besides, even if I do something, I won't be able to kill the Duke that day. This, this, this... Isn't this dizzy, and you pushed yourself out?"

"Your Majesty is a sage, you must check to the end!"

The words fell, and everyone talked about it.