The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

For a moment, the elders all looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one spoke.

This matter is really difficult to deal with.

It was Li Chunfang who was the first to speak: "Here, Ma Chao, Ma Tong and his son, because they couldn't bear the exploitation of the landlord Dong Wei, encouraged the people to rise up and expose Dong Wei's tax evasion, violation of imperial orders, and raising tenants' land rent. In fact, their intentions are good. , but after all, they gathered a crowd to make trouble, and caused such a bloody conflict, which almost turned Suzhou upside down. In my opinion, they should be severely punished like the crime of gathering a crowd to make trouble.”

Li Chunfang was the number one scholar and was born as a scholar. After all, he hated these restless elements who started the student movement. In his opinion, if this kind of behavior was encouraged, the world would be in chaos sooner or later.

Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "Although Ma Chao encouraged so many people to go to the government office to gather crowds to make trouble, which is a bit too much, but Ma Chao kept people calm before, and it was just a peaceful demonstration. It was the prefect of Suzhou who conspired with Dong Wei and Instead of talking to the demonstrators, they brazenly sent government servants to arrest Ma Chao, which intensified the conflict and turned the peaceful demonstration into an armed conflict. The Suzhou government cannot escape responsibility for this.”

Bao Zheng likes to favor the common people when judging cases, and he usually deals with the powerful.

Yang Bo sighed: "I have asked the military to repeatedly order that the military is not allowed to intervene in civilian peaceful protests and demonstrations, but this time the situation in Suzhou is too serious, and the garrison commander finally ordered to suppress it. Two people were also killed. Death, I ask Yuansuke to give punishment."

Shen Shixing said solemnly: "This matter has also caused huge controversy among the court and the public. Dong Weizhi's godson Wang Hu mobilized the court censor and suggested to the emperor that people's gatherings and demonstrations are strictly prohibited in the future. The approval of the officials echoed it. There was a lot of noise."

Yan Song smiled lightly.

Wang Hu?

Just a censor?

Shen Shixing gave Wang Hu's memorial to Yan Song.

When Yan Song saw it, his expression became solemn.

This Wang Hu is very powerful in combat, not an ordinary person.

"The minister wept blood and went up to play. He was shocked to hear about the changes in Suzhou. My father was chased by the mob and fled into the government office. He was sheltered by the magistrate Huang Youwei. Who knew that Ma Chaoma and his father and son encouraged the mob to chase after him. My family is It is a family of poetry and etiquette, my father is gentle and gentle, modest and gentleman, but he was slandered by the bad guys, saying that my family hides family property and does not report it, and evades taxes. What is the reason? ([-] words are omitted below)"

Yan Song burst out laughing when he saw it.

Can this local tyrant and evil gentry be called a modest gentleman?The home of poetry and etiquette?

I'll give you 103 points for this pretending!

However, Wang Hu's tone behind the goose was extremely tough and terrifying.

".々The so-called embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by ant nests. Student movement demonstrations are even more dangerous ideas! I implore the emperor to use thunderous anger to restore the order of my Ming Dynasty. For the sake of the country, for the ancestors, for the law. The Ming Dynasty must not encourage the trend of demonstrations and demonstrations. It is necessary to deal with Ma Tong and Ma Chao's father and son with severe measures, behead them for public display, and thoroughly investigate the student movements in Suzhou University and other schools, disband their organizations, and strictly prohibit the spread of new ideas Only then can we kill one to warn others, guard against the passing of time, and prevent our Great Ming Dynasty from being overthrown!"

(Leaving Wang Zhao) Wang Hu, the censor, in Yan Song's view, is like an ant.

But this person's treachery is not inferior to those famous "Qingliu Zhichen" who were opposed by Yan Song, such as Xu Jie and others.

He bypassed the cabinet, wrote directly to the emperor, and used the excuse of "ritual collapse and music ruined", which aroused great attention from the government and the public.

Yan Song also noticed that in this memorial, Emperor Jiajing also circled the phrase "Kill one to warn the hundred, and prevent the small ones from happening" in this memorial.

Later, the censors jointly signed a letter, which is even more important.

In this signature, there are many names that Yan Song is familiar with.

The censors of the Ming Dynasty were divided into two capitals and thirteen departments. Each place was equipped with several people, and there were special supervisory censors. The total number of people was as many as several hundred.

The censor on this signature has hundreds of names.

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These joint letters, echoing this intention, are not limited to these imperial historians.

More conservative officials have also written letters, demanding that the culprits of the Suzhou Rebellion—the farmer Ma Tong—and his son Ma Chao, the leader of the student movement, be severely punished.

The views of these conservative officials are exactly the same as those of Wang Hu. They all said that no matter what grievances these peasants have, they cannot express them through demonstrations. If everyone has grievances and everyone can take to the streets to demonstrate, Ming Where is the majesty of the court?This time, regardless of whether Dong Wei has concealed reports, tax evasion, bullying and other bad behaviors, the troublemakers such as Ma Tong and Ma Chao must be severely punished, and they must be killed to make an example.

The number of these memorials is as many as hundreds, and even the governors of some nearby provinces, such as Zhili, have written to echo this matter.

Yan Song seemed to see another huge political force attacking him.

This Wang Hu is the key person who launched this counterattack.

Although Wang Hu's position is not high, he is very proficient in the way of taking advantage of the situation in politics.The bureaucratic clans in the court paid great attention to this matter.The bureaucratic landlord class in the DPRK and China basically has 330 illegal activities such as concealing land property, evading taxes, oppressing the people, and fish and meat villagers. Otherwise, how could these people accumulate such amazing wealth only relying on land?

Although Wang Hu's move was dangerous, it was actually very steady.

"What does the emperor mean?" Yan Song asked Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing said with a wry smile: "The emperor read the memorial jointly signed by the censors and local officials, but did not express his opinion. Instead, he asked Huang Jin to send the memorial to the cabinet, and asked you to handle it as appropriate."

Yan Song nodded and smiled slightly.

Li Chunfang can understand the holy will best, and said with emotion: "Master Yuanfu, in my opinion, although the emperor did not speak, these actions alone have expressed the emperor's meaning. If the emperor does not agree with this Wang Hu's opinion at all, just leave It's fine if you don't win, why bother, let Huang Jin pass it on to you. Although the emperor said that you should deal with it according to your discretion, but the subtext is... he already has tendencies."

Yan Song nodded.

Jiajing’s inclination is to favor the attitude of bureaucratic landlords on this matter. Although Na Ma and Ma Chao and his son did not incite violence, they just demonstrated. (bdeg) The emperor still values ​​the order of the empire and does not want to deal with this matter fairly.

But Yan Song can't do that.

Dong Wei and Wang Hu are both ants and small problems.

However, the open and enlightened political atmosphere of Ming Dynasty created by Yan Song with great pains will be completely regressed because of the unfair handling of this case...

How could Yan Song agree?

In his opinion, although Ma Chao's actions were radical and belonged to reform radicals, they were generally good, and it was even rarer for Ma Tong, an old farmer, to awaken his consciousness.

If these two people were dealt with severely, for example, executed according to Wang Hu's request, the budding atmosphere of democracy and people's wisdom in all parts of Ming Dynasty would disappear in smoke.