Chapter 329: The Anti-thief Claims Injustice (1)
I heard that the Jinyiwei who was expeditioning to the southwest returned to the court with victory, and Beijing was in full swing.
Although many ordinary people have never been to Guizhou in their entire lives, they were still so excited that they danced with excitement when they heard that the Ming army had wiped out all the rebels and recovered Guizhou. Some people even took out the firecrackers prepared for the New Year to set off.
Although the government announced that the Jinyiwei entered the city at noon, the people still gathered near Deshengmen early in the morning, and for nothing else, they just wanted to occupy a good position and have a good look at the good men of the Ming Dynasty.
At noon, the Jinyiwei arrived at the gate of Desheng.
The people who were about to cheer were stunned for a moment. It turned out that the Jinyiwei who appeared in front of the people were all wearing strange clothes. They exposed their hands and feet outside the clothes, which looked very cool.
Although the Jinyiwei was dressed in strange clothes, the people did not think that they were ethnic minority soldiers from where they came from, because although these clothes were strange, they exuded a strong Han style, as if the Ming Dynasty had such a set of clothes.
Many people who were dressed out to welcome the Jinyiwei saw this set of clothes and felt that the sun in the sky seemed to be even more poisonous, and their bodies were sweating like pulp. They really wanted to buy such a cool set of clothes immediately.
The women even observed the way they cut their clothes carefully, and prepared to pull up a few feet of cloth when they went home, and also made a few sets of clothes as they did.
As they looked at it, they couldn't help but feel resentful. Why are all men's clothing all men? This way, they can only see men's clothing. What should I do if I wear women's clothing?
You know, men are afraid of heat, and women are afraid of heat too.
It was as if I guessed the women's thoughts that women finally appeared in the team entering the city. They were medical soldiers, located in the middle of the team entering the city, wearing women's summer clothes.
Women's eyes were straight. It turned out that women's clothing could do this.
By the way, women in the Ming Dynasty were actually quite open and could accept summer clothes with exposed arms and legs. If they were to be feudal and decaying mites, women who dared to wear such clothes must be soaked in a pig cage.
When the last Jinyiwei entered the city, the people woke up as if they had just had a dream and cheered loudly.
King Xin was a pessimist. Seeing the people staring at the Jinyiwei entering the city with their eyes silently, worried that something would happen, he took a few steps. He caught up with Zhu Youcheng and asked in a low voice: "Brother Cheng, what's going on? Why did the people all become mute when they see us? Did I do something wrong?"
Zhu Youcheng smiled and pointed at King Xin and his clothes, and said, "The people were shocked by our wonderful clothes. How have they seen such cool and graceful clothes?"
King Xin looked at the onlookers carefully and found that their faces were indeed full of envy, and he couldn't help but feel proud.
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The destination of the Jinyiwei is the Daming Gate, where they will be inspected by the emperor.
The Ming Gate was already heavily guarded, and the onlookers were stopped by fully armed soldiers on both sides of the street.
Zhu Youcheng and King Xin saw a young man in a yellow robe standing there waiting on the city tower, and couldn't help but smile, that was Emperor Aoki, their brother.
The two of them were far from Emperor Apocalypse. They couldn't see the emperor's expression clearly, but they thought they should have smiled knowingly.
At this moment, a woman suddenly stumbled out of the crowd. She knelt down facing the Ming Gate, holding a piece of paper in her hand with red words on it, which seemed to be a blood book.
She said loudly: "This thief Zhu Youcheng has a wolfish ambition and cruelty. He will destroy the eighteen tribes of the An family. An Ping, an orphan girl from the An family, went to the capital to file a lawsuit with tears!"
After a brief shock, Zhu Youcheng realized that this was the first wave of attacks.
Guizhou is far away from Beijing, and a weak woman is penniless. How could she come to the capital to file a lawsuit?
If this woman was not in Guizhou, but in the capital, how did she get the news that the An family was destroyed? Although Zhu Youcheng did not deliberately conceal this matter, due to the limitations of the times and underdeveloped communication, it would be a matter of many years to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Those who knew about this were able to contact the memorial officials because Zhu Youcheng once wrote the memorials about handling the An family and reported them to Emperor Tianqi.
Also, there are so many soldiers guarding the gate of Daming. How could a weak woman break through the blockade and come to the middle of the street?
Although Xiong Hu, the daughter of Xiong Tingbi, had been blocked by Xiong Tingbi, to save her father, it was a parade of the top scholar and the emperor did not participate, and the defense was not very strict, which was incomparable to the current situation.
The numerous doubts illustrate a problem. Behind this incident, there are a group of people with great wisdom. Only they can know the war situation and information in Guizhou, and only they can buy defense soldiers.
Zhu Youcheng turned his head and looked at King Xin, meaning that your character of being a good person has caused me to be in trouble.
King Xin did not dare to meet Zhu Youcheng at all, and turned to look elsewhere.
After a while, he seemed to find Zhu Youcheng still staring at him and actually whistled gently.
Zhu Youcheng looked at the back of his head and felt a little amused: This King of Xin, you will be an ostrich when you encounter problems. Do you think you can avoid such a thing? Just let’s come forward by yourself. Who told me to recognize King of Xin, the younger brother?
Zhu Youcheng urged the horse to move forward, came to the front of the team, and pointed the woman with a horse whip: "Why, the woman kneeling down, is she from the Anbangyan family?"
The woman raised her head and said, "I am not from Anbangyan's family."
Zhu Youcheng sneered: "Why are you not from the An family, why do you want to speak up for the An family? Oh, you also wrote a bloody book, I really wrote a copy."
"Although I am not from Anbangyan's family, I am from An's family. I am An Yi's great-granddaughter."
Zhu Youcheng read the An clan's ancestral genealogy and knew that An Yi was An Bangyan's grandfather and was brothers with An Bangyan's grandfather. Nine clans could not kill him, but the eighteen clans could catch up.
"It turned out to be a member of the traitor tribe. He tied her up and interrogated her carefully before he could understand the punishment of Zhengdian!"
"Zhu Youcheng, you are a thief who kills people! Don't forget, people are doing it, God is watching, you will be retribution!" the woman shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Slow down!" An official wearing the clothes of a seventh-rank civil servant came panting.
He is the current Henan Dao Censor Hao Tuo. By the way, because the Donglin Party collapsed early, Hao Tuo did not climb to the rank of the household department that he had served in history - alas, this is another sin caused by Zhu Youcheng.
"What's the point of doing Lord Hao?"
"This woman sued you. You are not an official in Dali Temple, so how can you take the plaintiff away?"
All the officials accompanied the emperor to stand on the city tower of the Ming Gate. Who would have time to deal with this woman?
Those who come to investigate this matter now are either old-fashioned people who don’t know the current situation or villain who has evil intentions.
Looking at Hao Tuogu's talent, smart and capable, it should belong to the latter.
Zhu Youcheng was very rude: "You seem to have forgotten a little bit. I am the commander of the Jinyiwei Tongzhi, and I have the power to censor major criminals such as conspiracy to rebel and split the country. If Lord Hao doesn't believe it, you can give it a try."
What to try? Try to rebel? In front of the emperor and officials on the city tower, plus more than 10,000 Jinyiwei in front of him, I said I wanted to rebel, wouldn't that be seeking death?
Hao Tuogao laughed and said, "Mr. Zhu, you're a joke. The officials are loyal to the emperor and patriotism, how could they do such unfaithful and unrighteous things? However, the "Da Ming Law" has a system of avoidance. If this woman sues you, you should avoid it. Please ask the Dali Temple to review this matter so as not to affect the reputation of the adult."
"You are wrong again." Zhu Youcheng sneered, "The killing of all the eighteen tribes of the Anbangyan family is a military order, not a public security decision. Before the military order is lifted, I, as the main executor of the Southwest counter-rebellion, cannot let any rebels go. And according to your statement, we cannot fight at all. Because which rebel who was killed doesn't say that I, Zhu, is cruel and easy to kill?"
Hao Tu was speechless and thought to himself, Zhu Youcheng was covered in oily and slippery body, and he couldn't catch him no matter how he was arrested. He talked to him about the lawsuit, he talked to you about the imperial prison (the prison of the Jinyiwei); he talked to him about the law, he talked to you about the military order.
It’s strange. How did such a slick person become the Jinyiwei? He is also a Jinyiwei who can fight.
A thought flashed through Hao Tuyu's mind. This was probably the purpose of Emperor Taizu Gao's establishment of the Jinyiwei. He used the military system and imperial prisons to make the Jinyiwei a special existence outside the judicial system.
Emperor Gao is indeed Gao.
However, Zhu Youcheng was really evil. He actually knew what Emperor Taizu Gao thought. More than two hundred years later, he used the judicial and military power of the Jinyiwei just right.
When the two of them answered, the guards had already grabbed the woman and smashed her into handcuffs and shackles.
These things are ready-made. They were originally prepared for the thief leader She Chongming and An Bangyan, but the two had already given them to Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of the four provinces, and handcuffs and shackles were given to the woman to suffer. (To be continued)
ps: Make up for yesterday's update, and today's update will be uploaded later.
Chapter completed!