Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but wonder whether the Ming Dynasty was really too kind to these gentry in the past, because, in Zhu Houzhao's impression, this phenomenon of eliminating a large number of gentry fame and official positions was also present in the Qing Dynasty in history, but these gentry seemed to be very regular and accepted obediently, and did not force their master to restore their fame and official positions like now.

Among them, Xu Qianxue didn't even complain about Kangxi at that time, and even became Kangxi's slander later, who was very loyal, so loyal that even the defendant was corrupt and would be forgiven by Kangxi.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu. These civil servants were always worried that doing so would force the gentry to not be in the same mind as him, but Zhu Houzhao also thought in his heart that maybe he was a little more harsh. These gentry not only would not be in the same mind as him, but would be more loyal to himself, when they fully understood that being a dog was better than being a human.

But from the bottom of my heart, Zhu Houzhao himself did not want these gentry to be dogs in the future. He knew that this was called slavery. He did not want his Ming Dynasty to be said that the entire China would still have slavery in the future, but now, it seems that it is impossible not to cultivate slavery.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the common people who watched the fun and looked numb in the distance of the city gate, thinking, maybe maybe it is only after the common people all over the world have a sense of citizenship that he, as a ruler, does not need to cultivate slavery people.

But no matter what, Zhu Houzhao still didn't want these gentry to become slaves. He just wanted them to abide by the rules and understand that they also had obligations and responsibilities.

For example, like Ma Wensheng, Wang Shu, Wang Yangming and others around him, it would be better if the world is a little bit like the public. After all, it is just a thirty-to-one tax. Taking less concubines and building less gardens will save the tax for several years without any damage. Moreover, I have not been able to work as a member of officials and gentry like Yongzheng.

"People's hearts are not the same. These gentry are no longer the group of gentry who took the responsibility of serving the country with integrity as their responsibility. Since the young security guard, they have been getting worse and worse. The old ministers always lamented for them, and now it is indeed time to teach a lesson!"

Wang Shu, who was a Jinshi in the 13th year of Zhengtong, had experienced Zhengtong, Jingtai, Tianshun, Chenghua and Hongzhi, couldn't help but feel moved.

Wang Shu was a civil servant, so he naturally would not take the initiative to admit that the Tumubao Incident was beneficial to the civil servant group and made the civil servant group bigger and become increasingly arrogant. He also lamented that after Yu Qian was executed by Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, the gentry in the world began to gradually become worse, but the time was almost the same.

...

Just when Zhu Houzhao and Ma Wensheng agreed with what Wang Shu said, the Jinyiwei had already begun to move.

The Jinyiwei at the front all held glass shields, all of which were tempered glass produced by the Royal Industrial Company, and also had characteristic steel sticks. As soon as these Jinyiwei, holding glass shields appeared, they formed a row of gentry under the Hongwu Gate walls, and only surrounded the thirty-eight gentry who were instigated by the leaders.

When the thirty-eight gentry saw that they were actually enclosed, they became a little panicked and hurriedly walked away and met with the other gentry. But at this time, the Jinyiwei who followed behind rushed over and captured the thirty-eight gentry: "Let's go!"

Seeing this, the gentry rushed over to save these people, and even rolled up their sleeves and fucked them. However, they were all hit by the hard glass shield, and some gentry were directly hit to the point of bruising and swollen!

At the same time, two Jinyiwei rushed over from outside, all carrying gas masks made of charcoal powder and cotton as fillings. As soon as they rushed over, Jinyiwei threw moor bottles into the densely packed gentry.

These molten bottles include chili powder, mustard powder and sulfur, so when they burn, they will smell all kinds of choking.

These gentry were choked by various smells and burst into tears. Some could not even open their eyes, while others only coughed violently, which became even more chaotic and countless people were trampled.

The Jinyiwei came over with the iron rod, and a Jinyiwei guard shouted loudly: "Beat!"

Immediately, these Jinyiwei greeted these gentry directly. These gentry had no power to fight back and could even run away frantically. The scene was very chaotic!

The Jinyiwei, holding the glass shield, also began to put on a gas mask and moved forward step by step, cleaning the ground outside Hongwu Gate.

During this process, naturally, some gentry running around would be beaten and ran in other directions, and some would be directly trampled to death due to a stampede accident.

In less than an hour, all the gentry gathered outside Hongwu Gate to threaten the emperor and the court were dispersed, and there was no major accident. As for the people who were killed and injured, they died because of trampling, it was no wonder that the court did not kill anyone. The Jinyiwei did not kill anyone from beginning to end.

However, the thirty-eight gentry who were instigated by the leader naturally could not be let go easily, and they would be killed to warn the monkey.

Soon, the thirty-eight gentry were taken to the governor's office, and Wang Yangming also received instructions from Zhu Houzhao to hand over the thirty-eight gentry as a crime of rebellion.

The cabinet immediately voted to be executed and the Silijian also approved the Hong. Soon, the thirty-eight gentry were taken outside Hongwu Gate and fell to the ground with one knife.

Qin Qingshan was also among the 38 people. At this time, he felt regretful. He glanced at the Hongwu Gate behind him and cried, "I feel so bitter! I don't want to die!"

Click!

As soon as Qin Qingshan finished speaking, he cut off his head with one knife!

Immediately afterwards, the other thirty-seven heads were also cut off.

However, after these thirty-eight gentry were chopped down, the Jinyiwei reassembled the bodies and heads of the thirty-eight people according to the instructions above, and placed them outside the city gate for public notice, and posted a notice to inform all the scholars and citizens that these thirty-eight criminals were rebels, inciting the scholars and citizens to intend to rebel. If a party member comes to collect the body, it is equivalent to surrendering himself and being able to deal with leniently.

As a result, no gentry dared to collect the body.

The gentry in the entire Southern Zhili was completely frightened this time, and they were even more frightened when they thought of the Jinyiwei's methods, and of course they hated them very much, but now they had no choice but to grit their teeth at home.

...

Gu Xinlei, the son of Gu Xiantong, is now gritting his teeth and looking at the Nanjing Palace City in the direction of Hongwu Gate. He knew that all this was caused by the emperor named Zhu Houzhao in the palace. He also began to have to admit that the emperor in the palace was a tyrant, and even the ministers around him were cruel officials!

Because of the revenge of killing his father and the infringement of the interests of the gentry in Jiangnan, Gu Xinlei hated the court he saw now, as well as the kings and his ministers of the court. Gu Xinlei decided to go to Zhenjiang to find the general officer of Zhenjiang Tian Zheng.

Like Gu Xinlei, there were naturally more and more gentry in Jiangnan who began to feel dissatisfied with the court and the government, but they did not dare to rebel directly, or they had not found an opportunity to rebel directly.

Some began to pretend to live in seclusion, but actually began to look for vassal kings and powerful people who were willing to raise troops, while others indulged in and even encouraged local rogues to riots, and no longer used their clan forces to manage them. They even secretly colluded with bandits to destroy the stability of the grassroots society.

At this time, Cao Zutong, a representative of the Nanjing gentry, said to several gentry who are good at it:

"Since the court intends to abandon our gentry in Jiangnan, let the court know that there is no consequence of our gentry in Jiangnan. At that time, the entire Nanjing city will be in chaos, the people will riot, bandits will rise everywhere, and the world will be in chaos. Let's see how the court will end!"

"Only by co-governing the world with the literati and officials, can we establish a prosperous era. Since the court only wants to take care of those common people, let the court see how those common people are grateful to the court!" said a gentry in Jiangnan.

So, a few days later, a series of smashing, looting and burning began to occur in Yingtian Prefecture and even other prefectures.

For a moment, many rogues emerged from nowhere to launch riots and rebel everywhere!

There are countless people who murder, set fire, and even rape women, fight, strike and market strike.

Even in Nanjing City, there seemed to be many more unlucky people and bandits. Some towns suddenly appeared in random killings, and the people were panicked. And there were also more bandits on important roads everywhere. Many merchants were killed by robberies, and even officials were killed.

The whole Jiangnan seemed to have entered a state of riots, and suddenly it seemed to have become a society of mutual harm at the bottom, as if the grassroots had no legal system.

The people stayed behind closed doors during the day and did not dare to sleep deeply at night. Even the pressure of the imperial court rule increased, but the wealthy and gentry still sang and danced to peace.

Zhu Houzhao received urgent reports from Wang Yangming, and then frowned and thought deeply, and asked Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu with a smile: "Is this their counterattack? If you don't rebel directly, you will make a mess in the world. Why do you want to tell the world that I am cruel and unruly, causing chaos in the world? Is it to encourage the heroes of the world to rise up?"

"Your Majesty, they might have this idea. However, since ancient times, the imperial power has not been sent to the countryside, and the county is under the jurisdiction of the gentry and clans. Now they are afraid that they will refuse to take the initiative, so the laws will collapse and social unrest!"

Ma Wensheng replied.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Are they forcing me to admit defeat? They want to tell me that if I leave them, I can't even rule the country, and I will even lose the hearts of the people, but I will not admit defeat! And don't force me to be too anxious, force me to be too anxious. I will do the people in the world without paying food, and see if the hearts of the people will still stand on my side!"

Although Zhu Houzhao was talking anger, it was indeed a trick to get rid of the firewood from the cauldron. After all, Li Zicheng also relied on the King of Rebellion to destroy the Ming Dynasty without paying food.

If he really does this now, all the common people in the world will naturally stand on his side.

But Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu and other civil servants would not let Zhu Houzhao do this, so Ma Wensheng hurriedly advised:

"Your Majesty calm down! Do not act irritably. Since these gentry in Jiangnan want to disrupt Jiangnan, we will take this opportunity to control Jiangnan with iron blood! I suggest that you take this opportunity to let the court take care of the people for the gentry in Jiangnan!"

"The Chief Auxiliary said very much. Since the imperial power did not go to the countryside before, and now local clans are unable to manage the people, the court will take charge of it!" said Wang Shu, Minister of Personnel.

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao agreed deeply and suddenly had an idea:

"My dear friends, what do you think about setting up a police department? Since these gentry in Jiangnan want to mess up Jiangnan and bully Nanzhili without a police department, then Wang Yangming, the governor of Nanzhili, set up a police department, each prefecture has a police bureau, each county has a police branch, and every township has a police station to recruit good people at the bottom to serve as police soldiers to manage local public security?"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu were both a little surprised, and then they felt it was fresh again. At this time, Wang Yangming said:

"Your Majesty, this move is very good for maintaining local public order, and it can also replace the gentry and manage the villagers' power. However, in this way, the number of clerks will increase, and the people will suffer a lot. In addition, if such a police camp is really set up, they must be restricted from using firearms and car cannons to avoid being obtained by those with bad intentions."

"Your Majesty, what Wang Sheng said is very true. This policeman overlaps with yamen runners. Instead of setting up new policemen, it is better to ask all prefectures, prefectures, counties to add yamen runners and constables, and be in charge of all the places," said Wang Shu.

"I do not intend to let the police officers be like clerks. Like other officers and soldiers, the soldiers are soldiers of the court, and the officials are officials of the court. Like other local censors, they are specialized in local custody and execution of important criminals! Otherwise, I will directly expand the Dongchang and let the Dongchang come to Jiangnan to act as the power of the Censors and manage public security!"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu both understood what Zhu Houzhao meant. It was nothing more than setting up people who were in prisons from villages to the governors in Jiangnan. It was just a different name, but what both had to admit was that this was indeed beneficial to the court to control the local area.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Wang Shu made a direct statement. In his opinion, setting up police officers in Jiangnan is better than sending Dongchang directly to Jiangnan. After all, Dongchang is all eunuchs, and police officers are not eunuchs at all.

Civil officials had an instinctive contempt for eunuchs, so Wang Shu was more willing to set up a police department and a police force, not to mention that he had experienced the era when factories and guards were rampant during the Chenghua period.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Ma Wensheng also expressed his opinion. He and Wang Shu had the same idea. It would be better to establish a police force in Jiangnan than to expand the troops in the East Factory to make chaos in Jiangnan. After all, the police force was still under the control of civil servants.

Zhu Houzhao also knew what they were thinking, but he did not expose it, so he nodded: "Okay, let's draw an order. Shouren, the governor of Nanzhili, immediately recruited good people as police soldiers, set up a police department, the police department and the police department, and the police department was in charge of the seal and the police department, and awarded the third rank!"

"No! Your Majesty, those in charge of the police department and other positions are very inappropriate. In my opinion, it is better to call him a prisoner directly."

Wang Shu was very afraid that the eunuch would take charge of the police force in the future, so he felt that even the words "printing" were inappropriate, so he changed it to a prison envoy, which meant that the civil servants would still be managed by the Police Department of Nanzhili in the future.

Zhu Houzhao did not intend to take away the civil servant's power in the prison, but he did not intend to revoke the Dongchang, so he did not refuse, and said, "Then let's change it to the envoy for punishment!"

Therefore, after the cabinet votes were intended to approve the honors with the Lishui Supervisor of the Southern Zhili, Wang Yangming, governor of Southern Zhili, officially received the order to establish the Police Department, and the police department's envoy was temporarily appointed by Wang Yangming himself, and he personally recruited good people to form police soldiers.

The people of Nanzhili were also deeply harmed by bandits and rogues, and they all participated enthusiastically.

Soon, Wang Yangming formed a large-scale police force. After receiving the order from the prefectures and counties in southern Zhili quickly established police units and recruited police officers and appointed police officers. Because Wang Shu, the Minister of Personnel, was in Nanjing, the administrative efficiency of appointing police officers was also very fast.

Therefore, in less than a month, a group of officers and soldiers who maintained public order appeared in the entire Nanzhili.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao asked the cabinet to issue a decree, ordering Nanzhili to enter the alert period. During the alert period, local governments could first kill and then report the crime to maintain public order, but they also strictly ordered that innocent people not be killed.

The rich slaves of the gentry Cao Zutong's family had already received Cao Zutong's instructions and instructed a group of Qingpi to smash a house in Nanjing. One of them, Xing Laoer, dragged a yellow-flowered daughter out and wanted to commit violence directly. The other Qingpi looked and laughed. The woman's father couldn't help but scolded: "Aren't you scoundrels afraid of the government's punishment?!"

"We are Master Cao's family. Do you know who Master Cao is? The government is owned by Master Cao's family. Even if the government arrests us in, we can release it in three or two days. Believe it or not! Be honest with me, give your daughter to me and play with me. That is your blessing!"

The second brother Xing smiled excitedly, but as soon as he finished laughing, Wang Yangming came over in person and stabbed him in the back with a knife: "You dare to do evil in Nanjing City, you are so brave!"

The second brother Xing was killed on the spot!

As he said that, Wang Yangming asked another Qingpi directly: "Who is Mr. Cao San?"

"It's the third master of the Cao family, he is the son of the housekeeper of Master Cao's house in East Street." After this Qingpi finished speaking, Wang Yangming ordered: "Take him down, you go and catch that Master Cao!"

On other streets, other police soldiers also used violence to maintain public order. Although most police soldiers were newly recruited by the lower class, police officers were dispatched from the Jinyiwei, so they were not ruthless in killing people.

The police soldiers composed of newly recruited people also hated these young rogues and even had always had hatred with these people and were very active in doing things.

As soon as several Qingpi lit a house, they were surrounded by police officers who rushed over.

"Ah! Bless your life!"

Before these young men could finish their words, they were slashed on the spot.

At this time, Wang Yangming also arrested nearly 70 so-called local tyrants such as Cao Sanye Li Si in half a month, and even people from the martial arts world and some secretly colluded clerks, all of whom were arrested to the Nanjing execution grounds and were chopped off.

Seeing that even if the gentry supported and clerks secretly helped, the cost of beating, smashing, looting and burning was still very high, the Qingpi rogue became honest again. Therefore, in less than a month, the public security in Nanjing was restored!

At this time, Pan Duan, who had been recommended by Wang Yangming as the deputy chief of the Suzhou Prefecture Police Bureau, also established his own police officer with the help of a hundred households of Jinyiwei. On this day, the heads of more than 80 gangsters and clerks and evil gentry were chopped down on the heads of more than 80 local gangsters and evil gentry, and the public security in Suzhou Prefecture was restored!

Immediately afterwards, the public security of Songjiang Prefecture was restored!

Public security in Changzhou Prefecture, Chizhou Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture and other places have also been restored one after another!
Chapter completed!