Chapter 104 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey
Chapter 104
Yangzhou Salt Transport Office.
The best yamen in Yangzhou is not the prefect of Yangzhou or the military preparation road in Yangzhou, but the yamen in the Yanyunsi Department of Yangzhou.
This time when Wang Chonggu arrived in Yangzhou, he did not enter the Yangzhou Military Preparation Office at all. Instead, he convened all Yangzhou officials at the Yanyun Office in the name of the Governor's Special Envoy.
Wang Chonggu naturally knew what he wanted to do, so he would not go to the military preparatory office to do such things. After all, who knows whether Feng Hualong would do anything irrational at that time? Moreover, Wang Chonggu also had a very obvious idea of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
For a moment, he had no time to get most of the officials in Jiangbei, so he could only scare their courage first so that they could be obedient.
After everyone arrived, Wang Chonggu came late and took the lead without hesitation and said, "Now that the Japanese pirates rampant in Jiangbei, the world is shaking, making the Governor very passive. The Governor asked me to see, do you have anything to say?"
All the civil servants looked at Feng Hualong, and Feng Hualong said calmly: "These are all the soldiers below who are not effective. I have submitted a report to the court and ask Lu Tong to punish him. I can give an explanation to the top and bottom. Just wait for Beijing to deal with it. Why do you have to make a big noise? The situation in Jiangbei has been so chaotic recently, and everyone is very busy."
After hearing this, Wang Chonggu's face remained unchanged and said, "Are you really that true?"
Feng Hualong insisted and said, "Is there any fake?"
Wang Chonggu looked at Feng Hualong, and the disguised smile in his eyes faded away little by little, turning into a cold and harsh murderous intent. He originally thought that Zhou Mengchen had done too much, after all, this was a civil servant, who could kill him as soon as he said he could, and it was a bit unruly.
But now I find that some people are really unable to communicate, or the communication cost is too high, so high that it is better to kill with one knife.
Feng Hualong is so arrogant, so he is naturally confident. His father is in Nanjing, and Master Yan and Master Yan are in the capital. Below are all members of the Yan Party. Zhou Mengchen has been dedicated to Jiangnan and Jiangbei for a while. All of this gave Feng Hualong the courage. If Zhou Mengchen came here in person, he would naturally not dare to do so. But is Wang Chonggu considered the onion?
Wang Chonggu said with a steady tone and emotionlessly: "Since everyone has a public opinion, I will read out the orders of the Governor." Then he took out a document from his arms, raised it first, and declared it to all sides, so that everyone could see that there was a complete list of fire-painted seals on it, and there was no possibility of forgery.
Wang Chonggu cut off the letter in front of everyone and read aloud: "Now, Yangzhou soldiers prepared for the road to delay the opportunity of war, causing Japanese pirates to rampant in Jiangbei, and the people suffered heavy losses. The preface is first, and the military law dealt with. After hearing this order, he immediately beheaded. Zhou Mengchen, the Minister of War, the Censor and the Governor of the Six Provinces of Jiangnan."
When Feng Hualong heard this, he stood up and said, "This is impossible. I am the official in the court. If I want to kill me, at least the Ministry of Personnel must write a document. The Ministry of Justice issued an order to remove the fame and reputation of the Ministry of Rites, and the personal soldiers of Your Majesty can outline it. If you have a mere order like this, you will kill the official in the court. It is simply nonsense."
Although Feng Hualong was talking about the truth. Killing an official in the court is a necessary procedure. If the official position is higher, the three judicial departments must be tried. This is also the privilege of the scholars and officials.
Ordinary people will kill them if they kill them, but officials, even small officials with sesame and mung beans, are not easy to kill. Unless they can be covered up, they are the crime of beheading.
Although Feng Hualong was right, it could not offset the fear he said. When he decided to be a front pawn of the Yan Party and gave Zhou Mengchen an ugly look, he also thought about it. First, he was from a Juren. Although his father was a Shangshu, the Shangshu in Nanjing had only those powers. He had already tried his best to push the military preparation path. He was powerless to go further. A mere Juren could be an official position that could be a Jinshi.
If he wants to climb up, he must have new help. Yan Shifan promised him that as long as things are successful, he would wish him a better position. Maybe he can be a governor of the place.
Moreover, Feng Hualong also thought about not looking at monks and Buddha's faces. After all, his father was a Shangshu, and even if there was anything, he would have to leave a decent place. He would be fined three drinks at most, or demoted to the office for a period of time, and he would always be promoted in the future.
But Feng Hualong's second-generation rich man thought that the party struggle was so fierce. Moreover, Zhou Mengchen was such a decisive person. Why did Yan Party push him forward? Seeing these old fried dough sticks smell the danger, Feng Hualong's head lacked this string.
At this moment, he heard that Zhou Mengchen was going to kill him, and he felt panicked.
He panicked, Wang Chonggu was not panicked, Wang Chonggu stood up and bowed to the inside, and said, "Please order the flag to the king."
Eight soldiers immediately cast a flag out and pressed the knife left and right to protect it. Feng Hualong looked closely and saw that it was not the Wangshi flag.
Feng Hualong is not ignorant of his skills and does not know what the king's fate flag is. This represents imperial power and can be executed first and then reported.
Feng Hualong said loudly: "I don't accept it, you can't kill me. My father is Feng Kun, the Minister of Justice of Nanjing, and the little pavilion is my backer-------" Seeing Feng Hualong with the king's flag, he was even more at a loss. At this moment, he had no idea what he was talking about.
But Wang Chonggu didn't want him to say anything more.
After all, Wang Chonggu was not Zhou Mengchen's direct subordinate. He naturally knew that he might be able to get something out of Feng Hualong as a tool to attack the Yan Party, but one question needs to be considered, that is, who will attack the Yan Party?
Of course it is not Zhou Mengchen.
Zhou Mengchen is now a civil servant. How could Zhou Mengchen take action at the beginning? Of course, the people under Zhou Mengchen took action first. And these things were found by Wang Chonggu. Isn’t Wang Chonggu just right?
But Wang Chonggu is such a smart person. Nowadays, he has reached the forefront of the struggle between the two sides. Once he wins, he will naturally win a great disaster. However, once he fails, Feng Hualong in front of him is a role model. Originally, he had a father of a Shangshu. As long as he is honest and qualified in the future, he may not be able to be a governor before resigning. But now, he is immediately in a different place.
Wang Chonggu has a Jin Shang lineage behind him, which is not without foundation. Even if Zhou Mengchen doesn’t help, he can still be promoted step by step. Why should he take such a big risk for Zhou Mengchen?
Wang Chonggu shouted: "You are still not going to do anything."
"Yes." These flag-protecting soldiers were brought by Zhou Mengchen from Beijing. They were all elites selected from the Beijing camp. Their mission was to guard the king's flag and follow the orders. When they received the order, they didn't care who was below. They rushed over and pressed Feng Hualong, and waved their swords. A head suddenly rolled in the hall for several circles before they stopped.
The blood that Feng Hualong squirted out sprayed all the local officials in Yangzhou.
The officials were all blind and trembling. They had never seen murderers, but they had never seen them. If they were killed like this, they always felt that Feng Hualong was slashed on their heads. Wang Chonggu even smelled a scent of urine. I wonder which one was incontinent.
Wang Chonggu said intimately: "It's just for this effect."
If you don’t shock these people, how to make them obedient in the next step, Wang Chonggu said: “I’ll say that everyone is in the officialdom. Who did some things and who has what kind of thoughts? How could they hide them from others? I didn’t care about you before, and it’s not that the Governor didn’t know. But, just give you a chance, what’s the situation now? The Japanese pirates were in Jiangbei for one day and slapped Lord Zhou in the face. Since that’s the case, Lord Zhou had to kill your head.”
"If the Japanese pirates kept slapping Lord Zhou in the face, it would not be the first time today. After all, you are urging thieves to fight the team once, right?"
"If you want to keep Xiang Shang's head, you will do your best. After the matter is done, the lord will not treat the meritorious ministers unfairly. If you don't want to do it, you will let you do it. Anyway, there are two ways in front of you, you can choose it yourself."
Do you still have to choose this? The officials below jumped up as if they were bitten by the wolf dogs behind them, and expressed their loyalty to Wang Chonggu, saying, "We will definitely serve the work of adults."
Chapter completed!