Chapter 389 – Your mouth is sharp, or my sword is sharp.

Zhu’s face was calm.

He had no anger left.

As an emperor, instead of being angry, it would be better to think about the harm as well as the impact of people like Xu Qi in front of him at this time.

Therefore, while Xu Qi angrily defended himself, Zhu Di had a heart like water and only looked at Xu Qi indifferently, continuing to say nothing.

Xu Qi continued his performance, looked very sad and said, “Since I joined the dynasty, I can be considered conscientious, quite official reputation, but has your majesty ever wondered why I would come to this point now.”

Said here, Xu Qi gritted his teeth: “I as Buzhengzhi, to protect the peace of a party, Jiangxi Buzhengzhi up and down, is also considered affluent, the people live in peace and work in contentment. But after that? After that Zhili new policy, the world is in turmoil, your majesty can know, after Zhili new policy, the people’s hearts floating to what point?”

Said here, Xu Qi began to roar: “How many people no longer think of production, production and what is the use, who knows that one day, the court will not be in Jiangxi is also the same trick, confiscate the land of the good people? As for the rest of the people, but also increasingly slippery, rent resistance, rent refund, countless. There are even people, abandon the rental land, with the old and the young, even to Zhili to go. Jiangxi provinces and counties, I do not know how many fields are deserted, I do not know how many people are worried.”

“Do these …… majesties know?” Xu Qi said, “The hearts of the people are floating, it is going to be a great thing! That’s why: historically, when a saintly ruler is in the world, he does not honor the virtuous, so that the people do not fight; he does not value the rare goods, so that the people do not steal; he does not see the desirability, so that the people’s hearts are not in turmoil. The so-called rule of the saints, that is, weak their hearts, solid their bellies, weak their wills, and strong their bones.”

“But the implementation of the new policy, the world, the people are tricky, by the trend of interest and blinded, no longer at ease with production, everyone to compete for profit first, the hearts of the people to the guy, such acts against the teachings of the world, the world how to stabilize the reason?”

“Looking at Jiangxi, the situation is critical, I do not know how many countryside elders are worried, come to the minister here to complain. What about the minister …… I am as the minister of Buzheng, but there is nothing I can do.”

“After that, your majesty is going to build the railroad, those flatterers, see your majesty’s mind, clever words, to build the railroad as can. Well, His Majesty both want to repair, I and other ministers, natural compliance. But I opened to repair the railroad before I learned that the original railroad …… is actually a poisonous plan.”

Xu Qi became more and more agitated as he spoke.

Zhu just had an indifferent look on his face.

Zhang Anshi, however, could not help but say, “How is this a poisonous plan?”

Immediately, Xu Qi said, “Because there is no way to build the railroad.”

Zhang Anshi said with a few moments of irritation, “Why is there no way to fix it?”

Xu Qi looked like a bottomless pit and said: “To build the road, it is necessary to confiscate the land of the gentry, if not confiscated, then the cost of land purchases, is a big hole, a bottomless pit. This is the court in the name of the railroad, forcing the ministers to compete with the people for profit, to plunder other people’s land, to infringe on the people. This is to teach the ministers and other saints under the famous religion, to be jackals, dare to ask your majesty …… the court does not think to protect the territory and people, but to seize the people’s land, this …… what is the reason?”

“The former Yuan time, and not so invasive people, how come to my Ming, China’s clothing is the right way, but this kind of people like grass.”

“What I have done, although it is unfaithful to be a human minister, but in terms of the gods and goddesses of the earth and the gods of the world, I am not ashamed of my heart.”

Xu Qi said, moved to tears.

He was moved by himself.

People to this time, of course, is aware of their own death penalty, but at this time Xu Qi, think of what they do, is the world’s first-class justice, but also can not help but be touched by their own.

“If you lose today, there is death.”

He went on to say with great emotion, “I ask Your Majesty to impose the death penalty. If my death can touch Your Majesty’s heart, and make Your Majesty turn away from the precipice and fear the people, then I will have no regrets even if I die.”

This said, with the officials have come to tears, I have to say, Xu Qi, such as a person with a bachelor’s degree, there are indeed two brushes, and thus the officials, one by one, very touching to say: “I would like to die with Xu Gong.”

Previously, although they are all in danger, each other hook and line, but when it comes to the time of great difficulties, it seems …… that this is also an excellent result.

Zhu Di smiled and looked at Zhang Anshi, “What does Minister Zhang think?”

Zhang Anshi felt like he was about to give up his blood in anger and said, “Your Majesty, these thieves are not even as good as Fang Xiaoru!”

Zhu said, “Why?”

Zhang Anshi disdainfully said, “Fang Xiaoru is nothing but stupid, and these people …… are purely bad!”

It’s just bad!

When Xu Qi heard this, he became furious and said angrily, “Zhang Anshi, have you never heard of Zhang Tang and Lai Junchen?”

Xu Qi said two people, are history famous cool officials, but then, but because of the public anger caused, the end are extremely miserable.

Zhang Anshi laughed out loud and said: ”Nowadays, what kind of loyal and righteous ministers are you still pretending to be! You claim to be a minister of the gods of earth and grain, but how many of them do you recognize? Your so-called people, but a group of mouth is not the heart, the mouth calls for education, but in the heart of the male thieves and female prostitutes of the generation. Not to mention the failure to build the railroad, where is the public debt and the people’s money allocated by His Majesty now? Is it that you take these silver, to satisfy the appetite of those living beings, but give yourself a clean name?”

Zhang Anshi felt that these people were simply shameless!

Xu Qi said angrily, “Nonsense!”

Zhu, however, said, “Qing …… name …… Qing …… name …… ”

Zhu Di muttered and read, thoughtfully said, “Yes, if I were to execute you and others, there are still people who recite the benefits of these people, and recite him as a clanking loyal official, wouldn’t it be funny to say?”

Xu Qi said with an indignant face, “I …… will never do it for fame and fortune, only ……”

Zhu Di snapped his eyes a sheet: “This is good, as long as these people who tout them, and cut out, then …… there is no such clean name.”

When these words came out, Xu Qi only felt chills all over his body, and he thought he had heard wrong.

Zhu Di said, “I have been thinking for so long, only to realize that the crux of the original …… problem actually lies here.”

Saying that, Zhu Zhu dropped his horse and approached Xu Qi step by step.

Xu Qi subconsciously bent his knees and took a step back.

Zhu Di slowly said, “Don’t worry, I will not want your life now, I if you are now executed, will not be cheap?”

Xu Qi: “……”

Then, Zhu Di looked solemn and said, “I only ask you, where is my silver?”

Obviously, Xu Qi couldn’t answer.

Zhu Di once again said, “Where did my silver go?”

Xu Qi said, “Your Majesty ……”

Zhu Di’s face finally turned red, red to the roots of his ears: ”You guys took my money, yet you still dare to be so upbeat in front of me! You want to plot to assassinate me, yet you still dare to talk about loyalty and righteousness? Are you all treating me as deaf and blind, are you treating me as a fool?”

Xu Qi said, “Your Majesty ……”

Zhu Di laughed in anger and said, “Good, you guys have guts, you dare to take my silver and not do anything, then …… take the lives of your whole clan, old and young.”

Zhu turned back, “Search his family and children, don’t spare any of them.”

Zhu then, pointing to Liu Rong people and so on, “And him, him, him, this, and that …… one don’t let go.”

Zhu Di coldly continued, “This is what you said …… I tyrannize, then I tyrannize to you to see. And look at my knife sharp, or you and other mouth sharp!”

Although Xu Qi moved himself, but when he knew the final result, but shuddered, busy: “I …… minister this move, absolutely no selfish thoughts ……”

Zhu completely ignored it.

Liu Rong and the others wailed, “Your Majesty …… spared my family s life.”

Zhu continued to ignore it.

Instead, it was Zhang Anshi who said, “Your Majesty, I have a word.”

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi, “Speak.”

Zhang Anshi said: “Your Majesty, the reason why they talk about the living, but only collude with the gentry, in the final analysis, is that they themselves are the gentry. In the end, it is because they themselves are the gentry. I think that Your Majesty should be lenient, and it would be cruel to kill their entire clan. Your Majesty is generous, why not only execute their close relatives, the rest of the young and old, then relegated to pariahs, exiled to the ends of the earth, so that they can make a living with hard labor, and teach their children and grandchildren to be real people!”

“In this way, their children and grandchildren, who are usually oppressed by those so-called elders and squires, while they have an ancestor who colludes with them, will only be angry and ashamed of it.”

Zhu Di gave Zhang Anshi a vicious look.

And then the gaze softened again.

He hated Zhang Anshi for not being competitive.

All day long he is called a coolie, but he has the name of a coolie, but he always leaves people alive at critical moments.

I’m going to go on a killing spree, but this guy is always hoping he’ll be able to get out of the net at this point.

This guy …… is still the crown prince raised, although it is a few times sharpened, but there is still a soft side of the heart.

Zhu was going to say, “Wildfire cannot be burned, but the spring breeze blows and grows again.

But after careful thought, he said, “Where is the best place to migrate to?”

Zhang Anshi said, “The desert.”

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, “Garrison guarding the city?”

“Exactly.”

Zhu Di said with a little doubt: “If it colludes with the Hu people, how should it be?”

Zhang Anshi said: ”If they can really use their this set to teach the Hu people, it is even better. Your Majesty …… I would like to hope that the hu people will repair a little something in the future, but it turns out that the money is spent, but nothing is accomplished. Such wine bags, if they really collude with the Hu people, or to the benefit of my Ming.”

Zhu Di lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said, “His clan members can escape the death penalty, but his closest relatives and flesh and blood, but can not be forgiven, all of them will be executed, not one left.”

Zhang Anshi closed his mouth this time and didn’t speak again.

Zhu Di also said, “As for these rebels, all of them are disposed of with the capital punishment of lynching. Zhang Qing this idea, it is also not unavoidable, they both think of harboring tyrannical Yuan, then …… will be their relatives, collectively sent to the Hu people there is also not unavoidable.”

With that, Zhu mounted his horse and then said, “Take them all down.”

The crowd roared in response, “Obey the decree. ”

Xu Qi listening, has been chilled to the heart, he was like a thunderbolt from a clear sky at this time, the mouth wants to say something, he has been speechless.

Chen Daowen tied them up straight away, and then he was ready to start the execution.

This is a Chin case, those involved, not only the district Xu Qi people and so on.

And Zhu had mounted his horse and led his men forward.

The front is the official army gathered by Xu Qi and others.

Brocade guards and other people played out the ceremony of the son of heaven, in a moment, this official soldiers see, who still dare to block? One by one, they have kneeled beside the road, mouth calling out long live.

Zhu Di cold face, he still have things in mind, when he moved to the government ministers office, traveling to the hall, Zhang Anshi also step by step to follow.

At this time, Zhu Di suddenly turned around and glared at Zhang Anshi, saying angrily, “You can’t be merciful and soft-hearted, I’ve reminded you again and again, but you still don’t know how to repent!”

Zhang Anshi said with a resigned look on his face, “I ……”

Just he only spit out a word, Zhu Di interrupted him, “These people …… if you do not cut off the roots and roots, they will only feel that you are weak and can be deceived, you do not expect these people will repent, they even if they are frustrated, but also will only lurk in the claws and teeth, and settle down for a while.”

“Look at the surface obedience, but when the time comes, they will surely retaliate. At that time, these people who are full of benevolence and righteousness, who are full of being the masters of the people, when they want to slaughter you, they will never be half as merciful to you!”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he was shocked, but he was speechless for a moment.

Zhu Di looked at him for half a minute, but the tone of voice and eased down, turned to say, “You are too smooth, and the Prince, as well, did not experience a real life and death, rich and abundant days, teach you although you know the means of harnessing and acting, but do not know …… the true sinister nature of the human heart.”

With his hands behind his back, he paced, then said, “If we don’t put them all to death today, but if I and you fall into their hands, we will surely die without a burial place.”

“I …… die …… ten thousand deaths ……” Zhang Anshi thought about it, and finally admitted his mistake obediently.

Zhu Di faintly said: “This time, still listen to you, let their three tribes of people, go to the desert! Can go to the desert, but also have to prevent, to have chapter and verse, this matter, the jinyiwei come up with a charter out, presented to me in front.”

Zhang Anshi busy resentfully said, “Yes, yes, I ten thousand deaths …….”

“Who is it!”

Zhu Di suddenly shouted angrily.

It turned out to be Zhu Yong, Zhang Yoking, Chen Daowen a few, was going to come in to report, heard Zhang Anshi scolded, they are cowering outside waiting.

Only Qusong, with his belly up and his eyes wide open, stood in a conspicuous place outside the hall, exasperated.

Zhu Yong several see the situation, scared heart shivered a little, but where still dare to hide, have fish into the said: “See your majesty.”

Zhu Di glanced at them and saw Zhang Anshi, who didn’t dare to make a sound in the atmosphere, and said in a calm tone, “Secretary Zhang is disputing things with me, but you guys are here.”

Zhu Yong said, “Your Majesty …… big brother ……”

Qiu Song snatched the answer, “Your Majesty, if big brother has any sins, just count them on my head.”

Zhu scolded, “How old are you, and on your head too.”

Qiu Song wanted to say, I am the fourth among the brothers, but Zhang Yoking quietly tucked the corner of his coat.

Chen Daowen at this time hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, those few people …… have been imprisoned and are now being tortured, the minister …… side …… has begun to order people to Search for their accomplices.”

Zhu Di at this time with his hands behind his back, but also know can not and Qiu Song this kind of jerks continue to say anything, this kind of people are not controlled, belongs to the rolling meat.

At that moment, Zhu Di said, “The person behind them, have you checked?”

Chen Daowen then said, “They refused to give an account, these people …… seem to have a pretty hard mouth, I was thinking that they are now all out of ideas …… since they feel that to say or not to say, are the same end, so …… I need some time ……”

“When you continue to try out, those behind the scenes, I’m afraid that they have already escaped from the golden cicada and escaped.” Zhu Di coldly hummed: “At that time, where to find them?”

“This ……” Chen Daowen immediately revealed a look of shame.

Zhu Di said, “In addition to …… my silver?”

“I …… have let people search the railroad division, but found that …… found that …… all the accounts of the railroad division, has been torched, all burned Clean.”

Zhu Di opened his eyes and said, “All burned? What about the government treasury, how much silver is in the treasury?”

“No …… not much ……” Under Zhu’s glare, Chen Daowen’s voice weakly said.

Zhu Di growled, “These rats, these thieves, my silver!”

The sound shook the rubble.

At this instant, it directly frightened Chen Daowen to immediately bow down, “I will die by all means!”

Zhang Anshi said at this time, “Your Majesty, I have a word.”

Zhu let out a breath, and managed to calm down emotionally.

He looked at Zhang Anshi gently, “If you have something to say, I am not scolding you just now, I am just teaching you the truth of how to conduct yourself in the world.”

Zhang Anshi said resentfully, “I think …… there should be another account.”

Zhu Di said, “Do you mean …… to also start from Xu Qi and others?”

Zhang Anshi shook his head: “Xu Qi and others side of the accounts, should be all burned clean, now the problem is, who sells the land, who buys the land, this is a muddled account. But I want to think, that the person behind the curtain, can even instruct Xu Qi people, then this person …… must not be unusual people. Both are not unusual people, then …… this person will not be in the hands of an account? And with this account, it means that …… he only need to take this account, can let a lot of people willingly act for him?”

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi fixedly and said, “This person …… must find out?”

Zhang Anshi frowned and said, “Yes, if this person cannot be thoroughly searched out before noon tomorrow, I’m afraid that this person has already fled with his family, and since this person has such a great reputation and so many people are willing to be his pawns, it would be easy for him to hide, not to mention that a cunning rabbit has three caves, such a person would not not leave a back way for himself.”

Zhu Di heard, slowly nodded: “What you said …… is not unreasonable. Before noon tomorrow …… if people can not find, my silver …… will not be good. Just ……”

He looked at Chen Daowen, “Can you pry anything out of Xu Qi and the others before dawn tomorrow?”

“I’m sorry …… I’ll do my best.”

Zhu frowned, unsatisfied with this answer.

Zhang Anshi at this time but said, “Your Majesty has not thought …… why Xu Qi refused to speak?”

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi, “You say.”

Zhang Anshi said, “This person is both extraordinary, the minister also said, he will leave a back way for himself, then …… will not Xu Qi’s family and small …… have been held in the hands of this person? If this is the case, then Xu Qi to this day, I am afraid that the body is broken into pieces, but also will never open his mouth.”

Zhu Di eyes fiercely lit up a bear flame general: “Yes, they both dare to instruct Xu Qi to do such things, not this, and how dare to ensure that Xu Qi obedience? In this way …… is explained, if so, is not Xu Qi these several, death will not open?”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Since on the side of Xu Qi and the others, no breakthrough can be found, then I have an idea.”

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