Good morning Daming - Chapter 427: Die without regrets

Chapter 428: No Regrets for a Hundred Deaths

In the 28th year of Jiajing, near the end of the year, the dispute between the emperor and his ministers broke out again in Zuo Shunmen.

Countless people are waiting for the explosive news.

"Jiang Qingzhi is a man who would rather break than bend. Once Lin Qin and the others launch an attack, he will definitely fight back. Lin Qin went there with the determination to die, which will definitely force Jiang Qingzhi to take action. Once blood is seen, who can control those warriors?"

"Only one person needs to die!"

"One person is not enough."

"How many people do you think should die?"

"It's better to die!"

"That would cause a turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, and if things go wrong it could lead to wars all over the country."

"Die for the cause, die without regrets!"

In a mansion, a man said passionately.

In a brothel, a scholar shouted, "Gentlemen, today there will be a river of blood outside Zuo Shun Gate. What should we do?"

Several scholars held the prostitutes in their arms, their faces flushed, "What do you say, my brother?"

"We should knock on the gate!" The scholar took the wine cup handed to him by the prostitute beside him and drank it all in one gulp. "If one hundred people are not enough, then two hundred, three hundred... one thousand people. We should use our passion to wake up the king."

"That's what a man should do!"

Everyone agreed with a roar.

Knock knock knock!

Someone knocked on the door, and Brother Wang said unhappily, "Look who it is."

The door opened and in came the prince's servant, who was ordered to inquire about the news from Zuo Shunmen.

Brother Wang asked excitedly, "But someone died?"

The servant said, "Just now, Minister Lin led all the officials to attack Zuo Shunmen..."

Some of the scholars still had their hands in the prostitute's arms, and some still had their heads on the prostitute's chests. They all looked up when they heard the words.

The servant looked unhappy. "At this moment, a group of people rushed out and beat up all the officials. Now all the officials are lying in front of Zuo Shun Gate wailing, and no one cares..."

"People?" Brother Wang was stunned. "Those fools...how dare they do it?"

In the mansion, everyone who was feeling proud also got the news.

"Is it the common people?"

"In the past, those people were always humble and servile to us and didn't dare to offend us. How dare they attack the officials today?"

"There must be a conspiracy, but is it just a disguise?"

The visitor shook his head, "Our people can see clearly that they are the common people."

"How dare they? How dare they?"

Such roars were heard in many places in the capital.

"How dare they?"

Han Yu was furious. "Such a good situation was ruined by a group of idiots. This is Jiang Qingzhi's conspiracy."

Yang Qing was smiling bitterly, and the louder he laughed, the louder it got.

"Hahahaha!"

Han Yu stamped her feet and said, "Please ask a doctor to save people."

"Don't worry, no one died, right?" Yang Qing said, "Starting with the assassination of Jiang Qingzhi, those people's goal is to force His Majesty back to the West Garden again. They are still planning today's incident and are determined to succeed. But Jiang Qingzhi was prepared. I bet that those people were bewitched by him. Let Chen Zhan go and investigate!"

Chen Zhan is back.

"Someone in the market has been spreading rumors recently."

"What rumor?"

……

"…In the past few days, people in the market have been talking about taxes. They say that Your Majesty intends to collect business taxes and break the privilege of scholars and officials not to pay taxes. In this way, the state will have sufficient funds and the people's taxes can be reduced."

Lu Bing was the first to get the news this time. "Who knew that the officials, gentry and scholars would not allow it, but Your Majesty insisted, so they wanted to force Your Majesty to bow his head..."

Rui Jingxian came and said, "Your Majesty, today someone in the market is trying to get the people together, saying that the officials want to force Your Majesty to bow down again at Zuo Shunmen and increase taxes on the people. The people are furious and have gathered at Zuo Shunmen..."

Yan Song stood there and said in a deep voice: "It's a righteous citizen!"

If Lin Qin and others succeed today, Yan Song and his son will surely fall, so at this moment he wishes he could invite those people into his residence and praise them.

"That's right, they are the righteous people." Cui Yuan was arrogant, but he also sang praises for the people whom he regarded as ants in the past.

"Those righteous citizens...someone told them that as long as no one was killed, the matter would be left unresolved." Rui Jingxian always felt that the term righteous citizen did not fit his meaning.

What he didn't know was that during the Wanli period, the people sent by the emperor to collect taxes were severely beaten in Jiangnan, and those who took action were called: righteous people.

"Some people followed those people and found that some people were intentionally or unintentionally blocking them, and even beating them up." Rui Jingxian said: "The people from the East Factory did not intervene without the order of His Majesty."

Everyone was silent.

Emperor Jiajing suddenly smiled, "I had prepared for the worst, but suddenly this matter ended in a way that shocked me. What about... Qingzhi?"

Rui Jingxian had just come in from Zuo Shunmen. "Your Majesty, Lord Changwei, Duke Chengguo, and the two princes are drinking in front of Zuo Shunmen..."

What the hell!

Although there was no evidence, everyone was certain that Jiang Qingzhi had done it.

This guy drank in front of dozens of officials who were beaten up!

Emperor Jiajing stood up and said, "There will be many impeachment memorials later."

Yan Song understood what he meant and said, "Your Majesty, I think those groundless accusations should be thrown away."

After saying this, he wanted to slap himself...why did he mention the taboo word "Piaomei".

"At this moment, the public must be very excited, and the Royal Guards are monitoring all officials."

"Yes."

Emperor Jiajing glanced at Rui Jingxian. The East Depot performed well today and outperformed the Imperial Guard. "The East Depot did a good job this time."

Lu Bing felt a chill in his heart, and Rui Jingxian lowered his head, "The entire East Factory is willing to die for your majesty!"

As he spoke, Rui Jingxian looked up at Lu Bing with a provocative look in his eyes.

Emperor Jiajing said calmly: "I am going to rest now, you guys can do as you please."

Everyone left. After they left, Rui Jingxian smiled and said, "Commander Lu was distracted today. Did he feel sorry for those people?"

"Wild dogs always assume that people like to eat shit just like they do." Lu Bing said sarcastically.

"Haha! The grass on the wall sways in the wind, how beautiful it is!"

Rui Jingxian laughed and left. Cui Yuan came over and said, "Your Majesty wanted to fight to the death today. Did you notice that the man beside him was wearing a sword?"

Lu Bing knew he was referring to Yan San, "I, the Jinyiwei, am loyal and devoted..."

"Not decisive enough." Cui Yuan whispered, "You seem to be steady, but you are too steady, brother!"

Yan Song said in the front: "An official who does not make mistakes may be given important positions elsewhere, but in the eyes of Your Majesty, he is incompetent, or... has ulterior motives!"

Lu Bing felt a chill down his spine. "I know."

He hurried to Zuoshunmen and saw a table inside the door where Jiang Qingzhi, Zhu Xizhong, and two princes were drinking.

Dozens of officials were screaming outside. Someone had hired a dozen doctors to treat them.

"Commander Lu, would you like a drink?" Zhu Xizhong glanced at Lu Bing.

Lu Bing said in a deep voice: "The capital will not be at peace today."

——You'd better keep quiet!

King Jing said calmly, "If the capital is not peaceful, isn't that the Jinyiwei's business? Commander Lu's words... Did the emperor hand over the Jinyiwei to someone else?"

This made Lu Bing feel cold in his heart. He had no friendship with King Jing, and he would smile and greet King Jing when he met him in the past. But today, he just said something to Jiang Qing, and King Jing turned hostile and mocked him.

If the mountain tomb collapses... Lu Bing glanced at Prince Yu.

Just then, Prince Yu looked at him, and there was coldness in his eyes.

Jiang Qingzhi!

The two princes actually chose to attack Jiang Qingzhi because of him.

Lu Bing took a deep breath and walked out of the Zuo Shun Gate. "Everyone who is not related to you, get out!"

The officials who were watching were stunned as they watched teams of Jinyiwei walk out from behind Lu Bing.

"Draw the knife!"

Zhu Hao shouted.

Dozens of long swords were unsheathed.

The knife light kept reflecting in the sunlight.

"Lu Bing, you mad dog, go!"

The onlookers were driven away, and Lu Bing pointed at the officials who fell and screamed, "If anyone is not carried away after an hour, arrest them!"

"Yes!"

Dozens of Jinyiwei shouted loudly, with an astonishing momentum.

"Damn it, they are all just show-offs!" Chen Bao, the dandy, now looked down upon the methods of the Jinyiwei. He said to his men, "We are no match for them in a one-on-one situation, but as long as there are more than two of us, I dare say that our brothers can easily beat them to death!"

"The coordination methods that Uncle taught us are extremely sophisticated. Brothers have practiced for a long time and have a tacit understanding of coordination. If the two sides encounter each other, killing them will be as easy as killing a dog!"

Lu Bing, who didn't know he was despised by the Tiger Guards, ordered, "Keep an eye on Lin Qin and the others, and wait for His Majesty's orders."

The Taoist is sleeping at this moment.

In his dream, he returned to the place that changed his destiny.

Follow the left door.

"Your Majesty, Yang Shen is inciting all officials to knock on the palace gate!"

"Persuade them to disperse!"

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, the officials claim that there is no order from Your Majesty and refuse to leave."

"Decree? I have as much as I want. This is just an excuse. What do they want?"

"Your Majesty, all officials, charge at Zuoshun Gate!"

"Jinyiwei go and arrest a few people and give them a warning."

"Leader!"

"Your Majesty, all the officials shouted the name of Emperor Taizu Gao, wailing so loudly that the Zuo Shun Gate shook."

Emperor Jiajing saw the young emperor standing there in a daze, and then he became furious.

"Capture them all and send them to prison!"

"Leader!"

Emperor Jiajing saw teams of Jinyiwei rushing to the outside of Zuoshun Gate. They whipped the officials with long swords in sheaths and dragged them away like dead dogs.

There were bloodstains in front of Zuo Shun’s door.

In the imperial prison, the sound of screams of agony was heard constantly.

When Emperor Jiajing saw Yang Tinghe, the former prime minister who had resigned from office, he said to his friend with deep sorrow: "From now on, the emperor and his subjects will be strangers!"

Emperor Jiajing sneered.

But then he saw smoke and a sea of fire.

"Come here, come here!"

He saw himself shouting in despair in the sea of fire.

Emperor Jiajing saw himself lying on the bed, and several palace maids quietly came in, tied a rope around his neck, and pulled it tight...

He saw himself struggling.

Boom!

There was thunder in the sky.

Everything dissipates.

Emperor Jiajing saw a young man walking towards him with a smile.

"His Majesty!"

Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes.