Chapter 494 493 Getting Driver’s Bonus

Chapter 494 493 Getting Driver’s Bonus

At the foot of Dafeng Mountain in Fujian, dead bodies were everywhere on the ground after a battle, and the broken flags were swaying here and there.

Yu Dayou led his troops to pursue here, and finally caught up with the main force of more than 20,000 rebels led by Lin Chaoxi. This was the largest rebel force discovered in this area.

Since the news of Zhang Lian's capture came out, Zhang Lian's whereabouts among the rebels have disappeared, much to the chagrin of Yu Dayou, who was ordered to hunt him down.

Now, he could only bet that Zhang Lian was hiding in the strongest team among the rebels.

After a fierce battle, the rebels broke out again, and now Yu Dayou is inspecting the battlefield.

In the distance, a fast horse galloped towards him. The knight on the horse was riding his horse and whipping his whip, driving the horse closer to him.

Yu Dayou withdrew his gaze and looked at the sentry running in the distance. When he got closer, the sentry did not dismount, but cupped his fists and reported: "General, the main force of the bandit army is fleeing down the river towards Yunxiao, and there is another one." More than a thousand people separated from the main force at Ma Yi and fled toward Liangshan and Zhangpu, seemingly to spare our army's sight."

"Which team is Lin Chaoxi in?"

Hearing that the rebel soldiers were divided into two groups, Yu Dayou couldn't help but frown slightly and asked.

"The deputy thief Lin Chaoxi is leading his army south, and his target seems to be Yunxiao."

The sentry replied immediately.

"Send an order and order He Jing to detach a group of troops to pursue the enemies of Zhangpu. The entire army must speed up and stop the rebels before they approach Yunxiao County."

At this time, no matter what, Yu Dayou was determined to pursue the strongest enemy and leave the dispersed bandits to the Ming troops in various places to deal with them.

At this time, Yu Dayou did not believe that the mob would still follow Zhang Lian and other rebels.

The so-called "Flying Dragon National Army" under Zhang Lian was originally composed of bandits and volunteers from all over the country, and there were many ambitious people participating in it.

They can still gather together when they are victorious. After successive defeats, these ambitious people can naturally see that Zhang Lian is gone, so there are two roads in front of these people.

Either follow Zhang Lian, fight against the imperial court to the end, and be completely wiped out in the end.

Either leave early, surrender or hide incognito.

Surrender may still be possible for ordinary people. After all, they are just bandits. Surrendering to a general who does not kill may save his life, but it is more likely that he will become a military head.

Therefore, at this time, fleeing the battlefield, escaping from Fujian, and choosing a place to hide is the choice of most discerning people.

Yunxiao County is already close to Dongshan, and not far away is the sea. What Yu Dayou is most worried about now is that he cannot eliminate the remaining bandits in the interior and let them go to sea to become Japanese pirates.

With the participation of tens of thousands of people, no one knows how big the Japanese invasion will become.

In fact, Yu Dayou was already worried about this when Zhang Lian abandoned his home base of Wushipu and fled eastward. This is why he immediately summoned the surrounding Ming troops to encircle and annihilate him.

As for the enemies who fled to Zhangpu, the entire Zhangzhou Road has been fortified and cleared, and all prefectures and counties have strictly guarded the city gates to prohibit anyone from entering or exiting. It is almost impossible for thousands of thieves to break through any city.

However, the current state of Zhangzhou Road was not entirely to prevent Zhang Lian's bandit army from raiding, but to close the traffic with Quanzhou.

A few months ago, Yu Dayou received a report from the government that a major epidemic had occurred in Quanzhou since May and was no longer under control. The surrounding officials had blocked passages and prohibited the movement of people to prevent the spread of the epidemic.

That group of thieves should be able to pass through Zhangzhou Road smoothly, but they will then enter Quanzhou Prefecture, which is also a road to death.

"Take the order."

A messenger behind Yu Dayou shouted loudly, and then drove his horse to gallop south. The sentry also bowed his hands again and followed the messenger away.

Watching the person go away, Yu Dayou withdrew his gaze and looked at the battlefield ahead.

Most of the corpses on the ground were rebels, and only a few were wearing Ming army armor.

He waved his hand and ordered the soldiers behind him: "Send someone to collect the bones and bury the thieves on the spot."

These people were obviously abandoned by Lin Chaoxi. After encountering the Ming army's pursuing troops, cutting them off was the same as sending them to death. The purpose was just to allow them to continue to survive for a while.

Now, he is racing against the bandit army to see who can outrun whom.

After receiving Zhang Nian's military order to arrest Zhang Lian, Yu Dayou realized how difficult the matter was.

Why is it so easy to catch the leader of a thief? Even if it is a corpse, it is difficult to find it after the battlefield.

It's just that the military orders are overwhelming, and Yu Dayou has no choice now. The only thing he can do is to eliminate as many enemies as possible and capture the thief chief. Lin Chaoxi is his next target, regardless of whether Zhang Lian is in his army or not.

But until now, Yu Dayou has not yet decided whether to tell the capital what happened here.

The emperor is entrusted to heaven, and the edict says, I am an emperor and I will serve heaven with utmost respect. I will obey the orders of Yinge in order to fulfill my filial piety and honor my ancestors. I will be good at inheriting the power of inheritance. I bear the emperor's bamboo slips and his family members in the memorial hall of the ancestors, Pi Xu, forty-one Over the past years, I have been paying close attention to the teachings of the emperor, remembering my ancestors, reorganizing human history, establishing the rule of China, and announcing the coming of the emperor. I am bound by the great righteousness of heaven. How can I dare to disobey it? I only act with justice. Bian's heart was not at peace, and God had shown him the fate of the revolution. When the construction of the new palace was completed, he followed Heaven's orders and renamed the main hall and the gate, saying Huangji, Zhongji in the middle, Jianji in the back, and Wenzhao on the left and right. , Wucheng, the left and right gates are called Huiji and Guiji, and the left and right pavilions are called Hong and Zhengxuan. The ruler's heart is obedient and his quality is the same. There is no doubt about the ancestors. My heart is at ease and I will cooperate with all righteousness and allow justice. I will report this on the first day of the ninth lunar month. Suburban temples and communities show my intention to serve heaven and respect our ancestors. They are the foundation of Xifu and Xifu. If we follow the way of Yi, we should pay special attention to the uprightness and use the teachings of Di. The zeal of Xun Zai was promoted, and the Zuo of Consolidation without Borders was informed.

Because the major forces in the DPRK all accepted Emperor Jiajing's will and acquiesced to the renaming of the three halls, the whole matter progressed extremely quickly.

Emperor Jiajing also seized the opportunity and issued an edict to rename the three main halls, gates and pavilions a few days after issuing the edict to re-record the "Yongle Dadian".

"Father, it will be good if this is what you want."

After the edict was issued, all the civil and military officials in Beijing had to express their congratulations. Naturally, Wei Guangde, a member of Prince Yu's palace, and others also followed the trend and expressed their congratulations.

Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng had been in the Imperial College for the past two days. As branch officers responsible for the re-recording ceremony, they naturally had to participate in the task of assigning transcription and proofreading duties.

Things have been straightened out in the past two days, and the transcription work has begun. In fact, they don't have much to do.

After all, it's just copying, not editing. Even if you want to proofread, you won't have work so soon.

After handing over the congratulatory form today, the two of them went back to Prince Yu's Mansion together.

"When will the transcription of the canon be completed?"

King Yu knew that Wei and Zhang had gone to the General Affairs Office to deliver congratulations before coming here, so he became concerned about the transcription of the ceremony.

"I'm afraid it will take several years."

Wei Guangde did not speak, but Zhang Juzheng was the first to answer, "Although I have heard of it before, this is the first time I have seen the Yongle Grand Ceremony. After counting more than 11,000 volumes, only 300 scribes were selected."

Now, among everyone here, he and Wei Guangde were the only ones who had seen the "Yongle Dadian". When King Yu asked, Zhang Juzheng answered naturally. These are not confidential matters.

Just as Zhang Juzheng was talking eloquently, suddenly a servant hurriedly ran outside and reported to the room from outside the door: "Your Majesty, a large group of guards in uniforms came outside the palace, saying they wanted to arrest Mr. Tang Ruji, Tang Dynasty." Into prison."

Upon hearing the announcement from the chamberlain, Zhang Juzheng immediately shut up and looked at Tang Ruji, while Prince Yu, Yin Shizhen and others also looked over.

At this time, Tang Ruji's face had turned pale, his mouth was slightly open, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

The Jin Yiwei wanted to take Tang Ruji away. In fact, everyone already knew the reason, and it must be involved in Yan Shifan's case.

Yan Song had already returned south to his hometown in Jiangxi under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei. His departure does not mean that the case is over. In fact, the three divisions composed of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have begun to interrogate Yan Shifan for his crimes.

Just a few days ago, Liu Boyue, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, He Qian, the right minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and others were all taken to the imperial prison to await trial. There were even rumors that Zhang Yu, the censor of the governor of Huguang, Li Yingshu, the deputy envoy of the Guangxi Prosecution Department, and others were involved in the case. Jinyiwei Tiqi has already set off to get people.

"Your Highness, Tang is going to take a look outside the palace."

In the sight of everyone, Tang Ruji had already stood up and thought about it. After bowing his hands to King Yu, he saluted Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde and others before turning around and leaving the door.

"Mr. Yin, let's go and have a look too."

After Prince Yu was silent for a moment, he glanced at Tang Ruji's leaving figure before speaking.

Naturally, Prince Yu's palace couldn't resist when the Jinyi guards took someone. It wasn't that Prince Yu hated Tang Ruji. In fact, so far, the people in the palace had a pretty good impression of Tang Ruji.

When Yin Shizhen stood up, Wei Guangde also stood up and cupped his hands at King Yu: "Your Highness, I will also go and take a look."

Wei Guangde stood up, and Zhang Juzheng also stood up because he couldn't sit there anymore.

Prince Yu nodded and said with a displeased look on his face: "Go and take a look. It really makes him embarrassed to come to my Prince Yu's house to pick someone up."

To be honest, the Jin Yiwei had plenty of time to capture Tang Ruji. Although Tang Ruji spent most of the day in the palace, he also left the palace quite often, but they had to go to Prince Yu's palace to capture him during the day.

It was impossible for King Yu not to be angry.

But that was Jin Yiwei, so King Yu could only endure it no matter how unhappy he felt.

Wei Guangde and others quickly caught up with Tang Ruji and walked out of the side door of the palace with him. As expected, they saw dozens of factory guards waiting there.

They still knew where this place was, and they were not bold enough to break into the palace to get people. They even knew how to ask people to come out.

Yin Shizhen didn't have a good look towards these factory guards, and asked directly: "Whose order are you following to arrest this person? What crime did Mr. Tang commit? Does he have a driving license?"

In one breath, Yin Shizhen asked the men in Jin Yiwei three times.

Faced with Yin Shizhen's question, Baihu, led by Jin Yiwei, just showed his driving sticker and said, "Here is the driving sticker. I don't know who is Mr. Tang, please come with us."

But he ignored Yin Shizhen's question at all. Even so, a pair of eyes had already scanned Wei Guangde and others, and finally landed on Tang Ruji, as if he planned to take them away directly.

Also, Jinyiwei naturally has information about the people in Prince Yu's palace, including names, appearances, official positions, grades, etc.

Among the four, only Tang Ruji was still at the sixth level. One glance at Buzi showed who their target was this time, and it was not difficult to identify them.

The procedures were legal and compliant, and Jin Yiwei was really not afraid of attacks from the civil servant group, but this was Prince Yu's Mansion. Although he was dissatisfied with Yin Shizhen's attitude, he did not have an attack.

However, when the eyes of the Jinyi Baihu met Wei Guangde, they paused for a moment, but they quickly glanced over and stopped looking at Wei Guangde.

When Wei Guangde came out of the hundred households, he felt that this person looked familiar, and when the two looked at each other, he recognized that this person was Liu Shouyou who had gone south to Hangzhou with him on errands.

But at that time, this Liu Shouyou was just a general bannerman, and he was already a hundred households after not seeing each other for two years.

But before he could step forward to ask, Tang Ruji had already stepped out and said, "I am Tang Ruji."

"take away."

Liu Shouyou waved the driving sticker in front of Tang Ruji's eyes, then put it away and waved his hand to give orders.

Immediately, four Jinyi captains came out to surround Tang Ruji, separated him from Wei Guangde and others, and prepared to take him away.

Liu Shou came here this time with a driving sticker in his hand, which was obviously reported to the palace. The arrest of Tang Ruji was also approved by Emperor Jiajing. The purpose of King Yu calling Yin Shizhen out was actually just to let him go. He checked to see if there was a driving sticker, and he looked a little bit stern.

If the news spreads and Prince Yu's Mansion cannot even retain an official, it will be a huge loss to Prince Yu's Mansion.

Even this person was considered by many courtiers to be a member of the strict party lineage.

Tang Ruji, who was surrounded by the Jinyi Colonel, may have calmed down. He no longer had the panic when he learned the news before. At this time, he tried to straighten his back, put on a heroic look, and spoke politely to the Jinyi Colonel beside him. .

However, Jin Yiwei only showed the driving sticker to the three questions that Yin Shizhen asked before, but ignored his other two questions at all, which was a bit disrespectful.

Yin Shizhen was also blushing at this moment, with an angry look on his face.

Seeing that the Jin Yiwei men were about to push Tang Ruji away to take him away, Wei Guangde had already taken half a step forward and said with a smile: "Liu Baihu, I didn't expect that we would meet again on this occasion."

"Master Wei."

Liu Shouyou saw that Wei Guangde had already stood up to speak, so he clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I didn't even think of it even if I'm a humble official."

"I don't know what crime Mr. Tang has committed. Why do you still need to come here with the guards in labor uniforms?"

Wei Guangde also wanted to confirm the reason for capturing Tang Ruji.

Although almost everyone in the room thought it was related to Yan Shifan's case, according to their understanding, Tang Ruji and the Yan family did not move around much, not to mention that if it was related to Yan Shifan, then it should be It was the Ministry of Punishment who issued an official document to arrest the person, so it should be the arrests from the Ministry of Punishment.

Could it be that Tang Ruji was not involved in the Yan family's case?

This was what Wei Guangde thought of when he saw the Jinyi guards after he went out, and it was also because of Yin Shizhen's words.

Liu Shouyou frowned slightly and did not answer Wei Guangde's question, but just waved his hand.

As he waved, the two captains behind Tang Ruji reached out and pushed Tang Ruji, and he was immediately taken away.

After all the Jinyi captains behind him had turned around a few steps, Liu Shouyou, who had been standing still, took two steps forward and whispered: "Master Wei, please forgive me, this happened because of the discovery of letters between the Tang family and the Yan family. "