Chapter 494 493 Get a Permit to Take Someone Away

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 rebel force of more than 20,000 people 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 can only bet that Zhang Lian is 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 inland 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.

Months ago, Yu Dayou received a report from the government that a major epidemic had occurred in Quanzhou City in May and was no longer under control. The surrounding officials had blocked passages and banned the movement of people to prevent the epidemic from expanding.

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 will bear the emperor's bamboo slips and bring them to the memorial hall of my ancestor Pi Xu, forty-one. Over the past years, I have been paying close attention to the teachings of the emperor. I remember my ancestors, renovate the human history, establish the rule of China, and announce the coming of the king. I am bound by the great righteousness of heaven. How can I dare to disobey it? I only act with justice and integrity. Bian's heart was not at peace, and God's grace indicated the fate of the revolution. When the construction of the new palace was completed, he followed the destiny and renamed the main hall and the gate. They were called 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 sent congratulations. Naturally, Wei Guangde and others in Prince Yu's palace also followed the trend and expressed congratulations.

In the past two days, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng had been in the Imperial College. 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 had already answered first, "Although I have heard about 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 the people 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 Jin Yiwei came outside the palace, saying that they wanted to arrest Mr. Tang Ruji Tang. Go to jail."

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 was pale, his mouth was slightly open, and his whole body was trembling slightly.

The Jin Yiwei wanted to take away Tang Ruji. 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 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 Jin Yiwei 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 questions in succession.

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 didn't pay any attention to Yin Shizan's questioning. Although he said so, his eyes had already swept over Wei Guangde and others, and finally fell on Tang Ruji, as if he was going to take them away directly.

Yes, Jinyiwei naturally had information about people in Prince Yu's Mansion, including name, appearance, official position, rank, etc.

Among the four people, only Tang Ruji was still a sixth-rank official. Just one look at the patch showed who their target was this time, and it was not difficult to identify.

The procedures were legal and compliant, and Jinyiwei was really not afraid of the civil service group's trouble, but this was Prince Yu's Mansion. Although he was dissatisfied with Yin Shizan's attitude, he did not attack.

However, when the Jinyi centurion's eyes met Wei Guangde, he paused for a moment, but he quickly swept over and stopped looking at Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde felt that the centurion was familiar when he stood up, and when the two looked at each other, he also recognized that this person was Liu Shouyou who went south with him to Hangzhou to do business.

It's just that at that time, Liu Shouyou was only a general flag, and he had already become a centurion after only two years of not seeing him.

But before he could ask in detail, Tang Ruji had already stepped out and said, "I am Tang Ruji."

"Take him away."

Liu Shouyou waved the imperial seal in his hand in front of Tang Ruji, then put it away, waved his hand and gave orders.

Then, four Jinyi school lieutenants came out of the crowd and surrounded Tang Ruji, separating him from Wei Guangde and others and preparing to take him away.

Liu Shouyou came this time with the imperial seal in his hand, which obviously had been reported to the palace, and the arrest of Tang Ruji was also approved by Emperor Jiajing. The purpose of Prince Yu calling Yin Shizhan out was actually just to let him check whether there was an imperial seal, which itself seemed a bit timid.

If the news spread, Prince Yu's Mansion could not even keep an official, it would be too embarrassing for Prince Yu's Mansion.

Even this person, who was considered by many court officials to be a member of the Yan Party, was no exception.

Tang Ruji, who was surrounded by the Jinyiwei lieutenant, may have calmed down. He was no longer as flustered as when he heard the news. He tried to straighten his back and acted heroically, and did not say a word to the Jinyiwei lieutenant beside him.

However, the Jinyiwei only showed the imperial edict to Yin Shizeng for the three questions he asked earlier, and ignored his other two questions at all, which was a bit disrespectful.

Yin Shizeng was also a little red-faced and angry at this moment.

Seeing that the Jinyiwei were about to push Tang Ruji away, Wei Guangde had already stepped forward and said with a smile: "Captain Liu, I didn't expect to meet again in this occasion."

"Sir Wei."

Seeing that Wei Guangde had already stood up to speak, Liu Shouyou also clasped his fists and smiled: "I didn't expect it either."

"I don't know what crime Sir Tang committed that required the Jinyiwei to come?"

Wei Guangde also wanted to confirm the reason for arresting 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 have much contact. Moreover, if it was related to Yan Shifan, the Ministry of Justice should have issued an official document to arrest him, and the Ministry of Justice's constables should have come.

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 Jinyiwei after he went out, and it was also because of Yin Shizhan's words.

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

As he waved his hand, the two lieutenants behind Tang Ruji reached out and pushed Tang Ruji, and then he was taken away.

After the Jinyiwei lieutenants behind him turned a few steps, Liu Shouyou, who had been standing still, took two steps forward and whispered: "Sir Wei, please forgive me, this matter is because of the discovery of the letters between the Tang family and the Yan family."