"One breath, two breaths, three breaths..."

One breath is one breath, and ten breaths are the time for ten breaths. Xu Guangzuo of Dingguo ordered Xu Jin to disarm within ten breaths, otherwise he would not be killed. After saying that, he immediately began to make a loud time. Hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Five City Military Command were tense, and the muskets and crossbow arrows were all aimed at the hall.

Xu Jin frowned. The situation was a bit bad. The five cities military personnel came earlier than he expected. The Jinyiwei had not appeared yet. That guy Jin Biao didn't lose his chain, right?

Qi Jingtong said in a deep voice: "Sir, why don't we retreat to the Intermediate Courtyard to drag it out? With our fifty brothers and the flintlock spear, the number of garbage in the Five City Military and Horses and the Five City Army and the number of garbage people is doubled, but we can't attack it."

Xu Jin shook his head and had enough reason to block the Jianchang Marquis' Mansion, but if he attacked the Five City Military and Ma Si, it would undoubtedly be equivalent to rebellion. I am afraid that Xu Guangzuo and Guo Xun would like to do this themselves, so that they would have a reason to kill.

"Seven breaths, eight breaths..." At this time, Xu Guangzuo had raised his hand, and Guo Xun next to him looked excited.

Xu Jin stood up, walked to the door, and said loudly: "Duke Ding Guo was afraid that he had made a mistake. I came to Jianchang Hou's Mansion today just to check the land contract. Jianchang Hou not only did not cooperate, but also intended to murder him on the pretext and destroy the imperial edict. I just protected himself!"

Xu Guangzuo shouted coldly: "How can I believe your words? Don't you say less nonsense? There is still two breaths left. If the people from the 500th battalion do not disarm, I will not blame myself for being ruthless. Nine breaths... Ten..."

Xu Guangzuo obviously did not intend to give Xu Jin a chance. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately counted ten breaths and waved his right hand at the same time. Xu Jin's expression changed rapidly, and he squatted down and rolled towards the door. Qi Jingtong and others also quickly lay down. The hammer of the flintlock rifle was pulled open and ready to fight back.

"stop!"

At this critical moment, a thunderbolt shout suddenly came from outside the door. Then a team of Jinyiwei wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring sword rushed in quickly. The leader was Jinyiwei Qianhou Jin Biao.

"Stop it all, the emperor is here!" Jin Biao's angrily sank the dantian and shouted loudly.

The officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Warriors subconsciously put down their crossbows and muskets. Xu Guangzuo and Guo Xun both called out a pity. What they didn't know was that if they really started to do it just now, the three or four hundred people around them would probably lose nearly half in the end. The "special forces" using flintlock rifles have a combat power that is not comparable to those of the guard-like troops such as the Warriors.

At this time, a team of Jinwu Guards wearing bright yellow battle robe rushed in and quickly occupied both sides of the road. After a moment, the little emperor Zhu Houcan walked in, followed by a large number of civil servants.

"See the Emperor!" Xu Guangzuo and Guo Xun hurriedly saluted, and the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Warriors also knelt down on the ground and shouted long live.

Zhu Houcong looked around and waved his hand and said, "Get up, where is Xu Jin?"

Xu Jin immediately flashed out from behind the door, dusted the dust from his clothes, knelt down and saluted, "My minister Xu Jin, kowtow to the emperor!"

Zhu Houcong was shocked when he saw the blood on Xu Jin's body and blurted out: "Xu Qing, why did you do this... Hmm, Xu Jin, why did you encircle troops to attack the Marquis of Jianchang? Do you want to rebel?"

Xu Jin hurriedly said in panic: "I dare not. I am ordered to clear the land in the capital of the capital, but I dare not slacken at all. Therefore, today I brought Huo Tao, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, to the Jianchang Hou Mansion to verify the land contract. However, Jianchang Hou not only did not cooperate, but also made slaves beat the official and damaged the imperial edict. Lord Huo was even beaten to a serious injury and was now unconscious. In order to protect himself, I have led to the 50 500 battalions of soldiers guarding outside invaded."

As soon as this said, the little emperor couldn't help but furiously said: "Who Hou Jianchang dares to be so arrogant and deceive the emperor and violate the emperor!"

The civil servants couldn't help but look at each other, most of whom believed it 80% because they were accustomed to the style of Jianchang Hou, and he could do such things. During the Hongzhi Dynasty, the Zhang brothers had done even more extraordinary things. Zhang Heling, the son of Shouling, raped the palace maids, and Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, even secretly sat on the dragon throne. They happened to be caught by Li Dongyang. They were so angry that Li Ge Lao took the golden gourd hammer of the guards in front of the palace to chase him. If it weren't for the generous Emperor Hongzhi's protection, these two guys would have been beheaded long ago.

Although Yang Tinghe also believed Xu Jin's words 50%, he was very troubled and immediately said: "The emperor cannot listen to Xu Jin's one-sided words. He still called Marquis Jianchang to confront him and ask him clearly before making a conclusion."

Shouling Hou Zhang Heling immediately shouted injustice: "Emperor, Xu Jin must have deliberately distorted the facts and framed my brother. Although my brother is confused, he definitely dared not do anything to destroy the imperial edict. Please be careful and restore my brother's innocence."

Zhu Houcong was very disliked the Zhang brothers and said coldly: "I am not a foolish lord, so I will naturally find out clearly. Where is Xu Jin and Marquis Jianchang?"

Xu Jin replied in a verbal manner: "Marquis Jianchang knew he had committed a death sentence, and now he hid in the backyard and dared not come out."

Zhu Houxiang walked into the hall. At this time, the living room was covered with disgrace. The broken imperial edict fell to the ground. Seeing this, the little emperor was furious. The imperial edict was a symbol of imperial power. He was now cut into two pieces, and it was covered with blood. This was like slapping him in the face. How could he not be angry and shouted sternly: "Come on, give the bastard Jianchang Hou to me!"

Although most of the civil servants present opposed Qingzhang's land, they couldn't help but look angry when they saw that the imperial edict was so bad. Yang Tinghe looked at Xu Jin hesitantly and asked, "Xu Jin, was the imperial edict really destroyed by Jianchang Hou?"

Xu Jinzhengrong said: "It was indeed destroyed by the slaves of Jianchang Hou!"

Xu Jin said this a bit subtle and did not directly say that the imperial edict was destroyed by Marquis Jianchang, but it was inseparable from Marquis Jianchang.

After a cup of tea, Marquis Jianchang was taken out by the Jinyiwei. This guy was almost scared just now. He thought Xu Jin would kill him. His face was a little pale. Seeing the emperor and a group of civil servants present, he breathed a sigh of relief and knelt down on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, Xu Jin led his troops into our mansion, beat him to death and injured many people. He was arrogant and domineering and looked down at the king's law. Please ask the emperor to punish him for his death!"

Zhu Houyan shouted coldly: "Shut up, I ask you, did you destroy my imperial edict?"

Zhang Yanling said authentically: "The imperial edict... is not... it was not destroyed by this marquis!"

Zhu Houyun's face turned red and he shouted sternly: "Who destroyed it?"

Zhang Yanling shivered smartly and stuttered even more: "Yes...yes, it's below. The slaves below accidentally broke it. It's nothing to do with me!"

Zhu Houcong was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked Zhang Yanling, cursing: "You bastard, you dare to destroy my imperial edict, which shows that Xu Qing did not wrong you."

"Your Majesty, please be the master of the young!" Sun Laosan suddenly shouted.

Zhu Hou's attention was immediately drawn by shouting, and he was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "Hey, you are..."

Zhu Houcong met Sun Laosan at Xu Jin's house last time, so he recognized him at this time, but he stopped immediately after saying half of his words. The matter of his involvement in the mirror business cannot be exposed, otherwise Yang Ting and these old ministers should be talking again.

Xu Jin gave a secret wink at Sun Laosan, who was clever and immediately cried: "Your Majesty, Cao Min is a craftsman in the glass workshop of Mingjingzhai. Yesterday, he was tied to the mansion by Marquis Jianchang to beat him. He forced Cao Min to hand over the method of making glass mirrors. Cao Min did not explain it, and Jianchang Hou ordered people to torture Cao Min to death."

Jin Biao immediately interrupted and said, "Your Majesty, this matter should be true. The shopkeeper of Mingjingzhai visited the Wucheng Bingmasi and Beizhenfusi yesterday to report the case. According to investigation, Mingjingzhai's store and workshop were smashed by Zhang Wang, the butler of Jianchang Hou Mansion, and others."

Zhu Houcong was even more angry when he heard this. He occupied 60% of the mirror business. Marquis Jianchang actually dared to covet the secret recipe of glass mirror and even made people smash his own place. This is outrageous!

The little emperor roared: "The Marquis of Jianchang deceived the emperor and violated the emperor, refused to obey the orders, beat and murder the imperial officials, and bullied and kidnapped the people. The person who came to arrest the Marquis of Jianchang back to the Northern Fu Office, and all the Marquis of Jianchang were imprisoned and punished!"

Zhang Yanling felt dizzy, and when his feet were weak, he fell to the ground. Shoulinghou was so scared that his face was gone. This was the rhythm of the house search.

Yang Tinghe hurriedly said: "The emperor calms down. There are still many doubts in this matter. I think it should be handed over to the Three Laws for interrogation and then make a decision!"

Zhang Yanling suddenly felt as if he had grabbed the life-saving straw and pulled open his throat and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am wronged... It was all framed by Xu Jin. Brother, come to the palace to find the Empress Dowager."

Yang Tinghe couldn't help but frown, and Xu Jin almost burst out laughing. This guy thought he didn't die fast enough!

Sure enough, Zhu Houguan's face suddenly became gloomy. He was a little hesitant, but Zhang Yanling actually shouted to go to the palace to find the empress dowager. Isn't this demonstrating to me? Do you think the empress dowager can suppress me?

"Take it!" Zhu Houcong shouted with a serious face.

Jin Biao immediately ordered the Jinyiwei to come forward and take down the Marquis of Jianchang, and all the families in the mansion were locked up. For a moment, the whole mansion was in chaos.

"Xu Jin, are you okay?" Zhu Houcong turned his gaze to Xu Jin, and his expression relaxed slightly.

Xu Jin replied: "When I returned to the emperor, I just suffered some skin injuries, which did not hinder the situation. However, Master Huo was seriously injured. I asked the emperor to send an imperial physician to treat him!"

Zhu Houcan nodded and immediately ordered someone to pass on the imperial physician, and said, "Xu Qing, who dares to obstruct the measurement of land in the future? You can kill first and then report!" After saying that, he brushed his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the hall, and returned to the emperor's inner world.

The officials present were silent, their eyes changed when they looked at Xu Jin, and they turned around and left one after another.

Yang Tinghe looked at Xu Jin with complicated eyes. He agreed to draft an edict and ordered Xu Jin to clear the land of the capital. On the one hand, he really recognized the current shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, he wanted to treat Xu Jin as a gun envoy and let him stand against the opposition between the ministers and the honorary relatives.

However, Yang Tinghe was a little regretful at this time, because once even the Marquis of Jianchang was knocked down, Xu Jin's prestige and power in his hands would greatly increase. He was worried that Xu Jin would use this to eliminate dissidents. The reason why Xu Jin asked Marquis of Jianchang to attack today was obviously selfish.

"Xu Jin, Mingjingzhai is your property, right?" Yang Tinghe's tone was a bit sharp.

Xu Jin said calmly: "Not bad!"

"So what you are doing today is using public notice?" Yang Tinghe's eyes became a little sharper again.

Since recognizing the nature of Yang Tinghe, Xu Jin has no respect for Yang Ge Lao, but has just regarded him as a political opponent and said indifferently: "Why did Master Yang Ge say this? The official is just following the order. Doesn't Yang Ge want to see the land of Qingzhang smoothly?"

Yang Tinghe's face was slightly dark, and he quickly returned to calm. He said indifferently: "I don't care about your land, but if I dare to use this to reject dissidents and form cliques for personal gain, I will make you doom!"

After Yang Tinghe said that, he brushed his sleeves and walked out in awe. At this time, crying sounds were heard in the Marquis of Jianchang's mansion, and the Jinyiwei was locking the family of Jianchang.

Xu Jin brushed his clothes lightly and walked out of the living room. It was noon and the sun was particularly dazzling. The people from the Five Cities Warriors were evacuating one after another. Xu Guangzuo, Duke Dingguo, and Guo Xun, were so cold in his heart. Marquis Jianchang and the Empress Dowager's younger brother were actually taken down like this. The two of them were frightened, and at the same time they were a little sad.

Shouling Hou Zhang Heling's face was ashen, and he pointed at Xu Jin with a trembling hand and said sternly: "Mr. surnamed Xu, don't be proud. With the empress dowager here, our Zhang family will not be able to settle the account. Sooner or later, you can settle the family and your wife and children. You will have retribution and your fate will be very miserable, haha!"

Zhang Heling's laughter was sharp and gloomy, like a ghost crying at midnight.

Xu Jin's face looked like an ancient well, and he looked at Zhang Heling calmly. He was not a fool. Since he dared to touch the Zhang family, he was naturally sure to completely sank the Zhang family. How could he give the Zhang family a chance to backfire?

...

On the tenth day of September, Marquis Jianchang was raided and imprisoned, and the entire capital was shocked. However, this was just the beginning.

On September 11, Xia Yan, the military officer, wrote a memorial to impeach the Zhang brothers, and said thousands of words, involving dozens of charges, and accompanied by a thick stack of evidence of crimes, which instantly caused an uproar.

The young emperor Zhu Houcong immediately ordered the Three Jurisdictions to review and found out that Xia Yan's impeachment was true, and during the review period, people continued to come forward to accuse the Zhang brothers of crimes.

The Zhang brothers have done all the bad things over the years and have offended many people. At this time, they all stood up and took the blame.

When the Three Justices handed over the trial results to the young emperor Zhu Houhuang, the latter was so angry that he slapped the tables and cursed the scene after reading it. The Zhang brothers bullied men and women, bullied women, and took advantage of the market, and took advantage of the tricks. There were dozens of life lawsuits alone, involving hundreds of lives.

The little emperor immediately ordered the cabinet to entrust the Zhang brothers to death, deprive them of their titles, and all the property was in the treasury. After measuring the land under the names of the two governments, the legal ones were taken back to the court, and those that were illegally occupied were returned to the original owner.

The news that the emperor was about to kill the Zhang brothers reached Shoukang Palace, and Empress Dowager Zhang almost fell into a coma and immediately ran to the Yangxin Palace to find Emperor Jiajing, but the latter avoided him.

It is said that Empress Dowager Zhang finally knelt outside the Hall of Yangxin [Literature Museum www.wxguan.xyz] and begged. The four elders of the cabinet joined forces to enter the palace. In the end, Emperor Jiajing agreed to keep the Zhang brothers' lives and demoted them to Nanjing to be under house arrest, while the remaining punishments were not changed.
Chapter completed!