Although Zhu Youxiao also hates this kind of thing, he doesn't act impulsively when his head is hot. It is too dangerous to reveal his identity in front of so many people.
He winked at Xu Xianchun. Xu Xianchun understood and called the two Tiqi standing behind to whisper a few instructions and handed an iron plate to them.
Just as the Yamen soldiers were about to lock up the strong man, two Tiqi stepped forward in time and shouted to them:
"stop!"
"You can't arrest this person, we have to take him away!"
This alerted the two officials who were drinking and chatting behind them. They got up and took a look, and saw two men holding long knives and wearing similar clothes walking next to the strong man.
An official with a big belly and extremely short stature slapped the table and shouted:
"Who are you? You dare to stop the government from running errands. You are so tired of life that you were thrown into jail by me!"
The two Tiqi looked at each other, and one of them immediately said:
"The two of us are Jin Yiwei. You can't arrest this person. We have to take him away. These are the identity certificates of the two of us. If anything happens, you can report it to the capital!"
After saying that, he took out an iron plate from his arms, which was exactly the one Xu Xianchun had just given to them.
The surrounding government officials looked at each other in shock. This is a royal guard, an angel representing the emperor. How dare they, little fish and shrimps, move around.
The three officials were also surprised when they heard the name Jin Yiwei. In the past, they would have sneered at it and not take it seriously at all.
But it's different now. Now it's the Tianqi Dynasty. Who knows, the emperor has great trust in Jin Yiwei, and his power is increasing day by day.
Nowadays, the appointment of Jin Yiwei does not even need to go through the approval and approval of the six ministries, as long as there is the emperor's handwriting.
Although the three of them were civil servants, they still had a so-called bloodline to suppress them, but their grades were too low, and they did not have strong backgrounds or big boss support behind them, so they were at a loss for a while.
After a long while, the official who had not spoken a word asked:
"You say you are a Jin Yiwei, but you are a Jin Yiwei. How can you prove it with a waistband? I think you are the accomplices of this unruly man, and you are deliberately here to disrupt order today!"
He is only a general judge of the sixth grade, and he was just promoted to the position, so he does not dare to speak too harshly, otherwise if he really encounters a hard problem, there will be no room for recovery.
"This is not difficult. You can check whether my sword was made by the Military War Bureau. Moreover, the two of us are Tiqi sent by Beizhen Fusi to monitor Taiyuan City. If you want to check more carefully,
Call your Taiyuan magistrate over, and you will be able to save the trouble by then!"
It seemed that Jin Yiwei was right. The judge breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had been more cautious. Otherwise, if he had offended them, he might have been caught and thrown into prison one day.
But they were afraid. It was impossible for them to give in in front of so many people with just one sentence. They were also officials of the imperial court. If they lost face, not to mention in the local area, they might be degraded in the entire officialdom.
As a laughingstock, how can I gain a foothold in the future?
"I think you have seen what this person did just now. He obstructed official business and prevented people from paying taxes. However, serious crimes must be severely punished. If you just let you take this person away, what is the use of us?"
Tiqi put away the iron plate, tied up the strong man with a rope in front of everyone, and then said:
"Don't worry, we Jinyiwei will never condone anyone who violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty. But this person is currently useful to us, so we won't convict him immediately. After the matter is settled, he will definitely be convicted!" (Don't drive)
It’s an elegant name for Tongsuan!)
In this situation, you don't need to act recklessly, you just need to give the other party a step down. It is obvious that these two Jin Yiwei are both very clever people.
"In this case, I will hand this person over to you. At that time, I will go to the Jinyiwei Yamen to verify the results of this person!"
The Jin Yiwei and the civil servants are indeed sworn enemies, the kind that never interact with each other until death, but they also have to distinguish between local situations and people.
In the capital, the fight will naturally be bloody, but in the local area, especially in front of these low-level officials with no backing, the more favored the imperial guards are by the emperor, the greater their power, and the initiative they hold is relatively small.
will be bigger.
After the two sides exchanged a few polite words, Tiqi took the bewildered strong man away from the scene.
This small incident that happened midway did not affect the people who came to pay taxes and grain.
After returning to the inn where he lived in a private room, Zhu Youxiao summoned the strong man brought back by Tiqi.
It was not that he drew his sword to help when there was an injustice, but he fell in love with this young and energetic young man from Shanxi who was not afraid of power and was outspoken at first glance.
This kind of grassroots society, the kind-hearted people born from poor families, is exactly what he is in short supply now. There are too many dignitaries and family members around him. He is very afraid that he will be infected and lose his way.
And he needs to truly understand how the peasants of the Ming Dynasty lived and how they lived throughout the year.
How much income can they earn from a year of hard work, and how much tax do they need to pay? How much money and food is needed for a family of five to ensure food and clothing for a year.
The most important thing is what they think of the imperial court's national policies and systems, and whether they have a good impression of the current emperor. Zhu Youxiao needs to firmly grasp their hearts and know their truest inner thoughts, as well as those
Things you dare to think but dare not say.
When Zhu Youxiao summoned him, he did not disclose his identity. He just said that he was the young prince of the British government. This time he was leaving the capital on the emperor's order to go to Sichuan on a mission and wanted to recruit him as a bodyguard.
He also promised him that he would be given a salary of one or two and a half taels of silver every month, and would also give him a sum of five taels of settlement money to relieve him from worries.
Zhang Shize, who was lonely in Nanjing, did not know that his name was once again borrowed by the emperor.
But he didn't expect that such a condition would be rejected by him. The reason for the rejection made Zhu Youxiao speechless on the spot.
"Young Master, although the grass people have practiced some rough martial arts, they may not be able to serve as guards. Moreover, the grass people have a seriously ill father and young siblings at home. The autumn harvest season is coming soon. If the grass people follow you,
My mother will definitely not be able to handle it by herself. I hope my young master can forgive me."
After getting to know her better, I found out that Qin Ying's father had a conflict with the previous general magistrate when he paid taxes and grains last year. He was given special care when he went out to do corvee work. As a result, he suffered from the root cause of the disease and had been recuperating at home for several months.
Qin Ying, on the other hand, has just turned eighteen this year, and has a ten-year-old sister and a five-year-old brother. Now the whole family is counting on him to be the supporter.
He has been practicing martial arts with a martial arts scholar in his hometown since he was a child. His dream is to go to the capital to take the exam and become a martial arts scholar in the Ming Dynasty.