On the streets of the inner city, a group of Jin Yiwei came out from the imperial city. The leader was Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jin Yiwei. To catch a big fish like Ye Xianggao, of course he had to do it himself.
He brought a total of fifty Tiqi with him, just to prevent Ye Xianggao from stubbornly resisting. As for running away, it was impossible. The place where he lived had been targeted for a long time, and it was impossible to escape.
When Xu Xianchun arrived at Ye Xianggao's house, he climbed in with a ladder and opened the door. When he entered the inner courtyard, he saw Ye Xianggao calmly sitting there drinking tea.
Seeing the factory guard coming in directly, Ye Xianggao didn't feel any shock. Instead, he asked Xu Xianchun:
"Can you bring me into the palace to meet the saint?"
Xu Xianchun did not answer his questions, and directly had him taken away. All the servants and maids in the courtyard were not spared, and the entire courtyard was sealed off.
In other places, Jinyiwei, Fanzi, and the army also began to arrest people on a large scale. Three to five Jinyiwei or Fanzi formed a team with more than a dozen Yulin troops.
The common people kept giving way, and everyone felt extremely uneasy. This had never happened before. Seeing that most of the people they arrested were young people, they thought the imperial court was arresting strong men.
Soon, the announcement document drafted by the cabinet began to be posted and publicized, and the people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division also beat gongs and drums and shouted:
"Don't be alarmed, everyone. The court's arrest of traitors has nothing to do with you. Don't linger on the street. Go home now and don't go out. Everything will return to normal tomorrow!"
As soon as the people heard this, their emotions immediately stabilized, and their uneasiness disappeared.
However, this kind of publicity was not thorough. Some people still didn't know what was going on. Some sneaky people took advantage of the situation to cause chaos. Suddenly there were more people stealing and robbing things.
This is how it was in ancient times. As long as there is a slight disturbance, it will immediately sweep across the country like a riot. As long as a highly credible rumor spreads, it will be spread by word of mouth among the people.
This is the disadvantage of underdeveloped transportation information, so in this era, it is also the easiest to gain momentum!
When the people below reported the matter to the cabinet, Wang Zaijin did not hesitate to use the Ministry of War's approval and ordered all the military and horse divisions in the five cities to be dispatched to maintain law and order and stability in the city.
This operation to arrest those who rebelled against the Party lasted until late at night. There were too many people, and thousands of people were arrested. Most of them were members of the Communist Party, and some were angry young scholars who were used as cannon fodder.
Among them, there are also many relatives and friends of Donglin officials. According to Zhu Youxiao's order, we will start with the principal and accomplices, and then let them account for the others.
Factory guards rely on these people's mutual reporting to be so efficient. Otherwise, if they had to hunt them down one by one, they might not be able to catch them all in ten days, let alone a day.
In addition, the factory guards have already begun investigating and collecting evidence, and the details of some of the main participants have been revealed, especially those who are famous in the Donglin Party.
This arrest is mainly aimed at the Donglin Party. As long as you are Donglin or someone close to Donglin, it doesn't matter whether you participated or not. We will arrest you first.
Zhu Youxiao went directly back to Qianqing Palace after the court, and slept in Nuange until night. Not to mention being tired from going to court, the key was to get up early. The court meeting started at five o'clock in the morning, and he would get up at almost four o'clock.
It's a torture in this kind of winter.
"Wang Banban, what's going on outside?"
"Back to your lord, today there were some unscrupulous people who took advantage of the situation to cause chaos, but they were all captured by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division!"
Zhu Youxiao stood up and rubbed his eyes and said:
"Have you captured the students from the Imperial College and the gentry who participated in the trouble?"
Although the Donglin Party is a cancer, those young scholars deserve to die even more. They are more harmful than the Donglin Party. Although the Donglin Party says that talk is harmful to the country, at least there are still some people who are pragmatic and still
I can do a little bit of work for you.
And these student officials and scholars have completely learned their way of talking, even worse than the Donglin Party. They try every means to criticize others all day long in order to improve their reputation as so-called pure scholars.
This trend is not unique to the Ming Dynasty. It existed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties before, and it was even worse than the Ming Dynasty. Those so-called Qing scholars were one of the main reasons for the Wuhu chaos in China!
Zhu Youxiao must solve this culture from the root. The most serious problem in the late Ming Dynasty was this so-called culture of free talk, which cannot be changed by killing a few faculties.
There is no need for these people from the old era to exist. Qin Shihuang's idea was very correct. How can ministers talk about the emperor and his father?
If these people are officials just to criticize the emperor every day, then what is the use of them?
Wang Chaofu helped the emperor up and said:
"Wei Zhongxian and Xu Xianchun have just returned, saying that all the main criminals have been captured, and they are still searching the whole city for other fish that slipped through the net!"
"Draw up the decree. All the major rebels will be brought to trial by the three divisions and convicted according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. All the remaining followers will be sent to the frontiers and sent to the army, and all their homes will be confiscated!"
These people have been charged with the serious crime of conspiracy by Zhu Youxiao. According to the Ming Dynasty Law, the lightest one will be the result of annihilation of the three tribes. As for the others, there is still no need to kill them!
"In addition, tell Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei to publish a few issues of the newspaper and make all the situations realistic, especially those in the north and south Zhili, and they must firmly grasp the right to speak!"
After just a few months of work, apart from publishing newspapers in the north and south Zhili, the Information Department is still under construction in other places, especially those places in the southwest that are beyond reach. Just making a round trip takes more than half a year.
Of course, except for army marching or riding horses, even if these are added, it will only take a month or two at most.
Not to mention the Department of Education, Beizhili is still building schools, and other provinces may not have started on this matter yet!
"We are drafting a decree to ask Zhang Ruitu, the Minister of Rites, to go to the Imperial College to clean up the situation, and to transfer all the remaining imperial scholars to Nanjing. None of them can stay in the capital!"
It would be a waste to leave such a good place like the Imperial College to them. Zhu Youxiao, the ready-made "university", naturally had to make good use of it.
I have paid for them to support them, so I don't want them to scold me every day. I am not Jiajing and Wanli, hiding in the palace as a coward and making them bloody.
There have always been many such weak emperors. Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty are the best examples. Forbearance will only encourage the arrogance of these Qingliu!
You must first train a group of people and guide their thoughts correctly. No matter what your status is, the basics are indispensable. The army has already mastered it, and it can start with a small tentative reform.
They don't need to have any extraordinary talents, as long as they are pragmatic and do things well, then Zhu Youxiao will be satisfied.