Wang Xian couldn't talk to the headstrong Emperor Yongle, and he didn't have much hope for the Taisun... He understood the current Zhu Zhanji, and His Highness Taisun had already put everything on the Emperor, and there was no way he would risk upsetting the Emperor.
Those who are guilty of direct remonstrance.
"Go to hell!" Erhei couldn't help complaining: "Just ignore it and mess with his mother! Anyway, we warned you!"
"That's right!" Deng Xiaoxian was also indignant. They had spent five years in the office and interrogated day and night, and the exact information they obtained was actually treated as waste paper by the emperor! This is really intolerable! "Sir, you are not guilty!"
"Shut the hell up!" Wang Xian could still patiently listen to his subordinates' complaints at first, but after hearing this, he couldn't hold back his anger. He glared and scolded: "Just complain a few times.
It’s not over yet! She looks like an old woman, but she also looks like a senior officer!”
Erhei, Deng Xiaoxian and others were so sprayed by Wang Xian that they couldn't even lift their heads. While wiping the spit from their faces, they secretly muttered: 'I didn't all learn from you...'
"Sir," fortunately, Zhou Yong came in to save the situation at this time and said, "Sir Yin Li of Shuntian Prefecture has arrived."
"I'll settle the score with you later!" Wang Xian glared at several of his subordinates and saw that they were making faces and raising their hands to fight. His subordinates hurriedly lowered their heads and surrendered. Wang Xiancai snorted and went to the out-signed custody room to see the newly appointed Yin Li Pan of Shuntian Prefecture.
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Li Pan was in his forties, a shrewd and capable man. He was originally an inspector in Yunnan, where people's sentiments were complicated. Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, and people of all kinds poured into the city. It was inevitable that there would be a mixed bag of people and complicated sentiments. In order to ensure the safety and stability of the new capital, Emperor Yongle specially sent him to Beijing.
Transferred from Yunnan.
The imperial envoy is a third-rank official, and the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture is also a third-rank official. But from Yunnan, a remote and remote country, to becoming a Jingyin at the foot of the emperor, it is undoubtedly a high promotion. As long as you can survive stably for two years without any major problems, you will definitely be promoted.
At that time, you can either join the Sixth Ministry as a minister, or you can be promoted to a local position as an envoy. The future is always bright!
So when Wang Xian explained the situation, Li Fuyin was furious: "How can this be so good?! Demon White Lotus dared to take advantage of the Lantern Festival to cause chaos and destroy the stability and unity of our Ming Dynasty! He really deserves death!"
"Yes." Although Wang Xian felt that Mr. Fu Yin was using too much force, he then thought about how he was not the same in the eyes of others. At this time, what was needed was to use too much force instead of making a big deal out of it.
Little Wang Xian cast an approving look at Li Fuyin and said: "Master Fuyin is really keen. Please cooperate with Shuntian Mansion and Jinyiwei to protect the peace of the people in the capital and thwart the conspiracy of Demon White Lotus!"
"Absolutely." Li Pan nodded heavily and said, "Uncle, please give the order."
"Okay!" Wang Xian was not polite to him, and said in a deep voice: "Starting from tomorrow, teams offering lanterns from all over the country will enter the capital. Be sure to conduct a search and not let them bring any weapons into the capital." Dundun said:
"When entering the city, after the inspection is completed, everyone must register and register their address and length of stay in the capital. The government must conduct door-to-door inspections every day, firstly to check whether people have disappeared without reason, and secondly, to check whether there are contraband.
.All troupes must unite to protect each other. If one person is in trouble, everyone will sit together!"
"This..." Li Panxin said, isn't this too much like facing a formidable enemy? It really does not conform to the Confucian officials' taste for governing by being "loose on the outside and tight on the inside".
However, before Li Pan could say anything, Wang Xian said with a serious face: "Master Li, the capital is too big and there are too many people. When the carnival continues for days, the scene will be too chaotic. Even if we go too far, it will be difficult for us to avoid chaos."
He sighed and said with deep worry on his face: "I'm afraid that these methods will only help us get rid of the relationship at best, but will not help the real matter..."
"Yes..." Feeling the heaviness in Wang Xian's heart, Li Pan couldn't help but nodded and swallowed what he wanted to say...
Jin Yiwei and Shuntian Prefecture jointly acted, and the defense of all gates in the capital was suddenly strengthened. Every citizen entering the city, every car entering the city, and every vehicle entering the city were subject to unprecedented rigorous searches. This made those who
The theater troupes sent by local governments to present lanterns in the capital were miserable at the lantern festival... China has had the custom of viewing lanterns during the Lantern Festival since the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the peaceful and prosperous times, in order to please the government, local governments would spend huge sums of money on large-scale and elaborate productions.
The beautiful Dengshan Mountain sent a lantern festival consisting of hundreds of people to the capital to set up lanterns during the Lantern Festival to add luster to the capital in an attempt to make the Heavenly Family smile.
Since its development, this kind of official lantern has evolved into a synonym for comparison of strength and extravagance. A lantern mountain is often several feet high and composed of thousands of lanterns. You can imagine its exquisiteness and fragility... Although the assembly work was done after entering Beijing.
Completed, but the components of the lantern mountain itself are extremely delicate and complex, and are very easy to be damaged. Along the way, the craftsmen of the lantern festival were careful and cared for the lamps like babies. Now they are looking at those lanterns like wolves and tigers.
The official officer opened the box at will and pulled out the lamps inside. How could those bamboo strips and Korean paper objects withstand such violence? They were all broken and broken...
What's even more disgusting is that all gunpowder, firecrackers, fireworks, and even tinder were confiscated as contraband. Now all lantern festivals are cancelled! The beauty of Dengshan is three-quarters of its shape and seven-cent of its light and shadow! There is no pyrotechnic effect.
, what’s so good about just a flower stand? After seeing what happened to the first few lantern festivals, the bosses of the subsequent lantern festivals put it all together, yes! We won’t enter the city! We will camp outside the city! Let’s see what they do?!
When he learned that the lantern festival bosses refused to enter the city, Li Pan anxiously went to Wang Xian and said, "Uncle, this is not an option. How can we do the Lantern Festival without fireworks?"
"In my eyes, those are not fireworks, they are weapons!" Wang Xian stood at the top of Zhengyangmen City, looking at the small mountain of fireworks and gunpowder found in the open space outside the city, and said with a dark face: "Put these things away
It’s too dangerous to enter Beijing city!”
"Uncle, are you a little worried? Those are just fireworks..." After all, Li Pan is a civil servant and does not understand the power of firearms.
"Fireworks are good, but if they are slightly modified, they can be used as weapons for murder and arson!" Wang Xian said quietly. No wonder he was so nervous. According to the report from the Sixth Department of Jinyiwei, a series of materials for making Dengshan were used, plus they can be purchased freely from the capital.
With iron nails, charcoal, saltpeter, etc., countless powerful gunpowder weapons can be produced in a very short period of time. The crowd watching the lanterns will be as dense as porridge, so there is no need to specifically aim, just shoot a few rounds, and you can create
There was a huge panic, which then caused a terrible stampede... That horrific scene made Wang Xian shudder, so he would rather be scolded as a dog by the people in the capital than to prevent those deadly things from entering the capital.
However, Wang Xian could withstand the pressure of the entire capital, but he could not withstand the Supreme Order...
The next day, Wang Xian was interrogating the White Lotus sect blacksmith in person in the yamen. Suddenly, Long Wuye rushed in panting and shouted: "Sir, it's not good! Shuntian Mansion opened the city gate and let those lanterns enter the city!
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"What?!" Wang Xian's expression changed drastically, and he stood up and said, "Who gave Li Pan such courage?!"
After saying this, he took three steps and then two steps, then arrived in the courtyard and shouted loudly: "Zhou Yong! Assemble the team!"
At this time, Long Wuye took a deep breath and whispered to Wang Xian: "King Zhao seems to be at Zhengyangmen..."
"What?!" Wang Xian's expression changed. He had calmed down from the shock when he first heard the news. He knew that King Zhao's sudden appearance at this time must be based on his orders.
At this time, Zhou Yong had urgently gathered hundreds of Jinyi guards on duty and reported loudly: "Please give me your orders!"
"Dismissed." Wang Xian looked very ugly.
"Follow the order!" Zhou Yong responded in a loud voice reflexively, turned around and ordered to his subordinates: "Everyone obey the order, disband!" After saying that, the officers and soldiers of the Jinyiwei were dumbfounded, Zhou Yong was also dumbfounded, and then he looked at the king in confusion.
Xian, I don’t know what you mean.
"Didn't you hear? Dismissed." Wang Xian waved his hands angrily and said to Zhou Yong: "Get ready, you accompany me to Zhengyang Gate."
"Yes." Although Zhou Yong was still confused, it did not prevent him from carrying out the order. He turned around and cursed at his stunned men: "Didn't you hear? Disband!".
After a while, Wang Xian arrived at Zhengyang Gate, and sure enough he saw the fleet of lanterns stationed outside the city for two days, already passing through the city gate, entering the capital, and then scattered in the streets and alleys of Beijing...
Looking at the piles of firecrackers and bundles of fireworks on those cars, Wang Xian felt that his hands and feet were weak and his eyes were black. He stayed there for a long time, motionless and without saying a word.
"Isn't this Uncle Zhongyong?" It was King Zhao's voice that called Wang Xian back to his senses.
Wang Xian followed the sound and saw that King Zhao, accompanied by Li Pan, was coming down from the Zhengyang Gate Tower.
"Your Majesty." Wang Xian cupped his fists hastily and asked in a cold voice, "Is this your masterpiece?"
"Uncle Zhongyong is ridiculous," King Zhao said with a smile: "I am just an empty prince. How can I have such power as Uncle Zhongyong? In just one sentence, all the lanterns representing the provinces and prefectures came to Beijing to congratulate the emperor on moving the capital.
Stop it outside the capital."
"..." Wang Xian ignored the irony in King Zhao's words and shouted in a deep voice: "I am thinking about the safety of the capital!"
"I think you just want to cause trouble for the emperor!" King Zhao sneered: "So that you can help your master create the illusion that the emperor has betrayed everyone!"
"You!" Before Wang Xian could say anything, Erhei behind him had already shouted angrily: "You're such a bloody mouthful!"
"Who are you?!" King Zhao said coldly: "You are worthy of shouting in front of me?!"
"You!" Erhei's one eye was blood red. He was about to say something more, but when Wang Xian raised his hand, he had no choice but to shut his mouth.
"Li Fuyin," Wang Xian stared at Li Pan coldly and said, "Close the city gate immediately!"
"Impossible!" The person who answered him was not Li Pan, but Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui.