"How did Tang Jingyu and others contact the sect?" After asking a few more questions, Yun asked the last question. He was very curious about this question. Not only did he arrange for Jin Yiwei to secretly monitor Tang Jingyu and others, Zhu You also
They arranged for their own people to monitor them. It can be said that except when they were at home, they were monitored at other times. How did they pass on the news? Thinking of this, Yun couldn't help but glance at Qin Song. He couldn't be the one who sent them.
Is the captain of Prince Zhou's Mansion lazy? Or has someone been bribed by the White Lotus Cult?
"Your Majesty, Tang Jingyu and others rarely communicate with the sect. They will only contact the sect if it is extremely important or related to the White Lotus Sect. Their method of contacting the sect is also very secretive." Qin Song said: "If they have anything to do, they must contact the sect.
, he sent his wife to Suzhou Li's jewelry store in Beijing to buy new jewelry, and wear it on the left hand or hold it with the left hand exposed. If it is a confidential matter of the imperial court, buy a bracelet. If it is related to
If it’s about the White Lotus Sect, buy earrings; if it’s about them, buy a necklace.”
"Buy jewelry? Go to Li's store to buy jewelry?" Yun couldn't help but said in surprise. He couldn't believe that they actually passed the news by buying jewelry. Although this could explain why Tang Jingyu and other three families' family members spent money lavishly, but this
Only the type of message can be passed, not the content of the message.
"Your Majesty, I was very surprised when I first heard about it. I quickly asked He Miao if there was someone in the Li family's shop who was a White Lotus cultist, but He Miao said that was not the case. She said that every time she had news to deliver, she chose to go there in the late afternoon.
To buy jewelry, the White Lotus Sect should have arranged for someone to go to the door of Li's jewelry store at this time every day. After that, at night, a cat would run into the house where He Miao and others lived.
In the courtyard, He Miao wrote the message he wanted to deliver on paper and stuffed it into the cat's mouth. The cat would immediately leave the Zhou Palace and deliver the message to the White Lotus cultist who let it out. Tang Saier always liked little cats.
Animals, because the rules of the palace do not allow servants to keep cats and dogs, so Tang Saier likes the cats that occasionally enter the Zhou Palace and often feeds them, so this practice of the Tang family is not noticed by others," Qin Song said.
After saying this, Qin Song stood up and said: "I did not think carefully and failed to discover the method of the White Lotus cultists to secretly convey the message. Please punish me."
"How can I punish you?" Yun was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then immediately said to Qin Song. "Who in the world would have thought that the White Lotus Sect would use cats and dogs to convey messages? I will not blame Aiqing for this.
It’s just that from now on, no matter whether you are a royal guard or a town secretary, you should pay attention to cats and dogs when you go on errands.”
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will write this matter into a case when I return. Once Your Majesty allows the case to be made public, it will be immediately spread to the Jinyiwei yamen in various places, so that all Jinyiwei's officers will take a warning." Qin Song said.
"The White Lotus cultist who released the cat and got the news from Prince Zhou's Mansion has also been arrested and is being interrogated." He added.
"Okay." Yun said. After asking this question, he had no more questions to ask. He turned around and asked Lu Yidao: "Have Li Jinglong and others already entered the palace?"
"The official family, Governor Li and Governor Xu, Huang Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Shangshu Qi of the Ministry of Personnel, Secretary Guo of the Zhensi Department, Auxiliary Officer Jian and Assistant Officer Zhang have all entered the palace and are waiting for His Majesty's summons in the Jinshen Hall." Lu Yi replied.
"Hurry up and announce their presence." Yun said.
Lu Yi agreed and turned around to deliver the order. Qin Song stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, since your Majesty has finished giving instructions to me, I will leave now."
"Hold on! Where have I finished my instructions? I haven't told you what to do next, so how can I just finish the instructions? I summoned them into the palace to wipe out the White Lotus Sect. After all, the Jinyi Guards don't have many people, and arresting people hastily will cause misunderstandings in the local government. Announce them
When I enter the palace, I want the local police station and guard station to cooperate with the Jinyi Guards to arrest people." Yun said.
After hearing this, Qin Song bowed again and sat down again. While they were coming from Jinshen Palace, Yun started chatting. "Qin Song, I remember that you got married in the 29th year of Hongwu?"
"Your Majesty's memory is correct. I got married in the 29th year of Hongwu."
"I said I can't remember it wrong. I still remember that Aiqing's wife married Aiqing and she was my matchmaker. It was the 28th year of Hongwu and Qin Nan died in the battle." When Qin Nan was mentioned, Yun couldn't help but feel a little sad.
, paused before continuing: "I just happened to hear that Zhang Lun, the commander, has a daughter who is about the same age as you, so I secured this matchmaker for you. Another year later, you married Mr. Zhang. Your eldest son was born in the second year after the marriage.
Qin Guan was born, he must be sixteen years old this year."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Quanzi is sixteen years old this year and seventeen years later."
"Seventeen years old is not too young. Has Aiqing decided whether he should study in literature or martial arts when he grows up?"
"No one in my family has been able to pick up a pen for several generations. How can a dog pick it up? He still wants to join the martial arts. He invited a master to teach him boxing and kicking skills, and also asked him to read the art of war."
"You have been in charge of the Royal Guards for me these past years. Not only have you worked diligently, but you have also made a lot of contributions. You can be said to be a credit to your hard work. I will give your family a favor. After the Qin Guan Year, you will go to the Jiangwu Hall to study." Yun said with a smile.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Qin Song was overjoyed when he heard this and thanked Yun. But then he suddenly realized the meaning of these words, and his eyes dimmed a little, but then they returned to their original state without being looked at by Yun.
come out.
At this time, Li Jinglong and others had already rushed to the Qianqing Palace and saluted Yun. He excused their courtesy and asked them to sit down. Then he immediately said: "On the day before yesterday, on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, a rebellion occurred in Suzhou.
The White Lotus cultists actually intended to attack Suzhou government offices and other government offices and kidnap King An." He roughly introduced the story of the Suzhou rebellion.
Hearing Yun's words, Li Jinglong and others were shocked for a moment. Like Min'er, they all felt that it was incredible that someone rebelled in such a peaceful time and only a few hundred miles away from the capital, and they did not recover for a while.
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"Your Majesty, is His Royal Highness Prince An okay?" In the end, Li Jinglong, the oldest among the people present, came to his senses and asked first.
"Prince An suffered some scratches and is not serious. However, the reason why someone rebelled is also related to him. When he returns to Beijing, I must give him a few more words." Hearing Li Jinglong mention Zhu Ying, Yun Ren
He couldn't help but say. Although the plan was leaked and the Dan family rebelled because someone in the Jinyi Guards was bribed, if Zhu Ying had not personally ordered the house raid, the Dan family would not have jumped over the wall to rebel and capture Zhu Ying alive. Zhu Ying is here
He has completely played a role where success is insufficient and failure is sufficient. 'When he returns to Beijing, I will have to talk to him carefully so that he will not dare to do such a thing next time.'
After thinking for a while, Yun came back to his senses and told everyone present: "Although this incident caused huge losses to the yamen in Suzhou. Seventy-eight out of ten high-ranking officials died, which had a very bad impact, but many White Lotus cultists were captured alive.
, many of them have already confessed and revealed many inside stories about the White Lotus Sect, and there are also White Lotus Sect members. Anyway, this is a good opportunity for the imperial court to suppress the White Lotus Sect. I want to take this opportunity to strangle the White Lotus Sect."
"This matter is led by the Jin Yiwei, and the police stations in various places cooperate to arrest members of the White Lotus Sect. If the White Lotus Sect is powerful in a certain place, it will be difficult for the Jin Yiwei and the police station to arrest the White Lotus sect alone, and the cooperation of the local police stations is needed. Huang Qing
, Li Qing, Xu Qing, and your beloved Qing immediately ordered them to the police stations and health stations in various places after they returned, asking them to temporarily obey the orders of the local Jinyi Guards. They also informed the general magistrates in charge of the police stations, the county lieutenant, and the people in charge of the health stations in each place.
Commander, Qian Hu, the matter of eradicating the White Lotus Sect is very important, and it must not be disclosed to anyone before the Jin Yiwei requests cooperation. If there is any leakage, the imperial court will certainly punish you!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Huang Huai, Li Jinglong and Xu Yingxu agreed quickly.
"Qin Qing, I don't need to tell the local Jinyiwei yamen about this matter for the time being. It won't be too late to tell them after the people sent from the capital to clean up the White Lotus Sect arrive there. But you must immediately tell the Jinyiwei everywhere that a school captain has been killed by Bailian.
The believers bribed them to do it carefully."
"Those rebels who are willing to turn around can be punished with meritorious services and sent back to their original branch or branch of the White Lotus Sect to help annihilate the White Lotus Sect." Yun paused and then said: "Go to Suzhou in person and see it in person.
Once you see whether the rebels who claim to be willing to change their ways are trustworthy, imprison the untrustworthy ones for disposal, and send the trustworthy ones back to their original branch or branch of the White Lotus Sect. The person responsible for eradicating the White Lotus Sect must also be selected as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Song also agreed.
Yun wanted to give Huang Huai, Li Jinglong, Xu Yingxu and others a few words. Suddenly he remembered that the Suzhou Guards and Suzhou Police Department had performed poorly during the rebellion and had made many mistakes, and couldn't help but scold them. "Huang Qing, Li Qing
, Xu Qing, you have to reorganize the guards in various places. How did the Suzhou guards behave during this rebellion in Suzhou! I also know that the guards in the land of peace are very slack, but I never expected that
They were so slack! When the incident occurred, there were less than a thousand soldiers in the entire military camp. The commander and two commanders were not there. Only one commander was in the camp. Later, he commanded the soldiers to recapture Suzhou City.
Destroy the rebels!"
"The Suzhou Police Department is no good! This is when King An is in the city. Except for the day His Highness King An entered the city, only about 30% of the police were on duty on the streets. The rest actually said: If His Highness King An wants to watch the scenery in the city, then
Summoned from home at short notice! King An is so slack in the city. You can imagine what he is doing on weekdays! Not to mention that Tong San, who is in charge, almost collaborated with the enemy and committed suicide after showing his defeat to the rebels! This is even more shameless! Huang Qing
, you also need to reorganize the police stations in various places. After the new year, I will send censors to patrol various places, focusing on the police stations!"
"The Suzhou Jinyiwei are not decent! There are people who have been bribed by the White Lotus Cult without even knowing it. The person in charge, Qianhu, is very strong. He almost died in a bloody battle with the rebels. Most of the school captains also died in the line of duty, but what I asked the Jinyiwei to do was not to go into battle.
When it comes to killing the enemy, they are putting the cart before the horse!"
"That's it for Suzhou Prefecture. Although King An informed Suzhou Prefecture that the Dan family would be raided, the search did not require the manpower of the government office. The government office did not expect that the Dan family would rebel. It is normal to have many casualties in the raid. Moreover, the government office did not expect that the Dan family would rebel.
The magistrate and the magistrates all committed suicide, so they can be considered worthy of the court. But since they are not afraid of death, why don't they try to delay the rebels for a while and delay their attack on the palace where Prince An is." In the end, Yun couldn't help but find fault with the Suzhou magistrate.
Got a handful.
"I apologize to your Majesty!" Li Jinglong and others immediately stood up and said. Li Jinglong and Xu Yingxu are the current left and right governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, in charge of the Suzhou Guard; Huang Huai is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, in charge of the police station; Qin Song
He is the commander of the Jinyi Guards; Qi Tai is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, responsible for selecting officials; Guo Hongtao is the chief envoy of the town. He also arranged for someone to be in Suzhou, but the number is very small, and there is no official yamen. Since Yun has sent various yamen in Suzhou
They were all criticized, so of course they had to stand up and apologize. Jian Yi and Zhang Shu had nothing to do with it, but everyone else stood up to apologize. They couldn't sit still, so they had to stand up and get close to the eunuch.
His errand: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
"The deceased commander of the Suzhou Guards, his commander, and two commanders took away their hereditary official positions, and their descendants were demoted to ordinary soldiers; the commander named Zhao who fled to King An was demoted to
A hundred hereditary households will be fined one year's salary. The general of the Suzhou Police Department will seize his official position after his death, and the court will not provide him with any compensation."
"He Qianhu of Suzhou Jinyiwei thought that since he was not a thief and was seriously injured in a fight with the rebels, he would not be held responsible for his fault, and he would be rewarded with a year's salary; if he died, he would be granted the title of fourth-rank official. As for the other officials
, for example, Suzhou prefect, prefect Tongzhi and other people who died in the line of duty, the imperial court will all provide compensation and grant them a higher-ranking official position."
After saying this, Yun paused for a moment, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea before continuing: "Of course, I will not be stingy with rewards for those who have made great contributions!"
"Li Zhiliang, the commander of the Suzhou Guards, was not only loyal to his duty, but was in the military camp when the incident occurred. He also immediately led his soldiers to recapture the city wall after hearing that the rebels had captured the city wall. After recapturing the city wall, he personally led the troops to rescue King An. It is a credit to him.
Very great. I am determined to appoint him as the commander of the Suzhou Guard, confer him a title of Duke, grant him the rank of Hussar General, and promote him to General Jinwu. In addition, I will also declare him to the capital and commend him personally."
"Li Jiucheng, who recorded the incident at the Xicheng Branch of the Suzhou Police Department, was not in the Yamen when the incident occurred. This was considered a pass. However, after the incident, he immediately led his ears and more than a dozen policemen to support An Wang's escort, and then fought hard with the rebels.
In the fight, his eldest son also lost his left arm and was injured himself, and he made great contributions. I decided to appoint him as a county captain, in charge of the Xicheng branch, and granted him the title of Grand Duke. His eldest son, Li Xingxiao, was promoted to the position of recorder and transferred to the Zhongcheng branch.
He was granted the title of Grand Duke, given the rank of Colonel Zhongxian, and promoted to the rank of Colonel Zhongwu."
