Chapter 327 Supervisor, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking! 【2 more】
After hearing Chu Yi's question, Xie Qian couldn't help but shrink his eyes. As Chu Yi said, he was a veteran of several dynasties. He even served as the chief minister of the cabinet during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong. When it comes to talents, there are few in the world.
Someone can compare with it.
Xie Qian knew very well how measures such as opening up the sea and increasing taxes would help the Ming Dynasty.
In particular, the Xie family was a famous large-scale merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. Xie Qian was well aware of the huge profits from maritime trade. With his knowledge, he knew more clearly how full the imperial treasury would be once the sea was opened.
Although opening the sea will bring some disadvantages, these disadvantages are not a problem at all compared with the benefits that can be obtained.
Regardless of his own position, Xie Qian absolutely agrees with opening up the sea and raising taxes, but his own position has destined him to know that opening up the sea and raising taxes is beneficial to the country, but he will never agree or support this.
Being stared at by Chu Yi, Xie Qian couldn't help but open his mouth. He wanted to tell Chu Yi that opening up the sea and raising taxes would be harmful to the country and the people. But when he saw Chu Yi's eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, Xie Qian thought in his heart.
Sigh.
We are all smart people, so why would he say such things against his will in front of Chu Yi.
With a slight smile, Xie Qian looked at Chu Yi and said: "I admit that opening up the sea and raising taxes are all beneficial to the country, but have you ever thought about such a problem that can be seen by anyone with a clear eye? Why did the emperors of the Ming Dynasty
, why haven’t you been able to do it in the past hundred years?”
Chu Yi looked at Xie Qian calmly and said, "Does Mr. Mu Zhai want to tell Mr. Chu that Jiangnan is monolithic, or does he want to tell Mr. Chu and His Majesty to be careful about their own safety?"
Xie Qian couldn't help laughing, and said while laughing: "I can see that Governor Chu is also a sensible person. Once the Governor opens the sea and raises taxes, most of Jiangnan will rebel! Can the Governor be trusted?"
Chu Yi nodded slightly without any surprise and said: "Chu naturally believes in what Mu Zhaigong said. I also know that you have made two preparations. If Mu Zhaigong fails to change the sky in the capital, then Jiangnan will
Then you will help King Ning raise an army to rebel, right?"
After listening to Chu Yi's words, Xie Qian stroked his beard and nodded: "I never thought that I could hide it from the governor. Sure enough, the governor is just as I expected, he knows everything. It's a pity that I missed one move.
, actually allowed Zhengde's son to escape, otherwise, you and I would be in different places today!"
Chu Yi narrowed his eyes. Even if he thought about the powerful people in Jiangnan, the tycoons would jump over the wall to attack Zhu Houzhao, but he never thought that the other party would be so crazy. He used gunpowder in the palace and almost deceived Zhu Houzhao.
Died in Qianqing Palace.
If Zhu Houzhao is really dead, maybe as Xie Qian said, the two of them will live in different places.
"It's a pity that God didn't open his eyes and allowed Zhengde's son to escape. God's will, God's will..."
Looking at Xie Qian who looked crazy, Chu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Xie Qian had outstanding abilities and could be called the pillar of the country. It was a pity that his family, country and world were too selfish, and he ended up in this situation.
Picking up the teacup, Chu Yi motioned to Xie Qian, drank it all in one gulp, and then slowly stood up and said: "Come here, please go to Mr. Mu Zhai!"
Immediately, two armored warriors came forward to put shackles on Xie Qian. Xie Qian waved his long sleeves and said without changing his expression: "It's a pity that I won't be able to see Chu Yi when you kill him!"
Xie Qian laughed loudly as he spoke, but black blood slowly flowed out of the corner of his mouth. He saw Xie Qian staring at Chu Yi with wide eyes: "The birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooked, I am here
Go ahead and wait for the governor on the Huangquan Road..."
Gradually, black blood flowed out of Xie Qian's seven orifices, and one look revealed that Xie Qian had ingested a highly poisonous substance at some point.
Several disciples on the side were slightly startled. When they reacted and saw Xie Qian bleeding and falling to the ground dead, they all couldn't help shouting in pain: "Teacher!"
Chu Yi watched Xie Qian commit suicide by taking poison, but he was not surprised at all. In fact, how could Xie Qian's behavior of secretly taking poison while drinking tea escape Chu Yi's eyesight.
That is to say, Chu Yi did not stop him. Otherwise, it would be strange for Xie Qian to succeed in committing suicide by taking poison under Chu Yi's nose.
Cao Shaoqin, who was standing next to Chu Yi, couldn't help but frowned and said: "Master Governor, this old thief never forgets to sow discord even before he dies. Let him die like this. It's really an advantage for him..."
A smile appeared on Chu Yi's lips, and he said nonchalantly: "He is also a veteran of several dynasties. Even if he dies, he still has to maintain some dignity. This governor will help him!"
Cao Shaoqin said: "The governor is kind, if he were a slave, he would definitely cut this old thief into pieces with a thousand knives!"
Waving his hand, Chu Yi said: "Take the person away!"
Several of Xie Qian's disciples and Jiang Mian's relatives were put in shackles and shackles one by one, and escorted out of the Jiang Mansion by the Jinyi Guards and Dongchang Fanzi.
Although everyone had guessed that Chu Yi must have come here to confiscate his family and exterminate his clan, Chu Yi and others were not seen coming out. Everyone couldn't help but speculate. Now they finally saw the family members of the Jiang family being escorted out. Many people
He couldn't help but show excitement.
As the saying goes, it is no big deal to watch the excitement, and it is not a matter of personal concern. If you can see a pavilion elder having his house confiscated and his family exterminated, I am afraid that not many people will sympathize with him.
When Muzhaigong's body was carried out, the people who were talking a lot and even excited were suddenly stunned when they saw the dead man.
Many people looked in horror at the corpse of Mr. Mu Zhai, which was bleeding from its seven orifices and dripping poisonous blood to the ground.
"This... this is too tragic!"
"You are indeed worthy of being Governor Chu!"
"Who is this old man? Why does he look like he committed suicide by taking poison!"
Chu Yi personally took action, which not only attracted many people to watch the fun, but also alarmed many scholars.
Especially in the past few days, with the news that the Zhu family was being escorted to the capital, it can be said that all the scholars from the surrounding areas rushed into the capital, trying to unite and plead with the emperor to spare the Zhu family.
So right now, there are many scholars from around the capital gathered in the capital.
These scholars are really very familiar with Chu Yi. It can be said that in their understanding, Chu Yi's reputation is almost comparable to that of Zhao Gao, who brought trouble to the Qin Dynasty, and Gao Lishi, who brought disaster to the country.
Now he was mixed in the crowd and watched the dignified family members being led out one by one in shackles. When Muzhaigong's body was carried out, some scholars soon recognized Muzhaigong.
After all, Muzhaigong also has great prestige and popularity in the Jiangnan area. In addition, Muzhaigong also likes to hold some poetry gatherings, so many literati have paid homage to Muzhaigong.
Therefore, it was not surprising that someone in the crowd recognized Xie Qian.
"Oh my God, this... this is actually Duke Mu Zhai. Chu Yi killed Duke Mu Zhai..."
Some people nearby couldn't help but their eyes lit up after hearing this. They all looked at the scholar and said, "Muzhai Gong? Who is this?"
The scholar seemed to be very unhappy with Chu Yi for killing Duke Mu Zhai, so he immediately explained to many people: "You may not know Duke Mu Zhai, but Xie Qian is as famous as Li Dongyang and Liu Jian.
Mr. Xie Ge, don’t everyone know?”
“Oh, it’s Mr. Xie Qian and Xie Ge!”
"I remembered, Mr. Xie Qian, also known as Muzhai, my God, how could Mr. Xie Ge be in Mr. Jiang Ge's house, and how could he bleed to death from all his orifices!"
The scholar gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Chu Yi must have harmed Duke Mu Zhai. He worked hard all his life for the Ming Dynasty. He finally became an official and was able to live a long life, but he was killed by the eunuch Chu Yi...
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Among the crowd, many scholars saw Xie Qian bleeding to death, and they couldn't accept it in their hearts. They subconsciously thought that Chu Yi had poisoned Xie Qian, and naturally they would not say anything good to Chu Yi.
Chu Yi, Cao Shaoqin and others are all people with keen eyes and ears. They may not be able to hear clearly the angry words of the literati among the common people, but the way the common people look at them gradually changes, this is
Can be felt.
As a scholar, standing among the crowd, you can tell at a glance, after all, the temperament is obviously different.
Cao Shaoqin snorted coldly: "Master, these people must be slandering the governor in private!"
Chu Yi just looked at the people around him calmly and said, "They are just ignorant commoners. Do I need to be as knowledgeable as them?"
It's not that Chu Yi thinks he's superior and doesn't take these people into consideration, it's actually that these people are limited by their own vision and don't have much judgment on the information from the outside world.
Fortunately, these people are just joining in the fun and showing off their rhetoric. It's okay to say bad things about Chu Yi behind his back, but if they are really asked to deal with Chu Yi, I dare not say 100%, at least.
It is impossible to find one person among thousands of people who has that courage.
Cao Shaoqin was not as magnanimous as Chu Yi. He took a step forward, snorted coldly, and said in a sharp voice: "Listen up, everyone!"
Cao Shaoqin's shout was an expression of his inner strength. Within a few hundred meters, everyone's ears couldn't help but buzz, and everyone couldn't help but look towards Cao Shaoqin.
I saw Cao Shaoqin pointing at the body of Duke Mu Zhai and saying: "You can see clearly, this is Xie Qian, the former cabinet minister of several dynasties. He is respected by all people and has a very high reputation."
Everyone looked at Cao Shaoqin in confusion. Wasn't Cao Shaoqin mocking Chu Yi by praising Muzhaigong so much?
But Cao Shaoqin changed his words and sneered: "But the Duke of Muzhai, who usually shows his loyalty and patriotism to the country and the people, actually personally planned to assassinate the emperor, and a fire burned down the Qianqing Palace. If it weren't for Your Majesty,
If Hong Fu Qitian is right, I'm afraid he will be killed by this old thief right now!"
"What!"
"Oh my God!"
"How is this possible? It turns out that the fire in the Forbidden City was planned by Xie Qian!"
"Assassinating the Emperor is a grave crime against the nine clans!"
"No wonder even Governor Chu, who has been silent for a long time and has not taken action for a long time, has personally taken action. His feelings are to capture Xie Qian, the former chief minister of the cabinet who assassinated the emperor!"
Many people looked like they were suddenly enlightened.
The literati who were among the crowd and had previously defended Xie Qian felt as if they were struck by lightning when they heard Cao Shaoqin's words. They almost instinctively thought that this was Cao Shaoqin's spouting.
But the people around them didn't have time to listen to their explanation. They all believed Cao Shaoqin's words and immediately changed their attitude. They all criticized Xie Qian with both words and writings. The speed of this attitude change was jaw-dropping.
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It is precisely these people who follow wind and rain, and Chu Yi has no interest in getting to know these people. If the noise is too much, just send some people to spread some rumors to muddy the water.
Just like before, those literati in the capital spent a lot of effort and tried hard to throw dirty water on him, making the people in the capital think that he was one of the greatest traitors in history, so he sent people to fabricate the story.
Some jaw-droppingly exaggerated rumors spread, and one can imagine the result: the people in the capital suddenly regarded all the rumors about him as jokes.
How come Chu Yi doesn't understand the importance of public opinion? It can be said that he knows better than anyone else that running a newspaper is simply not feasible. Even if he recruits people to read the Di newspaper, Chu Yi will kill the thought that crosses his mind.
Already.
It's really stupid to start a newspaper. That's giving people a sharp weapon.
Without the efforts of several generations to cultivate a large number of like-minded scholars who can read and write, if you want to run a newspaper, you should just go to bed.
Chu Yi would rather spend his energy on controlling military power than think about running newspapers to compete for public opinion. Unless he can calm down and spend decades working hard, the key is that he simply doesn't have that much time to do this.
Instead of recruiting a group of people who obviously do not share the same ideas with him to run some newspapers and compete for public opinion, which will only end up giving the enemy a weapon, he would rather not use this big killer weapon.
Newspapers are indeed a good tool for controlling public opinion, but the key point is that he is not suitable for his status at all!
With different identities and different positions, the results will naturally be different.
If Chu Yi was a scholar and wanted to oust the emperor and target the eunuchs in the court, Chu Yi would definitely sacrifice the newspaper as a murder weapon without any hesitation and keep it so that the will of the emperor and the eunuchs could not leave the capital.
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With a creak, when all the family members of the Jiang family were locked up, the door of the house was slammed shut, a seal was stuck on the door, and a team of golden-clad guards stayed to guard it.
On top of the tall horse, Cao Shaoqin drove forward, half a body behind Chu Yi, and said: "Supervisor, where are we going next?"
Judging from Cao Shaoqin's excited look, it was obvious that Cao Shaoqin was very interested in confiscating his family and exterminating his clan.
Chu Yi glanced at Cao Shaoqin lightly and said, "Come with me to visit the British Duke's Mansion!"
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