Chapter 254 Donglin Party's Grain Ship
The destruction of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong and Northern Zhili made the Southern School of the White Lotus Sect in the south very glorified. Fortunately, it did not follow the trend and rebelled. Otherwise, like Xu Hongru, the whole family was arrested and sent to the capital, and one of the nine clans could not escape.
While Gao Shixin was suppressing the thieves in Shandong, Tian Ergeng, who was in the capital, received a letter from Gao Shixin's flying pigeon, and immediately led the 1,000 Jinyiwei straight to the Wang family in Shifokou, Jizhou. Before Wang Haoxian's family could run away, they were all captured by Jinyiwei.
Under Gao Shixin's instructions, Tian Ergeng also copied all the relatives in the family of Wang Xijie, who were related to the incense sect in the family of Queen Wang Xi of Shifokou.
Sister Wang Xi was the empress of Emperor Wanli, Wang Xi's own immediate relatives, as well as Princess Zhu Xuan, the son-in-law Yang Chunyuan's family, and the Jinyiwei did not dare to move, but Sister Wang Xi's uncles, aunts, aunts, cousins, and cousins, as long as there were any involvement in the smelling sect, they were searched by the Jinyiwei.
The King's family in Shifokou is also a big family. Because Queen Wanli went to Sister Xi, this big family has become a big family. Unfortunately, Wang Haoxian has emerged. As a result, this big family has been implicated. Many people have been confiscated and their property is confiscated. Emperor Tianqi is so happy that he can't count the silver.
Wang Haoxian's family was escorted to Beijing and imprisoned in the Jinyiwei Prison. His family will wait for Xu Hongru and others to be detained, and then after the three departments' trial, they will decide what crimes to be convicted. However, because of Wang Xijie, at most, Wang Haoxian was beheaded and his family would not be punished until death, but it would not be much better. An exile in Qiongzhou is indispensable.
Anyway, Sister Wang Xi was already dead, so she took a step before Wanli died. No one could cover the Wang family if such a big thing happened. The princess Yang Chunyuan was also dead. Although Princess Rongchang Zhu Xuanmu was still reborn, the princesses in the Ming Dynasty were actually very low, but they were not as domineering as the princesses of the Tang Dynasty. The princesses were dead, and the princesses of the Duwei of the Princess were gone. Who would still miss their Wang family? The gentry in Jizhou had long been looking forward to the collapse of the Wang family so that they could steal their land.
However, the gentry might be disappointed. Wherever the Jinyiwei went, all the confiscated land was transferred to the imperial village!
The bandit leader Xu Hongru was captured, and together with the captured Feng Jiuxu, Yu Hongzhi, Liu Yongming, Xia Zhongjin, Chen Canyu, Xu Heyu and other captured big leaders, as well as some guilty bandits, were all wearing heavy shackles, handcuffed and shackled, and carried them into the bottom cabin of the canal ships, and sent them to the capital to Beijing to offer prisoners.
There were more than 15,000 thief heads sent to the capital together with hundreds of thief leaders, giant bandits, and evil thieves with crimes.
The gold, silver, land deeds, store deeds, IOUs, contracts and other items obtained from Yansheng Gong Mansion were also loaded with ships, escorted by Jinyiwei, and followed the fleet of prisoners to the capital.
The people responsible for escorting prisoners and heads were Gao Shixin, Zhang Yong, Xu Xianchun, Yang Zhaoji and Zhao Yan. The fleet also had more than 600 elite factory guards, 500 Liaoyang cavalry, 200 Liaoyang New Army, 100 Qi Family Army, 100 Baigang soldiers and Yang Zhaoji's 100 Ming army escorted along the way to ensure safety on the road. Along the way, all the fleets heading south avoided the factory guards when they saw the flags.
But there were exceptions. A fleet with the flag "Li" went south. An empty canal ship in the fleet looked out of control. The bow of the ship was tilted, and it just happened to hit Gao Shixin, the Jinyiwei official ship that Zhang Yong and Xu Xianchun were riding! Although the Jinyiwei official ship had avoided it, it still hit hard. The Jinyiwei official ship was shaken continuously, and the people on the ship almost fell down. They all were scared and sweated in cold sweat. Zhang Yong fell down hard.
Xu Xianchun was furious and rushed out of the cabin, cursing at the boat: "You are blind? Even the Jinyiwei's ship dares to hit it?"
"Dear officials, I'm really sorry. The rudder is broken and the wind is too strong. I can't control it." A guy dressed in a canal troop emerged from the canal troop ship opposite and explained to Xu Xianchun with a smile.
Xu Xianchun looked up at the flag, and saw that the corner of the flag was still moving, and immediately became furious, pulled out the Xiuchun sword and roared: "Fuck! The wind is coming now? You kid deliberately seeking trouble, right?"
"This official!" Another guy dressed in the cabin came out of the cabin, and bowed to Xu Xianchun, saying with a smile, "You are wrong. The villain is also a servant, so how dare you really hit the Jinyiwei official ship? There was indeed a strong wind just now, and my rudder broke again, so I was blown by the wind and rushed to this side. I accidentally ran into the official ship. All cargo ships and merchant ships nearby can be verified. Therefore, although the Caomin's ship was at fault, it was unintentional. Please forgive me."
Seeing that the little official was humble and humble, his face was full of disdain and arrogance, and he didn't take him seriously, the commander of the Jinyiwei, seriously, he immediately became furious and pulled out the embroidered sword and pointed at the canal ship: "Brothers! Come on! Take down this rebel who is trying to rob the court of robbery!"
"Get orders!" The Jinyiwei on the official boat pulled out the embroidered spring sword and was about to jump onto the opposite boat.
The soldiers of Liaoyang Xinzhen who were guarding the shores on both sides of the canal also showed off all kinds of weapons, with their swords tense, and their crossbows aimed at the ship of the troubled canal transport yamen.
"Brother Xianchun, wait!" Zhang Yong felt something was wrong and quickly stopped Xu Xianchun, "This is the ship of the Cao Transportation Office. Don't act rashly! It's April now, and the Cao Transportation Fleet is going south to transport grain into Beijing! If you take down someone, I'm afraid that the Cao Transportation Office will take advantage of the problem!"
On the river surface, boats of all sizes surrounded them. All kinds of merchants on the boat said in different accents: "We can all prove that the grain ships of the grain transport ships did indeed accidentally hit the official's ship, and were blown by the wind."
"The grain transport ships are of great importance. If the grain transport this year cannot be transported in the south, wouldn't we all go hungry?"
"That's right, both sides are public officials who serve the court, so there is no need to make trouble. Let's take a step back. The officials of the Jinyiwei have not suffered any losses on the boat."
Zhang Yong pulled Xu Xianchun back to the cabin: "Brother Xu, this is obviously a trap set by Li Sancai for us! This is the revenge of the Donglin Party for Ye Xianggao when we got rid of Ye Xianggao! We must not be fooled!"
Just as Zhang Yong pulled Xu Xianchun back to the cabin, the minor official said to a middle-aged man wearing silk clothes, a jade pendant hanging around his waist, and a handsome face: "Mr. Li, it's a pity that those eagle claw grandsons were not deceived, otherwise, the revenge between Master Ye and Mr. Wang would have been avenged!"
This guy who was called Mr. Li by the tiny official of the grain transport yamen was Li Jiaguo, the eldest son of the former cabinet master and the boss of the Donglin Party, Li Sancai! Because he was blocked by the eunuch party, Li Sancai, who could have returned to the cabinet, could not go back. The Donglin Party was framed by the eunuch party, and Li Sancai's friend Ye Xianggao was forced to resign and go home. Wang Wenyan, the think tank of the Donglin Party, was secretly arrested by the factory guards, and he was tortured in the imperial prison without even being tried.
The Donglin Party wanted to take revenge, so it set up a trap for Xu Xianchun to drill: the canal transport ship deliberately collided with the Jinyiwei ship, and waited for Xu Xianchun to order arrest people. The boss behind the canal transport yamen Li Sancai took the opportunity to cause trouble and stopped all the canal transport grain ships. By then, the food in the south could not be transported to the capital, which would inevitably cause panic among the people in the north, and the price of grain in the capital was rising! In addition, Li Sancai had a backup plan: through his complex relationship on the canal, he mobilized merchant ships to stop sailing, mobilized ship workers to block the waterway, and cut off the canal transport! The censor of the Korean Central Committee took the opportunity to impeach the eunuch party and forced the little carpenter to lay off the factory guards!
Unfortunately, Zhang Yong saw through this perfect plan.
Chapter completed!