The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

"Xu Mengchun!"

Yang Yiqing shouted angrily and grabbed Xu Mengchun's lapel.

"What's going on?"

"Is this a good thing you bastards did?"

Facing the questioning looks of the officials, Xu Mengchun couldn't help but shudder.

"No...no...it has nothing to do with me!"

"If it's not you, then who else?" Yang Yiqing was furious to the extreme.

He never thought that these civil servants and gentry would be so courageous!

After what His Majesty the Emperor just said, Yang Yiqing and Wang Hao quickly realized that this was clearly the work of the gentry!

They first deliberately stole the grain from the four major granaries, and then took advantage of the disaster in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang to raise the price of grain, forcing His Majesty the Emperor to mobilize internal funds to purchase high-priced grain to provide relief to the people. In this way, they emptied His Majesty's small treasury and forced His Majesty the Emperor bows his head to them!

However, they are using the lives and deaths of millions of victims in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang as bargaining chips!

Wang Hao also had a gloomy face and glared at Xu Mengchun.

"Xu Mengchun!"

"How dare you?"

"Now His Majesty is so angry that he simply shuts down. The victims of the three provinces are starving and eating each other, but the court has done nothing. When the war breaks out and the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil or even overthrows, then you Xu Mengchun and others will be the eternal sinners of the Ming Dynasty!"

There are all smart people present, who can rank above the court, and no one is a fool.

So after what Yang Yiqing and Wang Hao said, most people reacted.

Thinking back to Xu Mengchun's previous resolute anti-war and opposition to the imperial court's retaking of the Loop, the mastermind behind it is naturally ready to come out!

Jiangnan gentry!

Only they have the courage and capital to use food to challenge the emperor and the court!

"Shilang Xu, what a great trick!"

"Xu Mengchun, just wait until the nine tribes are exterminated!"

"The food will be sent back in one month, otherwise your Xu family will be exterminated!"

Wang Hao, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Jiao Fang, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Yang Yiqing, the minister of the Ministry of war, and Wang Jianzhi, the minister of the Ministry of punishment. Except for Li Shanzai, the minister of the Ministry of industry, who presided over the construction of Kaiping City, and Zhu Youqi, the minister of the Ministry of rites, who was responsible for the investigation of grain in Shandong, the other four ministers who held real power Everyone said harsh words to Xu Mengchun and the Jiangnan gentry behind him.

No way, they had to do it.

His Majesty the Emperor has made his attitude clear. He will never bow to the Jiangnan gentry!

Would rather let the dynasty come to a halt or risk the country's overthrow, His Majesty the Emperor is determined not to bow his head!

With such a tough attitude, the officials also understood that persuasion would not work, so they had no choice but to look for food.

Who secretly transported the food?

The Jiangnan gentry headed by Xu Mengchun!

The civil servants and gentry were not monolithic. In the first year of Hongxi, the court began to recruit scholars from the north and the south, with six points for the south and four points for the north. In addition to attracting the northerners, another reason was to take into account the scholars from the north and the south. Excellent and long.

Therefore, the imperial court also broke the monopoly of the imperial examinations by the Nanchen gentry. The number of Beichen continued to increase. Especially after Yongle moved the capital, the number of Beichen gradually increased enough to even rival Nanchen.

After it was now confirmed that the masterminds behind the scenes were Xu Mengchun and other Jiangnan gentry, most of the courtiers, except for the officials and gentry who were originally from Jiangnan, targeted them.

There is no way, the civil servants and gentry do not want to see the Ming Emperor being domineering and powerful, and they do not want to see the Ming Emperor deliberately suppressing the civil servants and gentry to support the generals and nobles, but the prerequisite is that there must be at least a stable government operation system!

Now, in order to force Emperor Zhengde to bow to them, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are using the lives and deaths of millions of victims in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang as bargaining chips. This has completely angered Emperor Zhengde, so much so that His Majesty the Emperor has lost his temper and shut down the court!

The consequences of this would not only reduce the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but also make the victims dissatisfied with the court!

The three provinces in northern Xinjiang are the core areas of the Ming Dynasty. If the people in these three provinces start to rebel, then the Ming Dynasty will really die!

When the time comes, who among these officials will admit it?

At that time, it will be the world of warriors!

They will lose all vested interests as a result!

A stable court is the basic foundation of civil servants and gentry!

Therefore, food must be retrieved!

Xu Mengchun walked out of the hall in a daze, and even missed his steps and fell to the ground, badly bruised and bleeding.

The ministers ignored him at all when they saw him. In their eyes, this famous veteran of three dynasties was now a dead man!

After Xu Mengchun returned home, Hu Wenchang had already brought most of the Jiangnan gentry waiting in his house.

"Mr. Xu, what should we do now?"

Hu Wenchang is also a little panicked now.

There is no way not to panic!

The emperor actually shut down the court!

If we cannot find food, we will never provide disaster relief!

This is simply a tactic to draw fire from under the cauldron, it is so vicious and unreasonable!

Now it is they, the Jiangnan gentry, who are riding a tiger and are unable to dismount!

Will you give in and return the food?

There is no doubt that it is the Jiangnan gentry who emptied the four major granaries!

If the food is not returned, the emperor will keep shutting down. When the three provinces of northern Xinjiang really fall into chaos, then the Ming Dynasty will really be over!

"Mr. Xu, Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, is tracking Guangyuncang in Xuzhou and Fengjicang in Huai'an, while King Xing Zhu Youqi went to Shandong to track down Dezhou Cang in Dezhou and Linqing Cang in Linqing!"

"If they find out something, we will really die without a burial place!"

There is no way not to be afraid. This has risen to the point of shaking the country and the people. That is to exterminate all nine clans!

Hu Wenchang also sighed.

"We didn't expect that the emperor would be so cruel and resolute!"

"If you don't return the grain now, then..."

"No!" Xu Mengchun, who had been silent all the time, suddenly shouted.

Everyone looked at him in disbelief, not understanding what the old man was still hesitating about.

"The emperor has always loved the people like his own children. How could he watch the victims of the three provinces starve to death?"

"He is just using the court to put pressure on us today. If we return the grain now, it will undoubtedly confirm our crimes!"

"The emperor is bluffing, and he is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Let people keep an eye on the treasury and report immediately if there is any action!"

"As long as we hold on for a while, the emperor will not be able to hold on and will be the first to bow his head to us!"

Hearing this, Hu Wenchang was still a little hesitant.

"But Mr. Xu, what if..."

"No what if!" Xu Mengchun shouted: "The gentry of Jiangnan will not bow to any emperor!"

"If we give in this time, the emperor will only get more and more. We must let him see the power of our gentry of Jiangnan!"

This is also an indisputable fact!

After Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered Jiangnan, Jiangnan allowed him to do whatever he wanted. This is something that all the gentry of Jiangnan cannot tolerate!

Once you bow your head, the emperor will do whatever he wants!

After hearing this, everyone nodded in silence.

However, at this time, a person hurried over.

"Not good!"

"Mr. Xu, Xianning Hou Qiu Yue led his troops to Jiangnan!"

As soon as this was said, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Xu Mengchun stood up suddenly in shock, his face pale.

"This is impossible!"

"All 50,000 Beijing troops were taken away by Marquis Zhongshan. Where did Qiu Yue get the troops?"

"It was... the Shandong Anti-Japanese Army!" The visitor explained in horror, "Marquis Zhongshan has been training troops there for a long time. All the modes are equivalent to those of the Beijing troops. The emperor has secretly transferred 30,000 anti-Japanese troops to the western suburbs camp!"

It's over!

It's all over!

Xu Mengchun's face turned pale and he collapsed on the chair!