Chapter 196 Kick Hong Chengchou and Tie Him Up!

"What! The rebels from Yuhebao attacked Yulinwei, conspired to rebel, and colluded with the Mongols?!"

Not long after, Lu Xiangsheng received a report from Zhang Yuhong, governor of Yansui.

And this memorial was brought by Hong Chengchou himself.

Lu Xiangsheng was very surprised by this.

"Butang, this incident happened so suddenly, both Xiaguan and Zhang Zhongcheng were quite surprised."

"From the point of view of the following officials, it is related to the fact that these unruly people and bandits are too aggressive. Although they clearly want to suppress the rebellion for the court, they just want to take the opportunity to loot their homes. There are even a few ambitious people who intend to take the opportunity to harm our Daming country!"

Hong Chengchou said.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "This is impossible! Our church has already sent people to contact these rebels, and they are now willing to accept the imperial court's recruitment."

Hong Chengchou said: "Butang, why do you still call them rebels, they are a group of rebels!"

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Hong Chengchou, and said: "Tell the truth to this hall, what is going on here! Most of them are just ordinary people, what chance would they have to collude with the Tartars outside the pass! Besides, even if they rebelled, they would only Turning into rogues, how can you have the opportunity to gather and annihilate tens of thousands of people!"

Hong Chengchou saw that Lu Xiangsheng was not so good at fooling around, so he had to bow his hands and said: "The Ministry is angry! Please retreat to the left and right first, so that the lower officials dare to report the truth."

Lu Xiangsheng asked the people around him to retreat, and said immediately: "Now we can talk."

Only then did Hong Chengchou say: "The rebels are like bandits. They kill gentry and plunder the rich. They do all kinds of evil. They are rebels! You can't think that they are rebels just because they are fighting rebellion for the court!"

Lu Xiangsheng was furious after hearing this, and shouted: "Whether they are rebels or not, that is up to His Majesty!"

"Butang, why don't you understand?!"

"Although His Majesty has the final say, we must first make these rebels who are pretending to suppress the rebellion for the court also become rebels!"

"In this way, it will be convenient for the officers and soldiers to have a reason to destroy him!"

"This so-called raw rice is cooked rice."

"Is it possible that the Ministry still wants the imperial court to continue to support them? If the imperial court wants to support these people, it will inevitably have to continue to levy more on the people. Even if it does not levy more on the people, it will also levy more on the merchants and even the gentry!"

Hong Chengchou said again: "So, Ministry, we can only force them into rebels now, and then kill them all, so as to prevent the society from being burdened by them in the future!"

"Please think about it carefully!"

As Hong Chengchou spoke, he cupped his hands and bowed.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Hong Chengchou for a while, and asked, "So, they didn't attack Yulin Guard?"

Hong Chengchou nodded, and told Lu Xiangsheng the facts: "Wang Zuogui and Miao Mei's subordinates, a total of tens of thousands of rebels have been killed, including their wives and children. Now, other rebels must think that the court will not tolerate them!"

After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, showing a slight smile.

"You are simply lawless!"

Snapped!

Lu Xiangsheng slapped Hong Chengchou on the face.

Hong Chengchou couldn't help covering his face, looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Unless the department hall really wants to kill the lower officials for those rebels! If not, the most important thing the department hall should do now is to immediately mobilize heavy troops to guard against the so-called Rebels are making trouble everywhere!"

"You guys!"

Lu Xiangsheng pointed at Hong Chengchou, and then said: "Haven't you ever thought that if you do this, will it damage the country? Once these rebels really become rebels, I'm afraid they will not only target those who have surrendered to the rebels. Instead of officials and gentry, they ran around, burned, killed and looted, so it may be even more difficult to control in the future!"

"Ministry! I dare to say that, for me and other literati, I would rather let them mess up the country than let them go to the sea in the name of the imperial army!"

"They messed up the Ming Dynasty, it was nothing more than changing to a new dynasty, and the new dynasty would continue to ban the sea because of the opening of the borders of the Ming Dynasty, and would not dare to open the border at will, and continue to use our scholar-bureaucrats. If we succeed, the Haili monopolized by our gentry will be owned by the imperial court!"

Hong Chengchou said excitedly at this time.

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head to look at Hong Chengchou: "You actually want to destroy our Ming Dynasty for the self-interest of the world's scholars and bureaucrats?!"

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng like this, Hong Chengchou felt bad. He thought that Lu Xiangsheng was willing to give up literature and pursue martial arts in the past and go to the military training school because he was as utilitarian as himself, but he didn't expect that Lu Xiangsheng really cared about the Ming Dynasty.

I met a true loyal minister!

Snapped!

Therefore, Hong Chengchou knelt down directly: "Forgive me! Your words just now are really wrong! But the matter has reached today's point, please don't worry about it any more. Your next official would like to be the first to lead Soldiers to destroy these rebels, if the subordinate officials can't do it, it will not be too late for the Ministry to kill the subordinate officials at that time!"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Hong Chengchou for a long time and was about to speak.

"Ministry, Uncle Guo has come to announce the decree!"

But at this time, Lu Xiangsheng led a general to report outside.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly said, "Open the middle door immediately and set up the incense table."

Hong Chengchou's heart sank when he heard that Zhang Gui had come.

Not long after Zhang Gui announced the decree, Hong Chengchou, who knelt down with Lu Xiangsheng to listen to the decree, became even more ugly.

"Who is this?"

Zhang Gui specifically asked Lu Xiangsheng about the neatly dressed civil servant in front of him.

"Shaanxi Food Superintendent Hong Yanyan participated in politics, and was ordered by Yansui Governor Zhang Zhongcheng to report to the lower officials about Wang Zuogui and Miao Mei's rebellion."

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng took the imperial decree and smiled back to Zhang Gui.

Hong Chengchou saluted Zhang Gui here.

"Wang Zuogui rebelled?"

Zhang Gui was stunned for a moment, then asked: "But the rebel army in Suide?"

Lu Xiangsheng replied: "Exactly. But in fact it is not treason."

"Not treason?"

Zhang Gui's heart also sank.

Lu Xiangsheng said to Hong Chengchou, "tell Uncle Guo again what you said to me."

"Butang, what do you say again, the lower officials don't understand."

Hong Chengchou directly denied it.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Didn't you say that you and Zhang Yuhong tricked these people into Yulinwei to kill them, and you want to frame them for treason?! Why don't you admit it now?!"

Hong Chengchou can confess to Lu Xiangsheng, because Lu Xiangsheng is also a member of the scholar-officials, so Hong Chengchou is not worried about what Lu Xiangsheng will do to him.

But Zhang Gui is a military official of a foreign relative, Hong Chengchou will naturally not confess again, and even deny it.

However, Hong Chengchou did not expect that Lu Xiangsheng would be so disregarding the friendship of scholars, and would not cover up for himself and others in front of Zhang Gui. This made him feel that he had misjudged Lu Xiangsheng, and he could only deny it at this time.

"Hong Yanyan, I didn't expect you to be such a duplicity villain!"

Lu Xiangsheng was furious because of this.

Hong Chengchou first said aggrievedly: "The minister, please calm down, but you can't be so wronged to dismiss the official!"

Boom!

Hong Chengchou suddenly only saw a big foot in front of his face, and then he fell heavily on the ground, his eyes were so painful that he burst into tears.

"Well, you Hong Chengchou, dare to destroy the great government of this dynasty!"

At this time, Zhang Gui, who chose to believe in Lu Xiangsheng, had already withdrawn his foot, and after roaring, he ordered loudly:

"Come here, tie Hong Chengchou to Ben Hou!"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help being startled, and thought: "Uncle Zhang Guo knows my real name?!"

Think carefully!