Emperor Zhengde

Chapter 130 Yang Ting and the Tutors (1000 Orders Plus)

Yan Hanlin and Zhuang Zhongyun came to Yang Mansion as usual.

The two had already organized a plan for the students to take advantage of the situation and cause trouble. They were all excited. Yan Hanlin seemed to have a good idea and waved his fan, saying, "Mr. Yang will be very happy when he finds out, because there are hundreds of students joining the riot. We don't have to worry about the court not compromising!"

"Of course. If Scholar Yang can solve the disturbance caused by the students, it will lay a solid foundation for him to join the cabinet. Let's go see Scholar Yang," Zhuang Zhongyun said, and he couldn't wait to shout, "Scholar Yang, we have fulfilled our mission!"

However, as soon as he appeared in Yang's house, two Jinyiwei appeared in front of him: "You must be Yan Hanlin and Zhuang Zhongyun, right? Scholar Yang has informed His Majesty that you are trying to incite the students to cause trouble because of Wang Ao's death. This is a heinous crime. Arrest them!"

Yan Hanlin and Zhuang Zhongyun were so surprised that they were speechless. They didn't expect that they would be betrayed by Yang Tinghe! And they were the ones who masterminded it.

"This, this is impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Scholar Yang, why did Scholar Yang suddenly do this? Could it be that he has been playing tricks on us from the beginning? Besides, Yang Tinghe is the mastermind! Why did he dare to tell His Majesty!"

Yan Hanlin questioned loudly, he really couldn't believe that such a situation would suddenly occur.

"Because Master Yang was afraid that his crime would be exposed, he took the initiative to tell us everything. Let's arrest him!"

After a general flag of the Jinyiwei finished speaking, Yan Hanlin and Zhuang Zhongyun were pulled away by the Jinyiwei.

Yan Hanlin could not help but curse: "Yang Tinghe, you are so good! You are going to cut yourself off from the literati! You are such a ruthless person! You are such a despicable and shameless villain! I, Yan, am really blind!"

"Yang Tinghe! You will not die well!" Zhuang Zhongyun also made a "Puh" sound, and then started to cry.

at this time.

The Imperial College and Confucian Temple inside Anding Gate.

Many students of the Imperial College gathered here, and most of them came from the south of the Yangtze River, including some of Wang Ao’s former students.

Some students of the Imperial College were loudly advocating at this time: "Everyone! Yan Hanlin and Zhuang Zhongyun have already said that this time we only need to speak up for the prince! There will be people in the court who will plead for us! Don't be afraid, as long as our momentum is strong enough, we will definitely make the court destroy the Imperial University! Kill the treacherous minister Yan Song!"

"Kill Yan Song! Destroy the Imperial University! Speak up for the princes!"

These students of the Imperial College were all dressed in blue robes and white cloth, wearing mourning clothes for Wang Ao, and they shouted slogans one by one.

Soon these men in blue came towards the Bei'an Gate of the Imperial City with great momentum.

By the time these men in blue clothes reached Bei'anmen, the entire gate had been completely surrounded by them, and everyone was still shouting slogans.

One of them, Tang Kai, knelt directly in the center of Bei'an Gate, holding up a stack of memorials:
"Tang Kai, the supervisor of Suzhou Prefecture, and 156 students of the Imperial College jointly submitted a petition, hoping that the court would heed the public opinion and punish the treacherous official Yan Song! Redress the injustice for the princes!"

And at this time.

Bei'anmen was completely silent, no one reported anything, and no one opened the city gate.

Soon, there were dense footsteps coming from all directions, all from the Imperial Guards!
Guo Rong led 3,000 Jinyiwei, all holding embroidered spring swords, and rode over on horseback, surrounding all the Qingyimen outside Bei'an Gate.

When these blue-clad men saw that it was the Embroidered Uniform Guards that appeared, they were a little scared and seemed to be at a loss.

However, at this time, a student named Xiao Yingjin shouted loudly: "Don't panic! We are just writing a petition to the emperor, not rebelling. They won't dare to do anything to us. Besides, Yang Xueshi has entered the palace, and he will certainly plead for us!"

After Xiao Yingjin shouted like this, the men in green clothes continued to shout loudly.

At this time, Yang Tinghe was carried over and said weakly: "You are plotting a rebellion. As an official of the imperial court, I cannot tolerate you. Kill you!"

All of a sudden, these Jinyiwei drew their swords and rode their horses to kill the green-clothed men.

These blue-clad men were all shocked, wondering why Master Yang brought the Jinyiwei to kill them.

Xiao Yingjin was also very moved and puzzled: "Master! Master! What are you doing? Didn't you send people to ask us to do this?" "You are rebels! How can I be your teacher? Kill! Kill them all!"

Yang Tinghe waved his hand, and a trace of ruthlessness appeared on his pale face, then he watched these Jinyiwei rushing towards these Qingyiwei.

These blue-clad people immediately ran away with their heads in their hands. Some were chopped in half on the spot, some were trampled into pulp! Some even knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Xiao Yingjin ran to Yang Tinghe and said, "Master, what's going on? Why did you do this suddenly?"

Yang Tinghe only said weakly: "Because I, Yang Tinghe, will help your majesty to eliminate you rebels who intend to oppress the court!"

Xiao Yingjin was greatly surprised and pointed at Yang Tinghe unwillingly: "You, why are you helping that tyrant!"

At this time, Tang Kai saw this and ran while holding his severed arm and yelled: "Yang Tinghe! I didn't expect you to be this kind of person! It was you who instigated us to come to the imperial city to get off the bus and write a petition, but now you say we are traitors! You are simply despicable and shameless! The scholars of the world will not forgive you!"

In fact, even without Tang Kai's scolding, the scholars and people outside Bei'anmen had already seen it all clearly, and the news that Yang Tinghe framed hundreds of students and killed them on the grounds of treason would soon spread.

In less than an hour, all the Jiangnan students who had caused trouble were hacked to death on the spot, and blood flowed like a river! And the so-called student disturbance was also quickly resolved!
Yang Tinghe also took the blame for Zhu Houzhao's massacre of scholars.

Yang Tinghe was so helpless that he wanted to cry but had no tears. He felt extremely helpless because he originally wanted Zhu Houzhao to slaughter the scholars, but now he himself became the executioner.

However, Yang Tinghe was unable to defend himself now. He was now completely terminally ill, and even Li Shizhen's father could not save him. He could only wail in pain on the hospital bed.

However, in the following days, memorials impeaching Yang Tinghe continued to fly into the Forbidden City like snowflakes.

Even Ma Wensheng and other officials who had always had a good impression of Yang Tinghe hated him very much. They did not expect that Yang Tinghe would be so eager for quick success and instant benefits that he would not hesitate to massacre scholars in order to gain Zhu Houzhao's trust.

The Qingliu officials were naturally no exception. They denounced Yang Tinghe as a traitor and said that he had deceived them so badly that some even began to suspect that Wang Ao was deliberately killed by Yang Tinghe.

Unknowingly, Yang Tinghe took the blame for Zhu Houzhao again. Yan Song should also thank Yang Tinghe because Yang Tinghe also shared the hatred of the gentry.

Only Yang Tinghe himself knew that it was Zhu Houzhao who asked him to do all this, but Yang Tinghe deserved it.

Soon, Yang Tinghe died in pain, and the gentry all celebrated.

When Yang Tinghe's coffin was returned to his hometown, it was sunk to the bottom of the river by the gentry.

Moreover, these gentry did not forgive Yang Tinghe in writing. Various articles cursing or exposing Yang Tinghe's crimes quickly appeared inside and outside the capital, in the streets and alleys.

Therefore, the fact that Zhu Houzhao had recorded in his daily records that Yang Tinghe fell into the water while fishing to flatter his father and emperor, and that his illness worsened due to his unbridled indulgence in sex, was also taken as fact by the gentry. They had no doubts and even provided evidence for it, completely turning Yang Tinghe into a lewd, greedy and cruel villain!
Through this incident, Zhu Houzhao also realized how cruel these gentry were in treating those who were hostile to them, and it also made him realize the importance of strengthening his military power.

For officials like Ma Wensheng who were keen on reform, the death of Wang Ao and a large number of Jiangnan students gave them hope for rectifying local administration.

After all, the biggest obstacle to the rectification of local administration is the Jiangnan area.

Now, with the execution of Xie Qian, Wang Ao and others, the power of the gentry groups in the Jiangnan area in the court has been greatly reduced. This is naturally the best time to rectify local administration, especially the administration in Jiangnan, and strengthen the central government's control over Jiangnan.

Therefore, the Minister of Personnel Wang Shu submitted a memorial, hoping that the court would start implementing the major plan next year, that is, in the second year of Zhengde.

The so-called major plan is an assessment of local officials, just as the Beijing inspection is an assessment of Beijing officials. The reason for carrying out the major plan is that the local governments have too much arrears in taxes due to the corruption of local officials, so it is necessary to implement a new performance evaluation system in the local areas.

At this time, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River could no longer organize a strong counterattack in the central government to prevent the central government from making major decisions.

Zhu Houzhao quickly got the Cabinet and the Imperial Household Department to agree to Wang Shu's memorial, and formally ordered the Ministry of Personnel to start implementing the new performance evaluation system at the local level next year.

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