Chapter 698: Delayed Justice Is Never Justice

Whoever dares to make things difficult for the Qin family afterwards, Zhu Yijun dares to make things difficult for them. Chu Zhongtian grabbing the bride was for his own face, and Zhu Yijun making things difficult for Chu Zhongtian was also for his own face.

In the basic logic of "the villain is bullied by the villain," what is compared is whose power is greater and whose background is harder, not who is reasonable.

Qin Zhongke stared at Chu Zhongtian, walked forward two steps, and then came back. In the end, he didn't kick him.

"Hahaha, coward!" Chu Zhongtian looked at Qin Zhongke's appearance and laughed directly. He indeed couldn't afford to offend Young Master Huang. Young Master Huang had a gun pointed at his forehead, but Qin Zhongke didn't even move in this situation. He was a soft egg.

Was he really a soft egg? Qin Zhao had seven head-cutting achievements, and Qin Zhongke had three. When killing Japanese pirates, Qin Zhongke didn't soften even a bit.

"There is military discipline." Qin Zhongke clenched his fists and finally let out a breath of turbid air.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said, "I will tell the Marquis of Shouli, you just kick, it's fine, the Marquis of Shouli won't make things difficult for you."

"Even then, I can't kick. General Yu said, report to the Emperor above and save the common people below. He is a commoner, so I can't hit him. If I hit him today, I will have to borrow the commoners' heads for military merit in the future." Qin Zhongke shook his head repeatedly.

In this era where killing the innocent for military merit was common, the regulations of the Great Ming Beijing Camp and the navy were extremely strict, the purpose of which was to prevent micro-problems.

The military discipline of the Great Ming Navy was as strict as that of the Beijing Camp. The soldiers were brainwashed and disciplined. As long as he was a naval soldier for one day and Chu Zhongtian was a commoner for one day, Qin Zhongke could not do it. Military regulations have always been like this, one cut, unreasonable.

"You are quite reasonable!" Zhu Yijun smiled, stretched, waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, it's okay if you don't go. Go! Beat him!"

Zhu Yijun was the first dandy in the capital who bullied others with power. If Qin Zhongke didn't hit, he would hit!

Just beat him hard!

Chu Zhongtian immediately collapsed his face. This Young Master Huang was already unreasonable to this point! Simply lawless.

At this time, in a restaurant not far away, Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang were playing chess face to face. They were both on vacation, and they were not far from Chongde Ward. They knew everything that happened there.

"You don't stop him, but you still insist on fanning the flames?" Zhang Juzheng didn't quite understand. Qi Jiguang followed the edict, transferred troops into the city, and took out the momentum of not stopping until the Chu mansion was stepped on. If it was a battle, it was a momentum like a rainbow, but this was not a battle. At this time, Qi Jiguang's most cherished military regulations seemed to be in name only.

"I thought the Emperor wanted to take back my military power through this matter." Qi Jiguang dropped the piece casually and said very calmly.

"Uh... you are really calm!" Zhang Juzheng was completely silent.

Now it was the time for the Emperor to inspect Songjiang Prefecture. In another month, the Great Ming Emperor would return to the Northern Yamen. The Great General Qi Jiguang was not in the capital. The 70,000 troops of the Beijing Camp were in the hands of Li Rusong. This Young Master Huang of the Grand General's mansion stepped on the other party's house for no reason in Songjiang Prefecture. The censors in the capital, who finally caught the handle, couldn't they impeach him?

The Emperor would take the opportunity to go down the slope, superficially giving Qi Jiguang higher treatment, but secretly taking back Qi Jiguang's military power.

Throughout the dynasties, no Emperor could tolerate the existence of such an idol-like figure in the army after taking power. This was the most basic human nature. The threat of such a strong general as Qi Jiguang, who won every battle and pointed his blade outward, to the throne was a physical threat.

Li Shimin could tolerate even Wei Zheng, but Li Jing was almost sick to death, and he still had to take him to conquer Goguryeo.

Qi Jiguang's idea was right. Was the Emperor going to take this opportunity to take back military power? Even Zhang Juzheng had some worries in his heart.

The Great Ming Emperor had grown up, and Qi Jiguang was a bit old. The Great Ming was feared by the Beijing Camp and the navy from all sides, and did not dare to offend. Killing the donkey after the mill, putting the horse on the southern mountain, seemed to be a good time node.

"Wild thoughts." Zhang Juzheng forcibly defended his disciple Zhu Yijun. The Great Ming Emperor was just making a mess, not wanting to take back military power. Don't think too much. This defense seemed a bit pale and powerless.

"Nothing." Qi Jiguang said quite calmly, "The Emperor won't make things too ugly. If not, there is no need. Every time he goes to a place, he goes to worship the Loyalty and Bravery Shrine. Last time, the Emperor went to the Yue King's Tomb and the Yu Public Shrine. After worshiping, he rewarded me, this Duke of Fengguo, again."

"I ask myself, I can be counted as a loyal and brave person."

Worshiping Yue and Yu had feelings. The Emperor rewarded Qi Jiguang greatly. Yue Fei and Yu Qian had already passed away, but Qi Jiguang was still alive and well, eating and drinking well. Even if he really asked him to hand over military power, the Emperor would not play the trick of liquidation. Zhu Yijun wanted face and didn't want to live as a joke.

As for why Qi Jiguang was unwilling to resist, Qi Jiguang's ambition could be displayed, and there was no more unwillingness. The Emperor's determination to strengthen the martial arts was as persistent as inspecting the troops. In order to stabilize the empire and not create more wind of valuing literature and despising martial arts, Qi Jiguang did not intend to resist.

"The world says that this Beijing Camp is my Qi Jiguang's Beijing Camp, and even called the Qi Family Army, but this Beijing Camp was originally the Emperor's Beijing Camp. I am the General of the Beijing Camp appointed by the Emperor. Whatever the Emperor wants to do is right." Qi Jiguang emphasized again that the Beijing Camp was the Emperor's Beijing Camp.

"A single tree is hard to support, covering into a forest." Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and answered this question. A single tree is hard to support. Relying on him, Zhang Juzheng, or Qi Jiguang, such ministers, the Beijing Camp and the navy would not have today's scene. Strengthening the martial arts was extremely difficult, and covering into a forest meant that there were more like-minded comrades to form a scale.

The prosperous scene of the Wanli New Policy was very good.

"General Qi, Grand Secretary, the side grabbing the bride, the Songjiang Town Navy Pacification Commission has arrived." Chen Dacheng reported the new situation.

The Great Ming military discipline indeed stipulated that soldiers could not attack commoners for any reason, but it did not mean that soldiers were completely bullied. Although in many military-civilian conflicts, the Pacification Commission would mix mud, it was already quite good to have someone mix mud. In the past, after the military Pacification Commission was corrupted, soldiers had to go to the yamen to fight lawsuits, which was the worst situation.

"Grand Secretary, General Qi, the Shanghai Magistrate Yao Guangming has arrived with yamen runners." You Shouli, You Qi, told Zhang Juzheng that Yao Guangming had already arrived.

Besides the Pacification Commission maintaining the interests of soldiers, there was also the yamen to ensure basic fairness.

Even if "Young Master Huang" hadn't happened to run into the bride-grabbing today, this Chu Zhongtian would not have been able to take Ren Qiubai away. The Great Ming laws, the navy legal division, the Pacification Commission, and the Great Ming imperial court yamen would not have allowed such a thing to happen. Soldiers, besides having higher material rewards, also possessed higher social status.

This was strengthening the martial arts. It wasn't that giving full pay was strengthening the martial arts, but putting forward higher requirements for soldiers and giving them higher social status at the same time.

"It seems it's our turn to go on stage." Zhang Juzheng didn't have much interest in watching the fun. He wasn't sure about the Emperor's intention, whether he was making a mess or taking this opportunity to take back military power. He originally wanted to watch the fun, but he didn't want to watch the fun of taking back military power.

Has the time really come? Zhang Juzheng felt a bit lost.

Chu Zhongtian was beaten extremely embarrassed, lying on the ground like a dog. Zhao Mengyou, as the knife in the Emperor's hand, executed the Emperor's order without discount.

"Heh, interesting, interesting, all here." Zhu Yijun looked at Yao Guangming and nodded.

Yao Guangming was a noble young master of the Yao clan in Wu Zhong. He knew very well the gold content of the words "Young Master Huang" of the Penglai Huang family, and Yao Guangming knew that Young Master Huang and the Emperor were the same person because he had seen it with his own eyes, not guessed it.

Young Master Huang, Wang Qian, Yao Guangming, the three great dandies in the capital, one more lawless than the other, running rampant.

"I advise you to stop here, noble young master under the Grand General's mansion. Think about how difficult it will be for the Grand General in the court! Transferring troops into the city privately without cause, are you crazy!" The Pacification Commissioner of the Pacification Commission saw Young Master Huang and immediately leaned forward, anxiously saying in a low voice, "Leave the matter to us to handle, don't find trouble for General Qi."

The transfer of more than 100 people requires a very cumbersome process. The Emperor's edict is an exception. The Emperor can use troops without going through the Ministry of War. This is the military power Zhu Yijun has mastered after working hard for so many years, directly ordering Qi Jiguang.

"Hmm?" Zhu Yijun smiled, didn't answer, but looked meaningfully at the Songjiang Pacification Commissioner.

"Eh, that's not right. General Qi has always been strict with military discipline." The Pacification Commissioner suddenly frowned and retreated three steps in horror. This distance he just had was already overstepping. Without an edict to be summoned, without an order to be within three feet, what was the intention? It was a serious overstepping!

The Pacification Commissioner had already turned the corner. This Young Master Huang was definitely the Emperor! Three Beijing Camp infantry battalions had entered the city, one surrounded the Chu family, and two surrounded Chongde Ward. Qi Jiguang had always been strict with himself. Since he transferred troops, the process must have no problems.

This was the difference in cognition between the people and the military. The people felt that Qi Jiguang could transfer Beijing Camp soldiers at will, but without an imperial edict, he had to go through the cumbersome process of the Ministry of War to transfer more than 100 people. But people in the military, as long as they think a little bit, they understand. This was not General Qi going crazy, but Young Master Huang's identity having problems.

Zhu Yijun had never really hidden his identity because it was not needed, just like now. Even if the Pacification Commissioner guessed it, he could only cooperate with the performance, not expose the Emperor's identity.

Yao Guangming knew the Great Ming Emperor and was thinking about whether to salute, ruining the Emperor's interest. The Pacification Commissioner guessed the real identity of Young Master Huang in one encounter.

"If I don't manage this matter, how will your Pacification Commission handle it?" Zhu Yijun was quite curious about how the Pacification Commission would mix mud.

The Pacification Commissioner thought for a while and said helplessly, "Ask for the return of the Qin family's daughter-in-law, the Chu family apologizes, at most twenty strokes."

The Pacification Commissioner didn't hide it. The top-level handling of this kind of matter was twenty strokes. If he wanted to do more, he was powerless.

"It's because of this mud-mixing that this Chu Zhongtian dares to grab the bride!" Zhu Yijun was not satisfied with this result.

For the sake of the so-called face of the Chu family, they ran to the street to grab the bride. Whether it succeeded or not, the face and lining of the Chu family were all there. Direct conflict with the Great Ming Navy and returning safely was face, and Ren Qiubai was the lining.

The military yamen or the county yamen could at most do this. Chu Zhongtian wouldn't even be beaten, let alone apologize. The Chu family had long thought of a way out. If the yamen really questioned, they would push out a scapegoat, find a servant in the family to take the blame, and take twenty strokes. This matter would pass in a muddled way.

Zhu Yijun did not accept this result. Even if the parties Qin Zhao and Qin Zhongke could accept it, Zhu Yijun could not accept it.

If he didn't stand up for the foundation among the foundations now, in the future, when he suffered grievances, which soldier would listen to his edict?

"I'll handle it." Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to carry a chair, sat on it, and didn't speak, looking at the embarrassed Chu Zhongtian without saying a word.

"Kill or cut, it's all up to Young Master Huang! But I'm not wrong. My younger brother is sick. If I don't help him, who will?" Chu Zhongtian didn't care about the face of a noble young master, sat on the ground, sat face to face with the Emperor, and still said very stubbornly.

Chu Zhongtian looked like his reasons were very sufficient. Zhu Yijun didn't answer, but smiled and said, "The yamen has arrived, the Pacification Commission has arrived, but your family hasn't arrived yet. How about this, let's make a bet."

"I will bring your family here to see your family's choice. One, maintain you; two, abandon you. I bet your Shanghai Chu clan will definitely abandon you."

"If your family didn't abandon you, I will let you go. If your family abandoned you, I will handle it, how about that?"

"Poisonous scholar!" Chu Zhongtian said sternly. It was too vicious, simply too vicious! He had already guessed how his father would choose, but the power was stronger than the people, so he could only accept it.

"Why didn't you go to the yamen or the Pacification Commission to fight the lawsuit? You didn't even want to walk the most basic legal process, ran directly to grab the bride, and beat Qin Zhongke. You are lawless, and I am also lawless. Isn't it because you rely on strict military discipline and know that Qin Zhongke cannot fight back that you are so lawless? These servants of yours are not enough for Qin Zhongke to fight alone."

"You are a powerful family, and I am also a powerful family. Don't the powerful families fight like this? You are unreasonable, so why should I be reasonable with you?" Zhu Yijun sneered. Poisonous scholar, everyone is a powerful family, who is more ruthless than whom?

"Feng, my attendant, go and bring Chu Zhongtian's biological father here. I want to see if it's father-son affection or cutting the tail to survive."

The arrogant Young Master Huang didn't give Chu Zhongtian a chance to choose and directly sent someone to catch people.

It didn't make Young Master Huang wait too long. Before long, Chu Zhongtian's father arrived. When Chu Zhongtian's father, Chu Xunxiao, was brought, he didn't even look at Young Master Chu, walked straight to Young Master Huang, bowed with a full face of smiles, and said, "Young Master Huang came from the capital. The little son accidentally offended the young master. I hope the young master will be magnanimous."

"Does Old Master Chu think that today's matter can be ended with just one sentence of offending me?" Zhu Yijun opened his fan, shook it lightly, and asked with a smile.

"This, the dog son is also for his younger brother, impulsive, and made such a thing. It should be punished, it should be punished. Young Master Huang, let's talk in another step, okay?" Chu Xunxiao said in a low voice, "I don't know what Young Master Huang wants, so that he will let the soldiers surrounding the house retreat."

For Chu Xunxiao, how to let the soldiers surrounding their house retreat was the urgent matter. As for Chu Zhongtian, he could only let him ask for more blessings.

"Kill him." Zhu Yijun turned his head and glanced at Chu Zhongtian, smiling and saying.

"Young Master Huang... this..." Chu Xunxiao's voice was almost begging, "Let's talk in another step, okay?"

"Father!" Chu Zhongtian looked at his father in disbelief. His father actually abandoned him so simply, without even saying a word.

Sometimes, no clear answer is an answer. For the survival of the family, Chu Xunxiao's so-called "talking in another step" was just like the parents drowning baby girls, letting the midwife do it, a fig leaf.

Zhu Yijun leaned on the back of the chair, looking at the Chu father and son playfully. They were lawless all day long, relying on their family background, bullying others, and doing many unrighteous things, but today, they were bullied by Young Master Huang.

"Chu Zhongtian, for the sake of your Chu family's face, you charged and fought, and brought your own servants. Was it your father who instructed you, or did you want to come yourself?" Zhu Yijun was very curious about this question. Was Chu Zhongtian indignant after hearing about the wedding today, or did Chu Xunxiao instruct Chu Zhongtian for the sake of the family's face?

This question was very important and very heart-piercing.

Chu Zhongtian was dejected and said in a low voice, "My father asked me to come."

"Don't talk nonsense! You brought a huge disaster to the family, and you still dare to talk nonsense?" Chu Xunxiao was furious and scolded sternly.

Chu Zhongtian said sternly, "Where did I talk nonsense? Didn't you say that today, if we swallow this breath, our Chu family won't be able to raise our heads in Shanghai Beach in the future? How is it that I am talking nonsense?"

"Did I clearly say, let you bring people to grab the bride?"

"Didn't you nod?"

"Hahaha!" Zhu Yijun laughed loudly. They had already started to blame each other, as if all the mistakes were the other party's mistakes.

Feng Bao walked over in a hurry and said, "Grandfather Emperor, Mr. Zhang and the General have arrived."

"Please." Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhang, General Qi." Zhu Yijun was quite polite. After all, he was Young Master Huang now. Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng saw the Emperor being polite, so they couldn't salute. After all, they were acting in the identity of Young Master Huang.

"He hasn't died yet?" Qi Jiguang looked at the living Chu Zhongtian in great surprise. Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang thought it was their turn to appear because they came to clean up the mess. They thought the Emperor had already ordered to kill people and step on the house, but Chu Zhongtian was only beaten.

The Emperor got angry and didn't see blood. Qi Jiguang was seeing it for the first time.

But these words sounded very reasonable to outsiders. Young Master Huang was so arrogant, all because Qi Jiguang spoiled him. This Young Master Huang didn't shout to kill, but General Qi came, and asked why the person was still alive. Isn't this indulgence?

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "If he had beaten Qin Zhongke, he would be dead now. I am very reasonable!"

"Chu Zhongtian, I promised you, you let the bride go, and I will tell you carefully about this matter. Your family spent 5,000 taels of silver to buy a child bride for your younger brother. This Ren Qiubai's slave contract is the contract of buying and selling, right?"

"Yes." Chu Zhongtian came to grab the bride because of the abolished slave contract.

"Then I ask you, of these 5,000 taels of silver, was even one cent given to Ren Qiubai?" Zhu Yijun asked immediately.

"No." Chu Zhongtian said in a low voice.

"The imperial court has an order to abolish the lowly slave registration. Abolished means abolished. You didn't go to the Ren family to return these 5,000 taels of silver, but instead found trouble for the Qin father and son. What is the reason?" Zhu Yijun asked coldly.

Chu Xunxiao said in a low voice, "That Ren family relies on their big family and said: Ren Qiubai has already been sold, so there is no reason to return it. Since the slave contract is gone, it was replaced by a betrothal letter. Those 5,000 taels of silver are the betrothal gift."

"Why didn't you dare to find trouble for the Ren family, but found trouble for the Qin father and son? Because you can't afford to offend official families like the Ren family. It's just bullying the soft and fearing the hard." Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said mockingly.

Ren Qiubai's father was a scholar, and Ren Qiubai's uncle was a jinshi. Being able to produce a jinshi, basically, it was not a small family. Powerful families also had levels. Chu Zhongtian couldn't afford to offend official families, so he ran to bully Qin Zhao and Qin Zhongke.

"Look, over there is the Pacification Commission, over here is the yamen. You know very well that this matter cannot be ended."

"What kind of idea did you have? I know it very well. It's just making raw rice into cooked rice. Today, grab the bride. As long as you take Ren Qiubai back to your Chu family, she will be a person of your family. Even if the legal division yamen pursues it, Ren Qiubai has entered your Chu family's door, so what can happen?" Zhu Yijun looked at Chu Zhongtian and asked, "Is this the idea?"

If Ren Qiubai was really taken away by the Chu family, even if the Pacification Commission walked the judicial process to ask for it, Ren Qiubai had entered their Chu family's door, which was unclear. First, create a established fact, the wood is already a boat, can the Pacification Commissioner and the magistrate still kill because of this kind of thing?

"Yes." Chu Zhongtian's face was sauce-colored, and he said in a low voice. He couldn't fight the family background, and even the conspiracy was seen through, and he was said in front of everyone, simply ashamed to see anyone.

"This matter, since I managed it, I will manage it to the end. I will ask for those 5,000 taels of silver for your family." Zhu Yijun closed the fan and announced the result of the disposal.

"Did you think it ended here? Hehehe, the trouble of offending Young Master Huang has just begun!" Zhu Yijun opened the fan, shook it lightly, looked at the Chu family father and son, and was extremely ruthless.

Discussing the matter, analyzing the specific matter, the matter of grabbing the bride ended with Chu Zhongtian being beaten and the Chu family father and son being separated. The matter of grabbing the bride indeed ended here.

But the nightmare of the Chu family and Ren family had just begun.

Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng exchanged glances. They both misunderstood the Emperor. The Emperor never thought about taking back military power through this matter. The Emperor simply stood up for the injustice, bullied others with power, and had to manage this injustice.

Zhu Yijun looked at Qin Zhongke and said with a smile, "I won't go to the wedding banquet. Don't worry, there will be nothing for you in the future. Just live your life well."

The remaining struggle was the contradiction between the imperial court and the local area, the contradiction between the Emperor and the powerful families, and had nothing to do with Qin Zhao and Qin Zhongke. If they got involved, it would be bad for them instead.

"Thank you, Young Master Huang, for your great kindness, I will remember it in my heart." Qin Zhao saluted and left with the fellow villagers of Chongde Ward. Qin Zhao was an old oil slick. When chatting with Young Master Huang, he felt a bit that this Young Master Huang was a bit strange. In all aspects, he was very strange: the eunuch without a beard, the rules were bigger than the sky, and he looked approachable but had his own majesty.

Such a noble person, but with calluses all over his hands, such a strange person, Qin Zhao felt at that time that it was not just as simple as Young Master Huang.

When Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang appeared, Qin Zhao confirmed that Young Master Huang was the Emperor. This was too obvious. Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang wanted to salute but couldn't. Qin Zhao saw it in his eyes. The Emperor managed this matter, so there would definitely be no future trouble.

The wedding banquet, the Emperor was definitely not able to go, but the gift money was offered, and the heart was already there.

Zhu Yijun returned to the Yan-brand building. This was the Yan-brand restaurant in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, magnificent. He returned here, changed from Young Master Huang to the Emperor, looked at Yao Guangming, and said, "Let the younger brother of Ren Qiubai and that stepmother who doesn't save trouble return those 5,000 taels of silver to the Chu family immediately."

"Embroidered uniform guard, immediately let the Songjiang Prefecture Tax Audit Institute conduct a comprehensive tax audit on the Ren family and the Chu family, and handle it strictly and heavily. It must be known to the world that soldiers not attacking commoners is strict military discipline, but it is not being slaughtered or bullied! Today, I must be the master for them!"

"What does Mr. Zhang think?"

"If the Emperor doesn't stand up for the soldiers, and it reaches the point of the Zhejiang Nine Battalions entering the city to suppress bandits, it will be too late. Delayed justice is not justice. It's good to make a fuss. If you don't make a fuss, everyone will think soldiers are a piece of meat on the chopping board. That Chu Zhongtian, cursing the ninth-rank registrar as a lame, cursing loyal soldiers as wandering people, this cannot be, and it shouldn't be." Zhang Juzheng quite approved of the Emperor continuing to pursue it.

The matter of grabbing the bride indeed ended here, but not treating soldiers as human beings, calling them lame and wandering people, was something Zhang Juzheng could not accept, which was equivalent to the failure of the new policy of strengthening the martial arts.

Enriching the country and strengthening the army was the main proposition of Zhang Juzheng's new policy from beginning to end.

Delayed justice is never justice, just a remedy.

"What does General Qi think?" Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang. This was his left and right arm.

"The Emperor is wise." Qi Jiguang bowed and said. He thought before that the Emperor wanted to kill Chu Zhongtian by hand... The reason he thought so was that back then, the pen-correcting Chen Youren in the capital beautified the Japanese pirates' looting in the southeast and slandered the Great Ming army's eastern expedition to suppress the Japanese pirates, and was killed by the Emperor on the street. He was aiming to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.

As a result, the Emperor still walked the process and wanted to investigate them thoroughly and pursue them legally.

Some people can't stand investigation. As long as you investigate carefully, there is a pile of dirty things under the buttocks.

"In this way, Magistrate Yao, do your best to cooperate." Zhu Yijun looked at Yao Guangming and gave further instructions.

"Your Majesty, actually, the evidence of the Ren family's crimes, I have already investigated clearly..." Yao Guangming bowed and said. Crying for the Emperor was a traditional program for the Emperor's inspection throughout the dynasties. In order to satisfy the Emperor's sense of justice during the inspection, local officials had to prepare some unjust cases for the Emperor to uphold justice.

And the Ren family was on the list of crying for the Emperor, belonging to the category of being able to satisfy the sense of justice without involving himself.

"Oh? What did their family do?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously. ===== CHAPTER 699 =====