prosperous age

Chapter 319 Chapter 318
The DPRK and China have been waiting for the report from Nanzhili in the past few days, that is, to arrest those "evil young men" who fled into Taihu Lake.

Emperor Jiajing only kept the memorial for a day and then issued it. People must be caught and brought to justice. As for the Jiangnan incident, we can discuss it in the long run.

However, Emperor Jiajing's eyes lit up after seeing Gao Zhongcheng's memorial to today and reading Wei Guangde's memorial to impeach Weng Dali.

As far as he knows so far, the relationship between Wei Guangde and the Yan family only maintains a superficial harmony, but in fact the Yan family no longer treats him as they did before.

And Wei Guangde had nothing to do with Lu Bing, at least Emperor Jiajing didn't know that Wei Guangde had contact with Lu Bing in private, so Lu Bing would not be foolish enough to report this to Emperor Jiajing.

He is indeed a suitable candidate, neither leaning towards Hu Zongxian nor Lu Bing.

As for the reason for arranging Wei Guangde to go south, Emperor Jiajing already had some concerns about this matter, that is, to go south as the Metropolitan Procuratorate to participate in the trial of all the criminals involved in the Suzhou government.

Since they are all members of the family of gentry and officials in Suzhou Prefecture, if the imperial court cannot send ministers to supervise them, there may be some moths coming out.

Wei Guangde is from Jiujiangwei in Jiangxi Province, and he is naturally at odds with Nanzhili Suzhou Mansion, so he is a suitable candidate.

Thinking back, when Wei Guangde was ordered to tour the north, he also secretly ordered Wei Guangde to inquire about the affairs of the Xuanfu. It seemed that Wei Guangde was really adept at doing this, so he happened to check the situation of the various counties in the south of the Yangtze River and understand the voices of the people.

Thinking about it this way, Emperor Jiajing would naturally not issue such a decree right away, it would be too abrupt, and it would be safer to wait until the criminals were arrested and reported to the capital.

The decree of the capital was sent to Nanzhili on a fast horse, and then handed over to Weng Dali, the governor of Yingtian.

The last time the governor's yamen was besieged by evil young men, Weng Dali fled with his wife. After losing the governor's guard of honor, Weng Dali knew that his official career was over, at least this time he would definitely be dismissed afterwards.

Speaking of dismissal, this has to be done on the premise of tidying up the first and last, if he can't be arrested and brought to justice, he may be sent to prison for questioning.

Therefore, after the villains escaped from Suzhou City and fled into Taihu Lake, Weng Dali did not wait for the order from the capital, but directly used the power of the governor to mobilize the soldiers of the Suzhou Guards to search and arrest Taihu Lake, and must catch those villains.

At the same time, he personally supervised and tortured the wicked young man arrested by Wang Daoxing, the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, and vowed to arrest the leader of the trouble and deal with it severely.

It was this lawless guy who ended his official career ahead of time, and not killing him would not be enough to vent his hatred.

Soon, the name of the culprit Zhou Junqin was interrogated.

Zhou Junqin is the second child of the Zhou family, nicknamed Tuesday, and the Zhou family is a traditional gentry family in Suzhou Prefecture. His elder brother is an official in other places as a juren, although the official position is not very big.

It is precisely because of this that he is used to being domineering in Suzhou Mansion on Tuesday.

Of course, they will never provoke someone they can't afford, that is, they bully and bully ordinary people and get some fame.

As for the others, their identities are either the children of the gentry family in Suzhou Prefecture, or the children of Suzhou officials, or even the children of the Weisuo.

These gangsters use nicknames such as "Daxing", "Zhahuo", and "Baila" to make trouble outside, and there are also tiers of status internally, with upper, middle, and lower classes. The ones are the sons and daughters of the industry, and the bottom ones are the rogues in the alleys. All three have leaders.

For example, Tuesday is a son of a gentry, so he is naturally literate. Although he didn't get the honor of a scholar, he can be regarded as a knowledgeable and cultured person among the wicked, and he can be regarded as the best.

The middle-level ones are mainly those who know kung fu, and gain status in the guild by exerting strength and fighting bravely. Most of them are the children of officials in the Yamen of Suzhou Prefecture and the children of Suzhou Weiwei.

The bottom ones are naturally those punks who roam the streets and alleys, they rely on their bosses to make a living, and follow them to do some illegal things.

Weng Dali had already been mentally prepared for the identities of these people after the trial of the chief criminals. Without the protection of these people, this gang of vicious youngsters would have been dealt with long ago. How could they have done such shocking things.

However, they made trouble in Suzhou Mansion, and their relatives wanted to keep them, that was wishful thinking and daydreaming.

Regarding the things sent, Weng Dali sneered in his heart, but he accepted them all as ordered, and he should treat himself as a kind of compensation for himself.

As for wanting to make things big, hehe.
is it possible?
After the list was reviewed, Weng Dali immediately summoned the Suzhou prefect Wang Daoxing and the commander of Suzhou Wei, and threw the list of criminals involved in the case in front of them.

"This group of people relied on their family's power and got used to doing illegal things in Suzhou Prefecture, so they dared to commit this heinous crime.

To tell you the truth, I'm afraid I'm a little sad about this hurdle, but none of these people can pass it. I have already reported the list. For these dereliction of duty officers and local officials, they are all your subordinates. I don't need to teach you what to do. You guys. "

Regarding Weng Dali's words, both Wang Daoxing and the commander of Suzhou Wei all had uncertain faces after hearing it.

Looking at the list in his hand, these people were still delivering things to their homes two days ago, what is the purpose?
Naturally, like Weng Dali, they accepted all the orders, because Weng Dali accepted them all, and they really had no reason not to accept them.

It's just that they never expected that Weng Dali took the money, but he still got the list out and wanted to deal with these people.

tough enough.

At this time, the two people in the room were the military and political chiefs of the Suzhou government. They could not refuse the orders, or orders, of their immediate superiors. If they dared to say "no", they were afraid that they would be involved in the book and participate in the riots.

"Lord Weng, return to the guard immediately to summon the generals, and arrest all the officials involved in the case for interrogation."

Commander Suzhou Wei reacted quickly, and immediately stood up and clasped his fists to Weng Dali.

Although Weng Dali is likely to lose power, there is absolutely no need to fight him at this juncture.

Governor, the last impeachment memorial is enough for him to drink a pot, and there is no reason to blame him on him.

After all, things did get serious, and as the chief sergeant of Suzhou Mansion, he was responsible.

Although Wang Daoxing was fearless in the face of danger and dealt with it decisively after the riot broke out, he couldn’t get carried away just because of his meritorious deeds at this time. He had a similar mentality to Commander Suzhou Wei. There was no need to fight Weng Dali at this time.

"All the people in the government office will be dismissed and sent to prison today. There will be no mercy."

Wang Daoxing also got up and clasped his fists.

After speaking, Wang Daoxing felt a lot more relaxed.

This group of villains is rare, and Wang Daoxing had thought of rectifying it before, and it was really outrageous.

It's just that the involvement is too great, as a low-ranking official, sometimes it's really inconvenient for him to deal with it heavily.

Before Weng Dali wanted to punish the wicked young man, of course he fully supported him, but he never thought that this group of people would be so courageous and dare to do such evil things.

Well, take this opportunity to deal with all these people.

In the past, this group of people was also like this. They acted domineeringly. Although they didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him, they were indeed doing a lot of evil.

For the attitude of the two, Weng Dali is quite satisfied, but they are only dealing with some offending officials. If he dares to push back three times and block four things, Weng Dali doesn't mind reading a book, and he will be a backer.

"Master Weng, most of the people who are going to be arrested are officials from the Suzhou government. I am also afraid that the news will leak out. If they do something outrageous, I would like to ask Mr. Weng to order that the gates of the city be closed for two days."

In the past, Suzhou Mansion was naturally his kingly way, but now it's different, Weng Dali let people from Suzhou Wei take over the four gates of Suzhou City, arresting less criminals, now he has to arrest people in the city with Weng Dali and Suzhou Wei first. It's good for the conductor to say hello.

"That's natural."

Weng Dali nodded in agreement without hesitation, and ordered the Suzhou Guards to provide assistance. If any rioters were arrested, the Guards Army would decisively attack and suppress them.

"Is there any progress in Taihu Lake?"

After the arrest mission in the city was released, Weng Dali turned his attention to Taihu Lake again. The villain hiding in Taihu Lake is the culprit of this incident, and he will never let it go.

"With your lord's warrant, low-ranking people have entered Yanhu County, Changzhou Prefecture, and started arresting criminals. After receiving your lord's warrant, the Thousand Households Office in Huzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province also started to block off the south of Taihu Lake to prevent them from escaping.

Now the government and army have set up a net along the lake, and there will be good news in the near future. "

Most of the area around Taihu Lake is under the jurisdiction of Southern Zhili. Naturally, it is under the jurisdiction of Governor Weng Dali Yingtian. Only the south is close to Huzhou Prefecture, which belongs to Zhejiang Chief Commissioner. Therefore, Weng Dali issued a warrant to Huzhou Prefecture. At the same time, he also wanted to think about Nanjing. Send the official document to the chief envoy of Zhejiang Province.

However, Huzhou Mansion took action immediately after receiving Weng Dali's paperwork. The news about Suzhou Mansion had already spread, and the governor's office was set on fire by bandits. You can do what you say, it's not just catching a few thieves, and it's not a bloody battle with the Tartars in the north or the Japanese pirates in the east.

But the gang of villains headed by Tuesday in Taihu Lake are living a miserable life.

In the first few days when I entered Taihu Lake, I felt quite relaxed and leisurely. When I got here, no one cares about it.

But after all, he acted recklessly and didn't think too much. He worried about food in a few days, and lived in the wilderness, where insects and snakes were infested, making a group of young and old who are used to living a pampered life miserable.

After sending people out to buy food and inquire about news, what they waited for was not what they wanted, but the besieged by the brigade of officers and soldiers.

People who go out are used to bullying the market, so naturally they don't buy things properly, they still behave like in Suzhou city, their whereabouts were quickly discovered and arrested by the Suzhou guards who were looking for them.

The officers and soldiers were not the officials in the Suzhou mansion they were familiar with before, they could speak well, and with a punch, they recruited the Xingzang of Tuesday and others.

When Tuesday and others were besieged by officers and soldiers, more than a dozen officials in the government office in Suzhou City had their caps removed and knelt down in the room, with the yamen guards holding sticks behind them.

"All sent to prison, ransacked homes according to the list."

Wang Daoxing's words without the slightest emotion came out, and several delinquents in the hall were paralyzed on the spot.

In fact, they knew something was wrong after the incident, so they took the pole to send money and things to the governor's temporary residence, and also to the top boss, in order to keep their own family.

Those evil obstacles can be ignored, but I didn't expect that after they took the money, they would eventually bring trouble to my family. It's too late to say anything at this time.

A large number of officers and government servants rushed into their mansion after their master was arrested and began to arrest people and ransack their homes. Now they are charged with the crime of rioting, and the people below will naturally not be polite, let alone ransacking their homes First class beauty job.

When the decree from the capital reached the Suzhou government, dereliction of duty officers and magistrates were dismissed and questioned. The work of supervising and arresting the rebels was nearing completion. Only a small number of criminals were still hiding in Taihu Lake, and the rest were caught.

The arrest of the main culprit and the main accomplice also indicates that the riots in Suzhou Prefecture have subsided, and the next thing to do is to try the case and convict him.

When the news reached the capital, although Emperor Jiajing was satisfied that the Suzhou side had dealt with the riot so quickly, his previous thoughts had not been dispelled.

The cabinet Yan Song proposed that Nanjing Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Procuratorate for Criminal Justice take over the case. The three judicial departments will jointly try the case, and the standard is similar to that of Wang Zhi's original trial.

Wang Zhi, it's time to deal with it.

Emperor Jiajing thought so much about it, but he made revisions in the instructions of the memorandum in his hand. It is no problem for the Dali Temple in Nanjing and the place representing the Ministry of Punishments to participate in the punishment. Participation, as for the candidates to be discussed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

He wouldn't directly call out who would do this on the red batch, but the eunuchs and servants below could convey the meaning for him. Zhou Yan knew the emperor's attitude, so he naturally knew how to choose and who to send.

Wei Guangde was called from the Imperial Academy to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this was the first time in history.

At this time, the capital is already in the season of autumn and winter, and the weather is starting to get cold.

When Wei Guangde received the news, he was still puzzled, what could the Metropolitan Procuratorate do for him?
Do you let yourself go to Fujian for inspection?

Because of the Japanese pirates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the transfer to Fujian is mainly to suppress the Japanese. Wei Guangde is actually really afraid of being sent there, especially at this time of year.

But thinking about it, I know it's impossible. It's unlikely that Fujian will make a temporary replacement. It's probably something else.

When Wei Guangde entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he found out that he had really arranged an errand for himself when he arrived at the valet of Zuodu Censor Zhou Yan.

"Shan Loan, this time the court sent you to supervise the trials of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in Nanzhili. In fact, the case has basically been investigated. You just keep an eye on it, to see if anyone bends the law for personal gain and intends to give a light sentence. Some people, this is also the purpose of our procuratorate participating in the trial."

Zhou Yan was kind enough to explain the main items of this mission to Wei Guangde. After all, although Wei Guangde joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he had never been assigned outside.

Wei Guangde felt that the huskies were being overwhelmed in his heart, but he wanted to put on an expression of surprise on his face, as if he was being educated.

"In addition, after the incident in the Suzhou government, you still have to go to Zhejiang. The case of Wa Shou Wang Zhi has been passed. Beheaded, you go to prison."

(End of this chapter)