Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 107 The Governor Xu Huai
November [-]th of the first year of Taichang...

When Zhu Youjian received the message from Lu Wenzhao's caller Feige, his first reaction was two words.

"Moji..."

In his opinion, after Yang Lian and others arrived in Pizhou, they should immediately use their status as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to remove Liu Bian, detain them, and let Lu Wenzhao take over Xuzhou and Huai'an.

Afterwards, Changping warehouses were opened for disaster relief, and all officials, large and small, were detained in Xuzhou and Huai'an, and then a notice was posted to let the victims know what had happened.

As for those officials?The corpses that Lu Jianxing hid were enough to make them die three hundred times, so why do we need to check the Changping warehouse and the official warehouse?
However, this is Zhu Youjian's comment on the lack of understanding of the power of the officials of the Daming Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate does not have the right to directly open warehouses for disaster relief. It must first monitor whether there is a famine, and then impeach the officials and order Kuaima [-] miles to rush to the capital. The emperor will make an order and send it to the cabinet. After the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate agree, the censor has the power to provide disaster relief.

This process is very cumbersome, so it's not that Yang Lian doesn't want to cut the mess quickly, but that conditions don't allow him to do so.

Although he already has the status of the official department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he still lacks the status of the local governor and the Ministry of Punishment.

Once these identities are obtained, then he can directly open the official warehouse to store food, and come to a second division to interrogate, ransack the person's house on the spot, and then convict the accomplice and kill him, and send the principal culprit to the capital for execution.

But now he does not have these two identities, so even if he wants to do this again, he is only a courtier after all, not a prince or an emperor.

What Zhu Youxiao's two brothers could do, he absolutely couldn't do.

"Sure enough, civil servants' methods are still not enough, but eunuchs are ruthless enough to do this kind of thing."

After saying the evaluation, Zhu Youjian no longer hesitated, but immediately went to Qianqing Palace.

Pulled by the horses, the chariot made a "clack" sound on the red walls and white snow of the Forbidden City floor tiles.

This voice usually feels very rhythmic and rhythmic, but now it only makes Zhu Youjian feel upset.

He didn't expect that after the Huaibei Great Hunger case developed into a party dispute, a group of people turned into such a situation, which was obviously very simple.

You know, this is different from the tax resistance in Suzhou during the Wanli period.

Suzhou anti-tax, is the people, scholar-bureaucrats, small and medium-sized landlords, border generals and many other forces unite to take action against the mine tax eunuch.

Collecting mining tax is a good thing, but Wanli used the wrong method.

Wanli's method of collecting mining taxes is to send eunuchs to collect taxes, and they are called "mining supervisors".

That is to say, Emperor Wanli did not collect mining taxes through formal channels such as imperial agencies, but sent eunuchs to collect mining taxes locally.

The eunuchs are the close servants of the emperor, and it is understandable for the emperor to believe in them, but this group of eunuchs will do all kinds of evil when they go to the place.

Since the mining tax was collected in the [-]th year of Wanli, the cruelty of these mining tax eunuchs is simply heinous, and they are reckless all over the country.

For example, the eunuch Ma Tang was in charge of the mine tax in Tianjin. When he arrived in the jurisdiction, he acted like a gangster, gathered hundreds of desperadoes, armed with various instruments of torture, and robbed them regardless of day and night, and collected mine taxes in the name of.

In the end, public anger was committed, and tens of thousands of people gathered together and burned Ma Tang's yamen, killing 37 of his party members.

The eunuch Liang Yong was in charge of mining taxes in Shaanxi. Xi’an was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. Liang Yong excavated the mausoleums of the past dynasties there and connived at the desperadoes’ robbery. Yong, Liang Yong was so frightened that he fled back to the capital.

The eunuch Yang Rong acted recklessly in Yunnan. Even the magistrate who was ordered by the court to go to prison would go to prison as soon as he said he would. In the end, he successfully provoked a civil uprising and was killed by angry people.

In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, more than [-] silk weaving workers set fire to and smashed in Suzhou, also in order to oppose the mine tax eunuch's behavior.

Originally, Emperor Wanli collected mining tax, whether it was out of greed or to ease the financial crisis, it was beneficial to the treasury revenue.

But after such a toss, I don’t know how many eunuchs have been corrupted. After the exploitation, there must be no more corruption than the eunuchs. What’s more, these eunuchs are involved in local people’s grievances, which makes the court lose all support.

What's even more ironic is that Emperor Wanli especially trusted these eunuchs who did all kinds of crimes. At that time, Yin Yingyuan, governor of Shandong, and Wu Zongyao, a county magistrate below, played to impeach Chen Zeng, the eunuch of mining tax.

On the contrary, Yang Rong, the mine tax eunuch, committed public anger and was killed. Emperor Wanli was so sad that he couldn't eat for a few days.

Among the mine tax incidents, the most serious and corrupt military discipline was Gaohuai's chaos in Liao Dynasty.

Before the Gaohuai chaos in the Liao Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had a strong control over the Northeast Jurchens, and the soldiers and horses in the Liao Town were considered strong and strong.

However, since Gao Huai was ordered to mine and collect taxes in Liaodong in the [-]th year of Wanli, Liaodong has been in turmoil.

Gao Huai forced mining taxes, falsely accused border merchants and common people, connived at his eunuch Liao Guotai to abuse the people and upheaval, and falsely arrested dozens of people...

This series of operations made the people of Liaodong generally distrust Daming and the imperial court, and even turned their families to the Jurchen, North Korea and Mongols.

It would be fine if the matter ended here, but Gao Huai later accused Ma Lin, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and deducted the monthly rations of the sergeants. he.

Only then did he realize that he was afraid, and instead of trying to solve the problem, he left the turbulent Liaodong and fled back to Beijing. Mutiny in Liaodong.

Therefore, the tax resistance during the Wanli period was the result of the joint efforts of common people, merchants, and officials, and they were also on the side of justice.

So it led to a multi-party joint impeachment request for the abolition of the mining tax.

This matter is completely unable to form a dark political struggle such as party struggle. If the emperor wants to cover up, he wants to fight against everyone in the world.

But now it's different!
There was a great famine in Huaibei, and the people besieged the county government. The premise of this matter was that officials and gentry oppressed and deceived the people, and the emperor had already set it in the Beijing inspection in the first year of Tianqi.

In other words, this is a high-pressure anti-corruption operation jointly organized by the emperor and some civil servants.

Under the system of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power, which had been suppressed by civil servants for more than a hundred years, has become an important force since the faction of civil officials.

At the moment of party struggle, which faction the imperial power falls to, that faction can gain overwhelming power.

For example, in the first year, second year, and third year of Tianqi in history, when Zhu Youxiao trusted the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party was able to kill the Quartet, suppressing and beating the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and almost cutting them off.

As a result, all the five parties went to seek refuge with Wei Zhongxian. After the eunuch party was formed, and Hakka and Wei Zhongxian listened to it, Zhu Youxiao began to distrust the Donglin Party.

As a result, the Donglin Party, which was originally majestic, was directly punished by the Eunuch Party with an overwhelming advantage in the next second.

In this way, it can be seen that once the imperial power falls to which faction, that faction will have a power that other parties cannot compete with.

But it was this kind of imperial power that fell to the Donglin Party. When the imperial court wanted to clean up Jiangnan, there were still a group of grain merchants who didn't know the depth of the water to step on the red line.

For a while, Zhu Youjian didn't know whether to say they were too stupid, or whether they overestimated the umbrella behind them.

In addition to this kind of sigh, the chariot also arrived at the gate of Qianqing Palace. After Zhu Youjian got off the car, he walked towards Qianqing Palace under the leadership of the eunuch on duty.

"What is brother doing?"

"Long live is dealing with the memorial, just had dinner." Hearing Zhu Youjian's inquiry, the eunuch on duty responded softly.

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and when he reached the Qianqing Palace, he stepped in without asking for a pass, and then walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

During this period, he kept holding the letter sent by Lu Wenzhao Feige in his hand.

"Didn't you say don't bother me?"

As soon as Zhu Youjian stepped into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he heard the slightly angry words of Brother Haohuang.

He was not afraid, but smiled and said:
"Then I'm leaving..."

"Huh?" Hearing the familiar voice, Zhu Youxiao's brows slowly loosened, and then he looked up and saw that it was Zhu Youjian, and couldn't help but smile:

"What kind of nonsense is my brother talking about? I told the slaves."

"Hey, I know too." Zhu Youjian walked directly to the seat next to Zhu Youxiao and sat down, then said with a smile:

"I have something to tell my brother this time, but I hope my brother will not be angry after reading it."

"What can I be angry with? There are too many things that are really angry, and I have been full of anger recently." Zhu Youxiao sighed, it seems that dealing with the memorials consumes a lot of energy and good temper.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian could only pass Lu Wenzhao's letter over, and explained:
"Yang Lian and others captured Liu Bian, the magistrate of Huai'an Prefecture yesterday, but today some gentry and grain merchants in Huai'an Prefecture encouraged the hungry people to surround the county government and rob the official food."

"The Changping warehouses in Haizhou, Taoyuan, and Yancheng were robbed of more than [-] stones of official grain..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian didn't continue talking, just because he saw Brother Haohuang's fingers holding the letter tightly.

It can be seen that Brother Hao Huang is very angry, but he didn't burst out because of himself.

"Wei Zhongxian!"

Suddenly, brother Hao Huang called out to the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and soon after that hurried footsteps were heard.

Zhu Youjian, who had been away for a long time, reappeared and Wei Zhongxian hurried into the Hall of Mental Cultivation to compose: "Long live..."

"Tell Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, that Ye Xianggao is old, and I can't bear to disturb his return!"

"In addition, a decree was sent to Qi Yuanfu to order Qi Yuanfu to divide his troops to Huaibei after the recruitment of soldiers and horses. He led the troops to Nanjing and Yangzhou alone, escorted the autumn tax and grain, and sent additional silver to the north."

"The maidservant leads the decree..." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Wei Zhongxian knew that the emperor was going to tear himself apart from the cabinet.

On the other hand, Zhu Youjian, who was next to him, was glad when he heard this, and then regretted it.

He was not surprised that Qi Yuanfu led troops to the north and escorted the grain. His luck and regret were because of Ye Xianggao.

The reason for this is that if Ye Xianggao is not selected to join the cabinet, then there will be no one to balance the party struggle, the party struggle can continue, and he will have more room to operate.

It's a pity because Ye Xianggao was indeed one of the most talented cabinet ministers in the late Ming Dynasty. When he was in charge of the cabinet, he really made the world stable for a while.

It's a pity that this life is not at the right time.

If he had been born in a time when the imperial power was greatest, or when civil servants across the south of the Yangtze River were united, he would have been a very good minister.

As a result, he was born in the late Ming Dynasty when party disputes were serious. Balancing the contradictions between the various parties cost Ye Xianggao a lot of energy.

"Ugh……"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian sighed, and then faced the good emperor brother in front of Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Brother, do we still need to continue to picket the Huaibei massacre case?"

"Investigate! Of course we must investigate!" Hearing this question, Zhu Youxiao replied without thinking.

"Not only to check! But also to find out, find out all the people hiding behind!"

"Until the whole of Nanzhili is cleaned up!"

Speaking of this, no matter how much Zhu Youxiao suppressed his anger, it was inevitable that he would explode.

However, he restrained himself very well and didn't smash anything. This endurance alone is worth learning from Zhu Youjian.

"By the way..." Zhu Youxiao suddenly looked at Zhu Youjian and said:
"Brother these days, let's go back to Yanshan camp first."

Zhu Youxiao's words made Zhu Youjian's heart skip a beat, wondering if it's possible that his Xuqin Palace is not safe?

But after a while, Zhu Youxiao smiled wryly again:
"Yanshan Camp is more comfortable than here..."

"Well... I will leave with Brother Huang in a few days." Zhu Youjian was helpless, he knew that Brother Huang was not telling the truth, but he couldn't ask directly.

Thinking of this, he got up from his seat and saluted the good emperor brother:

"In that case, I'll go back to Xuqin Palace."

"However, before leaving, I hope that Brother Huang can promise my younger brother one thing."

"Tell me first." Zhu Youxiao put down the memorial.

"After the Huaibei famine, all the gentry officials and guards involved ransacked their homes, and the silver taels were included in the internal treasury, the grain was used for local disaster relief, and the fields were included in the Royal Horse Supervisor?"

"Acres of fields belonging to the Yumajian shall be paid to Liao Xiang and the land tax normally, and the Yumajian and the common people shall share seven to three, the Yumajian three, and the common people seven."

"In addition, Liao Xiang and Tian Fu are drawn from [-]% of the Yumajian..."

Zhu Youjian boldly put forward this suggestion. To put it bluntly, it is to grasp the party struggle between the Donglin Party and other parties, and expand the income of domestic funds in disguise.

Naturally, Zhu Youxiao would not refuse this kind of thing, so he said with a smile:

"I agree to this matter, but you have to guarantee that the taxes on these fields must be as you said, otherwise I have no way to explain to the officials..."

"Brother, don't worry." Zhu Youjian edited, and Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand: "If that's the case, let's go."

"Your brother resigns..." Seeing this, Zhu Youjian pretended to be a good boy, and after saluting, he slowly exited the palace.

When he withdrew, Zhu Youxiao kept facing him with a smile, but only when he left completely, Zhu Youxiao put away his smile and looked at Wei Zhongxian with a frosty face.

Wei Zhongxian swallowed with difficulty, feeling that Zhu Youxiao's eyes were like arrows, and the arrow pierced his heart.

"Tell your people from Dongchang to go to Jiangnan to find out who the officials of the Huaibei Great Hunger are involved in!"

"In addition, if the civil servants ask about the ransacking of the farmland in Huaibei, they will say that we have newly opened the South Field of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and all the land obtained from the raid will be included in the South Field of the Imperial Horse Supervisor."

"Slave obeys the order!" Hearing these words, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to be negligent, and nodded quickly, and Zhu Youxiao also turned his eyes back to the memorial when he saw this:
"Go out..."

"Yes." Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian retreated cautiously, and immediately called one of his eunuchs.

Leaving Zhu Youxiao's sight, Wei Zhongxian slowly straightened his spine, squinted at the little eunuch and said:
"Tell Wang Tiqian to investigate the Jiangnanhuaibei massacre case, and who is involved behind it."

"Yes..." Hearing this, the little eunuch hurriedly saluted, and then slowly retreated.

On the contrary, Wei Zhongxian, after the little eunuch left, just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but saw Ke Shi, who was gorgeously dressed and covered with gold headdresses, walked into the Qianqing Palace.

Ke Shi bit her lower lip, seeing Wei Zhongxian's heart itching, wishing to take her back to his residence right now, and ravage her all at once.

The appearance of these two people was seen by others, but they turned around to avoid them one after another, while Zhu Youjian, who had just walked out of the Qianqing Palace, sat on the chariot and closed his eyes to rest.

He was wondering whether to expand the impact of the Jiangnan Huaibei famine case and pull down some nobles in Nanzhili.

Right now Qi Yuanfu has recruited [-] soldiers in Zhejiang. If he expands his influence and takes back all the salt and tea from the hands of most of the nobles in Nanzhili, and then hand them over to the Yuma Supervisor for proper management, it may increase Ming's income by hundreds of dollars. Ten thousand taels of tax silver.

It's just that this involves too much. Right now, I and Hao Huangxiong don't have an army capable of fighting across the country, so we still need to be patient.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian frowned, and then said to Wang Chengen who was driving:
"Tell Lu Wenzhao that if the gentry officials under investigation are found guilty, they will immediately sue the emperor. As long as the emperor agrees, they will have their homes ransacked."

"Acres of land obtained from ransacking the house will be returned to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, food will be provided for local disaster relief, and silver taels will be sent to the internal treasury."

"These fields that belonged to the Yumajian were handed over to Lu Jianxing for management, recruiting people, or maintaining the original tenant relationship, and sharing with them [-]/[-]."

"Tell him, don't be afraid that things will become big, and do what you want to do, unless honors are involved."

"Your Highness, will this cause dissatisfaction among Zhejiang party officials?" Wang Chengen was a little worried.

"Huh? Are they dissatisfied? Let's talk about it after they get over the current difficulties!" Zhu Youjian snorted coldly.

There is nothing wrong with what he said. Right now, Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian of the Donglin Party are directly attacking Nanzhili. As long as the Kundang and Xuandang fall, the Zhejiang Party will not be far from waiting for death.

The advantage of the Donglin Party is that it fights differences with the party, and it will not stop at the end like other parties.

So in terms of attracting hatred, the Donglin Party is simply a player with a mocking state added, which is best used as a knife.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian didn't worry that the hatred would attract the good emperor brother and himself. Compared with these, he cared more about what happened in the southwest and what happened to the coal sales of Yumajian.

With these questions in mind, he quickly returned to Xuqin Palace in a chariot.

When they returned to Xuqin Palace, fast horses rushed out of the capital one after another and headed straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

On November [-]th, that is, the morning after Zhu Youjian finished talking with Brother Haohuang, a copy of the imperial decree was rushed to the Pizhou County Government by eight hundred miles.

The reason why it is a central decree is that it is an imperial decree that has not been approved by the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Six Divisions.

This means that Zhu Youxiao is not going to let Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou in the cabinet know about it.

When Yang Lian got the Zhongzhi, he was also very conflicted.

For things like Zhongzhi, without the approval of the cabinet, those who get Zhongzhi dare to use it and how to use it.

If you use it boldly, then its weight is big enough, but if you use it timidly, then its weight is far from nothing.

It just so happened that Yang Lian was one of the most courageous people in the late Ming Dynasty, and it could even be said that he was the last few representative characters of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao's central purpose does not have much content. After "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, Zhiyue", there are only twelve short words:

"Governor Xu Huai, Zhejiang soldiers are dispatched, and the severity is at your own discretion..."

These twelve words were very vague, did not say what is heavy, what is light, but ambiguously said a convenience.

That is to say, the weight is in Yang Lian's hands, not in Zhu Youxiao's hands.

Right now, he is the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he is in charge of the official department. Now Zhu Youxiao has given him the official title of governor Xu Huai. He can take care of everything.

He can open a warehouse to release grain, whether it is a regular warehouse or an official warehouse, and he can also use the warehouse silver at will, and even use the identities of Shizhonghe Yushi and Xu Huai governor to kill offending officials at will.

In the words of later generations, this is equivalent to Yang Lian becoming the "player + referee + event official" in the Xuhuai area.

If Yang Lian felt that the Huaibei Great Hunger situation was too serious, then he would act according to the seriousness, that is, ransack the house and arrest people, and convict everyone.

Those who commit minor crimes will be beheaded directly in the local area, and those who commit serious crimes will be sent to the capital to be beheaded on the street.

Of course, if Yang Lian thinks the case is very light, then he can honestly follow the previous imperial decree and take the Zhejiang soldiers to escort the autumn tax and send more money to the capital.

There are two choices in front of him, and according to Yang Lian's choice, he is naturally...

"Lu Tongzhi!"

Yang Lian, who took over Zhongzhi, decisively called out Lu Wenzhao when the others were still hesitating, and Lu Wenzhao nodded slightly.

"Long Live Central Committee has this purpose, and this official will take over the order. May I ask Lu Tongzhi, do you dare to continue to investigate the Huaibei Great Hunger?"

"Of course!" Lu Wenzhao nodded.

Zhong Zhi was picked up by Yang Lian, even Yang Lian dared, but Lu Wenzhao had nothing to dare.

To put it bluntly, Yang Lian was supported by the Donglin Party when he fell, and Lu Wenzhao was supported by Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao.

As long as someone in the civil service department speaks a word for Lu Wenzhao, it is impossible for Lu Wenzhao to be punished.

Even if Yang Lian fell down, there would still be Zuo Guangdou beside him.

Therefore, no matter how bad this situation is, it cannot be caused by Lu Wenzhao.

That's why he responded directly to Yang Lian, and upon seeing this, Yang Lian directly raised Zhongzhi and said:

"Accepting His Majesty's imperial decree, I ask Tongzhi Lu to track down the mastermind behind the Huaibei Great Famine, bring all the offending grain merchants to justice, search the property of the offending grain merchants, and hand over those with convincing evidence to the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"Take orders!" Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao could let go of his hands and feet.

It was only after they finished speaking that Zuo Guangdou opened his mouth and said:

"It's better to transfer the Zhejiang soldiers to the north first, which is safer."

"No, these people have already made preparations when the Zhejiang soldiers go north. What we need to do now is to take advantage of the chaos and arrest them one after another. The accomplices will be beheaded at Caishikou in various counties, and the repeat offenders will be escorted to the capital for beheading." Yang Lian first answered Zuo Guangdou's question. Question, and explained to Zuo Guangdou:

"Please leave a letter to Boqin and go north quickly to interrogate these illegal grain merchants and gentry."

Boqin, this is one of the officials Zhu Youxiao revived during the Celestial Council a few days ago, Gu Dazhang, a member of the Donglin Party and a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Although Gu Dazhang is a member of the Donglin Party, his hometown is Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili. Therefore, according to Gu Dazhang receiving the reinstatement of the official department, the other party should not have gone to Shuntian.

Right now, relying on Gu Dazhang's status as a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, plus Yang Lian's status as a member of the Procuratorate and the Li Ke, it is possible to simply form a joint trial of the second department and directly convict all the illegal squires in Huaibei, and finally confiscate their homes. Alleviate the great hunger in Huaibei.

Yang Lian had a good idea, and Zuo Guangdou nodded after hearing this: "In that case, then I will write to Boqin."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked back to the county government office, and Lu Wenzhao also led the assembled Jin Yiwei to fetch people a moment later.

For Jin Yiwei, the three tongues caught yesterday had already confessed overnight.

Therefore, Lu Wenzhao already had a list of criminal gentry and grain merchants in his hands, and he was just waiting for an order.

Now that Yang Lian is taking responsibility, he is even more unscrupulous.

Thinking of this, he led people out of the county office, and at this time Shen Lian also came with an urgent letter, and handed it to Lu Wenzhao:

"My lord, this is a handwritten letter urgently sent by someone from the palace."

"In the palace?" Hearing these two words, Lu Wenzhao knew it was written by His Royal Highness.

He quickly opened the letter, and then saw the original words of Zhu Youjian written by Wang Chengen in the letter.

[Through investigation, two or three percent of the seized silver was traced to Jinyiwei in this case, [-]% was sent to the internal funds, and the food was used for disaster relief in Huaibei. 】

[If you encounter an officer from the illegal guard, wait for the Zhejiang soldiers to arrive, and search them together, and...]

There was not much content in the letter, but the most important thing was that the fields were merged into the Imperial Horse Prison, and the officials of the illegal guards also searched.

In the case of the Great Hunger in Huaibei, six prefectures were involved: Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, Guide, and Fengyang.

Among them, the two prefectures of Xuzhou and Huai'an are respectively stationed with four guards including Huai'an Guard, Pizhou Guard, Xuzhou Guard, and Xuzhou Zuo Guard, and three guards in Yancheng, Haizhou, and Donghai.

If one counts the border guards in Fengyang Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion to intercept the hungry people, then there are six more guards and five guards involved.

In other words, those who helped block the way, and the guards who did not act, there were ten guards and five guards in total, and a total of [-] guards.

It is really difficult for Lu Wenzhao to search the ten guards and five guards with [-] households.

Even though the soldiers in the guard right now were peasants with weapons, they were not something Lu Wenzhao's Jinyiwei could handle.

They only have a breastplate on their bodies. If the guards are forcibly inspected, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Can't inspire mutiny...

Thinking of this, Lu Wenzhao decided that the arrest of the guards still had to wait until Qi Yuanfu's troops arrived.

However, compared with the guards, it is much easier to deal with these gentry grain merchants.

"Pass my orders and fly pigeons to all [-] households in Huai'an Prefecture. Tonight, at Haishi, the illegal gentry and grain merchants in the counties of Huai'an Prefecture on the list will be arrested and brought to justice."

"Affix a seal to all the mansions. Without my handwriting, no one will be released anywhere!"

"Yes!" Hearing Lu Wenzhao's words, Shen Lian also knew that the court was going to get serious.

So, after a cup of tea, the Jinyiwei Baihu Office in Pizhou released dozens of pigeons one after another, flying towards Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou...

　This chapter is a big chapter of [-] words, and there is another chapter of [-] words at one o'clock.

　　
　
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