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Chapter 158 Brother Likes Lunar New Year's Eve and Lunar New Year's Day to Exterminate Gangsters and Tyrants
Half an hour later, Zhou Huang, the magistrate of Jiujiang with a disheveled look, finally came to the pier of Hukou town helplessly, and boarded a boat to meet Shen Shuren who had come here for inspection.

Along the way, I thought of this young man who was just 22 years old after the Chinese New Year.Two and a half years ago, I was still a white man, only a scholar, and had to spend money to buy a prison student...

Zhou Huang was furious.

Comparing people to others, it's so pissing off, he has been the magistrate for six years, and he has been in Jiujiang for three years.

And what about others?During the three years when he didn't move his nest in Jiujiang, everyone else has been gradually promoted from a scholar to a soldier, and a censor.

Now, to be caught by a 20-year-old outburst junior, pinched flat and rounded, this tone is really hard to swallow!
Unfortunately, no matter how resentful he was in his heart, when he saw Shen Shuren sitting on the majestic red cannon on the side of the ship, and the musketeers standing neatly on both sides of the board, carrying bright bayonets, he could only give in instantly, and brewed. A miserable state.

"Shen Daotai wants to see the subordinate officials, why make such a fuss... I also know that if there are profiteers and bandits in Jiujiang Mansion, they should be dealt with by Daotai, but Shen Daotai, you act so hard..." After entering the cabin, Zhou Huang said At this time, I have lost my confidence, lest the people next to me will not be calm.

At this moment, Shen Shuren did not appear to be domineering at all.He has already changed into the role of singing the red face with ease. As soon as Zhou Huang boarded the boat, he let the seat and poured tea, and then said kindly:

"Zhou Futai made atonement, I also know the court's law, it's all because I drank alcohol last night, got up this morning to give orders, and then went back to sleep.

As a result, the subordinates were in a hurry to do things, and many of their comrades were killed in the anti-smuggling and interception of Lin Cheng's caravan. They caught a gangster and profiteer with solid evidence, and immediately declared the official punishment. .This officer has also been negligent, so let's just forget about it? "

Forget what he said, of course he didn't refer to the matter of the gangsters, but to the matter that the gangsters were killed without going through the judicial process.

Of course Zhou Huang could only forget about it, because he knew that if this matter insisted on the Zheng family, would he still want to force Zheng Zhilong to fail?

Even if this kind of procedural flaws happened in the capital, the big bosses in the court would not dare to do so. Instead, they would be annoyed at the locality and cause trouble, and the court would be ashamed if it could not get down the stairs.

This plant can only be recognized.

Shen Shuren saw that he was straightforward, so he decisively put forward his own request: "Since that's the case, I'll just say it straight. I'm not a person who will kill everyone. In fact, it won't take long for Lin Chenggong to jump around. I have the confidence to make an emergency landing. his.

If Lin Chengcheng really resigned, some things can only be exposed, and the past will be forgotten in the future.Therefore, I don't want to investigate for too long and make people panic.The few companies that have been caught so far have been dealt with, and this case can be counted to the end.

In addition, Zhou Futai, it is inevitable for you to dereliction of duty. I hope you will send a letter to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War in Nanjing. When cooperating with the various governments in the northern war zone of suppressing thieves, there were many problems such as government outages and inconvenient cooperation, which led to the frequent occurrence of smuggling and gangsters!

You don't need to say anything else, as for whether the imperial court will reclassify Jiujiang Mansion under the Wan Fu's temporary administration in the future, or whether it will still insist on staying under the Jiangxi Governor's rule, this is not something you have to worry about.You don't need to worry about Guo Duxian, the governor of Jiangxi. "

Shen Shuren's words were no longer a hint, but an explicit statement.

He just wanted to make it clear that he wanted the imperial court to ratify the former Shi Kefa's jurisdiction in order to better realize the "great cause of suppressing thieves", and continue to place Jiujiang Mansion under the newly appointed Wanfu.

Zhou Huang was even more shocked when he heard this.

Of course he could hear that Shen Shuren was expanding and confirming the power of the next "Wan Fu".

But what he didn't expect was that Shen Shuren was so sure that he would be the next "Wan Fu"?Wouldn't the imperial court send someone else to take over Shi Kefa's original official position?
If there is a mistake and the next "Wanfu" is not Shen Shuren, isn't his operation today making wedding dresses for others?
Is there anyone in the world who can be so independent about his own future?What kind of arrogance is this, or is he really trying to reach the middle and upper classes?

No way, of course Zhou Huang couldn't understand.

Yang Sichang has now relied on Shen Shuren to an incomparable degree, he is basically a dying man, and his words are good, he regards Shen Shuren as his savior.

Chen Xinjia from the military department and Jiang Dejing from the household department are also strong supporters formed by Shen Shuren behind the scenes.

In addition, his father is operating in Nanjing, and he will soon find a way to improve the relationship with Zhou Yanru.Even if he didn't ask Zhou Yanru to help him, at least he could ensure that Zhou Yanru would not make trouble for him.

Shen Shuren still has the confidence to make real contributions, of course he deserves the promotion!How could those officials who are incompetent in suppressing thieves understand.

Zhou Huang felt that this was a big matter, if he dared to write a letter to expose his shortcomings and take the blame for the current chaos in Jiujiang, then he, the prefect of Jiujiang, would basically have done it.

Even if Shen Shuren cooperates with him and prevents him from being demoted, at least he will be evenly transferred to a more impoverished Far Evil Military State.

Jiujiang is Hukou in Jiangxi, the most prosperous traffic artery for commerce and trade, he is reluctant to part with this greedy piece of fat!The gap between the prefect and the prefect is also very large!
Seeing him pondering, Shen Shuren knew that it was a poor horse who was in love with Zhandou and was reluctant to be rich.

He didn't hesitate to press further like a devil whispering: "Zhoufutai, I don't have so much time to spend with you, and I'm not afraid to tell you that I have already contacted the Governor of Water Transport History, and through him, I have also greeted Huang Degong, the chief soldier of Lufeng. .

These days, Zhang Huangyan of Huangzhou and Huang Degong of Luzhou will step up the strangling of Lin Chenggong.In addition, Fang Yizhi, an acquaintance of Anqing, was willing to take risks in person and persuade Lin Yangcheng to surrender.The case had to be closed before it was done, and there was no need to do it later.

If you insist on forcing me to investigate to the end, I will get nothing, then before Lin Chengcheng officially surrenders, I will count as many of these people as I can kill in accordance with the law!Although you are not guilty of death, you can try it! "

Zhou Huang's face changed drastically, as expected he was completely shocked.

Shen Shuren's current state is no longer "holding a thunderbolt in his hand as a deterrent", but it is equivalent to pulling out the fuse of the thunder, directly saying that he will definitely throw it out before the fuse burns out——

It is nothing more than your own choice, which direction to throw, whether to blow up all the people or to blow up places with few people.

Sweat dripped from Zhou Huang's face in an instant. In a flash of thought, he had already made up an idea: Immediately find a way to get the relevant people in Jiangxi official circles to cooperate and subdue him, and throw away the car to keep him handsome!

After all, Shen Shuren held the ironclad evidence in his hands, and a group of people would have to die for this matter, and it was impossible not to pay any price.

In addition, he had to find a way as soon as possible to confirm whether Shen Shuren really had as much energy as he said—so, he had to immediately send someone to Anqing on the other side of the river to check to see if the movements of Huang Degong and Fang Yizhi were indeed gone. start to act.

If these actions are true, then you should be subdued.

Even if Guo Duxian, the governor of Jiangxi Province, finds Zhou Huang in trouble for this matter in the future, he will have a chance to explain to Guo Futai that he has no choice but to maximize the overall interests of everyone.

After thinking about it, Zhou Huang's lips were dry, and he begged for mercy: "Master Shen! Can you give me... three to five days. I also need to cooperate with the investigation. When the time is up, I will definitely give you an answer. How should I send it to you?" Those who go to Nanjing, the lower officials are absolutely unambiguous!"

Shen Shuren: "Five days is too long. I have already spent the New Year with you in Jiujiang. For three days, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, I will take criminals on the road—these three days will determine how many people will On the criminal list, the slower you move, the more people will be found out."

Zhou Huang was terrified, but there was nothing he could do, so he went back to make preparations.

……

What an inhuman life Zhou Huang lived in the next few days, it is not enough for outsiders to understand.

In the beginning, the gentry involved in the case in Jiujiang and even Nanchang were of course very angry, and they even wanted to set off a civil uprising in Jiangxi to fight Shen Shu and the mermaid.

The Jiangxi faction also has elders and ministers in the court, how can they be bullied like this?
However, after Zhou Huang showed the lists that Shen Shuren gave him in the first batch to those wealthy gentry and noble families who were not on the list, he told them

"Shen Shuren's first strikes were limited to those culprits who were smuggling and collaborating with bandits on the trade roads between Huguang and Nanzhili at the same time.

As for those minor criminals who only had one province to trade with bandits, no evidence has been caught yet.After Lin Chengcheng surrendered, the case will not be investigated any further. "

As soon as the news was conveyed, those gentry who were not on the list immediately turned pale, and after a little weighing, they made a decision that they would not die as fellow daoists but as poor daoists.

He even helped Zhou Huang to appease the local government, turned his knife around and took down all those colleagues who caused troubles, and cooperated with the government to arrest people.

The 14th year of Chongzhen's New Year's Eve and the 15th year of Chongzhen's New Year's Day passed through a bloody storm in Jiujiang Prefecture.

Shen Shuren successfully controlled the four most criminal gangster families, and all of them were escorted to Nanjing to go through judicial procedures—including a Hukou Fei family who had already been killed by Zheng Chenggong, so there was no need to go through the procedures, just make up for it. Just record.

Guo Duxian, the governor of Jiangxi Province in Nanchang, knew about it on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year. Who gave him a holiday for the Chinese New Year?

After knowing about it, I heard that Guo Duxian passed out for a while, and when he woke up, he scolded Zhou Huang for eating inside and outside.But after he figured out the cause and effect, there was nothing he could do.

Jiujiang Mansion was originally placed under the management of Shi Kefa, and it has been five years since he took it back last fall. He hasn't warmed up yet, and he hasn't had time to get much filial piety from Jiujiang, so he will be taken out again.

If I knew this earlier, it would be better to never have it, and then there would be no pain when I lost it again.

The human brain's hippocampus can all produce loss aversion. After picking up 100 yuan and then losing it, the degree of pain is definitely much more uncomfortable than never picking it up.

No way, Governor Guo didn't have much bad deeds. It can only be said that the current situation is such that he blocked the way of the son of the plane, and he could only kick the part that blocked it.

……

After it was done, Shen Shuren could finally set off from Jiujiang and go down the river again to return to Nanjing.

During the three days in Jiujiang, he didn't wait in vain. He even sent someone to send a letter to Fang Yizhi from Anqing Mansion on the other side, asking his friends who were in the same year to cross the river to talk about it. How to behave, explain a little bit.

In addition, Shen Shuren also talked with Zheng Chenggong about the distribution of spoils.

The confiscated property of the gangster family in Jiangxi must be handed over.And strictly speaking, this is the law enforcement of the imperial court, not military benefits, and it should have nothing to do with Zheng Chenggong.

It should be registered by the Nanjing household department first, and then consider the place where it is detained. If it should be handed over to Beijing, Shen Shuren is not easy to do it.

At most, he was just like Wei Xiaobao copying Oboi, he misread the ledger slightly.

Or just like Yu did when copying against production, accidentally leaving out the Steepunk car and the Jade Seat Golden Buddha.

In addition to reverse production, the gold and silver carried by the incoming fleet intercepted by Lin Yangcheng's department did not belong to "confiscated cases", but "seized on the battlefield".

According to the rules of the late Ming Dynasty, it is not too common for people captured on the battlefield to be divided privately.But Shen Shuren still talked to Zheng Chenggong earnestly, and asked him to come up with a clear account, and then split the account, leaving [-]% to Zheng Chenggong.

The remaining [-]% is not all Shen Shuren's, and part of it has to be handed over, or used as a proper local treasury.

After all, it was Shen Shuren who operated Zheng Chenggong to check taxes and find him an official job from the beginning.On the other hand, Shen Shuren also does not want Zheng Chenggong to be the kind of person who kills the good and pretends to be meritorious——

The reason why the modern army has two lines of income and expenditure for capture and rewards is because if the income and expenditure are one line and muddy, the army below will gradually collapse in military discipline after the hands are slippery.

In particular, Zheng Chenggong was the one who seized gold. If all the seizures belong to him, the Zheng family will soon return to the state of pirates. Maybe in the future, they will plant the legitimate wealthy merchant fleet as smuggling and tax evasion bandits, and directly kill and rob the money.

Therefore, Shen Shuren's final bottom line is that the accounts must be clear and redistributed.Certain incentives can be given, but it cannot be the big head, and money grabbing cannot be the main driving force for investigations.

Zheng Chenggong instinctively felt that [-]% was quite low at first.But after thinking about it later, the mine supervisors and tax supervisors sent by the imperial court back then may not necessarily have [-]% of the money after they got the money.

Since it is exercising the right to tax on behalf of the imperial court, and the bulk of the income goes to the top, shouldn't it be right?

Thinking about it this way, he became smoother, and he also helped Shen Shuren enlighten his subordinates, letting them know how difficult it is to check taxes on behalf of the imperial court.

……

After Shen Shuren set off again, there were no accidents along the way.

After another four or five days of sailing, until the eighth day of the 15th year of Chongzhen, he finally berthed at the pier outside Nanjing and at the mouth of the Qinhuai River.

People were killing people on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and this day was bloody enough, so he was destined to have an extraordinary life.

The six departments on the Nanjing side obviously already knew about the case he reported, and Fang Yizhi's persuasion to surrender seemed to have been substantially loosened.

Knowing that he had arrived in Nanjing and made overall arrangements for the mediation of Lin Chengcheng, many prominent officials in Nanjing had already begun to face up to this rising star who was rising rapidly.

(End of this chapter)