Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 192 Killing all demons and monsters
Zhu Youtang faintly felt that the attack on the pearl fishing boat might have something to do with Annan's side, but when he saw such a big commotion in Huguang's investigation of the fields, his heart immediately burst into anger.

Qingzhang Tianmu undoubtedly touched the fundamental interests of the local officials and gentry, and even the interests of the whole world. Now these people are probably trying to get rid of Liu Zhong by any means.

Although he has always wanted to focus on iron-fisted diplomacy and national development, the reality is skinny after all. The domestic officials and gentry are simply the scum of China.

The officials and gentry hide their land not only to evade taxes, but more importantly, to escape from military service.

Compared with taxes, the burden of corvée is indeed too heavy.

If the official has only [-] acres of fertile land, it will be easy to handle. After all, the imperial court has a corresponding exemption quota, but these officials have never known temperance, and it can be said that they are insatiable.

What they want is not only the prosperity and wealth of their own life, but also the wealth and honor of their descendants. Therefore, it is not too much for Xu Jie to sit on hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land.

It's just that after the number of acres increases, they are not superhuman after all, and they can't fulfill their service obligations well, which leads them to escape from the army.

Although Zhu Youtang was very resentful, he also wanted to attack the officials and gentry who hindered Qingzhang's fields, but now that he couldn't find a target, he really shouldn't act rashly.

With one's own status and power, it is not difficult to get rid of anyone, but the difficulty lies in finding the real villains.

For example, I have secretly investigated until now, and it is clear that the whole court is already loyal to me, but I just can't find out who is behind the poisoning of Wynn and Xie Ke, and I can't find out who is assisting Zhu Fu to pass Xuefengdao intensified the conflict between Daming and Annan Lichao.

The same is true for Huguang. If Liu Zhong can't catch the illegitimate gentry who assassinated him in Huguang, can he still order all the officials and gentry in Huguang to be killed?
The disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty are that officials are as slippery as oil, officials are as slippery as oil, and gentry are as slippery as oil.

Zhu Youtang didn't intend to let this group of officials and gentry continue to be rampant, and immediately put aside the affairs of the Annan Li Dynasty, Mongolia, and North Korea for the time being, and immediately asked for the personnel files of all officials from Huguang.

The rampantness of the local officials and gentry is certainly due to the power of the officials and gentry, but it is also related to the inaction of the local officials or their collusion. Now is the time to crack down on the officialdom.

When the personnel files of Huguang officials were sent over, although Wang Yue had already killed a wave last year, he found that the problems in the officialdom were more serious than he thought.

Anlu Prefecture, the hinterland of central Hubei.

Anlu City was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has four gates: the east gate is named Zisheng Gate, the south gate is Laixun Gate, the west gate is Fucheng Gate, the north gate is Gongchen Gate, and the Fuyun Tower on the tower is a famous building in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

The building is among the floating clouds, and Zhu Lan can be seen at the place where the floating clouds break.The mountain light faces purple into Yuncheng, and the shadow of the stream flies across Mengze cold.

Fuyun Building is a living sign of Anlu City, but after all, it happened hundreds of years ago. Now when mentioning Anlu, everyone thinks of Wang Yue who lived in Anlu for four years.

Although Wang Yue's name of "Wang's beheading" is not ashamed by the literati class, but for the people at the bottom, Wang Yue has cut a bright world for them.

It's just the latest news, Wang Yue has gone to Guangdong to control salt, and now the official who came here is Liu Zhong, the governor of Huguang who came down from the imperial court.

"What happened?"

"Liu Zhong led people to surround the state office!"

"What is this going to do? Could it be that Qiu Zhizhou set the fire?"

……

A piece of news that shocked the whole city came. The first thing Liu Zhong led the governor's guard back to the city was to surround the Anlu Prefecture Yamen, which aroused everyone's attention.

In the back house of the Yamen in Anlu Prefecture, two maids were gently shaking their fans.

Anlu magistrate Qiu Jing was born in the Imperial College, and now he is only in his early 40s, but with the fame of Gongsheng, he holds the position of Anlu magistrate of the fifth rank, which shows that his background is extraordinary.

Seeing the servant rushing in in a hurry, after learning that Liu Zhong led people to surround the front and rear gates of the state government office, he stretched without disapproval.

Since he has stayed in the capital for several years, he naturally knows that Liu Zhong, an official who was promoted from household doctor to household servant, is not well received by officials.

Qiu Jing had a beautiful long beard, but she was still lying on the chair, and asked casually to Liu Zhong who had brought someone in: "Governor Liu, what do you mean?"

"Come on, bring them up!" Liu Zhong said with a few flakes of ashes on his hair, suppressing his anger when he saw Qiu Jing enjoying himself here.

The two Jin Yiwei escorted him up, but it turned out to be an unattractive young man.

Qiu Jing glanced at the young man casually, but put her little finger on her ear and said in confusion, "Governor Liu, who is this?"

Cheng Yu, a well-dressed family, frowned slightly, but he didn't expect this little Zhizhou to be so arrogant.

"This person prevented the governor from clearing Zhang's land earlier, and the governor handed him over to the state government for custody. Why did you release him?" Liu Zhong asked directly, holding back the anger in his heart.

The biggest obstacle to Qingzhang Tianmu is these unscrupulous people who jumped out to stop him, and his method was to put them in prison so that he could continue to bring his own people to complete Qingzhang.

Qiu Jing looked at this unremarkable young man again, patted her forehead pretending to be enlightened, and said, "Benzhou remembered, there is indeed such a thing!" But before Liu Zhong made trouble, she spread her hands and said: "Liu Zhong Governor, you sent more than 300 people back and forth, but Anlu City has been burglarized recently, and the number of people imprisoned has reached as many as a thousand, and the state government prison can't hold so many prisoners! For the sake of public security in the state city, The state had no choice but to release some people with a good attitude of admitting their mistakes, I wonder what is wrong with this move?"

Arresting people here and releasing them there is a stumbling block for local officials.It's just that although Qiu Jing was born in a supervisor, she is well versed in tact, and no one can fault her under the guise of law and order this time.

"What's wrong? This person set fire to the post station, which almost killed the Governor, and made the Governor more like a wife..." Cheng Yu, a well-dressed family, also accused Qiu Jing angrily when he learned that Qiu Jing had let her go.

It's just that before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Liu Zhong's fierce eyes.

Knowing that the fire failed to burn Liu Zhong to death, Qiu Jing expressed her righteousness and awe-inspiring attitude: "Benzhou just explained it very clearly! Benzhou released some prisoners for the sake of public security in the city, but I didn't expect that there would be such a large number of prisoners among them." The evil ones have been caught like this, and I will definitely punish them severely!" After a pause, he looked at Liu Zhong who came to Xingshi to question his crimes, and said, "If the governor wants to admit his mistakes, I will hold a banquet at Fuyun Tower. Guaranteed to satisfy the governor! It's just that the governor thinks that the lower official is negligent, so he can hand it to the court, but..."

"But what?" Cheng Yu, from a hundred households in brocade clothes, frowned as he looked at the other party's arrogant face.

Qiu Jing felt that the chair handle behind her was extremely strong, so she said jokingly: "It's not that there are no people in the court in this state. Although you are the governor, your foundation is not stable and you can't move this state at all! Besides, this state is about to I'm about to be promoted, stay on the front line in everything, see you someday!"

Officialdom never fights alone, but needs to fight in groups.

People like Liu Zhong who are opposed to the world's officials and gentry can magnify even the slightest flaw. Wasn't Wang Yue brought down because of a poem back then?
As for the former Governor Liu, he was just a grasshopper after autumn, and he was about to become the magistrate of Ganzhou.

This……

Cheng Yu, a well-dressed family, looked at Zhizhou who was so confident and fearless, and couldn't believe his eyes, he was so arrogant.

"Come here, escort Qiu Zhizhou to the gate of the state government!" Liu Zhong's expression darkened immediately, and he immediately gave the order.

Qiu Jing's expression changed suddenly, Dang Li frowned and said, "Governor Liu, what do you mean?"

The two Jin Yiwei stepped forward and immediately grabbed Qiu Jing from the seat, and they were also furious with this perverted Zhizhou.

"Take it away!" Liu Zhong ignored Qiu Jing, turned around and walked towards the gate of the state government.

Due to the great movement in the state government, thousands of people gathered outside the gate to watch the excitement, so the governor's guard also sent personnel to maintain order.

"Out!"

"What happened?"

"Who knows? But Zhizhou Qiu may be in trouble!"

……

The onlookers could only watch from a distance, and when they saw Zhizhou Qiu Jing being taken out of the state government, they started to talk about it.

"Governor Liu, this state releases some prisoners for the sake of the state's security. It is the state's responsibility to cause this matter to His Majesty. What do you want to do?" asked angrily.

Liu Zhong still ignored Qiu Jing, he had already made a decision when he came here, so he said loudly to the front: "Your Majesty, please grant Shang Fang the sword!"

At this moment, a sedan chair carrying Shang Fang's sword came towards here.

"Governor Liu actually has Shang Fang's Sword to Slay Horses?"

"I said earlier that there must be, but you just don't believe it!"

"Kill this dog official, and we will restore peace to our Anlu Prefecture!"

……

The people onlookers saw that Liu Zhong showed Shang Fang's sword. After being shocked, they immediately knelt down and greeted this Shang Fang's horse-killing sword, which was famous in Huguang earlier.

"You...what are you going to do?" Qiu Jing asked in fear, her mouth trembling.

After Liu Zhong knelt down to meet Shangfang's sword, he snorted coldly and said: "You have neglected your duties, and this governor will use Shangfang's sword to kill your dog's life!"

"You...you are killing indiscriminately!" Qiu Jing was really scared at the moment, so she questioned loudly.

Liu Zhong let out a long breath, but looked at Qiu Jing and said, "Let's kill indiscriminately! The governor finally understands Wang Yue, if he doesn't kill him, he can't do anything at all, and he can't do anything, and he will harm his relatives! "

It is actually difficult for Zhu Youtang to understand the whole picture of the matter just from the memorials handed over to the capital from below.

In that fire, although Liu Zhong was rescued by his servants by chance, Liu Zhong's pregnant concubine was buried in the sea of ​​fire, which can be described as one dead body and two lives.

If the person who set the fire was someone else, it happened to be the first batch of riot leaders who stopped Liu Zhongqing's Zhang Tianmu, and at that time Liu Zhong ordered them to be arrested and imprisoned in the state government prison.

The results of it?It was the Zhizhou in front of him who found a high-sounding reason to send him away, and that person was driven by the officials hiding behind the scenes, so that Liu Zhong was almost buried in the sea of ​​fire, and Liu Zhong's concubine and the child in his belly died unexpectedly .

At this moment, Liu Zhong finally understood Wang Yue, knowing that only Wang Yue's way can accomplish things and truly protect the people around him.

"No, don't!" Qiu Jing no longer had the arrogance just now, and stared in horror.

Liu Zhong knew that it was too late for him to realize it, but he held the sharp Shangfang sword in his hand and stabbed it with gritted teeth.

puff!
As the tip of the sword pierced the heart, a stream of blood splashed out.

Liu Zhong once wanted to be a virtuous official with a good reputation, but in the face of today's world, he knew that he could only be the notorious Wang Zhao, who would kill all the evil spirits in this world.

puff!
Qiu Jing spat out a mouthful of blood, and looked at Liu Zhong unwillingly, obviously she had a backer in the court, and obviously she had been promoted, but she never thought that she would die at the hands of this idiot who opposed the world's officials and gentry.

"died?"

"Zhizhou is really dead!"

"This...Governor Liu is a ruthless person!"

……

The people watching saw Liu Zhong stab someone to death with Shang Fang sword, although they were very happy to see Qiu Jing killed, but at this moment they murmured in disbelief.

Liu Zhong knew that the state government office was still not clean, so he directly ordered: "Qiu Jing is not the only one who releases people this time, and the governor of the state will be escorted out!"

When Zhou Tongzhi was escorted out, he wet his pants in fright, kowtowed to Liu Zhong repeatedly, begged Liu Zhong for mercy, and cried and begged Liu Zhong to let him go.

Unmoved, Liu Zhong held Shang Fang's sword in his hand and stabbed the Tongzhi of the state again.

Originally, it would be enough to kill these officials below the fifth rank with the king's command flag, but if I didn't use Shangfang's sword, some people might not know that they also have a backer in the court, and that is Emperor Hongzhi who sits highest in the court.

"My lord, have mercy! My lord, have mercy!" When the state judge was escorted out, his legs gave way in fright, and he begged for mercy as soon as he stepped out of the gate.

Liu Zhong knew that if he wanted to clean Zhang Tianmu smoothly, the state government must be able to lock up troublemakers, otherwise his emperor's envoy would not be able to carry out, so he immediately raised the Shang Fang sword in his hand and chopped it down at the judge's neck.

At this moment, he had completely given up the idea of ​​being a virtuous minister, and he finally understood His Majesty's painstaking efforts to hang up the plaque of "Rejuvenate the country through hard work".

puff!
Another splatter of blood splashed, and the Anlu Prefecture Yamen was finally cleared up.

Liu Zhong acted like this, after all, it still brought bad consequences.

In front of Fengtian Gate in the capital, every eighth morning court.

"Liu Zhong has been in Huguang for more than a month, but the progress of clearing Zhang's land is slow, which is a debt of grace! Anlu Zhizhou Qiu Jing loves the people, and is deeply loved by the local people. A sage named him. Now he catches thieves for the security of one party. The prison was overcrowded and the people who committed minor crimes were released, but they were massacred by Liu Zhong, please accept his Shangfang sword and recall Liu Zhong back to the capital for questioning!" Wai Lang Sun Jiao, a member of the Wenxuan Department, stood up and impeached himself.

(End of this chapter)