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One after another, the peasants and soldiers followed the orders.

They carried neither weapons nor armor.He was even barefoot, with trouser legs rolled up, looking exactly like a farmer.

But the action was extremely swift and methodical.

The village chief and the villagers didn't take it seriously, thinking that the imperial court was going to fight again, and urgently recruited farmers and soldiers to fight.

At noon, all the peasants and soldiers in the town arrived, except for one who was sick.

Xu Laosan shouted: "Go to the armory, fully armed!"

Everyone knew it was an urgent task, so they queued up and ran to the armory without asking too many questions.

All the bamboo armor, bamboo helmets, wooden shields and bamboo spears are all made by farmers and soldiers.It is vulnerable to the regular army, but it is not a problem to wipe out the rogue bandits.

"stand at attention!"

"Look to the right, look forward. Take a break!"

"A team obeys orders!"

"exist!"

"Surround the town office, and all the officials inside will be detained. If the mayor Zheng Changming is not there, ask where he is, and immediately search and arrest him!"

"Yes!"

"The second team obeys the order!"

"exist!"

"Go to Niuwei Village and arrest the village chief Liu Yao and the chairman of the peasant association Xu Li. If you want to resist, you can kill them on the spot!"

"Yes!"

"Team three obey orders!"

"exist!"

"..."

Peasants and soldiers who usually only know how to train and are not allowed to interfere in local affairs are baring their fangs for the first time in their hometown.

In the town hall, Zheng Changming was there with a cup of hot tea on his desk.

In the ancient countryside, there were not many entertainment activities, so you could watch big plays when you went to the market.I can't even buy it. Zheng Changming bought it in the city.

"It's not good, it's not good!"

The door was pushed open suddenly, and Zheng Changming quickly put it away, covering the words "Jin X Mei" on the cover.

Zheng Changming scolded angrily: "If there is something urgent, you should knock on the door first!"

Before the man could speak, he was pushed down violently by the peasants and soldiers.The other two peasant soldiers entered the house and grabbed Zheng Changming, dragging him outside without saying a word.

Zheng Changming was startled and angry, and shouted: "You rebelled, you rebelled, what are you doing?"

Cao Benshu glanced at this guy, and said to Xu Laosan: "Your Majesty has an order to deal with special matters. If the town chief, village chief, and peasant association commit crimes, there is no need to alarm the county magistrate, and the whole town will be called for a public trial. This is a special case. You must not act like this in the future! The school teachers in this town, choose three people of high moral character, and record the public trial process together. After the public trial, no lynching shall be imposed, and I will receive it when I come back."

Youngest Xu said excitedly, "I know which gentlemen are good people."

Cao Benshu said again: "You arrange things well, keep some guards and prisoners, and take the rest of the peasants and soldiers with me."

Twelve inspectors of clean government gathered peasants and soldiers from twelve towns, spanning three counties.

A few days later, they directly surrounded Fucheng.

Of course, some farmers and soldiers went to surround the Zheng family's mansion in the suburbs, as well as the Zheng family's ancestral house and mine.

Looking at the peasants and soldiers outside the courtyard wall, Zheng Hongyi was in shock.Then he forced himself to be calm again, asked someone to open the door, and went out with his head held high, shouting: "You peasants and soldiers, do you really think of yourself as a Datong army? I don't know whose house this is? Hurry up...slow down, don't wait." Catch me, my son is a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, a high-ranking official who was named and praised by His Majesty! I have led a horse for His Majesty, and I am in-laws with Master Cifu..."

Halfway through this guy's speech, he was held down by the peasants and soldiers, and his face was on the ground, and he became more and more anxious.

The servants and thugs of the Zheng family were all stunned, standing there at a loss.

Surrounding Zheng's house was Feng Yue, and the chief instructor of the peasants and soldiers with him was Xie Sanchuan.

Xie Sanchuan held a bamboo spear and pointed at the servants of the Zheng family: "No one is allowed to leave, anyone who dares to escape or resist will be killed on the spot!"

Those thugs usually show off their power, but when facing the peasants and soldiers in formation, they instantly turned into shy little daughter-in-laws, shivering and shrinking back and forth.

When the peasants and soldiers rushed up, they were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, without the courage to resist at all.

Quzhou government office.

Liu Anyong hurried to the second hall where Xiaohong worked, and said anxiously: "Master Fu, the peasants and soldiers rebelled and besieged the city!"

Huang Fei smiled and said, "Don't panic, it's His Majesty who issued an imperial decree, and those peasants and soldiers obeyed the orders."

"Holy...imperial decree?" Liu Anyong was even more panicked.

Huang Fei slammed the table and said sharply, "Liu Anyong, are you guilty?"

Liu Anyong's knees softened, and he was about to kneel down. He stood up firmly and said, "I...what's wrong with me?"

"It's a dead duck, who do you think those peasants and soldiers are here to arrest?" Huang Fei sneered, "The Zheng family is finished this time, and so are you! Corruption and perverting the law are worth it. How dare you cross the border to open mines and seize the people's farmland!"

Hearing this, Liu Anyong's face turned pale, and he sat slumped on the ground.

outside the city.

Dai Wenmeng held up the dispatch order of the Ministry of War and the badge of the clean government: "The incorruptible officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of the affairs. The dispatch order of the Ministry of War is here. The guards of the city will open the door quickly! If you don't believe me, hang someone out of the city to check!"

The defenders of the cities in the hinterland belong to the local police system.

Soon, a policeman left the city with a basket hanging in his hand. After verifying the documents of the Ministry of War, he subconsciously asked, "Shangguan, why are you fighting so hard?"

Dai Wenmeng said angrily: "If the police officers in Quzhou Prefecture can still be used, can I go to the countryside to transfer troops?"

The policeman was dumbfounded, knowing that the honest and honest officials were here to arrest corruption, and immediately said in a tearful voice, "Shangguan Rongrong, only officials are guilty. How can we little policemen have the ability to take bribes and pervert the law?"

"I saw the little policeman bullying the vegetable farmers with my own eyes," Dai Wenmeng glared at him, and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense, open the city gate quickly, or it will be a crime of disobedience!"

The gates of the city were opened, and farmers and soldiers filed in.

After entering the city, Dai Wenmeng yelled: "All the police officers in the city, hand over your weapons, and return to your own yamen, waiting for someone from the department to come to inspect! The peasants and soldiers went to the yamen in the city to arrest people according to the established tasks. Not a single official was allowed to release them." Let's go, I want to take the trial slowly!"

The people in the city panicked at first, thinking that the peasants and soldiers rebelled.

Immediately after seeing the peasants and soldiers arresting the officials, they immediately understood and went out of the house to watch the excitement.

There are also many people who have been bullied, running with the peasants and soldiers, telling which officials are bad guys.When they saw the bully being arrested, they were so excited that they burst into tears and knelt down on the spot and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty, long live Lord Qingtian!"

Integrity officials handle cases locally and must not be tried alone, but must be accompanied by local judicial officials throughout the process.

On the side of Quzhou Prefecture, there are three counties and one prefecture. If the village and town levels are counted, more than 300 officials and civilians have been arrested.After arresting all the people, they went to Hangzhou to inform Yousi Yamen, which scared the top officials of Zhejiang into ashes.

Quzhou government is so rotten, why don't the judicial and clean government officials in Zhejiang know anything about it?

The first and second leaders of relevant agencies in the province will all be held accountable!

Demotion at least, dismissal at worst!

Chapter 536 [Why bother? 】

Hangzhou.

Gan Dashou, director of the Zhejiang Official Selection Office, got the news of the landslide in the Quzhou officialdom, sat for a long time, and finally uttered two words: "It's over!"

For the selection and promotion of officials at all levels, the Ministry of Officials is only responsible for magistrates and above.

The Provincial Officials Election Office can directly appoint officials below the seventh rank in the prefectures, prefectures and counties.If there is a shortage of officials below the fifth grade, they can directly appoint agents.Officials from the seventh rank to the fifth rank can be recommended to the Ministry of Officials with a resume, and the Ministry of Officials will decide whether to choose after review.Great power!

The official bureaus and official departments in prefectures, prefectures and counties have similar responsibilities to the official election hall, and the officials they can manage are of different grades.

With so many county officials arrested in Quzhou Prefecture, Gan Dashou was [-]% held accountable.

This old man was born in Juren, and he arrested the general soldier Yang Jiamo and went to join Zhao Han.First, I will be the magistrate of Xiangshan County, followed by the magistrate of the prefecture, the magistrate, and the head of the official election department. I will be promoted step by step, and I will be able to participate in politics (this official position has been restored, and the deputy province in charge of specific affairs), and even transferred to the Ministry of officials. Be the right servant.

"check!"

Lost for a while, Gan Dashou suddenly stood up, slapped the table and shouted: "Zhejiang Officials' Selection Office, immediately check and correct yourself, which bastard has colluded with Quzhou officials!"

We can only make up for it, maybe we can find out one or two moths, so that Gan Dashou can make up for his mistakes.

At the same time that the official election hall was flying like dogs and dogs, Zhang Ruohai from the Zhejiang Integrity Office was about to cry.Of course he had heard about the situation in Quzhou Mansion, but he didn't think it was a big problem because of his face.

Who would have thought that those guys would pierce the sky and even forcibly seize the farmers' land.

No way to think about it, Zhang Ruohai simply wrote a letter, hoping that Hu Dinggui could help him intercede.

After writing a distress letter, Zhang Ruohai became even more depressed, and quietly burned the letter by himself.Firstly, Hu Dinggui was in Liaodong, so he was able to deliver the letter in the Year of the Monkey; secondly, he knew the emperor's temper, and pleading with important ministers might be counterproductive.

When Hu Dinggui led the army, he did a year of Nanchang classics and history, and Zhang Ruohai was the magistrate of Nanchang County at that time.

The friendship between Zhang Ruohai and Hu Dinggui, just like Liu Anfeng and Chen Maosheng, is so strong that it can't be any stronger.Since it doesn't help the matter, Zhang Ruohai doesn't want to bother his friends, and if Hu Dinggui is implicated, it will be impossible to deal with it.

After burning the distress letter, Zhang Ruohai wrote another memorial, admitting that his body was a vegetarian, but he absolutely did not take bribes.He asked the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation of the Zhejiang Integrity Department. After the review, he would take the blame and resign.

They sent someone to send the memorial to Nanjing, and Zhang Ruohai personally took action to seal up all the files of the Integrity Department, and no one was allowed to come in and touch them.

He also restrained the officials of the Office of Integrity, and no one was allowed to leave Hangzhou City unless they received an order from their superiors.

After finishing all this, Zhang Ruohai guarded the file room, slumped on a chair, feeling ashamed.

He was born in a family of self-cultivating farmers, not to mention being a scholar, he was not even counted as a child, and he had only studied in Kaimeng for a few years.If he hadn't rebelled with Zhao Han, he would never have thought of being an official in his life.

Now that he is not only an official, but also a fourth-rank official, he is really honoring his ancestors.

Zhang Ruohai, as the leader of Zhejiang's clean government system, knows how severely the imperial court investigates and punishes corrupt officials, so he never dared to be corrupt from the beginning to the end.But he didn't want to offend the central boss, so he chose to turn a blind eye to some things.

To put it bluntly, he is a mediocre official and a fool!

Now fooling myself into it.

Zhang Ruohai really wants to go back to those years. Although there is only half of Jiangxi's territory, everyone is very passionate and energetic.He led the officials and people of the whole county to fight against floods and rescue disasters. The common people sincerely supported him and regarded himself as the master of the blue sky who rescued the suffering.

How did it get to where it is now?

Zhang Ruohai remembered that when he was studying, he hated corrupt and mediocre officials, and now he himself has become a mediocre official.

Liu Anyong, the magistrate of Quzhou Prefecture, was reported two years ago, and Zhang Ruohai knew that there was something wrong with him early on.But he just pretended not to know, and became completely blind and deaf. Zhang Ruohai was absolutely to blame for Quzhou's officialdom.

……

Zhao Han said to let Xiao Huan try the case himself, but there is really no need for the head of the procuratorate to come forward.

So, the second in command of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came.

Hearing that it was Zou Guangdi who presided over the trial, Liu Anyong fainted from shock.

The bamboo tube is like a bean poured, say what you have to say, and dare not hide a little bit.

Zou Guangdi once had a massacre in Guangzhou. He not only dealt with local officials, but also dealt with bribery businessmen, which made the then Secretary of Integrity famous!

"How?" Zou Guangdi asked.

Dai Wenmeng replied: "I don't want to say anything, I have been working all the time, I guess I still think that someone will come to rescue me."

Zou Guangdi laughed and said, "Didn't you use any means?"

"The chief constitution is here in person, what else do we need?" Dai Wenmeng also laughed.

Although Zhao Han has repeatedly emphasized that torture is not allowed to extract confessions.But this is impossible, no matter Heiwuchang or Baiwuchang, or local departments, there are still some methods of extorting confessions that cannot be seen.

Zou Guangdi walked into the interrogation room, and Zheng Hongyi was resting with his eyes closed.

Zou Guangdi pulled a bench and sat down, and said, "It's a pity for Mr. Zheng."

Zheng Hongyi didn't respond, he didn't even bother to open his eyes.

Zou Guangdi continued: "Mr. Zheng is a well-known good official in Nanjing, and has won awards from His Majesty many times. People say that within ten years, Mr. Zheng will be a minister. It's a pity, a pity, to meet a father like you. "

Zheng Hongyi finally said, "I'm not guilty. It's all my clansmen who broke the law. At most, I'm not strict with my family. As for the dog, it has nothing to do with him. He hasn't returned to Quzhou for several years."

Zou Guangdi said: "Your Majesty also knows that Mr. Zheng was wronged, but what you have done is too great, and you can only kill Ma Su with tears. Thinking of the old feelings, Your Majesty still has room for demotion. Lu Song will be a petty official."

"This matter has nothing to do with the dog, I want to see His Majesty!" Zheng Hongyi became excited.

"Listen to me," Zou Guangdi sighed again, "Mr. Zheng is innocent, how can he be stained? One side is the emperor, and the other is his father. How should he deal with himself? Mr. Zheng... Sigh!"

Zheng Hongyi felt a little bad, and asked, "What's wrong with my son?"

Zou Guangdi stared at the other party, and said word by word: "Xuan...liang...self...death!"

As if all the bones in his body had been removed, Zheng Hongyi was paralyzed there.