eldest son of Ming dynasty

After returning to the official ranks of the imperial court, Liu Jin had access to a lot of information.

For example, what the emperor did in Shandong, such as the man named Zhang Cong...

For example, the imperial court sent the Minister of Punishment to investigate the case, and thousands of surveyors were trained in advance for the survey of Qingtian.

The emperor's various arrangements floated in his mind, strange and familiar at the same time, and he looked back at the past here.

As everyone knows, officials like Jing Shaokui are actually quite afraid of him.

Especially when I heard that more than 20 corpses were thrown out of the palace last night.

"As soon as the talents arrived, most of the eunuchs in charge of the former 24th Yamen were beaten to death with a cane!!" Xu Yun felt scared when he said this, "It is said that Eunuch Liu watched the whole process, and he finally won over the emperor. With a little forgiveness, how dare you act so arrogantly?"

Jing Shaokui frowned and said, "Everyone who works around the emperor knows the emperor very well. Do you think the emperor doesn't know that something like this will happen?"

This principle is somewhat similar to one emperor and one courtier.

Since the emperor is willing to move out You Zhi's old enemies, he is abandoning these people who were originally attached to You Zhi.

What else could they be if they weren't dead characters?
"Having said that, if I had just seen the light of day again, I would have kept my tail low, but this Eunuch Liu is actually better..."

"Stop talking about it. You and I don't have to worry about things like internecine fights. Let's see what he wants to do later."

Liu Jin has many repressed desires, and murder and revenge is one of them. He does not feel that he is cruel. Those are not his people, so of course he must kill them.

And his other desire...

I just want to see the emperor.

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"The garrison duties in Nanjing are high and heavy. Since the emperor has appointed Eunuch Liu, he must have a sacred mandate. Please make it clear to Eunuch Liu."

In the governor's office, Jing Shaokui said politely.

Logically speaking, he should visit Liu Jin.

But Liu Jin's reputation was so bad that few civil servants were willing to take the initiative to visit him at this time.

"Our family doesn't have any holy orders, just one. We are members of the palace, and we only obey the palace's will. So this should be our family asking you, what is the emperor's holy order, and how are you doing?"

"Eunuch Liu must be aware of the matter of clearing the land under Zhang Tianxia. In late last month, the imperial edict arrived."

Seeing that he didn't talk nonsense, Liu Jin felt a little less anxious in his heart, "Then let's tell the truth. Zhongcheng, before I came here, I had ordered people to clean up the fields occupied by the eunuchs. Anyone under me would meet someone Anyone who disobeys will be killed.”

Jing Shaokui's heart tightened, "Wei Guogong's side...I also went there with Duke Chongsui (Jin Gui), and his fields also started to be measured."

In this way, nobles and eunuchs are no longer a problem.

Although Wei Guogong could not represent all the nobles in Nanjing City, he was convinced, and the others were either obedient or dealt with. Even if there was a little trouble, it was not a big problem.

"The trouble now is that the common people and gentry in nearly a hundred counties in the south of the Yangtze River are using various methods to obstruct the surveyors from actually carrying out the survey. Therefore, the results everywhere are not ideal."

Liu Jin blinked and said quietly: "Zhongcheng, after this year, our family will be sixty."

Jing Shaokui didn't understand what he meant by suddenly saying this.

"My father-in-law still looks young."

"This is a lie to comfort people. These white hairs in our family are not fake." He stretched out his hand to trim a large bunch, and there were only a few black strands in it. "In the past few years, my health has been bad, and my legs have been affected by rainy weather. Pain, back pain after standing or sitting for a long time, and headaches after not being able to sleep well. Our family will not live a good life for a few years."

This sigh, if said by an ordinary old man, would make people feel pity, but Liu Jin would definitely not do it.

"A person without roots will not have any thoughts when he reaches our age. He has no children, and he will not have the Jing family in his heart like you. If people like us die, there will be nothing left in the world. Even if he is mentioned, most people will criticize our family."

"Eunuch..." Jing Shaokui was a little confused.

Liu Jin rushed to speak, "Zhongcheng, our family wants to see the emperor and take care of these things for the emperor. As for... we don't care about those people who are obstructing you. The emperor told our family that Jiangnan's affairs have been settled. Let's go back to the palace. Zhongcheng, you have to accomplish this."

"What are you talking about, father-in-law? How can a lower official disobey the emperor's holy order?"

Jing Shaokui was completely surprised. He thought it was an illusion. What he saw was an expression of emotion on the face of an old traitor. He still had feelings!

Liu Jin did feel a kind of loneliness. He was not familiar with Nanjing, but the scenes in the palace were too similar... He would think of the emperor when he was young, and how he served the prince until he succeeded to the throne.

Apart from the fact that he needed to grasp the emperor's straw at the political level, he was still a lonely old man after all, and his emotions had nowhere to go except the emperor who had been with him for many years.

So he is willing to settle everyone here for the emperor.

"Since it is according to the emperor's order, then you and I will discuss the matter clearly today. Which prefecture, which county, and which people are obstructing the surveyors from conducting on-site measurements?"

Jing Shaokui didn't want to be bothered anymore, why should he stand up to Liu Jin's anger here, "Let me tell you the truth, from Nanjing to Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Songjiang Prefecture, there are opponents in almost every county. They may Either they gathered in groups to incite the people, or they attacked the surveyors, causing them constant trouble and making it difficult for them to protect themselves. All of these have been reported to the court."

Liu Jin didn't talk nonsense to him, "How is the progress of the investigation so far? Who is leading the opposition?"

"There are different people in different places. There is a man named Zhao Mingfei in Jiangning, there are three Chen brothers in Changzhou Prefecture, and people in Zhenjiang Prefecture and Suzhou Prefecture have protested."

How could Liu Jin not know the concerns of these people? He was afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the back. As a result, his methods were weak and the matter made no progress at all.

"understood."

Quan eunuch caused trouble because they were close to the emperor and had some armed forces.

The inner garrison in Nanjing can mobilize the emperor's personal troops of the Seventeenth Guards who stayed in the capital!With the emperor's promise secretly, Liu Jin no longer had any worries. Now that he knew the name, what else could he say?

As soon as his sedan chair left the governor's office, he said: Get out all your minions and start arresting people!
Among the [-] emperor's personal troops, there are also Jinyiwei. In the Ming Dynasty, there was actually a Jinyiwei commander in Nanjing. However, many positions in the capital had very low power. The [-]th guards were basically undernumbered. There was only one Xiaoling guard. Famous and prestigious.At the time of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the generals guarding Nanjing surrendered and the angry eunuch committed suicide on the spot, while the Xiaoling guards resisted desperately.Finally, the last commander left a sentence in the history books: He commanded Meichun to raise troops at Xiaoling Guard and die.

So many lives ended with these few words.

Of course, Liu Jin doesn't need the legendary Xiaoling Guard now. He only needs to dispatch the ordinary thirteen guards and horses, plus the hundreds of people brought by Zhang Yong as the 'supervisory army', and he is not afraid of anyone pretending to be a ghost.

The next day, soldiers with spears appeared in Nanjing city. At this time, many ordinary people did not know that Liu Jin had arrived in Nanjing. After all, it had only been a few days, so they thought something else had happened.

Unexpectedly, these soldiers would directly break into the areas where people lived. Sometimes they would violently break into the door, draw out their bright swords, cut off those who encountered resistance, and take away all the rest!

Of course, this does not mean not to kill them, but to seize them alive and interrogate them, asking them to confess all their accomplices!

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"Brother Zhao! Brother Zhao!!"

In Jiangning County, a young man in a white shirt on the street saw Zhao Mingfei chatting and laughing with others on the second floor of the tavern. He shouted anxiously and rushed up. Knowing that the matter was serious, he did not say anything, but whispered in his ear, " Brother Zhao! The situation has changed, come with me quickly!"

This talented man from Jiangning is still very impressive. He said: "A gentleman is open-minded and has nothing to say to others. Please speak up!"

"Oops!" The young man in white shirt was so anxious, "Now is not the time to show off your ambition, you really should come with me!"

"Is there any movement from the government?"

Zhao Mingfei guessed it himself.

This was not difficult at first, but to suddenly become so panicked must have been something the government did.

"You want to say that I am in fear of my life?"

Another correct guess.

The young man in white shirt was dumbfounded.

Zhao Mingfei waved his hand, "I have long said that the only way to serve the country is to die. I have always been honest and aboveboard in my actions, and I have no regard for life or death!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The applause gradually died down.

But when everyone looked for the sound, they found that it was not taken by anyone.

"downstairs!"

At the entrance of the building, as expected, the hat of a Jin Yiwei was gradually revealed, followed by the face of a man with a calm expression, "You have backbone, you have backbone. People with such backbone are really rare these days."

"Jinyiwei!"

"It's Jin Yiwei!"

Many people nearby made noises of fear.

Only Zhao Mingfei still stood upright, "There are indeed guards in Jiangning County. Have you been waiting here for a long time?"

"Oh? It seems that someone has informed you of the news. But it doesn't matter, after all, you are almost dead."

Zhao Mingfei was shocked and shouted: "The court has Ming laws! I, Zhao Mingfei, have never violated any court laws. Do you want to do something in this bright world?!"

"fear death?"

"Hahaha! What's the point of fearing death? Besides, if I die alone, there are thousands of benevolent and righteous people. You don't understand the principle of the eternal existence of the road."

"I don't understand. I only understand that when I give an order, your heads will fall to the ground."

you?

The word you he used made everyone suddenly dumbfounded.

Zhao Mingfei was a little panicked at this moment, "Are you going to do something against heaven? Aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven?"

"Then you will be punished by God before me!" The Jin Yiwei stopped talking nonsense and quickly ordered: "Come here and arrest all these twenty people!"

"Yes!"

This is the street, and there are many people watching.

The Jin Yiwei did not shy away at all and shouted openly: "Eunuch Liu has an order. Anyone who disobeys the imperial court's order to clear the land will be beheaded!!"

He turned around with a proud expression on his face and looked at Zhao Mingfei, who looked pale and in disbelief. "You can scold me whatever you want. After all, your crime will be aggravated. If you are implicated, your home will also be ransacked. I We have all found out before, and there are more than a hundred people in total. I tell you, not one of them can survive. Also, I am very interested in the 'thousands of righteous men' you talk about. Come back with me, I want to listen to what you have to say."

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Jiangning magistrate's office.

The magistrate was so frightened that he fell off his chair. He said in a panic: "Everyone... arrest them all?!"

"It's not about arresting them all, it's about killing them all!" The Master also started to tremble, "It's said that Eunuch Liu Jin Liu came to Nanjing and he gave the order!"

"Liu Jin?"

The master didn't know, but the county magistrate knew. At least he had been selected as a Jinshi, so when he heard the name, his liver and gallbladder broke out, "Then... that... that..."

"Lord, what is that?"

"Where are the surveyors! Come over quickly, sir!"