eldest son of Ming dynasty

Changzhou Prefecture.

When Governor Yingtian's sedan arrived, he was warmly received by everyone.

Jing Shaokui did not summon local officials at first, he only wanted to have an affair with Cong Changde, the prefect of Changzhou.

Cong Changde had some ways of being able to serve as the magistrate in a place like Changzhou. He himself had no obvious family lineage, but his father-in-law was Huang Youda, the current Minister of Household Affairs.

During the more than ten years since Zhu Houzhao ruled the country, the important officials he appointed were completely different from the original history.

For a position like the Minister of Household Affairs, he prefers to appoint professional affairs officers, the kind of people who have practical experience in performing duties and are especially opposed to empty talk and talk.

This person was trusted by him and had some status.

Therefore, Cong Changde received the news from the capital early, and did not go too far on the road to oppose Qingtian. He sat on the wall for half a year. Seeing the emperor's decree this time, he knew better what to do.

The governor's personal visit this time was also a good opportunity for him to save his life.

And after learning from the lessons of his predecessor, as soon as Jing Shaokui arrived this time, he reported the progress of clearing land in the four counties of Wujin, Wuxi, Yixing, and Jiangyin in Changzhou Prefecture one by one.

Not only that, he also reported, "I heard that Zhongcheng came to Changzhou Mansion. The magistrates of the four counties had already arrived in the city to wait for Zhongcheng's orders."

Jing Shaokui's face was calm and he just sighed, "I didn't even ask them to come, so why are they waiting in Fucheng?"

Cong Changde pondered for a moment and thought to himself, why would he ask so knowingly? Now there is a murderer who is catching people to kill, so why not come?

"If everyone could be so active a month ago, why would there be such trouble?"

"What Zhong Cheng said is absolutely true, but... now that it's like this, we can only try our best to save it and avoid provoking the wrath of the Holy Spirit again."

Jing Shaokui said: "Well, since you are here, let's meet. Besides, there is a letter from Mr. Zhang Ge in the cabinet. No matter how shaken the capital is, no matter how chaotic Jiangnan is, we people still have to do things well in Qingtian. . After meeting tomorrow, you and I will pick two counties and see the progress of Zhangtian with your own eyes. This will give you some confidence when reporting back. Not only me, but also you. We will all be in the new fish scale atlas. It’s signed. If it’s not accurate, if it’s investigated in the future, it’s hard to escape death.”

"Yes!" Cong Changde responded firmly.

The next day.

The magistrates of the four counties were there, as well as the magistrate of Changzhou.

To be honest, the fourth-rank magistrates and seventh-rank county magistrates have some difficulties in advancing specific matters. Some gentry families have strong government backgrounds, and some of the fields belong to a certain sect, and they also have the power to do so. No arrest.

So when I met Jing Shaokui, I wanted to report on Qingtian's progress on the one hand, and on the other hand I wanted to talk about the difficulties.

They cannot solve these difficulties, but they are worried that Liu Jin in Nanjing will ignore them and kill those who are not advancing well, which would be unfair.

The magistrate of Wujin County said: "Due to the chaos caused by the treacherous officials, there is now a certain degree of panic in the whole county. The big households are willing to have their fields measured. Among them, the land with land deeds is not bad, even if the actual measured amount is less than In previous years, it would not be a problem to have an extra five or ten acres, but it is just a re-confirmation. The key is that those hidden fields were originally cultivated by various families. According to the current rules, these can no longer be attributed to those families. This It’s a bit difficult.”

Scholars still care about face when they speak.

Jing Shaokui also understood, why was it so difficult?
Because this is to grab land directly from the hands of large households, and it is not five acres or ten acres, but maybe a hundred acres or even a thousand acres.

Although legally speaking, these fields may not have belonged to them from the beginning. Some of them were donated and some were occupied. Now they are all named Hidden Fields. In fact, there are many things hidden behind them.

But legal principles are one thing, and reality is another. Some families have occupied these properties for ten or twenty years, or even inherited them from their ancestors, and now they suddenly want to take them away...

This is not about colluding with most of the forces to bully one family.
This is to ask the county government to go against the big households in the county.

The so-called difficulty lies in this.

No matter what kind of reform it is, it is not easy to calmly take money out of other people's pockets.

Jing Shaokui replied: "Yesterday I told Magistrate Cong that there was a letter from Mr. Zhang Ge in the cabinet, telling us that we must pay attention to the important events in Qingtian. In fact, Mr. Wang Ge and Mr. Yang Ge in the cabinet both wrote letters respectively. There is nothing to hide in the key points. You can tell them all. You. They said that they want me to deal with Liu Jin with all my strength, and try every means to preserve some ministers who are loyal to the court and loyal to His Majesty. As for Liu Jin, I have met him..."

Jing Shaokui's gaze passed over them, "You must have had this in mind when you came today. Let me tell you the truth. If you want to save me, you have to give me a reason so that Liu Jin and I can argue with each other. It seems. If you don't do such a difficult thing, you will measure it with whichever company agrees. Although there is some progress, you will still be unable to keep up later. How will you keep it safe then?"

The magistrate of Wujin was anxious, "Zhongcheng, it's not just that I'm a subordinate and I don't do anything. It's really a person who talks lightly. I'm a subordinate who has more than enough intention but not enough power."

"Why don't you have enough power? There is someone who can handle the people you can't handle. Just submit a memorial and let Liu Jin handle it."

"Well, this, isn't this colluding with a traitor?"

In addition to him, the magistrates of Wuxi and Yixing are also a little anxious.If the governor urges them like this, the matter will be even more difficult.

They rushed to Fucheng specially and originally had another plan.

This needs to be expanded upon——

In fact, when the political struggle reaches this point, Qingtian cannot continue.

Because these Qingliu officials don't have to help Liu Jin - he only knows how to kill people and can't really do things. He talks a thousand words but the specific things still have to be done by the officials.

It’s not that this will be done automatically as soon as the heads fall to the ground.

In this way, the Qingliu officials could just put their hands on it, or deliberately fail to handle it.Finally, the emperor took a look and realized that you, Liu Jin, did things without any rules at all. No matter how great the reason was, he would not want him again.

However, this method of political struggle is purely for the purpose of fighting, to bring down someone, and completely ignores national affairs and the vital interests of the people.The final victory will be achieved at the expense of the people of Jiangnan, and it will be called a 'sacrifice that has to be made'.

Jing Shaokui fully understood that many people had hinted this to him along the way.

Just like the Wujin magistrate in front of me, that's it.

As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. You must threaten your life, so I will do something simple and leave some.As for the time delay and the progress cannot be kept up, ha...

As time continues to drag on like this, there is no telling whether Liu Jin is still alive or not.

This is called procrastination and waiting for change, and responding with inaction, false action, and formal action.

It would be best if something big happened in Jiangnan, and then Liu Jin would be defeated.

But Jing Shaokui didn't want to do this.

How could they not be in a hurry?
"There's something we need to make clear first." Jing Shaokui's eyes flashed, "I don't know what you think specifically. Maybe you will think that the harder we work, the more we are helping others to do evil. Instead, we allowed Liu Jin to accomplish great things..."

Several people in the hall lowered their heads when they were told the central issue.

"Zhongcheng, you are serious." Cong Changde tried to smooth things over.

"It doesn't matter. Regardless of whether it's true or not, I don't want to hear similar words again. The specific matters of Qingtian are not an order from me, but an order from Mr. Zhang Ge of the cabinet. Mr. Zhang specially made a special decision at this time. Order, whose order do you think you are receiving?"

Jing Shaokui sighed in his heart, this matter is really difficult.

Now that there are Liu Jin and so many people with so many small ideas, it is not surprising that it can't be pushed at all.

In fact, it's not that these officials can't get around this. On the one hand, they want to go against Liu Jin. On the other hand, officials and gentry are indeed one, and some of them have dirty butts.

Jing Shaokui will not discuss these matters with Liu Jin for the time being. No matter what, he will not betray a civil servant to such an extent. He must not be such a villain.

But he never thought that Liu Jin had his own way.

Now all the officials in the court and the central government are trying to prevent Liu Jin from hunting down the officials and gentry.

It's a pity that a small hole has been opened...

After the emperor replied to the letter this time, Han Ziren, the former deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, also showed up.

Liu Jin suddenly received help from the two people, and his second wave of actions immediately started.

The first is the prisoners caught in the first wave.

These people are still very valuable after just one trial.

But this would make the matter even bigger, and Han Ziren would have to discuss it with the two father-in-laws.

Nanjing, guarding the eunuch's mansion.

Han Ziren came with the case file. He first saluted Liu Jin and Zhang Yong. Although the Jin Yiwei had a special status, it was not as good as these 'old immortal eunuchs'. After all, they were closer to the emperor. "According to Liu Eunuch's wish, I will go down to the official position." The 16 gentry heads previously captured in Nanjing were interrogated..."

"How? Are they tough?"

Han Ziren shook his head.

These officials and masters have never experienced such suffering. Even a slight shock can lead to losing their minds. If they have to be punished, it goes without saying.

It's just that Liu Jin's entry point is very...how to say, very tricky, that is, to find out the connection between these people and court officials.

"Among these 16 people, seven of them had corresponded with officials in the DPRK. Most of the original letters could not be found. Such letters were burned after being read. However, according to their oral accounts, they all included in the letters He once expressed his request to officials to find a way to find an exception for himself, so as to avoid the court clearing land and preserving family property, and some officials agreed and even reassured him that he did not need to worry, saying that the court could not do this. "

Liu Jin was ecstatic and turned her gaze to look at Zhou Yi beside him. As a result, this guy just smiled slightly, looking like a master.

"These are the case files with their fingerprints on them." Although Han Ziren said, he always frowned.

Reading people's faces was one of Liu Jin's skills. He asked, "Ziren, if you have any worries, just tell them."

"My father-in-law, I am worried that... this kind of investigation will shake up the officialdom, and it may even be the biggest case in the Zhengde Dynasty."

Liu Jin paused in his heart and glanced at Zhou Yi again. He is a straight mother and a scholar. He is really ruthless.

"What do you think?" Liu Jin asked Zhou Yi.

The man said softly: "The matter has reached this point, and there is no reason to give up halfway. Otherwise, if His Majesty knows about it, he will think that the father-in-law is colluding with these people."

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Han Ziren narrowed his eyes. He had never seen this person before. Why did he speak so viciously? This time, Liu Jin suddenly wanted to investigate the relationship between officials and gentry. Was it his suggestion?

Zhou Yi's words hit Liu Jin's heart directly, "First capture the officials mentioned by these seven people! Then follow the clues and investigate thoroughly!"