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Marked by the appearance of Zhou Yi, Liu Jin's second wave of actions began.

To the north, the completed case files were rushed to the capital.

To the east, although officials were not as free to kill as the gentry, the crime of colluding with the gentry and disobeying the imperial edict was no less serious.

For a time, all the officials in Jiangnan were in panic.

Even some senior officials who stayed in Nanjing were not spared.

Among the seven people reported by Han Ziren, the one with the highest official position was Wang Yunlong, the right deputy imperial envoy of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

He was caught that night, and by the next day word had spread throughout Nanjing.

Along with this name, Zhou Yi is rising.

It wouldn't matter if it was just Wang Yunlong. The key was that there were people behind him, and anyone with a little bit of brains would understand.

night.

Zhou Yixin's mansion.

In the study room, a fierce quarrel suddenly broke out.

"I heard someone talk about it today. I still can't believe it. I didn't expect it was really you. Brother Zhou, you and I are both apprentices of saints. Confucius said that a gentleman has something to do and something not to do. How can you be with that person at this time? Are you with Liu Jin?"

Zhou Yi originally had a very good friend, who was also a minor censor in Nanjing. In the past, although they did not achieve much in their official careers, their lives were not bad.

The man pointed angrily at Zhou Yi, feeling both angry and sad.

Zhou Yi looked calm, "Brother Wen, Liu Jin came to Jiangnan under the imperial edict, and the things he did were all His Majesty's wishes. You and I are officials and loyal to you. What's wrong with this?"

"Absurd! The emperor was confused for a moment and mistakenly trusted Liu Jin. Liu Jin harmed Zhongliang and killed people for no reason. How can he be loyal to the emperor? Do you know that someone has been framed because of you!"

"Promoting the order to clean up the land in the world means being loyal to the emperor. As for those people Brother Wen mentioned, aren't the things they committed against the holy will? Even if the emperor comes in person, he will arrest them and question them."

"You! There is nothing wrong with the order to clear the land under heaven, but being so eager and risking the lives of so many people, how can it be called benevolent government?"

"There is not much room for maneuver. The longer it is delayed, the more people will die. In this case, it is better to end it as soon as possible."

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"I am the right deputy imperial envoy of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate personally appointed by the Emperor. If you dare to arrest me without an imperial decree, I will go to the Emperor to join you!! Moreover, since the 12th year of Hongzhi, the Emperor has ordered that the Imperial Guards You can no longer use Chongdian, what are you doing?!"

This old man is Wang Yunlong who was just captured.

He had a gray beard, and a small part of it was burnt because he accidentally caught a fire somewhere. The prison uniform on his body was also tattered, but it could not hide his fat belly.

This is the dungeon of Nanjing Jinyiwei. At this time, Wang Yunlong is tied to a cross-shaped pillar, and it is Han Ziren who is interrogating him.

There will be the sound of rattling iron chains in the dungeon, and I wonder if some torture instruments are being dragged out.

Han Ziren sat on the bench facing him, with his right foot on it, and his posture was a little arrogant, "I call you Wang Vice-Xian respectfully, because you have also been a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and you should have met the emperor. What happened in the 12th year of Hongzhi's reign? Yes, the emperor had such a decree. But...you, a person who does not obey the imperial decree, when did you care so much about the imperial decree?"

"Bah!" Wang Yunlong spat from afar, "I am an official of the imperial court, and you can't convict me just by saying 'disobeying the imperial edict'!"

Han Ziren did not panic and said with a smile: "Okay, your nephew has already explained everything. Thanks to you, he has occupied a lot of fields in Gaochun County in the past few years. When he saw the imperial court issued a land clearing order, He was driven by greed and extremely fearful. You know all the things he did under fear, right? Thanks to you giving him a lot of ideas, he only had a good night's sleep for a few months."

Wang Yunlong's face turned red and white, "You are slandering!"

"You can be tough. Anyway, my people have searched the correspondence from your home. Although it is not complete, it is enough. He used tricks to deal with those surveyors. How did you come forward to defend him after the incident? What did he occupy? Tian, ​​how much of it is only in his name, but actually belongs to you, these are all clear. You don’t think that your nephew who only knows how to live depends on you is some great man, a tough guy, right? "

Wang Yunlong, a veteran official, still didn't believe it, "Haha, it's exactly what you said, why do you come to interrogate me?"

Han Ziren pointed at him and said, "You still have value in what you say. That is the emperor's imperial edict. How dare you, the right deputy governor, to go against the emperor's will? Even if you are walking at night, you have to find a few people to pass through. Are you brave?"

"Don't even think about it!" Wang Yunlong understood immediately, and he yelled, "The factory guards are disorderly in government, eat meat in hemp, have no regard for the people, and the atmosphere is chaotic! I, Wang Yunlong, will never help the tyrants, and you don't want to hear a word of it."

"You can tell." Han Ziren said firmly, "Speaking of which, I am also a county magistrate, and I have nothing to do with this Jin Yiwei. But when I was a county magistrate, I especially hated you evil officials who plundered the people's wealth! At that time, I was soft-spoken and dealt with it. Without you, I won’t be polite today!”

"You, what are you going to do?"

"Don't do anything. I don't want you to taste those heavy codes. Even if you are scared to death, I will give you a light code first." After saying that, Han Ziren's expression changed, "Come on, let's go to jail!"

During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang handled several major cases by handing over each other, one person handing over the other, and in the end the scale could reach tens of thousands, or even 10,000+.

Expressed in modern mathematics, this is called exponential growth, more like cell division.It's so fast that the human brain doesn't even have time to react, and it may have already landed on your head.

But here in Liu Jin, there will be a paradoxical phenomenon,

On the one hand, newly compiled fish scale atlases from various places are being delivered more and more quickly, and on the other hand, more and more officials are involved in the case. It is really a strange sight.

On the other side, the resignations of Xie Tizhong and other officials had also been drafted. They were helpless and heartbroken. Faced with this situation, they had no other idea except to abandon their posts and go into seclusion in the mountains.But Liu Jin is not a gentleman. He wants to leave, but he may not be able to.

Liu Jin, who didn't go out for a few days, had to make a special trip just for him, because he was among the people Wang Yunlong told him about.

In Xie's mansion, Xie Tizhong was not like ordinary people who cry and make a fuss after being caught. He was very calm and looked upright, and walked out surrounded by Jin Yiwei.

"Why do I, Xie Shangshu, always oppose the imperial court's clearing of fields? It turns out that it is because they are afraid that the clearing will reach your family's fields."

In the courtyard, his men held torches, and the fire illuminated Xie Tizhong's face.

After Zhou Yi's guidance, this guy now understands where these people's pain lies.

As expected, Xie Tizhong cursed loudly, "If you want to impose a crime, there is no need to hesitate! Liu Jin, you went against the will of heaven today, and you will definitely get retribution in the future! You must know that those who do unrighteousness will be killed!"

Liu Jin's eyes were dark, "Our family doesn't know who you are talking about. The only God in our heart is the Emperor. You turned a deaf ear to the Emperor's will. The Emperor wanted to kill those who resisted the order, and said it was the fault of a foolish emperor. This crime, You can’t escape!”

"If you want to kill, just kill him. There is no need to slander others and humiliate their names. Why should I fear death in my body?"

"If we don't kill you, we will humiliate your reputation. We will let His Majesty know how you deliberately disobeyed the imperial court's order to clear the land! How you said the word "faint king" with righteous indignation! Someone, take it down!"

Xie Tizhong was as famous as Li Dongyang, and the Xie family itself was also a scholarly family. His hometown was in Zhejiang. People at the time would say that he had some relationship with Xie Qian of Yuyao, but neither party had confirmed it.

It is probably not confirmed now.

And if Xie Tizhong can't protect himself, then all the officials who were active in Nanjing City can probably be wiped out. Only the role officials who really don't get involved in this matter can escape the disaster.

Then it was not just Nanjing, but also Zhenjiang, Changzhou and Suzhou. Fortunately, in the past few years, the national politics has gradually become clearer and the officialdom ecology has gradually improved. Indeed, some officials can correct themselves first and then correct others. Otherwise, the officialdom would be more than half paralyzed.

Jing Shaokui went to Changzhou to inspect in person. The officials he saw on the first two days suddenly heard on the third day that they had been taken away.

Even the local family he was linked to behind the scenes suffered a great disaster.

This level of killing has indeed caused social unrest.

Because there is no one in the government, even if there are people, their thoughts are only on the rebellion in Qingtian, and they will not care about anything else.

So many young people began to appear again. They took advantage of this chaos to rob homes and homes, thinking of doing a few jobs and making a small fortune.Others are seeking personal revenge, or taking money from others to eliminate disasters for others.

The number of civilian murders has increased, forcing wealthy families to increase their manpower to resist threats.

To September 11, the 21th year of Zhengde.

In Wuxi County, Changzhou Prefecture, several squire families who thought they would also die began to join forces to resist the officers and soldiers sent by the government to arrest people.

After all, as the stall gets bigger, there will be a shortage of manpower. Seeing that you only have a dozen or 20 people, some people will take risks.

For this kind of thing, if there is one, then there are two.
Something happened in Changzhou Prefecture, and soon people in Songjiang Prefecture also resisted the officers and soldiers.

Our people are not gentle and gentle. Once their minds are warmed up, they will discuss among several brothers and become more loyal. They will not care about your court laws.

Who is the emperor?I've never seen it.

After hearing the news, Jing Shaokui felt anxious. He was the governor of Yingtian, and it was his duty to maintain local stability.

So he ignored Liu Jin and directly issued an order in the name of Governor Yingtian. As long as the gentry and the people were willing to cooperate with Qingtian, no one was allowed to deliberately create difficulties.

This is a reaffirmation of the imperial order based on Zhang Cong and Zhang Ge Lao, which is correct after all.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to Zhou Shangwen, the Marquis of Jinglu who was stationed in Zhenjiang Prefecture, reminding him to pay attention to the public sentiment in various places in a timely manner.

And he himself rushed to Wuxi County.

Liu Jin is currently busy 'framing' various officials, and he doesn't care about that.

But now most of the squires have been frightened, and they have basically agreed to the government's request to clear the land. After all, those who disagree are actually killed...

In this case, if the imperial court releases information to stabilize the local area, it still needs to be careful not to cause civil unrest, so it is still necessary to issue orders through the governor's office.

This is a soft hand.

Of course, in order to maintain stability, those who really stand out will never be spared.

This is a hard hand.

At the same time, there were also people hurriedly walking on the river west of Nanjing.

With such chaos happening in Jiangnan, he had to return to Nanchang as soon as possible to report the news.