Domineering Daming

There were five or six people who were younger than him, all of them looked like officials, and they all agreed, all of them were excited, and their faces were flushed when they were half drunk.

"Don't be afraid, what can Prince Jing do? No matter how long the court's hand is, it can't reach us..."

The middle-aged man took a sip of wine from the girl in his arms, and said with a big tongue: "From the governor's yamen to the local low-level officials, which one can break away from the local gentry? Don't they want to eat or work? What more than 300 people?" The roster, he is one hundred, fifty, look, is there anyone else working for the court?"

"To tell you the truth, there are many people who are dissatisfied with the imperial court. I heard that some people are united to strike down the imperial court and resign collectively. It depends on what the imperial court will do! Don't think that we are easy to bully. Although our officials are small, they can leave us. Can't do anything..."

Listening to the middle-aged man's words, a group of people immediately echoed: "That's that..."

Pushing the cup to change the cup, speaking softly, it lasted until dawn.

In the governor's yamen, King Jing sat at the main seat, and Fan Yiheng stood by him.

Prince Jing is not only one of the few standing princes today, but also the third-ranked minister in the cabinet. Although he usually keeps a low profile, no one dares to underestimate his energy.

Fan Yiheng used to be the Chancellor of Shuntian Mansion, but he didn't have much dealings with King Jing. He looked at the cabinet's Feige letter, looked at King Jing and said, "My lord, do you really want to do it all at once? The lower officials also have plans. Yes, the provincial officials have been screened this year, and it is planned to complete the exchange of officials in two to three years..."

Prince Jing sat there with no expression on his face, and kept looking outside.

These years, he has been keeping a low profile, so low profile that everyone has forgotten him and the functions of the Governor's Council.This time, he did have selfish intentions.

He must make good use of this opportunity to let everyone in Daming know of his existence and the authority of the Governor's Council!

Prince Jing raised his head and looked at a middle-aged man not far away with a firm face, piercing eyes, and a capable aura, and said, "Are you ready?"

The middle-aged man is the person in charge of the Jiangxi Criminal and Prison Department. He raised his hand and said, "Go back to the lord, the roster has been sent out, and 300 people have been counted. The Governor's Mansion will assist and everything is ready."

King Jing stood up, his eyes were cold, and he said: "Then let's do it. First arrest the corrupt officials, and then investigate and deal with them one by one. Anyone who is guilty will be severely punished! Jiangxi must understand that anti-corruption is the emperor, and the court has always attached great importance to it." The one thing I did not deliberately target Jiangxi, and I will not engage in Zhulian and expand it without restraint, do you understand what this king means?"

Fan Yiheng and the others were stunned, and immediately said: "Your Majesty obeys orders!"

Prince Jing's words were both comfort and warning.Obviously, the imperial court doesn't trust these local officials, they are beating!

Following King Jing's order, the arresting team led by the Criminal and Prison Department, supplemented by the Governor's Office and the Governor's Mansion rushed out from the governor's office, and were dispatched to all directions according to the appointment.

In Nanchang Mansion, in a large mansion, officers and soldiers surrounded the front and rear gates, broke through the gates, rushed straight to the backyard like wolves and tigers.

The whole family panicked, jumped and shouted.

"Master, master, it's not good, the officers and soldiers are here..."

At this time, a middle-aged man with gloomy eyes, pale face, and sloppy footsteps came out of the backyard quickly, and looked coldly at the officers and soldiers who rushed in.

The leader was the deputy head of the Criminal and Prison Department of Audit, holding a piece of paper, and said directly: "Miao Tao, you are suspected of bribing court officials, evading taxes, withholding taxes from tenants, beating three people to death and beating up, the evidence is solid, let me go Let's go!"

Miao Tao didn't look at it at all, sneered, and said: "Don't say you are a small seventh-rank official, even if you are the top fourth rank, you don't dare to speak so loudly in front of me. Do you know that the big boss of your governor's yamen Who paid for the construction of the courtyard? Last year, who paid for the construction of the river? Do you know how half of the tax money for your governor's office came from?"

The leading principal looked around the mansion and said coldly: "Mr. Miao, you are also a master of calligraphy and a well-known benevolent person in Jiangxi, I would like to remind you that you should not say anything, and everything you say will be recorded in the record , become a testimony in court, come here, seal the Miao Mansion for me, except for Miao Tao, everyone else will be detained in the backyard waiting to be dealt with."

"How dare you, how can my Miao Manor allow you to be so reckless, get out, someone, call me out..."

"If you dare to resist, except Miao Tao, you will be shot to death!" The prison officer was very cold, and he drew his sword directly, and the archer quickly took his place.

Miao Tao looked at it, and his wobbly body, already overly drunk, staggered and fell directly to the ground.

The people from the Prison Division quickly rushed forward, put chains on him, and immediately began to seal the entire Miao Mansion.

On the other side, a director of the Governor's Council brought people directly to a large courtyard with a huge "Shang" written on it.

Qi Zhi, the head of the Judiciary, looked at the compound and said calmly, "Is it all surrounded?"

A man wearing a headhunting costume beside him said, "My lord, it's blocked. But, do we really want to rush in?"

Qi Zhi snorted coldly and said, "Without exception, rush in and try not to kill anyone!"

Hearing Qi Zhi's lukewarm words of "as far as possible", the head catcher felt cold, and immediately led someone to knock on the door and rushed in.

Just as the officers and soldiers rushed in, they stopped suddenly, and then everyone turned their heads to look at Qi Zhi.

Qi Zhi then stepped forward, and saw a young man under the age of 30 standing under the eaves, with his head slightly raised, quietly looking ahead.

His eyes were a little empty, as if he couldn't see anything, but standing there was quite imposing, as if he was in charge of everything.

Qi Zhi looked at this person, suddenly remembered, and said, "Sir Shang?"

Shang San Gongzi is a nickname given by outsiders, a very famous nickname in Nanchang Mansion, his full name is Shang Ting.

Shang Ting looked at Qi Zhi, who naturally didn't know him, holding a jade pendant in his hand, and said indifferently: "Do you know the history of our business? Do you know how this compound came to be? Do you know the plaque on the door? Who wrote it? How many Jinshi came out of this mansion? How many chief ministers, elders, ministers, servants, and chief envoys with the surname of Shang have been there in the past 200 years? Do you know how many disciples of our merchants there are in Nanchang and Jiangxi? Old officials, how many people in the Ming court and the public are inextricably linked to my business?"

Qi Zhi looked at Shang Ting, but looked inside, with a knife in his hand directly on his neck, and said in a more indifferent tone than Shang Ting: "You know, why don't the people inside come out, and send you a fool to come out Is it because you... It doesn't matter if you die, if you talk nonsense again, I will kill you directly!"

As Qi Zhi said, the knife was placed on Shang Ting's neck with fierce force. With the sharp edge and delicate skin, Shang Ting's body was instantly cold, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't help but kneel down, his face turned pale and looked at him in horror. With the knife on his neck, he dared not breathe, let alone speak.

Qi Zhi saw that he was honest, so he put away the knife, looked at the dark and hard-to-see courtyard not far away, and suddenly said loudly: "You know exactly how your business came to be! This courtyard, You also understand what is going on with this plaque! Going out from here, how many so-called chief assistants, elders, ministers, and servants are there? I can check it out clearly, and you should know better in your heart! As for the former officials of your merchants , I promise you that if there is one who dares to stand up, I will catch one, and if there are a hundred, I will catch a hundred! Don't think that the mouse can bluff us by carrying the banner of the cat, let me tell you, the times have changed! "

Although the figures were vague and noisy, after Qi Zhi finished speaking, there were still a few extremely angry snorts coming from the dark room with the open door opposite.

Chapter 1163

Qi Zhi listened to those few cold snorts, as if he didn't hear it, and continued: "I know that your merchants have great achievements, but your merchants also have the most dirty things. If the court doesn't pursue it, it's not connivance! Now Prince Jing has arrived in person. Nanchang Mansion, you dare to be so arrogant, this is self-inflicted evil, you must not live!"

"I will give you one more chance to come out of it. Even if you surrender, I will try my best to save you face. If you don't come out, don't blame me for demolishing your business compound!"

As soon as Qi Zhi's last words fell, a hundred officers and soldiers rushed in, quickly occupied the main roads on both sides, and drew their swords and soldiers out of their sheaths.

Shang Ting, who was kneeling on the ground, touched the bloodshot neck, still trembling all over, with cold sweat all over his face.

He quietly turned his head and looked into the depths of the compound. There were seven or eight elders of the family, managing hundreds of people in the business and a huge property.

In fact, many people in Nanchang Prefecture know the specific situation of the merchant.They are just a branch of Shangluo. Later, doves occupied the magpie's nest and took the title. They did not know how many dark things they did for this.

Perhaps it is due to their expenditure, since they occupied this compound, the style of writing has flourished, people have been elected, Jinshi, and ranked in the court class, and the prosperity of businesses has never been seen before.

Like other big families, all kinds of bad things happen one after another, but they are all suppressed by various means, so that the merchants continue to be like a behemoth in the sky above Nanchang Mansion.

But this time, Shang Ting felt that they made a mistake.Prince Jing, if you really want to make a move, even their merchants dare to move, not just pretending!

Shang Ting's face turned pale, and he knelt there, his eyes were flickering, and he was extremely scared.

The door was still quiet and there was no movement.It was as if there was no one, and there was no sound.

Qi Zhi looked at the gloomy compound, and said with a sneer, "This third son of Shang will point out your witnesses. What he knows, he can help us find all the evidence we can find. You merchants, this time it's true! It's over, no one can save you! Because, this is what Shang Datian listened to! I will give you ten breaths, if you don't come out again, I will not be polite anymore!"

It was quiet inside the door, and there was no sound, but there seemed to be eyes to see if there were any.

"ten!"

"Nine!"