Now, Qing Ji's goal has been achieved.

At least under his edict to verify the amount of people's assets, the corrupt officials and officials who were corrupt and perverted the law were "revealed for their true colors", which played the role of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.

After this round of reshuffle, Wu State has benefited a lot. Thousands of slaves, plus thousands of acres of land, are all leeks harvested by Qingji!

As for the houses, fields, shops, and cattle that were illegally occupied by the ministers and plundered by force, they should be returned to their original owners as much as possible.

The same people who benefited were the common people at the bottom!

Qing Ji smiled slightly and said: "The old family has suffered such a huge loss this time, so there must be a lot of complaints, right?"

How can there be no complaints?

I'm afraid, many people even have the intention to kill Qingji!

Dazai Ji Zha smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents. This hatred and hatred are irreconcilable!"

"The old family has lost many assets this time and has many complaints in their hearts. It is understandable."

If you come out to fool around, you will have to pay back sooner or later!

Qingji knew that what he did would be resented and hostile by the old people of Wu State, but he had to do it.

In order to maximize the productivity of Wu State and obtain more farmland and assets, it is understandable to cut a wave of leeks in Qingji.

Furthermore, what those ministers and officials did was originally corruption and perversion of the law. Qingji did not punish them severely, but forced them to hand over their illegally obtained assets. He was already magnanimous and let them go!

"Your Majesty, the imperial censor wants to see you!"

Just when Qing Ji was discussing state affairs with Ji Ran and Ji Zha, the chamberlain Jiao Hua suddenly entered the Zide Hall to report.

"Xuan."

"promise!"

Not long after, Sun Wu, the imperial censor, entered the Zide Hall and bowed to Qingji.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Yunyang County!"

"What's the matter?"

"Hu Yang, the magistrate of Yunyang County, was suddenly assassinated and died in his mansion!"

Hearing this, Qingji's pupils couldn't help but shrink sharply.

What a courage!

I really ate the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard!

The county magistrate appointed by Qing Ji, the most respected person in the county, actually died at home in such an unexplained way?

"Who ordered the assassin?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, the assassin is dead, and the real culprit behind the scenes is still unknown."

"check!"

Qing Ji said coldly: "Let me investigate thoroughly!"

"promise!"

Ji Zha and Ji Ran, who were on one side, had already felt the suppressed anger in Qing Ji's heart.

Furious!

When the common man was angry, blood spattered five steps forward!

When the king is angry, the blood flows down the river!

Apparently, a county magistrate, a minister who could be regarded as a feudal official, was assassinated, which made Qingji very angry.

Simply arrogant and lawless!

Have you taken Qingji seriously?

It is conceivable that Hu Yang, who was the magistrate of Yunyang County, was assassinated at this time and had absolutely nothing to do with the old family.

They couldn't assassinate Qing Ji, so why couldn't they kill a foreign magistrate who had no roots in Wu?

…

After Sun Wu received Qingji's order, he immediately led 800 warriors and traveled at night and starry to Yunyang County.

The magistrate of a county was assassinated. This is not a small matter.

When Sun Wu, the imperial censor, led his troops northward to investigate the circumstances of Hu Yang's death, word spread to Yunyang County, and Yang Rong, the middle doctor, suddenly became panicked.

He never expected that Qing Ji would attach so much importance to Hu Yang, and would he insist on getting to the bottom of this matter?

When Sun Wu arrived in Yunyang County and checked into the county government office, before he could take a rest, he received reliable news.

The magistrate of Yunyang County came into the room and asked Sun Wu to step aside to prevent the partition wall from getting behind his ears. He took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve and handed it to Sun Wu to read.

"This is?"

"Master Censor, this is the suicide note written by Magistrate Hu Yang before his death. Magistrate Hu wrote this suicide note the day before he was assassinated. He seemed to have expected it."

The county magistrate sighed deeply and said: "Hu Yang, the county magistrate, told me before his death that if something unexpected happened to him, I would send this suicide note to the king or a senior official to investigate thoroughly."

"Now it seems that Magistrate Hu is really good at predicting events..."

Hearing this, Sun Wu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Why couldn't such a shrewd person escape the disaster?

Since he had expected that he might be assassinated, why didn't Hu Yang flee Yunyang County first?

Sun Wu was very puzzled, so he immediately opened Hu Yang's suicide note and looked at it. He couldn't help but feel sorry for him, and said with emotion: "Hu Yang is really a hostile minister of the country. Our country of Wu has lost a great minister!"

Sun Wu also felt very sorry for Hu Yang's death.

Hu Yang indeed guessed that he might be assassinated!

He said in his suicide note that if he was assassinated and killed, the real culprit behind the scenes would definitely be Dr. Yang Rong.

If there is anything unclear, you can verify it.

For this reason, Sun Wu decided to go there himself!

He will not wrongly accuse a good person, but he will never let a bad person go!

What is right and what is wrong has its own justice!

And justice lies within the heart!

Hu Yang's death actually created favorable conditions for Qingji.

Yang Rong who dares to send assassins to kill a county magistrate and commit illegal acts will not end well.

However, Qing Ji could completely use this incident as a breakthrough to vigorously rectify the old families of the Wu Kingdom, so as to eliminate the officialdom and restore a peaceful world to the Wu Kingdom.

"Invite Dr. Yang Rong to the county government office."

"promise!"

Sun Wu thought about it secretly and decided to knock the mountain to shake the tiger first.

If the mastermind who ordered the assassin to kill Hu Yang was indeed Yang Rong, Yang Rong must have lost his sense of control at this moment and did not dare to come, or if he came to the county government, his flaws would definitely be exposed.

However, this time Sun Wu obviously made a mistake.

Indeed, Yang Rong did not come to the county government to confront Sun Wu.

When Sun Wu personally led a team of hundreds of people to the outside of Yang Rong's mansion early the next morning, what he saw was the tightly closed door.

"Where is the sheep?"

"Master Yushi, my master is still in the fiefdom and has never returned to the palace!"

The boy in charge of guarding the gate was shocked by Sun Wu's posture, and he quickly and honestly explained Yang Rong's whereabouts.

After hearing this, Sun Wu led his eight hundred warriors in military chariots and quickly rushed to the fiefdom of Yang Rong, the senior official!

As a middle-ranking official in Wu State, Yang Rong relied on the legacy of his ancestors and enjoyed a fiefdom of thirty miles in Yunyang County. The area was not small, and he also had a lot of private soldiers.

No, when Sun Wu led his troops to Yang Rong's fiefdom, Yang Rong was already dressed in armor, holding a bronze sword in his hand, leading hundreds of improvised private soldiers, standing above the Wubao, and following Sun Wu's

The regular troops confronted each other.

Seeing this scene, how could Sun Wu not realize that the man behind Hu Yang's death was Yang Rong?
Chapter completed!