Three hundred and sixtieth chapters ransacked home
A large number of people entered Yangzhou City, and with Pang Hui leading the guardsmen to open the way, they arrived in front of the Yangzhou government office smoothly.
At this time, in the Yangzhou government office, Xu Lin and other officials went to the city gate to greet Li Huan, so there were only some low-level officials left in the government office.
At this time, people in the entire Yangzhou government office were in a state of panic. After all, the news that Xu Lin and other officials welcomed Li Huan and took him over was almost spread throughout Yangzhou City.
Every one of these officials in the government office is a distinguished person, so how could they not know this news?
Just because they knew the news that Xu Lin and other officials were captured, the government office was in chaos and order had long been lost. Some officials directly chose to leave the government office and flee for their lives, while some officials
Then he chose to stay.
It's just that the government offices that originally had at least dozens of officials now only have a dozen or so remaining officials, or even less than 20% of the previous number.
You can imagine how scared and guilty those officials who chose to escape felt.
An old-looking official was guarding the yamen entrance with several other officials with some fear.
Pang Hui and his men arrived first, glanced at the officials, waved his hand and said to his subordinates: "Guard the surrounding area for me, don't let anyone in or out at will."
After doing this, Li Huan and his party also rushed over at this time.
Li Huan, who got off his horse, looked at the government office in front of him.
The Yangzhou government office was renovated in a rather solemn and majestic manner, but it was a pity that the officials who lived here were all incompetent, tarnishing such a solemn and solemn place.
Pang Hui stepped forward and saluted Li Huan and said, "Sir, I have sent people to cordon off the surrounding area." Li Huan nodded slightly to Pang Hui and walked towards the government office first.
Upon seeing this, the officials guarding the door quickly bowed to Li Huan and said with a hint of panic, "Greetings to the Imperial Envoy."
Li Huan raised his brows, glanced at the several Li Huans who were prostrating in front of him, paused in his steps and nodded slightly: "I would like to ask you, are you the only ones in the government office?"
Although Li Huan ordered to capture all the officials who came to meet him, there should not be only such a few officials left in the government office. Lin Cong, the leader, heard this and said hurriedly: "Go back to the imperial envoy, the government office."
There are only a few people like me and others left, and the rest have...already escaped." Xu Ying, who was following Li Huan, heard this and sneered: "It seems that those people have something in their hearts.
Before we could take action, they themselves were so frightened that they ran away."
While speaking, Xu Ying glanced at the dozens of people in front of her and said, "Since you dare to stay, you have some courage."
Being stared at by Xu Ying, Lin Cong only felt a chilling air coming towards him, and couldn't help but said tremblingly: "Although the villain dare not say that he has no faults, he also thinks that even if he has made mistakes, he is not guilty.
Until death."
As he spoke, Lin Cong secretly bowed to Li Huan and said, "Besides, the villain also believes that the adults will not wrongly accuse innocent people." Li Huan couldn't help but glance at the official and said, "You are quite courageous.
What is the official position in this yamen and how is it called?"
Lin Cong subconsciously said: "Young man Lin Cong, he was a scholar in the third year of Hongzhi, but he is just a low-ranking scribe in the government."
Li Huan looked at Lin Cong carefully and said with interest: "The third year of Hongzhi, so it has been nearly twenty years. How long have you stayed in this government office?"
Lin Cong said without thinking: "The villain has been in the government office for fifteen years."
Several officials nearby were kneeling to the side, not daring to move without orders. Seeing that Lin Cong seemed to be valued by Li Huan, some people couldn't help but look at Li Huan secretly.
Came over.
Pang Hui was standing aside at the moment, watching Li Huan ask Lin Cong, and realized that Lin Cong was very likely to fall into Li Huan's eyes. He couldn't help but secretly sigh that Lin Cong had been working as a clerk in the government for more than ten years.
Even though all the government officials were captured, they still dared to stay in the government office.
This is either true
If you are not greedy or possessive, you are just an old woman who is very cunning.
But if Lin Cong was really corrupt and perverting the law, he probably wouldn't dare to stay. After all, Li Huan would definitely investigate the officials at the government office, and anyone whose background was not clean enough would not have the confidence to stay.
It was just that the panic in Lin Cong's heart was gone now, and there was a hint of hope and surprise.
He had wasted more than ten years in the government office. He thought he was not bad at it, but it was a pity that he was just a failed scholar. In addition, he was unwilling to join the same trend. He often did the most things in the government office, but never did it.
The one who is valued.
As for the benefits, don't even think about it. The reason why I have been able to stay in the yamen as an errand these years is simply because the yamen still needs some capable people to handle things.
If this were not the case, Lin Cong would have been pushed out long ago due to his unsociable temperament.
Could it be that the imperial envoy in front of me is his noble person? If I can fall in the eyes of this imperial envoy in front of me, even if he is taken by him to serve as a document, it will be considered a great opportunity.
Just when these thoughts were running through Lin Cong's mind, Li Huan walked directly into the government office.
Pang Hui, Xu Ying and others thought that Li Huan would take Lin Cong as his own, but they never thought that Li Huan just asked a few words, but his words disappeared. After being stunned for a moment, several people quickly followed.
In the huge hall, Li Huan was sitting in the middle.
This position is exactly where Xu Lin was sitting previously. More than a dozen people including Pang Hui, Xu Ying, Chen Ang, Lin Pingzhi, Ma Ming, Chen Ke, etc. gathered here. Everyone's eyes fell on Li Huan.
At this time, Li Huan also looked at everyone with a solemn expression and said: "Everyone, Xu Lin and other officials have been captured, but this is just the beginning, there are more things to do next.
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Pang Hui immediately expressed his position: "Whatever the Marquis has to say, I will do my best to live up to the expectations of the Marquis." Xu Ying and others glanced at Pang Hui, and also said: "What do you want, sir?"
We do whatever we are told.”
"Take people and ransack homes"
When these words came out of Li Huan's mouth, the temperature in the hall seemed to drop a few degrees in an instant, but hearing it in the ears of Xu Ying, Chen Ang, and Lin Pingzhi shocked the spirits of several people.
Especially Lin Pingzhi, Chen Ke, Ma Ming and others who were members of the Jin Yiwei family showed excitement on their faces.
As the Jinyiwei, their prestige naturally depends on confiscating their families, exterminating their clans, and investigating major cases. If the emperor handed over all major cases to the imperial court and handed them over to the Third Division, it would mean that they, the Jinyiwei, would fall out of favor. Naturally,
will be looked down upon by others.
Therefore, if the Jin Yiwei wants to maintain its majesty, it is natural to continuously investigate cases, and the most powerful way to demonstrate the power of the Jin Yiwei is naturally to raid homes.
Although Pang Hui said that he had expected such an incident, he still felt relieved when he heard Li Huan's words.
This was just the first day Li Huan arrived in Yangzhou Mansion. As soon as he arrived in Yangzhou Mansion, he captured all the officials from Yangzhou Mansion and started ransacking their homes and arresting people. His reputation was indeed resounding throughout the capital, and he was secretly called a murderer.
Li Huan of God.
Li Huan didn't know what was going through Pang Hui's mind, but when his eyes fell on Pang Hui, Li Huan said: "Commander Pang, later you will send someone to assist the Jinyi Guards in ransacking the house and seizing the person."
As he spoke, Li Huan stared at Pang Hui and said, "I hope Pang Daren can restrain all his subordinates, otherwise you will be the only one to ask questions when the time comes."
His body stiffened, and Pang Hui immediately said with a solemn expression: "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, I will definitely restrain my subordinates, and I will definitely not allow anyone to reach out randomly during the process of ransacking the house and taking away people."
Li Huan was obviously trying to beat Pang Hui. After all, confiscating homes and seizing people is a good job, especially during the process of confiscation. However, if the soldiers responsible for confiscation have evil intentions, they can easily hide a lot of stolen goods.
He waved his hand to signal Pang Hui and others to leave.
Chen Ang, Xu Ying, Chen Ke, Lin Pingzhi and others also left together. After all, there were dozens of official houses to be confiscated in the first batch.
The Jinyi Guards, Yangzhou Local Guards, Xu Ying, and the elite cavalry under Chen Ang's command, the three-party joint operation naturally requires their careful discussion and arrangement.
As a few people left, only Cao Yu, who had been following Li Huan, was left in the hall, and of course, Ma Ming, who stayed in the government office with some of the royal guards.
At this time, Li Huan took the teacup from Cao Yu's hand, pondered for a moment and said, "Go and bring that scribe to me." Cao Yu responded when he heard the words.
At this time, Lin Cong was staying in a side hall with more than a dozen officials, under the supervision of the Jin Yiwei who had taken over the entire government office.
After all, Jin Yiwei took over the government office, so the first step was to investigate the government office and at least eliminate the dangers lurking within the government office.
Naturally, Lin Cong and the dozen or so people were also a hidden danger, and naturally they had to be guarded by Jin Yiwei.
Several officials glanced at the Jin Yiwei guarding the outer room, with somewhat worried expressions on their faces. One of them said to Lin Cong: "Brother Lin, you said the imperial envoy will not do anything to us."
The rest of the people also looked at Lin Cong with worried faces.
Although they ask themselves that they have not made any big mistakes, or even if they have made a mistake, it is a small mistake and the crime will not lead to death.
But as long as Li Huan didn't express his position, they would feel a little uneasy in their hearts. After all, no one knew how Li Huan would deal with them. Who let Li Huan's evil reputation be exposed?
Lin Cong glanced at a few people, smiled and said: "Everyone can rest assured that someone like the Imperial Envoy will not take us to heart. Besides, we have a clear conscience, so there is nothing to be afraid of."
After hearing Lin Cong's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Think about it, Li Huan was such a high-ranking figure, no matter what he did, he would not take these low-ranking officials to heart.
One of them came close to Lin Cong and whispered: "Brother Lin, you may have caught the eye of the imperial envoy this time. You will be very successful in the future..."
Lin Cong's heart skipped a beat, and he shook his head with a wry smile on his face: "These are all trivial things. The imperial envoy is a close official of the emperor, and he was granted a title for his merits. How could such a person look down on us like this?" Humble people..."
While he was talking, a figure appeared silently at the door.
Cao Yu's eyes swept across everyone present, and finally his eyes fell on Lin Cong.
At this moment, Lin Cong and others were not aware of Cao Yu. It was not until someone noticed the reflection on the ground that they were slightly startled. They looked up subconsciously and couldn't help but exclaim, which woke everyone up.
Cao Yu has been following Li Huan all the time. He is not as present as Xu Ying, Chen Ang and others, so most of the people present have no impression of Cao Yu.
But this does not mean that everyone has no impression of Cao Yu. Apart from other things, at least Lin Cong has some impression of Cao Yu. When he saw Cao Yu, Lin Cong was slightly startled, and then he reacted and remembered The sight of Cao Yu following Li Huan made her heart tighten.
Although he didn't know what Cao Yu's identity was, just because the other party could be like Xu Ying and Chen Ang walking together with Li Huan, it was enough for Lin Cong to take him seriously.
"I don't know, sir..."
Lin Cong just spoke, but before he could finish his words, Cao Yu said calmly: "Lin Cong, right? The Marquis wants to see you, so come with our family."
Cao Yu's slightly sharp voice rang in the ears of Lin Cong and others, causing everyone present to be stunned.
The rest of the people raised their heads and looked at Lin Cong with envy. Although they were only at the lowest level of government officials, it was precisely because of this that they were the best at observing people's emotions and understanding people's hearts.
Li Huan asked Lin Cong before, which made people think too much. Now he sent someone to summon Lin Cong. Anyone who is not stupid can realize that Lin Cong may have fallen into Li Huan's eyes.
Others can realize this, and Lin Cong naturally realizes this as well. When he thinks that he has really fallen into the eyes of this nobleman Li Huan, Lin Cong can't help but feel excited.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lin Cong bowed to Cao Yu with a trembling voice and said, "Thank you, sir."
When he saw Li Huan, Lin Cong bowed to Li Huan respectfully and said: "I pay my respects to the Marquis."
Li Huan looked down at Lin Cong who prostrated himself in front of him, took a sip of tea, and slowly said: "I would like to ask you, you have been in Yangzhou Prefecture for more than ten years, what do you think about the influence of everyone in Yangzhou Prefecture? I should be very clear about everything big and small."
After being stunned for a moment, Lin Cong reacted and seemed to have realized something. His expression changed slightly, but he hesitated for a moment and said immediately: "The villain knows what the adults want to know. The villain knows everything and can tell you everything."
Lin Cong was just a clerk, not even a senior official. Officials were officials, officials were officials, officials were officials. It could be said that they were clearly distinguished. Facing Li Huan, Lin Cong didn't even have the qualifications to call himself a lower official.
Li Huan's attention is definitely a great opportunity for Lin Cong, but if Lin Cong is not stupid, he will seize this golden opportunity.
Looking at the knowledgeable Lin Cong, Li Huan nodded slightly and said, "I want you to list all the crimes of the officials in Yangzhou Prefecture that you know one by one."
Lin Cong's expression did not change. He had already realized this just now, so after Li Huan opened his mouth, Lin Cong said without hesitation: "The villain knows that there is no limit to what he can say."
At this moment, Li Huan suddenly said: "Which powerful people in the city should have their families confiscated and exterminated if they cause harm to one side, and which powerful people should not die for their crimes, please also make a list for me."
"Gulu!"
Lin Cong, who stiffened slightly, swallowed. It seemed that he did not expect that Li Huan would not only attack the officialdom of Yangzhou Prefecture, but also attack the powerful people of Yangzhou Prefecture.
Those officials were nothing more than that. They participated in the assassination of the imperial envoys and were destined to confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans. It was nothing for him to inform Li Huan of these people's crimes.
But when it comes to those local powerful people, it is said that the local powerful people and the smooth court officials, if they have a choice, would rather offend some officials than offend these local powerful people.
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