Chapter eight hundred and thirty-seven. Use your brains.
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While Li Ru'an secretly observed everyone's performance, he also noticed the changes in the guards' positions from the corner of his eye, and a sinister and murderous look suddenly flashed in his eyes.
According to Zhao Junchen's instructions, all corrupt officials and bad tyrants in Tianshui City must be killed, but Li Ru'an knew very well in his heart - even though these people were crying pitifully in front of him now, if he blatantly wanted to kill them, what would happen to him?
The officials and businessmen in Shuicheng will never sit back and wait for death!
After all, these corrupt officials and profiteers dared to violate Zhao Junchen's repeatedly reiterated government orders, unscrupulously oppressed the refugees in the city, made huge war profits, and even provoked a popular uprising. This is enough to illustrate the unscrupulous means and boldness of these people. Li Ru'an's
There are only about twenty or thirty guards under his command. If the officials and merchants of Tianshui City resist, the last person to be killed will probably be Li Ruan!
At the time of war, if the officials and businessmen in Tianshui City insisted afterwards that they had never seen Li Ruan and blamed Li Ruan's murder on the Mongols, Zhao Junchen would probably be helpless at that time.
Therefore, if Li Ruan wants to fulfill Zhao Junchen's order, he must use some means - in a certain respect, this can also be regarded as Zhao Junchen's test for Li Ruan. The civil unrest in Tianshui City is largely due to Li Ruan's supervision of intelligence.
Something went wrong, so if Li Ruan wants to win Zhao Junchen's trust again, he must prove his ability again!
In fact, Li Ruan had already thought about what to do when he was on the road.
At this time, the officials and citizens of Tianshui City in the hall were still crying and howling, and their behavior became more and more pitiful. They desperately hoped that Li Ruan would summon a large army to suppress the rebellion and kill all the rebels in Tianshui City.
However, Li Ru'an remained unmoved, but his expression became more and more impatient.
"enough!"
Seeing that the officials and businessmen in Tianshui City were still crying and howling, Li Ruan suddenly shouted coldly and slapped the table with his hand, which shocked everyone. The crying and howling finally stopped, and everyone was stunned.
He looked at Li Ruan in shock!
Li Ru'an showed the domineering look expected of a eunuch and supervisor, pointing at everyone and scolding: "You still have the nerve to cry? Do you know how much the civil unrest in Tianshui City has brought about the imperial envoy's battle plan?"
Trouble? To tell you the truth, the Imperial Envoy was about to encircle the main force of the Mongolian Tatars. However, because of your trouble in Tianshui City, the Imperial Envoy had to temporarily modify the plan and missed the best opportunity!
After the imperial envoy learned about the civil unrest in Tianshui City, he became furious like never before. Even our family was severely scolded by him! You still think that our family will make the decision for you? Then who will make the decision for our family? You feel aggrieved.
, our family is not aggrieved because you were scolded by the Imperial Envoy for no reason?"
Under Li Ruan's scolding, everyone in the hall lowered their heads and said nothing, their eyes wandering, feeling guilty and dissatisfied.
However, this civil unrest was caused by all the officials and gentry in Tianshui City. The court's law enforcement has always been based on the principle of "the law does not punish the public", but it will never tolerate civil unrest. In addition, everyone
Zhao Junchen's determination was not expected, so everyone in Tianshui City still did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
After seeing everyone's reaction, Li Ruan's eyes flashed with a trace of sarcasm, and he said: "Also, did you see that our family has entered the city with a counter-rebellion army? I am not afraid to tell you that our family came to Tianshui City this time.
The most important task is to investigate the truth of the Tianshui Rebellion. The Imperial Envoy is very angry now and strictly orders our family to find out who is responsible for the Tianshui Rebellion! If the rebellious people are responsible, our family naturally has the right to mobilize troops to put down the rebellion...
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While speaking, Li Ruan took out the troop mobilization token that Zhao Junchen gave him and waved it at everyone present. Then he adjusted his tone and continued in a meaningful tone: "But if the cause of the civil unrest is official force,
If there is a civil rebellion... our mission is not just to suppress the rebellion, everyone involved will be unhappy! If not, we cannot appease the wrath of the Imperial Envoy! As you all know, our Imperial Envoy
Coming to Shaanxi and Gansu and taking control of the overall military and political situation in just one month is not easy to fool! So, how to deal with this matter depends on our family's subsequent investigation! This matter is not something you can just cry about.
It can be settled!”
After hearing what Li Ru'an said, everyone present was panicked at first, feeling that this matter was much more serious than they thought, but they soon came to their senses - Li Ru'an's various expressions seemed to be hinting at bribery!
Suddenly, the officials and businessmen in Tianshui City were convinced!
If Li Ru'an is willing to accept bribes, this matter will be easy to handle! Most of them are profiteers and corrupt officials. They are most familiar with this set of methods and are most accustomed to using this set of methods to deal with problems! If bribery can be used to completely solve the problem of Tianshui City
Civil unrest is the best deal for them.
At the same time, no one had any doubts about Li Ru'an's attitude - as a eunuch, wouldn't it be natural to take the opportunity to ask for bribes?
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the hall of Deng's house became a bit ambiguous and strange.
Deng Fu'an, the magistrate of Tianshui City, secretly looked at Li Ru'an for a few times, then suddenly turned around and said, "It's really a blessing for the Lord Supervisor to come all the way to Tianshui City! Although the situation in Tianshui City is chaotic now, we can't neglect the Lord Supervisor.
Zhang Zhengru, Huo Jialiang, Wang Cheng... you guys are going to prepare a few banquets to entertain the Lord Supervisor and his entourage; Ma Chun, Zhao Lixin... The Lord Supervisor wants to investigate the civil unrest in Tianshui.
It's up to you to arrange the matter..."
Under Deng Fu'an's arrangement, one-third of the people in the hall soon left.
When these people left, their expressions varied, either angry or sarcastic.
Obviously, these people are not the same as Deng Fuquan, so Deng Fuan does not want them to stay here. He only needs his own people to know certain things.
And these people who stayed in the hall were naturally Deng Fuquan's accomplices.
Li Ru'an watched coldly and found that the few people who left the hall did not participate in the crying just now, and their stance on the civil unrest was all neutral; while the more than ten people who stayed in the hall, most of them participated
The previous cries were all in the hope that Li Ruan would immediately send troops to exterminate the rioters in the city, and his attitude towards the rioters in the city was also extremely hostile!
Needless to say, the civil unrest in Tianshui City was caused by these people who stayed in the hall. If not, they would not be so hostile to the civil unrest.
Thinking of this, Li Ru'an narrowed his eyes slightly, and the murderous look in his eyes became more obvious.
On the other side, Deng Fu'an was still unaware and ordered again: "In addition, we have important matters to discuss with Lord Supervisory Army. Confidential matters must not be leaked. All irrelevant persons should leave!"
Under Deng Fu'an's order, all the servants, maids, guards, etc. near the hall also left.
For a time, only Li Ruan and Li Ruan's bodyguards were left near the hall, as well as a group of corrupt officials and evil gentry from Tianshui City.
After all the irrelevant people left, Deng Fu'an and others gathered together to discuss in a low voice, then smiled flatteringly at Li Ru'an and said: "Master Supervisor, you are really in trouble because of Tianshui City. I will wait for you."
Naturally, the officials and people of Shuicheng cannot let the supervisor of the army suffer for no reason! As long as the supervisor of the army is willing to mobilize a large army to quell the rebellion, the officials and people of Tianshui City are willing to give 50,000 taels of silver as military supplies to the supervisor of the army! In addition, when the rebellion is suppressed, the officials and people of Tianshui City will
After that, when we take back the property in the city, we will also give you generous gifts!"
After hearing what Deng Fu'an said, Li Ru'an's face suddenly looked much better, and he nodded and said: "This approach is considered to be aware of current affairs, but it is a pity..."
Deng Fu'an was stunned and asked quickly: "Your Majesty the Supervisory Army, do you think there are too few? I hope the Supervisory Army will understand clearly. It's not that we are not sincere. It is actually the civil unrest that caused us serious losses. But after we regain the property in the city,
, I will never let you down, Lord Supervisor!"
Li Ruan sighed, shook his head and said: "It's not that our family is too small, but the war is urgent now. The Imperial Envoy hopes that our family can quell the Tianshui rebellion as soon as possible. If a large army is called in to quell the rebellion, it will probably take a lot of time.
...So our family thought about it carefully and felt that there is a simpler way to solve this matter, which is not only simple and clear, but also saves a lot of time."
Deng Fu'an was stunned again and asked: "But I don't know what method?"
Li Ruan's eyes were fixed on Deng Fu'an, and he said word by word: "The method is... lend your heads to our family, and let our family use your heads to quell people's complaints! Then open the warehouse to release grain
, pardon the people for their rebellious crimes, so that the people will have no reason to continue to cause rebellion, and the civil unrest will naturally subside!"
Hearing what Li Ruan said, everyone in the hall immediately felt something bad, but before they could react, they saw Li Ruan raising his hand and shouting: "Do it!"
As Li Ruan finished speaking, the guards near the hall drew their swords and rushed into the hall, followed by a burst of hacking!
A massacre occurred just like this.
Suddenly, screams rang out in the hall, filled with despair and panic, and blood splattered everywhere.
Some people want to escape, but where can they escape? Some people want to resist, but how can they, who have always been pampered, have the strength to resist? Some people want to call for support, but because of Deng Fuan's previous order, all the "idlers"
They all left early!
In the end, after just a cup of tea, the situation in the hall had returned to calm, leaving only corpses on the ground, many of whom looked like they were still dead.
Naturally, the movements in the hall of Deng's house cannot be hidden from others.
First, several servants of the Deng Mansion came to investigate the situation. When they saw the situation in the hall, they immediately ran away screaming.
Not long after, groups of Tianshui City garrison appeared and surrounded the hall.
At the same time, the officials and gentry of Tianshui City who had been sent away by Deng Fuquan all hurried back after receiving the news.
Seeing the situation in the hall, everyone was shocked.
However, the governor of Tianshui Prefecture, Deng Fuquan, the guard Yao Qi and others were all killed, and several wealthy businessmen with the greatest influence in the city also died unexpectedly. Among the remaining people, the person with the highest status was the perpetrator Li Ru'an, so every day
I am all at a loss and don’t know how to deal with this!
Amid everyone's panic, Li Ru'an still sat firmly on the main seat in the hall. The massacre just now did not make him blink an eye!
Finally, after a while of passing the buck, a man wearing a sixth-grade official robe entered the hall tremblingly, and asked Li Ruan in a trembling voice: "Master Supervisor, what exactly happened here? Why were all the magistrates and the others arrested?
killed?"
Li Ru'an raised his eyes and glanced at this person, and said slowly: "Are you Zhang Zhengru, the judge of Tianshui Tong? When these corrupt officials and evil gentry complained to our family one after another, begging us to send troops to quell the rebellion, our family saw that you never participated. On the contrary,
There was a look of dissatisfaction on your face. Later, when Deng Fuquan wanted to bribe our family, he sent you away as soon as possible. Obviously, you are not the same as these corrupt officials and evil gentry!"
Seeing that Zhang Zhengru did not refute, Li Ru'an said again: "These corrupt officials and evil gentry were all killed by our family! As for their crimes, you must be aware of them! Of course, our family did not try them, maybe there was a mistake.
Those who killed, among those people outside the hall, may have missed it, but these things are no longer important. If you kill someone by mistake, you will kill by mistake. If you miss it, you will miss it. Our family doesn’t have that much time and energy.
Detailed review! The most urgent task now is to use the heads of these people to quell this civil unrest!"
Hearing Li Ru'an's statement, Zhang Zhengru was dumbfounded and stuttered: "But, how do you report this matter to the court? You, although you are a supervisor, you have no right to kill local officials, nor do you have the power
Pardon the crimes committed by the rioters...this, this..."
Li Ruan once again showed an impatient look, waved his hand and interrupted: "Of course our family does not have this power! Therefore, when notifying the court, Deng Fuquan, Yao Qi and others were all killed by the Mongols when they attacked the city. Over the years,
Countless officials and people of the Ming Dynasty died at the hands of the Mongolian Tatars, and there were probably two of them among them! As for the civil unrest in Tianshui... our family has never heard of it. There was a period of time when the public sentiment in Tianshui City was indeed turbulent, but
The Tianshui City government quickly took control of the situation without causing any impact, so there is no need to ask for a pardon! You are now the highest official of Tianshui City. With so many things happening in Tianshui City, you need to write a memorial and report it to the court.
If we say this, do you understand how this memorial should be written?"
Zhang Zhengru was even more stunned. He didn't expect that Li Ru'an actually planned to conceal everything! But how could such a big thing be concealed?
But after being stunned for a long time, under Li Ruan's gaze, Zhang Zhengru still lowered his head and said, "I understand, I understand!"
After seeing Zhang Zhengru's statement, Li Ru'an nodded with satisfaction, his expression became much gentler, and then suddenly asked: "Who is leading the rebellious people in the city now?"
Boss? Do you have a way to send a message to him? Our family wants to see him!"