The loyal and stubborn old man was furious to death. Only this time, Tie Mo felt that he was a sinner. He did not use the knife, but Xiao Yushan died because of him.
This time when I returned to Suzhou, it was necessary to suppress the bandits, but there was one thing I had to do, and that was to atone for my mistakes back then, otherwise I would not be able to live in peace in this life.
After staying in Tongyuan, Tie Mo did not rush to summon the Jiangnan officials. Instead, he sat in the room and waited for Sha Diao to arrive. After meeting, Sha Diao handed over an account book and said, "Supervisor, this account book is made by Suzhou Prefecture.
The book written by Kui records all the evil things Zhu Yan has done over the years. In addition, my subordinates have sent people to find evidence."
"Well, very good. How is the bandit thing going? Is there any big news recently?"
"Returning to the Superintendent, we found that Fang Jiushan was stationed in Guangzhou. Shi Bao, the most powerful general under Zhang Xianzhong, led his troops across Hezhou Bay and stormed Meizhu Town in the north. When Shi Bao came, he brought nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, and Meizhu Town was already there.
It is crumbling, and it is estimated that it will be captured by the bandits in less than four days. General Niu is afraid that once Meizhu Town is broken, the bandits will take advantage of the situation and invade Suzhou, so he has sent General Geng and General Liu to station in Wujiang and Kunshan respectively."
Tie Mo nodded slightly, and the army was stationed in Kunshan and Wujiang County respectively. They were able to guard the southern gate of Suzhou. As long as Shi Song was not a fool, he would not attack these two places. On the contrary, once Meizhu Town is lost, it will still have to be
You have to find a way to take it back, otherwise it will be difficult to threaten Guangzhou. There are many prefectures and counties in Jiangnan, but the only ones Tie Mo really cares about are Suzhou, Hezhou and Guangzhou. Suzhou is the place where money and grain gather in the south of the Yangtze River. Guangzhou and Hezhou
It's the official salt production area. If you don't control it in your own hands, you really don't feel at ease.
"Can this Suzhou weaving be of great use?"
"Not sure. This person came third in the second section of the late emperor's last palace examination. He later entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor. In the past two years, he was transferred to Suzhou Prefecture. He has never returned to the capital since then!"
"During the time of the late emperor?" Tie Mo frowned and thought. If he was a palace examinee whom he met in the year of Tianqi, he must be in his forties now. At such an age, he is still just a Suzhou weaver. Haha, it seems that this Peng Kui
He is not very likable, otherwise with his background and qualifications, he would have been the prefect of a state. "Pay close attention to Peng Kui, take the time to meet him, and let's solve the matter at hand now!"
On the night of entering Tongyuan, Tie Mo summoned all the officials of Suzhou Prefecture. Of course, it was not just Suzhou officials who stayed in Suzhou Prefecture at this time. Most of the escaped officials from Guangzhou and Hezhou were concentrated in Suzhou. Tie Mo summoned a large number of people.
Young Master. Everyone thought that Governor Iron summoned the ministers this time to ask questions about the bandits and then have a banquet as usual. Others thought so, Zhu Yan and Yang Sichang thought so too, but they sat in the hall.
After a quarter of an hour, everyone felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, because after waiting for a long time, what was waiting for them was not delicious food, but more than a hundred sword-wielding soldiers.
Yang Sichang frowned and thought to himself, what does Tie Mo want to do? Now that he is facing a powerful enemy, is he still going to fight in the nest?
At about three o'clock in the morning, Tie Mocai arrived belatedly. At this time, he was dressed in a brocade robe and had a majestic posture. His eyes swept over him. No one among the dozens of state officials in the hall dared to look at him.
"Haha, this Jiangnan mystery is getting more and more chaotic, and the bandits are getting more and more. I wonder if you can tell me the reason why?"
Everyone was a little trembling, and they could remain silent, but Han Yingyuan, as the prefect of Suzhou, had to answer. He thought about it and stood up, cupping his hands and saying, "Return to the governor, there are many unruly people in Muzhou, they are greedy, and they are wreaking havoc.
There are so many refugees, but the banditry is getting more and more serious, but it doesn’t mean that the imperial soldiers are not brave!”
"Well, what Governor Han said makes sense, but why did I hear that it was not because there were too many unruly people, but because the government forced the people to rebel?" With a smile on his lips, his eyes narrowed, and he glanced across the hall seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
The officials were already breaking out in cold sweat. Especially Zhu Yan, his whole body tensed up because Tie Mo finally laid his eyes on him.
The officials were forcing the people to rebel, and everyone present was an old official. In fact, just by listening to Tie Mo's words, they knew what Inspector Tie Mo wanted to do.
If the government forces the people to rebel, then in order to quell the chaos, it is natural to first cut off those officials who force the people to rebel. Which official who forces the people to rebel is not a corrupt and ruthless official? Does the Iron Supervisor really want to punish corrupt officials? How is this possible?
?He just wants to play Hebei's trick again, find a few unlucky guys, and then replace them with his own people. Everyone knows who is sitting in the hall who is not an important official of the state, and who has a clean bottom?
If the Iron Superintendent wants to accuse someone of being the unlucky one, he doesn't have to worry about finding evidence.
"Manager Zhu, tell me, what is the crime for forcing the people to rebel and causing trouble to the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Yan was afraid that Tie Mo would find him, but then something happened. Hearing the tone of Tie Mo's question, Zhu Yan was frightened. He knew very well that Tie Mo was going to attack him, Zhu Yan. His calmness was fake.
But there was still Yang Sichang in the hall. Thinking about this, he felt a lot more at ease, so he handed over his hands and replied, "People like this who bring harm to the country and the people should be dismissed from office and beheaded."
"Okay, okay." Tie Mo applauded with a smile on his face, and raised his hand and said, "Madam, let me read the things I got recently to all the adults in the state capital."
"yes!"
Chang Minyue opened the account book, but did not read it immediately. Looking at the ugly behavior of the people in the hall, she felt interesting in her heart. These people were not worthy of state officials, and some of them were so scared that their legs were shaking.
What Tie Mo wants is this effect. He wants everyone to know that this account book can kill people at will. As long as Tie Mo wants anyone to die, he only needs to write a name on the account book and list a few crimes.
As for evidence? Haha, charges can be fabricated, and evidence can also be fabricated. Sometimes killing people does not depend on whether the charges are true or not, but on whether you have the ability to wield a knife. This is the essence of "Luo Zhi Jing".
At Tie Mo's signal, Chang Minyue slowly read aloud. As the readers read word by word, some people breathed a sigh of relief, and some people turned pale, because what Chang Minyue read was actually Suzhou Prefecture.
The name of Zhu Yan, the general manager of the worship department.
The Iron Governor wants to move Zhu Yan, but Zhu Yan cannot survive, so what about the other people involved?
Many officials in the hall had their hands trembling, and one even fainted. On the contrary, the person involved, Zhu Yan, was much calmer. Isn't Zhu Yan afraid? Of course he is, because the reputation of Tiemo, the living king of hell, has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and he
Zhu Yan is not an immortal, so how can he not be afraid of Tie Mo's sword? However, Zhu Yan is also a close confidant of the emperor, and most of the Northern Shan army is stationed in Kunshan and Wujiang County. As for the tens of thousands of soldiers inside and outside Suzhou City, most of them are Suzhou soldiers, and these soldiers all obey Yang Sichang
Would Yang Sichang be so stupid as to be afraid of Tie Mo and kill him to cook noodles instead? What's more, the one stationed in Changzhou in the west was Chen Qiyu's command.
Although Zhu Yan was panicked, he was panicked but not confused, but Chang Minyue didn't care so much. She read with a cold face and no scruples.
"Zhu Yan occupied the Jin family courtyard in Changzhou where the Suzhou enshrinement place was. All the rain flower stones and blue and white porcelain stored in the Jin family courtyard were swept away. The eldest son of the Jin family appealed to the state government, but Zhu Yan was thrown into prison for attacking the imperial court. He died of illness six years later in the autumn.
In prison. In the following year, Zhu Yan occupied the Xiao family's ancestral cemetery on the pretext of moving the grave and robbed all the burial objects. Xiao Yushan, the chief of the Xiao family, also died in anger. The Suzhou shrine occupied Gusu Mountain and
The official document of the prefect seized the Mudu Villa in Gusu Mountain, and all the gold objects in the villa were placed in the place of worship. The title deed of the villa fell into the hands of the prefect Han Yingyuan. In the first year of Xuanhe, the Suzhou Prefecture secretly withheld 230,000 yuan from river canal funds, causing Guangzhou and Mudu
Hundreds of thousands of farmers in the prefecture have been without wages for three years, leading to widespread civil unrest."
As Chang Minyue read sentence after sentence, more and more people began to sweat, especially the officials of Suzhou Prefecture and the person in charge of the Water Transport Yamen. Chang Minyue read for a full stick of incense before stopping.
Shi Tiemo glanced around the hall with a sneer on his face. Suddenly, he slapped the table with his hand and made a muffled sound.
"Zhu Yan, Han Yingyuan, Kuang Bisheng, Xu Dingqi, do you know your guilt?" A loud shout was like thunder from the sky, full of majesty. Following this question, there was a loud crash in the hall, and several people knelt down. They counted carefully, and not only
There were twelve or thirteen people among them, including Suzhou Magistrate Han Yingyuan, Water Transport Envoy Kuang Bisheng and Suzhou Governor Xu Dingqi. As for Zhu Yan, who had done the most evil, he sat calmly on his seat, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
"Superintendent, please calm down. We have been wronged. I am loyal to the country and work diligently. Superintendent cannot listen to Xiaoxiao's false accusations!" Han Yingyuan knelt on the ground and cried loudly. His desolate look really made people sympathize with him, and the corner of Tie Mo's lips
Upturned, full of sarcasm, he ignored Han Yingyuan and looked at Zhu Yan, who was sitting firmly like a mountain.
Feeling Tie Mo's unkind gaze, Zhu Yan also muttered in his heart. Without waiting for Tie Mo to speak, he turned his head and said angrily, "How did the supervisor know these things? I don't know if they are true or not, how can you judge me?"
Waiting for charges?"
I knew that Zhu Yan would definitely resist, otherwise it would not be Zhu Yan. He clapped his hands and suddenly there were many people outside the hall. These people walked into the hall under the escort of guards. First, some sand sculptures presented some evidence, and then those
People in different clothes started talking among themselves. Seeing these people, Zhu Yan's face turned pale. It was understandable that people from the Jin family came, but there were too many people he didn't know.
Zhu Yan's idea was not bad at all. Most of the so-called certifications in the hall were fake, but did it matter? As long as he could be convicted of the crime of General Manager Zhu.
Yang Sichang also realized that the momentum was a bit wrong. Looking at today's situation, Tie Mo was determined to get rid of Zhu Yan. Yang Sichang knew that Zhu Yan's butt was dirty, and he had heard about what he did on weekdays. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles.
Civil unrest continues, and these people should bear the main responsibility. But now they have to protect Zhu Yan, because fundamentally they are like fellow travelers, so they must protect Zhu Yan no matter what.
After all the so-called witnesses had retreated, Yang Sichang stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Superintendent Iron, Manager Zhu, and Prefect Han are all high-ranking officials in the Ming Prefecture. According to the rules, if the charges are proven, they should be sent back to the capital to be dealt with by the three justices."
That’s right.”
Sent to the capital for disposal? Humph, I guess once he arrives in the capital, Zhu Yan will no longer be a guilty minister, but will become a successful minister. Tie Mo is determined to take the opportunity to erase Zhu Yan. This will not only help annihilate Zhang Xianzhong's bandits, but also help
In short, Zhu Yan must die because of his efforts to establish forces in Jiangnan.
Yang Sichang naturally knew that a few words could not convince Tie Mo, so he gestured to Ning Xiaochen, the commander-in-chief of the Suzhou Prefecture behind him, "Come here, take Zhu Yan, Han Yingyuan and other guilty officials into custody, and escort them to the capital at a selected date.
It will be decided by the imperial court."
As long as Zhu Yan and Han Yingyuan are sent back to the military camp and then want to kill them, it is no more than a dream. Yang Sichang thought very simply, just to forcibly save the lives of Zhu Yan and others. Following Yang Sichang's order, twenty people broke into the
There were many Suzhou soldiers, but these soldiers did not take Zhu Yan and others away immediately, but all looked at Ning Xiaochen.
Ning Xiaochen took a step back, raised his hand and said in a slow voice, "Zhu Yan, Han Yingyuan and others have taken bribes and perverted the law, and their crimes deserve to be punished. Now there is Iron Governor presiding over justice and clarifying the punishment, why don't you leave quickly?"
Tie Mo smiled faintly, but the smile faded and Yang Sichang's eyes were full of sarcasm. Yang Sichang turned his head and stared at Ning Xiaochen, as if he wanted to understand why Ning Xiaochen did this.
Ning Xiaochen was born in Guangde, and was later promoted to the guerrilla general of the Hezhou Horse Army. Two years ago, he was transferred to the Suzhou General Army. Speaking of which, Ning Xiaochen's promotion speed was relatively fast. Naturally, the contributions of Yang Sichang and Gao Qiu were indispensable, so
This Ning Xiaochen should be Yang Sichang's confidant, otherwise Yang Sichang would not be able to leave Ning Xiaochen among the many generals to guard Suzhou Prefecture.
But Ning Xiaochen, who was supposed to be a confidant, betrayed Yang Sichang and turned to Tie Mo. In fact, it is not surprising that Ning Xiaochen turned to Tie Mo. Although Ning Xiaochen is smooth and good at maneuvering, he is definitely not a treacherous person.
disciples.
He knew exactly what Zhu Yan and Jiangnan officials had done in these years. As for the chaos in Jiangnan, it was not an exaggeration to say who was responsible for forcing the people to rebel. Especially since Zhang Xianzhong raised his army, what the court had done made Ning Xiaochen even colder.
So, before Tie Mo came to Jiangnan, Ning Xiaochen had already sent the post to the Governor's Mansion.
Tie Mo was not a fool. If he had not been sure that Ning Xiaochen had defected to the Northern Shanxi Army, he would not have sent most of his troops to Kunshan and Wujiang County with confidence.
What Ning Xiaochen did was tantamount to stating his position. Seeing that Yang Sichang could no longer order Ning Xiaochen, Zhu Yan was really afraid. If even Suzhou soldiers couldn't save him, who could save him?
So, Zhu Yan, who had been as steady as Mount Tai just now, turned gray, slid down from the chair, and knelt on the ground, "Tie Superintendent, please forgive me, please forgive me..."
"Come on, imprison all these people in prison, and write all the documents in the name of the state capital. Two days later, the canon of punishment will be announced at the street entrance of Nanshi, Suzhou!"
One sentence is tantamount to declaring the final fate of these people. The official punishment at the entrance of Nanshi Street is not to ask for a beheading. Han Yingyuan and others quickly cried and begged for mercy. One person was so frightened that his lower body was wet. It was a pity that those
The wolf-like soldiers ignored these and dragged them out of the hall. Those people were dragged away, but there was still a faint smell of urine in the hall. The remaining officials were still trembling.
Even Yang Sichang had a cold face with lingering fear.