The official known as Mr. Gongyuan is the current Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing. He is in charge of the taxation, money and grain of the entire Jiangnan, as well as Taicang, Nanjing.
In the Nanjing officialdom system, which is one-third of an acre, he, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is second only to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he can be considered to have great power.
Moreover, this person has been an official for many years and has a certain reputation whether in the officialdom, among the scholars, or among the wealthy families.
It can be said that he is one of the reasons why the wealthy noble families dared to default on taxes and grain arrears so boldly.
Because he had the final say, all he had to do was put on a show and put on a show to fool the emperor and the court.
So this is also the reason why he has to appear in person to negotiate with the nobles, because once this matter is completed, he will definitely not be able to sit in this position, and he may even be arrested and dealt with.
"Don't worry, everyone. I am here today to explain to Marquis Huaiyuan the whole story and the reasons behind it. By then, Thief Li will not be able to go unpunished and cause harm to the people and dominate the people."
After pretending with words, he went to knock on the door of Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion several times and shouted loudly:
"I am Wang Lisheng. Please open the door quickly. I have something to discuss with Marquis Huaiyuan!"
Although they announced their door, the servants still did not open the door and chose to continue reporting to Chang Yin.
Chang Yinxu was determined not to get involved this time. No matter who came, it wouldn't be easy, so he flatly refused.
Wang Lisheng, who has always been praised, was rejected for the first time. You can imagine the anger and depression in his heart.
Unfortunately, before he could break out, Zhang Shize led nearly two hundred soldiers to surround them.
Wang Lisheng was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger, so Zhang Shize came, so why not use him as a punching bag today.
In fact, in the eyes of officials, these noble children are just useless people who rely on the blessings of their ancestors to eat and wait to die.
It is incomparable to those of them who have studied hard since they were young and have come up step by step with their true ability and wisdom. They are just like one sky and one earth.
Therefore, the nobles are not valued at all by the civil servants. In fact, these civil servants are so arrogant that no one in the world looks down upon them. They all think that they are the first person with the ability to master the world.
Even though Zhang Shize was the eldest grandson of the British Duke and the legitimate heir, in Wang Lisheng's eyes he was still just a young boy.
Today, he wanted to make fun of the children and grandchildren of the most noble nobleman in the world at the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion, and suppress their arrogance.
"General Zhang, I don't know why you are leading the troops here!"
Zhang Shize led his troops here, naturally to stabilize the situation. This old man with a long beard actually asked questions here knowingly, obviously to embarrass him.
Zhang Shize didn't talk nonsense and said immediately:
"Wang Lisheng, it has been found that when you were an official, you secretly colluded with many local landowners and powerful people to steal the gold, silver, grain and rice from the court for your own use, and your home was extremely luxurious!"
"Corruption and bribery amounted to millions of assets, and there were many unjust and false cases, which made the people miserable. They also allowed the local noble families to default on taxes and grain owed to the court without any thought of solving the problem!"
"He also helped the bullies and evil gentry to persecute the loyal people, avenged private vendettas in the name of the government, and supported the practice of forced buying and selling, leaving the people with no land to cultivate and cultivate!"
"Such crimes are really unforgivable. I, the general, will arrest you and imprison you today according to the emperor's orders, and you will be dealt with according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
After announcing his charges, before he could react, he waved his hand and ordered to the soldiers:
"Capture him and send him to prison!"
How could those officials just let these mud-legged people take their leader away so easily? They immediately formed a human wall to block the way, pretending to refuse to retreat until death.
Some of them cursed Zhang Shize, saying they were unworthy of the emperor's kindness, insulted the reputation of their ancestors, and were treasonous and unethical.
Zhang Shize didn't care at all, he immediately followed the evidence obtained by Jin Yiwei and the confessions of those powerful nobles.
They announced exactly what crimes Wang Lisheng had committed and what laws he had violated.
After his details and secrets were so bluntly announced in front of everyone, no matter how thick-skinned Wang Lisheng was, he was now extremely ashamed.
The image of being noble, great, and upright that he spent decades and endured for decades, and finally established in front of others, has been destroyed.
But these officials who supported him naturally did not believe it, especially those so-called friends who thought they were familiar with him and knew him well, and they collectively cursed.
They say that all this is a conspiracy, that Zhang Shize designed the frame-up and forged his name to slander and frame him.
Seeing this situation, Wang Lisheng realized that he was not ruined yet and that he still had a chance to make a comeback, so he strengthened his inner resistance.
Now that things have happened, either you die or I die, and he absolutely cannot admit that these are facts.
As long as they can win this struggle, these charges will be nothing more than a conspiracy and forgery by traitors. On the contrary, because of this matter, his reputation will spread all over the country, adding a lot of political prestige to himself.
This was the case for civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty. They would not shed tears until they saw the coffin. Only when they were truly desperate and lifeless would their psychological defenses collapse.
Zhang Shize would not tolerate them, and immediately sent his soldiers to rush forward to arrest the people. These officials also tried their best and started fighting with the soldiers in public.
But there was no suspense in the outcome. These weak scholars were no match for the strength of the soldiers. They quickly broke through the human wall formed by them and slipped Wang Lisheng out.
The onlookers were stunned. This kind of thing has never happened before. The army actually forcibly arrested a civil servant. Isn't this rebellion against Tiangang?
It would be fine if it was a low-level official with no background, but this is one of the six ministers of Nanjing.
Regardless of official power or rank status, they are all transcendent existences, and they were taken away like this? Is Nanjing's innocence really going to change?
In fact, Zhang Shize was under tremendous psychological pressure and bravely carried out the arrest. Before coming here again, he had already written a memorial and sent a horse back to Beijing to report to the emperor.
This action will definitely cause a great sensation and impact. I wonder how Your Majesty will face the pressure of his ministers and the attention of officials from all over the world.
The trees fell down and the hozens scattered, the leaders were captured by others, and the remaining small fish and shrimps naturally failed to become a threat and did not pose any threat to this operation.
After Zhang Shize left, the powerful nobles who were originally thinking about how to make a comeback disappeared in a flash. This was really shocking. They had to go back and tell their family leaders immediately.