The martial law lasted for two days, and all the dignitaries in the Jing'an Mansion were imprisoned.
That's right, they were all sent to prison.
Regardless of whether they were involved in the conspiracy or not, in order not to let go of anyone who was suspected, everyone except Sheng Dou and Xiao Min were arrested.
The latest data shows that a total of nearly 10,000 people were arrested this time. The prison cells of the Jing'an Mansion Office of the Inspector General could not be held, so most of them were arranged to military camps outside the city.
Food is also a problem for these people. Fortunately, these wealthy families have a lot of food stored in them, so it is not a problem to support them for several years.
According to past practice, except for the group of people who will be beheaded, everyone else will be sent to the northwest within two or three months.
It also happens that the northwest is very sparsely populated and lacks manpower. The arrival of these people will be a great help.
In the cell, Liang Shiyu was in a very bad mood because he was also arrested and put into the cell.
He, the Liang family, had made many "contributions", but everyone else insisted that he was also involved in the rebellion, and the government had no choice but to jail the Liang family.
At this moment, Liang Shiyu could only hope that the official did not lie to him and would let him go when the imperial envoy arrived.
"Could it be that your Majesty, even Mr. Xie Ge cannot trust you? Do you have to send an imperial envoy?" Liang Shiyu was full of doubts.
His son Liang Zhengxian was sitting next to him.
At this time, my father was still worried about Mr. Xie Ge, and Liang Zhengxian was extremely speechless.
"Dad, we have to find a way to protect ourselves!" Liang Zhengxian said solemnly.
"How can we protect ourselves when we've reached this stage?" Liang Shiyu lost all interest in life.
Looking at the other people in the cell, Liang Zhengxian said: "Someone framed us, so they arrested us. As long as someone proves our innocence, won't we be released?"
Liang Shiyu asked: "Who can prove our innocence to us?"
"Of course it's them!"
Liang Zhengxian's eyes swept towards the other people in the room. These people were all captured gentry.
Only those with higher status were imprisoned in cells within the city, while servants and servants guarding the courtyard were all imprisoned in military camps outside the city.
"them?"
"Reporting to a group to keep each other warm and prove each other's innocence will always be of some use!" Liang Zhengxian sighed.
The people locked up with them were all people who really did not participate in the uprising, so Liang Zhengxian wanted to join the group to keep warm.
But Liang Shiyu said: "I just hope that Yushi Hu didn't lie to us!"
Liang Shixian did not answer. Although he also believed that Hu Lizhen was honest and upright, he would not place his hopes on outsiders.
Besides, outside the cell, after two days of martial law, Dusi Yamen announced the lifting of martial law.
Other armies, including the Forbidden Army, are gradually withdrawing.
However, in order to ensure safety, Juan left a thousand troops in the city, and the troops that had withdrawn from the city were still in a state of war readiness.
With the withdrawal of the troops and the presence of the Chief Secretary to calm the people, order in the city gradually returned to normal.
Of course, although it has returned to normal, Chengna is still much more depressed than before the accident.
Just because those arrested were all big business owners, most of the shops in the city were controlled by them, so that 80% of the shops in the city were closed.
As a result, the supply of various daily necessities was almost cut off, which greatly affected people's lives.
So much so that in the afternoon when martial law was lifted, the government could only assign shops that were still open to operate on behalf of other shops.
The situation was so difficult that Xie Xiaofang had no choice but to appeal to the capital, hoping to release those with minor culpability and restore normalcy to the city as much as possible.
After listening to the story, Zhao Yanxun was silent for a few moments and then asked: "According to Mr. Ge's wishes, how many people should be let out?"
Zhao Yanxun did not comment on Xie Xiaofang's proposal, but instead asked this question, leaving Xie Xiaofang at a loss.
The answer to this question is flexible. If you are not sure of the emperor's wishes, it will be like shooting yourself in the foot.
"The supply of materials inside and outside the city is stagnant, and the implications are too great... In my humble opinion, if more than a hundred are released, we can barely return to normal!"
Faced with the "phone call", although it was not a face-to-face meeting, Xie Xiaofang was still frightened.
The silence on the other end of the phone made Xie Xiaofang feel uneasy. At the moment, he felt even more tortured than when the rebel army was sieging him.
A few moments later, a voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Jing'an Prefecture has arrested a total of 300 families, and you are going to let more than 300% go, so how about letting them all go?"
Although his voice was calm, the dissatisfaction in his words made Xie Xiaofang tremble with fear even though he was thousands of miles away.
Gu Zhen
"My false words will lead to death!" Xie Xiaofang quickly apologized.
"How to deal with these people, I have sent someone to take care of them, so you don't have to worry!"
"There are so many grains and supplies on display, but there are just a few janitors missing. Can't they be sorted out?"
Hearing this, Xie Xiaofang couldn't help but suddenly understood something.
In the eyes of the emperor, the wealth possessed by the gentry was only kept for the emperor.
"How to restore order and how to ensure the peace of the people, you have to figure it out yourself!"
"I accept your order!"
When Xie Xiaofang finished speaking the last three words, the phone call was hung up, and he stood up tremblingly after kowtowing.
He had a premonition that more people would die in this major case than last time, and he was afraid...
Xie Xiaofang didn't want to think too much. At the moment, he just wanted to have no faults. After completing the inventory of the land, he would immediately retire and live a peaceful life.
When Xie Xiaofang walked out of the room, he saw Hu Lizhen asking: "Mr. Ge, what did the emperor say?"
Hu Lizhen had just arrived, so she didn't know the conversation in the room.
"The emperor said, let us find a way ourselves!"
"This...many of the people in prison have nothing to do with the rebellion, and the minister has not informed the emperor?" Hu Lizhen asked.
In the past few days, he has not been idle at all. He has visited and investigated many people and is gradually restoring the truth of the matter.
Looking at Hu Lizhen, Xie Xiaofang said calmly: "The emperor has sent an imperial envoy to review this case, so we don't have to worry about it anymore!"
"this……"
Hu Lizhen wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she held it back. After all, this was the holy will.
"This matter of Jing'an Prefecture is left to the Chief Secretary and the government office. This time, you have to clean up the accounts of the taxes collected by each prefecture and county as soon as possible, and start shipping them to the capital after confirming that they are correct!"
Jiangxi County is close to Gyeonggi County, so the additional "pinglu pay" will naturally be sent to the capital first.
"I humbly accept my order!"
This mission was equally important, so Hu Lizhen had no objection.
Of course, Xie Xiaofang also has his own things to do. After all, the investigation of the land is still going on.
Two months have passed, and two-thirds of the land in Jiangxi County has been inventoried. Perhaps it will be completed in another few months.
When Xie Xiaofang was worried, someone was going out with joy.
This person was none other than Liu Quan. On the surface, this turmoil was caused by him, but he didn't know it.
"Brother, why don't we go back? Now that we have survived the catastrophe, let's stop trying to commit suicide!"
The person who said this was Liu Quan's brother, who already had the intention of retreating.
"This...is true!" Liu Quan nodded.
The current situation is in turmoil, and he himself thinks that filing a complaint is more like a farce. At this time, going to the government is just to cause trouble for others, and he is most likely to ask for trouble.
"Then let's go back?"
"Don't worry, all the gentlemen in the city are in trouble, our opportunity has come!"
"Brother, what do you mean..."
Liu Quan laughed twice, but did not say clearly what was going on, and then the three brothers left the house.
In the next room, number 78, the supervisor, listened to what Liu Quan and the others said.
After the case caused by Liu Quan and others reached Zhao Yanxun's ears, he asked the editor to send someone to protect this guy.
In fact, after the matter was brought to the government office, Liu Quan suffered three assassinations in total, all of which were secretly resolved by the supervisors.
Without Zhao Yanxun's help, this guy would have died long ago.
"Still continuing to protect him?"
"If you don't have a will, you can only protect it!"
"This bastard, this turmoil started because of him, I think he deserves death!"
At this moment, the leading man scolded in a low voice: "Stop complaining, the Lord has his own judgment, you and I can just act according to the decree!"
