Datang Nongwang

Chapter 505 Yangzhou Turmoil
100 people is not many, but it is not a lot.

It is more than enough for a hundred soldiers to raid the house.

With Xue Wu's support, Li Chongyuan can make drastic moves.

Xiang Shi led a hundred soldiers, took them directly to the gate of the state government office, and arrested the family members of the officials who had been questioned.

even.

Under Li Chongyuan's confession, Xiang Shi didn't let anyone go.

From old to young, never left.

Of course, Li Chongyuan wasn't really that cruel.

At least, Li Chongyuan would give preferential treatment to children under the age of seven or eight, so that they would not be locked in a prison, but instead locked in a big room in a certain hall of the government office.

With Li Chongyuan's movement, it began.

The family members of the officials who were sitting around the gate of the state government office were crying and complaining to no avail, and watched helplessly as some people ran home after they were taken away.

I was afraid that they would be the next one to be caught.

This is the end.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the gate of the state government office was suddenly empty, leaving a pile of shoes behind.

And this time.

In a certain restaurant, after hearing about the incident at the gate of the state government office, the crowd continued to quarrel, accusing Li Chongyuan, the supervisory censor, of having too many hands and feet, and they all assumed the power and responsibility of the patrol envoy.

"What exactly does this Li Yushi want to do? Is he trying to destroy my Xixiang by doing this? Or seeing that my Xixiang is too stable, is it necessary to make my Xixiang a people's livelihood?" a squire The sound of reprimand.

And the other squires also echoed.

As for the elder Gao who sat at the top, his reaction was flat, his eyes sometimes opened and sometimes closed.

The movement of Xixiang.

It lasted from morning till dark.

And as it got dark, the Commanding Army Mansion once again rushed out a hundred soldiers, obeying Xiang Jiu's command, and began to search homes in various places in Xixiang County.

This ransacking of the house did not stop until midnight.

Go up to the recorder to join the army, and down to the home of the Yachai.

When the light of the next day shone over Xixiang County, the people in the entire Xixiang County received the notice.

"It's really satisfying. I said why there was so much commotion yesterday. It turns out that a messenger came to my Xixiang to thoroughly investigate these corrupt officials. It's a good thing, a good thing." A student held a piece of paper in his hand. It says something about yesterday.

Paper is like a notice but not a notice.

Yesterday, Li Chongyuan ordered people to write a lot of things about yesterday's events, and also asked all the people in Xixiang County to avenge their injustices and revenge, and let them go to the gate of the state government to file a complaint.

Last night, Jing Xiangjiu and the others co-wrote these papers and scattered them everywhere.

No, the people in Xixiang County already knew about it early this morning.

If there are happy ones, there will naturally be unhappy ones.

It is the people who are happy, and those who are not happy must be those gentry.

The happy people, the courageous ones, went directly to the state government office to file a complaint.

The timid ones hid at home and thought about it for a long time.

Some even found some relatives and friends to inquire about it, or inquired whether the writing on the paper was true or false, etc.

When the sun rises.

At the gate of the state government office, after the papers were scattered last night, many people have come, at least hundreds of people.

Xiang Shi had already commanded the platoon at the gate of the yamen, and then sent someone to record and make a book.

And this time.

A fast horse ran out from a certain house and headed for the east gate of Xixiang County.

"There is an order from the commanding army to stop visitors. Xixiang County is temporarily closed. Anyone who enters or exits will be given a badge. Those who don't have a badge can be dealt with as accomplices with Zheng Qiang and others." The soldiers at the city gate saw a Early in the morning, someone was riding a horse to leave Xixiang, so he hurriedly stopped the person.

When the man on the horse heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he glared at the soldier and said angrily, "You are blind, take a good look at who I am. Xixiang County is closed if you say it is closed, and you don't take it seriously. Weigh, who gave you the power. Whoever dares to stop me, I will make him look good."

The soldier looked at the person who came, and felt helpless when he heard the person let go of such bold words.

They are just soldiers, only obeying orders.

But the person in front of him, he really couldn't afford to offend, let alone offend.

There is a saying.

In Xixiang County, you can mess with others, but you can't mess with Gao's family.

Everyone in Xixiang County knows that the Gao family's status is far higher than that of Zheng Biejia's.

Moreover, there are people from the Gao family who are officials far away in the capital.

If you say something wrong or do something wrong, just a word from someone can make you come to apologize in person.

The soldiers were afraid, and also afraid of Gao's family, so they had to open the city gate and let him out of the city.

The Gao family left the city.

As soon as the man left the county seat of Xixiang, Li Chongyuan and Xue Wu stood on the city wall, looking at the back of the man leaving, "Li Yushi, you see, the Gao family is in Xixiang. Status cannot be overthrown by you alone as a censor. Therefore, I advised you yesterday that you had better not move the Gao family, otherwise, the whole Yangzhou will be in chaos."

"Ah!!! The local clan is powerful, and I have a deep understanding of this. It seems that this city gate cannot be sealed, and can only be interrogated." Li Chongyuan looked at the back of Gao's family leaving, feeling very sad in his heart .

Local clans are too difficult to deal with.

yesterday.

Li Chongyuan chatted with Xue Wu for a long time in the Tongjun Mansion, and he also knew from his mouth that this Gao family is definitely the No. 1 in Xixiang.

Except for someone from the Gao family who is an official in Beijing.

It is an intricate clan.

Some of the descendants were civil servants and even military commanders.

This is one aspect.

on the other hand.

The Gao family even has an in-law relationship with other local clans, as far away as Jinzhou and Liangzhou, and as far as Yangzhou counties.

Although the official positions of the descendants of the Gao family are not high, they are still very important.

But at this time, the Gao family was just a servant to the Gao family, but they could scare the soldiers with a single word, which shows how superior the Gao family's status in Xixiang is.

originally.

Yesterday Li Chongyuan heard Xue Wu say that he really wanted to touch the local clan in Xixiang.

But after what he saw just now, Li Chongyuan could only put it on hold temporarily.

When recalling what happened in Hujiazhuang last year, Li Chongyuan would break out in a cold sweat.

Even if Li Chongyuan really wanted to move the Gao family, or the local clan in Xixiang, he really had to think carefully about it.

Otherwise, one hair will move the whole body.

At that time, Li Chongyuan might be fined and scolded in addition to getting into a commotion.

Li Chongyuan looked at Le Dao who was following him, "You inform me that the city gate will not be closed for the time being, but we must strictly check all people entering and exiting, and we must not let any family members of officials with records be spared."

"Yes, I'll go and notify you right away." After Le Dao got the words, he ran down the city wall.

check.

Big Chatcha.

three days in a row.

The entire Xixiang, like a stirred pool of water, was boiling endlessly.

The complaints of the people are even more endless.

Yao Kong, the designated spokesperson for Li Chongyuan, was extremely busy, but he enjoyed it.

After these few days, Yao Kong handled these cases with ease.

even.

The official affairs of the two yamen in Lianzhou and county are handled with ease.

Officials caught too much.

There are so many that there is no room for a prison.

But too many officials have been arrested, starting from Biejia, to the county magistrate, county lieutenant, recorder, and joining the army, and then to officials such as Sihu and Sicang.

Further down, that is the subordinate staff.

There are a lot of Xu, and there are so many officials that Li Chongyuan's head tingles with blue veins.

And with the beginning of the fourth day, the officials of the other four counties who received the notice from the state government also came to Xixiang County.

As soon as the officials from other counties arrived in Xixiang County, they were directly taken down by Li Chongyuan.

Immediately.

Throughout Yangzhou, as well as in various counties, there has been a scene where no officials are in power.

On the fifth day, Xue Wu came to the state government office, looked at Li Chongyuan sitting there as if he had settled down, and coughed heavily, "Li Yushi, if you continue to make trouble like this, Yangzhou will really be in chaos. Officials have official careers, officials have official careers, if you make such a mess, even if I want to help you, it will be futile."

Li Chongyuan opened his eyes, glanced at Xue Wu, got up slowly, picked up the case files interrogated in the past few days and handed them to Xue Wu.

"Look at it. After reading it, you will know why I moved like this." Li Chongyuan was in a bad mood, and it could be seen from his expression that Li Chongyuan was really in a bad mood at the moment.

Xue Wu didn't know, so he took the file and began to read it.

As Xue Wu flipped over, he immediately jumped up, "What a dog, you can do such things. No wonder I can hear some women crying and looking for children when I am on the street. Li Yushi, Tell me, what should I do next, even if I try my best not to be the commanding army, I will kill these bird officials."

A pile of case files can make a nearly 40-year-old military commander so angry, it can be seen how much the things recorded in this case file made him denounce.

Slightly sell.

It is still Li Chongyuan who is the most distressed and insists on bringing the case to justice.

It was no wonder that Li Chongyuan was in a bad mood.

It is recorded in the case that in recent years, the number of children who have been sold in Yangzhou has reached more than 300.

This is only a few days of statistics to the figures.

If the statistics go down, or go to other counties, it is estimated that this number will increase sharply, and it may even exceed a thousand.

Li Chongyuan was in a very bad mood, and Xue Wu was also in a very bad mood.

At the moment, the two most powerful people in Yangzhou are in a bad mood.

I'm in a bad mood.

Yangzhou once again ushered in a turbulent moment.

The soldiers of the Tongjun Mansion moved and began to disperse to other counties.

And Li Chongyuan also sent people to other counties to investigate.

Since the turmoil in Xixiang County, all kinds of news have spread to the counties like flying pigeons.

This also made the poor people from all over the place rush to Xixiang County after hearing the news, wanting to sue.

Some carried chickens and ducks, some carried grain and vegetables, some brought their families with them, some talked about Li Chongyuan Qingtian all the way, and some held Wanmin books.

In short.

The common people complained in various ways, which can be described as endless.

But at this time, it was within the palace city of Chang'an City, which was thousands of miles away.

In the Taiji Hall, a grand court meeting is going on.

After the discussion of state affairs was over, Li Shimin, as usual, looked at the senior officials without questioning them.

As usual, when there is nothing wrong, all the high officials will salute, and then the general manager of Wang Li Wang will shout, and the court meeting is considered to be over.

but.

Just as Li Shimin cast his inquiring gaze, outside the hall, a sound like the sound of a bell rang out. "My lord, I have something important to announce."

"Who is responsible, please come into the hall and answer." Seeing that someone was responsible, Wang Li shouted loudly to the outside of the hall.

At the time of the Great Court Conference.

Under normal circumstances, when officials below the fifth rank came to participate in the Great Court Council, that was just a formality.

If something really happened, they would also submit the copy to their immediate superiors, and then let their immediate superiors review it before submitting it to Shangshu Sheng.

As soon as Zouben arrives in Shangshu Province, most things can get a result.

If it's really a big deal, the chief official of Shangshu Province will present himself to the current emperor.

However, during today's court meeting, disharmonious voices suddenly appeared.

This made the senior officials in the hall look sideways at the official who came in from outside the hall.

As soon as the official entered the hall, he glanced at the senior officials, walked straight to the center, and bowed to Li Shimin who was on the throne.

"Gao Yingfeng, what do you want to play?" Li Shimin on the throne, seeing that Gao Yingfeng entered the palace, he was also very polite, and he didn't even shout to blame him.

Seeing Li Shimin's questioning, Gao Yingfeng pressed the memorabilia in his bosom, but he didn't take it out, bowed and replied: "My lord, I want to sue Xixiang County Bo Li Chongyuan."

When Gao Yingfeng's words came out, everyone was a little puzzled.

To sue Li Chongyuan, this makes people curious.

There has been no news of Li Chongyuan in the past month, and he has not appeared in Chang'an City. Gao Yingfeng, the head of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly said that he would sue Li Chongyuan. excuse me.

In the far corner, Li Chongyuan's elder brother, who was dozed off after hearing that Gao Yingfeng was about to sue his fourth brother, disappeared immediately after Gao Yingfeng's words.

but.

Many people in the palace didn't know the situation, but the officials and some senior officials seemed to know something.

"What are you going to sue Li Chongyuan for?" Li Shimin on the throne squinted his eyes at Gao Yingfeng when he saw that Gao Yingfeng was about to sue Li Chongyuan.

At this time, Wang Li, who was on the side, saw Li Shimin narrowing his eyes, his heart tightened suddenly, and he squinted at Gao Yingfeng and walked away.

Wang Li, who is familiar with Li Shimin's expression, knows that if Li Shimin squints, he must be unhappy.

Li Shimin didn't like it, Wang Li must be kept in mind, so that after the court meeting is over, he will have a good meeting with Gao Yingfeng, the head of the Ministry of Rites.

At this time, Gao Yingfeng, he didn't know whether Li Shimin liked it or not. He was very straightforward and said in a coaxing voice, "Return to the Holy Lord, I want to sue Li Chongyuan, the county uncle of Xixiang, and use the supervision of the censor to sue Li Chongyuan. In the name of patrolling Xixiang. After arriving in Xixiang, he sent his guards to arrest all the officials in Xixiang, which turned Xixiang County and the entire Yangzhou upside down. I also ask the Holy One to punish Li Chongyuan severely."

(End of this chapter)