I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 791 Give the people justice!
Zhao Zhenji was very convinced that at the moment, Zheng Michang and He Maocai did not know the news that the situation in the DPRK had changed.

I can just take this opportunity to show off, so that they can be devoted to me and be willing to be driven by me.

After making up his mind, Zhao Zhenji waved, summoned a subordinate, and gave instructions: "Go and call the Chief Envoy and the Inspector over to me, and tell them that I have something to do with them. "

"As you command, Lord Governor!"

Regarding Zhao Zhenji's words, the subordinate naturally did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and immediately leaned down and responded in a deep voice.

On the other side, Chief Envoy Si Nei.

At this time, a subordinate was standing not far from Zheng Michang, reporting the current situation cautiously.

"Sir... Your Majesty, since the government posted a notice not allowing raw silk from outside to be sold in Zhejiang, although the price of raw silk has stabilized, Songjiang Prefecture and Nanzhili are quite complaining about this..."

"If they have any complaints, let them go to the governor!"

Before the subordinate finished speaking, he was impatiently interrupted by Zheng Michang.

As soon as Zheng Michang finished speaking, the subordinate lowered his head and kept saying: "Yes... it's your lord, I understand!"

After that, Zheng Michang looked away from the subordinate, waved his hand, and said: "Okay, it's none of your business, go down first!"

"Yes, my lord!"

When the subordinate heard what Zheng Michang said, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty. Just when he was about to leave, he was stopped by Zheng Michang.

"By the way, there hasn't been much movement among those mulberry farmers lately, right?"

"Yes, sir, there has been no sign of trouble in Sannon recently."

After hearing the news from his subordinate, Zheng Michang breathed a sigh of relief, and then waved his hand quite casually, signaling the subordinate to leave.

After the subordinate left, Zheng Michang was seen supporting his chin with one hand, and he couldn't help but worry about his future.

After returning from the Governor's Mansion last time, Zheng Michang gradually came to his senses. From beginning to end, Zhao Zhenji did not make any promises.

Until this moment, Zheng Michang didn't know Zhao Zhenji's attitude or whether he was willing to protect himself and He Maocai.

"Oh, what can we do now? We can only treat the dead horse as a live doctor!"

Just as Zheng Michang was feeling so emotional, he heard a slight knock on the door.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Michang suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his heart and said: "Come in!"

After the words fell, there was only a "squeak" sound, the door of the room was pushed open, and a subordinate staff walked in.

After the subordinate official entered the room, he immediately looked in the direction of Zheng Michang, leaned down, and said respectfully: "Sir, the governor has sent someone to ask you to go to the Governor's Mansion. I have something important to say. business!"

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you bring this person in quickly?"

After learning the news, Zheng Mi Chang's face was filled with unconcealable excitement. He suddenly stood up from his seat and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, my lord!"

Hearing this, the subordinate official bowed his hand to Zheng Michang, and then quickly left the room.

Not long after, under the guidance of the former subordinate, officials from the Governor's Mansion entered the room.

After entering the room, the official of the Governor's Mansion subconsciously looked in the direction of Zheng Michang, bowed to him and said, "My Lord Chief Minister, please go to the Governor's Mansion later. The Governor is looking for you." You have something important to discuss!”

After Zheng Michang heard this, he nodded slightly, glanced at the official of the Governor's Mansion, and asked eagerly: "Did the Governor say what happened?"

After hearing this, the official of the Governor's Mansion shook his head and said that he did not know anything about it.

"Well, I know, you can go back and resume your life!"

"Yes, Lord Chief Envoy!"

Shortly after the official of the Governor's Mansion left, Zheng Michang did not dare to hesitate at all, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair and went to the Governor's Mansion.

……

On the way to the Governor's Palace, Zheng Michang kept thinking about Zhao Zhenji's intention.

"Is it possible that things have turned around?"

Suddenly, such an idea flashed through Zheng Michang's mind.

The moment this idea came up, he was decisively killed by Zheng Michang: "It's too early to think about this now, let's wait until we see the governor!"

When Zheng Michang came to his senses, the sedan chair had already arrived at the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

"Sir, here we are!"

"Ah."

Later, with the support of the sedan bearers, Zheng Michang got down from the sedan.

Just as Zheng Michang got off the sedan, he saw the guards at the gate of the Governor's Mansion coming forward and said respectfully: "Reporting to the Chief Envoy, the Governor said that he still has some matters to deal with, so he asked you to wait in the meeting hall for a moment. He'll be here soon!"

"Well, thank you!"

After Zheng Michang responded, he entered the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion under the guidance of the guards.

Shortly after Zheng Michang entered the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion, He Maocai also arrived in a hurry.

After sitting down on the seat next to him, He Maocai turned around, looked in the direction of Zheng Michang, and asked curiously: "Old Zheng, have you also received the notice from the governor?"

Facing He Maocai's curious gaze, Zheng Michang nodded and responded in a subtle way: "Yes."

Seeing that there was no one around, He Maocai immediately motioned to Zheng Michang to come closer and lowered his voice: "Old Zheng, do you think the governor came to us this time because of the previous incident?"

"Oh, I'm not very sure either. Let's wait and see!"

When Zheng Michang said this, his face was full of unconcealable worry.

If he had a choice, Zheng Mi Chang would not be willing to hang himself on Zhao Zhenji's tree.

However, the truth is cruel. The Yan family, their original backer, has reached the point where the building is about to collapse.

At the moment, the only person he and He Maocai can count on is Zhao Zhenji, and they have no choice at all!
However, with Zhao Zhenji's "non-stick pan" temperament, Zheng Michang really didn't dare to have too much hope in this.

At this moment, Zhao Zhenji was seen entering the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion with his hands behind his back and walking at a leisurely pace.

When Zheng Michang and He Maocai saw Zhao Zhenji's arrival, they quickly stood up from their seats and saluted him respectfully: "I have seen the governor!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji glanced at Zheng Michang and He Maocai respectively, waved his hand, and said: "You don't have to be so polite, everyone, sit down!"

"Thank you, Lord Governor!"

After Zheng Michang and He Maocai responded, they bowed their hands to Zhao Zhenji and then sat back in their respective seats.

After that, Zhao Zhenji was seen sitting on the main seat, looking away from the two of them. After coughing twice, he chose to go straight to the topic.

"I called you here this time because I have news to inform you!"

When Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, Zheng Michang and He Maocai's hearts were in their throats. Their eyes were fixed on the direction of Zhao Zhenji, holding their breath and concentrating, for fear of missing a word.

Zhao Zhenji took in the expressions on the two people's faces, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "This is what happened, not long ago..."

After the news about the sudden change in General Zhao Zhenji's court and the fact that Hai Rui was appointed as the imperial envoy by the emperor and immediately rushed to Songjiang Mansion to investigate the case were narrated, the news was completed.

On the faces of Zheng Michang and He Maocai, there were expressions of surviving the disaster.

They knew that Xu Jie was over, and they had a way to survive again, crawling back from the gate of hell!

And they also knew very well what it meant for Zhao Zhenji to choose to reveal this news to herself.

Afterwards, Zheng Michang suddenly stood up from his seat, looked in the direction of Zhao Zhenji, and took the lead in expressing his attitude: "Thank you, Lord Governor, from now on, I will let you drive me as you please, and you will just follow your lead and walk through fire and water. Never give up!"

After Zheng Michang, He Maocai stood up immediately and made his attitude clear.

Zhao Zhenji took in the expressions on the two people's faces. After stroking his beard, he said slowly: "I hope that from now on, you can work hard and do more things that are beneficial to the people."

"As you command, Lord Governor!"

When Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, Zheng Michang and He Maocai looked at each other, and then responded in a deep voice.

……

After more than half a month, Hai Rui, the imperial envoy, finally arrived at Songjiang Mansion.

All the officials in the places along the way felt trembling and nervous, as if they were walking on thin ice.

Although Hai Rui's destination this time is Songjiang Prefecture, what if there are some unscrupulous people on the way who want to stop the imperial envoy and file a complaint?
Hai Rui, the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, was famous for being unkind in the court. If anything fell into his hands, his originally promising career would be ruined.

At the same time, those officials also knew that Hai Rui's trip to Songjiang Mansion to investigate the case would definitely cause a bloody storm.

You must know that Hai Rui's identity is the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, a second-rank official of the imperial court, and one of the highest officials of the Inspectorate.

It can be seen from this that the imperial court attached great importance to the soldier riot that occurred at the Qianhu Station in Songjiang Prefecture, and even did not hesitate to send a second-rank officer to investigate.

Correspondingly, in order to ensure the safety of Hai Rui, the imperial envoy, around thirty warships of various sizes were closely followed near the ship Hai Rui was on, loaded with fully armed soldiers.

A conservative estimate is that there are at least 4,000 people. At this time, Songjiang Mansion, dock.

Looking at the mighty and endless ships in the distance, full of soldiers, Wang Jian, the prefect of Songjiang, could not help but turn pale, his whole body trembled, and his face was full of panic.

Behind Wang Jian were a group of officials who were frightened and did not even dare to breathe.

Wang Jian never expected that the court would pay so much attention to the previous case that occurred at the Songjiang Prefecture's Qianhu Office.

He even did not hesitate to send one of the highest officials of the Inspectorate, a dignified second-rank official of the imperial court, as an imperial minister to personally rush to Songjiang Mansion to thoroughly investigate the case.

Before that, Wang Jian sent someone to check the details of Hai Rui, the imperial envoy.

It would have been fine if he hadn’t checked, but after checking, Wang Jian was almost scared to death.

Hai Rui, the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to Songjiang Prefecture to investigate the case, had a very impressive record.

He once served as county magistrate in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province. Later, he was appreciated by Zhao Zhenji, who was the imperial minister, and was recommended to the Supervisory Council.

Hai Rui has been like a fish in water since he took office in the Inspectorate. Not only did he solve the major grain corruption case in Henan, but he also suppressed the White Lotus Sect in Shandong neatly.

In addition to these, Hai Rui also personally led troops to surround the families of the Four Saints and Three Sages, confiscated all their property, and brought 80 million taels of silver income to the court.

With this merit, Hai Rui took the position of censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate.

With such a magnificent record, Wang Jian felt that he was no match for Hai Rui, the imperial minister, but he still had some illusions in his heart. After all, this was Songjiang Mansion and the territory of the Xu family.

As long as the two sides don't formally break up, there will still be room for maneuver.

After all, no matter what, Mr. Xu Ge has to give some face.

After comforting himself in this way, Wang Jian returned to his former self.

Soon, the boat on which Hai Rui, the imperial envoy, was boarding slowly docked, and then, under the escort of layers of guards, Hai Rui got off the boat.

Seeing this situation, Wang Jian did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. He quickly stepped forward, leaned down and said respectfully: "I am the magistrate of Songjiang, Wang Jian, and I have met the imperial envoy!"

After Wang Jian finished speaking, the remaining officials also leaned down and said in unison: "I have seen the imperial envoy!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui looked the leader Wang Jian up and down, raised his eyebrows and confirmed to him: "Are you Wang Jian, the prefect of Songjiang?"

When Wang Jian heard what Hai Rui said, he raised his head and responded without hesitation: "Yes, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, the subordinate is none other than Songjiang Magistrate Wang Jian!"

"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, a group of people who guarded the Qianhu Station in Songjiang Prefecture have been demoted..."

Before Wang Jian finished speaking, Hai Rui sneered, waved his hand suddenly, and commanded in a deep voice: "Come here, get Wang Jian, the prefect of Songjiang, for me!"

"Yes, my lord!"

As soon as Hai Rui finished speaking, the guards around him immediately stepped forward and restrained Songjiang Magistrate Wang Jian without any explanation.

Looking at the bright blade on his neck, Wang Jian's face suddenly turned pale with fear, and he hesitated: "Imperial... Your Majesty, what are you doing? I have always been conscientious in my work and have never done anything harmful to the law..." …”

Seeing that Wang Jian was still trying to make excuses, Hai Rui interrupted with a stern look on his face.

"Hmph, you still dare to quibble when you are about to die. To tell you the truth, I am not here to investigate the case this time, but to arrest someone!"

"Bring him down to me, interrogate him strictly, and make sure he tells who ordered him!"

"Yes, my lord!"

When Hai Rui finished speaking, the guards couldn't help but escort Wang Jian, the prefect of Songjiang, into custody.

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he glanced at the remaining officials one by one. The meaning was self-evident.

The officials, like a mouse seeing a cat, lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look at Hai Rui.

At this time, they only felt that a disaster was coming. After all, Hai Rui, the imperial envoy, had just got off the boat and involuntarily took Songjiang Magistrate Wang Jian into custody.

Judging from Hai Rui's behavior, he should know the inside story of the case. He really came here just to get someone.

……

The fact was just as these officials expected. Before they came, someone secretly sent news to Hai Rui. As long as they started from Xu Jie's eldest son, Xu Fan, they would definitely be able to find something.

Although Hai Rui didn't know who sent him the news, he also understood that there must be more to this case than what it seemed on the surface, and there must be many things involved behind it.

The Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture was naturally the first to bear the brunt. Without them, they would not have dared to act so unscrupulously even if they had given Wang Jian, the prefect of Songjiang, and Li Qishang, the guard of the Thousand Households of Thousand Households, ten courages.

Then, Hai Rui came back to his senses, glanced at the many officials present, and after pondering for a moment, he spoke.

"I am Hai Rui, the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, and I am also an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court. When you go back, think carefully and see if you have anything to say to me."

When Hai Rui said this, he paused for a moment and then added: "If you take the initiative to confess, you can be dealt with lightly. If I let this officer find out, you will be treated as an accomplice!"

"I'm waiting for you at the government office!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and without looking at the crowd, he was escorted by the guards, got into the sedan that had been prepared, and walked towards the Songjiang Prefecture.

After Hai Rui left, the faces of the remaining officials were full of confusion. You looked at me, I looked at you, not knowing what to do.

Hai Rui, the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to investigate the case, was obviously prepared. If he didn't say anything, he might not end well, but if he did, he would offend the Xu family.

"What should we do next? Is it really going to be like what the Imperial Envoy said..."

"Hey, what can we do now? The Imperial Envoy just said that if you take the initiative to confess, you can be dealt with lightly. If you are found out, I'm afraid the whole family will have to be taken to the execution ground."

"Looking at the appearance of the imperial envoy, there should have been relevant witnesses for a long time. The reason why the physical evidence was not released is to give us an opportunity!"

"Yes, now that things have reached this point, there is no point in holding on. Besides, we are only acting in accordance with the orders from above. The real culprit should be the Songjiang Xu family!"

"That makes sense. Without further delay, let's go back quickly and record all the unjust and unjust things that the Xu family has done in Songjiang over the years, and then truthfully report it to the Imperial Envoy, so as to bring peace to the people."

"Well, that's right!"

After making up their minds, the remaining officials rushed back to their homes as quickly as possible.

For them, the next step is the speed of life and death that determines their fate. If they can reach the Songjiang government office one step ahead of others, they will be given a lighter sentence. No one else would be able to resist this temptation.

Moreover, the outcome was doomed from the beginning. Doesn’t the court know that the whole thing is related to the Songjiang Xu family?
Of course the court knew, but this time the Xu family came into contact with the emperor's rebellion, forcing the sergeants to rebel.

Regarding this situation, the emperor must not tolerate it. He must find someone with weight to scare the monkeys, and the Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture is that chicken.

Otherwise, Hai Rui, the censor of the right capital of the Inspectorate, would not have been sent to Songjiang Mansion as an imperial envoy to investigate the case.

……

Songjiang Fucheng, the government office.

After entering the government office, Hai Rui replaced everyone in the government office with his own people.

At the same time, Hai Rui also ordered people to post notices everywhere, widely publicizing the fact that Wang Jian, the prefect of Songjiang, was imprisoned, and called on the people to come to the government office to redress their grievances.

At this time, in the government office, Hai Rui was sitting behind the desk, reading the case files in front of him with great concentration.

Ji Qian, a fellow governor of Songjiang Prefecture, stood on thin ice not far from Hai Rui, waiting for the imperial envoy's interrogation.

When Ji Qian learned that his immediate boss, Wang Jian, had been imprisoned shortly after meeting Hai Rui, the imperial envoy, his face was full of astonishment. At the same time, he also realized that his opportunity had come. .

So when Hai Rui first entered the government office, he showed his loyalty. While leading Hai Rui to get acquainted with the government office, he also truthfully informed Hai Rui about the situation in Songjiang Mansion.

Time passed by slowly. I don't know how long it had passed. Hai Rui put down the case file in his hand, looked in the direction of Ji Qian, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that the Songjiang Xu family would do such a thing. What an outrageous thing!”

When Hai Rui finished speaking, his colleague Ji Qian, who was waiting at the side, stepped forward and agreed without thinking.

"Your Excellency, you are absolutely right. In recent years, the Xu family of Songjiang has relied on Xu Jie's power to plunder everywhere, using every possible means to annex the land from the people."

"Currently, nearly half of the land in Songjiang Prefecture is under the name of the Xu family. The people here are miserable, but they have no way to appeal. They have no choice but to break their teeth and swallow it."

"Please, the Imperial Envoy, please find out the cause, eradicate this cancer, and bring justice to the people of Songjiang Prefecture!"

When Ji Qian said this, his face was filled with pain and sorrow.

Hai Rui took in the expression on Ji Qian's face. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Well, this is my duty!"

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps from outside the door, and then the guards who had gone to post notices everywhere on the street walked in quickly.

After the guard entered the room, he immediately leaned down, looked in the direction of Hai Rui, and reported in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, I have posted notices everywhere in the city!"

"Well, I know, you can go down first!"

After hearing the news from the guard, Hai Rui couldn't help but perked up, waved his hand and gave instructions.

"Yes, my lord!"

The guard quickly left after responding.

Not long after, a guard in charge of torture came in and reported respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, the prefect Wang Jian, and Li Qishang, who guards the Qianhu Station, have all confessed!"

(End of this chapter)