People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 66 Chen Han’s whereabouts became a mystery, and eight heads caused an earthquake in the officialdom of the southeast!
The moment eight bloody heads were hung on the city wall of Nanjing, all the nobles in Nanjing were alarmed.

Nanjing, as the capital, also had six ministries. When the officials of the six ministries heard about this incident, they were pissed.

I want to go to Nanjing City to greet the new governor.

Together with the governor of Nanzhili, the inspector general, and the capital secretary, all senior officials gathered as quickly as possible.

But at this time, at the gate of Nanjing City, after the gongs and drums for opening the market were played, the pedestrians did not go to the market, but all stayed on the edge of the city wall.

A businessman who is supposed to be doing business;
Ordinary people who were supposed to be shopping.

At this time, they were all standing on both sides of the long Zhuque Street in Nanjing City.

Everyone looked at the eight heads hanging on the city wall.

From the black gauze they wore on their heads, we knew they were eunuchs.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs who could be sent to local areas had frightening power.

Although they are incomplete, they are all arrogant and domineering.

Especially the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau in the southeast, nominally helping the imperial court transport silk and purchase palace supplies.

But in fact, many spies were also deployed to monitor the southeast.

Although they were stationed in the southeast for a long time, they were fascinated by the bustling southeast scene of Yanliu and their hearts were corrupted by money.

But they have great power. Who dares to cut off their heads and hang them on the city wall?

As the silence signs were erected, officers and soldiers came to clean the streets.

On the long Suzaku Avenue, two rows of officers and soldiers cleared the way.

The people were driven to both sides of the road.

Then big green woolen sedans came running quickly down the street.

The large green cloth sedan chair was generally only allowed to be ridden by officials such as feudal officials.

In the city of Nanjing, it is estimated that only the six ministers, the left and right censors, and the governor of Zhejiang can use such top-notch sedans.

The sedan quickly stopped on both sides of the royal road.

Then officials at all levels wearing scarlet robes and purple robes filed in.

After they tidied up their official uniforms, they walked towards the city gate with small steps.

As soon as they arrived at the city gate, they saw a group of Jinyi guards wearing flying fish uniforms appearing on top of the city.

The officials hurriedly bowed and saluted: "I pay my respects to the superior. I wonder where the minister is?"

Jinyiwei could not leave the capital easily. Going out of the capital was the emperor's official mission.

As the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guards, Chen Han can take the Jinyi Guards with him when he travels.

The appearance of Jin Yiwei means that Chen Han is not far away.

The Jin Yiwei in the Feiyu uniform shouted: "Master Bu Tang said that the military situation of the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang is very important this time, so he will not stay.

In the early morning, we had bypassed Nanjing and headed straight down to Zhejiang.

These eight eunuchs were having fun at the inn, overstepping the rules of etiquette, and were caught by the ministers, so they were executed. They are all warning you that Zhejiang is a heavily taxed country by the imperial court. As officials here, you must have something in mind. Awe.

This time, the ministers will first deal with the Japanese pirate rebellion in Zhejiang, and then they will patrol the southeast.

If you are dedicated to serving the people, there is no need to worry.

If there is something wrong in one's heart, and one confesses one's crime and sends it to the governor's office, one's crime will be reduced by one level;
If by any chance, Lord Butang discovers something while patrolling the southeast, then he will be guilty of breaking the law knowingly, and his crime will be increased to one level. "

When Jin Yiwei said these words, standing on the city tower, his voice was like an overwhelming force, spreading throughout a ten-mile radius.

After the people heard this, they were secretly happy.

The Southeast has always been a center of corruption, especially in recent years.

Everyone has heard a lot of news overtly and covertly.

It is said that Emperor Jiajing was fatuous in his later years, and Yan Song and his party engaged in corruption in the southeast and other places in order to flatter the emperor.

The proceeds from corruption were divided 50-50 with Emperor Jiajing.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing turned a blind eye to their words and deeds.

It wasn't until later that Yan Song's party really went too far and they were purged.

But the officialdom in the southeast has already been ruined. Now I heard that the newly appointed governor of Zhejiang Province is young and has already gained a reputation in the capital. He prays for the people and has the reputation of being a great master of the sky.

Now, as soon as he arrived in the southeast and before entering the city, he killed eight eunuchs who were seeking pleasure at the inn, which immediately won the hearts of the people.

After the people heard this, a bright light seemed to light up in their hearts, thinking to themselves that someone finally paid attention to the corruption in the southeast.

After the Jin Yiwei on the tower finished speaking, he immediately retreated.

The civil and military officials from the six ministries lined up neatly below all had sweat on their faces.

Although Nanjing is the companion capital, most of the officials here live in retirement.

But it is precisely because the southeast is full of aristocrats, romantic scholars, brothels and Chu palaces, and Qinhuai singing prostitutes, all of which can induce people to commit crimes and make their bones weak.

It can make an honest official reveal his corrupt fangs.

Therefore, as an official here, you are more or less infected with bad habits.

If he really relied on the small salary from the court to live, he would not be able to stay in the southeast, and it might be difficult to even support himself.

Not to mention how the officials here could miss out on socializing and the romance of hanging out in brothels and palaces.

So it was natural to reach out to the wealthy gentry in the southeast to ask for money.

When others give you money, you use your power to help them do things for mutual benefit.

Over time, the amount of corruption and bribery may be more than 10,000 or 20,000, and may be 100,000 or 80,000.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, more than a dozen heads can be chopped off.

Although it has been more than a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it is not like Taizu's stipulation that corruption of sixty taels of silver will lead to beheading.

But their corruption was enough to kill everyone.

I thought that this time I met the young governor of Zhejiang Province, so I could get close to him.

Although I heard that Chen Han was in the capital and was doing evil things and not following common sense.

But His Majesty the Emperor rewarded him with thirty beauties and a deep house at once, so he must be someone who likes to enjoy himself.

They are also preparing to offer hundreds of thousands taels of silver and several Qinhuai beauties.

But I didn’t expect that they didn’t even stop and went straight to Zhejiang.

This time, all the officials in Nanzhili were shocked to the point of sweating.

Sure enough, he acted erratically and did not act according to common sense.

Just this one hand can already shock everyone.

So one letter after another rushed to Zhejiang at an accelerated speed of 800 miles.

No one knows where Chen Han and the others are at this time.

It is precisely because of this looming way of marching that these officials in the southeast and these big landowners are elusive.

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Hangzhou Prefecture.

Qian Yishi, the head of the Qian family, gathered again, and all the family heads who had been waiting here for a long time.

Chen Han did not come to Zhejiang, so they did not dare to take it lightly and did not dare to leave. They were always waiting for news here.

And this day the news came.

"Everyone, this is terrible, this Chen Han has arrived in the southeast of us and has not been seen for many days.

But just the day before yesterday, he arrived at the inn outside Nanjing and actually killed eight eunuchs from the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. Their heads were hung on the Nanjing city wall. It seemed that he came with a lot of blood. "

After reading the news coming from Nanzhili, these family heads frowned.

There is no routine in Chen Han's acting style, but he never expected that he could play in such a wicked way, without even using basic official etiquette.

They arranged many spies to monitor along the way, but the dignified Governor of Zhejiang Province and such a large official in the border area should be a star in the dark night wherever he goes.

But there was no trace of Chen Han, making them elusive.

Now that such a big thing happened just after arriving in the southeast, they were a little uneasy...

(End of this chapter)