Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 236 Beheading
I don't want Governor Wu to take over the account books from the soldiers but not look through them, but throw them on the case casually, and then point to the people outside the hall and say: "I don't look at these, I just ask Mr. Li, what do you want to do with these things?" people?"

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Wu is also a bit impatient, why don't you just ask me how to deal with these people without reading their crimes? Sir, let's talk about it after reading it."

Seeing that Li Jing's attitude was still respectful, Governor Wu resentfully picked up the account book and looked through it.

But after only a few glances, his face suddenly turned ugly.

After flipping through it for a while, Governor Wu shook the account book in his hand and asked in doubt: "Master Li, is the record on it really correct?"

Li Jing smiled and said, "I have no enmity with the magistrate in Henan."

As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, the chief envoy next to the governor said, "Master Wu, may I take a look?"

Governor Wu nodded and handed him the account book.

The chief political envoy took it over, looked at it for a while, and his face changed drastically, and then handed the account book to the underling to participate in politics.

Then all the officials in the hall passed the account book around.

After leading the crowd to finish watching, Li Jing sneered and said, "Masters, can you see the final figure clearly? Good guy, I transferred 15 shi of grain from Shanxi, and purchased nearly 20 shi of grain from various grain shops. With less than 6 shi, these people are greedy for more than [-] shi of my food. Tell me, how should I deal with them!"

Governor Wu shook his head and said, "My lord, although I haven't seen the confession, I believe that my lord will not deceive us. It's just that Mr. Li has no right to deal with these officials. These officials are greedy for ink and food relief, and have their own Ministry of punishment and Dali. The temple tried and convicted."

Li Jing sneered and said, "Master Wu, do you know that the disaster victims in Henan have rebelled?"

Governor Wu was slightly taken aback, not understanding why Li Jing suddenly changed the topic and talked about the rebellion of the victims, but thinking of Li Jing's background, Governor Wu immediately felt relieved.

Nodding his head, Governor Wu said: "I have heard about this matter, and have issued a subpoena to order the officers and soldiers below to encircle and suppress it."

Li Jing smiled: "My lord, do you want to kill all these rebellious disaster victims?"

Governor Wu hurriedly shook his head and said: "That is impossible, and the victims of the disaster have no choice but to rebel. As long as the leader is killed, the civil disturbance can be quelled."

Li Jingjing nodded. Governor Wu was not a fool, but he didn't understand the stakes.

Smiling, Li Jing then asked: "Your Excellency said just now that the disaster victims had no choice but to rebel. I don't know why the disaster victims have no choice but to rebel?"

Governor Wu frowned, asking me such a simple question repeatedly, do you think I am a three-year-old child?

After hesitating for a while, Governor Wu still said: "I have no food, I rebelled when I was in a hurry."

Li Jing continued with a smile: "Then I would like to ask Mr. Wu, what should we do after the disaster victims are calmed down?"

Governor Wu cursed in his heart, is there even a need to ask, naturally it is to release food for disaster relief.

As soon as I finished cursing in my heart, I suddenly understood what Li Jing meant. How can such officials below provide disaster relief?If these officials were serious and distributed the food in time, why would the victims rebel?

Governor Wu knew that Li Jing had shipped a total of 15 shi of grain from Shanxi. He also knew that Li Jing had purchased nearly 20 shi of grain from various grain shops, and the total amount of grain was [-] shi.

Now Li Jing still has more than 1 shi of grain in his hands, and Kaifeng and Henan have more than 6 shi each. It came from the [-] shi of grain distributed to the following counties.

Sixty percent!He was greedy for ink by [-]%!

Li Jing's standard for distributing food to the victims is ten catties of grain per person, and one stone of grain is about 100 catties, which can be distributed to ten people, and all 60 stones can be distributed to [-] people.

If the [-] shi of grain were distributed to the victims, how could the victims rebel?

In other words, the disaster victims rebelled, and these officials are actually the culprits.

This time, Li Jing was also responsible for resettling the victims of the disaster. The following officials forced the victims to rebel, but in the end, Li Jing was responsible. Moreover, the food was bought with Li Jing's money. To be greedy for food in Mo is tantamount to being greedy for Li. King's money.

During the time spent with Li Jing, Governor Wu also carefully understood Li Jing's character.

Li Jing is a very talkative person. As long as he is serious about doing things, Li Jing doesn't care even if he takes a small advantage or makes a small mistake. He even rewards some officials when he sees them doing things seriously.

But for those officials who are disobedient and do not take things seriously, Li Jing is not polite. If Governor Wu might reprimand him, Li Jing would simply dismiss him.

If they are not serious about what they do, they will be dismissed. These people are greedy for ink and food for disaster relief. It is self-evident how Li Jing plans to deal with them.

Seeing Governor Wu groaning silently, Li Jing looked at Governor Wu, then glanced at everyone present, and then continued: "Master Wu, the rebellion of the disaster victims has been heard by the emperor, and Li must be responsible for it." Yes, but as the governor of Henan, don’t you have anything to do with it? And all the adults here, don’t you have nothing to do with it?”

Everyone was terrified when they heard that, once the rebellion of the disaster victims spread to the ears of the emperor, the charges of being unfavorable in handling affairs and lax governance cannot be escaped. Given by these corrupt officials.

Thinking of this, everyone suddenly felt the same hatred, and really wished they could kill these corrupt officials with knives.

But after all, they didn't dare to call the shots and kill these officials. The lowest level of these officials is the county magistrate of the seventh rank.

If they ordered the killing of these officials, the charges would be no less serious.

Seeing that everyone was noncommittal, Li Jing said solemnly: "My lords, there are signs of civil unrest in Henan. If the people cannot be appeased as soon as possible, the situation is bound to intensify. Li believes that the most urgent task is to appease the anger of the victims and quickly stabilize the hearts of the people. Li Jing Your lords are invited to come here, just to report this matter to your lords, as for the consequences of dealing with the appearance of these officials, I will bear it myself."

Everyone laughed secretly when they heard that Li Jingzhen wanted to kill these officials, and everyone here couldn't get rid of the responsibility. At least one charge of ineffective supervision cannot be escaped, but compared with the civil uprising, this charge can still be borne.

Wanting to understand the stakes, Governor Wu cupped his hands and said, "My lord, you can't let you alone bear this matter. As the governor of Henan, I have ruled so many corrupt officials. The crime of ineffective supervision is running away." I can't let them go, these people have brought me down, I will never let them go, I will fully support what Master Li wants to do."

Li Jingjing nodded, knowing that Governor Wu's statement just now actually represented all the officials present, as long as these people agreed, he would have no scruples.

In fact, Li Jing told these officials so much in order to drag them into the water, otherwise why would he be so verbose, and would have ordered the killing of those corrupt officials long ago.

Glancing at everyone present, Li Jing got up and said loudly: "In this case, then Li is not welcome! Come here! I behead these corrupt officials and profiteers, and then spread the heads everywhere to inform the people and warn everyone. Senior officials!"

Hearing the order, the soldiers around him came out of the main hall and loudly announced Li Jing's order.

Hearing that Li Jing was going to say that they beheaded to show the public, all the officials were shocked.

One of them shouted loudly: "Li Jing, you are a warrior and dare to kill local officials without authorization. Are you planning to rebel?"

As soon as the man finished speaking, a soldier next to him went up and gave him a big mouth: "Fuck, what are you? How dare you call my commander-in-chief by his name! To tell you the truth, this is in Henan, if it is in Shanxi, I cut off your dog's head already!"

After scolding, the soldier yelled: "Shut up the mouths of these bastards, lest they swear something ugly and dirty the ears of our commander-in-chief."

A group of soldiers received the order, stepped forward to tear off the clothes of those officials, and then quickly blocked the mouths of these people.

Then the soldier shouted: "Take it away!"

The soldiers immediately dragged each of them to the outside of the yamen. During the period, some officials who resisted and struggled were inevitably beaten and kicked.

Seeing how loyal and domineering these soldiers were to Li Jing, all the officials in the hall were dumbfounded.

After a while, the soldier reported back: "Report to the commander, there are a total of 130 prisoners, all of whom have been beheaded."

With a wave of his hand, a group of soldiers walked into the hall carrying trays, each with a human head.

All the officials at the scene trembled when they saw it. This Li Jing was too ruthless. There were more than 130 people, and they killed as soon as they said they wanted to, without ambiguity at all.

Seeing everyone's ashen faces, Li Jing waved his hands and said, "Order people to bring the heads of these people back to their respective jurisdictions to show the public."

The personal soldier took the order and waved to the soldiers, who filed out with trays.

After the soldiers went out, it took a while for the officials to wake up, and when they looked at Li Jing again, their eyes had changed.

Smiling, Li Jing said: "My lords are shocked, now let's talk about what to do next."

All the officials hurriedly said, "Master Li, please tell me."

Li Jingjing nodded, and said seriously: "We have to solve two problems now. First, those people who participated in the civil uprising will be handled by me. Second, what should the victims do? The disaster in the hinterland of Henan has affected There are more than one million people, and I can't help them alone, I have to work together."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, knowing that what Li Jing said was true, no matter how rich Li Jing was, he still couldn't feed a million people.

After stroking his beard, Governor Wu pondered for a while and said: "Master Li's words are true, so many people cannot be rescued by Mr. Li alone, we must work together.

The official believes that first of all, let those people save themselves. The houses of the victims are flooded, but they may not be completely destroyed. There should be food in the houses, which can still be eaten after drying. This can relieve part of the pressure.

In addition, whether there is any grain in the treasury of the yamen at all levels has been released to the capital. If necessary, the treasury can be opened and the grain can be released.

Then there are grain merchants and landlords from all over the country. We can pay for the grain stored in their homes, but the treasury is empty, and we will need Master Li's help at that time. "

Li Jingjing nodded: "This is no problem, how much money is needed, Li will bear it."

Seeing that Li Jing agreed without hesitation, Governor Wu secretly admired him. Although this man may act domineering, working with him is extremely fun.

(End of this chapter)