"Your Majesty, I would like to remind Liu Zhi to ask for an audience outside."

"Let him in."

"I am late to welcome the holy emissary. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"He who does not know is not guilty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Do you know everything?"

"I have listened to what Bang Heng said."

"Okay, you quickly arrange for people to go down and check, every county in Xiangyang Prefecture, and all the prefectures on South Jingxi Road, one by one!"

"I accept the decree!"

"Zhou Jiande also said that several people in Xiangyang Prefecture who had over-borrowed money should be arrested first and executed." Zhao Ning said lightly, "Their heads will be hung on the top of the city for public display."

Liu Zhi's scalp went numb after hearing this.

He said: "Your Majesty, do you want to arrest them for interrogation and confiscate their homes? If you kill too many people, it will damage your Majesty's sanctity."

"How can you establish authority without killing!" Zhao Guanjia's tone became stern on the spot, "Do you know what Zhou Hong told me before he died! He said that everything is the same in the world, and the law does not punish everyone! I will blame everyone today!"

"Yes! I will make arrangements now!"

"Tomorrow I will see someone setting off! I only give you three months!"

"yes!"

The next day, Li Zhaoyan and Zhou Hong were reported to South Beijing Road.

The people in Xiangyang City all praised it, but obviously two heads could not express the importance the Zhao family attached to this matter.

Early in the morning on the eleventh day of May, Hu Quan ran over.

Zhao Ning was a little surprised: "The person from the Prison Department hasn't set off yet?"

"We haven't set off yet."

"Why?"

"Yesterday, I went to the Prison Department to learn about the situation. They were still arguing about who to send where."

"What does Liu Zhi, the prison messenger, do for a living? Did he say when he would send someone out to investigate?"

"I didn't give a definite time, I just said that we are making arrangements."

"Arrangement? I think he wants to stall for time!" Zhao Ning was about to lift the table immediately, and he said coldly: "Go and chop Liu Zhi, the jailer of Tidian Prison! Just at the door of the jailer of Tidian Prison! Let's chop him down!

Everyone watched his head fall to the ground! Anyone who dares not to be present will be executed!"

"Your Majesty, would it be possible to kill like this..."

"go!"

"yes!"

Liu Zhi made an appointment with a few people and was about to go fishing, but Hu Quan stopped him at the gate of the Prison Department.

"Hu Quan?" Liu Zhi smiled and said, "I heard that you are the transfer envoy of South Jingxi Road. If you are not in the transfer office, how come you have time to come to my place?"

"Liu Xian, what did you say when you saw His Majesty the day before yesterday?"

"What did you say?"

"You still need to ask me?" Hu Quan said.

Liu Zhi smiled and said: "Hu Quan, I have my own arrangements, so you don't need to worry about it."

"Arrangement?" Hu Quan looked at the fishing rod in Liu Zhi's hand coldly, "Liu Xian is going fishing?"

"I don't necessarily need to report to you what I am going to do. Although you are the transport envoy, I am the execution envoy, and you are not my superior."

"Liu Xian, send someone out to investigate immediately, otherwise a big disaster will happen!"

"A disaster is imminent?" Liu Zhi chuckled and said, "I eat more salt than you eat rice. Aren't you just good at flattering me and showing off your authority in front of me?"

Obviously, Liu Zhi looked down upon the young Hu Quan.

"You really don't want to go?"

"Get out of the way, I have invited some friends to go fishing."

Hu Quan stopped talking nonsense and said: "Come here, arrest Liu Zhi!"

"What do you want! Hu Quan! You are crazy! Even I dare to arrest you!"

Liu Zhi was taken back to the Prison Department's Yamen for questioning. At this time, people in the Yamen were either reciting poems and writing poems, drinking tea, chatting, some drawing, and even discussing which girl to go to Yihong Mansion tonight.

Liu Zhi's cursing voice immediately attracted officials from the Prison Department's Yamen, and everyone came out one after another.

They were all shocked when they saw Liu Zhi being caught.

Hu Quan said: "Your Majesty asked Liu Zhi to arrange for people to go out to investigate illegal loans. Liu Zhi has not arranged anyone yet. If you disobey the order, you will be executed immediately!"

Liu Zhi cursed: "Hu Quan! Who do you think you are, how dare you kill me!"

"Come on! Cut it!"

"Hu Quan! I want to see His Majesty..."

Before Liu Zhi finished speaking, a guard came up with a sword, and with one strike, Liu Zhi's head rolled down.

Blood splattered all over the floor, and everyone around was frightened.

Hu Quan said: "Liu Zhi deliberately concealed it and deceived the emperor. He deserves death! Now I will temporarily take over the prison department. Please help me quickly and thoroughly investigate the illegal loan case on Jingnan Road. If there are any irregularities,

Those who follow will be regarded as resisting the decree and will be executed!"

Hu Quan's voice echoed in the Prison Department, and everyone stood in place in fear.

That day, almost all the officials from the Penal and Prison Department were dispatched.

Hu Quan finally understood why the Zhao Guan family took him south.

This is what you should do quickly after encountering an unexpected situation.

In a hurry, Hu Quan took the position of transfer envoy on South Jingxi Road, and concurrently served as the prison envoy for raising points.

Zhou Jiande escaped death because of his confession, and both he and Guo Rong were still useful.

Especially Guo Rong, he was the specific executor, and he personally handled the land annexation, loans, debt collection, etc.

Zhou Jiande was deposed and his house was confiscated. Guo Rong's house was confiscated and all were handed over to Hu Quan.

In May of the sixth year of Jingkang's reign, a bloody storm suddenly broke out on Jingnan South Road.

The transfer envoys, the Changping envoys, and the criminal envoys were all executed.

Together with the landowners and businessmen summoned by Zhou Jiande in the past few days, the city was full of heads.

Later, someone recalled that the loan case on Jingnan Road was the trigger, and it was not without reason.

The key is that at this time in Tokyo, no one knew that the Zhao Guan family had killed hundreds of people in Xiangyang Mansion.

Moreover, Zhao Guan's family did not immediately return to Beijing, but went all the way south again.

His next target is Jiangling Mansion.

Jiangling Mansion is now the main position for land reclamation.

The land reclamation of Jinghu North Road is related to the grand strategy of the Southeast Economic Circle, and behind it is even more related to the maritime strategy of the Song Dynasty.

To be precise, this place will next be the Central Economic Circle.

And there are iron ores here.

On May 13th, Zhao Ning immediately went to Xiangyang Mansion and arrived at the boundary of Jingmen Commander's Forest.

A hundred miles further south is the boundary of Jiangling Prefecture.

Jiangling Prefecture (Jingzhou) in the Song Dynasty was the political, economic, and cultural center of Jinghu North Road and a hub in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It was a veritable big city.

It is said that the population of Jiangling City has exceeded 600,000, second only to the four major capitals of the Song Dynasty, and was ranked as a second-tier city of the Song Dynasty along with Hangzhou, Jiangning, Chengdu and other cities.

In this era, Wuhan to the east was still called Ezhou, which was just an ordinary state capital on Jinghu North Road.

Entering the Jingmen Army means officially entering the Jianghan Plain.

The view becomes a vast expanse of plains, surrounded by lakes, and fertile fields extend to the end of the sky.

Zhao Ning couldn't help but sigh: "Jing Chao, how much do you know about this place?"

"I am from Jiangling Mansion."

"Oh, are you from Jiangling Prefecture?"

"Yes."

"Then you should know better."

"The official's intention is to open up wasteland here?"

"That's right."

"There is indeed a lot of fertile farmland in Jiangling Prefecture, and there are also more uncultivated areas. In this long forest, you can cultivate land everywhere, with rivers and lakes everywhere."

While speaking, Jing Chao suddenly stopped, pointed to the front and said, "Officer, look over there!"

Zhao Ning followed his gaze and saw a group of people in front of him running towards this direction quickly.
Chapter completed!