Chapter 533 Kill or not?
Chapter 533: Kill or not?
Seeing that he looked at him very cautiously, Tang Feng felt aroused and smiled and said, "You have something to say, but it's okay."
"Sir, you said that you would execute all these adults tomorrow. You must not be humble!" After a moment of stuttering, Zhang Tai still said what he wanted to say: "These adults did commit heinous crimes, causing the people of Jiande County to be displaced and injured hundreds of people. It is really unforgivable. But after all, they are senior officials from Zhejiang Province appointed by the court. These people not only have extraordinary identities, some are second and third rank officials, but also in charge of the political affairs of the entire Zhejiang Province. If you kill them without asking for instructions, it is afraid that they will be very unfavorable to the people of Zhejiang. Moreover, killing the officials of the court will be criticized. Even if you have the imperial edict, you are afraid..."
"I know that when I attack them here, the people in the court will have an excuse to attack me." Tang Feng breathed out: "Although my current official position is not obvious, there are still many people in the court who are still worried about me, and they are just waiting for me to make mistakes. But sometimes we cannot care too much about these things. We should do what we should do even if we know there are difficulties.
"Officials in Zhejiang Province have lived a good life for a long time and have long stopped taking the court in their eyes. In their hearts, as long as they pay the taxes according to the number, they will do their duty as a minister, and others can't control their other things. That's why these people do such evil deeds this time, which will lead to the tragedy of Jiande. This time I want to let the entire Zhejiang officialdom see the situation clearly and let them know that although the sky is high and the emperor is far away, as long as you do something wrong, you will be severely punished, and the quickest and decisive punishment. Only in this way can the remaining people be alert!
"As for the criticisms of the officials in the court or the emperor's reproach, they are all future matters. If I need to bear it, I will take it all out, and you don't need to worry."
"Sir, I am not worried about what he will be implicated, but about you..." Seeing that Tang Feng was going to misunderstand that he said this for self-protection, Zhang Tai defended himself anxiously. But his words were interrupted by Tang Feng: "I know you are thinking about me, but if even our Jinyiwei cannot completely let go of our hands and feet to punish these people, I would rather go back to Liaodong to guard the border. I already know your concern for me, don't worry, today's Shengming will never blame me for such a few thieves who harmed the country and the people. This time, the execution of them is imperative!" Tang Feng said the last four words firmly without any hesitation.
Seeing that Tang Feng had made up his mind, Zhang Tai had to respond respectfully and worriedly: "Yes, I'm not going to take the order!"
"By the way, people will be sent to investigate the residences of these officials. These are all evidence that you can get an explanation in the court in the future. You can ask the Jinyiwei from Zhejiang to help our people act together."
After ordering his subordinates to do the aftermath, Tang Feng came to the witnesses. He first said to Heizi, "When tomorrow, you will be punished if you become a culprit like this. I hope you will go back and tell the village that Hangzhou and even the court will allocate silver to provide disaster relief soon, so they should not worry."
Heizi and others were so scared that they couldn't speak when the official troops fought each other. It was not until this time that they came out of their shock. They knelt down with excitement: "Mr. Tang, you are so blue sky. We thank you on behalf of my Jiande!" As they said that, they kowtowed to the ground with a thump.
Tang Feng finally helped them up one by one and said, "Don't do this, all this is what I should do. Okay, you all go back and tell the villagers this good news."
After seeing these people off, Tang Feng came to Ding Bancheng again. Ding Bancheng, who had seen him, dared not look at him anymore. He just stood there respectfully and lowered his head. Tang Feng said: "Ding Bancheng, although you have also participated in this incident and indirectly killed many people, you are finally lost and have made a lot of efforts in this case of overturning the case. I can spare you."
"Thank you for not killing me..." Hearing Tang Feng say this, he quickly knelt down on the ground and said with repentance: "It is all the people who are obsessed with profit, so they will do such a crazy thing. In the future, villains will definitely change their past..."
Before he finished his confession, he was frightened by Tang Feng's words and shook back: "But you have committed a serious crime after all, and you can't forgive your life. Your official will order your yamen to take it away for the reconstruction of Jiande. Although you will not be sentenced to death, the punishment of exile is inevitable. I hope you can really repent..."
"Sir..." Ding Bancheng's expression changed drastically when he heard Tang Feng say this, but before he could beg for mercy, someone had already stepped forward to take him down. It was not until this time that Tang Feng had arranged everything and could have a good rest.
Since he arrived in Hangzhou, Tang Feng has been fighting openly and secretly with the officials for two or three days, and even guarding them to take action at night. Until the dust settled, he could completely relax. Tang Feng did not return to the inn, but just slept in the second hall of the governor's yamen under the protection of several guards...
It was still the same dark room, or the two people. Yan Boda sighed and said, "Master, my subordinates are completely convinced. This Tang Feng is indeed extraordinary. Not only does he make every decision on overturning the case, but he has completely controlled the situation in the overall situation. I just thought that Tang Feng was dead, but I didn't expect that he actually transferred troops from him. The leader had the foresight and said that this person still had hope of winning."
After hearing his admiration, Li Pushi sighed heavily: "That's because I have a lot more chances to fight him than you. The battle between this person and my Holy Church has not been once or twice. Every time we seem to see victory close at hand, but every time he can defeat us calmly. This person either remains unmoved, and once he takes action, there will inevitably be a steady stream of back moves, so even if he seems to have completely fallen under the control of the other party, I firmly believe that things are not that simple. It can be said that this person is indeed a very difficult person to deal with!"
"Then... Master, do we still have to take action this time? In fact, according to the subordinates, even if we don't take action this time, Tang Feng will be powerful for a few days. Today he actually told him to execute all these officials. If he really did this, I am afraid that the court would deal with him without us taking action."
"Why don't you remember what I just said? Even if it seems to be unfavorable to him now, he might be able to escape calmly in a blink of an eye. Before I saw his body with my own eyes, I no longer dared to be careless about Tang Feng. What's more, he caused my Holy Sect to collapse. If I couldn't kill him with my own hands, how could I swallow this breath!"
"But leader, Tang Feng is now protected by so many personal guards, and your injuries have not been healed. How can you kill him with your own hands?" Yan Boda asked with concern.
Li Pushi said: "I have thought of this. I believe that after this incident, Tang Feng will return to Beijing. If so many officials in Zhejiang are lost to him, someone will ask him to change his waterway because he has a grudge against him. At that time, as long as I hang out on the boat and pretend to be a crew member, I will naturally be able to approach him. Moreover, he will not be able to make more reinforcements on the water no matter what. After I succeed in assassination, I can escape by leveraging the water. Wouldn't it be a win for me?"
"The leader is really a good plan, why didn't my subordinates think of it? Hangzhou and Beijing have a canal, which is a convenient path for him. I will propose it to him at that time." Yan Boda said in surprise.
While the two were still discussing how to deal with Tang Feng, Tang Feng, who had been resting for a few hours, regained his spirits and began to further recover his aftermath. A lot of money was seized from the officials' homes. Tang Feng, except for taking out a small portion as a reward to the guards under his command and the two officers and soldiers who came to help, all the others were sealed up, waiting for the court to check after they learned about the matter, which was to show that he did not wrongly accuse these people.
In addition, the officers and soldiers of the Hangzhou garrison were arrested. This time, the thousand households with the pseudonym Wang Wanchun were arrested, and he was imprisoned with Zhang Siyuan and others, waiting for noon tomorrow to punish them.
After finishing all this, the second update was already coming. When Tang Feng wanted to go back to the inn and rest, Tan Shujie hurried over. As soon as he saw Tang Feng, he took out a bamboo pipe: "Sir, this is an urgent document from Feiyu in the Fushiya Office of the Beijing Town, saying that he would present it to the Lord."
When Tang Feng heard this, he immediately took the book in the bamboo that had not been removed and skillfully broke it open, took out the letter hidden inside and read it. It was the letter sent by Lu An and his friends in the Jinyiwei channel while sending people to deliver the imperial edict. It was written very clearly that the emperor did not want Zhejiang to make too much noise, and the imperial edict would come soon. Please prepare for it early.
After reading this letter, Tang Feng hesitated for a while. After his face changed a lot, he finally made up his mind: "If I don't kill those people in order to protect myself, officials in Zhejiang would not accept this lesson, and would even think that the court could be bullied. Since that's the case, I have to fight together!" As soon as he made up his mind, Tang Feng put the secret letter in front of the candlelight and burned it...
Chapter completed!