On the ninth day of the sixth month, Wuchang City.

The heavy rains of a few days have eliminated the heat here, but this largest city in Huguang has not become lively again. Of course, this is not only because many streets and alleys in the city have accumulated over the knees, but also because the drastic change in the past two days has brought unimaginable impacts to the people of the city and made them feel uneasy, fearing that when the disaster will come to their heads.

There is a man at home who was bewitched and attacked the imperial envoy headquarters, but it is not necessary to say that the people who are still imprisoned in the prison today. Even those who were not involved in this matter were afraid of everything that happened in the Xiangchun Garden that had been destroyed that night, and were even more worried that there would be trouble again.

In Wuchang, he was an official for seven or eight years. He really made a promise. Both officials and people had to obey his orders. All the governors who obeyed were taken down? If the government had not sent people to spread the streets, the people in the city would not believe it.

Then there was the wealthy family in the city headed by the Hu family. After that night, the government army broke into the door and captured the door. Dozens and hundreds of old men who were once tall were tied up and tied together by ropes and chains, and were sobbing and brought to the government office. Many people were even more stunned and thought they were dreaming.

Then before everyone could calm down from this series of changes, this afternoon, a series of familiar gongs and drums sounded again on the street. When everyone held their breath and listened, they heard a more surprising speech: "The people of Wuchang City understand that as long as they have suffered any wrongs and injustice in their families, they can seek justice in the next major yamen. Especially for officials, such as former governor Jiang Guixun and others who use their power to force people and hurt the people, the imperial envoy Li will definitely preside over justice for you and severely punish the murderers! Dangdang... The people of Wuchang City understand..."

When we first heard this, everyone was a little dazed and thought they had heard it wrong. Is there any official in the world who is willing to strictly punish the grievances of the people?

But as the preaching was repeated over and over again, they thought about the statement that the governor conspired to mobilize troops to attack the imperial envoy headquarters and wanted to kill the imperial envoy, and they all began to believe it again. This is the endless battle between the two adults. Now that Lord Li has won, he naturally has to pay many charges on Governor Jiang, which makes him unable to turn over again.

Thinking of this, many people who were active or had great grievances finally couldn't sit still. Shortly after the propaganda team passed, these people immediately took action. Some went out to find people who were familiar with them to write paper, some went through boxes and cabinets, and found out the paper that they had prepared before but did not dare to send into the yamen. Then these people left their homes one after another, waded in the knee-length water, and went to the nearby yamen.

So on the afternoon of the ninth day of the lunar month, all the yamen in Wuchang City were crying and the drums were thundering. Many officials who were temporarily promoted were cheered up, interrogated the victims one by one, and recorded their grievances and the crimes of corrupt officials one by one, and then summarized them and sent them to the governor's yamen at night.

Yes, although only two or three days have passed, after Li Ling took over Jiang Guixun and others, he took over the entire Wuchang. During this period, he turned against the norm in the officialdom, and took people to prison with drastic measures, or demoted officials who could not be used, and quickly promoted the clean and upright people in various yamen who were not valued before.

It can be said that in just a few days, he truly controlled the control of the entire Wuchang. Not only did tens of thousands of troops in and outside the city follow him, but the officials and people from all over the government offices also had to do their jobs according to his wishes and dared not slacken at all.

It was not until this time that Li Ling ordered people to publicize them everywhere in the city, so that the people would come to make a fuss, so that they could kill all the crimes of those corrupt officials. Not to mention that these guys are greedy and do many unjust, even if officials who are still conscientious on weekdays are really targeted, they will go to the whole city to look for them, and some are dissatisfied with him, or the victims who have been harmed by him will come to complain.

So at night, with the summary of the complaints and grievances of each government office, Li Ling accumulated as many crimes about Jiang Guixun and his subordinates as many as 322, and it would not be an exaggeration to say a word that could not be written.

After a little sorting out and picking out more than 20 serious crimes, Li Ling ordered people to bring Jiang Guixun and his confidants to the court - it was time to make a decision and let them make some choices.

However, after a meal, more than a dozen criminals who had been taken away from their official robes and replaced with prison uniforms were taken to the familiar governor's yamen. In just a few days, their identities changed drastically, from a high-ranking court official to a prisoner with life and death at his hands. This completely destroyed their spirits. Everyone looked much older than before, especially Jiang Guixun, who was even more staggering, his beards were gray and like an old man, and there was no graceful look that a governor should have.

And when they were taken to Li Ling, they didn't need to be scolded by officials on both sides, so they all knelt down spontaneously: "See Lord Li..."

Li Ling's eyes wandered over them, and then he said coldly: "Come back and forth with your head." But he did not mean to get up, but continued to look at them one by one with sharp eyes until they lowered their heads again, and then he hummed, "At this moment, are you willing to confess your guilt?"

After a while of silence, someone finally took the courage to respond, "Sir, the Lord, I really don't know what crime I have committed..."

"Yes, sir, we have always been diligent in office, cautious and dare not make mistakes. We have always acted according to the orders of our superiors. We really don't know what crimes our subordinates have committed, so we have to jail."

"Sir, I'm wronged..."

These officials were half pretending and half were really confused. At this time, they all shouted again. Only Jiang Guixun, with a low face and bowed his head without saying a word. The crime he was just about the one who was trying to harm the imperial envoy was unable to distinguish.

Li Ling couldn't help but say that he was wronged, and after a while, he waved his hand: "Since that's the case, I have some grievances here, I want to hear you tell me." With his expression, the officer under his command immediately understood and brought the relevant complaints prepared early to the court, and then handed them one by one.

While they were looking at the sarcastic situation in confusion, Li Ling also stood up and walked up to someone casually: "Qi Shenyun, as the prefect of Wuchang, you have been accusing the rich people in the city in the past three years. In March last year, the five acres of fertile land in the farmer Li Jia's family were sentenced to the Hu family, and Li Jia claimed to be false accused and broke one of his legs. Is this a matter?

"In September last year, someone reported that Wang Sheng, a rich man in the city, committed an offense and killed the farmer Wang San outside the city, but you fell to death because Wang San was wronged. The person who reported the lawsuit Tian Hua was a false accusation case and imprisoned him in prison for a year, causing his mother to die of illness. Is this true?"

In Qi Shenyun's panic reaction, Li Ling quickly walked to the next official and continued to speak several wrongful cases related to him in an emotional tone. And as he spoke out the various shameful activities of an official, their fear became deeper.

If they had been lucky enough before, they were really desperate now. I really didn't expect that Lord Li was so quick that he found out many unjust, false and wrong cases related to them in just a short time. What's even more serious is that he could also produce many evidences and victims.

"By the way, these crimes are all well-documented. If you don't admit it, I can investigate it through various means. For example, those wealthy families who are rich and unkind and harmed the countryside have long been ordered to be arrested by my official. Even if the real murderers and evil people refuse to admit it, there are so many servants in their family, and there are always people who are willing to tell the truth. Okay, what else do you have to say now?"

"Sir, please spare me. I know that my servant is wrong. I will never dare to do it again in the future..." Qi Shenyun immediately kowtowed and admitted his mistake. When he reached this point, he wanted to say that he was wronged. Then he was not talking lies with his eyes, but was seeking death.

The others followed up and shouted: "Sir, the official is wrong, but the official is forced to hide them... In Wuchang, if you cannot make friends with these wealthy families, the official's orders will not be spread to the yamen..."

At this moment, in order to protect themselves and to relieve their sins, these officials did everything they could and could not take care of anything. They either emphasized how difficult it was, or suggested that they were forced by the situation. Among them, the one who interested Li Ling the most was the following:

"Sir, the lower-ranking officials also regretted what they did at the beginning. But... But some things were informed by the governor. If I don't do it, I'm afraid I can't even maintain my official position. I'll ask you to give it a clear guide..."

As he said this, Li Ling noticed that Jiang Guixun's body had trembled significantly, and said, "Is that so? I wonder how Governor Jiang forced you and put pressure on you in this matter?"

When the official heard this question, he felt even more energetic and immediately replied: "Sir, Governor Jiang has always had close relationships with wealthy families such as the Hu family, so when Zhang Laoqi and others, who were the plaintiff, came to the lower officials to report, the news spread to the Governor..."

Regardless of whether it is true or not, the next thing is the dark story of a big family colluding with officials and causing the victim to be falsely accused of being a prisoner. In the end, it was a tragedy. Not only was Zhang Laoqi and others confiscated their property, but they were also convicted of a serious crime and sent to the remote side, and finally died outside...
Chapter completed!