Chapter 58: Purge

Compared with the situation in Yangzhou City, Ye Tao is a little simple and violent, early in the morning, Ye Tao led people to surround a manor outside Yangzhou City, according to the information provided by Liu Qingshui, this is a residence of the general system of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, looking at the tall buildings that the courtyard wall can not block, Ye Tao was surprised: "Lao Yin, I can't see that our general system is so good at enjoying it." ”

"Lao Tzu has long seen that he is not a good thing, if there is someone behind him, how can this position be his turn?" Yin Shidao snorted coldly.

Ye Tao smiled and didn't speak, waved his whip, and saw a team of soldiers holding logs and starting to bang on the door, and the people inside the door saw this and shouted, "Are you going to rebel?" Any idea whose place this is? ”

As soon as the words fell, the gate of the manor was knocked open, and the people behind the door were crushed to the ground by the door, Ye Tao ignored it: "Go in, don't let anyone go." ”

The army rushed in, and there was usually no one to guard it in Zhuangzi, and Chen Huaibing, the general manager of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, did not think that someone would come to the door. The soldiers moved extremely quickly, and because they did not meet effective resistance, they quickly took control of the people in the manor.

Looking at Chen Huaibing, who was twisted by the soldiers, Ye Tao smiled and arched his hand: "I've seen President Chen." ”

At this time, Chen Huaibing was extremely angry, glared at Ye Tao and scolded: "Do you want to rebel?" ”

Ye Tao ignored it, but walked to the stone lion in the courtyard, and carefully counted the buns on the lion's head, "One, two... Sixteen. ”

Hearing Ye Tao counting, Chen Huaibing's face became worse and worse, Ye Tao looked back at Chen Huaibing, and sneered: "You have a second-grade general system, it's overdone." ”

Chen Huaibing knew that he was finished, the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty clearly stipulated the regulations for the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty to travel to the residence, and according to the law, the lion of his own town house was overdue, but at the moment, which of the families did not have this situation, it only depended on how Ye Tao operated.

Chen Huaibing was just about to open his mouth to refute, when he saw Ye Tao's subordinates carrying a few large boxes, his eyes shrank, and he was about to speak, but when he saw that Yin Shidao had already drawn a knife and walked over, Chen Huaibing shouted: "Don't!" ”

Ye Tao glanced at Chen Huaibing coldly and said, "Do it." ”

Yin Shidao nodded, drew his knife and slashed on the box, only to see that the lock was cut open, and the box was opened, and the complete sets of armor and bows and crossbows contained in it were obviously military equipment, but now they appeared in Chen Huaibing's private mansion. At this moment, Chen Huaibing was already paralyzed to the ground.

Seeing Chen Huaibing's appearance, Ye Tao waved his hand to drag him down, and ordered: "Take care of this Zhuangzi, count and seal all the items for me, and report to the imperial court." ”

"Yes, my lord."

On this day, there were suddenly a lot of notices issued by the government on the streets of Yangzhou, and the people were curious, and they didn't know what moths came out of Yangzhou Mansion. Why does this sound so weird?

"Hey, you see, this notice says that the government has a heavy reward for those who provide clues!" Someone said.

"I'm afraid that if you have a life, you can try it." Someone scoffed.

"Our Lord Yang is just wishful thinking, and every family in Yangzhou is enough for him to drink a pot." Someone in the crowd said.

Suddenly there was a shout from the street: "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! The crowd was suddenly in chaos, and people hid on the side of the road, only to see a team of officials running by, as if there was something urgent.

"What's going on?" Someone asked.

"What's the matter, why don't you follow up and see." Someone followed after saying that.

The official didn't walk long, and when people saw the official stop at the door of the largest grain store in Yangzhou, they were still a little curious, so they only listened to the leader's order: "Seal it for me!" ”

The onlookers were shocked, is it so fierce? This is the Wang family's grain store. The Wang family is the largest grain merchant in Yangzhou, and it is also one of the best in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The shopkeeper of the grain store hurriedly ran out at this moment, and when he saw the leader, he was immediately angry: "The surname is Lei, who gave you such a bold son, are you blind?" This is the Wang family's shop. ”

Lei Yuan's face turned cold, and he said coldly: "Keep your mouth clean and see what this is." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper and shook it in front of the shopkeeper, "Lao Tzu was ordered to investigate the case, and now someone has reported that there is food from the court disaster relief in your store, Shopkeeper Wang, you have read the book, tell me what kind of crime this is?" ”

A cold sweat broke out on the head of the shopkeeper Wang, and he said in a trembling voice: "You are slandering, how can we have relief food from the imperial court in our store." ”

"It seems that the shopkeeper Wang doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin, then I will satisfy you." Lei Yuan waved his hand, "Give me a careful search." The officials rushed in instantly, and after a while, two officials carried out a bag of grain, Lei Yuan clicked on the big word on the grain bag, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wang, are you still hard-mouthed now?" ”

Seeing this, the shopkeeper Wang suddenly collapsed to the ground, he never expected that Yangzhou Mansion would find out about the Wang family's head. Lei Yuan sneered: "Seal it for me." ”

The crowd of onlookers talked a lot, and it seemed that Yangzhou Mansion was really moving. At the same time, shops in various parts of the Wang family in Yangzhou were seized.

Wangfu, Wang Yongliang glared at the person in front of him, his fingers were white, and he said coldly: "Captain Han, when will it be your turn to garrison the army?" ”

Han Liang, the captain under Ye Tao, temporarily stayed by Yang Tai's side during this time. Han Liang said lightly: "Master Wang, there is always a time when you get wet when you walk by the river. The day you stretch out your hand, you have to think of this day. ”

Wang Yongliang was angry, and now he had a handle in the hands of others, and everything he said was in vain. Seeing this, Han Liang said, "Please also ask the head of the Wang family to prepare and come with us." ”

"Hmph, the old man has a meritorious reputation, as usual, he doesn't need to go to the mansion, just say anything here." Wang Yongliang snorted coldly.

"Look at my memory, and forget one thing." Han Liang patted his head, took out a piece of paper from his arms and said, "I'm sorry, Master Wang, your fame is gone, look at it, this is issued by Jiangsu and Zhejiang Xuezheng." ”

Wang Yongliang was stunned, took the paper, saw the big academic seal on it, and almost fell down in front of him, and was held by his subordinates, Wang Yongliang scolded angrily: "Yang Tai, you are a puppet!" ”

"They are all civilized people, the head of the Wang family still saves some face for himself, there are still many people watching outside, let's all cooperate, don't let it be embarrassing." Han Liang said.

Wang Yongliang lowered his head and sighed, and followed Han Liang out of the mansion. This is the first Yangzhou big household that Yang Tai hit, the speed of the shot made people can't react at all, from the closure of the store to the raid of the house only took half a day, the people of Yangzhou can be regarded as an eye-opener, this is the first in Yangzhou City.

In Chunyuan, Dai Lining frowned and looked at Zhang Yao on the side, and asked suspiciously: "Yang Tai is taking the wrong medicine?" Zhang Yao took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The Wang family has fished out, and the imperial court has issued several imperial decrees to investigate thoroughly. ”

"But who hasn't done this, why do you just hold on to the Wang family?" Someone said.

"10,000 quintals of disaster relief food, can you eat so much?" Zhang Yao looked at the person asking the question like an idiot, these people really don't know what this number represents? They knew, but the people who needed it were human in their eyes.

Zhang Yao glanced at Dai Lining, this person usually looks steady, and he is not bad, if it weren't for the information provided by Liu Qingshui, Zhang Yao would never believe that this person's hands are darker than anyone here, and he can fight with Xue Liyou.

"Everyone should go home and take a good look now, clean up their heads and tails, I can only say that Yang Tai came with a knife this time, and he will not stop if he doesn't see blood." Zhang Yao said.

Everyone looked at Dai Lining, saw him waving his hand, and then dispersed. Zhang Yao didn't say anything when he saw this, he got up and was about to leave, but suddenly heard Dai Lining ask: "You said, the Shi family withdrew early, did you receive any news in advance?" ”

"This is not the key, if the historian makes a big mistake, what is the use of him running to the golden horde." After Zhang Yao finished speaking, he turned around and left, Dai Lining glanced at Zhang Yao who was leaving, and his heart became even more uneasy.

Shen Lian waited for a few days before the Yangzhou review team came to Zhenjiang Mansion, during which officials of all sizes in Zhenjiang were a little nervous, for fear of being found out what was wrong. In just seven days, more than 60 officials, large and small, were overthrown, and problems were often found in the morning, and in the afternoon, people came to raid their homes. The action is so fast that it's dizzying.

Looking at the restless crowd in the hall, Shen Lian suddenly remembered a joke from Lin Yuan yesterday, checking accounts and arresting people for one-stop service. chuckled, and everyone looked at Shen Lian suspiciously, thinking about when it was, this one still laughed.

There was movement in the inner hall, and I saw a man come out, first saluted Shen Lian, and saw Shen Lian nodding, so he walked to the front of the hall, opened the booklet and read slowly: "Duan Rui, the main book of money and grain in Zhenjiang Prefecture, Chen Liren of Anqing Zhi County, and Ling Dai Li of Wangjiang County, were greedy for money for disaster relief, and exploited the people under his rule, totaling 23,000 taels of ink. ”

Looking at the three people who were slumped in their seats, Shen Lian said, "Tsk, I can't see it, but a few of them are bold enough." With a wave of his hand, several officials quickly escorted the three away. Liang Gu on the side was a little uneasy, which one is this Shen Lian going to sing?

"Back to Lord Shen, only these people have been found." Shen Lian listened to the report, licked his lips, seemed to be a little unsatisfied, and asked, "Gone?" ”

When everyone heard that they had finished checking, they just breathed a sigh of relief, but they were raised to their throats by Shen Lian's words, what did Lord Shen mean? Do you want to kill them all?

"The situation in your house is not bad, and the current problems have been investigated." The man said. Shen Lian glanced at everyone, and then said, "It's hard work, I'll send someone to send a few people to the next place." ”

"Thank you, Lord Shen."

After experiencing this time, all the officials in Zhenjiang were slightly relieved, and seeing that people were a little relaxed, Shen Lian sneered and said secretly: "This is the first dish, and the latter is the deadly thing." ”

Liang Gu saw Shen Lian go back to the backyard, thought about it, took time out of the mansion, and rushed towards Xue's house, he had to send the news over quickly.

In the Sanmu Hall, Xue Li listened to Liang Gu's report and was a little puzzled, the three people who were checked today, except for Chen Liren, the remaining two were not its people, and the other secrets in Zhenjiang Mansion were not affected, and he was a little unsure of what Shen Lian was going to do.

"Didn't you check anyone else?" Xue Li asked.

"No, the censors are leaving today." Liang Gu replied.

"Mr. Shen, what do you mean by Shen Lian?" Xue Li looked at Shen Shitao on the side, Shen Shitao thought for a while and said: "It should be that there is a problem on Chen Liren's side, we have installed a lot of people, but Chen Liren is a shadow, there is no reason to be dug out first." It was a coincidence. ”

Although Xue Li was a little puzzled, he still couldn't think of where the problem was, Anqing County, where Chen Liren was located, was a populous county in Zhenjiang Prefecture, and there was an important outlet for Zhenjiang Mansion to go south, he had been operating there for many years, but now he was beaten by Shen Lian and cleaned up by the way. This made him very suspicious, Shen Lian's goal was not only Chen Liren.

"You go back first, if there is anything wrong in the mansion, report it immediately." Xue Li instructed Liang Gu.

"My subordinates know."

A whirlwind blowing from Yangzhou quickly swept across Jiangsu and Zhejiang, even the neighboring states were also affected, with the beginning of the plan, a report was also urgently sent to the capital, Jiangsu and Zhejiang can not be chaotic, worried that someone will interfere, Lin Yuan must ensure that the capital can not appear second voice.

Wang Wei looked at the little eunuch who was galloping, took the envelope and looked at it, and hurriedly sent it to the cabinet, this letter, the emperor and the adults have been waiting for too long.