Jiangnan West Province has jurisdiction over 19 prefectures, and in just a few days, what happened in Ezhou has spread to more than 10 prefectures.

Officials such as Ezhou Assassin Shi, Beijia, and Changshi were taken to prison, and even their family property was confiscated, and the wealthy businessmen in the state were fined a large amount of taxes and silver, so they could be considered.

When state officials heard this, they were at first incredulous, but when they confirmed it, their hearts immediately became terrified.

In the entire Jiangnan West Road, the Ezhou Thorn History can be regarded as a ruthless kind, and many of the Beijing officials in Jiangnan have suffered losses at his hands, but even he has been planted in the hands of others, not to mention that the means are not as good as his?

After the Ezhou incident, the officials of the Jiangnan states already knew in their hearts that this time, Jingshi was afraid that a ruthless character had really come.

The officials in Jiangnan, those who are open-minded in their hearts, are fearless, and those who have ghosts in their hearts are burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, hoping that their backers in Beijing can exert their strength as soon as possible and recall that person to Beijing to ask for guilt, after all, although this is Jiangnan, the other party seems to have military power, even if they are local snakes, they dare not really start with the other party.

If you can't fight, you can say that the other party is a Beijing official with a holy order, and they secretly make the means okay, as long as the hands and feet are clean, you can sit back and relax.

But once the war starts on the surface, it will be a real rebellion, and if this crime is deducted, even if there are nine lives, it will have to be put into it.

I heard that the man had left Ezhou and was about to go to other state capitals, and for a while, people in all parts of Jiangnan were panicked.

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It had been a few days since Tang Ning left Ezhou, and in the past few days, they had traveled through three more states.

The situation in these three states is different from that of Ezhou, and although there are indeed some problems in the state, they are not as serious as in Ezhou.

The most important thing is that the attitude of the officials in these three states is extremely good, and they are extremely cooperative with the investigation of the officials, if the Ezhou assassin was also this attitude at the beginning, instead of secretly doing a black hand, maybe he is still in Ezhou now, instead of being locked in a prison car to watch the scenery along the way from Ezhou to Beijing.

He went to Jiangnan this time, the purpose was not to take the exam, but if the other party had a little look, he would not treat the Ezhou Thorn Shi like he did.

However, he did not tolerate tax problems, once the merchant was found to have evaded taxes and other acts, he was immediately fined five times the silver, and a fine of five years at a time.

As for the officials involved, they will naturally be evaluated accordingly, and the officials will make the final decision.

Jiangnan West Road, Hongzhou.

Tang Ning has been staying in Hongzhou for three days, he has not found any major problems in Hongzhou, and he is ready to leave for Raozhou today.

Hongzhou Thorn Shi and the others sent him out of the city, and said with a smile on their faces: "Lord Tang go slowly!" ”

This smile is a smile from the heart, and when this adult from Kyoto leaves, each of them rejoices in their hearts.

The incident in Ezhou almost made the officials of the Jiangnan prefectures frightened when they heard "Tang Ning", and before he was about to arrive in Hongzhou, the Hongzhou officials did not let go of their hanging hearts.

After he arrived in Hongzhou, everyone was always careful, for fear that he would be angry and send them to prison and raid their homes......

Unexpectedly, this Lord Tang, who has done such a big thing in Ezhou, does not seem to be as vicious as he imagined.

Hongzhou's examination classes were decent, and Hongzhou officials were not particularly embarrassed.

It seems that Ezhou is just for him to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys this time, after all, if he really makes the two roads in the south of the Yangtze River restless, he can't explain it to the imperial court.

Out of Hongzhou, further south, is Raozhou, after Raozhou and then to the south, is Jiangnan East Road, is also the destination of Tangning's trip.

There are more than a dozen states in Jiangnan West Province, and Tang Ning has handed over several officials to the ministry, and now in Jiangnan West Province, the states are frightened when they hear the officials, except for Ezhou, the attitude of officials in other state capitals is acceptable, and they should not encounter any obstacles.

Before getting into the carriage, he looked back at Chen Zhou and asked, "How many days have they been from Ezhou?" ”

Chen Zhou thought for a while and said, "Until tomorrow, it will be ten full days." ”

From Ezhou to Jingshi, if you don't take a detour, ten days is enough.

In the past ten days, Jingshi must have been very lively, and after those things were transported to Jingshi, I was afraid that it would be even more lively, but it was a pity that he was far away in Jiangnan, so he couldn't see this lively scene.

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Jingshi has been quite calm these days, but the undercurrent surging under this calm is even perceptible to ordinary people.

The reason for the calm is that His Majesty announced a ten-day break on the grounds of ill health, and there is nowhere to express the dissatisfaction of some officials, even if there is any dissatisfaction in the chest.

Of course, everyone knows that His Majesty is not really ill, but an escape, Tang Ning is his favorite minister, His Majesty's trust in him is incomprehensible, and any major affairs are entrusted to him to do, so naturally he does not want to punish him, and even does not hesitate to use such methods to escape.

At this time, it had been nearly ten days since the retirement of the dynasty, and the voice of the court and the central government for calling Tang Ning back to Beijing to ask for guilt had not weakened, but had increased.

And because of His Majesty's evasion, the dissatisfaction of the officials in Jiangnan against Tang Ning quickly accumulated, and now, it is not limited to Ezhou.

Shangshu Province.

The clerk looked at an old man in the middle of the matter, and said: "Tang Ning is lawless in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is a disaster place, does the imperial court have to watch it like this?" ”

The old man was reviewing the chapters, and he didn't raise his head, and said: "When they come back from Jiangnan, whether the Ezhou officials are guilty, or whether the Ministry of Rites' deputy attendant Tang Ning is in trouble, everything will be known." ”

He continued: "Even if the Ezhou officials are guilty, but Tang Ning is just a servant of the ministry, what authority does he have to act on behalf of the court and on behalf of His Majesty?" ”

The old man said, "Didn't Your Majesty give him the Shang Fang Sword?" ”

Looking at the old man during the matter, his tone suddenly changed, and he said, "But Feng Xiang thinks about it, since Chen Guoguo, who else has been given Shang Fang's sword?" ”

The old man flipped through the movements of the recital for a moment, and after thinking carefully, his brows furrowed.

Shang Fang sword is the highest power given by the king to the courtiers, it can also be said that the courtiers exercise the monarchy on behalf of the emperor, Shang Fang sword is easy not to be awarded, since the Chen Guoguo, after several generations of emperors, Tang Ning is the first to receive this honor.

The official noticed the change in the old man's expression during the matter, and hit the railroad while it was hot: "In ancient times, anyone who was favored by the Son of Heaven, pampered and arrogant, and regarded the law as nothing, which one is not a minister, this person disturbed the court internally, and in the place of external trouble, His Majesty was blinded by him, and for him to ignore the opinions of the ministers, he did not hesitate to strike the court for ten days, and if it continued, the court would be chaotic......"

The old man put down the recital, and his face showed a look of thought.

He is the right minister, and he has to deal with a lot of national affairs every day, a deputy servant of the ministry, and several Ezhou officials, and there is no reason for him to pay special attention.

But as a king, for the sake of a courtier, he regarded the early dynasty as a child's play, and the practice of abandoning the dynasty for ten days was also a bit too favored.

There is a sentence in the matter that is very right, the concubine who has been favored by the Son of Heaven will still cause trouble to the court, let alone a powerful minister?

Whenever someone gets the favor of the Son of Heaven, it is the beginning of the chaos of the dynasty and the subversion of the country.

He thought for a moment and said, "Hurry up and go to Jiangnan and summon Tang Ning, the acting servant of the Ministry of Officials, to return to Beijing." ”