On the eighth day of the third month of the sixteenth year of Wanli, it was originally an ordinary day, but from the morning, the people of the capital felt that something was unusual, and the people of the five cities flocked out.

"The one in front, catch it!"

Qin He pressed the knife on his waist, pointed at a few gangsters on the street, and said loudly: "Press up!" ”

A few thugs were a little confused, so they hurriedly smiled and arched their hands: "My lord, my lord, we didn't do anything!" ”

Qin He didn't even look at them at all, and asked a man in black beside him, "Is it them?" ”

"It's them, the one who is the leader is Liu Si's younger brother!" The man in black nodded and spoke.

"That's good!" Speaking of this, Qin He waved his hand, and then said, "Keep walking, go to Liu Si's territory." ”

For the black-clothed man beside him, Qin He didn't know what his origin was, but he knew that this person was not simple, because he had a booklet in his hand, and it was densely packed with names.

Many of them are characters with heads and faces on the ground in the capital.

The soldiers and horses of the five cities went out in a big way, and the whole city was searched, and all the high-spirited scoundrels on weekdays were arrested. Casino brothels have become the hardest hit area, and countless people have been pulled out.

At the same time, many big families have been arrested, you must know that they have a good reputation on weekdays.

In an instant, the whole capital was in turmoil, no one knew what was going on, and the first reaction of the minister and the nobles was that the soldiers and horses of the five cities were crazy? So bold?

Cabinet duty room.

Shen Shixing looked at Yu Youding, who hurriedly walked in, and his expression suddenly became serious, looking at Yu Youding waiting for him to speak.

"Elder Ge, something happened!" Yu Youding did not disappoint Shen Shixing, and opened his mouth with these three words: "The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is locking the whole city, and many people have been arrested, and everything outside is chaotic." ”

Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment: "Did they say what they were going to do?" Who are the arrests? ”

"I didn't say what I was going to do, as for what I caught, most of them were ruffians on the ground, and there were people in the brothel of Qinglou, by the way, there were also people who opened casinos."

Yu Youding thought for a while and said, "There are also some big households. ”

Nodding slightly, Shen Shixing said with a smile: "Patrolling thieves is what the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division should do, what does this have to do with our cabinet?" Sit down, I have here the green before Ming given by His Majesty, come and taste it. ”

Although he didn't know what the Five Cities Terracotta Division was going to do, Shen Shixing could guess who made it happen.

Who is the Admiral of the Five Cities? It's Fang Ming, whose person is that? That's His Majesty's people. The subordinate yamen of the Five Cities Terracotta Division is the Yamen of the Imperial History of the Five Cities, who is the Imperial History of the Five Cities? That's the famous Hai Rui.

Hai Rui is now the emperor's confidant, and these two people want to say that the emperor doesn't know, and Shen Shixing doesn't believe it.

Since the emperor is involved, it is necessary to be cautious, and there is nothing wrong with catching some splashes. Without them, it would be much better in this capital, and now the cabinet has to stabilize it.

Seeing Shen Shixing's attitude, Yu Youding had a bottom in his heart.

Although he still guessed what happened, Yu Youding also knew a lot about his own year. If you weren't confident, you wouldn't be sitting so firmly on the Diaoyutai platform.

When the two scholars in the cabinet were drinking tea, many people in the capital began to get anxious.

Naturally, these people are none other than those who have been arrested. On the ground of the capital, there is no powerful to be a backer, and it is impossible for you to become big.

Whether it's a casino, a green house, or even a gangster on the street, it's impossible.

Now that the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is putting on a menacing posture, how can they not be in a hurry. If this is implicated in yourself, it will be troublesome, not to mention anything else, and the reputation will not be good!

The arrest lasted for a whole day, and in the evening, the Five Cities Terracotta Division finally issued a notice.

The content of the notice is very simple, that is, in order to clean up the security of the capital and return the capital to a peaceful and happy city, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division launched a month-long crackdown on the capital.

Oppression of good and evil places, buying and selling of human beings, theft and adultery, all of them are among the crackdowns.

The people can report, once it is verified, there will be a heavy reward, and the notice is stamped with the big seal of the Imperial History Yamen of the Five Cities, which means that this notice has Hai Rui's endorsement. Hai Rui is still very prestigious among the people of the capital.

For a while, the whole capital was talking, and everyone still didn't react.

But things are afraid of comparison, and there is no harm without comparison.

Since the beginning of the crackdown, the people of the capital have found that the oppressive and good people on the streets are gone, and petty theft has become extinct.

The people who flaunted their might on the streets on weekdays were all arrested.

The next day, as soon as the gate of the capital opened, he ran directly out of the city, causing the gates of the capital to be congested, but there were also people from the five cities at the gate of the city, and many people were arrested at the gate of the capital.

The Five Cities Terracotta Division was very insidious, and all the people who helped them identify were arrested the day before.

The people who were designated scolded them for not being righteous, while the people who were named were aware of their own suffering. The prison of the Five Cities Terracotta Division is not a place for people to stay, and those people are not people at all.

After pressing in, it was determined that the identity was twenty whips, and the leather whip was dipped in salt water, and he was questioned after the beating.

Seeing the tragic situation of their accomplices, they were instantly intimidated, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities did whatever they wanted.

The people found out that the Five Cities Terracotta Division really dared to arrest them, so they began to report it. Anyone who abducts or sells women, abducts children, or forces good people to become prostitutes, and those who do bad things anyway will be reported.

Among them, the hardest hit area is the Qinglou, and many Qinglou women ran to report it themselves.

The whole capital is jumping with chickens and dogs.

Hai Rui and Xu Wenchang also dispatched with the imperial historians who patrolled the city, and their task was very simple, that is, to try the case. Those who are caught are pressed up for interrogation, and those who are killed will be immediately executed.

The rest is the sentencing, and the criminal law is also very simple, directly sent to the cement factory to dig stones.

Now the whole capital knows that the cement factory pounding stones is a tiring job, and the cement factory carries the corpses out every day. The people who worked in the cement factory knew it, but the people who worked there were all slaves bought by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Although digging stones does not kill people, it is also the hardest and most tiring work!

Now when they heard that these people were going to be sent to dig stones, the people immediately clapped their hands and applauded, and even wanted to send these people to pound stones. However, Hai Rui knew that the emperor strictly forbade the people of the Ming Dynasty to smash stones.

Criminals can't do it, once this opening is opened, there will definitely be loopholes, and someone will send the people of Daming to it for various reasons. Although the crime is deserved, this opening still cannot be opened.

In this matter, the yamen of other people in the capital basically have the attitude of watching the play.

After all, this matter was made by the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and it was impossible for other yamen to reach out. But there is a yamen who can't stand it, and this yamen is Shuntianfu.

As the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, Zhang Guoyan quickly figured out the taste of this.

The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division is so high-profile, and the imperial historians who patrol the city appear on the stage, where do you put my Shuntian Mansion? So Zhang Guoyan quit, and Shuntianfu ended on the third day.

To put it bluntly, I grabbed the job, and there was also a notice, and the content was similar to that of the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

Compared with the soldiers and horses of the five cities, the people of Shuntianfu are the real snakes, and with Zhang Guoyan's madness, the efficiency of Shuntianfu was instantly displayed, and the one who caught people was called ruthless.

Originally, with the actions of the officials of Shuntian Mansion, they would not do this offending thing.

But the new civil servants were different, what they were instilled in the civil service academy played a role at this time, so the whole capital's strike hard entered the second stage: digging deep!

Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division Yamen.

Hai Rui sat in the lobby, slapped the startled wood hard, and said loudly: "Come on, let him draw a charge!" ”

The person below who knelt down signed and drew a dejected face, and Hai Rui continued: "This case involves Wang He, the steward of the Dingguo Mansion, Zhao Baihu, who went to the Dingguo Mansion with the official's post and took someone to arrest Wang He to the official. ”

A young Baihu in the lobby said with a serious face: "It's my lord!" After saying this, Zhao Baihu turned around and walked out.

Out of the Yamen of the Admiral of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Zhao Baihu's face collapsed instantly, and he complained in his heart, what kind of errand is this. Going to the Dingguo Mansion to ask for someone is similar to dying.

What is the status of the Dingguo Mansion? I have only a hundred households, and it is estimated that I will not even be able to enter the door when I go to the Dingguo Mansion.

If there was no Hai Rui's post, Zhao Baihu would have said that he would not dare to go to anything, and he came to the Dingguo Mansion head-on, Zhao Baihu directly handed his Hai Rui's post to the porter, and then waited outside the door.

The concierge of the Dingguo Mansion was naturally nosed to the sky, but they didn't dare to hold the post and not send it in.

Soon the post reached the hands of Xu Qian, the housekeeper of the Dingguo Mansion.

People outside are not sensible, it doesn't mean that Xu Qian's is not sensible, and being able to achieve the position of the housekeeper of the Dingguo Mansion is definitely not an old seniority. After receiving the post, Xu Qian ran to the back as soon as he slipped away.

"Grandpa Guo, Grandpa Guo!" Xu Qian ran into the back and said with a somewhat anxious expression.

When Xu Wenbi heard Xu Qian's shout, his eyebrows were furrowed, and when Xu Qian came in, Xu Wenbi did not put down the pen in his hand, and continued to write his own words.

"Grandpa Guo, Lord Yu Shihai, the city patrol capital, has sent someone to carry a post." Xu Qian stood still and said slowly.

Xu Wenbi was stunned, Lord Shihai, who patrolled the city? After thinking about it, Xu Wenbi remembered, isn't that Hai Rui's old coffin scoop? Hurriedly put down the pen in his hand: "What's the matter?" ”

Hai Rui is not easy to mess with, everyone knows that he is a person who is buried in half of the loess, and he has no descendants, and he is completely a person who does not want to die. Coupled with the emperor's favor, this kind of person will not provoke if he can not provoke.

What if you kill him, if you don't kill him, he won't have a few years to live.

But when he bites him, it probably hurts to the bone marrow.

"It's because of a case, it seems to involve people in our house." Xu Qian thought for a while and said, "It's Wang He, Wang He is involved, and Lord Hai sent someone to ask for someone." ”

Xu Wenbi was stunned for a moment, and asked with some hesitation: "Wang He?" Which one? ”

"It's the elder brother of the second young master's concubine, and he has a steward in the mansion." Xu Qian hurriedly said.

"Nonsense!" Xu Wenbi slapped the table and said angrily: "Where is our Dingguo Mansion?" Anyone can come in? You take someone and catch that Wang He, and I will personally escort him to the Imperial History Yamen of the City Patrol. ”

"I'm going to make it clear to Lord Hai that this Wang He is a person who tends to be inflammatory, and our Dingguo Mansion was deceived by him and didn't investigate it for a while. No matter what mistakes he makes, please Hai Daren will be severely punished. ”

"You go and find the bitter lord to see me, you should lose money and money, and you should pay tribute."

"Our Dingguo Mansion is a great Ming noble, how can we allow a small defilement of the Ming Dynasty? Be sure to explain clearly to the sufferer, and the compensation must be generous. Seeing Xu Qian looking at it steadily, Xu Wenbi suddenly became angry: "I looked, did you hear it?" ”

Xu Qian hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, Grandpa Guo, don't worry, the old slave will definitely handle things well." ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Xu Wenbi said, "Then you can do it!" ”

Xu Qian walked out, wondering in his heart, what happened to his grandfather? This is not like what your own master said, and what is 'the wisdom of the world is not allowed to be filthy', you yourself didn't pour dirty water on it.

Xu Wenbi didn't know what Xu Qian thought, but he knew what he should do.

After taking a copy of the excerpt, Xu Wenbi began to write a plea.

"Hai Rui, I want to take my Dingguo Mansion to Liwei, I want to be beautiful!" While speaking, Xu Wenbi began to write a recital, his words were very sincere, and his attitude was unusually correct.

Xu Wenbi is more and more satisfied with the more he writes, and he feels that his writing has a bit of literary brilliance.

"If you don't want to inherit the dukedom of the country, maybe you can still be the top student!" Xu Wenbi looked at the notes he wrote, shook his head and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity that there is one less champion talent in this world!" ”

After appreciating his literary brilliance, Xu Wenbi put the fold aside, and then asked people to prepare the car, preparing to go to the palace to deliver the fold first, and then take people to patrol the city capital Yushi Yamen.

The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, the Admiral Yamen and the Imperial History Yamen of the City Patrol Capital made such a big fuss, it was naturally impossible for Xu Wenbi not to know.

In this kind of thing, whoever comes out is stupid, Hai Rui found the Dingguo Mansion, but he didn't have a good heart at all. Resist by yourself, then good, let's break in front of the emperor, Xu Wenbi doesn't think he can break Hai Rui.

At that time, he will definitely lose face, and maybe he will be rejected by the emperor, and the punishment will definitely be heavy.

admit it by himself, Hai Rui's goal has also been achieved, and the Dingguo Mansion has been cowardly, who dares to disagree? Even if he knew that Hai Rui had this purpose, Xu Wenbi had to choose so.

But Xu Wenbi naturally refused to suffer a loss, and asked for the guilt, and took the attitude of compensation, and sang this play, that is, the loyal and patriotic Dingguo Gong, that is, the people and the people love the people.