Chapter 682: Arrest
In fact, this case is not complicated, the key is that it involves the entire officialdom of Quanzhou, and it is precisely because Sun Li's group of officials cover the sky with one hand that Dong Qing has no way to surrender, and finally has to go to the capital to sue the emperor.
After taking down the commander of Yu, Li Zhang also immediately summoned all the generals in the water division in the name of the other party, and then according to the confession of the commander of Yu, he took down some of his henchmen in the army, and the remaining generals didn't know what was going on at this time.
However, Li Zhang quickly took out the troop transfer document that Zhao Zhen gave him, and announced that he was temporarily in control of the military power of the Quanzhou Water Division, which made the remaining generals dare not hesitate anymore, and immediately swore allegiance to Li Zhang, but Li Zhang didn't dare to really believe these people, after all, no one knew if there were any henchmen of the commander among them?
Therefore, after temporarily taking over the Quanzhou Naval Division, Li Zhang immediately placed his forbidden army and the sailor soldiers under Command Hu into the Quanzhou Naval Division, and let them temporarily take over many important positions, so that even if someone wanted to start a rebellion, they would not be able to mobilize troops at all, after all, the vast majority of soldiers would not really want to rebel.
With the sailor being taken over by Li Zhang, Li Zhang's first thought was to arrest people, and Yu Commander couldn't hide the arrest for a long time, if Sun Li knew that the matter was exposed, maybe he would do something, and Li Zhang didn't have the heart to fight with these corrupt officials anymore, so he simply used the simplest and most direct way to deal with it, so that he could save time and go back early.
So in this case, Li Zhang transferred 5,000 people directly to Quanzhou City, and directly surrounded Quanzhou City, of course, it was a siege, but in fact it was only to control the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to move at this time after receiving Li Zhang's order, and could only watch the soldiers of the sailor enter the city to arrest people.
Li Zhang did not enter the city, mainly because the entire Quanzhou officialdom was rotten, and with the precedent of Yu Commanding, no one knew whether the defenders of Quanzhou City were involved, so Li Zhang had to be careful.
At the same time, Sun Li and others in the city are also anxiously waiting, after Li Zhang arrested Ma Fengjie yesterday, they were also very afraid, after all, Ma Fengjie is also one of them, if the other party confesses all of them, I am afraid it will also be the end of the head, after all, they have committed too many things before, the tragedy of Dong Qing's family is only one of them, and there are various other crimes, each of which can kill them.
In this case, Sun Li and the others can only take risks, Li Zhang and they are now in the camp of the water division, if you can let Commander Yu kill Li Zhang directly, and then use the power of the entire Quanzhou officialdom to hide this matter, anyway, everyone is dead, and they have the final say on how to report it at that time, even if the court detects that something is wrong, there is no evidence, and even if it is really impossible to hide it, you can also push this guy out as a scapegoat.
And Sun Li and the others are not afraid that the commander will not obey the order, because they have countless incriminating evidence in their hands, plus they are grasshoppers on a rope, if Li Zhang insists on investigating it, they will all be doomed.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that Sun Li and they want to risk their lives, but after the letter was sent, none of them went back, but sat in Sun Li's house waiting for the news of the sailor camp outside the city, although they also knew that it was very risky to put all their hopes on the commander, but they were all a group of civil officials, and they couldn't lift their hands and couldn't carry them, and the most important thing was that they didn't have the courage to murder an imperial relative in person, so they could only hope to use the hand of the commander to fulfill their expectations.
However, as time passed minute by minute, Sun Li and these people slowly fell into anxiety, some people began to walk around, some began to regret their own words, and some people gritted their teeth and fidgeted, and although Sun Li still maintained a calm appearance at this time, his clenched fists still exposed the tension in his heart.
In fact, yesterday Sun Li suddenly heard that Li Zhang, the Marquis of Dingbei, came to Quanzhou from the capital, he had a bad premonition, and when he saw Ma Fengjie being arrested, he was even more like a lightning strike, but on the surface he did not dare to show it, and finally after discussing with everyone, plus he weighed it again and again in his heart, he finally decided to kill Li Zhang, as for the fact that it will bring great danger, but at least there is a glimmer of hope.
However, now Sun Li regretted it a little, he didn't regret killing Li Zhang, but he felt that he had made a hasty decision, Li Zhang also brought a lot of guards from the capital, and Yu Commander was a wine bag and rice bag, and it was too risky to bet all his bets on this kind of person.
"I knew that I should have dragged Li Zhang first, and then found an opportunity to concentrate on killing Li Zhang in one fell swoop, this is the best strategy, I am really confused!" Sun Li whispered to himself at this time, and the anxiety in his eyes was almost beneficial.
But it's too late to regret it now, and the commander of Yu may have already launched it, if it becomes the best, but if it fails, then all of them will be dead.
At this moment, suddenly I heard a rush of footsteps outside, which made everyone present raise their heads and stare at the door with burning eyes, and then saw a person who looked like a steward rushing in and shouting to Sun Li: "Old ...... The lord is not good, some officers and soldiers blocked the city gate, and they also killed into the city, and now the city is in chaos, and I don't know what happened? ”
Hearing the report of the steward, everyone present was pale, and some people fainted to the ground in fright, and Sun Li almost collapsed to the ground in a shake, if Yu Commander succeeded, it would be impossible to send troops to block the city gate, the only explanation is that Li Zhang is still alive, and now he is going to send troops into the city to arrest them.
"It's over, it's all over, Sun Li, you've killed us!" I saw one of the obese officials first shouting twice, and then pointing at Sun Li and scolding.
Yesterday, when we discussed, not everyone agreed to kill Li Zhang, after all, it was too risky to do so, but in the end, there were many people who supported it, and Sun Li also made a decision, but now it failed, even if he knew that everyone was going to die, but at this time, there were still people who put the blame on Sun Li, and after someone took the lead, others also jumped up and accused Sun Li.
And Sun Li didn't have the time to pay attention to these people who lost their minds at this time, his mind was now full of fear, thinking of the crimes he had committed over the years, no matter which one was a capital crime, plus the murder of the emperor's relatives and relatives, I am afraid that he would punish the nine clans, and thinking of these, he couldn't help but have a cold war.
However, it was too late to regret it at this time, with a commotion in the front yard, the soldiers sent by Li Zhang finally killed Sun Li's mansion, and with a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the mansion, someone soon rushed into this hall, and then a short middle-aged man came out and said: "Sun Li, you are so bold, on the order of the Hou Ye, arrest you and bring them to justice!" ”
This short middle-aged man is the Hu Commander from Hangzhou, Li Zhang has not many people around him who can be used, and he has to leave his henchmen to control the naval battalion, and Hu Commander is from Hangzhou, and has nothing to do with Quanzhou, so Li Zhang will use him with confidence.
With the order of Commander Hu, the soldiers behind him also pounced like tigers and wolves, and took down all the officials of Sun Li, and in Quanzhou City, similar scenes were also staged everywhere, as long as the officials involved, all the mansions were sealed, and even their families were arrested.
Among the soldiers who caught people, the wild dog led an army to rush to the east of the city, and his target was not those officials, but Hu Shang, who personally participated in the Dong family's tragedy, I am afraid that Sun Li and they would never have thought that Li Zhang's real target was actually these Hu merchants, as for Sun Li, these people were just picking grass and beating rabbits, by the way.