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When Yu Niang heard that Shen Xi was back, she personally greeted her and saluted: "Where did the adults go, why didn't you see anyone for most of the day?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head with a smile: "Where is the official going, it seems that there is no need to greet the jade master, right?" ”

Yu Niang said helplessly: "My lord, I don't need to say hello to the slave family, but I was determined to execute the bandit leaders involved in the case, etc., and the adults are not here, who dares to order rashly?" The feudal platform is dead, and the feudal division and yamen are all guilty, who dares to make decisions on official affairs other than adults? ”

While speaking, Shen Xi entered the main hall of the official post, and Jiang Liwei was standing there with a black face.

Shen Xi made such a big disturbance last night, but suddenly disappeared in the morning, and Jiang Liwei sent people to search for the city for a long time but did not find anyone.

"Shen Zhongcheng, I don't know how to deal with the people involved in the case who are detained in the Yamen of the Domain?" Jiang Liwei saw Shen Xi and frowned and stepped forward to ask for instructions.

Shen Xi came to the center of the main hall and sat down, picked up the case on the table in front of him, flipped a few pages casually, turned his head sideways and asked: "This official has already confessed before, except for the culprit and those who refuse to confess the crime, the rest of the people are all dismissed from their posts and retained in their posts, and they have made meritorious contributions to their crimes." The rest of the matter will be Tao Zhentai and Changdu to command the aftermath, and the official will stay in Fuzhou City for another day, and then leave for Wuzhou tomorrow. ”

Jiang Liwei thought to himself, you have made Fuzhou City full of storms, and even the political envoy of Youbu has been killed by you, and the case has not yet been decided, so you are going to pat your ass and leave?

Shen Xi finished reviewing the case, picked up the red pen, and ticked the names of Zi Qian and several capable generals under her hands, and the right to "decide".

Shen Xi said: "These people are directly dragged to the execution ground and immediately beheaded!" ”

Jiang Liwei hurriedly said: "My lord, this seems to be inappropriate, the people involved in the case should be convicted by the Division, and then handed over to the Three Law Divisions of the Heavenly Mansion for investigation......"

"Jiang Zhenfu means that this official has no right to collude?"

Shen Xi glared at Jiang Liwei and shouted, "This official was ordered by the emperor to exterminate the bandits in the local area, and when the soldiers fought before the battle, did they have to consult the three law divisions first?" ”

Jiang Liwei was speechless when asked.

Shen Xi did a good job in this regard, and defined Ziqian's gang as "bandits" from the very beginning, and Shen Xi, as the coastal governor of the three provinces of Pingkou, was qualified to cut down the local bandits first and then play the next role.

As for whether Zi Qian is a bandit or not, there is not much debate...... A woman who dares to lead someone to set fire to death and is ordered to supervise her, Shen Xi wants to designate her as a "bandit", where do others dare to make irresponsible remarks?

Whoever has the power has the right to speak!

Now Shen Xi is the one who has the right to speak in Fuzhou City, and even Tao Yan and Chang Lan are on Shen Xi's side, Jiang Li Wei does not dare to show his dissatisfaction, but his face is darker.

Shen Xi turned his head to Yu Niang and said, "Yu is in charge, you will be left to do the matter of supervising the beheading, don't let the official down." ”

Yu Niang is very reluctant to face Zi Qian again, even though Zi Qian is sorry for her, but in the end, it is a good family that has fallen into the dust, and she is connected to the same fate.

Shen Xi sent her to be beheaded, which was a little "unkind".

Seeing this, Jiang Liwei hurriedly took the initiative to ask: "Shen Zhongcheng, it's better for the subordinate officials to go to the prison beheading." Jiang Liwei knew that Yu Niang had a grudge against herself, but she was respectful to Shen Xi along the way, if she wanted to target Shen Xi, she had to pull Yu Niang to her side.

Yu Niang rejected Jiang Liwei's kindness and saluted Shen Xi: "Obey." After speaking, Yu Niang directly took someone to supervise and behead the criminal.

Jiang Liwei's face became more and more gloomy.

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Zi Qian was beheaded and abandoned in the downtown area under the watchful eyes of the people of Fuzhou, and several of her right-hand men died with her.

Among the people she trusted, only Master Lin, who became a tainted witness, survived, but even so, Master Lin was sentenced to exile, but when he turned around, he would be released on bail by Shen Xi in a way.

Zi Qian and her minions usually do evil, causing anger and resentment, and now they are beheaded in public, and the onlookers all applaud.

Yu Niang, who was responsible for supervising the beheading, became the "heroine of women" in the eyes of the people of Fuzhou, and many people gave Yu Niang a thumbs up while cheering.

Yu Niang couldn't let go of her heart, she was very worried that the bad luck of killing her head would fall on her in the future...... At the beginning, she was very likely to succeed Song Xi'er as the head snake of Fuzhou City, but Liu Daxia said that she had to leave Fuzhou and go to the capital.

Otherwise, it is not Zi Qian who died today, it is likely to be her.

"Why should the jade master be obsessed?" Shen Xi appeared at the execution ground at some point and looked at her with a smile.

Yu Niang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Shen." ”

Shen Xi raised his hand to stop: "No need to be polite, this official is out on patrol, and the jade master is the supervisor." ”

Yu Niang hurriedly said: "In front of the adults, the slave family does not dare to trespass. ”

"Jade is polite. In fact...... If the jade family replaced the woman with the surname Zi, now Fuzhou City must be a thriving scene, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the government and the people get along harmoniously. ”

Yu Niang couldn't help staring at Shen Xi, she could hear that Shen Xi saw through her heart and spoke comfortingly. But Yu Niang shook her head with a wry smile: "Lord Shen's words are wrong, in the rivers and lakes, if there is no official support behind him, the day will be precarious." If there is the support of the government, you can't help yourself. How can you do what you want? ”

In Yu Niang's view, Zi Qian's fate today is not to blame, but because of the situation, if she is in Zi Qian's position, under the coercion of Shang Yingkui and others, she may not do as well as Zi Qian.

Shen Xi once again comforted: "There is a difference between good and evil in people's hearts. Good people do good, evil people do evil, even if they are forced by the situation, the jade master will never violate his conscience and do the deeds of the bandits. ”

Yu Niang thought about it carefully, she really wouldn't kill people and set fires, because she has a limit to being a person, while Zi Qian has no limit to doing things, this is the biggest difference between her and Zi Qian. Thinking about this section, Yu Niang was relieved and bowed: "In Lord Shen's words, the slave family understands." ”

Shen Xi nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's good that the jade master understands, the official will leave for Wuzhou tomorrow, the jade master can't retreat, this road is dangerous, and the official has to rely on the jade family to protect it thoroughly." ”

Yu Niang wanted to say, isn't there an escort from Jiang Zhen?

But on second thought, Jiang Liwei has bad intentions, if it weren't for Shen Xi's timely action, maybe Jiang Liwei would collude with Shang Yingkui and other local officials. With her wisdom, she can see that Jiang Li only eats inside and out, and it is even more impossible for a smart person like Shen Xi to be kept in the dark.

"The slave family swears to live up to Lord Shen's high expectations." Yu Niang immediately expressed her loyalty to Shen Xi.

But this kind of loyalty is just a temporary loyalty all the way from Fuzhou to Wuzhou, and after arriving in Wuzhou, Yu Niang will either return to Beijing to resume her life, or go on a secret errand.

Master and servant of Pingshui!

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Shen Xi eradicated Shang Yingkui and Zi Qian and others in one fell swoop, and by the way, the charges of Shang Yingkui and others were announced.

The gentry and gentlemen in the city also applauded.

Death of a Shang Yingkui, the preservation of the political envoys, etc., even Shang Yingkui's subordinates, as well as the people who commanded the envoys and the yamen, also felt that Shang Yingkui had died a well-deserved death.

As soon as the land was scraped, the gentry in the city reduced their donations, the road of speech was restored to smoothness, and the road to the imperial examination that was blocked by scholars was also dredged.

Shen Xi was about to leave for Wuzhou, and the gentry in the city set wine for Shen Xi at the Yamen of the Political Envoy that night. The officials of the political envoy department were caught with the evidence of corruption and bribery, and for fear that Shen Xi would settle accounts after the autumn, they took the initiative to contact the local gentry and set up this banquet, which was not only a celebration banquet for eradicating the great traitor and evil, but also a farewell banquet for sending Shen Xi to Wuzhou to take office.

Fujian's political envoys, envoys, commanders, and envoys all sent people to attend, and Tao Yan and Chang Lan were even more present in person.

Shen Xi didn't want to make a big splash, but what he lacked most now was connections. Only with connections can we raise money and food to fight wars, can we have stable localities, can we make political achievements, and only with political achievements can we prosper in official fortunes......

"Lord Shen, let me introduce you, these are all famous Confucian ...... in Fuzhou."

Knowing that Shen Xi was born in Hanlin, the biggest official in the political envoy department today -- Lin Yunzhong, the left senator of the fourth grade, first introduced Shen Xi to some famous Confucians in Fujian who had made achievements in academics and education.

Shen Xi was not interested in these old scholars, what he wanted was not to be famous in the Confucian world, many of these old Confucian students were poor and white, and could not contribute money and food to help him fight. However, in terms of face, Shen Xi is still polite, in the end, these people hold the mouthpiece of public opinion in this era.

If you want to make yourself a local official, you must have a good relationship with these people, they have no money, and Shen Xi has to post a sum of money to maintain his "clean discussion" in the local area.

The role of these people is to establish a good official reputation for officials and put on a reasonable and legal cloak for their actions, and even Shang Yingkui and Chang Lan and other people who cover the sky in the local area dare not offend these old guys. A fledgling boy like Shen Xi who has just arrived in the local area to perform his duties must have a good relationship with them.

Shen Xi was patient, met with these old Confucian students one by one, and introduced his situation when he was teaching the prince in the capital, which made the old Confucian students awe-inspired.

It didn't take long for Tao Yan to bring some influential gentry over to introduce Shen Xi. Most of these people come from wealthy families with official backgrounds.

Some of these people are either officials in the court, or there are people who have been officials in the court, and they have extensive contacts in the officialdom and have deep connections. If Shen Xi is in need, he can negotiate with these people to donate money and food to prepare for the conquest of bandits and pirates.

After chatting with more than a dozen representatives of the family, a large group of large and small landlords rushed up and introduced themselves to Shen Xi.

Although these people have some money, they are not rich, usually there are some shops in the city, and there are dozens of hundreds of acres of land in the countryside, but they have no officialdom background, and they often become the targets of the local government's search, and they are the key targets of Shen Xi.

Because of the large number of these people, there are seventy or eighty people who only attend the banquet, which is the most important link connecting ordinary people and businessmen, and Song Xiaocheng will inevitably have to do business with these people when he turns back, and Shen Xi, as the big backer behind the Chamber of Commerce, must of course have a good relationship with these people.

Don't you lack a government background? I can act as your backstage, as long as you send money and food to help me put down the bandits and bandits, you can be in the same breath.

At this banquet, Shen Xi spent most of the night drinking and talking, giving people a feeling of spring breeze, and was very popular with the gentry.

Coming out of the yamen of the political envoy, Shen Xi was already drunk, reclining in the sedan chair, closing his eyes and falling asleep.

"My lord, the squire of the city has prepared a small gift for you, congratulating you on your new appointment. All of them are in the back of a few carriages, and they will be sent to the post house with the sedan chair later. ”

Yu Niang's voice came from outside the sedan chair.

When Shen Xi heard this, he opened his eyes and opened the sedan curtain to explain: "Tell those gentry that the official thanked them for their kindness, and he won't accept the gift." ”

Yu Niang cautiously suggested: "My lord, this is not a bribe, if you insist on not accepting it...... On the contrary, it can be unsettling. As a rule, you should accept a gift of equal value at most. ”

Shen Xi naturally understood these outdated rules in the officialdom, and said angrily at the moment: "Listen to the meaning of the jade master, this official should stay in Fuzhou City for a few days, just to exchange courtesies with them?" ”

Yu Niang shook her head and smiled bitterly, saluted and retired, and returned the congratulatory gift according to Shen Xi's instructions.

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