This unplanned war in Shandong can be regarded as the end of the tiger.

Duoduo, who entered Jinan, did not counterattack.

Bolo's defeat has proved that they are not capable of defeating the Ming army in the field, and 20,000 can be said to be the most elite cavalry of the Qing army at present, besieging less than 10,000 Ming infantry in the heavy rain, and as a result, not only did not eat the opponent, but lost a quarter......

This is a counterattack!

It's a miracle to be able to hold Jinan!

In short, the frightened Qing army and the Ming army, which had no intention of making progress, reached a tacit understanding, the former continued to occupy the bridgehead on the south bank of the Daqing River in Jinan, and the latter stationed a circle of troops around it but kept a buffer zone of 100 miles, and the two sides once again entered the same state of confrontation as in previous years. Then, all parts of Shandong relied on the continuous supply of grain from the south to carry out disaster relief, and at the same time cleared the fields, cleared all the fields of the original feudal kings and guards, and then re-established them as imperial villages.

As for the former vassal kings, don't worry about it.

At this time, they had already been thrown by Yang Qing to the Huguang area to open up the wasteland, and the new fiefs had the old fiefdoms, which were naturally Huangzhuang's, as long as the Huangzhuang in Shandong was established, basically the gentry would have no ability to resist.

And just when the people of Shandong were cheering for a good day, Zhongyong Hou was doing things again.

Nanking.

"Quick, fence up!"

With a chaotic shout, the wolf-like Jinyi guard rushed into a mansion, and then an official and a Confucian scholar walked out of the main hall.

"Which one is Liu Wencheng?"

The Jinyi guard officer led shouted.

"Liu Wencheng, the prisoner of the lower country!"

The Confucian said.

"Take it away!"

The brocade guard officer said.

The brocade guard in the back is about to step forward.

"Wait, what's the driving sticker? What crime did Liu Jiansheng commit? ”

The officer immediately stopped them.

"Who are you?"

The Jinyi guard officer asked.

"Liu Wenming, the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate."

The official said.

"Haizhou traitor smuggler Liu confessed that most of the grain he smuggled to Jiannu was provided by Liu Wencheng, and Jinyiwei was ordered to deal with the traitor case and was about to take him to Beiya, and no one else was involved."

The brocade guard officer said.

"Where's the sticker?"

Liu Yushi continued to stop there and said.

"yes, what's the sticker? If there is a driving sticker, I will go with you, and those who are clear will clear themselves, and they will not be afraid of the edict of Beiya! I do have business dealings with him, but they are all legitimate businesses, so can I control who I sell him food? This truth is not afraid of anywhere, but if there is no driving sticker, how can Jinyiwei arrest people without authorization, and where is the law and discipline of the court? ”

Liu Jiansheng also came to his senses, and probably guessed that these brocade guards were not driving, and said righteously behind Liu Yushi.

"The two of you misunderstood!"

The brocade guard officer suddenly changed into a smiling face and said.

"We are not here to arrest, we are just on the orders of the prison state, and we are here to invite Your Excellency to the specified place at the specified time and ask some questions, is Liu Jiansheng not even listening to the order of the prison state!"

He went on to say.

"Huh?!"

Second, Liu was stunned.

What else does Liu Yushi want to say more......

"Where is there so much nonsense, if you can't get used to it, go to join us, do nonsense here, take it away!"

The officer unceremoniously pushed Liu Yushi away, and then the brocade-clothed guards behind him rushed up and dragged Liu Jiansheng out of the door, stuffed into a special carriage outside, quickly closed the door made of iron plates, took a big lock and locked it directly, and then he turned to look at the Liu Mansion in front of him.

"Protect Prison Liu's family, don't let those traitors murder you!"

He said.

The two brocade guards immediately stepped forward, and a Liu family member who had just chased him out was immediately pushed back by them, Liu Yushi hurriedly ran out, but those brocade guards did not stop him. Just as he came out, the gate of Liu's mansion was immediately closed by them, and then it was locked directly from the outside, and Liu Jiansheng watched this scene from the carriage, and stretched out his hand from the iron barbed fence window......

"Brother Fourteen, save me!"

He shouted at Liu Yushi very desolately.

Then the carriage then drove him down the long stone street to the wolf's den, and the people on both sides of the crowd were talking, but everyone understood that Liu Jian was more than lucky.

At the same time, the same scene was also being staged in the gentry mansions in cities and villages all over the Ming Dynasty, and the wolf-like Jinyi Wei quickly took down the smugglers and the officials who shielded the smugglers in the normal procedure, and then expanded the scope of arrest to the grain suppliers. However, for these people, the criminal department refused to open a driving sticker in the matter, he is neutral, but neutrality is not an unprincipled aiding and abusive, Yang Qing is obviously deliberately expanding, arresting smugglers He supports, but he still has to stick to the bottom line by taking this opportunity to expand.

But this is not difficult for Yang Qing.

Isn't there a special word? Arrest does require a driving sticker, but Jinyiwei is ordered by the prison state to invite you to Beiya for tea.

In short, in just a few days, Jinyiwei stirred up Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and a total of eight grain merchants and a large number of local military and political officials who participated in smuggling into the areas controlled by the Qing army were put into the edict by Jinyiwei and then quickly raided their homes. And they confessed one after another under torture, and let Jinyiwei stuff hundreds of higher-level suppliers into prison in a shuanggui way.

That's crazy!

The mass arrest immediately sparked a condemnation.

It is said that during this period of time, the new generation of gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who played themselves as civil rights fighters, were high-spirited, and since the burning of the Marquis' Mansion, their unscrupulous and even civil officials were dissatisfied, and the behavior of Jinyiwei was simply the best representative of Ji Quan, and they showed their sense of justice. Soon, more and more newspapers with a larger and larger circulation joined in the verbal and written criticism of Jinyiwei, strongly condemning and solemnly protesting against these minions of imperial power. And the imperial history group represented by Liu Yushi continued to write to impeach Jinyiwei for his misdeeds, although their books must have been sunk in the sea, but the interviews and reports of those newspapers immediately made the contents of these books known to the people. Several cabinet secretaries, especially Yao Sixiao, who succeeded Qian Qianyi in charge of the Criminal Department, directly accused Zhongyong Hou of conniving at Jinyiwei at the cabinet meeting.

In short, the turmoil caused by this mass arrest even overshadowed the glorious victory at the front, at least the list of heroes and models in Yingtian Daily could not catch up with this.

But the Marquis of Zhongyong turned a blind eye.

"The smugglers confessed to them, and the brocade guards took them for questioning, is there anything wrong with that? I didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and it wouldn't be right if I didn't ask for it. ”

Yang Qing said.

"But you can't keep people locked up all the time, can you?"

Shi Kefa said.

He, the head of the cabinet, is no different from the tablet, the military general system is Yang Qing's, and the civilian system is the Donglin Party, and no one on either side will listen to him, but as the theoretical cabinet boss, he still has to be a mediator for this kind of dispute between the two sides.

"There are the same prisoners who have not been convicted in prisons everywhere, even if they die, no one cares, which county order is not to arrest people with a word, is Jinyiwei not as good as a county order? What's more, Jinyiwei didn't treat them as prisoners, but just restricted their freedom. ”

Yang Qing said.

There was no modern justice at this time.

Those local officials can just arrest the prisoners awaiting trial and throw them in prison, and even the witnesses are actually thrown into prison, as for when the trial will be, it depends on the master's work. Therefore, it is common for suspects and even witnesses to die in prison, because the food expenses are limited, and the jailers can deliberately die in order to make more money, and finally there are industries that are specifically responsible for putting people in prison before the trial.

Of course, there is a difference between him.

"But you're out of line!"

Shi Kefa said.

The problem with Jin Yiwei is that there is no driving sticker, that is to say, there are no legal procedures, and those in the prison of local officials are detained by local officials, even if the county order is a word, it is that he has this power as a local magistrate, and that is through the regular procedure.

"So, Jinyiwei is not officially arrested!"

Yang Qing said.

"Marquis Zhongyong, what do you want to do?"

Shi Kefa stopped talking nonsense with him, and simply said openly and honestly.

"What do you don't do, it's just to make an example, let those who dare to smuggle food know a little powerful, they should also pay a price, if there is no food smuggling that lasts for 20 years, Jiannu would have starved to death in Liaodong a long time ago, how can they still have the ability to go south to attack the Central Plains and steal the northern capital? I just want to have a belated and complete liquidation with the Jiangnan grain merchants who have earned enough money from the Liaodong soldiers, before I solved the Jin merchants and killed them and the middlemen of Jiannu, and those who provided food were not punished.

But now it's their turn! ”

Yang Qing said.

Of course, he is pure nonsense, he is actually in order to supplement the military expenses, after all, this time he spent seven million taels at once, this money he paid a little bit of pain, and he had to continue to pay for the relief of the hungry people in Shandong. And there is not much to be gained by just copying those smugglers, who are all suppliers with official backgrounds like the Liu family, who share the main profits, and the smugglers just work for them.

After copying these hundreds of families, even if they don't even connect their clansmen, it is estimated that they can get three or five million taels.

That's it.

This silver was enough to sustain Shandong's relief until the promotion of sweet potatoes was completed.

As for the second one......

"They need a little pressure!"

Looking at the back of Shi Kefa leaving, Yang Qing said with a hint of insidiousness.

Under the persecution of fifteen million stones, the gentry in Jiangnan have begun to die down, and during this time, the fundraising in various places has become less and less, and even now the total has not exceeded 500,000 taels! Obviously, for these misers, they would rather continue to endure it than pay money to ransom the emperor, which is not in line with Yang Qing's wishes. He had to burn a fire behind these people, put some pressure on them, and restore their enthusiasm for the ride, and what could spur them on better than his growing tyranny?

He's going to have to indulge in a proper way.