The Fang family and the Wang, Wang, and Li families are called the four major families of Ziqing, but in fact, their power is far less than that of the other three, and his influence is only limited to the army, neither the strong economic strength of the Qingzhou Wang family, nor the strong and stable local clan power of the Shouzhang Wang family, nor the strong and stable local clan power of the Shouzhang Wang family, and the thick family background of the Li family in Yingtian and the blood relationship of the same clan.

The big tree of the Fang family seems to be leafy, but its roots are not deep, and it can't withstand the storm, let alone shake the mountains.

Li Shigu in order to support Li Mao to investigate the Fang family, made many preparations, the Fang family's cronies and generals were sent out of Yunzhou City under various pretexts, waiting for the prescription to react, when he wanted to have a showdown with Li Shigu, he suddenly found that there was no available card in his hand, and he could only choose to make peace with the opponent after judging the situation. It is a wise move to be able to solve the problem in a peaceful way, and it is also wise to exchange the complete retirement of the Fang family for the status of the descendants of the Fang family in Ziqing.

As for Xue Yingying, because the punishment was too severe, the wound was festering and inflamed, and the high fever did not go away, he soon died of illness in prison, and 20 of his fellow party backbones in the military government were arrested and exiled, and the eldest son, Xue Zhi, the chief secretary of Fei County, was ordered to leave his post and returned to his hometown to support his 90-year-old great-grandmother, and his half-brother Xue Yingtan, the former Cheng of Yuncheng County, was found guilty of embezzlement and bribery, bending the law for personal gain, and disregarding people's lives, and was sentenced to beheading, and the second son, two daughters, and sons-in-law were convicted of the crime and confiscated to Huang County, Dengzhou.

The meritorious personnel who handled the case, Lu Dongsheng, the Marquis of Duyu, was transferred to the Duzhi Ya, Shi Zhuyong, the governor of Yun, took over as the Marquis of Duyu, the Jiedu Embassy, and Li Mao was promoted to the right judge, but he still served as a picket.

The Ziqing Jiedu Embassy originally set up two judges, divided into four Cao, because Gao Mu was favored, for example, the left judge was the main official, and the right judge was supplemented, the original right judge Li Ji was weak and sickly, and the real power was in the hands of Gao Mu, which was actually no different from a puppet. Li Ji is Li Fang's nephew, and he was implicated by Li Fang's plan and asked to go to his post, and the post of right judge was vacant for many days.

Gao Mu was just a personal officer just a year ago, since he became a picket, his career began to take off, and he was promoted three levels in a year, becoming the core of Ziqing's military and politics, and his power was overwhelming, and the world speculated that Li Mao would also soar into the sky and retake the path that Gao Mu had walked.

Li Mao was bitter in his heart, the situation a year ago was completely different from now, at that time, in order to deal with Yu Hualong and Li Shidao, Li Shigu carried out a thorough purge of the Jiedu Shogunate, and his father Li Na left him Gu Ming Lao Chen was purged in a thought, which led to Gao Mu's take-off, and now the overall situation is in Li Shigu's control, Gao Mu is both a cronie and a young man, there can be no major changes in a short period of time, and he can go to the position of the military judge is already on a rocket. How can it be like Gao Mu who is under one person and above ten thousand?

In fact, just as Li Mao predicted, although he is a right-hand judge, he has no right to meddle in military affairs, but only in his name, and the source of his power is still a picket.

It seems that in order to appease Li Mao, Li Shigu allowed Li Mao to recruit ten assistants on his own to enrich the picket official scene, and specially transferred people from the inner court army to listen to Li Mao's call, and Li Mao's main staff posts were all constitutional posts, not only that, Li Shigu acquiesced to Li Mao's setting up a prison in the picket official curtain and gave him the right to arrest and interrogate.

Taking advantage of this shareholder style, Li Mao quickly set up his own team, and he expanded the number of shogunates tenfold, with Shucheng and Zheng Xiaozhang as deputies and staff officers, Hu Nanxiang in charge of internal affairs, Qingmo in charge of intelligence, Shi Xiong in charge of guards, Mo Qi Shentong and Shi Kong in charge of arrest, and Feng Bu in charge of interrogation. Everyone has the right to hire one or two people whom he trusts as assistants.

After such a rectification, the picket official account was formed, and the new team still needed to run in, Li Mao took the Chen Yue and Xue Yingying cases to continue to practice, this time the goal was to clean the local officialdom in Yunzhou, Yunzhou is the capital of Ziqing, the place where all forces gather, and the whole body will be moved, especially in Dongping County, the county order is changed like a marquee, the strong man is in charge of Dongping, and he can't help but be jealous, and sooner or later he will go to the position, and the weak will be in charge of Dongping, and he will inevitably be bullied inside and outside, and it will be difficult to stay for a long time.

Interference by external forces, Li Mao is powerless to eliminate, what he can do is to build Dongping County into an iron yamen loyal to only one person, although Dongping County is only a county, but because of its special status, the configuration of officials is no less than a state, and the forces of all parties are intertwined, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to pick out the threads one by one and dispose of them.

Li Mao decided to cut through the chaos quickly, starting with anti-corruption and anti-dereliction of duty, treating all officials equally, and taking down all those who were stained. After learning the lessons of the previous few times, Li Mao made meticulous preparations, and he asked the officials in charge of local personnel to first allocate a list of substitute officials, and immediately fill in a new radish after picking out a bad radish.

It is necessary to minimize the impact of anti-corruption and anti-malfeasance, Yunzhou officialdom has seen Li Mao's sharpness and Li Shigu's toughness in the turmoil, and in the face of Li Mao's iron-blooded purge, all parties have maintained the greatest restraint.

The officials of Dongping County were almost wiped out, which was expected by Li Mao, and the officialdom in Ziqing seriously investigated it, but it was nothing more than this end.

The new shogunate grew and matured rapidly in the baptism of blood and fire, and Li Mao consciously cultivated their ability to operate independently, and on the premise that the overall situation of the purge had been decided, he quietly secluded behind the scenes. Watching the mechanism he designed by himself operate on its own, the sense of accomplishment in his heart is even greater than that of the battle he personally operated.

During this time, he devoted his energy to renovating his new home. Li Shigu gave him a new house in the name of Shanggong, the new house is the property of the Xue family of the Ziqing family, which has been inherited for a hundred years and has been worn out of vanity, because it has always been used, the house is in good condition, and it only needs to be thoroughly cleaned to move in. Li Mao was determined to make some small changes in the details, but after wandering around the house for two days, he didn't find anything wrong.

Li Mao gave up his original intention, only repaired some of the damaged places, then cleaned them thoroughly, and then invited a group of monks to do a ritual according to local customs to dispel evil spirits and pray for good luck.

Everything is complete, and the case in Dongping County is also coming to an end, Qingmo spent a morning carefully reporting the progress of the case, saying that his mouth was dry and his brain was sweating. Li Mao also listened lazily, after Qingmo finished speaking, Li Mao was silent for a while, and said to everyone: "It's hard work, go drink." ”

Li Shigu expressed satisfaction with Li Mao's initiative to clean Dongping County, and specially allowed him to take a leave of absence for half a month, let him go back to his hometown Chengwu County, visit his relatives, and take his family over casually.

This matter was raised during the deliberations in the middle hall, in order to dispel possible rumors, after the dispersal of the hall, Li Shigu left Li Mao, Gao Mu and others to go hunting in the small pine forest on the outskirts of the city.