When all the officials of the Yangzhou Mansion and the thousands of households from the guard came to meet Fang Yuan in the Yongwang Mansion, Fang Yuan was playing Go with Zhu Cizhi, and Hu Qi, the guard, was pouring tea and water for Fang Yuan like a sycophant.

After the sergeant came to report, Fang Yuan did not get up, but continued to fall.

Zhu Cizhi looked flustered, he didn't know anything about the unknown fate, and his hands were trembling, "Teacher, let's not go out?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly, "King Yong, I will teach you the most vivid lesson in life in a while, watch it slowly!" ”

Fang Yuan didn't go out, and the officials and soldiers of the government and the guards who came to visit him immediately entered the palace, and when they entered the lobby, they knelt down for Fang Yuan.

"Fang Junmen, we are confused for a while, we offended Fang Junmen, spare our lives!"

"Ma Minglu, that traitor, deceived us and said that it was a rebellion among the homeless people, if I had known the truth, I would have come to rescue Fang Junmen immediately!"

"Fang Junmen, these days I occasionally feel cold, recuperating in the house, but I didn't know that there was such a big rebellion, today I am a little sick, so I came to listen to Fang Junmen's dispatch."

Everyone was gossiping, either begging for mercy, or giving all the blame to Ma Minglu alone, or dissociating themselves from the relationship, one by one, they were still angry with Ma Minglu before, and turned around and began to denounce Ma Minglu.

Some people even saw Zhu Cizhi on Fang Yuan's side, and immediately aimed at Zhu Cizhi again.

"Fang Junmen, I reported it, and the accomplice was Zhu Cizhi, who was also the main culprit, and it was he who proposed to poison Fang Junmen."

"Yes, I strongly opposed it at that time, I never thought that Zhu Cizhi was greedy for profit and ambitious, and he would have lost his heart a long time ago."

"Zhu Cizhi is in Yangzhou Mansion, colluding with Ma Minglu, causing a miasma, and we are willing to collectively write to Your Majesty to exempt Zhu Cizhi from the title of King Yong."

Zhu Cizhi, who is only fourteen years old, has gone through these people's sophistication, obviously he didn't expect that before these incidents, he would still treat himself as a Yongwang on his left and His Highness on his right, but after he was exposed, he fled faster than a rabbit, and in a blink of an eye, he became the culprit of the heinous crime.

Zhu Cizhi's face was flushed with anger, and he pointed at the officials and scolded loudly, "It was you who persuaded me to come out to deal with the teacher, and now you are the first to betray me, do you want to be shameless?!" ”

Where would the officials pay attention to his reprimand, they just strongly instigated Fang Yuan, immediately arrested Zhu Cizhi, handed over to the capital, and they would stand on Fang Yuan's side and collectively write a letter stating Zhu Cizhi's crimes.

Fang Yuan slowly put down the teacup, looked around at everyone, and said with a smile, "You are loyal, go back to the mansion and wait first, after I check it clearly, I will issue a list of punishments." ”

He drove away these officials who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and his eyes fell on Zhu Cizhi, who was like a defeated rooster at this time, and he saw with his own eyes how vulnerable the so-called political alliance is if there is no maintenance of interests. As Fang Yuan said, the performance of the officials really taught him a vivid political lesson.

Hu Qi, a thousand households in charge of guarding Fang Yuan, stepped forward and knelt in front of Fang Yuan to plead and said, "Fang Junmen, it was the subordinate who was blind and dared to put Fang Junmen under house arrest. For the sake of obeying the words of the officials in these days, I beg Fang Junmen to have mercy and pity on the eighty old mothers under the officials, and the children to be fed and forgiven for their crimes. ”

I have to say that in the past month, Hu Qi has taken care of the horse before and after the saddle, and the other party's original request has not been discounted at all.

Fang Yuan helped him up and said, "Hu Qianhu, in the past month, even I can't help myself, let alone you?" Not only will I not punish you, but I will also reuse you, go back and wait for the appointment paperwork! ”

Hu Qi kowtowed to Fang Yuan again and again to thank him and resigned.

Fang Yuan looked at Zhu Cizhi and said, "King Yong, see it!" If Hu Qi hadn't left a way out for himself in this month, he would be the first person I would execute today! ”

Zhu Cizhi also knelt in front of Fang Yuan and kowtowed three times at him, "The apprentice knows his mistake, he committed a heinous crime, and almost caused a big disaster, please punish the teacher!" ”

Qiu'er knew that the general trend was gone, so she took out the blood book of Fang Yuan's oath with Tian Guifei, held it high above her head, and knelt side by side with Zhu Cizhi, "Fang Junmen, everything is instigated by me behind my back, and I am the mastermind." Please ask Fang Junmen to pardon the sins of the eternal king for the sake of the concubine Niangniang before she died. ”

Fang Yuan still didn't think of how to deal with Zhu Cizhi at this moment, for the crime of sedition, intent to kill the teacher committed by Zhu Cizhi, there was no need for Fang Yuan to punish him, and he would report directly to the imperial court, and he would inevitably be deprived of his fief and sent back to the capital to be handed over to the Zongren Mansion for punishment.

There is also Qiu'er, this woman is the culprit who led Zhu Cizhi astray, and it is not an exaggeration to cut it with a thousand cuts.

He got up and walked to Qiu'er's side, took the blood book of the oath that year, and asked in a deep voice, "Qiu'er, are you the eyeliner sent by Queen Zhou to be placed next to King Yong?" ”

Qiu'er raised her head and looked at him without giving in, "Fang Junmen, I am indeed sent by Queen Zhou to King Yong's side, but I am sincere to King Yong, and I have never calculated to delay his thoughts." ”

Fang Yuan said sharply, "You have repeatedly led King Yong astray, but it doesn't mean delaying him?" ”

Qiu'er retorted, "I'm a woman, I don't have much knowledge, and it's just a matter of being instigated by others; And Fang Junmen, as the teacher of the two princes, favored one over the other, leaving King Yong alone in Yangzhou Mansion, and only staying in Suzhou Mansion to carefully cultivate King Wu Yue, is this also a delay to King Yong? ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, in the face of Qiu'er's refutation, he was really speechless.

When the two princes first came to Jiangnan, Zhu Cizhi's foundation was obviously higher than Zhu Cihuan's, and the reason why the two princes were so different after a year was because of Fang Yuan's favoritism. Although he did not have subjective intentions, Zhu Cihuan did get the light of the building near the water.

The so-called fault of not raising his godfather, not teaching the teacher strictly, Zhu Cizhi will commit this kind of rebellion and killing the teacher, Fang Yuan, who should be both a father and a teacher, is responsible for dereliction of duty.

He sighed secretly and said slowly, "From today onwards, King Yong will think about it behind closed doors for ten days, and after ten days, I will have my own way; Qiu'er, you ...... Stay in the palace for the time being, awaiting punishment. ”

He said to Qin Zhan again, "All the armor soldiers in the palace have been dispersed, leaving ten brocade guards to take care of King Yong, as well as Qiu'er." ”

Fang Yuan finally left the Yongwang Mansion that had been trapped for a month with Jinyiwei, and when he returned to the Yangzhou Mansion, Zhu Cihuan and Jing Jie had already led the Xuanjia Army into the city and completely controlled the overall situation.

Zhu Cihuan saw that Fang Yuan had returned safe and sound, and hurriedly saluted him respectfully, "Teacher, I'm late!" ”

Fang Yuan was quite surprised to see Zhu Cihuan, and asked why Zhu Cihuan came with the army, and Jing Jie told him truthfully.

Zhu Cihuan's unruly treatment methods made Fang Yuan very satisfied, and he was able to punish the rebels leniently, and it was also able to quickly quell the Yangzhou rebellion without causing the rebels to burn all the stones, which ensured Fang Yuan's safety as much as possible.

Fang Yuan's kind words soothed Zhu Cihuan, who was talented and capable day by day, but what he thought of in his mind was Zhu Cihuan, who was waiting for punishment in the Yongwang Mansion, and he felt a deep guilt in his heart.

In two or three days, Shi Lang and Li Zongze of the naval fleet also entered Yangzhou City, reported their merits to Fang Yuan, and this time they sank a total of 50 ships and captured 25 warships, although they were all small warships, but they all enriched the fleet of the naval division, and the number of warships reached 45.

Fang Yuan immediately rewarded Shi Lang and Li Zongze, and the first battalion rewarded 10,000 taels of silver, and gave the sailor battalion and the artillery battalion, and one battalion to appoint a quota of 1,000 households.

The three battalions of Jing Jie, Chigutai, and Su Hongyu, one battalion rewarded five thousand taels of silver.

As for Hu Qi, the thousand households who were in charge of Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan directly transferred him to Jinyi Wei and replaced Qin Zhan as the thousand households of the Canglang Pavilion guard battalion. Qin Zhan was promoted to the head of Jinyiwei and oversaw all the work of Jinyiwei.

Fang Yuan wanted to show everyone that as long as he was loyal to Fang Yuan, no matter what major sins he had committed before, he could also be reused.

Thousands of households Hu Qi was blessed by misfortune, since the other party was grateful, and he couldn't wait to show his loyalty.

A rebellion set off a wave of panic in Yangzhou City, and the officials, gentry, and wealthy merchants of Yangzhou City all held their breath and waited for Fang Yuan to announce the punishment list.

In order to stabilize the hearts of the people in Yangzhou Mansion as soon as possible, Fang Yuan fully respected Zhu Cihuan's promise before sending troops, and only beheaded the first offender Ma Minglu and the commanders of the three military guards in public after the public trial, and all the family members were pardoned.

The officials above the government and the officials of more than 1,000 households in the health office were all condemned as accomplices, and each person was fined 5,000 taels of silver, which was regarded as atonement for the crime with money, and all the confiscated silver was used to repair, and the stone bridge on the Grand Canal that was damaged in this battle. Other government officials, sergeants who participated in the rebellion, gentry, and wealthy merchants were all pardoned.

Everyone thought that Fang Yuan would set off a bloody killing to deter the entire Yangzhou Mansion after quelling the Yangzhou rebellion, but he understated it lightly, and only beheaded the first offender within a limited range, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In the past few days, the gentry, large and small, and the wealthy merchants of the Shanshan Merchant Gang and the Hui Merchant Gang all came to the government to meet Fang Yuan and expressed their support for Fang Yuan's position in leading the Yangzhou Mansion.

Fang Yuan once again announced the policy of land tax, commercial tax, and banknote customs tariff in Yangzhou Prefecture, and this time the entire Yangzhou Mansion officials were completely obedient. After the rebellion, instead of severely punishing them, Fang Yuan also respected their relevant interests, and in case of amnesty, Qi Qi expressed his determination to fully support Fang Yuan's work in Yangzhou Mansion.