There was still half a month before the expedition to Guangdong, and Fang Yuan spent most of his time at the Taihu base, reviewing the soldiers and horses on this expedition.

Only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers were used in this expedition, which was considered a small and medium-sized battle, and most of the 80,000 or 90,000 troops of the Xuanjia Army remained in Nanzhili to garrison.

The cavalry battalions of Chigutai and Zhao Quanzhong, with 20,000 infantry battalion sergeants, were stationed in Yangzhou Prefecture, training cavalry on the one hand and resisting an offensive that might come from the north on the other.

Gan Hui led a 40,000-foot battalion to preside over the military affairs of Chizhou Mansion, putting pressure on Zuo Liangyu while training troops to prepare to pacify Jiangxi's military affairs.

There are also 5,000 sergeants stationed at Quarshiji, 5,000 stationed at Longjiang Wharf, 5,000 at Jingkou Wharf, and 200 warships from Shifu patrolling the Yangtze River to guard the waterway to the south of the Yangtze River.

Jing Jie and the others stayed at the Taihu Lake base to train the strong people who had just migrated from Jiangxi. There were more than 200,000 displaced people who migrated from Jiangxi, and Fang Yuan and Jing Jie selected 30,000 strong people from them to be incorporated into the new army of the Xuanjia Army.

After the great plunder of the left army, both the squires and the common people suffered heavy casualties, and there were a lot of ownerless fields, Fang Yuan counted that at least 500,000 or 600,000 acres of ownerless fields were just collected and used for the resettlement of the Xuanjia army's military households, which were enough to house more than 100,000 Xuanjia sergeants.

These new recruits were strong, men joined the army, the old and weak in the family, and the women cultivated on the allotted military fields, and Fang Yuan also allocated ten taels of silver to each household for the cost of settling down.

Of the 30,000 elite new troops, Fang Yuan allocated 20,000 to stay at the Taihu base, and Jing Jie trained the infantry. The remaining 10,000 were allocated to the cavalry battalions of Chigutai and Zhao Quanzhong to be trained according to cavalry standards.

At the moment when Fang Yuan was preparing to reorganize his army, he received an urgent report from Princess Kunxing from the Governor's Palace, asking him to return to the Governor's Mansion immediately to discuss important matters.

Fang Yuan hurried back to the Governor's Palace, and before he stepped into the gate, he saw that in the outer courtyard of the Canglang Pavilion, twenty or thirty women in ragged clothes and yellow muscles were suddenly placed, guarded by the Jinyi guards under Hu Qi's command. As for the Jinyi Guard, Qin Zhan's Jinyi Guard was monitored on the periphery, and the two sides faintly became a confrontation.

The Governor's Mansion was under Fang Yuan's eyelids, and there was a tense confrontation between the Jinyi guards. Fang Yuan repeatedly ordered that the backyard pointer table should not be overdone, but he didn't expect the princess and Xiao Yuan to pull a wave of brocade guards, and they also opened the formation with swords and guns, which made Fang Yuan very angry.

He ordered all the Jinyi guards in the confrontation to withdraw, but all the Jinyi guards who participated in the confrontation each went to receive ten cane reprimands, and then brought the woman in custody into the inner courtyard, and strictly ordered the princess, Xiao Yuan, Hu Qi, and Qin Zhan to come and talk back immediately.

In the lobby of the Governor's Palace, Fang Yuan sat on the right seat with a cold face, his eyes went back and forth to inspect the people, and he didn't say a word.

The princess and the second daughter of Xiaoyuan looked calm, and they didn't look happy or angry, as if everything had nothing to do with her two daughters. Hu Qi also stood behind Fang Yuan to protect him, and only Qin Zhan lowered his gaze, as if avoiding Fang Yuan's sharp gaze.

"Smack!"

Fang Yuan slammed the table, shaking a teacup and falling to the ground, and shouted angrily, "Fourth, old Hu, what does Jinyiwei do?!" It's to fight the outer court, fight the corrupt officials and corrupt officials! It's good that you didn't see you fighting a few corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but fighting your own people is a good hand. You're bored, and your hands are itching, aren't you? Do you want to, I will arrange for you to go to Chizhou Mansion to fight Zuo Liangyu?! ”

Hu Qi maintained his usual composure, still deaf to him, as if Fang Yuan was scolding someone who had nothing to do with him. Qin Zhan buried his head and didn't dare to answer Fang Yuan's words.

Fang Yuan saw that the two of them were fighting in silence, and his eyes fell on the culprit Princess and Xiao Yuan, and scolded, "I said earlier, the battle in the backyard can be stopped in moderation, and you are better." After fighting in the backyard, he was not satisfied, and one side pulled a faction of brocade guards to fight. You want to fight so much, one hand over the affairs of the Governor's Palace, the other hand over the Governor's Seal, go back to the backyard and fight slowly! ”

He was so angry that he directly reprimanded all the two factions fighting.

The princess opened her mouth to retort, "Don't ask about the right and wrong, right and wrong, just scold everyone equally, no grace!" ”

Seeing that she still dared to contradict, Fang Yuan sneered and said, "Jiao'er, the so-called Spring and Autumn Unrighteous War, who is righteous and who is evil. Even if you name a flower, it's all a good word. ”

The princess still didn't let him collide at all, "Didn't you forget that you sent the Jinyi guard to monitor the petition office, and you nodded and agreed?!" ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, and then remembered that the princess had indeed told the truth before, and suggested that Jinyi Wei be sent to monitor the affairs of the Letters and Visits Office, which he also ordered to do.

"Could it be that something really happened to the Letters and Visits Office?"

Fang Yuan groaned secretly, and the tone in his mouth softened slightly, "Okay, okay, you say, what did you find out?" ”

Princess Kunxing ordered Mama Liang to bring twenty or thirty young women into the lobby and hand over a confession.

Twenty or thirty young women kowtowed to Fang Yuan again and again, "Governor Fang, the grass people have grievances to be avenged!" With more than 200 lives, Governor Fang must be the master! ”

Fang Yuan spread out the confession and saw that the confession was all written in blood.

The complainants were thirty-six young women who had been exchanged for Zuo Liangyu; The object of the complaint is Xu Hua, a big official and businessman ordered by Fang Yuanqin; The content of the complaint is that Xu Hua, a big official and businessman, forced Liang to become a prostitute, forced 800 women from good families to go to the black kiln to be kiln sisters, and tortured them if they did not obey at all, and killed more than 200 women, all of which were concealed by Xu Hua.

Fang Yuan had reviewed this bloody paper, and it was simply a merciless irony of his so-called peaceful and prosperous world that there would be a shocking case in Nanzhili under his jurisdiction, which would result in the appearance of two hundred lives.

Fang Yuan shouted at the women and said, "There is such a big murder case, why don't you report to the official?" ”

At that moment, a woman cried and said, "We have already gone to the Suzhou government to report to the official, and the Suzhou government said that this kind of big case, let us go to the petition mailbox to report." We went to the letter mailbox to deliver the paper, Jinyiwei sent someone to check, and we also reported to Jinyiwei truthfully, but there has been no news since then. Instead, the more than a dozen women who went to deliver the papers, as well as the dozen or so women who told Jinyiwei the truth, were all caught and tortured to death by Boss Xu. ”

"We only then learned that the government, Jinyiwei and Boss Xu were a nest of snakes and rats, so we didn't dare to deliver the paper again until the princess sent someone to find us. The princess is really the Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering, if it weren't for the princess to uphold justice, we wouldn't be alive now. ”

"The government, Jinyiwei and Boss Xu are a nest of snakes and rats!"

Fang Yuan trembled when he heard this, these words were the people's evaluation of the government and Jinyi Wei under his Fang Yuan's rule, like a resounding slap in the face.

What other face does he have to conquer Fujian and rule Guangdong? What kind of face does he have to claim to represent the interests of the people?

What's even more infuriating is that if it weren't for Princess Kunxing to preside over it, he would have known nothing, the group of bureaucrats below and Jinyiwei really hid it well!

Fang Yuan was so angry that he directly swept all the tea sets on the table to the ground, and kicked over three or four chairs with a few kicks.

Qin Zhan, who bore the brunt of the attack, knew that it would be impossible to escape today, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to take a breath.

Fang Yuan sat back at the table angrily, his eyes almost erupting into fire once again to patrol the crowd for a week, and said in a deep voice, "Since I arrived in Jiangnan, I haven't tried any official in public for four years. This time, I will personally try the trial and give an explanation to the people! ”

He explained to Mama Liang, "Immediately gather all the pious women, stable women, and doctors in Suzhou City to diagnose whether these women are seriously ill overnight, and if they are seriously ill, they will be treated immediately." ”

He said to Hu Qi behind him, "Immediately send Jinyi Wei to arrest the culprit Xu Hua, and all the Qinglou properties under the name of the Xu family, including Qinglou, brothels and kilns, will be suspended and reopened after review." ”

"Order Jin Yiwei to go to the Suzhou Mansion to spread the word, Suzhou Governor Chen Hongmi, Suzhou Governor Li Lin, the same acquaintance of the Suzhou Mansion in charge of the prison, and all the officials of the Suzhou Mansion who handled the case, will all go to the Letters and Visits Office tomorrow to wait for the trial."

"The Jinyiwei Letters and Visits Office received the case, and the Jinyiwei who investigated it will also be escorted tomorrow."

"There are also Wang Bingjian, Xi Benzhen, and Mao Bijiang of the cabinet, and the three of them must observe the trial."

Hu Qi gave up his hand and asked, "Governor Fang, Fourth Master Qin is estimated to be also involved in this case, how should I deal with it?" ”

Qin Zhan was so frightened that he knelt on Fang Yuan's knees, and said again and again, "Boss, boss, spare your life!" ”

Fang Yuan's gaze glanced at this brother who had followed him the longest, and he gave birth to an anger that hated iron and steel, and closed his eyes slightly and said, "Jinyiwei Tongzhi Qin Zhan, temporarily remove Jinyiwei Tongzhi from his position, and accept the trial tomorrow!" ”