Under the fierce artillery fire of the Xuanjia Army, the two counties of Shanyin and Huiji had fallen in less than three days.

10,000 Xuanjia troops and 2,000 Jinyiwei were stationed in the two counties, and after a short period of peace, Jinyiwei began to thoroughly investigate the official gentry and wealthy businessmen who colluded with Zheng Bing and Japanese soldiers.

Two thousand Jinyi guards conducted a thorough investigation in Shaoxing Mansion for two whole months, and all the officials above the Shaoxing prefect, Tongzhi, and the official above were arrested, and none of them were spared; A total of 33 county magistrates, chief bookkeepers, county officials, county lieutenants, and scribes from the two counties of Shanyin and Huiji also arrested 29 people.

The entire officialdom of Shaoxing Mansion was almost completely cleaned by Fang Yuan, and the vacant official positions were directly graduated from Jiangnan University Hall in the past two years, and the young talents who were waiting for the assignment, as well as the Jinshi and Juren who had won the imperial examination but were still waiting for the official position arrangement, were directly stationed in the Yamen of Shaoxing Mansion, as well as the two counties of Shanyin and Huiji, to take over local government affairs.

As for the squires and wealthy businessmen in Shaoxing Mansion, there are countless cases of implication, and Jin Yiwei has obtained Fang Yuan's secret order this time, and he would rather kill ten people by mistake than let one go. Jinyiwei dug three feet into the ground to search, and searched for nearly 100,000 people and people in Shaoxing Mansion, as long as it was rumored that there were people who donated money and food to Zheng Bing and the Japanese Kou, whether it was true or not, they would be arrested immediately. Within two months, a total of 536 main culprits were arrested, including at least 10,000 family members.

Of course, Fang Yuan knew that such a bloody purge must have a lot of wronged squires and wealthy businessmen, but those who can be accused by the blood and tears of the people are undoubtedly in the local reputation is not good.

Fang Yuan has been staying in the Shaoxing Mansion for the past two months, and he has personally tried everyone's crimes. Anyone who colluded with the Japanese invaders, the main culprit himself dragged him to the Cao'e River, the mother river of Shaoxing Prefecture, and beheaded the public, and his family members, whether men, women, or children, were all thrown to Fujian and left to fend for themselves.

Those who donated money and grain to Zheng Bing and the Japanese Invaders, whether on their own initiative or under compulsion, donated one and one hundred according to the amount of money and grain donated, and the insufficient part was made up by the discount of land and real estate. If it was not enough to make up for the punishment, the young man was directly thrown to the Zhoushan Naval Base as a hard laborer, and the woman was sent to match the Xuanjia sergeant.

For two months, the bodies of the executed people could be seen floating in the lower reaches of the Cao'e River at any time.

Zheng Sen also received a distress letter from the official gentry and wealthy businessmen of Shaoxing Mansion, but Zheng Sen only had 20,000 Zheng soldiers under his command, and his morale was low. can only shirk the illness, and the person who asks for help is closed.

The gentry and wealthy businessmen of Shaoxing Mansion had no foreign aid, and they also thought of saving themselves and organized some small-scale rebellions. However, the purpose of the Xuanjia Army is quite clear, and there is nothing to do with Minqiu, only arresting officials and gentry and wealthy businessmen. In the countryside, whether it is a homesteader or a tenant who rents seeds, it is none of his business, and he is afraid of facing the soldiers of the Xuanjia army, where will he go to work for the gentry and wealthy merchants.

In addition, the Xuanjia army has excellent firearms and powerful artillery, whether it is the fort built in various towns for guarding, or the old house hiding in the dangerous terrain on the mountainside, all of them were easily conquered by the Xuanjia army one by one, and the main culprit was arrested.

The people in the entire Shaoxing City saw that Jinyiwei was murderous and began to search and arrest people all over the city, and they were so frightened that the three souls lost their seven souls, and they were also worried that Fang Yuan would not engage in a massacre in Shaoxing Mansion for a few days in Shaoxing and a few massacres in Shanyin.

Coupled with the previous official gentry and wealthy businessmen's wanton demonization of Fang Yuan and the Xuanjia Army, it is rumored that as long as a woman falls into the hands of the Xuanjia Army, she will be ravaged by twenty people in turn every night.

The female dependents of large families have long been sent to the countryside to hide, and the young women of small families are almost all hiding in firewood houses and secret compartments, smearing their faces with stove ash, for fear of being caught and humiliated by the Xuanjia army and Jinyi guards who come and go.

For two months, the huge Shaoxing City, the street is rarely populated, and the previously prosperous commercial area, the shops are all closed, and they dare not open for business. Only the people who had no food left at home and had run out of cooking reluctantly went out to the gate of the government to receive the relief food specially distributed by Fang Yuan.

The terrifying bloody storm set off by Jinyiwei in Shaoxing Mansion has also achieved remarkable results.

Jinyiwei confiscated a total of 1.1 million mu of land, accounting for nearly half of the total cultivated land area of Shaoxing Prefecture. Less than 1,000 squires and wealthy merchants own nearly half of the land in Shaoxing Mansion, which shows the seriousness of land annexation in Shaoxing Mansion.

Three million five hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver, one million two hundred stones of grain, 1,200 real estate, and countless other precious ancient books and antiques were confiscated.

Fang Yuan distributed the confiscated gains by category.

1.1 million mu of land, of which 100,000 mu is used for the rewards of the Xuanjia Army and Jinyiwei, 100,000 mu is classified as private land under Fang's original name, and the remaining 900,000 yuan is all used as the official land of the government.

The confiscated 3,570,000 taels of silver and 1,200,000 stone of grain were confiscated because Jinyiwei had harassed the people in Shaoxing Mansion for a month or two, and Fang Yuan decided to start giving relief to the people.

Shaoxing Prefecture is the most populous province in Zhejiang, and according to the official register of the Shaoxing Prefecture, there are 900,000 households and 4 to 5 million people.

According to the standard of two taels of silver and one stone of rice per household, Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to start distributing pacification silver and relief grain. The three or four counties that had not been liquidated before began to organize the people to go to the gate of the Shaoxing Mansion, line up in order, and receive silver and grain from house to house.

The government's large-scale relief of money and grain, this news was spread by ten, ten to hundred, and in less than five days, the entire Shaoxing city was a sensation. The terrifying aura that had previously shrouded Shaoxing Mansion was swept away, and finally the people began to go out to receive money and food.

The people who came to carry grain with their families lined up in a long line, from the government to the Shili Pavilion outside the city gate. Fang Yuan personally supervised the relief work at the gate of the government office, and observed for two days, but saw that most of the people who came to receive money and grain were men, and young women were rare. It can be seen that the people of Shaoxing Mansion still have instinctive vigilance against Fang Yuan's party, and they don't dare to let the women of the right age in the family go out to get money and food.

Fang Yuan waited until the afternoon, and saw the two old men and women who received money and grain, and received two stones of rice at one time, one stone of rice is at least 150 catties, and two stones are 300 catties. I can only drag the rice bag and stagger forward step by step, which is very difficult.

Fang Yuan immediately brought Hu Qi forward, and ordered Jinyiwei to find a four-wheeled cart for the second elder and carry two rice bags onto the car.

The second elder didn't know Fang Yuan's identity either, so he hurriedly kowtowed to him and thanked him.

Fang Yuan was stunned and asked, "Ah Weng! How do you two elders receive money and food from two households? ”

The old man was still worried that he would take back the money and grain from a family, so he hurriedly explained, "Official! One household belongs to us, and the other belongs to my son and daughter-in-law. ”

Fang Yuan frowned and said, "Why didn't your son and daughter-in-law come to receive it?" ”

The old man's face twitched slightly, and he sighed, "My son was recruited to serve as a man for the Japanese and never came back, alas! ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "Why didn't your daughter-in-law come?" ”

Before the old man could speak, the old woman had already spoken, "Official, which young woman dares to go out now?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Why don't women dare to go out?" It's bright in broad daylight, afraid that someone will rob you? ”

The old woman sighed and said, "It is rumored in Shaoxing City that the governor Fang Yuan is a whore who just plays with women and does not spit out bones. It's just that others rape ** people, Fang Yuan's rape ** people don't stay overnight, if they rape them, they will kill at least one person a night! ”

Fang Yuan was stunned on the spot, he didn't expect that the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Shaoxing Mansion would arrange such a joke for themselves, deliberately causing confrontation between the people and the Xuanjia Army, so that they could drive it, it seems that slaughtering those miscellaneous pieces is really right.

Seeing that Fang Yuan's face was gloomy, the old man also knew that something was wrong when he looked at his words, so he hurriedly pulled the old woman and said, "Old woman, don't talk too much, let's go!" Let's go! ”

Fang Yuan smiled and reported to his home, "Second Elder, I am Governor Fang Yuan, am I really so terrible?" ”

As soon as he said this, the second elder knew that he was speechless, and he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him and begged for mercy. The crowd queuing around them held their breath, these two elders dared to expose Fang Yuan's evil deeds to their faces, where would there be a way to live?

Fang Yuan hurriedly helped the two of them up, looked around at the people who were queuing up, and said solemnly, "Listen, whether it is the Xuanjia Army or the Jinyi Guard, if there was an adulterer of a folk girl before, you can report it to me now, and I will immediately correct it!" ”

The people looked at each other when they heard this, although there were rumors in the city, it seemed that the surrounding relatives, friends and neighbors had not heard of any woman who had been raped by the Xuanjia Army and the Jinyi Guard, and they were silent for a while.

Fang Yuan shouted loudly again, "If there are no victimized people's daughters, please don't use false rumors and listen to the nonsense of those officials and gentry." We only killed corrupt officials and corrupt officials, lawless rich businessmen, and bad gentry who rode on the heads of the people to make a fortune. Under the rule of our Yuan, Shaoxing Mansion will only be more prosperous and prosperous than before, and the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment! ”

The onlookers immediately cheered and applauded in unison!