It's noon

Outside the gate of Suzhou City

Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to build a large wooden platform, and on both sides of the wooden platform were placed two large amplifiers bought from Taobao, and the amplifiers were powered by solar power banks.

Guarding around the wooden platform were all the Xuanjia Army, Shenji Battalion, and Jinyi Guards under Fang Yuan's command, and the sergeants of the three armies lined up in front of the small temple of the tomb of the Five Righteous Warriors outside the gate to maintain law and order, all of them were loaded with guns and ammunition, and they were holding guns filled with gunpowder and lead bullets.

Fang Yuan made such a big move, which directly attracted countless people from Suzhou City to come and watch, and in less than an hour, at least thousands of people had gathered outside the gate.

Fang Yuan, who was dressed in brocade clothes, ordered the brocade guards to lift the clay statues of the five people in the tomb of the five righteous people from the small temple and put them in a row on the large wooden platform that was built.

The citizens of Suzhou couldn't figure out what he wanted to do, so they gathered in groups, pointing and watching.

Fang Yuan saw that there were more and more onlookers, at least as many as 5,000 people, and the time was ripe for the inside and outside of the gate, so he wore the headphones and microphones he bought, held a thunderbolt firecracker, strode to the big wooden platform, and said loudly, "I, I am the new governor of the four prefectures of Nanjing, Fang Yuan." ”

His words were heard from afar through the loudspeaker, and every onlooker in Suzhou could hear them clearly.

The people of Suzhou did not have the resistance that Fang Yuan expected, and they didn't throw eggs, stones, or anything, they were all waiting for Fang Yuan's next lecture.

A few bold people even whistled, "Lord Governor, if you have something to say, let it go, don't delay the uncle's time." ”

Fang Yuan was a little relieved, at least the people of Suzhou City did not resist his arrival indiscriminately like those gentry and wealthy merchants, and were still willing to listen to his words.

Fang Yuan came to the first statue of Zhou Wenyuan with a thunderbolt in his hand, pointed at the head of Zhou Wenyuan's statue with the muzzle of the fire gun, and said in a deep voice, "My trip to the four mansions in Nanjing is to rectify the official and popular customs of the four mansions. Under my rule, whether it is officials, wealthy businessmen, or ordinary people, the first thing that must be done is to abide by the law! ”

"Boom!"

As soon as Fang Yuan's words fell, he pulled the trigger of the thunderbolt and smashed Zhou Wenyuan's statue head, and the gunshot rang out, causing everyone to tremble.

Fang Yuan handed the firearm to Qin Zhan, replaced it with a handful filled with gunpowder, and kicked out the statue of Zhou Wenyuan with another kick, "Like Zhou Wenyuan, as an official slave, the culprit who dares to incite civil unrest will be severely punished by the laws of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Seeing him so domineering, the onlookers booed, and the two bold ones shouted, "It turns out that the eunuch of the imperial court has come to Suzhou City again!" ”

"Blasting this gelding dog who pretends to convey the holy decree out of Suzhou City!"

Fang Yuan glanced at Qin Zhan, and Qin Zhan immediately sent ten brocade guards to catch the two who made a noise and brought them to the wooden platform.

Seeing that Jinyiwei began to arrest people and commit murder again, the onlookers were all angry, but in the face of the guns of thousands of soldiers, they did not dare to force themselves.

The two people who were escorted up were so frightened that their faces were like death, and they thought they were talking quickly in the crowd, but they were unexpectedly pulled out in public.

Fang Yuan glanced at the two of them coldly, slowly walked to the second statue Yan Peiwei, pointed at the statue's head with a fire hammer, but his eyes fell on the two of them, "You two are typical of being used as guns, and you also help count money." ”

"Boom!"

Fang Yuan smashed Yan Peiwei's avatar with one shot, and kicked it out from a distance, "Yan Peiwei, the son of Shanxi Jin Shang." Merchants resist taxes, that is driven by profits, what does it have to do with the righteous, and they are also equipped to build temples to enjoy incense? ”

Fang Yuan approached the two people who were arrested, and said slowly, "The rich businessmen organized to resist taxes in order to have money to spend all day and wine, and there were groups of wives and concubines. You people, in the city, are doing the hardest and most tiring things, and you are barely able to support your family with the most meager wages; In the countryside, those who have land plough a few acres of thin fields, but they have to bear dozens of times the land endowment, and those who do not have land are even worse, renting the land of the gentry and wealthy merchants, and they also have to bear 60 percent, 70 percent, or even 80 percent of the land rent of the harvest. ”

"But you still have to follow these gentry and rich businessmen who knock on the marrow and suck blood, are you too idle, or do you have ulterior motives?"

He said this sentence to the point, and the onlookers gradually lowered their noise, and the scene was silent again.

The two of them didn't dare to look directly into Fang Yuan's eyes, buried their heads, and begged for mercy vigorously, "My lord, we just passed by and said this casually, I really didn't want to incite civil unrest!" ”

"Those rich businessmen also bully us on weekdays, who will be in the same league with them?!"

"No, that's the best!"

Fang Yuan got up and walked to the statue of Yang Nianru, pointed at the head of the statue with a fire gun again, and said sharply, "This person, a native of Jinyang, Shanxi, and Yan Peiwei, the son of a merchant, are fellow villagers. ”

"Boom!"

Fang Yuan directly smashed the head of the statue and kicked it out, "Tens of thousands of people in Suzhou City, but they were played around by a few Jin merchants' children and house slaves, starting a civil unrest, killing officials and soldiers of the imperial court, do you really think you are supporting justice?" These businessmen even dare to kill court officials and soldiers, which shows that they are used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and they will never be soft when they oppress you! ”

In fact, it was not only the Jin merchants who instigated the civil unrest in Suzhou, and the local merchants in Suzhou must have participated in it, but Fang Yuan only pushed the charge on the Jin merchants in order to narrow the scope of the attack.

His words were very detailed, and those present talked about it one after another.

Fang Yuan finally walked to the statues of Shen Yang and Ma Jie, supported one with both hands, and said with a sneer, "These two people are the masses who don't know the truth, and they were pushed out as substitutes for the dead ghosts and backstabbing heroes." For the sake of their blood and guts, I don't smash their heads. ”

"However, under our original rule, no matter what the reason, or what serious crimes committed by officials and soldiers, they must also be judged by the law, and the punishment must be justified, and they must not be wantonly killed. The indiscriminate murderer is guilty of the same crime as the perpetrator, and it is never allowed to be placed in the temple to enjoy the offerings. Come! Move these two statues out of the temple for me! ”

Qin Zhan got Fang Yuan's instructions and immediately sent a few brocade guards to move the two statues down and throw them on the side of the road.

Fang Yuan announced in public, "From today on, the Wuyi Temple will be changed into a petition office, which will be taken over by Jinyiwei and will handle the people's petition complaints full-time!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Hongmi, the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, arrived with more than a dozen government officials, walked straight to Fang Yuan, looked at the three statues that were smashed to pieces, and the two statues that were thrown on the side of the road, and said unhappily, "Lord Governor, what are you doing?!" ”

Fang Yuan looked coldly at the prefect of Suzhou Mansion in front of him, and said lightly, "Didn't Governor Chen go to educate the villagers?" ”

Chen Hongmian said embarrassedly, "I just received the news that the governor had stopped the official affairs of the Suzhou Mansion and was destroying the Wuyi Temple, so I hurried here. ”

Fang Yuan didn't want to give him face at all, and said coldly, "I'm about to deal with Governor Chen, these officials, domestic slaves, profiteers, and mobs who incite civil unrest can also enter the temple to enjoy incense, don't you want to do it?" ”

Chen Hongmi's face was blue and said, "I am a scholar of the imperial examination, an official of the imperial court, although the governor is from the capital, he can't be so domineering, do whatever he wants!" ”

Fang Yuan ordered Qin Zhan to take the Shang Fang sword, and pointed at Chen Hongmi's face with the blade of the sword, "Shang Fang sword, cut the civil and military officials below the second grade, you can cut it first and then play." Governor Chen, how many officials is Your Excellency?! ”

Fang Yuan is a justifiable governor of the four prefectures, and Shang Fang Baojian can kill officials below the six civil departments and below the military commander. The prefect of Suzhou is just a four-grade official, and Fang Yuan has the right to make decisions on the spot.

Chen Hongmi's reasoning can't be explained, if he comes hard, the sergeants who brought all the guards in Suzhou Mansion can't fight the tiger and wolf army brought by Fang Yuan, so angry that he blew his beard and stared, but he was helpless.

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "Governor Chen, your position as prefect is suspended, and after I have surveyed your official reputation and political achievements, I will decide whether to behead or reinstate the official." I should have ordered the Jinyi Guard to imprison you, but in order to save some face for you, you still stayed in the mansion honestly, and you couldn't leave Suzhou City half a step without my order. ”

Chen Hongmi was slapped in the face by Fang Yuan in public, and was about to leave angrily, but was stopped by Fang Yuan, "Governor Chen, wait a minute, and then I will ask you to observe and observe from the side, how our original governed Suzhou Mansion." ”

Chen Hongmiao had no choice but to stand aside honestly and let Fang Yuan continue to speak.