In the county government of Shanghai County, Qin Zhan secretly reported to Fang Yuan the income from the confiscation of family property.

The prefect Chen Xiang confiscated 130,000 taels of silver, 6,000 acres of land, and 37 real estates;

Jin Shanwei commanded Zhao Fan to confiscate 290,000 taels of silver, 12,000 acres of land, and 87 real estates;

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A total of 870,000 taels of silver, 35,000 acres of land, and 236 houses were confiscated.

Fang Yuan gave the commission of the silver to Jinyiwei, and the rest of the silver was deposited into Yue Bao, and after checking the amount of Yu Yu Bao, it was 7.68 million taels;

The land was reserved for military land, and military households willing to join the naval division were recruited in Songjiang Prefecture;

The remaining properties are integrated together for public leasing, and those who are willing to engage in commercial operations only receive 20% of the rent on the market, which can be regarded as Fang Yuan's concession to the people of Songjiang Mansion.

After disposing of the confiscated assets, Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to place the petition mailbox in the newly built petition office in the city gate, which was rebuilt by the city gate guard. Fang Yuan arranged for 200 Jinyi guards to be stationed in Songjiang Mansion to be responsible for the petition work, and Zeng Lin, a hundred households of these 200 Jinyi Guards, was Qin Zhan's cronies who selected the most effective in implementing the petition system in Suzhou Prefecture.

Fang Yuan personally inspected Zeng Lin, and he was indeed an upright character, so he promoted him to a deputy thousand households, which was regarded as a reward for his achievements in petition work, and even handed over the burden of petitions in the entire Songjiang Mansion to him.

Zeng Lin was grateful for Fang Yuan's exceptional two-level promotion, and promised again and again that he would live up to Fang Yuan's cultivation.

Fang Yuan also convened all the officials of Songjiang Prefecture and announced the future land and commercial tax policies of Songjiang Prefecture, which were the same as those of Suzhou Prefecture.

Because the officials of Songjiang Mansion were more greedy than those of Suzhou Prefecture, Fang Yuan reduced the amount of land per mu from 130 catties to 75 catties, and directly exempted 50 catties of land endowment, which immediately won the hearts of the people of Songjiang Mansion.

As for the distribution of 75 catties, except for 40 catties, which were handed over to the imperial court, the remaining 35 catties, Fang Yuan only needed 15 catties, and the remaining 20 catties were considered to be the space for concessions to the officials of Songjiang Mansion.

As for commercial taxes, according to the rules of Suzhou Prefecture, each county seat in Huating and Shanghai arranged 50 Jinyi guards to conduct special tax inspections.

These officials of Songjiang Mansion will not die this time, where do they dare to bargain with Fang Yuan, seeing that Fang Yuan is so easy to speak, one by one they promise to be more honest than the officials of Suzhou Mansion.

Fang Yuan sighed secretly, sure enough, the big stick worked, for these officials, knock a few sticks first and then reason, one by one is much more honest.

Qin Zhan's Jinyi Guards were arranged in the east and west, and the manpower was no longer enough, so Fang Yuan approved him to recruit and supplement 500 Jinyi Guards among the brothers from Liangshan.

The Jinyi Guard and the Xuanjia Army were Fang Yuan's right-hand men, and they must not be recruited locally, otherwise they would gradually be infiltrated by local bureaucrats, gentry, and wealthy businessmen, and it would be difficult to control them. The Liangshan brothers are the best candidates for the Jinyi Guard, because they are already under the banner of doing the right thing for heaven, and they are incompatible with corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

It took seven days for Fang Yuan to sort out the government affairs one by one, but he received a message from Chen Xiang, the prefect of Songjiang, and wanted to meet Fang Yuan.

Chen Xiang came to see Fang Yuan at this time, and he wanted to beg for mercy. Fang originally didn't want to deal with this culprit, but after thinking about it, the purpose of this public trial was to kill people and punish the heart, as long as Chen Xiang was willing to cooperate in cracking down on the behavior of male thieves and female prostitutes in the Donglin Party, it was more important than killing a few criminals.

As soon as Chen Xiang saw Fang Yuan, he began to beg for mercy, "Fang Junmen, I'm guilty!" Convicted! In the future, Songjiang Mansion must only be the first to look forward to the military! ”

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "It's late!" Chen Xiang, you are bound to die, how can you serve the public without killing you? ! How to explain to the hundreds of sergeants and civilians who died in battle?! ”

At this time, Chen Xiang realized that the rebellion was not a dinner party, but a door to accompany the funeral, and he was immediately frightened and collapsed to the ground, crying and crying.

Fang Yuan saw his cowardice, changed his words, and said lightly, "Chen Xiang, you have two sons and three daughters, if you cooperate with this army, I may be able to spare your children's lives, so as not to kill your Chen family." Then arrange a house for them in Suzhou Mansion, 10,000 taels of silver, and raise them as adults. ”

His conditions were very relaxed, not only extended the incense to the Chen family, but also received the care of the Suzhou Mansion to avoid retaliation by the Donglin Party.

Chen Xiang looked at him blankly and said, "Fang Junmen, is this true?" ”

Fang Yuan drank the tea leisurely and sighed, "Then it depends on whether Chen Xiang has any information that your military sect is interested in." ”

Chen Xiang was bewitched by the Donglin Party this time, and he was even more confused for a while, thinking that he could use Zheng Zhilong's power to protect his vested interests, how could he not know the grievances between Fang Yuan and the Donglin Party, "Fang Junmen, but it doesn't matter, I will fully cooperate." ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Okay, let's say it!" Who are the Donglin Party members who contacted you to rebel this time? ”

Chen Xiang thought for a while and said, "It's Qian Qianyi's nephew Qian Longti, it's not Qian Qianyi's reputation, and he can't move Zheng Zhilong out of the horse!" ”

Sure enough, it's Qian Qianyi again!

Why can't this damn old bastard die!

Fang Yuan secretly scolded, and asked again, "How can Qian Qianyi say that Zheng Zhilong will come to help?" ”

Chen Xiang wept and said, "I only know that Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen once worshipped Qian Qianyi as a teacher, and this time he went north to invade Suzhou Mansion, it should be Zheng Sen who said that Zheng Zhilong was moved." ”

Zheng Sen is Zheng Chenggong, the history books record that Zheng Chenggong did worship Qian Qianyi as a teacher during his studies, but he didn't expect this old immortal to have a wide range of contacts!

Fang Yuan asked again, "Is Yang Zhiyi involved?" ”

Chen Xiang heard the sound and knew the elegant meaning, and hurriedly echoed and said, "This person is the son of Yang Lian, the culprit of the Donglin Party, and he is also an accomplice!" ”

Fang Yuan asked slowly, "How is this person's usual behavior?" ”

Yang Zhiyi has misbehaved, this does not need to be arranged by Chen Xiang, just say it truthfully, "Yang Zhiyi claims to be loyal and righteous, but in fact, he steals men and prostitutes behind his back, bullies men and women, and does all kinds of evil, which is simply a loss of conscience!" ”

Fang Yuan added for him, "Add one more article, colluding with the Manchu Tartar Hong Chengchou." ”

Chen Xiang nodded again and again and said, "Yes, there is also collusion with the Manchu Tartar Hong Chengchou." ”

Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to transcribe Chen Xiang's confession in three copies one by one, and threw one of them in front of Chen Xiang, "Chen Xiang, these are your confessions, you have to remember them, when the public trial is in public, accuse Qian Qianyi and Yang Zhiyi in public, you can do it!" ”

Chen Xiang kowtowed again and again, "Yes, yes, Fang Junmen must also be true to his word!" ”

"I originally said that one is one, the fourth, go and take Chen Xiang's children to Jinyiwei for placement!"

Qin Zhan immediately ordered to do so, and Chen Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed to Fang Yuan repeatedly.

Three days later, by the Huangpu River in Shanghai County.

Fang Yuan had already ordered Jinyiwei to build a public trial platform, and there was still half an hour before the public trial, and the number of onlookers watching the public trial had reached 4,000.

As soon as the hour came, Fang Yuan ordered all the criminals led by Chen Xiang to be put on the high platform, and everyone's family members knelt in a row under the high platform.

Fang Yuan stood up and said loudly, "The officials and wealthy businessmen of Songjiang Prefecture colluded with Zheng Zhilong in Fujian Province to openly rebel, and the culprits of this army's extermination this time are by no means only these first offenders, but this army's consideration and the remaining accomplices are also out of ignorance and pardon the crimes. Please ask Chen Xiang, the culprit of this time, to confess his crime in public! ”

Chen Xiang was escorted to the high platform by the Jinyi guard, and according to the confession that had been memorized well, he cried in public to confess the crime.

In his confession, he pointed out that the culprit behind the scenes was Zheng Zhilong's staff, Zheng Sen's teacher, and Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party; The other is Yang Zhiyi, the son of Yang Lian.

In order to protect the lives of his children, Chen Xiang directly scolded Qian Qianyi and Yang Zhiyi, and completely made public the charges of Qian Qianyi and Yang Zhiyi embezzling money, annexing land, forming parties for personal gain, and even affecting this season's spring sowing.

When the onlookers heard this, they gritted their teeth with hatred for Qian Qianyi of the Donglin Party and Yang Lian's son, and even more annoyed that these two people had brought military disasters to Songjiang Mansion and affected the spring sowing and people's livelihood in Songjiang Mansion.

The people's hearts are available, at least the people of Songjiang Mansion have seen the true face of the Donglin Party, Fang Yuan is secretly happy, looked around and said, "This military gate wants to reiterate the rules today." First, the Donglin Party, on the surface, is sanctimonious, behind the scenes men and women prostitutes, evil deeds, full of evil, in the future, whether it is the people, bureaucrats, rich businessmen, it is best to draw a clear line with the Donglin Party. ”

"Second, in the petition system of Suzhou Prefecture, the military will be copied to Songjiang Prefecture, and the people of Songjiang Mansion can also redress their grievances. Please know that the military gate will always be your backstage, and under the rule of the military gate, corrupt officials, gentry and strong will never be allowed to do evil and oppress the people! ”

"Good!"

The petition system of Suzhou Prefecture has been launched for more than half a year, and its reputation has already spread throughout the Nanjing Prefecture and even the entire Jiangnan.

The onlookers erupted in a deafening cheer!

Fang Yuan asked Jing Jie to escort all the first criminals to the Huangpu River, shoot them directly in public, and throw them into the river to feed the fish. There were hundreds of criminals' families, only Chen Xiang's children were missed, and the rest were directly escorted by a hundred Xuanjia soldiers and thrown to Henan to fend for themselves.