Xiong Rulin, who made the "tide king" Zheng Zhilong feel jealous, is actually not yet 30 years old this year, and he has only been the magistrate of Nan'an County for only two months. He was a scholar of Enke in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and after a month of training in Beijing, according to his own wishes, he was appointed as the official history of Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. The grade of the classic history is not in the stream, which is worse than from the ninth grade, and this choice surprised many friends who know Xiong Rulin's talent.

But only more than half a year later, Xiong Rulin was promoted to the magistrate of Nan'an County by the emperor's special order because of his outstanding political achievements. This makes many people envious, because local petty officials like Dianshi often do not get promoted in their lifetime, and the biggest benefit is at most that the son inherits his father's business. And Xiong Rulin not only never entered the stream and was directly promoted to the seventh grade, but also the emperor's special decree, indicating that he has been favored by the emperor, and his career in the future is unlimited.

But only Xiong Rulin himself knew that he came to office with a special task assigned by the emperor. The emperor was able to trust him so much, which made Xiong Rulin both grateful and deeply responsible. Since his first day in office in Nan'an County, he has followed Zhu Youzhen's secret decree and implemented a series of new policies with an iron fist.

First of all, as soon as Xiong Rulin arrived in Nan'an County, he formed the Nan'an County People's League on the grounds of protecting the territory and the people. Tuan Yongquan recruited from the poor but self-conscious people, and not a single ruffian and hooligan. He divided the regiments into three shifts, each of whom was only required to be on duty for four hours a day, and the rest of the time he could still do his own business. As for the funds, there is no money for the time being, but those who become regimental warriors can be exempted from forced labor for the whole family for one year.

But with this article alone, the young men who came to sign up for the regiment have already lined up in a long line, because the conscription in this era is too heavy! It is still very cost-effective for ordinary people to join the militia and the whole family to be exempted from forced labor.

In less than three days, Xiong Rulin formed a militia of 500 people. Due to the shortage of funds, there are no weapons for the time being, so they can only be temporarily replaced by hoes, rakes and other agricultural tools. But this team also has an advantage, that is, Tuan Yong has a simple temperament and a very united heart, and the orders given to Xiong Rulin can be completed without any discount.

With the support of the militia group, Xiong Rulin can let go of his hands and feet. His first fire first burned to the officials of the county government. These people are called government officials, but in fact, they are in collusion with local evil forces, and they usually do a lot of things to oppress the people, and the people dare to be angry but dare not speak.

When Xiong Rulin was doing a canonical history in Tong'an County, he already had a very intuitive understanding of this phenomenon. Tong'an Zhixian is a typical nerd who opens his mouth and closes his mouth and doesn't know anything about practical affairs. His tenure was only three years, and he had to rely on them in order to make a difference in his tenure. And the county officials, the chief bookkeeper and other officials, who are themselves locals in Tong'an, wear the same pants as these officials, making the local area a miasma.

If it were someone else, even if he didn't go along with these people, he had to endure it, after all, Dian Shi was only the smallest petty official, and if he offended Shangfeng, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat. But Xiong Rulin was not, he was quiet on the surface, but he was secretly collecting conclusive evidence of the inaction of the county, the county minister, the chief secretary and the subordinate officials, and sent a letter to the Beijing Division.

Originally, according to the old Ming system, the smallest local official who could perform the chapter was the county magistrate, and those below the county magistrate were not qualified to perform the chapter. However, after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, in the name of "opening up the way of speech and eliminating maladministration", the restrictions on the performance of the chapter were relaxed, and as long as he was an official of the imperial court, he could play the chapter.

However, since its implementation, there have been very few recitals for low-level officials. The reason is also very simple, as the so-called "there are policies and countermeasures", the decrees of the imperial court have often changed their taste at the county and township level, and the local forces are the real masters. Low-level officials and local forces are fundamentally the same thing, they are all vested interests, of course they will make a lot of money in a muffled voice, and everything is solved in private, and they don't understand the rules when they get into the house, not to mention that they are playing the court and going straight to the sky?

Therefore, as soon as Xiong Rulin's recital was published, Zhu Youzhen attached great importance to it and instructed the cabinet to thoroughly investigate whether the recital was true. When the news of the imperial court's thorough investigation reached Tong'an, the county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper and others were both frightened and hated Xiong Rulin, so they took the risk and hired a few Jiangyang thieves to assassinate Xiong Rulin, in an attempt to kill people and make it impossible for the imperial court to carry out the investigation.

Zhu Youzhen had already been on guard against them, and when he was in Jingyang, he had seen the despicable deeds of local low-level officials, and he naturally had to strictly protect a young and promising official like Xiong Rulin. As soon as he saw the recital, Zhu Youzhen used the flying pigeon to send a secret letter to Fujian Jinyiwei, asking them to send people to secretly protect Xiong Rulin.

Since the overthrow of Wei Zhongxian, Jinyiwei has been reorganized by Zhu Youzhen, and now all the thousands and hundreds of Jinyiwei households in various places have been replaced by officers from Qin soldiers. According to Zhu Youzhen's will, they are usually quite low-key and do not directly intervene in local affairs, but they have been doing intelligence gathering and other work, and they can also arrest people when necessary.

After receiving the order, Fujian Jinyi Wei Qianhu specially sent four Jinyi guards with strong martial arts, and the team was led by a hundred households, who came to Tong'an County as a servant to protect Xiong Rulin. Although those Jiangyang thieves did not do a lot of murder and stealing goods in the past, this time they ran into Jinyiwei, and they hit the muzzle of the gun, and they were all taken down in three moves and two styles.

Originally, these guys were all outlaws, and they knew that the stakes were important, and since the assassination failed, they planned to resist the death. Helplessly, they fell into the hands of Jinyiwei, and they wanted to pry their mouths open, so it wasn't simple? After a while, several people confessed.

With conclusive evidence, Jinyi Wei Baihu directly came to arrest people and took down all the county officials and the main book. Don't look at the fact that there are only four of them, but as soon as they shine in the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife, who dares to disagree?

The two guys, the county magistrate and the chief bookkeeper, are acting as officials in Tong'an County, and they are deep-rooted, not to mention the prefect, even if the prefect wants to move them, it is not an easy task. But as soon as Jinyiwei is dispatched, it represents the imperial power, and it is not easy to use any force. By the time Jinyiwei handed over the two criminals to the Quanzhou prefect, these two guys had already confessed, involving dozens of vicious cases, and even peeking at Yahuan taking a bath when he was a child. If you want to retract your confession again, it will be more than heavenly!

As a result, within three days, the criminal gang in Tong'an County, headed by the county chief and the chief bookkeeper, was uprooted and hundreds of people were arrested, many of whom were officials of the county government; Tong'anzhi County was dismissed from his post for negligence. Xiong Rulin was alone, and won a great victory against local forces, although Zhu Youzhen supported him, but his spirit of not fearing hardships and dangers, facing difficulties, as well as his thoughtful and discerning characteristics, also made Zhu Youzhen greatly appreciated.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen gave Xiong Rulin an important task: to deal with Zheng Zhilong in Zheng Zhilong's hometown!