Gang culture has existed in all dynasties, and it also exists in the Great Song Dynasty today, and most of these interest groups are formed by the poor people. It's just that compared with the gang members at the bottom, the ones who can really enjoy the benefits of forming a gang are always those who stand at the top. In the name of helping the poor and helping each other, they actually coerce the public to gain benefits and status.

As the most prosperous city in Zhejiang, there are also two very famous gangs in Hangzhou, which are the Cao gang that rely on shipwrights and dock coolies to gather together, and their fame is limited to the places south of the Yangtze River, and they are not as famous as later generations. But it is an indisputable fact that there are thousands of disciples in the Cao Gang.

Among these people, there are ordinary people who join in order to obtain jobs and profit distribution, and there are also outlaws who fight for land and work. Under Liu Guangqian's deliberate protection, this large Cao gang almost monopolized the work of transporting ships at the major wharves in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and also made it even more famous in the minds of ordinary people.

Compared with the large number of Cao Gang, there is not much cohesion, and there is still one in Hangzhou. The Salt Gang, which is closely related to the Cao Gang, has older qualifications and a larger and stronger organization. It can be said that a large part of the salt that the government banned from private sales in all dynasties was controlled by these people.

In addition to their intertwined power, they also have a force that the government cannot ignore, that is, they control many salt workers. If the government coerces them to the limit of their interests, these people will take measures to reduce production or raise the price of salt, disrupting the normal order of salt sales in the country, so as to force the government to make concessions to them.

This gang controlled by salt merchants, if the number of people they control in the coastal areas is added, the Cao gang is not enough to see. In addition, almost all of them have thousands of family wealth, and they also have many eyes and ears in the government. If they see that the timing is not right, these people will quickly retract their tentacles and wait for the opportunity to rise and revive.

With funds, connections, and a tight organizational structure, it is not easy to completely eradicate it. Moreover, in order to prevent problems with salt, which is sold exclusively by the government, most of the government will not oppress these people too much, so as to achieve the principle of peaceful coexistence. This has also caused a situation in which the tail of the Jiangnan Salt Gang is not eliminated and difficult to change, and there are their shadows behind the corruption cases.

If he said that he was worried that the officers and soldiers of the garrison in the Jiangnan state capitals would make trouble, Zhao Xiaoxi was even more worried that these salt merchants would do something that would affect the salt market and lead to a popular uprising. Fortunately, with knowledge that is thousands of years ahead of this era, Cho Hyo-seok was already aware of this kind of thing when he took over this case. It's good for the Salt Gang to admit their sins honestly this time, otherwise it will disintegrate their foundation in one fell swoop.

After taking Hangcheng, Zhao Xiaoxi immediately issued a supervision order and sent it to the cavalry of the forbidden army assembled on standby. They were divided into small teams and sent these inspection warrants to the yamen. Let all these officials involved go to Hangzhou to confess their guilt and surrender to the law. If they do not comply with this inspection order, they will be ruined by raiding their homes.

Although Zhao Xiaoxi really wants to put these corrupt officials in one pot and replace Zhang San with Li Si, it won't be long before this kind of thing happens again. This corruption in officialdom cannot be cleaned up overnight.

What Zhao Xiaoxi is doing now is to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, take down Liu Guangqian, the governor, and other prefect-level officials will be handed over to the imperial court to make a sentence according to their confessions. Give Jiangnan officialdom a collective blood change, and retain a situation that can be chaotic and stable.

If you are too anxious all of a sudden, and there is really a civil uprising, then the matter will be really difficult to handle. Now catch the big rats, and these small rats will be dealt with accordingly according to their performance, so that they don't have the possibility of jumping off the wall in a hurry. Compared with giving civil officials a chance to atone for their sins, it was not so gentle on the army of various provinces.

These praetorian cavalry, armed with the documents of his inspector, went directly to the barracks and directly arrested the generals involved in the corruption case. Those who dare to resist, unless they are not afraid of the consequences of punishing the Nine Clans. What's more, there are cavalry of the forbidden army to announce orders, to a certain extent, to warn those officers and soldiers who are okay, and follow these guilty military attachés, the consequences are very serious.

It is said that the so-called officialdom alliance built by money will make the wisest decision under the pressure of life. It is precisely because these civil officials understand the laws of the Great Song Dynasty and the rules of the imperial court that do not kill literati lightly. There is still a glimmer of life in the face of admitting guilt and subduing the law, compared with the arrest of not admitting guilt and resisting the forbidden army, which is tantamount to rebelling against the nine tribes. These civil officials who read the Book of the Holy Son would choose the latter wisely, and would not dare to challenge the prestige of the imperial power easily.

When Zhao Xiaoxi was in full swing to collect the evidence of corruption in Jiangnan officialdom and sent someone to hand it over to the emperor Zhao Xu on the dragon chair quickly by land and water. When he received the first letter about Suzhou officialdom, Zhao Xu saw that the two officials with the most power in the officialdom were involved, and the remaining half of the official history was not spared, so he knew that this Suzhou officialdom was almost rotten to the roots.

What made Zhao Xu, the emperor who slowly came to power and began to realize the importance of money in managing a country, was angry. In Suzhou Mansion alone, the court taxes that were less embezzled amounted to one million. This is just a relatively tax-rich state capital on Liangzhejiang Road, so how many taxes have been embezzled by the entire Liangzhejiang Road over the years, thinking about it makes Zhao Xu grit his teeth with hatred.

When the courtiers are rich in fine clothes, jade food, and wealth, when the emperor is shy in his shrinking clothes and dieting bag, which emperor can tolerate? Although Zhao Xu knew that corruption in Jiangnan officialdom had existed since the Shenzong period, it was not so corrupt as it is now. It seems that these Jiangnan officialdom officials really think that he is young and easy to bully?

Thinking of what Zhao Xiaoxi said at the end of the song, Zhao Xu also knew that this kind of thing was not in a hurry. If this kind of well-implicated nest case is not handled well, it will make Jiangnan, a land of taxation, a mess. Therefore, he had to hold back the anger in his heart and began to think about finding troubles for these important ministers of the court who usually advocated the rule of Jiangnan officials.

It's just that I saw the above few important ministers of the court involved in the Jiangnan case, and if I want to take them down, I'm afraid that I still need the imperial grandmother to speak. Recently, I have felt that this imperial grandmother is delegating power to his Zhao Xu, and it is decided that this kind of major matter should be consulted by this imperial grandmother to see what advice the other party can give.

At that time, even if you want to belittle these officials promoted by the Empress Dowager Gao, I believe that for the sake of the Zhao family, this imperial grandmother will understand his painful decision. It will not happen at that time, so that the imperial grandmother feels that he deliberately concealed it from her. Zhao Xu already understands this, there are some things that the grandparents and grandchildren discuss behind closed doors, and that is their own business. If it is brought to the court for discussion, it is a military matter.

Because of Zhao Xiaoxi's intentional help, the pair of ancestors and grandsons have become much closer, and they learned that this emperor and grandson have important matters to discuss. Empress Dowager Gao quickly led it to the dormitory, and after retreating from the palace maids and eunuchs around her, she quickly took the secret fold handed by Zhao Xu. Seeing the Jiangnan Nest case written by Zhao Xiaoxi himself, the equally wise Empress Dowager naturally understood the seriousness of it.

When Shenzong was alive, he said that the Jiangnan tax was related to the foundation of the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty. Now these court officials are wantonly embezzling the taxes of the imperial court, aren't they digging the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty in disguise?

'Official, what are you going to do with this?' Although this matter is related to the foundation of the country's fortunes, it also needs to be treated with caution. Although heavy medicine under fierce fire has a quick effect, it will also leave trouble. Do you think Yun'er can handle this matter? ’

Regarding the stability of this imperial grandmother, Zhao Xu quickly said: "King Yunjun seems to be reckless, but he is coarse and detailed, judging from the situation of his current layout investigation, Sun Er thinks he should let him try." No matter how bad it is, Liu Guangqian, the governor of Zhejiang, must be dealt with strictly. Otherwise, the imperial court's taxes in Jiangnan will only gradually reduce the impact on the foundation of the country. ”

Hearing Zhao Xu's answer, Empress Dowager Gao pondered for a moment and said: "Since the official family has a plan, then let it go, and deal with these corrupt officials who are bad to my Zhao family, no matter who is involved." It's just that the officials should remember that when frying over a fierce fire, they still need to be warmed. A good monarch should make his courtiers both awe and grateful. This degree must be grasped by the officials. ”

already knows that this imperial grandmother has gone through three dynasties of emperors, and her concept of being a monarch should not be underestimated. After Zhao Xu nodded in understanding, he quickly withdrew from the empress dowager's bedroom. At first, I thought that the mentality of the monarch was thinking about how to raise the tax in Jiangnan as much as possible without causing turmoil in Jiangnan.

Zhao Xu, who had thought about these things clearly, planned to take another look, and he still needed more evidence to endure this secret fold. Let him judge the situation in Jiangnan, and he is also full of expectations for this cousin. I hope that this hornet's nest that no one else dares to poke, this cousin will also poke it down for him, so that this hornet's nest will not be prickly, but can provide a source of 'honey' for the imperial court.

And with the detention of Liu Guangqian on Liangzhejiang Road, the transfer envoy was also detained pending trial, and the entire Liangzhejiang Road officialdom. With the cavalry of the Praetorian Army, bring the inspection warrant and ultimatum. The officials of the state capitals under the rule of Liangzhelu also became panicked. As for the so-called destruction of evidence, it must have been too late.

The Qin cha dared to make this arrangement, and he already had evidence that they had embezzled the imperial court taxes and colluded with the salt merchants to sell illicit salt. Now people are waiting to see them, do they take the initiative to come to the door to ask for the crime to save this little life, or wait until the sword soldiers come to the door and ask for beheading? This multiple-choice question, with a completely different ending, really gave the officials of Liangzhejiang Road a complete headache.

Also anxious about these officials, there are also a number of Jiangnan salt merchants who continue to receive news that the salt merchants in Suzhou City have been arrested by the government. They are also worried about how hard this fire will burn and how many people they will be implicated in, this is what they are worried about!