Quiet as a virgin, moving as a rabbit.

Huai'an's operation to exterminate the Cao Gang was described by many as a fierce battle without fighting, and the actions of the Zheng Jiajun soldiers were very fast and accurate. Through Guò's operation this time, Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Caoyun, his prestige in Huaibei quickly increased, and it was not only the Cao gang and the gang Ding who were afraid of him, but also the officials at all levels of government, who knew what kind of thunderous measures this governor would take next.

Zheng Xunrui didn't have the heart to care about so many discussions and reactions from the outside world, he focused his attention on the captured Shanyin gang leader, if you say that the other captured Cao gang leaders are mostly five big and three thick characters, the leader of the Shanyin gang is different, he looks very quiet, and his first feeling is that he is a scholar.

The four deputy gang leaders of the Shanyin Gang, except for the poisonous dragon who was directly killed by Zheng Jinhong's order, the rest of the tigers, leopards and vipers, seem to be very cold-blooded characters in the rivers and lakes, and it is not so simple to lead these people to do things, how does a gang leader who looks like a quiet scholar control the fierce and vicious deputy gang leader under his command, which makes Zheng Xunrui very curious.

Such a person, to describe it in more accurate words, is either a hero, or there is an unusual relationship behind it.

Several days have passed, except for the gang leader of the Shanyin Gang, the rest of the gang leaders of the Cao Gang have all been interrogated, Zheng Jinhong, Xu Wanghua and others have mastered the materials, which have been piled up, there are countless secrets, basically involving Jiangnan scholars, doctors, businessmen and many officials, and even some adults in the capital, these materials have been carefully selected, and some of them can be made public. It was put in the torture chamber of the governor's palace for safekeeping, and at the same time, according to these materials and documents, the torture chamber drew up a plan for how to deal with it, and went to the imperial court, after obtaining the imperial edict. Relevant measures can be taken, and the part that cannot be made public is to extract the main points in detail and transport them all to Zheng Jiajun's military camp for safekeeping, and no one is allowed to open them.

In order to strive for the accuracy of the materials they mastered, Zheng Jinhong and others even repeatedly interrogated and questioned. Some documents that cannot be made public, if there is a mixture with the documents that need to be played, even take the form of re-interrogation and detention.

The main points of these excerpts are all in Zheng Xunrui's hands.

These things can be said to be great treasures, pass guò these instruments. basically controlled the largest businessmen in Jiangnan, as well as some of the famous scholar families.

Only the leader of the Sanyin Gang has not yet been interrogated, because Zheng Xunrui is ready to interrogate him in person.

Zheng Jinhong and the others were a little incomprehensible, although they said that the Shanyin Gang was the largest gang in the Cao Gang, and the gold and silver seized from its silver treasury were close to 10 million taels, but no matter what. The Sanyin Gang is just a gang of Cao Yun, and its gang leader is not very powerful, so Zheng Xunrui doesn't have to interrogate him personally.

However, Zheng Xunrui made a decision. Zheng Jinhong and others were all unconditionally executed, and those officials who were imprisoned in the prison, after preliminary screening, some officials who belonged to the subordinate position had been gathered in the military camp of the Zheng family, waiting for Zheng Xunrui's lecture. These people will be able to go back and get back to their work.

Of course, after this turmoil. The handle of these people is in the hands of the Caoyun Governor's Palace, regardless of whether they are particularly willing in their hearts or not. At least in the future, I will definitely comply with the Governor's request.

After these people were concentrated in the Zheng Jiajun barracks, their treatment changed, and every day someone told them what they should do in the future, what they were wrong in the past, and so on.

By mid-October, the number of officials gathered in the Zheng family's military camp was close to 500.

The officials who continue to be imprisoned in the prison have no chance to turn over, and the twists and turns on how to deal with them have long been sent to the capital, just waiting for the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department to file for the record, and the Governor's Mansion can do it, and the officials above the fourth rank need to be escorted to the capital, unless it is a special circumstance, the Governor's Mansion still cannot be disposed of casually.

On October 12, the third batch of 500,000 stone grains were shipped from Hangzhou, Suzhou, Huai'an, Huaiyin and other places, and transported to the capital.

Before coming to the Zheng Jiajun barracks, Zheng Xunrui already knew the situation of the local government where the Grand Canal passed, almost all of which were temporarily maintained by the Zheng Jiajun, and the edict of the officials had not yet come down, and the successor prefects and counties were not in place for the time being.

Such a situation cannot be maintained for a long time, these problems must be solved, and Zheng Jiajun has its own tasks.

Zheng Xunrui took office as the governor of Caoyun, not to completely solve the problem of greed for ink, but he needed to catch the officials and establish some new rules for everyone to abide by the rules, so he had to give the vast majority of people a horse, so that everyone would fear the Caoyun Governor's Mansion and carry out the orders of the Caoyun Governor's Palace.

The water is clear, there are no fish, the number of officials involved in Caoyun is too much, it is impossible to completely punish them, then the government is clean, but no one does things, as the saying goes, thousands of miles to be an official is only for money, the Ming Dynasty gave the officials a pitiful amount of money, Zheng Xunrui, a dignified second-grade member, the monthly salary is less than thirty taels of silver, and the seven-grade magistrate, the silver that can be obtained every month, all the bits and pieces are counted, that is, five taels of silver, relying on this bit of silver to sustain life, the vast majority of officials will starve to death.

Fire consumption and drenching are additional income for local officials, and Bing Jing and Tan Jing are additional income for Beijing officials, but these incomes can only be obtained by the chief officials, and among the local officials, that is, a few officials such as the prefects, prefectures and counties, etc., can get them, and other officials are difficult to get, so the officials have no other income and cannot maintain their lives.

This is the contradiction that has always existed in the Ming Dynasty, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang seems to hate the officials, and the officials who have been determined are pitifully low, and to put it mildly, they can barely make the officials maintain food and clothing, and even unable to feed their families.

Zheng Xunrui knows the contradiction here, today's grain prices have risen sharply, and the officials' salaries are not moving, they can barely survive by relying on that little money, but now they are afraid that they will not be able to live.

To solve the contradiction in this regard, the first point is to greatly increase the salary of officials, but unfortunately this is a matter in the hands of the imperial court, and Zheng Xunrui cannot do it for the time being, unless his roots in Huaibei are hard, he can find a way to solve it.

On the other hand, Zheng Xunrui's blow must not be too big, too low, so that the officials can not live, so the officials who are not greedy for ink do not exist, if they really start to clean up and investigate, it can only make the government an empty building, so he needs to unite the majority and crack down on a very small minority.

Zheng Jiajun barracks, Zheng Jinhong, Xu Wanghua, Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others have been waiting here for a long time.

Zheng Xunrui didn't say anything and went straight to the playground.

Nearly 500 officials were already waiting in the playground, and when Zheng Xunrui came over, there was silence on the huge playground.

Zheng Xunrui's expression was very strict, and he walked to the top of the military platform.

"The Governor's Mansion this time, I think you all know about it, and you have personally experienced it, this official has taken office in Huai'an, and there has been such a big move, if you have no thoughts in your heart, it is unrealistic."

"Why this official is doing this, you all know it, this official doesn't want to say more, you are all officials of the Yamen of Fuzhou County, aiding in the abuse and harming the interests of the people, this is a sure fact, and you can't shirk it."

"This official is not a person who eats the ancients, and he knows your suffering, you are also forced to reach out for the sake of a decent life for your family, and this official is not a pedantic person, he will let you live a life without food, so you are afraid and don't want to be an official."

"After today, you will go back to the Yamen of Fuzhou County to do things, and the past things will be written off, but you must remember one thing, in the future, all the documents issued by the Governor's Yamen must be executed to the letter, otherwise you will blame the official for being ruthless, and the new and old accounts will be settled together."

"The yamen of Fuzhou and county must operate normally, and all the prefects and counties that are not in place for the time being will be temporarily presided over by the same governor and county, and wait for the new chief official to be in place, during this time, you must do your best to do your part well, and do a better job than before, and the governor's office will always test your acting government affairs, reward and recommend officials who do well, and impeachment or even dismissal of officials who do not do well."

"This official believes that you can handle government affairs well, cooperate with the Caoyun Governor's Office, and completely eliminate the shortcomings of Caoyun." ……

Zheng Xunrui noticed that all the officials standing in the playground had relaxed expressions on their faces.

Only by combining leniency and severity can officials be obedient and obedient, and they can do things honestly.

I believe that from this moment on, no one dares to neglect the order of the Caoyun Governor's Palace, of course, Zheng Xunrui will take more means in the next step to promote a group of officials who have the ability to work diligently, and eliminate some officials who do not act, so that they can truly establish a good atmosphere and atmosphere of the government.

The first step of rectification has basically been completed, and the effect depends on how these officials will go after they go back. (To be continued)