The raccoon sweat pattern above the door frame, staring at all the people who entered, after entering, rows of low houses appeared in front of you, the corridor between the houses was very dark and narrow, the houses could not see the windows, if you looked carefully, you could see that there were some gaps in the roof, walking through these low houses, it was a wall and a door, the door frame hung a tiger head card, if you stepped into this door, you entered the tiger head prison, this is the place where death row prisoners and felons are held.

The prison in Xi'an, like other places, was divided into ordinary cells and death rows, but because of the wanton raids of the rogues, the concentration of criminals increased, and the government invested some money to further strengthen the prison.

Ordinary cells are divided into male and female workers, each cell is about four square meters in size, and about six people are imprisoned in it, but the situation is special today, more than ten people are held in each cell, and there is no sunlight in the cell all year round, the air is filthy, and the prisoners who are not in good health often die without waiting for the arraignment.

Not to mention death row, not only does it not see sunlight all year round, but it is also dark and damp, the area is small, the average height is only 50 centimeters, and the condemned prisoners and felons who are held in it cannot turn around, cannot straighten, can only huddle in their cells, the difference is that only one person is held in each death row.

When he entered the prison, a foul smell came, which Zheng Xunrui had never smelled before, with the smell of blood and an indescribable stench, and the jailers who walked in front were accustomed to this qiē.

Zheng Xunrui first came to an ordinary prison cell.

The jailer who led the way in front didn't know the identities of Zheng Xunrui and Hong Xinyu, he received the order from above, which was directly said by the prison officer, there are relatives of prisoners, and they want to go to the cell to see their families, and the prison officer has no special instructions, and the jailer will not have a good face, of course, this time is different, the two family members who entered the prison are very smart, and they gave him a silver ingot, and when he got the silver, the jailer had a smile on his face.

Zheng Xunrui's first target was the prisons of the province, the government, and the county, including the prisons of the commanders.

The battle of Chezhou Gorge made Xi'an Fucheng highly tense, and the number of criminals suspected and even imprisoned in the prison for punishment, the government prison and the county prison increased sharply, not to mention the command of the envoy and the supervisor, this situation has continued to this day, the scouts in Xi'an Fucheng secretly investigated, and the information obtained was that officials at all levels got a lot of money from this.

According to the prison of the procuratorate department, the prison of the government office, and the canonical history of the county government, they generally serve as prison officials, don't look at the prison just from the officials of the nine grades, and the canonical history has not even entered the stream, but their power is very great, and it has made the prison a black industry.

Below them are the officials and wardens of the torture chambers, and these are the specific personnel who deal with the prisoners who are imprisoned in accordance with the above meaning.

At the bottom are the jailers, these jailers are not simple, if there is no one to care about the criminals, they can make you worse than dead, and they can also make you very comfortable in the prison.

The reason why Zheng Xunrui chose the breakthrough point in the prison was because the scout found information that surprised him.

The invasion of the rogues made the situation in Xi'an Fucheng very tense, and also made many gentry and wealthy families enter the city, of course, including the squires and some of the people, these people fled to Xi'an Fucheng, carrying a lot of money, so some people stared at them and began to make these people's fortunes.

The specific method is very simple, framing and unwarranted, once some people in the government are eyeing you, taking advantage of the tense situation and the opportunity of the government's strict investigation, the male owners of these families will be imprisoned in the prison, and in the next screening stage, someone will come forward to contact the family, how much silver can be taken out, there is nothing, if you want to shout injustice, then what awaits you is a dead end, it is not simple to fabricate a crime, just a crime of a common coward can be covered on the head, if you are not willing to confess, then you will confess, Not only the prison officers and jailers beat them, but also the prisoners in the cells.

What is even more frightening is that on this industrial chain, provincial, government, and county officials are involved.

The prison magistrate cannot directly decide the crime of the offender, including many things in the prison, and the real decision is made by the procurator, the prefect and the prefect, of course, there are also their adjutants, such as the deputy envoy and the servant of the procurator department, the same governor and general judge of the prefect and yamen, and the county official of the county yamen, etc.

In order to try to accumulate money, officials and gangsters colluded and got angry, so that too many innocent people were imprisoned in prison, let them be humiliated, and extort their money.

This has become a black industrial chain in Xi'an.

Zheng Xunrui attaches great importance to this matter, not to mention the shady scenes, this practice alone has made the officialdom of Xi'an Fucheng dirty, and even other prefectures and counties have been up and down, so that the prestige of the government in the eyes of the people has been completely lost, and the rogue has a large market in Shaanxi and has a steady stream of soldiers.

The ** of the government is the most fatal, without a capable team of officials, don't think about doing anything well, even if the relief of the imperial court comes, even if the governor yamen finds money and food, the people can't enjoy it, and it will eventually enter the pockets of those corrupt officials.

The so-called law does not blame the public, the officialdom is already in such a filthy situation, and it is unwise for you to come up and attack all the officials, I am afraid that the officials at all levels of the province, government, prefecture, and county will not be able to operate normally, so we must choose a good breakthrough to punish those who are terminally ill and warn other officials.

The scout found a family, this family moved from Yaozhou to Xi'an Fucheng, it is a local rich family, there is not much background, the male owner of the family was detained in the government prison for more than half a month, the family has consumed hundreds of taels of silver, but still can't get people out.

Fortunately, there were a few hundred taels of silver, otherwise the person would have died in prison.

Zheng Xunrui took Hong Xinyu into the prison, just to see what the situation was here.

The scouts have begun to collect a lot of evidence, this matter is carried out in secret, many people are silent, they are not willing to say anything, and they dare not say anything, the progress of collecting evidence is very slow, in this case, Zheng Xunrui thought of starting from the prison, it should be said that a lot of evidence can be obtained from the prison.

Everything was done in secret, Zheng Xunrui did not reveal his identity, and pretended to be a family member to enter the prison to visit the prison.

Zheng Xunrui's choice of unjust prison is a breakthrough, it is also a dangerous measure, but also a helpless measure, if he can't rectify the rule of officials, he can't do anything, when he first arrived in Yan'an Mansion, he did not comprehensively rectify the rule of officials, and liquidated Zhao Mu, the magistrate of Qingjian County, that is because Yan'an Mansion is too poor, and almost all the officials who have the ability have left, leaving behind are some officials who have no background and backing, most of these people will not choose to be greedy for ink, and they can't bear the consequences.

Becoming the governor of Yansui, Zheng Xunrui liquidated He Yaowu, the chief soldier of Yulin, and let He Yaowu commit suicide, because Yulin is a border town, and large-scale turmoil is even more unacceptable, so Zheng Xunrui chose to let most of the officers leave and go to Liaodong, ending the action of rectifying officials.

As the governor of Shaanxi, the situation is completely different, the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, plus the north and south of the direct subordination, Shaanxi is one of them, although it has been poor for many years, but the geographical location of Shaanxi is not ordinary, Ningxia border pass, Yulin border pass, including Shaanxi Xingdu Division, are the defense institutions set up by the imperial court in Shaanxi, always facing many tribes in the grassland, directly facing the three strongest tribes in the grassland, namely the Tumut Department, the Turpan Department and the Ordos Department, if these tribes make trouble at the border, the court can not be peaceful at all.

No matter how dangerous the situation was, the imperial court did not mobilize the sergeants of the Ningxia Border Pass, the Yulin Border Pass, and the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, after all, their duties were different.

Zheng Xunrui served as the governor of Shaanxi as the left deputy capital envoy, and the responsibilities were very heavy, Yulin Border Town, Ningxia Border Pass and Shaanxi Xingdu Division, in fact, he was in charge, and he was responsible for problems in these places, Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department and the governor of the five provinces, had been removed from the post of trilateral governor, and the imperial court did not appoint a new trilateral governor, in fact, the responsibility was directly pressed on Zheng Xunrui.

This seems unfair, but Zheng Xunrui can only bear it, and Zheng Xunrui knows very well that there is not much time left for him to stabilize Shaanxi, and more things will happen next, especially the rise and invasion of the Houjin Tartars, so that the imperial court has exterminated the Liukou many battles, all because of the enemy on both sides, and he had to give up halfway.

In the face of arduous tasks, it is natural to need thunder means, but the more you go to the top, the more cautious you must be, you must be fully prepared, and you can produce great results and achieve your goals directly, otherwise you will fall into a stalemate, and you will not be able to do what you want to do.

Repeatedly faced with pressure, Zheng Xunrui has long been used to it, traveling to the Chongzhen period, it is impossible to enjoy happiness, especially if you want to make a career, it is even more impossible to be easy, there is a good saying, people can't suffer all their lives, but there is always a period of hardship.

I don't know how much relief the court will give this time, but it's always better than nothing, plus Yan'an Mansion, Qingyang Mansion and Yulin Border Town, there is no need for relief for the time being, and it can be maintained, which more or less reduces the burden, thinking about the real solution to the immediate difficulties, the important step is to start from the inside, so that officials, scholars and wealthy households can take out food and silver, but think that these people take out money and food, where is it so simple to talk about it