On the evening of Li Yuntian's return to Dinghai County, the officials of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division and the Ningbo Prefecture were questioned by Gong Rui and Liu Minyu one after another, which made the officials of the Zhejiang Third Division in the city panic and uneasy, secretly discussing this matter, and not knowing whether it would be their turn.

The commander of the capital of Zhejiang, Luo Yong, the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture, Wang Fu and others, knew very well that the reason why they were not arrested and imprisoned like Song Song and Zhao Yang was because Li Yuntian wanted to give them a chance to turn themselves in, and since the trial of the Dinghai County case had not yet officially begun, if they confessed, then they could be punished lightly.

As the direct bosses of Dinghaiwei and Dinghai County, the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division and the Ningbo Government have responsibilities that cannot be shirked no matter what, and they are bound to be implicated in the Dinghai County case, which Luo Yong, Wang Fu and others know very well.

Due to the importance of the case in Dinghai County, coupled with Li Yuntian's invisible deterrence, Luo Yong, Wang Fu and others poured beans into bamboo tubes without resistance, and told everything they knew.

As a matter of fact, Luo Yong, Wang Fu, and other chief officials of the Zhejiang Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture did not participate in what happened in Dinghai County, but only ordered the Dinghai County Ya and Dinghaiwei to conduct a strict investigation, and if they could not deal with the aftermath, they would be held accountable for the two military and political officials in Dinghai County.

Song Song and Zhao Yang once sent money to Luo Yong and Wang Fu and others, but they were all closed, who dared to accept their money before the matter in Dinghai County was over, these experienced old oilmen in officialdom know very well what money can be collected and what money cannot be collected.

However, those middle- and lower-level officials in Zhejiang and Ningbo did not have so many scruples, and many people laughed at the benefits of Song Song and Zhao Yang, because these middle- and lower-level officials turned a blind eye to what happened in Dinghai County and did not report to their superiors, which allowed the Dinghai County Ya and Dinghaiwei to conceal their deception.

Although Luo Yong, Wang Fu and others seem to have nothing to do with the affairs of Dinghai County, Li Yuntian, Zheng Liang and other Nanjing officials are well aware of this, knowing that Luo Yong and others are protecting themselves in Mingzhe, and deliberately keep a distance from Dinghai County, unlike those middle and lower-level officials who do not know how to live or die.

Moreover, in the subsequent series of incidents in Dinghai County, even if the subordinates did not report to them, Luo Yong, Wang Fu and others must have noticed the strange place, but none of them wanted to pierce this layer of window paper, and only wanted to obfuscate this tricky matter, so they ignored Naxi's strange treatment.

The reason is very simple, with the ability of Dinghaiwei and Dinghai County Officials, they will not be able to achieve such brilliant results as reporting to them in this incident of the Japanese raiding on the city.

According to the results reported by Dinghaiwei, they suffered 267 wounded in the battle with the Japanese invaders, killed 973 people, captured 36 Japanese invaders, and annihilated 591 Japanese invaders.

Although the results of the Dinghai County Ya Song Report were much inferior to those of Dinghaiwei, it can also be said that it has made great contributions, catching more than 10 people in Dinghai County, as well as dozens of Japanese co-ordination.

Last year, the dozens of Japanese guards who turned the Nanzhili upside down and forced the city gate of Nanjing to close its gates were all from the boundary of Zhejiang, which shows how unbearable the combat effectiveness of the Zhejiang local guard is, how could the little Dinghaiwei kill nearly 600 Japanese in the first battle, and the number of casualties in the battle reached 1,000.

It is not that Li Yuntian's enemies are determined to destroy their own prestige, in his opinion, if Dinghaiwei can suffer more than 1,000 casualties in the battle with the Japanese invaders, then its combat effectiveness is definitely comparable to the elite Xiaowu army, but this is obviously impossible, among the guards in the Ming Dynasty, only the Jiangnan Guards have the lowest combat effectiveness, otherwise how can they allow those dozens of Japanese to run rampant on the ground in Zhejiang and Nanzhili? .

As for the report of the county government of Dinghai County, it is even more unreliable, they have been doing nothing in the matter of the Japanese invaders for many years, how could they suddenly make a big effort after the Japanese invade the city's shipping yard and capture dozens of Japanese eyeliners and accomplices?

When Li Yuntian first went to Dinghaiwei to inspect the battle, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the ratio of battle losses reported by Dinghaiwei to the Japanese invaders to 2 to 1, and if the people present at that time had a keen sense of smell, they should have realized that Li Yuntian did not believe this report from Zhao Yang, the commander of Dinghaiwei.

In fact, whether it is the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division, the Ningbo Prefecture, the Zhejiang Political Envoy Division, or the Zhejiang Inspectorate Division, they will not think that the reports of Dinghaiwei and Dinghai County Ya are true, but everyone is in a hurry to get out of the incident of the Japanese raiding the freight yard of the city, so naturally they will not pierce this layer of window paper.

After Gong Rui and Liu Minyu's questioning, the officials of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Department and the Ningbo Prefecture who had accepted bribes were all imprisoned.

Seeing that Li Yuntian was determined to investigate the affairs of Dinghai County, the officials of the Zhejiang Political Envoy Department and the Procuratorial Envoy Department who had also accepted bribes from Dinghai County were panicked and uneasy, and went to Gong Rui and Liu Minyu one after another to confess, knowing that once the case in Dinghai County was thoroughly investigated, the matter of their bribery would definitely be shaken out, so it was better to turn themselves in as soon as possible.

Gong Rui and Liu Minyu felt very relieved during this period, because the officials of the Zhejiang Third Division and the Ningbo Prefecture were very cooperative, so they did not spend much effort to put the officials who had accepted bribes into prison.

The two of them knew very well in their hearts that the reason why things were so smooth was not because of their level of case-handling, but because the people of Zhejiang Sansi and Ningbo Mansion were very jealous of Li Yuntian's prestige, so they disarmed and surrendered without any resistance at all, and according to Li Yuntian's previous style of acting, they would definitely be punished lightly.

Although Luo Yong, Wang Fu, and other chief officials of the Zhejiang Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture did not accept bribes from Dinghai County, they bore unshirkable responsibility for negligence, so Li Yuntian suspended them from their posts in the name of "Jiangnan Patrol" to assist Gong Rui and Liu Minyu in investigating the case.

As for the officials who were not involved in Dinghai County, such as Li Yi'an, the Zhejiang Political Envoy and the Zhejiang Procuratorial Envoy, Li Yuntian put them in charge of the aftermath of the victims in Dinghai County, and this was also the duty of the Zhejiang Political Envoy and the Procuratorial Envoy Division, so Li Yi'an and others naturally did not dare to slack off and hurriedly mobilized materials to appease the victims.

Because Luo Yong and other people from the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division were suspended, Li Yuntian asked Wurenhou and Nanjing Garrison Fang Youdao to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division, so as not to affect the daily operation of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division.

As Li Yuntian ordered a thorough investigation of Dinghai County's illegal acts in the attack on the city's freight yard, the entire Ming Dynasty was sensationalized, and the eyes of the government and the opposition were invariably turned to the Ningbo Mansion.

To the surprise of the outside world, Li Yuntian did not stay too long in Dinghai County, and when the personnel from various yamen in Nanjing were stationed in Dinghai County, he left for Suzhou Prefecture, after all, his duty was to inspect Jiangnan and could not stay in one place for a long time.

Zheng Liang, Qin Kangmin, Zhang Quan and Fang Youdao were entrusted with important tasks by Li Yuntian to stay in the county seat of Dinghai County, after all, Gong Rui and Liu Minyu are still young, and if Li Yuntian leaves, it will inevitably be impossible to control the scene, and no one dares to have any wrong thoughts with Zheng Liang and others.

For Zheng Liang, Qin Kangmin and Zhang Quan, this incident in Dinghai County is a rare opportunity to show a sense of existence in the court, and they will definitely not give up lightly.

Since Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, the six departments of Nanjing have been suppressed by the six departments of the Beijing Division, making the yamen in Nanjing gradually become a place for the frustrated in the officialdom to retire, which is incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Therefore, Li Yuntian believed that Zheng Liang, Qin Kangmin, Zhang Quan, and Fang Youdao would be able to handle the case in Dinghai County well, and that the officials dispatched by the major yamen in Nanjing would also do their best to carefully assist Gong Rui and Liu Minyu in handling the case.

In fact, after learning of the accident in Dinghai County, the auxiliary ministers in the capital originally wanted to send someone to assist Li Yuntian in a thorough investigation, after all, Li Yuntian did not have so much energy to spend in Dinghai County, but since Li Yuntian had already withdrawn manpower from the major yamen in Nanjing, they then gave up the idea of sending people.

With the official rank and qualifications of Zheng Liang and others, even if those auxiliary ministers send people to Dinghai County, they will definitely be suppressed by them, although the yamen of Nanjing's major ministries and courts have been snubbed in the officialdom, but the Shangshu of Zheng Liang and others is indeed genuine and should not be underestimated, and they have the power to speak directly to the orthodox emperor, and if they are trusted by the orthodox emperor, they can be transferred to the six Shangshu of the Beijing Division.

Therefore, Li Yuntian placed Zheng Liang, Qin Kangmin, and Zhang Quan, the three Nanjing six Shangshu who held real power, in Dinghai County, and those auxiliary ministers could only wait and see what happened, and they could not also send Shangshu-level officials to Dinghai County, which would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among Zheng Liang and the others, and the fight would be inevitable, and Dinghai County would definitely be stirred up into a miasma.

In early May, Suzhou Prefecture.

Accompanied by Xie Heng, the prefect of Suzhou, Li Yuntian experienced the world-famous Suzhou gardens, and the two talked and laughed happily, and the relationship seemed to be very harmonious, which made the officials of Suzhou Mansion who bowed down and followed behind secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and finally did not have to worry about Li Yuntian's vigorous rectification of officials in Suzhou Mansion.

Xie Heng and Li Yuntian are both Jinshi of Yongle Nineteenth Year Branch, and they are Li Yuntian's best friends among Jinshi in the same department.

Since following Li Yuntian to investigate the two Huai Yandao corruption cases, Xie Heng was transferred to the rich and beautiful Suzhou Mansion as the prefect, and in a few years, he has managed Suzhou Mansion in an orderly manner, which can be described as a good hand in governance, and all walks of life in Suzhou Mansion have a high opinion of Xie Heng.

Among the various scientific examinations after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, only the achievements of the Xinchou Kejinshi in the nineteenth year of Yongle were the highest, not only the loyal warrior king of the Ming Dynasty, but also Yu Qian and Xie Heng and several other people are rising stars in the officialdom, and their careers are immeasurable.

"Zhejiang officialdom must be seriously injured after suffering the Dinghai County case, and you are reluctant to go to Zhejiang to take up your post in the fancy world of Suzhou Mansion." While talking and laughing, Li Yuntian remembered something and asked Xie Heng with a smile.

The case in Dinghai County will inevitably trigger a major earthquake in Zhejiang officialdom, and the chief officials of the Zhejiang Third Division will definitely be implicated, and the officials of the Zhejiang Third Division and above the fourth grade will be demoted or transferred.

Of course, Li Yuntian can't sit back and watch others share this fragrant big cake, he will definitely take a bite, there are not many people around him who are qualified to go to Zhejiang to work, Xie Heng is undoubtedly one of them.

"What's so reluctant about this, wherever you go, it's for the imperial court." Xie Heng was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, and replied to Li Yuntian with a smile.

Xie Heng is now the prefect of Suzhou in the fourth grade, Suzhou Mansion is the first state capital of the Ming Dynasty after Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion, and the only state capitals that can be compared with the Ming Dynasty are Yangzhou Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion.

Li Yuntian asked Xie Heng to leave the Suzhou prefect, and it would definitely not be transferred to Hangzhou Mansion, so it must be promoted to the political envoy of Zhejiang Province to participate in politics from the left and right of the three products, and then enter the ranks of the three major officials, and then go up to the level of the six ministers.

Xie Heng has only been in the prefect of Suzhou for five years, if he can be promoted to participate in politics from the left and right of Sanpin in a rich province such as Zhejiang, then it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to his career, and he will enter the sixth department in the future to become a squire, so he is naturally willing to go to Zhejiang to serve.

Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, and then Yu Feng turned around and chatted with Xie Heng about the customs and customs of Suzhou, Xie Heng also seemed to forget what Li Yuntian had just said and introduced the customs and characteristics of Suzhou to Li Yuntian, and the two laughed and talked happily with each other. R1148