Chapter 187: The government is shaken

After the end of the battle, except for Xiao Zhenlei and other three, there was no one alive in the county office, Xiao Zhenlei and the three people also quickly left the county government and disappeared without a trace, the residents around the county government were already frightened, even if Xiao Zhenlei and the other three people left for a long time, no one dared to go out of the house to check the situation in the county office, lest they get into trouble, and the county government was already in tatters, dead bodies were all over the ground, and the wind was gusting.

The three of them drove back to Zhenhua Company quickly, Xiao Zhenlei knew that there was one thing that had not been done, that is, the thirteen spies sent by Enahai, these people had to be removed, and they didn't want to arouse the suspicion of Enahai and Ge Shihong if they didn't get rid of them before, but now there is no need to scruple about Enahai and Ge Shihong.

Xiao Zhenlei and the eagle discussed it together, and in order not to cause a bad impact on the workers, they decided to secretly solve the thirteen secret agents, and the two of them carried out them personally, also for the sake of insurance, the purpose was naturally to prevent those Qing court secret agents from jumping off the wall and fighting back on the verge of death.

The operation to get rid of the thirteen spies went relatively smoothly, although some of them had already raised their vigilance because of the death of Enahai, but no one thought that Xiao Zhenlei would choose to do it in the middle of the night.

After killing those Qing court spies, Ma Hanlong took some guards to dispose of the corpses, and did it unconsciously, Xiao Zhenlei confessed that if outsiders or workers asked about the whereabouts of those people, they said that they had left their posts without authorization and did not know where to go.

The next morning, the Daotai Yamen Mansion in the Dadong Gate of Shanghai County was very lively, and all the officials who came came were the officials in the Daotai Yamen, and these people usually came to the Daotai Yamen to order the Mao, but they were not so early today. This qiΔ“ was ordered by Cai Naihuang, the Taoist platform.

The officials in the hall were divided into two sides, the civil officials sat on the left side, and the military attaches sat on the right side, and the officials talked to each other about the reason why Cai Naihuang had notified them to come in advance.

There are still well-informed people among these officials, and only to hear officials in their thirties whisper: "You know what? I just got the news before I came. I heard that last night, the family of Baoshan Ge Shihong Ge County was slaughtered in the Yamen of Zhixian County! ”

"Ah-" The officials exclaimed in unison, this news is really shocking, the story of the slaughter of the magistrate in the resident office is generally only in the novel, and it is all made up by those bold authors who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, in order to relieve the resentment in their hearts, but in reality, who has the courage and force to rush into the Zhixian Yamen and massacre the Zhixian family? Unless it's a mob rebellion. Or maybe a mutiny is possible, but I haven't heard of a mob rebellion or a mutiny.

The officials listened to the young official just now and their brains were buzzing, if this matter is true, it is simply too scary, if someone really has that kind of ability. Don't these officials have to live in fear every day, do you think, since people can slaughter Ge Shihong Manmen, can't they slaughter these officials present?

Just when all the officials changed color and were worried about their lives, one of the officials in his forties let out a sneer: "Hmph, it's just nonsense, I happened to get the news." Last night, there was indeed a large-scale shootout in the Baoshan County Ya, but as far as I know, it is true that everyone in the county Ya was killed. But to say that Ge Shihong was slaughtered is pure nonsense, there are more than 80 corpses in the Ya of Baoshan County, including Ge Shihong and Lu Ying Qianzong Tong Tieshan, the others are either fast or servants, and more than half of them are Green Camp soldiers, but there are no old and weak women and children! ”

The officials listened. His face was even paler, and there were no old and weak women or children. Doesn't this mean that the murderers are more powerful? You must know that those who were killed were strong men with combat effectiveness!

Just when the officials were even more scared, one of the more calm officials wondered: "So to speak." Ge Shihong and Tong Tieshan had already prepared, otherwise how could Ge Shihong transfer the old and weak women and children? Even so, they were still poisoned, which shows that the murderer is not ordinarily powerful, I am afraid that he gathered a lot of people to do it together! At least there must be more than 100 people, otherwise it is impossible for so many people to die in the county yamen, it is estimated that all of them are dead, and there is no one left! ”

After listening to this person's analysis, all the officials couldn't help but nod frequently.

"Lord Cai is hereβ€”" At this moment, someone came out from behind the screen and shouted, and saw Cai Naihuang walking out from behind the screen with his hands behind his back with a blue face, and all the officials immediately clapped their hands and threw their sleeves on the ground, and said in unison: "See your lordship-"

Cai Naihuang walked to the main seat and sat down, raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "All colleagues, get up!" ”

"Lord Xieβ€”" The officials got up from the ground together.

Cai Naihuang looked left and right, and saw that almost all the officials who should have arrived had arrived, so he spoke: "I called you here so early today because there was an incident last night, and well-informed colleagues should have gotten the news, that's right, it is the matter of the Baoshan County Ya, last night the Baoshan County Ya was besieged by many strongmen, resulting in a total of 87 deaths, including the Zhixian Ge Shihong, the Green Camp Qianzong Tong Tieshan, and other Green Battalion soldiers, the officials of the Zhixian Yamen, and the arresters, none of them survived!" Rampant, so rampant, it's just to the point of lawlessness! ”

Cai Naihuang said that the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he continued to say angrily: "I have been founding the country of the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, and such a tragic thing has never happened. Tomorrow, is it my turn to slaughter Su Song Taidao Taitai Yamen? This group of strongmen is really arrogant, they don't take the government in their eyes at all, and killing my officials is like killing pigs and dogs! ”

At this time, an official suddenly got up and said loudly: "My lord, we absolutely cannot tolerate such a thing happening again, and we must send capable people to Baoshan to investigate the slaughter of the county government. ”

After listening to this official's words, other officials also got up one after another and said that they would investigate the case to the end, no matter who was involved, they would investigate to the end, and what this group of strongmen did was already against the officialdom of the entire Qing court, and such behavior would definitely not be tolerated by any official.

Cai Naihuang nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, all of you colleagues have come to the point, now we must abandon a qiΔ“ disagreement and unpleasantness, we must reach an agreement on this case, I hope that your colleagues can share the same hatred with this official, and this official will report to the governor's yamen, the governor's palace and the imperial court on this matter, on the other hand, we must mobilize troops to exterminate all the bandits in Susong Taidao, and trace the traces of those strongmen!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The officials agreed in unison.

No one would have thought that Xiao Zhenlei had done this incident, and no one thought that this incident was done by the revolutionary party, and if it had been done by the revolutionary party, in the eyes of the officials, they would definitely think that the revolutionary party would not have slaughtered the county government and would not occupy the entire Baoshan, which was inconsistent with the goals and objectives of the revolutionary party.

Under Cai Naihuang's organization, the officials of the entire Su Song Taidao all united to give up all their prejudices and prepare to go all out to solve the case of the slaughter of the Baoshan County Ya, and vowed to catch those bandits, these damn bandits simply ate the courage of the ambitious leopard, and actually slaughtered the entire Baoshan County Ya, is there anything more arrogant than this? Is there anything more provocative to the power of the government? This kind of thing will never be tolerated.

In order to solve the case, in order to find the whereabouts of those strongmen, the officials reorganized Xing Prison, and the Jiangyang thieves and petty thieves who were locked up in prisons in the entire Susong Taidao really suffered this time, and the officials thought that since those criminals were strongmen, they must be somewhat involved with the Jiangyang thieves and petty thieves on the rivers and lakes, and the Jiangyang thieves and petty thieves who were locked up in the prison were tortured again, and there might be unexpected gains.

At the same time, Cai Naihuang also reported the matter to the governor's yamen and the governor's palace and the imperial court, and asked the governor's yamen and the governor's office to seconded troops and horses to make every effort to eliminate the green forest mountain bandits, river and lake salt lords, and river and ocean thieves in the territory of Susong Taidao, and also decided that from now on, all those who commit crimes will be dealt with strictly and severely, and those who can only be sentenced to one month in prison must be sentenced to one year, and those who can only be sentenced to one year must be sentenced to ten years, and those who can only be sentenced to ten years in prison, and those who can only be sentenced to ten years in prison, All of them will be decided.

The case of the slaughter of the Yamen of Baoshan Zhixian County and the response measures made by the Qing court government made a big uproar in the news media for a while, and the "Civil Daily" commented: "It can be seen from the case of the slaughter of the Yamen of Baoshan Zhixian that the power of the government has weakened to the extreme at this time. ”

A reporter from Ta Kung Pao wrote in the newspaper: "The Baoshan County Ya incident shows that the government has aroused public resentment, and the people's hatred for the government can only be washed away with blood, and the government's reaction to this matter is like a dying wicked man doing his last dying struggle!" ”

A reporter from Minghu Daily commented in the newspaper: "The case of the massacre of the Zhixian Yamen shows us how much the Qing court's oppression and exploitation of the people has made the people resentful of the government, and the Qing court can only rely on indiscriminate killings to deter the people to maintain their rule. Awakened people, stand up and overthrow the Manchu Qing and establish the Republic of China! ”

As soon as the report was published, printed, and sold, it immediately aroused strong concern from all walks of life, and public opinion was in an uproar, and the relevant departments of the Ministry of Public Concession and the Ministry of Industry held that the report was too political, and ordered the newspaper to immediately suspend publication and rectify it.