343 The Purple Flame in the Court as Spring Mist (10)
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Zhao Shicheng never thought that he would end his life in this way. As the burrs of the hemp rope plunged into his delicate neck, unprecedented fear and stress hung over his head. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind: I was going to die.
There are no wives and children, no parents and relatives, no glory and wealth, only-
I'm going to die!
The hemp rope gradually tightened, and Zhao Shicheng felt the hot air spewed out by the murderer behind him, and the sharp pain in his neck soon brought a tingling sensation like burning in his lungs.
Zhao Shicheng waved his arms irrepressibly, as if he could pull some air into his shriveled lungs.
Finally......
"I, Zhao, ......" Zhao Shicheng held back his strength and squeezed out three words.
As soon as the rope loosened from his neck, hot blood poured into his brain, and cool air poured into his lungs.
Zhao Shicheng fell to his knees like a broken sack, gulping in the turbid air in the dungeon, but it seemed that he was enjoying the most beautiful haode meal in his life.
"Master Zhao has decided to recruit?" Li Sanli let go of the hemp rope and walked slowly in front of Zhao Shicheng.
Zhao Shicheng's snot and tears covered his face, and he cried uncontrollably. He didn't know that he would say those terrible three words just now, and he didn't know that he couldn't die bravely...... But he knew one thing, he would never want to go to the ghost gate again.
"I've got it!" Zhao Shicheng was like a bullied child, crying loudly in a hoarse voice: "You can recruit anything, I recruited ......"
"It's hard for eternity, the only one who dies." Li Sanli sneered without mind.
Zhao Shicheng raised his head, as if he knew his weight, and said presumptuously: "With my confession alone, Wu Weiye can't handle an iron case!" "He seems to be trying to regain some dignity. However, the facts shattered him.
"Wu Weiye? Is it Wumei Village? Is it Kunshan Wumei Village? Someone in one of the cells in the dungeon shouted, "I am a fellow villager of Master Wu!" I've done Weihui Mansion Tongzhi! I know that there is a rebellion against the enemy in Fuli County! Let me see Master Wu! ”
"Me too! I know it too! I've been a pusher! ”
"I'm Jiyuan Dianshi! I'm going to report the traitor! Let me out! ”
……
For a while, the entire cell sounded with the voice of reporting the traitor, all of whom were officials from the counties of Huaiqing and Weihui before.
Li Sanli was stunned for a moment, but he had already understood in an instant. I just inadvertently staged a scene of killing chickens and monkeys, these people thought that they would also be beheaded for collaborating with the enemy and surrendering, and they hurriedly took refuge in the new master.
As for those so-called "whistleblowing". You don't need to ask, as long as Master Wu reveals some clues, these people will bite them desperately.
This is also normal, if it is not for the people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can the thief come to the thief, and the official comes to demote the official? The scholars with temperament had already killed themselves when the city was broken.
Wu Weiye never imagined that there were so many allies in the dungeon.
According to the work outline, all prefectures and counties give priority to completing the work task of organizing households and people, and after consolidating the foundation of rule, they will screen and punish old officials.
Donggong did this in Shandong at the time. It is because the chamber of the East Palace has basic manpower, and there is no need to directly use these old officials. Wu Weiye doesn't know how to be flexible, he only knows that according to the work, he will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.
Fortunately, it was not too late to know.
Wu Weiye held a court overnight to interrogate these old and new criminals. As long as there were no thieves to resist the king's master, they were all moved from the dungeon to the City God Temple. Although there are still guards by officials, it is a good place with beds and bunks. Don't worry about someone taking their lives with hemp rope.
Some of these people had resisted when the rebels came to attack, but they were outnumbered and had to surrender. These people became the first officials to perform meritorious service for their crimes. With a detailed work arrangement, he returned to the post of "serving the people". And now the first thing to do. It is to dig out the "remnants of the two links" who collaborated with the enemy and bandits in the city, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
The sudden blow left no room for reaction to the powerful people in the city, and the officials armed with weapons soon rushed into the Hanoi county government and arrested the prefect of Hanoi, leaving the powerful people without the person who was in the center. Li Sanli, as the appointed police chief, brought in a strong man who was temporarily brought in. Pounce on the mansion of the powerful family.
These families all have slaves, but after all, these people are just servants who are responsible for cleaning, and it is okay to go out and oppress the good on weekdays, but in the face of the fierce "public servants", they have long been frightened. Even if there is resistance in the city. The gate was breached in an instant.
Wu Weiye was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, and he didn't feel a little tired until the sky was bright and he looked at the local gentleman who was kneeling.
"Don't come unharmed, gentlemen." Wu Weiye sat in the hall with a straight face, and said hello to these squires and gentlemen who had only seen him a few days ago.
The people kneeling below only felt creepy and shouted injustice.
Wu Weiye listened to these shouts of injustice, his head was as big as a fight, and he personally felt that the nobility of the Hanlin official was indeed true. He raised his hand, and with a weak pressure, those cries and shouts were forced to be suppressed, leaving only two choked sobs that couldn't stop the car.
When everything quieted down, Wu Weiye looked at the black head under the hall, but his mind was blank. The splendid talent that used to be a chapter and a laughing essay seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and I couldn't even think of a sentence that was appropriate for the occasion. Everyone thought that he was deliberately putting pressure on these gentlemen, but they didn't rush him.
"Shen Tongzhi, you come." Wu Weiye finally gave up his intention to hold back his words and beckoned to Shen Jiaxian.
Now the appointment of the ministry has not yet been made, but according to the right of the East Palace to act cheaply to the prefect, Wu Weiye can indeed appoint Shen Jiaxian as the acting governor first.
Shen Jiaxian stepped forward and saluted: "But listen to the orders of the old man." ”
Wu Weiye coughed dryly: "This government will rush to Luoyang on the same day." The purging of the remnants of rebellion, screening and interrogation, and other government affairs were temporarily handled by Shen Tongzhi. ”
Shen Jiaxian was quite surprised.
He had long wanted the opportunity to show off his ability to govern the place. It can be seen from the "Emperor's Circular" in the past few days that the officers and soldiers stopped recovering Henan, mainly because they could not fight, but because they could not govern it.
In this system, Shen Jiaxian can see more clearly: the former Ming officialdom and the Eastern Palace system under the leadership of the crown prince are the two extremes that are clearly distinguished. The former is extremely decentralized, and the magistrate does nothing is the most virtuous performance; But now they have to take care of everything, and even the people are eager to eat and drink Lazar.
Shen Jiaxian knew that ruling by hanging the arch was the highest level of politics, but as a middle-level official of the Ming Dynasty, he liked the pleasure of having everything under control.
Wu Weiye's departure created such an opportunity for him. If you can do the work of compiling the household and the people before Wu Fuzun comes back, it will definitely be a credit to the sky.
Shen Jiaxian didn't have to worry about Wu Weiye robbing him of his credit.
Within the administrative system of the East Palace, there is an artifact: meeting minutes.
On the 10th, local officials held a regular meeting at the upper and lower levels, and the meeting process was clear: first, the lower officials reported the situation, and then the whole group discussed the gains and losses, and then the upper officials assigned tasks according to the current situation. In each process, who makes a statement, who arranges, and who is responsible, write down the statement one by one, and then the participants countersign and keep it on file.
In addition, there are various special meetings and on-site meetings, although they are not as formal as regular meetings, but they are also written in black and white, and the participants sign. Regardless of the rewards and punishments afterwards, they are all based on this, and they can't be greedy or pushed away.
Wu Weiye left Huaiqing Mansion and could not attend the regular meeting, so he could not take any credit for the work report during this time. As the actual host, the name Shen Jiaxian will appear in every official letter and meeting sent out by the government.
With confidence in his own ability, Shen Jiaxian is not worried about doing anything wrong: even after the raid on the house and destroying the door has been completed, will the rest of the finishing work be more culpable?
I am afraid that the landlords in the counties below will incite a civil uprising, so we must first grasp the county orders in our hands when the situation is unclear, and establish a police station and inspection department as soon as possible.
Shen Jiaxian naturally thought of Zhang San's nephew. In his list, except for the county magistrate of Meng County, whose surname is Shen, the other five are all children of the Zhang family.
I believe that Zhang Sanju, who is in Weihui, will definitely have this tacit understanding. (To be continued......)