Zhao Fangfang listened to Di Renjie's words, and his anger burned with anger, and he shouted loudly: "What a clever mouth!" After a while, the official will let you know what life is better than death! ”

As he spoke, he shouted loudly: "Be bold and make a fool of the people, not only do you not kneel when you see this official, but you are also ashamed!" This official will first convict you of contempt for the court! Someone! Give me a fifty big board, life or death! ”

Di Renjie stood in the hall, and when he saw the officials on both sides hugging him, he shouted angrily: "I think who dares to make a mistake?" There was an angry roar, and it was majestic, so that the officials were startled, and they didn't dare to step forward.

Seeing this, Zhao Fang was furious and yelled at the officials: "Don't come forward yet!" ”

At this time, the master who was standing next to Zhao Fangfang was secretly surprised when he saw Di Renjie's performance, and hurriedly lowered his head and whispered a few words to Zhao Fangfang. After listening to the master's words, Zhao Yifang glanced at Di Renjie again, panted and forced down the anger in his heart, and snorted heavily.

The officials standing under the hall untied the ropes on the five people, waved their hands again, and the officials hurriedly retreated. Zhao Fang took a deep breath and said coldly: "If it weren't for the master who said good things for you, now, you would have been peeling your flesh a long time ago!" ”

Di Renjie glanced at Zhao Fangfang disdainfully, and sneered back. Seeing this, Zhao Fangfang was secretly angry in his heart, and slapped the shocked wood hard: "What's your name?" Where's the people? What do you do for a living? Why are you here in Jingzhou? Don't give me a real recruit yet! ”

Di Renjie sneered, and said slowly: "In the next, the surname is Di Renjie, and the name of the state is from the state." The official residence of Longtuge University Scholar, the deposed envoy of Jiahu Guangdao, and the governor of Jingzhou! I was ordered to transfer all the important military and political affairs in Jingzhou! ”

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The hall became silent for a while, and everyone was stunned, especially Zhao Fang's cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.

Zhao Fangfang's eyes rolled, he was shocked, and shouted: "Dare to make a fool of the people, dare to pretend to be Lord Qincha!" You say that you are Lord Qincha, do you have a certificate? ”

Di Renjie glanced at Zhao Fangfang coldly, and waved his hand at Li Yuanfang beside him. Li Yuanfang nodded, then took out a bright yellow brocade set from his arms, held it high above his head, and said loudly: "The holy decree has arrived!" ”

Zhao Fang couldn't help but tremble when he saw this, his mind was in chaos, and he didn't know how to deal with it. Seeing this, Li Yuanfang shouted at Zhao Fangfang: "Zhao Fangfang, you are so bold, you didn't kneel when you saw the holy decree?" ”

At this moment, there was a sound of neat footsteps outside the hall, Di Renjie turned to look outside the hall, and saw one hundred and ten Qianniu guards dressed in military uniforms quickly walked into the front courtyard of the hall, saluted Di Renjie together, and lined up on both sides with knives.

After a while, I saw a large group of purple-robed officials walking in bustlingly, and when they arrived in the courtyard, they stood in order according to their ranks. The leader was a fat-faced official with a big belly, and when he saw him pull off his clothes, he knelt down on his knees and saluted: "Xiaguan, Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Jingzhou, led Jingzhou Yousi to greet Lord Qincha!" Behind him, the officials also knelt down on the ground and called for worship to Lord Chincha.

Di Renjie hurriedly walked out of the hall, smiled at the Jingzhou officials kneeling on the ground, arched his hand and said, "Everyone, please get up quickly!" Hearing Di Renjie's words, Zhu Guozhi led the crowd to return the salute, and then stood up.

When Di Renjie saw the officials get up, he waved his hand to signal the officials to enter the hall to speak, and then turned around and entered the hall. Seeing this, Zhu Guozhi and the others hurriedly followed and entered the hall.

At this time, Zhao Yifang's mind was still in chaos, and he was standing beside the public case without giving up. Zhu Guozhi entered the hall, and when he saw this, he couldn't help coughing lightly and said, "Lord Zhao! Is it too rude for you to stand so openly on the side of the public case, don't come down quickly! Stand aside. ”

Zhao Fang woke up suddenly, hurriedly walked in front of Di Renjie and bowed down to apologize: "Humble and rude, I hope Lord Qin will forgive your sins!" ”

Di Renjie laughed, waved his hand and said, "Lord Zhao is serious!" Zhao Fang hurriedly stepped aside and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his hand.

Di Renjie walked to the back of the case and sat down, pointed to Li Yuanfang on the right side of his side and said, "This is Li Yuanfang, the general of the Qianniuwei School who was appointed by the Holy Lord to follow the Zuoben Pavilion!" He pointed to Zeng Tai on the left and said: "This is Zeng Tai, the imperial governor of Jingzhou!" ”

When the officials in the hall saw Di Renjie's introduction, they hurriedly arched their hands and said, "I've seen two adults!" Li Yuanfang Zeng Tai also hurriedly returned the salute.

Di Renjie coughed softly, and said with a straight face: "General Li, Xuan Shengyu!" ”

Li Yuanfang saluted Di Renjie, raised the holy decree in his hand and said loudly: "The governor of Jingzhou, the general of Jingzhou and his subordinates, welcome the holy parable!" ”

All the officials in the hall knelt on the ground and shouted: "Ministers welcome the holy decree, long live!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

Li Yuanfang saw that the officials knelt down and finished saluting, so he held the holy decree in both hands and bowed and handed it to Di Renjie, who took it with both hands and slowly unfolded it:

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: There are floods in Jingzhou today, which has caused the displacement of all the people of my Great Zhou Dynasty, and the place is overthrown. Jingzhou! It can be called the important vein of the country, especially important! Because Di Renjie, the Minister of Counsel of the Special Cabinet and a scholar of Longtuge University, was the deposed ambassador of Huguang Province, the governor of Jingzhou, promoted all important military and political affairs in Jingzhou, patrolled on behalf of me, observed the people's feelings, helped the people, rectified the rule of officials, and acted cheaply. Chin this! ”

The hundred officials said in unison: "Long live!" Banzai! Hooray! Di Renjie put away the holy decree and handed it to Li Yuanfang. He smiled and said, "Everyone, please get up!" Then the rulers prostrated again, and stood up.

After Di Renjie made a public case, his eyes swept over the hundred officials in Jingzhou under the hall, and said in a straight voice: "My lords, this pavilion has received the grace of the Holy Grace this time, and the deposition of the envoy of Huguang Province is for the sake of the people's livelihood, the flood and the affairs of the officials, and is disturbed by the Holy Bow. As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Yifang and said: "This pavilion has traveled all the way since entering Jingzhou, and all the people I have seen and heard are Zhao Yibao, the younger brother of Lord Zhao, who is tyrannical and domineering, oppresses the good, and forcibly occupies ......the land of the people. ”

Zhao Fangfang raised his head in shock, only to see Di Renjie say again: "The local government office is in collusion with Zhao Yibao, causing the people to be miserable, there is no way to sue the officials, and the situation is worrying!" Lord Zhao, what this pavilion said is not bad! ”

Zhao Fangfang's face was like earth for a while, coughed lightly, and came out of the class to argue strongly: "Go back to your lord!" There are indeed people in the local area who do evil under the banner of Zhao Yibao, but is it an exaggeration to say that the people are in a miserable situation because of Zhao Yibao? After all, Zhao Yibao bought the land with money! ”

Di Renjie saw Zhao Fangfang forcibly quibbling, and sneered: "Exaggeration? Zhaofu's slaves openly sold people's land in the countryside, and those who did not sell it were beaten and kicked, and several people were beaten to death in Zhaojiazhuang alone, which is an exaggeration? ”

Di Renjie continued: "The people of the countryside come to the Si Ya to complain, and your subordinates will arrest the complainant regardless of whether it is indiscriminate, and they will be killed on the spot just because the villagers are dissatisfied with the inquiry!" Is this also an exaggeration? ”

The officials standing below heard the uproar, "Killing the people before the government office, is this still necessary?" An official exclaimed.

Zhao Fang's face was red and white: "Big ...... My lord...... I ......"

Di Renjie said again: "Don't talk about the rest, your subordinates are head-hunting, fierce and domineering, and openly beat the general of the imperial court in the public court without asking, which is also exaggerated?" Hearing Di Renjie say that he had beaten the imperial general, the numb-faced man standing on the side was pale, trembling, and almost unable to stand.

The hundred officials under the hall were also surprised when they heard this, and they secretly said, "A small official dares to beat the general of the fourth grade of the imperial court, it is simply impatient!" ”

At this time, Li Yuanfang also said coldly on the side: "What should be the crime of beating the imperial court?" ”

Zhao Fangfang stubbornly said: "The crime should be robbed of the family and exterminated!" ”

When the numb-faced head was heard, his legs trembled even more, and he fell to the ground with a "plop", kowtowed like pounding garlic, and shouted loudly: "The villain really doesn't know the identity of the general, and I hope the general will forgive him!" Spare a small one! ”

Di Renjie got up, spared the public case and walked down and said: "Although it is a capital crime for you to beat Qincha, those who do not know are not guilty, and they can still be excused." However, you have oppressed the people and disregarded human life, but you are an unforgivable sin! Someone, take down this thief! Drag out the gate and behead the public! ”

Hearing the order, the Qianniu Wei guard, who was standing outside the hall, immediately entered the hall and tied up the pockmarked head trap. The numb-faced head catcher body was like a sifting chaff, and his body kept trembling, struggling and shouting: "My lord! Spare your life! My lord! Spare your life! The little ones don't dare anymore... Again..."

Seeing the pock-faced head catcher shouting for mercy and being dragged down, the officials in the hall were a little frightened.

Di Renjie glanced at the officials in the hall majestically and said, "From today onwards, all officials will dare to bully others; Those who run rampant in the countryside and oppress the people are guilty of the same thief! ”

All the Jingzhou officials in the public court knelt down in unison and said loudly: "Obey Jun's orders!" ”

After Di Renjie returned to the public case, he said: "Yuanfang Zengtai, you and the two of you will immediately lead the army to arrest Zhao Yibao and other thieves, and punish them properly!" At the same time, he told the local government that all the land occupied by the Zhao Mansion should be returned to the people, and those who have grievances should be strictly tried, and the place must be brought to justice! ”

Li Yuanfang and Zeng Tai hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

After speaking, Di Renjie stared at Zhao Yifang coldly, causing Zhao Yifang to be terrified and collapsed to the ground. He told him again and again: "My lord! The lower officials really don't know what they are doing, please be aware of them! ”

Di Renjie snorted coldly and said, "What you are doing, this pavilion will naturally know it!" Come! Confiscate the official clothes and seal letter of Zhao Fangfang, put him in prison, and wait for his fate! ”。

When he arrived, Qianniuwei came in and pulled off Zhao Fang's official clothes and dragged him down.

Di Renjie's series of actions made the officials in the hall frightened and uneasy, and for a while, the hall was extremely silent, and no one dared to speak.

Di Renjie saw the solemn atmosphere in the hall and said with a smile: "Don't panic, the Zhao brothers have done a lot of evil, and they will be punished by their own national laws, as long as you act according to the law, you will be fine!" “

When the officials heard Di Renjie's teachings, they hurriedly bowed and saluted, and they all said yes.

Zhu Guozhi came out of class and saluted: "Xiaguan, as the governor of Jingzhou, he can't distinguish between right and wrong, which causes the Zhao brothers to get away with it and become a bad town. And the lower officials didn't know at all, it was really an unforgivable sin! ”

Di Renjie saw Zhu Guozhi pleading guilty, and stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Lord Zhu, this is really not your fault. As the governor, he presided over Jingzhou on behalf of the Son of Heaven and raised tens of millions of Li people, and his responsibility was not heavy. It is impossible to be exhaustive and discerning. Master Zhu has done a good job in governing and providing effective relief to save all the people from the dire situation, which is really a great contribution to the court! ”

Zhu Guozhi saw that Di Renjie praised him, and he was a little moved in his heart. remembered that he went south to Jingzhou alone, and went through countless hardships and hardships to open up the situation in Jingzhou a little, and he didn't want a big flood to knock all his efforts back to the original state, which made him feel depressed and indescribable. Now that the imperial court is openly affirming his merits in front of the hundred officials in Jingzhou, Zhu Guozhi's heart is full of blood, his eyes are red, and he salutes Di Renjie with a little choked up: "Your Majesty...... Xiaguan..., should not be praised by the elders, what he does is really the duty of a minister! ”

When Di Renjie saw Zhu Guozhi like this, he secretly praised in his heart. waved his hand and said: "Whose credit is it, this pavilion only has discernment, Lord Zhu doesn't need to say anything." After speaking, he said: "This time, this pavilion will escort five million disaster relief silver taels to the people of Jingzhou in accordance with the holy decree. After the disaster relief food is distributed, you must make good use of it, if anyone dares to withhold money and grain privately, or fill their own pockets to defy the law, this cabinet will be severely punished! ”

At this time, the officials under the hall were frightened several times, and they had already been frightened, and now how dare they be greedy, they fell to the ground one after another, and shouted: "Don't dare!" ”

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With Di Renjie personally sitting in Xiangyang to preside over disaster relief matters, officials from all over the country naturally did not dare to use their lives, and Zhao Fangfang's experience from the past was in front of him. With the support of the imperial court's money and food, measures to provide relief to the victims of the disaster were rapidly carried out in various places.

Di Renjie would not stay in Xiangyang, he left Zeng Tai to coordinate the affairs, and he took Li Yuanfang Ruyan and others to inspect all parts of Jingzhou, inspect disaster relief matters, and by the way, explore the local officials' governance of the people.

After several times, although there were strict orders from the Qincha, many officials still saw that it was profitable, and tried their best to embezzle the disaster relief money, or lie about the disaster situation, or lower the relief standards, or exploit them layer by layer, but they racked their brains and hollowed out their minds. made Di Renjie and the others sigh with emotion, Di Renjie naturally did not show mercy while sighing, and killed these corrupt people one by one to set an example.

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