"From tomorrow, the people in the Criminal Department will start working overtime, and it is estimated that Zhao Prison will not be able to accommodate the prisoners arrested today."

"The day's work, the day's end! From now on, the Criminal Department must review all the cases that came from the Dongchang on that day. ”

The officials in the palace were all shocked when they heard that it was only one day, and the Zhaojiao of Dongchang could not be contained.

You must know that the East Investigation Factory was rebuilt on the basis of the Ten Princes' Mansion.

Although the prince who lives in it is almost equivalent to captivity, the specifications that should be there are still not small.

Once upon a time, each palace could accommodate hundreds of people.

The entire Ten Kings' Mansion combined, it is not a problem to hold five or six thousand people.

How could such a large area not fit?

All the officials in the palace instantly guessed the answer, that is, there should be no more than 10,000 people arrested in Dongchang today.

……

At this moment, the East Investigation Factory is very lively.

The men's angry scolding, the women's pleadings, and the children's cries rang out in unison.

Wei Zhongxian sat peacefully on the chair in the lobby of the East Factory in such a noisy environment.

He also held a fine blue and white porcelain teacup in his hand.

Wei Zhongxian took a sip of tea, tasted it carefully, and said, "I didn't expect King Sheng Xuan to have such a good tea, better than all in the palace!" ”

"Only a romantic figure like the Duke can think of such a wonderful way to drink tea!" Sun Yunhe, the criminal officer of the East Factory, touted.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head, "This method was first invented by His Majesty, and our family is only a toddler in Handan, and we haven't learned the essence yet!" ”

Sun Yunhe said with a smile: "Duke Miao praised!" Before the humble position, he only knew how to make tea and drink it, and it was all thanks to the teachings of the governor, and the humble position only knew that the tea could make people have an endless aftertaste. ”

As he spoke, he took a sip to back up his words.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian chuckled and said, "The best tea has been wasted by you rough man." Without further ado, how many people have been taken into custody in Zhao Prison now? ”

Sun Yunhe immediately replied, "Duke Yu, before you came back, the brothers had already captured three hundred and seventy-three families, and a total of more than five thousand three hundred people had been captured. ”

As he spoke, Sun Yunhe handed over a small notebook.

Wei Zhongxian opened it and took a look, and it was densely packed with names.

Most of the names have been circled in red, and these are prisoners who have already been captured.

And those whose names were not marked were people who happened to be not at home, and temporarily escaped the arrest of Dongchang.

Sun Yunhe had been observing Wei Zhongxian's eyes.

After seeing his boss turn his gaze to those names that were not circled, he hurriedly explained: "Tian Dudu has already ordered someone to make a sea fishing paperwork, and I believe that in less than three days, most of the other people will be caught." ”

Tian Dudu's name is Tian Ergeng, and he is the deputy personally promoted by Wei Zhongxian.

Tian Ergeng was also responsible for the arrest in Chang'an City.

Wei Zhongxian put down the teacup and said softly, "Your Majesty handed over the Dongchang stall to our family to manage, and our family handed it over to the two of you." ”

"If you can't complete the task, Your Majesty will definitely reprimand our family, and don't blame our family for being ruthless when the time comes!"

After Sun Yunhe heard this, cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

Although Wei Zhongxian's words were light and fluttering, without any killing intent, he did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Just yesterday, just because of a subordinate's wrong look, Wei Zhongxian flew and pinched the man's head.

Sun Yunhe was also born in Nanya, and in his more than ten years of military career, he has never seen such a brutal person.

I have never seen a fierce man who can pinch and explode the skull just by relying on the strength of his fingers.

Thinking of Wei Zhongxian's blood-covered but smiling face yesterday, Sun Yunhe couldn't help but fight a cold war.

"The governor can rest assured, and he dares to guarantee that as long as the people on the list are on the list, they will never escape the arrest of our East Factory."

Wei Zhongxian still said with a smile: "You have a very good plan, our family only looks at the results, and Your Majesty only looks at the results." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wei Zhongxian felt that those prisoners were too noisy.

Then he continued, "You have to find a way to shut up the prisoners. Our Dongji Factory is not a vegetable market, and it is noisy all day long, what kind of system is it? ”

Sun Yunhe's eyes rolled, and he suddenly had an idea.

"How about having the prisoners cut out their tongues?"

Wei Zhongxian nodded approvingly: "Your brain is a bright one, but you should pay attention to some people who can't be cut off, maybe one day Your Majesty will remember it and will interrogate it personally." ”

Sun Yunhe immediately understood.

The only people who can't be cut are the descendants of those big families, or royal relatives.

Other stewards, subordinates, and servants are all objects whose tongues can be cut off.

A quarter of an hour later.

The East Factory, which covers an area of thousands of acres, all resounded with terrible screams.

"Don't come here! Don't cut my tongue! ”

"I want to see Your Majesty, I am his own uncle, you can't cut my brother-in-law's tongue."

"Bold, this palace is the emperor's aunt and grandmother, get out of my way!"

"Faint King, you can't die well!"

"I won't let you go!"

.....

At this time, Wei Zhongxian, the governor of Dongchang, was still drinking tea very leisurely, and he didn't listen to those curses in his ears at all.

He looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun had gone down, so he got up and changed into clean clothes for the maid's service, and walked out of the east factory to the palace.

Inside the Xuanzheng Palace.

Li Mao is announcing the next military plan.

"This year, I'm going to focus on defense!"

"Mencius once said that the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people."

"Now the thieves on the side of Luoyang are occupying Tianshi, and I am in control of the four major towns in Guanzhong, and they occupy the geography."

"We're okay defensively, but aggressive is a little bit more than enough."

"First of all, there are two large armies, the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Ya and the Fourth Guard of the North Ya, almost all of them are newly recruited soldiers, and they still need to be trained for more than three months before they can be called qualified soldiers."

"And on the Luoyang side, there are hundreds of thousands of tiger and wolf armies who have been fighting for many years."

"Secondly, our food this year is not enough to support the active attack, but there are countless grains from Luoyang, which have been transported from Jiangnan."

"That's why I've decided to stay away from him for the time being, so I can treat people."

The officials in the palace saw that the emperor had made up his mind, so naturally they would not raise any objections.

What's more, they also know that it is already good to be able to hold Guanzhong now.

As for the people in Li Mao's mouth, they didn't understand what they meant.

Zhou Ziliang, who was more courageous, asked, "What does Your Majesty mean by people?" ”

Li Mao patiently explained: "People and nature are the hearts of the people!" ”

"The thieves on the Luoyang side will definitely continue to attack, but if we can keep guarding Guanzhong, there will definitely be changes in the hearts of the people in that place, and more people like An Lushan will come out."

The hearts of the people in Li Mao's mouth are talking about the thoughts of those local wealthy families at this time.