"This group of brutes is really unreasonable!"

Qi Jiguang was also furious after listening to the young man's story, he didn't expect that this group of gentry would actually take this opportunity to collude with the Japanese and forcibly buy the people's land at a low price!

"What's your name? When General Ben informs the Governor of what happened, he will definitely give you justice! Qi Jiguang looked at the embarrassed young man in front of him and said in a deep voice.

"Huh... Adult, the little one was born lowly, my father's surname is Zhang, and everyone calls me Zhang Er! ”

"Well, Zhang Er, I'll wronged you first tonight! General Ben asked, "Would you like to tell all this in court tomorrow?" ”

"I ...... I do. ”

Zhang Er plucked up the courage to look at Qi Jiguang's eyes and said loudly.

"Okay, General Ben will go and report to the Governor!"

Qi Jiguang said that, he wanted to turn around and leave, but suddenly a report from the soldiers came from outside, saying that Master Li of Shouning County asked to see him.

"Let him in!" Qi Jiguang waved his hand and motioned for his soldiers to let him in.

As soon as Master Li came in, he knelt on the ground with a 'plop', raised the file in his hand high, and sobbed: "General, under Li Jie, is the chief bookkeeper of the county government of Shouning County!" There is an important report, Zhao Yanchang, the magistrate of Shouning County, did not die of an arrow when the city was broken, but was killed by them! ”

"What? Let's talk about it! Qi Jiguang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly called Li Jie to his side and said in a deep voice.

"General, here's the thing, long before the fall of Shouning County, the magistrate had already noticed that something was wrong, first of all, there were many unfamiliar faces in the county! The second is that the gentry landlords began to hoard a large amount of grain as if they had received some news in advance. ”

"At that time, the magistrate of the county sent the magistrate to investigate, who knew that the magistrate in the county had already been bought by the group of gentry and landlords, and soon informed them of the matter, and Shouning County was broken that night, and the magistrate of the county was nowhere to be found!"

"And when I saw the prefectural lord again, he was already dead, covered with a white cloth, and no one was allowed to approach! The gentry landlords claimed that he had been killed by an arrow, and I had a good relationship with the morgue's work, so I snuck in to take a look. ”

Li Jie paused for a moment and continued: "Lord Zhixian's body is covered with bruises and all kinds of scars, he was abused to death!" ”

"After that, I understood that this matter was not simple, and secretly collected evidence, which I found in the room of the magistrate, which recorded the crimes committed by these gentry landlords! Presumably they're looking for these things, too. Li Jie said and handed over those files to Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang took the file and looked through it hastily, which recorded in detail the crimes committed by the gentry landlords: "On the third day of the lunar month, Wang Cheng, the son of the Wang family, instructed the servants in the family to beat the old man who sold fish to a serious injury, and then died, and on the eighth day of the lunar month, the Zhang family ......"

The more Qi Jiguang rolled back, the heavier his breathing became, and then a nameless fire rose in his heart, making him eager to send an army now and kill all these evil gentry!

After taking a few deep breaths, Qi Jiguang calmed down, and the top priority now was to report the matter to the Governor, so that the Governor could make another decision.

When his thoughts were flying, Qi Jiguang instructed Li Jie: "You will live here tonight, don't go back, and go to the court with that Zhang Er tomorrow and tell the truth of the matter." ”

"Thank you, General!" After Li Jie listened to Qi Jiguang's words, his eyes also lit up, he knew that he had made the right bet!

……

At the end of the banquet, Hu Zongxian refused the retention of the gentry and went straight back to the room.

'Knock knock! There was a knock at the door from outside.

"Come in!" Hu Zongxian picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and said softly.

"Your Excellency!"

I saw Qi Jiguang coming in with a gloomy face, and at the same time holding the files that Li Jie had given him before.

"Did you find anything?" Hu Zongxian took a sip of tea and asked.

"My lord, this is what the last general has found out!"

Qi Jiguang said, handed over the file to Hu Zongxian, and at the same time repeated what Zhang Er and Li Jie said to Hu Zongxian.

"It's really unreasonable, it seems that Your Majesty is right, this group of gentry and landlords should have cleaned up a long time ago, and they dared to collude with the Japanese and annex the people's land, not to mention, but also dared to murder the court officials!" After hearing this, Hu Zongxian slammed the table and said angrily.

"You don't have to wait until tomorrow, you go down now to mobilize the army, act tonight, if anyone dares to resist, kill them all!" Hu Zongxian put down the file that recorded the crimes of the gentry and commanded.

"Yes, I'll do it!" Qi Jiguang said in a deep voice.

……

Soon, the soldiers who were previously stationed outside the city entered the city under Qi Jiguang's order, and this movement naturally did not hide from the gentry and landlords in the city.

"What's going on, why are so many troops coming into the city?"

"Oh no, our affair has happened! The Governor is going to send troops against us. ”

"Quick, run now, maybe there's a chance of life!"

Soon, the Ming army that entered the city controlled all the mansions of this group of gentry landlords with lightning speed, and the private soldiers trained by these gentry landlords who usually spent a lot of money and energy were vulnerable in front of the real army and were soon killed!

In the process, the slightest resistance from the soldiers ensued a merciless slaughter.

"Raising private soldiers, murdering court officials, conferring with widows, annexing people's land, disregarding people's lives, and bribing officials, all of them are good things committed by you!"

Hu Zongxian smiled, looked at the gentry landlord who was escorted by the soldiers and knelt down in front of him, and spoke.

"Spare us, Lord Governor, just now we are doing our best to entertain you, you can't ......"

"Hmph, all down!" Hu Zongxian didn't look at them, and commanded in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the specific amount of property has been counted, eight and three hundred thousand taels of silver, and the rest are like grain, cloth, and so on, and are countless." At this time, Qi Jiguang stepped forward quickly and reported to Hu Zongxian.

"Well, first take out the captured silver taels and give a part to the soldiers, and the rest will be used to supplement the heavy grain and grass consumed by the army first, and as for the rest......"

After Hu Zongxian pondered for a while, he gave his idea: "As for the rest of the grain, distribute it to the people in the city!" In addition, the land that was annexed by the gentry landlords was also returned to the original owner, and if you go to someone to write a few notices and post them in a conspicuous place in the city, it means that this group of gentry landlords will be publicly tried by the county government of Shouning County tomorrow. ”

"Yes, Lord Governor! In the end, I will go down and arrange it. After listening to Hu Zongxian's instructions, Qi Jiguang immediately received the order to leave.

Soon, notices were posted in conspicuous places all over Shouning County! It said that tomorrow the county government of Shouning County will openly try these evil gentry landlords, in addition to returning all the land that the people had previously annexed, and not only that, but also distributing the grain found from the homes of the gentry landlords to the residents of the city.

The news spread ten, ten, hundreds, and soon, most of the people in Shouning County knew about it.

With a beautiful vision for tomorrow, countless people have fallen asleep.

(End of chapter)