This level of killing continued for nearly a day, and it was not until the resistance in the city was wiped out that it gradually stopped.

After this, Hu Zongxian sent people to post notices everywhere in the city, informing the people that he had come to quell the rebellion on the orders of His Majesty.

At the same time, it was written in the announcement that if the people have grievances, they can go to the government to report them, and at that time, someone will seek justice for them!

And the government office located in the city has already been thoroughly cleaned, and nothing has been left behind!

It's just a little bit of blood in the air, which still tells the tragic situation at that time.

"Thank you, Governor, for leading the army to help!"

Cao Shunhe bowed deeply to the ground, his face full of gratitude.

"Wherever and wherever this official is just on the orders of His Majesty."

"Besides, if it weren't for the letter you desperately sent, the court wouldn't have been able to know the specific situation so quickly."

Hu Zongxian's face was full of smiles, and he immediately helped Cao Shunhe up.

"Alas, this official is ashamed of His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty handed over Jiangxi to me to manage, but now it has become like this."

After Cao Shunhe got up, his face was full of guilt.

"Can you tell me all the details?"

When Hu Zongxian heard this, he immediately cheered up, and then asked.

"Here's the thing, when the official first took office......"

With Cao Shunhe's description, Hu Zongxian finally learned the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that when Cao Shunhe rushed to Jiangxi to take office, he planned to clean up this group of salt merchants! even once made a relevant note to the court, but every time it sank into the sea, there was no response.

After a long time, Cao Shunhe gradually gave up, and the well water of the two sides did not interfere with the river water, but they were also safe.

In the process, Cao Shunhe's prestige as governor of Jiangxi was also declining, and some of his officials colluded with salt merchants.

Until the government's ship transporting official salt capsized inexplicably, and the thousands of catties of salt carried on board and the personnel responsible for escorting the salt disappeared mysteriously.

Cao Shunhe only then reacted, and when he wanted to take measures, it was too late!

His officers no longer obey his orders.

"You mean, you once wrote a corresponding note to the court, but you didn't get a reply?"

After listening to Cao Shunhe's explanation, Hu Zongxian also deeply felt the severity of the situation, frowned, and asked.

"Yes, this official has written three letters to the imperial court, but each time it is a stone in the sea!"

Cao Shunhe saw Hu Zongxian asking him about this, and his face was full of seriousness, so he responded.

"Since this is the case, things have become tricky, not everyone has the courage to intercept the performance of the feudal officials!"

"As far as this official knows, there are very few people who have the ability to do this in the capital."

Although Hu Zongxian said this, in his heart, he already had a rough guess.

Perhaps, the whole thing was planned by Yan Song and Xu Jie, because only they have this energy.

"No, you must inform Your Majesty of this matter!"

Hu Zongxian quickly made up his mind and thought so.

At this moment, the voice of the guards came from outside: "Report to the governor, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou are asking to see outside!" ”

Hu Zongxian then waved his hand and commanded.

"Let them in!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

The guards answered and walked away quickly.

After a while, I saw Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou enter the mansion.

As soon as the two entered it, they knelt respectfully on the ground and reported to Hu Zongxian.

"Report to the Governor, we have arrested all the three major salt merchants in the city!"

"In addition, a total of 46,370,000 taels of silver were copied from their homes, and the rest were like antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., countless, if this part is also counted, it will be more than 50 million taels of silver!"

"That's a lot!"

Hu Zongxian and Cao Shunhe, who were on the side, couldn't help but exclaim after hearing this number.

"Have you caught the rest of the officials?"

Hu Zongxian quickly calmed down, and then turned his gaze to the two and asked.

"Report to the Governor, we have only captured Huang Tao, the commander of the capital, and some other officials."

"As for important officials such as political envoys and envoys, they have been arrested by Jinyiwei!"

After listening to the reports of the two, Hu Zongxian also nodded and commanded.

"Next, try to cooperate with them, after all, they are experts in how to get people to speak!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

And Cao Shunhe, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart after learning that there was also Jinyiwei involved.

"Your Majesty actually sent a brocade guard!"

"Alas, it seems that this time has really disappointed His Majesty."

Hu Zongxian on the side seemed to see what Cao Shunhe was thinking, and followed to comfort him.

"It's okay, this official will personally write a letter to His Majesty and explain the situation behind this."

"There's Governor Law!"

After getting Hu Zongxian's words, Cao Shunhe immediately put his mind at ease.

"Bring all those salt merchants to the official, and the official will interrogate them personally!"

Hu Zongxian immediately turned his gaze to Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou on the side, and commanded in a deep voice.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

The two of them quickly took the order and left, and after a while, Liang Hong, Li Yide, and He Jin were brought up.

At this moment, their faces have long lost their previous spirit, and their faces are full of decadence.

"When you see your lordship, don't you kneel down quickly!"

Seeing this, the soldier in charge of escorting the three people immediately scolded sharply.

The three of them trembled at the sound, trembled, and immediately knelt on the ground.

"How many, do you still recognize this official?"

After Cao Shunhe saw the current tragic situation of several people, he couldn't help but feel a sense of revenge in his heart, got up from his chair, and asked.

The three of them followed the voice, their faces full of bitter expressions.

"I ...... I've seen the Governor. ”

Seeing this, Hu Zongxian on the side raised his eyebrows and asked.

"This official is Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, and he came here this time on the orders of His Majesty!"

"Let's talk about it, is the capsizing of the government's ship transporting salt related to you?"

"Also, where are the official salt carried on the ship and the personnel responsible for escorting the official salt?"

As soon as Hu Zongxian's words fell, the three of them looked at each other, plucked up their courage and asked Hu Zongxian tremblingly.

"My lord, if we speak out, can we reduce the punishment?"

When Hu Zongxian heard this, he slammed the table and looked at the three of them murderously.

"Who gave you the courage to bargain with this official?"

"If you don't say it, you'll die now!"

"My lord, spare my life, we say, we say it all!"

Seeing that Hu Zongxian was angry, the three of them hurriedly took the first step to speak.

They were afraid that Hu Zongxian would lose his mind, so they sent his men to pull him down and behead him.

"My lord, here's the thing."

"Long before the government delivered this batch of salt, we had already received the news in advance and made corresponding preparations!"

"And the person in charge of transporting this batch of official salt has also been bought by us in advance, and when the fleet sailed to the river, they dug a big hole in the boat according to the agreement in advance, and faked the illusion that they were caught in the undercurrent and sank on the reef!"

"After that, they handed over the people we sent, and we moved all the official salt on the ship to our own warehouse where we stored salt."

"And the group of people who are in charge of escorting the official salt have also disappeared after receiving our benefits!"

"In that case, what about the few corpses found around there?"

Cao Shunhe, who was on the side, listened and then asked.

"Those corpses are the few people who are responsible for escorting the official salt, and they are rare people with a resolute personality and a noble character!

even threatened to go to the court to report the incident.

Out of the need for secrecy, they were disposed of. ”

After listening to the narration of several people, Hu Zongxian sneered and gave a summary.

"In other words, you sell the official salt on the ship as private salt."

"Hmph, you guys have a good calculation, this is completely a profitable business!"

(End of chapter)