"yes, that's shocking!"

Zhu Di's face was full of resentment, "Let's just say that Beiping Mansion is also the capital of the former Yuan Dynasty, how can the people be so poor under the rule?"

It turned out that it was these thieves who hid the fields.

The father ordered all counties in the Ming Dynasty to measure the land, and they all had to be registered.

As a result, these thieves owned a large amount of land, but they hid most of it, refusing to pay any taxes, and allowing other taxes to be imposed on the small people.

Wait until those taxes crush the small people, and finally the thieves will stand up and take away the fields of the small people......

With such sinister intentions, deceive the king!

It seems that it is really unjust to use "The Great Message" for these thieves! ”

The faces of officials such as Yu Rentian and Zhao Jie changed slightly, but in fact, they were all among the gentry.

And in the hidden land, among the various sages and gentry, it is actually not uncommon, but everyone knows it.

Even, in last year's Guo Huan case, there were not many cases of concealing fields.

And now, with the Yan Wangfu just buying a mere 500 acres of wharf land, it has been revealed.

Daming will inevitably usher in a bloody storm again!

At this time, even Deng Qiang, the deputy envoy of the Investigation Department, felt a little heavy in his heart.

Pu Sanji reported again: "Your Royal Highness, there are several stewards of the He family who have reported it, and the He family also sent silver to the governor of Tongzhou, Tongzhi, the judge, and several officials yesterday......"

"Damn the thief!"

Zhu Di's eyes were full of cold light.

"Zhu Liang, Li Wang!"

"Your Highness!"

"Order, after all the soldiers have finished eating, set off quickly, we must copy the remaining three thieves before dawn, and rescue the people they are holding prisoners."

"Whoa!"

……

Then, after resting for a while, the group set off again.

This time, even if it's already two watches.

But stimulated by the fields, money and food copied by the He family, no one was sleepy.

Even Yu Rentian, Deng Qiang and other officials are full of complexity, hoping that the remaining three gentry families will not find out too many hidden acres.

However, the actions of these gentry made them all feel cold in their hearts, and they were too mad!

With the experience of the He family, in order to take down the remaining three gentry in one fell swoop as soon as possible, Zhu Di directly divided his troops this time.

He led 300 soldiers, Guo An and Zhu Fu, each with 350 soldiers, as for the officials of the Beiping Mansion, the Political Envoy Division, and the Inspectorate Envoy Division, they followed Zhu Di.

Fortunately, the four gentry who can participate in the Zhangjiawan Wharf are all gentry from nearby villages.

Therefore, before dawn, the other three families also followed in the footsteps of the He family.

However, it may be that the number of Zhu Fu and Guo An is relatively small, and some gentry want to draw knives to resist, and many people are directly killed.

And the property confiscated by these three families is not much different from the He family.

In this way, Guo An, Zhu Di and others were shocked and shocked.

Only four gentry were checked, and each of them hid so many acres? How many acres of land are hidden in the entire Tongzhou, the entire Beiping Mansion, and even the entire Daming?

……

Outside the city of Tongzhou.

As the rooster crowed, the gatekeeper yawned, and began to open the gate with a few officials.

Inside the city gates, a group of people waited quietly, and as soon as the city gate was opened, they would go out to do farm work, or do hard work for others, and there were a few horse-drawn carriages in between, which should be first-class merchants.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, these people saw that the officials who were slowly opening the city gate had just opened a crack in the city gate, and one by one they seemed to see something frightened, and the whole person was directly frightened and stiffened in place.

Immediately, the city gates opened automatically.

Wrong!

Soon, all the people couldn't help but widen their eyes and took a step back.

A group of black-armored troops, who were tightly wrapped all over their bodies, walked in from outside the city gate with a murderous spirit.

Even some people can find that in that army, some black armor and spears are stained with purple and black spots, which is even more terrifying and depressing.

Fortunately, this army did not have any interest in them, and after entering Tongzhou City, they walked directly in the direction of Tongzhou Yamen.

"That's Master He near Zhangjiawan Wharf?"

"That's Mr. Zhang...... Mr. Hu...... Mr. Zhong......"

"How do they seem to have been escorted......

"How could the officers and soldiers catch them? Let's go, let's go, keep up and see......"

As if they had discovered some great joy, the people followed the mysterious army to the city with beaming faces.

Tongzhou Yamen back house.

Cui Shi was gradually falling asleep and was fragrant, when he suddenly heard a rapid shouting from outside the door.

"Master, master, it's not ...... big thing"

Before he finished speaking, with a 'bang', Cui Shi gradually sat up in fright, and the door of his bedroom was kicked open directly.

At the same time, several soldiers covered in armor rushed in like wolves.

"Ah~"

Cui Shiji's beautiful concubine screamed in fright.

Cui Shi gradually scolded in a deep voice: "Who are you?" ”

It's a pity that no one paid attention to him, and directly dragged him off the bed and walked to the court in the front yard.

The more he walked, the more Cui Shiji's heart sank.

The entire Tongzhou Yamen has been taken down by this group of mysterious troops.

Moreover, one by one, the soldiers, led by some scribe-like personnel, were raiding his home...... It should be the entire Tongzhou Yamen.

Waited until the court.

Cui Shi's eyes turned black gradually, his frightened soul scattered, and his whole body was paralyzed.

The four village sages and gentry who he had eaten and drank with yesterday were all unkempt and kneeling under the court with blank eyes.

On the official chair of the public hall, there was a young man in a four-clawed dragon robe with a gloomy face, who was closing his eyes and recuperating.

Below, on the left and right, there were still Shi Guo'an, the governor of the Yanwang Mansion he had seen, as well as Yu Rentian, the prefect of Beiping, Zhao Jie, Tongzhi, and Dang Fu.

"Xiaguan Tongzhou Zhizhou Cui Shi gradually saw His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Cui Shi gradually knelt down with great interest and respectfully saluted Zhu Di.

Zhu Di didn't even open his eyelids.

Cui Shi gradually did not dare to move at all.

After a while, he saw two more familiar people being caught and thrown next to him.

He is the same acquaintance and judge of Tongzhou.

"Cui Zhizhou?"

Tongzhi Pan Feng and Judge Lu Shitong looked at Cui Shijian with a panicked expression.

Cui Shi gradually reminded: "Above is His Royal Highness King Yan......"

"His Royal Highness King Yan?"

Pan Feng and Lu Shitong's faces turned pale, and they hurriedly saluted Zhu Di above.

"Xiaguan see His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Zhu Di still ignored it.

And Pan Feng and Lu Shitong were even more frightened, trembling all over.

Another moment later.

Five scribes were also brought in.

Cui Shiji, Pan Feng, Lu Shitong and others turned even more pale.

"Your Highness, all the officials and criminals have been arrested." Pu Sanji said respectfully.

Zhu Di opened his eyes slightly.

Below, Cui Shi shivered violently, and shouted again and again, "Your Highness, the lower official is not guilty, the lower official was wronged!" ”

On the side, Pan Feng and Lu Shitong also reacted, and hurriedly raised their heads, ready to cry out.

Zhu Di opened his mouth and said: "We took the officials of the palace last night, and the four gentry around us raided the house one by one. ”

"Your Highness, the lower official is not guilty!"

Cui Shijian shouted again.

Zhu Di's eyes were full of indifference, "Standing next to you is the Jinyi Wei Qianhu Pu Sanji of Beiping Mansion, and the officials sitting on the left side are Deng Qiang, deputy envoy of the Department of Inspectors, Yu Rentian, prefect of Beiping, Tongzhi, Tongju, and officials of the Political Envoy Department. ”

Cui Shi gradually opened his mouth, his face full of despair, not knowing how to justify.

At this time, another group of soldiers came in carrying boxes of silver from outside.

"Your Highness, these are all silver taels found from the Yahou Mansion of Tongzhou Mansion, as well as the silver taels from the Tongzhi Pan Feng and Judge Lu Shitong's Mansion, plus the silver taels found from the homes of those gentry last night, which is exactly five thousand taels."

Cui Shiji, Pan Feng, and Lu Shitong collapsed directly to the ground, their faces full of despair.

Finished!

Relying only on this chest of silver, they had no way to live.

Thinking about it, Cui Shi gradually wailed directly: "Why does His Royal Highness King Yan persecute the lower officials so much and not give the lower officials a chance to live? …… Xia Guan just took a little silver from these gentry to support their families......"

Zhu Di asked coldly: "The imperial court doesn't have enough food and drink for you?" ”

Cui Shi gradually became indignant: "Your Highness, there are still wives and children to support in Weichen's family, and there are some servants ......"

Zhu Di glanced at an account book handed over by Pu Sanji, "As far as this king knows, you have five concubines and dozens of servants as soon as you know a little one.

Moreover, you thief still has a hundred acres of fertile land in his hometown. ”

Saying that, Zhu Di paused slightly, "You thief official is really only a hundred acres of fertile land, not like those gentry and old thieves, and still hide thousands of acres of fertile land?" ”

Cui Shi's face gradually changed greatly, and he hurriedly wailed.

"Your Highness, the lower officials have been wronged......"

Zhu Di waved his hand full of disgust, "You don't have to complain to us about this thief official, do you know how many people have been ruined and killed by those old thieves behind your box of silver?" ”

Cui Shiji, Pan Feng, Lu Shitong and others suddenly looked at He Ji and the four of them on the side with disbelief on their faces.

"You are an official of the imperial court, and this king has no right to dispose of it."

Zhu Di said again: "However, you dare to use the name of this king to bully and exploit the people, and you deserve death."

Nowadays, there are the Beiping Mansion Officials, the Political Envoys, the Inspectors, and the Jinyi Guards are all here, so they will judge them.

We must personally stare at it, find out these corrupt officials and evil officials one by one, and bring them to justice. ”

Cui Shiji, Pan Feng, Lu Shitong and others fell directly to the ground, their eyes blank.

Zhu Di shouted: "Come on, put them all in chains, and give this king a good review, and no omissions are allowed."

Whoever dares to pervert the law for bribes and exploit and oppress the people will be taken down by this king. ”

"Whoa!"

Pu Sanji was the first to give up.

And Yu Rentian, Deng Qiang and other officials also hurriedly got up and responded.

Immediately, he looked at Cui Shijian and the others who were about to faint with a complicated face.

Although they were very sympathetic, they did not dare to have any thoughts of favoritism.

With Jinyiwei involved, King Yan stared, all the criminals involved in this case could not escape, and he only hoped that it would not expand further.

At the same time.

The people standing outside the public hall, looking at the scene in the public court, all widened their eyes, trembled with excitement, or they didn't dare to come out with fright.

On weekdays, the four houses in Tongzhou City have all been raided last night?

Now, even Zhizhou, Tongzhi and other officials will be taken down and raided?

……

(End of chapter)