For the nobles, the court just asked them to make up the taxes they owed, and then reprimanded them to cut some of the food estates. The officials involved in the incident will be directly dismissed, their illegal gains will be recovered, and for those who are powerful and big, as long as the evidence is conclusive, they will directly raid their homes.

"They enjoy the peace brought by the empire, but they are unwilling to pay taxes for the imperial court, this official likes to fulfill them the most, since they are not willing to pay taxes, then they don't have to pay in the future, presumably they will know that they will be happy!" After saying that, he gave the order directly.

After Yingcheng gave the order, Tiqi immediately dispatched to the Song, Zhao, and Zhang clans to raid their homes.

As a result, before the afternoon, a cavalry hurried over and said, "Shangguan, the head of the Song clan hanged himself!" ”

Ying Cheng was slightly stunned, and then said with an ugly face: "Broken tail to survive? When they are dying, they still want to hide the officials behind them, so good, then don't blame the officials for being hot. ”

"Write down, the whole family of the Song family was exiled to Dunhuang! If you dare to hide it, the same is true of other families, I don't believe that they are not afraid of death! ”

"If the Song family wants to find death, then fulfill them, send someone to clear the acres of land, and check the family property, those are all the money of the imperial court, don't let Your Majesty think that we are not in a good position.

In addition, don't blame the official for not reminding you that no one is allowed to touch those things, if you lose a penny, don't expect the official to save you at that time! ”

"If this errand is done, everyone will be promoted and make a fortune together!"

The embroidered envoys were quite excited when they heard this, and they had long seen that those high-spirited wealthy families were not pleasing to the eye in the past, but now they can finally clean them up. The thought of those wealthy families trembling under their hands made many people feel a burst of excitement.

The horsemen and men quickly confiscated the families, a large amount of land was confiscated, and thousands of people were escorted to prison crying.

Although it is not a capital crime to wait for these people, it is not uncommon for them to die on the road for thousands of miles.

Less than half a month after Yingcheng came to Anyang, he had already exiled the three families, and for a while, everyone in Anyang was in danger, as for whether anyone went directly to assassinate him, no one dared to do this.

Now it is still in accordance with the rules of officialdom, if someone dares to assassinate the embroidery envoy, don't blame the court for being ruthless at that time.

There are no good fruits to eat in the whole Anyang family.

"Shangguan, I have found evidence that Hanoi County is bending the law for personal gain!"

It's finally here!

Yingcheng took a deep breath, and then said, "Summoning the Hanoi county guard to the post house, this official will personally question him." ”

Although the embroidered clothes envoy is only an official of 600 stones, which is several levels lower than the rank of a feudal official with a county guard rank of 2,000 stones, but he has been ordered by the emperor to inspect the world, and the officials of the world have to be questioned even if they are deep in Luoyang Jiuqing.

Of course, to give them such a big right, it is not that there are no restrictions, the embroidered envoy must have enough evidence for the high-ranking officials at the level of the county guard, as for the high-ranking officials in the capital, although theoretically he can inquire, but usually need to be the embroidered envoy or the commander of the level.

Hanoi County Governor's Office.

In the face of Yingcheng's summons, Hanoi's face was extremely ugly, and he kept thinking in his heart: "How can this be good?" ”

"Hey, if I knew I wouldn't have helped those people! You shouldn't have accepted the benefits of those people in the first place, but you shallow eyes have to accept it, what can you do now?

I have already sent someone to inquire, but the Song, Zhao, and Zhang families have all raided their homes, and the Song family has been exiled to Dunhuang, and he is now about to arrest me so that I can be promoted! ”

One of the people next to him said: "Big brother, the matter has come to this, it's too late to talk about this, let's find a way to solve it now." ”

"What's the best way to do it?" Hanoi County Shou Road.

The man thought for a moment, and then said: "Those things were not done by the eldest brother, but by the officials below, you are just guilty of negligence, as long as you don't admit it, what can they do?" The crime of negligence is at most just a loss of office, if you hit one or two points up and down, it is a fine, demotion, and you can be promoted in a few years! ”

"Besides, there are too many counties and counties in the world that are involved with those rich and powerful, and those powerful and powerful families and nobles all want to evade taxes, not just us!"

"Big brother just goes, the imperial envoy only has the right to investigate the case, but not the right to review, don't be afraid of him!"

When the Hanoi county guard heard this, he immediately understood, immediately arranged everything, and then took his entourage to the post house.

Soon, everyone came to the inn.

After seeing the Hanoi county guard doing this, Yingcheng understood something in his heart, and immediately smiled at him: "The county guard, this official was ordered by the Son of Heaven to clear the acres of land in various places, check the taxes, and a few days ago found out that the Song family, the Zhang family and the Zhao family were hiding a large number of acres of land, evading taxes, according to what they said, these are all related to the county guard, so I specially asked the county guard to inquire." ”

Yingcheng said it very politely, and he didn't deal with the arrogance of those powerful people at all.

The Hanoi county guard also said politely: "It's all for the imperial court, understand and understand!" Song, Zhao, and Zhang concealed a large number of land and property tax evasion, these officials really don't know, if the officials know, they will definitely take down all three families to set an example! ”

Ying Cheng smiled slightly, then picked up the evidence next to him and handed it to him: "These are their confessions, you can take a look at them first!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the evidence to the county guard, who took the evidence and confession, and then quickly skimmed through it, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out, and he immediately said fiercely: "What a traitor, he dares to deceive the official, if it weren't for the embroidered clothes to inspect, the official would have been deceived by these traitors!" ”

Yingcheng was expressionless, picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, as if he was reminiscing about the fragrance of tea.

"Ying, these must be the actions of the officials under the official, these people directly control the population and food book, and they are also responsible for collecting taxes, they work together, the official really doesn't know!"

Yingcheng said expressionlessly: "Lord County Shou really thinks that those little officials dare to act so boldly?" Or do you think you can get away with a single sentence of negligence? ”

"Since the county keeper is not involved, we have to investigate, and since the county keeper said that he doesn't know, then please go back!"

For these moths, Yingcheng didn't have a good face at all, not to mention that he was 100% sure that these things must have been done by the county guard.

As for saying that the little officials under his command changed it privately, how many of those little officials dared to do this?

Now the majesty of the imperial court is not the last years of the dynasty, and the local heroes are becoming bigger, and even the officials in charge of one side have to act according to their faces.

As soon as the Hanoi county guard left, Yingcheng ordered all the officials to be directly taken into custody, and the documents of the county guard were also sealed.

When the Hanoi county guard saw this scene, he panicked, and hurriedly asked his younger brother, "Have those little officials been prepared?" ”

"Brother, don't worry, it's all clear, they will take care of the matter themselves, when the time comes, we will fish out their family, just one of them, and give them some benefits, if they talk nonsense, then don't worry about us!"

"That's good, that's good!"

When Yingcheng saw those little officials, he sent someone to detain them separately and then interrogate them one by one. As a result, all of these officials insisted that they had done the work together with the local tycoons, and that the county guard did not know about it.

"Good, good! Don't say yes! Yingcheng sneered, and told them about the Great Cadre Law and made them sober up.

"Da Qian's law, the crime of knowing the law and breaking the law is added to the first class, changing it privately, concealing the records of the people in various places, assisting in tax evasion and tax evasion, and being beheaded according to the law, the family is thousands of miles away, and the crime of knowing the law and breaking the law is added to the first class, and all the men in the family are sent into slavery, and the women are exiled!" The embroidered clothes next to him said coldly.

"Now tell the official again, did you change those atlases, and who instructed them?" Ying Chengdao.

The little official's face changed, and beads of sweat broke out.

Ying Cheng sneered and said: "You continue to think about it, if you are stubborn and resistant, you will be given one degree, if you confess honestly, this official can ask Your Majesty for instructions to be lenient." ”

"This official doesn't have the time to spend with you, if you don't say it, someone will say it! You won't have a chance! Seeing that the little official was still holding on, he snorted coldly.

After saying that, he left this cell and headed for the other cells.

After a while, I saw Yingcheng come out of the cell with another little official, and after seeing the little official, this person's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't hold on any longer, and hurriedly shouted: "Shangguan, the villain is willing to say, the villain is willing to say!" ”

Ying Cheng didn't look at him, and left directly with the little official.

After waiting for a while, Yin Cheng came back in and said, "I've figured it out, let's say it!" ”

Then the man told him everything he knew, like pouring beans into a bamboo tube. After finishing speaking, he asked, "My lord, although I am the second to say it, I know the most, and please raise your noble hand!" ”

"Second? You're the first! Ying Cheng smiled at him.

"Wasn't the guy you just brought out?"

"This official just saw that the cell was good, so he changed it to a worse one!" Yingcheng smiled at him: "Okay, there will be no less for you!" ”

After speaking, Yingcheng didn't bother anymore, he got up and left directly.

With a person being pried open, the rest of the people were quickly recruited, and it only took a day of hard work for Yingcheng to collect enough evidence and testimony, and then sent all this evidence to Luoyang, the divine capital, on a fast horse.

In Luoyang, the capital of the gods, after confirming the evidence, the imperial court sent the imperial historian to verify, and after there was no problem, the county guard was directly taken, and then thrown into a cell to be beheaded, and his family was all sent to exile to the Western Regions.

With the embroidered envoys patrolling in various places, more and more officials and Haoqiang were arrested, and then the whole family was exiled to the four counties of Hexi.

In the twentieth year of the Mandate of Heaven alone, more than 50,000 people were sent into exile, and at the same time, a large number of nobles were also confiscated. After these powerful families were exiled, the imperial court received a large amount of money, grain, and land. The land will be redistributed to the people.

(End of chapter)