As the left governor of Jin Yiwei, he killed many people in Yangzhou.

After arriving in Chang'an, he presided over a severe crackdown in the capital. Although he did not kill many people, he sent most of the local gangsters to military training and forced labor, and many people were eliminated.

Now that he has come to Songjiang and resumed his old career, Lin Zhao is playing with ease.

He personally sat in charge and presided over Songjiang's "severe crackdown", which was carried out vigorously and resolutely. In just two days, most of the cases had been concluded. Those whose lives were involved in the lawsuit were all beheaded and their homes were ransacked, and those who abducted and trafficked women were also beheaded and their homes were ransacked.

Those who had fought and injured others were beheaded and their homes confiscated, while the rest were forced into hard labor for several years.

After calculation, more than 250 people were sentenced to death in one day in the county, and more than 800 people were forced to do hard labor. It was really a cruel punishment. The confiscated property was also rich, and the servants who wanted to do it were also supervised.

Lin Zhao's personal guards captured him and sent him to hard labor together.

If you count the people who were killed in the street yesterday, the number of people who have died or will die in the past two days is almost more than four or five hundred, which frightened the squires and common people of Songjiang Prefecture to the point of being cautious.

Dare to violate the king's law in the slightest.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if the county magistrate sentenced the prisoner to be beheaded, the prisoner would not be beheaded immediately. As usual, it had to be reported to each level, and then the Ministry of Punishment would bring it together to the emperor for execution.

This went up step by step from the grassroots to the palace of the capital. It had to go through a number of procedures and was approved by officials at different levels. Many judgments were rejected during these approval processes and required retrials.

But as soon as the verdict presided over by Lin Zhao was reported, neither the government nor the province made a single move to stop it. They just signed it with a seal, reported it, and sent it all the way to Chang'an.

You must know that in the feudal era, Confucian etiquette and law permeated the officialdom, and everyone paid attention to "benevolence and righteousness." If an official in charge sentenced too many death sentences, there would be no good words in the performance appraisal, at least it would be difficult to take off the label of "cruel official"

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Of course, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. It is not impossible for officials to avoid being labeled as "cruel officials" but to deal with the bullies and ruffians below them.

You can kill someone with just one stand.

When the judgment document was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, the Minister of Punishment couldn't stand seeing so many prisoners on death row, so he wanted to discuss it with the Minister of Punishment.

"Sir, the Songjiang Mansion is really outrageous now. It's ridiculous to announce the death penalty for two to three hundred people in one breath. This Lin Zhao is clearly looking down on human life!"

The Minister of Justice glanced at him and simply said:

"Is there anything irregular in Songjiang Mansion's documents?"

"This is missing. The confession and the signature are complete."

"Then you just report to the palace and let me be the judge. What are you worried about?"

"Sir, Lin Zhaowu has a mentality that treats human life as nothing. As the Ministry of Punishment, we are in charge of the world's prisons. How can we just sit back and watch the people of Songjiang being poisoned by him?"

"You are very considerate! No matter whether Lin Zhao was in Yangzhou or in the capital, or even in Guihua City, he never killed anyone, and every person he killed was done with complete procedures! It's not that Songjiang Mansion was in a mess, and he had to use

Chongdian? If that is the Taiping Zone, why did Prince Zhongshun come back some time ago? Just tell me what you said. If you really reveal it, I'm afraid even the emperor will hate you."

The Minister of Punishment who was talking about this was as silent as a cicada and did not dare to say anything more.

He didn't say it in the yamen, but when he went out to meet his friends, he couldn't help but say it.

Little did he know that his friend was also very knowledgeable. Hearing this, he sneered and said: "Lin Zhao served as one of the emperor's most trusted ministers, shook up the salt merchants, pacified the capital, and filled the emperor's inner treasury with 20 million in silver in the Jingxi region. Which of these things is not all-encompassing and shocking?"

Ancient and modern? Why go to Songjiang to kill a few gangsters to show your prestige? In my opinion, it must be the outrageous commotion in Songjiang Mansion, which made him murderous. Your Majesty is such a talented and resourceful person. If you want to make things difficult for him, I'm afraid even Your Majesty will do it.

It’s hard for you!”

After hearing this, the Minister of Justice's face turned red and white, and then he stopped talking.

Although there were discussions in the court, Lin Zhao ignored it at all in Songjiang. Now he confiscated the money from his family, and thousands of young people in Songjiang Prefecture were sorted out through severe crackdowns. Then he collected money through "relief for work"

Tens of thousands of civilians began to promote the progress of various projects.

So in just half a month, the Songjiang port opening, which had been delayed and stagnant before, finally began to improve after Lin Zhao arrived, and various projects moved forward in an orderly manner.

The opening of Songjiang as a port was officially on track, albeit under the threat of a butcher's knife.

Build a seaport near the sea and build a river channel near the river. Use a checkerboard method to divide the areas. Each area has a fixed public use. Many officers and officers will be recruited to take care of everything, no matter how big or small.

To put it simply, it means city preparation and orderly expansion, providing fast, simple and clean services to merchants from all over the world, and at the same time maintaining law and order with force.

At the same time, Lin Zhao started operations in Yangzhou and arranged the fleet developed by his capable men, which began to come in handy.

They go around fighting pirates, establishing rules, and ensuring the interests of maritime transportation.

For Lin Zhao, the reason why he didn't care at all about the gold and silver provided to the emperor was because he had a larger source of income.

Because the Zhou Dynasty was similar to the Ming Dynasty, the coastal defense power was mainly on land, so the merchants at sea made a fortune.

Lin Zhao now has hundreds of sea-going ships and nearly 10,000 soldiers capable of fighting, and Lin Zhao has been managing this fleet in his own person.

Maritime business and collecting taxes and fees on maritime passage are the main income.

The annual income is only much more than that of the royal family.

After the simple construction of the port in Songjiang Prefecture and the completion of the trestle, enthusiasm suddenly increased.

There are several good natural harbors where Songjiang Linjiang and Linhai are located. Now that measures will be put in place, ships of larger tonnage can be berthed immediately, allowing for more convenient loading and unloading. At the same time, the renovation of river channels and

Widening and road maintenance are in progress.

The roads are smooth, making it easier for merchants to travel and transport goods. Even if Songjiang Prefecture does not have goods from the sea, it has the largest cotton production in the world and is extremely rich in various counties. Now this convenience is worthy of everyone to come and take a look. In the future

When doing business, expand it.

Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jinling, and even Yangzhou Prefecture in Jiangbei, Jiaxing Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang Province, and Huzhou Prefecture all had businessmen coming.

The weather is getting colder day by day, but Songjiang Prefecture is getting hotter day by day.

However, Lin Zhao did not stay in Songjiang Mansion for long.

After the Chinese New Year, he wrote to the emperor that because his sister was getting married, as his elder brother, he didn't want to miss it, so he asked the emperor to take two months off and return to Beijing to marry his sister.

Emperor Xiaode naturally would not refuse.

So at the end of the first month of the ninth year of Xiaode, when Songjiang Prefecture continued to be prosperous, as the promoter of Songjiang's opening of the port, Lin Zhao took his beloved wife Baochai and returned to Beijing by boat.

Lin Zhao added makeup to Meimei and handed it over to Jia Min before leaving Beijing.

Jia Min only has one daughter, Daiyu, who treats her as a treasure and refuses to let her suffer. In addition, the Lin family is extremely wealthy, Lin Ruhai and Lin Zhao are both clever people, and the dowry given to Daiyu is truly unparalleled.

The days passed quickly. On February 11th, Daiyu showed off her makeup. Everyone who came to add makeup looked at her dazzling array of dowry and their eyes were straight: Is this the entire Lin family’s dowry for Princess Lang? This

There are too many things, right? The silks and satins given by the emperor, the Ruyi given by the emperor, houses, shops, land, villages, gold and silver jewelry, antique utensils, several large boxes of calligraphy and paintings, red sandalwood, huanghuali furniture, fine furs,

Western medicine, Western full-length mirrors, Western gadgets... piles of stuff filled the living room of the Lin family.

Many hostesses who are proficient in financial management secretly calculated in their hearts and couldn't help but be shocked.

Princess Lang's dowry, according to a rough calculation, is probably not worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Princess Yi, who came to watch the ceremony, smiled and said, "The little emperor has made a fortune."

Princess Zhongshun sighed silently: "Lin Shangshu really loves the princess. With such a generous dowry, I am afraid no one will be able to match her in more than ten years."

Princess Beijing was proud of her rich dowry, and she couldn't help but sigh: In this world, daughters are not as valuable as sons. Which family with a man in the family is willing to give half of the family property to their daughter as a dowry? It's just the Lin family.

But then everyone thought about it, the Lin family gave 20 million taels to the emperor. Now the dowry for his daughter is only a few hundred thousand, so what does it mean?

After all, is it true that Uncle Zhongqin, who is known as a boy who is good at making money, is a prosperous father and a shadow of his sister, is actually ordinary?

Jia Mu felt really bad: if she had followed her previous plan, these would have been her treasures, but now...

Thinking of this, she secretly glared at Mrs. Wang, feeling really angry in her heart: This short-sighted and quarrelsome stupid woman has deceived her precious jade. Although the Xia family is rich, Xia Jingui cannot be controlled by ordinary people, let alone

What's more, his background is too low.

On the other hand, Mrs. Wang has been as silent as a wood carving and clay sculpture since she entered the Lin Mansion. Even when she saw Daiyu's astonishing dowry, she showed no expression.

Among the sisters, Sister Feng, Yingchun, Xichun, Baoqin and others had all seen Daiyu's dowry a long time ago, so they just stood aside with a smile. Xia Jingui, Jia Tanchun and others had not seen it, especially Xia Jingui, although her face was

He didn't show it, but his heart was rolling like a stormy sea, and he was secretly bitter: the key to his ability to gain a foothold in the Jia family was the rich dowry. I heard that his mother-in-law valued the Xia family and disdained the Lin family. One of the reasons was that the Lin family was dedicated to serving the family.

The emperor made money, but suffered himself.

Now it seems that most of the income is given to the emperor, but the rest can be leaked with fingers, allowing Princess Lang to walk sideways in the capital!

Now that the Lin family's dowry is unprecedentedly rich, I'm afraid that I will be rejected by her in the future. Then I thought again: It doesn't matter, my mother-in-law seems to be smart, but because she is illiterate, she doesn't know many things at all, so she only needs to give some advice.

The method is to lead her by the nose?

If you want to show your face, you have to see if you have the ability!

Anyway, I don’t need to “set the rules”, so why should I be afraid of him?

The worst thing is, it will turn him upside down!

The news about Daiyu's generous dowry naturally spread to the palace.

After hearing this, Emperor Xiaode nodded with satisfaction and sighed: "Although the Lin family are pure ministers, they still know their own plans, but they only left so little money, which makes me feel a little shabby."

Dai Quan bowed and smiled, but did not dare to speak.

Because only the emperor can say this.

Everything Dai Quan says is wrong.

The Flower Festival on February 12th is the big day for Daiyu to come out of the palace. The weather is sunny and the breeze is gentle. The weather was a little bit cold yesterday, but today it has warmed up. It is as warm as spring, and the flowers all over the capital are blooming in an instant.

Emperor Xiaozhang touched the flowers sent by the palace servants and smiled with Dai Quan: "It is the only time in my life that I can see flowers during the Flower Festival."

Dai Quan bowed and smiled: "A long time ago, I heard an anecdote. When Princess Lang was born, hundreds of flowers bloomed in Yangzhou City for three days. However, it has been a long time, and I don't know whether this rumor is true.
To be continued...