Wuchang Mansion changed the world overnight. The former high-ranking local officials and gentry were captured by Chenxi, and now they are all wearing tails.

After dawn, the four gates of the city were still closed. Just as the people waiting to enter and exit the city were talking and wondering what was going on, the city gate finally opened.

The people entered and exited freely without any restrictions, and the peace quickly returned to the inside and outside the city.

Most people didn't know that something happened in the city yesterday. It was not until they heard the neighbors who heard the movements outside the streets and alleys in the middle of the night that they understood that the officers and soldiers entered the city overnight and searched the yamen of the governors and envoys. Many families of aristocratic families were also affected. As for why the government fought internally, what happened to those gentry and tycoons? This is not something ordinary people can know.

The lives of the people were not affected by this incident, but the shops in the city were more or less affected... The government forced the intervention of the prices of specialized goods in the city, such as the salt and tea that the people needed for their lives, were reduced by 30% compared with the past.

After the people received the news, they went to various merchants to rush to buy, but were told that each person could only purchase two kilograms of salt and eight liang of tea at a time through the household registration certificate issued by the government, and they were not allowed to buy again in other places, otherwise they would be severely punished. After the promotion of the small-minded people bought their own share, they left with regret, and then notified their relatives and neighbors to rush to rush to buy, otherwise they would be sold out if they were late.

But in fact, this worry is purely redundant. It is under strict supervision by the government, and various shops are open for supply, and the city is in order, and the buying trend has not occurred.

Subsequently, the yamen of the governor and the yamen resumed normal operation in less than a day.

Except for Guo Shaoheng and several major accomplices who were convicted and escorted to the capital by officials from the Nisi Office, the rest of the officials and officials were released on the grounds that they had "finding no evidence".

The meaning of proof is that these people are not guilty, but have not found evidence of the crime for the time being, or they are not prosecuted after discovery or even convicted. This is the nature of "making meritorious service with guilt". The Governor's Office needs them to return to their original positions to continue working, maintain local stability, and then look at their performance to see if they are guilty.

At this point, Chen Xi can finally rest assured, rest with peace of mind, and make plans after waking up.

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Chen Xi slept until Shen Shi 2 in the afternoon. When he finished washing up, he hurriedly ate something to put his stomach on his stomach and came to the lobby in front, more than a hundred gentry and tycoons in the city had arrived.

These people came to Chen Xi to report on the raising of disaster relief funds, and brought gifts to Chen Xi, so that he could "show mercy" from him.

The gentry and tycoons were respectful to Chen Xi, just like Chen Xi was rushing to salute Chen Xi on the day when he arrived at Wuchang Prefecture, but Chen Xi was too lazy to pay attention to it. After standing in front of the crowd, he said loudly: "Everyone, I came to the office and wanted to be at peace with everyone, but someone actually tried to murder the officials of the court. I couldn't see it, so I took action to capture the criminals, and I had to make things difficult for you."

"I will use the disaster relief funds donated by you today. Every expense will be recorded in the account. Please supervise!"

Some people thought it was possible to bargain according to Chen Xi's words, so they immediately left the list and said after the salute: "Mr. Shen, since it is a donation, we should be voluntarily. Can we pay less..."

The donation to provide disaster relief by Chen Xi is actually not a donation, but a confiscation, just finding a good reason. Chen Xi immediately sneered:

"The specific number is found after the Governor's Office conducted a detailed examination of your wealth, and it cannot be changed. I do not want to explain it. Now, 500,000 yuan of disaster relief funds have been raised, and there are also real estate, real estate, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., which will be recorded in the Governor's Office for disaster relief, and some of them will be used as expenses for soldiers in the army..."

Chen Xi said that he would use donations to provide relief to disasters, but he would still allocate some of them to the two yamen of Huguang Dusi and Xingdusi. Because there were still local ethnic minority rebellions in the southern and western parts of Huguang at this time, when the officers and soldiers were short of clothing and food, Chen Xi did not help them raise the rebellion, and the soldiers who suppressed the rebellion could only drink the northwest wind.

The Governor's Office sets a guiding price for specialized products and urges local governments to strictly implement it in accordance with regulations. For the time being, this measure will only be implemented in the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of the Government and Envoy. As for the Jianggan area, there will be no reforms for the time being.

After Chen Xi arranged everything, the gentry and tycoons began to praise Chen Xi: "Mr. Shen is an honest and honest official, and he is a god of judgment. He is really a pillar of the Ming Dynasty! Mr. Shen was born in Hanlin and has been governing the three places for a few years. He will be the most important minister in the future..."

The compliments are almost the same. Either they speak from morality and political achievements, or when they mention the past and future, Chen Xi's ears are almost calloused when he hears it. He is self-aware and does not need others to compliment him, so he waves his hand immediately:

"Okay, okay, let alone these useless... Some gentry who have not paid all the disaster relief funds, please stay here for the time being. I want to talk to you. The rest of the people will wait in the backyard first. I want to visit you with you. Old Zhongcheng Ma woke up once this morning, and when he wakes up again, I will meet you..."

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Chen Xi's principles of conduct are simple and rough.

Those who give money are let go, those who don’t give money will continue to urge them. If they don’t give money, they will be imprisoned and their property will be confiscated.

If you have money, you can be exempted from punishment. If you don’t give money, you will have no money. If you have earned a lot of power in your family. After so many years of earning money by colluding with the government, you should vomit out some and do good deeds. Although he did too arbitrary in this matter, it is undeniable that the effect is very good. In order to protect his family, the gentry and giants basically honestly sent the money and equivalent collateral.

After Chen Xi trained the gentry who had not collected all the money, a servant happened to report that Ma Fantai had woken up, so he took his people to visit Ma Zhongxi, the left governor of Huguang.

Ma Zhongxi fell ill in the vassal yamen. In fact, no one knew whether he was poisoned or sick. The governor said he was sick, while the Governor's Office insisted that someone poisoned him to murder him.

In fact, Ma Zhongxi himself couldn't figure out what was going on. After he arrived at Wuchang Mansion, he fell ill within a few days and his health became worse and worse.

Although Ma Zhongxi woke up, his head was still a little unconscious. Seeing that the surroundings were full of people, he was confused and turned his head in panic and looked around, asking, "You are..."

Chen Xi sat on the chair next to the hospital bed and greeted with a smile: "Mr. Ma, are you awake?"

Ma Zhongxi looked at it carefully with his blurred old eyes. After a long time, he recognized the young governor whom he had met when he arrived in Wuchang Mansion the first few days. He asked in confusion: "Shen Zhongcheng, why are you here... Oh, where is this?"

Ma Zhongxi originally wanted to ask why Chen Xi appeared in his room, but he quickly discovered a reality that it seemed that this place was not the bedroom of the side courtyard of the governor's yamen that he was familiar with.

Chen Xidao: "This is the Governor's Office. Mr. Ma was poisoned and murdered by evil people. Now the criminal has been taken down by the Dusi Yamen and handed over to the Nii Yamen to review the case. After the Governor's Office organized many famous doctors in Wuchang Mansion to carry out full rescue efforts, Mr. Ma finally turned the crisis into safety. Now the official led the gentry in the city to visit and tell the truth about the matter!"

Ma Zhongxi suddenly felt that his mind was not enough. When was he poisoned and murdered?

He was confused about what had happened before. After arriving in Huguang, he was originally planning to make drastic rectification of the administration, investigate the vassal treasury silver and grain transport to the court, and relieve the troubles of the Ministry of Revenue, but for some reason he couldn't afford to get sick. He fell into a coma afterwards. He lived a daze these days and couldn't remember what happened in the middle.

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