Li Yanwen couldn't wait. On the evening of the 29th day of the winter month, that is, the night he returned from Daqingshan, he said goodbye to Xu Jin. He wanted to rush back to his hometown, Hubei before the New Year. Xu Jin understood Li Yanwen's mood very well, and he was also homeless, remembering his wife and maids in Beijing. Unfortunately, the matter at hand had not been completed, and it was probably still half a month in Shandong. Whether he could return to Beijing for the New Year was still unknown.

So Xu Jin did not try to keep Li Yanwen and his son, and handed the well-written modern medical knowledge booklet to Li Yanwen. He also hired a large amount of money to send them to Hubei, and also provided 300 taels of silver for travel and a ship of local Shandong specialties, asking him to take them home to give them to relatives, friends and neighbors.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to refuse, but Li Yanwen did not refuse. He could bear this gift just by taking the opportunity to go to Daqingshan to assist officers and soldiers in "suppressing the thieves".

On the morning of the 30th of the winter month, Xu Jin personally sent Li Yanwen and his son to the Yellow River Ferry to board the boat. The courtesy was so high that the Governor Hu Shining also looked at him.

"Drive the boat---it!" With the long-toned shout of the boatman, the passenger ship left the dock and slowly rowed upstream. The passenger ship will enter the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal upstream, then go south to the Yangtze River, and then flow back to Hubei. One month will probably be difficult.

"Thank you for sending me off, please come back!"

"Take care, see you next year!"

Li Yanwen and his son stood on the deck of the stern and waved goodbye to Xu Jin on the dock. By the way, Li Yanwen had already agreed to go to the Imperial Hospital. With his medical skills and the contribution of extinguishing the plague, Xu Jin would be able to go to the Imperial Hospital as soon as he recommended him.

"Tell Xu Jin that if he doesn't become a good official in the future, this girl will definitely come back to take someone else's head!"

This sentence was told by Li Yanwen before boarding the boat. Xu Jin could only smile bitterly after hearing this. After what happened the night before, Bing Niuer probably hated her so much that she wanted to get back with her sword.

Originally, the remnants of dozens of Xue Bingxin's men could no longer be established. It would be no longer necessary to suppress or eliminate them, but Xu Jin could not openly let the water openly. This would undoubtedly lead him in, let alone an explanation to the officers and soldiers who braved the cold to surround the mountain?

So Xu Jin used a trick to keep all Xue Bingxin's horses, and finally got two broken boats that had been rigged and drowned nearly half of the horse thieves. Although this was a bit cruel, the entire mountain suppression operation seemed more real, and the officers and soldiers of the mountain suppression also received a contribution. As for those drowned horse thieves, from Xu Jin's official standpoint, they should have died.

Of course, from the official standpoint, Xue Bingxin, as the leader of the thief, deserves to die, but from the private standpoint, Xue Bingxin is now her own woman, so Xu Jin naturally cannot watch her die, and he has to protect her. This is the responsibility that a man should have. As for the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and serving the country in this era, it has no binding force on Xu Jin, a time traveler.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. With the in-depth investigation of the case, more and more officials involved in the deficit case of the granary. The prefect alone arrested three, and the prison cells in Jinan were already overcrowded.

Although Xu Jin wanted to take Shandong as a typical example and killed the unhealthy trend of stealing and selling official grains across the country, he did not want to overcorrect it, and eventually lost control and expanded. Therefore, on the one hand, he severely punished those corruption, while for those who were less guilty, he would "find three glasses of wine". After all, if the salary given by the court was not given by officials, the whole family would probably have to drink the northwest wind. Bo Zou Qian, the lord of County Master Fan, who proved his innocence, is an example.

On the evening of the 12th day of the 12th lunar month, it was snowing heavily and it was almost early morning. However, three candles were still lit in the study of the Houya of the Execution Censorate, which was as bright as daytime. The raging charcoal fire made the whole room warm.

Xu Jin was sitting behind the desk and writing quickly, with two stacks of case files nearly half a meter high stacks of case files next to it. Until today, all the granary deficit cases have been found and the case can be closed and convicted. Xu Jin is writing a copy to repay the emperor.

It is said that there are six prefectures under the rule of Shandong Province, and the granaries have different degrees of deficits. The number of deficits found reached a huge amount of 500,000 stones, which is shocking. Shandong Province's left and right governors, criminal prosecutors, commander commander and other provincial-level military and political officials participated in the sharing of the spoils, and all their homes were confiscated and imprisoned.

In addition, headed by the eunuch Luo Xiang, the left-right governor, commander and others were involved in the communication of thieves. This is a serious crime equivalent to treason and is probably punished by the clan, but the final sentence will be decided by the Ministry of Justice.

As for the eunuch Luo Xiang, the eunuch, not only participated in the stealing and selling official grains, but also instructed people to dig up the dam to kill the imperial envoy. These charges were probably enough to be sufficient to the three tribes. Of course, the final judgment would have to be tried by the Three Courts.

After writing hard for nearly half an hour, Xu Jin put down his pen, rubbed his numb right hand, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and found that it was almost two o'clock in the morning.

Xu Jin yawned a long time, dried the ink marks of the memorial book, and then put them together and sealed them with a special box. He would send someone to the post station tomorrow morning, and the post station would naturally send a fast horse to the Tongzheng Envoy Department of the Beijing City.

In fact, Xu Jin started writing a memorial book this afternoon, and wrote as many as five letters. The first letter was a summary of disaster relief, the second letter was a summary of the case of murdering the imperial envoy, the third letter was a summary of the suppression of rebels (requesting for the generals), and the fourth letter was a summary of the case of deficit in the granary.

The fifth memorial was an impeachment memorial, impeaching Yansheng Gonggong's mansion to occupy a large number of people's land, resulting in the displacement of the people near Qufu, and eventually being taken advantage of by the rebels, easily gathering a large number of refugees to rebel. In order to prove that what is said is not false, Xu Jin also attached a manifesto posted by the rebels when they attacked Qufu.

Here, Xu Jin took this opportunity to point out that the problem of accumulation of refugees in various parts of Shandong is so serious that it has reached an urgent point, and advocated that the court curb the annexation of land by local nobles and wealthy families and return all the embezzled land to the people for cultivation.

Land annexation was a long-standing problem in the Ming Dynasty, and it became increasingly serious, and it had reached a point where it endangered the rule of the Ming Dynasty. There were many knowledgeable people in the court who realized this, but no one took the initiative to propose it.

The reason is that on the one hand, those who serve as officials are vested in interests, so they are naturally unwilling to harm their own interests. On the other hand, they dare not, because this involves the interests of too many people, including the emperor, so no one dares to take the blame for the world, including Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet.

The reason why Xu Jin dared to be so brave was not because he was temporarily angry, but because he had some support. First of all, the initiative proposed by Xu Jin was reasonable and well-founded. The rebels in Shandong were able to raise a large number of people in a short period of time because there were too many refugees who had no place to live.

Secondly, Xu Jin has just made great contributions, so it is normal for those who have made great contributions to be "arrogant". What's more, Xu Jin proposed this initiative to benefit the country and the people. Yang Ting and these knowledgeable ministers will not only not make things difficult for him, but may appreciate his "loyalty". As for the young emperor Zhu Houcan, Xu Jin does not have to worry at all. As for the present, their relationship is very strong, and this kid will definitely support Xu Jin's initiative.

In addition, the reason why Xu Jin submitted a memorial before he returned to Beijing was that he wanted to make a coincidence, just like someone threw a big stone into a pool and then stood on the shore to watch the fun.

It can be imagined that once Xu Jin's memorial was presented, it would definitely cause an uproar. If Xu Jin is not in the capital, it is not his business that the ministers and nobles quarreled. He just needs to wait for the result.

Although Xu Jin wanted to do something practical for the Ming Dynasty, he had to fight barely and get himself in. He would not do such a thing even if he beat him to death. Xu Jin asked himself that he was not so great and selfless, and his primary goal in life was to let himself and his family live a safe and happy life. As for the rest, he would do whatever he could and would not do it even if he could.

On the fifteenth day of the winter moon, there were thousands of people in Jinan. Because the imperial envoy was about to set off to return to Beijing today to reply to the imperial edict, almost all the people in the city came to see him off. Of course, some people were watching the fun.

It was so lively, because all the criminals, including the eunuch Luo Xiang, the left-hand governor, the chief clerk, and the commander, were all put into prison vans and carried out of the city in a mighty manner. Everyone could vent their hearts with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and throw a big official into the slaughter. It would be so sour just thinking about it!

Outside the north gate of Jinan City, Xu Jin was wearing a sixth-rank official robe, standing high on the horse's back, five hundred cavalry pioneers, surrounded by three hundred Jinyiwei, flags fluttering, and behind him was a long prison chariot.

"Go!" With Xu Jin's order, the team set off and headed straight for the Yellow River Wharf. Seeing the team go far away, the officials standing at the city gate saw each other breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they sent away this deadly Buddha, Amitabha Buddha!

Xu Jin returned to Beijing this time and detained more than 100 major prisoners, while the others continued to be detained in the prison in Jinan, waiting for the Ministry of Justice to make the final judgment.
Chapter completed!