After Li Zicheng occupied various places, he asked the people to go home and farm. When they entered the city, they also allowed the people to live and work in peace and contentment. The military discipline was extremely strict. But after all, the people below were not willing to work hard for you without money. Therefore, in order to get money, Li Zicheng
They began to plunder those officials and wealthy businessmen.
Almost everywhere they go, they force these people to pay money to buy their lives. If they don't pay the money, they will be executed in the street, and then their family property will be taken away as military pay. Although most people are unwilling, there is nothing they can do.
But some people took risks and fled out of the city for the sake of the little money. But how many people could successfully escape? Most of them were caught back, executed in the street, and their homes ransacked.
As soon as many officials and businessmen heard that the intruders were coming, they hurriedly packed up their belongings and fled south. They also heard that His Majesty was in Yanzhou Mansion, so they all came here. But how could there be so many positions for them to take up here? Most of them
Officials came here to eat, drink and have fun, and were not in a hurry to go to Nanjing.
If the imperial court conquers the lost territory, they can take office immediately and even have to travel back and forth. If His Majesty cannot hold it, they can follow His Majesty and leave without any loss.
However, because there were so many officials and businessmen coming, Yanzhou Prefecture suddenly became very crowded, and some officials with slightly higher grades were even more arrogant and domineering. It was a trivial matter not to pay for meals, and they even used their official positions to bully the people everywhere. In this way
The bad behavior was naturally resisted by the people of Yanzhou Prefecture.
But this matter is not a big one. It can only be handled by the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture. However, this prefect is trying to please those officials, pretending to be stupid, and even helping the tyrants to do evil. Only then did the Jin Yiwei come to report this matter. If there were one or two such officials
They don't need to file a report, they can just arrest them directly, but there are too many officials in Yanzhou Prefecture.
"Many officials who escaped from Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi and Beizhili almost all stayed in restaurants and inns in Yanzhou. Although most of the bosses did not dare to accept them, some of them gave them. However, some officials of the third and fourth grades refused to pay at all.
, I have even lived in vain for a longer time." Jin Yiwei knelt down on one knee to report.
"Why didn't Wang Guoxing arrest them?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Commander Wang said that because there are too many of these people, if they are all arrested, it will definitely have a bad impact, and the Yanzhou Prefecture's prison cannot hold them." At the end of the sentence, the Jin Yiwei was almost silent.
Hearing this, Zhu Ling was already a little angry. He was afraid that the people's support he had finally accumulated would be completely destroyed by these people in a few days. He immediately said: "Let the kingdom prosper."
"According to the order!"
After a while, Wang Guoxing rushed over in a dusty manner. On the way there, he already knew why His Majesty had summoned him. Therefore, as soon as he entered, he knelt down and said, "I apologize to you, Wang Guoxing."
"If there is no prison, let them reinforce the city defense and go to work. I don't want such people in the world! Do you understand?" Zhu Ling looked at Wang Guoxing coldly, extremely dissatisfied.
It is especially hateful for officials to protect each other!
"I obey the order." Wang Guoxing immediately bowed his head and retreated.
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Looking at the brothels and restaurants in front of him where "business girls don't know how to hate the country's subjugation", Wang Guoxing, who had just been scolded, stood behind hundreds of guards in golden uniforms, staring coldly at the place.
"Brothers, if you find anyone who is a court official when you go in, I will arrest them all! No matter what rank they are, even if they are relatives of the emperor, I will arrest them all. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"Go!" Wang Guoxing said nothing and immediately rushed in with his men.
Pushing aside the guests who were blocking his way, Wang Guoxing stood in the center of the lobby. Several guards in uniform filed in from both sides and rushed in towards the rooms on both sides and upstairs. This momentum made the guests who came in frightened and rushed out, but
The door had long been blocked by Wang Guoxing, and no one was allowed to leave.
The girls inside were so frightened that they hid behind the madam. They had never seen such a posture before. They were just prostitutes who had been working hard for their lives. How could they dare to provoke Jin Yiwei?
But the old bustard obviously had some background. He calmed down, walked up to Wang Guoxing, and said softly: "Sir, we are a serious business here. If you arrest someone, we will naturally make it easier for you, but you also have to do your best. Girls earn a lot of money every day."
It’s not too much, so don’t disturb the surrounding guests.”
After saying that, he stuffed a piece of gold into Wang Guoxing's hand when the people around him were not paying attention. I hope Wang Guoxing can give him some face. After all, there is nothing gold can't solve when encountering this kind of problem. If one piece is not enough, then give him a few more.
.Everyone and everything in this world has a price, it depends on whether you can afford it.
"this one?"
Wang Guoxing raised the gold in his hand high and couldn't help but sneered: "I'm working for your majesty, a piece of gold is nothing!" After saying that, he threw it away.
Your Majesty reprimanded yourself for this matter today as never before, which shows that you are very angry. Now you want to fool me with a quick piece of gold, which is extremely stupid. A piece of gold is not worth mentioning to a commander of the Royal Guards, as long as
If he is willing, he can receive ten thousand taels of silver in one day.
"Search for me, don't let anyone go!"
Following Wang Guoxing's order, all the officials who were hiding in the crowd, in the room, and even in the toilet were caught out. Seeing that they were caught out one by one like lost dogs, the surrounding guests also sighed in admiration.
The national affairs are so urgent, but these people who receive imperial salaries are still doing this. It is simply ridiculous!
The madam was very unhappy when she saw so many distinguished guests being arrested. She cried and asked Wang Guoxing to compensate for her losses, and even threatened him that there was someone behind her. But it was obvious that she did not know the official position of the person in front of her at all.
, even Jin Yiwei was not afraid at all.
Either he is stupid, or he has power behind him.
But as the commander of Fusi in the North Town of the imperial court, Wang Guoxing paid no attention to anyone except His Majesty. He wanted to see what the background was behind this brothel.
"You go find your man, I want to see if he is worth my compensation for your loss." Wang Guoxing sneered, not taking her seriously at all.
Outside the brothel, the magistrate of Yanzhou Prefecture was sitting comfortably in a sedan chair. Just as he was about to enter the brothel, he was suddenly told that there were guards in uniform. He hurriedly got off the sedan chair and looked at the large number of officials being escorted out in front of him. Some of them even knew each other. He hurriedly asked for help.
He left, but was suddenly spotted by the madam who was chasing him out, and stopped him.
"My lord, my lord!"
When the magistrate heard this, he wanted to leave even more, but he didn't expect that the old bustard was in good physical strength. He caught up with him in a few steps and said in a tearful voice: "My lord, please help me!"
"I didn't do anything, and they rushed in and scared away so many of my customers. I lost tens of thousands of taels of silver."
The prefect was also afraid to avoid it and couldn't leave at all. He cursed secretly in his heart: "There is something wrong with you, a woman! You didn't see that this is a royal guard, you want me to die!"
Wang Guoxing immediately came over and saw that the person in front of him was the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture. He immediately said: "Prefect Xu, it turns out that he is also so elegant."
"of course not!"
Magistrate Xu hurriedly distanced himself from the relationship with the brothel and said desperately: "I was just passing by to join in the fun!"