"Send someone to call him over now! I'll wait for him here!"
Without saying a word, Yuan Jixian rode straight into the city with his entourage. The officials who were still here to greet him were very helpless. Under the leadership of the prefect, everyone hurried back to the government to entertain Yuan Jixian. This is a giant Buddha that no one can mess with.
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"Sir, where is the general?" a junior officer couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, the governor of Hangzhou also sighed and said: "What can we do? Go and send someone to tell the commander-in-chief that the governor wants to see him and ask him to come back quickly!"
"yes!"
When I arrived at the government office, looking at the splendid decorations and the splendid official robes of the officials, and the living conditions of the common people I saw along the way, I suddenly felt that we were all subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and life was so unfair. I couldn't help but feel angry.
I'm glad, but the current plan is to subdue the commander-in-chief and his 20,000 soldiers and horses, so this matter can only be dealt with briefly.
Looking at the officials filing in, Yuan Jixian said coldly: "You guys really have a good life. Do you know how much taxes Hangzhou Prefecture gets in a year?"
Hearing such a question, the officials in Hangzhou were not sure how to answer, and they all looked at the prefect. The prefect of Hangzhou also couldn't figure out why the governor asked this question for a while, but after all, he was a subordinate.
Neng replied: "Reporting to the Governor, there is a lot of tax revenue, but it is all given to the court."
"Yeah?"
Yuan Jixian couldn't help but feel sick as he looked at the hypocritical faces of the officials below.
"The splendid clothes and the magnificent government offices were all handed over to the treasury."
This sentence immediately made the officials present feel ashamed. They naturally knew the amount of money they embezzled on weekdays, and the prefect embezzled the most. Many of them renovated the government offices just to make themselves feel happy while working.
.But at this moment, when someone said it directly, I still didn’t dare to raise my head.
Even the Hangzhou magistrate was blushing at this time, but even so, it was impossible to admit that he was corrupt. He could only say: "Your Majesty Governor, we only receive the salary from the imperial court. Where can we find the beautiful clothes you mentioned?"
Seeing them like this, Yuan Jixian naturally knew it, and of course he didn't intend to argue with them at this time. It was the censor's job to detect corruption, and his current job was just to quell the rebellion.
After a long time, the general soldier finally came back. He entered the government office lobby accompanied by noisy noises. Yuan Jixian sat there and watched coldly as the general soldier strode in with a large group of people, and said:
Even after entering the government office, he was still talking loudly and even bursting into laughter.
It wasn't until he saw Yuan Jixian sitting on top that the commander-in-chief calmed down a little, reluctantly bowed his hands and said, "See you, Lord Governor. I wonder why the Lord Governor came all the way here?"
"Why?"
Yuan Jixian saw that the commander-in-chief was so arrogant and rude, and immediately stood up and scolded: "Okay! You have become a traitor and you have the nerve to ask me why you are here? Tell everyone, you have done such a rebellious thing and you have the nerve to ask me why?"
Even if the commander pretends to be stupid, he still knows that Yuan Jixian is here to arrest him today, but after all, he has taken refuge in Ma Shiying, so it is not easy for him to repent easily. I originally thought that Yuan Jixian was his immediate superior, and he had promoted him
You have to give him some face no matter what.
But now thinking about it, he must have punished himself on His Majesty's order, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry: "I am serving His Highness the Crown Prince now, and I will ascend the throne in the near future! And there is a treacherous minister in Your Majesty's place. How can I, the Governor?"
Don’t you know yet? I’m afraid I’m going to be deceived by the other party?”
Seeing that his former subordinates were so stubborn and educated themselves in return, Yuan Jixian was furious on the spot: "Are you so stubborn? Ma Shiying and others are all rebellious ministers, but you work for them? Do you get the salary from the court in vain? Do you know that you
Who gave you the official position?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.
This Ma Shiying turned out to be a traitor? They didn't know such shocking news at all, and instead obeyed the orders issued by Yingtian Mansion. In this case, wouldn't they be a bunch of fools?
"Sir, is Ma Shiying really a traitor?" The Hangzhou magistrate couldn't keep up with the speed of their words and hurriedly stepped forward to ask. This is a national matter, and if they don't understand it clearly, it will definitely cause greater negative consequences.
"How can it be false?"
After Yuan Jixian said that, he immediately looked at the commander-in-chief and said, "Are you still going to continue to serve that traitor? I'm asking you for the last time!"
The commander-in-chief knew that he had already embarked on this road, and that once he turned back, everything he had would be lost. He couldn't help but want to speak harshly: "Ma Shiying is not a traitor! There is a traitor in your majesty! I..."
Before he could finish his words, Yuan Jixian flew down and kicked him to the ground. When he was about to get up, he pinned him to the ground with his feet.
"Since you want to be a traitor, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Upon seeing this, the followers behind the general soldier immediately drew their swords to protect their master, but they were glared back by Yuan Jixian with a stern look, and they did not dare to move forward.
"Yuan Jixian! Either you kill me, or I will kill you before I have a chance to breathe!" The commander-in-chief who was pushed to the ground screamed with all his strength.
But Yuan Jixian above was dismissive and said: "I will not kill you, I will hand you over to the court for disposal! I also tell you, if you are willing to return your allegiance to His Majesty and abdicate your crimes, you will still be your commander-in-chief.
, but if you are stubborn, then don’t blame me for being ruthless!"
After hearing this, he saw that his subordinates did not dare to step forward when they saw him being pushed to the ground. The commander-in-chief knew very well that many of his subordinates had been killed by Yuan Jixian, and he was the commander-in-chief.
At that time, they were just pawns. Now that they saw their former master, they naturally did not dare to come forward.
"I ask you, should you continue to be loyal to Ma Shiying or should you serve your crime and make meritorious service?"
"I... I will make meritorious service for my crime!"