In Huairou County, as the Sun family was ransacked, fireworks were set off in the streets and alleys of the entire county. The sound was deafening. Fireworks bloomed in the sky. It was even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.
On the concrete road leading to the capital, people in Huairou County who learned the news returned to their hometowns one after another, preparing to participate in the public trial three days later and at the same time get back their property.
"The Sun family is finished!"
"All those local gangsters have been arrested."
"Very good!"
"The sky has eyes!"
People throughout Huairou County rushed to tell each other, and the originally deserted Huairou County suddenly became lively, with long-lost smiles filling their faces.
Inside the county government office, Zhu Houzhao was looking through the files investigated by the Sun family factory guards. The Sun family had committed so many things over the years that they were hard to count. At the same time, they relied on various means to accumulate a lot of money.
Made an extremely huge fortune.
More than half of the land in Huairou County belongs to the Sun family. All coal mines are monopolized by the Sun family. Coal is sold to the capital, becoming the most important coal supply area in the capital.
At the same time, Huairou County, which is northwest of the capital, has many mountains and forests. The Sun family also monopolized the forest resources in Huairou County, felling trees on a large scale, and used them to process furniture, carriages, doors, windows, etc., and gained a lot of wealth from them.
Using force and violence, more than 10,000 people were imprisoned to mine and work for them. These more than 10,000 people only had to eat every day without any salary income.
Unscrupulously use various methods to rob others' properties, shops, minerals, factories, workshops, etc.
According to statistics, the Sun family's wealth exceeds tens of millions of taels of silver. The amount of silver confiscated by Zhu Houzhao on the spot was more than one million taels, as well as a large number of bank deposits.
"They really do everything. They don't even spare the mosquito meat, and they don't even spare the bits of sand in the river in Huairou County."
Zhu Houzhao slammed the file in his hand on the table.
Such a thing happened at the feet of the emperor, which really made Zhu Houzhao feel ashamed and even made Emperor Hongzhi blush.
But when I thought about it more carefully, I felt that Emperor Hongzhi was very unjust. How could Emperor Hongzhi, who loved his people like a son, tolerate such a thing? It was inevitable that these officials below would protect each other and cover up the Sun family's wanton behavior.
"The magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture can receive one hundred thousand taels of silver from the Sun family every year. No wonder no matter what happens, it cannot be reported to the court."
"This magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture deserves to die even more. If he hadn't done so, the Sun family would not have reached this point, and such a big thing would not have happened in Huairou County."
Thinking of the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, Zhu Houzhao became murderous. Compared with the Sun family, Zhu Houzhao felt that these officials who acted as a protective umbrella for the Sun family should be killed more.
"Your Highness, Lin Pan, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, is here."
Just when Zhu Houzhao was thinking about the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, Liu Jin came to report.
"Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture?"
"Lin Pan?"
"You came just in time, I was just about to ask him."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became angry and asked Liu Jin to bring him in. Now the entire Huairou County is controlled by the Ming army. For the safety of Zhu Houzhao, the county government is protected by the palace guards. Although the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture is a third-grade official
Even the high officials of the imperial court could not get in.
Here in the county government living room, Lin Pan, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, was furious. Such a big thing happened in Huairou County under his jurisdiction.
The trusted magistrate of Huairou County actually sent people to uproot the Sun family without any notification to him, and even arrested Sun Qingjiang, the general judge of Shuntian Prefecture, and Sun Xuepeng, the prime minister of Huairou County.
Doesn't this take the prefect of yourself seriously at all?
For such a major matter, no matter what, you should ask for instructions, discuss, and report to yourself, and forget about the following mistakes. The key is that Lin Pan is afraid that the Sun family's affairs will implicate him.
The Sun family gives him one hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver every year. He has heard about the things the Sun family has done over the years, but for the sake of the money, he ignores them and lets the Sun family do whatever they want.
Dominate and dominate in Huairou County.
Now the newly appointed magistrate of Huairou County, I don’t know the origin, but he suddenly exposed the Sun family. If he is not careful, he might also be sent to jail. Now he is about to retire.
, he doesn’t want such a thing to happen.
The Sun family must be finished after he leaves and retires, or he must not be implicated in it.
Zhu Houzhao came to the living room with his hands behind his back, humming a tune and looking carefree.
"Master Zhu, you are so capable."
Seeing Zhu Houzhao wearing the clothes of a county magistrate, Lin Pan also said with a cold face.
"I don't understand what the prefect meant."
Zhu Houzhao also had to salute a corrupt official, even if he had to hide his identity.
"Don't you understand what I mean?"
"Master Zhu is like a dragon crossing the river, coming to my Huairou County for gold plating. Have you gone too far in some things?"
"Such a major thing happened in Huairou County. Why didn't you report it to the government and take immediate action without asking for instructions?"
Lin Pan looked at Zhu Houzhao carefully, trying to identify which family in the capital Zhu Houzhao was a descendant of. There were not many true gods named Zhu, only a few, and even fewer of them could influence the army.
Although he was a third-rank official and often met with Emperor Hongzhi, over the years, Zhu Houzhao was either in the military camp or in the laboratory, rarely showing up at court meetings. This time he came to Huairou County to conceal his identity, so even Lin Pan did not
Recognize Zhu Houzhao's identity.
Just think that Zhu Houzhao is a child of a noble family in the capital, and he is gilded here in Huairou County.
"Oh, this is it~"
"Because the matter was so urgent, I forgot about it for a while."
"How about I report to you now?"
Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said suddenly.
"Forget it, I already know the matter."
"I also know about the Sun family. The Sun family has always been quite prestigious in Huairou County. It is a scholarly family with a farming and studying heritage. There are many scholars in the family, such as Sun Qingjiang, our general judge of Shuntian Prefecture, and your Huairou family.
Sun Xuepeng, the county seat, is all from the Sun family."
"How could the Sun family do such unreasonable things?"
"Now I order you to immediately release all the Sun family members and send all relevant materials to me. Even if there is anything, I will personally examine it."
Lin Pan scolded Zhu Shou with a straight face.
"A scholarly family, farming and studying to inherit the family?"
"Is Mr. Lin blind?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately counterattacked rudely.
"You~"
"Magistrate Zhu, you are just a small seventh-grade sesame official. How dare you speak to me like this?"
Lin Pan immediately became angry. The Zhu Shou in front of him had no regard for himself as the prefect. No wonder he would do such a thing. No wonder even the judge Sun Qingjiang dared to arrest him.
"I am a seventh-grade official, but you are just a prefect. A prefect is nothing more than a hammer."
Zhu Houzhao said without a glance.
"You, you~"
Lin Pan's beard straightened with anger. He thought for a moment and said, "I am now removing you from your position as magistrate of Huairou County. All affairs in Huairou County will be handed over to Guo Liang."
Lin Pan pointed to a Shuntian Mansion official who came with him and said.
"How can I, the magistrate of Huairou County, be appointed or removed by you?"
Zhu Houzhao didn't even bother to look at Lin Pan and Guo Liang, and said extremely arrogantly.
"You~you~"
"Are you going to disobey the imperial court?"
Lin Pan became even more angry and pointed at Zhu Houzhao and said.
"You are the one who defied the imperial court, right?"
"Mr. Lin, I found out from the Sun family that you have to collect one hundred thousand taels of filial piety from the Sun family every year. It is with the protection of you, a third-rank official in the imperial court, that the Sun family is able to do evil things in Huairou County.
If you do no evil, half of the Sun family's sins will be blamed on you, Mr. Lin."
"I have reported this matter to the emperor. Mr. Lin, you should think about how to save your head, and you are still showing official authority in front of me."
Zhu Houzhao said with a sneer.
When looking at Lin Pan, it was like looking at a dead person.
Lin Pan must have a major responsibility for such a major incident. What's more, he also accepted bribes. One hundred thousand taels of silver per year was not a small amount, and it was enough to make him lose his head.
"You~you~"
"How can I, a high-ranking member of the imperial court, be tainted by your empty words?"
"I, Lin Pan, am an official and have a clean reputation. If you slander someone's innocence like this, I will definitely report it to the emperor and ask him to restore my innocence."
When Lin Pan heard this, he felt extremely frightened in his heart. He pretended to be calm, but when he spoke, his voice was already three points weaker.
"I'm here to talk nonsense with you. Someone is here to put Mr. Lin in a prison and wait for his punishment."
"You're here now, so don't leave. I just went to the prison to keep company with Sun Qingjiang. Then I won't be lonely when I go to Huangquan Road."
Zhu Houzhao looked at Lin Pan, waved his hand and gave the order.
Soon a group of soldiers came in and walked towards Lin Pan.
"Who dares?"
"I am a third-rank official of the imperial court and the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. Even if I make any mistakes, they should be dealt with by the officials. The emperor is asking, you are a small seventh-rank county magistrate. What qualifications do you have to arrest me?"
"And you Qiu Ba, the military is not allowed to interfere in local government affairs. This is an ironclad order of the imperial court. Now that you are interfering in local government affairs indiscriminately, I will definitely give you a good copy so that you can't live without it."
When Lin Pan saw these soldiers coming to catch him, he immediately struggled excitedly and shouted loudly.
"Well said, it should be handled by the officials!"
"I always thought you did a good job, but I didn't expect you to be a corrupt official. Even if you are a corrupt official, you are still harboring evil forces like the Sun family!"
At this time, a voice sounded, and Liu Jin walked in with a cold face.