The Baigan Army quickly took over the governor's Yamen, and Zhong Jinwei was sitting in the lobby of the Yamen waiting for officials from Xuanfu City to come and report.
Not long after, officials from Xuanfu City rushed over one after another.
At the door, they saw soldiers with white poles lined up on both sides, holding long white spears in their hands, looking murderous. They felt that the atmosphere of this meeting might not be very friendly.
When the officials were called in, the white-poled troops did not stop them at all. Like sculptures, they stood motionless and allowed these officials to walk into the yamen through the rows of soldiers.
After these officials entered the Yamen lobby, they saw a young man sitting on the seat of Zhongcheng. Behind him were two male and female generals. They knew that this was the commander-in-chief Zhongxing Hou and Ma Xianglin, as well as the commander-in-chief Zhang Fengyi mentioned in the Di newspaper. So they
, hurry up and pay your respects.
Zhong Jinwei didn't say anything, he just gave up and asked them to stay.
However, when a general came to pay his respects, Zhong Jinwei was quite surprised. He asked: "Kong Guoqi, you should be in the capital, why did you go back to Xuanfu?"
Last time when we were in the camp of King Qin's army, we found that Jianlu Xizuo had contact with him, so Zhong Jinwei recognized him.
"Back to Zhongxing Hou, Marshal Hou thought that Xuanfu was the head of the nine-border military town, and there might be an accident without a general guarding it for a long time, so he sent the general back in advance." Kong Fang clasped his fists and replied to Zhong Jinwei seemingly confidently.[
Jianlu must have activities here, otherwise he would not use the name of his family, but he was not found to be suspected of collaborating with the enemy, so Zhong Jinwei just asked this question and left him alone.
When Kong Fang saw that Zhongxinghou no longer asked questions, he stood aside. He felt a little uneasy. He had received a report from his subordinates that Zhongxinghou's people had taken over the four city gates. He didn't know what he wanted to do.
About a quarter of an hour later, the secretary of the governor's office whispered to Zhong Jinwei that everyone had arrived.
Zhong Jinwei stopped pretending to be cool and said to Ma Xianglin: "Let them hear the imperial edict."
Upon hearing this, the civil and military officers quickly stood a few steps forward, stood according to their official positions, and faced Zhong Jinwei with their heads bowed and listening.
They heard that the imperial edict stated that Zhong Jinwei was out on business, and that Shang Fangjian was given the power to make sudden decisions and kill first and report later. They immediately felt that Zhong Xinghou was here to do something big, and they couldn't help but panic in their hearts. Even fools knew that this was definitely not a good thing.
Zhong Jinwei looked at the officials in the hall, scanning them one by one, and found that the eyes of these people revealed a little fear.
He estimated that these people were probably not clean, and now he was afraid that the amnesty that the imperial court had offered before would not count, and that the accounts would be settled after the fall.
After Ma Xianglin finished reading the imperial edict, Zhong Jinwei spoke: "I am a straightforward person, and I don't speak secretly. As long as you behave well, your past affairs will not be pursued again as long as they are not particularly bad."
These officials knew in their hearts that the court had no choice but to pardon all previous crimes, not to mention that it also said that those with particularly serious cases would be investigated. As for how serious the crime was, it was not up to the court to decide.
Now that the Imperial Envoy and Marquis Zhongxing said this to his face, they felt a little more relaxed. As long as it was not a matter of going up to the sword or into the sea of fire, they made up their mind and were ready to cooperate with Marquis Zhongxing.
Therefore, they all expressed their opinions to Zhong Jinwei, with one central idea: as long as Marquis Zhongxing allowed them to go west, they would never dare to go east.
There was only one exception, and that was Wang Kai, a doctor from the Ministry of Finance. He had just arrested Zhongxing Hou's personal entourage early this morning. Although he did not have a waist card, he knew that the man was definitely not a fake.
He didn't expect Zhongxing Hou to appear in Xuanfu City so quickly. He was surprised and a little scared. He made up his mind to insist that the man was an imposter, and at most it was a crime of oversight. He wanted to inform Zhangjiakou immediately when he turned around.
Kill those people and prove it to death to prevent other things from being known to the court.
Zhong Jinwei pressed his hand softly to silence those who were vying to express their views, and then said: "The Jianlu were originally barbarians in the barren mountains and rivers of Liaodong. The imperial government implemented a blockade policy to trap them to death and restore peace to Liaodong."
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The officials were stunned when they heard this, wondering why Zhongxing Hou mentioned the Jianlu outside the Pass.
"After years of natural disasters, the outside world is no exception. But why do the Jianlu still live happily and even have the energy and money to attack the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhong Jinwei's voice was not loud, but he exuded a sense of majesty. He did not have such aura before time travel. It may be that after coming to the Ming Dynasty, he had been in a high position and controlled the life and death of others.
"The Jianlu invaded the capital this time, massacred the city and plundered the people, and the crimes committed by the people and gods were outraged. Behind the Jianlu, there was the shadow of the traitor. They provided food and arms, betrayed military intelligence, led the way for the Jianlu, and even cooperated with the Jianlu to attack the Ming Dynasty city."
When he said this, many smart people among the officials had already contacted the current situation in Zhangjiakou, and also vaguely knew the purpose of Zhongxing Hou coming here.
When Zhong Jinwei said this, he also took a look at the middle-aged man standing in front wearing a fifth-grade official uniform, Wang Kai, a doctor in the household department, and found that his head was lowered and his sleeves were shaking slightly.
Zhong Jinwei snorted in his heart and continued: "I am following the emperor's order this time to dig out the cancer in Daming's body, please come."
Two soldiers with white poles came up in front of the hall and returned to Zhong Jinwei and said: "Here you are."
Zhong Jinwei ordered in a cold voice: "Get Wang Kai, the doctor from the Ministry of Finance."
When the roll call came just now, the white-pole sergeant in front of the hall had already recognized that it was Wang Kai, and went up to grab the man's shoulder.
Wang Kai was stunned for a moment, then struggled and shouted: "Why should you arrest me?"
Zhong Jinwei was too lazy to answer his words and just clapped his hands.
After receiving the signal, Yu Haijing took the newly surrendered Guitou Qi and others out of the back hall and stood on one side under the table.
Yu Haijing said to Wang Kai: "You are guilty of smuggling arms and supplies to Fan Yongdou and smuggling them to Jianlu."
Wang Kai took a closer look and saw that the Jin Yiwei Baihu who was talking turned out to be Fan Yongdou's confidant, Yu Haijing, who often delivered supplies to him. He was shocked and turned pale, and stammered: "You, you, you"
He thought that Yu Haijing was a spy here from the beginning, so everything he did would be known to the court.
Zhong Jinwei interrupted him: "The crime of capitalizing on the enemy and betraying the country is not exempted from the Emperor's pardon. The Emperor gave me the Shangfang Sword and the imperial edict, and I have the right to kill him first and report later. Come on, kill him outside the house."
When the two white-poled sergeants heard this, they picked up Wang Kai's arm and dragged him out.
Wang Kai didn't expect that Zhong Jinwei would kill him as soon as he asked. He quickly twisted his body, trying to struggle out of the control of the two soldiers, and shouted to Zhong Jinwei: "Sir, I have something to say, even if you want to kill me, you can't kill me.
The lower officials should make meritorious service, and the lower officials should report the matter."
The two soldiers were both strong men. How could a weak scholar be able to break free? They didn't hear Zhong Jinwei's follow-up orders and just dragged Wang Kai out.
When the civil servants and generals below saw this situation, they understood that Zhong Jinwei wanted to kill him as a warning to others, and at the same time they would not delve into the matter further, otherwise they would not kill Wang Kai under such circumstances, and they couldn't help but sweat for themselves.
The hall was quiet, without a sound. Everyone in the hall could hear the voice of Doctor Hubu's dying struggle ringing outside, but it was suddenly interrupted. Then a soldier came up to the hall and presented Wang Kai's dying eyes.
Earth head.
Zhong Jinwei has experienced several wars and has become immune to things like dead heads. He said: "Let me show you, sir, whether the person I killed is Wang Kai."
This soldier carried the plate with Wang Sheng Kai's head and walked up to each official to let them all take a look.
Zhong Jinwei looked at the red faces of these officials. He glanced at Wang Kai's head with wide eyes and quickly looked away. He knew that his bold behavior had shocked their psychology enough.
"Marquis Zhongxing, I will report this." Kong Fang suddenly came out to speak, breaking the suffocating atmosphere in the hall.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Kong Fang with amusement, wondering what he wanted to report.
"After hearing what Marquis Zhongxing said just now, I was like enlightened. There are still merchants in Zhangjiakou doing business outside the customs. I thought they were trading with the Mongols, but now I understand that they must be doing business with Jianlu like Fan Yongdou.
He must have committed many acts of capitalizing on the enemy and betraying the country!" Kong Fang looked very angry, showing that he understood the righteousness and was incompatible with the traitors.
From Zhong Jinwei's words and deeds just now, he accurately grasped Zhong Jinwei's main purpose of coming to the Xuan Mansion, and understood why the military carriage that Marquis Zhongxing was escorting was actually empty.
The purpose of the imperial court from the beginning was to come to these businessmen who were doing business with Jianlu. Now he reported it first and made it clear that he did not know that they were actually doing business with Jianlu. Only by getting out of this vortex of right and wrong can we avoid danger. Otherwise, look at
What this stupid young man like Zhongxinghou did would probably kill everyone here who had anything to do with Jianlu, whether they were businessmen or common people.
The left-behind counselors and sub-inspector deputy envoys naturally understood Kong Fang’s intentions. They also had the same idea as Kong Fang, and it was important to protect themselves first, so they made similar statements one after another. Some of the thick-skinned people even said that they had already discovered those traitorous businessmen.
When he was about to arrest him for his illegal behavior, Mr. Zhongxinghou came.
The businessmen are rich, they bribe the officials, and the officials and businessmen collude to turn the camps under the Xuanfu into their sphere of influence. Ordinary people really have nothing to do.
But now the court wanted to deal with them, and they first coerced the officials. In order to protect themselves, these officials reluctantly gave up their property and betrayed the merchants in one fell swoop, which Zhong Jinwei expected.
Once the state strikes hard, these forces that are unattainable in the eyes of ordinary people will soon become a thing of the past.
Seeing that this group of people knew each other so well, Zhong Jinwei smiled and nodded and asked them to report their names one by one.
The names of Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yongfa and others were reported to Zhong Jinwei one by one.
Zhong Jinwei had already learned about the eight most famous businessmen from Yu Haijing. Now that these people were among the names mentioned by these officials, he knew that they were definitely right.
Therefore, Zhong Jinwei ordered Kong Fang to mobilize troops to raid the homes of the traitor merchants living in Xuanfu City. Each team that raided the houses was assigned some white-pole soldiers to supervise them to prevent them from doing evil things.
All of a sudden, the soldiers who had just been recruited by Kong Fang through various methods drove out of the military camp in Xuanfu City one after another. While imposing martial law throughout the city, they began to ransack the homes of various traitor merchants.