The spy leader gritted his teeth, "There's no rush, let's solve the Hancheng matter first. Compared with collusion, Hancheng Qiuliang will be the most devastating disaster."
"Then Master Chang is really crazy. He actually lied about his political achievements and even dared to force hundreds of thousands of people to pay autumn grain."
"If this is not a good thing and a commotion breaks out, your southeastern officialdom will be completely ruined."
The Taoist official shuddered and bowed: "Please show me, sir."
"If a state official cannot eat the tens of millions of autumn grains, there must be a group of people waiting to divide them up."
"If you don't deal with enough people, His Majesty will definitely become suspicious."
"I'm just asking you to draw up a list of who to deal with."
The Taoist official was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, sir."
The secret agent leader shook his head, "Don't thank me. You must kill some of your cronies, even relatives, otherwise it will be difficult to gain His Majesty's trust."
"Ah?" The Taoist official was dumbfounded.
…
The Taoist official made a list overnight and hesitated again and again before handing the heavy pages to the secret agent.
The secret agent commander looked at the long list and was very satisfied. He could use this to gain control of Hancheng, and then start from Hancheng to paralyze the gangs in the southeast.
When the manpower and troops are gathered, those gangs can be surrounded and suppressed.
By this time, it was already dawn.
The secret agent leader asked the Taoist official to go to Hancheng by boat. The Taoist official did not dare to disobey, so he ordered the generals to follow him, and even found the guardian of his home.
For no other reason than they are top masters, so they can easily seize power from others.
…
September 23, before evening.
The spy commander entered the city defense camp with the imperial edict and blocked the city defense officer who was about to go home from get off work.
When the city defense officer saw the imperial edict, his face turned pale with fright.
"Sir, please forgive me, I didn't do anything!"
"Hmph, you still dare to quibble. If you don't have a share, who would dare to force farmers all over the city!"
"My lord, please spare my life, my lord, please spare your life..."
The city defense officer could only kowtow, and he really did not dare to resist.
Seeing that his head was broken, the secret agent commander knew that it was almost done, "That's it, now is the time to employ people, I promise you to make meritorious deeds!"
The city defense officer was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much, sir. I will definitely be loyal and serve you wholeheartedly!"
"Put on your hats, let's go to the navy camp."
"Yes, please let me lead the way."
…
Navy camp.
When we arrived, it was already dark and the camp manager had already finished get off work and went home for dinner.
The city defense officer said that he had something important to do and sent someone to invite him. He had no choice but to leave his dinner and hurried over.
When I entered the main hall, I felt something was wrong. When I saw the imperial edict and the Taoist official, I immediately felt weak.
The secret agent commander might ask him to call the local spy leader over because he might have served his crime well.
The camp commander didn't dare to disobey, so he honestly tricked the spy leader over.
The spy leader was stunned when he saw the spy commander, and a thought came to his mind.
To run or not to run!
This decision was so difficult that I couldn't even move my legs.
"Want to die? Want to live?"
"The lower official is willing to take the blame and make meritorious service."
As soon as the spy commander said something, the spy leader immediately knelt down and fell to the ground.
"Let's talk about what's going on first! Don't miss anything!"
"Yes, I understand."
…
The spy leader knelt on the ground and explained the whole story in detail.
To put it simply, floods hit Hancheng, and the state official, Chang, was about to be evaluated for promotion.
Master Chang didn't want to wait any longer, so he contacted the city officials, as well as some Jianghu gangs and wealthy businessmen, and asked them to help.
Mr. Chang said that most of the land is in the hands of landlords and merchants, and farmers only occupy a small part.
Most of the landowners and businessmen have money, so they can use the money to pay for autumn grain.
Hancheng is blessed with sea transportation, and there are a large number of fields in the south that are harvested three times a year, so rice is cheap.
When the time comes, I collect some of the money and buy some rice to make up for it. It doesn’t need to be from the same year, just old ones. Anyway, most of the rice is rotten in the warehouse.
In this way, a lot of money will be left, at least tens of millions of taels of silver. If we can take the opportunity to control the price of grain and bacon, we may end up with hundreds of millions of taels of silver.
The promise is just for wealthy businessmen and landlords, and for ordinary farmers, it is just a show.
Everyone was moved and helped to do it together.
Unexpectedly, when things came to pass, someone assassinated Mr. Chang and spread words to stir up trouble.
Everyone wanted to continue taking action, but in the end they were afraid and stopped.
…
The spy chief repeated what he heard that night, saying it word for word, including the government forcing the people to rebel.
The Taoist official was so frightened that he wiped his sweat and shouted that it was dangerous.
The secret agent commander also broke out in a cold sweat, but he was happy because everything could be pushed in that direction.
"This person has evil intentions, I'm afraid he is from the kings' side."
"The purpose is to force the people to rebel. Once you provoke a civil uprising, things will get out of hand."
"The King of the Southeast will surely rise up, and the world will be in chaos."
"The officialdom in the southeastern region will definitely be purged, and most officials may not survive."
"My lord," the spy leader handed over his hand, "We just realized that the matter is very important, so we decided to terminate the operation."
The camp manager quickly said: "Yes, yes, we took the initiative to terminate it."
The city defense officer agreed, "Sir, please spare us for the sake of our efforts to turn the tide."
The Taoist official shouted: "Shut up, the court's laws are on top, your Majesty is watching over there, how do you think you should be spared!"
The battalion commander, the spy chief, and the city defense officer all looked at each other with ugly expressions.
The secret agent commander waved his hand, "Okay, now that I am employing people, I can be lenient and spare your life and fortune."
"Thank you, sir!" The three of them knelt down and kowtowed together.
"Now, send out troops to arrest people. If Hancheng is not cleaned up, His Majesty will not spare your lives."
"Yes!" The three of them were excited and broke out in a cold sweat.
Although I feel a little sorry for the brothers I used to call brothers, at this moment, it would be good to save my own life, which is better than being trapped in everything.
With them here, at least their families can be fished out in the future.
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Hancheng.
Officers, soldiers and sailors marched into the city with open fire, shouting for martial law and curfew, which immediately made the whole city tense.
Yamazaki, who was having dinner in a restaurant, understood that the imperial court had finally reacted.
He comforted Dong Fenglin and others not to be afraid and continue eating.
Seeing that their food was tasteless, Yamazaki quickly finished their dinner, then took them to the bed together, let them hold each other hand and foot, and led them to practice together.
If you practice Qigong and breathe in and out, you won't have random thoughts.
…
Overnight, Hancheng lost dozens of respectable families and gained dozens of prisoners.
We agreed not to punish them with death, so we didn't put up much resistance.
The secret agent commander wrote to the emperor, pointing out that the officials forced the people to rebel and expressed their suspicion that the kings were doing it in order to provoke the people to revolt.
He also gave kind words to those involved in the case, indicating that they finally pulled back from the brink and did not let the situation completely get out of control, which can be regarded as a great contribution to the country.
Finally, he said bluntly that he would continue to investigate.
…
Two days later, when the emperor saw the letter, he broke out in a cold sweat.
He ordered the secret agents to continue investigating and see what the kings were doing in the southeast.
For those involved in the crime, since they have meritorious service, their lives should be spared, their officials should be demoted, their homes confiscated, and their entire families should be made slaves.