As a first-class official in Chuzhou Prefecture, Li Xiaojian was naturally well-informed and very aware of the development of the situation.
The moment the censor appeared outside the city, Li Xiaojian had already guessed the outcome.
He returned to his office as if nothing had happened. From time to time, a handyman would come in, say a few words and then leave immediately.
It was approaching evening, and the government office was about to get off work.
Another handyman came in with a kettle and said anxiously while changing the water: "My lord, the censor and General Li have come out of the telegraph office. The censor has returned to the Chief Secretary, but General Li is heading towards the military camp!"
"I understand, you can go home." Li Xiaojian looked confident.
The handyman quickly left.
This is a public office, and several clerks are busy working.
When the handyman left the room, they all raised their heads and looked at Li Xiaojian, with panic on their faces.
Li Xiaojian sighed: "Let's go home each."
A civil servant knelt on the ground, crying and crying: "I am the one who has been deceived by lard. I should not have taken the lead in asking for the exemption money. My husband must think of a way!"
Li Xiaojian remained silent.
Should he blame the person in front of him for being disobedient?
Can't blame it.
Li Xiaojian couldn't restrain himself, and neither could the civil servant.
Most of the civil servants and civil servants at the prefecture and county levels are colluding with each other. And more than 70% of the civil servants are actually gang members of the Shahe Society - some are gang members who were hired as soap officials, and some were originally soap officials.
But he joined the Shahe Society.
Even if the civil servants are honest and obedient, it will be difficult for those civil servants to greet them.
The Shahe Society has grown into a monster, often doing things both over and over to deny Li Xiaojian face.
Li Xiaojian, a mere gang leader, naturally didn't take him seriously.
Zheng Guangzu, the leader of the Shahe Society, died suddenly two years ago, the month after setting fire to the merchant ship. He was so disobedient. This kind of out-of-control dog must die suddenly to make Li Xiaojian feel at ease.
The current leader, Jiang Kuan, is the brother-in-law of the previous leader. He personally poisoned the wine, and outsiders really thought it was a sudden illness.
At first, Jiang Kuan did behave more obediently, but this kind of obedience depends on what happened.
Jiang Kuan would not dare to do such vicious criminal cases, such as killing people to steal goods or setting boats on fire. After all, he had learned from the past.
But in Jiang Kuan's view, collecting some money for exemption from military service is nothing. How dare such unscrupulous people rebel? Those gangsters who have become corrupt officials are all clamoring to take advantage of the opportunity to make money. Naturally, Jiang Kuan cannot object, let alone
What's more, there is support from the civil servants in the yamen.
Jiang Kuan even wanted to clear his name and work as a government official in the future, becoming a small leader responsible for catching thieves.
Then let your son study. If he can pass the imperial examination, it is best to become an official. If he fails, he will be a civil servant. And he must register with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he will not be a white-collar civil servant without a formal establishment.
If the imperial censor had not appeared this time, public opinion would probably have been suppressed. After all, no lives were actually lost, and most of the petitioners had been dispersed outside the city.
By then, this Jiang Kuan will also die suddenly!
Find another one who is more obedient.
Two leaders have died in a row, so the third one should not cause trouble again.
It's a pity that there is no chance.
The censor went directly to the telegraph office to ask for instructions from the Supervisory Council. No one except the emperor could stop this matter. His uncle, who was the prime minister, had long been cut off from the family. It was impossible for him to come out to plead for mercy, and he might even demand strictness.
Legal action.
"Let's break up. Go back and see your wife and children." Li Xiaojian raised his hand.
Hearing this, several civil servants lost their minds and left Hucao's office like zombies.
Since Emperor Zhu had always cracked down on corruption, the officials had already learned the lesson. They had no evidence of crime that needed to be destroyed, all files and accounts were normal, and even after ten years of investigation, nothing fishy could be found.
Therefore, there was no strange incident of burning down the archives room.
Everyone had left, and Li Xiaojian was sitting alone. Suddenly he took off his belt and moved a stool.
In the late Song Dynasty, Song Jiang and other Shandong bandits went south to ravage Chuzhou many times. Although they rarely conquered the city, the rich families in the countryside were also very unlucky.
As soon as they heard about the commotion, they took all their money and hid in the city. The money and food they didn't have time to take away naturally made it easier for the thieves.
But there are always times when things are slow.
Those guys in Songjiang robbed the canal and flew up and down the canal. Even the officers and soldiers were attacked. How could the officers and soldiers of the ordinary gentry be well-informed?
On one of these occasions, Li Xiaojian ran away with his whole family, taking only a small amount of gold, silver and antique calligraphy and paintings. All the copper coins accumulated by generations were looted. Even the coins hidden in the cellar were found!
In those two years, Li Xiaojian lived a hard life and almost became so poor that he sold antiques to replenish his income.
It was not until the founding of the Ming Dynasty that Li Xiaojian finally came to the end of his hardships.
At that time, many Chuzhou officials and wealthy businessmen heard that Li Hanzhang was a confidant of Prince Zhu, so they came to establish relations with him with heavy gifts.
Li Xiaojian tasted the taste of power.
He was too cautious at first, and Li Bao and Fang Mengqing returned to Huainan. Since the situation was still unclear, Li Xiaojian had been hiding at home and pretending to be ill, missing the best opportunity to become an official. By the time Zhu Guoxiang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Huainan was basically in peace, and the gift giver
People came to visit one after another, and it was already difficult for Li Xiaojian to become an official directly.
So, he thought about taking the path of transferring from official to official, and becoming a powerful and wealthy official.
Later, suddenly the whole country was cracking down on corruption. Li Hanzhang asked his brothers to come back and separate the families, and also asked the clan members to abide by their duties and not break the law. Only then did Li Xiaojian finally feel that something was wrong.
Even though he could be promoted to a post office, he did not want to be transferred to another position. He has always been willing to be a local tiger, promoted from the county government to the government government.
Moreover, he only developed his power in Chuzhou Prefecture and would never touch it outside of Chuzhou Prefecture.
Every time he was severely punished, he temporarily avoided the limelight.
He even took the initiative to cooperate with the government when he was working as a tenant.
At that time, when officials at both levels of the provincial government spoke, Li Xiaojian was willing to listen, and the subordinate staff below did not dare to cause trouble.
However, as more and more officials became collusive, and as he supported the Shahe Society in illegal salt transportation, Li Xiaojian became less and less cautious, and became increasingly unable to control the huge group of subordinate officials and gangs.
Not just him, but his family as well.
The second son even accidentally beat to death a traveling scholar out of jealousy.
The scholar had the reputation of being a scholar, and there were also officials in his family. Fortunately, he was from out of town, far away from Chuzhou, so Li Xiaojian had enough time to take care of things.
First, the witnesses were coerced and bribed, and old officials were asked to plan collusive confessions.
They confirmed that Zhengfeng was jealous and beat someone to death, but it was not Mr. Li who beat him to death. It was several servants of Mr. Li who saw their master being punched, so they rushed to help and accidentally missed it. It was even one of the servants who beat him to death.
He couldn't explain clearly. He also insisted that the deceased was drunk and acted first, and the deceased also had a lot of responsibility.
The family members of the deceased mobilized their connections to argue the case, and the lawsuit lasted for two years.
In the end, the Li family paid two thousand gu in compensation for the funeral expenses, and all the servants were imprisoned, but nothing happened to Mr. Li.
After this incident, Li Xiaojian's second son not only did not restrain himself, but became even more aggressive, forcing his father to help wipe his butt countless times.
The third son, who was originally very well-behaved, gradually started to follow suit and was completely led astray by his elder brother.
Even the two married daughters are arrogant and domineering in their husband's family and are known far and wide as tigresses.
There is only one eldest son. He is an honest man, but he is too honest and is not the material to run the household.
Qin Hui's case back then also involved Chuzhou.
Fortunately, at that time, the main focus was on investigating Qin Hui's gang members, and the investigation was conducted across the country. Due to lack of manpower, many things were not investigated in depth, otherwise Li Xiaojian would have been finished at that time.
During the handling of the case, Li Xiaojian could not sleep all night long and even vowed to stop at the brink.
But once the limelight passed, everything was forgotten.
Li Xiaojian and his co-conspirators even feel that they are awesome. Such a big case is fine, so what else is there to be afraid of?
Many people even rumored that Mr. Li Ge was protecting remotely.
This kind of statement was believed not only by subordinates and gang members, but also by many officials. The number of officials who collaborated with Li Xiaojian in committing crimes actually became more numerous because of this incident!
Do you regret it?
have no idea.
Li Xiaojian is now only afraid, and he does not even dare to accept the interrogation.
"Bang!"
The stool was kicked down, and Li Xiaojian's legs were dangling in the air and kicked wildly.
I don't know how long it took, but a group of officers and soldiers rushed over, and the leader kicked the door open.
Inside the house, Li Xiaojian's body was tied up in the waistband of his pants, and was slightly swayed by the airflow from the door.
"The straight bitch actually hanged herself!" The officer leading the army was shocked and angry.
If he didn't hang himself at this time, he would seek death if he was thrown into prison. Li Xiaojian didn't think he could survive.
There are too many things about him, far beyond what a chief security officer can tell them all.
In the north of Fuzhou City, there is Beishen Town.
In parallel time and space, when Zhao Li defended Chuzhou, Jin soldiers camped in Beishen Town.
The commerce of this town is extremely developed, and the tax revenue of a small town is equivalent to that of several counties in remote areas.
The headquarters of the Shahe Society has long been moved to the town.
Jiang Kuan, the second leader of the association, also built mansions outside the town and used various illegal means to annex hundreds of acres of land in two years.
Some of the land was even sold to him on his own initiative, and the original landowners were frightened.
What is Jiang Kuan doing now?
He is sending people to inquire and confirm the information about the unruly people who are leading the trouble. When the matter calms down, he will carry out crazy retaliation. He will never allow anyone in Chuzhou to be disobedient.
What, the censor showed up?
When the Qin Hui gang members were being investigated, a censor came to Chuzhou. Mr. Li Ge was protecting him, so the censor was nothing!
Two hours ago, Li Xiaojian sent someone to tell Jiang Kuan to stay out of the limelight and that all members of the Shahe Club were not allowed to cause trouble.
Jiang Kuan also knew that this was an extraordinary period, so he strictly ordered the people to abide by the law.
But he himself did not choose to run away. He thought it was not necessary and running away would make him feel guilty.
"Mr. Sir, it's not good, the provincial capital is mobilizing troops!" the housekeeper panicked and ran to the inner courtyard shouting.
Jiang Kuan stood up quickly: "But are you sending troops to catch the unruly people?"
"I don't know, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..." The housekeeper didn't dare to say the rest.
Jiang Kuan finally panicked, remembered Li Xiaojian's warning, and hurried to the entrance of his cellar.
There is no gold, silver, or copper coins.
Nowadays, people who fish for odd things, both officials and citizens, like the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. Wrap them in layers of oil paper and put some charcoal around them. The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes can be well preserved and can be easily taken away if something happens.
The yellow-faced woman at home is no longer wanted. She is the sister of the former leader. She has always suspected that he poisoned his brother, and the couple was very unhappy.
Moreover, that yellow-faced woman can only give birth to daughters, not even a single one.
Jiang Kuan had more than ten concubines, half of whom were snatched.
It was not an outright robbery, but mainly intimidation, forcing the other party to marry his daughter as a concubine.
He put the Ming Dynasty treasure money into a bag, took two concubines who had given birth to sons, and took a concubine who had not given birth to a son but was very favored. He didn't want the rest, not even his daughter, and ran away with only his son.
The steward has prepared the boat and brought his wife and children.
They asked the boatman to paddle quickly, and they sailed far away in a blink of an eye.
But soon, the boat slowed down.
The housekeeper exclaimed in a low voice: "Mokou Chaoguan seems to have been closed. There are a lot of merchant ships there!"
"Hurry to the shore!"
Jiang Kuan urged anxiously.
Before the boat could stop, he jumped ashore and urged his three concubines to move faster.
Two of the concubines were holding their sons, both of whom were born this year.
When the former leader was still alive, the yellow-faced woman in the family was very arrogant. She couldn't give birth to a son, and she was not allowed to have sex or take concubines.
After poisoning his uncle to death, Jiang Kuan became the leader himself, and immediately let himself go, taking more than ten concubines in two years.
"Hurry up, don't wait any longer!" Jiang Kuan became increasingly anxious.
Two concubines holding a baby, how can they dare to get off the boat unless it stops safely?
Just when they were being careful, the most favored concubine, who had not yet given birth to her child, suddenly picked up a bamboo pen and pushed it hard on the shore.
The boat that had already docked took another step back.
One concubine fell into the water while holding a baby, and the other almost fell down while holding a baby.
Before anyone could react, the "troublesome" concubine jumped into the river and swam for several meters before resurfacing.
"Thief woman!"
Jiang Kuan was furious and shouted to the boatman: "Save your mistress and husband quickly!"
Those boatmen were also members of the Shahe Gang. They looked at the blocked banknotes in the north and then at the leader who was eager to escape, but they were stunned and did not immediately obey the order.
Jiang Kuan shouted: "You also have a share in killing people and stealing goods. Do you still want to arrest me and take me to the government to collect the reward?"
The boatmen really wanted to make atonement for their sins, but after being reminded by Jiang Kuanyi, they all gave up the idea.
However, no one went to save the concubine and the baby who fell into the water. They jumped into the river and swam to the other side.
As the leader of the guild, the target is too big. It is easy to get caught if you escape with him!
The boatmen are certainly not stupid.
Seeing this, Jiang Kuan did not go down to the river to fish for his son. Instead, he abandoned the housekeeper's family, his concubine and his son, and fled with the Ming Dynasty treasure money in his bag.
The housekeeper was angry and anxious. Like the boatmen, he was not a good person, and he had even killed someone with his own hands.
The housekeeper didn't bother to take care of the drowned woman and child, so he picked up the pennants and pushed the boat to the shore. The bottom of the boat slammed into the head of the concubine who was struggling in the water.
"Let's go!"
The steward jumped ashore and shouted, quickly took his wife and children off the boat and ran away.
On the small boat, there was only one concubine left holding her child in a daze. She quickly put the child down, used a bamboo pole to prop open the boat, and looked for the sisters and the baby who had fallen into the water.
But the woman who fell into the water was knocked unconscious, and her body could be faintly seen rising and falling underwater, while the baby had disappeared.
"Woooooooooo..."
The concubine finally sat on the bow of the boat and cried, and the children next to her also cried.
