At the beginning, Ma Shiying acted in accordance with the newly revised "Da Ming Code" and suppressed the local prefectural government offices in Yingtian Prefecture and surrounding prefectures.
Not to mention anything else, just the violation of etiquette regulations caused a lot of commotion.
The Jiangnan side is the most economically developed region in the Ming Dynasty. The luxury trend was the first to spread and lead the country. From house construction to travel clothes, rich people compete with each other, and exceeding the limit is the most basic operation.
Not to mention the "Da Ming Code" before the revision, even if it is the revised "Da Ming Code", it has relaxed a lot in terms of exceeding the regulations, but there are still many violations.
Ma Shiying endured the pressure of the factory guards in detecting thieves and rectifying the place. In addition to not daring to mess around without the emperor's clear will, he naturally also had to demonstrate his abilities in other aspects. Therefore, in terms of verifying the "Da Ming Code",
It was really vigorous and resolute, and immediately there was an uproar in several prefectures centered on Yingtian Prefecture. It was like a chicken and a dog.
Fines, demolition of illegal buildings, and arrests for exceeding regulations are everywhere. According to the local government, this makes people's lives miserable.
If this is all, after all, we are doing things according to the "Da Ming Law", so it's hard to say anything.
But at the same time, there were factory guards investigating cases with great fanfare, such as fires involving military rations, robbery of official ships, etc., and many captains in uniforms died, which made the factory guards act mercilessly.
"Drive, drive, drive..." On the official road, either Dongchang Fanzi or Jinyiwei Xiaowei led the way, riding horses.
Behind them, there are groups of imperial officers and soldiers, which look regular at first glance, holding swords, guns, swords, halberds, flintlocks, etc., and their neat steps make the sound of footsteps like one person.
The sound of armor clashing shocked everyone.
The officers and soldiers behind the factory guards were under the Nanjing garrison. In other words, they were Li Dingguo's men.
After Li Dingguo took over the post of Nanjing garrison, he immediately reorganized the original Nanjing garrison and evaluated the officers. It was just the simplest principle. In the military assessment, if the requirements are met, he will stay, and if he fails to meet the requirements, get out. No matter what the background of this person is,
Those who are princes and uncles are ignored at all, and those who give money to accompany them, say good things, and express their loyalty are equally useless.
Just like that, most of the officers under the Nanjing garrison were kicked out. Under normal circumstances, the troops under the Nanjing garrison would also be dispersed.
However, Li Dingguo took over with his own troops, so he had no such scruples at all and just took over with his own troops.
With such vigorous and resolute actions, Li Dingguo quickly took control of the troops garrisoned in Nanjing. Therefore, he was able to send troops to various factory guards to perform official duties in such a short period of time.
Otherwise, if the few factory guards in Jiangnan are sent to local areas to arrest important criminals, it is probably a question of whether they can go back.
The villages and towns in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be compared with those in the north. They have a large population and are relatively more prosperous.
An army led by Dongchang Fanzi rushed directly to the largest mansion in a town.
"Bang bang bang..."
The sound of knocking on the door would be loud enough to reverberate throughout the whole world. Even before the concierge inside could open the door, someone would knock the door open and the troops would swarm in.
With bright swords and guns in their hands, they arrested everyone they saw, regardless of gender, and escorted them all to the courtyard.
"What are you doing? Are there any royal laws?" The stewards in the mansion heard the sound and shouted in panic, "This is Master Liao's house in Nanjing!"
"Whose house belongs to you!" the leading Dongchang stall owner shouted immediately, "Someone reported that the house was harboring the bandits who intercepted and killed Jin Yiwei, so they all stood ready to investigate!"
The factory guards represent the imperial power and intercept and kill the Jinyiwei official ship, shocking Jiangnan. Who dares to stop him?
For most of the houses that were inspected, or in other words, the inspection method of factory guards, they were basically those of thieves and bandits.
However, such an unreasonable and thunderous investigation revealed many problems.
The women were old and weak. As for the men in the mansion, as soon as their identities were verified, many of them had no identity, that is, they were living in seclusion, and they were immediately taken away. The people who were the masters of the mansion were also arrested immediately.
Scenes like this happened in Yingtian Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion and other places, causing an uproar.
Most of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are not afraid of you checking for thieves, but they are afraid of you being so unreasonable and unreasonable to check the hidden household. Therefore, they either let the hidden household escape quickly, or they quickly register the household.
However, in such a short period of time, it is not easy to escape or register.
Especially for the factory guards, they also checked several prefectures and counties and found that the household registrations were all newly added people, but there were no records of tax payment and military service over the years. They arrested the officials of the prefectures and counties together, and the charge was that they forged household registrations.
All these things made the gentry in Jiangnan restless.
So, unable to bear it, the gentry from Nanjing and surrounding areas gathered in Nanjing to find the nobles here, the Six Ministries of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other senior officials of the Ming Dynasty to see how to deal with this matter.
However, as far as this matter is concerned, both Ma Shiying's side and the factory guard's side have a righteous position, and from a superficial point of view, they cannot object.
However, it is impossible to keep them helpless.
In Nanjing City, in the Duke of Wei's mansion, several people were discussing matters.
"My lord, we can't go on like this. In the name of investigating the robbery and killing of the Jinyiwei officer's ship, these factory guards have made a huge fuss!"
"Yes, sir, these factory guards are really unreasonable. My side has suffered heavy losses!"
"How about throwing those people out and settling the matter? Then the factory guard has no reason to do this, right?"
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Listening to them talking worriedly there, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji also had a headache.
Those factory guards were really unreasonable. Not to mention them, even his house in Zhenjiang was raided.
They couldn't catch the thief they wanted to catch, but they found the hidden households. For the factory guards, they didn't care at all. They just patted their butts and left. The hidden households were handed over to the local government, and they couldn't hold them back at all.
of human hands.
Regarding this matter, Xu Hongji and others did not come forward, but many officials in Nanjing official circles have come forward and approached Ma Shiying.
As a result, Ma Shiying said that he had no right to interfere with the factory guards. He also said that after such a big thing happened, it was no wonder that someone dared to rob and kill the captain of the Jinyi Guards.
They even went the other way, saying that the newly revised "Da Ming Code" has been promulgated throughout the world, and local officials should do a good job in matters related to the "Da Ming Code" instead of taking care of factory and sanitation matters.
Relatively speaking, Ma Shiying can at least talk.
However, after the emperor's decree came to this matter, Ma Shiying suddenly turned his back.
He immediately announced that Zhang Xianzhong's bandits were trying to break out, but they were actually internal collaborators. Now, following the emperor's order, he was going to start a thorough investigation.
First, when various prefectures and counties encountered a little banditry, they treated it as a large-scale attack by the bandits and strongly called for help. Is it suspected of cooperating with the bandits to break out?
Second, who revealed the secrets of Liu Liangzuo’s military camp?
Third, who revealed the details of the grain transport team and issued the official documents?
Fourth, according to reliable information, the people who contacted the bandit army are related to Nanjing nobles. All Nanjing nobles must cooperate, otherwise they will be punished as bandits.
Thinking about these things, Xu Hongji asked them: "Even if those pirates are thrown out, what will Ma Shiying do?"
"With Ma Shiying, is it possible that they can still get some solid evidence?"
Hearing this, Xu Hongji couldn't help but feel a little pain in his head, and had to explain: "Can't you see it now? The drunkard's intention is not to drink! People just took this excuse and started to target us!"
Ever since Ma Shiying led the army into Nanjing, they had been worried that Ma Shiying would rectify the Nanjing side like Fengyang Mansion, so they did not hesitate to cause a lot of trouble.
But now it seems that those things are useless. Ma Shiying and the factory guards are still starting to tidy up the place. Now they are mainly cleaning up the hidden houses in the name of catching thieves. Maybe they will start measuring again when they turn around.
Land!
After Xu Hongji said that, he sighed and said: "In the final analysis, they still have the army in their hands, so they can find various excuses to do this!"
Hearing this, all the people waiting felt a headache.
In the past, if anyone dared to do this, people here in Nanjing would write to the court together to impeach Ma Shiying. The so-called three men become a tiger, and Ma Shiying would definitely be killed.
Even if the emperor trusts Ma Shiying very much, it doesn't matter. Just like when Emperor Wanli sent eunuchs from the palace to collect taxes, the level of trust is definitely higher than that of Ma Shiying.
In this case, if they incite a civil uprising and cooperate with the local government, the people in the civil uprising can beat Ma Shiying to death in Jiangnan, and then introduce a few scapegoats, and this kind of thing will be settled.
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However, the methods that could be used before can no longer be used. This is the biggest headache for Xu Hongji and others.
I originally thought that Zhang Xianzhong, a big bandit, could live up to his expectations, so he broke out and went to Jiangbei, disrupting the imperial court's plan to suppress thieves and causing the north to fall into the flames of war again. Such a big crime would definitely force Ma Shiying to get out.
Unexpectedly, Huang Degong worked so hard that Zhang Xianzhong was wiped out...
Everyone discussed and discussed, but they couldn't come up with a good solution.
In the end, Xu Wenjue, the eldest son of Wei Guogong, who was mainly attending the audience, said angrily: "This won't work, that won't work either, why don't you just show your cards? I don't believe it, what do they dare to do to us? We have the iron book.
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Upon hearing such a heroic speech, other people who were having a headache simply stopped thinking about it and immediately agreed.
"That's right, we have the iron book of alchemy, can it really do anything to us?"
"If you really want to take ours, do you want the emperor's face? We were given by Emperor Taizu and the founding hero of the country!"