Chapter 68 Brother likes the New Year's Eve and the New Year's Day
Half an hour later, Zhou Huang, the prefect of Jiujiang, who looked disgraced and dejected, finally came to the wharf of Hukou Town and boarded the boat in person to pay homage to Chen Shuren, who had come here for inspection.
Along the way, I thought about this young man who was just twenty-two years old after the Chinese New Year. Two and a half years ago, he was a white man with only a scholar's reputation and had to spend money to buy a supervisor...
Zhou Huang was furious.
Comparing people with each other is so irritating. He has been the prefect for six years and has been in Jiujiang Prefecture for three years.
And what about others? In the three years since he stayed in Jiujiang, everyone else was promoted from a scholar to a military officer, and even became a censor.
Now, it is really hard to swallow that I have to be grabbed by an explosive junior who is twenty years younger and squeezed and rounded!
Unfortunately, no matter how angry he was in his heart, when he saw the majestic Hongyi cannons sitting on the side of the ship, and the musketeers standing neatly on both sides of the side planks, carrying bright bayonets, he could only give in instantly. A miserable situation was brewing.
"Shen Daotai wants to see me, why bother making such a fuss... I also know that if there are profiteers and bandits in Jiujiang Prefecture, they should be dealt with by Daotai, but Shen Daotai, you act so carefully..." After entering the cabin , Zhou Huang lost his confidence when he spoke, fearing that the people next to him would not be calm.
At this moment, Shen Shuren didn't look arrogant at all. He had already assumed the role of a popular singer with ease. As soon as Zhou Huang got on the boat, he let Zhou Huang sit down, poured tea, and said kindly:
"Zhou Futai makes atonement. I also know the laws of the court. It's all because I drank wine last night. I got up this morning to give instructions and then went back to sleep.
As a result, their subordinates were in a hurry, and many of their comrades had been killed while intercepting and killing Lin's caravan. In a fit of enthusiasm, they captured a family of banditry and profiteers with solid evidence, and immediately sentenced them to death. .I also made some oversights. How about letting this matter go?"
What he said was final, of course, not referring to the matter of colluding with bandits, but referring to the matter of the person who collaborated with bandits and was directly killed with his whole family before completing the judicial process.
Of course Zhou Huang had no choice but to forget it, because he knew that if this matter would bite the Zheng family, why would he still want to force Zheng Zhilong to rebel?
Even if such procedural flaws were brought to the capital, the big shots in the court would not dare to do so. Instead, they would be angry at the local government and cause trouble, making it embarrassing for the court to come down the stairs.
I can only admit this.
Chen Shuren saw that he was so cheerful, so he decisively made his request: "In that case, I will tell you straight away. I am not the one who wants to kill everyone. In fact, this Lin Niancheng will not be able to have sex for long. I have Confidence crashed into him.
If Lin Chengcheng is really surrendered, some things can only be exposed and the blame will be forgotten in the future. Therefore, I don’t want to investigate for too long and make people panic. The families that have been caught have been punished. This case can be concluded here.
In addition, Zhou Futai, your dereliction of duty is inevitable. I hope you will send a letter to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War in Nanjing to explain clearly that after Shi Kefa Shi Futai was transferred to the position of Governor of Water Transport, Jiujiang Prefecture was re-assigned to the governor of Jiangxi, and even in the When cooperating with the governments in the northern war zone to suppress bandits, problems such as the number of government agencies and inconvenient cooperation arose, which led to the frequent occurrence of smugglers and bandits!
You don’t need to say much else. As for whether the imperial court will re-assign Jiujiang Prefecture to the temporary control of Wan Governor in the future, or insist on staying under the control of Jiangxi Governor, that is not your concern. Jiangxi Governor Guo Duxian also You don’t need to worry.”
Chen Shuren's words were no longer a hint, but an explicit statement.
He just wanted to put it bluntly, and wanted the court to ratify the former jurisdiction of Shi Kefa and continue to place Jiujiang Prefecture under the newly appointed Wan Fu in order to better realize the "great cause of suppressing thieves."
Zhou Huang was even more shocked when he heard this.
Of course he could tell that Shen Shuren was trying to expand and confirm the power of the next "Anhui Fu".
But what he didn't expect was that,
Is Shen Shuren so sure that he will be the next "Fu" of Anhui? Wouldn't the imperial court send someone else to take over Shi Kefa's original official position?
If there is something wrong here, and the next "Wanfu" is not from Shen Shu, then isn't his operation today making wedding clothes for others?
How can anyone in the world be so independent about their own future? How arrogant is this, or is it true that the middle and upper-level officials in the government have all-knowing knowledge?
There was no way, of course Zhou Huang couldn't understand.
Yang Sichang has now relied on Shen Shuren to an extremely high degree. Basically, he is about to die, but he is also kind and regards Shen Shuren as his savior.
Chen Xinjia from the Ministry of War and Jiang Dez from the Ministry of Household Affairs were also the strong reinforcements formed by Chen Shu people behind the scenes.
In addition, his father is operating in Nanjing and will soon find ways to improve his relationship with Zhou Yanru. Even if he does not ask Zhou Yanru to help him, he can at least ensure that Zhou Yanru does not cause trouble for him.
Chen Shuren is still confident that he will make real contributions, and he certainly deserves his promotion! How can those officials who are incompetent in suppressing thieves understand?
Zhou Huang felt that this was a serious matter. If he dared to write a letter to expose his shortcomings and take the blame for the chaos in Jiujiang today, then he, the prefect of Jiujiang, would basically be done.
Even if Shen Shuren cooperates with him and prevents him from being demoted, he will at least be transferred to a poorer Yuanhe Military Prefecture.
Jiujiang is the Hukou in Jiangxi, the most prosperous transportation thoroughfare for trade. He can't bear to part with this piece of fat that can lead to huge corruption! The gap between prefects and prefects is also very big!
When Chen Shuren saw him pondering, he knew that he was in love with his family and could not bear to be rich.
He did not hesitate to press further like a demon whispering: "Zhou Futai, I don't have that much time to spend with you, and I am not afraid to tell you that I have contacted the Governor of Water Transport, and through him I have also greeted Huang Degong, the commander-in-chief of Lufeng. .
In these days, Zhang Huang from Huangzhou said that Huang Degong from Luzhou would intensify his efforts to strangle Lin Yang. There was also an Anqing colleague named Fang Yizhi who was willing to take risks himself and persuade Lin to surrender. Before the success is achieved, the case must be closed, and there is no need to wait any longer. Done.
If you insist on forcing me to get to the bottom of it and I get nothing, then before Lin Chengcheng officially surrenders, I can kill as many of these people as I can in accordance with the law! Even if your crime is not worthy of death, you can still try!"
Zhou Huang's expression changed drastically, and he was truly shocked.
Chen Shuren's current state is no longer "holding a thunder in his hand to intimidate", but is equivalent to directly pulling out the lead of the thunder, directly saying that he will definitely throw it out before the lead is burned out -
It's just up to you to choose which direction to throw it in, whether to blow them all to death or to blow up a place with fewer people.
The sweat on Zhou Huang's face instantly dropped. In a flash of thought, he had already made up his mind: immediately find a way to get the relevant people in Jiangxi's officialdom to cooperate, surrender, and save the commander-in-chief!
After all, Shen Shuren has ironclad evidence in his hand. A group of people must die to do this, and it is impossible to do it without paying any price.
In addition, he had to find a way to confirm as soon as possible whether Shen Shuren was really as powerful as he said - so he immediately sent people to Anqing on the other side of the river to check and see if Huang Degong and Fang Yizhi were moving. Action has indeed begun.
If these actions are true, then you should be soft-hearted.
Even if Jiangxi Governor Guo Duxian troubles Zhou Huang over this matter in the future, he can find a way to explain to Guo Futai that he has no choice but to maximize the overall interests of everyone.
After thinking about it, Zhou Huang's lips became dry and he begged for mercy: "Master Shen! Can you give me three to five days? I also need to cooperate with you for verification. When the time is up, I will definitely give you an answer on how to submit the letter." Those who go to Nanjing will not hesitate to be a lower official!"
Chen Shuren: "Five days is too long. I have already spent the Chinese New Year with you in Jiujiang. Let's take three days. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I will take the prisoners on the road - these three days will determine how many. People are on the criminal list, and the slower you move, the more people will be found out."
Zhou Huang was horrified, but there was nothing he could do, so he went back to make arrangements.
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In the next few days, Zhou Huang lived such an inhumane life that it is hard to explain to outsiders.
At the beginning, the various wealthy gentry involved in the case in Jiujiang and even Nanchang Prefecture were, of course, furious, and even wanted to start a civil uprising in Jiangxi and fight against Shen Shuren to the death.
The Jiangxi faction also has ministers and cabinet ministers in the court, how can they be allowed to bully them like this?
However, Zhou Huang showed the first batch of lists given to him by Chen Shuren to those wealthy gentry and noble families who were not on the list, and told them
"The scope of Shen Shuren's first attack was limited to those smuggling and bandit culprits on the trade roads bordering Huguang and Nanzhili.
As for those minor criminals who only have access to bandit trade routes in one province, no evidence has been caught yet. After Lin Chengyang surrenders, this case will not be investigated further."
As soon as this news was conveyed, the wealthy gentry who were not on the list all turned pale. After weighing it for a while, they made the decision to die as a fellow Taoist rather than as a poor Taoist.
He even helped Zhou Huang appease the local government, turned the knife around and captured all the colleagues who were causing trouble, and cooperated with the government in arresting people.
The New Year's Eve of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen and the New Year's Day of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen were spent in a bloody storm in Jiujiang Prefecture.
Shen Shuren successfully controlled four of the most criminal bandit families and escorted them all to Nanjing to undergo judicial procedures - including the Fei family in Hukou, who he had asked Zheng Chenggong to kill his entire family, so there was no need to go through the procedures. Just make a filing.
Guo Duxian, the governor of Jiangxi Province who was in Nanchang, found out about this on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year. Who gave him the New Year's holiday?
After learning about it, I heard that Guo Duxian fainted from anger for a while. When he woke up, he scolded Zhou Huang for eating everything inside and outside. But after he figured out the cause and effect, he was completely helpless.
Jiujiang Mansion was originally placed under the management of Shi Kefa for five years. He just took it back last autumn. It has not yet warmed up and he has not had time to get much filial piety from Jiujiang, so it will be taken out again.
If I had known this, it would be better to never have it, and there would be no pain when losing it again.
The human brain's hippocampus can induce loss aversion. If you pick up a hundred dollars and then lose it, the pain will definitely be much worse than if you never picked it up.
There was no way, Governor Guo didn't have many bad deeds, it could only be said that the current situation was such that he blocked the way of the son of the plane, so he could only kick out any part that was in the way.
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After that was done, Shen Shuren could finally set off from Jiujiang and go down the river back to Nanjing.
During the three days in Jiujiang, he did not wait in vain. He also sent a message to Fang Yizhi in Anqing Prefecture on the other side, asking his friends of the same year to cross the river to have a full understanding of the situation and give him face-to-face instructions to make the final emergency landing. How to behave, I explained it a little bit.
In addition, Shen Shuren also talked with Zheng Chenggong about dividing the stolen goods.
The stolen property of the Jiangxi Tong bandit family must be turned over. Strictly speaking, this is the court's law enforcement, not military merit, and it should have nothing to do with Zheng Chenggong.
It should be registered by the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs first, and then the local interception should be considered. What should be handed over to Beijing should be handed over to Beijing, and Shen Shu people would not be able to get their hands on it.
At best, he was like Wei Xiaobao copying Obai, and he made a slight mistake in reading the account book.
Or it might be like Yu who accidentally left out the Stepunk car and the Golden Buddha with the Amyrlin Seat when she had a reverse childbirth.
In addition to miscarriage, the gold and silver carried by the shipping fleet that was intercepted by the Lin breeding department was not "confiscated during the case" but was "seized on the battlefield."
According to the rules of the late Ming Dynasty, it was not too common for items captured on the battlefield to be divided privately. However, Shen Shuren still talked to Zheng Chenggong earnestly and asked him to come up with a clear account, and then divided the account 30-70, leaving 30% for Zheng Chenggong.
The remaining 70% does not all belong to Shenshu people, and part of it must be turned over, or used as official local finance.
After all, it was Shen Shuren who asked Zheng Chenggong to inspect taxes and get him this official job from the beginning. On the other hand, Shen Shuren didn't want to raise Zheng Chenggong to be the kind of person who kills good people and takes credit for their merits -
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In particular, Zheng Chenggong was the one who tracked down the money. If all the seizures were his, the Zheng family would soon return to their original pirate status. Maybe in the future, they would frame the fleet of legitimate wealthy merchants as smugglers and tax evaders, and directly kill them and steal the money.
Therefore, Shen Shuren’s final bottom line is that the accounts must be clear and redistributed. Certain incentives can be given, but they cannot be the big ones, and money grabbing cannot be the main motivation for the investigation.
Zheng Chenggong had an instinct at first and thought that 30% was quite small. But then he thought about it. After the mine supervisors and tax supervisors sent by the imperial court received the money, they might not all get 30% for themselves.
Since you are exercising the power of taxation on behalf of the imperial court, the majority of the income goes to the top, isn't that right?
After thinking this way, he became more comfortable, and even helped Shen Shuren educate his subordinates, letting them know how difficult it was to check taxes on behalf of the imperial court.
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After Shen Shuren started his journey again, there were no more accidents along the way.
After another four or five days of sailing, until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, he finally successfully docked at the wharf at the mouth of the Qinhuai River outside Nanjing.
On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, he was killing people and exterminating families. These days were bloody enough, and he was destined to be anything but ordinary in his life.
The six departments in Nanjing were obviously aware of the case he reported, and Fang Yizhi's efforts to persuade him to surrender seemed to have been substantially loosened.
Knowing that he had arrived in Nanjing to coordinate and mediate Lin Yan's affairs, many prominent officials in Nanjing had begun to take this rapidly rising star seriously.