dognovel Chapter 599 The Embroidered Uniform Guard is investigating! Your case is out in the open!
Chapter 599 The Embroidered Uniform Guard is investigating! Your case is out in the open!
Duan Fuchu, the Minister of Justice, felt he should step down and hand over the position to Yang Dianfeng.
That's so poisonous.
Didn't someone come forward and confess?
Since you dare to admit it, then we'll punish your entire family, nine generations, according to the standards for traitors.
You take the blame for others, but you drag your entire family down with you?
Even if they recanted their confession and were willing to identify the mastermind when they were in the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they would still be implicated in the crime of taking the blame for someone else.
Therefore, the final outcome is either to risk the lives of nine generations of relatives to fight back, or to honestly confess and lose one's own life.
Damn it, compared to Yang the Madman, Jia Xu seems like a gentleman.
Just as Duan Dechu was internally ranting and raving, Liu Bowen suddenly appeared.
"Sir, if these people dare to kill tax collectors today, they'll dare to kill county magistrates tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, won't they dare to kill prefects?"
"I simply cannot imagine what will happen next."
Liu Bowen, always eager for drama, fanned the flames: "The most crucial point is that these people gathered to kill officials, an act akin to treason. Yet the prefects and magistrates of the areas involved were convicted of inciting rebellion. It's hard not to suspect that there might be something else going on."
"And what about those prefects and magistrates who submitted memorials to plead for them? Were they also involved?"
"..."
Liu Bowen's mouth opened and closed, and to the civil and military officials in the court, it looked like a snake venom, constantly spewing out deadly poison.
Damn it, having Yang the Madman in front of us was already bad enough, and now there's Liu the Madman too!
What the many civil and military officials did not expect was that Liu Bowen was not the only one who had fallen into a state of madness in the court.
Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Lan Yu, who had been holding back their anger for days with nowhere to vent it, were overjoyed after hearing Liu Bowen's speech.
The three men exchanged glances, and Xu Da bowed to Emperor Zhu, saying, "Your Majesty, Mr. Qingtian is right. These prefects, governors, and county magistrates are very likely involved."
"If we only send the Embroidered Uniform Guard to arrest those who run to the government to confess their crimes and bring them back to the capital, there is no guarantee that someone won't kill them beforehand."
"Moreover, the idea that the Prince Consort just proposed actually has some flaws."
"After all, those who dare to step forward and take the blame are mostly isolated individuals with only one page on their household registration. Whether the crime is rebellion or inciting a mob to cause chaos, it may not make much difference to them."
"Therefore, I request that soldiers from other garrisons be dispatched to capture those rebels."
"Furthermore, I request that an imperial censor and the Embroidered Uniform Guard be dispatched to various prefectures to arrest those prefects, magistrates, and county magistrates who have failed to fulfill their duties as subjects and bring them back to the capital for questioning."
Chang Yuchun immediately followed suit, bowing and saying, "Your subject is willing to lead the troops there."
Lan Yu also bowed and said, "Your subject is also willing to go!"
Minister of Revenue Yang Siyi was completely dumbfounded.
crazy.
All crazy.
Those idiots are just asking for trouble.
But why are you, Liu Bowen, going crazy like this?
Fine, Liu Bowen, because of several major cases in the past, you almost had your entire family implicated, so it's understandable that you went crazy.
But what's the deal with Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Lan Yu?
This is Jiangnan, not only the granary of the Ming Dynasty, but also the financial and tax center of the entire Ming Dynasty. If you mess up Jiangnan, how will the imperial court survive?
In comparison, the best strategy that Yang the Madman just mentioned really is the best strategy: to make a gentle start and then slowly settle accounts later, bleeding those idiots dry one by one.
Besides, what kind of highly confidential place is the imperial court?
We've decided to take action against those people today, but who knows when the news will reach their ears?
Why don't they escalate things beforehand?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Yang Siyi simply stepped forward, cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Emperor Zhu, and said, "Your Majesty, Jiangnan is a vital center of the Ming Dynasty's finances and taxes. If we arrest and arrest prefects, magistrates, and county magistrates indiscriminately, the situation will become even more difficult to quell, which will then affect the national treasury's revenue..."
Before Yang Siyi could finish speaking, Emperor Zhu sneered, "You dare to kill tax officials? Do you want to make this important tax-collecting province unable to collect taxes?"
"Are they trying to force us, the emperor's most important tax-generating region, to bow down and submit by making a ruckus before the end of the year?"
"Do they really think that without what they consider to be the heart of the nation's finances and taxes, our Great Ming Dynasty cannot survive?"
"Damn it, if these people dare to force us to kill our son-in-law today, will they dare to force us to kill our son tomorrow? We don't even want to think about what they might do the day after tomorrow!"
Emperor Zhu directly instructed Xu Da and others: "Tiande, convey my decree to seal off all the gates of the capital. People are allowed to enter, but no one is allowed to leave."
"Xia Yu, dispatch fifty Imperial Guards from the Prince Consort's residence, together with the Imperial Censorate's inspecting censors, to bring all the officials involved in the case back to the capital."
"The Grand General's Office shall act expediently and dispatch the garrisons in the counties involved to bring back to the capital all the traitors who have surrendered or fled."
"The Ministry of Personnel will arrange personnel to fill the vacancies in the prefectures, states, and counties involved in the case."
"Bo Ren and Lan Yu, you two will each lead a guard of personal troops to inspect various places."
After issuing a series of orders, Emperor Zhu sneered again: "If they don't want us to have a proper New Year, then we'll make sure they never have to celebrate the New Year again for the rest of their lives!"
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The Suzhou Prefectural Government Office.
Dressed in a flying fish robe and with an embroidered spring knife at his waist, Guan Sheng, the captain of the Imperial Guard, kicked open the door to Prefect Xu Chengdong's room with a sinister smile and shouted, "Prefect Xu, your matter has been exposed. Come with me."
Xu Chengdong was slightly taken aback, then angrily said, "The Embroidered Uniform Guard? Where's your official credentials? Besides, how come I don't know what I've done wrong?"
Guan Sheng smiled slightly, reached into his pocket and took out a letter, casually placed it on the table, and then pointed at the letter and exclaimed, "The letters between Prefect Xu and the traitor are all on the table. Don't you know what you've done wrong?"
Xu Chengdong was completely stunned.
No.
They kicked open the door and arrested the prefect, a fourth-rank official.
If you don't have evidence, prepare it in advance.
Are all the Embroidered Uniform Guards this reckless in their actions?
Guan Sheng ignored Xu Chengdong and instead ordered the group of Imperial Guards officers behind him, "Arrest them! Search them!"
Two Jinyiwei captains rushed forward to arrest Xu Chengdong. Guan Sheng chuckled and said to Xu Chengdong, "By the way, Prefect Xu, rest assured, I am not only here to arrest you, but also your family and relatives. You don't need to worry about having no one to talk to on the way."
"Oh, and there's that Ge Cheng too."
"Although his household registration only lists him, I am a kind-hearted person and have already arranged for people to help him find his entire family."
"The same goes for those traitors who scattered and fled."
"Please, Prefect Xu, you must trust the capabilities of our Embroidered Uniform Guard. If we say we'll kill an entire family, we will never let a single dog go."
At this point, Guan Sheng walked up to Xu Chengdong, who was already tightly bound, patted Xu Chengdong's face, and said with a sinister smile, "This is what my garrison commander specially asked me to tell Prefect Xu. You must remember it well."