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While Li Ru'an secretly observed everyone's performance, he also noticed the changes in the guards' positions from the corner of his eye, and a sinister and murderous look suddenly flashed in his eyes.
According to Zhao Junchen's instructions, all corrupt officials and bad tyrants in Tianshui City must be killed, but Li Ru'an knew very well in his heart - even though these people were crying pitifully in front of him now, if he blatantly wanted to kill them, what would happen to him? The officials and businessmen in Shuicheng will never sit back and wait for death!
After all, these corrupt officials and profiteers dared to violate Zhao Junchen's repeatedly reiterated government orders, unscrupulously oppressed the refugees in the city, made huge war profits, and even provoked a popular uprising. This is enough to show the audacity of these people. Li Ruan only has two or three people under his command. There were more than ten guards. If the officials and merchants of Tianshui City resisted, Li Ru'an would probably be the last person killed!
At the time of war, if the officials and businessmen in Tianshui City insisted afterwards that they had never seen Li Ruan and blamed Li Ruan's murder on the Mongols, Zhao Junchen would probably be helpless.
Therefore, if Li Ruan wants to fulfill Zhao Junchen's order, he must use some means - in a way, this can be regarded as Zhao Junchen's test for Li Ruan. The civil unrest in Tianshui City is largely due to Li Ruan's supervision of intelligence. Something went wrong, so if Li Ruan wants to win Zhao Junchen's trust again, he must prove his ability again!
In fact, Li Ruan had already thought about what to do on the way.
At this time, the officials and citizens of Tianshui City in the hall were still crying towards Li Ruan, and their expressions became more and more pitiful. They eagerly hoped that Li Ruan would summon a large army to suppress the rebellion and kill all the rebels in Tianshui City.
However, Li Ru'an remained unmoved, but his expression became more and more impatient.
"enough!"
Seeing that the officials and businessmen in Tianshui City were still crying and howling, Li Ruan suddenly shouted coldly and slapped the table with his hand, which shocked everyone. The crying and howling finally stopped, and everyone was stunned. He looked at Li Ruan in shock!
Li Ru'an showed the domineering look expected of an eunuch and supervisor, pointing at everyone and scolding: "You still have the nerve to cry? Do you know how much the civil unrest in Tianshui City has affected the battle plan of Imperial Envoy Master Zhao?" Trouble? To tell you the truth, the Imperial Envoy was about to surround the main force of the Mongolian Tatars. However, because of your trouble in Tianshui City, the Imperial Envoy had to modify his plan and missed the best opportunity! After the imperial envoy learned about the civil unrest in Tianshui City, he became furious like never before. Even our family was severely scolded by him! You still think that our family will make the decision for you? Then who will make the decision for our family? You feel aggrieved. Are we not aggrieved if our family was scolded by the Imperial Envoy for no reason?"
Under Li Ruan's scolding, everyone in the hall lowered their heads and said nothing, their eyes wandering, feeling guilty and dissatisfied.
However, this civil unrest was caused by all the officials and gentry in Tianshui City. The court's law enforcement has always been based on the principle of "the law does not punish the public", but it has never tolerated civil unrest. In addition, everyone Zhao Junchen's determination was not expected, so everyone in Tianshui City still did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
After seeing everyone's reaction, Li Ruan's eyes once again flashed with a trace of sarcasm, and he said: "Also, did you see that our family has entered the city with a counter-rebellion army? I am not afraid to tell you that our family came to Tianshui City this time , the most important task is to investigate the truth of the Tianshui Rebellion. The Imperial Envoy is very angry now and strictly orders our family to find out who is responsible for the Tianshui Rebellion! If the rebellious people are responsible, our family naturally has the right to mobilize troops to put down the rebellion... …”
While speaking, Li Ru'an took out the troop mobilization token that Zhao Junchen gave him and waved it at everyone present, and then continued in a meaningful tone with careful tone: "But if the cause of the civil unrest is official force, If there is a civil rebellion... our mission is not just to suppress the rebellion. All the officials and merchants involved will not be able to negotiate a settlement! Otherwise, we cannot appease the anger of the Imperial Envoy! As you all know, our Imperial Envoy Your Excellency came to Shaanxi and Gansu and took control of the overall military and political situation in just one month. He is not easy to fool! So, how to deal with this matter depends on our family's subsequent investigation! This matter is not something you can cry about. It can be settled!”
After hearing what Li Ru'an said, everyone present was panicked at first, feeling that this matter was much more serious than they thought, but they soon came to their senses - Li Ru'an's various expressions seemed to be hinting at bribery!
Suddenly, the officials and businessmen in Tianshui City were all convinced!
If Li Ruan is willing to accept bribes, this matter will be easy to handle! Most of them are profiteers and corrupt officials. They are most familiar with this set of methods and are accustomed to using this set of methods to deal with problems! If bribery could be used to properly resolve the civil unrest in Tianshui City, it would be the most cost-effective solution for them.
At the same time, no one had any doubts about Li Ru'an's attitude - as a eunuch, wouldn't it be natural to take the opportunity to ask for bribes?
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the Deng residence hall became a bit ambiguous and strange.
Deng Fu'an, the magistrate of Tianshui City, secretly looked at Li Ru'an for a few times, then suddenly turned around and said, "It's really a blessing for Lord Supervisor to come all the way to Tianshui City! Although the situation in Tianshui City is chaotic now, Lord Supervisor cannot be neglected. Zhang Zhengru, Huo Jialiang, Wang Cheng...you guys are going to try to arrange a few banquets to entertain the Lord Supervisor and his entourage; Ma Chun, Zhao Lixin...the Imperial Envoy is about to investigate the civil unrest in Tianshui. Aren't you all the time? Do you have any ideas? It’s up to you to prepare for this..."
Under Deng Fuan's arrangement, one-third of the people in the hall soon left.
When these people left, their expressions varied, either angry or sarcastic.
Obviously, these people who left the hall were not from the same group as Deng Fuquan, so Deng Fuan did not want them to still be present, as long as his own people knew certain things.
The remaining people in the hall are naturally in the same camp as Deng Fuquan.
Li Ru'an watched coldly and found that the few people who left the hall had not participated in the crying just now, and their stance on the civil unrest was neutral; while most of the people who remained in the hall had participated in the previous protests. Crying, and everyone's position is that they wish Li Ru'an would immediately send troops to exterminate the rioters in the city, and their attitude towards the rioters in the city is also extremely hostile!
Needless to say, the civil unrest in Tianshui City was caused by these people who stayed in the hall. If not, they would not be so hostile to the civil unrest.
Thinking of this, Li Ru'an narrowed his eyes slightly, and the murderous intent in his eyes became more obvious.
On the other side, Deng Fu'an was still unaware and ordered again: "In addition, we have important things to discuss with Lord Supervisor. The secrets must not be leaked. All irrelevant people should leave!"
Under Deng Fu'an's order, all the servants, maids, guards and others near the hall also left.
For a moment, only Li Ruan and Li Ruan's bodyguards were left near the hall, as well as a group of corrupt officials and evil gentry from Tianshui City.
After all the irrelevant people left, Deng Fu'an and others gathered together to discuss in a low voice, then smiled flatteringly at Li Ru'an and said: "Master Supervisor, you are really in trouble because of the matter in Tianshui City. I will wait for you." Naturally, the officials and people of Shuicheng City cannot let Lord Supervisor Army suffer for no reason! As long as Lord Supervisor Army you are willing to mobilize a large army to suppress the rebellion, we and all the officials and people of Tianshui City are willing to hand over 50,000 taels of silver as military supplies to Lord Supervisor Army! In addition, wait until After suppressing the rebellion and taking back our property, we will also give you generous gifts!"
Hearing what Deng Fu'an said, Li Ru'an's face suddenly looked much better, and he nodded and said: "What you did is considered to be aware of current affairs, but it's a pity..."
Deng Fu'an was stunned and asked quickly: "Your Majesty the Supervisory Army, you think there are too few? I hope the Supervisory Army will understand clearly. It's not that we are not sincere. It is because this civil unrest has caused us too much loss. But when we take back the city After the inheritance, I will never let you down, Lord Supervisor!"
Li Ruan sighed, shook his head and said: "It's not that our family is too small, but the war is urgent now. The Imperial Envoy hopes that our family can quell the Tianshui rebellion as soon as possible. If a large army is called in to quell the rebellion, it will probably take a lot of time. ...So our family thought about it carefully and felt that there is a simpler way to handle this matter, which is not only simple and clear, but also saves time."
Deng Fu'an was stunned again and asked: "But I don't know what method?"
Li Ruan's eyes were fixed on Deng Fu'an, and he said word by word: "The method is to kill all the corrupt officials and evil gentry who caused this civil unrest! Then use the heads of these corrupt officials and evil gentry to calm the public resentment! Finally, By pardoning the people for their rebellious crimes and opening the granaries to provide food, the people in the city will naturally have no reason to continue to cause chaos, and the civil unrest will naturally subside! So, if you are really sincere, you might as well put your Lend your head to our family!"
Hearing what Li Ruan said, everyone in the hall immediately felt something bad, but before they could react, they saw Li Ruan raising his hand and shouting: "Do it!"
As Li Ruan finished speaking, the guards around the hall drew their swords and entered the hall, slashing at the officials and merchants of Tianshui City!
A massacre occurred just like this.
Suddenly, there were waves of desperate screams in the hall, and blood splattered everywhere.
Some people want to escape, but where can they escape? Some people want to resist, but how can they, who have always been pampered and pampered, have the power to resist? Some people wanted to call for support, but because of Deng Fuan's previous order, all the "miscellaneous people" had already left!
In the end, after just a cup of tea, the situation in the hall had returned to calm, leaving only corpses on the ground, many of whom looked like they were still dead.
Naturally, the movements in the hall of Deng's house cannot be hidden from others.
First, several servants of the Deng Mansion came to investigate the situation. After seeing the situation in the hall, they immediately ran away screaming.
Not long after, a large number of Tianshui City garrison appeared and surrounded the hall.
At the same time, the officials and gentry of Tianshui City who had been sent away by Deng Fuquan also hurried back after receiving the news.
Seeing the situation in the hall, everyone was shocked.
However, Tianshui Prefecture governor Deng Fuquan, guard Yao Qi and others were all killed, and the most influential wealthy businessmen in the city were also killed. Among the remaining people, the person with the highest status was the perpetrator Li Ru'an, so Everyone is at a loss and doesn’t know what to do!
At this time, Li Ruan was still sitting quietly on the main seat in the hall. The massacre just now did not make him blink an eye!
Finally, after a period of panic, a man wearing a sixth-grade official robe entered the hall tremblingly, and asked Li Ruan in a trembling voice: "Master Supervisor, what exactly happened here? Why are all the magistrates and the others being arrested?" killed?"
Li Ru'an raised his eyes and glanced at this person, and said slowly: "Are you Zhang Zhengru, the judge of Tianshui City? When these corrupt officials and evil gentry in Tianshui City just cried loudly to our family and begged us to kill all the rioters in Tianshui, our family saw You never participated, but showed a look of intolerance on your face. Later, when Deng Fuquan wanted to bribe our family, he sent you away as soon as possible. Obviously, you are no longer in the same league with these corrupt officials and evil gentry!"
Seeing that Zhang Zhengru did not refute, Li Ru'an said again: "These people in the hall were all killed by our family! As for their crimes, you must also know what they were! Of course, our family didn't even try them. Maybe they were killed by mistake. Yes, there may be something missing among those people outside the hall, but these things are no longer important, and our family does not have so much time and energy! Our family came to Tianshui City to stabilize the situation in the shortest possible time. So our family must kill these people and use their heads to quell public resentment!"
Hearing Li Ruan's statement, Zhang Zhengru was dumbfounded and stuttered: "But, how can we report this matter to the court? You, although you are the supervisor of the army, you have no right to kill local officials. There is no power to pardon the crimes of rioters..."
Li Ruan once again showed an impatient look, waved his hand and interrupted: "Of course our family does not have this power! Therefore, when notifying the court, Deng Fuquan, Yao Qi and others were all killed by the Mongols when they attacked the city. Over the years, Countless officials and people of the Ming Dynasty died at the hands of the Mongolian Tatars, and the two of them are the same! As for the civil unrest in Tianshui... our family has never heard of it. There was a period of time when the public sentiment in Tianshui City was indeed turbulent, but The Tianshui City government quickly took control of the situation without causing any impact, so there was nothing to pardon the crime! You are now the top official of Tianshui City. So many things happened in Tianshui City, and you need to write a memorial and report. Imperial Court, if we say this, do you understand how you should write a memorial?"
Zhang Zhengru was even more stunned. He didn't expect that Li Ru'an actually planned to conceal everything! How could such a big thing be hidden?
But after being stunned for a long time, under Li Ruan's gaze, Zhang Zhengru lowered his head and said, "I understand, I understand!"
After seeing Zhang Zhengru's statement, Li Ru'an nodded with satisfaction, his expression became much gentler, and then suddenly asked: "Who is leading the rebellious people in the city now? Do you have a way to send a message to him? We want to see him he!"
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