Wen Yuren rushed to the county government office without stopping.
It happened that at this time, Xu Qianxue was about to leave the county government and led his tribe to search for Gui Jideng, who might have escaped.
As soon as Wen Yuren saw Xu Qianxue walking towards him, he ordered: "Don't let him leave! Not only him, but everyone in the county government is not allowed to leave!"
"yes!"
Dozens of soldiers from the Biaoying camp who came with Wen Yuren immediately responded, and soon some people began to take over the gate of the county government.
Seeing this, Xu Qianxue froze on the spot.
He couldn't figure out the situation for a while.
But Xu Qianxue could guess that the people in front of him must have a lot of background.
Therefore, Xu Qianxue thought that this might be an opportunity to climb a high branch, so he immediately handed over his hand and said: "The student is Xu Qianxue, a student in this county. He came to the county government to discuss "Spring and Autumn" with the county magistrate. Now he wants to return home, but he doesn't know where to go. Who is it and why don’t they let the students go home?”
"You know how to work hard, and you can discuss knowledge with the magistrate in private!"
Wen Yuren said something rather harsh, and then said to Xu Qianxue and all the stunned county government officials present:
"I am Wen Yuren, the governor of this province. Go and report it to your county magistrate!"
Not long after Wen Yuren said this, an official turned around and went to the inner courtyard.
Wen Yuren looked at Xu Qianxue and said, "You ask me why I won't let you return home. The reason is very simple. There are rumors of a murder in your county, and the victims are said to be many scholars, and you are a scholar, and you are a scholar." You appeared in the county government office out of nowhere, and I have to wonder if you know about it or are involved in it."
"Is this happening?!"
Xu Qianxue couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He felt as if someone had poured cold water on his back, and he felt chilly. But he also knew that he could not admit that he was involved in this matter, and it was best to pretend not to know and just pretend. He replied in surprise.
Of course, Xu Qianxue didn't expect why the dignified Jiangnan governor would come to his Kunshan territory in such a boring way. Fortunately, he accidentally learned about the murder.
"Who told the governor? Could it be that Gui Jideng was really not dead, and happened to meet the governor and tell the story?"
Xu Qianxue, who had done something wrong, became more and more frightened as he thought about it. Even though he tried to stay calm, his body was still shaking uncontrollably.
Wen Yuren noticed something strange about him, so he shouted loudly: "What are you afraid of?!"
Fortunately, Wen Yuren didn't yell. When he yelled, Xu Qianxue immediately shivered: "Students are timid, so they are afraid of the power of Futai officials!"
"The scholars of this dynasty have always been famous for their extreme fearlessness. They are not afraid of the stick or the death. It is even more common to make trouble in the government offices. How come you are so timid here? How can you be worthy of being a scholar of the Ming Dynasty?!"
Wen Yuren pretended to be serious and asked Xu Qianxue.
What Wen Yuren didn't know was that Xu Qianxue had historically relied on flattering the Manchu emperor and dignitaries, but he was able to become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Although he had the skills of speculation, his bones were indeed not hard.
When Xu Qianxue heard what Wen Yuren said here, he could only say yes again and again, and said with an embarrassed smile: "It makes Futai laugh, the student is indeed timid, really timid!"
When Xu Qianxue said that, he actually knelt down and said in a tearful tone: "Please forgive Futai and let the students go back. The students are afraid that if they go back late, their father will punish them!"
Xu Qianxue knelt down. Firstly, he wanted to impress Wen Yuren and escape from here as soon as possible, and then find a way to escape from Kunshan. Secondly, he had just become incontinent because of fear. His crotch was already wet. If he didn't kneel down to cover it, it would be very wet. It's embarrassing.
"Get up! Your Majesty has given you many orders, but you have no intention of kneeling down. Have you forgotten that as a scholar, you should respect yourself and love yourself more?"
Wen Yuren gave an order.
"yes!"
Xu Qianxue could only stand up tremblingly.
Seeing that his clothes were wet, Wen Yuren couldn't help laughing for a moment, but he was also suspicious and suddenly asked: "Is the murder related to you?"
"No! Absolutely not! Futai Mingjian!"
Xu Qianxue hurriedly denied it subconsciously.
Wen Yuren did not ask any further questions.
"I don't know that when Futai comes to this county, the lower officials may not be able to welcome him from afar, but sometimes he may not be welcomed from afar!"
Yan Maocai hurried from the inner courtyard at this time, his face full of panic, and he couldn't help but glance at Xu Qianxue. He was really worried that Xu Qianxue had confessed about the massacre of scholars.
Wen Yurenze suddenly asked: "Zhixian Yan, how are you doing in relocating the big families?"
"According to the instructions from above, the statistics of the big families in this county have been completed. Those with more than 100,000 acres of fertile land and a population of more than 1,000 people have all been reported!"
Yan Maocai replied.
Wen Yuren said: "I can't believe it, so I specially asked several counties to conduct a detailed investigation to avoid mistakes that may lead to public dissatisfaction! Go and get your county government's list of wealthy families immediately."
"This, this!"
Yan Maocai hesitated a little and began to think of some excuse to use to excuse him.
"Why are you standing there in a daze? Could it be that you really did something? Even if you don't show it to me, it's useless to burn it. Don't forget, you paid a share to the governor's office yourself!"
In order to interrupt Yan Maocai's thoughts and control his thoughts at the moment, Wen Yuren suddenly asked sharply.
"No! No! I don't dare! I'll ask someone to get it right now."
Yan Maocai hurriedly replied.
Not long after, Yan Maocai asked someone to bring the list of wealthy families in Kunshan County.
After Wen Yuren checked it carefully, he looked at Xu Qianxue: "I'm sorry you are not a member of a rich family. No wonder you are in the mood to run to the county government."
With that said, Wen Yuren said: "I have decided to conduct a routine survey, starting from your Xu family. Xu Qianxue, please lead the way."
Then, Wen Yuren asked Yan Maocai: "Zhixian Yan, you don't have any objections, do you?"
Yan Maocai not only had an opinion, he also wanted to kill Wen Yuren and him.
The Xu family is a giant gentry in Kunshan. Every commoner in Kunshan knows that. You can even tell it just by looking at the Xu family's house.
Therefore, Yan Maocai knew that as long as Xu Qianxue really took Wen Yuren to the Xu family, his overt and covert behavior in the political matter of dividing and relocating the rich families would be exposed.
But Yan Maocai could only answer at this time: "No, no objection!"
Xu Qianxue had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring Wen Yuren to his Xu family.
As soon as Wen Yuren came to the Xu family and saw the Xu family's mansion, he first asked about Yan Maocai: "Zhi Yan County, this Xu family seems to be an unusually big family! Why are you not listed in the big family list? Is it because you are rich in Kunshan? , so such a family cannot be considered a wealthy family?"
Yan Maocai replied: "Futai Yingming is indeed true!"
When Xu Qianxue's father, Xu Kaifa, heard that the governor of the province and the magistrate of the county were coming, he naturally came out to greet him: "I didn't know that Futai and the county magistrate were coming, so the students did not come far to welcome them. I am disrespectful, but I still hope that the two officials will come." He is a man of great character."
Note: The official family, here refers to the official government, see Volume 7 of "The Surprise of Taking Cases at the First Moment" by Ling Shuchu of the Ming Dynasty: The official family is making a show, which makes no sense.
"No need to be polite. In order to ensure the fairness of the relocation of large clans, I have come to your county for a routine inspection. All you need to do is bring your family's land register and population register for me to check and order everyone in your clan to Come and meet outside the door.”
"this."
Xu Kaifa was in a dilemma. He did not expect that the governor would do this, but at this time, he had to do as he was told, and thought in his heart: "It would be fine if the governor wanted to take the opportunity to extort a sum of money, but if he really wanted to do things impartially, , then the Xu family will be in trouble."
"Zhixian Yan, what's going on! If the Xu family can't be considered a wealthy family, then whose family can be considered a wealthy family!"
Wen Yuren looked at the Xu family's field register and population register, and then directly questioned Yan Zhixian.
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