Looking at Huang Qiong who was silent, Deputy Envoy Guo said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the identity of these stewards has been found out immediately. Most of them are not good citizens, but criminal thieves. Origin. When King Jing first became a vassal, others recommended him to King Jing."
"As for who the recommender was? Except for the second manager recommended by the prince to King Jing, and the people recommended by King Ji and King Teng, who confessed relatively happily, the rest refused to die despite being tortured. Spit. Especially the big manager, he is not that stubborn. He confessed to other things very happily, but this recommender refused to tell me even to death."
After hearing this, Huang Qiong somewhat understood what his second brother had planned. There's no need to ask the big manager, he must have been recommended by that person. Huang Qiong didn't believe it. With the methods of his second brother, how could he not find out the background of these recommended people?
The reason why he still uses these people, at least at the beginning, is probably because he intends to use these people to make money for him by any means necessary. Once something happens, take these and go out to top the tank. Anyway, no matter how much money or material these people made by taking advantage of his identity. When necessary, just find an excuse to hand over those people, and those people's property will become his Prince Jing's Mansion.
Moreover, once the emperor investigates, he can say that it was recommended by his brother and he cannot refuse. I didn't expect that the people recommended by my brothers would be such greedy people. Since I am unable to control these recommended arrogant warriors, I can put all the blame on my brothers.
In this way, almost all the brothers were involved. As for himself, the most he could be accused of was lack of control. Even the charge of lax control can be easily dismissed. Even if I, the emperor, am angry, I am afraid that I will have to resort to extreme measures when it comes to pursuing the case. This is to kill three birds with one stone. It is really a good idea and a good means.
It’s no wonder that although the prince is the crown prince of a country, he is at the center of the country and enjoys an advantageous location. But in the battle with his biological brother, he was often at a disadvantage. The prince's little tricks were nothing compared to his second brother. Of course, if that thing hadn't happened, this is the final script of what things would have been like.
It's a pity that despite all his scheming efforts, his second brother ended up making wedding clothes for others. The excuse he used to escape the emperor's investigation ended up being a noose around his own neck. These people are ultimately used against themselves under the differentiation and collapse of others.
But no matter who they are, they recommended these people. At a time when people in Zhengzhou are boiling with resentment and in urgent need of appeasement, these people have given themselves a means to appease the people. Since these people regard the people of Zhengzhou as stupid dogs, they will use their heads to stabilize the current chaotic situation in Zhengzhou.
Although I am not the kind of person who wants to kill extravagantly, if these people don't kill, why do they want to face the miserable people of Zhengzhou who have been ravaged by them? Without killing, how could I, the envoy of Zhengzhou, face the people like Liu Hu who had their families destroyed by them? Without killing, how could the situation in Zhengzhou be stabilized in the shortest possible time.
The most important thing is that if these people are not killed, will they still be left to harm people in other places? What's more, if these people are retained, how can they warn some people who want to reach out at this time? Huang Qiong dared to conclude that behind the current chaos in Zhengzhou, there must be more than one lively camel stirring up the muddy water.
With the heads of these people, even if we can't draw out the fire, we can at least stop the boiling water. It can also warn some people not to extend their hands too long. Sometimes, killing a group of people can save more people. The string of cold jade rosary beads is in Huang Qiong's hand at the moment, so he is very awake now.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong shook his head and sighed, then said to Deputy Envoy Guo: "There is no need to ask for confessions if you are carrying them to death. Tomorrow, take all the stewards of Prince Jing's Mansion who have confessed, as well as their scoundrels, with you." Go to the gate of the magistrate's office to execute the execution on the spot. However, before execution, seal their mouths. I don't want to hear anything they shouldn't hear from their mouths."
Just when Deputy Ambassador Guo was about to turn around and prepare to implement tomorrow's affairs. But he was stopped by Huang Qiong: "Wait a minute, there are 7,000 soldiers of the Xiaoqi camp you brought to Zhengzhou this time. I will give you a handwriting. From the properties of the Zhengzhou officials confiscated, according to the standard of the main force of the Xiaoqi camp, Give out rewards.”
"All casualties in the capture of Zhengzhou, including those killed while guarding Prince Jing's Mansion, will be distributed according to the standard for soldiers at Hulao Pass. The standards for reward distribution must be announced on a list in the military camp. Tell the person in charge that if they dare to commit infringement, As a big boy, I killed them alive in front of the seven thousand soldiers of the heroic cavalry camp."
"As for the rest of the property, you have to take control of it yourself. Without my handwriting, not a penny is allowed to be used. Since this money and property are the people of Zhengzhou, I absolutely cannot let them fall into private pockets. As for Prince Jing's Mansion, Here, the bank is sealed first, and all property is registered, but how to deal with it still needs to wait for the imperial decree."
Upon hearing Huang Qiong's order, Deputy Envoy Guo hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, other officials don't care. But the colleague from Zhengzhou Prefecture only found more than fifty thousand coins in his home. As for land deeds and antiques, There is nothing like that. If his family’s little property is confiscated, the young and old in his family will go hungry.”
"There are only one wife, one concubine, two children, and two old servants in their fifties in his house. If their house is also confiscated, I am afraid that the whole family will starve to death. Your Majesty, let's go to Qi Dynasty I have seen a lot of civil servants, but this is the first time I have seen such a poor fourth-rank official."
"Although this man was appointed by King Jing as the acting magistrate of Zhengzhou when King Jing was in rebellion. But when the army arrived in Zhengzhou, it was he who came forward to persuade the defenders to give up resistance and surrender, which prevented the lives of people from being destroyed. Your lord, you also know that the Xiaoqi camp These military attaches are all fighting with swords and shadows. If we go to the battlefield and fight the enemy with real swords and guns, we will never be ambiguous."
"But the governance of this place, especially the current chaos in Zhengzhou, is not that good at all. After the general recaptured Zhengzhou, he originally wanted him to help handle the civil affairs. But he brought his own shackles, saying that he was the leader of Zhengzhou I also know that failing to stop Zhengzhou officials from being rebellious is betraying the divine grace, and accepting the false destiny of rebelling against the king is disloyal."
"As a fellow magistrate of Zhengzhou, when there was rebellion, I failed to warn the court in advance, and was guilty of dereliction of duty. He is now a disloyal minister and can no longer serve the court. However, this person is under escort When he was going to the prison, unlike other officials who had dirty water thrown at them and vegetables thrown into them, a large number of people stopped the prison car to intercede for him."
"If he hadn't personally come forward to persuade the people to disperse, there would almost have been a big chaos. To be honest, the prince, the general actually looked down on this group of civil servants who were full of benevolence, justice and morality, but were actually more ruthless than anyone else in making money. But this person This is the first time that I have seen his character. Today, I will be brave enough to ask the prince for a favor, so that this person’s home will not be confiscated."
Regarding Deputy Ambassador Guo's plea for mercy, Huang Qiong did not immediately reply to him. But after pondering for a long time, he smiled faintly and said: "Since you, the deputy commander of the heroic cavalry battalion, intercede for a fellow soldier, I still have to give him this face. But how to deal with him? Let’s wait until I meet the king before talking.”
"In this way, you take him to bathe and change clothes first, then find him a room in the Zhengzhou government office, have a good night's rest, and refresh himself. When we kill the stewards tomorrow, you take him there to watch the execution. After that, you bring him to the king. As for the other things, wait until the king sees this person. As for his family property, let him put it away first."
Originally, Huang Qiong wanted to meet immediately, this official who was still able to survive the mud in Zhengzhou, a rotten pond. But after thinking about it, he thought it would be better to let it go first. I need some time now to adjust my mentality, and I need to think about some things before talking about it.
Hearing what Huang Qiong said, Deputy Envoy Guo was stunned for a moment and then nodded clearly. After he turned around and left to make arrangements, Huang Qiong turned his attention back to the files on the desk, picked them up and read them carefully again. But the things recorded in these files made Huang Qiong more and more upset. After only seeing half of it, Huang Qiong no longer wanted to read any more.
Closing the file in his hand, Huang Qiong stood up, opened the door and walked out. What he needs now is to calm down his somewhat heated head. Otherwise, he really didn't know if he could control the idea of killing people in Zhengzhou after reading those files. The coolness emanating from the cold jade rosary beads in his hand could no longer completely eliminate the murderous intention in his heart.
Although Huang Qiong also knew that killing these officials would definitely offend the intricate forces behind them. The party is united and opposed, and these civil servants with pens in their hands never use knives to kill people. A pen and a mouth are enough to make you unable to turn around in your life.
Moreover, killing these people requires an order. Without the joint trial of the three judicial departments, I, as the disposal envoy of Zhengzhou, have no power to deal with these people. Even if he had the Shang Fang Sword in his hand, which the emperor had given to officials below the third rank, so that he could kill them first and then show them off, he probably wouldn't have that much power. Among them, there are seven or eight officials with fourth or fifth rank, Jinshi and rank.
There is also a royal relative, his cousin, the son of Princess Xincai. Among the remaining officials, there may not be children from aristocratic families among the military attaches. Civil officials are also selected through election. The power in the DPRK may not be that great, but the background behind these candidates may not be worse than those of officials who achieved the rank of Jinshi.
If some things are really done, he will put himself on the opposite side of the entire civil service in disguise. But the shocking things in the file made the murderous intention in his heart only rise after opening the file, and not one of them dropped. Even if they knew it, these officials themselves could not kill them.
Huang Qiong asked himself, he is not a person who wants to kill. Taken together, the civil and military officials who were brought in included the Yamen's Bingbeidao in Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou Dushui Tongzhi, Zhengzhou's academic envoys, as well as a group of rebellious scholars and scholars, as well as the supervisors of the Imperial College, and even Including the wealthy and famous families in Zhengzhou, there are more than a hundred people in total.
If he really went on a killing spree, he would really lose his head. However, these people were left without killing. Judging from the current situation, not only was it not enough to anger the people, it was even difficult to suppress the boiling public opinion in Zhengzhou. Nowadays, in the muddy waters of Zhengzhou, it is not a dark hand that is stirring things up. If they take advantage of this public resentment, they will cause trouble for themselves.
I'm afraid that I will really get into trouble this time, because in just a few days, the main force of the rebels will be escorted back to Zhengzhou. Even if these people are illiterate civilians, they have more or less experienced some training. If there is a real rebellion, Zhengzhou will not be the only one that will be corrupted by then.
