The first thing they did was very simple, which was to immediately launch land reform operations in Hangzhou and its surrounding areas.
All members of the Renaissance Association in the two Zhejiang areas participated in the organization. Under the arrangements of Su Changsheng, Zhang Shi and others, they launched an all-round liquidation and attack on the landlords and gentry in the Hangzhou area.
This is a traditional skill of the Renaissance Society, and it is not difficult to operate.
Without any effort, they hung up and beat the local landowners and gentry who were unaware of the entire operation, successfully turning them into Southeast branch pendants one after another.
As the main leader of the Jiangnan Renaissance Association, Su Changsheng is mainly responsible for this part of the matter.
And Zhang Shi has other tasks to be responsible for.
That's the second thing.
Zhang Shi decided to take this opportunity to launch a comprehensive review of the lower-level officials and officials in the Hangzhou court, as well as to recover the stolen goods.
As the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty for 40 years, Hangzhou, despite its prosperity, was also a famous place for harboring filth and evil. When many officials did illegal things, they would find a safe place to hide evidence of their crimes inside and outside Hangzhou.
Most of these incriminating evidences are money, and there are also witnesses and physical evidence.
Most of the people who planned to escape this time were high-ranking officials and dignitaries. A large number of middle- and low-level officials and officials did not escape, so there was no advance preparation. A large amount of stolen goods were still in their hands, or hidden in a corner of Hangzhou City.
As a former high-ranking official of the imperial court, Zhang Shi knew a lot about such incidents. He knew that in addition to high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the low-level officials and officials below were also in a mess.
He wanted to clean up the city of Hangzhou thoroughly, make all the shady activities exposed to the world, and completely complete this liquidation task.
Revolution pays attention to a liquidation, and it pays attention to a clean and thorough liquidation, so the liquidation must be carried out to the end, and no omissions must be allowed.
Don't think that except for high-ranking officials and dignitaries, these small fish and shrimps are innocent. The small fish and shrimps are the main subjects, and they are the main subjects that most directly bring pain to the people.
So how can we let them go?
Zhang Shi then began a comprehensive operation to implement military management of Hangzhou City, liquidate the officials in Hangzhou City, and at the same time restrict entry and exit of Hangzhou City. No one is allowed to enter or leave without official documents.
Because the control in this area was relatively good, there were no problems in Hangzhou City during the entire operation.
The high-ranking officials and dignitaries were placed in jail and guarded, waiting for Su Yonglin to arrive before conducting a public trial.
The little fish and shrimps started the interrogation first and pursued the stolen goods, so that they could feel the iron fist of justice.
During the liquidation period, Zhang Shi also presided over a major reversal of the verdict against ordinary people in Hangzhou. In order to mobilize the people in the city to launch a comprehensive struggle against the officials, he allowed them to come to the Ming government to sue the officials they wanted to sue. Say the person's name and then explain the matter clearly.
As long as they are being bullied, they can tell anything, and they can tell anyone what they have done wrong.
As long as it is verified that they are really victims, the Ming government will definitely give them justice.
When the news spread, the entire Hangzhou city was mobilized.
There are too many bitter things in their hearts that they want to spit out, and they do not doubt that Ming Kingdom will completely liquidate Jiangnan Kingdom.
We are no longer the same country, and settling old scores is a matter of course. Wouldn't it be beautiful to take this opportunity to retaliate and repay injustice?
So they went to the government one after another to complain.
After a period of sorting, Zhang Shi found that the most direct harm to ordinary people mainly came from the official group.
Including those tax collectors, police officers, city gate guards, etc., they will do all kinds of evil things when they are cheating, they will attack whoever gives them more money, they will play tricks with a little bit of power, and they will torture the people of Hangzhou to death. To live.
Whenever there are any small frictions or disputes among the people, when these guys make money, they tell the parties openly or secretly to give money. As long as the money is large, they can turn to whomever they want.
This is quite conscientious.
Some unscrupulous people take both sides and in the end put both parties in the incident in jail, winning twice.
There are also some petty officials who are very wicked, or simply have no virtue.
They especially like to bully widows and deprive them of their wealth.
It is difficult for a widow to survive alone these days. Once her husband dies and she has no son to support her, her husband's relatives, no matter how far apart they are, all come out to demand that their husband's property be taken away, either through deception or outright robbery, making these widows very miserable. .
Widows also have their own survival needs and will try every means to protect themselves. It would be fine if the natal family is a little stronger or willing to help, but if the natal family cannot contribute, then they can only rely on themselves.
The main way for them to rely on themselves is to find someone to marry, and then rely on the power of the newly married man to drive away those relatives who want to destroy the family.
Relatives who are timid do not dare to compete with the locals and often choose to retreat.
If you really encounter someone who is desperate for money, then as a local, you will have a certain advantage in the government. At worst, you can pay some money to bribe the officials and let them know what home field advantage is.
Because this kind of deprivation is relatively common, some unmarried petty officials will target these widows to discuss marriage.
They often use their status as local officials as a bargaining chip to select widows whose families are relatively wealthy, and let these widows trust them, marry them, and use their husband's property as dowry.
Then they would beat up and drive away the relatives who wanted to seize the property, and enjoy the gains.
Some widows are beautiful, and these petty officials can accept them and live peacefully.
For some who are older or not very good-looking, these petty officials will find an excuse to divorce the widow soon, and in this way, they will directly obtain a large amount of wealth.
There are indeed some petty officials who accumulated wealth by relying on this high-end lifestyle to become wealthy households in Hangzhou. They suddenly became a hot commodity in the local marriage and love market. Many young ladies from good families wanted to marry him and came to his door to arrange marriage arrangements. Matchmakers come one after another.
It’s hard to say how much blood and tears of the poor widow are involved, and whether human lives are involved.
Of course, there was no way to liquidate the situation in the past, but now times have changed, and the era of great liquidation has begun. After these things were exposed, some scumbag guys finally got justice.
The Hangzhou Special Trial Yamen has been constantly receiving complaints from the public since its establishment. According to the content of the complaints, Zhang Shi would have people find relevant petty officials and minor officials, pull them out and ask them about the incident. After a clear investigation, they would be tried and finally executed.
The people of Hangzhou feel very fresh and excited about this.
It is a very risky thing to sue the officials by the people. It has been like this in all dynasties. However, the Ming Dynasty has opened an interesting opening. Although they don't know how long it will last, at least for now, they are happy.
There is revenge for revenge and injustice for injustice. Sooner or later, what should come will come.
Through this series of trials, these scumbag officials were executed in large numbers, and their property was screened. If the victim was still alive, it would be returned to the victim. If the victim died, it would be confiscated to the state treasury.
It has to be said that there are really many criminal incidents of this type, and overall, 98% of the petty officials in Hangzhou have done immoral things and need to be punished.
So much so that the remaining 2% of petty officials are simply a miracle on earth.
Everything else was as expected by Zhang Shi and others. Even if the news that Hangzhou City was occupied by the Ming army could spread to other places, could these places organize King Qin's army to launch a counterattack to recapture Hangzhou?
Are there any other cards the Hangzhou court can play?
