The spy leader gritted his teeth, "There's no rush, let's solve the Hancheng matter first. Compared with collusion, Hancheng Qiuliang will be the most devastating disaster."
"Then Mr. Chang is really crazy. He actually lied about his political achievements and even dared to force hundreds of thousands of people to pay autumn grain."
"If this is not a good thing and it really causes trouble, your southeastern officialdom will be completely ruined."
The Taoist official shuddered and bowed: "Please show me, sir."
"If a state official cannot eat the tens of millions of autumn grains, there must be a group of people waiting to divide them up."
"If you don't deal with enough people, His Majesty will definitely become suspicious."
"I'm just asking you to draw up a list of who to deal with."
The Taoist official was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, sir."
The spy leader shook his head, "Don't thank me. You must kill some of your cronies, even relatives, otherwise it will be difficult to gain His Majesty's trust."
"Ah?" The Taoist official was dumbfounded.
…
The Taoist official made a list overnight and hesitated again and again before handing the heavy pages to the secret agent.
The secret agent commander looked at the long list and was very satisfied. He could use this to gain control of Hancheng, and then start from Hancheng to paralyze the gangs in the southeast.
When the manpower and troops are gathered, those gangs can be surrounded and suppressed.
At this time, it was already dawn.
The secret agent leader asked the Taoist official to go to Hancheng by boat. The Taoist official did not dare to disobey, and ordered the general to follow him, and also found the guardian of his home.
If nothing else, they are all top masters who can easily seize power from others.
…
September 23rd, before evening.
The spy commander entered the city defense camp with the imperial edict and blocked the city defense officer who was about to go home from get off work.
When the city defense officer saw the imperial edict, his face turned pale with fright.
"Sir, please forgive me, I didn't do anything!"
"Hmph, you still dare to quibble. If you don't have a share, who would dare to force farmers all over the city!"
"My lord, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me..."
The city defense officer would only kowtow, and he really did not dare to resist.
The secret agent commander saw that his head was broken and knew that it was almost done. "Well, now is the time to employ people. I promise you to make meritorious deeds!"
The city defense officer was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much, sir. I will definitely be loyal and serve you wholeheartedly!"
"Put on your hats, let's go to the navy camp."
"Yes, please let me lead the way."
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Navy camp.
When we arrived, it was already dark and the camp manager had already got off work and went home for dinner.
The city defense officer said that he had something important to do and sent someone to invite him. He had no choice but to leave his dinner and hurried over.
When I entered the main hall, I felt something was wrong. When I saw the imperial edict and the Taoist official, I immediately felt weak.
The spy commander asked him to call the local spy chief over, perhaps because he had done meritorious deeds.
The camp manager didn't dare to disobey, so he honestly tricked the spy leader.
The spy leader was stunned when he saw the spy leader, and there was only one thought in his mind.
To run, or not to run!
This decision was so difficult that I couldn't even move my legs.
"Want to die? Want to live?"
"The lower official is willing to accept the crime and make meritorious service."
As soon as the spy commander said a word, the spy leader immediately knelt down and fell to the ground.
"Let's talk about what's going on first! Don't leave anything out!"
"Yes, I understand."
…
The spy leader knelt on the ground and explained the whole story in detail.
To put it simply, floods hit Hancheng, and the state official Chang was about to be promoted through performance appraisal.
Master Chang didn't want to wait any longer, so he contacted the city officials, as well as some Jianghu gangs and wealthy businessmen, and asked them to help.
Mr. Chang said that most of the land is in the hands of landlords and land dealers, and farmers only occupy a small part.
Most of the landowners and businessmen have money, so they can use the money to pay for autumn grain.
Hancheng is blessed with sea transportation, and there are a large number of fields in the south that are harvested three times a year, and rice is cheap.
When the time comes, I will collect some of the money and buy some rice to make up for it. It doesn’t need to be from the same year, but old ones will do. Anyway, most of the rice is rotten in the warehouse.
In this way, a lot of money will be left, at least tens of millions of taels of silver. If we can take the opportunity to control the price of grain and bacon, we may end up with hundreds of millions of taels of silver.
The promise is just for wealthy businessmen and landlords, and for ordinary farmers, it is just a show.
Everyone was moved and helped to do it together.
Unexpectedly, when things happened, someone assassinated Mr. Chang and spread words to stir up trouble.
Everyone wanted to continue taking action, but in the end they were afraid and stopped.
…
The spy chief repeated what he heard that night, saying it word for word, including the government forcing the people to rebel.
The Taoist official was so frightened that he wiped his sweat and shouted that it was dangerous.
The secret agent commander also broke into a cold sweat, but he was happy because everything could be pushed in that direction.
"This person has evil intentions, I'm afraid he is from the kings' side."
"The purpose is to force the people to rebel. Once you provoke the people to rebel, things will get out of hand."
"The Southeast King will surely rise up, and the world will be in chaos."
"The officialdom in the southeastern region will definitely be purged, and most officials may not survive."
"Sir," the spy leader handed over his hand, "We just realized that the matter is very important, so we decided to terminate the operation."
The camp manager quickly said: "Yes, yes, we took the initiative to terminate it."
The city defense officer agreed, "Sir, please spare us for the sake of our efforts to turn the tide."
The Taoist official shouted: "Shut up, the court's laws are on top, your majesty is watching over there, how do you think I should be spared!"
The battalion commander, the spy chief, and the city defense officer all looked at each other with ugly expressions.
The secret agent commander waved his hand, "Okay, now that I am employing people, I can be lenient and spare your life and fortune."
"Thank you, sir!" The three of them knelt down and kowtowed together.
"Now, send out troops to arrest people. If Hancheng is not cleaned up, there is no way His Majesty will spare your lives."
"Yes!" The three of them were excited and broke out in a cold sweat.
Although I feel a little sorry for the brothers I used to call brothers, at this moment, it would be good to save my own life, which is better than getting trapped in everything.
With them here, at least their families can be fished out in the future.
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Hancheng.
Officers, soldiers and sailors marched into the city with open fire, shouting for martial law and curfew, which immediately made the whole city tense.
Yamazaki, who was having dinner in a restaurant, understood that the court had finally reacted.
He comforted Dong Fenglin and others not to be afraid and continue eating.
Seeing that their food was tasteless, Yamazaki finished their dinner quickly, then took them to the bed together, let them hold each other hand and foot, and led them to practice together.
If you practice Qigong and breathe in and out, you won't have random thoughts.
…
Overnight, Hancheng lost dozens of respectable families and gained dozens more prisoners.
It was agreed that they would not be punished with death, so they did not resist much.
The secret agent commander wrote to the emperor, pointing out that the officials forced the people to rebel and expressed their suspicion that it was the kings who were doing it in order to provoke the people's rebellion.
He also gave good words to the people involved in the case, indicating that they finally pulled back from the brink and did not let the situation completely get out of control, which can be regarded as a great contribution to the country.
Finally, he said bluntly that he would continue to investigate.
…
Two days later, when the emperor saw the letter, he broke out in a cold sweat.
He ordered the spy commander to continue investigating and see what the kings were doing in the southeast.
For those involved in the case, since they have meritorious service, then spare their lives, demote their officials and confiscate their homes, and make their entire families slaves.
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