In the residence of the Jiedu Envoy of Suzhou and Hangzhou, Jia Po sat on the main seat, staring at Zhou Quan and Zhou Huaiyuan in front of him. The former Jiedu Envoy and his son were now in rags, their hair was messy, and their faces were covered with dust. Zhou Quan seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight, and his face was extremely pale.
Zhou Quan smiled bitterly and said to Japer: "I didn't expect the emperor would send you here."
Zhou Quan thought in his heart that Japer had already become a king due to his military merits, and the emperor would never let him leave his sight. However, Japer came. Not only did he come, but he broke his forty-year rule with just a few thousand people. Work hard. His heart was filled with resentment, but now that things had come to this, Zhou Quan could see things more openly.
Japer chuckled and said, "His Majesty the current emperor is a generous monarch, not as narrow-minded as you think."
Hearing this, Zhou Quan couldn't help but regard Jiapo's words as a deliberate flattery to the emperor, and remained silent.
Seeing Zhou Quan's silence, Japer snorted impatiently: "Humph! His Majesty the Emperor asked me to tell you that nothing will happen to your family." After saying that, he waved his hand and signaled his guards to take the father and son down. .
Just when the guards were about to take Zhou Quan and his son away, Zhou Quan hurriedly asked: "What are the conditions?"
Zhou Quan originally thought that his family would face the fate of annihilation, and women would be forced to become the playthings of the Jiaofangsi and live a miserable life. He knew about the Jiaofang Division and had personally set foot in it when he was young. When he thought about his wife and daughter living such a life in the future, he regretted it endlessly.
However, Jiapo told him that the emperor would not kill everyone in the Zhou family. Zhou Quan certainly hopes to seize such news. After all, no one wants to die, and no one wants to see his wife and daughter sent to the Jiaofang Division.
"Conditions? Given the current situation of the Zhou family, do you think His Majesty the Emperor still needs to discuss any conditions with the Zhou family?" Japer glanced at Zhou Quan and said disdainfully.
After hearing Jiapo's words, the father and son were confused for a moment as to why the emperor wanted to spare the lives of the Zhou family.
Zhou Huaiyuan bowed respectfully to Japer and asked, "Please take into account the sentiments of the past and clear up our doubts."
Looking at Zhou Huaiyuan at his feet, Japer couldn't help but sigh in his heart. When the two first met on the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang, Zhou Huaiyuan was high-spirited. When he and Chen Hui first arrived in the army, they were ostracized, and it was Zhou Huaiyuan who helped rescue them. Although I don't need help, it is still a matter of affection.
“His Majesty the Emperor stated that the Supreme Emperor was defeated in the capital city and was besieged by the army of the Beidi King and was almost captured.
And your father Zhou Quan and the other seven Jiedu envoys King Qin that year, although your Zhou family has been disloyal to the imperial court for so many years, and now you are rebelling against the imperial court, Your Majesty decided to forgive your Zhou family and avoid death. "
After Japer finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked people to take the father and son down.
But the Zhou family father and son had mixed feelings in their hearts at this time.
After the Zhou family and his son were taken away, Ma Kai walked in.
"Your Majesty! There are still 360,000 surrendered troops in total. Those who are not willing to serve as soldiers, as well as all the old and young, have been given silver taels and sent back to their hometowns. There are still 280,000 troops. According to the prince's request, all Break up and reorganize, and select generals from Shenwu's army and the prince's bodyguard to lead them;
All the die-hard loyalists in the army, Zhou Quan, and the traitors who did evil to the people have been put to death. "
After listening to Ma Kai's report, Japer nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Well done, how are the casualties among the brothers?"
Listening to Japer's question about the casualties, Ma Kai felt a little sad and said: "One hundred and thirty-six brothers were killed, 1,625 were seriously injured, and the others were all minor injuries."
After hearing what Ma Kai said, Japer breathed a sigh of relief. The casualties were not too big and he immediately said: "Take an army of 150,000 to various places in the south of the Yangtze River and bring over all the officials and wealthy businessmen who participated in the rebellion.
Let Zhang Hu lead an army of 50,000 to seize the eight wealthy merchants and bring them all together.
In addition, for all the confiscated property, the lonely king has the final say. He will take one floor and give it to Shenwu Army for you to distribute yourself. Tell Jin Yiwei that they will also take one floor and distribute it yourself.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Ma Kai was overjoyed when he heard that Jiapo had given so many rewards. You must know how wealthy the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan who participated in the rebellion were. The eight wealthy businessmen were even richer than anyone else in the country. He could not even imagine the wealth gained from looting homes.
At the same time, Jiangnan magistrate's office.
Li Yuan, the deputy commander of the Jin Yiwei, looked at the clamoring Jiangnan Magistrate Ren Wei with a joking look on his face.
"You Jin Yiwei are so brave, arresting court officials at will, do you have any royal laws...!
I would like to submit a copy to His Majesty the Emperor...!
You royal guards are looking down on human life, but I am not convinced, and I want to see the emperor...! "
"Haha! Haha! Why didn't you think that you were an official of the imperial court when you were plotting the rebellion?
Why didn't you say you were an official of the imperial court when you were taking bribes and perverting the law?
Why didn't you say you were an official of the imperial court when you bowed your head to Zhou Quan?
Now you are shouting in front of me? "
Li Yuan laughed angrily at this man's shamelessness.
"You...how do you know this?"
When Ren Wei heard what Li Yuan said, his face instantly turned pale. He thought that what he did was very secretive, how could Jin Yiwei know about it.
"Of course I know, and I'm not afraid to tell you. I arrived in Jiangnan half a month ago, and every move you make is in my eyes."
Seeing that Li Yuan already knew everything, Jiangnan Magistrate Ren Wei simply sneered without hiding it: "So what if you arrest me, you still won't be able to leave here alive."
"You want to say that Zhou Quan, the governor of Suzhou and Hangzhou, will take revenge on you? I'm afraid you will be disappointed!" Li Yuan said with a sneer.
Ren Wei had a bad feeling when he heard what Li Yuan said.
"To tell you the truth, Prince Jiapo of Zhongping County also secretly came south half a month ago. Where do you think the prince is now?" Li Yuan looked at Ren Wei, the prefect of Jiangnan, who was sweating on his forehead, and said with a face full of jest.
Jiapo's name was well-known in Daxing, and the Jiangnan prefect also knew it. Now that he knew Jiapo secretly went south, he didn't think Jiapo came here for fun. He knew that he was dead, and his body instantly collapsed to the ground.
Looking at the Jiangnan magistrate lying limply on the ground, Li Yuan walked over and sneered: "Your Majesty has already arranged everything, otherwise why do you think I would appear in front of you?"
Just when Li Yuan was about to have someone take the prefect down, a warrior in royal robes walked over with excitement on his face.
"Sir! Your Majesty has an order. The rebel Zhou Quan's army has been captured, and Zhou Quan's entire family has been arrested. Your Majesty, please cooperate with Marquis Shenwu to arrest all the criminals who participated in the rebellion and go to the Yamen of Suhang Jiedushi. All the criminals' homes will be ransacked. Your Majesty said Okay, after all the proceeds from the house confiscation are collected, let us take one layer and keep it for ourselves.”
When Magistrate Ren heard this, his face turned extremely pale and he almost fainted.
After Li Shi reported the news from Japer, Li Yuan was full of excitement. They knew how rich these officials and wealthy businessmen were, and how much 10% of the total was. Li Yuan almost fainted with excitement just thinking about it.
"Tell everyone to work for me and ask them to keep their hands and feet clean."
As Jiapo's order was issued, the entire Jiangnan Jinyiwei began to take action.
"I am a fellow magistrate of Jiangnan, you can't arrest me...!
"I am an official of the imperial court. Why do you arrest me...!"
As the Jinyiwei began to arrest major officials and wealthy businessmen involved in the rebellion, the entire Jiangnan began to shake!
The people also started talking about it.
"What's going on? Why are all these officials arrested?"
"If you ask me, I deserve to be arrested. These officials know how to bully us ordinary people."
At this time, someone discovered that Jin Yiwei led someone into the wealthy businessman's mansion nearby.
"Look at the wealthy businessmen who were also arrested!"
"Well done, these businessmen have bullied us a lot because they have the support of the prefect.
"Everyone be quiet!"
Just as everyone was talking about it, a man from a wealthy family in brocade clothes shouted loudly, and everyone looked at him.
Seeing that everyone was quiet, the man from Baihu took out the royal order in his hand and began to read it out.
"King's order: Tell the people of Jiangnan that Ren Wei, the prefect of Jiangnan, colluded with the upper and lower officials during his tenure in Jiangnan and committed lawlessness. Corruption was rampant in the Jiangnan officialdom. Officials and businessmen colluded, killed people, oppressed the people, and robbed countless women. The lonely king Jiapo, served His Majesty the Emperor has secretly ordered to go south to the south of the Yangtze River to thoroughly investigate the lawlessness. Now that he has obtained all the evidence, all the criminals will be arrested immediately. After three days, they will be beheaded in public. He now tells all the people that if there are any injustices, His Majesty the Emperor will make the decision for you.
Wang Ling: The eight wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, Chen, Wang, Liu, Su, Lu, Bai, Cui, and Liu, were unkind for the sake of wealth. They killed people, trafficked people, smuggled contraband, forced girls into prostitution, colluded with Zhou Quan, the governor of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and plotted rebellion. The imperial decree punishes the nine tribes!
After everyone listened to the hundred households read out the king's order, they felt like they were dreaming and couldn't believe it for a while.
At this time, a scholar who looked like a scholar mustered up the courage to ask, raised his hands and saluted, "May I ask, sir, is this Jiapo the Prince of Zhongping County?" When Jiapo was crowned king, he happened to be in Shenjing City, so he knew a little bit about it, but I couldn't believe that Japer would come to Jiangnan.
The hundred households were embarrassed when they saw that the people had no mood swings after the reading. When they saw a scholar asking him a question, they felt relieved and said with a smile: "Of course it is the prince of Zhongping County. The prince told him in secret fifteen days ago Going south, the rebels have now been incorporated, and all evil businessmen and corrupt officials have been arrested by the prince's order, and they will be executed in the future after their homes are ransacked."
After hearing what the hundred households said, the scholar had tears streaming down his face and shouted to everyone: "Prince Zhongping County has come to help us by His Majesty the Emperor's decree!"
As the scholar shouted, everyone also looked happy.
I don't know where I suddenly shouted: "
Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Chitose, Prince of Zhongping County
Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Chitose, Prince of Zhongping County
Long live His Majesty the Emperor! The prince of Zhongping County is a thousand years old. "
As Jia Po's decree was announced to the south of the Yangtze River, all the people rejoiced and rushed to tell each other. For a time, fireworks and firecrackers were set off everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River to celebrate!
