Following Jia Po's bloody killing, the entire Jiangnan officialdom was wiped out. The frightened new officials struggled with their discomfort and formally took over handling all government affairs, appeasing the people, redressing their grievances, re-examining unjust, false and wrong cases, compensating the people, etc. Work.
With the pacification of Jiangnan, the people also clearly felt the changes in Jiangnan. The gangsters, gangsters, hooligans, and bullies who used to be on the streets disappeared, and the young men who used to ride horses and tease women on the streets disappeared. The whole Jiangnan situation improved greatly for a while.
Early this morning, the golden sunshine shone on Li Wenjie, the magistrate of Jiangnan Prefecture's Yamen. He walked step by step towards the Prefecture's Yamen to welcome a new day. The streets are bustling with people coming and going. Suddenly, an old man rushed out of the crowd and handed a steaming basket of steamed buns to Li Wenjie's hand. He ran and said, "Master Tongpan, these are hot buns that have just come out of the oven. Please eat them while they are hot!"
Li Wenjie was stunned by the sudden hot buns. He came to his senses and wanted to catch up with the old man, but before he could catch up with him, a group of children came to him with various items in their hands and surrounded him.
"My lord! My lord! These are the eggs laid by my chickens. You keep them to eat!" A child put a basket of eggs in front of Li Wenjie, turned around and ran away.
"Sir, please accept this bottle of our home-brewed wine..."
"This is the fish I just touched..."
The children rushed to show off their tributes. Li Wenjie was filled with emotion, his eyes were slightly moist, and his heart was filled with warmth. He suddenly realized that the hard work and dedication of the past few days were so worth it.
After the children dispersed, Li Wenjie brought their gifts to the magistrate's office, only to find that the door was filled with all kinds of food and gifts.
His colleagues appeared one after another, and their bodies were covered with gifts sent by the people.
The new Jiangnan magistrate Li Qiuze also came in person. He and the guards behind him were covered with various gifts.
Li Qiuze looked at everyone and let out a hearty laugh: "This is the best gift I have ever received in my life. Everyone, let us encourage each other."
"I am willing to encourage you, sir!"
Everyone responded loudly, and laughter echoed in front of the Yamen.
Hangzhou magistrate's office
Li Yuanzheng, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, reported the proceeds from the confiscation of the house with excitement:
"The total proceeds from the four-day raid on the prince's house have been completed, totaling 286.5 million taels of cash, various antique calligraphy and paintings, and rare treasures worth 116 million taels of silver.
After listening to Li Yuan's report, Japer's eyes widened in shock, and then he laughed and said, "Yes, I will ask your Majesty to take credit for this!"
"Thank you! Your Majesty!" Li Yuan happily bowed and saluted, but his eyes were fixed on Japer without moving.
When Japer saw this, he didn't know what he was thinking. He said angrily: "Look at your potential, you can go and get the 10% promised to you now. Just say that it is Gu's agreement and let Ma Kai and the others go and get 10%."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Seeing Japer agreeing, Li Yuan resisted the urge to jump up, saluted, turned around and ran out.
"Zhang Hu is preparing to return to Beijing tomorrow."
"Yes! Your Majesty"
At the same time, Shenjing City
"A letter from His Majesty, Prince Zhongping County."
Emperor Longchang had just gone to court and was walking back to Longde Palace when a young eunuch ran over.
Emperor Longchang took the letter and quickly opened it and read it. After a moment, he smiled and said: This boy really did not disappoint me. Now the entire Jiangnan land is completely controlled by the imperial court. "After that, he handed the letter to Xia Shouzhong.
Xia Shouzhong took it and read it. After a moment, he also smiled and said: "This is all because your majesty has a keen eye for recognizing heroes. Otherwise, how could you solve the Jiangnan issue at such a small price?"
"Haha, you! Stop flattering me," Emperor Longchang laughed.
Xia Shouzhong saw that Emperor Longchang was in a good mood, but looked a little worried.
Emperor Longchang naturally knew Xia Shouzhong's worries, but he said disapprovingly: "Although Yubai has too many killings in Jiangnan, all he kills are those who deserve to be killed, and their participation in rebellion is a capital crime. Naturally, I will not blame him." .”
Xia Shouzhong was naturally relieved when Emperor Longchang said this.
Xia Shouzhong and Jiapo had a very good relationship in private. Emperor Longchang knew about this, and both Xia Shouzhong and Jiapo were among the most trusted people in Emperor Longchang's heart, so naturally they would not blame them.
As Jiapo's killings in Jiangnan spread throughout the world, all forces were shaken, and Jiapo's name spread throughout the world again.
Jiannan Jiedu Envoy Hou Sentai frowned as he looked at the news coming from Jiangnan in his hands.
The people below looked at Hou Sentai and looked at each other in disbelief without daring to speak, and finally turned their attention to a young man.
Feeling the attention of everyone, the man looked up and everyone shook their heads in response.
After a long time, Hou Sentai looked at the young man as if he had made a decision: "Jie'er, tomorrow you will get up and go to Shenjing City to see His Majesty. You said that as your father, you received the emperor's favor to guard Jiannan, and you have heavy official duties every day, so you have never returned to the capital to see him. Your Majesty, please keep you by your side to teach me. Soon, my father will go to Shenjing City to apologize to Your Majesty... After saying this, I felt like I was relieved.
Hou Jie was shocked when he heard what his father said. He wanted to hand over the power that the old Jiannan Jiedushi had finally conquered to the court. He was very reluctant to speak immediately: "Father, why is this?"
"No sir, your hard work cannot be given to the court in vain!" A veteran general also stood up quickly to retort.
"Please take back your life, sir!"
The generals also spoke out to stop Hou Sentai.
Looking at the people below, Hou Sentai felt very bitter. If he could, why would he be willing to give his father's hard-earned foundation to the court in vain? He waved his hand to signal silence.
"Zhou Quan united with officials from the south of the Yangtze River. A wealthy businessman conspired to rebel. His Majesty the Emperor sent Marquis Shenwu to lead 10,000 cavalry south. Secretly, Prince Jiapo of Zhongping County secretly went south to make arrangements. It only took him half a month to plan and captured Zhou Quan alive before he could raise his troops. , all the families, wealthy businessmen, and officials in the whole Jiangnan who participated in the rebellion were executed by Jiapo, totaling 150,000 people."
Everyone's expressions changed greatly when they heard this. Zhou Quan was the most powerful among the eight Jiedushi envoys. He occupied rich places like Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. He wanted money and people, and he had 300,000 yuan worth of armor. Officials and wealthy businessmen throughout Jiangnan supported it.
However, he was captured alive within half a month, and Jiapo directly killed all the nine tribes who participated in the rebellion, totaling 150,000 people. Everyone was completely frightened by the news.
"Father..." Hou Jie, the eldest son of Jiannan Jiedushi, came back to his senses and looked at what his father wanted to say but couldn't.
"Go ahead. Your Majesty's kindness has not killed the Zhou Quan clan. After you go to pay homage to His Majesty, no one should see An Xin staying in the mansion."
Hou Sentai couldn't help but lament the emperor's methods. He used Jiapo to capture Zhou Quan alive within half a month and nip the rebellion in the bud, which showed the power of the imperial court.
Instead of killing Zhou Quan, he killed all the officials and wealthy businessmen who participated in the rebellion and told everyone that Zhou Quan and the other seven Jiedu envoys had saved the country. I would spare their lives, but you followers can just Without this merit, I can protect the lives of your nine tribes, and this has alienated the hearts of the other seven Jiedu envoys.
After all, as the leader of the rebellion, you can live, and the nine tribes we follow will all be killed. This will create an imbalance in the hearts of all the generals who want to obtain the power of the dragon. They are secretly instigating, drawing divisions, and the forces of the seven Jiedu Envoys. It will collapse.
At the same time, he told the other seven military envoys that the court has not forgotten your contributions and took the initiative to give them a step down, so that the relationship between the major military envoys and the court can be eased! "
Soon the imperial court issued an imperial edict, and Zhou Quan was named Viscount Gui'an.
This imperial edict made the major military governors feel bitter in their hearts. The generals under his command began to feel uneasy and looked at their own military governors with inexplicable expressions.
