"Back to Your Majesty, yes!"
Li Ruolian whispered: "They had not come out of the restaurant before I came."
"In that case, keep an eye on them. As long as they leave the city, tie them up on the way and then imprison them in the escort outside the city!"
"Today is the ninth day of March. Tomorrow night, we will secretly arrest the direct descendants of the eight families we can catch, and conduct a quick surprise inspection!"
"The day after tomorrow, in the morning, we will attack the eight major families and arrest all three families that can be captured. Then there will be sergeants from Tengxiang Right Guards to assist!"
"In addition, I will send a camp of warriors from each family to go over. No matter who stops them, they will be kidnapped directly if they don't listen to the advice."
"Go to the Jin family in Datong in person and bring an imperial edict to Han Huang.
Tell Han Huang that if King Dai comes forward, bring him back. If he doesn't come forward, arrange for someone to enter King Dai's palace to monitor King Dai and his direct descendants. "
"Send an order to Marquis Zhongzhen outside the city. After Fan Yongdou and three others leave the city, they will immediately take over the defense of Taiyuan City, seal the city gates, and no entry or exit is allowed!"
"I obey the decree!"
Li Ruolian saluted Chongzhen and left immediately.
Chongzhen's strategy is very simple. Even if these eight families are very strict in their work, the direct lineage must be involved. As long as a family catches a direct lineage and tortures it, there will definitely be some confessions.
These confessions are enough. Regardless of what was smuggled, no matter the quantity, it is a capital crime according to Ming law.
Then use this as an excuse to arrest all the direct descendants of the eight families and torture them.
As for the collateral clans and nine clans, he has no time to deal with them now. There are too many collateral clans of the nine clans in these eight major families. He dare not say.
It is estimated that there are at least 10,000 to 20,000 people, and there is no time to do it now.
Early the next morning, Chongzhen left the city. First, he inspected the Yong'an and Yongning Second Forts outside Taiyuan City.
As well as military garrison stations such as Taiyuan Vanguard, Taiyuan Left Guard, Taiyuan Right Guard and Ninghua Defense Station stationed several miles away.
Secondly, it was to confuse King Jin and others. They came to Taiyuan and didn’t do anything. I don’t know what everyone thought.
He moved so that everyone could let down their guard.
Even if Taiyuan City and the guards stationed around knew that the emperor was coming yesterday, it would be difficult to solve the problems that had accumulated over time.
The result of the inspection was naturally within Chongzhen's expectation. The Beijing camp and the previous emperor's personal guards were all in that state.
If all the guard posts below were fully staffed and had strong combat effectiveness, it would be a disaster.
Regardless of whether the army can be fully staffed, most of the sergeants he saw were old, weak, and disabled. No wonder the imperial court had instituted a recruitment system.
Of course, it is not ruled out that there are some commanders with ideas who can mobilize troops in their own guard posts. It can only be said that there are very few.
When the sun went down, Chongzhen returned to his residence. All the officials in Taiyuan City stood outside the mansion, waiting for Chongzhen's thunderous wrath.
After waiting for a full two-quarters of an hour, Hou Xiu came out: "My lords, please go back. Your Majesty has been working hard in the Xuan Mansion for many days and has been traveling for more than ten days. He has rested peacefully in the past few days and will call again after a few days." Everyone’s discussion!”
The new governor of Shanxi, Geng Ruqi, immediately stepped forward and whispered: "Hou Shangshu, Your Majesty, this..."
"Don't ask me, I am only responsible for informing you. Please come back!"
After saying that, he left quickly and the door of the mansion was quickly closed.
The officials left full of doubts. What the emperor did made them even more confused.
But I was even more frightened in my heart, thinking about how to appease the emperor's anger.
Thirty or forty miles away from Taiyuan City, on the official road leading to Jiexiu, a group of twenty cavalrymen stood quietly, with an ordinary carriage parked behind them.
These people were naturally ordered by Chongzhen to kidnap the sergeants of Fan Yongdou's Warrior Battalion. Their leader was General Banner Jiang Zhenlei.
Another quarter of an hour later, several carriages were driving slowly, escorted by dozens of guards. When they saw the cavalry, their faces suddenly changed.
After the leader said something to the carriage, he quickly rode forward: "Brothers, we passed by the treasure land today, and we have worked hard to mobilize the troops. Here is a hundred taels of silver. I invite you to tea. Please be accommodating. There will be more in the future." thickness!"
"The Fan family, the richest man in Shanxi, is worth so much money?"
When the leader heard that the other party could accurately tell the name of the owner of the car, his expression suddenly changed, and he secretly said that the person who came was evil.
"Brothers, if you think it's too little, you can make a price, and we can make money by being harmonious!"
"Since you know it's the Fan family, you should know the Fan family's status in Shanxi. If..."
"Do it!"
Before the Fan family guard leader could finish speaking, Jiang Zhenlei said coldly.
The cavalry behind them suddenly moved and rushed towards the Fan family.
Seeing the uniform movements, the face of the leader of the Fan family changed and he said angrily: "You are cavalry in the army, who are you? What do you want to do?
You...the enemy attacked, the first team and the second team cut off the rear, the third team protected the family leader and left! "
Seeing the reaction of the leader of the Fan family, everyone on Jiang Zhenlei's side showed no reaction. They unsheathed their swords and rushed into the Fan family's guards.
After a sound of swords clashing, swords piercing flesh, and heavy objects falling to the ground, both teams of guards from the Fan family were all dead.
At this moment, the carriage had just turned around and the people who came had not yet left.
Fan Yongdou, who was watching this scene through the curtains of the carriage, had a look of shock on his face. He had never seen such an elite cavalry in Jiannu.
Knowing that he couldn't leave, he immediately stepped out of the carriage and shouted angrily at everyone.
"As soldiers, you are supposed to protect your home and country. If you are looking for wealth, you can ask a price. Why do you want to kill innocent people indiscriminately?"
Jiang Zhenlei said coldly: "Kill! Take him away!"
After Jiang Zhenlei finished speaking, the cavalry behind him charged forward again. It was just a charge, and the third team of guards were also dead.
And he himself stepped forward and slapped Fan Yongdou on the face.
Fan Yongdou fainted immediately, and before he fainted, he spit out several bloody teeth.
Two sergeants stepped forward, grabbed Fan Yongdou and tied him up.
After checking his mouth and clothes, he stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth, put it on a sack, and threw it into the ordinary carriage he brought with him.
The remaining people quickly cleaned the battlefield, dragged the guards into the large hole dug in advance, and filled it with extremely clean movements.
The guards who were killed were naturally investigated by the Jin Yiwei. They were all people whose hands were stained with the blood of the people and deserved to be killed.
In just half an hour, the official roads returned to normal, as if the death of dozens of people had never happened here.
After doing all this, Jiang Zhenlei led everyone towards Taiyuan City under the faint light of day.
This scene was also playing out in the other two directions dozens of miles away from here, naturally it was Wang Dayu of Xinzhou and Tian Shenglan of Qixian.
When the moon rose to the zenith, several carriages slowly entered the camp of white pole soldiers stationed in Nanguan City Liancheng.
