"Your Majesty, I have three considerations!"
Li Ruolian responded softly: "According to the current situation, in Jiangnan, even if we catch the big ones and let go the small ones, half of the officials will be cut off or dismissed.
Jiangnan is the land of taxation and water transportation in the Ming Dynasty. There must be no chaos. There must be someone in charge of Jiangnan. After His Majesty returns to Beijing, Jiangnan will be sorted out. Any one from the cabinet will be enough.
But they all have their own tasks at present, and they can't escape from each other, and they can't stay here for a long time. "
Chongzhen nodded, he very much recognized Li Ruolian's analysis.
There are many people in Li Ruolian's talent memorandum, and they are all capable, but in the land of Jiangnan, there must be someone who can control it.
At present, the people on that memorandum are lacking, and given a few years of training, there will be a few who can do it.
Looking at the emperor's expression, Li Ruolian said softly: "Your Majesty, I do have a candidate!"
"who?"
"Zhou Tingru!"
Chongzhen was stunned. He never thought that what Li Ruolian was talking about would be Zhou Tingru.
"Your Majesty, I have two reasons for recommending Zhou Tingru. First, after he was dismissed from his post last year, he returned to his hometown of Changzhou to live in seclusion. It is close to here, and he knows the land south of the Yangtze River better, and he can do things easily;
Secondly, this person was born in Shuxiangmen, and his family was very wealthy. He was not greedy for money. In the bribery account book of the ministers in Beijing that Wei Zhongxian investigated, even the Donglin Party members who claimed to be noble had taken a lot of bribes. Only Zhou Tingru was not corrupt. This point It's so valuable,
Jiangnan is rich, and it is best not to be greedy. As long as he is not greedy, the people below will have to take it easy even if they want to be greedy.
But this person was a bit cunning and liked to win people's hearts. The imperial court sent another guard official and assigned several upright ministers to assist him, so he did not lose a capable official!
I will arrange for the Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on him. If he is dedicated to serving the court, that's all. If he does any small tricks, he will be killed directly! "
After hearing this, Chongzhen looked thoughtful. He didn't know much about Zhou Tingru. He only knew that he and Wen Tiren were attacking each other for the cabinet.
But to be able to serve as the first assistant twice in the historical Chongzhen Dynasty, in addition to being able to figure out what the superior wants, he still has some abilities. If Li Ruolian's arrangements are followed, it will be feasible!
After making the decision, Chongzhen said softly: "Then arrange for someone to bring him to Suzhou for backup!"
"I obey the decree!"
After Li Ruolian responded, when she turned around to leave, she realized that Cao San was still lying on the ground, his body still shaking.
Suddenly he frowned and whispered: "Your Majesty, what should we do with Cao San? He just heard the conversation. For the sake of confidentiality, just kill him!"
"Don't kill me...don't kill me..."
Cao San, who was lying on his stomach, immediately raised his head and screamed, his eyes full of fear and his whole body trembling.
He never thought that the goods he secretly embezzled turned out to be Jin Yiwei's goods, and the emperor was accompanying him.
The most tragic thing is that I wanted to tell a secret, but I didn't expect that I would hear the secret of Liubaili Expedited, and even want to kill someone to silence it.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong, please forgive me!"
"Your Majesty, I am just a little Luoluo. If you let me go, I will definitely change my mind and start a new life!"
"Your Majesty, please, I have an old man, a young man, and an eighty-year-old grandma to take care of. They can't live without me.
If I die, they are not far away from death. This is one corpse and four lives! "
"His Majesty……"
"Shut up!"
Li Ruolian shouted, interrupting Cao San who was crying bitterly, and said coldly: "Didn't you just say that you knew a big secret and you wanted to be punished and meritorious service? Say it!"
"I, I, said, you can let me go..."
"Come here, drag it out, chop it into pieces and feed it to the dogs!"
"I said, I said!"
Facing Li Ruolian's coldness, Cao San instantly became honest: "I, I, maybe I know where the Wenxiang Sect is hidden in Suzhou?"
Without waiting for anyone to ask questions, Cao San said intermittently: "Last year in August, one night I came out of a brothel and suddenly had an urgent need to urinate on the way home, so I turned into an alley to pee.
Before the guy took it out, he saw four people wearing night clothes coming out of the back door of a mansion.
I thought they were causing trouble for me, so I hid in the pile of debris on the side, and heard them whispering about the leader, hall master, and treasure. I guess they were people from the Wenxiang Sect! "
After listening to Cao San's words, Chongzhen and others' eyes suddenly lit up.
Li Ruolian frowned: "What a coincidence, isn't it? We are talking about the Wenxiang Sect in the front, and you are saying in the back that you know where the Wenxiang Sect is so that you can clearly remember that day. Do you think we are easy to fool?"
"There is absolutely no confusion. The reason why I remember which day it was is because I remember it very clearly. It happened to be the day when the imperial edict for the victory of the siege of the Jiannu slaves arrived in Suzhou.
The whole Suzhou Prefecture was celebrating that the night ban was lifted, and we were all very drunk! "
Seeing the strange expressions on everyone's faces, Cao San said angrily: "What expressions are you looking at? Although we are people in the world, we have done a lot of oppressing the people.
But we are also people of the Ming Dynasty. We are naturally happy that the Ming Dynasty has achieved such a great victory.
If the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, those savage bastards like Jiannu will definitely come to plunder and massacre us. We still understand this truth.
I dare not say anything about the others. If the Jiannu slaves dare to come to Jiangnan, I will risk my life and kill a few Jiannu slaves! "
"Understood? So the Ming Dynasty was so difficult in the past few years, but you, the wealthy merchants and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, didn't see you donating any money to the court?
You dare to kill Jiannu, but I don’t see you going to the front line to join the army, killing the enemy on the battlefield! "
"Haha...donate it to the court, and then get it taken away by those bastards who only know how to talk?
As for going to the frontline battlefield to kill the enemy, those led by the previous generals did not kill the enemy, but gave away their heads.
Besides, with my physique, I would be destined to die, but this Jiangnan is different. There are no white stripes in the waves or little white dragons in the water.
Jiannu dare to come, unless they don't use water transport. As long as they use water transport, we have many ways to sink them and feed them to the bastards. "
Huh……
Listening to Cao San's words, a flash of surprise flashed in Chongzhen's eyes. He didn't expect that a little gangster could have such a bloody nature.
"I'm telling you, the whole of Suzhou at that time..."
"okay!"
Li Ruolian interrupted Cao San and said in a deep voice: "Where is the location?"
"I said, can you let me go?"
"hehe……"
Li Ruolian sneered: "It seems you haven't woken up yet to see who you are facing. If you don't drink the toast, you will be punished with a drink, right?"
Come on, keep him here, use all means of imprisonment, and don't let him die before extracting useful information. "
"Stop it, I say!"
Cao San's face was full of panic, and he scolded Li Ruolian in his heart for not being able to play tricks, and would kill him if he disagreed.
Everyone in the Ming Dynasty has heard about the methods of imprisonment, and if someone falls into their hands, there will definitely be death or life.
"Shi Mansion on Ganjiang Road!"
"Shifu?"
Li Ruolian repeated softly. After thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up with joy on his face: "Your Majesty, it is very possible that Cao San said it!"
