Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

It can only be said that operations like "passing the first nine sides" did have real results for the first time.

Looking at the lime-pickled heads, the officials and servants in the neighboring county all invariably corrected their work attitudes.

Perhaps the court could not do anything to the powerful gentry who occupied the land. Most of the methods of dealing with them were to surrender the land and impose fines. As long as they did not seek death and brought their own servants to fight against the court's tax collectors, then they would not be punished to death. .

After all, the purpose of clearing land for the court was to extract money from various processes of collecting taxes, not to force the gentry to rebel. In order to clear land, it was impossible to force all the gentry to oppose the court. Law enforcement must be a standard measure. Within it, that is, only illegally occupied properties will be inventoried and confiscated.

But for the lower-level officials, subordinates, servants, and tax collectors, it is completely different.

These people are all members of the imperial court.

Therefore, the court usually does not do anything to them, but in the current special period, heavy rules must be used, and those who dare to fool the court must be dealt with severely and quickly. No one can say anything.

Taicang Prefecture.

Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong advanced here from south to north. Although the Ming Dynasty in most cases had a three-level administrative unit structure of chief envoy, prefecture, and county, there was also such a thing as "state".

Of course, they are not the same as the first-level administrative units of Jizhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou in the Han Dynasty. The states in the Ming Dynasty were slightly different from those in the previous dynasties. They were divided into two types of states, namely, the "directly subordinate" states directly under the Chief Envoy. "State" and "state" directly under the prefecture, the former has a status equivalent to that of a prefecture but slightly lower, and the latter has a status equivalent to a county but slightly higher.

According to "History of the Ming Dynasty and Geography", there were 140 prefectures and 20 "Zhili prefectures" in the Ming Dynasty, which belonged to the North and South Zhili and the Thirteenth Chief Envoy. At the same time, the "prefectures" subordinate to the prefectures were There are 193 states. On average, there is one state under each prefecture. Of course, this is just an average. The actual situation is that there are two or three states under one prefecture, and some prefectures may not have even one state.

The land clearing work in Taicang Prefecture is going quite smoothly, but not so smoothly.

The reason why I say this is because in terms of civilian farmland, the officials and servants of Taicang Prefecture, which is very close to Jiading County, have been frightened into fear, so they cooperated with the land clearing work honestly.

At the same time, there are no decent gentry and powerful people in Taicang Prefecture. The land here is generally fertile, and most importantly, the coastal areas are all military fields.

And this is why it is said to be “not so smooth”.

Because some people's hands not only reached out to the fertile fields in Changshu County, but also reached into Zhenhaiwei next to Taicang Prefecture.

Next to Taicang Prefecture, running northwest-southeast, the Zhenhai Guards of the Ming Army were stationed here.

Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong were fully mobile and came directly from Jiading County at dawn and dusk.

"What a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I have only seen it in the files of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion before."

Li Jinglong sat on his horse and marveled at the Zhenhai Acropolis.

"Any explanation?" Jiang Xinghuo asked.

"have."

"This is not a full guard. Judging from the files of the Fifth Army Commander's Office, there are more than 5,300 officers and soldiers."

Li Jinglong eloquently explained: "The Zhenhai Guard City was built in the 20th year of Hongwu. There were two Zhenhai Guards in the Ming Dynasty. One is from here and the other is from Fujian. The one was built by Zhou Dexing, Marquis of Jiangxia, to prepare for Japanese invaders."

"I see."

Jiang Xinghuo observed for a while and nodded. Li Jinglong's memory was really good. He was worthy of being a man who could lead an army of 600,000 people. Whether he could win a battle or not, his dispatching and overall planning abilities were extraordinary.

But while the two of them were staying outside the city, the gate of Zhenhai Acropolis was still not opening.

"Who are you? You dare to break into Zhenhai Guard without permission?"

There was a rush of footsteps, and a general in iron armor walked out and came to the tower. His face was stern, his eyes were cold, and he looked businesslike.

This is obviously unreasonable. The messengers who informed the Imperial Preceptor and Cao Guogong that they had arrived for inspection had already set off, and there were not just one group, but two groups. With a small Zhenhai Guard, it was not necessary to travel ten miles out of the city to greet them. How dare you wait outside the city gate so early?

In other words, even if he is the commander of Zhenhai Guard, his official rank is far behind Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong. Who gave him the courage?

If it weren't for the courage given to him by others, it means that Zhenhai Guard has something that he doesn't dare to let Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong see. He is trying to obstruct it, although this obstruction method is unjustifiable. After all, if it is true, If you want to see them off, then show them respectfully and give them gifts. Maybe you can expect them to just take a look and leave. This is the normal way to receive guests.

To show off Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong, is your head too tall?

The horses of Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong were parked at the foot of Zhenhai Acropolis. Cao Adale, the family general next to Li Jinglong, rode forward, whipped his whip in the air, and angrily said, "Who gave you the courage? How dare you, Duke Cao, inspect the defenses." Stop? Get off!"

This is a name that he would never have thought of. The name Cao Guogong is not simple. This is the head of the officials designated by His Majesty the Emperor!

There seemed to be some information gap. The armored general was startled and immediately came down from the city.

The armored general looked them up and down, and when he saw Li Jinglong's face, his heart suddenly tightened.

"It's really Mr. Cao Guo!"

"Yes, he is indeed my father-in-law."

Li Jinglong raised his head slightly, with an indifferent expression on his face, as if he didn't take the armored general seriously at all.

The armored general looked sad and saluted repeatedly to admit his guilt, but what was strange was that he did not get out of the way.

"Since you know it's Mr. Cao Guo who's facing you, why don't you get out of the way?" Cao Ada asked sharply.

"No orders were received."

The armored general's answer made Jiang Xinghuo feel very strange.

Didn't receive an order? Didn't you receive an order to come here for Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong, or did you not receive an order to let them in?

If it's the former, then there's obviously something wrong with the messenger. If it's the latter, who dares to give such an order?

Or, a combination of both?

After all, the first two groups of messengers had already aroused their vigilance before they returned. Fortunately, the troops around them were large enough and elite enough, so Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong went directly to Zhenhaiwei to find out what was going on.

"Order?"

Li Jinglong sneered, took out the Double Dragon Golden Talisman from his waist, raised it, shook it, and said, "This is the order, have you received it?"

In fact, what many people don’t know is that in the early Ming Dynasty, just like previous dynasties, the military used talisman tokens. There were golden dragon talisman tokens, gold-plated talisman tokens, and plain silver talisman tokens. According to the different levels of military attachés, , Lao Zhu issued thousands of them, and the one Li Jinglong held in his hand was the highest level. His talisman was different from other princes in some details. It was a private custom-made one. I saw this talisman. , you can already identify yourself, and this token is enough to order.

The armored general's next reaction was even more strange. It was as if he was waiting for Li Jinglong to reveal his identity. He breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly got out of the way, and said respectfully: "The general will see Cao Guogong. I didn't know that the Duke was coming. I'm rude." I would like to invite the Duke Haihan, please follow the general into the city."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at him thoughtfully.

This person seemed to have accepted an offending task issued by his superiors and had to complete it, and after completing the process, he looked like he was finally free.

"Um."

Li Jinglong should have noticed this, and nodded slightly, then got on his horse, led his team, and strode into Zhenhai Guard City with his head held high.

The city of Zhenhaiwei is not small, but because it is close to the sea, the soil is not fertile. Even the private land in front of each house in the city is still deserted. It is obvious that it has not experienced much cultivation. This situation, They can be seen everywhere in Zhenhai Acropolis.

Not all military households in the city are soldiers. Instead, most of them are family members such as the elderly, the weak, women and children. Their nutritional status is not optimistic, and many of them are good-looking and poor at work.

This situation is obviously very abnormal.

After all, the land to the east of Taicang Prefecture is the military land of Zhenhaiwei, and Zhenhaiwei guards the mouth of the Yangtze River. Among other things, at least meat such as fish and shrimp is enough, and the imperial court does prohibit fishing. There are regulations, but it is impossible for a living person to suffocate to death. This kind of regulations cannot be strictly implemented in the guard station. Have you not seen the big fish and shrimps in Chongming Shasuo on Chongming Island?

Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong rode horses and walked slowly along the street while commenting on the customs and things on the street.

"The military households here are extremely hungry."

After walking for a while, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but sigh.

Li Jinglong nodded in agreement.

When they arrived at the commander's place in the city, the armored general parted from the two men as if relieved.

In the Commander's Office, the Commander of Zhenhai Guard is called Wang Wen. He is a middle-aged man with a powerful figure, a ring of beard on his cheeks, a majestic face, and looks like a rather calm figure.

He was commanding his soldiers and burning something.

Suddenly, he raised his head and looked into the distance.

"Commander, Duke Cao Guo is here, and he should be accompanied by the Imperial Master."

Wang Wen narrowed his eyes, showing a vigilant expression, and at the same time an uncontrollable irritability surged from his chest.

He ignored the two groups of messengers sent by Li Jinglong and deliberately asked the armored general to delay, but it was still too late.

"Don't burn it. If you don't burn it, pour it into the sea!"

With no choice, Wang Wen had no choice but to greet the two of them.

"What are you burning? You can see a lot of smoke from a long distance away."

Wang Wenpei smiled and said, "I'm burning charcoal. It's been too cold these days. It has just cleared up recently. Let's prepare some quickly. My lord, I don't know if you are coming. It's really a long way to welcome us."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Jinglong waved his hand, and then pointed to Jiang Xinghuo beside him: "The Imperial Master is also here. Commander Wang, do you mind letting your subordinates stay away for a while?"

Wang Wen glanced at Jiang Xinghuo, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, but said nothing. He nodded and said, "Of course I don't mind."

When negotiating with the army, Li Jinglong was much easier to intervene than Jiang Xinghuo, so Jiang Xinghuo didn't take the lead just now, but what happened next was Jiang Xinghuo's responsibility.

As soon as the door was closed, Cao Ada led a group of soldiers to guard the door vigilantly.

A large group of soldiers had already entered the city. Although Zhenhaiwei's attitude was very strange, there was no doubt that anything would really happen here.

There were only a few people in the room, so Jiang Xinghuo ordered: "Take out the information on Zhenhai Guard's military field and show it to me."

"Yes, Master Imperial Master."

Wang Wen was well prepared and quickly had people bring the information and documents.

Jiang Xinghuo took it and glanced at the books casually, then flipped through one and read each page carefully.

After a while, Jiang Xinghuo closed the book, put it aside, and then asked: "What is your name, and how long have you been in Zhenhai Guard City?"

Wang Wen quickly raised his hands and said: "Reporting to the Imperial Master, I, Wang Wen, have been in Zhenhai Guard City for seventeen years."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, seventeen years, that is, since the establishment of Zhenhai Guard City. Judging from his age, he does not look like someone who can be a commander at the age of twenty based on his military exploits, so he is probably succeeded by his father after the death of his son.

Later, contrary to Wang Wen's expectations, Jiang Xinghuo and Li Jinglong did not complain about the detention of the courier. Instead, they asked Wang Wen to call other mid-level and senior officers of Zhenhai Guard for questioning.

Although the Zhenhai Guards are not full of personnel, their establishment is no different from other Ming army guards. There are five thousand-household stations on the left, right, middle, front and rear. The standard establishment is 1120 people for one station and 120 people for one hundred households. Under the 100-household office, there are 2 general banners (each general banner has jurisdiction over 50 people) and 10 small banners (each small banner has jurisdiction over 10 people).

As for the officers, in addition to Wang Wen, the third-rank commander, the mid-to-high-level officers in the acropolis also include the third-rank commander, the fourth-rank commander, and the fifth-rank guard. Generally speaking, these officers , are also hereditary.

However, Jiang Xinghuo quickly found a breakthrough.

Although some people were sick and unable to come due to Wang Wen's words, Li Jinglong still asked Cao Ada to lead troops to "invite" all the mid-level and senior officers of Zhenhai Guard.

And here, there is someone who Wang Wen does not want to show up. This is also the reason why Wang Wen detained the courier before, just to buy time for various preparations.

Among them is a Wei Zhenfu who was promoted from Wusongjiang Office. Wusongjiang Office and Baoshan Office were previously assigned to participate in flood control operations in the south of the Yangtze River because they were close to Songjiang Prefecture. Although this person Jiang Xinghuo cannot be named, But after meeting him several times, I still recognize his face.

"When were you transferred here?"

"Reporting to the Imperial Master, I have just been transferred to Zhenhai Guard this year."

"oh."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and asked: "How much do you know about the situation in Zhenhai Guard City? Tell the truth."

"The Imperial Master really wants to know?" Li Zhenfu asked rhetorically.

"certainly."

"Then please ask the Imperial Master and Duke Cao to protect me. If I tell you, Zhenhai Guard will definitely not be able to stay any longer."

Li Jinglong chuckled lightly and said: "Don't say I'm protecting you. If you tell me truthfully, it would be normal for you to be transferred to another place to be promoted to a colleague. There is really important information. The Imperial Master and I are happy and reward you." What's wrong with you as a commander?"

Seeing the two giant Buddhas' personal promises, Li Zhenfu finally felt relieved and truthfully told all the inside stories about Zhenhaiwei.

You don’t know if you don’t hear it, but it’s really shocking when you hear it.

No wonder Zhenhaiwei was so weird before going up and down. It turned out to be because he was worried that the lid wouldn't be able to cover it.

Jiang Xinghuo threw the booklet aside. These were carefully compiled and were definitely different from the actual situation.

According to Li Zhenfu's oral account, although Zhenhaiwei's military fields are still in the names of various military households, 60% of them have actually been occupied, and apart from those divided among generals at all levels, the remaining The bulk of the land, about 35%, and it was an area with good soil conditions in Zhenhaiwei, was swallowed up by Zhang Xin, the governor of water transportation and Marquis of Longping.

These military households were actually reduced to Zhang Xin's tenant farmers.

The generals of Zhenhaiwei also obtained Zhang Xin's protection and backing through this kind of profit transfer.

Moreover, since Zhenhaiwei directly guards the estuary of the Yangtze River and has his own fleet, he usually helps Zhang Xin in some smuggling business carried out by canal transportation. It can be said that the generals make a lot of money.

It is precisely because the interests of both parties are highly bound that the Zhenhai Guards, from the commander Wang Wen to the generals at all levels, have tacitly chosen to cover up the cover, and because their methods are not clever or there is not much room for choice, it is easy to see at a glance You could tell something was wrong.

"That's interesting."

Li Jinglong raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Xinghuo stared at Li Jinglong with sharp eyes and said in a deep voice: "First control the Zhenhai Guards. Do you have enough people?"

Li Jinglong was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's not difficult. All the middle and high-level generals are here. Shoot the men first, shoot the horses, and capture the thieves first, capture the king. The rest of them won't mess around."

"You also have a mission." Li Jinglong pointed at Li Zhenfu.

When Li Zhenfu heard this, he immediately said: "Please give me the Duke's instructions."

Li Jinglong said with a smile: "Your task is simple, that is, control the other low-level officers of Zhenhai Guard, and then wait for us to have a word with you when we convene."

Li Zhenfu immediately nodded in agreement, and then said: "This is no problem, but what should Commander Wang do?"

"You can rest assured."

Jiang Xinghuo said calmly: "If you don't resist, then tie him up. If you dare to resist, just kill him."

Li Zhenfu was so horrified that his fingers were trembling. Although he had just wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, otherwise he would not have said this, but with his few words without any evidence, this imperial master who was ruthless and seldom said anything was going to correct him. The third-level commander was killed? Aren't you afraid that if you lie and kill someone by mistake?

This was actually because Li Zhenfu was overthinking. It was just that the information his level knew was different from Jiang Xinghuo's.

Of course it was impossible for Jiang Xinghuo to rely on his confession to kill someone. Before coming, the Jinyi Guards and the Tax Guards had roughly explored and learned some of Zhenhai Guards' situation. The fishiness in this was obvious, and in any case, since Wang Wen You all have such a perfunctory attitude. If you really dare to resist, you will be killed. Is he a third-grade military attache with a high rank?

Li Jinglong laughed, then patted Li Zhenfu on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Zhenhaiwei is just a trivial matter."

Li Zhenfu quickly bowed and said, "I understand the humble position."

"Um!"

Li Jinglong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Okay, it's none of your business now. Just rest and wait for orders."

Li Zhenfu stood up and said goodbye.

When Li Zhenfu walked out of the room, Li Jinglong's expression immediately darkened.

There was a cold and stern look in his eyes, and a cold arc formed at the corner of his mouth.

"Zhang Xin, hum!"

"This time, I must clean up Zhenhaiwei."

Li Jinglong whispered, with a ferocious expression on his face.

On ordinary days, how could he have such a legitimate opportunity to deal with these people he disliked? But now Zhang Xin forgot about it and took the initiative to hand over the opportunity.

In fact, Li Jinglong is not surprised at all, it is really not surprising, because history is reincarnation, and the lesson people learn from history is that they can’t learn any lessons. During the Hongwu Dynasty, Li Jinglong witnessed so many princes (because Zhu Yuanzhang was very fond of military officials) Basically they were all granted dukes, few were earls, and most of them were granted to civil servants) were involved in major cases, and were eventually shattered to pieces.

Which of the princes and princes of the Hongwu Dynasty did not have great military exploits? Which one is not loved by the emperor? But what about the end?

Li Jinglong knew very well that the emperor's love was only temporary. If he really fell away due to merit and favor, death would not be far away.

When it comes to being suspicious and cruel, Zhu Di is not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang, but he is definitely not a kind person. Therefore, Zhang Xin's behavior seems to Li Jinglong, who has seen too many temple turmoils, to seek death.

After all, Zhang Xin was just a commanding officer of the Beijing Parallel Capital Command five years ago. At best, he had just stepped into the threshold of a senior general.

Therefore, the upstart suddenly rose up and surpassed his old boss Zhenyuan Hou Gu Cheng. It would be strange for Zhang Xin not to expand.

Gu Chengna, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, had followed Zhu Yuanzhang since the founding of the People's Republic of China and began to fight in the north and south. He had completely experienced the bloody Hongwu Dynasty. He was very low-key, but Zhang Xin couldn't help it.

With the illegal land occupation in Changshu County and the worse evidence of Zhenhaiwei, Zhang Xin may not be killed, but his loss of power is inevitable. If something like this happens, even if he blocks the atomic bomb for Zhu Di, he will not be able to kill him. Maybe he can stay in the position of governor of water transportation.

"What are you doing?"

There were exclamations from outside.

The soldiers received Li Jinglong's order and directly detained these Zhenhai Guard generals.

Wang Wen said angrily: "You bastards, how dare you attack the general of Zhenhaiwei? Are you rebelling?"

Li Jinglong came out at this time and scolded: "Commander Wang, what you are asking is interesting. Aren't Zhenhai Guards from the imperial court? The military order of the Fifth Army Commander's Office is here. Who wants to rebel?"

The military order in Li Jinglong's hand was of course signed and sealed in his own name, but what could Wang Wen say?

The five military governors' offices have their own jurisdictions, while the Chinese Army's governor's office is responsible for the garrison posts of the Southern Zhili Province, the Henan Dusi, and the Zhongdu Remaining Department. So what is Li Jinglong's full title? Cao Guogong, Zhu Guo, Tejin Guanglu doctor, Fengtian Fuyun Tuichengxuanli military minister, the left governor of the central military governor's office, and the five-star general.

After Qi Guogong Qiu Fu was transferred, Li Jinglong became the highest officer of the Chinese Army Governor's Office, and Wang Wen, the commander of the Zhenhai Guards, was the boss to the ceiling. What could he say?

"This" Wang Wen was speechless.

This is indeed what happened, but Wang Wen couldn't express his pain. He just felt that with so many Zhenhai Guard generals being controlled, there would definitely be dissatisfaction among the Zhenhai Guards, and maybe things could turn around.

But in fact, Wang Wen also knew that he was afraid that something would happen. What he did in collusion with the Governor of Water Transport and Longping Marquis Zhang Xin was not enough to cut off two heads.

"You don't have to worry about Zhenhaiwei. Just shut up first."

Li Jinglong didn't even bother to look at him, and directly ordered: "Take them all, keep them under strict guard, and drag them out later."

"My lord, what are you doing?"

Li Zhenfu was dumbfounded. Is he acting so resolutely?

Li Jinglong did not answer him. He just looked at Li Zhenfu and said lightly: "Li Zhenfu, now is your time to show off."

After that, he ordered everyone to summon the military households of Zhenhai Guard.

Not long after, a large number of military households gathered on the school field outside.

This was originally a place used for military training and military parades, so it is perfect for holding meetings at this time.

After Li Jinglong made it clear, he asked Li Zhenfu to take the stage to expose the crimes of Wang Wen and others.

The wealthy military households below the stage didn't believe it at first. No one could have imagined that Wang Wen, the demon king who had been domineering in Zhenhaiwei for more than ten years, would fall like this.

After the news gradually spread, everyone was dumbfounded.

Who is Wang Wen? From the time when his father was the commander, he was the local emperor. He was the local prince of Zhenhaiwei. The people he raised were all murderous and fierce. No one who worked under him was not a sweetheart. trembling?

But at this moment, someone knocked Wang Wen into a mortal.

Wang Wen's status in Zhenhai Guard was originally like a big mountain, but once the mountain collapsed, it would naturally have no deterrent effect.

However, no one could have expected that this day would come so suddenly, which shocked all the military households in Zhenhaiwei. However, the shock was still a shock, and they soon became relieved.

Wang Wen's face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "National Preceptor, National Duke, I have never done that in my humble position."

"You still want to quibble? Do you think we don't know the situation of Zhenhaiwei?"

There were some things Jiang Xinghuo couldn't say, but Li Jinglong could act as his mouthpiece.

Li Jinglong sneered, and then said: "Or do you want to say, do you think the person behind you can protect you? Let me tell you, he is not qualified in front of the Lord of the country!"

Wang Wen was immediately speechless.

Li Jinglong continued: "Do you think someone behind you can favor you Wang Wen and fool him so easily? In the past few years, not only have you not restrained yourself, but you have become more and more unscrupulous. You are looking for death."

"My lord, you have been wronged for your humble position."

Wang Wen lamented his injustice, but soon realized that his defense was of no use in front of two powerful men like Jiang Xinghuo, the national advisor, and Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao.

"I think you know who you are. Don't take yourself too seriously. You are just a chess piece. If you tell me the truth now, you will be given a lighter punishment." Jiang Xinghuo said calmly.

Wang Wen was speechless, and it took him a long time to say something: "Can't we really leave Zhenhaiwei a way to survive?"

Li Jinglong stared at Wang Wen sharply, as if he wanted to see through his heart.

Li Jinglong shook his head and said, "If you don't want to tell me, there's no need to hide it from me. I'm not interested in knowing what you have done over the years. You know it well. What you have done is enough to kill you with a thousand swords." Dead!"

"The Duke."

Wang Wen's face turned pale, with no blood left at all.

Li Jinglong raised his hand slightly and shouted: "Kneel down facing these military households!"

When Wang Wen heard this, his body froze in place, his eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe it.

Li Jinglong's voice became more severe and shouted: "Kneel down!"

At this time, the audience heard all these military households, and they didn't know who was the first to speak out, and they also started shouting like a mountain and a tsunami.

"Kneel down!"

Wang Wen did not dare to disobey, so he forced his knees and moved to the ground step by step.

His heart was filled with anger and unwillingness.

They actually forced him to kneel down. This was the first time in his life that he had been humiliated like this!

"Pah! Pah!"

There was a young man in the audience who couldn't help but jumped up and slapped Wang and Wen in the face.

Two loud slaps hit Wang Wen's face, which stunned him so much that he forgot to react for a moment.

"We are the military households of Zhenhai Guard, not your slaves!"

The audience was excited and more and more accusations were made.

"My lord, your lord, listen to me, I was wronged, I really wasn't," Wang Wen shouted desperately.

"Shut up."

Li Jinglong glared at him: "I won't kill you today, but keep you as a witness. Otherwise, a worm like you would have died long ago."

Jiang Xinghuo turned around and waved to the soldiers: "Drag them all down."

Wang Wen's voice stopped suddenly, and a look of panic appeared on his face. The commander of the Zhenhai Guard was actually tied up with a rope by the soldiers, like a pig being tied up during the New Year, and pulled out.

He struggled desperately, his voice was hoarse, and he almost cried, but it was of no use and he was quickly dragged away.

Li Jinglong was satisfied and handed over the control of the scene to Jiang Xinghuo.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the excited military households in the audience and motioned for them to be quiet.

Later, Jiang Xinghuo said: "The reason why everyone is like this today, even if you don't say it, is not that we Zhenhaiwei don't have enough fields and food to feed us, but that we have been divided up by scourges like Wang Wen, and we even use it to flatter our superiors. .”

Jiang Xinghuo paused and continued: "We Zhenhaiwei have so many fertile fields. If we take good care of them and use chemical fertilizers, the annual output can be considerable. However, the food harvested from the crops in these fields is all lost to Wang Wen." These people were taken away, and none of them fell into the hands of ordinary military households. They were clearly serving as soldiers for the imperial court, but they became tenant farmers. This was because of management oversight in the past, which gave Wang Wen and others the opportunity to take advantage. Now, Wang Wen’s evil deeds have been exposed, and the court cannot sit idly by and ignore it.”

"Master Imperial Master, what do you mean?"

Under the stage, a soldier stood up and asked angrily.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the soldier under the stage and said in a deep voice: "Today's matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise there will be endless consequences, which will not only affect the entire Zhenhai Guard, but even the imperial court, so starting from today, Zhenhai Guard will resume Qingtian, are you willing to cooperate without hiding anything?"

"willing!"

Everyone in the audience answered without hesitation.

Jiang Xinghuo smiled with satisfaction and said, "In that case, all the military households involved in this matter today must gather outside the city. No one is allowed to be left out. If anyone is alone or does not go to the military camp, He won’t have a share in the fields returned from the clearing.”

The excitement of the crowd was ignited. Jiang Xinghuo glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Wang Wen has been exposed and Zhenhaiwei has a chance to get back on track, so no matter who it is, everyone must cooperate. , the evidence of guilt is confirmed, so that these people have no room for recovery. We want the world to see clearly that this action of our Zhenhai Guards is just. Wang Wen and others are complete worms. They are the ones who harmed Zhenhai. At the same time, this matter must be reported to the military household of the Guard, Your Majesty."

Jiang Xinghuo's impassioned words resonated with the military and civilians.

At this time, an older military householder stood up and said respectfully: "National Preceptor, I have something to say."

"Say." Jiang Xinghuo's tone was gentle and unhurried.

"Wang Wen has committed numerous crimes, and not killing him is really not enough to make the people angry."

"right!"

As soon as the elder military household finished speaking, several military households joined in with him.

Although these military households don't understand the big principles, they have the most intuitive feelings about the oppression given to them by Wang Wen and others, so they very much support this approach. Moreover, they have grown up here since childhood and are not so concerned about the overall situation. After considering it, I just felt that killing would be the best way to relieve my hatred at this time.

Military households expressed their opinions one after another, and soon gained unanimous approval from all military households.

"Kill Wang Wen."

"Kill his nine tribes!"

The crowd in the audience was excited, and the military households were all gearing up and eager to try.

This made Jiang Xinghuo extremely gratified and couldn't help but feel secretly happy. It seemed that Zhenhaiwei's crisis had been resolved this time.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded slightly, with a touch of joy on his face, and said: "Don't worry, everyone, the court will never let everyone down, and will definitely let Wang Wen and others clarify the punishment. However, this matter is unusual, Qingtian needs everyone's help, Only by getting tangible evidence can we do it.”

All of this, in the final analysis, still needs to be cleaned up from military fields.

Zhenhaiwei, in fact, judging from the population and military field area, it is more than enough to feed these people.

With the active participation of a large number of military households, all the military fields under Zhenhaiwei were quickly cleared in just four days.

There must be some discrepancies between the data obtained by Qingzhang Juntian and the data stated by Li Zhenfu, but overall, the discrepancy is not big.

Jiang Xinghuo originally thought that this situation of directly driving military households as tenant farmers only began to appear in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and that the guard system was completely eroded in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. But now it seems that they are trying to be simple, and Zhenhai Guard cannot be established. In twenty years, it has become like this. This is still in Southern Zhili, which is considered the core circle of Ming Dynasty's rule. I can't imagine what it is like in other places.

Therefore, the Battle of Jingnan only objectively accelerated the transformation of the Ming army's military system from a guard system to a recruitment system, and it was not the main reason at all.

After obtaining tangible evidence and returning all the land to the military households according to the original distribution, Jiang Xinghuo and others completed the clearing of the fields in Taicang Prefecture, and went north to Changshu with Li Jinglong, where they would get All the evidence that is enough to bring Zhang Xin down.

Zhang Xin, who escaped from the Lianghuai Salt Envoy corruption case last year, is doomed this time.