The Record of Righteousness

Wan Qing and his Shandong soldiers dressed as bandits escorted Huang Zunzhu and his army into the city.

This kind of anti-Tiangang trip caused passers-by to stop and watch.

Then the passers-by panicked. Seeing the prefect and the army being captured, they thought that the White Lotus Sect was coming, and they scattered like birds and beasts.

Huai'an Prefecture belongs to Nanzhili, and its geographical location is very close to Shandong. This city is very important.

Wan Qing entered the prefect's office.

He immediately sent a dozen people to inform Wang Hao and Fang Daqing that the big thing had been done, and asked them to come to Huai'an Prefecture to take charge of the overall situation.

Then he sent Li Guodong and three others with 300 soldiers to return to Gaoliu Town to station down, and use it as a sentinel to observe the movements of the White Lotus rebels.

Wang Hao has been used to a life of luxury since he was a child.

Now he is very bored staying in that town, and he is naturally very happy to be able to settle down in Huai'an City.

Wang and Fang hurriedly brought the remaining soldiers to Huai'an City.

Wan Qing took the opportunity to tell Wang Hao that the prefect of Huai'an colluded with merchants to transport grain and grass to the White Lotus Sect.

Wang Hao hated the White Lotus Sect to the core, and now he was furious when he heard about this. He slammed the table and wanted to torture Huang Zunzhu.

But Huang Zunzhu was also a fifth-rank prefect.

If he used private punishment without the emperor's approval, he might be caught.

So Wan Qing stopped him and said it was not possible.

He suggested that the prefect and the head of the village in Gaoliu Town should be placed under house arrest first.

When an envoy was sent to report to the court, it would not be too late to try the case after the court's document of inquiry came down.

Another letter was written.

He turned the tables and said that the White Lotus Sect had dug up the Kun River, causing it to burst its dike and bring trouble upon itself.

Ask the court to send a large army to counterattack the White Lotus Sect to recover the lost territory and save the people from the water and fire.

Mid-August.

Due to the Kun River bursting its banks, the river water poured into the plains, silting up the river, flooding the fields, and overflowing the lakes.

Coupled with the heavy rains in the past month, the water volume of the Kun River has risen sharply and continuously.

All the prefectures in Shandong were not spared and were all submerged by the flood.

The drought that had just eased subsided, and more serious floods came one after another.

The people of Shandong were miserable. About hundreds of thousands of people were buried in the floods, and countless people were missing.

Nearly one million people were displaced.

Whether they were the poor old farmers, the middle peasants who could eat a full meal, or the landlords with a lot of wealth, they all went bankrupt and fled.

All the people wanted to escape from Shandong with their families, but they were displaced along the way, had no food or drink, and died while fleeing.

For a time, the tragedy of eating tree bark, drinking dirty water, and exchanging children for food was staged again.

During this period, the court sent a document to reject Wang Hao's request for the court to send troops to quell the rebellion.

But the document read:

"The evil White Lotus in Shandong treats the people like pigs, dogs and grass. The people pray day and night for the court's heavenly soldiers to come and save them from the water and fire. Unfortunately, the soldiers in the court are exhausted and the land and water are blocked. The evil White Lotus broke the dike and suffered the consequences. It is not appropriate to pay attention to it. Wait until the time is ripe to make a decision. Civil and military officials at all levels should stick to the strong city and should not take the initiative to attack. Wait for the next few months to quell the rebellion."

The meaning of this order is very vague, and it did not ask who was the culprit of the dike breach.

The three people were confused.

This opportunity for a large-scale counterattack was ignored, and they said they would wait for a good opportunity to counterattack.

The three people thought about it for a while, and then they carefully understood it.

The court may be worried about taking over this mess!

Once Shandong is recovered, millions of refugees will become a hidden danger again. If it is not handled properly, the situation in Shandong may repeat the same mistakes.

It is better to wait for a while, wait for the chaos in Shandong Province to start, and a large number of common people will die, and then the imperial army will catch them all in one fell swoop!

Anyway, so many people died because of Bai Lian's evil rebellion.

The following document specially approved:

"As for the matter of Huai'an prefect Huang Zunzhu colluding with Bai Lian's evil rebellion, Huai'an prefect Huang Zunzhu will be temporarily dismissed from office. The matter is ordered to be fully investigated by the East Jishi Factory. If it is true, it will be escorted to the capital for the Ministry of Justice to deal with it."

"Order Shandong Military Supervisor Wang Hao to temporarily serve as Huai'an prefect, and take charge of the people's livelihood and military affairs of Huai'an Prefecture. Order Shandong General Guan Daqing to temporarily take over the post of Huai'an Prefecture Lieutenant General. Don't miss it. If there is any negligence, it will be strictly investigated."

With this appointment, Wang Hao and the other two did not occupy Huai'an without a reason.

Fang Daqing took the opportunity to bring more than 1,000 troops from Huai'an under his command to arrange the city defense.

But Wan Qing was mixed with joy and worry.

The good news is that the court specially ordered the East Factory to investigate the case.

The bad news is that they can only try the case but cannot issue a verdict.

Wang Hao did not comment on this and did not want to get involved, but hinted to Wan Qing that the thieves who colluded with the White Lotus Sect should not be let off.

He immediately sent troops to surround Huang Zunzhu's house.

All of Huang Zunzhu's family, including the young and old, and more than 200 servants, were placed under house arrest. They could only enter but not leave. If they disobeyed, they would be treated as treason and killed without mercy!

The prefectural government office.

Under the [Mirror Hanging High], a blue-robed official was seen sitting on the high hall, and he shouted:

"Take the criminal Huang Zunzhu to the hall!"

The yamen runners holding water and fire sticks on both sides slapped the ground with their sticks and shouted in unison:

"Powerful~"

A fat man in prison clothes, wearing a wooden yoke and a pair of shackles on his ankles, was brought to the hall by two jailers, and then the wooden yoke was removed.

Now that the situation has changed, Wan Qing is naturally proud, and today he will enjoy the feeling of being an official!

He immediately slammed the table and scolded:

"Criminal Huang Zunzhu, why don't you kneel when you see me?!"

"I am Huang Zunzhu, the prefect of Huai'an! A fifth-rank official of the court. Although you are a centurion of the East Factory, torturing an official of the court today is a sinister act!"

Unexpectedly, Wan Qing sneered.

"The emperor has issued an order to dismiss you from office. You are a criminal, how dare you show off in front of us?!"

He threw a red-headed sign and said:

"Left and right! Give me a hundred killing sticks first! Kill this thief's spirit!"

"Yes!"

Two yamen runners on both sides immediately stepped out, pulled down Huang Zunzhu's pants, revealing a large piece of white snow-white flesh, and hit him on the butt with the sticks in their hands.

"Ouch! Ah...ah!"

"I am wronged...Now the treacherous ministers are in power, deceiving the emperor..."

Huang Zunzhu was pressed to the ground, wailing constantly, but his butt was not seriously injured. Wan Qing scolded:

"Did you two not eat? If you dare to hold back again, I will beat you two together!"

The two yamen runners originally saw the prefect, and they dared not hold back after hearing it. They gritted their teeth and hit Huang Zunzhu with the sticks in their hands.

After two incense sticks, the two yamen runners stopped panting and stood back.

Huang Zunzhu looked like he was dying, his skin torn and blood gushing out, lying on the ground with no breath in his mouth, his buttocks bloody and bloody turned into a pool of scarlet mud.

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