The Record of Righteousness

On the stage, the gongs and drums have stopped, and the actors have long disappeared. Only the fallen flowers and leaves on the ground and the pool of blood are left.

The corpses with eyes open seem to be telling the tragedies and comedies of the world. Under the deliberate indulgence of the thousand households, the factory guards hurriedly took away the gold, silver, jewelry, jade and jade, and filled their pockets with money. Even so, for the Bai family, these treasures are not even a drop in the bucket.

The academy with the sound of reading is now closed and the ink fragrance is hard to find. This is the private school of the younger generation of the Bai clan, and young corpses are scattered everywhere.

The handwriting of various shapes and forms is covered with bloodstains, and those ignorant eyes are forever fixed at that moment.

The garden with a different world in the winding path is now covered with bloodstains and no one cares about it. It is full of figures whose family records have been confiscated.

Those flowers that competed for beauty can only be reappeared in dreams now, and the sound of killing drifting away is gradually fading away.

After the bloodbath, their property was confiscated and the money was counted.

A factory guard who was responsible for counting the property came over with an exquisite porcelain bottle in his hand.

"Report to the lord, this is the elixir found in Bai Zhezhu's house, please take a look."

"Hmm?"

Wan Qing grabbed the bottle and felt that it looked familiar. He unscrewed the bottle and smelled it, and there was a familiar smell.

He suddenly widened his eyes. He remembered this thing, but he didn't know what this elixir was called.

He just remembered that the elixir he robbed from the Golden Sword Bandits last time had the same smell and color as this thing in his hand.

"How many of these things are left?"

"There is a bottle of this medicine in every escort's room, so the number is not small."

"This thing looks like mud, has a bitter smell, and tastes slightly sweet. These are medicines used to drive away cold and detoxify. They will be placed in our house after returning to Beijing."

"I don't know if you want these medicines, sir."

Wan Qing smiled without saying anything, patted the shoulder of the official in charge of keeping the account book, and personally stuffed a huge gold ingot into his arms.

"Thank you, sir, thank you!"

But the people of the Bai family were brutally killed.

The escort heads and managers of the Bai family's escort agencies in various places are mostly distant descendants of the Bai family, with distant blood relations.

Some smelled a little danger and handed over all their property as soon as possible to beg for their lives, while others were accused of crimes by the government without knowing it, and died unjustly in prison.

In this way, the foundation of the Bai family, which had been operating for nearly a hundred years, was confiscated by the court and filled into the national treasury.

The prosperous and flourishing Bai family fell into decline. In the whole Shuntian Prefecture, the Bai family's black and white industries were scattered. With the support of the East Factory, the Bai family's industries, land, houses, etc. were all swallowed up by the Qi family.

The Qi family's strength increased again. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise and became the overlord of Shuntian, and it was even better. Naturally, they were overjoyed.

When Wan Qing and others from the East Factory returned to Beijing, Qi Gong sent 550,000 taels of silver with a wave of his hand. More than a hundred slaves carried the heavy burden, and the mighty force could not be seen at a glance.

After returning to Beijing, the people from the East Factory reported the evidence of the Bai family.

This time it was not just the Bai family. The Chen family, which was married to the Bai family, the governor of the grain transport, Chen Kesheng, and the chief censor of the grain transport, Chen Jinghe, were impeached and dismissed from office. After being imprisoned, they died in Zhaoyu for unknown reasons, and the Chen family was confiscated.

Even officials who had exchanges of gifts with the Bai family were investigated and punished. Some were dismissed from office and sent home to enjoy their old age, while others were beheaded and their entire families were confiscated.

After these official positions were vacated, within three or five days, new officials who replaced them took office.

For a time, blood flowed like a river in the officialdom.

Civil and military officials were all in danger. In order to protect themselves, they formed cliques and factions, but most officials became retainers of Cao Gonggong, the governor of the East Factory.

Who in the officialdom didn't know the reason for the demise of the Bai family?

The minds of the bureaucrats were like mirrors. They all knew that the demise of the Bai family was not due to the private sale of military weapons, the so-called occupation of land, oppression of the people, and disregard for the law, but that they offended the East Factory.

The East Factory's extremely bloody revenge and killing killed at least thousands of people, but it gave a warning to those bureaucrats of different parties who were ready to move.

Many people from the Jinyiwei and the Imperial Horse Administration were also caught by the East Factory and reported to the emperor for judgment. In an instant, many civil and military officials were dismissed from office and imprisoned, and their vitality was severely damaged. Many good generals and soldiers were dismissed.

At this time, the court gradually stopped.

It seemed that everything was calm and under the control of the East Factory Cao Gonggong, but in fact, it was not. Even if the Jinyiwei and the Imperial Horse Administration were severely damaged, how could the emperor not know how to balance?

The emperor did not want the East Factory to dominate alone. The Jinyiwei could be weakened and checked, but it must not be dismissed, and Cao Taiqing must not be allowed to cover the sky with one hand. Under the mediation of the emperor, the second killing was stopped.

After Wan Qing and his party returned to Beijing, they were well received by the governor.

Everyone was personally entertained and praised by Eunuch Li, who also valued Wan Qing very much.

After all, his confidant Zhang Rong died in Shandong. Although there are many masters in the East Factory, Wan Qing, who has outstanding martial arts skills, still stands out.

Eunuch Cao's intention is to let him take his confidant to the south of the Yangtze River.

The south of the Yangtze River has developed rapidly since the Song Dynasty, and its population has quickly surpassed that of the north. It can be said that the south of the Yangtze River is the tax-collecting and grain-producing province of the court.

There are a few literati who dare to openly sing the opposite tune, saying that there are treacherous people in the court, and they set up lecture halls in various places to preach and preach, and they simply don't take Cao Taiqing seriously.

Among them, some have served as the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion in the court;

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