"Mr. Song said it well!" Ma Shiying laughed, "But these people may not be all in the dark... Lord Song should know that among the northerners, there are only one group of people, a group of people, and a bunch of people!"

"Mr. Ma means...?"

"For example, the royal family of the Qing court is obviously not able to force them to give up the land before our army wins, right?" Ma Shiying smiled, "There are the wealthy families of our clan in the previous dynasty... But we can't break up these people to force them, because if they really cause murder... they will hurt the reputation of the court and even implicate His Majesty's reputation, right?"

Song An nodded in agreement.

Ma Shiying laughed, "Apart from these two kinds of people, there is only one kind of person left... that is the group of people who once joined the Qing Dynasty and now surrendered. Since they did not withdraw from the pass with the Qing army, it means that their weight in the Qing court is not heavy, or their family is big and they can't afford to leave!"

Song An thought, "Does Lord Ma... already have a list of these people?"

Ma Shiying shook his head and said, "If so, why should your Majesty ask you and me to go north?"

"Why did Lord Ma offer a huge reward..."

Ma Shiying said slowly, "Take the grass and startle the snake!"

"What does it mean?"

"It's about the capital. Your Majesty doesn't give us much time... Since we can't find these people slowly, we will force them to jump out on their own initiative! These people are all in a state of intent. As long as they are a little intimidated, they will be in panic all day long. Wouldn't it be easy to ask for them at that time?"

Song An woke up and praised with a smile: "Master Ma is so smart... Then how do you deal with the confessions submitted by these people?"

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "Stay for now. After the matter is done, your Majesty will decide... If your Majesty wants to clean up, it will naturally be handed over to the Ministry of Justice or the Censorate. If you don't want the movement to be too loud... then just burn it."

Song An glanced at Ma Shiying strangely and praised, "Gao Ming, it's indeed smart... But I still wonder why Lord Ma is so sure? Will these people understand Lord Ma's intentions?"

When this question comes to the point, even if those people are uneasy and are willing to spend money to eliminate disasters, how could they know that what Ma Shiying wants is not money but the land of Songjiang Prefecture?

Ma Shiying smiled mysteriously, took out two rolls of paper from her cuffs and handed it to Song An, "Then you need to trouble Lord Song. Please ask Lord Song to arrest them. The next key lies with them..."

Song An opened in confusion and looked, "...Hu Tongyu...Huang Ji... Are these two people so guilty?"

Ma Shiying laughed and said, "No, if compared with those traitors, these two people are considered gentlemen... In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Guiwei was a Jinshi, and was a Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy. He originally wanted to be unemployed. Later, he was forcibly recruited by Fan Wencheng. He then entered the Qing Dynasty and was appointed as a priest of the Imperial College and a bachelor of the secretariat... Huang Ji, a man with a family background, was also recruited by the Qing court and appointed as the Minister of Rites... These two people have never heard of any acts of helping the evil."

"Why did Lord Ma ask me to detain them?"

"Kill the chicken to warn the monkey!" Ma Shiying grinned, "In Shuntian Mansion, all those who can escape with the Qing court and escape outside the pass. Those who cannot escape are the most representative of these two people... Now we are in the light, those people are in the dark, and our every move is in the eyes of others. So, at this time, detain these two people... Lord Song thought, who would be so guessing?"

Song An thought for a while and said, "Maybe they would think... Even Hu Tongyu and Huang Ji were arrested, then they must be robbed and fled."

"That's true!" Ma Shiying strode his hands, "If Hu Tongyu and Huang Ji hand over the land of Songjiang Prefecture and then be released... How would Lord Song think those people would guess?"

Song An now understood everything and pointed at Ma Shiying and smiled, "Master Ma is indeed a clever... Hey, no, how did Lord Ma confirm that these two people have the land of Songjiang Prefecture?"

Ma Shiying looked at Song An like a fool, "If they have it, they will have it naturally!"

Song An was stunned.

....

Ma Shiying's methods really came true immediately.

After arresting Hu Tongyu and Huang Ji, Hu Tongyu and Huang Ji were released the next day just one night.

So Hu Tongyu and Huang Ji were crowded in the mansion, and the people and cars who visited outside the mansion were even more extended for several miles.

Another day, countless people were surrounded by the commander's command.

Everyone cried and shouted, and wanted to offer the ground.

So, Ma Shiying happily wrote a few blank pieces, which said "A few acres of land outside the pass" and so on, in exchange for the land deeds and house deeds offered by these people.

In theory, Ma Shiying was successfully completed.

Unfortunately, after statistics from Ma Shiying and Song Anyi, the land obtained was only more than 30,000 acres, which was still a big gap with half of Songjiang Prefecture.

Ma Shiying and Song Anyi decided to know that the remaining land and house deeds were taken away by those people when they came out of the Qing court, and this was no longer what they could do now.

But the two did make a huge fortune. Which of the people who offered the land did not come carefully prepared a generous gift?

This gift is really thick, it is all brought from a cart, including gold, silver and wealth, silk and brocade, jade and antiques... tsk, everything is available.

Finally, after a rough calculation, there are seven or eight million taels of gold and silver alone.

Song An's eyes were as bright as a bull's eyes at that time. He had been with Wu Zheng for so many years and had a lot of knowledge and eyes opened, but today, Song An was convinced.

Even Song An told Ma Shiying privately that he could force so much without even killing a person. If he forced him to force him to force him to a higher degree, wouldn’t the imperial treasury be full? Then the emperor still have to worry about not having money?

Ma Shiying smiled bitterly at that time. When he changed someone, Ma Shiying smiled and passed by after hearing this.

But facing Song An, Ma Shiying could only patiently explain, "All the king's land under the world is the king's land, and all the king's ministers are the king's ministers... Lord Song, Your Majesty is the lord of the nine fives, how can you do such a... such a stingy thing... and then, if Your Majesty does this... ah, if you do this, what's going on, how can you live in the world?"

Song An frowned and thought for a long time, and asked, "That means... Your Majesty will turn a blind eye and let these traitors continue to live a good life?"

Ma Shiying raised his head and sighed softly, "The water is clear and there is no fish, and the person is observing and there is no disciple. This has been the case since ancient times... But if ordinary people still have selfish desires, they cannot speak and act fairly... Even if your Majesty is invincible, he may not be able to govern the world to the point where he does not pick up the road and do not close his door at night!"

Song An was stunned for a long time, stared at Ma Shiying and said, "I don't believe it... I think His Majesty can do it!"
Chapter completed!