Chapter 112 Guangzhou has established its power

At noon that day, ten military ships loaded with three hundred Jinyiwei and their horses finally appeared on the river surface of the Dongjiang River outside Guangzhou Prefecture City. The Jinyiwei arrived without any official documents to inform him in advance. Despite this, the Guangdong official still received the news from various channels, and people were in panic. Some time ago, Luo Ziqi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, came to appease the disaster in Guangdong, but the Jinyiwei came to kill people.

In the past half month, government officials in Guangdong have been in chaos. Military and political officials such as Guangdong governors, Guangdong criminal envoys, Guangdong commander commander and other military and political officials have issued orders within their respective systems to find out the source of rice bran in disaster relief grains and where exactly is the link.

The ships landed one after another, and the boards were lowered. The Jinyiwei led the horses to the embassy. Several officials had already been waiting for the embassy. Seeing Li Wei wearing a golden fish suit walking down, the Guangzhou magistrate hurried forward and bowed: "I am going to Guangzhou magistrate Xu Yanzong, the Qianhu Lord has worked hard all the way."

"So it's the prefect!" Li Weizheng bowed and smiled, "Have the imperial court been there any documents?"

Xu Yanzong shook his head nervously, "Not yet, but I heard that the Jinyiwei has arrived, so I came to welcome the Lord."

"This is strange. How did Lord Xu know that I am Qianhu?" Li Wei asked with a smile on his face.

"This..." Xu Yanzong was speechless and said for a long time: "I'm looking at the adult's guess in the official uniform. If you guess wrong, please forgive me!"

"I just asked casually. You guessed it right. My surname is Li, and I have a thousand households in the Three Jinyiwei." Li Weizheng smiled and said, "The people have arrived, why don't we go to the city!"

"Please! Li Qianhu invites you!" Xu Yanzong waved his hand in a hurry and took them to the city.

Guangzhou City is composed of two counties in Nanhai and Fanyu. It has a huge city and a large population. The land from Guangzhou to Shunde is fertile and the agriculture is developed. It is a famous fish and rice town. Although the sea ban is far inferior to that of the past, developed agriculture still supports Guangzhou's social economy. In addition, Guangzhou Prefecture is the political center of Guangdong, so it still makes people feel prosperous business, with shops and crowded on the streets.

Perhaps God was making fun of it. As soon as Li Weizheng and his group entered the city gate, they suddenly saw a group of people coming across the street, with as many as a thousand people. Seeing that they were all dressed in ordinary villagers, they were excited and shouted loudly. They seemed to be tied up with a rope among them, and were escorted to them. Tens of thousands of Guangzhou people were followed by this group of people.

When Xu Yanzong saw it, he couldn't help but complain. The troubles that had been a little easier to relieve the past few days, why did it come again? When he approached, his face changed drastically. He recognized the person tied up. It turned out to be the magistrate of Zhang, Nanhai County. Didn't he go to release food early in the morning? How could he be caught by the villagers?

At this time, a yamen runner came to report: "Report to the master, these villagers said that the county magistrate Zhang used a small dou to release grain, so they tied him up and said they would send him to the capital to sue the emperor."

Xu Yanzong's face turned red and white, and he hated these troublemakers very much. The Jinyiwei was right beside him. Isn't this just putting on his own shoes? He quickly explained to Li Weizheng: "Sir, I really don't know about this. I will send someone to investigate the situation clearly and report it according to the truth and will never tolerate it."

Li Weizheng was very interested. It was Zhu Yuanzhang's decree issued to the world by allowing villagers to bind corrupt officials to enter Beijing. Although Zhu Yuanzhang mobilized the people to fight corruption, there were actually very few places where corrupt officials were actually arrested. After all, thousands of years of fear of officials had become a constancy, and this decree became a decoration. Unexpectedly, when he saw this scene in Guangdong, it was obvious that the people in Guangdong were fierce. When he saw Xu Yanzong going to take over the case, he said coldly: "Mr. Xu, don't bother. This case is the first case of our Jinyiwei entering Guangdong."

He turned around and shouted loudly: "Let the card handle the case!"

Luo Guangcai rode his horse and led hundreds of Jinyiwei to greet him. He bowed and said, "Dear villagers, we are Jinyiwei from the capital. We are here to kill corrupt officials and raid corrupt officials at the order of the emperor. We have orders from thousands of households to handle cases on the street!"

When I heard that it was the Jinyiwei, there was a burst of cheers in the crowd. The bound magistrate was so scared that he was incontinent and fainted on the spot. Several villagers in the lead handed over the criminals to the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei immediately took out various torture instruments, nailed a cross-shaped wooden stake, and opened a trial site on the street. At this time, more and more people rushed over after hearing the news, blocking the entire street, with tens of thousands of people.

Xu Yanzong was so scared that his face was pale and he couldn't leave even if he wanted to leave. He had to stand beside him with his teeth, his legs trembled slightly. Li Wei was sitting on the chair and immediately said, "Let's start!"

Several Jinyiwei lieutenants arrested Magistrate Zhang like wolves and tigers, and tied them to wooden stakes in a cross shape. At this time, several village representatives were brought over and they knelt down and said, "Sir, the grass people, please see you!"

Li Wei immediately asked, "You are the plaintiffs, I will ask you first, do you say that the magistrate deducts disaster relief food, is there any evidence?"

"Yes!" An old man took out a small dou for measuring rice, placed it in front of Li Wei, and knelt down and said, "Sir, this is the dou for this corrupt official to order me to use it to measure it. A dou of rice is actually only seven liters, and three liters are greedy for them."

Another old man took out a stack of paper and said, "This is the book of the people that the five hundred farmers in Shen'an Township pressed their handprints. You can prove that this matter is true."

Li Weizheng glanced at the magistrate Zhang again and gave his subordinates a wink. Several magistrates immediately rushed him with cold water. The magistrate Zhang was about forty years old and very fat. He woke up slowly, sighed in despair, and lowered his head again.

"According to the rules, I want to give you a chance to speak." Li Wei was walking to him with his hands behind his back and asked coldly: "The evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say."

"This matter was done by the county magistrate and the yamen runners without permission, and I don't know." Zhang County Magistrate said in a trembling voice.

"Nonsense!" Several rural farmers jumped up at the same time, rushed forward and pointed at Zhang Magistrate and cursed: "When you were releasing the grain, you were clearly present, and you said that the above only stipulated that each household had three dou of rice, but there was no requirement for any dou."

Li Wei glared at the sight and said angrily: "Rare to the point! Fight me."

More than a dozen Jinyiwei immediately stepped forward and beat the villagers back with a stick. Everyone was trembling and did not dare to speak any more. At this time, Li Weizheng said: "Since County Magistrate Zhang said it was done by the county magistrate and the people below, then I will confront you in person and come!"

He shouted loudly and ordered his opponent: "Go to Nanhai County quickly and capture all the county town and the yamen runners! In addition, search for the prefecture of the magistrate for me, and do not let go of every corner."

County Magistrate Zhang looked pale and said in a trembling voice: "I did order to use a small bucket of grain to release food because there was not enough food, not because I was greedy. The adults sent someone to search for my house. They should only investigate the food. The rest of the matter has nothing to do with this case."

Li Wei looked at him and suddenly smiled and said, "Are you guilty? It seems that you have other problems. If you have any corruption, as long as it falls into the hands of the Jinyiwei, I will also peel you in the street!"

He immediately ordered Luo Guangcai to lead more than 100 brothers to the county government to quickly arrest and search. He sat back on his chair and asked the villagers: "If your county magistrate has any corruption and abuse of power, I will kill him in the street, will you be satisfied?"

Several old men looked at each other. They arrested the magistrate but were just angry for a moment. They just wanted to take the food from their superiors and reissue them. They did not dare to cause any death. Otherwise, the Jinyiwei would have no good fruits to eat when they left. Everyone was panicked. An old man said, "Report to the Lord, magistrate Zhang is actually pretty good. This time, this time, there are rumors that someone is greedy for disaster relief food. When we see him, we are angry. As long as we reissue the food, we will not pursue it anymore. I hope the adults will be relieved."

Li Wei was just hearing that they were soft and couldn't help but sneer. He was about to find someone to establish his authority, but he preferred to send him to the door and be gentle. It was not that easy. He had a gloomy face and ignored them anymore.

At this time, the crowd was in chaos, and everyone went a long way, and someone shouted: "The governor has arrived."

Dozens of guards came in a sedan chair and stopped in the open space. The curtains were opened and a middle-aged man walked out of the sedan chair. He was about fifty years old, with a thin face and three long beards floating on his chest. He was Hong Zhifan, the governor of the left governor of Chengxuan, Guangdong, and was equivalent to the governor of later generations.

Xu Yanzong hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to introduce the situation. Hong Zhifan stepped forward and bowed to Li Weizheng and said, "Li Qianhu arrived in Guangdong, but I failed to greet him. I was rude! I was rude!"

Although Li Wei is a Jinyiwei Qianhu and has great power, he is only a fifth-rank official after all, and the governor is from a second-rank official, which is several levels higher than him. He is not arrogant. He stepped forward to see him and said, "Mr. Hong is too humble. He is under the order of His Majesty to investigate the corruption case of disaster relief grain, and has not reported it to the local area. Therefore, it is reasonable for Master Hong to not know."

Hong Zhifan glanced at Zhang Magistrate, then sighed and said, "I didn't come here to plead for him, nor would it hinder Li Qianhu's case handling. I just want to say one thing, and I hope the adults can treat this case carefully."

"Please speak with Lord Hong!"

Hong Zhifan smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not hiding Li Qianhu. I got the news half a month ago that the Jinyiwei was going to come down to investigate the case, so I greeted all the officials below. If they had corruption before, it might be possible, but knowing that the Jinyiwei was going to come down to investigate the case and then embezzle again, I thought no one would be so stupid and didn't want to live anymore. So from common sense, this magistrate Zhang should have hidden information. Please ask Qianhu to investigate the case carefully. I think as long as Li Qianhu handled it impartially, both officials and people will be convinced."

Hong Zhifan was actually worried that Li Weizheng would attack Zhang County in order to establish his authority, and he didn't care much about the death of the magistrate. What he was worried that the local government would fall into the disaster relief grain case in the future, so he told Li Weizheng tactfully that there was actually another hidden story in it, and hoped that Li Weizheng would give him face.

When the villagers next to them saw that the governor came in person, they were even more frightened and responded: "No matter what the adults do, we are convinced."

Although the case is clearly about evidence and evidence, I don’t care much about this when actually judging the case. As long as I do not commit the evil crimes, the sentence will be in the hands of the presiding person. In this case, it depends on coordination, balance from the overall situation and from various forces. This has been the same since ancient times. Now the plaintiff has the intention to withdraw the lawsuit, and the witness is gone, and the defendant has a governor personally pleaded with the stolen evidence. Generally speaking, the matter can be made small in material evidence and find a glamorous excuse to lightly sentence the case. Everyone is happy.

Of course, Li Weizheng understood the secret. If it were normal, he would follow the situation, give the governor a face and leave some room for himself. But this time he didn't. He needed to use a case to warn the Guangdong officialdom. County Magistrate Zhang was hitting him by himself, so he could only blame himself for being unlucky.

Li Wei said coldly: "Don't worry, Lord Hong, I, Li Weizheng, will definitely handle it impartially and give the emperor an explanation."

Hong Zhifan had a cold war in his heart, and Li Wei actually pulled the emperor in. I'm afraid it would be a bit unlucky today.

At this time, the Jinyiwei went to arrest people and came back first. They brought back the county magistrate and more than a dozen yamen runners. Under the wolf-like and tiger-like Jinyiwei, the county magistrate and the yamen runners knelt down tremblingly.

Li Wei pointed to the villagers and asked them, "The villagers reported that you used a small bucket of grain to release food. Your magistrate has admitted this matter, but he said that it was your unauthorized and it has nothing to do with him. Let me ask you, are you really doing it without permission?"

If we look at it from today's point of view, Li Weizheng is a temptation to induce confession. He obviously leads unfavorable testimony to County Magistrate Zhang, and it is also obvious that he does not want to make this matter a big deal, so the county magistrate and the yamen runners looked at each other and secretly glanced at the magistrate, and said in unison: "This matter is the order of the magistrate."

Li Wei glanced at Hong Zhifan and said coldly: "Mr. Hong, the facts are conclusive. It's impossible for me to just open the net."

Hong Zhifan already understood that Li Wei was determined to use this case to establish his authority. He gritted his teeth and said, "Even if Li Qianhu wants to kill someone, at least it needs evidence of embezzlement! County Magistrate Zhang did not embezzle food, why should you kill him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd went to both sides. Luo Guang, who was searching for the county magistrate Zhang, came back. They drove a whole cart of rice and money from two ox carts and came forward to report to Li Weizheng: "Report to the master, we have carefully searched the county magistrate Zhang's mansion, including the basement, and found a total of 27 shi of rice and eight dou, as well as 9,400 stags of money and 2,750 taels of silver, and more than 100 pieces of jewelry."

He stepped forward and whispered in Li Weizheng's ear: "This magistrate's family is very rich. His wife's various silk clothes are filled with a box, and his two concubines also have thirty or forty pieces of gold and silver jewelry. They have all admitted that this magistrate Zhang does accept bribes, and the amount is not small."

Li Wei was sneering and said to Hong Zhifan: "A magistrate should know more than me how much money and goods were found from his home, but what was not corruption."

He turned around and ordered to the left and right Jinyiwei: "Skin this beast in the street for me and warn officials in Guangdong that those who embezzle disaster relief food should be led soon!"

The Jinyiwei agreed, and Chen Ying, a hundred households, immediately took off his upper body, led a few creeps forward, and tore off the clothes of Zhang Magistrate Zhang with a grim smile, and poured salt water on him. Zhang Magistrate Zhang was so scared that he screamed and fainted again. More than 100,000 people on the streets of Guangzhou were in agitation, and the atmosphere was exciting. The Jinyiwei was about to peel the skin on the street. This was something that had never happened in Guangzhou. Everyone rushed forward desperately, all wanting to see the bloody skinning.

"Li Weizheng!" Hong Zhifan was furious and pointed at him with a trembling finger and said, "You are guilty of catching wind and shadows, and you are guilty of being accused of being accused of being accused of being absurd. If County Magistrate Zhang's money and property were left by his ancestors, what would you say?"

Li Weizheng sneered gloomyly and said, "Our Jinyiwei would never kill a hundred people by mistake than let anyone go. If Lord Hong has any objections, go and complain to the emperor! But I advise you to go back and talk about your property first."

After saying that, he ignored him and shouted angrily: "Take it!"

A heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from the street. Time seemed to have stopped at this moment. Almost tens of thousands of people were in one move, and they covered their eyes with fear...

After the execution, the Jinyiwei tied the straw-filled human skin to a wooden stake and formally stood at the gate of the city. The scarecrow was still smiling with his mouth open, looking extremely strange and frightened. The body of Zhang Magistrate Zhang had been rolled up with a mat and was carried away. The blood on the ground slabs could no longer be washed away. Until many years later, the people of Guangzhou were habitually walking around when passing by, as if they remembered the terrifying scene again. Li Baipi's reputation for being a terrifying one has become the most effective way for women to scare crying children for a long time.

"Stop crying, Li Feipi will hear you crying!"

The governor Hong Zhifan had already washed away angrily. More than 100,000 people watching were all dispersed with their legs. Only the prefect Xu Yanzong was helplessly by several yamen runners. He had vomited several times and wanted to go home, but he didn't dare. He also had to arrange accommodation for the Jinyiwei. There were also a plaintiffs who did not dare to leave. Several old people were scared to faint on the spot.

Li Wei ordered someone to record the confiscated money and property, and announced the case to be settled. At this moment, a man wearing mourning clothes suddenly ran forward and knelt in front of Li Weizheng and cried: "Mr. Li, I also want to advise the governor of Guangzhou to accept bribes and take human life into consideration. You have to make the decision for me!"

The man came suddenly, including Li Weizheng. Everyone was stunned for a moment. The prefect Xu Yanzong was so scared that he collapsed on the ground. At this moment, the man roared and pulled out a blue Zhanzhan dagger to stab Li Weizheng's lower abdomen. He was less than three feet away from Li Weizheng. It was too late for the people next to him to rescue him. At this critical moment, a stone flew over quickly, "Damn!"

He hit the dagger in the man's hand, and paused the dagger. Although it was only half a beat slower, it gave Li Weizheng a chance to survive. Li Weizheng dodged the dagger that was bound to hit and knocked the man to the ground with a fierce punch. The Jinyiwei rushed forward and pressed the assassination man tightly to the ground. They were experienced and took off his chin without waiting for the man to gossip, took out a pill of poison that was ready to commit suicide from his mouth, and tied him up tightly.
Chapter completed!