As everyone was having a tea after dinner, Wang De sent an urgent report. When Zhao Bing Zhanjian saw that it was Cai Qiao's report on the assassination. He was extremely shocked after receiving the camp's request to quickly arrest the prisoners and to find out the whole story. He did not dare to neglect at all. He sent people to inform Lin Zhiwu and strictly investigate the suspects in Ezhou. While arranging personnel, mobilizing the prefectural army and yamen runners, he personally deployed to capture people.

Cai Qiao and Lin Zhiwu were both confidants of the emperor. The assassination happened shortly after leaving. The criminals and the envoys all came from Jingzhou. They did not get any news in advance. Although they had just taken over as the Huguang Pacification Envoy, they also had unshirkable responsibilities. At this time, they did not care about their gains and losses. Fortunately, his Majesty was fine, they must have taken action with hatred.

Thinking that the incident had just happened and the news of the assassination failed was probably not yet transmitted back to Jingzhou. Cai Qiao knew that the speed of the action must be fast, otherwise it would be difficult for the criminal to escape after hearing the news and catch people. Therefore, he first blocked the gates of Jingzhou Prefecture City under the name of a bandit in chaos in the city, imposed a curfew, and sent the prefecture army to surround several villages outside the city, and then divided the troops to acquire people.

In one day, most of the people involved in the case in Jingzhou City were captured, but the main culprit Qi Xian was missing. Cai Qiao ordered the whole city to search for the whole city and ordered him to be arrested, but he was still not arrested. Until that night, the provincial army responsible for the search for Zhuangzi outside the city came from news. It turned out that Qi Xian was deeply uneasy these days, worried that the incident would be leaked or that the assassination would fail. Then it would be no longer safe in the city, so he hid in the farm outside the city in the name of collecting rented grain.

According to the report of the state army officers who participated in the arrest, the arrest was also quite dramatic. They were ordered to go out of the city to arrest people. In fact, the main goal was to focus on the river thieves who were recruited. Because these people had special identities and many yamen runners in the city, they would inevitably be discovered. Hiding in remote villages outside the city was the safest. In fact, this was true. When the state army quietly surrounded the villages and knocked on the door to search, dozens of farmers wanted to escape from the side door.

The state army is not strong in combat effectiveness, which is also compared with the imperial guards. Many of their officers were transferred from the imperial guards. The training was also copied from the imperial guards' training methods. What they lacked was the practical experience of killing the enemy in front of the battle and the gap in equipment, and it was more than enough to deal with bandits. These patrol tourists naturally could not compete with the state army's roundup, and they were captured in less than a moment.

The officer in the team leader was very scheming and felt that the group of people was about to escape as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived. It was obviously a thief who was guilty, so he immediately interrogated the captured merchants and asked the people in the merchants to identify them. Sure enough, the main culprit Qi Xian was hidden in it. He knew that the matter was of great importance and did not dare to ask again. He immediately took him down and took him under strict supervision and rushed to the capital city.

At the same time, a list of searches was collected in Zhuangzi. It was the fundraising list for hiring assassins when they planned the assassination incident. The participants and the amount of funds were vividly remembered, especially the Qi family paid the most, which confirmed that he was the mastermind. This list involved many people, and Cai Qiao ordered the scope of arrest to be expanded immediately.

Don’t underestimate the ability of any government. Once mobilized, it will show extremely powerful power. Cai Qiao interrogated overnight, and immediately ordered the investigation whenever there was a new clue, and wrote a letter to cooperate with the capture. In two days, more than 100 people involved in the case were arrested, and more than 2,000 family members and related personnel were detained. Now he is digging deep into his social relations to verify whether there are any working officials involved.

At the same time, Ezhou, the place where the assassin was transferred, also launched a large-scale investigation. Lin Zhiwu started from the inns where the assassin was staying and the ships used to arrest the people involved. The Ezhou government office immediately launched an investigation. It is necessary to know that the whereabouts of officials at level Xie Fangde were kept confidential, and only a few people would know when the imperial boat would pass through.

But the assassin not only prepared to assassinate Xie Fangde at the dock, but also learned the transit time of the imperial boat, so that he could set an ambush in advance. This is by no means accidental. There must be an insider who conveys messages to the assassin. What a great thing it is to assassinate the king to kill the carriage, and it is not an exaggeration to magnify it. Lin Zhiwu was also angry and hated. Based on the principle that he would rather arrest him by mistake than let him go, all suspects would be arrested first, and then pass the trial carefully. For a time, the cells in Ezhou were also overcrowded.

After reading the memorial, Zhao Bing handed the document to Wang Yinglin and Xie Fangde for circulating it. Both of them looked very good after reading it. Xie Fangde saluted His Majesty and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is a dereliction of duty. The uncontrollable defense made Your Majesty and the King frightened. Please punish him!" He knew that although he had left office, he attacked the Imperial Boat in less than two days, and he escaped the mistake of governing the people without any reason.

"Mr. Dieshan's words are wrong!" Zhao Bing shook his head and said, "In this matter, you and Wang Xiang are the main lords. I am just a disaster. But you are hated by the gentry under your rule, which shows that you have made merits and no faults. I should reward you, so how can you punish me?"

"I thank Your Majesty, but this matter is still because I am incompetent and failed to handle the 'integrated tax payment', which aroused the revenge of the gentry and caused the disaster to Your Majesty." Xie Fangde had been worried about this for several days. According to the past practice, he would inevitably be punished. Now the little emperor is obviously protecting him, which makes him feel relieved, and he is also full of guilt.

"Mr. Dieshan doesn't have to blame himself!" Zhao Bing waved his hand again, "The most hated person in the world is nothing more than killing his parents and taking money. Mr. Wang vigorously promotes the new law, which is equivalent to robbing money from those gentry. How can they not hate you? But Mr. Wang is doing great things that are beneficial to the country and the people, rather than seeking personal gain from the people. Of course, I will not let you suffer grievances. After returning to Beijing, I will also praise you vigorously. Once someone impeaches me, I will make the decision for you."

"Thank you Your Majesty to be sympathetic, I will remember it in my heart!" Xie Fangde said with deep tribute. What is the most feared thing for a minister? Of course, he is worried about the fact that the rabbit dies and the dog cooks it, and the bird hides the bow. After selling his strength for a long time, the emperor will blame him and push the blame to his subordinates. Now His Majesty has given him a reassurance and has taken the initiative to take all the troubles. How can he not let him be grateful?

"Magistrate Lu must be careful, too?" Zhao Bing turned to Lu Xu and said again.

"Have you done something wrong?" Lu Xu asked in confusion when he saw His Majesty's solemn statement.

"You collected temple fields and seized temple property, offended all the monks from Jiuhua Mountain. Be careful that they would bribe the assassin to assassin!" Zhao Bing's face changed and he quipped with a smile.

"If your Majesty is in charge of me, you will not worry about those monks. Now I really hope that they will assassinate me, so I can also get the favor of your Majesty and will rise to the top like Mr. Xie in the future." Lu Xu was also interesting and echoed seriously.

"Haha..." Zhao Bing laughed at the ear, and then pointed at the way of heaven, "As long as you work hard for the country, share my worries, and do things that are beneficial to the people, even if you poke a hole in the sky, I will block the wrath of heaven for you!"

"If you have your majesty's words, I dare not die if you don't respond!" Lu Xu also politely said.

"Ministry, please remember what I said today. When a promising minister suffers grievances, I will remind me!" Zhao Bing turned to Chen Shishi.

"I obey the orders and will definitely be recorded in the record of the conduct!" Chen Shishi said.

"No one is perfect, no sage, there is no general who will ever win, nor does anyone not make mistakes. Since I took charge of the government, I have not been right in everything, and I have done wrong things and made detours. But I think that as long as I do something righteous, doing something a bit extreme, or hurting the interests of some people, it is inevitable. Instead, I have to give him a chance to correct it, and not to erase his merits and then beat him to death with one stick, but he must be properly appointed." Zhao Bing said.

"Now some officials in the court think that if they don't do things, they will not make mistakes, or follow the rules and act timidly, for fear of making mistakes. In my opinion, they are all incompetent, lazy, lazy, and unresponsible. Such officials cannot be used. We all say that being an official is a position to benefit the people. Being an official cannot seek welfare for the people, which means dereliction of duty, and being a failure is a mistake."

"Your Majesty's words must be kept in mind!" Everyone politely said.

"The same is true for us to employ people. Now, it is necessary to select officials in the court to look at their qualifications and their background. I think this is not wrong, but it is not possible to just look at them. Some officials have learned everything from the ages when talking about the scriptures, history, and all the poems and songs are understandable. But letting them govern the people is a mess. Such officials cannot let them take charge of the country, but to promote and appoint those responsible, courageous and capable officials, instead of just looking at their qualifications and background." Zhao Bing said.

"Your Majesty's words are not unreasonable. This time, officials were selected to enter the newly harvested land. Some places were quickly calmed down and production resumed. However, some places were still in chaos, bandits were rampant, and the people fled one after another, which shows that the abilities of officials were uneven. As far as I know, those officials who were from officials or had experience in military affairs can quickly enter their roles and perform their duties. However, those officials from the imperial examination and Imperial College were unfamiliar with local affairs, lacked experience in governing the people, and were difficult to manage the people, and were even helpless." Wang Yinglin was in charge of civil affairs this time and still had a say in the ability of officials in the newly harvested land.

"This is also my mistake. I have too high expectations for them and have failed to start from reality. So some officials are extremely unaccommodating to the environment after performing their duties and are difficult to govern the people. I will also learn from them in the future and cannot make any mistakes again." Zhao Bing said.

"Your Majesty does not need to be guilty. This is the dereliction of duty of the ministers and others. They cannot know how to use it well, which will cause the national affairs to be misleading." Wang Yinglin quickly took the aisle.
Chapter completed!