Chapter 319 318 Going south on errands

Chapter 319 318 Going south on errands

In the past few days, the DPRK and the Central Government have been waiting for the report from Nanzhili, which is to arrest the "evil young men" who fled into Taihu Lake.

Emperor Jiajing only kept the memorial for a day and then sent it out. People must be caught and brought to justice. As for the Jiangnan matter, we can consider it in the long term.

However, after seeing today's memorial sent by Gao Zhong and reading Wei Guangde's memorial to impeach Weng Dali, Emperor Jiajing's eyes lit up.

As far as he knew so far, the relationship between Wei Guangde and the Yan family only maintained a superficial harmony. In fact, the Yan family no longer treated him as they did earlier.

There was no relationship between Wei Guangde and Lu Bing. At least Emperor Jiajing did not know that Wei Guangde had had contact with Lu Bing in private. Naturally, Lu Bing would not be stupid enough to report the matter to Emperor Jiajing.

He is indeed a suitable candidate. He is neither biased towards Hu Zongxian nor Lu Bing.

As for the reason for arranging Wei Guangde to go south, Emperor Jiajing already had a plan in mind, that is, he would go south as the Metropolitan Procuratorate to participate in the trial of all the criminals in the Suzhou Prefecture incident.

Since they are all from the families of gentry and officials in Suzhou Prefecture, if the court cannot send ministers to supervise them, something else might happen.

Wei Guangde was from Jiujiang Wei in Jiangxi Province. He was naturally out of reach of Suzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili, so he was a suitable candidate.

I remembered that before, when Wei Guangde was ordered to patrol the north, he also secretly ordered Wei Guangde to inquire about the affairs of Xuanfu. It seemed that Wei Guangde was really skilled at doing this. He just happened to take a look at the situation in various prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River and understand the voices of the people while supervising.

Thinking this way, Emperor Jiajing would naturally not issue such an order right away. It would be too abrupt. He would have to wait a little longer. After the criminals are arrested, the report will be reported to the capital, and it will be safer to make arrangements at this time.

The decree from the capital was sent to Nanzhili by fast horse, and then handed over to Weng Dali, the governor of Yingtian.

The last time the governor's office was besieged by an evil young man, Weng Dali fled with his wife and lost the governor's guard of honor. Weng Dali knew that his official career was over, at least this time he would definitely be dismissed.

Speaking of dismissal, this must be done under the premise of sorting out the beginning and the end. If the evildoer cannot be arrested and brought to justice, it is possible that he will be imprisoned and questioned.

Therefore, after the evil young men escaped from Suzhou City and fled into Taihu Lake, Weng Dali did not wait for orders from the capital. He directly used the governor's power to mobilize the Suzhou Guardsmen to conduct a dragnet search of Taihu Lake, making sure to catch those evil young men.

At the same time, he personally supervised and tortured the criminals captured by Wang Daoxing, the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, and vowed to catch the leader of the trouble and deal with them severely.

It was this lawless guy who ended his career prematurely, and not killing him would not be enough to vent his hatred.

Soon, the name of the culprit Zhou Junqin was revealed.

Zhou Junqin is the second eldest son of the Zhou family, nicknamed Tuesday. The Zhou family is a traditional gentry family in Suzhou Prefecture. His elder brother is an official in other places as a judge, although the official position is not large.

It is precisely because of this that Tuesday got used to being domineering in Suzhou Mansion.

Of course, they will never offend anyone they can't afford to offend, that is, they bully ordinary people and gain some reputation.

The other people were either descendants of Suzhou gentry families, descendants of Suzhou officials, or even descendants of the guards.

This gang of villains use many nicknames such as "Da Xing", "Zha Huo", and "Baila" to cause trouble outside. There are also status divisions internally, with upper, middle and lower grades. The upper ones are scholars and nobles, and the middle ones are Those who belong to the industry are rich and powerful, while those who are below are idlers and scoundrels. All three types have leaders.

For example, Tuesday was a son of a gentry, so he was naturally literate. Although he did not get the title of scholar, he could be regarded as a knowledgeable and educated person among the evil young men, and he was considered to be the best.

The middle ones are mainly those who are good at boxing and kicking. They gain status in the guild by working hard and showing bravery and fighting. Most of them are the children of officials in the Suzhou government office and the Suzhou Guards.

The lowest level is naturally the gangsters who roam the streets and alleys. They live off their bosses and do some illegal things.

After interrogating the culprits of the rebellion, Weng Dali had already been psychologically prepared for the identities of these people. Without the protection of these people, this gang of villains would have been dealt with long ago. How could they have done such a shocking thing.

However, they are causing chaos in Suzhou Prefecture, and their relatives still want to protect them. That is just wishful thinking and daydreaming.

Regarding the things sent to him, Weng Dali sneered in his heart, but he accepted them all according to the order. He thought it was a way of compensating himself.

As for wanting to make a big deal out of it, haha.

is it possible?

After the list was reviewed, Weng Dali immediately summoned Suzhou Magistrate Wang Daoxing and Suzhou Guard Commander, and threw the list of criminals involved in the case in front of them.

“This group of people relied on their family’s power and were used to doing illegal things in Suzhou Prefecture, so they dared to commit such a heinous crime.

To tell you the truth, I'm afraid I'm a little sad about this hurdle, but these people can't pass it. I've already reported the list. As for these derelict officers and local officials, they are all your subordinates. You don't need to teach me what to do. You guys. "

Regarding Weng Dali's words, both Wang Daoxing and the commander of the Suzhou Guard had uncertain faces after listening to them.

Looking at the list in his hand, these people were delivering things to their homes two days ago. Needless to say, what is their purpose?

Naturally, like Weng Dali, they accepted everything according to the order, because Weng Dali had already accepted it, and they really had no reason not to accept it.

However, they never expected that after Weng Dali collected the money, he still reviewed the list and wanted to deal with these people.

Cruel enough.

At this time, the two people in the room were the military and political officers of the Suzhou government. They could not refuse the instructions, or orders, from their immediate superiors. They dared to say "no" for fear that they would be involved in the riots later.

"Sir Weng, I will immediately return to the guard station to summon the generals and arrest all the officials involved in the case for interrogation."

The Suzhou Guard commander reacted quickly and immediately stood up, cupped his fists and said to Weng Da.

Although Weng Dali is very likely to lose power, there is absolutely no need to go against him at this juncture.

Governor, this impeachment memorial is enough for him to drink. When the time comes to put the blame on him, there will be no room for reasoning.

After all, the matter was indeed serious, and he had the responsibility as the chief sergeant of Suzhou Prefecture.

Although Wang Daoxing was fearless in the face of danger after the riot and dealt with it decisively, he could not forget about it because of his meritorious service at this time. He had a similar mentality to the commander of the Suzhou Guard. There was no need to quarrel with Weng Dali at this time. It was not worth it for someone who was about to leave his post.

"Everyone in the government office will be dismissed from their posts and imprisoned today. We will not tolerate this."

Wang Daoxing also stood up and cupped his fists.

After speaking, Wang Daoxing felt a lot more relaxed.

Wang Daoxing had wanted to rectify this gang of scoundrels before, but it was really too much trouble.

However, the involvement is too great, and as an official, sometimes it is really inconvenient for him to deal with it harshly.

Weng Dali wanted to punish the evil young men before, and of course he fully supported it, but he never expected that these people were so bold and dared to do such evil things.

It's okay, take this opportunity to deal with all these people.

In the past, this group of people were also like this. They acted domineeringly. Although they did not dare to be arrogant in front of him, they did all kinds of evil.

Weng Dali was quite satisfied with the attitude of the two of them, but they were just dealing with some offending officials. If he dared to push back, Weng Dali wouldn't mind taking part in a book to support them.

"Sir Weng, most of the people we want to arrest are officials from the Suzhou Prefecture. I am afraid that the news will leak out. If they do anything harmful to the law, I would like to ask Sir Weng to order the city gates to be closed for the next two days."

In the past, he had the final say in Suzhou Prefecture, but it was different now. Weng Dali asked the Suzhou Guards to take over the four gates of Suzhou City to arrest the evildoers. Now when he arrests people in the city, he has to work with Weng Dali and Suzhou Guards first. It would be nice if the conductor said hello.

"That's natural."

Weng Dali nodded in agreement without hesitation and ordered the Suzhou Guards to provide assistance. If any troublemakers were arrested, the Guards Army would decisively attack and suppress them.

"Is there any progress on the Taihu side?"

After the arrest mission in the city was announced, Weng Dali turned his attention to Taihu Lake. The evil young man hiding in Taihu Lake was the culprit of this incident, and he would never let him go.

"With Your Majesty's warrant, low-level men have entered Changzhou Prefecture's Yanhu County to arrest criminals. After receiving Your Majesty's warrant, the Zhejiang Huzhou Prefecture's Qianhu Station also began to take action to block the south side of Taihu Lake to prevent them from escaping.

Now the officers and soldiers have set up a dragnet along the lake, and I think there will be good news in the near future. "

Most of the area around Taihu Lake is under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, and naturally it is under the jurisdiction of Governor Weng Dali Yingtian. Only the south is close to Huzhou Prefecture, which belongs to the Zhejiang Chief Envoy, so Weng Dali sent a warrant to Huzhou Prefecture, and at the same time he also wanted to Nanjing. Deliver official documents to Zhejiang Chief Envoy.

However, the Huzhou Prefecture took action immediately after receiving Weng Dali's document. The incident in Suzhou Prefecture had spread, and the governor's office was burned down by bandits. They did not want to be involved in such a shocking case. Just do whatever you say. It's not just about catching a few thieves, nor is it a bloody battle with the Tatars in the north or the Japanese pirates in the east.

But in Taihu, a group of bad guys led by Tuesday lived a miserable life.

In the first few days after entering Taihu Lake, I felt quite relaxed and leisurely. When I got here, no one was there to care about me, and I felt completely at ease.

But after all, he acted recklessly and didn't think too much. Within a few days, he was worried about food. He lived in the wilderness and was infested with insects and snakes, which made a group of young and old people who were accustomed to living a pampered life miserable.

As they sent people out to buy food and inquire about news, what was waiting for them was not what they wanted, but a large group of officers and soldiers surrounding them.

People who go out are used to bullying and dominating the market, so they naturally don't know how to buy things properly. They still act like they did in Suzhou city. Their whereabouts were soon discovered and arrested by the Suzhou guards who were hunting.

The officers and soldiers were not the officials they were familiar with in the Suzhou Mansion before. They could still talk well, and with a punch and kick, they recruited Xingzang and others on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, when others were surrounded by officers and soldiers, more than a dozen officials were removed from their hats and knelt down in the government office in Suzhou City, with government officials behind them holding sticks.

"All of them will be jailed and their homes will be searched according to the list."

Wang Daoxing's emotionless words came out, and several deceivers in the hall collapsed on the spot.

In fact, they knew something was wrong after the incident, so they went up to the pole to send money and things to the governor's temporary residence, and also sent money to their superiors, in order to protect their own homes.

Just let go of those evil obstacles, but I didn't expect that after they collected the money, they would end up affecting their own family. It was too late to say anything at this time.

After their master was arrested, a large number of officers, soldiers and government officials rushed into their mansion and started arresting people and ransacking their homes. Now that they were charged with committing rebellion, the people below would naturally not be polite anymore, not to mention that they were still searching their homes. A first-class job.

When the decree from the capital reached Suzhou Prefecture, dereliction of duty officers and local officials were dismissed and interrogated, and the work of supervising and arresting the rebels was nearing completion. Only a small number of criminals were still hiding in Taihu Lake, and the rest were all captured.

The arrest of the principal culprit and the main accomplices also indicates that the riots in Suzhou Prefecture have subsided, and the next thing to do is to try the case and convict.

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Jiajing was satisfied that Suzhou had dealt with the riots so quickly, but his previous thoughts had not gone away.

The vote given by the cabinet Yan Song was to let the Nanjing Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Procuratorate of Punishment and Prosecutions take over. The three judicial departments would jointly review the case. The standards were similar to those used in Wang Zhi's trial.

Wang Zhi, it’s time to deal with this.

Emperor Jiajing was so worried about this in his mind, but he made changes in the instructions of the memorial in hand. There was no problem for the Dali Temple in Nanjing and the local criminal procuratorate representing the Ministry of Punishment to participate in it, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate was directly sent by Beijing. Participation, the selection of candidates will be decided by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

He would not directly name who should do this in the batch of red papers, but the eunuchs and servants below could convey the meaning for him. Zhou Yan knew the emperor's attitude, so he naturally knew how to choose and who to send.

Wei Guangde was called from the Hanlin Academy to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This was the first time.

At this time, the capital city was already in the alternation of autumn and winter, and the weather was starting to get colder.

When Wei Guangde received the news, he was still confused. What could the Metropolitan Procuratorate do to him?

Do you want me to go on inspection tour in Fujian?

Due to the relationship between Japanese pirates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the main purpose of being transferred to Fujian is to suppress Japanese pirates. Wei Guangde is actually really afraid of being sent there, especially at this time of year.

But thinking about it, I know it's impossible. It's unlikely that Fujian will make temporary substitutions now. It's probably something else.

When Wei Guangde entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate and arrived at Zuodu Yushi Zhou Yan's duty, he realized that he had really arranged an errand for himself.

"Shandai, the hospital sent you this time to supervise the trial of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment in Nanzhili. In fact, the case has been basically investigated. You are just watching to see if anyone is bending the law for personal gain and intentionally giving a light sentence. Some people, this is also the purpose of our Metropolitan Procuratorate’s participation in the trial.”

Zhou Yan was quite kind and explained the main issues of this mission to Wei Guangde. After all, although Wei Guangde had joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he had never been sent abroad. In fact, it was just a temporary promotion in name, but it was not revoked afterwards.

Wei Guangde felt that he was in love with the Husky, but he had a surprised expression on his face, as if he had been taught.

"In addition, after the incident in Suzhou Prefecture, you have to go to Zhejiang. The case of the Japanese leader Wang Zhi has been passed. He will be beheaded and you will be imprisoned."