I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 241 details crimes (additional chapter)
This level of killing lasted for nearly a day, and did not gradually stop until the resistance forces in the city were wiped out.

After that, Hu Zongxian sent people to post notices around the city, announcing to the people that he had come to quell the rebellion under His Majesty's order.

At the same time, it is stated in the announcement that if the people have a grievance, they can go to the government office to report it. At that time, someone will seek justice for them!

And the government office located in the city has already been thoroughly cleaned up, and nothing is left behind!
It's just that there is a little bloody smell left in the air, still telling the tragic situation at that time.

"Thank you, Lord Governor, for leading the army to come to help!"

Cao Shunhe bowed deeply to the ground, his face full of gratitude.

"No matter where, I just followed His Majesty's orders."

"Besides, if it weren't for the letter you desperately sent out, the court would not be able to learn the specific situation so quickly."

Hu Zongxian's face was full of smiles, and he immediately helped Cao Shunhe up.

"Sigh, I am ashamed of your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty handed Jiangxi over to me, but now it's like this."

After Cao Shunhe got up, his face was full of guilt.

"Can you tell me the details of the situation?"

When Hu Zongxian heard about it, he cheered up immediately, and then asked.

"The thing is like this, when I first took office..."

With Cao Shunhe's description, Hu Zongxian finally knew the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that when Cao Shunhe rushed to Jiangxi to take office, he planned to deal with these salt merchants!He even sent relevant memorials to the imperial court for a time, but every time, there was no answer.

After a long time, Cao Shunhe gradually gave up, and the two sides did not violate the river water, and they lived in peace.

In the process, Cao Shunhe's prestige as governor of Jiangxi was also declining, and some of his officials colluded with salt merchants.

Until the government ship transporting official salt capsized inexplicably, thousands of catties of salt carried on board and the personnel responsible for escorting the salt disappeared mysteriously.

Only then did Cao Shunhe realize that when he wanted to take measures, it was too late!

The officials under him no longer obeyed his orders.

"You mean, you once wrote a corresponding memorial to the court, but you didn't get a reply?"

After listening to Cao Shunhe's explanation, Hu Zongxian also deeply felt the seriousness of the situation, so he frowned and asked.

"Yes, I have written three memorials to the imperial court, but every time, nothing happened!"

Seeing Hu Zongxian asking him about this matter, Cao Shunhe responded with a serious look on his face.

"Since this is the case, things have become more difficult. Not everyone has the courage to intercept the memorial of the chief official of the frontier!"

"As far as I know, there are very few people in the capital who are capable of doing this."

Although Hu Zongxian said so, he already had a rough guess in his heart.

Maybe, the whole thing was planned by Yan Song and Xu Jie, the elders of the cabinet, because only they have this energy.

"No, you must tell His Majesty about this!"

Hu Zongxian quickly made up his mind and thought so.

At this moment, the guard's report came from outside: "Report to the governor, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou are asking to see you outside!"

Hu Zongxian immediately waved his hand and ordered.

"Let them in!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After the guard responded, he quickly left.

After a while, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou entered the government office.

As soon as the two entered it, they respectfully knelt down on the ground and reported to Hu Zongxian.

"Report to the governor, we have arrested all three major salt merchants in the city!"

"In addition, a total of 6307 million taels of silver was stolen from their home. The rest, such as antique calligraphy and painting land deeds, etc., are countless. If this part is included, it will be more than [-] million taels of silver! "

"There are so many!"

After hearing this number, Hu Zongxian and Cao Shunhe couldn't help exclaiming.

"Have you caught the rest of the officials?"

Hu Zongxian quickly calmed down, then turned his gaze to the two and asked.

"Reporting to the governor, we have only captured Huang Tao, the commander of the capital, and some other officials."

"As for important officials such as the chief envoy and the inspector, they have already been arrested by Jin Yiwei!"

After listening to the reports of the two, Hu Zongxian also nodded and ordered.

"Next, try to cooperate with them in handling affairs, after all, they are experts in how to make people speak!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

On the other hand, Cao Shunhe couldn't help but feel turmoil in his heart after learning that Jin Yiwei was also involved.

"Your Majesty actually sent Jin Yiwei over!"

"Oh, it seems that this time, His Majesty has really been disappointed."

Hu Zongxian on the side seemed to see what Cao Shunhe was thinking, and followed closely with comfort.

"It's okay, I will personally write a memorial to explain the situation behind this to His Majesty."

"Thank you, Governor!"

After hearing Hu Zongxian's words, Cao Shunhe immediately felt relieved.

"Bring those salt merchants to me, and I will interrogate them myself!"

Hu Zongxian then turned his gaze to Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou who were aside, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

The two quickly took orders to leave, and after a while, Liang Hong, Li Yide, and He Jin were brought up.

At this moment, their faces had long since lost their previous expressions, and their faces were full of despair.

"When you see your lord, hurry up and kneel down!"

Seeing this, the soldiers in charge of escorting the three of them immediately reprimanded sharply.

The three of them were startled by the voice, trembling all over, and immediately knelt down on the ground.

"How many people, do you still recognize this official?"

Cao Shunhe couldn't help but feel the pleasure of revenge after seeing the current miserable situation of several people. He stood up from his chair and asked.

The three of them followed the voice and looked with bitter expressions on their faces.

"I... wait, I have seen the governor."

Seeing this, Hu Zongxian raised his eyebrows and asked.

"My official is Hu Zongxian, governor of Zhejiang Province and governor of Zhejiang Province. I came here this time at the order of His Majesty!"

"Let's talk about it. Is the capsize of the government's salt transport ship related to you?"

"Also, where did the official salt carried on the ship and the personnel responsible for escorting the official salt go?"

As soon as Hu Zongxian's words fell, after the three of them looked at each other, they mustered up their courage and asked Hu Zongxian tremblingly.

"My lord, if we speak out, can the sentence be mitigated?"

When Hu Zongxian heard this, he slammed the table and looked at the three of them murderously.

"Who gave you the courage to bargain with me?"

"If you don't tell me, you will die now!"

"My lord, please forgive me, let's say it, let's say it all!"

Seeing Hu Zongxian getting angry, the three hurriedly spoke first.

Fearing that Hu Zongxian would lose his mind, they sent their men to pull him down and behead him.

"My lord, it happened like this."

"Before the government delivered this batch of salt, we had already received the news in advance and made corresponding preparations!"

"The people responsible for transporting this batch of official salt have also been bought by us in advance. When the fleet sailed to that river, they dug a big hole in the boat as agreed in advance, and faked that they were caught in an undercurrent. The illusion of hitting a rock and sinking!"

"After that, they handed over with the people we sent, and we moved all the official salt on board to our own warehouse for storing table salt."

"And the group of people responsible for escorting the official salt also disappeared after receiving our benefits!"

"Since that's the case, what should we say about the few corpses found nearby?"

After listening, Cao Shunhe on the side followed up with questions.

"Those corpses are those who are responsible for escorting the official salt, the rare people with a strong character and a noble character!
He even threatened at one point that he would report the matter to the court.

Due to the need for confidentiality, they were dealt with. "

After listening to the narrations of several people, Hu Zongxian sneered and gave a summary.

"That is to say, you are selling the official salt on the ship as private salt."

"Hmph, you guys have a good plan, this is a business with no capital and no profit at all!"

(End of this chapter)