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Chapter 498: Bullying the people! Taking human lives lightly!
Xiang Ji embraces two crows on the mountain, and the beautiful girl returns home in her dream.

The wind plays with the iron horses on the eaves, the sky is high and the dew is falling, the moon is bright and the red osmanthus is in full bloom.

This is August in Ou Zanghua's heart. He misses his beloved wife at home in Yingtian Prefecture, but can only see her in his dreams.

Since he is depressed, the dignitaries in Yingtian Prefecture should not have an easy time either.

The Jiang family's ancestor was Jiang Chuan, the prefect of Jiuquan. In the 23rd year of Jianwu, he moved from Jinling to Runzhou, which is today's Zhenjiang, and was granted the title of Marquis of Linjiangting.

He had ten sons, who were divided into ten branches: Dantu Xiyan, Dantu Sanruli, Xinfeng Yanjie, Yandun, etc.

Now, because a branch of Yingtian Prefecture secretly supported Prince Ning's rebellion, Ou Zanghua ordered the entire clan of 5,000 people to be exiled to Fuzhou in Liaodong.

The Gan family is the descendant of Gan Mao, the prime minister of the Qin State. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Gan clan migrated south from Hubei to Xiaodanyang, Jiangning, and have lived here ever since.

It was found that some members of the clan had assisted King Ning's 300 assassins to sneak into Yingtian Prefecture, and the entire clan of more than 700 people were exiled to Lushunkou.

In the old days, Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people.

Even the famous Xie family failed to see the situation clearly and actually provided a large amount of silver to King Ning.

Needless to say, the entire clan of more than 10,000 people were exiled to Jinzhou, Liaodong.

The Deng family is a branch of the founding hero, Duke of Weiguo Deng Yu, and followed Taizu into Yingtian Prefecture.

Ou Zanghua didn't care whether they were betting on both sides. Since he had been caught, the whole family would be exiled to Gaizhou, Liaodong!

Just give the order, and it will be useless even if Duke Wei Xu Pengju comes to plead for mercy.

You should know that Xu Pengju inherited the title of Duke of Wei in November last year, and was also appointed as the garrison commander of Yingtian Prefecture and the assistant secretary of the Central Prefecture. His status and position were among the top few in the entire Ming Dynasty.

But Ou Zanghua asked him with a smile, what was Duke Wei doing when Prince Ning attacked Yingtian Prefecture?
Xu Pengju was extremely ashamed and walked away with his face covered.

Now all the watching families started to get nervous, as they found that the young man was acting a bit aggressively.

It's not that no one has suggested uniting to resist, but when they stepped out of the house, what they saw were teams of well-equipped and high-spirited cavalrymen. Their eyes were fiery, as if they were expecting something. Their expressions clearly conveyed a message: "You guys should resist quickly! The more fiercely you resist, the more excited we will be!"

This scared all the landlords and gentry. Only then did they realize that the enemy was bringing the elite troops from the Beijing camp south, not only controlling the entire Jiangxi Province, but also capturing tens of thousands of Ning troops.

If you dare to resist, the other party will only see it as a great opportunity to make a contribution and will never make any compromise.

As a result, everyone became more sober and adopted other strategies.

They used various connections to try to meet the youngest Shangshu in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but found that he was really unyielding. No matter who went to ask for a meeting or deliberately created an opportunity for an encounter, they would be politely rejected by him without any mercy.

But those who needed to be confiscated were still being confiscated, and those who needed to be exiled were still being exiled. There was no intention of stopping at all. Moreover, what was originally limited to the area of ​​Yingtian Prefecture has now rapidly expanded to the entire Nanzhili area.

As a result of this behavior, many gentry began to send letters to the capital, requesting the court to quickly transfer the Minister of Rites back.

As a result, just after the letter was sent, the Beijing camp came to the door and said that one of the descendants had participated in the Ning Fang rebellion and the whole family was exiled to Xiongyue City in Liaodong.

For a while, there were curses all over Nanzhilu, and all kinds of nursery rhymes were flying around.

Ou Zanghua didn't care at all and just let him scold her!
Can you spare a piece of meat?
Then they asked someone to investigate where the nursery rhyme came from. After finding the source, the whole family was exiled to Liaozhong City in Liaodong.

Witnessing the miserable plight of the gentry in various parts of Nanzhili, the gentry in Jiangxi were even more terrified, because compared to those gentry in Nanzhili who were only involved with Prince Ning, they were actually involved in the rebellion!
The ending will probably be even more tragic.

The gentry in Jiangsu, Fujian and other places also fell into panic. Some of them had secretly colluded with Prince Ning, some knew about the rebellion but did not report it, and some even had close cooperation with Prince Ning. Seeing Ou Zanghua being so resolute and ruthless, they also began to worry about their own fate.

As a result, the number of family letters to the capital increased dramatically, with attempts to transfer or exclude Ou Zanghua. However, before everyone started planning, a rumor came that Wang Shouren, the governor-general of Ganxi and governor of Anxi, had returned to his hometown to visit his relatives and had just solved this problem for a classmate.

The big landlords in the three places were all shocked when they received the news. But when they thought of Wang Shouren's official position and his status in the literati circle, they felt that it was not impossible for him to accomplish this.

This couldn't help but give everyone a glimmer of hope. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone could sit down and discuss the solution instead of fighting to the death?
Everyone soon found Wang Shouren and went to his house to ask for a meeting.

This one is the student's old father, that one is the uncle of a classmate, and there are also relatives who are not even remotely related.
Compared with the unapproachable Ou Zanghua, Wang Shouren was much gentler. He chose to summon several well-known local gentry and elders to discuss the matter.

When the elderly saw Wang Shouren, they knelt down and cried, "Master Wang, we are wronged!"

"What's this?"

Wang Shouren quickly helped the man up and said calmly, "Please stand up quickly, and talk slowly if you have anything to say."

"Lord Wang, that Shangshu Ou is really going too far!" An old man stood up and began to explain the situation.

It turned out that one of his nephews had an affair with Prince Ning, and his entire family was exiled to Liaodong. Now, his family of more than a hundred people, young and old, have been transferred to Yingtian Prefecture, and no one can help them.

Another old man also told about his plight. His nephews were also involved with Prince Ning, and he was so scared that he wanted to hang himself. Fortunately, he was discovered early and rescued.

The third old man spoke up for his classmate: "My classmate is just like me, we are both honest and have passed down the family tradition of farming and studying. However, just because his son-in-law went to Nanchang City for business a few times, he was suspected of having an affair with Prince Ning, and his whole family was exiled to Liaodong. This is too much!"

Are you still an honest person who works hard to farm and study and pass on your family tradition?

Wang Shouren's eyes changed when he looked at the third old man. He also liked this kind of family!

"Everyone, everyone! Listen to me."

Xiao Wang first said a few words to calm the old people down, and then continued, "Ou Chunguan is young and promising, and I admire him very much. He never does anything without confidence."

Before he could finish, the big landowners became anxious:

"Master Wang, that's not what you said!"

"Yes! How could we not know who he is?"

"You bully the people and take their lives lightly!"

"Everyone," Wang Shouren frowned slightly and reminded seriously, "I am the one speaking now!"

Seeing Wang Shouren's stern expression, several people couldn't help but remain silent. They all quieted down and dared not speak easily.

Wang Shouren then slowly spoke: "According to my various inquiries, Ou Chunguan has obtained a detailed list from Liu Lang, the eunuch guarding Yingtian Prefecture, and Prince Ning. This list clearly records the many families that are inextricably linked to them."

"Therefore, Ou Chunguan arrested you based on that list. If you are not on that list, I am naturally capable of protecting you. Even if I report you to His Majesty, I am confident that I can defend you with reason."

"But if I argue with your position, and Ou Chunguan casually produces evidence of your collusion with King Ning, how should I deal with it?"

"Similarly, if your sons and nephews or grandsons are officials in Beijing, they can be dismissed completely just by the charge of shielding the rebels!"

"So, your first priority now is not to argue with me about Ou Chunguan's behavior, but to return home immediately and carefully check the situation in the family. If it is confirmed that no children or nephews are involved, then you don't have to worry. But if you find that children or nephews are involved, you must act decisively and take decisive measures before Ou Chunguan finds out and sacrifice the car to save the king!"

An old man asked awkwardly, "May I ask, Lord Wang, how can we sacrifice the chariot to save the king? Previously, the nephew of the Anqing Li family participated in the affairs of Prince Ning. When the old man of the Li family found out, he beat the nephew to death in the ancestral house, and in the end the whole family was exiled to Liaodong."

(End of this chapter)