Borrow the day to change the day

After the meeting was adjourned, various military and political officials rushed back to their yamen one after another.Xingguogong stipulates that the crackdown will start tomorrow, starting from Guangzhou and expanding to the whole province.

Time is tight and strength is strict. If you don't hurry up to make arrangements, you will be hindered. No one doubts that the Duke's Shangfang Sword is a display.

If he is cut by Shang Fangjian at that time, he will be cut, and there will never be a situation where Governor Yuan killed Mao Wenlong in the past to settle accounts after autumn.

Because these are two completely different situations, and the original Governor Yuan is far from being able to compare with Xing Guogong. Whether it is the influence of the officialdom, the status in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen, or his own achievements, they are all different. other gaps.

Among these officials, only Sun Chuanting was left behind by Zhong Jinwei and asked, "Bo Ya, have you dealt with the woman's matter?"

"I'm ashamed of myself, and I'm still worrying about this matter. After I got the silver last night, I have already given the pension to the woman as soon as possible, and... and have apologized to her." Sun Chuanting's face Weihong, bowed to answer Zhong Jinwei.

Among ancient officials, it was basically impossible to apologize to ordinary people.If it wasn't for the Duke's attention to this matter, maybe he would give money and give condolences at most. It would be impossible to make an apology.

Previously, when young women came to ask for pensions, if they were ordinary people, they might give some to them because of the dire situation of orphans and widows with no food and clothing.

But Sun Chuanting's decisive character of killing and attacking did not have the so-called benevolence of a woman.In order to keep the basic operation of the Shibo Department and the existing anti-smuggling soldiers, he concentrated all the money and did not give a penny.So much so that the woman thought that Sun Chuanting swallowed up her husband's pension, and thus the previous things happened.

Zhong Jinwei had figured out what happened, and he didn't ask Sun Chuanting anything from a moral standpoint.After all, everyone's principles of conduct are different. From the perspective of the imperial court, especially in this ancient society, there is nothing wrong with Sun Chuanting doing so.

Don't worry about what happened in the past, you have to be strict with what you have to do now.I only heard Zhong Jinwei say to Sun Chuanting: "I will not stay in Guangzhou for too long, but during my stay in Guangzhou, I will always supervise the progress of the anti-smuggling situation. You have to use this time to get the Shibo Department on the right track, understand? ?”

Sun Chuanting's expression turned excited, he stood up straight, and assured Zhong Jinwei in a loud voice: "With the Duke here, I will let the Shibo Division fully operate according to the imperial court's wishes. If not, please remove the official head."

Zhong Jinwei laughed when he heard it.After a while, the smiling face suddenly disappeared again, staring at Sun Chuanting, and said seriously: "You said this yourself, I didn't think you were joking, so I won't be polite to you!"

"The next official is serious, please inspect the Duke." Sun Chuanting's face also became serious, and he replied seriously.

Zhong Jinwei nodded, and said to Sun Chuanting, "Okay, then go and do your work."

Finally, only Zhong Jinwei and his guards were left in the lobby.Zheng Zhilong was not there either, so he went to his own people to contact Nanyang.

Yu Changjian hesitated, looked at the stretched Zhong Jinwei and said, "Duke, since they are so inactive, why don't you just arrest them, or at least arrest a few and kill them as an example?"

Zhong Jinwei smiled and looked at the other guards in the lobby, including Gu Baichuan, who were all suspicious.He asked Yu Changjian directly: "Well, it's okay to arrest, but what to do after arrest?"

Yu Changjian was taken aback for a moment, but Zhong Jinwei asked this question instead.

Zhong Jinwei didn't let him answer, and continued directly: "Even if these officials are replaced, new officials are transferred from other places. But there is no guarantee that the new officials will be better than the current officials. This is one of the reasons. .”

"Secondly, because of too many inactions in the past, people now think that it is foolish not to smuggle but to pay taxes. Under such a background, if only a few officials are arrested, it will not make much difference. Effect."

"Third, if I catch a few, I will definitely pull out the radish and bring out the mud. The entire officialdom in Guangdong Province is not clean. At that time, the entire officialdom in Guangdong Province will really have to be changed. For the current court, it is still not happy to see This happened because, after all, the court’s main energy is now focused on feudal North America and nationwide disaster relief.”

Speaking of this, Zhong Jinwei explained to Yu Changjian and also to the guards present: "What I am doing now is to let them see that if this situation continues, then the imperial court may do something that kills the fish and breaks the net. At least I As the imperial envoy, Duke Xingguo, I can do it."

"After letting them have this threat awareness, urge them to jointly rectify smuggling. The time and labor costs of doing so will be minimized, and the effect should be the best."

Hearing this, Gu Baichuan interjected to remind him: "Grandfather, among those smugglers, I am afraid that many of them are inextricably linked to them, and may even be their people. It is a joint operation, but they will also notify those people in advance, will the effect of this anti-smuggling be obvious?"

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he turned to Gu Baichuan and asked him with a smile: "Do you think the effect I mentioned refers to how many smugglers were caught?"

When Gu Baichuan heard Zhong Jinwei's question, he immediately realized that he had misunderstood it.

"The effect I want is that there is no smuggling in Guangdong. It doesn't matter whether the original smugglers were caught, escaped, or changed their careers. As long as there is no smuggling in Guangdong, all import and export cargo ships will pay customs duties according to the rules of the Municipal Shipping Department. That's my purpose." Zhong Jinwei said it directly without waiting for Gu Baichuan to answer.

After hearing this, Yu Changjian suddenly realized: "So this is the solution that the master said last night!"

Zhong Jinwei smiled and did not speak.

Starting from Guangzhou, the government suddenly implemented an all-round anti-smuggling operation starting from the day after this day.The personnel of each yamen filled the streets and alleys, both inside and outside the city.Regardless of whether it was an official road or a small road, or even a remote road known only to smugglers, there were joint operations of officers and soldiers to block people.

When encountering smugglers who resisted armed, they were all killed on the spot, and their bodies were then dragged to various places in Guangzhou for public display.Those smugglers who did not resist gathered at the docks from various places.It is also paraded through the streets to show the public, and then shipped to the north.

All of a sudden, the entire Guangdong Province, starting from Guangzhou, an atmosphere of terror and killing began to spread.Those who participated in the smuggling fled or hid one after another, and no one dared to contend with this crackdown.

There are also a small number of people who are blinded by money and find that the government is only cracking down on land. Knowing that this is the reason for the government's lack of navy, they are very happy because they are going to get rich.