Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 431 The Evidence Is Solid
The search and cleanup of the main hall of the Salt Gang was still going on, and Ju Yuping, the prefect of Yangzhou, finally rushed over with dozens of yamen servants out of breath.

Looking at the situation at the scene, Ju Zhifu still didn't understand what was going on, especially when he saw soldiers constantly messing things out from the manor, Ju Zhifu's face instantly became whiter than paper.

Since ancient times, officials and businessmen have colluded, so why not officials and bandits?
Ju Zhifu didn't know Long Muyun's real identity. Like Governor Yao, he only thought that Long Muyun was a wealthy businessman with a background in the world, so he often extorted money from Long Muyun, and even had a lot of correspondence.

Now seeing Long Muyun following Ye Xun like a primary school student, Ju Zhifu was so scared that he almost turned around and ran away, but he also knew that it was obviously too late to run away at this time.

He forced himself to come to Ye Xun's side, and said in a puzzled manner, "Eunuch Ye, what's the reason? As far as I know, Yun Yuanwai has always been a law-abiding person. I'm afraid you are going to raid the mansion of a law-abiding businessman like this without authorization." It's not easy for the lower officials to cover up for you!"

Ye Xun could guess that in Long Muyun's house, there must be evidence of collusion with Jiangnan officials, and this is exactly what Ye Xun wanted.

Long Muyun has been in charge of the Salt Gang for many years, and his family wealth is more than tens of millions. These are all ready-made military expenses. Forming a new army, building a shipyard, and recruiting sailors, so no money is needed?
Long Muyun is old, and he has too much influence in the Salt Gang, so no matter whether it is the new army or the navy in the future, there will be no place for him.

After dealing with this place, Ye Xun will return a sum of money to Long Muyun and ask him to leave with his family. If Long Muyun has any other ideas after that, or puts Ye Xun in a stumbling block, Ye Xun will also Don't mind having him disappear forever.

He gave Ju Zhifu a sideways look, and said lightly: "You can go back and write the memorial, I don't need you to cover it up for me"

Ju Zhifu was so choked by Ye Xun that he almost couldn't bear his anger, but he still refused to give up, and continued: "Eunuch Ye, what happened in Yangzhou should be dealt with by my Yangzhou government?"

Ye Xun frowned, thinking to himself, why are you so shameless?Turning his head and looking at Long Muyun beside him, he said, "Master Long, the prefect of Ju wants to interrogate you, what do you think?"

At this moment, Long Muyun was completely hopeless, he only wanted to take his family away early, so he still had the mind to deal with these officials in Jiangnan.

Looking at Juzhi coldly, he said, "But the 10 taels I sent to Ju Zhifu have been used up? Are you trying to use this opportunity to blackmail?"

"You, you spit out blood!"

Ju Zhifu's old face suddenly turned red, he thought that Long Muyun would directly expose his scandal, and pointed at Long Muyun with his finger, he was so angry that he was almost speechless.

Long Muyun really wanted to tell Zhifu Ju, you bastard, you didn't see how Ye Xun's subordinates killed people, and you don't know how powerful this dead eunuch is, so I won't talk to you anymore.
No longer paying attention to Ju Zhifu, turned to Ye Xun and bowed to salute: "Elder-in-law, can you allow the villain to make meritorious deeds?"

Ye Xun smiled slightly, glanced at Ju Zhifu intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "Let's talk!"

"In the secret room of the villain's study, there are letters between the villain and Jiangnan officials, and an account book, which records in detail the amount of silver that the villain has sent out over the years and to whom."

Before Long Muyun could finish his words, Ju Zhifu's body went limp, and he slid on the ground, still muttering to himself: "How could it be like this, it's not like this."

Ye Xun sent a few men to follow Long Muyun to get the account books and letters, and then ordered people to arrest Ju Zhifu.

Originally, he wanted to keep him for a while, but if this guy kicked his nose, if he didn't deal with him, something might happen.

There is a saying that when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason for it. If Ye Xun is a civil official, if Ye Xun still checks these Jiangnan officials according to the normal procedures, can he find out what is not to say, I am afraid that Ye Xun will also be deeply involved, just Let alone doing something else.

It is precisely this method of beating the master to death with random punches, starting from a side door, and destroying the seemingly unbreakable network of collusion between officials, businessmen, and officials and bandits in Jiangnan in one fell swoop.

After taking down the prefect of Ju, Ye Xun immediately used the Yangzhou government office as a temporary residence, and asked the soldiers and civilians in the south of the Yangtze River to actively report illegal officials.

Ye Xun also knew that this move was a bit reckless, but there was nothing he could do. He didn't have the time to investigate one by one.

For a moment, Jiangnan's officialdom suddenly felt like a major earthquake erupted. Many officials even fled directly with their seals on their hands, and the memorial to impeach Ye Xun also flew towards the capital like snowflakes.

The first one who couldn't sit still was Yao Yizhi, the governor of Nanjing. Originally, he wanted to recruit a few princes of Nanjing, Longsun, to put pressure on Ye Xun together.

But Yao Yizhi obviously underestimated Ye Xun's status in the hearts of these royal relatives, and walked around Nanjing City, no matter whether it was the Duke or the Lord Hou, no one dared to come with him.

Governor Yao had no choice but to write a memorial to impeach Ye Xun and at the same time bite the bullet and come to Ye Xun. In Governor Yao's heart, there was a little bit of luck, and he hoped that Ye Xun had no criminal evidence about him.

Although Governor Yao's official position is not small, but he has not been in the capital for a long time, and he has only heard about some of Ye Xun's actions, so he has not yet experienced Ye Xun's domineering.

All the memorials for the impeachment of Ye Xun in the south of the Yangtze River were directly packed in a box and locked up by the cabinet headed by Yang Sichang, and they were ready to be destroyed after Ye Xun returned.

The military camp outside Yangzhou City has already started training. Nearly [-] salt gang members have been screened and selected, leaving [-] elites, and the rest are sent to Liaodong, where these people will complete a three-year labor before being released. put it back.

The thousand elites were also scattered again, and then mixed with Lu Chun's three thousand men to form the first battalion of the new army. Lu Chun was honored to be the commander of the first battalion with the official position of commander.

However, Lu Chun soon discovered that he was only the nominal commander of the 4000 troops, because the grassroots officers were all served by Ye Xun's guards, and those generals under him were either dismissed or made deputy posts.

Under normal circumstances, Ye Xun's blatant seizure of power would definitely be resisted by the soldiers, but Ye Xun is rich!
The money seized by the main hall of the Salt Gang was distributed at double the pay of the soldiers, which immediately stabilized the morale of the soldiers.

The military camp was busy with training in full swing, and Long Muyun was finally about to leave with his family after completing all the tasks assigned by Ye Xun.

Long Muyun's family is not many, an old wife, several concubines, and four children are all married, but Long Muyun seems to have a premonition that his career will not last long, and none of his sons participated in the Salt Gang. thing.

The two official ships carried everyone in the Long family.

Ye Xun personally came to the pier to see him off, along with Long Muyun's younger brother, Monk Liao Fan, and even his deadly rival Cheng Xiaotian.

The prestigious Salt Gang was wiped out by Ye Xun in the blink of an eye. After the Cheng family and his son got the news, they immediately came to plead guilty with gifts.

In fact, what Ye Xun destroyed was only the main hall of the Salt Gang. There are still many branch halls in Jiangnan, and these need to be cleaned up slowly.

The Cheng family's father and son only found out later that Bi Wen, the think tank hiding beside them, was actually a member of Long Xiaotian, but what was even more amazing was that Bi Wen's subordinates were from Xichang, which is not difficult to understand. Why can't Ye Xun hide the help thing?
(End of this chapter)