Of course, Yang Feng could not let these talents who had spent many years of hard work to train take up the post alone.

He will be intercepted and killed by the gentry.

In the current situation, if they really take office alone, the gentry everywhere will never let them take office alive...

Robbery and killing.

Falling into the water.

Severe illness.

…

They will experience various ways to die.

In this era, it is common for people to die on the road while traveling. It is said that Yang Feng was almost made into a meat bun when he went north! If he was really dead, it would be difficult for the government to find out. He might have directly fed the fish when he crossed the river.

, give him a life-or-death outcome. And not only on the road, after they arrive, given the current situation, there is a high probability that they will be killed. It is not easy for local officials and gentry to collude to kill such treacherous ministers and minions.

?Li Sancai dared to hire bandits from the prison, frame the tax inspector sent by Wanli as an accomplice, and then directly arrest him and kill him in prison.

In fact, this is the first choice for civil servants and gentry to confront him.

They will not rebel openly for the time being.

They haven't been forced to this point where they have no choice.

But you can kill his minions.

As long as he is unable to arrange his cronies to control power locally, he will never be able to implement the public land law. If the civil servants and gentry can always do this, they will be equal to victory.

Therefore, every new Jinshi who goes to work outside the capital will bring ten Jinyi guards, led by a small flag, and they are not the original inner guard Jinyi guards, who do not have that many people. These are separately expanded, directly from

The Shenji Battalion selects elite soldiers and then expands them into the Jinyi Guards. They are not only equipped with two short muskets per person, but also have the power to borrow troops from the local guards.

However, his public identity is that he is still a follower of these new scholars.

Identity is generally not revealed.

But exposed...

If exposed, people will really be arrested.

"This elderly man, why did you wipe his neck like that just now?

Can you explain it to us?"

Xiaoqi looked at the old man who taught young people to kill and said.

"I am an old man, how can I allow you and other children to make false accusations!"

The old man shouted with a stern expression.

Liu Wen glanced at him silently. Before the old man could understand, Liu Wen had already stuffed the short blunderbuss without bullets into the young man's hand in front of him. Then Liu Wen raised his hand in his blank eyes and let him know.

The muzzle of the blunderbuss was pointed at himself...

"Assassination of imperial officials, killing without mercy!"

he said.

At the same time, the trigger of the short gun in the other hand was slowly pulled.

At the same time, he was still looking at the old man.

The old man's legs went weak and he knelt directly on the ground.

"Master Judge, you are a fool. You deserve to die for your crime. You are the one who allowed him to murder the master!"

He howled with snot and tears.

"If you don't see the coffin and don't shed tears, tie it up yourself. Otherwise, he will assassinate the imperial officials and conspire to rebel. He will confiscate the homes and kill the three tribes. You are all accomplices. Follow the rebels and rebel. One by one, everyone will be killed. Others

I thought that I did not dare to kill people. Last year at this time I was still in Guizhou, killing people and setting fires with the army!"

Liu Wen shouted.

He did commit murder and arson last year.

He was originally from Guizhou Wukaiwei, and these graduates went back to their hometowns for internships. In fact, they were allowed to go back to visit relatives.

It happened that Gu Cheng and He Fu were conquering the Wukai Barbarians, so of course he followed them to fight.

The young men looked at each other, and one of them suddenly ran away like crazy, probably running back to Xiangyang to report the news, or to think of a solution, but the next moment the short blunderbuss in Liu Wen's hand burst into flames, and the unlucky guy fell down, and the others were all frightened.

Being honest, we had to find ropes to tie each other up. The old men stood there trembling...

"They're all tied up!"

Liu Wen shouted.

The young men had no choice but to go over and tie them up too.

At this time, a Jinyi guard quietly came to Liu Wen and whispered something. Liu Wen turned to look at Yi Cheng, who was standing there with an honest face.

Liu Wen said nothing more, just smiled meaningfully.

At this moment, the back door of the post station has been opened, and a post soldier is riding a horse, rushing towards the inspection department. This place actually belongs to Xiangyang, but it is just the northern gateway of Xiangyang, but it is useless even if the inspection comes, because

Although he gave the order to arrest people, it was the Jin Yiwei who arrested them. Not to mention the Inspection Department, not even the prefect of Xiangyang or even the Huguang Inspectorate had the right to interfere with the Jin Yiwei.

"But if these bitches jump over the wall in a hurry, they will still pretend to be bandits."

Xiaoqi whispered.

"Then it's time to deploy troops to deal with it."

Liu Wen said.

"My cousin is in Xiangyang Guards, stationed not far away, but it's just a small flag like mine."

Xiaoqi said.

"That's enough, don't let him tell Baihu, just come here quietly with your brothers. We don't know the relationship between the Xiangyang Guard generals and the local gentry, so let them not worry. You are the Jinyi Guard and have the right to mobilize them to catch thieves."

Liu Wen said.

These new scholars are the ones who really establish control when they go to the local level. Ambassador Yang has long said that whoever can quickly make the final say at the local level will be promoted to local magistrate. He is the judge of Dengzhou, but the magistrate of the state has resigned.

At present, Tongzhi is the acting magistrate of the state, and the judge is second only to Tongzhi. Tongzhi was a Jinshi in the old imperial examination. If he can quickly grasp the local area, he will definitely be promoted to the state magistrate.

So now is the time to establish your authority.

"Let's go, take them out of Huguang. It makes sense for us to have our own jurisdiction."

he said.

This is the provincial boundary. To the north, you will directly enter Xinye, which belongs to Henan, and Xinye belongs to Dengzhou at this time.

It's his duty to get there.

The Jin Yiwei captured the criminal who assassinated the imperial magistrate and entered the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, so the judge of Dengzhou has the responsibility to provide all necessary assistance.

They immediately drove those people, including the injured one and the unconscious old man, and threw them on a donkey cart, and the group quickly left the provincial border heading north.

At this time, Lu Yan, who received the news, had already sent the letter to Xiangyang as quickly as possible.

Xiangyang.

The former Minister of Rites served as the residence of Hengtai.

The judge Song Xin walked out with an angry look on his face. Behind him, Ren Hengtai's son Ren Xianzong looked embarrassed. He bowed to see the guests off and quickly asked the servant to close the door.

Hundreds of senior fellow villagers crowded outside and Xian immediately came forward to greet them.

"How about it? Has Mr. Ren promised to come forward?"

An elder asked Song Xin.

"Sure enough, he is not of my race, so his heart must be different, and he cannot hope for it."

Song Xin sneered.

Strictly speaking, Ren Hengtai cannot be considered a foreigner. His mother is Semu, but in fact it is not really Semu, because his mother is Wugulun, which is a Jurchen surname, and Jin Wushu's mother is Wugulun. It is estimated that the remaining

The Jurchens were counted as lustful eyes because of their religious beliefs. But Ren Hengtai’s mother’s surname is so it’s okay to count as lustful eyes. However, his wife is from Mongolia. In short, his background is a bit complicated. But now he is a local gentry in Xiangyang and can be said to be the boss, because Xiangyang

He was a high-ranking official in the Hongwu Dynasty, and he was also the number one scholar.

"Then what should we do? My father has been arrested, the prefect and county magistrate have resigned, and the Xiangyang Guards don't care."

A young Confucian scholar said anxiously.

"No matter, no matter it's better!

It's seventy miles from Luyan to Xinye. They can't reach it before dark, so they must rest on the way at night. We choose the young and strong ones who can fight, cross the river, and catch up on horseback. In the middle of the night, we kill them all, not just a few Jin Yiwei.

, do you still want to be arrogant after leaving the capital?"

Song Xin said.

"Just like that, it made a big fuss."

A fellow villager said hesitantly.
To be continued...