Chapter 91: Arresting Liu Jian, the former chief minister of the cabinet (Part 1)
While the officers and soldiers of the empire were ordered to arrest and execute those who rebelled against the party and confiscate their homes and annihilate their clans in the capital, Zhang Yong and others in Fengyang also began to confiscate Liu Jian and Xie Qian.
The first person to be confiscated is the Liu Jian family.
Liu Jian's family has now become a big family in Luoyang, Henan. After Liu Jian's father won the election, many people began to donate their family property and property.
After Liu Jianzhong became a Jinshi and even became the first assistant, the size of the family business increased exponentially.
Today, the Liu Jian family has become a well-known family in Luoyang, Henan.
Zhang Yong personally rushed to Luoyang with tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. He also knew that Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, must have a very powerful family, so he had to prepare more manpower even if he wanted to raid the house.
However, at this time, Liu Jian and others did not know that his family was about to be confiscated and his family was exterminated, and they did not even know that changes had occurred in the capital.
After all, martial law began in the capital a few days after Li Dongyang was sent to prison, and Liu Jian's people in the capital had no time to send news back to Luoyang.
Although Liu Jian has resigned from office now, his influence is still very huge. He is busy with social activities every day, and the local officials and gentry who come to visit him are scheduled to wait until next year.
Liu Jian's family was busy using his father's influence as the former chief minister of the cabinet to start annexing land.
Just like in the original history, after Xu Jie became an official in the Jiajing Dynasty, his family annexed land on a large scale, Liu Jian's family was no exception. This was called receiving dividends in officialdom.
After all, as the chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Jian has promoted many people during his years in charge of the government, and many people owe him a debt of gratitude.
But during his tenure, Liu Jian naturally did not dare to let his family do too much for the sake of his reputation. But it was different after he became an official, and he no longer had to worry about whether his official position was guaranteed. After all, he no longer had an official position, so he naturally had to deal with those of his own. Disciples who served as officials in the court received dividends, such as embezzling official land and seizing private land.
Of course, it is not convenient for Liu Jian to personally collect profits. He now claims that he only studies behind closed doors and does not care about worldly affairs!
It was his nephew Liu Xi who ran the family business for Liu Jian and collected dividends.
Unfortunately, when Zhang Yong led his troops to Luoyang to confiscate the Liu Jian family, something happened in Luoyang related to the Liu Jian family.
The local people in Luoyang have cultivated more than 8,000 acres of fertile land. However, when the people who reclaimed the wasteland applied to the government to claim the land they cultivated under their own names, they were told by the government that these fertile fields had become the Liu family's private land!
Naturally, these people who were reclaiming wasteland were unwilling, so they had the courage to complain to the prefect of Henan Prefecture.
But what the people didn't know was that these more than 8,000 acres of fertile land were given to the Liu family by the prefect of Henan. Therefore, the people who took the lead in complaining were arrested for disturbing the government.
"The troublemaker has been arrested. Please tell Mr. Ge to rest assured. I wonder if Mr. Ge will be free tomorrow. The student wants to visit Mr. Ge!"
Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan, also sent a letter to Liu Xi immediately after arresting the people.
After Liu Jian learned about it, he made an exception and met with Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan Province. After all, Yan Yang helped him do this.
However, on the day Liu Jian met Yan Yang, some of the troubled people were blackmailed to death by petty officials in prison, which aroused public outrage, causing the people to make even greater troubles. Under the leadership of several children from poor families, , the people also surrounded the Liu Mansion and demanded justice from Liu Jian, the elder of the court.
But Liu Jian scolded Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan Province: "Yan Futai, you are a local parent official. I shouldn't scold you. But since you are my student, I have to ask, Luoyang, Henan Province is also the place where kings are transformed. Why?" Under your rule, banditry is so rampant! How can the people of Henan live in peace if this continues?”
"Teacher, calm down and the students immediately mobilized troops to defeat these bandits!"
Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan, was so frightened that he hurriedly said goodbye to Liu Jian and went back to the prefect's Yamen to mobilize troops.
At this time, Zhang Yong's people also arrived in Luoyang, Henan.
Because it was a peaceful time, Zhang Yong did not notify the local officials in order to prevent Liu Jian and others from being alerted. Therefore, at this time, officials in Luoyang, Henan Province did not know that Zhang Yong came to Luoyang with his officers and soldiers. The city defense station in Luoyang, Henan Province was even useless, so Zhang Yongyong led his officers and soldiers into Luoyang City without any effort.
"Surround the prisoner Liu Jian's residence immediately! Quick! Quick!"
As soon as Zhang Yong entered Luoyang City, he immediately gave orders.
At this time, Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan, also happened to come over. He hadn't seen Zhang Yong yet. He only saw a military attache running towards him with a group of officers and soldiers. He thought the military attache was his subordinate, so he immediately ordered: < br>
"Go to Mr. Ge's house quickly! Arrest all the people who are making trouble for me! No, kill them all! They actually made me lose face in front of Mr. Ge. I want them all to die badly. A bunch of They are nothing more than stupid people!”
Zhang Yong happened to arrive at this time. When he heard what Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan Province, said, he asked: "Who are you? What kind of trouble is being caused by the unruly people?"
Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan Province, did not expect that a eunuch suddenly appeared. Only then did he realize that these officers and soldiers were not his own. Looking at Zhang Yong wearing a python robe, he also knew that it must be the imperial eunuch. Although he was puzzled that such a big eunuch suddenly appeared. It was hard to ask what Luoyang City was doing, so he just busily tidied up his clothes and replied:
"The lower official is Yan Yang, the magistrate of Henan, and a student of Liu Gefu. I have seen this father-in-law, and I dare not hide it from my father-in-law. The lower official's rule is not strict, which has led to some unruly people making trouble in front of the old man's house. My father-in-law came just in time. These people The unruly people wanted to kill Mr. Ge for their rebellion, so he asked his father-in-law to help him kill this group of unruly people. I think Mr. Ge will thank his father-in-law deeply for this! ”
Yan Yang didn't know Zhang Yong's origin, so in order to avoid being despised by Zhang Yong, he directly brought Liu Jian out and stated that he was Liu Jian's student.
Zhang Yong just smiled slightly after hearing this: "Okay, you can lead the way!"
When Zhang Yong said this, Yan Yang was overjoyed and hurriedly took Zhang Yong to the Liu Mansion in person.
As soon as he arrived in front of Liu's Mansion, Zhang Yong saw a large number of people surrounding the main entrance of Liu's Mansion, shouting slogans such as "Please give me justice, Mr. Ge," and "Please make the decision for us, Mr. Ge"!
"Father, these are these unruly people! There are only about a hundred people. Although I don't know what my father-in-law is here for, I think it will not be difficult for the officers and soldiers under my father-in-law to kill these unruly people!"
Yan Yang said.
And Zhang Yong laughed: "Why did our family kill them? Was it the emperor's order to kill them, or did they want to harm the emperor?"
"However, they have surrounded Mr. Ge's residence. Father-in-law, you can't just ignore this. Be careful of Mr. Ge's memorial." Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan, was afraid that Zhang Yongsheng would be angry, so he did not say "Be careful of Mr. Ge's memorial." come out.
Zhang Yong ignored Yan Yang and only ordered a military attache: "First lead people to surround the Liu Mansion!"
As he spoke, Zhang Yong shouted to the people making trouble in front of him: "Whoever among you is in charge, tell me why you are making trouble, and I will make the decision for you!"
At this time, the common people who were a little frightened when they saw the large number of officers and soldiers appeared, but now they were a little excited when they heard what Zhang Yong said. At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a lazy scarf stood up. : "Tongsheng Wu Xingyuan is their chief! I have met this father-in-law, and now I have sent you a petition. I also ask my father-in-law to read it. The sufferings of us ordinary people are all on this paper."
When the Henan magistrate saw Zhang Yong about to take over the petition, he was deeply afraid that Zhang Yongzhen was going to pretend to be Qingtian, so he quickly reminded him: "Although my father-in-law has a respected position, his behavior of manipulating local civil affairs is too much."
"My father-in-law is staying at Zhang Yong in Fengyang. Your Majesty has ordered that you can act cheaply during the arrest of those who rebel against the party. Since these people are related to those who rebel against the party, my father-in-law can control them, even you can control them!"
As Zhang Yong spoke, he took out the imperial edict: "There is an edict drafted by the cabinet, stamped by the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and personally issued by His Majesty!"
Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan Province, had nothing to say when he saw this, and was very horrified at the same time, thinking that this person was actually Zhang Yong, the emperor's favorite, and now he was talking about arresting traitors, and brought so many officers and soldiers with him, and he even had an explicit decree. What kind of traitor are you trying to catch? Is it Mr. Ge?
Thinking about this.
Yan Yang, the prefect of Henan Province, also felt bad.
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(End of chapter)