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Zou Guangdi sent a list: "The army has investigated clearly."

Zhao Han checked it carefully and heaved a sigh of relief.

The Datong Army on the Guangzhou side, the high-level generals are all fine.The middle-level officers found two of them, one for taking 80 taels of bribes, and the other for stealing property by ransacking their homes.In addition, there are six low-level officials and more than 20 soldiers who have hidden property.

"Drag to the pier and execute in public!"

Zheng Sen followed Zhao Han to the city tower, watched the execution at the pier, and his heart was greatly shocked.

I only heard Zou Guangdi and a Cantonese interpreter announce in Jiangxi dialect and Cantonese respectively: "Datong has strict military discipline and does not take people's property... Now Liu Qian, the first battalion, third general, and fourth sentry commander of the South Military Academy Right, accepting a bribe of 80 taels of silver, and privately releasing gangsters Lin Fu and Chen Mingyi, will be executed according to military law!"

Liu Qian was being tied up and dragged out. In front of the onlookers, he shouted towards the tower: "General Town, I violated the military law, and I deserve to die. My son is studying in Luling Middle School. He studies very well. Please don't implicate him!"

After shouting several times in a row, Liu Qian was kowtowing to Zhao Han, with blood flowing from his forehead.

"Tell him that if one person is punished, the whole family will not be affected." Zhao Han said expressionlessly.

The personal guard immediately ran down the tower and said: "The chief town said that if one person is punished, the whole family will not be affected."

"Thank you, Chief Town!"

Liu Qianzheng kowtowed three more times and said to the executioner, "Come on."

brush!

The knife flashed, and the head fell to the ground.

The onlookers backed away in fright, and then talked a lot.

If you take 80 taels of bribes, you will be beheaded. Zhao Tianwang's military law is really strict, no wonder the officers and soldiers are running around everywhere.

Next, the officer who hid the treasure was also beheaded.

Six low-level officers and more than 20 ordinary soldiers were reprimanded on the spot because their possessions were worth less than 20 taels, their personal land was taken back, and they were expelled from the army.

After reading out the crimes, not only the common people, Zheng Sen was dumbfounded.

One of the soldiers just hid jewelry.Jewelry worth a few hundred coins was punished on the spot, expelled from the army, and one mu of land (based on paddy fields) was taken back.

If someone hides two taels of silver privately, all the land will be taken back.

"General Town," Zheng Sen couldn't help but said, "this is too unreasonable. As long as you are brave in battle, and the jewelry is only a few hundred pennies, why bother to fire an elite soldier?"

Zhao Han said: "This is just the beginning, and every month from now on, we will kill a batch on the pier!"

Who to kill?

Of course it is to kill civil officials who dare to reach out for corruption!

Zou Guangdi announced again: "Fei Ruhe, the head of the Southern Military Academy, is not strict in governing the army. He will be dismissed from all military posts and stay in the army to serve. Ten times with the stick, one mu of land under his name will be taken back!"

Fei Ruhe was dragged out to save face, so he didn't take off his pants in public and beat him again.

"Clap clap clap!"

The people who watched the execution looked incredible.

They were not familiar with others, but Fei Ruhe was the highest military officer occupying Guangzhou, and led troops to conquer half of Guangzhou.Before Zhao Han came, Fei Ruhe was the uncle of Guangzhou, and he was in charge of everything.

Such a general was dismissed from office because of some trivial matter?

Then, several high-ranking officers in the military were pulled out and spanked.Some were demoted and accepted, and some were pushed to the end. They were charged with accepting bribes from merchants, but they voluntarily handed over dirty money for confiscation.

"It's dead, it's dead." A merchant trembled because he had bribed these high-ranking officers.

A group of scholars standing at the pier were deeply moved:

"Those who govern the army in ancient and modern times are probably not as strict as the Datong army."

"I heard that General Fei, who was dismissed from office, is still the brother-in-law of Zhao Tianwang."

"This person will win the world, and I want to go out of the mountain to assist him."

"Haha, you still go out to assist. They only recruit reserve officials. If you want to be an official, you have to do things first."

"I have already inquired about it. As long as you become an official, you can be promoted very quickly. The current magistrate of Nanhai County, who was born in Jiangxi Juren, also started as a civil servant. If Fujian is taken, the magistrate of Nanhai County can be promoted immediately. Zhizhou."

"Yes, yes, you can only be an official when you go out of the mountain, but they are promoted quickly. I am going to serve Mr. Zhao. It is too late. I will do it first."

"..."

Chapter 270 [Governing Guangzhou]

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The door of a big family's house in the city was slammed open, and a servant cautiously asked, "What's the matter, sir?"

The official said: "The world is one, and everyone is equal. There is an order in the township that slaves are not allowed. Let us go in, and all the slaves will come to register. All contracts of sale will be voided, and the slaves can stay as they please. I would like to keep the slaves who work. , Write clearly the number of years of employment, write clearly the monthly salary!"

"Master, our family has already registered." The servant said.

"Before, I took the initiative to report to the government. Today is the government's door-to-door inspection. Get out of the way!" the official scolded.

Five or six official messengers entered the courtyard, and the owner of the house hurried over to greet them.

An old man took out his money and smiled and said: "Master, the servants at home have reported to the police, and they have been replaced with employment contracts."

"Take out all the contracts!"

"Grandpa, wait a moment."

Not long after, some of the contracts and servants were sent before the leaders.

The leading official said: "Write it down, how much is this household's bribe...?"

Another official who was carrying the scale said: "Eight qian silver for a bribe."

"This household bribed eight qian, ten times the fine, and eight taels of silver. Take it out quickly!" the official urged.

"This..." The old man began to panic.

The official scolded: "Don't you have a brain? In this month, the wharf has killed one civil servant, two military officials, seven second-class government servants, and more than 40 people who beat the board. You dare to bribe, you You want me to die, don't you?"

"Don't dare, dare not, the old man accepts the punishment." The old man hurriedly asked for money to be brought over.

In private, there must be officials who accept bribes, just like there must be people in the military who have not been found out for corruption.

But on the bright side, no one dares to be greedy anymore.

This thing can make meritorious deeds by reporting each other. As long as they make meritorious deeds, they will be promoted soon. Anyway, there is a shortage of manpower everywhere.

After registering the fine, the contract and servant are verified.

Several officials rushed into the inner courtyard and began to shout: "Is there any domestic slaves? If you don't register and settle down, you will be a black household vagrant from now on. If you are beaten and killed, the government doesn't care. As long as you register and settle down, your descendants can become officials. Listen! , As long as you register and settle down, the descendants of domestic slaves can also be officials! Don't think about yourself, but also think about your children and grandchildren!"

No one responded.

An official came to a remote courtyard, and the yard was full of firewood.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Just as the official was about to leave, there was a sudden burst of noise from a hut where sundries were piled up.

The official sent to open the door, but the door was locked.

"Woo! Whoa! Whoa!"

The official sent immediately blew the bamboo whistle, and other officials came quickly.

"what happened?"

"The door is locked, there is movement inside."

The head of the official station turned around and saw that the owners of the house were all frightened.

"Pry open!"

The door was quickly pried open, and there were more than a dozen house slaves locked inside.Limbs were bound and mouths were gagged.

The officials were startled, pulled the rag from a house slave's mouth, and asked, "Why are you imprisoned?"

The house slave replied: "A few days ago, the master killed a servant girl with a cane. We are all house slaves in the master's inner courtyard. When he heard that the official came, the master tied us up and hid us."

"Okay! Grab them and bring them back to the county government office. Don't even think about running away."

The officials were both surprised and delighted. This is a big case. They have all made meritorious service, and they might be sent to be officials in western Guangdong.

There are so many pickles by the big family, and they wanted to investigate the slaves, but a bunch of cases were found, and the magistrates of Nanhai and Panyu were very busy.

These officials sent the criminals back to the county government office, but they saw gongs and drums beating on the way.

A slave sits on a palanquin, with gongs and drums clearing the way ahead, accompanied by suona.

"Boom!"

Someone rang the gong and shouted loudly: "Congratulations to shopkeeper Lin, congratulations to shopkeeper Lin, once you are free, you will never be a slave forever. Long live King Zhao!"

"Clap clap clap clap!"

Another entourage lit firecrackers, crackling all the way, the scene was like welcoming a relative.

"Sprinkle money!"

The slave, who was called shopkeeper Lin, sat comfortably on the palanquin and ordered his followers to throw money on the street.

Many passers-by flocked to pick up money lying on the ground.

An idler couldn't squeeze in, so he shouted: "Congratulations to Shopkeeper Lin, your children and grandchildren will be rich and honored, and your children and grandchildren will be high officials!"

"Reward! Quickly reward that man!"

Shopkeeper Lin shouted quickly, and his attendant grabbed a handful of copper coins, ran over and stuffed them into the idler's arms.

"Shopkeeper Lin has many sons and blessings, and shopkeeper Lin has been a prince for generations!"

Suddenly more people shouted.

Shopkeeper Lin laughed loudly: "Spend money, quickly throw money!"

Shopkeeper Lin's team crossed this street and bumped into another team of Haonu.

"congratulations!"

"Happy together, rejoice together!"

Two powerful slaves, sitting on the palanquin, bowed to each other in the air.

The second slave is more interesting. He not only throws money along the way, but also holds the "Datong Collection" and reads the article aloud: "The dignity of a sage is called personality in his virtues. The dignity of an emperor is called a person in his position of authority." Position... The good, the honorable, and the humble are in their position; the good and the inferior are equal, in their character. Fellow folks, Mr. Zhao’s article is well written. Now, not only is the good and the inferior equal, but Mr. Zhao wants to abolish the distinction between the good and the inferior. The world is united, long live Mr. Zhao! The world is united, Mr. Zhao!"

These slaves are simply crazy.

Compared with ordinary domestic slaves, Hao slaves not only gained freedom, but also protected their property under their names.

To them, Zhao Han is simply a reborn parent.

On the other street, there were only a few tortoises and more than 20 prostitutes, who came out with their bustards and brothel thugs tied up.

A tortoise yelled: "Report to the official, report to the official. Mr. Chen's brothel does not allow lowly households to be good, openly disobeying Mr. Zhao's order. The neighbors are listening, I, Yuan Da, will not be a bitch in the future, I will go to Mr. Zhao Join the army there! Brothers and sisters, shout: The world is one!"

"The world is one!" Gui Gong and the prostitute shouted in unison.

"The good and the bad are equal!"

"The good and the bad are equal!"

They had just turned the corner when they encountered another group of people.

These people are all domestic slaves. They bound their masters and went to the county government to report to the officials, because the masters did not want to return the deeds.

Hearing the shouts of Mr. Gui and the prostitute, the slaves also shouted: "The world is one! The good and the low are equal!"

In a restaurant facing the street, several scholars looked out of the window, all showing expressions of shock.

"The decline of the world, the loss of morality! The decline of the world, the decline of morality!"

"This Zhao guy, what exactly does he want to do?"

"..."

Many good people follow these teams.

For example, craftsmen and the like, they were also liberated, and finally they no longer had to serve the government.

Nanhai County Government.

Tu Tingying, the county magistrate, was exhausted physically and mentally, and the prison of the county government was already overcrowded, and now he was trying his case in a hurry.