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Xu Laosan was a veteran who was shot through the shoulder by the Tatar Uzhenchao soldiers at close range.

Although the injury has healed, his right arm cannot use much strength, and even doing farm work is somewhat affected. After he returned home from the army, he served as the town's chief peasant and soldier instructor. He had no rank or salary, but he could receive an instructor's subsidy from the county government every year.

When he is busy, he works in the fields, and when he is free, he gathers farmers and soldiers for training. This is Xu Laosan's living situation.

The seedlings are about to joint. The month from transplanting to jointing is a critical period for a good harvest of rice. A large amount of nutrients are needed to grow the rice organs.

The eldest son is in primary school, and the second son and eldest daughter have not yet reached school age. They all came to help topdress the seedlings today.

Xu Laosan and his wife each carried a basket of silkworm dung, and their son and daughter followed them, spreading the silkworm dung evenly in the rice fields. Do not apply too much top dressing at one time, as it will kill the seedlings. Appropriate top dressing must be done every three to five times.

After a busy moment, someone came to the edge of the field and asked loudly: "But Xu Zhengliang, a retired soldier?"

"It's me." Xu Laosan looked at the other party suspiciously.

This person stood on the ridge of the field, opened his bag and took out a piece of clothing, and quickly put on his white uniform: "Cao Benshu, the Integrity Inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was ordered by the emperor to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials in Quzhou. The current transfer order from the Ministry of War is here. Veteran Xu Zhengliang immediately returned to the team to assist the integrity inspector in catching criminals!"

"yes!"

The farmers who had just bent over to apply fertilizer straightened their backs as if by reflex, and gave a military salute to the honest officials under the sun.

Xu Laosan placed the silkworm dung on the edge of the field, gave his wife and children a few words, and then followed Cao Benshu. As he walked, he said: "The Ministry of War has ordered me to take a look. The superior officer can take it and I can take a look. I touched the silkworm droppings with both hands and it was still dirty."

Cao Benshu took out the order from the Ministry of War, and then took out his own badge and explained: "The officials in Quzhou are colluding. They are afraid of leaking the news, so they can only call in peasants and soldiers to arrest people."

"It should be caught!"

Xu Laosan no longer had any doubts and said: "We peasants and soldiers are not allowed to take care of local affairs, and we can't do anything when we see corrupt officials. Just come here. The mayor, village chief, and peasant association president here are all bad people. They They dare not provoke the peasant soldiers, but they dare to bully the farmers who have no support. At the beginning, we all built the canals together, but now they have to irrigate the fields before other farmers can irrigate the fields."

"Is there such a thing?" Cao Benshu was even more angry.

Xu Laosan said: "These bastards have done a lot of bad things."

Cao Benshu said angrily: "Village officials and farmers' associations can occupy the canals, so who will be willing to contribute to repairing the canals in the future?"

"Isn't that true?" Xu Laosan said angrily, "A few years back, the village chief and the farmers' association issued an order, and all the men, women, and children in the village went to build roads and dig ditches. Now they can no longer shout, and no one is willing to contribute. , the village chief has to bring someone with a whip to whip him."

"Arrest the village chief first!" Cao Benshu was furious.

Xu Laosan's trouser legs were still rolled up, and there was mud left on his feet and calves. He walked to the sun drying yard in the village, where an iron plate was hung to ring as an iron bell.

"Dang-dang-dang!"

From time to time there would be peasants and soldiers working, running quickly from the fields, and in the blink of an eye there were seven or eight of them.

Xu Laosan commanded: "Xu Er, you go to the east end of the village to ring the bell. Liu Si, you go to the west end of the village to ring the bell. Zhang Da, you go and notify the peasant soldiers in Liangtou Village. Zhang San... When all the groups have arrived, Meet at the military training ground outside the town!"

"yes!"

One after another, peasants and soldiers followed orders.

They carried no weapons and wore no armor. He even went barefoot and rolled up his trouser legs, looking exactly like a farmer.

But the action was extremely fast and methodical.

The village chief and villagers did not take it seriously, thinking that the imperial court was going to fight again and urgently recruited peasant soldiers to fight.

At noon, all the peasants and soldiers in the town arrived, except for one who was sick.

Xu Laosan shouted: "Go to the weapons library and be fully armed!"

Everyone knew it was an urgent mission, so they didn't ask any questions and lined up to run to the weapons library.

The bamboo armor, bamboo helmets, wooden shields and bamboo spears were all homemade by the peasants and soldiers. They are vulnerable to the regular army, but it is not a problem to exterminate the gangsters.

"stand at attention!"

"Look to the right, look forward. Take a break!"

"One team obeys the order!"

"exist!"

"Surround the town office and seize all the officials inside. If the mayor Zheng Changming is not here, ask where he is and arrest him immediately!"

"yes!"

"Team 2, obey the order!"

"exist!"

"Go to Niuwei Village and arrest the village chief Liu Yao and the farmer association president Xu Li. If you want to resist, you can kill them on the spot!"

"yes!"

"Team Three, obey the order!"

"exist!"

"..."

Peasants and soldiers, who usually only know how to train and are not allowed to interfere in local affairs, now show their fangs in their hometown for the first time.

In the town office, Zheng Changming was reading a novel with a cup of hot tea on his desk.

In ancient times, there were not many entertainment activities in the countryside, and you could only watch big plays when going to the market. Even novels are not available. Zheng Changming’s novel was bought in the city.

"It's not good, it's not good!"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Zheng Changming quickly put away the novel and covered up the words "Golden X Plum" on the cover.

Zheng Changming angrily shouted: "If there is an emergency, you should knock on the door first!"

Before the man could speak, he was violently pushed down by the peasant soldiers. Two other peasant soldiers entered the house, grabbed Zheng Changming, and dragged him outside without saying a word.

Zheng Changming was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Rebellion, rebellion, what are you going to do?"

Cao Benshu glanced at the man and said to Xu Laosan: "Your Majesty has an order to deal with special matters. If the mayor of the town, village chief, or farmers' association commits a crime, there is no need to alert the county magistrate and call the entire town for a public trial. This is a special case. Don’t act like this in the future! The school teachers in this town will choose three people with high moral character to record the public trial process together. After the public trial is completed, they will not be lynched and will wait for me to come back to receive them."

Xu Laosan said happily: "I know which teachers are good people."

Cao Benshu said again: "You arrange things well, leave some guards to guard the prisoners, and take the rest of the peasants and soldiers with me."

Twelve anti-corruption inspectors summoned farmers and soldiers from twelve towns, spanning three counties.

A few days later, they directly surrounded the city.

Of course, there were also some peasant soldiers to surround the Zheng family's mansion in the suburbs, as well as the Zheng family's ancestral home and mines.

Looking at the peasants and soldiers outside the courtyard wall, Zheng Hongyi was surprised and uncertain. Then he forced himself to calm down and asked someone to open the door. He went out with his head held high and yelled: "You peasants and soldiers really think of yourself as the Datong Army? Don't know whose house this is? Hurry up... wait a minute, don't do it." Catch me, my son is a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, a high-ranking official praised by His Majesty! I have led horses for Your Majesty, and Master Cifu and I are in-laws..."

When this guy was halfway talking, he was held down by the peasant soldier, his face pressed to the ground, and he became more and more anxious as he spoke.

The servants and thugs of the Zheng family were stunned and stood there at a loss.

The person who surrounded the Zheng family was Feng Yue, and the peasant and soldier chief instructor with him was named Xie Sanchuan.

Xie Sanchuan held a bamboo gun and pointed it at the servants of the Zheng family: "No one is allowed to leave. Anyone who dares to escape or resist will be shot to death on the spot!"

Those thugs who usually showed off their power turned into shy little wives when faced with the formation of peasants and soldiers, shivering and retreating back.

The peasants and soldiers rushed up, and they were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, without the slightest courage to resist.

Quzhou government office.

Liu Anyong quickly rushed to the second hall where Xiaohong worked and said anxiously: "Master, the peasants and soldiers have rebelled and besieged the city!"

Huang Fei smiled and said, "Don't panic, your Majesty has issued an imperial edict, and those peasants and soldiers are obeying orders."

"Holy... imperial edict?" Liu Anyong was even more panicked.

Huang Fei slammed the table and said sternly: "Liu Anyong, do you know your guilt?"

Liu Anyong's knees softened and he almost knelt down. He forced himself to stand firm and said, "I... Where can I be guilty?"

"You are so stubborn, who do you think those peasants and soldiers are here to arrest?" Huang Fei sneered, "The Zheng family is finished this time, and so are you! It's okay to be corrupt and pervert the law, but you dare to cross the border to mine and seize the people's farmland!"

When Liu Anyong heard this, his face turned pale and he sat paralyzed on the ground.

outside the city.

Dai Wenmeng held up the Ministry of War transfer order and the integrity badge: "The Integrity Officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is at work. The Ministry of War transfer order is here. The city guards should open the door quickly! If you don't believe it, send someone out of the city to check!"

The city guards in various cities in the hinterland all belong to the local police system.

Soon, a policeman came out of the city with a basket hanging. After verifying the documents from the Ministry of War, he subconsciously asked: "Shangguan, why are you fighting like this?"

Dai Wenmeng said angrily: "If the police officers in Quzhou Prefecture can still be used, why should I go to the countryside to mobilize troops?"

The policeman was dumbfounded, knowing that the anti-corruption officer was here to arrest corruption, so he immediately said with a tearful voice: "Your Majesty, only officials are guilty. How can we, small police officers, have any ability to take bribes and bend the law?"

"I saw with my own eyes the little policeman bullying the vegetable farmers," Dai Wenmeng glared at him and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense and open the city gate quickly, otherwise it will be a serious crime of rebellion!"

The city gate opened, and farmers and soldiers filed in.

After entering the city, Dai Wenmeng shouted: "All the police officers in the city should hand over their weapons and return to their yamen, waiting for someone to be sent to review! Peasants and soldiers went to various yamen in the city to arrest people in accordance with their established tasks. No official was allowed to be released. Let’s go, I want to take the trial slowly!”

The people in the city began to panic, thinking that the peasants and soldiers were rebelling.

Then he saw the peasants and soldiers arresting the officials, and they suddenly understood and walked out of their houses to watch the fun.

There were also many people who had been bullied and ran with the peasants and soldiers, telling them which official was the bad guy. When they saw the person who bullied them being caught, they were so excited that they burst into tears. They knelt down on the spot and shouted: "Long live your Majesty, long live the Lord Qingtian!"

Integrity officials handling cases at the local level are not allowed to hear cases alone and must be accompanied by local judicial officials throughout the process.

In Quzhou Prefecture, there are three counties and one prefecture. If the village and town levels are also included, more than 300 officials and civilians have been arrested. After arresting all the people, he went to Hangzhou to inform the Yamen, which frightened the top officials in Zhejiang so much that their faces turned pale.

Quzhou Prefecture is in such a state of ruin. Why don’t Zhejiang’s judicial and anti-corruption officials know any news?

The first and second leaders of relevant agencies in the province must all be held accountable!

It can range from being demoted, to being dismissed from office!