OBS Chapter 646 Are you surprised? Is it surprising?
Chapter 646 Are you surprised? Is it surprising?
Yang Shaofeng smiled and stared at Xu Yan, asking, "You seem very afraid of me?"
Xu Yan unconsciously bowed slightly and replied with a fawning smile, "This humble official has long admired Your Highness's reputation. Today, having the opportunity to meet Your Highness, I have been filled with reverence and thus lost my composure. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Yang Shaofeng chuckled, but his expression gradually turned cold.
"You people think you're so clever, but you always treat me like a fool."
"There was the plow case that Qu Mingjie had orchestrated."
"Later came the illegal coal mine case orchestrated by Huo Lingyue."
"And now there's another one, Xu Yan."
Xu Yan was startled, but Yang Shaofeng turned to look at the city gate, sighed slightly, and said, "You won't know the pain until the knife falls on your own body."
"And you guys are indeed very smart."
"From Dengzhou to Ningyang, I have always traveled along the north. As long as it is well controlled, it is not easy for me to discover what is happening along the southern coast."
"Furthermore, as the prefect of Dengzhou, it is indeed inappropriate for me to rashly interfere in the affairs of Laizhou."
"However, you probably didn't expect that what was originally just a case of abducting a few children in each county would actually turn into an investigation by me."
Xu Yan's heart slowly sank to the bottom.
Yang Shaofeng then turned around and looked at Xu Yan, saying, "Surprised? Unexpected?"
WTF?
Xu Yan was both shocked and furious, wishing he could slap Yang Shaofeng to death for being such a scoundrel.
happiness?
Not even a little bit.
Every case involving Yang the Madman started as a trivial matter, then inexplicably escalated into a major case involving tens of thousands of people.
From the Plow Case to the Sun Gupu Case, and then to the Blank Seal Case and the Black Coal Mine Case, in just two or three years, more than three thousand officials and tens of thousands of clerks, gentry and scholars were implicated.
After several major cases, nearly 100,000 people were sent to hard labor in Dengzhou Prefecture alone!
Xu Yan was sometimes very curious about what kind of jinx Yang Dianfeng was, that he could bring disaster wherever he went.
Just as Xu Yan was mentally ranting, Yang Shaofeng said with a wicked grin, "Magistrate Xu, why don't you guess how much evidence I have?"
Xu Yan's heart skipped a beat. After forcing himself to calm down, he looked at Yang Shaofeng and said, "Does Your Highness suspect that I am colluding with those villains?"
Yang Shaofeng's smile gradually faded as he stared at Xu Yan and asked, "Will you confess yourself, or should I send you to the Embroidered Uniform Guard's cell to confess?"
Xu Yanqiang remained calm and said in a deep voice, "If Your Highness has evidence, you can arrest me directly. If you don't have evidence, I cannot allow Your Highness to slander me out of thin air."
Yang Shaofeng sneered, waved his hand at the guards of the Imperial Son-in-Law's residence, and ordered, "Show the evidence to Magistrate Xu."
The guards of the Prince Consort's residence took out an envelope from their pockets and handed it to Xu Yan.
Xu Yan's face gradually turned ashen.
Yang Shaofeng sighed softly, "Isn't it good to be alive?"
Isn’t it good to be alive?
These five simple words echoed repeatedly in Xu Yan's mind.
Isn’t it good to be alive?
It's good to be alive, of course.
The problem is, they won't survive.
This madman Yang somehow found evidence of his money-making schemes, and even caught two kidnappers, who then betrayed him.
Now look what's happened, I'm implicated in a child abduction case, am I going to survive?
It's obvious he won't survive.
Glancing at Xu Yan's face filled with despair, Yang Shaofeng sneered again, "What, do you really want your parents, wife, and children to accompany you on your journey?"
Xu Yan collapsed to the ground, shouting, "I'll confess! I'll confess everything!"
"I only know that Master Yang of Ji'an is in charge of this matter. But as far as I know, many other local officials are also involved, as are officials from various places. However, I am of low rank and only know that the magistrate of Jimo and the commander of Lingshan Guard are involved. I don't know anything else."
"Oh, right, the Assistant Prefect and Commander of the Shandong Provincial Military Command, and the Assistant Prefect of Laizhou Prefecture are also among them."
"The leader of the kidnappers in Jiaoxian is called Wang Mazi. He is currently hiding in Dazhu Mountain. The other kidnappers all follow his orders. I don't know where they are."
"..."
Despite having been somewhat prepared, Yang Shaofeng's expression gradually turned grim as Xu Yan continued to confess.
This is damning; the entire civil and military systems of the Shandong Provincial Administration Commission have been implicated.
The Deputy Commander of the Shandong Military Command was a second-rank official.
Vice Commander-in-Chief, a third-rank official.
Commander of Lingshan Guard, a third-rank official.
The Assistant Magistrate of Laizhou Prefecture was a fourth-rank official.
The lowest-ranking officials were probably the seventh-rank magistrate of Jiaoxian County and the magistrate of Jimo County whom he had identified.
The key point is that these are only the things Xu Yan knows. What about the things Xu Yan doesn't know?
While pondering, Yang Shaofeng looked at Xu Yan and asked, "What is the name of that Mr. Yang from Ji'an? Where in Ji'an does he live? And what is his relationship with you?"
Xu Yan answered honestly, "That Mr. Yang is named Yang Yuanqing. He lives in Taihe, Ji'an. He is a well-known philanthropist. I studied in Ji'an when I was young and had some connection with his eldest son, Yang Zhongyuan. This matter was brought to me by Mr. Yang's eldest son."
Upon hearing the name "Great Philanthropist Yang," Yang Shaofeng immediately felt displeased.
The name of this philanthropist, Yang Dashan, in particular disgusted Yang Shaofeng.
And his so-called eldest son.
Zhongyuan?
I'm afraid it's Chung-won!
Damn it, what kind of trash is this, daring to share the same surname as me, Yang?
While inwardly cursing, Yang Shaofeng instructed Chang Xiaojiu, the commander of the Imperial Son-in-Law's personal guards, "Take this corrupt official with us. We'll head straight to Lingshan Guard. Also, send someone to inform Commander Xia to arrest that philanthropist Yang first."
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Pay attention: The garrison system of the Ming Dynasty army began in the first year of Hongwu's reign, and the one who proposed the garrison system was none other than Liu Bowen, who has recently been losing his hair like crazy.
According to Liu Bowen's advice to Emperor Zhu, the organizational system of the Ming Dynasty's military garrison was as follows: "Where a strategic location is located, a 'suo' (所) is established; where multiple prefectures are connected, a 'wei' (卫) is established. Generally, a 'wei' consists of 5,600 men, a 'qianhu suo' consists of 1,1200 men, and a 'baihu suo' consists of 1120 men. Each 'suo' has two zongqi (总旗) and ten xiaoqi (小旗), and the large and small units are linked together to form an army."
"The soldiers and the commanders are separated; the soldiers do not have private command of the generals, and the generals do not have exclusive control of the soldiers."
"Whenever there is a campaign, the general will be ordered to wear the seal of command and lead the troops. After the campaign, the seal of command will be presented to the court, and the soldiers will return to their respective guards and go home alone."
"Their power all comes from the imperial court, and they dare not make any arbitrary decisions."
Despite his seemingly high rank and power, Commander Wei actually found it difficult to mobilize the troops under his command.
Even though he knew that Yang Shaofeng's investigation might lead to his arrest, Xiang Fei, the commander of Lingshan Guard, could only sit and wait for his fate, and couldn't even muster the thought of escaping.
Or rather, Xiang Fei never intended to run away in the first place.