The World of Yellow Sky

Mrs. Zhen was looking for her own death. When Xu An asked him to thoroughly investigate Mrs. Zhen, he secretly sent a letter asking Mrs. Zhen to take out the money and food from the hidden warehouse and hand it over.

As long as [-]% is handed over, the Zhen family can basically guarantee that they will not be too deeply affected and punished too severely in this public trial.

But the Zhen family didn't know whether to live or die. According to the investigation of the Eagle Wolf Guards, the Zhen family concealed a full [-]% of the secrets. There must be some secret warehouses that have not been found out, and I am afraid there will be more.

"I really don't know whether to live or die..."

The judge's eyes were slightly sharp, if Zhen Shi would listen to him, he wouldn't be in such a dilemma.

Handing over [-]% of all property was a condition set when the Zhen family took the initiative to take effect. If the Zhen family really strictly enforced it, then the public trial would only arrest those members of the Zhen family who had committed crimes by rampaging in the countryside, bullying the market, and committing crimes.

However, Zhen believed that the secret warehouse would not be discovered, but in the end he reaped the consequences.

The trial match was in the front, Zhao Ji was in the back, and the two walked into Zhen's mansion one after the other.

At this time, in the main hall of the Zhen's mansion, all the elders in power of the Zhen's clan showed fear on their faces.

But it was too late for them to realize their fear until now.

"Examination Taiwei..."

As soon as Shenpei entered the main hall, the old patriarch of the Zhen family hurried forward to talk to Shenpei, but before he could approach, he was stopped by the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi who was guarding Shenpei.

"This official is the procurator of Jizhou's punishment and trial, following the decree of the Taoist monarch, to try the case of Zhen's embezzlement and perversion of the law."

Shenpei and Zhen's patriarch quietly opened a distance, and said indifferently.

He has done the utmost of benevolence and righteousness to Zhen Shi, but it is no fault of Zhen Shi to seek his own death.

Seeing the demeanor of the judge, and the murderous Yinglangwei Tiqi who poured into the hall, all the members of the Zhen clan in the hall were ashamed.

"Shangguan, I, the Zhen family, took the initiative to join, and I have the merit of dedicating the city and the land... Those who said that they took the initiative at the beginning can be punished according to the circumstances..."

They still wanted to talk to Zhao Ji, but Zhao Ji raised his hand and interrupted their words.

"Indeed, those who take the initiative can reduce their punishment as appropriate."

"So the conditions we gave are to hand over [-]% of the property, [-]% of the land, all mines, forest farms, and lakes."

"But in the end we found out that you only handed in less than [-]%."

Zhao Ji beckoned lightly, and the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi came in with documents in hand, and they delivered the documents one by one to the stewards of the Zhen clan in the hall.

The noise in the hall disappeared quickly, and slowly fell silent.

"Since everyone thinks that I am incompetent, and you are thinking of luck, then don't blame me for being merciless when I check it out."

Zhao Ji's expression was slightly stern, and his sharp eyes swept across the people in the lobby.

After meeting Zhao Ji's gaze, all the members of the Zhen clan in the hall lowered their heads involuntarily, terrified in their hearts.

"Take people according to the list on the driver's sticker, and no one is allowed to escape."

Zhao Ji paused, glanced at the judge, and said lightly.

"By the way, order the engineering team to dig down five meters in all parts of Zhen's mansion to find out if there are any hidden cellars."

Zhao Ji's words made all the members of the Zhen clan in the hall panic, and they also noticed Zhao Ji's eyes.

It was also because of the explanation of the trial match that Zhao Ji knew where many powerful families hid their treasures.

Relying on some clues provided by the judges, the Eagle Wolf Guard even found a lot of hidden warehouses and a lot of money in Bingzhou and Zhongzhou, among the old sites of many powerful families that had been seized.

Zhao Ji's voice fell, and the eagle wolf Wei Tiqi, who was pointing at the driver's sticker, had already entered in a file, and arrested all the elders of the Zhen family in the lobby, their hands were tied behind their backs, and handcuffed, and then More Eagle Wolf Wei Tiqi walked towards the inner house.

Zhen Yan's face was a bit embarrassed, a eagle wolf Wei Tiqi in blue clothes had already walked up to him, he kept thinking about what Zhen Mi told him before, and now he can only treat a dead horse as a living horse.

Zhen Yan stepped out of the crowd and raised her voice.

"I'm Zhen Yan, I've met the governor."

Zhao Ji naturally also heard Zhen Yan's voice, he looked sideways at Zhen Yan, and at the same time waved away Ti Qi who wanted to arrest Zhen Yan.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Zhen Yan gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind.

"It's really too late to talk about these things now."

"I, the Zhen family, are willing to donate all the property and property of the clan, including the property in the secret treasury of the clan, and obey all the arrangements of the court, but I hope that a little bit of guilt can be alleviated."

"We know that there must be some people in the clan who do illegal things and run rampant. However, the clan is huge, with a large population, difficult management, and heavy affairs. Such incidents are unavoidable for all clans in the world."

"I am not explaining this for the sake of getting rid of the crimes of the people in the clan. It is reasonable for the eunuch to pursue the perpetrators, and our clan should also take responsibility. I just ask the eunuch to handle it according to the circumstances and be considerate."

"Previously the world was in turmoil and famine, and the people were forced to sell pearls and jade fields to survive. We will use grain vibration to give to our relatives and neighbors as a favor."

At this moment, Zhao Ji finally looked straight at Zhen Yan.

Zhen Yan did not lie about this matter, what Zhen Yan said happened last year.

Last year, the battle between the Wei army and the Han army became more and more urgent. Yuan Shao collected money and food from various places, and all places were affected.

Zhen's opened her own granary at that time, and distributed the grain in the granary to many villagers for free, allowing them to survive the difficult year.

However, it is reported that the person who first proposed to distribute the food was not the elder of the Zhen family in charge, but Zhen Mi, who was only a little over ten years old.

"In today's chaotic world, if you buy more treasures, it's not a crime for a man to have a jade, but it's a crime for you to conceive a biscuit. And both the left and the right are starving, so it's better to give the grain to your relatives and neighbors, and it's a big favor."

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Every man is innocent, but pregnant is a crime..."

He remembered that Zhen Mi seemed to be a member of the Zhen clan who was engaged to Yuan Xi.

"A merit is a merit, a fault is a fault, we will naturally deal with it as appropriate."

Zhao Ji thought for a moment, then said.

"However, if you are willing to donate the property in the secret treasury, I can promise to alleviate your crimes as appropriate, but if there are still concealments, don't blame me."

Many things that the Eagle Wolf Guard found were also extremely limited. If Mrs. Zhen is willing to take the initiative to hand them over, it's not like she can't let it go.

In the three caves of the cunning rabbit, Mrs. Zhen must have hidden a lot of things. It is always good to have more.

What's more, Xu An didn't want to really destroy the Zhen family.

After all, the Zhen family is a high school in Jizhou, if it is really punished too much, it will inevitably cause panic among other powerful families in Hebei, and unnecessary riots will occur.

……

After the decree to investigate the crime was issued, the time was unified, and all regions acted almost on the same day. This time the public trial included most of the powerful families in Hebei.

Some people wanted to resist and abscond, but without exception, they were all calmed down quickly and arrested.

The Eagle Wolf Guard has been preparing for such a long time, and even has troops in various places to assist, how could it be possible to dislike the storm.

Those who turned over their property as required were naturally safe, while those who stole, raped and played tricks were severely punished.

Waiting for the fate of those who steal, rape and play tricks is to leave Hebei and be exiled to the northern Xinjiang province, where they graze and survive, and open up northern Xinjiang for the country.

Chapter 8

"Good guy."

Xu An looked at the document sent by the Eagle Wolf Guard not long ago, his expression changed slightly.

"Ok?"

Xu An's voice also caught the attention of Xu You sitting aside.

"Is there any problem with the document sent by Eagle Wolf Guard?"

Xu An has been checking the documents since Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guard sent the documents.

Although Xu You didn't know what Xu An meant by "good guy", he could see that Xu An's expression was very strange.

He has been in the Taipingdao for more than seven years. Except for offering advice and leading the army, he basically handles government affairs and is directly led by Xu An.

Xu An usually has no airs, and he never cares about red tape, so Xu You asked directly.

"Just look at this document and you'll know."

Xu An put the document on the table, knocked heavily, with a solemn expression.

Xu You showed doubts on his face, he left his seat without delay, walked to Xu An's desk, and picked up the paperwork on the desk.

His gaze first fell on the seal of the document. The imprints of the three seals of Baihuguan, Qianhuguan, and Zhenfushi were all left on it. Seal, attesting to the authenticity of the data of this instrument.

Wait, Tobe?

What is the relationship between the three-party joint review and the Ministry of Households? Why is there a seal of the Ministry of Households on it?

When Xu You saw the content of the document, his face froze on the spot, the hand holding the document didn't even shake, and the whole person seemed to be still.

"Zi Yuan."

"Zi Yuan."

Xu An yelled several times in a row before Xu You regained consciousness.

At this moment, Xu You finally understood what Xu An meant by "good guy".

Xu You put down the paperwork in his hand with difficulty.

"Even Tao Zhugong's wealth in the past is probably not as good as that of the mother Ji Zhen's today."

Looking at the money confiscated from his mother Zhen's hands written on the document, Xu You now even feels that his clan is not even worthy of being called a noble family along with the Zhen family.

The Zhen family not only has nearly [-] servants and diners, but also has assets worth billions.

The assets it has accumulated are even more than the annual taxes of Daming today.

"It's no wonder that the Zhen family can afford such servants and diners that Yuan Shao is willing to marry him..."

Xu You looked at the documents on the table with mixed feelings in his heart.

The seized food can even be used to support the Ming army in the land of Hebei today for more than a year.

"This Mrs. Zhen is really bold. The property that was handed over before is only [-]% of all her furniture..."

Xu You's eyelids twitched wildly, this Zhen family really wanted money and life, and dared to tease the Eagle Wolf Guard like this.

Now he has lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot.

"How does Duke Ming plan to deal with the Zhen family?"

Xu You tilted his head to look at Xu An, and asked solemnly.

When the Zhen family was arrested by the Eagle Wolf Guards before, the clan expressed their willingness to donate all the property and land in the clan, including the property in the secret treasury of the clan, and to obey all the arrangements of the imperial court, in hopes of mitigating a little guilt.

Xu An agreed to this proposal at the time.

"I'm thinking about it now."

Zhen's is indeed bold. According to the Eagle Wolf Guard's information, Zhen's left [-]% of them. Xu An estimates that there should be [-] to [-]% of the undiscovered secret vaults that have not been handed over.

But I didn't expect that the Zhen family didn't hand over even [-]% before, but only handed over [-]%, leaving a full [-]%.

……

"Under the rule of Taiping Dao, the people live in peace and the villagers enjoy their work. Although there are many laws, they are carefully used."

"When Taipingdao seized Bingzhou, Zhang Yi asked Xu An not to kill more after taking over Bingzhou. Xu An promised, and then kept his promise."

"Later, he went south to Yizhou, promised to give preferential treatment to the powerful family who was willing to belong to him, and then kept his promise."

"This time, if you enter Hebei and promise to take the initiative to serve, you can reduce the punishment as appropriate. Those who don't take chances and donate their family wealth, all have a peaceful home, and no eagle wolf guards are stationed."

"So, in my opinion, Xu An's promise is more important than Jiuding. Since he has agreed to this matter, he will definitely reduce the punishment as appropriate."

"Furthermore, a thousand gold is a matter of bone, and I have the Zhen family as an example. If Xu An is willing to let my Zhen family go because of this, the other powerful families will definitely follow suit after seeing this situation."

Zhen Yan sat in the house, thinking about what Zhen Mi had said to him before.

He summoned up courage to Zhao Ji in the lobby and made a new proposal.

In the final outcome, except those who committed other crimes in Zhen's family were arrested and sent to prison, the rest of them were only put under house arrest in the mansion.

At least the main branch of the Zhen family has been preserved, and will not be exiled to Mobei.

But he heard that those who were convicted would be sent to Saibei, the north of the desert, where the Xianbei people used to live to graze.

It seems to be called the Northern Xinjiang Province now, not far to the south of Beihai where Su Wu used to graze.

Zhen Yan absolutely did not want to go to the bitter cold place in northern Xinjiang, not to mention the conditions there, even if he went there from Jizhou, he would probably lose half of his life first.