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Fu Ruwei had not suffered any special abuse in the past few days, but she had obviously lost weight and had two big bags under her eyes, as if she had aged ten years.

They were pushed onto the wooden platform by the rebels. Although they were only shackled and were not asked to kneel down, Fu Ruwei still felt humiliated.

What was worse than the humiliation was fear - although he initially wanted to die, in the past few days, he no longer wanted to die.

But when he heard the discussions of the people around him and thought about his actions since taking office as the prefect of Runing, he knew that he would definitely die.

Seeing Bai Taiwei sitting in the trial seat again, he remembered that he was judging the other party here a few days ago. He also thought that if Liu Sheng was arrested in the future, he would settle the matter at this Caishikou.

Unexpectedly, just a few days later, he would be the one who was stabbed at the entrance of the vegetable market.

I was stabbed a few times in my heart.

I couldn't help but shed tears.

Wen Shiyi next to him also felt a little humiliated, but he just kept a cold face and was not afraid.

In addition to the two chief officials of the prefecture and county, there were nine other captured officials in Runing City.

These are not the only officials in Runing City. Two of them committed suicide after the rebels broke through the city. The rest were hidden among the people and could not be found for a while.

With tens of thousands of people watching at Xicai Shikou, Cheng Song read out the rebel army's investigation and trial of these officials one by one.

In the more than two years since Fu Ruwei took office as the prefect, he had imposed various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes due to clever pretexts, forcing many people to lose their lives, while he himself had embezzled and accepted bribes amounting to 70,000 to 80,000 taels.

In addition, there was no good governance that was beneficial to the people. Instead, it was common to keep famous prostitutes and entertain people. The accumulated taxes made the people complain. He was sentenced to hanging by the rebels and executed on the spot.

Among the remaining officials, two were sentenced to death and three were sentenced to beheading.

Wen Shiyi and other five people are considered good officials in the hearts of the people because they are not extremely corrupt, have never persecuted the people, or have performed good governance.

Just because he resisted the rebels and refused to surrender, he was sentenced to reform through labor...

The next day, the rebels orally sentenced officials and servants in the government and county government offices who committed treachery and evil in Xicai City.

These are the people who directly dominate the common people.

Corruption and bribery are commonplace, and many innocent people have been killed. A few of them are even notorious in Ruyang City!

Although most of these people are officials who have been passed down for generations, they are of great help to the rebels in managing Ruyang City.

But after Liu Sheng learned about their numerous crimes, he still asked Duan Lei, who was presiding over the trial, to execute them in the street.

When these evil officials and their accomplices were either beheaded or cut in half, the people watching applauded and cheered loudly. The atmosphere was much more lively than when the officials were dealt with yesterday.

On the third day, the rebels did not conduct another trial, but Liu Sheng asked Xunfengying to secretly investigate the property, reputation and private affairs of large households in Ruyang City.

For the gentry, wealthy merchants, big landowners and other big households, they killed some, punished some, and "praised" some. However, the tactics that the rebels were familiar with on the newly captured city will naturally be used again in Ruyang City...

Kaifeng Mansion.

The original name of Fucheng is Bianliang.

But for more than two hundred years since the Ming Dynasty, people have changed their habit of calling it Kaifeng.

Most of the important government offices of the province, such as the Chief Envoy Department of Henan Province, the Governor of Henan Province, the Inspector General's Office, and the Inquisition Envoy Department of Henan Province, are all located in this city.

There was also Kaifeng, a vassal state owned by the King of Zhou.

Therefore, Kaifeng can be said to be one of the largest cities in Henan at this time. Only Luoyang can barely compare with it. Nanyang, Ruyang, Shangqiu, Anyang and other prefectural cities are all inferior to it.

On this day, Governor Li Xianfeng returned from outside the city with more than 3,000 Fubiao soldiers, covered in dust.

He was a native of Gaoling, Xi'an, born into a squire family, and was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen.

His elder brother Li Xianpin was nearly two rounds older than him and was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Wanli.

His parents died young, and he grew up under the upbringing of his elder brother.

When his brother was an official, he used cruel methods to punish corrupt officials, eliminate malpractices, arrest bandits, and get promoted quickly.

Later, he served as a military supervisor during the Pingshe Chongming Rebellion, taking the lead in destroying enemy holes. Due to his meritorious service, he was promoted to the governor of Huguang Pianyuan. Unfortunately, he returned to his hometown to retire due to illness soon after.

Li Xianfeng knows that his qualifications are not as good as those of his elder brother, but he still learns everything from his elder brother.

Since taking office, he has often punished corrupt officials, and is especially good at exterminating bandits, so he was promoted to the position of governor.

Logically speaking, a prefect like Fu Ruwei lived a comfortable life, so he should have a good life as a governor.

But in fact, he has been in a state of turmoil since taking over last year.

Especially this year.

In the past few years, the military disaster caused by rogue bandits in Henan was just over, but this year's drought and locust plague are far greater than in previous years!

There are reports of disasters from various parts of Henan, either saying that there is no harvest or that production has been seriously reduced.

He once thought about reporting to the court to reduce taxes and request for relief.

However, considering that the previous governor was dismissed because of unfavorable tax collection and rampant abuse, he held back. He only said that the disaster situation in Henan was the same as last year, and asked for some tax exemptions.

The court was right about this.

But in fact, in the 280th year of Chongzhen, the levy and expropriation rates were increased (the national total was 730 taels), and in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the levy and training rates were increased (the national total was more than million taels).

Coupled with the increase in Liaoxiang tax from 650 cents per mu to cents (a total of million taels collected nationwide), the people's burden of three wages and salaries has reached more than million taels in addition to the original tax!

With the three rates, even if only part of the tax is collected, it will still be an extremely heavy burden for the people of Henan.

Because most of the people were disaster victims, they were in need of relief from the court.

What's more, some local officials still take advantage of the opportunity to collect taxes, add more names, make money wantonly, extort people, and line their own pockets.

Even though Li Xianfeng knew the situation, there was nothing he could do.

It's one thing to know, but it's another thing to find evidence to arrest and put you on trial.

Besides, if you really do this, who would be willing to tax the court?

Moreover, there are eight prefectures and one prefecture in Henan (prefectures under the jurisdiction of the province, and there are prefectures under the jurisdiction of the prefecture), and I don’t know how many prefectures and counties he really wants to take care of. How can he manage them?

Since there were many bandits in various places that had not been wiped out completely, as soon as the summer harvest was over, bandits sprouted up again in various places.

Those who are aggressive can gather tens of thousands of people in ten months; those who are aggressive can rush across prefectures and counties within a few days, destroying strongholds and villages.

As for the thieves who have hundreds or thousands of people who have not yet become established, they are even more numerous, and they are wiped out and resurrected!

Even though he knew that most of the bandits were forced out, Li Xianfeng had to suppress them.

If it is not suppressed, the bandits will destroy the local area, which will reduce the government's tax revenue.

When those gentry and landlords lost money or had their families destroyed by bandits, they would also hate him and ask the court to put pressure on him. In serious cases, he might even be dismissed from office and questioned.

Therefore, he has been busy suppressing bandits since the summer harvest.

However, half a year later, he and Chen Yongfu, the deputy commander guarding Kaifeng, sent troops everywhere, but they could not even quell the bandits in Kaifeng Mansion. They just prevented Kaifeng from raising any giant bandits.

There are eight prefectures and one prefecture in Henan, with Kaifeng, Henan, Nanyang and Runing being the largest.

Nowadays, in addition to Kaifeng, Henan Prefecture has produced giant bandits such as Li Jiyu and others due to its failure in suppressing bandits.

There is also a giant bandit named Xiao Yingxun in Nanyang.