The leading Shen Baoshan and Zheng Qige died in front of everyone's eyes, and suddenly some of the officers and soldiers who originally planned to follow the coax died down, and most of the soldiers didn't know what was going on at all, for them, it didn't matter who was right and who was wrong, the important thing was not to harm themselves.

Su Jin knew in his heart that the 20,000 soldiers deployed in Weizhou had become eroded, not to mention that there were still some remnants of Li Zhihe, just because they were already customers of several kilns and wine tanks in Weizhou Mansion, he could know that these officers and soldiers had reached the point where they could not be properly rectified.

Of course, now is not the time, and the top priority at the moment is to stabilize the general's mind as soon as possible, secretly remove the remnants of Li Zhihe's sins, and then rectify military discipline.

Su Jin pulled Ge Huaimin aside and explained like this, Ge Huaimin can only obey Su Jin's words now, just like being pulled into the water by Li Zhi and Xu Wei and others before, since he has already gotten on Su Jin's boat again, he can only follow Su Jin, I only hope that Su Jin can really keep his promise and give himself the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

The soldiers were led by Ge Huaimin to return to the camp, Su Jin was not idle, he led the horse army to successively serve several Qinglou that forced Liang to be prostitutes, and released the women of good families who were forced to pick up customers here, and also sealed up another black market in Beicheng, and several other places where Li Zhihe entrusted others to open a place to collect money were also investigated.

This night, the horses' hooves in the small city of Weizhou came and went noisily, and the people of the city hardly slept all night, dragging their thin bodies and listening attentively, not knowing what was happening in the city.

When the sky was bright, Su Jin dragged his tired body back to the mansion, Xia Siling and Xiao Sui'er were frightened all night, according to Su Jin's instructions, they were also dressed neatly and packed and ready to follow Su Jin to escape for their lives, and when they saw Su Jin returning, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Jin originally only left Wu Hengxin with more than a dozen servants to guard the palace, but he was really short of manpower, so he could only send a small number of people to stay, Su Jin also explained to Wu Hengxin, once a suspicious person attacked the palace, he couldn't fight, so he quickly took the two girls out of the back door, found a secluded place to hide and wait for him to escape with him; Fortunately, none of this happened, and the night was not as thrilling as imagined, and it was smooth to take Li Zhi and Xu Wei and others.

Xia Siling asked Su Jin to eat something and sleep quickly, Su Jin smiled bitterly: "How can I have that blessing, Sui'er go boil a bucket of water, I'll take a bath, and get some pastries to eat casually, there are still a lot of things to do today, but it's not time to sleep." ”

The two had no choice but to get hot water and boil millet porridge, Su Jin soaked in the wooden barrel for a while, dried his body and changed into dry clothes, and suddenly became refreshed, just sat down and drank a mouthful of rice porridge and ate a few pieces of dim sum. ”

Su Jin stood up and smiled bitterly: "See? All of them are burning their butts. ”

Xia Siling and Xiao Sui'er glanced at each other helplessly and sighed, but Su Jin had already gotten up and gone out.

On the square outside the Yamen Hall, there were forty or fifty people who were tied hand and foot and pulled by ropes to kneel on the ground in several rows.

Su Jin said: "Are they all here?" ”

Ge Huaimin said: "According to Lord Su's requirements, all the generals I know about Li Zhihe and promoted and installed are here, a total of forty-six. ”

Su Jindao: "How is the heart of the people in the army? ”

Ge Huaimin said: "It's okay, I've already explained and promoted reliable people to replace my position, and my old Ge still has some prestige in the army." ”

Su Jin nodded and smiled: "Very good, General Ge loosened the noose around his neck a little more, these things are remembered by the mansion for you, and they will be advantageous for you to exonerate when you are rewarded and punished in the future." ”

Ge Huaimin said hesitantly: "Thank you, Lord Fuzun, regardless of the past suspicions, after I went back last night, I suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, I thought that I was ashamed to follow Li Zhi and them, and now I am naturally happy to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”

Su Jin smiled: "That's natural, when you are happy later, you will know that doing good deeds will make you feel more happy, and later you follow me, let's go to Jimin together." ”

Ge Huaimin arched his hand and said, "Just listen to your lordship's orders." What about these people? ”

Su Jin said: "They were taken into the government prison, imprisoned together with the prisoners, interrogated and obtained a confession after the matter in front of them, and then escorted to the capital." ”

Ge Huaimin hurriedly ordered people to cooperate with the officials led by Wu Hengxin to put a cadre of generals in prison, and Su Jin ordered people to immediately post notices throughout the city, ring gongs and gather people to come here to receive relief food, and at the same time ordered Ge Huaimin to bring soldiers to transport the black market grain confiscated from various black markets.

When the sun just appeared, the government square was already crowded, although the people did not believe that the government would give out food, but with a glimmer of hope or rushed to come, after coming to the square, but saw the mountain of grain piled up in front of the government office, this realized that maybe this time it was really going to send food, one by one eyes lit up, looking forward to the coming happiness.

Seeing that the people were almost here, Su Jin led everyone to the temporary wooden platform, bowed his hand to the bustling people under the stage, and said, "Fellow villagers, you are polite." ”

The crowd quieted down, but there was no response, many people knew Su Jin, knew that he was the new prefect, but no one knew what kind of person this prefect who looked a little immature, after copying the black market that day, everyone thought he was a clean official, but a few days ago I heard that the black market was open as usual, and the people who were arrested were also released, and some people went to sue and were beaten out by the prefect, and now I saw the bad and famous Ge Huaimin standing on the stage with him, Obviously, it's a raccoon dog, so everyone doesn't speak, just cares about whether they can really try their luck and get food.

"Fellow villagers, you have suffered, and this official apologizes to you on behalf of the imperial court." Su Jin said slowly: "This official has been in Weizhou for more than ten days, and I have heard and witnessed the tragic situation of all of you, and the people of my Great Song Dynasty have been reduced to the realm of eating wild fruits, eating poisonous weeds, selling children and selling daughters, which is really a dereliction of duty of the official, and this official hereby apologizes to you sincerely and sincerely." ”

The crowd was a little commotional, and some people's eyes were filled with layers of mist, not because of Su Jin's words, but because they remembered the hard days of the past few months, and they couldn't wait to cry.

"But in fact, the imperial court is also innocent, not to excuse the imperial court, because as far as this official knows, the imperial court has never stopped transporting grain to the northwest roads, and the reason for the current situation is that someone has made a hindrance from it and made a fortune in the country; In fact, you all know in your hearts, who is this person? Call him by name. Su Jin waved his hand.

People, look at me, I look at you, no one dares to shout the first sound, for fear that they will be targeted because of this, and trouble will come to the door after today.

Su Jin sighed secretly, the people of today and future generations are the same, they are all willing to be silent and oppressed, but no one is willing to stand up and shout, this is the inferior nature of the Chinese people, but from another point of view, it can be seen that these people are not only physically caused by hunger and disease, but also mentally in extreme depression.

"Okay, you don't dare to say it, I'll tell you for you, the scum in Weizhou City who ruined the image of the court officials and smoked the people's fat and people's ointment have been wiped out by me last night, and the seven masterminds involved in the case, including Li Zhihe, the road supervisor, Xu Wei, and He Dazhuang, the Cangsi Division, have been imprisoned by me, and nearly 100 generals and gangsters in Weizhou City who collaborated in the crime have all been brought to justice; Last night, the Qinglou where the loser forced the woman of the good family to be a prostitute has been swept away, all the victim women have returned home, and all the other properties involved in the case have been seized, so you don't need to worry about being afraid of freezing and starving from now on, this government hereby promises, so that you can be well fed and clothed, and after the thieves are repelled, you can return to your homeland and cultivate the fields, I will exempt the emperor from paying taxes for five years, and today the son is merciful and forgiving, and will definitely respond to my performance; All in all, your hard days are over, and like this rising sun, all will be new beginnings. ”

Su Jin's voice was excited, and the trembling in his words showed the excitement in his heart, and the eyes of the people gradually became bright, Su Jin's voice fell, and someone took the lead in shouting hello, and suddenly the applause in the square was thunderous, and the cheers resounded in the sky.

Su Jin's eloquence is very good, and these words are spoken to the hearts of people, and they cannot be ignored.

Ge Huaimin, who was standing on the side, couldn't wait to plunge into the ground, he understood why Su Jin just told him that doing good deeds would be more pleasant than anything, and he realized the realm of being an official, that is, to let the people under his jurisdiction live in peace, and let everyone praise rather than curse.

Ge Huaimin suddenly came to the stage in three steps and two steps, staring directly at the cheering crowd, the people were startled, this bad breed was still safe and sound, how could the prefect slip this person through the net? At the same time, due to Ji Wei's photography, when he saw Ge Huaimin, the ecstasy in his heart suddenly faded without a trace and fell to the freezing point.

What is surprising is that Ge Huaimin suddenly took off his shirt, naked, his knees were weak, he slowly knelt on the stage, kowtowed to the stage again and again, and the sound of "dong dong" hitting the wooden platform was like a hammer hitting everyone's hearts.