Chapter 155 Jia Jing is crazy about killing
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“Wait a minute.”

Jia Jing raised his hand to stop it.

Zhong Shengjie smiled awkwardly and said, “Lord Jia, do you have any other instructions?”

Jia Jing said calmly, “I don’t dare to take your orders, but Zhong Futai was so anxious to beat someone to death, is there some unspeakable secret?”

Zhong Shengjie said with a smile: “You are joking, my Lord. I am only punishing those who have no regard for the law. Is there anything wrong with that?”

At this time, Jia Jing saw Nangong Lu bringing people outside, and he immediately had a plan.

“No respect for the law?” Jia Jing sneered, “I think you are the one who has the most no respect for the law!”

Zhong Shengjie’s face changed, knowing that this was a falling out, but thinking that the young minister was behind him, he was not very afraid, so he smiled and said: “If the minister Jia is dissatisfied with the trial of the case by me, you can impeach me in the book, and I will have no complaints.”

In order to stop the salt tax reform, Prime Minister Ye will definitely take action to protect himself, otherwise who would dare to charge into battle?

Therefore, Zhong Shengjie was not very worried.

Jia Jing understood Zhong Shengjie’s plan very well.

He is submitting the application now and it will take half a month for him to arrive in Beijing. Prime Minister Ye might even delay the case, and then go through various procedures. It happens that the New Year, the Lantern Festival, etc., all the government offices are on holiday. As a result, it may take more than a month or even two months to deal with this matter.

Can the salt tax reform continue?

The various government offices saw that he was weak and powerless and couldn’t even control the nearby Yangzhou Prefecture. Who would obey his orders?

By then, all efforts will likely be in vain!
Jia Jing frowned and thought in the hall.

a long time.

The murderous aura gradually spread from his body!
“Somebody come!”

“My subordinate is here!”

Nangong Lu and others led people into the government office.

Zhong Shengjie was startled and said in a timid tone, “Lord Jia, this is the court of Yangzhou Prefecture. Although you are a noble minister, you have no right to interfere with me!”

“I will write a letter to impeach you!”

“Haha.” Jia Jing smiled and said, “Who said I have no power?”

“Mr. Nangong!”

Nangong Lu bowed slightly and presented something wrapped in yellow brocade with both hands.

Zhong Shengjie’s face changed drastically.

This is……

Imperial sword!

If I were here in person!

Zhong Shengjie knelt down hurriedly.

“Long live my emperor.”

If he had known that Jia Jing brought this thing to Lianghuai, he would never have listened to Ye Xiaoge Lao’s instigation and gone against Jia Jing. However, Zhong Shengjie still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. Although he had the right to execute first and report later with the Imperial Sword, ordinary ministers did not dare to use it easily. The Imperial Sword was mostly used for deterrence.

After all, the greater the power, the more taboos there are.

Jia Jing saw Zhong Shengjie’s expression clearly and smiled coldly.

“Capture this beast!”

“promise!”

Two personal soldiers stepped forward, dragged the prefect out.

“Mr. Jia, we can talk it over. I know I was wrong…”

“Lord Jia, you can’t do this!”

“Lord Jia…”

As the governor was dragged away, the other subordinates in the hall, including clerks, chief clerks, and legal advisors, were all terrified. They all knelt on the ground with pale faces, not daring to breathe.

Jia Jing looked around and said in a cold voice: “Come here, detain and guard them separately, and each of them should write down everything they have done in the past few days on paper.”

“I warn you all, don’t take any chances. If you are found to have deceived me, you will be beheaded on the spot! I will not tolerate it!”

The people kneeling on the ground were all terrified, and some even got their pants wet…

“I confessed everything.”

“Please show some leniency, Lord.”

Seeing that the prefect had been arrested, everyone dared not hope for the slightest chance and told everyone everything.

The desk was piled with complaint papers.

They pretended to obey but actually disobeyed, deceived their superiors and subordinates, and enriched themselves. In order to defy the salt tax reform, they openly arrested new salt merchants, tortured them into confessing, and even forced their families to death. They also instigated salt merchants to disguise as ordinary people and cause trouble and riot.

The charge of inciting civil unrest alone is enough to punish the death penalty!

Lin Ruhai looked at it and frowned, saying, “Why not take him back to the capital and have him tried by the three judicial departments?”

Jia Jing raised his head slowly.

“It’s hard to say when we get there!”

“Prime Minister Ye has plenty of excuses to exonerate him. If we don’t kill the chicken to scare the monkey, the salt tax reform will be difficult to succeed!”

Lin Ruhai was shocked and asked, “Are you really going to kill him?”

“Although this can deter many people and the salt tax reform can proceed smoothly, it will only cause endless troubles!”

Jia Jing waved his hand.

“I can’t control that much anymore!”

“I must do this!”

“But don’t worry, Ru Hai. You forgot that the internal minister is following us. I will discuss it with him!”

Lin Ruhai then nodded slowly.

If Dai Quan nods, then it won’t be a big problem.

To a certain extent, Dai Quan truly represented the emperor, and was more useful than the Shangfang Sword.

only……

“Are you sure you can convince Dai Quan?”

Jia Jing said: “Let’s give it a try!”

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Inspection Division.

Dai Quan has been a little anxious recently.

The property of the six major salt merchants has not been found yet and the clues have almost been cut off.

The only clue is that not long ago, several large ships from Yangzhou went out to sea secretly.

Upon finding out this, Dai Quan was furious. Just as he was about to cause trouble for the Yangzhou coastal defense, he did not expect that the coastal defense governor was being investigated for a crime and was about to be taken back to Beijing for trial.

Of course, Dai Quan stopped the man without any hesitation and asked him the questions he wanted to know without any torture.

There were actually still people alive from several salt merchants who concealed the truth and quietly went out to sea!
“Damn it!”

“Damn it?”

“Chase me!”

“Bring the silver back to me!”

The crowd below looked at each other in bewilderment. On land, these people would naturally confiscate the property and exterminate the clan, and they were omnipotent!

On the sea…

Who dares to go?
Dai Zhongliang said awkwardly, “To arrest people at sea, we need to use people from the Coastal Defense Department. I’m afraid this requires the consent of Lord Jia.”

“Then go find Elder Jia!”

“Forget it, let’s go find it ourselves!”

Dai Quan was about to leave when a servant came to report: “Lord Jia is here to visit.”

Dai Quan was delighted.

“Quick, please come in.”

Could it be that Lord Jia knew about our family’s difficulties and came to help him?
“Eunuch Dai.”

Jia Jing walked in and bowed.

“Haha, Lord Jia.”

Dai Quan smiled kindly.

“Come in, and serve tea.”

“We were just about to look for you, and you happened to be here.”

Jia Jing took a sip of tea and said with a smile, “I wonder what Eunuch Dai wants to see me for?”

Dai Quan sighed and said, “It’s still about the property of the six major salt merchants! I’m so worried. After checking, it turns out that the six major salt merchants are not all dead. Three of them got the news in advance and ran away with their property.”

Jia Jing said: “Then go catch him!”

Dai Quan said: “It’s not easy to catch.”

Jia Jing: “How do you say that?”

Dai Quan: “Running out to sea!”

Jia Jing: “…”

Dai Quan asked: “Could Lord Jia inform the Yangzhou Coast Guard and order them to go out to sea to capture the fugitives?”

Jia Jing thought for a moment and said, “Since the fugitive has taken a huge sum of money out to sea, it is reasonable for the coastal defense to go out to sea to arrest the fugitive. I will send the arrest warrant to the Yangzhou coastal defense right away.”

Dai Quan was overjoyed.

“Thank you, Mr. Jia, for your generous help.”

Then, Dai Quan changed the subject: “I wonder why Lord Jia came to visit us?”

Jia Jing smiled and said, “There is one thing I need help from the Minister.”

Dai Quan smiled and said, “Tell me about it.”

Jia Jing said, “Has the Prime Minister heard about the recent salt tax reform?”

Dai Quan said: “I only heard a little bit.”

“Lord Jia, you know that I’m already so overwhelmed by the affairs of the six major salt merchants that I don’t really care about other things.”

Jia Jing nodded and told Dai Quan about how the Yangzhou prefect openly defied the salt tax reform, tortured him into confessing, framed the new salt merchants, and even secretly instigated civil unrest. He then handed the petition to Dai Quan to read.

Dai Quan became furious after seeing this.

“That’s unreasonable!”

“A small prefect dared to disobey the imperial court and even stir up civil unrest.”

“You really deserve to die!”

Jia Jing asked, “Does the Minister think so too?”

Dai Quan said: “Not bad!”

Jia Jing said again: “I want to kill him now!”

Dai Quan: “…”

“Is it a bit urgent?”

“Will it not be legitimate after the three judges of the imperial court have tried it?”

Jia Jing shook his head.

“It’s too late then!”

“Only by beheading him now can we deter other Jiangnan officials and ensure that the salt tax reform can proceed smoothly!”

“Otherwise, if something like this happened right under the nose of Yangzhou Prefecture, the salt tax reform might be in vain!”

Dai Quan was silent for a while.

I feel that beheading a prefect is not a big deal.

What’s more, Jia Jing agreed to his request very readily. If he were to make excuses, it would seem very pretentious.

“Then follow what Mr. Jia said.”

“Behead the prefect of Yangzhou as a warning to others.”

“Don’t worry, Lord Jia. I will write a secret letter to the emperor right away. I believe the emperor will understand you, Lord Jia.”

Of course, this is what Jia Jing was waiting for.

He stood up and said with a smile: “Then I won’t bother you any more. I will go back and prepare to send the arrest warrant to the Yangzhou Coast Guard.”

Dai Quan also stood up and said, “Then we won’t invite you to dinner. We still have to write a letter to the emperor later.”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

It was the third day after the Yangzhou prefect was arrested.

Everyone is still waiting to see how Jia Jing will deal with it, but shocking news comes!
The current Lord Jia holds the imperial sword in his hand.

Directly behead the Yangzhou prefect and display his head to the public!
For a moment, the entire Jiangnan region was shaken!
No one dared to stop the salt tax reform anymore.

……

The young cabinet minister in a manor somewhere in Yangzhou was furious!
“Jia Jing is courting death!”

“He dares to kill court officials just because he has the imperial sword. I think he is really tired of living!”

“Everyone, get ready and impeach him!”

“Even the emperor can’t protect him, I said!”

A group of people nearby looked at each other for a long time.

“Young Lord, calm down.”

“Jia Jing must have someone to rely on to dare to act like this. We should make a long-term plan.”

“Yes, young minister, think twice!”

Faced with everyone’s dissuasion, the young cabinet minister simply overturned the table.

“Crash.”

Plates and bowls rolled all over the floor.

“Think twice, you bastard!”

“Go back and write a letter of impeachment!”

“I’m going to shoot him to death!”

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(End of this chapter)