Du Yi firmly concluded that the massacre of the Zhang family three years ago must be related to the three of them!

But Du Yi was extremely helpless. It was impossible to bring him to justice in a short time. The reason was that it took too long and a lot of evidence no longer existed!

Secondly, the officialdom of Changming Mansion is almost controlled by three people. Although he is the first magistrate, he has no foundation in Changming Mansion. If he forces the three people too hard, they will inevitably suffer a backlash, and pulling the three people down will definitely cause the Changming Mansion.

The collapse of the Ming government officialdom, Changming Prefecture is not Shangyuan County, there are only a few official officials in Shangyuan County!

In the Changming Mansion, there are thirty or forty high-ranking officials. The interests of these people are extremely intertwined and complicated. Not to mention the difficulty of purging them, even if they are all purged, who will be the officials? Without officials, there will definitely be chaos in the place.

As a result, Du Yi naturally didn't want to see it. All he had to do was boil the frog in warm water, slowly heat it up, and then clean up the officialdom of Changming Mansion!

That night, Du Yi couldn't sleep. After much thinking, Du Yi figured out the key. As the housekeeper Zhang Fugen said, among the three, Zhao Shun could only be the breakthrough point. Zhao Shun had the highest status and the most industry, and Zhang Haogu's

The conflict was the biggest, and he had military power, so he attacked the Zhang family with the greatest intensity. If he said that Zhao Shun had no contact with those gangsters, even if he killed Du Yi, he wouldn't believe it!

And everything is related to gangsters, so suppressing bandits is the key. If you want to capture Zhao Shun, you only need to arrest the gangsters who participated in the massacre of Zhang Mansion. Then capturing Zhao Shun will be easy, and to say the least, even if you can't capture it,

Zhao Shun, he can do things in secret!

Of course, in addition to this, you can also audit the accounts, but it has only been a few days since I took office. It is too late to audit the accounts now, and you will definitely not be able to find any flaws!

What's more important is to defeat Zhao Shun directly, and the two families will naturally converge. At that time, if I win over the two of them, the effect will definitely be surprising!

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In late July, the sun was shining brightly and there was a scorching heat in the air, but the martial arts field in the barracks had a unique scene!

"Winter practice three nines! Summer practice three volts, enhance the prestige of our country and revitalize the great Zhou Dynasty!"

Zhao Shun's momentum was overwhelming, and the five thousand soldiers were also very cooperative. The long spears held by the soldiers were swung in unison, making a roaring sound!

Du Yi, who was leading the front, looked at the soldiers in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his eyes full of inexplicable meaning!

"Master Zhao has trained his troops well. As expected, there are no weak soldiers under a strong general!"

"Thank you for the compliment, sir. I dare not say anything else, but Zhao is still good at leading troops in battles. Seven years ago, a group of hundreds of bandits fled to Changming Mansion. The villain led a hundred soldiers to surround him. That battle was huge.

We won a great victory, killed more than 170 enemy people and captured 129 people, while we lost only 72 people, so we won a great victory!"

"Zhao Shun is bragging again!"

"Keep your voice down, or I'll fall out with you!"

Cao Kuo and Min Qiang whispered, but the sound happened to reach the ears of Du Yi and Zhao Shun, which made Zhao Shun extremely embarrassed and glared at the two of them!

The two of them laughed, but they weren't talking at all!

The purpose of the two people is very simple, that is, they cannot let Zhao Shun and Du Yi join forces. If the two people say this, Du Yi will definitely have doubts and will definitely inquire about what happened at that time. This matter is not a secret. There are many truths about the matter.

Everyone knows that they will not pay too much attention to Zhao Shun afterwards!

But what the two of them didn't expect was that Zhao Shun was very taboo about others saying he was incompetent. If he pointed out this matter to his face, Zhao Shun's face would be lost. Therefore, a crack appeared in the alliance between the three of them. Du Yi on the side had a smile on his face.

Make Zhao Shun even more resentful towards Cao Kuo and Min Qiang!

That afternoon, Zhao Shun, Cao Kuo, Min Qiang, headed by Du Yi, and a group of subordinates came to the government office. They all knew that Du Yi had something to say!

"Watching the martial arts performance today, Mr. Zhao has a good command of the army. He deserves to be the number one in the Changming Mansion army!"

"Haha, your Excellency is ridiculously complimenting me, I feel so ashamed of myself!"

Although Zhao Shun said this, he had a proud smile on his face. Min Qiang and Cao Kuo next to him were very unhappy!

"Hey, Mr. Zhao, you are a tiger general. Don't be humble. Bandits are rampant in Changming Mansion now. I will mobilize some silver from the court to suppress the bandits. We will arrive at Changming Mansion in a few days. Then Mr. Zhao can distribute a

How about taking out the silver and using the rest as a reward!"

Zhao Shun was overjoyed. He was indeed suppressing bandits. He must have wanted to reuse me, Old Zhao, and I, Old Zhao, could be considered to have a future!

Cao Kuo and Min Qiang felt sour in their hearts. After all, most of the money would fall into the hands of Zhao Shun. Isn't it too little? And more importantly, behind this incident, Master Zhizhou wanted to reuse Zhao Pifu. The three of them

The alliance's power is broken without attack. If Zhao Shun bites back, they won't be the unlucky ones!

Thinking of this, Cao Kuo became anxious: "My lord, this money must first be put into the treasury and then into the account. If the expenditure needs to be proved, wouldn't it be troublesome if the court investigates the matter in the future!"

What does this mean? This is just cutting off the rumors. Of course, the most important message is to hint that Zhao Shun should not forget the alliance, otherwise everyone will be defeated!

Zhao Shun is a rough boss. Although he has scheming intentions, he preoccupies himself with Lao Cao and wants to cut off Hu. This is unbearable. However, he can be considered calm and agrees casually. After all, he has to do a good job on the surface!

Du Yi thought for a while and said: "Okay, that's fine, since Mr. Cao is so self-disciplined, he is a role model for us, so just do what Mr. Cao wants!"

Lord Cao is happy, what is this, this is trusting himself, his road will be easier if he has a leader to protect him, there will be no one in Changming Mansion who can do anything to him!

Min Qiang felt sour in his heart again, but he agreed with Cao Kuo's approach. He also didn't want Zhao Shun to join the new master. But how did the two of them know that Zhao Shun only had hatred for them at this moment? What kind of bullshit alliance had been obtained?

Even after receiving Lord Zhizhou's approval, he still refused to fight to the death. He still couldn't get on the stage alone. He needed to find a big tree. Before, he thought Lord Zhizhou was a dragon crossing the river, so the three of them formed an alliance to defend themselves. Now the balance is leaning towards him. If he doesn't, he would be a fool!

"Master Cao, the autumn harvest is coming soon, and taxation must also be put on the agenda. Taxation is the foundation of the country, and we must not relax!"

Cao Kuo turned his eyes to Du Yi, but he didn't know how to say what he wanted to say. If he could do this, he couldn't say that he had collected the taxes during spring plowing and had been taken away by Chang Zhizhou.

Doesn’t it look like incompetence in the eyes?

He rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, we need to wait a little longer to collect taxes. After the new year, Xianguan, Lord Zhao and Lord Min were ordered to collect taxes!"

At this moment, Zhao Shun became angry, "You really don't expect me to be well. You just collect taxes when your master orders you to do so. You insist on dragging me down, as if I'm easy to bully!"

However, Zhao Shun was still reasonable and did not get angry on the spot. He just looked at Cao Kuo with vicious eyes, and Min Qiang's face didn't look good either. Just kidding, it's weird to look good after being tricked by one of his own!

Du Yi felt that the heat was coming, so he pretended to be thoughtful and said: "Oh, I see. In that case, the treasury will fund the purchase of some farm tools to assist in the autumn harvest, which can be regarded as compensation to the people!"

"Sir, you must not do this. The treasury is empty now. There is still money there. I can't even spend this month's salary!"

Du Yi's face suddenly turned green. He was joking. He was planning to spend some money to trap Zhao Shun, but he didn't expect that the government treasury had no money. The state government treasury with millions of people had no money. How could he still do it?

It would be strange if Du Yi didn't feel aggrieved if he subsidizes it himself!

"Money, there's the money!"

Du Yi's tone was a little harsh this time, and a layer of sweat broke out on Cao Kuo's forehead. In fact, it was not that he was afraid, everything on the books was absolutely flawless, but he was a little wary of the Zhizhou in front of him, and it would be a lot of trouble to get entangled!

"Sir, I will ask the accountant to come up with a year's income and expenditure later!"

"That's all, everyone, please step back!"

Cao Kuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief and got over it. As for how he was in the heart of Lord Zhizhou, it no longer mattered. In fact, he already had the intention to retreat. As long as there were no problems at this point, he would be fine!

In Cao Kuo's eyes, Changming Mansion is like a crater. When no one lifts the lid, everything is normal. But if Du Yi finds out something, then things inside will be serious. No one else knows about the activities he has done over the years.

, I don’t know it yet, so leaving Changming Mansion is only a matter of time. The reason why Cao Kuo stayed was just to make a lot of hard work in the limited time, and then leave far away!

After everyone left, Du Yi began to practice and didn't think about anything else. Things were already like this. All he could do was sit firmly on the fishing platform, wait for the big fish to take the bait, and slowly eradicate the rubbish. He could win over those he could, and he could slowly win over those who couldn't.

Just erase it!

A few days later, in the early morning, Zhao Shun and the others came to the Yamen of the Prefecture. Du Yi saw Zhao Shun and the others after breakfast. He took out a stack of banknotes from his arms. Each banknote had a face value of one thousand taels. This was specially made by the imperial court.

Silver notes can only be exchanged by officials of the imperial court!

This has two advantages. First, it can give a general understanding of the officials' finances when they exchange banknotes. Secondly, it cannot be counterfeited if used within the inherent circle. Once a fake banknote is discovered, the source can be quickly traced, ensuring that the internal government

The creditworthiness of the bank note, this is also the bank note of the Imperial Household!

There are a hundred silver notes with a face value of one thousand taels, which is one hundred thousand taels of silver. To be honest, it is not much, but the possessions in the Changming Mansion’s treasury today are not worth the face value of one. How ironic it is to say that,

A state government office is so poor that millions of people's taxes have been squandered and only a thousand-tael banknote is left. It is conceivable that Changming Mansion is in a state of ruin!

Du Yi handed the 100,000 taels of silver notes to Cao Kuo. Cao Kuo was quite excited. Zhao Shun on the side saw this and said quickly: "Sir, after two months of payment, there are only 48,000 taels left here."

silver!"

Du Yi thought to himself, this guy really knows how to settle accounts, but he doesn't care, his money is not that easy to get!

"This is a silver tael that I got through some connections. I will try my best to catch the bandits alive this time. Tell my brothers that I will be rewarded with five taels of silver for each person who kills the enemy, and ten taels of silver for each person I capture!"

Zhao Shun was a little hesitant. He was joking. If he were captured alive, would he still be alive? If these gangsters were eliminated, they would be eliminated. If he was left alive in case he was betrayed, wouldn't he be digging his own grave?

"I know what you mean. All I have to do is just a gesture. Life or death has nothing to do with it. If you are alive, I will overwhelm the city gate and start killing at noon. You don't have to think too much!"
Chapter completed!