In Huairou County, as the Sun family was ransacked, fireworks were set off in the streets and alleys of the entire county. The sound was deafening. Fireworks bloomed in the sky. It was even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.
On the cement road leading to the capital, people in Huairou County who learned the news returned to their hometowns one after another, preparing to participate in the public trial three days later, and at the same time get back their property.
"The Sun family is finished!"
¡°All those local gangsters have been arrested.¡±
"Very good!"
"The sky has eyes!"
People all over Huairou County rushed to tell each other. The originally deserted Huairou County suddenly became lively, and a long-lost smile filled their faces.
Inside the county government office, Zhu Houzhao was looking through the files investigated by the Sun family factory guards. The Sun family had committed so many things over the years that they were hard to count. At the same time, they relied on various means to accumulate a lot of money. Made an extremely huge fortune.
More than half of the land in Huairou County belongs to the Sun family. All coal mines are monopolized by the Sun family. Coal is sold to the capital, becoming the most important coal supply area in the capital.
At the same time, Huairou County is northwest of the capital and has many mountains and forests. The Sun family also monopolized the forest resources in Huairou County, cutting down the trees on a large scale and using them to process furniture, carriages, doors and windows, etc., and gained a lot of wealth from them.
Using force and violence, more than 10,000 people were imprisoned to mine and work for them. These more than 10,000 people only had food to eat every day and did not receive any salary income.
??Using unscrupulous means to plunder and rob other people's properties, shops, minerals, factories, workshops, etc.
According to statistics, the wealth owned by the Sun family exceeds tens of millions of taels of silver. The amount of silver seized by Zhu Houzhao on the spot was more than one million taels, as well as a large number of bank deposits.
"They really do everything. They don't even spare the mosquito meat, and they don't even spare the bits of sand in the river in Huairou County."
Zhu Houzhao slammed the file in his hand on the table.
" Such a thing happened at the feet of the emperor, which really made Zhu Houzhao feel ashamed, and even made Emperor Hongzhi blush.
But when I thought about it more carefully, I felt that Emperor Hongzhi was very unjust. How could Emperor Hongzhi, who loved his people like his own son, tolerate such a thing? The officials and officials below must have protected each other and protected the Sun family from their wanton behavior.
"The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture can receive one hundred thousand taels of silver from the Sun family every year. No wonder no matter what happens, it cannot be reported to the court."
"This magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture deserves to die even more. If he hadn't done so, the Sun family would not have reached this point, and such a big thing would not have happened in Huairou County."
Thinking of the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, Zhu Houzhao became murderous. Compared with the Sun family, Zhu Houzhao felt that these officials who acted as a protective umbrella for the Sun family should be killed more.
"Your Highness, Lin Pan, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, is here."
Just when Zhu Houzhao was thinking about the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, Liu Jin came to report.
¡°Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture?¡±
"Lin Pan?"
"You came just in time, I was just about to ask him."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became angry and asked Liu Jin to bring him in. Now the entire Huairou County is controlled by the Ming army. For the safety of Zhu Houzhao, the county government is protected by the palace guards. Although the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture is a third-rank official Even the high officials of the imperial court could not get in.
Here in the county government living room, Lin Pan, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, was furious. Such a big thing happened in Huairou County under his jurisdiction.
The trusted magistrate of Huairou County actually sent people to uproot the Sun family without any notification to him, and even arrested Sun Qingjiang, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, and Sun Xuepeng, the magistrate of Huairou County.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of sight of the prefect?
For such a major matter, you should consult, discuss, and report to yourself no matter what, and forget about the following offenses. The key is that Lin Pan is afraid that the Sun family's affairs will implicate him.
The Sun family gives him one hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver every year. He has heard about the things the Sun family has done over the years, but for the sake of the money, he ignores it and lets the Sun family do whatever it takes. Dominate in Huairou County.
Now the newly appointed magistrate of Huairou County, who doesn¡¯t know where he came from, unexpectedly brought out the Sun family all at once. If he wasn¡¯t careful, he could have done something wrong.For major matters, Lin Pan must have a major responsibility. What's more, he also accepted bribes. One hundred thousand taels of silver per year was not a small amount, and it was enough to make him lose his head.
"You~you~"
"How can I, a high-ranking member of the imperial court, be tainted by your empty talk?"
"I, Lin Pan, am a clean official and have always had a clean reputation. If you slander someone's innocence like this, I will definitely report it to the emperor and ask him to restore my innocence."
When Lin Pan heard this, he felt extremely frightened in his heart. He pretended to be calm, but when he spoke, his voice was already three points weaker.
"I'm here to talk nonsense with you. Someone here will put Mr. Lin in a prison and wait for his release."
"You're already here, so don't leave. Just go to the prison to keep company with Sun Qingjiang. Then you won't be lonely when you go to Huangquan Road."
Zhu Houzhao looked at Lin Pan, waved his hand and gave the order.
Soon a group of soldiers came in and walked towards Lin Pan.
"Who dares?"
"I am a high-ranking official of the imperial court and the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. Even if I make any mistakes, they should be dealt with by the officials. The emperor asked me, you are a small seventh-grade county magistrate. What qualifications do you have to arrest me?"
"And you Qiuba, the military is not allowed to interfere in local government affairs. This is an ironclad order of the imperial court. Now that you are interfering in local government affairs indiscriminately, I must take good care of you, so that you will not be able to walk around in vain."
Mi He Mi. When Lin Pan saw these soldiers coming to catch him, he immediately struggled excitedly and shouted loudly at the same time.
"That's good, it should be handled by the officials!"
"I've always thought you did a pretty good job, but I didn't expect you to be a corrupt official. Even if you're a corrupt official, you're still harboring evil forces like the Sun family!"
At this time, a voice sounded, and Liu Jin walked in with a cold face