"Now, we have only suppressed the ordinary people who were agitated, but the gentry of Jiangnan who was in charge behind the scenes cannot let them go. Although they are hiding behind the scenes, it is difficult to find out their handles, but we cannot just let them go!

The emperor means that if these Jiangnan gentry hiding behind the scenes know what the power of heaven is, they must shock them, make them afraid, and make them afraid to continue to incite the people to cause trouble in the future, or even force them to take the initiative to compromise."

Zhu Youxiao had long known that such a situation would occur in the Songjiang Prefecture area in Jiangnan after the riots, so he had already announced other decrees to Zhang Tongchang, and asked Zhang Tongchang to convey them to Yang Huan and other officials in the East Factory at this time.

After Zhang Tongchang said, "Anyway, in a word, the emperor said that either continue to search the gentry of Jiangnan by the melon mane, so that the gentry of Jiangnan should pay a heavy price to incite the people to cause chaos, and change the situation where the people at the bottom of Jiangnan are controlled by these gentry of Jiangnan in the form of clans. Or, the gentry of Jiangnan directly rebelled, and the emperor would never allow a Jiangnan who did not take the emperor seriously! The emperor said: 'Jiangnan is my Jiangnan, not these gentry of Jiangnan!'"

"Yes! Follow the will!"

Yang Huan and others answered loudly.

therefore.

The arrested gentry and other gentry were severely tortured.

The half-foot-long iron needle was held by the people from the East Factory and directly hit Kuang Jihe's fat left palm with an iron hammer. The nail made his palm flow in blood, and he himself trembled in pain:

"Ah! You vicious court hawks are so cruel to the gentry!"

"Say or not? Which gentry are there behind the scenes who led this riot!"

He personally interrogated Yang Huan and asked.

Kuang Jihe did not answer at the beginning.

"Line again!"

But at this time, Yang Huan continued to shout.

So, the Dongchang Fantasy nailed another iron nail into Kuang Jihe's right palm.

"ah!"

Kuang Jihe screamed again: "I said, I said, I said!"

"Very good! Then you can tell me, who else is behind the scenes to command this riot?"

Yang Huan laughed.

Kuang Jihe couldn't help crying: "I don't know, I really don't know. Even my grandson Kuang Youhui was involved in this matter!"

"Um?!"

Yang Huan turned cold and took a long nail in person.

Seeing this, Kuang Jihe trembled and couldn't help but say, "No, don't, I remember that there are the former Sichuan left governor Zeng Huating, Zeng Xicai, Dong Qichang who had been cleaned up by the West Factory before, and Wu Yuan, the former river governor!"

"Grasp!"

Yang Huan immediately started to order.

So soon, all the gentry confessed by Kuang Jihe was arrested.

Not only Kuang Jihe confessed, but also other gentry gentry in Jiangnan who were also recruited by the torture of the East Factory and forced confession were also arrested one after another.

For a time, the prison of the Governor Su Song's yamen and the prison of the Anti-Corruption Department of the East Factory were overcrowded. The arrested gentry quickly rose from dozens of people to hundreds in just ten days, and then thousands of people, and finally they began to approach 10,000.

...

"This tyrant! He really forced us gentry in Jiangnan to rebel! First, he directly sent troops to suppress and deal with the villagers of the Xu family. He had no kindness and slaughtered them all. This was beyond our expectations. Unexpectedly, he was so cruel!

Now, we are taking advantage of this matter to directly say that our gentry in Jiangnan is the culprit, and his hawks were caught randomly. Duke Kuang, Duke She, Duke Zeng and my eldest father were all locked and imprisoned, severely tortured, and hundreds of gentry were beaten to death! Everyone, what should we do? Do we really have to sit back and watch the tyrant's hawks and dogs have been murdering and cruel to the gentry in Jiangnan so much?!"

At this time, Wu Changshi was anxiously shouting in pain according to other members of the corresponding society.

Yingsheshe Kui, the minister of the Chaos, held the rice paper in his hand tightly, and threw it out hard: "I am a truly cruel king! Looking at the history, I have never seen such a tyrant like this! If I had 100,000 soldiers, I would definitely go to Beijing to kill this tyrant!"

"But the problem is that we don't have 100,000 soldiers. Unless we directly recruit the village warriors to rebel, we can only watch more and more gentry be harmed by them, and sooner or later we will find out. As long as he, Zhu Youxiao, does not stop and keeps his hawks behind the riot in Jiangnan, we, the gentry of Jiangnan will be removed sooner or later. At that time, only those Jiangnan gentry who support him, Zhu Youxiao, to seize the benefits of maritime trade!"

Member Zhang Cai started talking at this time.

"Brother Zhang is right. My eldest father has been taken away by the people from the East Factory. My family has been confiscated by them. I have the opportunity to escape early because I went to the grandfather's house. But I will definitely find mine next, and you will also find out. We have to find a way quickly, so that the court can continue to cause major cases like this!"

Wu Changshi hurriedly said.

"I really didn't expect this tyrant to be so vicious! I was the one who harmed the Jiangnan Dukes! Zhu Youxiao would rather not have his own country and to launch a major case like the Hongwu Dynasty. By investigating the envoy behind the scenes, he cleaned up all the Jiangnan gentry who opposed him! His viciousness was so vicious that he had never seen it!"

As he spoke, Man Chao scolded.

Then, Man Chaojian looked at Wu Changshi and others and said, "The current plan is to rebel and implement military advice. Who would you like to go back to your hometown with Man to recruit the village warriors to raise an army?"

All of these members fell silent.

"Speak! This unjust court and this cruel king have treated us like this. Shouldn't we rebel?!"

The court recommended to ask loudly.

At this time, Zhang Cai couldn't help but say, "Mr. Man, why don't we compromise with the court? This matter was initiated by you and Mr. Qian. You and Mr. Qian would not stand up first and confess their guilt to the court. The court might just want to find out the real murderer behind the scenes, or maybe it's really not to kill us. After all, to put it bluntly, the court simply wants to compete for some profit! If we don't fight against the court, it will be meaningless to kill us."

"That's right, Man Gong, now you and Qian Gong can save the gentry in Jiangnan. Rebellion is contrary to the way of the saint!"

Member Gu Menglin also started talking.

"That's right, rebellion will eventually lead to the name of a rebel. We are different from those common people. The common people's fate is as low as grass, and they can resist the court. But we are gentry, and their life is as precious as gold. We must not be ignorant and cannot stand under the dangerous wall. It is better for Man Gong to stand up for us and save the gentry in Jiangnan. In this way, we can not only fulfill the loyalty and martyrdom of Man Gong, but also fulfill the reputation of our gentry in Jiangnan!"

Member Chen Zhenhe also agreed.

"Please ask my husband to ask me for the Wu family in Qingpu! Save my gentry in Jiangnan and save the entire Yingshe?"

Wu Changshi knelt down directly.

Other members also bowed one after another: "Please save my gentry from Jiangnan in the middle of water and fire!"
Chapter completed!