Chapter 440                                                       

In the end, Cao Cen provided a long list to Jinwu.

On this list, officials from Liangzhou Prefecture were almost beaten up in one fell swoop.

Moreover, after each person's name, Cao Cen wrote in detail what help this person provided to the rebellion of Liangzhou Prefecture, what benefits he received from Cao Ren, etc.

Time, characters, and places are all available.

In addition to these officials from the state prefecture, the list also has a long continuation.

Including merchants, famous families and other counties in Liangzhou City and even other counties.

When Cao Ren rebelled, the Liangzhou Prefecture had more than 20,000 troops, and its scale had far exceeded the organization of the government.

Moreover, the more than 20,000 government troops have sufficient weapons and equipment. Just Yu Fu came out, as a spare weapon, as many as 10,000 sets.

After expanding so many troops and manufacturing so many weapons and equipment, where does the money come from?

There were far more than Jin Gui who gave Cao Ren financial support.

Detailed records were made on the list provided by Cao Cen.

In addition to this list, Cao Cen also wrote down the address where the money was hidden and handed it over to Jinwu.

Cao Ren, Cao Cen, Wu Qi and others used various means to plunder most of the money they had plundered, most of which were used by them to recruit soldiers, buy food and grass, manufacture weapons and equipment, and various materials.

But the remaining money is still not a small amount, and this money is now buried everywhere in Xiuming Mountain.

Cao Cen also drew a "treasure map" for Jinwu.

Jinwu personally led his people to dig out the money buried by Cao Ren, Cao Cen, Wu Qi and others one by one according to this treasure map.

They are very smart and do not bury all their money in one place, but spread them out.

It took Jinwu and others two or three hours to find all the gold, silver and jewelry they hid.

These gold and silver jewelry are as many as fifty or sixty boxes, and the gold alone is as huge as ten thousand taels.

The silver costs hundreds of thousands of taels, and as for copper coins, there are countless, and it is difficult to count them in a short period of time.

Looking at the boxes of money one after another, even the golden crow was shocked.

If Your Highness did not suppress the rebellion in time, in time, Cao Ren and others would have recruited more than two or three thousand soldiers, and it would probably be a problem to create a 100,000 army.

After a while of busyness, it was already dark, and Jinwu and others lived in Xiumingzhuang.

The next morning, the Feiguard led by Jinwu brought the captured Cao Cen, Wu Qi, Zhan Ge and others, as well as more than 20 carriages filled with large boxes to return to Liangzhou City.

After returning to the city, Jinwu first sent Cao Cen, Wu Qi, Zhan Ge and others to the dungeon of the Jin Mansion. He himself brought the money to the King of Wu Mansion to meet Li Yu.

When Li Yu saw the many gold, silver and copper coins sent by the golden crow, he was also shocked.

And that's not the end.

The subsequent convoy sent a large number of weapons and even armor and other equipment.

Li Yu looked at Jin Wu in surprise and asked, "What's going on?"

Jinwu immediately reported the results of the investigation in the past two days to Li Yu in detail.

After hearing this, Li Yu was stunned for a long time.

When he led his troops to Liangzhou City, he did not attack the city at all. The officials of the prefecture took the lead in opening the city gate and welcomed him into the city.

In front of him, these officials of the state were crying and said that they were coerced by the two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Heng, so they had to sit idly by the rebellion of the Cao brothers and were helpless, but they absolutely did not participate in it.

Now looking at it, one of these officials is counted as one, and no one is innocent.

Jinwu intervened to Li Yu and asked carefully: "Your Highness, what should the people on this list do... how to deal with it?"

Li Yu lowered his head and looked at the list in his hand, feeling heavy.

If all the people on the list are caught in one go, then there will be no one in the prefecture, which will be the same as clearing the entire prefecture.

Next, how will the state capital operate?

Isn’t this going to happen?

Li Yu thought about it again and said, "If the officials on this list have serious circumstances, they can be arrested. If some of the lesser circumstances are released, let's put it aside for the time being!"

You can't leave the state capital unavailable, right?

After hearing this, Jinwu bowed and replied, "Yes! Your Highness!"

At this time, Li Yu was a little absent-minded.

Now his cultivation barrier is showing signs of breaking, and he must seize this opportunity to complete a breakthrough in his cultivation.

He rubbed his forehead and smiled at Jinwu and said, "Jinwu, you did a good job this time. I will truthfully submit a memorial to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will officially be named the General of the Flying Guard Mansion!"

Jinwu didn't care about this.

He was loyal to His Highness the King of Wu, not today's son.

He was satisfied with his highness’ recognition. As for whether the emperor recognized it or not, it didn’t matter in his opinion.

However, he still intervened respectfully and said, "I thank Your Highness for your kindness!"

The case is far from being investigated, and Jinwu will deal with more things next.

He left Li Yu and hurried out.

I silently thought in my mind that Cao Cen, Wu Qi, Zhan Ge, and Jin Gui would continue to be tried.

In addition, the people on the list must also be identified, screened, arrested, interrogated one by one. The subsequent series of work also made Jinwu feel much pressure.

Before he could leave the Wu Palace, he was called out.

Lu Fang.

Seeing Lu walking towards him, Jinwu immediately greeted him, bowed and said, "Minister Lu!"

Jinwu still respects Lu Fang very much.

Lu Fang asked with a smile: "What will Eunuch Jin plan to do next?"

When Jinwu met Li Yu just now, Lu Fang was also present.

Jinwu said: "Of course, according to Your Highness's instructions, you should catch what you should be caught and what you should be released."

Lu Fang smiled and shook his head.

Jinwu asked in confusion: "Minister Lu thinks it's inappropriate?"

Lu Fang said: "As the saying goes, one day the emperor is the emperor and the other day the ministers are the same.

Have Eunuch Jin ever thought about why there is such a saying?”

"Well……"

Jin Wu didn't understand what Lu Fang said very much for a moment, and his face was full of confusion.

He scratched his head, bowed to Lu Fang again, and said, "Please let Zhenren Lu make a clear statement!"

Lu Fang asked back: "Eunuch Jin thought that among these officials of the prefecture, who can be as loyal to His Highness as Eunuch Jin?"

Jinwu blinked, shook his head immediately, and told the truth: "There is no such person!"

"Yes! Only the direct line that I promoted was the most loyal, trustworthy and reliable. This is how the emperor and ministers came from.

"If Your Highness wants to firmly control Liangzhou, you must first firmly control the state prefecture. How can you control the state prefecture? It requires that the officials of the state prefecture must be absolutely loyal to Your Highness and never be discriminated against.

"Under normal circumstances, if Your Highness replaces the state officials in a large number, it will inevitably attract the fear of the emperor and the court, and will also be impeached by the ministers.

"But at this moment, it is the best time to replace all the officials of the prefecture. In the name of liquidating the rebels, Liangzhou Prefecture can be turned into His Highness's small court in one fell swoop!"

Jinwu's eyes became brighter and brighter as he heard what Lu Fang said.

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he felt quite enlightened and couldn't help but slapped, saying, "It's amazing! What the real person said is really insightful!

"In the name of liquidating the rebels, all the officials in the prefecture can be replaced openly, whether they are the emperor or the ministers in the court. Even if they hear this, they cannot say a word about His Highness!"
Chapter completed!