The two high-ranking officials mentioned by the people were Sun Guonan.

Why did he come? It has to start from the beginning.

Sun Guonan and Bi Kexing are in the same imperial examination, but Sun Guonan is in the second grade and Bi Kexing is in the first grade. With such a relationship, the two of them are both officials in Guangdong, so they naturally take care of each other.

Since Bi Kexing was appointed as the magistrate of Guangning County in the 13th year of Chongzhen, he has not moved. The main reason is that the world has been turbulent over the years. The court changed the emperor like a lantern. After Emperor Chongzhen, four emperors were replaced in two years, Emperor Hongguang, Emperor Longwu, Emperor Shaowu, and finally Emperor Yongli. It was also because this guy was lucky. No matter how chaotic he was, Guangning had no wars. Guangning was stable, and he could sit in a stable position.

The world was in turmoil, and Bi Kexing had no intention of becoming an official. He didn't know if he lost his official position one day, so he was just thinking about making money. Over the years, he had long colluded with the wealthy families in Guangning. Not only did he have thousands of taels of silver to take every year, but even his three concubines were given to him by three families.

After the new land policy of Emperor Yongli was launched, Chen Zhengtai, Jiang Chunlin and Wen Duojin were panicked and found Bi Kexing to discuss countermeasures. Bi Kexing himself opposed the emperor's new policy because this new policy violated the interests of the scholars of the world. If all the scholars of the world stood up to oppose it, who else would he rely on to govern the world? Moreover, he used troops in many places, and it is still unknown whether he could defeat the powerful Qing soldiers in the end, so he was not very optimistic about the prospects of the new policy, so he had the intention to take a look first and wait a moment. The three families discussed with him, and it was exactly what he wanted to make. He could use it to make a little more.

So, he said: "The purpose of the emperor's new policy is to ask for money and food. As long as you pay enough money according to the land acres, the emperor will not care whose land is. Therefore, this county can allow you to not withdraw your land. However, for such a big thing, this county dares not make decisions, and the superiors have to deal with it."

Of course, the three of them knew the mystery of this, and knew that Bi Kexing was nothing more than asking for money, so the three families each raised 10,000 taels of silver and handed it to Bi Kexing. Bi Kexing himself gave 20,000, and gave another 0,000 to Sun Guonan himself.

It can be said that the solution was perfect, but who knew that Sun Sheng was such a strange thing that he actually returned all the land he had invested to the tenants! He couldn't hide it anymore because the tenants of Chen, Jiang and Wen families quit. Why do others only pay one, but we pay two? If others pay one, we also pay one, so the three families have resisted tenant and tax resistance.

Chen, Jiang and Wen families were anxious and regarded the Sun family as a thorn in their eyes, and insisted on getting rid of it quickly. So the three families raised some money, bribed Bi Kexing and Sun Guonan, fabricated Sun Sheng's tax resistance case, and arrested Sun Sheng in prison. As the saying goes, "Destroy the county magistrate, destroy the family prefect." If a county magistrate and a prefect want the Sun family to disappear, it would be too easy. There are many excuses and many means to use it.

In order to silence the story, the subsequent murder case of Sun Guohua was found.

Unfortunately, man's plan is not as good as God's plan. No one of them expected that Emperor Yongli, who was personally conquered, would personally go to Guangning for a small tax resistance case, and even asked him to encounter the frame-up case in a straightforward situation.

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After the incident, Sun Guonan was very scared. He knew that if Bi Kexing spoke, he would be done. So he sent someone to pass the sentence to Bi Kexing in prison, asking him to hold on, and he would find a way to save his life.

Later, when the emperor said that all the criminals would be taken to Guangzhou, the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate were tried, Sun Guonan was panicked.

If a criminal is on the spot in Guangning, he has some methods to do things, but when he arrives in Guangzhou, he is out of reach. There is no way, he thought of one person, which is the former Minister of Works Li Yongmao.

Sun Guonan and Li Yongmao are old superiors and subordinates, and have always been very close to each other. The ability to sit firmly in the position of Zhaoqing magistrate has a lot to do with Li Yongmao. After Li Yongmao became the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Sun Guonan became even more flattering and gave gifts for three festivals and two birthdays. Even the house where Li Yongmao lived after he arrived in Guangzhou was purchased by Sun Guonan.

Although Li Yongmao was removed from his post, he still had some connections in the Guangzhou officialdom, so he should be able to help. He was not afraid that he would not work hard, because he had been looking for opportunities to recover and regain his favor. If something happened to him, Li Yongmao would not want to become an official in his life. It would be great to be able to maintain his current life.

Sun Guonan made a very accurate judgment. When he found Li Yongmao with the 10,000 taels of silver from Chen, Jiang and Wen families, Li Yongmao did not hesitate and agreed to help. First, for the sake of the heavy gifts, second, to protect Sun Guonan, to protect himself, third, to Li Yongmao was a firm conservative school, and he did not think that the emperor's new policy could be implemented.

"Sir, do you think you can make Bi Kexing's crime lighter? Can you see if you can save Bi Kexing's life?" Sun Guonan asked.

"Guo Nan, stop dreaming. It's impossible. The emperor will definitely kill Bi Kexing, which is just right to take advantage of the situation to push forward the new policy. The best way is to make him shut up." Li Yongmao said.

When Sun Guonan heard this, he realized that killing Bi Kexing can save many people, which is the most cost-effective. Moreover, as soon as he dies, the heads of Chen, Jiang and Wen families can blame him all the blame, and they can save their lives. It is indeed a good plan to kill three birds with one stone.

"Yes, yes, what the old man said is. But, where is the Ministry of Justice?"

"Don't worry about this. I heard that Hong Zulie, who was sent by the Ministry of Justice, is a bit of a friendship with him. You don't have to come forward, just let the Chen, Jiang and Wen families go to find him, and he will arrange everything. In addition, you'd better give Bi Kexing a message to let him dispel his thoughts and go with confidence."

"Okay, just do as the old man wants."

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The next thing was simple. Hong Zulie found Zhou Zhongxing, and Zhou Zhongxing arranged for bad eyelids. When the bad eyelids were on duty, Sun Guonan sent someone to bring poisoned wine to the prison. Bi Kexing died after drinking.

Before, Bi Kexing's wife and son visited the prison, and they had only one purpose for Bi Kexing, which was to spread Sun Guonan's words: "A hundred people die."

After hearing this and seeing his son accompanying him, Bi Kexing understood that he must die. Instead of being punished by Ming Zhengzhu, it would be better to commit suicide. It would be better to commit suicide, which could save many people, including his son's lives.

So, after the family of three hugged their heads and cried bitterly, Bi Kexing happily took poisoned wine that night.

Sun Guonan knew that if this matter was completely covered, the bad eyelids must be removed. As long as the bad eyelids die, the clues will be broken. Therefore, he also arranged for people to wait until the bad eyelids are worth it, and then they secretly killed him.

Sun Guonan thought he was doing something hidden, but unexpectedly, all of this fell into the eyes arranged by Ma Jixiang.
Chapter completed!