We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Looking at the people in front of him, Li Che was moved from the bottom of his heart.

What good and kind people they are... How could these people in power from aristocratic families be willing to treat them badly?

They are all poor people. How much money can be squeezed out of them?

Wouldn't it be better to just help yourself develop maritime trade and make money from the sea? Why do you have to harm your compatriots?

Li Che couldn't understand the thinking logic of people like Chen Wenrui.

Perhaps these people harmed the people not just for money, but for the desire to enjoy the power that was high above them.

It's like an ignorant child peeing in an ant nest and using ants as toys.

Li Che sighed, and without further delay, began to direct the aftermath.

"Xiahou Xian."

"The general is here!"

"I order you to lead the personal guards of Prince Fu's Palace and immediately take over the Fuzhou government office. Seize all documents, account books, and storerooms. Detain all officials and servants within the government office and conduct a thorough investigation."

"Especially Chen Wenrui's trusted advisors, housekeepers, clerks, and others. They must be kept under strict supervision and no one should be allowed to make mistakes. You are solely responsible for the defense of the Fuzhou government office!"

"The last general takes command!"

Xiahou Xian's voice was like a loud bell, and he immediately ordered Prince Fu's personal soldiers to rush into the government office.

There was a sudden commotion in the government office. The high-ranking officials were like frightened birds, and some were even scared to the point of crying.

There is no way. These officials have worked with Chen Wenrui for many years. How many of them have clean hands?

Li Che did not intend to catch them all in one fell swoop, after all, he had to maintain the normal operation of the government office.

The reason for controlling them was actually to prevent this group of people from contacting local families and causing trouble again.

As for how many people will be implicated, that is the business of Emperor Qing and the new prefect.

"Qiu Bai."

"My subordinate is here!"

"You will immediately lead my personal guards to detain Chen Wenrui, Yang Ling, and their core followers in solitary confinement in the deepest part of the government office dungeon. Double the number of guards."

"Without my warrant, no one is allowed to approach. Once I have dealt with the subsequent matters, I will immediately escort him to the capital!"

"As ordered!"

Qiu Bai took the order and immediately took people to drag Chen Wenrui and Yang Ling away.

"General Wang Zhen!"

Finally, Li Che's gaze turned to Wang Zhen, who had been huddled in the corner with a changing expression.

Wang Zhen shuddered and stepped forward quickly, bowing: "I...I will be here!"

"General Wang, please immediately mobilize your troops and strengthen patrols at the four gates of Fuzhou and along the main thoroughfares within the city. Reassure the people and maintain order. If any scoundrels attempt to cause chaos, they will be executed without mercy!"

"After the new governor arrives and before the handover is complete, you will temporarily take over the defense of Fuzhou City. If anything goes wrong, you will be held accountable!"

"Do you...understand?"

Wang Zhen's heart trembled. He heard the warning in Li Che's words and also sensed Li Che's distrust.

He did not dare to disobey in the slightest and quickly bowed and replied:

"I understand. Your Highness, please rest assured that I will fulfill my duties conscientiously and will not slack off in the slightest!"

Li Che nodded slightly and stopped looking at him.

The affairs in the city were temporarily settled, and his whereabouts were completely exposed.

I had wanted to take advantage of this incognito trip to take my two children to visit the Jiangnan area and experience the charm of the water town, but now I'm afraid I don't have the chance anymore.

It's time to go home and return to Fengguo to prepare for the next big move.

As for what big move?

Of course, it’s about being intimate with your little one!

I haven't even found this group of people from Biyang yet, but instead they come to Fuzhou to cause trouble.

Don’t they know that Fuzhou is under the protection of me, Lao Liu?

Of course, it was impossible for Li Che to set off immediately.

Since we have agreed to take over this mess for the people of Fuzhou, we must see this matter through to the end.

In the next few days, Li Che brought Li Lin and others to the Fuzhou government office and officially took over Fuzhou affairs.

Chen Wenrui was then immediately brought in for trial, and all those directly involved in the incident were thrown into prison.

You don’t know until you try it, and you’ll be shocked when you do.

The entire Fuzhou government, including those in official positions who were directly involved in this incident, arrested more than 30 people!

This was under Li Che's instruction to not punish the main culprits but to punish the whole group. If a thorough investigation was conducted, more could be found!

Li Che did not dare to delay any longer and sent Qu Jinshan to escort criminals including Chen Wenrui, Yang Ling, and Gong Qingwen into the imperial capital, and also sent hundreds of elite soldiers from Prince Fu's Palace to follow.

For fear of accidents on the road, he specially asked night watchmen to escort him along the way and report the situation every day. He did not feel relieved until he left Fuzhou.

Now that the people have been safely sent away, we can now deal with certain people in the city with peace of mind.

Wang Zhen is not a good person. Li Che found a lot of evidence pointing to his close relationship with Chen Wenrui.

The reason they didn't touch him before was because Chen Wenrui and others hadn't been sent away yet, and they were afraid that he would lead troops to cause chaos and plunge the people of Fuzhou into war again.

On the other hand, Wang Zhen was also frightened every day, always worried that Li Che would come after him.

But by the time Chen Wenrui was sent away, most of the officials in the government office had been cleared out, and Li Che still hadn't come to the door.

Wang Zhen suddenly realized that Li Che was afraid of the military power in his hands and did not dare to act rashly.

He also knew that once the court officials arrived, he would die.

After a while of hesitation, Wang Zhen made up his mind:

Damn it!

If you sit here and wait for death, you will only end up dead. It is better to try to find a way out.

Prince Feng had a great reputation, and Wang Zhen knew that he would surely die if he faced him, so he did not dare to confront Li Che head-on.

Instead, he gathered a few trusted men and prepared to secretly seize a few merchant ships and escape overseas.

What he didn't expect was that as soon as several of his men gathered at his house, they heard a noise on the beams.

The terrifying white light flashed by, and several night watchmen fell from the sky, catching Wang Zhen and his confidants in one fell swoop!

How could Li Che forget this guy? The reason he didn't touch him before was because Wang Zhen had great prestige among the palace soldiers and had many confidants.

Therefore, this strategy of luring the snake out of its hole was carried out in order to eradicate Wang Zhen's power.

Wang Zhen knew that he was at the end of his rope and was about to draw his sword to commit suicide, but a quick-eyed and quick-handed night watchman cut his tendons with his hidden blade.

When Wang Zhen and others were escorted to the government office by the night watchmen, he saw Li Che's calm and cold face, and he immediately felt disheartened.

Everything is over!

After this incident, Li Che sat firmly in the government office and Fuzhou gradually returned to normal order.

Of course, Li Che is now well aware of the political unwritten rules and does not interfere in changes in Fuzhou's government affairs, personnel, etc.

Chen Wenrui and others harbored enemies and brought disaster to the people.

It was a good thing for him to save the people from danger when he saw injustice, and no minister in the court could find fault with him.

But if they take this opportunity to interfere in Fuzhou's political affairs and place a large number of their own people there, that would be a different situation.

That is an act of usurpation!

The fall of a prefect will leave many positions vacant. With so many forces in the court, who wouldn't want to place some of their own people there? There's no need to do something that would offend others.

Anyway, he was the biggest contributor to the destruction of Chen Wenrui's gang, and the court would give him an explanation.

Sure enough, one morning at the end of the month, Qiu Bai came to report that the people sent by the court had arrived.

The man was named Su Chen, a scholar in his early thirties.

As soon as Su Chen arrived in Fuzhou City, he immediately came to pay a visit to Li Che and kept a very humble attitude.

Li Che received him warmly and invited him into the hall for tea.

Seeing that there was no one around, Su Chen stood up and bowed again, this time with a more respectful attitude: "Student, I pay my respects to Your Highness."

Li Che was surprised: "Sir Su, what is this..."

Su Chen smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness may not know that my master is Mr. Huo. I know your majesty's majesty and have admired you for a long time."

Li Che suddenly realized that this person was actually Huo Tao's student.

From this point of view, he should also be a die-hard supporter of the king. After all, the intimacy of the teacher-student relationship in ancient times was equivalent to that of the father-son relationship.

As mentioned before, the distribution of power is very particular, and transferring Su Chen here is the court's explanation to Li Che.

Half of the Fuzhou government office was empty, so Emperor Qing naturally wanted to place some non-local personnel in.

The biggest carrot pit was left to Li Che as a reward for his contribution.

After all, Li Che is now at the pinnacle of officialdom, and there is no higher title he can be given.

Knowing that Su Chen was one of his own, Li Che's attitude became even more enthusiastic: "Mr. Su, I wonder how the Ministry of Justice is handling the matter of the two thieves Chen and Yang?"

"So that Your Highness may know that the matter of Fuzhou was brought before the Emperor, and His Majesty was enraged and ordered severe punishment."

Su Chen showed fear on his face:

"Chen Wenrui is the chief culprit. Your Majesty has ordered the extermination of his entire clan and their execution by slow slicing in the middle of the city."

"Yang Ling was also from the Yi tribe, but he had no relatives at home, so he was only sentenced to death by slicing."

"Gong Qingwen and the rest of the criminals were sentenced to beheading. None of them were exiled or imprisoned."

It’s no wonder that Su Chen felt scared. Emperor Qing was also very angry this time. This was the final case he had sentenced since the founding of the country.

Although Emperor Qing has thundering methods, he does not like to use harsh punishments.

As for those criminals, even if the emperor was very angry, he would usually just behead them and rarely punish them collectively.

Li Che sneered, "Well done! This official brought this upon himself. There's no need for sympathy!"

"Did Su Qing go outside the city to look before coming here?"

Su Chen said quickly: "I was in a hurry to see His Highness and haven't gone to see him yet. I am remiss in my duty."

This is the art of speaking. It not only expresses one's concern for people's livelihood, but also puts Li Che above people's livelihood.

"Su Qing, you should go take a look." Li Che sighed. "The situation inside Fuzhou City is not so bad, but outside the city it's terrible. Not only are nine out of ten houses empty, but there are also starving people everywhere, crying out in misery."

"After you take over, you should make restoring people's livelihood your top priority. Save the people from this dire situation as quickly as possible and don't let them suffer any more."

Su Chen said seriously: "Students will remember your highness's teachings!"

Li Che nodded slightly: "If there are any difficulties, feel free to communicate with the person in charge of the Fengguo fleet. I will ask them to provide Fuzhou with food, grass, medicine and other necessities."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Che asked Su Chen a few more questions, and the latter answered them all fluently. Li Che became more and more satisfied and felt that he was a useful person.

In the next few days, he will hand over government affairs to Su Chen.

After Su Chen had complete control and Fuzhou was gradually getting back on track, Li Che said goodbye to Su Chen and prepared to return to Fengguo.