"I hope so." Chen Sihai nodded and said.

Chen Sihai had no way to touch the governor Zhao Yan, but that didn't mean he was afraid of him. If Zhao Yan did something wrong at this time, he would take the opportunity to deal with him. Chen Sihai was still confident of this.

As for the arrest of the governor and the chief judge, Chen Sihai didn't take it to heart at all.

According to the investigation of the Jinyiwei and various signs during this period, it can be shown that Zhao Kui and Zhou Fusheng are the most deeply involved in this case, and can even be said to be one of the masterminds.

Arresting Zhao Kui and the other two would make the investigation easier. If they were left in their original positions, the investigation would be much more difficult. Some people wouldn't dare to investigate, while others would take chances, which would make things very complicated.

Arresting Zhao Kui and the other two first would make the investigation much easier. Chen Sihai hadn't even mentioned this to His Majesty, but His Majesty had already told him to do it.

Zhu Youxiao saw this matter clearly and thought it through clearly.

This is just like the double-standard system in later generations. First, arrest people to prevent them from destroying evidence and causing trouble outside, and then continue the investigation.

I believe that at that time there will be many people who will take advantage of the situation. As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it. It will be much easier to find out what happened to them.

Glancing at Zhao Yan, Chen Sihai said, "But there is one thing I still need your help with."

"I don't know what it is." Zhao Yan asked hurriedly.

"It's nothing, it's just that the adults need to impose martial law in Jinan City, and we want to arrest a few people." Chen Sihai said casually.

Of course, it was just a casual tone when he said it, but it wouldn't be so casual when he actually arrested someone. This time, Chen Sihai wanted to arrest people from the Kong family, and at the same time, he also wanted to arrest people from the Wenxiang Sect. He couldn't make any mistakes, otherwise things would become very troublesome.

Chen Sihai is very clear about this, so he will let Zhao Yan cooperate, but he will never trust them.

Even if Zhao Yan is trustworthy, Zhao Yan's subordinates may not be. Jinan City is probably in danger now, and he can't act recklessly.

If he acted recklessly and caused chaos in Jinan City, he was afraid that His Majesty would not let him go. So Chen Sihai was very careful.

After hearing this, Zhao Yan didn't say anything. He just nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master Chen. If you have any questions, just tell us. The Shandong Governor's Office will do its best to cooperate."

Chen Sihai just nodded and said nothing more.

Anyone would say something like this, but even if they said it, no one knew what they would actually do. If he really believed in Zhao Yan wholeheartedly, he would probably die miserably in the end.

"The work has been done, so let's go into the city." Chen Sihai said with a smile.

"Okay. Please come this way, Lord Chen." Zhao Yan said with a smile beside him.

The two men left, but there was an uproar in the Jinan officialdom.

No one expected that the first thing the imperial envoy did when he arrived was to arrest the governor and the chief judge. This was definitely a very scary move.

When these two big guys are arrested, will the others be able to survive?

Many people feel guilty, as they will definitely be implicated if things get out of hand; some are happy that these two guys have finally fallen, as they would have had no chance of getting promoted if they hadn't; and some feel that Shandong has finally seen the light of day, as the corrupt officials who have been a scourge to the people of Shandong have finally been arrested.

For a while, the officials in Jinan were in panic.

It was under such circumstances that Chen Sihai began his anti-corruption journey in Jinan City.

At the same time, in Jining City.

Zhu Youxiao stood on the steps basking in the sun, stretched gently, then picked up the tea and took a sip, then leaned back in the rocking chair again.

Come to think of it, I haven't had this much free time in a while.

Since coming to Shandong, I have been very busy and there are so many bad things happening.

Now I finally have some free time, and the food for disaster relief is enough, maybe even more. I have also gathered all kinds of money, so I will have enough to spend for a while in the short term.

This made Zhu Youxiao feel very good.

The Prince of Lu's Mansion contributed a lot of money and gave some of its arable land to Zhu Youxiao, asking him to use it to resettle the victims.

As for cracking down on land annexation and distributing land equally across the board, Zhu Youxiao himself had never thought about it.

In this era, land annexation is a major trend and is irreversible. Unless there is a complete bottom-up revolution and land reform, then the emperor will become the largest landlord in the world, and will be buried in the dust.

The problem of the Ming Dynasty was not land annexation, but the non-payment of taxes; the hardship and exploitation of the lower-class people; the low productivity; the low grain production; and the fact that the people had no other way to make a living except farming.

Simply distributing land equally will not have much effect. A natural disaster, a man-made disaster, or even a serious illness in the family will cause the people who have been allocated land to become tenant farmers again.

It's nothing more than a repetition over and over again.