August 28th, the afternoon.
As the Autumn Provincial Examination concluded in Nanjing, Emperor Chongzhen, far away in the Capital, received a top-secret message marked for urgent delivery. The report detailed the actions Li Banghua had taken upon his arrival in Nanjing.
After reading it, Chongzhen felt a twinge of dissatisfaction. It wasn't because Li Banghua had executed Li Shi, but rather that he had only executed Li Shi. If it had been the Emperor himself, the number of noble families and court officials dispatched in Nanjing would have reached double digits.
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