Justice for the people

Author: Use your soul to aim

Justice for the people

Zhang Zongxian left Boren here to watch the granary and wait for the inventory to be completed. He and his good ministers escorted the prisoners and seizures back to the county. Old Liu and Wang Laosan also brought people to help drive the cart.

Along the way, people saluted Zhang Zongxian on both sides of the road, and many people kept chasing and beating the prisoners. The escorting soldiers tried their best to stop the prisoners and no prisoners were killed. Halfway through the road, Zhang Zongxian separated a group of soldiers to escort the money.

Go to the east gate.

When they were approaching the city gate, they saw Qian Dianshi leading the people from the sixth room and the third team to welcome Zhang Zongxian in triumph at the city gate. At the same time, the people in the city also gathered at the gate to wait to see Zhang Zongxian's heroic appearance.

After Zhang Zongxian rode his horse to the city gate, Qian Dianshi first walked out of the crowd to salute Zhang Zongxian and congratulate him;

"Congratulations to the county magistrate for your triumphant return. You have brought great harm to Qingjian County! It is really a blessing for the people of Qingjian County that the county magistrate can be the parent official of Qingjian County!"

"Yes! County Lord."

"In less than two months after taking office, the county magistrate eliminated Huang Shilang, who had been harming Qingjian County for more than ten years. He is truly an outstanding person."

"When the county minister went to war, all the people in the county came to help, which shows how much the people love the county minister."

"Yes! Yes! I heard that Huang Shilang died after being scolded by the county magistrate. It can be seen that the county magistrate has the legacy of Prime Minister Zhuge."

"I have long seen that Huang Shilang is not like a son of man. The county magistrate killed him well!"

As Qian Dianshi began to greet Zhang Zongxian respectfully, others also began to show their talents. He only praised Zhang Zongxian as if he had killed Huang Shilang in the middle of the reincarnation of Zhuge.

Zhang Zongxian enjoyed watching the performance of these clowns on the horse. He waved his hands to silence everyone and said:

"Mencius said: Yu thought that there were drowned people in the world, and he was drowning himself; Ji thought that there were hungry people in the world, and he thought that he was hungry. Huang Shilang insulted the people when he insulted his own officials, and when he saw the people suffering, he felt like his own officials suffered. Huang Shilang's eyes

There is no way for the king to forcefully buy the land. As the official of this county, how can I explain to the court and the people if I don't kill Huang Shilang? I still say the same thing: if you are an official and do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes."

The people below were all silent after listening. The people in the front knew that it was Mencius who said it. Who said it was selling sweet potatoes? What are these sweet potatoes?

Yu Nong was a little embarrassed when he saw the situation below and immediately took the lead in cheering: "Well said, the county magistrate." Only then did everyone react and they immediately cheered and applauded.

Zhang Zongxian also remembered that the sweet potatoes had not been introduced to the north yet, and was very embarrassed until Yu Nong came to the rescue. He continued to smile and said: "This time, it was only because of the support of the people in the county that the soldiers worked hard to kill Huang Shilang. It is not the responsibility of this officer alone."

achievement."

"It's the county's honorable commander who has good command."

"The county lord Zhuge is still alive"

"The county official is awesome"

A group of people complimented him at the city gate for a long time, until Zhang Zongxian got impatient. Qian Dianshi quickly pulled the crowd away, and Zhang Zongxian entered the city gate.

As he rode on the county street, the common people came out to see Zhang Zongxian's triumphant return. They kept throwing various objects at the captive team while shouting "Master Qingtian!"

After returning to the county government office, Zhang Zongxian went directly back to the backyard. Su'e had been waiting in the backyard for a day. Seeing that Zhang Zongxian came back safely, she couldn't help crying anymore after worrying for two days and one night. Zhang Zongxian quickly stepped forward to take care of him.

Su'e, who had already burst into tears, held her in her arms to comfort her.

Zhang Zongxian, who had a good night's rest, began to deal with Huang Shilang's follow-up matters after the morning meeting at the county government office.

First of all, we need to explain to Shangguan what happened? After all, this matter has spread to several surrounding counties, and Yan'an Prefecture will know about it soon. This should be done to Shangguan to report the success of wiping out the bandits, and also to prepare for future promotion.

bedding.

Afterwards, an official document about sea arrests will be sent out, notifying nearby counties to help arrest Huang Shilang’s wife, children, and housekeeper Hu Bai. The most important thing is to sort out the land. After all, it is 28,000 acres of land! There are also shops and so on.

See if anyone comes to ask for it.

Among them, clearing the fields is the most troublesome. Many people no longer have land deeds, and many of those fields are used as defenses to borrow money from Huang Shilang. They became Huang Shilang's because the people could not repay the money. These loans have also been borrowed by the Huang family for generations.

If they are released and returned based on previous fish scale records, it will inevitably lead to unclear ownership of a large number of fields.

In the end, Zhang Zongxian decided that except for the fields that could provide evidence of ownership, the remaining fields would be assigned to Su'e's name. They would then be rented out to the people at a low price, and they would see how the fields were divided in the future.

As for shops that don't have owners, they can be used as storefronts for grain stores and banks.

There is also the matter of Lechang Fort. Most of the people in the fort are thugs and relatives of the Huang family. They can only be moved out of Lechang Fort. Lechang Fort will be used as a training base for the new army. Then the Huang family

The mansion happened to be converted into a school. As for the seized grain, it was directly allocated to the grain warehouse.

Now that we have money, grain, and shops, grain warehouses and banks should also be opened. Moreover, if the grain warehouses and banks are well operated, they can be used to control the people in the area.

The grain depot can sign a contract with the people in the county to guarantee a minimum grain harvest. The people then use the contract to borrow farm tools, seeds, cattle, etc. from the bank. The people can repay the loan with grain, and the loan can be repaid in three to five years.

You can also give Li Zheng a share of the loan to train them to become agents of the bank. In this way, the livelihood of the people will be controlled by the grain store and the bank. The bank can also issue its own banknotes.

It is necessary to give the grain store and the bank a good name. In the future, they will become important tools for regulating society. Finally, Zhang Zongxian decided to name the grain store and the bank Taipinghao. Su'e and the others had been training for a while, so they were allowed to practice

Let's study in middle school. After handling Huang Shilang's matter tomorrow, we will prepare to open the business.

In order to get their fields back as soon as possible, people outside the city went to the city gate before dawn and waited until it opened in the morning. As soon as the city gate opened, they rushed outside the Yamen. People in the city also came to watch the excitement.

Wanting to give the people peace of mind as soon as possible, after the morning meeting, Zhang Zongxian immediately arranged to go to the hall. Amidst the shouts of the Zaoban yamen servants, "There is no evil, there is no evil", the door opened and the hall was raised.

First, the fields were returned to the people. For those who had the original title deeds, witnessed by witnesses and recorded in the fish scale book, Zhang Zongxian re-established the title deeds on the spot and returned the fields.

During this period, there were several people who had no land deeds or records, but they were crying and shouting until they knelt down and wanted to get their land back.

Zhang Zongxian asked loudly and helplessly: "There is no land deed or registration, and you are still making noise in the lobby. Do you think that I will not hit you because I am so talkative?"

"Please be kind to the county magistrate, please be gracious to the county magistrate! The land of the common people was only stored in the name of Huang Shilang! The land was not sold to him!"

"Storage? Then why does the fish scale book record that the land has been sold to Huang Shilang?"

The county official didn't sell the land to him! No! He just kept it.

"Then why do you want to store it under Huang Shilang's name? Is there a contract to prove it?"

"The county magistrate just wanted to evade taxes, so he deposited it with Huang Shilang. At that time, it was a verbal agreement and there was no contract!"

"Hmph! What a verbal agreement, Huang Shilang is already dead, are you here to deceive me? Furthermore, according to the Ming Dynasty law, if a tax evader is found to have a hundred rods as the principal, the accomplices will be sent to the army. Are you able to sell it or evade taxes?

"

"The county respects me~~"

Seeing that they were speechless for a long time, he immediately asked the government officials to drive them out of the lobby and stopped messing with them.

In fact, there is a lot of land under Huang Shilang's name. It accounts for more than half of the land under Huang Shilang's name. They just don't want to be ripped off by corrupt officials, but how unfair it is to the people who pay taxes normally.

fair.

Looking at the disappointed figures of the common people being driven out of the hall, Zhang Zongxian was determined to give them some land. After much thought, he decided not to divide the land. He said silently in his heart: "You guys wait a little longer until my official comes again."

If you are older, I will divide the land for you after I defeat those feudal kings."

In the end, after working hard all morning, less than 6,000 acres of land was returned.

After a quick meal, Zhang Zongxian began to deal with Huang Shilang's accomplices. Zhang Zongxian brought Huang Shilang's accomplices to the lobby, where they were identified by the people and interrogated on the spot. At first, the people did not dare to come out to identify them, until a woman cried out to them.

One of the henchmen cursed

"My son was only six years old and he was beaten to death by you beasts. I'm going to beat you to death, you beasts." After saying that, he rushed up to beat the gang member.

After asking the government servant to pull the woman away, Zhang Zongxian asked the woman to tell the truth. It turned out that the woman's husband was sick and borrowed a loan from Huang Shilang at a high interest rate. In the end, he was not cured and left. Huang Shilang arranged for his men to go to her house to collect the house deed.

Pay debt.

The woman was afraid that she and her children would freeze to death outside without the house, so she wanted to allow a few days of grace and did not hand over the house deed. In order to force the woman, Huang Shilang's men raised her child to threaten the woman, and the child was bitten in pain.

That man actually threw the woman's child to death and turned around.

Then the woman went to the local government to file a complaint and was kicked out. She went to the county government to file a complaint and was beaten out by the head of the execution room. She also became crazy until she heard that Huang Shilang was beaten to death by the county magistrate and had to deal with his accomplices.

Showed up at the county government office with a glimmer of hope.

After listening to the woman's story, Zhang Zongxian first looked at the prison boss. The prison boss was already frightened and trembling because of Huang Shilang's death, and he had been in a panic these past few days.

As soon as the woman came out today, she knew that she was in doom. Now when Huang Shilang saw her, she knelt down and shouted, "I was also deceived by that Huang Shilang, please have mercy on me from the county!". While shouting, he kept kowtowing.

Zhang Zongxian did not pay attention to the hostess of the prison room, but directly asked the thug to be taken to the hall and asked: "Do you know the crime?"

The thug was very tough, "I can kill you or scratch you no matter what. I will be a good man again in twenty years."

This arrogant attitude directly angered Zhang Zongxian

"Come here and give me a hard beating." Seeing Zhang Zongxian so angry and after other government officials held down the thug, Li Jiasan drank some saliva and spit it on the water and fire stick, then hit the thug on the tailbone. The first three blows

The thug just grunted fiercely, but after the fourth blow, he couldn't help but cry out in pain and beg for mercy.

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