Fang Yingwu was really helpless with the prosecution he received today, and he had to pick the weakest persimmons. He could pinch the third-rate minister Yong Pingbo, but he definitely couldn't pinch the uncle of the country, who was known as Mr. Tuesday.
As long as the Queen Mother Zhou, who was famous for being unruly, shrewd and protective of her shortcomings, was still alive, no one would be able to touch the Zhou family. According to Fang Zhixian's "recollections", the Queen Mother Zhou seemed to have lived until the Hongzhi period.
At this time, the yamen officer who was sent out to inspect the situation came back and reported: "Sir! The woman who complained is really guarding the corner outside the county yamen gate. She brought her own food and said she will sleep there until the case is resolved."
Who are these people? Fang Yingwu rubbed his forehead worriedly. It’s true that people are afraid of being famous and afraid of being strong. Did he choose the wrong path? If he is imitated in the future and countless unscrupulous people come to make trouble for him, then
Hasn’t Qingtian’s name become a laughing stock?
In Houya, the county magistrate showed the complaint to Lou Tianhua. After reading it, Mr. Lou said thoughtfully: "The land that Mrs. He claimed to have been forcibly occupied is actually a wasteland that does not receive money or food."
Fang Zhixian asked: "She claims that her family makes a living by farming, how could the thirty acres of land be wasteland?"
Lou Tianhua sighed and said, "Let's start from the beginning. When Emperor Taizong launched an army to suppress the war, the capital and Beizhi area were all battlefields. After the war, the population was sparsely populated and large areas of land were deserted. Therefore, Emperor Taizong issued an edict to encourage the suburbs of Beijing.
And the people of Northern Zhili reclaimed wasteland, and issued an edict that the newly reclaimed wasteland would never be cultivated.
Therefore, these fields have not received grain for sixty years, and are no different from wasteland in the imperial atlas, and the ownership of the land is also very unclear. There is no accurate explanation as to whether it is private land or official land."
Fang Yingwu suddenly understood. He had often heard that a certain dignitary in the capital had seized the land of the common people. But he had always been puzzled, how did this work? Could it be that he could just go to someone else's property and just draw a circle to occupy it?
It turns out that the problem lies here. Sixty years ago, the imperial court encouraged people to reclaim a large amount of wasteland with the benefit of not paying grain, but it did not clarify the ownership of the property rights.
Nowadays, when the emperor wants to reward honorary relatives, he often grants certain acres of land. When the honored honorary relatives move away several acres of land with a wave of their hands, they deliberately include the fields that have been cultivated by the common people as wasteland, which leads to rumors of seizing the common people's land.
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The family of Mrs. He, who is the victim of today's case, is probably in such a situation. Thinking about this, Fang Yingwu gets even more headache.
The He family's 30 acres of land is relatively vague legally. There is no clear legal basis to support property rights, and there is no way to rely on it. But the people don't care about this. They only know that the powerful and powerful are occupying the land of good people.
With the current situation like this, it is impossible to rule by law and can only be governed by people. How can we reconcile this? Fang Yingwu also had some vague feelings. It is indeed difficult to be a people-friendly official. It turns out that the good magistrates of the Ming Dynasty are good at dealing with such muddy magistrates.
The so-called Xunli.
When Fang Yingwu was discussing with Lou Tianhua, someone suddenly reported outside the door: "Someone from Dongchang is coming to see the eldest gentleman!" Fang Yingwu didn't know why, so he could only let the door bring him in.
Not long after, a military attache from Dongchang was brought in and told the county magistrate Fang: "I would like to send you an order to transfer the prisoners Wei Ying and others from Xichang and the case files to your county. Please ask your honorable magistrate Fang for a trial and judgment."
Fang Yingwu was taken aback. He was extremely confused. Wei Ying and others from a thousand households in the West Factory were all captured by the East Factory. How could they suddenly be handed over to him? Besides, let him be interrogated by a mere county magistrate.
There has never been such a precedent for a major factory security case.
Fang Yingwu glanced at Lou Tianhua, who quietly took out a silver ingot and gave it to the Dongchang official school in front of him, and asked: "We are really confused about this, please give me some advice."
One or two.”
I saw the other party hesitate for a moment: "This..." Lou Tianhua patted his chest and said: "But please don't worry! The words here will not be spread to anyone else, it is only for us to clear up my doubts, otherwise there will be thunder and lightning."
The military attache of the Dongchang weighed the money and said, "The factory governor Shang Gong reported to the emperor that Wanping County is in charge of the boundaries of Xicheng, including the Xichang grounds. It is more convenient for Wanping County to review the crimes of the official schools in Xichang."
, Moreover, Wei Ying embezzled three thousand taels from Wanping County, so it is more appropriate for Wanping County to interrogate him. If the emperor has accurately reported this, I will hand over the criminal case files here."
After Lou Tianhua finished asking, he was stunned and speechless. To him, Shang Ming, the admiral of the East Factory, was nothing more than a very big shot. Such a big shot suddenly turned his attention to the proprietor and inexplicably asked him to shut down the case of the West Factory. This
What's the reason?
Fang Yingwu also fell into deep thought. This situation was so strange that it made him think twice. He had an intuition that someone was digging a hole for him!
When Shang Ming puts these backbones of the West Factory into his own hands, is he going to get a lighter sentence or a harsher sentence? Logically speaking, to this extent, Shang Ming, Eunuch Wang, and the West Factory are already at odds with each other, and they definitely want to give the backbone of the West Factory a heavy sentence.
, so that Xichang will never turn over.
But Dongchang itself has a criminal court, so why should it be done through other parties? There must be something abnormal, and it must be a monster. Something must have happened, so it caused Shang Ming to do such a strange behavior.
As for what might happen recently, Fang Yingwu was quite clear about it. Wasn't it him who gave Wang Zhi the idea to ask a large group of people to cry and hug Shang Ming's thigh?
Fang Yingwu suddenly realized that maybe Shang Ming also felt something strange and was suspicious of him - after all, Eunuch Shang knew that Wang Zhi had a close relationship with him, so he handed over the key prisoners of the West Factory to him?
In Eunuch Shang's view, this is putting himself in a dilemma. If he treats the key personnel of the West Factory lightly, Eunuch Shang can easily use this as an excuse to carry out further actions, such as complaining to the emperor that he colluded with Wang Zhi
Shelter West Factory.
If he had punished the key members of the West Factory severely, he would not be able to explain it to Wang Zhi. These people were all Wang Zhi's followers, and it was something that Eunuch Shang would like to see severely punished by himself.
After figuring out the cause and effect, Fang Yingwu let out a long sigh. Dongchang's eyes and ears were almost, if not all-pervasive. Eunuch Shang probably already knew about the disconnection between himself and Wang Zhiou, so he had to think of ways to force himself and then look for opportunities to take advantage of him.
However, the dignified Admiral of Dongchang thinks too highly of himself, and he seems to regard himself as a key target! He is just a small county magistrate, so why should he be so strict with himself!
In the end, Fang Yingwu still had to snort contemptuously. Although Shang Ming's consciousness was in place, his method was too clumsy. This person was really not a high-level person. No wonder he was ridiculed as the most useless factory supervisor since the founding of Dongchang.
When he raised his eyes, he saw Lou Tianhua holding an almanac and mumbling, "What day is it today? How come you are guilty of Tai Sui so many times?"
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