"You don't dare to investigate such a bad thing? Are you going to let me take the blame?"
Li Shanchang was going crazy. This nonsense had nothing to do with the principles of heaven and the promotion of women's status. It was just a few villains who made trouble below for their own selfish interests, and the result was that the fire was almost burned on his head.
If his future is ruined, can Lao Li not go crazy?
After getting angry, Li Shanchang gradually calmed down. He had to think carefully about what went wrong. He wanted to settle the score with his gang!
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"Brother, this matter is not complicated! Why don't the county yamen dare to try it, and the prefect's yamen don't dare to try it, but they got the Ministry of Punishment... What are these people doing?" Zhu Ying was very curious. He knew that this case made his godmother very angry.
, but the file handed over by Yingtian Mansion is so simple, so what are these officials afraid of?
Zhu Ying thought hard and couldn't figure it out.
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "It seems like it's time to teach you some real skills. Remember one sentence, things are universally connected."
"What, what does this mean? Is it related to this case?" Zhu Ying was puzzled, "Brother, you are not lying to me, are you?"
Zhang Ximeng sighed softly, feeling a little worried. Why is this child still not enlightened? In a few years, he will lead the army. With your current ability, how can you deal with such a complicated Yunnan!
I still expect you to expand your territory!
Forget it, I'll stab you in the butt with a knife and open your eyes!
"A seemingly small case is nothing, but if you can't know the result in advance, there is no need to investigate it. Otherwise, if you start casually, uncontrollable results will occur, and you don't know how many people will be unlucky.
.Now that Prime Minister Li has decided to investigate, the investigation has also started below, and the preliminary results have also been sent up. I can tell you that this is not the end of the matter, but the beginning of the matter. Just wait and see, this little thing,
It can reduce the number of people in all levels of Yamen in Yingtian Mansion by 10% or 20%."
"What?"
Zhu Ying was really shocked. He couldn't imagine that such a small case with no human life could be so terrifying! Could it be that the elder brother was deceiving him?
"You don't believe it? Then we can make a bet. If you lose, just return the stolen salary to me! If you win, all the past debts will be written off."
Zhu Ying blinked, "Okay! I agreed, but my godmother will be the witness..."
Zhang Ximeng spread his hands and said, "Whatever, as long as you don't play tricks!" He was confident anyway. If this matter was really simple, he would not blame the blame at all levels, and finally dumped it on Li Shanchang.
In fact, sometimes Zhang Ximeng is quite confused. Do people who are superior really know everything?
If you have been trapped in the palace since you were a child, and the people below bring a bunch of rotten tree leaves and say they are the best tea, you have to believe it, even if you are told that an egg costs ten taels of silver, you will not doubt it.
Some people may think that only fools would believe such nonsense... But is Li Shanchang stupid? If he were a fool, there would be no smart people in the world.
But why did Lao Li get the idea?
Zhang Ximeng could all guess that someone must have told him that women were becoming more and more unruly when they came out and showed themselves to the public. There was great resentment among the people. Daughters who did not abide by the rules of women and disobedient daughters all jumped out, and the demons danced wildly.
There is no need for Lao Li to really believe it. As long as he has such an idea, Li Shanchang will definitely think in this direction if a married daughter sues her parents.
Push things down...
If you are unwilling to suppress it and confront Lao Li, it will probably develop into an internal fight within the party.
Zhang Ximeng was thinking silently, maybe this is how Liu Bowen and Lao Li started to fight. In fact, why are they so aggressive?
The identities and positions were very different. However, they were coerced by the people below and walked towards the battlefield in a daze.
Looking at it this way, the so-called group of people above are just the playthings of the people below. It’s hard to say who is the monkey trick and who is the monkey!
Then again, why are everyone willing to deceive Lao Li and push Li Shanchang to fight with Zhang Ximeng? It is best to overturn some laws. The things behind this are really worth pondering!
The transition from the old to the new is by no means as simple as a few decrees, nor can it be transformed by setting up a prisoner of war camp... The things left over from the Yuan Dynasty are still exerting influence in all aspects. I'm afraid it won't be that easy to eliminate them.
!
Zhang Ximeng was silently calculating. He was thinking about how he could take this opportunity to work with Li Shanchang to completely refresh from top to bottom. After that, the officialdom would also undergo a completely new change...
He was thinking about these things, while Zhu Ying went to find her godmother Ma. After hearing Zhu Ying's words, Ma also laughed, "Since Mr. Zhang said it, I'm afraid it's not groundless... Let's do it.
I'll go take a look at this case too."
Mrs. Ma called Jiang Nan. They did not go directly to Yingtianfu Yamen, but took a roundabout way and went to Han Xiuniang's house.
After reporting her identity, Han Xiuniang's parents-in-law were so frightened that they knelt down.
"No, get up quickly."
Ma asked Jiang Nan to join her and pulled the couple up. She said with a smile: "Come to think of it, it's my fault that I got into trouble and caused your family to be in such trouble. I'm sorry.
"
The old couple were frightened, "Madam is a great benevolent person like a Bodhisattva. No one can blame you... It's just that there are too many villains in this world, and they are too vicious." The old man wanted to say more, but the old woman stopped him.
Hold on, this world belongs to the Zhu family, what are you talking about?
Ma didn't care, but praised: "Well said, there are indeed too many young people, and we haven't had time to clean them up, so the big guys have been wronged."
"You and your family, follow me to Yingtian Yamen. Let's listen together and find out what is going on in this case!"
Ma took Han Xiuniang and his family straight to Yingtian Mansion. With his wife in charge, they were naturally not afraid. Han Xiuniang had been tortured for such a long time, and her body was very weak, her face was pale, and she was all sick.
Ma pulled her and asked her to sit beside him.
"Don't be afraid, this is not the Yuan Dynasty, there will be right and wrong!"
Han Xiuniang gritted her teeth and nodded vigorously. She didn't dare to think about anything else now. She just wanted to clarify the messy rumors and clear her name.
After they arrived, they found that the entire Yingtian Mansion Office was full of people, inside and outside. Everyone stretched their necks to see how this drama between children and parents would end!
Xia Yu's scalp was numb...Li Xi, the Minister of Punishment, was sitting next to him, co-hearing the case, and his wife was listening in. Among the team, left minister Li Shanchang, right minister Zhang Ximeng, and others were also present.
It is unprecedented for a case to attract so much attention.
"The Han couple, why are you looking for your daughter? Tell me!"
After being imprisoned for a few days, these two couples were so aggressive and arrogant that they had long since disappeared. At this moment, they were softer than noodles. They could not stand up and reply, so they could only collapse on the ground.
"Because, in order to give some betrothal gifts to our sons."
"How much?"
"Yes, I want twenty pieces of cloth!"
As soon as they heard this, everyone in the crowd started talking. It was so shameless. Even if there is still contact with a married girl, she is willing to be filial to her parents. But with twenty pieces of cloth per mouth, ordinary people , who can take it out? Isn’t this embarrassing for the child!
"The weaving workshop where Han Xiuniang is working supplies military supplies and is supposed to be running military errands. You went to make trouble and delayed important military affairs! Based on this alone, it is not an exaggeration to kill you two!"
When they heard that their heads were about to fall off, the couple were frightened. They immediately fell down on the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Han Xiuniang, who was sitting next to Ma, almost screamed. Although she was resentful in her heart, she didn't go to the point of seeing her parents lose their heads... Fortunately, Ma held her back and signaled her not to get excited, so Han Xiuniang reluctantly endured it. With.
Xia Yu said again: "You can't get what you ask for once, you go there frequently, and you keep making noises for many days. Do you still feel that you are wronged?"
"Unjust...in vain, we are really unjust. This is all what Mr. Wei asked us to do. He said, he said..."
"What did he say?"
"He said it's indecent to let people expose themselves to the public. As long as we can get the girl back, he, he will give us twenty pieces of silk!"
Xia Yu nodded, "So you are being instigated by others?"
"Yes, yes, just being ordered by others!"
"Hua Qi!"
When the master brought over the confession, the couple trembled and trembled. After signing the document, they were taken aside.
Soon, another old man was brought up, this was the legendary Mr. Wei.
"You instigated them to make trouble? And you promised to give them twenty bolts of silk?"
The old man was less than sixty years old and full of energy. He said coldly: "I just told them that letting their daughter go out to work will ruin the family tradition. When the time comes, her ancestors will be shamed when they are sent home. As for other things, I never said anything about twenty pieces of silk, it was just one-sided words from them!"
Xia Yu was not angry, but said again: "It's true that you didn't give them silk, but has anyone accepted your silk?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Old Man Wei denied flatly, "I have to ask myself, there is nothing wrong with my conscience. If I tell a lie, I will be struck by lightning!"
"Okay!" Xia Yu nodded again, "Bring the people from Jiangning County Government here."
Soon, seven scribes and government servants lined up in the lobby.
"Do you know this old man?"
Xia Yu pointed at Old Wei's head. Several scribes looked at it and nodded helplessly.
"If you go back to the government, the silk workshop of Mr. Wei's son-in-law, in the past, would give fifty pieces of silk to the Yamen every year!"
Xia Yu asked again: "What about this year? Did you receive it?"
"Receive it, received it!"
"Is there any other explanation?" Xia Yu glared at them, "Speak!"
Several people trembled for a moment and said quickly: "Yes, along with the silk, we have also been told that if we let the government run weaving workshops, they will not make any profit. Please, please let us follow suit."
"What is pushing the boat with the current? What kind of current is it? What is pushing the boat?"
Xia Yu pressed again and again, but the scribes couldn't bear it, so they had no choice but to say it. They told the magistrate of Jiangning that Han Xiuniang's case was against moral standards and contrary to the general principles, and should not be tried lightly, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!
Xia Yu glanced at Old Wei and found that the guy's face changed suddenly and his whole body was trembling. Maybe he didn't expect that he actually arrested everyone from the Yamen.
It didn't matter, Xia Yu turned around and asked Li Xi, "Shang Shu, this case involves Jiangning County Magistrate, do you need to arrest him?"
Li Xi said with a sullen face: "Catch him! Catch him immediately! No matter who is involved, investigate them all!"