Chapter 395: The County Government and the Governor (Part 2)
Cao Qianhu complained in his heart that Governor Sheng didn't understand the grassroots, but Governor Sheng secretly scolded Cao Qianhu for not understanding politics.
Anyone with a little bit of political acumen should understand that this issue of trial rights cannot be compromised. If you give in, it will be equivalent to publicly admitting that you have given up your qualifications. How can you "kill first and then report" the target person named Qin in the future?
After Governor Sheng secretly scolded Cao Qianhu for not understanding politics, Cao Qianhu secretly laughed at Governor Sheng for being confused.
You are a dignified governor who insists on attacking the county government. If you fail to defeat the county government, it will be really humiliating. But even if you do, what good will it do? Who would think highly of you because you, a governor, can defeat the county government?
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That's all, it doesn't matter so much, the governor of the iron-clad Chinese army, why should he care about that?
If the man surnamed Sheng couldn't continue his job in the end, it would be nothing more than a change of governor. He, Mr. Cao, would still be an officer in the camp, and it would not affect his ability to eat the royal rations.
At this moment, Governor Sheng could not take care of Cao Qianhu, who was resting, and sent another lieutenant general to ask Jiangning County to release him again.
He also claimed that the governor's office could accept complaints from the people, but would not accept cases transferred from the county government - this was to prevent the county government from transferring cases that were being handled together.
Afterwards, just as Cao Qianhu reported, large trucks came one after another from Nanjing.
By the afternoon, the governor of Yingtian had received more than 50 complaints, ranging from fighting for houses and property to petty theft.
The governor's staff, together with the criminal clerks borrowed from the Jurong County government, went to the battle to pre-trial more than fifty petitions.
Of course it is easy to just read the complaint, but each complaint must be dealt with. Do you want to fight it back? Which one should come first and which last? Should you summon people for interrogation or send people to the scene to investigate first?
Governor Sheng came to the work site in person to encourage everyone, "Don't worry, these must be cases that have been backlogged in the past few days. Today they were all submitted at once, so the number seems to be larger."
When the news came back to Jiangning County, Qin Dewei was a little doubtful that it was going too smoothly? Is Governor Sheng really so stupid?
It’s not the little bully Qin Dewei who is bragging. As long as Governor Sheng really dares to take the case, he has already lost!
Because this marks that the nature of the matter has evolved from "the governor wants to use the imperial envoy's privileges to deal with Qin Dewei" to "the governor interferes with the judicial power of the county government".
On the next day, the governor's two staffs divided their duties. One was responsible for dispatching soldiers or borrowed servants to travel hundreds of miles to run errands, while he continued to be responsible for collecting the complaint and preliminary examination.
As a result, the carts kept coming, and more than fifty lawsuits were collected in one day. Totaling the number of lawsuits from yesterday, there were already more than one hundred Jiangning County lawsuits backlogged at the train station.
Governor Sheng continued to encourage his staff and scribes, "Don't worry! Most affairs are so complicated at the beginning. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, but it will gradually become smoother!"
On the third day, more than fifty princes threw themselves into the governor's camp.
Governor Sheng finally felt something was wrong. Even if there was a backlog some time ago, it was impossible to have such a large backlog.
He also recalled the rumor reported by Cao Qianhu that a hundred pence would be given to him if he successfully surrendered.
The dignified governor felt incomprehensible. Is there really someone willing to travel a hundred miles to file a complaint for such a small amount of money?
On the fourth day, more than fifty petitions came, and all the governor, court officials and scribes were numb.
The number of complaints has accumulated to more than 200. The key point is that it has only been four days. Even the cases on the first day have not been concluded, and the processing speed cannot keep up with the speed of delivery.
And it seems that the more than fifty pieces per day are not just more than fifty pieces, but the transportation capacity arranged by Jiangning County is only this number!
Governor Sheng really couldn't sit still, so he went to the gate to check the situation, and then he discovered a very strange situation.
Most of the people who came to complain today seemed to be about the same age as me! Maybe they were in their fifties or sixties, but they were all older people!
With a sullen face, Governor Sheng stopped an old man who was about to get into the carriage and leave, and asked: "Seeing that you are already old, why don't you stay at home to take care of yourself and why do you have to go out and run around?"
The people in the capital are well-informed and may not be too afraid of officials. The old man said casually: "It is idle at home. If you come out to complain, you will be transported by carriage and there will be a subsidy of 100 yuan. If you don't confess, you will not complain."
After getting on the carriage, the old man muttered to himself: "After living for a long time, I have only seen people who complained and gave away money. This is the first time I saw someone who still got money."
Governor Sheng felt his temples pounding and said angrily to the Jiangning police officer who was driving: "Is this how Jiangning County condones lawsuits?"
The officer quickly knelt down and replied: "Master Futai, please don't blame me! This is all done by good people in the county and has nothing to do with the county government!"
Governor Sheng asked: "How can there be a good person in the world who would subsidize others' lawsuits?"
The Jiangning County police officer replied: "I heard that there is a reason. First, it is a good person who sees the accuser's hard work and subsidizes it out of his own pocket. It is similar to building bridges, paving roads and giving soup to do good deeds.
Secondly, good people are grateful for Mr. Futai’s courage to do things and work tirelessly to make decisions for the people, so they donate generously to encourage righteous deeds, which can be regarded as an act of praise and praise.”
Wucao! Governor Sheng didn't ask if it was okay. If he asked, he almost ruined his health-preserving efforts.
Did he receive more than 200 lawsuits in four days to encourage him to make decisions for the people? Not only does this person insult his personality, but he also insults his IQ!
When Governor Sheng returned to the camp, two staff members came together to complain: "Please stop it temporarily! I really can't stand it any longer!"
Not only the staff and clerks could not hold back any longer, but also the soldiers and servants running errands and errands could not hold back any longer.
How can it be so easy to drive hundreds of miles to investigate a case in a strange place? Not to mention the fact that you are dining out and sleeping in a completely unfamiliar place. Moreover, there are so many cases, and each person has to deal with several cases. After a few days, everyone wants to die.
Governor Sheng was also deeply hurt, mainly because the number of such cases was completely beyond expectation.
Moreover, the people who come to complain now are all old men. Under the custom of respecting the elderly, they cannot be beaten or scolded, which makes the trial even more troublesome!
Qin Dewei's horse rider is simply not a human being, he even wants to take advantage of the elderly!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Governor Sheng said fiercely: "This court doesn't believe it. Jiangning County can really send out more than fifty petitions every day! Five to six hundred in ten days, one thousand or several hundred in a month. If you can, just send them!"
The two staff members had pale faces and quickly stopped Governor Sheng from this terrible idea: "Ming Gong, please stop being vindictive! Otherwise, the trouble will be even greater. If you alert the court for such a thing, Ming Gong will also be punished! For the current plan, it is better to go first.
We’ll wait until we stop collecting the petition!”
Hearing the words "alarm the court", Governor Sheng calmed down again.
Everyone knew that Qin Dewei also had strong backers in the court, so their plan was to try their best to concentrate their local advantages and kill first before alerting the court.
But I knew Qin Dewei would be difficult to deal with, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult! But I didn't believe it, and there was nothing I could do about it?
