Late at night on the second grade of junior high school,
Yunyang County City,
"Feng, Mr. Feng, what happened!?"
"Young Master Feng, Young Master Feng... If you have something to say, why do you still have to fight with swords?"
Yunyang County, the county guard and the county magistrate looked at Feng Buyi who came with the troops, and their faces instantly turned pale with fear.
Feng Buyi cupped his hands and said, "Your greed for money and money for disaster relief has come to light."
"I am now following the orders of the Councilor to arrest you and bring you to justice."
The county guard and the county magistrate looked at each other with panic in their eyes, "This... this Lord Councilor, is... Li Chang'an?"
"It's Uncle Zhongyong." Feng Buyi nodded, "Hurry up and find someone to intercede."
"Tomorrow, the Senator is preparing to hear the case in public."
As soon as they heard Li Changan's name, their hearts suddenly fell into an ice cave.
If it were anyone else, even if they would be demoted, they would never lose their lives.
But when meeting Li Changan, life or death really depends on the mood of the killer.
"May I ask Master Feng?" the county guard asked quickly, "How will Uncle Zhongyong plan to deal with us?"
"Besides, even if the case is to be tried, it should be submitted to Dali Temple..."
Feng Buyi came all the way, looking a little tired, and poured himself a cup of tea, "Now this case has been stopped by the Councilor in the name of the Southern Patrol Division, and is ready for a public trial."
"Hurry up and find someone to protect you."
"Now go to Zewu County with me."
The eyes of the county magistrate and the county magistrate changed again and again, "Ze...Zewu County?"
"Don't worry, the death case of Magistrate Zewu has not been found out." Feng Buyi chuckled while drinking tea.
"Listen to my advice and go to whoever you can find now, otherwise the Councilor's butcher's knife will fall after the public trial."
After saying that, Feng Buyi put down his tea cup and extended his hand toward the door, "Please, my lords, don't make things difficult for me."
"If you resist arrest now, there will be no room for redemption. If it is not a capital crime, it will become a capital crime."
After the words fell, the county guard and the county magistrate looked at each other, their faces full of anxiety and defeat.
The two of them quickly took out the Thousand Mile Telecommunication Notes and asked for help from the forces behind them.
And this kind of situation is also happening in the twelve counties under the jurisdiction of Yunyang County at the same time.
Feng Buyi, Zeng Shicai and Song Siren did not disobey the order, but they also let these Yunyang County officials find ways to find someone for help.
When they heard that Li Changan was going to open the trial, these people were so frightened that their hands were trembling.
A guy who was even a fifth-rank official and could kill him whenever he asked, actually wanted to open the case to trial.
It must be explained that it must be dealt with seriously.
Besides beheading, are there any other possibilities?
So one by one, they followed the advice of Feng Buyi and the other three people and took the time to seek help.
The time given by Li Changan was too short.
If there hadn't been a flying boat, it would have taken two or three days just to catch people back and forth.
And now only half a day is given, which obviously does not give others a chance to intercede.
…
The third day of February,
Chen hour,
The sound of gongs resounded throughout Zewu County,
Li Changan's chief officers and clerks temporarily put down what they were doing, and everyone rang the gong.
"The governor and magistrate of Yunyang County, as well as the magistrates of the twelve counties under their jurisdiction, embezzled money and food for disaster relief."
"The Southern Patrol Division is now open to hear the case."
"I hope all the people will know this."
"At noon today, Li Chang'an, the counselor of the Nanxun Town Fu Division, Zhongyong Bo, will publicly hear the case of embezzlement of money and grain for disaster relief at the county government office."
…
The sound of the gong accompanied the trial of the governor, county magistrate, and magistrate of the twelve counties, and spread quickly.
Even today's road construction work has been temporarily suspended.
More and more people began to gather at the gate of the county government office.
"Isn't Li Changan the one who made great contributions on the battlefield of Fengchuan Three Thousand Miles?"
"Isn't that true? I heard that in Fucheng they were beheaded by colleagues who stopped the sale of grain. Every one of those grain shop owners had their heads chopped off."
"Otherwise we still wouldn't be able to eat food."
The people talked a lot,
"So, this Li Changan is really a good official?"
"He must be a good official, otherwise this kind of thing would have been commonplace for a long time. Why would he insist on hearing this case in public?"
"This has cleaned the entire Yunyang County from top to bottom."
Some people said to their companions,
"Do you think this Mr. Li will clear up the injustice for County Magistrate Zhang?"
The other people were stunned for a moment, then shook their heads and said,
"Avenging the injustice of County Magistrate Zhang? This...this should be impossible."
"County Magistrate Zhang has been dead for so long, how can we find out?"
Someone immediately said,
"I heard that the Southern Patrol Division is really investigating Magistrate Zhang's case, and even opened Magistrate Zhang's coffin a few days ago."
"I just don't know if anything has been found."
"Then why didn't you ask us? Magistrate Zhang must have been deliberately killed by those dog officials."
"I also saw someone coming to see Magistrate Zhang, and that Captain Li also..."
"Silence, you don't want to die?"
…
At the gate of the county government office, more and more people gathered, and the momentum became louder and louder.
The public trial of officials, and all the chief officials of the entire Yunyang County, was a scene that was rare to see once in a lifetime.
County government hall,
Li Changan sat in the yard with his eyes closed.
Feng Buyi, Zeng Shicai, and Song Siren came back one after another.
"Reporting to the Councilor, all the prisoners have been brought."
Li Changan nodded.
The yard became quiet again.
Feng Buyi hesitated for a while, then stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying, "Sir, Senator, in the opinion of a lower official, we should proceed with the trial as a normal case of embezzlement of money and food for disaster relief."
"Let them spit out the money they have swallowed, and then be demoted three levels in succession. That will be enough to convince the people."
"Otherwise, once the crime of beheading is determined in this case, I am afraid that all the people in the fourth hospital and first prison will jump out at the end."
"Now that the southern disaster relief tour is gradually getting back on track, why don't you, Senator, put this matter down for now?"
"If so many chief officials are purged at once, Yunyang County's disaster relief work will probably go into chaos. If something goes wrong, the people will be in dire straits."
Li Changan opened his eyes, sneered and shook his head,
"The people are in dire straits? It is precisely because of them that the real people are in dire straits."
"Nowadays, all government orders for disaster relief matters come from the Nanxun Town and Fusi. Even if I change all the Yamen in Yunyang County, what does it matter?"
"They are all direct descendants who have been trained by the first prisoner of the Fourth Courtyard, but they are here to prey on the common people. What kind of nonsense is it to cultivate one's family, govern the country and bring peace to the world?"
"In their hands, everything has become a joke."
Feng Buyi winked at Song Siren and Zeng Shicai next to him.
Song Siren could only bite the bullet and step forward and said, "Sir Councilor, the capital has been in chaos because of this news, and Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple is also on his way here."
Li Changan did not take over Song Siren's words, but asked instead, "Do you think the sages' books they read contain these words spoken by Confucius?"
Song Siren was speechless for a moment.
Li Changan asked and answered himself, "I'm afraid they also want to be the virtuous gentleman that Confucius said."
"It's not that they don't want to, it's just that they really can't."
Li Changan stood up, "Because if the world is really peaceful and everyone has land, who will cultivate the ten thousand acres of fertile land?"
"Without the maid and concubine, is this still a good life?"
"So we simply make the people's lives more miserable and miserable."
"In this way, my ten thousand acres of fertile land will be cultivated by tenant farmers, and the children of poor families can be bought to be servants, the good-looking ones can be used as maids, and the better-looking ones can be used as side houses."
"A good and virtuous gentleman turned into a complete hypocrite."
Feng Buyi and the other three looked at Li Changan with changing eyes, but they couldn't refute a single word.
These words are not just talking about the fourteen chief officials who are in custody awaiting trial?
It is clearly a slap in the face of all privileged people.
"If you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world."
Li Changan walked to the front hall of the Yamen, "It's not a crime to be successful, but it is a crime to bully the poor..."
"Bring those offal from the common people to the front hall, the time has come, I will personally send them on their way!"