On the stage in the ruins of the county school, more and more people came to complain. The first people who came were just selected by Guo Tiance, and they were indeed bullied by General Wang Zhen's family.
However, what they told was not a big deal at all. Sixty percent of it was true and four percent was false, so it was inevitable to add fuel to the fire.
Because in Weizhou, these soldiers are actually considered to be a fairly well-off group.
You know, this is an era where warriors are rampant. If someone in the family can handle a gun and stick, and can get a job in the army, he is naturally better than ordinary people.
What they call being oppressed by General Wang Zhen is actually nothing in the eyes of real ordinary people.
For example, Li Huochang, Wang Zhenjiang did fall in love with her eldest sister, and his eldest sister was indeed kidnapped by Wang Zhenjiang, but this was agreed by his father, although it was under pressure.
For this reason, their family got money for selling themselves, and Fire Chief Li began to receive preferential treatment in the army, and even got a small official position as Fire Chief.
In later generations, this kind of thing might be a horrifying kidnapping event, but in this era, it would be an exaggeration to say it was insignificant, but it is indeed not that serious.
But no matter how small these things are, they can still have great destructive power, because when people kept telling people and things were getting fermented, Guo Tiance secretly asked people to spread rumors.
It is said that Zhang Sikong of Liangzhou wants to make decisions for the people. Many people are already reporting on General Wang Zhen and so on.
There were no entertainment activities at this time. As soon as this incident came out, it immediately became explosive news in Weizhou City.
Those who were relevant, those who had nothing to do, those who really wanted to complain and those who wanted to watch the fun were all attracted.
So after the Weizhou soldiers who had been bribed by the Guiyi Army finished their complaints and were encouraged by them, the poor people who were oppressed by General Wang Zhen came again.
Some of them had their family members beaten to death by Wang Zhenjiang, some had their property seized, some were dragged into a fight and lost all their wealth and had no way to redress their grievances, and some were kidnapped by Wang Zhenjiang's clan members, large and small, who were in charge of their affairs.
Those who have humiliated their wives, daughters and sisters by engaging in prostitution.
These crimes, one by one, are well-documented, witnessed, and known to many people.
Their cries on stage really aroused public opinion. In this atmosphere, even those who might have been slapped, spat on, or even scolded by Wang Zhen's family servants would feel bullied by General Wang Zhen.
Crap.
If something is the size of a sesame seed, they will add some extravagance and say it is the size of a peanut. If something is the size of a peanut, it will soon become the size of a watermelon.
Seeing the anger building up, Guo Tiance knew that the time had come, and secretly winked at Li Huochang.
Li Huochang, who had been paying attention to Guo Tiance's expressions and movements, nodded, then got up and shouted with grief and anger.
"Why am I waiting here crying and begging? Zhang Sikong is in the state government office. Why don't we go together and ask Zhang Sikong to make decisions for the people!"
When the others thought about it, they were right, why are we crying here? Why not go directly to Zhang Sikong?
So, the people who cried and complained carried a large number of people who were listening here, and they went to the state government in a mighty manner.
Zhang Zhao in the Yamen was also waiting for this moment. After Wu Ying'er persuaded Wang Zhenjiang to open the door, Zhang Zhao did not show up and asked Yan Jin to comfort him on his behalf.
General Wang Zhen didn't think much about it. He thought that Zhang Zhao was the Inspector of Schools and the Governor of Hexi Province, which was very different from his official position. It was reasonable not to come forward to appease him, a small town general.
Little did he know that Zhang Zhao would make up his mind to eradicate him after he held the people hostage to protect himself.
So in Weizhou Prefecture Government Office, Zhang Zhao cordially received the people who came to redress their grievances, and he also opened the gate of the Prefecture Government Office very "considerately" to let a large number of people watch.
Of course, those who were able to come in to complain had to be screened. Basically, Guo Tiance selected one or two of the victims who suffered the most hatred, and then the rest were basically soldiers who had already defected to the rebel army to make up the number.
Of course, there are many people who shout loudly when they cry, but if they really want to tell, there are still some reasons why they don't dare to come forward.
The foolish young man walked up to Zhang Zhao on his knees with the complaint in hand, while Zhang Zhao was sitting in the lobby of the state government office, looking like a great master.
"The common people came to see Sikong, and today they have the courage to trouble Sikong. The reason is that it is difficult for the common people to redress their grievances, so they can only ask Sikong to make the decision."
Zhang Zhao didn't speak. The person who spoke was Guo Tiance. He walked up to the silly young man, took his complaint in his hand and looked at it for a moment before presenting it to Zhang Zhao, and then said in a deep voice.
"You are a soldier of Weizhou Zhenjun, and General Wang Zhen is your superior. According to the law, the people sue the officials, and the subordinates sue the superiors. What is the regulation? Do you know?
In the feudal era, in order to protect the privileges of the bureaucratic class and prevent ordinary people from disrupting the administration of justice, there were actually very strict regulations on people's complaints against officials.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were generally only two situations in which people could complain to officials. One was when there was a particularly serious grievance, and the other was when a supervisory censor went out to collect news, that is, when the people were listening to the sufferings of the people, they could stop the carriage and complain.
However, the people's appeals to officials mentioned here most often refer to appeals beyond the level.
For example, if a foolish young man wants to sue General Wang Zhen, then according to regulations, he can only go to the superior of General Wang Zhen, that is, the military history of the Jiedushi Yamen or the subordinate officer of the Jiedushi in charge of military affairs or military discipline.
In this way, you can directly appeal to the Inspector General and the Jiedushi General Wang Zhen. This is called a people's appeal to an official.
The silly young man nodded curtly, "The common people know how to sue an official by the people, and the punishment is fifty lashes or twenty sticks."
Whipping means beating with a thick cane, and crimping cane means hitting the back with a big stick. Neither of these are easy to offend. If you really want to beat someone, they can beat you for more than ten days and make you unable to get out of bed, or even make you sick.
At this point, Zhang Zhao was about to come forward. With a wave of his hand, he stopped the silly young man from taking off his clothes and waiting for the cane. Then he stood up, slowly looked at the Weizhou residents inside and outside the Yamen and said.
"If this dynasty follows the laws of the Tang Dynasty, if any officials occupy people's property, they should be ordered to return it to the people and compensate them.
However, this person is the military governor of Hexi Province, not the military governor of Changyi Army. If he accepts your complaint, he will order Wang Zhen to return your family’s land and compensate for the loss of farmland over the years. This is really suspected of exceeding his authority!
"
The silly young man howled, knelt in front of Zhang Zhao again, and knocked his head on the ground with a banging sound, causing blood to splash.
"Since the Jiedushi envoy of our army entered the court a year ago, the imperial court has not re-appointed him, and the affairs of the Jiedu Yamen have always been handled by the military envoy in front of the Jiedu Yamen.
Congratulations to the soldiers and horses and the generals and officers of Wangzhen for protecting each other. How can they redress the injustice of the common people like me?
I heard that Zhang Sikong was fair and honest in Hexi and loved the common people. Now I was ordered to punish the thieves. Now that they have entered Weizhou City, they are the parents of the common people in Weizhou City. If even Sikong doesn't make the decision for us, who else can we redress our grievances to?
Woolen cloth?"
The silly young man suppressed his blush and shouted loudly. In fact, he was not excited, but because he was nervous, because it was really not easy to memorize this passage.
Zhang Zhao frowned slightly, Guo Tiance still didn't do the best job. How could an ignorant person like Silly Young say such elegant words? This is obviously a big loophole!
However, when he looked outside the door, the crowd was still furious. Everyone was looking at Zhang Zhao to see if he would come out and make the decision, but they didn't seem to pay much attention to this aspect.
Zhang Zhao then breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed again, "What you said is not unreasonable. In that case, I will accept your complaint, go down on my own, get the ten-note crest staff, and come back to redress my grievances!"
Zhang Rongbao was also in the crowd. When he heard that he was going to receive ten strokes of the cane, he still flinched a little.
Because his family now has no food left and he is all alone. If the Shijijigu stick were to break him, he would not be able to earn money or eat, and he would probably starve to death.
However, he was hesitating. Those people who had been arranged by Guo Tiance a long time ago did not hesitate at all. Everyone swarmed up, holding the papers and crying loudly, asking Zhang Zhao to make the decision for them.
Zhang Rongbao looked around, and there were only a few people around him who were still hesitating.
In fact, they are all suffering masters who are really suffering and have deep hatred, but they just don't know each other.
Looking at this situation now, I thought it was just a few of them who were hesitating, while the others were all bent on redressing their grievances. Seeing how determined the others were, they immediately felt inspired. A few of them gritted their teeth and prepared to step forward.
At this moment, the silly young man finished his ten strokes with the cane and walked in from the door.
When Zhang Rongbao saw it, he felt like he was in trouble! He was hit ten times with such a big stick, but the silly young man didn't get much hurt.
Although there was blood gushing out from his back, it was all skin injuries, and there was a doctor beside him, wiping the wounds with medicine.
This is obviously a waste of time!
Zhang Rongbao felt happy, it seemed that Zhang Sikong really wanted to take care of this matter, otherwise those soldiers would not dare to lie in front of Zhang Sikong.
The sensible people inside and outside the government office immediately sensed something was wrong.
Then Zhang Zhaozhen began to interrogate the case, and he did not go to interrogate General Wang Zhen, and the others also tacitly agreed not to mention the matter.
After the silly young man showed the tampered loan contract and the certificates of the surrounding neighbors, and found out that the twenty acres of their land had indeed been taken away by the Wang family, Zhang Zhao immediately made a verdict.
The young family was sentenced to be stupid and repaid the three loans they borrowed from General Wang Zhen's family, with interest of 500 yuan.
The general Wang Zhen's family must return the twenty acres of good land that they took away from the silly young family, and the output of these twenty acres of good land in five years, after deducting the investment, must be returned to the silly young family, totaling five
Ten strings.
At this time, the people inside and outside the yamen couldn't hold it in any longer. Firstly, they did not expect that Zhang Zhao really wanted to deal with Wang Zhenjiang impartially. Secondly, they did not expect that Zhang Zhao could punish him like this.
At this time, the output of one mu of good land is between 350 and 400 kilograms. According to the price of 20 to 30 jin of rice in Weizhou, the output of one acre of good land in one year is 800 kilograms.
About a lot of money.
As for the twenty acres of land, Zhang Zhao paid ten guans a year, which means he was given a compensation of 500 yuan for one acre of land.
The output is more than 800 yuan, but leaving aside the cost of seeds, fertilizers, labor and the impact of natural disasters, we will definitely not receive 500 yuan.
The silly young man's family has made a lot of money! They were extorted from twenty acres of land, and finally became the most miserable tenants of the five years that Wang Zhenjiang worked for their family.
What can move people’s hearts the most? Money can move people’s hearts!
At first, most people came to watch the excitement. After a while, they were infected by emotions and felt that Wang Zhenjiang had indeed gone too far. They hoped that Zhang Sikong could punish him.
Now anyone with a smart mind has discovered that this is actually a way to get rich!
Soon, Li Huochang's sister's stolen eucalyptus was also sentenced. Zhang Zhao ruled that Wang Zhen would compensate Li Huochang at five times the price of the slave purchased at that time. Regarding the death of Li Huochang's sister, a detailed investigation was needed before sentencing.
When Zhang Rongbao heard this, he jumped up with a roar. He rushed to Zhang Zhao and kowtowed violently.
"Sikong Mingjian, the eldest lady of the Li family accepted my betrothal gift. Although she is Li Erlang's sister, she is also Xiaomin's aunt! Please Sikong make the decision for me."
Zhang Zhao waved his hand angrily, "This Wang family is so abominable! Don't worry, I will definitely make the decision for you.
It's better to do this, General Wang Zhen has caused you to lose your mother-in-law, then let General Wang Zhen give you a woman to compensate you, and also let General Wang Zhen compensate you for the ten years you have wasted."
Zhang Rongbao was stunned for a moment. He was already lying down and was a little touched when he was stimulated by Zhang Yichao's deeds. Now when he thought about it, not only twenty dollars, but the Wang family had to compensate him for a girl, he immediately came to life.
"Sikongguo is the lower realm of Bodhisattva. The common people are kowtowing to Dharma King Bodhisattva! Dharma King Bodhisattva saves the suffering princes for generations to come, woo woo woo woo!"
Zhang Rongbao was just like the silly young man, kowtowing on the ground until blood splattered everywhere.
This is so awesome! Suddenly, with these three role models, everyone watching inside and outside the yamen became a little restless.
Some people who have been bullied by General Wang Zhen’s family are wondering when this happened? Can anyone still provide physical evidence?
Those who have not been bullied by General Wang Zhen's family can't wait to go to Wangjiawu Fort now and let General Wang Zhen or the Wang family beat them up. In this case, Zhang Sikong will definitely order Wang Zhen's family to compensate him for the soup and medicine.
As for the real victims, they all rushed forward in an instant, the grievances in their hearts erupted like mountain fire, and they all cried and howled for Zhang Zhao to make the decision for them.
After the judgment was completed, he was also waiting in the state government office. Because he had not received the compensation yet, he followed Zhang Sikong to Wangjiawu Fort to ask for it.