Chapter 004: Arresting the Stick (I)
It is the act of entering Beijing to sue the emperor, and there are also in later generations, but the name has changed slightly, and it is much milder, which is called petitioning.
But whether it is a lawsuit or a petition, in short, this kind of thing has always been the most hated phenomenon of the magistrate, and those who do this kind of thing are regarded by the magistrate as Diao Min.
Gao Pragmatic was actually quite a headache for the petitioners in his previous life, but fortunately, he was not responsible for the business of receiving the petitioners at that time, after all, there was a petition office in those days, and there were channels such as the so-called county magistrate's mailbox, so generally speaking, they would not make trouble with their county party committee.
Later, when he arrived in the town, because the market became smaller, he was barely an "aspiring" young cadre, and he did not do any bad things that angered the people, so his mass work was limited to mediating a few collective disputes between villagers, and it was not as serious as the mass petition.
Therefore, he can be quite open to the matter of petitioning, at least he will see what is going on, instead of taking people first without saying anything - crisis public relations is actually the homework that a good secretary has to do.
However, it is obvious that the officials of the Ming Dynasty probably did not have much personal experience of the "vast sea of people's war", let alone the awareness of crisis public relations, so their reaction was relatively simple and rude.
I would like to insert a special sentence here: Shuai Jiamo's behavior may be shocking in other places, but if it is in Huizhou, it is really not very special.
Because of this place in Huizhou, the people are fierce. Of course, this "plagiarism" does not mean that they are the same as Yiwu, where Qi's army likes to recruit soldiers the most, there are many mining areas, and the local people often fight and beat groups, but that Huizhou people are good at lawsuits.
The common people of China have always had a tendency to avoid lawsuits, believing that lawsuits, whether justified or unreasonable, are scandalous in short, and those who love lawsuits will be regarded as "Diao Min". In the past, the evaluation of magistrates has always taken "few lawsuits" as one of the important criteria for whether the people of a place are simple.
However, the style of Huizhou people is very discordant, but it is very similar to the Americans of later generations, often litigating, and likes to go to court when there is nothing to do.
It is equivalent to saying that not only does he love to fight lawsuits, but he is also very capable of fighting, but whenever there is something, the yamen will go!
When Gao pragmatic listened to Liang Wu's introduction here, he couldn't help laughing. Liang Wu only thought that he was a joke from Huizhou, and he also laughed. In fact, Gao Pragmatism was really not ridiculed, he just suddenly felt funny: It turns out that I still have such a place with the spirit of the rule of law in Daming?
After the two laughed, Liang Xianzun continued to introduce the situation: It is precisely because of the large number of local lawsuits in Huizhou that Huizhou is rich in pleadings and litigators who are proficient in legal provisions. So much so that every Huizhou chief official felt that "you are the most difficult Diao people this official has ever led", and he has a headache about this, and he is known for being difficult to treat.
In fact, as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi, who was born in Huizhou, once reluctantly commented on the villagers: "Its customs are difficult to convince by force, but it is easy to win with reason." "-If you beat me, you can't convince me, if you have the ability, let's talk about the law and reason, and if you can talk to me, you are the master.
In fact, from this point of view, the habit of Huizhou people is actually quite "gentleman".
Therefore, Shuai Jiamo couldn't get a lawsuit locally, so he resolutely went to Beijing to file a lawsuit, which is a full Huizhou model.
However, no matter what you are a fan of, if you spoil the good deeds of the official master, you can only be a dead man!
In terms of Huizhou Mansion, together with the six counties under it, they finally couldn't bear Shuai Jiamo, a lawsuit who didn't know whether to live or die.
You don't know what to do, you previously overstepped the level and reported to the governor of Yingtian and the two courts, let's look at Haigangfeng's face, so we don't bother to care, now that Haigangfeng is gone, you are even more courageous, dare to go to Beijing to sue the emperor?
If I don't teach you a lesson, I'm afraid you don't know why the flowers are so red!
In particular, Duan Chaozong, the prefect of Huizhou, suddenly received a private letter from his superior, Hui'an, according to the inspection envoy -- the full name is the military envoy of the Jiujiang Guard Station in Hui'an and other places, in which the soldier said to him: Someone quietly reported the case of Ding Sijuan, a native of Huizhou, to a certain cabinet elder in Beijing, although the cabinet elder did not make a clear statement, but also expressed an intention, which roughly means that the case involves the tax system, why has the place not been verified for a long time?
By the way, Huizhou Mansion happens to be the garrison of Xin'anwei, so it is natural for Bingbeidao to manage them, and Bingbeidao itself is also a civilian official.
A prefect of Duan Chaozong was naturally anxious when he learned that this matter was concerned by the old and important ministers of the cabinet, but the most troublesome problem was that the old man did not take a stand, he just said, "Why is it that such an important matter of the tariff system has not been investigated for so long?" ”
This statement skewed Governor Duan's judgment: judging from this sentence alone, the cabinet elder did not have a clear position on the matter itself, and his main concern was that the local efficiency was too poor!
Well, the efficiency, it's a little worse, but isn't that because you want to drag things out?
However, since the trouble has been paid attention to by the elders, it is not good to continue to drag on this matter, and it has to be dealt with.
It's just that the previous factor still exists: if it is done according to Shuai Jiamo's proposal, the Huizhou government will not be able to reap the benefits, and it will offend six counties at once, and it may even provoke a civil uprising.
Duan Governor thought about it, but he still felt that his black gauze hat was much more valuable than those things like justice and morality, so it was absolutely impossible to provoke such a thing as a civil uprising, even if the probability of this thing really happening was very small, most of it was just a threat from the six counties, and he couldn't turn a blind eye and ignore it.
Then, we can only insist that the silk tax continue to be borne by She County alone.
But since this is the case, then the lawyer named Shuai Jiamo must not be allowed to continue to jump up and down, and do nothing!
As a result, the Huizhou government immediately issued a license to She County, requiring She County to immediately summon the plaintiff Shuai Jiamo to the Huizhou Mansion to inquire about the case.
But at this time, Shuai Jiamo had already set off to the north, and was not in She County, and She County could not find anyone, so he had to reply to the Huizhou government that the plaintiff was missing.
Now the trouble is big, the Huizhou government was furious and asked She County to find someone, She County originally wanted to hide Shuai Jiamo's whereabouts, but at this time they didn't dare to hide it anymore, so they had to report to Shangguan, saying that Shuai Jiamo had set off north to prepare to sue the emperor......
The Huizhou Mansion originally wanted to settle the case quickly, but when it got such news, it was naturally shocked and angry, and could no longer control its emotions, so it directly issued cards to the yamen at the same level on the way north, asking them to assist in arresting Shuai Jiamo!