Section 48: First beaten and retried
The person in charge of the Han Mansion learned a trick from Han Jiang.
According to Han Jiang's style in Zhen'an Houfu, the servants in charge of the punishment first controlled the people, and then let the low-level stewards expose them, pushing them up layer by layer.
In Zhen'an Houfu, after all, it is someone else's house, and there are scruples when you do it, this is the other courtyard of the Han Mansion, and the family and grandmother in charge of the punishment do not need to have scruples, they will fight first and then ask questions.
When Han Jiang arrived at the other courtyard, more than a dozen people had already been beaten here.
"Where's Han Si?"
As soon as Han Jiang asked, Han Si hurriedly ran over, and without waiting for Han Si to reply, Han Jiang said: "Regarding the fact that my teacher is from Wu Yue Qian's family, if you send someone to report to your father, remember to add a sentence, I, Han Jiang, said that the teacher's kindness is more important than the mountain, and the teacher was chosen by myself because of admiration." ”
Han Si's face turned red instantly.
Han Jiang saw it and smiled: "It's okay, you did what you should do, you're right." Now, get down to business, the matter in this yard is a trivial matter, you check for me whether the ship of the Qian Mansion has stopped at Yanzhou Wharf, if so, ask what they are doing here, who is the family member of the Qian Mansion on the ship? ”
"Yes, the little one goes immediately. Xie Shaojun is considerate. Han Si gave a heavy salute and was about to turn around, when Han Jiang said again: "Besides, if the ships of the Qian Mansion are passing by, they will not stop." If the boat stops, prepare a gift for me, and there must be a victory cake and red bean paste in the gift. ”
"Yes."
There are cooks in the courtyard, and there are also several famous Lin'an mansions in Yanzhou.
You can definitely buy the best Dingsheng cake.
Han Si retreated, Han Jiang walked into the main hall of the courtyard, in the main hall, a row of long cases lined up, and behind them sat the five elders elected by Han Tong and others. Han Lin and the other three stewards sat on the left side, and he belonged to the plaintiff's side.
At the back of the left are two desks about five feet away, each with a person in charge of recording.
Far away, that is, they can't read what each other writes, and finally check the content of each other's records.
On the right, there is only one Taishi chair with a brocade cushion on it, and a short table in front of it, equipped with tea and snacks.
Han Jiang entered the room, and everyone stood up.
Han Jiang waved his hand: "You are all elders, no need to be polite, I just came to listen." After Han Jiang returned the salute, Han Tong and the others sat down again, and Han Jiang glanced at the one kneeling on the ground, wearing high-grade Hang Jin, deerskin boots on his feet, and silver silk jade buckles for his hair band.
Han Jiang said: "Li Qiwa, a textile household, has a total of four people in the family. The husband and wife spin thread, a pair of children usually help with some simple work, the family earns only one hundred and forty yuan a day, you people share it a day, and the average daily income is three times, you drink the blood of the craftsmen of the Han Dynasty, don't your conscience hurt? ”
After finishing speaking, Han Jiang sat down on the chair he had left for himself.
Han Tong watched Han Jiang sit down and ordered: "Pick it up, then pull it out and beat forty rattans and drag it in for questioning." ”
"Yes."
The two strong men immediately got started, took off the brocade clothes, neatly stuffed hemp walnuts into their mouths, and then tied them with strips of cloth, and pulled people out of the house with a frame on both sides.
There was someone outside the house who was in charge of beating.
Most of the family members who were in charge of the punishment could not read, and they relied on their own strength, and they were all selected from the farm, artisan, and mountain households, and many of their family members were detained and bullied. It's going to be ruthless.
Forty vines, two rattans were broken by force.
When the fifth person was interrogated, Han Tong walked in front of Han Jiang: "Shaojun, take a step to speak." ”
Han Jiang and Han Tong arrived at the side of the house, and Han Tong said: "Shaojun, we have discussed, those who keep virtue will be rewarded, those who blindly follow will be demoted to work, and those who submit will be punished lightly." This can't be half of the stewards on Yanzhou's side at one time, and after the spring of Yanzhou, someone still needs to take care of it. ”
"Tong Lao is right, then I'll make a suggestion."
"Young Gentleman, please command."
"In this way, I heard that some people are a little too greedy, if they don't oppress our small households in Hanfu, it won't hurt people. How much they are greedy, send them to quarrying and logging these coolies, when the wages can pay them back for their greed, this is clear. Those who submit will be punished, and the same amount will be fined if they are greedy, and they can appeal if they are not satisfied. ”
Han Tong thought for a moment: "Just according to the words of the young gentleman." ”
Han Jiang asked, "What did Tong Lao originally think?" ”
"Cane to death."
"I'm just suggesting that the sins are too heavy, according to Tong Lao's words."
"Then the old man will be punished on behalf of the young monarch, please sit in peace."
"Yes."
Han Tong is right, he needs to let the stewards at all levels know that he is powerful. Don't talk about the family rules, it is sent to Lin'an Mansion to steal the wealth of the family owner, if the amount is small, it will be exiled, and if the amount is large, it will definitely be death.
More than a thousand times is a huge amount of money, and you will die.
Han Jiang was about to sit down, and asked again: "Tong Lao, let me ask, if you ask the wrong question, Tong Lao will give advice." ”
"Please ask Shaojun."
"Take the spinning farmer Li Qiwa as an example, according to the work they do, how much real income can they have?"
Han Tong asked someone to bring the account books, and then after discussing it with Shen Congjian, he came over and replied to Han Jiang: "According to the rules of the mansion over the years, the income of their family last year should be between sixty-eight and seventy-two yuan. ”
"Don't forget it, take the middle, seventy is appropriate?"
"Suitable!"
Han Jiang asked again: "Call them to come, is it proper to make up for the difference?" ”
"There was no such rule before, but Shaojun ordered it, and it can be done. It's just that if you want to make up for Li Qiwa, you have to make up for everyone. ”
"Supplement."
"Yes, the old man will arrange it."
Yanzhou City is not big, and dozens of people were hanged in the Hanfu Courtyard, and they couldn't hide it at all.
The people of Yanzhou Yamen knew that they didn't send anyone from the mansion, so they would just be invisible, after all, the officials of Yanzhou Yamen were either from Han Mansion or Wu Mansion.
The small households in Yanzhou knew, but they didn't dare to approach.
The boxes in the yard were piled up more and more, box after box of money, box after box of silver nuggets.
At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had no friends, and because of the indiscriminate issuance, it had long lost its credit. The only country in the north that is still using Jiaozi is the Jin State in the north, which was also started by the people of the original Great Song Dynasty after they occupied Bianliang.
Han Jiang looked at the bloody people who were beaten one after another, and his heart began to feel a little unbearable.
But when a housekeeper in the courtyard brought out a lot of silver balls with a diameter of five inches, Han Jiang himself wanted to beat people with rattan.
It's dark.
The trial is still going on in the main hall, and the fight is still going on in the courtyard.
Han Jiang left the courtyard and took people to the waterway, there are large mansions here, all of them are very ordinary low houses, Han Jiang knocked on a family, there was no light in the house, and there was still a little light relying on the lanterns of Han Jiang's entourage.