"Your Highness, this is the third group of people involved in the case."

Zhu Zaiji's hand holding the pen shaft trembled slightly.

In fact, since Wang Yue has been targeted, the so-called farce of the Qinghe Cui family is doomed to failure, and it is still very miserable.

In this world, the two words I am most afraid of are serious.

Dongchang, Jinyiwei, plus so many local officials, supervising the imperial history, if you still can't figure out the matter of Qinghe, you will simply die.

And the most difficult thing in governing the world is not to dispose of Qinghe County.

The huge Ming Dynasty, and countless such states and counties.

Some people preach that it is a thousand-year-old family, and some people preach that it is a god who came into the world and the king of Ming was reborn.

This trick has a long history, even much earlier than the history of unification.

If the governance at the bottom is not effective enough, it will always continue like this...... I pressed the gourd and scooped it up, endlessly.

Zhu Zaiji still can't understand such a deep level, and his biggest test now is how to deal with it...... The Cui family, as a bandit who once caused trouble, wants to rely on the light of the thousand-year-old family to wash their white, and act as a prestige on one side, which is absolutely not polite.

So, the Cui family is finished.

And the master of the county, as well as a few local officials who have been very close to the Cui family, are also unforgiving.

They relied on the help of the Cui family, not to mention collecting money, and also occupied several women from good families, and even caused deaths.

In the third batch, it is the magistrate.

Tang Chang is a second-class jinshi, and it is said that he offended people before he was sent to the local area to be a county magistrate.

After he took office, he was more depressed, and he traveled all day long, ignoring government affairs, and leaving everything to his master. It just so happens that this master is a good master and takes care of everything in an orderly manner.

Clear the acres of land and levy the land endowment...... Everything was impeccable, and he even got the top evaluation of the officials, and he was to be promoted to the prefect.

Tang Chang howled and cried, he was so wronged, he didn't know these messy things at all. Neglect of government affairs, dereliction of duty, he admitted.

But to say that he was scheming, colluding with this gang of bandits up and down to oppress the people, it would be absolutely wronged.

If you don't believe it, go to the house to take a look, their Tang family is surrounded by four walls, and there is nothing.

He was just a poor scholar from a poor background.

begged the court, no matter what, to give him a way to live, even if he was dismissed from office, he also admitted it. It's just that no matter what, he is not guilty of capital crimes!

"As a parent official, there is such a big thing below, he doesn't know about it, and he still wants the court to let him go, dreaming!"

Zhu Zaiji clutched his pen and unceremoniously wrote the word "chop", and the people below did not dare to say more, so they immediately submitted it to the three law divisions of the Criminal Department in accordance with the prince's wishes......

Obviously, at this time, no one will go against the prince for the sake of Qinghe.

In other words, in the Qinghe case, all the people involved, including the county officials, were killed, and no one escaped punishment.

After writing the chopping words, Zhu Zaiji pinched the pen shaft, his fingers trembled unconsciously, he wanted to grab it, but in the end it fell to the ground, and the splashed ink fell on his pants, leaving a thick black.

The little guy stared blankly at the ground, and all of a sudden, he covered his face and began to cry bitterly.

He didn't want to kill. Depriving others of their lives is not a comfortable feeling, and if he can choose, he would rather live well with the big guys.

But the problem is that the fake Cui family colluded with the county government, and just one of the fields was squeezed from the people, and converted into silver, which amounted to 200,000 taels.

Not to mention the people who were forced to die, and the women who were not snatched.

This is the so-called big family sage, eating people, that's a little polite.

It's like eating people without spitting out bones.

"Damn, all damn! Even if you become ghosts, I'm not afraid! Zhu Zaiji puffed out his cheeks and said: "I have read the book of ghost hunting, if you dare to come, I will spit, and you will become sheep, and when the time comes, I will sell you, and I can slaughter you a second time!" ”

"Don't scare me! Don't come! ”

Zhu Zaiji, who still had tears on his face, warned fiercely.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the outside door, someone came in, and the little guy's hairs were up, and he didn't hesitate to turn his head and spit at the mouth.

It's just that as soon as he vomited out, he regretted it.

Because it's the Master!

"Ahh

Zhu Zaiji stood up in a panic, Wang Yue looked at his appearance, groaned slightly, and smiled.

"What, His Royal Highness the Prince, who is decisive and resolute, is he actually a coward?"

Zhu Zaiji's face was flushed, and he hurriedly diverted the topic.

"Master, why are you here?"

Wang Yue walked over quickly, stretched out his hand to pull Zhu Zaiji, and asked him to sit down.

"You've killed all of Qinghe County, can you not come and wipe your ass as a teacher?"

Zhu Zaiji was even more embarrassed, "Master, the disciple didn't handle it well, so the master was tired." ”

Wang Yue waved his hand, "Master doesn't mean to blame you, on the contrary, I think you did it neatly and neatly, and there is nothing to be picky about." It's just that you still need to have an idea of what to do next. ”

With the approval of his master, Zhu Zaiji finally got out of his panic.

"Master, do you have to arrange a good official? Otherwise, let Senior Brother Gao Gong come! Let him govern the Qinghe River and ensure that the people are healthy, the road will not be left behind, and the door will not be closed at night...... The disciples don't have to worry. ”

Wang Yue laughed, "With the ability of Gao Gong, it is not difficult to be a good county commander, but there is only one Gao Gong, what should I do in other places?" ”

"That'...... Master has a good way? ”

Wang Yue smiled slightly, "It's not a good way, it's just an attempt!" ”

……

On the seventh day after Wang Yue arrived in Qinghe, a new order was delivered: the people of Qinghe should be elected.

And this time, the content of the election is mainly local officials.

Although it is a small official, but for the common people. But it's not small at all.

Clear the acres of land, collect land endowments, register household registration, and also include local order, farmland and water conservancy...... They are all responsible.

To put it bluntly, it is the people who choose to govern them.

After this order, the people of Qinghe fell into great joy after a brief shock...... It looks like the imperial court is not joking.

If there is a Cui family, another Zhang family will emerge, and the Zhang family will be down, and then there will be a Liu family...... Except for a temporary upliftment, it doesn't help at all.

But if you let yourself choose, maybe there is really a possibility of change.

The people of Qinghe gradually took action, from the county seat to the countryside, almost all the people got the news. Fortunately, Qinghe is not big, and there are no obstacles to messaging.

Immediately after that, a specific method appeared, with each natural village as a unit, all adult men and women, come out together, and publicly recommend two to three people with high prestige, good character, and willing to do things for the big guys.

The court made it clear that it does not look at property, family background, or status, as long as it is fair and has a good character, it can be elected.

"Master, is this method very similar to the three-long system used in the Northern Wei Dynasty?" Zhu Zaiji said curiously.

Wang Yue was dumbfounded, this is the benefit of a long enough history, in fact, there is nothing new under the sun, and there is no distinction between high and low management methods, just look at the effect.

At the beginning, the Northern Wei Dynasty was faced with the situation of many local dock forts, and also adopted the three-long system of reorganizing households, and cooperated with Juntian to establish a strong financial, taxation and military service system.

If there is a successful experience there, how can it not be used?

But for the specific way, Wang Yue still innovated. Virtue is the first priority, competence is secondary, and the background must be innocent.

And even if they are elected, the people still have a duty to supervise them.

To put it bluntly, these people play the role of a bridge between the government and the people, not only to implement the orders of the imperial court, but also to properly take care of the actual situation of the people.

All in all, it's a pretty trivial but very important position.

The most intuitive manifestation is the extraordinary enthusiasm of the people.

Before dawn, the entrance of the village was full of people, and everyone exchanged heads and discussed with each other enthusiastically, who was the candidate in their minds......

It wasn't until the sun rose and the officials in charge of witnessing arrived that they got the beans that represented power...... Whoever you like, you will throw a bean behind you, and then the two or three people with the highest bean will report upward, and after confirming that there is no problem, you can get a long notice.

This lieutenant chief is not an official official, but he can receive two stones of grain every month, and he has considerable right to speak on the local fields.

Wang Yue and Zhu Zaiji participated in the elections of no less than 10 villages together...... Zhu Zaiji was full of interest, and the more he watched, the more interesting it became, and gradually, he also had an experience.

The people elected by the people themselves can get quite support, and it becomes very easy for them to go down to collect the land tax, after all, each family has a general idea of how much land and how much grain they produce, and they all know it in the same village.

There may be discrepancies, but there will definitely be no outrageous situation where the fake Cui family covers the sky with one hand......

With the convergence of all kinds of materials in his hands, Zhu Zaiji actually gave birth to a pleasant feeling that everything was under control, this is the taste of power!

"Master, this time there is finally an accurate number of acres of land in Qinghe County, and I can repay my father for his merits." Zhu Zaiji said happily.