Chapter 335: Exposed
But it was not Li Mu who spoke, but an accomplice of his side, who had some understanding of the Great Song Dynasty law as a shameful person, and understood that it might just be a few years in prison if he was arrested, and if he stubbornly resisted, he would be tattooed and filled with the army, qb(5).cĒŠ\
"Very well, put down your weapons and walk slowly." Liu Renzhi smiled with relief, and continued: "Have you three thought clearly, if you dare to resist stubbornly, the crime of attacking officials and bullying will definitely not be able to escape, and at that time, no matter how big the world is." There is no place for you to stay. ā
With an example in front of them, the other two hesitated for a moment. I also put down the guy in my hand very interestingly. With the man's arms slightly spread out from before, he slowly moved forward, and when he approached, several officials pounced on them like wolves, and very skillfully untied their belts and tied them.
"Brother, for the sake of the past, be light."
"Don't worry, if you can't run, you don't need to tie it so tightly, it's about to be strangled into the meat."
The three of them pleaded in a low voice, but several officials were unmoved, and searched their whole bodies, and after finding nothing missing, someone kind and kind officials quietly reminded: "Your Excellency is watching, don't dare to keep your hands, bear with it, and ask for more blessings." ā
"Li Mu, you are still doing what you are doing" Suddenly, Liu Renzhi, who had a gloomy face, shouted violently: "Why don't you kneel down and ask Lord Chu for guilt." ā
"Bang bang,
After a few rounds of eyes, Li Mu threw the long knife to the side with his hand, plopped up, landed on his knees stiffly, made a dull sound, and said with a remorseful expression on his face: "Adults and villains are confused."
"Tied." Liu Renzhi waved his hand, turned around and changed his face again. He whispered, "Look, my lord."
"Escort back to the yazhong and interrogate them strictly, and the official must know the ins and outs of the matter." Chu said indifferently, quietly relieved, and told the truth. Usually watching TV series, those protagonists always don't change their faces in the rain of bullets, I thought I could do it, but I didn't want to be immersive, facing a few flashing long knives, but I found that I was inevitably a little nervous.
Calm, calm, I can't even cope with this little scene, isn't it a joke, Chu Zhen quietly wiped away the sensational sweat, tried his best to look calm and said: "Ask if they have other accomplices, these black sheep will definitely be found out, and they must not be spared." ā
Saying that, Chu Zhen couldn't help but snort coldly, today's itinerary was originally to inspect the excavation work of the lake shore under the corner of the mountain, but after inspecting for a while, he suddenly thought of Fan Zhongyan's instructions a few days ago, so he came up on a whim to understand the situation, fortunately, otherwise he would not have found out about this matter.
There are people who dare to pretend to be county officials and deceive in the name of the county government, and with the character of the people who are afraid of officials like tigers, they will definitely not dare to report and expose them. In this way, if it weren't for the chance encounter, he would have been kept in the dark, as the magistrate of Qiantang County, this account would naturally be counted on his head, so the reputation he had painstakingly created would not be ruined.
Maybe the people still think that they are saying one thing clearly. Behind his back, he made another set, thinking that he almost let people beat him away, Chu Zhen was furious. I really want to go up and kick to death a few villains who have ruined their reputation.
Keen to perceive the anger in the chest of the county lord, Liu Renzhi and several officials naturally resigned. Just about to escort Li Mu and the four of them back to their homes, a passage suddenly flashed among the villagers, and an old man with white hair and beard, about seventy or eighty years old, walked over with trembling steps with the support of two young villagers, and shouted in his mouth: "County Zun, the main fate of the small people is late, and I hope to forgive my sins." ā
"You're Feng Dazhu." After hesitating, Liu Renzhi asked.
"It's Xiaomin." Shaking off the support of the two young men, Murazheng Feng Dazhu walked over step by step, bowed and said, "Meet the county lord and the master book." ā
Respecting the old and loving the young is an excellent traditional virtue in China, Chu Zhen and Liu Renzhi saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Feng Dazhu up, but they didn't want him to take the opportunity to hold the arms of the two, and said with tears: "My lord, you have to be the master for the people and others." ā
The so-called old man has become a fine man, from the situation just now, the old man understood that Chu Zhen and the others were not accomplices with Li Mu, and it looked like they should be Qing officials who presided over justice, how could they not seize the opportunity to cry.
The old fox, I didn't see anyone for a long time just now. Now that the reversal of the machine ran out, he secretly slandered him, and on the surface, Liu Renzhi naturally said with a kind face: "Feng Cunzheng, Chu Zhixian is here, what grievances do you have, although it is, I believe that Lord Chu will be impartial and give you justice." ā
"Lord Chu, the small people are wronged." The old man never mentioned the expulsion of Chu Zhen and the others just now. Just wiped his tears and snot and cried: "Some time ago, someone from the yamen took away the villagers' fields, and what kind of lake tax was levied in the past two days, the village was already poor, and now the arable land is lost, and even supporting the family is a problem, I really can't afford to pay the money and grain, I hope the beggar will give everyone a way to live." ā
The tearful begging of a seventy or eighty-year-old man with white hair and beard was really sad for those who heard it, and some villagers also sobbed softly.
Chu Zhen is not a hard-hearted person, and along the way, he also knows that what Feng Dazhu said is not false, the mountain village is built at the intersection of the mountains, and it is not easy to reclaim the fields, and the soil in the mountains is loose, and there are not even a few trees and weeds, let alone planting crops, so the villagers will occupy land by the lake under the mountain from a long distance.
Now that the government wants to open the lake, it will inevitably destroy the fields on the shore of the lake, and for the villagers, it is equivalent to cutting off their future source of livelihood. So it's not surprising that the villagers overreacted.
You must know that the people of this era have not been domesticated by science and slaughtered by foreign races, and have not completely changed into obedient people and slaves, and the blood on their bodies is still retained, and it is normal to dare to resist the officials. Throughout Chinese history, when the dynasty changed, it was not them who seized the world, but it was definitely the poor people at the bottom who were at the bottom and did not have enough food and clothing.
What are the consequences of the people rising up, Chu Zhen is very clear, naturally he doesn't want to experience it himself, and hurriedly said: "The old man should not cry." When the lake was opened, the Taishou instructed his officials that the land was the foundation of the people. Don't move lightly, and if you have to, make up for it. ā
"This official is here today to understand the situation of your fields by the lake, compile it into a book, and report it to the Taishou after returning to the government, and then compensate for everyone's losses as appropriate." Chu Zhengrong said: "I think you have also heard of it, Hangzhou's Taishou is the world-famous Fan Xianggong, he said... The old show will definitely be revealed, and it will definitely not deceive everyone. "Who is Fan Xianggong, I seem to have vaguely heard of it."
"I don't know, it should be a big official."
"The words of the officials cannot be trusted, and the words of the big officials are even more unreliable."
Villagers whispered. These people don't know a few words, and it's normal to not know Fan Zhongyan, but Feng Cun is with a few, but the village elder is not an ordinary fool and a foolish woman, he knows Fan Zhongyan's reputation, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and turned his head to stare at the villagers who were talking nonsense, but he still had doubts in his heart, and looked at Li Mu and the others. I don't know how much money is paid for the lake tax
Chu Zhi immediately realized it, took two steps forward, and said indignantly: "As for these villains, they are scum and moths in the county government, and they have been dismissed from their posts and driven out of the yamen not long ago, but they didn't expect them to be so bold and reckless, and dare to pretend to be in the name of this official. Such extortion is particularly hateful and deserves to be punished. ā
Taking the opportunity to scold a few words, Chu Zhen felt more comfortable, and continued: "Here, the official can clearly inform all the villagers and elders that Fan Xianggong has said that this time to open the lake, no matter how difficult it is. You will never levy the slightest money or grain from the people, and you can rest assured that if there are officials who come to collect any taxes for opening the lake in the future, you will drive them out as you just did. ā
Laughing lightly, Chu Zhi said: "Poison saw that the county government reported to the official, of course, if you still can't trust the official, you can also go to the state government to find Fan Xiang to complain." ā
"Don't dare, don't dare, naturally trust the adult." Feng Dazhu is old, but he is not confused, he can distinguish what is hypocrisy and what is sincere, and he hurriedly turned his head and shouted: "What are you doing there, put away the messy things in your hands, come to visit, and ask the county lord and supervisor for guilt." ā
The county officials are not as good as taking care of it now, Feng Dazhu's words are very effective, and the villagers hurriedly put the flat shoulder guy in their hands in the corner, and came over to salute in a haphazard manner, although it was a misunderstanding, but it really offended Chu Qian. Of course, there is a lot of uneasiness.
After all, from the official's point of view, no matter who is right and wrong, the behavior of the villagers against the official is unforgivable, but Chu Zhen does not see it that way, because countless facts have proved it in ancient and modern times. When violent institutions clash with the population, it is not the people who belong to the vulnerable group who are at fault.
If you don't even understand this, how to talk about being the master of the people, so when the people came to see the ceremony with anxiety, Chu Zhi naturally smiled like a warm spring breeze, and comforted him gently.
"The generosity of the adults is really a blessing for the small people." Feng Dazhu was grateful, and then hurriedly said: "Please go to the cold house to sit down for a while, and let Xiaomin report on the situation of the fields in the village." ā
Chu Zhen nodded with a smile, surrounded by the people, and walked towards the village, the change in treatment made him hate Li Mu and the others even more, and he didn't know how many villages they went to to swagger and deceive, Chu Zhen thought in his heart, and when he saw the soap clothes of the servants on their bodies, he felt so dazzling, and immediately ordered in a cold voice: "Come on, take off their robes, you don't have to work so hard, just leave them in the care of the people in the village." ā
What is the meaning of Chu Qian's words, as long as his brain is a little flexible and turns two more times, he will understand, Li Mu and the others are not stupid, they naturally know it. In the hands of a few officials, they may still show mercy to their past feelings, but those people are often oppressed by them, full of resentment, and now that they have the opportunity to come back with justifiable revenge, they must be killed in death.
The heart of the villain always thinks of others so darkly, when a few people approached, they didn't show any expression at all, but Li Mu and the others felt that they were full of bad intentions, and suddenly shook all over their bodies, trembling, and screamed: "Adults and villains are wronged, we didn't come here on our own initiative, but acted on orders."
"Acting on orders, this official and Master Liu are here, whose orders are you?" Chu Zhen sneered, according to the law, bad people will always not admit the fact of their crimes, so he didn't pay attention to Li Mu's wailing at all, and walked towards the village.
At the moment when his robe was torn off, Li Mu couldn't help the fear in his heart, and howled: "It's Lord Li, County Lieutenant Li asked us to come." ā
Chu Qian's heart flickered, he turned around again, stared at Li Mu for a moment, frowned, and said, "Master Liu, you and Feng Cunzheng are one step ahead, and we will come back when the official deals with some trivial matters." ā
Seeing that the matter involved another official, Feng Dazhu and the others were naturally very interested, and took the villagers away, it is better to care less about this kind of thing, and Liu Renzhi's face changed slightly, and he said softly: "Adults don't have to listen to him, besides, don't be gullible about villains." ā
"I understand." Chu Zhen nodded and said: "You go and get busy, understand the situation of the fields in the village clearly, record it, and report to the Taishou after you go back, don't be negligent." ā
Liu Renzhi sighed in his heart, looked up at Li Mu, turned around and walked away slowly.
"You've heard what Liu Zhuyuan said." After turning Li Mu and walking around twice, Chu Leng said indifferently: "If you don't have evidence to show that you are not lying, then framing Shangguan will be punished by one degree, and you will be assigned to the frontier and stabbed to fill the army." ā
"Evidence." Li Mu muttered to himself. After thinking for a moment, he said in a low voice: "Li County asked me to go to an abandoned house in the city, and when I was asked to do this, there was no one else around. ā
"Well, what about how many of them, were they there at the time?" Chu asked, looking at Li Mu's three accomplices, but saw them shaking their heads again and again, indicating that they didn't know about it.
"He said he wanted to keep it secret and wouldn't let me tell them." Li Mu said in frustration, he knew that he would not be so tight-lipped, as long as he leaked a few words, he would not be as passive as he is now.
Chu Zhen remained silent and continued to ask: "In the name of the county government, in addition to this, which villages did you go to extort. ā
After hesitating, Li Mu whispered: "There are also Huangjia Village and Lianzhai Village. ā
They are all villages close to the West Lake, but in remote corners, and there are few officials who usually go there, and the villagers do not know whether they are true or false, and they are indeed easy to be deceived.
"Very good, in the name of the county government to deceive the people. Destroying the reputation of the official, falsely accusing the official, and punishing him for several crimes, whether it is to be enslaved by the army or beheaded after the autumn, the official still needs to think about it.
Chu said indifferently and slowly turned to leave.
Li Mu was not very bold, and when he heard this, he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly shouted: "Adults are slow, villains still have something to expose."
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