The weather in May is hot and humid. This is especially true for pampered officials, so the price of ice in the capital has repeatedly risen, and it is expected to hit a new high in recent years by June.

Lin Haoran's family no longer went to the back house of the mansion, but chose to settle in the Lin house in Jintaifang, because the Lin family's house has a pool and a water pavilion, and it is obviously much cooler to live.

Shuntian Mansion Ya, in the signing room.

Lin Haoran, who was wearing a sweat shirt, sat at the table, with a stack of tall official documents on the table, and his handsome face looked quite majestic, and he was concentrating on official business.

Since instigating the impeachment of Gao Yao by the same department, he has focused his energy on the affairs of the government. As for how the matter of checking the account books of the household department will develop in the future, it is no longer something he can control, after all, he is just the Shuntian Mansion Yin of the third grade.

Although in the eyes of local officials, he, the Yin of Shuncheonfu, is already a high-ranking big man. It's just that he knows very well in his heart that he can't decide on the policy guidelines, let alone affect Emperor Jiajing's decision.

Lin Haoran has temporarily abandoned the officialdom in the capital and devoted himself to official business. Although he doesn't think he's a good person, he's still a very responsible man who has the courage to take on the heavy responsibility of governing the Shuntian Mansion.

In contrast to the "political harmony" pursued by the local governor in this era, he pursued the "economic prosperity" of the local area, making the capital not only a paradise for scholars and doctors, but also a paradise for ordinary people.

In the same way, he has already started how to "reduce the burden" and "generate income" for the people.

Lin Haoran consulted a large number of archives such as population, land, money and grain in Shuntian Mansion, and was currently flipping through the conscription situation in Shuntian Mansion. It's just that after seeing the specific situation, his brows furrowed deeply, which can be described as shocking.

In the impression of many people, the people in the capital are happy, but this is not the case. Although it is adjacent to the prosperity of the capital, its "promotion (additional assignment)" is endless, which makes the burden of the people suddenly increase.

There are data to prove that the amount of the summer and autumn taxes in Shuntianfu is 100,0900 taels of silver, but the amount of the increase has reached 112,600 taels, which is equivalent to leviing another summer and autumn tax on the people.

If it is the wealthy people, but the people who are living in poverty have to bear such a heavy burden, I am afraid that they will really have to flee.

After Lin Haoran saw this data, he secretly gasped. If this promotion is not restrained and continues like this, the people of Shuntianfu will join the mighty army of displaced people, not to mention that they want to live a prosperous life.

It was at this time that a little old man hurriedly walked in from outside.

"Dong Weng, there are eighty-seven complaints here, thirty of which are criminal cases, and two of them are probably handled as soon as possible!" Sun Jixiang walked in with a bunch of shapes in his arms and said in a hurry.

Today is the day of the announcement, and the Shuncheon government will accept the lawsuit. Since the Shuncheon Prefecture has the power to accept criminal cases throughout the country, many grievance seekers from all over the country will flock to the capital to submit the petition to the Shuncheon Prefecture to appeal.

Lin Haoran is not a chief who has to ask about everything, and he has already carried out a clear division of labor.

He mobilized the enthusiasm of the criminal officers below and the relevant personnel such as the torture room, and let them conduct a preliminary trial of ordinary civil cases or ordinary criminal cases, and then he, the chief, made the decision.

Lin Haoran took over the two important cases and opened the first lawsuit, which did not seem to be bloody. This is the housekeeper of King Jing's Mansion who was bitten by a vicious dog of a family, which sued the Shuntian Mansion.

At present, there are no monarchs in the Ming Dynasty, only two princes, King Yu and King Jing. According to the rules of Lichang, it is natural that King Yu will inherit the unification, but King Jing is more liked by Jiajing. In addition, King Yu has no heirs now, and King Jing is even better at this point.

In this confusing battle for succession, King Jing undoubtedly has more advantages. Now the matter involves King Jing, although it is only a small case of a housekeeper being bitten by a vicious dog, Sun Jixiang still chooses to list it as an "important case".

Lin Haoran has seen this lawsuit, but he directly put it aside. No one knows better than him that the successor of the future Ming Dynasty is not King Jing, but King Yu, who has always been cautious.

Sun Jixiang saw Lin Haoran's actions in his eyes, and reminded him seriously: "Dong Weng, be prepared!" ”

"Today's saint is in the prime of life, and he has obtained Taoist skills, he will definitely live a long life in Yan Ge Lao, and the official only has the saint in his heart!" The corners of Lin Haoran's mouth curled slightly, and he said half-truthfully.

Sun Jixiang has been a staff member for more than four years, but he knows that Lin Haoran's words are not true. It's just that he knows very well in his heart that although Lin Haoran is young, he has extraordinary wisdom.

It is indeed not a smart strategy to bet early. If you follow King Jing's Mansion too closely, or if you please King Jing's Mansion too much, you will definitely offend King Yu, and vice versa.

Conspiracy?

Lin Haoran opened another lawsuit, and when he saw this word, he was shocked. No matter what the nature of the case, once it involves this crime, it is bound to be a major case.

As soon as he thought of this, he checked the content of the complaint almost word by word, but after reading the content of the complaint, he said suspiciously: "Mr. Sun, isn't it that a group of villagers in Sunjiazhuang robbed the grain of Zhufu and set fire to the houses of Zhufu, why should these people sue them for rebellion?" ”

Snatching people's food and burning people's houses are acts of robbery, and although this crime is not light, it cannot be compared with rebellion.

Although Sun Jixiang was only a scribe of the Hanlin Academy, his talent was very comparable, and he also had a very high talent for memory, so he immediately replied with erudition: "In the fourth year of Jingtai, there was a great famine in the southeast. The people in Susong borrowed grain from the rich households, but the rich families hoarded and did not borrow. This aroused public resentment, and then the people rose up to rob the rich of their food and burn the houses of the rich households. Emperor Daizong sent Taibao Wang Wen to investigate, Wang Taibao raided more than 500 civilian households, arrested more than 200 people, and dismissed them all from Beijing for the crime of treason, and asked them to be beheaded together. There is some basis for the members to sue the villagers of Sunjiazhuang for rebellion. ”

"I'm really annoyed by this Shuntian Mansion Yin!"

Lin Haoran pressed his temples with his middle and index fingers and rubbed them vigorously. He sympathized with these ordinary villagers, and if he wasn't forced to do such a bandit thing, who would do such a robber thing.

It's just that there is already a precedent for this case, and there are countless pairs of eyes in the officialdom in the capital looking for his flaws all the time, once he dares to blatantly favor these villagers, then he will inevitably be impeached by a group of people, and then he will be labeled as "young and unusable".

"Dong Weng, for the sake of me following you all these years, please give a light sentence...... My people! Sun Jixiang suddenly threw himself on the ground, pleading with tears in his eyes.