A few days later, the Qi family, the Liu family, and the Zhang family were tried together, and the cases of Qi Yujia and Wang Jiaping's corruption and stealing of grain were also completed.

The verdict is as follows:

Qi Yujia, the secretary of the household, Wang Jiaping, the manager of the Changping warehouse, and Guo Li, the shopkeeper of the Qi Ji grain store, have colluded to steal and sell more than 8,000 stones of grain from the Changping warehouse in the past few years. confiscated the illegal gains of Qi Yu's family, deprived Qi Yu's family of fame, sentenced him to 100 battles, stayed 3,000 li in vain, and distributed them to Yazhou. Wang Jia was sentenced to 100 battles, 2,500 li in vain, and sent to Datong to the border. Guo Li was sentenced to 100 battles, 2,500 li in vain, and sent to Datong to fight on the border. It's good that two can be a companion.

Qi Honglie, the owner of Qi Ji, together with Liu Peikuan, the owner of Liu Ji, and Zhang Antao, the owner of Zhang Ji, spread rumors, created panic, hoarded Juqi, raised grain prices, and took advantage of the opportunity to make profits and disrupt the order of the Juzhou market. At the same time, Qi Honglie's royal majesty was not strict and the management was not investigated. Qi Honglie was dismissed from his position as the undertaker, and 3,317 stones, seven buckets, two liters of grain from Qi Ji Grain Store were confiscated, and Qi Honglie was sentenced to 80 battles and fined 100,000 taels of silver. confiscated 362 stones, 5 buckets, 7 liters and 1 hehe of grain from Liu Ji Grain Store, and sentenced Liu Pei to 80 yuan and a fine of 50,000 or 20,000 silver. confiscated 160 stones, 7 buckets, 1 liter and 5 hes of grain from Zhang Ji Grain Store, and sentenced Zhang Antao to 80 yuan and a fine of 30,000 taels of silver.

Qi Honglie's second son, Qi Yuye, did not report his knowledge during the period of assisting Qi Honglie in managing his business, his majesty was not strict, and his management was not investigated. He was sentenced to forty battles and three days in a flail for the public. The third son, Qi Yuwang, instigated the family Ding Wu Ergou to indulge the victims to rob the Zhouji Grain Store of 200 stones, smashed the Zhouji Grain Store, causing the Zhouji Grain Store to lose more than 60 stones, smashed one grain possession utensils, injured a man, and sentenced him to pay 500 taels of silver to the Zhouji Grain Store, 100 taels of silver to compensate the man for the cost of soup and medicine, 60 battles, and wear a flail for three days.

Wu Ergou was instigated by others, and together with more than 30 people, including local ruffians Ding Si and Liu Er, instigated and indulged the victims to loot 200 stone of Zhouji grain, slandered and framed the reputation of Zhouji Grain Store, and smashed and robbed Zhouji Grain Store, causing heavy losses and disturbing social order, Wu Ergou was sentenced to 80 battles, wearing a flail for three days, and sentencing Ding Si, Liu Er, and more than 30 people including Ding Si and Liu Er to fight 10 to 60 yuan.

After the verdict notice was posted at the gate of the state government, the common people rushed to tell each other, and the whole world celebrated, and some of the people who were oppressed by these three families even set off firecrackers. After several years of grievances, people finally came to the day, and people praised Liang Zhizhou, and many people still burned incense and prayed for him at home.

On the day of the execution, many ordinary people went to the state hall to watch the execution. Some of those who had a grudge against these three families even spent money and asked to be as high as possible, so that they could pick up a piece of meat on their buttocks, go home to cook, and drink alcohol, which shows their hatred for profiteers.

Speaking of war punishment, I have to explain again, in the Ming Dynasty, playing the board as an errand in the yamen, this is not a strength work, but a technical work. Many officials relied on this craft to eat.

If a servant wants to learn this craft, he must first apprentice to his predecessors and give him a generous gift, so that they are willing to teach you. How to teach it is to ask you to take a stick, then wrap a green brick with yellow paper, and use a stick to hit this paper-wrapped green brick. If you want to fight every day, practice every day, and practice for three or five years, you may not be able to become an apprentice.

So how far does it take to become an apprentice? To meet the following standards, the master said to let you hit the paper, you can hit it with a stick, the yellow paper is broken and the green bricks are not hurt at all; The master said to let you hit the bricks, and if you hit it with a stick, the yellow paper on the outside was not hurt, but the bricks were broken. If you can reach this state, you will be considered an apprentice.

When you're out of the woods, you can beat people with sticks. If the family of the prisoner gives you silver, then the flesh is beaten, not the bones. A few sticks went down, the skin was opened, the flesh was flying, it looked quite miserable, but it was nothing. When I finish the fight, I will go home, find a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, take a little medicine, and recuperate for a few days, and then I can get out of bed. After a few days of raising, nothing can be done.

If you come across someone who has not given money, or if you have a grudge against him who has been beaten, then break the bones. Bang bang, a few sticks down, the skin and flesh on the outside are fine, but the inside is broken bones, and after a few sticks, the bones can be beaten into slag. If you run into a weak individual, the thirty boards can kill you. If you catch up with a fat person or a good body, you can at least be a cripple.

This time, there were more than 40 people lining up in front of the state government hall to take the board, and it was obvious that the Qi family, the Zhang family, and the Liu family all gave silver to the officials. Several of them were subjected to a hundred boards, although they were all ghosts crying wolves, crying bitterly, their skin and flesh were open, and their flesh was flying, but they were not in danger of life, and they did not break their bones and tendons.

But the others are not so lucky, especially that Wu Ergou, who is thin and thin, has no meat on his buttocks, and has no money for the officials. Naturally, I could only resist hard, but I didn't have forty boards, so I hiccuped directly. There was also the gang of ruffians he was looking for, who killed six or seven on the spot, and those who didn't die were basically lame.

After the execution, the Qi family sold the property store and paid the fine to get Qi Honglie out of prison. Although the Qi family spent money to buy the servants, and the subordinates were merciful when playing the board, it was also a sturdy eighty board, although it was not disabled, but the pain of the flesh and skin was not so comfortable, and the three fathers and sons of the Qi family were lying at home for more than a month.

After this catastrophe, the vitality of the Qi family was greatly damaged, and its reputation in Juzhou was also insignificant. It was almost impossible to turn over in Juzhou, so the father and son of the Qi family decided to move out of Juzhou and return to their ancestral hometown of Xingping, Shaanxi, so they applied to the government to move the family back to their ancestral hometown.

The Qi family's move was in Liang Wensheng's hands, and he immediately approved the relocation of the Qi family, and went through the relevant procedures. The Qi family sold their property and house again, raised 20,000 taels of silver, and left Juzhou with their families and a few henchmen.

Although Liu Ji and Zhang Ji were not as severely damaged as the Qi family, after this catastrophe, the two families have also become much more peaceful.

The grain shortage, which lasted for half a month and caused panic among the people in the city, also subsided, and the price of grain fell directly to one or two or three cents of silver. At this time, the people stopped rushing to buy food, and soon the market order in the city also returned to normal.

After the three major merchants in Juzhou were fined and handed over, according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, at least 30% of them went to the local yamen, and the financial tension of the state yamen was alleviated. Food prices have also fallen rapidly, market order has been restored, the lives of the people in the city have been stabilized, and relief has been provided to those outside the city. However, the problem of food shortage has not really been solved, and grain is still the primary problem plaguing Juzhou.

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It has been almost 10 days since Liang Wensheng took office in Juzhou, and he has been worried about the food problem. The 10,000 stone of grain temporarily borrowed from the Shecang has already consumed more than 3,000 stone. If this continues, in less than twenty days, this 10,000 stone of grain will be consumed. If the relief is provided for three months in a row, 30,000 stone of grain will not be enough, but now the granary of the whole state cannot make up 30,000 stone of grain, not to mention that the grain in the community warehouse will have to be repaid in the future. The newly abundant finances may also be overwhelmed by the problems of the victims.

When Liang Wensheng was sitting in the second hall and worried about the food problem, a handyman came to report: "My lord, Boss Zhou is visiting with two people." Do you receive a meeting? ”

He was overjoyed when he heard that it was Boss Zhou who was visiting, and he needed his help to solve the food problem at this time, so of course he wanted to see it. So he hurriedly asked the handymen to invite them in.

After a while, Zhou Xuhai, He Shaoyun, and He Zhiyuan came to the second hall. Because they have seen each other, so they are exempt from the introduction, and after the two sides are polite, the guests and hosts sit down separately, and after serving tea with the handyman. Zhou Xuhai first said: "Lord Zhizhou, do you remember last time I said that a large amount of grain will arrive within half a month? ”

"Of course I do! I'm worried about food now, does Boss Zhou have a solution? ”

"That's what we're here for today." Zhou Xuhai took a sip of tea and continued: "It is estimated that there are now 100,000 stone grains on the way to Juzhou City, please prepare in advance. ”

Liang Wensheng was overjoyed and asked rhetorically: "One hundred thousand stones?" How can it be? ”

"There are indeed 100,000 stones, only more, not less. I'm going to report this to the adults slowly. Zhou Xuhai explained: "In fact, before the adults took office, we knew that the food shortage in our state was serious this year, and He Shaoyun and I had already discussed a strategy. It is to take advantage of the hot sale of soap, the huge profits, and the rapid rise in grain prices in our state, to inform distributors throughout the province that the next purchase of soap must be rationed with grain. For every stone of grain delivered to our state, forty pieces of soap are allocated, and the more grain is transported, the more is allocated. At the same time, the price of the soap placed was reduced by ten cents. If there is no grain distribution, the price of each piece of soap will increase by 50 wen. ”

"As a result, distributors from all over the country have purchased a large amount of grain locally and rushed to deliver grain to our state. According to the estimation of local branches, at least 100,000 stone of grain has been shipped to our state. Once this batch of grain arrives, the problem of grain shortage will be completely solved. ”

"Great, with this 100,000 stone of grain, the problem of the victims can be solved. It's just that the 100,000 stone grain official can't eat it in one bite, and can only buy 30,000 stone grain at most. Liang Wensheng said with joy and worry.

"Lord Zhizhou, we came here today to discuss a solution with adults. Our Zhouji Grain Store can buy up to 20,000 stone of grain. Zhou Xuhai said.

"Our workshop will gradually recruit four or five thousand young and strong victims as workers, so that about 20,000 to 30,000 disaster victims can be housed, so that 30,000 stone of grain will be needed." He Shaoyun continued.

"There are still 20,000 stones, and the other grain merchants can digest it!" Liang Wensheng was happy because he had solved a big problem, and then said: "Thank you two for reaching out and helping this official solve the first problem. If you have any requests, just ask, and this official will help you solve them as much as possible! ”

He Zhiyuan thought to himself, I have been waiting for you for a long time, he stood up and bowed his hand and then said: "Lord Liang, the student does have a problem that needs to be solved by adults. ”