Volume 1 The End of the Dynasty Chapter 24 The Government Copes
Uncle Yang returned to the house overnight and asked Pu Xianyu to bring the people detained during the day into the study one by one for questioning, and he first called the person who was holding the cow, because that person was obviously honest and honest, not as treacherous as Huang San.
The man was brought in, wearing shackles, Uncle Yang ordered someone to remove the shackles for him, and then he kept watching quietly, the man's legs trembled, and his head kept down.
After a long time, Uncle Yang said, "What's your name?" Who else is in the family? ”
"The grass people's name is Xu Pin'er, and there are mothers, wives, and two children at home." The man's voice trembled.
"You're from Hezhou, do you know the new decree of the imperial court?"
"The grass people don't know."
"Well, let me tell you first, you know the meaning of joint sitting, that is, if one person is guilty, if the people nearby do not report it, they will be punished according to that person's crime, and if one of the people in the family is guilty, the rest of the people will be punished together if they do not report it, can you understand? If you understand, tell me what this tax is all about today. ”
The man swallowed his saliva, fell to the ground, and cried: "My lord, I dare not say it, if I say it, the whole family will have no way to live!" ”
Uncle Yang slapped the case hard and said loudly: "Hmph, you think that if you don't say it, you will have a way to live, it seems that you haven't understood the new law of the imperial court, right, or I'll say it again!" ”
The man kowtowed repeatedly, and his head was already bleeding: "My lord, I understand, it's just that they will kill my family." ”
"The court will have its own law to punish those people, and it will also keep you and your family safe, say it."
The man pondered for a while, Uncle Yang waited quietly, and finally the man seemed to have made a lot of determination, and then raised his head and said, "My lord, I said that you must protect my family." ”
Uncle Yang nodded and said, "The imperial court soldiers will go to Hezhou in person, don't worry, if you don't worry, you can also go with those armorers." ”
"Okay, I said, in fact, today's Huang San is not our farmer in Hezhou, he is the housekeeper of the Yinping Hou Mansion, originally Hezhou paid taxes every year and was scheduled to be handed over to the Assassin Mansion on the same day, and then transported to the Imperial City by the Lord of the Assassin History, this year we still sent the grain to the Assassin Mansion as usual, but that day the grain was replaced by Huang San and the people, and all our family members were detained, saying that whoever said it would kill whoever said. We are all forced. ”
After hearing this, Uncle Yang shouted angrily: "It's a bastard, and he dares to defy the laws of the imperial court." Let me ask you again, can Yin Ping Hou Mengying be involved in this matter? ”
"I don't know about this grass people, but I saw a figure in the Assassin's Mansion that looks a bit like Yin Pinghou."
"How do you know Yin Pinghou?"
"The grass people are the people of the fiefdom of the Marquis of Yinping, and they have gone to his mansion to pay taxes before."
"Okay, I see, you go down." Uncle Yang flicked his sleeves, and the armor outside the door came in and pulled him up from the ground, and when the man was about to go out, he was still shouting, "Save my family, my lord, please"!
Uncle Yang slapped the case heavily again, He Bixian, who had just stepped into the door, was startled, he had never seen Uncle Yang so angry, although he didn't go today, he also heard about it.
"My lord, what is the matter of today...... Are you going to ......," He Bixian asked cautiously.
"You're here, just right, go and help me ask the rest of the people, and confess to a pair," Uncle Yang picked up Xu Pin'er's confession just now and handed it to He Bixian, "I'll go to the palace." ”
Uncle Yang got up, Pu Xianyu pulled out the carriage, helped Uncle Yang get into the car, and went straight to the palace.
Huan Ji was sitting in the study, his face was extremely ugly, and Cheng He stood next to him and didn't dare to say a word. Uncle Yang stepped into the door, and Cheng He breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Uncle Yang and walked out.
Huan Ji took the lead in asking, "Sir, how's that?" ”
"There's a push behind it, and it's not small."
"This bastard thing, at this juncture, regards my court law as nothing, what I am most afraid of is this happening, who knows that it is a bastard thing who does not let me worry about it and defy the law!" Huan Ji was so angry that he scolded.
Uncle Yang stood aside and listened, and waited for Xuanzong to finish scolding before he said, "Your Majesty, this is the case now, I'm afraid there are many people waiting to see our jokes." ”
"What do you think you should do now, sir?"
Uncle Yang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to change the law wholeheartedly or stop here?" ”
Huan Ji was stunned for a moment, suddenly came to his senses, called Chenghe by the door, and ordered: "Immediately mobilize 500 people from the forbidden army of the imperial city, set off for Hezhou, and bring Yinping Hou Mengying and Hezhou Assassin Shi Yan Huan, don't arrest them, please come." ”
Chenghe was ordered to go out. Uncle Yang knew that what the emperor said about inviting and arresting were actually the same, but it was just to give them a little face, and what to do when they came back was another matter.
In the past few days, Huang Gongfu has been closing his door, going to the palace to teach the two princes during the day, and coming back in the afternoon to sit by the pond in the courtyard to feed the fish, but he has lived freely.
On this day, he was sitting on the edge of the pond and watching the aquatic plants in the pond begin to decay, when suddenly the family came to report and said, "The tax and grain paid by Hezhou today are mixed with soil. Huang Gongfu was so frightened that he grabbed the clothes of the family and asked urgently, "What are you talking about?" Again. ”
The family was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Master, the grain tax transported from Hezhou today is mixed with mud, and several grain shipments have been seized by the emperor, and it is said that the emperor is very angry. ”
Huang Gongfu trembled and let go of his family's clothes, waved his sleeves to let him down, looked at the pond in a daze, suddenly scolded a fool, got up and went to the study, he didn't even take the Mazha that he would take away with him on weekdays, and the young man who was reading next to him looked at Huang Gongfu and muttered: "What's wrong with my father today, there is no demeanor at all." "The young man knows that Huang Gongfu has always liked Confucian classics, and his demeanor is more important than anything, so he has only lost his soul twice, and the last time was when the emperor suddenly ordered him to be promoted to the crown prince and young master, once this time.
Just when the young man was still wondering, Huang Gongfu suddenly came over again, with a light in his eyes, and said in his mouth: "It's not a good thing, it's not a good thing......
The young man shook his head, how could his father be nervous today, turned his head and went to read again.
The five hundred forbidden troops set off at night, and those old nobles were completely turbulent when they heard the news, and they began to come out of the mansion, they wanted to find someone to discuss how to deal with it, and the first person that everyone thought of was Huang Gongfu, who knew that they went to the Huang Mansion to knock on the door, and the Huang Mansion housekeeper leaned out half of his body and only said "My lord is in good health" and then closed the door, and everyone had no choice but to go back.