Cui Hao whispered: "Madame, don't worry, this person is cornered, if someone is willing to help him tide over the difficulties, death is nothing to him!" ”

In this case, in order to show his impartiality, the officials who tried the case would not send officials to drive away the onlookers.

While he was talking, a middle-aged official wearing an official uniform and quite dignified walked out of the back hall, this was Zhang Hui, the assassin of Dingzhou.

Zhang Hui is an official who followed Zhao Junsheng earlier, and he is not particularly outstanding in ability, but this person has a characteristic that other officials do not have, he is extremely serious in his work, strict to the point of meticulousness, and does not tolerate the slightest mistake between himself and his subordinates.

The people watching outside the gate saw Zhang Hua wearing an official uniform and looking majestic coming out of the back hall, and the discussion stopped abruptly for a while, and they all looked at this Dingzhou assassin with wide eyes.

For example, Zhang Hui, the assassin of Dingzhou, could not interfere in the administrative affairs of the counties in the prefecture, and his function was to supervise the officials of the counties in Dingzhou.

Hua Mulan looked at Zhang Hui's majestic appearance, turned her head and whispered to Zhao Junsheng: "I have seen this Zhang Hui a few times, I have never seen him so majestic before, but I didn't expect him to be sent to a place but he also looks like him!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said in a low voice: "People are forced out and trained, no one is born to do anything, in the past, he worked under me, and his bosses were around him on the left and right, he couldn't raise his momentum if he wanted to be majestic, and it was different after he was delegated to the locality, although the position of the assassin was not high, he could supervise the county guards!" ”

Zhang Hui walked to the hall and sat down, patted the hall and asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall, who do you want to sue?" ”

The middle-aged farmer kneeling under the hall hurriedly said: "The grass people Wang Tietou is a native of Wangjiazhai in Puyin County, and the grass people want to sue the county magistrate Gui Danian, the county lieutenant Wenpan and other county officials who did not follow the implementation after the imperial court promulgated the horse policy, did not lend the people's livestock for feeding, and under the protection of the county Cheng Guan Xin, openly violated the ban of the imperial court's horse administration, and lent them a large amount of government livestock after accepting large bribes from local rich families and wealthy businessmen to seek huge profits!" ”

The onlookers outside the gate of the Assassin's Mansion were in an uproar, good guy, there has never been a civil lawsuit against an official since ancient times, and others dare not think about it, this middle-aged peasant not only sued, but also sued a large number of people, and the biggest official turned out to be the county Cheng.

Zhang Hui listened to Wang Tietou's complaint, and immediately realized that the trouble was big, and the assassin history sounded very big and powerful, but in fact, the assassin history at this time could not be compared with the assassin history that could become a prince in the late Han Dynasty, there was no administrative power, the right to lead troops, only the right to supervise.

Even if he has the right to supervise, the assassin can't casually investigate the county officials, this is itself an official position that is roasted on the fire, if you jump up and down to investigate the officials indiscriminately, the other officials will unite, and when the time comes, you will provoke the anger of the public, and you don't know how to die!

Generally speaking, corruption and bribery are already commonplace in ancient officialdom, and the purpose of the vast majority of officials is to collect money, if they can't collect money, being an official will lose its meaning to these people, so the ancient officialdom generally turns a blind eye to corruption and bribery, even if it is necessary to rectify political enemies, until the critical moment, these things and evidence will not be shaken out.

However, this time, under the protection of the county magistrate Guan Xin, Gui Danian, county lieutenant Wenpan and others accepted huge bribes from local wealthy families and wealthy businessmen, and lent them government livestock for huge profits, which was different from other cases of corruption and bribery.

Diao Min, Diao Min, why is there a Diao Min like you who dare to sue officials in Dingzhou? Do you know that you will break the sky if you sue like this? Zhang Hui looked at Wang Tietou kneeling in the hall and cursed in his heart, but he also knew in his heart that he had to accept this case, if he didn't accept it, he was afraid that soon political enemies would impeach him for dereliction of duty, after all, this case involved Ma Zheng, Ma Zheng is a national policy set by Zhao Junsheng himself, and anyone who is sloppy in this matter will touch his head.

Zhang waved his mind and shouted: "Since ancient times, suing officials with the people is like killing a father by a son!" Wang Tietou, do you know that if you sue the officials with the people, whether it is right or wrong, you must first hit fifty boards? ”

Wang Tietou looked miserable, "The king's promulgation of Ma Zheng is to increase the income of grass people such as me, and to add a way for me and other grass people to live, but now those corrupt officials have cut off my way of life, and I can't live anymore anyway, let's fight, even if you kill the grass people, the grass people will sue!" ”

Zhang Hui was originally from a poor family, and naturally knew how solid the control of the wealthy family over the world's politics and economy was, and the purpose of the imperial court to promulgate and implement the horse policy was to provide the imperial court with enough military horses for the army, and secondly, to provide ordinary people with a way to make money.

Although Zhang Hui hates the control of politics and economy by those family lords and wealthy households, and sympathizes with this Wang Tietou, but the procedure that should be taken in the trial cannot be omitted, and it has been taboo to sue officials with the people since ancient times, even if he is from a poor family, but he is now an official and a member of the official eunuch group. This kind of people who commit the following crimes are Diao people!

"Come on, hit fifty boards!"

With Zhang waving a loud shout, several officials on both sides came out, pressed the farmer Wang's iron head on a bench and lay down, and the two officials each took a wooden staff to take turns beating the cane on the left and right sides.

The onlookers outside the lobby all raised their hearts to their throats, and the sound of wooden canes hitting people kept coming from the lobby, at first the farmer Wang Tietou could grit his teeth and endure not screaming, but then the pain was so bad that he couldn't bear it, and the screams were louder than the other.

After the beating of fifty rods, the farmer Wang Tietou had been beaten to a pale face, sweat was profusing on his forehead, his face was distorted and deformed because of the pain, and his buttocks and back were soaked with blood.

The officials put Wang Tietou on the ground, and he struggled for a while before he got up and knelt.

Seeing this scene, Hua Mulan was a little dissatisfied with the stipulation that the official should be beaten by the official before he was beaten by the people, and said to Zhao Junsheng: "How can the imperial court have such rude regulations? Is it allowed for officials to ride on the heads of the people to make a blessing, and the people can only endure it, and can only bear it? It's so unfair! ”

Zhao Junsheng explained: "There are such laws and regulations in all dynasties, and naturally there is a certain amount of truth. The imperial court has a special yamen and officials to supervise the negligence of officials, and if everyone can sue officials at will, this will have a great impact on and hinder the officials' governance of the locality! ”

While speaking, Zhang Hui asked: "Wang Tietou, if you want to sue the county commander Gui Danian, Wen Pan and other cadres, you should go to the Taishou Mansion to complain to Taishou Song Yu first, why did you skip the level and appeal?" ”

"Back to the envoy's words, Song Taishou has not been in charge of things since he took office, he only cares about looking for immortals and refining pills, and the grass people will sue him for dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty!"

Zhang Hui asked: "Is there a complaint?" ”

"Back to the envoy, yes!"

"Bring it on!"

A servant came over and took the complaint and turned around and presented it to Zhang Hui, Zhang Hui took the complaint and looked at it, the words on the complaint were really beautiful, the pen was old-fashioned, and the font strokes were vigorous and powerful.

"Why do you think you've seen this trace somewhere?" Zhang Hua had doubts in his heart, and he was immediately shocked in his heart, people with this level are absolutely general, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this handwriting for a while, but he couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "Could it be that this still involves the game of the forces of the DPRK and China?" ”

After thinking for a while, Zhang Hui asked: "Wang Tietou, are the physical evidence and witnesses listed in your complaint true?" ”

"Don't dare to deceive the envoy, it's all true!"

There is a particularly clear stipulation in the Qianguo Decree that if you want to sue others, you must have witnesses and physical evidence, and even if it is an impeachment between officials, you must present evidence before you can be impeached.

"How can an ordinary farmer get his hands on such physical evidence, and how can he find someone willing to testify? There must be someone behind this king's iron head! Zhang Hui immediately saw the key, that is, he didn't know who was standing behind this person, and this case was not easy to handle.

Next, Zhang Hui checked the evidence brought by Wang Tietou, and personally interrogated three witnesses, one witness was the former family member of Gui Danian's mansion, and the other witness was Wen Pan's little servant; There was also a witness who was the county keeper's groom.

All three of them swore in court that what they said was the truth, otherwise they would accept any punishment from the government.

After Zhang Hui interrogated the three witnesses, he was shocked and shouted: "Come on, send someone to Beiping County, and order the county Cheng Guan Xin, Puyin County Ling Gui Danian, and the county Wei Wenpan to suspend all government affairs in hand, and bring this cadre to come to the Assassin's Mansion for questioning within seven days, and the government affairs of Puyin County will be temporarily handled by the county Cheng Jiaoyan, and verify Wang Tietou's evidence and the content of the witness's statement." Half a month later, the case will be promoted to trial and withdrawn! ”

The onlookers dispersed.

Hua Mulan took Zhao Junsheng's arm and asked, "Husband, do you think this Wang Tietou's lawsuit can be won?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "This case is destined to make a big fuss, and the matter will definitely get into trouble in the end, Zhang Hui has no executive power and judicial power as an assassin, but he has the right to supervise, and it is his duty to supervise officials, if he is unstable in this case, someone will definitely impeach him for dereliction of duty, he does not have the power to directly deal with county officials, but he can suspend the officials under investigation from his duties and wait to participate!" ”