Departing from Jinan Mansion, the royal car set sail again and headed north along the canal.

This time, Zhang Lingyang not only had to inspect the livelihood of the people in various places along the way, but also met with the nobles of the Warat tribe at the foot of Yanshan Mountain a month later.

The dragon boat traveled for five days and stopped at River.

No, as soon as Zhang Lingyang waited to go ashore, there was a commotion nearby.

"What's going on?" Looking at the rioting crowd in the distance, Zhang Lingyang frowned, "Han Xiao, go and see what's going on!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Han smiled back and rushed forward.

"Your Majesty Luan is here, who is making a lot of noise here, don't you want your head?" Looking at the chaotic crowd in front of him, Han laughed and shouted.

Dispersed the irrelevant personnel, Han Xiao asked the guards guarding here, "What happened?" ”

The guard replied: "Lord Hui, there is a Diao people here who are making trouble, saying that they want to sue the emperor, but because the incident happened suddenly, so the previous incident was made."

But rest assured, the lowly duty has subdued that man, and it is guaranteed that no more accidents will occur. ”

"Sue the Emperor?" Squinting his eyes, Han smiled and said, "Bring that person here, the official wants to see what grievances he has to file." ”

"Yes, sir!" The guard answered, and hurried down to bring the troublemaker.

"That's what you said you were going to sue?" Looking at the boy in front of him, who was only more than ten years old, Han Xiao frowned.

"The kid has seen the grown-up!" The young man hurriedly knelt down, "The kid's name is Li Ergou, and he is from Xiayang Village outside Hejian Mansion. The boy wants to sue the patriarch and the people of our village. ”

"Oh?" Hearing Li Ergou say this, Han Xiao became interested and asked, "What are you going to sue them?" ”

"The boy wants to sue our patriarch for his life, and in the name of marrying Hebo, he threw my sister into the river and drowned alive."

Hearing this, Han Xiao frowned and asked, "The imperial court has already promulgated relevant laws, don't the local officials care?" ”

"No!" Li Ergou shook his head and said, "The kid complained to the Inspection Division, the county magistrate's yamen, and the prefect's yamen one after another, but none of them accepted the boy's pleadings. ”

After Han Xiao understood what had happened, he went back to tell Zhang Lingyang about it.

Zhang Lingyang's face was a little pale, and he instructed Han Xiao: "You take someone to investigate, and once it is confirmed that what this kid said is true, immediately the prefect of Hejian Prefecture has been inspected by the local prefect and the inspection department, and the patriarch of the Li clan in Xiayang Village will be corrected on the spot to set an example." ”

After speaking, Zhang Lingyang had no interest in entering the city, and directly turned around and boarded the dragon boat and continued to sail north.

On the side, the crown prince Zhao Hao, the second prince Zhao Han, and the third prince Zhao Xu exchanged heads and ears there for a while, Zhao Hao walked up to Zhang Lingyang and asked: "Father, as far as the sons know, similar things happened from time to time in the Great Zhou, why is my father so angry this time?" ”

"From time to time?" Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang was stunned for a moment and said, "You say this kind of thing happens from time to time? How do you know? ”

"Taifu told me." Zhao Hao saw that Zhang Lingyang's face was blue, and he was a little timid in his heart, but he still said stubbornly: "Taifu once told me that in their hometown of Anlu Prefecture, basically every three or five years, they will marry a wife for the local Hebo, all of whom are thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls. ”

"And what do you think about it?" Zhang Lingyang asked Zhao Hao.

"Back to his father's words, the sons thought that this kind of superstitious thing should be explicitly forbidden by the imperial court. However, most of the people are ignorant and superstitious, and if they want to put an end to this kind of thing, they are afraid that it will be difficult. Especially in remote places, there is a great belief in this kind of thing.

If you want to completely put an end to the occurrence of similar things, the imperial court still has to increase the education of the people. ”

"It's as simple as you say!" Zhang Lingyang shook his head in disappointment when he saw that Zhao Hao actually said such innocent words.

You must know that even in the era when it was so developed in the previous life, feudal superstition was still very popular, let alone in this era.

It's almost impossible to put an end to this kind of thing at all.

However, Zhang Lingyang still feels that he has an obligation to do something for the people.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Lingyang instructed Xiao Fuzi: "Immediately send an edict to the yamen of the first-level inspection department of the state capital and county, and if something similar happens in the future, all the people involved will be killed, including these officials who know about it." ”

"Father, is the punishment too heavy?" After Zhao Hao knew about this, he asked Zhang Lingyang.

"Is it heavy?" Zhang Lingyang laughed and said, "What about those girls who died in vain?" Will they feel heavy? Will their families feel heavy? ”

Perhaps many of the people did not understand the law, or even how wrong they had done. But if it is wrong, it is wrong, and the dignity of the law cannot be blasphemed. ”

"Yes, father, the son understands!" Zhao Hao replied.

Although Zhao Hao said that he understood, Zhang Lingyang understood through Zhao Hao's somewhat confused eyes that he didn't understand in his heart.

But thinking about Zhao Hao's age, Zhang Lingyang didn't criticize anything.

However, after Zhao Hao retreated, Zhang Lingyang thought to himself: "Isn't it time for Hao'er's wife to change?" ”

Thinking like this, Zhang Lingyang couldn't help but estimate the problem of finding new teachers for several princes again.

"Xiaofuzi, do you know Zhang Zhiyuan's physical condition recently?" Zhang Lingyang thought of Zhang Zhiyuan, the former first assistant of the cabinet, and couldn't help but ask Xiaofuzi.

"If you go back to the Long Live Lord, Zhang Ge Lao is in good health." Xiaofuzi replied with a smile, "A few days ago, Elder Zhang Ge also sent a post of invitation to Lord Wansui, but at that time, Lord Wansui was busy with government affairs, so the servants did not send this post. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang nodded his head and said, "Zhang Zhiyuan is an auxiliary minister appointed by the emperor, how can I just ascend the throne, Zhang Zhiyuan will be of great help to me." In this way, you send someone to inform Zhang Zhiyuan to see if he still has the idea of serving the imperial court. If there is one, it will be announced to Beijing, and I will arrange it freely when the time comes. But if Zhang Zhiyuan no longer has this idea, don't be reluctant. ”

"The slave obeys the order, so send someone to pass it on."

Xiao Fuzi had just retreated less than half an hour ago, and Han Xiao, the commander of Jinyiwei, rushed over and explained his handling process to Zhang Lingyang in detail.

"How did you settle that kid named Li Ergou?" Zhang Lingyang asked. Li Ergou was only a teenager, and after this incident, he was afraid that he would no longer be able to gain a foothold in his own village, so Zhang Lingyang asked this question.

Han Xiao replied: "Back to Your Majesty's words, Weichen placed Li Ergou in the Hejian Mansion School, and allocated two hundred taels of silver from the confiscated family property as a food and clothing for Li Ergou in the school before he became an adult." ”

Seeing that Han Xiao handled things properly, Zhang Lingyang relieved himself......