It was the Xiaoice River period, after the beginning of autumn, even in the land of Lingnan, it was an autumn rain and a cold, this day was the summer heat in the twenty-four solar terms, the light rain fell overnight, the next day just after Yin, Shen Xi came out of Huiniang's residence, a cold wind hit the face, and couldn't help but tighten his clothes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Holding an umbrella, Shen Xi crossed the alley and returned to the place where the carriage was parked and drove away.

On the issue of treating Hui Niang, Shen Xi has thought about giving Hui Niang a name more than once, but unless it is for her to change her face, Hui Niang is destined to be unable to integrate into the Shen family, which is almost an unsolvable problem.

As for how to treat Li Jin, Shen Xi also thought that maybe letting Li Jin be his woman could make him serve his life with all his heart, but Shen Xi couldn't pass the psychological level.

A marriage without an emotional foundation is purely physical possession, which is somewhat cruel to the parties involved. Besides, now that a Hui Niang is enough of a headache, Shen Xi doesn't want to spend too much time on Li Jin.

Shen Xi did not drive back to the post house, but first went to see the interrogation of the old Confucian students who were captured yesterday.

When they arrived at the place, Shen Xi found that Ma Jiu and the others had not slept all night, interrogating those people all night, and at this time they were like rabbits, their eyes were red.

"Master, all the confessions have been confessed, and it is said that there are people from the Japanese and the political envoy Si Yamen behind the scenes." Ma Jiudao.

Shen Xi narrowed his eyes: "Is it credible?" ”

Ma Jiu replied: "They are all interrogated separately, whips, sticks, bamboo sticks, and the torture tools that should be used are all used, and the confessions have been compared with each other, which is basically admissible." These people said that the Japanese people gave them hundreds of taels of silver, let them get the master's original calligraphy and paintings, and then find a way to frame the master for accepting bribes. ”

"In addition, the political envoy and the yamen also had someone to greet them...... They claimed to be merchants from the Canton Prefecture, and they did so in order to curry favor with the Japanese people and facilitate their trade at sea. ”

Shen Xi sneered, he had seen that the government was inactive against local bandits, but now it seems that not only did not act, but secretly colluded with each other, perhaps reaching some kind of tacit understanding.

As long as pirates and pirates do not go ashore to cause chaos, they can run rampant on the sea as much as they want, and even the government can act as a protective umbrella for them, leaking the movements of officers and soldiers in advance so that they can avoid encirclement and suppression.

In fact, this is just like the routine of the local government in the inland government colluding with the underworld forces in the rivers and lakes, knowing that the local underworld forces are bullying the market and oppressing the good, the government not only does not care, but instead becomes its backstage, sitting back and reaping the benefits.

Zhu Qi leaned over and asked, "Master, what should you do with these people, but ...... Still sent to the Yamen? ”

Shen Xi said: "Since I have secret dealings with the Japanese Kou, it will be cheaper to send them to the Inspectorate Envoy, temporarily escort them back to the post house, and wait for me to go to the capital to command the envoy to go." ”

Shen Xi sensed the seriousness of the problem.

At present, there are many pirates and pirates along the coast of Guangdong, and if the bandits have the protection of the government behind their backs, it is almost impossible for them to succeed in their anti-bandit operations.

Zhang Yuanying, the political envoy of the right cloth, clearly refused to cooperate, and now that the Yamen of the Imperial Department was suspicious, he could only contact the people who commanded the envoy and obtain the support of the military.

The group returned to the post house, but before they reached the door, Shen Xi saw a commotion on the street, and a group of people gathered in front of the official post gate, as if something had happened.

Ma Jiu rushed to the front and shouted, "Get out of the way!" ”

Most of the people bullied the weak and feared evil, and when they saw the fierce appearance of Ma Jiu and the others, they quickly got out of the way. Shen Xi got out of the carriage and walked to the front of the post house, only to see a few disheveled men kneeling there, holding a wooden sign with a big word "injustice" written on it.

Shen Xi looked at the clothes of several men, not like ordinary peddlers' pawns, but more like boatmen, but their clothes were torn, as if they had crawled out of the thorn bushes.

Seeing Shen Xi coming, a man with a thief's eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes shouted towards the door of the post house: "Please ask Lord Fu to be the master of the small people for us and others!" ”

The officers of the inn picked up sticks and drove them away, and one of them shouted: "Sue to the government, what are you doing here?" This is not the yamen! ”

The thief-eyed man said, "Is there a new governor living here?" We are businessmen in this province, after going to sea by bandits, we finally escaped back, but the yamen did not make decisions for us, and heard that the new governor was sent by the imperial court to exterminate the coastal bandits, and specially came to ask the governor to redress the grievances of our small people. ”

Yiyi is quite fluent, well-organized, and logical, this is not something that an ordinary person can do, and there must be someone behind it.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "I have only been in Guangzhou Mansion for two days, and I have only greeted the Yamen of the Third Division, and the magistrate has only seen Zhang Yuanying, the political envoy of Youbu, how can the businessmen know?" As soon as I arrived on the front foot, you came to 'redress the grievances' on the back foot, and if there was no one behind me to tell me to believe it? ”

Zhu Qi said: "Master, this is not the public court yamen, send them away." ”

Shen Xi raised his hand to stop Zhu Qi from continuing, and stepped forward: "How many, do you know where the Governor Yamen is?" ”

"Wuzhou ......"

The thief-eyed man blurted out.

Shen Xi said: "I know that I am in Wuzhou, why not go to Wuzhou to complain, why do I want to come to the post house?" ”

The thief-eyed man's eyes flickered, and he suddenly came up to hug Shen Xi's leg, but was kicked away by Ma Jiuyi. The man shouted, "You are the new Governor Shen? I beg Lord Shen to be the master for us, the people of the coastal areas of Guangdong, but I am looking forward to your coming! ”

Shen Xi was about to ask who leaked the news, but as a result, this person shouted, and the onlookers knew that the young man in front of him was actually the superintendent, and the people saw the official, and immediately knelt down outside the post house.

Shen Xi's arrival in Guangzhou Mansion was originally a secret, but now that it has been publicized through this, it is believed that it will not be long before it spreads throughout Guangzhou City.

The man continued to burst into tears: "Lord Shen, you don't know the suffering of our Guangdong people...... Recently, bandits have been rampant, the people are not happy, we wait for the merchants to go to sea, and they were hijacked within a few miles, if it were not for the grass people fighting to the death, they would not have been able to come back and redress their grievances with the adults. The people along the coast are looking forward to you, the lord of the blue sky, to be the master of the people for us and others! ”

The people behind him followed and kowtowed: "Yes, please call the shots." ”

Under their guidance, the people kneeling on the ground in front of the official post begged Shen Xi to call the shots, and the scene was grand, as if all the people were petitioning.

Shen Xi didn't believe what this man said about encountering bandits and fighting desperately to escape for his life, it was clear that it was a ghost made by the local government, and the political envoy was the most likely to be the instigator behind the scenes, and it was not ruled out that it was the person who was looking for the envoy and the envoy to command the envoy.

Perhaps these people were secretly colluding with the Japanese and deliberately put pressure on him, forcing him to make some "political achievements" as soon as possible and explain to the imperial court.

As the governor of the three provinces, the more urgent the handling of the affairs of the bandits, the easier it is to make mistakes.

The bandits said that they were at sea, but in fact, they each had a small island or a stronghold on the shore, Shen Xi was not prepared, and hurriedly led troops to encircle and suppress, what good end could it be?

In the end, they must be in cahoots with the local government and make the illusion that they have succeeded in suppressing the bandits. At that time, it was not to suppress bandits, but to confess to the imperial court, and had to lie about their military exploits in order to gain political achievements.

In this way, Shen Xi, the governor, will be subject to local control.

Shen Xi raised his hands: "This official is originally a lecturer in the East Palace, and the purpose of performing his duties is to quell the bandits, but now the bandits are rampant in the coastal areas, and the officials are deeply anxious." Come on, go to the Nanhai County Ya to borrow a court for this official, this official will personally supervise this case, and I must not let the people of the Ming Dynasty be looted by bandits and have nowhere to redress their grievances! ”

The man who came to sue was dumbfounded when he heard this, your government is located in Wuzhou, and you actually want to "borrow" the court in Guangzhou Mansion to try the case? Which one are you singing?

Didn't you say that as long as we redress our grievances and stir up the emotions of the people, we can go back?

Ma Jiu shouted: "Order! Guys, get up and follow me to Nanhai County! ”

The thief-eyed man was immediately tied behind his back, and he hurriedly shouted: "Lord Shen, we are here to redress our grievances, not criminals." ”

Shen Xi said: "This villager, please don't misunderstand, no one treats you as a prisoner, but in order to prove the crimes of bandits, you are all witnesses." If the official arrests the perpetrators of the murder, and without your witnesses, will the thieves get away with it? Folks, don't you say? ”

Where the people understand these things, they all follow the crowd.

However, listening to what Shen Xi said, it is reasonable that these people have come to sue the bandits for hijacking their cargo ship, and now the government has "invited" them back to be "witnesses", there is nothing wrong with it.

But in disguise, these "witnesses" need to stay in the cell for a few days, and when they are caught, they will be released back, and if they are not caught by the group that kidnapped them, they will continue to wait in the cell.

You are not prisoners, but you need to be guarded by the yamen for the time being, and you are like prisoners!

"Lord Governor, we have been wronged!"

These people who came to sue obviously understood Shen Xi's flowers, and the common people knew that lawsuits were not easy to fight, and the defendant might not have to go to jail, but the complainants had to go to prison for a few days first. If you encounter a civil complaint against an official, it will be even more miserable, the official is powerful and powerful, and there are various ways to rectify your family.

These people obviously underestimated Shen Xi's means of doing things for officials. Shen Xi said with a smile: "You will go to the Nanhai County Ya for a while, and this official will go over to redress your grievances!" ”

asked these guys who came to make trouble to be sent to the Nanhai County Ya, Shen Xi raised his hand and said: "Fellow villagers, rest assured, after this official arrives at the place, he will definitely consider the well-being of the people, and will never let the bandits go unpunished, please go back." ”

The people were not in a hurry to see, so they got up and dispersed.

Shen Xi entered the post house, and Tang Yin appeared from behind the wall: "Shen Zhongcheng has a good means to escort people to the county government, is this preparing to treat them as prisoners?" ”

Shen Xi asked rhetorically: "When did this official say that they were prisoners?" ”

Tang Yin felt angry because of the fact that he was stunned yesterday, but thinking that someone was going to use him to harm Shen Xi, if Shen Xi hadn't sent someone to rescue him in time, he might have had some kind of accident, and asked with an embarrassed expression at the moment: "How is Shen Zhongcheng going to try this case?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The official's opinion doesn't matter, if you want to see the dagger, someone will always jump out and say the truth...... If you don't believe me, we'll see! ”

He didn't come back last night, he originally planned to send Xie Yun'er out of the city, but now he has already torn his face with the political envoy Si Yamen, if Xie Yun'er and other female relatives are followed when they are sent out of the city, they may be hijacked, and when the time comes, they will be pushed to the Japanese by the political envoy.

Now that the post house in the city is still safe for the time being, no matter how bastard the political envoys are, they will not dare to go to an official place like the post house to carry out kidnapping, and it is difficult to say whether there will be a trick of "setting fire to people".

"To change the clothes of the official, the official wants to go to the Nanhai County Ya in person! Hear the case! Shen Xi is wearing civilian clothes at this time, and he wants to change into a red official uniform, so as to take advantage of the prestige of the three rank superintendents.

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