On the second day of August, in the county government of Qidong County, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, the gentry and celebrities of Qidong County gathered together, and the second hall of the county government was full. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

These bigwigs of Qidong County got together to discuss how to resist the "Jinguo Public Court".

Now that there is only one newspaper left in Shandong, "Shandong Daily", Li Zhi can easily influence public opinion in the province. During this period of time, Shandong Daily hyped up the advantages of Tianjin's "Jinguo Public Court" and published countless cases of the "Tianjin Guogong Court", elaborating on the great changes in Tianjin before and after the establishment of the court, and expounding the tremendous benefits that the people of Tianjin had obtained from a fair and equal social order.

Nowadays, more and more people in Shandong are listening to the newspaper. It only costs one or two pennies to listen to a newspaper in a teahouse, and citizens and farmers can afford it. After the "Sanwang Daily" was smashed, the number of listeners of the "Shandong Daily" increased considerably. Today, the influence of Shandong Daily can be said to have penetrated into every corner of Shandong.

"Shandong Daily" is so popular, and it is full of publicity about the "Jinguo Public Court", and the people of Shandong have been looking forward to the arrival of the "Jinguo Public Court" more and more. "Shandong Daily" struck while the iron was hot and published the arrangements of the "Jinguo Public Court" in Shandong:

In Shandong, the court will have a local court in each county, an intermediate court in each prefecture, and a senior court in Jinan. Shandong Daily: If you feel wronged after the lawsuit in the low-level court, you can also file a complaint with the higher court, so that the higher court can invest more manpower and material resources in the investigation and give a more authoritative verdict.

As soon as the people who heard the newspaper heard about this posture, they knew that such a system ensured that individual judges could not engage in favoritism, and they became more aware of the fairness and impartiality of the Jinguo Public Court, and their eagerness to look forward to the opening of the court became even more urgent.

The carpet-bombing public opinion propaganda coupled with the court system that really benefited the people made the charm of the Jinguo Public Court decay. In many prefectures and counties, there are already people who have been oppressed by the powerful and oppressed who are secretly collecting evidence, and they are waiting for the Jinguo Public Court to go to Shandong to redress their grievances.

This is undoubtedly bad news for Shandong's civil officials.

Li Thief not only wanted to control public opinion in Shandong, but also fought for the judicial power of the local magistrate. If the local magistrate does not have the power to judge the lawsuit, and the people will appeal to the Jinguo Public Court whenever they have a dispute, who will still take the magistrate in their eyes in the future?

Is it tolerable or intolerable?

However, Li Zhi's soldiers are strong and strong, and he has just cut down more than 100 newspaper writers in Jinan, and it is really dangerous to fight against Li Zhi. Shandong's magistrates, though angry, were collectively silent.

At this time when thousands of horses were in the dark, Wang Siyong, the county commander of Qidong County, decided to stand up.

Wang Siyong, a county magistrate, has a reputation for being honest, strictly abiding by etiquette and law, always benevolent and righteous, not greedy for money and not lustful, and is called virtuous by Shandong scholars. Wang Siyong felt that Li Zhi couldn't catch any tricks on him, and other magistrates were afraid of being caught by the "Shandong Daily" and make it stink, but Wang Siyong was not afraid at all.

In the second hall of the county government in Qidong County, Wang Siyong glanced at the gentlemen and celebrities, stroked his beard and said: "This time this order has summoned you here to discuss the court matter mentioned by Shandong Daily. ”

Before Wang Siyong's words fell, an old man on the left, wearing a silk round collar and gray hair, slammed his cane and said loudly: "Even if the county lord doesn't look for us, we also want to find the county lord." Li Zhi is a Tianjin admiral, why did he come to Shandong to run a court? He is a prince of Jinguo, does he still have to care about my affairs in Shandong? Is there still a court law in his eyes? ”

He stung his crutches again and said, "What Li Zhi wants to do is not a court, but to turn Shandong into a second Tianjin." Today's newspaper will be opened, tomorrow's court will be held, and the day after tomorrow we will collect land from our tax-free fields. I am afraid that all the things that Li Zhi added to Tianjin will have to be moved to Shandong. ”

The old man who spoke was a native of Han Ju in Shanqian Township, and he was also a famous figure in Qidong County, known as his prestige. When the gentlemen present heard Han Juren say the word Tian Fu, their faces sank. Li Zhi controls public opinion and snatches justice, which can be endured. But if Li Zhi eventually had to collect taxes from the gentry in Shandong, he would not be able to bear it.

Look at how miserable those gentry in Tianjin ended up after being charged with land endowments? The originally wealthy and prosperous family instantly lost its income and dispersed. In extreme cases, some gentry with many wives and children not only could no longer afford to support their subordinates, but even had a problem with the family having enough to eat.

If the problem of money reaches a certain level, it is a matter of fate.

A middle-aged gentleman jumped out and said loudly: "Li Zhi thought that killing more than a hundred people in Jinan would scare my scholars in Shandong, but he didn't know that the scholars in my Qilu land were not soft bones. If Li Zhi dares to set up a court in Qidong County, I will be smashed by Li Zhi and the three clans. ”

Another Xiucai arched his hand and said: "Even if it is the court of the blood thief Li thief, I will not sit idly by and watch the Li thief annex Shandong." I want the Son of Heaven to know that what Li Thief has done in Shandong has reached the level of anger of people and gods. ”

The words of the two aroused the applause of the other gentlemen.

However, although the other gentlemen present applauded, they were not as excited as these two people. The world knows Li Zhi's brutality and thirst for killing, and even if several talented landlords in Qidong County are killed by Li Zhi, they will not be able to stir up much turmoil, and they will not be able to prevent Li Zhi from opening the court to Shandong.

If Li Zhi scares the other gentry with a killing ring, it will do bad things.

Everyone looked at Wang Siyong, the magistrate.

Although Wang Siyong is only a county order, he is a well-known incorruptible county in Shandong, even if the governor of Shandong sees Wang Siyong, he has to give him a few points. In Shandong, Wang Siyong has an excellent reputation among the people, and he has been a county magistrate in two counties in Shandong for more than ten years, and his reputation for selflessness is widely spread. The old women in Shandong, who doesn't know that there is a Wang Qingguan in Qidong County?

If Wang Siyong stood up against Li Thief, Li Thief might still be afraid.

Wang Siyong saw that everyone was looking at him, nodded, and said, "I summoned you here to announce the old man's decision. The old man has some reputation in Shandong, and the officials and gentry everywhere give the old man a little thin noodles. Since the old man has received everyone's courtesy, he will never be silent at this critical moment. ”

"Li Zhi is a prince of Jinguo, what reason does it have to reach out to Shandong? The old man has decided to take the lead against the court of Li Thief. The old man would soon write to the officials and gentry in various parts of Shandong to call on the entire gentry of Shandong to stand up against the court of the Li thief in his own name. If the court comes to Qidong County, the old man will rush in with his own crutches and fight with the minions of the Li thief! ”

"Everyone in the world says that the old man is a clean official. The old man wants the world to see clearly how Li Zhi treats the old man, a clean official. ”

"If Li Zhi kills the old man, the old man will die for the people of Shandong! The people of Shandong will see clearly the face of the Li thief and the lies of the "Shandong Daily". When the gentry of Shandong shouted in unison, they smashed the court of the Li thief together with the people. As long as the matter is big, the Son of Heaven will also understand that the Li thief is causing disaster to the country and the people, and he will definitely mobilize a large army to crusade against the Li thief. ”