Chapter 54: This identity is very useful
Wannian County Ya is located in Xuanyangfang, close to Dongshi on the east side, the superior geographical location, coupled with the location of the county ya, makes Xuanyangfang lively, but noisy but not chaotic.
No one dares to make trouble in the location of the county government, of course, the order of the entire Chang'an is not chaotic, after all, at the foot of the imperial city, the defense force is far beyond other regions, and the consequences of making trouble here are very serious.
The county government of Wannian and Chang'an counties is very busy, so busy that the personnel in the county government have no time to think about other things, and they have to work overtime every day to complete the day's work.
The handling of political affairs, the inspection of government affairs between the streets, the management of the east and west cities, and the prevention of personnel.
Chang'an has a large population, unlike other counties, although there are hundreds of thousands of people in name, but in fact there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people in the county.
As soon as there are many people, the county government will be busy and can't touch the ground.
Wang Shizhong, the commander of Wannian County, rubbed his temples that were a little painful, this had just finished dealing with a political matter, but there was an even more headache.
If it is possible, Wang Shizhong would rather not care about this matter, anyway, he is just inspecting the Wannian County Order, to put it bluntly, he will do it for this year, and now he is still an official in Yongzhou, there is no need to provoke the great god of King Qi, but the matter has just found the door.
Although Wang Shizhong's surname is Wang, he is not from the Taiyuan royal family, but from Beihai, and he can't fight with the Taiyuan royal family.
Why didn't Mao let Chang'an County arrest people? Wang Shizhong was very annoyed, Chang'an County ordered Cui Zong to be a member of the Cui family, Rao is King Qi saw it, and he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, looking at the lively people outside the ya, Wang Shizhong secretly scolded himself for being so bad luck for Mao?
"Please county zun (Tang called the county order as the Ming Mansion, for the convenience of reading changed to the county zun or county order) adults for the people's women......" In the hall, a woman in her teens and fourteens knelt on the ground, tears did not stop, and the crying was overwhelming and miserable.
On the other side, there were more than ten strong men led by Yu Ren, with a look of contempt on their faces, and they didn't pay attention to the things in front of them.
"What happened? To tell the truth, if there is any untruth, this county will not be spared! In the lobby, there was no way to rub his temples, Wang Shizhong had to act like a businessman, after all, so many people were watching, even if he wanted to favor King Qi, he had to find a suitable reason.
"Let's ......," said the woman who knelt down in the hall.
In fact, things are not complicated, the woman's surname is Lian, married to Gao Zhizhong, and the husband and wife opened a shop, mainly engaged in carpenters, which is a low-profit industry.
Almost all of the people with good skills are in the prison, and those with poor skills can only do business at home or open a shop by themselves, and the customer groups are different, and they are all poor people, and most of them are mainly repaired, and they basically can't make a few dollars.
Last month, Song Zhong brought people to collect protection money, but because of the name of King Qi, the Gao couple did not dare to resist, so they could only pay the protection fee for the month.
But the Gao couple found that there were many merchants in Chang'an City who did not pay the protection fee, and the King of Qi did not retaliate against them, and the business was still doing well, and the Gao couple who had not made much money naturally refused to renew the protection fee.
And Yu Ren came to the door several times in a row to ask for protection money, all of which were rejected by the Gao couple, today Yu Ren with anger to find Gao's shop to collect protection money, the two sides broke out conflict, it was Yu Ren, who was in a bad mood, and ordered his subordinates to beat him up.
Gao Zhizhong's head was beaten and bleeding, after the arrival of Wuhou in Wannian County, Yu Ren and others still refused to stop, and finally because of their identity, Wuhou had to stop it, and then sent Gao Zhizhong to Langzhong for treatment, and took Lian and Yu Ren and others back to the county office.
Wang Shizhong glanced at Wuhou, who nodded, indicating that what Lian said was true.
Wu Hou also learned about the situation from the nearby people afterwards, so they still knew the truth of the matter, but everyone didn't expect that King Qi's collection of protection money would be so reckless, and it was so different from the performance of the previous month.
Seeing Wuhou nodding, Wang Shizhong also had a headache, no matter how this matter was handled, it would not end well for him.
"Do you have any objections?" Helpless, Wang Shizhong had no choice but to look at Yu Ren and open a court to try the case, it is not feasible to rely on the remarks of one party alone, and only if both parties have no objections, the evidence can be considered effective.
The style of officials in the Sui and Tang dynasties was still relatively straightforward, and they had seen those who used their power to seek benefits for their own descendants, and also saw those who used their power to weave a network of influence for themselves, but they rarely saw those who used their power to seek benefits for themselves.
"That's right, that's it!" Yu Ren smiled slightly, and said confidently.
That's it, what can you do? Don't accept and bite me?
"King Qi has arrived!" Song Zhong shouted, and the crowd of onlookers fell silent in an instant, and they all made way of a passage.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Song Zhong wiped the sweat on his forehead slightly, and wanted to quietly squeeze over to listen, but who knew that there were so many onlookers that he couldn't squeeze in at all.
Wang Shizhong in the high hall naturally heard Song Zhong's shout, his face changed suddenly, and his heart was not good.
Yu Ren, this dog-legged man, is still so rampant, what he said is right, Lao Tzu is deliberately beating people, and he doesn't accept your posture of biting me, so how arrogant should King Qi, the master, be?
Wang Shizhong had seen the King of Qi once from afar, but at that time, the arrogance of the King of Qi deeply shocked Wang Shizhong, and now that the Lord is here, this case cannot be tried.
Seeing that the person who came was indeed Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, Wang Shizhong was unwilling, so he could only walk down from the high platform and salute Li Yuanji, secretly crying bitter in his heart.
And the woman Lian Shi, who was still kneeling in the hall, her face turned pale in an instant, if she had a choice, she would rather suffer this loss alone than provoke the great god King Qi.
But she didn't have a choice at all, Wuhou was not found by her, and the person was not arrested by her, this promotion to the court to handle the case, let alone what she requested, all of this was a decision made by the Wuhou themselves, but now the King of Qi was recruited, and the Lian family was not only stunned at the moment, but only endless tears remained.
"Tell me about the situation!" Li Yuanji calmly waved his hand towards Wang Shizhong.
What?
Wang Shizhong was a little confused, what the hell is going on? King Qi is not angry about Mao? Isn't it the person who caught King Qi himself? It's not your people, you're going to do it?
Yu Ren is the person of your King of Qi, Yu Ren, who has been exposed so high recently, knows that he is the person of your King of Qi, why is the King of Qi in front of him different from the King of Qi in his impression? Could it be said?
Wang Shizhong shuddered violently, this can't be a fake King of Qi, right?
"Let's ......" Wang Shizhong told him everything he had learned before, and Li Yuanji, who was listening, kept nodding.
And Song Zhong lost his previous arrogance, lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake, and didn't even dare to take a breath.
"Gone?" Wang Shizhong stopped, and Li Yuanji asked.
"It's gone!" Wang Shizhong nodded, what do you still want?
"Is it worth arresting people for such a trivial matter? Don't you know that this king is busy? Li Yuanji's complexion changed suddenly, and the frightened Wang Shizhong instantly broke out in a cold sweat, "Forget it this time, it can be regarded as a warning to you from this king, and if you dare to have a next time, don't blame this king for not forgiving." ”
Wang Shizhong almost wanted to cry without tears, what is this special thing called? Not so bullying.
"Let's go!" Li Yuanji yelled at Yu Ren and the others, and was about to take people away.
"Your Highness...... Your Highness! This can't work......" Wang Shizhong was stunned in his heart, and hurriedly spoke out to stop him, but the more he went to the back, the more he lost his confidence.
"Huh?"
"Your Highness, according to the law, this kind of thing belongs to the kind of people who don't sue the officials and don't hold them accountable, if you take them away, shouldn't you discuss it with the Lian family?" Wang Shizhong plucked up the courage to persuade, no matter what method your King Qi uses, as long as Lian agrees to this matter, he will have steps to go down, you don't say a word and take people away, let me do it?
"Ah...... Deliver, the women will pay the money, and please ask Your Highness to have a large number of them, and spare the women's family this time. Lian, who was in a daze, suddenly heard Wang Shizhong mention himself, and was frightened and kowtowed to Li Yuanji, and begged for mercy at the same time.