Fang Yuan went back and forth to inspect the officials of the Suzhou Mansion, and said in a deep voice, "Colleagues who have studied hard for more than ten years, people's desires are endless, and gentlemen love money in a good way, and don't stretch out your hand for unjust wealth." People should live for ideals, not slaves to desires. I have a little poem, let's encourage you together! ”

"Running around all day long is just for hunger, and only when you are full will you think about clothes. I have enough food and clothing, and I want to be beautiful and beautiful. Marry a beautiful wife and give birth to children, hating no land and no foundation. Buy a lot of farmland, in and out of the boat less horses to ride. The head of the trough detained mules and horses, and the corrupt official position was defrauded. The county master book is still too small, and he has to hang purple clothes in the middle. As the emperor seeking immortality, he wants to climb to the sky and fly across the crane. If you want the world to be satisfied, except for Nan Ke and a dream of the West. ”

He slowly recited this small poem that was circulated among the people, including the daughters of the Governor's Palace, the three members of the cabinet, Chen Hongmi, the officials of Suzhou Mansion and other officials, as well as the thousands of people who were watching, were silent, and countless people secretly shed tears.

Fang Yuanchang sighed and continued, "Take the officials of Suzhou Mansion down, and bring the Jinyi Guard from the Letters and Visits Office up!" ”

Together with Jin Yiwei and Qin Zhan, Jin Yiwei, who handled the case in the Letters and Visits Office, was detained more than a dozen people, and all of them were taken up.

Fang Yuan and Qin Zhan looked at each other with deep fear, with some pity in their hearts, and asked straight to the point, "Qin Zhan, there is no need to say much between you and me, as long as you explain truthfully, I will definitely enforce the law impartially." ”

Qin Zhan lowered his gaze, without any quibbles, prevarication, and confessed truthfully to Fang Yuan, "Governor Fang, the Jinyiwei Letters and Visits Office did receive the delivery of the paper, but the paper also wrote Xu Huacao's disregard for human life, but there were not as many as two hundred people, but only six or seven people were tortured to death. ”

Jin Yiwei searched the petition office, and also found the paper at that time, and handed it to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan read them one by one, and indeed only wrote the names of six or seven women, so he asked Yun Gu and the others, "This is the paper you sent to the petition office?" ”

After careful verification, Yun Gu said, "Yes, yes, the Jinyi guard of the Letters and Visits Office requires that the real names must be confirmed on the petition paper, and we only know the names of these six or seven people, and we don't know the rest." ”

Fang Yuan threw the paper in front of Qin Zhan and scolded him sharply, "Qin Zhan, in the case of six or seven people tortured to death, Jin Yiwei is still too small, wow?" Then you don't have to do it? ”

Qin Zhan sighed and said, "It's about the big official Xu Hua, and Jin Yiwei also went to verify." But the woman in the clay kiln is precarious, and it is common for a few people to die. Moreover, Xu Hua also gave Jinyiwei 30,000 taels of silver to press the case, claiming that if he didn't make an example, he would appease and release all the women who forced her to become prostitutes when he went back, and the case would be suppressed. ”

Fang Yuan scolded angrily, "So, Jin Yiwei hasn't been at fault this time? ”

Qin Zhan shook his head and said, "Governor Fang, Jinyiwei's poor supervision and allowing Xu Hua to poison the people is indeed dereliction of duty, I plead guilty and accept all punishments." ”

Fang Yuan knew in his heart, how could he buy Qin Zhan for a mere 30,000 taels of silver? The reason why Qin Zhan bent the law for personal gain had nothing to do with silver at all, but because Xu Hua was Fang Yuan's cronies, and there was Mrs. Yuan as a backer behind him. He was involved in this undercurrent of factional struggle in the backyard, and he couldn't get out.

Qin Zhan just lightly admitted that he had accepted 30,000 taels of silver, and then took all the blame off, just to cover up the ugliness of Fang Yuan's backyard struggle.

Fang Yuan was grateful to him, and said lightly, "Okay, since you readily admit it, Jin Yiwei broke the law, but he broke the law knowing the law, and the crime was added to the third degree." However, all the Jinyi guards handled by the Letters and Visits Office were all punished with 50 rods, and all of them were exiled to Fujian. Jin Yiwei also knew Qin Zhan, who was involved in other important cases, was dismissed first, and was sentenced to 100 prisoners, and other crimes were confirmed to be punished. ”

Qin Zhan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, Fang Yuan's punishment was the same as what Mrs. Yuan had estimated before, and it was really a cane punishment first and then a review of other crimes, and he took another step in the direction of saving his life.

Fang Yuan's public trial today should be killed, the dismissal of the dismissed, the exile of the exile, and the punishment of the staff, not only the big official Xu Hua was executed, but even the Suzhou Mansion and Jinyiwei who handled it also took off their skin. Even Qin Zhan, a close confidant of his cronies, was dismissed, reprimanded, and detained, and the punishment was already quite severe.

The three members of the cabinet didn't expect Fang Yuan to punish him so thoroughly, and they still admired his righteous annihilation in their hearts, so they announced the end of the public trial in public and dismissed the meeting.

"Wait! The real culprit is still at large, how can the public trial end? ”

The person who spoke was still Gu Yanwu, he even rushed to the wooden platform and yelled at Fang Yuan, and Hu Qi's brocade guards immediately escorted him.

Fang Yuan ordered Jinyi Wei to let go of his hand, and asked Zhengrong, "Mr. Gu, in your opinion, who is the culprit?!" ”

Gu Yanwu pointed to Fang Yuan's door and said, "Isn't it you, Governor Fang?" Xu Hua, who committed the crime this time, was an official and businessman of Governor Fang; The dereliction of duty of the Suzhou government is under the jurisdiction of the governor's office; The brocade guard who protected him was the brother of Governor Fang. They committed a crime, and the governor of your side closed the case without knowing it? Governor Fang didn't derelict his duties at all? This is a little ghost, King Baoyan! ”

He dared to reprimand the governor Fang Yuan in public, he was extremely arrogant, and the princess on Fang Yuan's side couldn't stand it, and the husband was anxious, and he glanced at Hu Qi.

Hu Qi stepped forward angrily and scolded, "Arrogant and corrupt, bold and reckless, come here!" Drag him down for interrogation, is there a spy from the court behind it! ”

Gu Yanwu was not afraid, and retorted, "The world is the world of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how powerful Governor Fang is, he is also a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and it is natural for the imperial court to send people to monitor it." If Governor Fang wants to rebel, he can hang up the anti-flag, why hide it? ”

"Commander Hu! Retire! ”

Fang Yuan drank and ordered Hu Qi to retreat, and said to Gu Yanwu, "Mr. Gu is reasonable, although I didn't know about this big case in advance, but the case is under my jurisdiction, and I, as the governor of Zhejiang, cannot escape the blame. ”

"This time, the Governor's Mansion will thoroughly investigate the Xu family's Qinglou industry, but there are all the victim women who forced Liang to become prostitutes, and all of them will be ordered to be good, and the Governor's Office will arrange the livelihood of all the good women."

"This governor's council will launch another benevolent policy, starting next year, but all the old people who are more than the age of sixtieth, the governor's palace will give each person one stone of grain every year for the livelihood of the elderly!"

According to Fang Yuan's estimates, the average life expectancy of the Ming Dynasty is forty or fifty years old, and there are very few old people who can live to the age of the sixtieth year, and the entire Zhejiang and Fujian are less than one million people at most, and this benefit is equivalent to spending an extra million stone of grain every year.

To distribute grain to the old man in the age of the sixtieth year, it is still as much as one stone a year, which can be said to be a benevolent government that has never been seen since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and even in thousands of years of feudal dynasties, it is unheard of. In this way, the elderly without labor are not a burden to the family, but a source of income that can bring income to the family.

The onlookers were stunned for a moment, and then cheered enthusiastically.

"Governor Fang!"

"Governor Fang!"

The cheers were endless.

Even Gu Yanwu, who came forward to be a thorn, was stunned on the spot, and Fang Yuan's benevolent policy made him speechless.

At the end of the public trial, Fang Yuan ordered the onlookers to retreat, leaving only Gu Yanwu, who had taken the lead in the coaxing, alone.

Gu Yanwu thought that Fang Yuan was going to take revenge afterwards, and was slightly surprised, but since he dared to come out and scold, he had already expected the consequences, what should come would always come, and looked back at Fang Yuan fearlessly.