Chapter 14 Officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty - coercion and temptation
Yang Lin took dozens of brothers to escort the captives to the county seat, and along the way, local squires came out to greet them, crossed the Jialing River to the county seat, and taught and instructed (the ancient officials who managed the scholars of a county) with Wang Guangxian, Liu Xianfa and a large group of scholars standing by the city gate to greet them.
Someone laughed and asked Yang Lin to rely on a Wenjinshi first and then take a martial arts champion, so that the world's martial artists can see that we scholars are not empty talkers.
Seeing everyone boasting like this, Yang Lin didn't know what to do, so he was lucky.
The scholars accompanied them to the Zhizhou Yamen, and Zhizhou Li Yitian asked the Yamen to take care of Tianxing Liang Leopard and other criminals, and let Yang Lin meet alone.
After passing through several halls in a row to the third hall of the Yamen, that is, the place where Zhizhou lives in daily life, Zhizhou Li Yitian was sitting in danger waiting for the other party to see it, and then he actually took a few shots: "Bold Yang Lin, can you be guilty?" ”
Yang Lin was shocked, raised his head, and the second monk was puzzled, and shook his head again and again: "Students, I maintain local peace and lead the villagers to destroy the nest of local tyrants. ”
Li Yitian shook his head and said: "Don't mess around, this state is not talking about this, this state is talking about you setting up a private court to let go of dozens of bandits, and this state is talking about you swallowing the huge wealth of the local tyrants?" ”
Yang Lin shook his head and said: "My lord Mingjian, in addition to capturing more than 20 hardcore henchmen such as Tianxing Liang Leopard, the students destroyed the lair of the soil tyrant this time, and there are also dozens of homeless people who were coerced and bewitched.
Seeing that they were pitiful, the students wanted to let these people go, but these people were helpless and lonely, and besides, although they were not as cruel as the hardcore henchmen, they were lazy and lazy, and there were also thefts and thefts.
At that time, the matter was urgent, and the students discussed with the squires of Qixiang and Bali, and everyone thought that the land had been seriously abandoned in the past few years, and it was better to hand over these captives to the local lieutenant chief to manage, and let them reclaim the wasteland to pay for the sins of these years, and then become human beings.
My lord, this is the result of the public discussion at that time, and there are eight miles long and nearly a hundred A chiefs here. ”
Taking the book and glancing at it, Li Yitian shook his head and said, "Even so, it's very inappropriate."
In addition, I have heard that you have seized thousands of taels of property from the lair of the local tyrants, and I heard that you have taken most of them for yourself, but I don't know if there is such a thing? ”
Yang Lin shook his head and said, "My lord Mingjian, this is purely a rumor."
The local people hated it, everyone heard that the soldiers were going to take everyone to fight the bandits, and the surrounding villagers followed, and everyone fought to the death regardless of the casualties, so that they could capture the stars and leopards, and destroy the nest of the local tyrants.
During this period, although a large amount of property was seized from the rioters, the houses that were burned down by the villagers needed to be rebuilt, the villagers who died and wounded in the war needed to be compensated, and the villagers who participated in the destruction of the rioters needed to be rewarded.
My lord, this time the destruction of the lair of the local tyrant seized a total of 3,000 taels of silver (underreported), 1,000 loads of grain, and the remaining less than 1,000 taels of silver (underreported) were used to equip the soldiers, and the rest was distributed to the villagers.
My lord, I spent a total of 200 taels of silver to help the villagers rebuild their homes, 500 taels of silver to comfort the wounded and sick, 2,000 taels of silver to reward the villagers, and finally less than 1,000 taels of silver were left to improve the armor and equipment of the soldiers to prevent the local tyrants from coming back. ”
Li Yitian was furious, glared at the other party and said angrily: "You are a local squire, don't coerce the public opinion to go against the old man, the old man has many means to rectify you."
You're clever and flawless on the surface, but there's a lot to look for in you. ”
Shocked in his heart, Yang Lin shook his head again and again and said: "The adults have wronged the students, will they not protect the territory and the people, and destroy the nest of the local tyrants?"
Shouldn't the villagers be rewarded with me in the fight against the thugs despite the casualties? ”
Li Yitian was furious, and ordered the officials to be escorted to the biased room for reflection, but Yang Lin was not convinced and shouted loudly.
The door opened, and Master Wang of Zhizhou Yamen pushed the door in, and saw the angry other party laughing again and again.
Thinking quickly, he didn't pay attention to the other party at first, but seeing that the other party had no intention of leaving, Yang Lin's voice softened: "The old gentleman is here to save me, and I really don't know what crime I committed that angered Lord Zhizhou, and I hope that the old gentleman will make it clear."
Master Wang, who was emaciated, shook his head and said, "You, what a good young offspring, as long as you hone it well, your future will definitely be limitless."
You caught the Tianxing Liang Leopard, you smashed the lair of the local tyrant, not to mention the old man, even the adults are very happy.
But when you think about what you did next, isn't it all justified?
Dozens of captives will be released as you say, and the other party will be handed over to each other to work as slaves and servants, yes, even if it is labor reform according to your words, do you think that this is completely appropriate?
In addition, there are thousands of taels of silver from the local tyrants, and they are not more than a hundred miles away from the county seat, and they don't ask for instructions, and they are all in charge of the villagers, so you can tell me what you have done. ”
Holding back his laughter, lowering his head and looking remorseful, Yang Lin sighed: "Old man, I am young and thoughtful, and what I do is also flawed.
The old gentleman saved me, I just wanted to protect the country and the people, I didn't expect to make such a big mistake today. ”
Seeing that the other party was soft, Master Wang was overjoyed in his heart, but continued to count with a straight face: "It's good for young people to think like this, but you can't be too impulsive when you encounter problems."
A few years ago, there were people who rebelled, although you are simple-hearted, but it is difficult to guarantee that there are no good people who use this as an order to commit chaos.
Think about it, you have gathered more than 2,000 villagers to go to the soup to fight the fire and jointly expel the brutal local thugs. ”
A few years ago, it was also known that some scholars led the people to rebel (Ouyang Zhishu had it), but now when he heard Master Wang say this, although he felt funny, he still argued with reason: "Old Mr. Mingjian, students have been cultivating and studying for generations, how can they do things that insult their ancestors."
This time, the villagers followed the students to fight the local thugs, and it was because the local thyrs caused trouble in the township, but it was not because of the students. ”
Master Wang also met the order of Li Yitian of Zhizhou, but he just made Yang Lin soft, and now seeing that the other party is no longer as insistent as he was at the beginning, he immediately got straight to the point and wanted the other party to say things according to his own will.
The whole thing became very simple, just to grab the credit, from how to make the plan at the beginning, to how the yamen assisted, if there was none, it was said that there was, and then it was signed and handed over.
With political achievements and promotion, there is no silver in vain, and there is 100,000 vain silver in the Qing prefect's mansion in three years.
Yang Lin had no choice but to speak in the lobby according to Li Yitian and Master Wang's intentions, and then draw a charge on it.
Everyone was stunned, Wang Guangxian, Yang Wei and others were so angry that they shouted loudly, but everyone knew that they were coerced.