Although Zhu Ming made his fortune by robbing his family, he did not only use brute force. In fact, compared to this younger brother who eats in the public gate, the elder brother has to think further.

Fei Dashan may be because he has done too many good deeds, and there is only a pair of daughters under his knees who are about to be married, and the only son who has lived past one year has just been weaned......

Although Zhu Ming doesn't read much, he watches a lot of dramas, he instinctively doesn't have a good impression of Chang Bancheng, and he doesn't want to help at the moment...... But what if it falls into the ground?

After eating a fritter, Zhu Ming already had an idea in his heart, and he beckoned his younger brother and said, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Brother, you can really sit still."

"No matter how big it is, you still have to eat when you eat. Come, put a pair of chopsticks on the second master. Zhu Ming instructed: "What does Qiu Xianzun want to do, just let him do it according to the court system of the Great Song Dynasty, I am just a flat-headed commoner, and I don't have any honors." You are an errand of the government office, and it has nothing to do with the county government. ”

When Zhu Qing heard this, his heart chuckled, and he looked at his brother in disbelief: "Brother, you don't care about Chang Bancheng anymore?" ”

"He wants to attack Master Fei's property. I am the person invited by Master Fei. What do you say I do with him? Zhu Ming picked up the boiled broad beans and ate them beautifully: "Besides, what should I do about it, it's a matter of the government and the official." How do I ask? You don't have to worry about it, just eat this bowl of rice and do your own errands. ”

At the same time, in the Ya of Xia Cai County, the autumn dust of the county is like ants on a hot pot, and it is in a hurry. He said that it can be regarded as the home of Zhong Ming Ding Food, which was originally the Yelu royal family of the Great Liao Dynasty, but after the Liaozhong Dynasty changed Yelu to autumn, he became increasingly alienated from the royal family. The marshal of the three armies of the Liao State, the chief of staff, the first-class lord of the country, and the prince of Rui Qiushuinan during the time of Liao Gaozong were his ancestors. But the glory of these predecessors was a long time ago. Qiuchen's great-grandfather had already moved south to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and by his generation it was already the fourth generation and had a hundred years of time. He has almost forgotten about the scenery of his homeland, and occasionally a few letters from the north have no homesickness for him. In fact, since his father's generation, they have regarded the scenery on both sides of the Huai River as their hometown and regarded themselves as pure Han Chinese.

Song Guo has a good saying: Three lives are unfortunate, and the county is attached to Guo; Three lives do evil, attached to Guo Shoucheng; The evil is full of evil, attached to Guo Jingcheng.

The magistrate is the lowest level in the officialdom system - although for the common people, the county magistrate is a big official, but for the official, the position of the magistrate is really miserable. Qiuchen County Zun belongs to the category of "three lives doing evil", the Xia Cai County where he served is the county seat attached to Guo County, the capital city of Lianghuai Road (the residence of the political envoy), above him, the prefect of Shouzhou Mansion and the Lianghuai Road Transit Envoy crushed him to death, and he did any unlucky errands, which can be regarded as making people haggard.

No, early in the morning, there was a problem sent over? The people who came to sue were the workers of a coal mine under the name of Fei Dashanren, and it was strange to say that these workers usually like to complain, but today they are here to speak for Fei Dashanren.

They sued Fei Dashanren's cousin Chang Bancheng and the mine's chief Long Tao. It is said that the two of them colluded with each other, and the traffic bandits and hooligans intended to plot the minerals of the great good.

This is really ridiculous, Qiu Xianzun can see it at a glance: this is a coal mine, and it is not a pearl agate, but it is privately divided. Even if these two stupid pigs are occupied, can they still use a clever trick to turn this coal mine into nothing?

However, according to the system, since someone reported the case, Qiu Xianzun still has to ask about it, and there are a lot of plaintiffs in this case, dozens of defendants, and it also involves big people in the county.

"There are too many people, let them send two representatives in." Qiu Xianzun hid in the back hall and frowned, and the master beside him looked at the paper repeatedly, and thought about it: "Dong Weng, there is an article in this...... Not to mention anything else, just looking at the handwriting on this piece of paper, one is a learned person. Looking at the choice of words and sentences, it is definitely not something that those fortune tellers on the street can do. I'm afraid that behind these miners, there are also high-ranking people. ”

When Qiuchen heard this, his back was bent like a frightened cat: "What? What is the conspiracy behind this? ”

"This is not certain," the master lowered his voice: "This piece of paper is clearly about to bring down Chang Bancheng...... Don Wong, be cautious. The student heard that yesterday the Lord of the Mansion was very cautious......"

Qiuchen twisted his beard: "Zhu Ming, did they have a reply over there?" ”

Zhu Ming didn't go out, Zhu Qing went back to the mansion directly. Our people went up to ask, but Zhu Qing only said that it was a matter of the county government, and also said...... In the end, isn't it all the impartial judgment of the magistrate? ”

Qiuchen's eyes rolled: "Yes, I still ask the officials to deal with it fairly." Well, that's it, you order the people to prepare the paperwork first, and after I have asked the complainant, I will send these people to the magistrate's court. ”

According to the principle of separation of powers, the pro-people officials such as the county magistrate and the magistrate do not deal with criminal cases, but many things in the world are not black and white, and some contradictions are a mixture of civil and criminal affairs, while some problems are a mixture of criminal and public security.

Qiuchen, a pro-people official who was not very enthusiastic about taking chestnuts in the fire, was of course happy to send all the troubles out of the country, and hastily prepared some case documents and instructed his subordinates to pack the original defendant and witness evidence together and send them to the Shouzhou Prefecture Magistrate's Court (Xia Cai is attached to Guo County, and there is no county-level magistrate's court, but only a county-level public security official yamen. And this public security official yamen is only responsible for such trivial matters as gambling, sweeping pornography, and operating on the road. ）

After sending away the trouble, Qiu Xianzun didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief and drink a cup of tea. Then another person came to report: "Master, a pair of young people came to the door, saying that they were from your homeland, and asked if you could see them?" ”

Although Qiuchen has no feelings for the homeland of Da Liao, in the end, people are curious, and this place in Xia Cai is not a treaty port, and there may not be a Liao person who can come over for a few years. Qiuchen thought about it, and still ordered his subordinates: Please come in.

Not long after, Ma Zhan and Yuan Xue entered the back hall of the county government in a grand manner, and after greeting each other, the two sides talked about relatives and found that Ma Zhan's family and Qiuchen's family also had some relatives, and the two sides were naturally very happy. Qiu Chen ordered someone to serve good tea, sat down and asked; "The two of you didn't go to the famous city of Dayi, and came to the remote place of Xia Cai, I don't know what to teach?"

Ma Zhan said: "Don't dare, don't dare, it's better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles." When you go out to travel all over the world, the famous city of Dayi has its wonders, but if you want to see the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, some small inland cities cannot be ignored. ”

"Sure enough, there was something insightful." Qiuchen said: "I don't know what my brother can see?" ”

Ma Zhan said: "All dynasties in the world are the same, they are all built on the dry bones under the feet of the emperor. The industry of the Song Kingdom was very strong, and the locomotives produced were powerful, but every ton of coal carried the blood and tears of the miners, and under every railroad track was the leg bones of the road builders. ”

Qiushui jumped up from his seat all of a sudden: "You ...... It's reactionary rhetoric, you know? ”

Ma Zhan generously admitted: "I am a Mohist, and we Mohists never hide our opinions. ”

Qiushui looked at him: "Little brother, don't you tell me that you also planned this workers' lawsuit?" ”

"The workers were bullied, and we Mohists have always regarded ourselves as craftsmen, so we naturally acted bravely and did not hesitate."

"Did you know that you're in trouble this time? Is this Fei Jianren's mine? Your Mohists are incompatible with mine owners and factory owners like him. ”

"We know, but we believe, that we have the support of thousands of workers and that our cause is a just cause." Ma Zhan said confidently: "We also believe that you will also enforce the law impartially and deal with disputes between workers and mine owners from a fair perspective.