The rental and sale plan of the City God Temple was a great success, and the news of the new tile shop of the City God Temple attracted heated discussions and expectations from the people of the county, although there were some opponents, but after all, the opponents were only a very few, and these opposition voices were soon drowned in the enthusiastic discussion of the county.

In addition to the three pieces of land taken by the county lieutenant and the county magistrate at a very low internal price, the other seven pieces of land were sold for 22,000 yuan, which fully achieved the expected results.

The land lease and sale of the Chenghuang Temple enabled Jiayu County to obtain an income of 25,000 yuan, and after deducting the expenses for building houses, the county government received at least 18,000 yuan in income, not only paying off all debts, paying off the arrears of salaries, but also the balance of more than 10,000 yuan.

For a while, Li Yanqing was praised by the people of the city, and Li Qingtian's title began to appear.

The day after the land auction, Li Yanqing asked the county governor Zhou Ping to go to the capital on a mission to discuss with Baoyanzhai about leasing a public field in Jiayu County to set up a flower estate.

It was only at this time that Zhou Ping knew about the relationship between Li Yanqing and Bao Yanzhai, and while he was amazed, he also boosted his confidence and happily went to Beijing to negotiate.

Just five days after Zhou Ping left, a special guest came to Jiayu County, a big ship with the flag of the state government slowly arrived at the dock of Jiayu County, and there was a middle-aged scribe about fifty years old standing in the bow, he wore a light cyan shirt, wearing a gauze hat, medium stature, very well maintained, fair skin, a long beard under the chin, looking extremely elegant.

This middle-aged scribe is Wang Boyan, the governor of Ezhou, his official position in the imperial court is Yu Bulangzhong, and he was sent to Ezhou to serve as the governor, Wang Boyan is a native of Huizhou, Chongning two years of Jinshi, and came to Ezhou to serve at the beginning of last year.

Today, of course, he came to Jiayu County to pay a visit to Li Yanqing, who was deposed and came here, as for the unauthorized leasing and sale of land in Jiayu County a few days ago, he had also heard about it, but he pretended not to know anything, since Li Yanqing did not apply to him and did not report the matter to the state, of course he did not know, otherwise how would he deal with this thorny matter?

As the highest governor of a state, Wang Boyan is also very aware of the financial difficulties of the counties in Ezhou, but he has no choice, this is a problem that exists in the entire Great Song Dynasty, not that he can solve it, even the small Tongcheng County has to feed more than 70 officials, in addition to using various means to raise taxes and exploit the peasants, how can he afford to support so many people?

Therefore, Jiayu County sells official land to save itself, although it is illegal but reasonable.

The boat approached the dock, and an attendant whispered: "Do you want to go and inform the county government first?" ”

Wang Boyan waved his hand, "Don't disturb them, let's go by ourselves." ”

He got off the boat and took two entourages to hire an ox cart and went to the county, along the way, the coachman spat and praised them for the new county commander, "God bless, send away a Wang county commander who doesn't care about the life or death of the people, and finally a Qingtian county lord came, this is the luck of our Jiayu people!" ”

Wang Boyan was very surprised, Li Yanqing had only been here for a few days, and he was called Qingtian, so he asked with a smile: "Tell me, what did he do that he was actually called Qingtian?" ”

"Isn't it great that he built a tile shop as soon as he came, so that we, the low-level people, could have more small shops to eat, which was convenient for the people?"

"What else?"

"He sold the land to get the money, so he began to renovate the wharf, the wharf is repaired, more ships dock, our business will be better, I heard that three primary schools will be built, and our poor children can also go to study for free for two years, know some words, unlike rough people like us, who can't read a word, and.... To restore the nursing home and Anjifang, which have been suspended for nearly ten years, how many lonely elderly and homeless orphans can have a bite to eat, this is the heart of the Bodhisattva! What does such a good official call if he doesn't call Qingtian? ”

Wang Boyan nodded and smiled: "It seems that he is really a good official." ”

"Of course he is a good official, we hope that he can stay in Jiayu County all the time."

Wang Boyan smiled, he knew very well in his heart that Li Yanqing would stay in Jiayu County for a few years at most, and as long as the prince ascended the throne, the members of the Fan Party would completely turn over.

After a while, they came to the county office, only to see a lot of onlookers at the gate of the county office, Wang Boyan got out of the carriage and walked up, it turned out that Li Yanqing was trying the case, Wang Boyan was quite curious, and also stood aside to watch.

Someone next to him discussed: "This Zhang Sanya is so unreasonable, the box that people picked up on the shore has been publicized for more than 30 days, and it should belong to others, but he still has to file a lawsuit to claim the return of the goods, how can the county order award the things to him?" ”

Wang Boyan immediately understood the facts of the case, and there was a clear provision in the Song Criminal System that after picking up the ownerless items and reporting them to the official, the government issued a notice for 30 days, and if the owner did not come to claim it within 30 days, the items would belong to the person who picked them up, which was a measure to encourage the collection of gold.

He wanted to see how Li Yanqing tried this case?

"Qiyu County Jun, this box is I accidentally fell into the river from the boat, I was chasing this box all the way, when I met the person who picked up the box, and asked him if he saw a box, he said he didn't see it, he continued to look for it along the river, but he hid the box privately, and now he wants to legally take possession of it, it is clear that he violated the law first, this box can not belong to him!"

The man who picked up the box was a boatman, and he hurriedly argued: "I admit to seeing this man, but I didn't pick up the box at that time, and I found it on the river after he went away, and I couldn't find out where he was?" It can only be handed over to the government, if I have the intention to hide, I will not hand it over to the government at all, no one knows, now that thirty days have passed, he will not come to collect it himself, and he will not jump out until the box should belong to me, the responsibility is clearly his, what does it have to do with me? ”

Wang Boyan secretly thought, this case is interesting, it just happened to drill into the loophole stipulated by the Song Criminal System, and the key to the case is when did the boatman get the box? Whether it is before or after the owner asks.

Li Yanqing patted the wood in surprise and asked, "Wang Chuanzi, let me ask you, what is in the box?" ”

"That's it..... Some women's clothes and a wooden box with some gold and silver jewelry. ”

"That's what I bought from Jiangxia for a thousand yuan to give to my lady at home, it's my thing, you can't take it for yourself."

"The official didn't ask you, if you dare to interject indiscriminately, beware of the official driving you out of the yamen!"

Li Yanqing glared at Zhang Sanyazi angrily, and asked the boatman again, "When did you open the box to see?" ”

"The villain only opened the box after receiving it back the day before yesterday, and the villain didn't dare to open the box before, in case the owner came to say that something was missing, the villain couldn't say clearly."

"I ask you again, how many pieces of gold and silver jewelry are there? What are they like? ”

"There are about a dozen of them! I can't tell what the villain looks like, anyway, it's shiny, and the villain's eyes are dazzled. ”

Li Yanqing asked the owner again: "How many pieces of jewelry did you say, how much gold and how much silver?" ”

Sanyazi hurriedly said: "There are fifteen pieces in total, twelve pieces of silver, and three pieces of gold." ”

"Where did you buy it?"

"Jiangxia Jinfulou jewelry store, the villain felt that the gold and silver were rising too fast, so he exchanged all the 1,000 yuan for gold and silver jewelry."

Li Yanqing nodded, and asked again, "How long did it take for the box to fall into the water before you met this boat?" ”

"About a quarter of an hour."

A quarter of an hour is half an hour, and Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Bring the box up!" ”

The two officials carried the wooden box up to the lobby, and Li Yanqing ordered again: "Open!" ”

The box was opened, and inside was a pile of women's dresses, which had become moldy, and the official took out a wooden box, and when he opened it, there were more than a dozen pieces of dark gray jewelry.

'Smack! Li Yanqing was shocked and shouted: "Wang Chuanzi, are you guilty?" ”

The boatman was so frightened that he knelt down, "The villain knows.... What sin do you know? ”

"You keep saying that you don't dare to open the box, for fear that the owner will find you trouble, saying that it was a box that was opened only the day before yesterday, but you said that it was all shiny jewelry, and your eyes were dazzled, you opened the dog's eyes to see, is this a shiny jewelry?"

The boatman was stunned, and said for a while: "Villain.... Just casually talking. ”

"Humph! You didn't just say it, you found the box and opened it, it was indeed shiny jewelry at that time, but the box got into the water, and after another month, the silverware would become dark and colorless, and you clearly wanted to swallow the box privately, but the owner asked you, and you were afraid, so you didn't dare to hide it privately, and wanted to take possession legally, so you reported it to the official. ”

The boat said in a panic: "The villain.... The villain lied, he opened the box first, but he must have found the box after he asked, and the villain should not lie. ”

"Dare to be stubborn, since you want to return it to the owner, why don't you tell the government that you have seen the owner, but you conceal this fact?"

"Because the villain can't find the owner?"

"It's nonsense, how can a person who fishes on the river not know the passenger boat that the owner is on, you really have the heart to return him, you don't need to report to the official at all, you clearly want to take possession of this box from the beginning, if you still dare to quibble, I will find the passenger boat driver now, see if you recognize him?"

The boat finally collapsed, and kowtowed again and again: "The villain was blinded by lard, and he became greedy for a while, so he begged the lord for forgiveness!" ”

"Although you are a minor mistake, you don't have to go to jail, but the punishment is inevitable, drag it down and get fifty strokes!"

Zhang Sanyazi's things were lost and recovered, and he was overjoyed, and bowed down and said: "County Order Mingjian, thank you for the county order!" ”

Li Yanqing said coldly to him: "The things can be returned to you, but you are also at fault, thirty days after claiming it, it will aggravate the ship's immorality, punish you to bear the ship's medical expenses and lost work expenses, and return the things to you after the boat is injured!" ”

The hall suddenly remembered a round of applause, Wang Boyan stepped forward and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being the imperial history who is responsible for the trial, and the judgment of the case is really clever, admire!" ”

Li Yanqing glanced at him, "Who are you?" ”

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