In the cheers of the people, Zhang Kuang silently retreated, and when he passed by Meng Zhengfa's side, he took a deep look at him, and Meng Zhengfa immediately lowered his head, hiding the resentment on his face.

In the small square, Lu Renqing's excited voice echoed.

"Folks, today is the first day of the establishment of the trial bureau, and since the court has been erected, of course the case will be tried."

The onlookers and the wealthy gentry all widened their eyes in surprise, they didn't expect that they were going to move seriously today, and they didn't know who was the first unlucky ghost!

"The first case, the case of Yu Jiaerlang in Baini Town, with the plaintiff Yu Po and Yu Sister-in-law's family, the defendant Meng Zhengyang, the fourth son of the Meng family, and the housekeeper Meng Quan."

With Lu Renqing's voice, Meng Zhengfa's body trembled slightly, although he knew that Wang Kefan was going to take the Meng family, he still couldn't help but lose his temper.

Yu Saburo accompanied Yu Po Yu and his sister-in-law to the humble court, and saw that the opposite side was Meng Zhengyang and Meng Quan, two enemies, Yu Po and Yu immediately knelt on the ground, crying and crying to the hall, and the child in his arms was also frightened and cried, and the orphans and widows were sympathetic.

Yu Saburo handed over the paper, Zheng Xuan took it, read it aloud first, and explained it to the onlookers.

The facts of the case are very simple, and it is clear that when Meng Zhengyang and Meng Quan were arrested by the Gongyi Battalion, they had already suffered a lot, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to deny it in the slightest. Hearing that the Meng family did not hesitate to fabricate charges to kill Yu Jiaerlang in order to seize a small shop, the people were excited, and they shouted to severely punish the Meng family bullies.

"Meng Zhengyang plotted other people's property and instigated Meng Quan and others to kill Yu Erlang, which has violated the laws and regulations of Chapter XX and Chapter XX of the "Da Ming Law", and should be severely punished!" Lu Renqing made a summary, turned around and saluted Zhang Kuang: "However, this case involves Brother Shenggong (Meng Zhengfa), who is a powerful person around Zhang Observation, how to deal with it, and please show Zhang Observation." ”

Zhang Kuang's face turned red.

Wang Kefan had already been angry with him before, Zhang Kuang was forced to agree to lose the car and protect the handsome, and let the Meng family admit guilt and accept punishment, but Lu Renqing forced Zhang Kuang to take his henchmen under the knife in front of so many people, which was a slap in the face.

Furious, he couldn't hold back any longer and exploded violently.

"Meng Zhengfa, how do you manage your family? Meng Zhengyang is an unscrupulous thief, and he must be severely punished! Punish! ……”

Roaring, roaring hoarsely, Zhang Kuang pointed at Meng Zhengfa's nose and scolded, venting the anger in his heart to the fullest, although he was slapped hard, he could only bow his head softly, and he could only take Meng Zhengfa to vent his anger, knock out his teeth and swallow blood.

Most of the onlookers were sympathetic and kind people, and they were deeply moved by him. This old man is really a good official, look at him who makes him angry!

"Yes, Lord Observation has just said that the trial bureau should be strict in investigating the case!" Wang Kefan stepped forward and interjected: "But there is a rule for everything, and the trial bureau cannot act arbitrarily, and the judgment of the case must be based on the "Da Ming Law"!" ”

There are a lot of provisions in the "Da Ming Law", and some of them overlap with each other, and the same case can be handled with different articles, and the results are very different.

Master Zheng Xuan Zheng is a talent in this area, under the instruction of Wang Kefan, he has already carefully selected the corresponding terms, and what he has to do now is just to put on a show in front of the people.

He discussed with Lu Renqing and Wang Sheng, and then announced in public that Meng Zheng raised his staff for 30 days, put him in prison for 10 days, and fined 200 taels of silver to compensate Yu Po's family.

With a bang, the people were excited, they didn't expect the first case to cut off their brains, it was so exciting!

Meng Zhengyang was executed on the spot, and he was beaten and wailed, but Meng Quan was completely frightened, and he was paralyzed on the ground and did not cry out for injustice, and several soldiers from the Gongyi battalion dragged him down.

Meng Zhengfa took two steps forward and bowed deeply to Yu Po's family: "Brother Shei has committed such a big crime, Zhengfa is ashamed, and he is willing to double the compensation for the old lady and send four hundred taels of silver tomorrow." ”

After he said this, he didn't care about Meng Zhengyang, who was still executing, lowered his head through the crowd and went to take care of himself. The people looked ashamed of him, and they all felt sympathy, and felt that this matter was no wonder to be right, and they got out of the way together.

"The second case, the case of Long Maochang selling illicit salt, the defendant below, Hu XX, the shopkeeper of Long Maochang, ......" Lu Renqing's voice sounded again.

After Hu Daguan was brought up, he kept shouting: "The villain is wronged!" Xu Daling, Long Maochang donates hundreds of taels of silver to the county government every year, and he should not be wronged! Chapter observation, you know the villain, you can't see death without saving! ”

Zhang Kuang had just received his generous gift a few days ago, and when he heard what he said, his face immediately changed, and he glanced at Xu Bingzhong, and a servant stepped forward and snapped a few times, and slapped his mouth with a bamboo board, and a blood oozed from Hu Daguan's mouth, and his voice became vague.

Xu Bingzhong's face showed an unbearable look, the fields of the Ming Dynasty had to be handed over, and most of the income in the county government came from the merchant Yaxing, this Hu Daguan was also a guest of the county government, and now his appearance is really miserable.

But this is all Hu Daguan's own fault, he picked up the brand of "being rich and unkind", and wanted to frame Wang Kefan with Zhang Kuang's shili, Wang Kefan has been holding back, once he counterattacked, it was an unstoppable thunderbolt method. I don't know where he got the evidence, after the implementation of the Gongyi camp in the past few days, every article, every piece is a certainty, even if the king of heaven and Laozi comes, he can't overturn the case for Long Maochang.

With the evidence, the case was judged smoothly, Hu Daguan and his subordinates were respectively punished with a prison rod, the flail was displayed to the public, Long Maochang was seized, and all property was confiscated.

A group of tooth businessmen Jia was stunned, looking at Hu Daguan with a bloody face in fear, and then secretly looked at Wang Kefan, looked at Zhang Kuang, lowered his head, and did not dare to come out.

Jing Liang came to them with a newly made merit book, so that every tooth dealer could see it one by one, and in a few days it would be the Lunar New Year, and the merit and fruit silver for each month next year would be clearly marked.

Fortunately, the number is much less than the first time, one hundred taels more than one hundred taels and thirty or fifty less from each dental dealer, all of which are within the range of bearing, although there is still some pain, but at this moment, who dares to say half a word.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Huguang is not quiet, from next year, all the big families in each township will also donate a certain amount of meritorious silver, which will be used to train the whole army and protect the territory and the people...... Wang Kefan finally made a move on the gentry, the peasant army and the Qing army are about to enter Huguang, and the war of resistance against the Qing Dynasty will be overwhelming, and he is not afraid of offending these gentry.

Of course, Wang Kefan was not prepared to turn against the entire gentry class, but to cooperate with most of them, using their liliang and resources......

Heiyu squeezed in the crowd, until he saw the end of the trial, turned around and walked towards the Gongyi camp, at this time, his face was no longer confused, and his eyes were clear and firm.

Zhou Guodong and others have been watching the excitement, there is a question that has been held back for a long time, and after returning to the barracks with Wang Kefan, they finally have the opportunity to ask: "Yuntai, the Meng family's crime is not only this one, with the evidence we have, we can uproot the Meng family, even if Meng Zhengfa can't get rid of it." Could it be ...... Are you still afraid of Zhang Kuang and show mercy to the Meng family? ”

"Hehe, after today's incident, Zhang Kuang has been offended severely, so why should I show mercy." Wang Kefan smiled: "What I'm afraid of is not Zhang Kuang, but other rich gentlemen......

If you are too ruthless against the Meng family, it will arouse the vigilance and uneasiness of other gentry and wealthy households, and even cause a strong backlash. Killing the housekeeper Meng Quan, and Yu Erlang's life is worth a life, and he has a good grasp of proportion, and most of the other powerful families will choose to cooperate when they see such a result, rather than a confrontation in which the fish are dead and the net is broken.

Over the past few days, Wang Kefan has punched and kicked and carved out a world of his own, but at the same time, he has also offended a large number of people, including civil officials and military generals, as well as gentry and businessmen, Shili, except for the people at the bottom, almost all sides of the enemy.

He has no channels for exploiting ordinary people, and if the troops want to survive and develop, they will come into conflict with various interest groups.

After a moment of silence, Wang Kefan suddenly raised his head and said to Zhou Guodong: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, I want to go to Tongshan and meet the two old people in Lingzun Lingtang." ”

Tongshan County is Zhou Guodong's hometown.

Li Zicheng died in Jiugong Mountain, Tongshan County, Hubei.

(End of Volume 1)