"Then it's not surprising."

Li Qian only said such a sentence to himself, which seemed a little inexplicable to Xiao Zhu, but he didn't give any explanation, so he waved his hand and said, "You go back first, I will deal with this matter." ”

Xiao Zhu's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Sir, is this going to take action in person?" ”

"What? Are you still planning to prepare a generous gift, but you can't thank me afterwards? Li Qian glanced at him and said angrily: "That's not a bad thing, I won't talk to you if you have more, it means that five hundred taels will be done, how about it?" ”

Xiao Zhu was taken aback, and said in his heart, Mr. is Mr.! Five hundred taels of silver is said lightly and skillfully, as if you can get it as soon as you stretch out your hand------ really when our household is the same as the yamen of the imperial court that prints money, how much treasure money is needed?

"Hehe------ he smiled and held out two fingers and gestured, "How about a discount?" ”

"Two hundred taels? Reluctantly------" Li Qian's expression looked reluctant, as if he had suffered a big loss.

"I can't take out two hundred------ Xiao Zhu made a bitter face and discussed: "Sir, for the sake of us being so familiar, you can cheat me!" Just a fixed price, how about twenty taels? ”

"Get out!" Li Qian kicked it over.

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If until now, Li Qian still doesn't understand the truth of the matter and who the opponent is, then he is really stupid.

Obviously, the Zhao family has already joined forces with Master Wang and started to deal with themselves.

In the previous matter of the household, few people knew in advance that they were pushing behind the scenes, but after the fact, they naturally couldn't hide it------ since the fast shift had changed camps, how could the little tricks he used earlier not be known by the king's master's book?

From the nails encountered when Xiao Zhu went to the countryside to collect taxes, to today's many customers who come to the store to complain, and even the soap shop was seized by the government------ this series of things are all related to themselves. To be more precise, the other party's spearhead is actually directed at himself, and Xiao Zhu is just being dragged by himself.

This can't be helped, who made him carve the word "Li" on his head a long time ago?

Li Qian had to admit that this time the matter was a little tricky, because the soap shop had been pushed to the forefront of public opinion. Even if he can finally prove that soap is harmless, it will be difficult to completely remove the shadow in the hearts of the people.

Although this law is not applicable to some industries in later generations------ most of the time, including the era in which Li Qian is now, word of mouth often directly determines the sales of products.

It's just that Li Qian knows that things will definitely not be so simple, and the other party should still have a backhand.

Sure enough, just as he was dealing with it, the back move of the Wang master and the Zhao family came out.

The next day, the brothers of the Zhang family in Taoli Village reported that Li Qian bought off Qian Ying, who was the warden of the household at the time, and Xu Jie, the leader of the Zhuang class, and other evil officials in Qiantang, relying on their power, forcibly bought the women of the good family as slaves and maids------

Li Qian didn't know which lawyer they hired to write the case, in short, on that piece of paper, he was demonized very thoroughly, and became a typical bully, a scum among literati, and everyone was punished------

Oh yes, the Zhang brothers are the two brothers of the stupid girl.

Li Qian's origin was too big, and the form was first handed to the Qiantang County Ya. Wang Zhixian took it, but he didn't dare to try it, so he submitted the case to the government office, and solemnly patted Li Qian's shoulder in the signing room, and said, "This county believes that you are innocent", and then left it alone------

After Governor Yao received the complaint, he did not dare to try it, and then the complaint was submitted to the Division.

Ning Shao attaches great importance to this, but the deputy envoy believes that the person involved in the case is a eunuch of Zhishi, and he is valued by the Son of Heaven, so he must be cautious in dealing with this case, and there can be no negligence! Yes, it would be more appropriate for you to hear it in person------

After some prevarication, the case was finally submitted to the desk of the Zhejiang prosecutor.

According to the inspector, the envoy also wanted to push, but he found that he couldn't push it, and if he went up, he would have to push it to the Jingshi Criminal Department------ a big case, you are embarrassed to alarm the six departments? Do you know that the Beijing officials are also very busy?

The power of the province in the Ming Dynasty was divided into three, and the highest administrative yamen in the local area was the political envoy who undertook the proclamation, and the judicial department was the one who was sentenced to justice, and the envoy was naturally in charge of the army. The separation of powers is mainly aimed at forming a situation of mutual checks and balances.

Among them, under the Department of Inspectors, the imperial court also has a Department of Inspectors to supervise the administration and justice, all of which are filled by the deputy envoys or the Inspectors. For example, Zhejiang is divided into four sub-divisions of Ningshao, Wentai, Jinzhi and Yanqu, and the remaining three prefectures of Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou are directly under the jurisdiction of the Inspectorate Department.

According to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, referred to as the Division, the official in charge is also called the Inspector Envoy.

In this way, the deputy envoy's prevarication seems very reasonable. After all, he was only directly responsible for the affairs of Ningbo and Shaoxing, and it was only because of the Yamen of the Imperial Envoy Division, who often traveled back and forth to the Fucheng, that the Yao Governor's Mansion was arrested------ and this kind of subordinate who did not make people feel at ease could simply give an order and order someone to drag him out and kill him!

Lord Zhentai, who had no place to pour his stomach with bitter water, had no choice but to pinch his nose and take the case, and issued a summons to Li Qian.

The public who came was very polite to him, and did not directly order the detention of people, but a flattering smile on his face, a vigorous shush and warmth, a flood of words, and sycophants------ Li Qian felt that this person did not look like a descendant who had come to the court to be tried, and it was more appropriate to say that the community sent warmth.

This is the advantage of "not being a sergeant".

Generally speaking, even if a scholar with a meritorious name violates the law of the country, the local government cannot use the shackles at will before the case is decided, otherwise he will commit public anger. If the other party is just a showman, it is okay to say, the status is not too high, and if he commits a crime, he can be handed over to the academic and political yamen to deal with, and the master of learning can take his fame with a word.

But Li Qian is a Jinshi!

Not only did he have two Jinshi, but he also stepped into the court with one foot, and then quickly retreated, and even luckily gave him a painting of the Son of Heaven Mobao------ such a courtier who was in the heart of the emperor, even if he was in the countryside and the mountain was far away from the emperor, the magistrate had to talk to him politely.

Without him, just because he has the right to play the Son of Heaven directly, the music can be directly delivered to the royal driver.

Therefore, as a provincial Daxian, Lord Zhentai has to wait carefully for this master------ there is no way, this guy has already jumped out of the Three Realms and is not in the Five Elements.

If he is in officialdom, it is easy to say, and he will have a bunch of handles. But people are now obsessed with the countryside, living in a simple place, having no job on their bodies, and having no power in their hands, giving a eunuch to Shi, which is the transcendent state of "no official and light", how much handle can you hold?

The person who came stayed for a long time, chattered for a long time, although he had already pointed out the main idea, but he still did not explain the specific time of passing the hall, and put on a posture of gossiping with Li Qian. With that enthusiasm, he was about to catch up with the seven aunts and eight aunts, so he almost didn't ask him if he would bring his girlfriend home for the New Year this year------

Li Qian felt a little impatient, so he waved his hand to interrupt his words and asked directly: "When will I pass the court?" ”

"Well------ this one" The person who came looked at him, looked slightly puzzled, and then continued: "Daxian didn't say exactly when he would pass the court, but only asked the humble post to send you a summons, and you should ask Daxian in person for the specific details of the court." ”

Li Qian was stunned for a long time when he heard this, looked at him in disbelief and said, "There is still this kind of operation? ”

The messenger scratched his head, as if it was a little difficult to understand the meaning of his words, and nodded after a while: "I guess, my family is such an attitude, you can see when it will be, and then you will go to the Yamen in person." ”

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Li Qian is a little reminiscative, daring to love this is a privilege! In other words, his current identity is enough to get the attention of a provincial constitution, that is, even for such a thing as questioning a case, as a defendant, he has the right to know the attitude of the presiding judge in advance------ dare to love himself is now the number one person!

It's a shame that before this, I still underestimated the official body of the seven-grade sesame official------

What he didn't know was that people were willing to sell his face according to the inspector, and it was not all because of the identity of the eunuch of Zhishi. Relatively speaking, the Son of Heaven ink treasure in his hand is much more important than this.

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Zhejiang's three divisions of the yamen are all stationed in the city of Hangzhou, and the distance between them is not too far, and the yamen of the division is a hundred steps away from the domain.

Since people are willing to give face, they have to hurry up, otherwise they don't know how to lift. Therefore, after Li Qian received the summons, he didn't dare to slack off for a moment, and directly followed the little official of the priest to the yamen.

It has to be said that the Yamen of the Inspectorate is more imposing than the Domain, and the reason for such an impression is not all because of the architecture.

According to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, the overall atmosphere is more solemn and solemn than many other yamen, that is, even the guards of the gate, the waist is extremely straight, and the face is even more unsmiling, which shows that the current court officials have extraordinary means of governing the government.

Entering the gate and moving all the way, Li Qian will see a certain subordinate official in a public uniform from time to time, all of them look majestic, so not magnificent------ no wonder people often say that "people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles", and when the vest is put on, the whole person can reveal a "selfless iron face" from the inside out.

As the highest-level institution in a province, according to the Prosecutor's Department, the criminal name and impeachment are also among the Feng Xian officials, and the subordinate officials, regardless of their rank, are all dressed in a badger and a pig, which is the same as the imperial history.

Li Qian followed the messenger to the back office and stopped at the door.

The messenger left a word for him to wait for a moment, and then went straight inside to report it.