Yangzhou Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today's Yangzhou Mansion is very different from ordinary days, and there are countless people surrounding the yamen, so that the officials who maintain order are overwhelmed, and can only try their best to keep the people out of the yamen.

This is not a riot, nor is it a popular uprising, today...... It is the day when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince opens the court to hear the case of the Yellow Book!

Maybe in the past, these ordinary people didn't even know what the Yellow Book case meant, but these days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sent people to publicly explain the Yellow Book conscription system of the imperial court in the city, but many people have understood the specific content of the Yellow Book case.

I also understand why my own family will apportion so many conscriptions, and the roots are all on these black-hearted officials!

Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince opened the court to hear the case, and countless people flocked to see what kind of fate these corrupt officials had!

Above the main hall, a dry soap official held a water and fire stick, standing on both sides, with a solemn face.

Immediately after that, two people walked out of the back hall, one in front and one behind, one old and one young, the young man was wearing a dragon round-necked robe, heroic and extraordinary, walking in front, and the old man was slightly one step behind, and the crimson robe on his body was majestic and upright.

It was Zhu Changluo and Zhejiang Governor Liu Yuanlin!

"The grass people see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

There was an uneven sound outside the yamen, and all the people knelt down.

Zhu Changluo smiled slightly, did not speak, but turned his head to look at Liu Yuanlin inquiringly, the latter bowed his head slightly, did not say much, took a step forward, stood on the main hall, and said in a loud voice.

"Please command the flag!"

Beside Liu Yuanlin, there was already a blue-robed official standing, holding a plate in his hand, covered with yellow silk.

After Liu Yuanlin finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to lift the yellow silk, but saw a small blue flag and a round token quietly placed on the plate.

The blue flag is embroidered with dragon patterns, decorated with gold powder, square and wide two feet and six inches, with a command word in the middle, and the large seal of the military department is overlaid, which means that the army can be mobilized cheaply.

The token is blue and gold-primed, and the same word dragon and phoenix dance in the middle.

This is the royal flag, strictly speaking, Zhu Changluo held the royal flag in Liaodong before, not the flag, the so-called flag, naturally there must be a flag and a card, of course, at that time, Zhu Changluo did not have a flag in his hand, but it was inconvenient to carry, so he only took the token.

As soon as this thing came out, even Zhu Changluo saluted respectfully, bowed to the ground, and said respectfully.

"Son-in-law Zhu Changluo respectfully invites St. Ann!"

"St. Ann!"

Liu Yuanlin held the flag of the king's destiny in his hand, bowed in the direction of the capital, and said loudly.

With that, he respectfully placed the blue flag on the shelf behind him, took two steps back and shouted.

"Zhuqing get up!"

Zhu Changluo got up with a group of officials, and then Wang An took two steps back, walked to the yamen, and shouted loudly.

"The prince's edict, don't be polite!"

A cadre of ordinary people had to get up, and at this moment in the lobby, Zhu Changluo and Liu Yuanlin had already sat down separately, and Liu Yuanlin sat down in the middle of the main judge, and on the guest seat on the side, it was Zhu Changluo's position.

Although it is rumored outside that this case is presided over by His Royal Highness the Prince, but after all, the Qin mission sent by the imperial court is Liu Yuanlin, and Zhu Changluo's serious errand is the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, even in the will brought by Chen Liangbi, the wording is quite careful, and it is not specified that Zhu Changluo will be allowed to host the Yellow Book case, not to mention that the royal flag was given to Liu Yuanlin by the imperial court, and the detention of the head of a government must be the royal order flag.

According to the regulations, even if Zhu Changluo is the crown prince, he cannot tamper with the royal flag, so today's chief judge is still Liu Yuanlin.

Zhu Changluo knew the meaning of such an arrangement by the imperial court.

is nothing more than wanting to keep him, the prince, out of the matter, no matter how the case is concluded in the end, how many people are to be offended, as long as the presiding judge is not him, he can justifiably throw the responsibility to Liu Yuanlin.

And if the presiding judge is not Zhu Changluo, then with the relationship in the officialdom, there are more places to operate.

Zhu Changluo knew all these careful thoughts, but he didn't care, he had already made up his mind about this case, no matter how many people blocked him, they couldn't stop him.

"Take Yangzhou Governor Lu Qingzhi, and the government knows Lu Shancai!"

Liu Yuanlin sat on the main hall, patted the shocked wood lightly, and said.

The official at the bottom took two people in official robes into the lobby, and now Lu Qingzhi and Lu Shancai are no longer the high-spirited mansion lords they were at the beginning, although they are still wearing official robes, their eye sockets are deep-set, their faces are blue, and their complexions are very poor.

It's not that Zhu Changluo abused them, the prefect and the same governor are already considered to be big officials, even if Zhu Changluo can't do anything to them until he has tangible evidence.

Zhu Changluo just confined them to the government and didn't let them run around.

The daily servants and maids, diet and decoction are all available, but this Lu Qingzhi and Lu Shancai know how serious this Yellow Book case is, the psychological pressure is huge, and they are worried and trance every day, and these days, they have become like this.

"Lu Qingzhi, Lu Shancai, this official was ordered to inspect Zhejiang and investigate the Yellow Book case, and the Yellow Book of Yangzhou Mansion has a deficit of more than 43,200 households, do you two know about it?"

Twenty-six households of 43,000 households, this is the conclusion reached after Zhu Changluo sent the results to the government office after the imperial history inventory sent to various prefectures and counties.

It accounts for almost a quarter of the number of household registrations in Yangzhou Prefecture, that is, because of the yellow book alone, the number of forced labor borne by the people is nearly 30% more.

"This ...... Lord Governor, it has only been four years since the official arrived in Yangzhou Mansion, and he has not yet counted the number of yellow books, and there is such a big deficit, I really don't know! ”

Lu Qingzhi was quite calm, although he stammered, but the responsibility was pushed clean.

Liu Yuanlin sneered, but didn't say much to him, turned his head to Lu Shancai and asked.

"Lu Shancai, Lu Qingzhi said that he didn't know about this, so as the governor in charge of the Huang Shu administration, don't you know about this either?"

"This ......"

Lu Qingzhi can be regarded as a clean push, but Lu Shancai, who is the same governor of the government, is not good, as the second official of the prefect, he is in charge of the Huang Shu Zheng, saying that he does not know about this matter, it is absolutely impossible to explain.

Suddenly, a little sweat appeared on Lu Shancai's forehead.

"Still not answered!"

Liu Yuanlin didn't give him time to think about it, he was shocked, and asked sharply.

"Back to ...... Back to my lord, I really don't know where the lower officials came from, where did the deficit in the yellow book come from, it must be the officials below who falsely reported the yellow book, my lord, the lower officials are being deceived by others! ”

This Lu Shancai is also a little anxious, Lu Qingzhi put the responsibility on him, and he pushed the responsibility on the magistrate below.

However, Liu Yuanlin was not easy to fool, sneered, and continued.

"Take the experience of Li Mingxuan to experience the division!"