In front of the Nanchan Temple in Songjiang Prefecture, in the mansion of Xu Ying, the third son of Xu Jie, a scribe wearing a green straight jacket held a piece of paper and read in a tone of voice: "The complainant Liu Xia plantar ...... Day and night, he was tortured with artillery and burned, and forced to sacrifice 300 acres of Shouyang Weitian, with a deed and no handover, and waited for the tiger to witness...... The supreme king of stealing Siwu is still humiliated by knocking on the horse, not to mention the ants, who eagerly sue ......"

"Hahaha......" Listening to his strange tone, everyone in the hall seemed to see the appearance of the King of Haiyan blowing his beard and glaring angrily, and they all leaned back and laughed, some exaggerated, holding their stomachs, and even laughing out of tears.

Laughing enough, Xu Ke, the son of Xu Jie, who was sitting next to Xu Ying, wiped his tears and pointed at the scribe and said: "Nan'e, you are a narrow ghost, Mr. Changhe's bitter and hateful state has been turned into a farce by you." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just to make him look foreign...... "The one who is called Mr. Changhe, called Dong Ji, is a scribe who is not the first, and he joined Xu Ying as a friend, this person has a bad trick, I don't know how many people's land and house properties he helped Xu Ying skillfully take away, so he is very valued by Xu Ying, and he is asked for advice on everything.

This time, Hai Rui came to Songjiang to make the wind and rain, Xu Jiashu made a big move, and the leaves were dense to cause the rain, so he naturally bore the brunt. Although Hai Rui still paid attention to maintaining the reputation of the Xu family father and son, a large number of their family slaves still became the key targets, and they were asked by the government to return to the land. The house slaves cried in front of them all day long, and how many fields were taken away, and those eunuchs who had made good friends in the past also frequently came to the house to ask for advice.

Xu Jie's four sons, the eldest Xu Fan was once an official to the squire, and the second Xu Kun presided over the housework all the year round when his father was not at home, so his temperament was calm, and it was impossible to be this up-and-coming bird. But the remaining two sons, Xu Ying and Xu Ke, have been high-ranking officials in the imperial court since they were sensible, and their families are also wealthy, plus they have lived with their grandmothers since they were children, and they have been doted on and lack of education, so they have developed a high-flying and arrogant temperament. In their opinion, the Xu family is the master of Songjiang's one-third of an acre, how can he be allowed to be wild with the surname Hai?

The strong dragon still doesn't crush the head snake! So the two brothers decided to teach Hai Rui a lesson under the influence of a bad friend, and as for the heavy responsibility of coming up with ideas, it naturally fell on Mr. Changhe Dong Ji. Supposedly against the government...... And it is against the king of Haiyan, this kind of high-risk errand is avoided by ordinary people, but this Dong Ji always felt that he had no talent, and he wished that he had such a chance to prove it, so he readily agreed, concocted this shady and mean 'anonymous statement', and then sent someone to post it on the streets and alleys of Songjiang City at night to give Hai Rui an ugly look.

Listening to the content of this statement, the Xu family brothers really felt very enjoyed. But after laughing, he felt that he was not strong enough, Xu Ke squinted his eyes and said: "This kind of method is certainly relieving, but it seems to be of no other use except to provoke the sea madman and help those mud legs even harder." ”

"It's just to make Hai Rui angry," Dong Ji twisted a few sparse mouse whiskers, squinted a pair of goldfish eyes and said: "He must have guessed that it was our gentleman who did it, but he couldn't know who did it, so he could only put his anger on the case." Saying that, he grinned and smiled: "He must think, I asked you to sarcastically mock me, Lao Tzu sentenced a few more cases, and recovered some land for those mud-legged people, which is the best revenge!" ”

"But what's in it for us?" Xu Ke rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you losing 'watermelon picking sesame seeds'?" ”

"The fourth prince is wrong," Dong Ji's head shook like a rattle, and said with a smile: "You must know that you are reluctant to let the child trap and not find a wolf......

"Mr. Changhe, don't sell it," Xu Ying got tired of looking at Dong Ji's poor appearance, but who let herself count on him? He smiled dryly: "Tell the fourth child about our next step." Everyone also chimed in: "Yes, Mr. Changhe, let's talk about it." ”

"Order." Dong Ji Tuantuan clenched his fists, and said with pride on his face: "In fact, the student wrote this 'anonymous statement', not as simple as venting his anger for everyone, but to add fuel to Hai Rui's fire, and to make him hate us to the core, indiscriminately helping the sufferer." He paused, pinched his beard and sneered: "I heard that this Haigang Peak said to his subordinates, 'Things are fighting for property, rather than succumbing to the small people, rather than succumbing to the eunuchs', how paranoid and arbitrary is this?" How can there be no unjust, false and wrongful convictions? There are many unjust, false and wrongful cases, how can the above not deal with him? ”

"That's a good point," said a squire, "but his reputation is too good, and the backstage is too good, so it's okay to wait for a casual judgment." ”

"Then make a mess for him!" Dong Ji unfolded the folding fan and said coldly: "You must know that the ground of Songjiang is far from being so simple, in addition to rich township officials, peasant tenants, there are also a large number of idle, greedy for enjoyment, addicted to gambling, and abducted...... These people all have a common characteristic, that is, they have no property, and in the eyes of Hai people, they are considered standard 'poor'. ”

"These Diao people are greedy and cunning, and seeing that the governor's judgment is mostly inclined to small people, they have long had the idea of taking the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and get rich overnight." Dong Ji shook his fan and said: "We can just push the boat down the river, and persuade them to go to Hai Rui to complain, fabricate evidence, and seek to seize the property of the rich family." ”

"What kind of bullshit idea is this?" Xu Ke said impatiently: "Speaking of which, I can't talk about it at all, no wonder I can't pass the exam in my life." Directly made Dong Ji's face flushed.

"In fact, those Diao people have done this a long time ago, but the rich people are strictly guarded, and few of them succeed." Over there, Xu Ying had no choice but to take over the conversation and said: "But if we let people release the water and deliberately don't take out the deed notes, it will be a different scene." ”

"I can't produce any evidence, it's a 'two-case case'," everyone said suddenly: "Lord Nahai will inevitably award the land property to Diao Min." ”

"Yes!" Dong Jixin said, obviously it was my idea, but I couldn't let others steal the limelight, and regardless of the heat on my face, I hurriedly said: "As soon as there are many such cases, we can let those landlords who have been seized of their property go to Nanjing to make trouble, or even go to Beijing to make trouble...... Those who are looking for our imperial history will definitely not let go of this opportunity, make a big fuss, and give Hai Rui a good look. ”

"Great idea!" Everyone understood at this time, and suddenly cheered up and said, "That's it!" ”

"Good guy," Xu Ke also changed his face, patted Dong Ji's shoulder with a smile and said, "Sure enough, it's our ovary." ”

"Where is ......" Dong Ji can be regarded as raising his eyebrows, so he assigned the task to give Hai Rui a good look.

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The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, this sentence is very reasonable. Even if you are the governor, even if you are Hai Rui, once the head snake wants to make it bad, you still can't prevent it.

In fact, Hai Rui's mind has always been very clear-headed, and he clearly pointed out in the "Governor's Treaty": 'Diao Feng is prevalent in Jiangnan', so 'Diao Notice' is not accepted. But the so-called 'confession' naturally means letting people sue, and due to various reasons, we have to deal with more than 300 cases every day. He can only uphold the principle of fairness and efficiency, and try his best to eliminate those who complain and punish them severely.

He stipulated that, in accordance with the "Da Ming Law", those who complained about the complaint would be given 20 rods and a flail for eight days. As a result, every day, there would be seven or eight or a dozen 'Diao Min' who had been beaten to the point and wore shackles outside the yamen, but they still could not prevent the occasional Diao Min from succeeding.

So on the streets of Songjiang Mansion, from time to time, there are rumors such as 'a certain Diao people falsely accused a certain rich family of success and got 500 acres of land at once,' a certain rotten gambler was originally poor, but with the blessing of Lord Tuohai, he became rich overnight'. And the rules of Haida, which were originally kept secret, have also become a well-known secret. So there is a 'famous saying' in the market, 'It is better to plant a fertile field than to be thin'. Some scoundrels, with the dream of getting rich overnight, called friends, fabricated facts, and swarmed to sue rich township officials.

Although the number of these people was not very large, they were all dressed in tattered clothes, and they were in groups of fifty or sixty, waving their arms along the streets, shouting and shouting, but the impact was very bad, and many ignorant and foolish people were also incited, and the number of complainants was too great to count, and the situation became somewhat out of control.

Even Wang Xijue felt a heavy pressure, not to mention Hai Rui, who bore the brunt of the attack. But Hai Rui did not temporarily stop as suggested by the people around him, but released the notice as usual, made a quick judgment, and was able to deal with two or three hundred cases every day. He was able to calm down here, but the prefect of Songjiang, Zhen Zhenji, panicked first, and found Hai Rui three times a day, asking him to pay attention to the chaos in front of him, so as not to get out of control. He said: "Songjiang is the important place of grain and tax of the imperial court, and it has always been the first to stabilize the word, but now the people are fanning the trouble, and the big households are not out, and in the long run, there will definitely be a big mess!" ”

"The people are dissatisfied because of their deep grievances," Hai Rui said coldly: "If the government can help them uphold justice, naturally no one will mess around." "Instead of stopping, I became more involved in adjudicating the case.

It's just that more and more cases have been adjudicated, but none of them have been executed until now...... Although the government has already sentenced it, which rich family is willing to give up their land to the small people, they really hope that the wind will change so that they can escape this catastrophe, and they are all standing up there.

Hai Rui has no intention of enforcing it for the people for the time being, which also makes those people who win the lawsuit and can't get to the ground, they are all hung in the air, and it is very uncomfortable to go up or down. He did this for three reasons: first, he concentrated his efforts on judging the case, and then concentrated on his execution, so that he could turn individual behavior into collective action; Moreover, in order to cool down the hot-headed people, no one has really gotten the land so far, and the so-called lie of getting rich overnight will be broken, and there will naturally be fewer people who follow the blind coaxing; And the last one, in fact, waiting for the cabinet's reply......

In the last few days of November, more than a month had passed since he had sent the 800-mile flight of the audited accounts to the capital, and the cabinet's reply was belated, and it was written by Zhang Juzheng, a bachelor in charge of finance. In the letter, Zhang Juzheng, on behalf of the cabinet, expressed support for his work and told him to do it. Only at the end of the letter, it was proposed in a tactful tone, but it was also necessary to take care of the old Shoufu's Sangyu life, and not to push it too much, which would damage the face of the old Shoufu.

Hai Rui just didn't see this last paragraph, and as soon as he accepted the letter, he smiled at Wang Xijue beside him: "Tomorrow, you can finally get to the point!" ”

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Early the next morning, the soldiers of the governor's yamen went to Taipingqiao with summonses to detain Xu Cheng, Xu Cheng and Xu Yuan, two housekeepers of the Xu Mansion, and return to the yamen for questioning, and try the case of the villagers suing the two for forcibly seizing people's land.

The two stabilized the official errand, and under the pretext of going to the back to change clothes, they slipped away from the back door and ran to Xu Ke's mansion to hide.

The officials failed to get the people, so they had to go back in despair, but Hai Rui did not cancel the trial that day, and in the absence of the defendant, he still opened a court to question the case, and more than 400 people who were robbed of their family property by the two went to court to complain, many of them were full of human and material evidence, and they could be tried in absentia without the two of them coming.

The bad deeds of the two defendants, Xu Cheng and Xu Yuan, have also been exposed more and more, but the two have relied on the protection of the Xu Mansion and openly evaded trial. Such stupid deeds are tantamount to putting them and the Xu Mansion on the crater and becoming the first object of the restless Songjiang people.

Because the case tends to be complicated, Hai Rui did not announce the verdict in court. But the next development of events was beyond everyone's expectations...... The angry people of Songjiang actually surrounded the three mansions of the Xu family, some demanded that the two villains be handed over, some asked the Xu family to return to the fields, and some just simply joined in the fun, wanting to taste what it was like to bully the former prime minister.

As a first-class elder, Xu Jie naturally has to maintain the demeanor of a celebrity and a gentleman, and be strict with his children, servants and people, let alone have conflicts and hurt them. But what is the feeling in his heart can be seen from the poems he wrote in the past few days, the poem says: 'In the past, every time the Son of Heaven called Qing, today he annoys the king and scolds his name. Huma and cattle are illusory, yellow flowers and white wine and pottery. 'The sour meaning of loss soaked the back of the paper.

He thought that the people had been rioting for a few days, and it would be forgotten after it passed. Who knows that the people's feelings in Songjiang have reached the point of boiling soup under the help of all sides, both openly and secretly. For several days in a row, every day, everyone in the Xu Mansion could not move an inch, and even their lives were going to be a problem.

Xu Jie could no longer 'cultivate his feelings', he ordered Xu Fan to find Zhen Zhenji, hoping that the Songjiang prefect could restore order and protect the normal life of his family. Zhen Zhenji smiled bitterly and replied: "I really don't want to hide it, now that Songjiang Mansion is completely controlled by the governor's yamen, my prefect is just a decoration." ”

Finally, when the governor's yamen sent the eighth summons, the unbearable Xu Ge Lao asked Xu Fan to hand over the two evil slaves.