Chapter 247: There is a Li Qingtian in Xianyang

In the form of work-for-relief, 500,000 displaced people are scattered in Beidi County and Hexi County, a total of more than 40 counties. The old man www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion is a hired farmer, and the government has two acres of self-cultivated land per person, and he has completely obtained it after living in it for one year.

Women and children are simpler, Guanzhong has been ploughing for a hundred years, every family likes men, and women rarely grow to the prime of life. More than 200,000 women fled to Qin, and the men in Guanzhong smiled from ear to ear.

For two months in a row, there were people in the villages of Dadi in Guanzhong to hold happy events, and the refugee women affected by the disaster were not picky, out of panic about the disaster, they desperately wanted to find a reliable man to live in.

The government also has preferential policies, where the refugee is married, the government will give a dowry of an improved version of the ploughshare, and the skillful woman can also have more looms after being confirmed by the government.

Men and women weave, a household is self-sufficient and does not make money, but thousands of families add up, anyway, the loom standards are the same, and the woven cloth is not much different in size and texture except for the technique.

Breaking up the whole into parts and changing the workshop originally planned to be built into a single household not only saves the cost of building a workshop, but also gives a little favor to the people of Guanzhong. Zhao Zheng's prestige has once again reached its peak, and now the hunters in the deep mountains also know that King Qin is benevolent, and take their dolls to the county to register, counting on the future to fight for the country.

"Promote the Dongfang Valley of the Zhisu Neishi to be the doctor, give the Marquis of Yangquan, and eat thousands of households."

500,000 victims were resettled, and Zhao Zheng also won the hearts and minds of the people. The win-win situation was single-handedly promoted by Dongfang Valley, but he never mentioned his name when he was doing things, and he broadcast Zhao Zheng's name everywhere.

The way of the minister is to stop in moderation.

Dongfang Valley did a beautiful job and became the first person in Zhongshu Province to obtain a knighthood.

"Congratulations, Brother Dongfang is happy to get the title, I must have a banquet today, and it is a comfortable and home-like banquet."

Li Si squinted his eyes and smiled. said congratulations, but in fact, he felt very uncomfortable, just resettle the victims, everyone can do a good job, and even Dongfang Valley can get a knighthood.

He vaguely noticed that Zhao Zheng was estranged from him, and after thinking about it, he was still Lu Buwei, he had been a guest of Lu Mansion, and he wanted to wash it all his life.

Although the method of casting names is old, it is the most suitable to show loyalty. On the second day of Dongfang Valley's victory, Li Si did not go to the palace to guard for the first time, and was locked in the archives alone, and it was not until noon that he came out sweating profusely with a stack of files.

"These cases are very suspicious, and we are all parents and officials of the people of Qin State, so we should do our duty to re-examine them."

After making an official statement, Li Si found twenty officials to participate in the audit, and he sat aside to "guide" and kept repeating the official sentence just now.

"Be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, starting from you and other small officials."

"The laws of the Qin State are strict, and they will never let go of a person who violates the law."

"The nobles break the law and are guilty of the same crime as the common people."

The little officials who were reading the dossier in the hall listened to these words, and then looked at the dossier in their hands, and suddenly had a sense of clarity in their hearts, and they raised their hands one after another.

"My lord, I found a mistake in my humble position, the compensation for this case of killing a ploughing cow is not in line with the truth, and I undercounted twenty yuan."

"The humble post also found a place where the house in the south of Chang'an Juncheng encroached on 20 acres of cultivated land for the people, and the Xianyang Order only sentenced the indemnity."

"The lowly also found ......"

"Chang'anjun was suspected of robbing people's daughters three years ago."

"Wen Xinhou's trading house bullied and dominated the market, forcing the mountain people to sell mountain goods at low prices."

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Finally getting to the point, Li Si nodded and smiled. The dossiers he found were all about Lü Buwei and the officials and nobles of the Lü Party without exception.

Zhao Zheng suspected that he had something to do with Lü Buwei and refused to reuse it. Then he took a gamble and went all out to exterminate the officials of Lü Buwei's faction, and used their enthusiasm to show his loyalty.

"It is a matter of many officials and nobles, so you must review it carefully."

A group of small officials, you look at me, I look at you, nodded to each other and said: "The lower rank has determined that there are many doubts in the above cases, and the judgment is unfair, and I also ask Lord Tingwei to resentence." ”

"Okay, then you will first write the verdict, and this official will review it and submit it to my king for approval."

The knife and pen clerk originally referred to the time when the paper was not prosperous, and the official in charge of the lawsuit recorded the process of the case with bamboo slips, which was often repeated, so he scraped the bamboo piece with a knife and filled it in again. Later, these officials used this to solicit bribes, and were called by the world, giving money with pens instead of knives.

The king can convict people with his last words, and the sword and pen can also make people live and die with one stroke. This is a bunch of shameless villains who are well-versed in the law, and the knife and pen in their hands are always in the service of profit.

Li Si repeated the words, specially found the dossier, and repeatedly mentioned Zhao Zheng. The scribes immediately understood that this was the king's hint of a reckoning with Lü Buwei's party.

As a result, the verdict became more and more harsh, and the officials and nobles of the Lu Party were simply heinous villains, and Cheng Jiao, who had encroached on the cultivated land of the people, was endangering the society of the Qin State.

Li Si looked at these sentences with satisfaction, although they were a little too heavy, but on the whole they met his requirements. Since the old case has been turned over, without shedding a single bleed and losing dozens of heads, how can it be worthy of his busy morning in the archives.

At sunset, when the palace gate was about to close, Li Si came slowly in an ox cart, came to the palace gate without saying a word, knelt down and cried out.

"The ministers deserve death, and they have failed the trust of my king."

"The people of Qin are in dire straits, and they are persecuted by noble officials."

"Please ask my king to severely punish the convicted officials and the crimes of negligence of the ministers, which almost made the people disappointed in the government and in our king."

Xianyang Palace had just lit butter wax, Zheng Gao trotted over to talk about the palace gate, Zhao Zheng was taken aback, and he didn't understand after thinking about it for a long time. Later, Zheng Gao said that most of the files in Li Sila's car were committed by officials and nobles under Lü Buwei, and Zhao Zheng suddenly realized.

"Just ploughing cattle, if you have a short of 20 yuan, you will have to cut down and dismiss the official, is this an overkill?" Zhao Zheng said after reading the verdict sent by Li Si.

Zheng Gaofu handed over a verdict, "Chang'an Jun encroached on 20 acres of cultivated land for the people, and in the spring ploughing season, according to the Qin Law City for half a year.

However, the Xianyang Order only fined 50 catties of copper, which was dereliction of duty, and the Imperial Governor's Mansion demanded a thorough investigation of the former Xianyang Order, who had been promoted to the imperial history.

And ......, and to Chang'an Juncheng for a month, in order to set an example. ”

Let Cheng Jiao do what a prisoner does, Zhao Zheng almost didn't laugh. Although there is no provision in the Qin Law that "the punishment cannot be done to the doctor", in practice, the higher the rank of the official who violates the law, the smaller the punishment.

For example, Lü Buwei's trading houses bullied and dominated the market, violating the laws of the city, and the Xianyang Order was only a warning, and he didn't even have the courage to judge the managers of the Lu family's trading houses, and unilaterally comforted the damaged mountain people, half coaxing and half frightened.

Li Si personally judged this matter and sentenced the manager of the Lu family to collude with the government to oppress the good people, and the crime should be cut in half, and the current Xianyang Ling was afraid of the power and bent the law, and was exiled for 3,000 li, and could not return for ten years.

"Ruthless, I like it."

Zhao Zheng looked at His Royal Highness's Li Si and said with a smile: "Severely judged according to the law, Lord Tingwei is really like the blue sky of the people of my Qin State." ”

"Xie Wang praised, but the minister was ashamed to accept this number, the most recent case reported occurred last month, the head of the Weiwei Mansion Captain Lu Xing set a horse and injured people, and the case was closed without charge. At that time, the minister colluded in the case, but he did not notice it at all. ”

Lü Xing is Lü Buwei's nephew, and he works in the Weiwei Mansion, which is in charge of the defense of Xianyang City, and Li Si's move is obvious.

"Well, the widow knows your loyalty, and sees that you have been negligent in the past, and you will be fined for half a year. Do not please the people with the judgment of these cases yourself. ”

Li Sichang breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Zheng punished him, proved that he had forgiven him, and accepted his vow to break with Lü Buwei.

"The minister will live up to the trust of my king."

Zhao Zheng walked over and helped him up, "Just try it impartially, and pay attention to everyone's face, some people can remove their official positions, but the face of the Qin State court can't be lost."

The other is Chang'an Juncheng Danjiu, the widow thinks that January is too long, so he is symbolically warned and sentenced to do a day, so that he can learn some lessons and live with peace of mind. ”

Cheng Jiao and Lu Jiao slept in separate rooms, Zhao Zheng had already learned that he felt a little guilty in his heart, and some things were irreparable, so it was better to forget about each other.

More than 100 old cases were retried, involving officials and nobles up to Chang'an Jun Chengjiao, Xianyang was shocked, and Qin was shocked. They all paid attention to this matter, wanting to see if it was a shock from the thunder and heavy rain, or if they really wanted to make decisions for the people.

More than fifty officials were demoted, more than a dozen nobles were raided, and the former Xianyang Order, the current Yushitai Yushi, was assassinated and exiled.

Even Chang'an Jun Chengjiao, who was as noble as the king's younger brother, endured the anger and put on prison clothes to cook a day's meal for the soldiers at the city gate.

"Master Li, can Benjun go?"

Cheng Jiao bent over, his teeth squeaking.

Li Si ignored it, scooped a spoonful of porridge arrogantly, and commented: "The heat was too big at first, and then the heat was not enough, so that the bottom of the pot was mushy, and the rice on the top layer was still a little raw."

Chang'anjun doesn't usually like to cook? ”

Cheng Jiao's nails were embedded in the flesh, and he said word by word: "Benjun is not good at cooking, does Master Li mean that Benjun wants to add another fire?" ”

Lu Jiao tried to persuade him not to quarrel, Cheng Jiao pushed her away rudely, and scolded: "Women's families don't have to ask about things between men. ”

"Ahh

Fortunately, Li Si's guards were quick and helped Lu Jiao in time to prevent her from falling. There is a hot porridge pot underneath, which is at least disfigured, and Cheng Jiao's intentions are unknown.

"Hmph, Chang'an Jun is very skilled, beating and scolding his wife for being skilled, and cooking for the loyal soldiers is so amateur.

Anyway, since you don't know this way, I'm afraid it will still be the case if you do it again, and it will be a waste of rice and grain. Go ahead, remember your duty in the future, and don't do it again. ”

"You wait for Benjun."

Cheng Jiao stepped into the carriage angrily, Lu Jiao couldn't catch up, but the carriage left first, biting his lip and standing in place crying.

"Madam", Li Si handed over the handkerchief, "The king asked me to give you a message, sometimes concessions do not lead to forgiveness, if Madame wants to save Chang'anjun, he must rely on you." ”

There was a token wrapped under the handkerchief, which was a warrant for a secret branch of the Rujia, and Zhao Zheng gave this order to Lu Jiao, in order to let her control Cheng Jiao's financial resources.

Lü Buwei went to Shuzhong, and Lü's firm followed and withdrew from Xianyang, and Chengjiao's daily expenses were all based on his own harvest and fiefdom.

However, with the development of commerce in Qin, prices continued to rise, and the money in the hands of the nobles who ate the fiefs became more and more worthless. They are all basic grains and horses, and there is no shortage of them in the Qin State. Business is the way to prosperity in the future.

hired a carriage to send Lu Jiao back to his house, Li Si thought about the scene praised by the people when he handled the case today, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin.

Since then, he has also become a life-threatening figure in the Qin State, and the name of "Li Qingtian" is more glorious than any aristocratic title.

It was another breezy and moonlit night, Wei Lian and Dongfang Gu gathered together to eat tea and talk about it, and when it came to it, Li Si ordered the plaque of "being the master of the people" with great fanfare and hung it in the yamen of the Tingwei Mansion.

Wei Lian smiled contemptuously: "The matter of loyalty to the monarch prefers fame and fortune, Li Si has this fatal flaw, even if he becomes the prime minister in the future, it will be difficult for the family to inherit the fifth generation." ”