readx; Zhu Youzhen wanted to give a gift to Rui'er and Zhu Cunqi, but of course the two daughters didn't dare to accept it, they all said that Qin Wangzhuang was founded by Zhu Youzhen, and he just did some small things to keep it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When the three of them were thanking each other, an open-minded voice came from outside the door: "What Your Highness said is good, it is difficult to create, and it is even more difficult to keep it!" ”

Zhu Youjian looked at it, and it turned out to be Yang Sichang, the commander of Jingyang County. Jingyang County is only ten miles away from Qinwangzhuang, and he is of course the fastest.

As soon as Yang Sichang saw Zhu Youzhen, he bowed and said, "Your Highness!" I am glad to hear that His Royal Highness has recovered from a serious illness and has re-examined things, and he is also the lord of the royal palace. Lift it up! ”

As he commanded, several officials trembled and walked over carrying a large wooden box. Zhu Youzhen opened the lid of the box curiously, and suddenly felt a flower in front of him: it was stacked neatly inside, and it was actually a gold ingot!

"Lord Yang, what does this mean?" Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sink his face. He thought to himself that although Yang Sichang was famous all over the world, he was only a small Qipin Zhi County after all. The monthly salary of the magistrate is only seven stones and five buckets, and the imperial court has long implemented the payment of officials' salaries in silver, even according to the current price of rice, it is only a few dozen taels of silver. What's more, because of financial constraints, it is often half of the silver banknotes; That treasure money is equivalent to waste paper, so you can't get that much at all.

But the gold ingots in this box, to say the least, are more than 1,000 taels, and they are converted into nearly 10,000 taels of silver. Where did he Yang Sichang get so much money?

Yang Sichang was so smart, he had already seen Zhu Youzhen's doubts, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, how can Sichang be willing to do anything corrupt and pervert the law." These were copied from the homes of several retired officials in Jingyang. ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked for details. It turned out that the local officials of the Ming Dynasty, above the county level, were appointed by the imperial court, and generally worked for three years and five years, as long as the popularity was not too bad and they understood the rules of officialdom, they could be promoted. Therefore, the magistrates of a county are often changed, and most of them are not locals.

However, the officials below the county level, such as the county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper, the canonical history, the teachings and other minor officials, are mostly locals, and they are the real authorities. These people hold the authority of a county and are familiar with county affairs, and the general county knows that they also rely on them, so that the officials can do a stable job. After a long time, it is inevitable that there will be deception and concealment.

The county magistrate is high in the county government, and ordinary people can't reach it. The ones who really oppress the people are often these petty officials who don't even enter the stream. But they have power in their hands, especially in charge of prison proceedings, and the people have nowhere to redress their grievances, so they have to submit to their silver power.

However, after Yang Sichang took office, in addition to cooperating with Qin Wangzhuang to vigorously improve people's livelihood, he also devoted a large part of his energy to dealing with old backlog cases. This work has been done since Sun Chuanting, but Sun Chuanting was soon promoted to lead the troops, and he only made a start, and Yang Sichang took over the handling later.

Yang Sichang has extraordinary energy and a clear mind, and he has been in office for less than a month, and he has already consulted the case files of Jingyang County for more than ten years. It doesn't matter if this investigation is made, unjust and wrongful cases abound in the file, and it can be said that it is full of loopholes. Yang Sichang was furious, and immediately selected more than 20 major cases with major facts and bad impact, and concentrated his efforts on retrial.

At that time, the former county officials, the chief bookkeeper, the canon and others were all guilty of murder, embezzlement and other major crimes, so Zhu Youzhen was "washed his face to death" and "hide and seek", these positions have been vacant, and Yang Sichang is also happy to be less restrained.

But the current one is gone, and the predecessor of the predecessor is still there. Some old and retired former county officials, chief bookkeepers and others relied on the old land to find Yang Sichang and begged him not to delve too deeply into the old case. And the words are quite high-sounding: first, for the face of the court, and secondly, not to offend too many people in the county.

Yang Sichang is a person who doesn't rub sand in his eyes, and on the surface he is quiet, persuading a few people to leave, but secretly he is still stepping up the review. That's not all, he added these predecessors to the target of censorship.

The result is really pulling out the radish and bringing up the mud, and these more than 20 cases are extremely wide-ranging, not only involving many rich and powerful squires in Jingyang County, but even those predecessors have received a lot of benefits in them. After Yang Sichang grasped the ironclad evidence, he led the officials to surround the mansions of those former officials with the momentum of thunder, and without saying a word, he first copied them.

As a result of the search, a total of more than 5,000 taels of gold and nearly 100,000 taels of silver were found. Unable to say the legal source of such a large amount of property, Yang Sichang waved his hand and seized all the stolen silver.

These former officials are the umbrella of the rich bullies involved in the case. As soon as the umbrella fell, the subsequent trial of the case was much smoother. It took more than half a month for Yang Sichang to complete the trial of these cases one by one, and the culprits involved in the case were all arrested. The people were wronged, and they all ran to tell each other, and gave Yang Sichang the nickname of "Yang Qingtian".

Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and praised Yang Sichang: "What a Yang Qingtian! Although belated justice is not justice, Lord Yang can try so many old cases, which can be regarded as giving an explanation to those wronged people. If all the officials in the world can be as impartial and upright as Lord Yang, they can prevent the occurrence of unjust cases and give the people real fairness and justice! ”

Yang Sichang paused and bowed again: "Sichang is just doing his duty, and it is His Royal Highness who really brings justice to the people of Jingyang." If you hadn't eradicated the evil officials, laid off redundant personnel, and re-elected the officials, how could Si Chang handle the case so easily? And fortunately, His Royal Highness rescued him that day, and his father Yang He was saved from the axe. His Royal Highness has the grace of reinvention in Sichang, and Sichang dares not to do his best to treat the people of Jingyang and share worries for His Highness! ”

Zhu Youzhen was also very moved when he saw that Yang Sichang was sincere, but he still asked suspiciously: "Lord Yang, since these are stolen silver seized from the criminal official's mansion and should be handed over to the imperial court, why did they send it to me?" ”

Yang Sichang smiled bitterly, approached Zhu Youzhen and whispered: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, it is such a reason, but Sichang has been an official for many years and knows the disadvantages of officialdom." If all the money is handed over, it is just a matter of carrying the left pocket and the right pocket, and moving it from the house of one corrupt official to the house of another corrupt official. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Youzhen said.

"Stolen silver is not as good as a field, but a windfall, and there is no fixed amount. From the county to the government, from the government to the province, and then from the province to the ministry, which link must not be privately changed to pick up the skin? Yang Sichang said coldly, "If you really go to the household treasury, you often don't save one out of ten!" Instead of cheapening this shameless official, it is better to intercept a part of it and dedicate it to His Highness, so that His Highness can use it for the people! ”

After listening to Yang Sichang's lofty remarks, Zhu Youzhen felt chilled by the extreme corruption of the imperial court officials on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also secretly praised Yang Sichang for not being a nerd like the Donglin Party, who can make changes based on reality and is a real talent for governing the country.

Therefore, he laughed loudly: "In this case, this king is disrespectful, so he has to accept it!" ”

While the two were talking, there was a sudden chaos outside, and a young and familiar voice came from far and near: "Your Highness, why haven't you let us come to see you for a long time!" ”