On the same day, Zhang Yue led people to count all the granaries belonging to the Jiedu Mansion and the Prefecture Government, and found that there was very little grain in stock, and the after-tax grain storage under Jingyuan's rule was in a state of barely raising soldiers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the strange thing is that the equipment and combat effectiveness of the tooth army and the town army are not bad, so where does the food come from during the training camp? The answer is the state's wealthy family. Then Zhang Yue looked at the roster of officers again, and most of the senior officers were children of wealthy families in Benzhou.

Zhang Yue immediately went berserk, very simply, the tooth army and the town army were actually supported by local wealthy families. If you want them to give food, then give them blank swords. But Zhang Yue now wants to eliminate the incompetent in the whole army, and it will be difficult for them to provide food. And the township test is about to be held, and it will be difficult to do it if the wealthy family does not cooperate.

Zhang Yue returned to the mansion and sent someone to retrieve Feng Qianhou from the school hall and asked, "It's difficult!" What should I do? ”

"It depends on what is the focus of the mission's business? If we want to take Jingzhou as the foundation, we must crack down hard. Unlike in Yanzhou back then, the wealthy families in the four states of Jingyuan were more powerful, and there were several people who were officials in the court, and there were also those who served as state assassins in other towns, if you did too much, they would play impeachment. You went to Huining last year and didn't know, but I heard a lot of things. Feng Qianhou smiled indifferently.

"Compromise? No way! Even if it's too late now, I'll clean them up after the war! Zhang Yue said angrily.

"This is also a remark, I suggest that we take advantage of the situation, first carry out the township test and the army's training, and when we go to Liangzhou, we will solve some officers on the spot and replace them with our own people to stay in Liangzhou. After returning to the division after the war, these wealthy families will not be able to get up without the support of the children who lead the soldiers, so they can solve it calmly. Otherwise, if you are in a hurry, what awaits the lord is a mutiny. Feng Qianhou persuaded.

"Not bad! We're not going to hit one or two, but a whole area. But now that this hurdle has to be passed, they have to ask for food. "Maybe you can adopt a strategy of splitting up the family in the future and scatter these wealthy families to various places, but obviously you can't do this right now, Zhang Yue has a headache.

"The case in Yancang Town is now in full swing, we can start here!" Feng Qianhou smiled slyly.

"That's a good idea, let's do it one by one!" Zhang Yue tilted his head and stroked his chin and pondered for a while, the food must be prepared, and the army cannot ignore it, so he immediately found out all the rosters of officers in various states with Feng Qianhou and screened them one by one.

Early the next morning, the Jiedu Mansion quickly rode out and rushed to the counties under the rule of Jingzhou to convey the order. Three days later, the heads of the eighteen wealthy families in the four counties of Jingzhou received a letter from the Jiedu Mansion and were invited to the Prefecture Government. Because today is the day of the final trial of Hu Wenyong's case.

"Hey! This year's township exam is really urgent, there are seven people in my family who are preparing for the exam, but they are not good at school, and they are not prepared enough, I am afraid that only one or two can win. "Liang Zaiyu, the head of the Liang family, was originally a suspect in the case of Hu Wenyong, who joined the army, although the final trial was about to begin, he was very confident that he would clear his suspicion, because he did not commit the crime at all.

"If there are two people who take the high school entrance examination, it will be very good! There is no one in my family in the army, only two are in the state government and one is in the government office, and five people from my grandson's generation have taken the exam this time, and I don't know if they can do it. This year's examination room is still in the school, nominally the emperor joined the army to preside, but I heard that it is actually the Jiedu Mansion that is in charge of this matter, and the operation is too urgent, and I don't know Zhang Dashuai's preferences, and I want to give gifts and submit papers I didn't come to the door! The head of the Xi family and Liang Zaiyu have a good personal relationship, and the two of them talked quietly in the corner of the front court of the state government.

"Anyway, I was released by the state government, and it is said that Zhang Dashuai spoke, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble from the Hu family, and maybe something will happen? was so anxious about this that he didn't bother to come to thank Zhang Dashuai, or ...... After a while, the case will be closed, and I will send someone to find Liu Ya to probe and hold a banquet to thank you, and I don't know if Zhang Dashuai will come! Liang Zaiyu said a little apprehensively.

As the two were talking, they heard a commotion outside the state yamen, and the brother of Hu Wenyong, the head of the Hu family, and several other heads of the family entered the front court of the state ya, and when they saw Liang Zaiyu, they cast an unkind look.

"Hey...... You see! The second brother of the Hu family still doesn't give up, and insists on planting the charge of murder on my head, after all, isn't it to deceive my family that there is no one in the army, and deliberately intends to seek my family's land and shops, I have had this idea for several years, how can I not know. His family robbed the tenant's little lady, and somehow something happened that night, but it was on my head, it was not that I was drinking in his house that night, and I actually provoked this commotion! Liang Zaiyu said indignantly.

"The envoy has arrived! Idle people wait for a while! There was another shout from outside the state office, and I saw a tall young man with a slightly dark square face and a purple robe striding in, surrounded by the staff and entourage behind him, and went directly into the Yimen.

"That's Zhang Dashuai? What a young man! The heads of the wealthy families in the vestibule compound exclaimed in unison.

Not long after, the voice of the state assassin Du Changxing drinking the order to ascend to the hall was heard inside, and the case was about to be tried. A state official came out and shouted, and the heads of the families of all ethnic groups followed into the door and went outside the state government hall to listen to the verdict.

Because it involves the Jingzhou clan, the common people do not dare to come to watch, except for Zhang Yue and his entourage who are listening from the side, the other are all state officials, and they will only return to the government when they hear that the case is going to be tried, otherwise who wants to come before the day of the opening of the office.

"Take the defendant Liang Zaiyu! Plaintiff Hu Erlang! The slave Hu Steward and the Queen of the People's Sister went to the court! Zhang Ke, who joined the judicial army, shouted lowly, and the officials came over to invite each other, and Liang Zaiyu had no choice but to go to the court, facing the officials and officials, calmly.

Seeing that the personnel had arrived, Thorn Shi Du Changxing coughed dryly and said, "Hu Erlang!" After repeated investigations by Zhang Keju, a judicial member of the state government, it was confirmed that the defendant Liang Zaiyu had no time and motive for committing the crime, and the state government has been acquitted and released, and there are people who are witnesses! ”

Du Changxing waved his hand, and Zhang Keju took Steward Hu and Wang Ximei forward and motioned for them to speak. Steward Hu looked sad, and said angrily: "The villain is the housekeeper of Hu Wenyong's mansion who joined the army, because Xiao Langjun forcibly snatched the queen Ximei of the Wang family into the mansion and was obscene and humiliated, and was found to be defeated by the lord and confined in the backyard. I was going to pay off the rent money at Wang's daughter's house, and I didn't want the old man to get drunk and want to go to the toilet that night, but I accidentally entered the firewood room, and saw that Wang Ximei actually had a lewd heart, and it was the villain who strangled the old man to death with a clothes belt, just to save this Wang Ximei! ”

When everyone heard this, they exclaimed, the house slave actually killed the head of the house in order to save the daughter of a lowly tenant, this is really ridiculous, right? Zhang Yue was also surprised when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Du Changxing.

"Steward Hu! You, you, you...... You are talking nonsense! Hu Erlang shouted in disbelief.

"Hugh is dry! Butler Hu! You are a slave of the Hu family, and it is okay to be disloyal to the master, but why do you eat inside and out? "Du Changxing actually understands the facts of the case, and now it's just going through the motions.

"Because Wang Ximei is actually the daughter of the villain, her mother married the villain privately after losing her husband without the government, and my lord does not know about it, but the villain can't watch his daughter being bullied!" Steward Hu wiped a handful of old tears with grief and sighed.

Next, Du Changxing and Liang Zaiyu testified about the time when he and Hu Wenyong were drinking that night, and the case fully understood that it was indeed the Hu family's own business. But Liang Zaiyu cleared the suspicion and immediately beat him up, and complained to Du Changxing: "On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, a manor of my family outside the city caught fire, five or six hundred stones of grain were burned, and ten slaves were burned to death. ”

Scare! Six or seven hundred stone grain is tens of thousands of catties! Sure enough, it's a fat sheep! Zhang Yue secretly exclaimed, the landlord's energy was really strong. The heads of the families who listened next frowned for a while, and secretly blamed Liang Zaiyu for talking nonsense, which exposed everyone's family background.

"This official has also found out, Hu Erlang! Can you plead guilty? Du Changxing asked.

Hu Erlang was shocked, and he was speechless. The next thing is simple, according to the law, Hu Wenyong's virtue is wrong, the blame is self-inflicted, and the death of the person will not be investigated. Hu Erlang set fire to the murder and was sentenced to death! and confiscated part of his family property to compensate Liang Zaiyu. The victim queen Ximei was released in court, and Steward Hu rebelled as a slave, and was also sentenced to be executed!

After that, Du Changxing asked Zhang Yue to take the position, and announced that he would collect 8,000 stones of grain and grass to prepare for the war, so that the heads of each family could share it. Each family is only four or five hundred stones, and it is still easy for the wealthy families to take it out, but no one wants to speak first if there is no benefit, and a few hundred stones of grain are worth more than 100 yuan.

"Du Envoy-kun! Those who don't know are not guilty, a certain mistake harmed the Liang family, so that it set fire to and hurt people, please forgive and forgive, and be willing to give 2,000 stone of grain to atone for the sin! In these years, the so-called crimes have been in vain, and it is common for the wealthy family to atone for their sins with money and food, and Hu Erlang saw the hope of getting rid of the crime.

"Punish you with 3,000 stone of grain to be exempted from the death penalty, and beat you fifty boards to make an example! The rest of the families present will each give 500 stones, do you have any opinions? Zhang Yue was not interested in grinding on such a trivial matter, so he decided in a word, and asked pretending to discuss.

"No opinion! Thank you for your forgiveness! Hu Erlang nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and agreed to come down.

"The Liang family has no opinion, the Hu family should pay for the grain and burn the manor mansion should be a thousand stones, and they are willing to donate the Jiedu Mansion!" Liang Zaiyu also stood up and pretended to be generous.

As soon as these two families made a statement, the rest of the heads of the families looked at each other, no one responded for a long time, and they all looked up at Zhang Yue, waiting for him to promise benefits, but Zhang Yue snorted coldly, flicked his robe sleeves and strode out of the state office.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The court ordered the use of troops in Liangzhou, and the military rations were transferred by the Yongxing Military Government, and the grain donated was used for the military drills in Jingyuan Town, which was used on the sons of this town. Seeing this, Du Changxing hurried to round the field, because the main reason was that the state government could not collect taxes and grain, of course, he was responsible, and he was also worried that Zhang Yue would force him to urge him.

"Now that there is no harvest, although I have some surplus food at home, I must prepare for a shortage, and besides, I can't give up food in vain, right?" A middle-aged man with a rich figure asked cautiously tentatively.

With a "bang", Liu Wenbo, the deputy capital of the Ya Army, was an old officer in Jingzhou, who knew the family power and financial resources of these old men and their despicable vices, slapped the table case fiercely, and shouted: "What do you want?" Let you wait for the food, that is to give you a chance, look at it! Those who wish to produce grain also listen well, and do not prevaricate with moldy old grain! (To be continued.) )