Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Way of Officialdom

The things that Lord Yue did today seemed to be unremarkable, and the outside world also thought that they were normal. West Lake is the first view of Hangzhou, Lord Yue is not a monk, there are no seven emotions and six desires, come and take a look, no one can say anything, when you meet Pei Yingjie, you can only say that these two boys are unlucky. Posting notices and allowing the people with grievances to come to the governor to complain is basically what Lord Yue must do everywhere he goes. There is nothing wrong with building the Sailor Yamen.

In the days that followed, officials in Hangzhou began to be apprehensive, as people began to complain to the governor. According to the procurator, prefect, general judgment or something, basically every day they have to come to the governor to greet him, inquire about the news, and see what Lord Yue's attitude is towards him.

However, these days, Lord Yue did not personally try these cases, but only took the confession, and received more than 30 pleadings. On this morning, several officials came to ask for peace again, and Lord Yue politely said a few words to them, then took out the stack of papers, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this governor has recently received a lot of complaints, and all the people have asked this governor to avenge their grievances. What do you think? ”

According to the procurator and the general judgment, they are all in charge, and the prefect sometimes tries cases, but now the top leader has asked such a sentence in vain, which makes it difficult for everyone to answer. Saying that the people who sue are people are false accusations, they are basically looking for death, but if they are really wronged, then what do you usually do?

A few wide-eyed stared at each other, not daring to say a word. Yue Su swept around coldly, and said again: "People say that this governor is Yue shaves his head, and kills people without blinking, this name, you have heard of it. What did you do before, the Governor does not want to ask more now, but the Governor will send you these thirty or so cases, and within ten days, you will give the Governor an explanation. But the ugly words were said earlier, and the main thing about these sufferings was that one of them had gone wrong, and the governor himself took care of it. Ben Du has killed a lot of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and now he is still in charge of giving three copper guillotines, and he doesn't mind cutting off a few more heads in Hangzhou. Do not fall under the Governor's sword when the time comes. ”

After speaking, Yue Su waved his hand, and Jiang Jie came to the officials with the paper, and sent it to them in the order in which it had been photographed in advance.

Several officials took the paper, their hands were trembling, and then they heard Yue Su say, "Let's take a look." After reading it, if you think it is a false accusation, tell the Governor now, and the Governor can ask for it himself. ”

"Yes, yes......" Several officials nodded hurriedly and whispered. Then read the paper carefully, and when they looked at the paper, they didn't even dare to breathe.

There are more than 30 pieces of paper and more than 30 cases, some of which they know and some of which they don't, but they are indeed in charge.

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The cases they tried back then, how to be wronged, of course they knew it in their hearts, if Lord Yue came to ask, their heads would definitely move, so how could they dare to make false accusations, but Lord Yue had something to say first, who was difficult to take the initiative against the bitterness, Lord Yue didn't mind cutting off their heads again, looking at these cases, no matter what, they had to bite the bullet and go next. Not for the black yarn on the head, but also for the head on the neck.

After a while, several officials almost finished reading the papers in their hands, and Yue Su said: "You have all read these papers." ”

"I've seen it all.......," the officials nodded and said carefully.

"Do you think it's a false accusation?" Yue Su asked again.

"There should be no ......," the officials replied.

"What is called should, there is yes, there is no, there is no, this governor does not want this ambiguous answer. In this case, if you have any objection to the case in your hand, and if you think that it may be falsely accused, you should return the pleadings to the Governor, and the Governor himself will try it. Yue Su said lightly.

As soon as he heard this, which official dared to give an ambiguous answer again, everyone understood that if Lord Yue came to trial, something big would definitely happen. So one by one they rushed to say: "There is no objection, there is absolutely no false accusation in this." ”

"That's good." Yue Su nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It is now limited to ten days, and within ten days, if you don't give this governor a satisfactory explanation, you can weigh it yourself." By the way, there is one more thing that the Governor would like to remind you of, that the main thing is that there is something wrong with suffering, and the Governor will look for you; But if the defendant suddenly disappears, and no one dies or a corpse, then you ......" Speaking of this, Yue Su chuckled, and then said: "Neck, see if your hair is cold." Alright, let's all go down. ”

After speaking, Yue Su waved his hand at them and motioned for the officials to stand down.

Several officials hurriedly bowed and saluted, "The lower official retired." After leaving the governor's office, these brothers found a restaurant and sat down together to study.

"Lord Lu, what can I do about this? He honestly said that case, you also know the details, and now it is in the hands of the lower officials, how can I judge. Zhao Suiliang, the prefect of Hangzhou, looked at Lu Wen, the envoy of the inspection.

"Lord Yue's words, didn't you hear it, we just said that there was no false accusation in this case, He Honest is indeed wronged, and now the plaintiff can only be pursued. I don't want to worry about the affairs of you and Liu Song, the 1,000 taels of silver you gave me at the beginning, I will let someone send it back to you later, I don't know. "Lu Wen is not in the governor's office now, he looks like a grandson, and his voice has raised a lot.

"But once ....... hand over Liu Song to Lord Yue, and he shakes things out, I won't die." Zhao Suiliang said with a bitter melon on his face.

"What did you listen to what Lord Yue said, Lord Yue said, the plaintiff cannot be missing, and he must see people alive and dead to see corpses. What does it mean to see a corpse when you die? Doesn't that mean that if the plaintiff commits suicide in fear of the crime, it has nothing to do with us......" Lu Wen's voice became lower and lower.

After listening to Lu Wen's explanation, Zhao Suiliang's eyes immediately lit up, and he said, "My lord, then you mean that Lord Yue did this with the intention of protecting us." But...... But this is not in line with his usual way of doing things...... I heard that Lord Yue has always been jealous and hateful, how could he ......"

"At this time and that time, it is normal for Yue Da to be a big official in the past, and to act vigorously and resolutely. But now, he is a first-class important minister of the imperial court, of course, it is impossible to do things like before, and the things he considers are much more comprehensive, so it is not difficult for him to wait for us, so he naturally has his reasons. You and I don't have to speculate on many things, because we can't guess the thoughts of such powerful ministers. However, I think this is an opportunity for us, the two major forces in power in the DPRK and China, one is the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and the other is the Yue party, our foundation is not deep, and we can't withstand the wind and waves, Lord Yue shows mercy to our subordinates, and I don't know if it is intended to solicit. Therefore, in my opinion, we might as well go to Lord Yue's door, and with his big tree shading, we can also be stable. Lu Wen whispered.

"What the Lord said is extremely true, if you can vote for Lord Yue, you will have a bright future in the future, and your official position will be guaranteed. But Lord Yue, I don't like to be greedy for ink, I'm afraid that he won't accept us......" Zhao Suiliang said with a little embarrassment.

"I'll wait for what I caught before, it's enough, and I'll go down in the future, and try to serve the public as much as possible. What's the use of asking for so much silver, it's not easy for us to get this position in the cold window for ten years, just have enough money, and the future will naturally be fame. It is said that if you do it with Lord Yue, you don't need to spend money to get promoted, so what is there to worry about. In the future, if you become a scholar and a waiter, wouldn't you be glorious and glorious to your ancestors, and it will look good when you return to your hometown. Lu Wen said.

It is said that the literati are good, this is not bad, the officials of the Ming Dynasty did have many corrupt officials, but they were more famous. Some people say that the officials of the Ming Dynasty dared to openly scold the emperor, not because they were not afraid of death, but for fame, let alone really selfless. But let's think about it the other way, why did the reputation of that era value reputation so much? There must be a cultural color in this. Looking at modern times, you can see who dares to openly scold so-and-so, especially officials, and who dares to openly scold the big leaders sitting above. Literati and officials who have the courage to openly scold those in power can not hesitate to die in order to gain a reputation, which is a noble festival and worthy of encouragement. If literati and officials, for the sake of money and life, even have a rare reputation, then it is completely irremediable. In the long run, it will be the real country that will not be a country!

Lu Wen is a corrupt official, but he also values his reputation more than money and reputation. This is the literati style that gave them that era. Zhao Suiliang thought for a while and said: "What the Lord said is very true, then in the future, we will still be innocent officials, follow Lord Yue, and make officials go further." ”

Several officials, having found their position, immediately began to get down to business. The cases that should be tried have been understood. The damned people, they will all kill them, in the name of fear of crime, it can be regarded as an explanation to Lord Yue. And took the initiative to show favor to Lord Yue, expressing his intention to join the door.

Yue Su let them go, there was indeed a reason here. In the past few days, when Yue Su accepted the case again, he had already sent people to secretly investigate the laws and regulations of Hangzhou officials. In the world of flowers in Hangzhou, you can get silver by reaching out, and if you don't catch it, then you're going to see a ghost. It's all about how much and how little, and how well they do it. In these years, although corrupt officials are hateful, mediocre officials who are not greedy are even more hateful.

Lu Wen and Zhao Suiliang are greedy, but their political achievements are not ambiguous, Hangzhou's governance is quite good, all industries are prosperous, prices are stable, and basically all the people eat. In so many days, there were only about thirty complaints in total, which was far less than Yue Su thought. It can be said that if the paper is dilapidated, there will definitely be a bloody storm in Hangzhou. Moreover, these cases were not caused by the incompetence of officials, except for the four cases involving human lives, the others were not too big.

However, these bitter masters still have to be explained, Yue Su then instructed Lu Wen and Zhao Suiliang to handle these officials by themselves, if you are obedient, everything is easy to say, if you play with me again, you will definitely die. Lu Wen saw Yue Su's thoughts, so what he did was clean and beautiful, and all the defendants were punished as they deserved, damn them, and those who should be caught, and not a single one was missed.

Not only that, Lu Wen also did one thing, ordering the entire prefectures and counties of Zhejiang Province to investigate old cases, and those who were wronged must be treated with justice. This guy is also very shrewd, learning from Yue Su's appearance, painting a scoop according to the gourd, giving the county ten days, and then checking it.

Yue shaved his head here, and Hangzhou City cleaned up more than 30 cases, and the prefects and counties below were shocked one by one, vigorously purging the unjust prisons and carrying out actions. This matter was done by Lu Wen spontaneously, but Lord Yue saw it in his eyes and was quite satisfied with his performance. It's also considered that you are a kid, and you are a little bit of a Taoist.