Seeing that some people were now complaining, Yue Su immediately summoned them to the court and asked them to tell their grievances one by one.

Most of the cases mentioned by these people are related to the local tyrants and bullies caught by Yue Su, either the other party carelessly cares about people's lives, or bullies the weak, and then robs men and women, and snatches them by skill. The people suffered, and went to the magistrate, the general judge, and the prefect's yamen to file complaints, but the result was the same, and if there was no money, the lawsuit was lost.

One by one, one by one, Yue Su took the trouble to handle them one by one, and also confronted the officials and bullies involved. It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, although there has been a long time and the physical evidence is gone, the human evidence can still be found.

In particular, the soldiers and horses who raided the homes have successively copied the houses of many officials, and the most can copy 20,000 or 30,000 taels, and the few can also copy 18,000. No matter what kind of official you are, you don't have so much money in your life, and the crime of accepting bribes is fixed. Use this dirty silver to confront the case, and let you tell the way of the silver, and if you can't say it, you will be beaten.

Pampered officials, how can the delicate body stand the board, it is quite enjoyable to beat the people in peacetime, but this time it is their turn to be beaten, and they don't need to go down with ten boards, they will all be recruited. High-end torture instruments such as clamping sticks are basically useless.

As soon as they heard that the governor was willing to redress their grievances on behalf of the people and rectify these corrupt officials, local tyrants and bullies, they really came enthusiastically. Before the list was posted, the news had spread more than a dozen streets, and more and more people came to file grievances.

At dinner, Yue Su ate hastily in the hall, and then tried after eating. When the people saw that Yue Su did not retreat from the church, and did not leave, they either watched the excitement or sued.

has been busy until the second watch, and many of the crimes of officials and bullies have been confirmed, enough to raid homes and kill heads. Their mansion has also been raided. There is no official whose family is innocent, and he relies on these illegal income to try the case, and there is nothing that cannot be done.

Around the fourth watch, all the officials and bullies had signed and confessed to the crime. And the people outside actually set off firecrackers.

However, Yue Su did not immediately convict according to the law and still imprisoned the person, because he had to wait for a suitable opportunity. On this day, Yue Su gained a lot of money, and the silver copied out was more than the disaster relief silver allocated by the imperial court, with more than 387,200 taels.

In a blink of an eye, three days have passed, and some people have been happy and some have been sad in the past three days. Joy is naturally the common people, everyone has redressed their grievances and avenged against Yue Qingtian, and has been promised by Lord Yue, if there is any more bullying in the future, they can go to the governor's yamen to complain. Those who are worried are the families of those officials and the errand boys, who are not worried, the case will involve them again, and they will lose their surnames.

Yue Su was also worried, most of the officials in Huaiqing City were arrested, and these officials all had real power in the city. The rest of those who were not arrested were those Qingshui Yamen who didn't care about anything. Without officials with real power, it is inevitable that some affairs in the city will be handled by no one. Fortunately, with him in charge, the security in the city is not ordinarily good.

The government officials did not dare to bully the people on the streets, and the ruffians did not even dare to leave their homes, and some had simply fled from the city.

On this day, all the county orders of the eight counties under the rule of Huaiqing Mansion arrived, and they rushed to the governor's line one after another. These eight counties are Wenxian, Qinyang, Mengxian, Jiyuan, Wuzhi, Xiuwu, Yuanyang, and Yuanwu.

Yue Su met with the eight county commanders in the lobby, gave a number of salutes, and Yue Su asked them to sit down. After the eight people sat down, it was inevitable that they would be uneasy, and everyone had heard about the things in Huaiqing City, and the prefect and the adults were all detained in the governor's line, and it would not be a good thing to ask them to do something.

Everyone didn't dare to ask, and looked at Yue Su cautiously, waiting for the governor to speak.

"Ahem...... ahem" Yue Su coughed twice before he said: "The headquarters is ordered to patrol Henan and preside over disaster relief matters. Huaiqing is a place of serious disaster, and there is a dragon slaying gang and the like, bewitching the people, preparing to attack the city, and the headquarters stay here to preside over military and political affairs. Who would have thought that the prefect Meng Huade was not only greedy and lawless, but even dared to resell official grain and shield his nephew Meng Huilong to smuggle grain, which is simply a heinous crime. If such corrupt officials are not severely punished, how can the Ministry be worthy of His Majesty's trust? ”

Speaking of this, Yue Su glanced at the eight county commanders, and said: "You are all local parents, and you are Meng Huade's subordinates, I don't know what the relationship between Ping Yueli and him is, are you in the same stream with him?" ”

"No, absolutely no ......"

The prefectural commanders scrambled to say. There was only one person, who sat calmly and didn't say a word.

Yue Su saw it in his eyes, smiled slightly, and waited until the sound of defense stopped, then pointed at the person and said, "Are you the county commander of that county?" ”

"Xiaguan Xiuwu County Nangong Chu." The man stood up and bowed in reply.

"It turned out to be the Nangong County Order, and your robe said that he had nothing to do with Meng Huade, why didn't you defend yourself?" Yue Su asked with a smile.

"I have heard for a long time that the governor is clear, and I know that my lord is fair and honest, and he enforces the law like a mountain, whether we have anything to do with Lord Meng, my lord has already known it, and if it is not for us to defend two sentences, my lord will believe it. So the official did not make a sound. Nangong Chu said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Nangong County Ling knows quite well about the Ministry of Hospitals, very good. Sit down and talk. ”

"Thank you, sir."

When Nangong Chu sat down, Yue Su said again: "It is true that as the Nangong County Order said, the headquarters has already known it. Now I ask, but I just give you a chance. It doesn't matter if people make mistakes, what they are afraid of is that they don't change their mistakes, and they still try to cover them up. The ministry has now obtained Meng Huade's confession, and any of you have sent him silver, and how much you have sent, are clearly written. Where did the money you pay for your bribes come from, the ministry wants to know. In this way, the ministry will now send you a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, you write it yourself, if what you say is true, and you do not hide it from the ministry, the ministry will open up the net and give you a way out, if you prevaricate perfunctory, then the end will be the same as Meng Huade. ”

After speaking, Yue Su shouted loudly: "Set the table for all the adults, and serve the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone." ”

After all, it was the entire Huaiqing officialdom, and it was inconvenient for Yue Su to kill them all at once, so there was a way out for these people. As long as he honestly confesses, he can spare his life, and if he dares to be lucky, he will be killed.

Soon, an errand servant set up the table, brought pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and laid it out before retreating. The eight county commanders, except for Nangong Chu, each of them was beating a drum in their hearts, and they didn't know what to do. Yue Su still smiled and said, "Let's do it." ”

Nangong Chu was conscious, and he was the first to write. In the other county orders, one of them said tremblingly, "Great, great...... This ....... Xia Guan has nothing to do with Meng Huade....... and he has never given him a bribe......"

"If you don't have it, you write it." As he spoke, Yue Su waved his hand and asked Jin Chan to present Shang Fang's sword, and once again explained that the serious surname of deceiving him would be punished as the crime of defrauding the king.

The county magistrate immediately took up a pen and wrote two words "no", and then said, "My lord, the lower official has finished writing." ”

Yue Su nodded and said, "Sign your name and put it on the table." When the others finish writing, the ministry will collect it together. ”

The others originally wanted to see the direction of the wind and see what Yue Su would do with this guy who didn't write anything, but Yue Su remained silent, which made them even more nervous. In a moment, that Nangong Chu also finished writing, put the pen away, sat up straight, and said, "My lord, Xia Guan has also finished writing." ”

Yue Su just nodded and didn't speak.

The remaining six county magistrates all picked up their pens and looked at each other, but they really didn't know how to write. The prefect was locked behind, everyone knew that he would have recruited all those private deeds a long time ago, and if he didn't talk about it now, he would really end up with a raid on his family. But if Meng Huade remembered the old relationship and didn't recruit himself, he was frightened by the governor and said all these things, wouldn't he be caught in the net, and his future would come to naught.

Among the six people, there was the timid one, who gritted his teeth and simply explained it truthfully, and truthfully stated how much the bribe was given to Meng Huade. As for where the money came from, it is really difficult to write, and in the end, it can only be avoided and trivialized, and some say that they have opened a business without authorization; Some say that they sold their fields; Some simply say that they have money, and they take the money from their own pockets. In a word, there was no embezzlement of public funds, no exploitation of the people, and no bribes.

But there is also one, I don't know if it's because of cowardice, or for some other reason, he actually wrote down all the immoral things he did in office.

Of course, there are also those who are bold, who are lucky, thinking that they have been cold for ten years, and their fame is not easy to come by, so they simply take a cold bath - stiff. Write the word "no" directly on it.

When all eight of them finished writing, Yue Su asked the messenger to put the paper away and look at them one by one. Three have not been written, three are evasive, one is honest, only Nangong Chu is different. - "Xiaguan Nangong Chu, in office for two years, bribed the prefect Meng Daren with a total of 5,000 taels of silver, all of which were extracted from the confiscation of the family property of the county bully Chen Wanshan. It is really helpless for non-subordinate officials to pay bribes. The bully Chen Wanshan bullied the people and committed lawlessness, and the officials wanted to bring him to justice, but Chen Wanshan bribed Lord Meng, asked Lord Meng to take refuge, and handed over the case file to the prefect's yamen. In order to make decisions for the people under his rule, the lower officials removed a harm, and then allowed Lord Meng to confiscate Chen Wanshan's family property, and then raised 5,000 taels of silver as filial piety. The lower officials also knew that this move was inappropriate, and invited him to return to his hometown. ”

Yue Su read what Nangong Chu wrote, and was quite satisfied in his heart, corrupt officials should be eliminated, and clean officials must be eliminated, otherwise how can they punish evil and promote good, and benefit the people. Although it is a bribe to an official, there is also a last resort.

He was satisfied with Nangong Chu in his heart, and he didn't make any comments on the confession. just looked at the county magistrate who had truthfully recruited him, "Di Hui, you are honest, and it is not an exaggeration to kill your head and raid your family for your crimes, but the Ministry of Courtyard has a word first, and you can leave a surname for your life if you confess just now." All your family wealth will be confiscated, and the officials will not do it, go back to your hometown and farm. ”

"Thank you, sir, for your extrajudicial kindness." The county commander Di got Yue Su's fall, and immediately ran to the front of the steps and knelt down, rushing up and kowtowing.

Yue Su waved his hand and said, "Let's go back and sit first." ”

Di Hui was honest and obedient, and the other six county commanders were dismissed from their official positions when they saw him like this, and their family property was also confiscated.

Let your Lord Yue check it first, based on Meng Huade's confession alone, we can also deny it to death, and deduce that he was framed for his lenient actions. At the same time, their eyes were all focused on Yue Su, to see what this adult would say next.

The result made them wonder very much, Yue Su didn't say a word, picked up the teacup, and drank the tea quietly. He only cared about drinking tea and didn't say a word, and several county lords were even more confused.

Half an hour passed in a blink of an eye, Yue Su still didn't speak, the hall was silent, the silence was a little terrifying, and every official could hear his heartbeat at this moment.

At this time, Tong Xuan suddenly walked to the door, bowed down and said, "My lord, the news has come." ”

"Very well, come in and talk."

Tong Xuan took the order and came to the center of the hall, and then heard Yue Su say: "There are no outsiders here, let's tell the news in public." ”

"Subordinates obey." Tong Xuan agreed, took out a stack of letters from his arms, opened one first, and read aloud: "I was ordered to raid the county government of Mengxian County, and a total of 30,000 taels of silver were copied from the county government's back house. According to the instructions of the lord, send people to spread the word, and if there is any wrong, you can sue the governor of the yamen. At present, a total of 43 people have submitted confessions and filed grievances. The contents of the confession are all embezzlement and illegality in the county order of Mengxian County, shielding the local tyrants and gentry, and reversing black and white......"

After Tong Xuan read this letter, the county magistrate of Meng County was already frightened. But Tong Zhou was unhurried, and then pulled open a letter and began to read, "I was ordered to raid the Wuzhi County Ya, and I copied more than 27,000 grains of silver from the back house. According to the instructions of the lord, send people to spread the word everywhere, and if there is any wrong, you can sue the governor of the yamen......"

Tong Xuan read one after another, and the content of Qi was roughly the same, how much silver was copied out of each county office, and how many grievances were received.

There is only one letter, which is an exception. "The humble duty was ordered to raid the Xiuwu County Ya, in addition to the county order of the old mother and wife, the back house stopped the maid and the servant, the family was extremely poor, and there was no money left. The county made a secret visit and learned that the Xiuwu County Order had a very good reputation, punished the bullies, encouraged the farmers, and appeased the people, and no one complained about their grievances. ”

When Tong Xuan finished the last letter of belief, Yue Su above sneered. said: "Ladies and gentlemen, after Xingwener and others, the headquarters first sent people to the counties to make secret visits to find out the official reputation of Er. Later, he ordered the garrison of the yamen, and went to the counties with the orders of the headquarters and the institute, jointly inspected the yamen, and raided the county yamen on the second day after everyone left the city. and posted a list to inform the people that anyone who has grievances can write a confession and report it to the ministry and court. ”

After listening to Yue Su's words, the eight county commanders below, except for Nangong Chu and Di Hui, the other six couldn't stop trembling.

Then, I heard Yue Su say: "The headquarters really wants to hear it, how do you explain it now." All of your families have more than 20,000 taels of silver, where did they come from? And the three ...... who just dared to say no"

"Smack!" When Yue Su said this, he slammed the startled wood and shouted angrily: "Tell me to the main department, where did your money come from!" Don't tell the main department, it's all blowing in the wind! ”

(To be continued)