The public trial meeting of Zhang Xiang, a warden of the Ministry of Works, and others suspected of corruption and perversion of the law, was held on the construction site of the Yellow River.

It stands to reason that Zhang Xiang and the others were sent to Huai'an by the Ministry of Industry, and their trial should also be carried out in the stable. However, Su Hao sent a letter to the Ministry of Industry and the Criminal Department respectively, explaining that Zhang Xiang mainly harmed the people of Huai'an, and requested that he be tried and executed in Huai'an, and the Criminal Department agreed. After all, they are just a few wardens, and they are not worth the attention of the Criminal Department at all.

The trial work is in charge of the whole process of Huai'an Mansion, and the person who tried the case was Su Hao's old acquaintance, Huai'an Tong sentenced Tian Younian, and the final presiding over the public trial meeting was naturally Huai'an Prefect Hangul.

Su Hao's reconnaissance of Zhang Xiang and others was very sufficient, and at the last moment, with a thunderous momentum, he suddenly seized the houses of various suspects and the merchants who had money dealings with them, and intercepted a large number of account books and stolen money. In the face of iron-clad facts, Zhang Xiang and others had no way to quibble, so they could only completely admit their crimes.

The first offender, Zhang Xiang, was executed by Ling Chi because of his serious sins and tried to blackmail the government with his hands and feet in the river embankment project, and his family was also punished, all adult men were beheaded, and women and children were allowed to be official slaves. This is the first time that Su Hao has no objection to such a legal provision as Xulian, in his opinion, a person with a lost conscience like Zhang Xiang must also repay it with the fate of his whole family, in order to deter other petty people.

Zhang Guanlian, Li Shibai and others were also sentenced to beheading for corruption, the eldest son of each family was sentenced to exile, and other family members were sentenced to three years of hard labor on the river. It should be said that such a punishment is already very light.

The minions who followed Zhang Xiang and others to do evil were also different according to their respective crimes. Received various punishments, some in exile, some in flogging, some in hard labor, in general. It can be described as a magnificent Skynet, negligent but not leaky.

The existing and former servants on the river were notified to come to this public trial, and when they saw that the egg that had bullied them had come to a deserved end, the servants wept with joy, and some even worshiped the heavens and comforted their deceased relatives.

After the verdict of the criminals was announced. Hangul began to announce the second item on the agenda of the conference: restitution.

"Refund?"

The servants at the venue looked at the Korean language on the rostrum with amazement.

"Yes, refund!" Han Wen said solemnly, "Fellow villagers, Zhang Xiang, Zhang Guanlian, Li Shibai and other evil officials, they have set up clever names to squeeze the income you deserve. It lasted 10 years. Under the auspices of the director of the Ministry of Industry, the government raided the homes of these evil officials, and a total of more than 100,000 taels of silver and various property were copied. Remembering your hardships and the hardships of the lives of the people of Huai'an, Lord Su wrote to the imperial court, requesting that the proceeds of this cooperation be used to compensate Zhang Xiang and other evil officials for the money squeezed from you.

Since some of the money they had squeezed had already been squandered, it was not enough to repay all of their money. The Huai'an Mansion has decided to take out 30,000 taels of silver from the treasury. to make up the amount of compensation. ”

Hangul's words reached the ears of every servant through the officials standing in various parts of the venue, and everyone couldn't believe it at first, and then burst into tears and excitement, and I don't know who took the lead first, everyone fell to their knees and shouted loudly:

"Lord Han is wise!"

"Master Su is the reborn parent of us!"

"Su Qingtian!"

“……”

Thinking about how much hard-earned money everyone has been extorted by Zhang Xiang and his dogs over the years, today, everyone can see the fate of the evil officials, and they already feel a sigh of relief. Who knows, the prefect actually brought such good news to everyone, saying that the money that was extorted can be returned to everyone.

There are account books for the distribution of money on the river, and with these account books, you can find people who have worked in the past. and find out what they are entitled to for the year. Of course, it is unrealistic to say that there are no errors in the records in these account books, and the so-called "fire consumption" collected by Zhang Xiang and others is also not registered, and can only be estimated according to a ratio, which cannot be very accurate.

But it's also very good to have an estimate, 10 taels of silver were knocked away back then, and now even if you only get 5 taels back, it is also an extra income, which can also show that the heavens are clear.

It is not the first time that the imperial court has investigated and punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but every time the confiscated income goes into the treasury of the government, or even into the private pockets of officials? This time, Chief Su was able to personally write a letter to the imperial court asking for these silver to be used as funds for compensation, what a move to love the people, it can really be called the first blue sky of the Ming Dynasty!

In the midst of the commotion, Su Hao stepped onto the rostrum, and Han Wen gave him the position to speak. Su Hao subconsciously looked for the microphone and found that there was no such thing in these years, so he had to be angry and shouted loudly to everyone:

"Folks, I am Su Hao, the head of the river sent to Huai'an by the Ministry of Industry. Zhang Xiang and others are the wardens sent by the Ministry of Industry, they have brought great suffering to everyone in the fish and meat township, and this official is hereby on behalf of the Ministry of Industry to make amends to all the villagers! ”

Speaking of this, he tugged at the placket of his shirt and bowed deeply to the thousands of servants in the audience. At this time, the servants who had just stood up hurriedly knelt down again, and shouts such as "Master Su" and "Su Qingtian" were endless. In the eyes of everyone, Su Hao is a dignified six-rank official, it is said that he is still a member of the army, and he is just a grass people, how can he afford Su Hao's great gift? While kowtowing in return, everyone was chanting in their hearts about Master Su's kindness and his approachable demeanor.

"The river project is related to the safety and happiness of the people, you are all heroes of the construction project, you are all people who have contributed to the river, and will continue to contribute in the future, we can't let everyone sweat and cry. Therefore, we must return all the money that Zhang Xiang extorted from everyone, and if the confiscated silver taels are not enough, we, the officials, would rather make up for it with our own family funds! The more Su Hao spoke, the more sensational he became.

Naturally, there was another sound of gratitude and cheers, mixed with kowtows. Su Hao continued: "In the next step, there is still a lot of more arduous work to be done on the river, and we need to complete the reinforcement of the Yellow River embankment before the flood season comes. The channel of the Huai River was dug and the apricot canal for irrigation was built. These require the joint efforts of everyone, our project is a century-old plan, we must complete the project on time, according to quality and quantity, can we do it! ”

"Yes!"

"Whoever can't do it is the grandson of Wang Bagui!"

"Master Su rest assured. Even if we are tired to death, we will finish the project! ”

"Master Su, I will hand over more than 100 catties to Master Su!"

“……”

Everyone in the audience was so excited by Su Hao's speech that they blushed one by one, and they had to bite their fingers and write a blood letter to take an oath. A public trial meeting has successfully turned into a pledge meeting for river projects, and those simple river workers say so on their lips and think so in their hearts. Master Su is so good to us, if we are cheating and playing tricks and not working well, can we still be considered human?

After the meeting, Ma Yu and others, with the assistance of Chen Guanyu, Zhou Ruyuan and others, began to reorganize the servants, select team leaders, and arrange supervisors. It has comprehensively replaced the original management and command system established by Zhang Xiang and others. The first thing the new overseers did when they took office was to take the old account books and calculate the amount of silver to be paid back to each servant, including those who had left the river project and even died, were included in the list of refunds, and the money was to be sent to their homes.

"Change it, your hand is really incredible."

Outside the venue. Han Wen pulled Su Hao and commented with emotion. Returning the confiscated money to those powerless migrant workers is something that no Ming official would do, but Su Hao just did it. You must know that although this can win the support of migrant workers, this kind of support is worthless. It is not migrant workers who control public opinion, what benefits can Su Hao do for his career?

In fact, Han Wen first asked Su Hao to send troops to raid the homes of Zhang Xiang and others, with the intention of letting Su Hao earn some extra money. There's nothing better to make money than raiding your home. Because only the person in charge knows how much money is copied from the house. As long as you do a little tricking in the account books, no one can know about half of the stolen goods.

However, Su Hao did not do this, he chose to hand over all his income to Huai'an Mansion. At the same time, he wrote a report to the imperial court, asking for the money to be returned to the servant. This is not a matter of a few hundred taels or a few thousand taels, but a full 100,000 taels, and Su Hao is not moved at all, which makes Han Wen feel distressed for Su Hao, but also a little relieved. The reason for the comfort is that he knows that young people who can not be moved in front of Qian Bao are really promising.

"These servants are so pathetic." Su Hao explained, "Zhang Xiang's ill-gotten gains are all the hard-earned money of the servants, if I am greedy, I will have a disturbed conscience." ”

"You can have a compassionate heart, and you will not be in vain in the articles of the sages you read. Change, this government really didn't mistake you. Han Wen said.

Su Hao said: "Father-in-law, this is all thanks to your teaching."

"Haha, what can the old man teach you?" Han Wen smiled, "Okay, change it, now that the strategy for controlling the river has been decided, and the dirty officials on the river have been arrested, you should be able to relax for a while, right?"

When Han Wen asked this, there was naturally a deep meaning in it. Su Hao has been postponing his marriage to Han Qian on the grounds that he is busy with his career. Now that everything has come to an end, Han Wen is reminding Su Hao that it is time to do something.

Su Hao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy."

"Why?" Han Wen asked.

Su Hao said: "I just got the express report, saying that the household department sent me a new errand, and it is estimated that the official document should be sent to Huai'an in the next few days."

"So, you're leaving Huai'an?" Han Wen asked with some loss.

"Exactly." Su Hao said, "I don't know exactly where to go or what to do, but it probably won't be a trivial matter." Father-in-law, the matter of governing the river is very important, Ma Yu and they should still stay in Huai'an, so I ask my father-in-law to take care of it. ”

"The matter of governing the river is also the duty of my Huai'an Mansion, so why should I entrust my son-in-law." Han Wen said, he patted Su Hao's shoulder, and said: "Change it, you can rest assured, a good man has ambitions in all directions, and the old man believes that you can make new achievements and make Shengshang and Wang Cifu satisfied."

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