Zheng Lang's first stop started from Xunzhou, and then went to Meizhou, Chaozhou and Huizhou. Then turn back to Xunzhou, and draft the case of Xunqian Road first. In his heart, if the two Guangxi provinces want to develop, they must take the Pearl River Delta as the leader and drive the development of the entire two Guangzhous. First, Guangzhou has a foundation, second, it has an excellent port, third, it has developed waterway transportation, and fourth, it has a population base, with nearly 100,000 households in eight counties, 95 percent of whom are still Han households. The most important thing is to be close to the South Seas. Now it is not clear that once the population of the two Guangxi provinces increases, the last advantage will be infinitely magnified, so that Guangzhou can leap into the same monster as Hangzhou, and can leave Ezhou and other commercial states behind.

Whether it can be done depends on the investment and construction development in the past two years. Guangzhou is the most important place to visit.

However, we should not underestimate Chaozhou and Huizhou, Meizhou has less than 10,000 households, but Chaozhou has more than 50,000 households, Huizhou also has nearly 50,000 households, plus Guangzhou, the three states account for almost a quarter of the total number of households in Guangzhou, and there is a slight more.

Geographical conditions. There is a bad river (Hanjiang) delta in Chaozhou, and what I hate is that there are many crocodiles, but since Han Yu killed crocodiles, the people are no longer afraid of this creature, and take the initiative to kill crocodiles, and the harm of crocodiles is not great. More than half of the upper and lower reaches of Longchuan pass through Huizhou, bringing good irrigation and planting conditions. It has not yet been developed, but if it is properly developed, it can at least accommodate two or three times more people's lives.

Inspect county by county.

Instead of looking at the county seat, he also went deep into the countryside to see the countryside, the needs, the salt works, and the port, and by the way, he also tried more than a dozen unjust cases, dismissed a county magistrate, and executed several petty officials, a chief officer, and a county lieutenant.

Looking at this, those bad officials in the two Guangxi provinces were not concerned one by one, and in order to keep the black gauze hat on their heads, they had no choice but to change their minds and carefully handle government affairs.

In fact, Zheng Lang mainly looks at topography and water conservancy.

But two things happened.

The first thing was the merchants and barbarians and the common people everywhere.

What the imperial court saw was a good financial situation, but it actually brought much more than that. The improved exemption law released a large number of middle classes, but not all of them were successfully converted, and some people went bankrupt after being released, and many people. But there are also many people who have successfully transformed and marched into first- and second-class households. The Ping An Prison and the bank are like two monsters, which have made many people double their wealth in a few years. In particular, the safety prison. It has been implemented for more than ten years, and some people's property has quadrupled, and the earliest batch has quadruple, five, or six times. Many business tycoons are being produced, but Zheng Lang hates the annexation of land and hidden fields when he is prime minister. To avoid controversy, and not to do anything about Namada Hideta, you can keep writing some articles to criticize this phenomenon. In a nutshell, you have enough money, why don't you let go of these poor people? At least since the Zhao Zhi Dynasty, the whole country has been focusing on cultivating qi, and even hypocrites like Ouyang Xiu have written in clusters. Explain the importance of solar terms. So as soon as Zheng Lang's article came out, there were many echoes. So much so that the whole country regarded these acts of merging fields and hiding fields as usury. Think it's a despicable thing. After the investigation of the prefecture, at least the large families in the safety prison and the bank, most of them took the initiative to stop this behavior. But I have money in my hands, and I have accumulated a large amount of money, and it is not worth putting it in the bank, although there is interest, the interest is too light. Anyone who is smart can see that this interest rate has not risen as fast as prices.

And where to invest?

There is a way to expand the scale of business, the scale of workshops, and there is no ability. I can't do anything.

After the news spread that Zheng Lang would invest heavily in Liangguang, many businessmen went south, and the most people who came were the merchants of Liangzhejiang Road, and what Zheng Lang did in Hangzhou, they felt the most, followed by Jiangdong. One by one, their sense of smell was extremely sensitive, and they all went south to look for opportunities.

There are also many barbarians who are waiting and watching, following the bloody battle of piety, and the blood oath alliance of Xunzhou, turning against each other again, and setting off to Xunzhou together to show Zheng Lang's loyalty to the Song Dynasty. …,

and the people.

Fujian Road has more than 90% mountainous terrain, but it became the second most densely populated area in the Song Dynasty, and you can imagine the fierce living environment. Often, even some landlords do not dare to raise a second or third child, and they cannot raise them, and one son can still maintain the family business, and the two sons will become middle peasants as soon as they divide them, and if they divide them again, they will become poor peasants and cannot maintain the advantage of the family business. But what to do if you raise it, your children drown and strangle to death. After Wang Ding came to Jianzhou, he was not used to it, everyone stopped, stopped, and was not allowed to do this, it was too unhumane.

But as a parent, who doesn't suffer? When the real parents are like Xiao Yunjin, just like that, Xiao Yunjin doesn't love his son, he loves his second son, and he is sad about Liao Xingzong. But what if you don't?

After hearing some rumors, some people couldn't survive, so they moved their families south one by one to come to Liangguang to beg for a living. Not only Fujian Road, but also Jiangnan West Road. Anyway, the government of the Song Dynasty did not prohibit the movement of the people, and the government had to turn a blind eye to this.

You fled on your own, and it has nothing to do with me if something happens on the way.

When Tian Yu and Yuan Qian heard the news, they hurriedly sent someone to meet the security platoon. These state officials don't care about it, but these people have fled to Liangguang, and if something happens, the officials of Liangguang are responsible. Liangguang is also working on the construction of various roads, which just need manpower. While arranging for the homeless, he sent someone to ask Zheng Lang for money. Don't make your rounds, you'll have to get us a lot of money right away.

Zheng Lang wrote to the court and asked for money, and first got us 5 million yuan.

Pang Ji is so hard that he is dying, didn't you kid just make a few dollars from the court, and you are unwilling not to spend them, right?

replied to a letter, the appropriation is okay, and I don't care about the money in the bank, but you have to consider the ability of the imperial court to bear it, Jinghu South Road is spending money, Di Qing went to Temo Road to spend money, God knows if there will be a disaster this year, I can only allocate 10 million yuan to you. There is no more. And this 10 million yuan will be allocated to you immediately, so that I will regret it immediately.

Zheng Lang also replied with a letter, Pang Yuzhi, don't be angry, when I return to the capital, please go to Fanlou to have a good meal. There is no need to rush, although the money is used in the early stage, once the construction is completed and the two Guangxi are on the track, there will be a lot of income increased in a year, and the financial situation of the imperial court will be even better. Even 200 million in a year, including various incomes, will not be a dream. Think about what will become of the treasury with 200 million state revenues?

Pang Ji replied with another letter, don't paint a cake for me, in the future, you have to consider the current financial pressure of the imperial court.

Zheng Lang was speechless, Master Pang was too shrewd not to eat the cakes he painted

It is also impossible for the state treasury to reach 200 million yuan, although the two Guangxi have bright prospects. Bank revenues will also climb, but what does the state need to do with such money? It is enough to have a normal fiscal income of 156 million. Others, the two taxes will be gradually relaxed. Reduce the pressure on farmers. However, under the condition of lightly dealing with small measures, the state's fiscal revenue can still reach 156 million a year, and there will be a huge deformation. It can also easily launch a larger battle than the Northwest War at the beginning of Qingli, and can even use money to directly induce the other tribe and tribe to turn against the water. Not yet, Wang Anshi can't do that, although the money is collected, the battle of Hehuang. The Battle of Jiaozhi and the Pingxia War did not cause financial difficulties for the Song Dynasty, but what about the people, didn't they change the law from the people? It is the country that is good, and it is the people who suffer.

There is one of the most important premises of all this, Zheng Lang is in Liangguang, and has spoken. The time in Liangguang will not be short. It can also be seen that it is Guangnan East Road, and Guangnan West Road has not moved. At least three or two years will have to be there.

Zheng Lang's economic ability reassures businessmen, and Zheng Lang's care for the people reassures the people. …,

This created a large number of merchants and ordinary people to go south.

Zheng Lang didn't write a letter either, knowing that since he went south, he had squandered a lot of money, and he had forced Pang Ji hard enough, and 10 million yuan might not be enough, and Guangnan East Road would ask for a lot of money to smash down this year, and Guangnan West Road would also have to invest some money. If you really can't, you can reduce the project by another batch.

The second thing is Zhao Zhen's anger.

With Zhao Zhen's usual personality, he is a little soft in handling affairs. It's like Song Clone. On that emperor, most of them were executed, just a staff piercing Salmon Island, and then he regretted it and sent an envoy to recover the edict, but he did not catch up in the face of heavy wind and rain. Regret in the palace.

However, even Zheng Lang didn't expect Zhao Zhen's anger this time.

Zhao Zhen grew up wisely, and he was not suspicious, and he could see Zheng Lang's loyalty and caution. has no suspicion of Zheng Lang at all, and even took the initiative to dispel Zheng Lang's conscientiousness, so that Zheng Lang can do things with peace of mind. Moreover, Zheng Lang went south this time, first the Song Dynasty and our emperor, preaching loyalty to the Song Dynasty, and the emperor's benevolence, which can see this caution and loyalty. If you are still suspicious, let the other ministers do things in the future? Are they all inactive officials?

And more or less, the friendship cultivated from teenagers, the kind of basic affection, in Zhao Zhen's heart, Zheng Lang is actually the first confidant. Of course, you can't say it, otherwise Yanchen will spit again and again.

Zheng Lang's ability to govern, in Zhao Zhen's heart, Zheng Lang is Guan Zhong of Qi Huan, Liu Bei's Zhuge Liang, Fu Jian's Wang Meng, Fang Du and Yao Song of the Tang Dynasty, the only few virtuous ministers in China for thousands of years, and the greatest guarantee for whether the Song Dynasty can prosper.

Coupled with Zheng Lang's indistinct words, Zhao Zhen was angry.

Not only was he angry in the capital, but he was angry again early in the morning of the third day. The hundreds of ministers below listened to Zhao Zhen's roar, and they were speechless one by one. However, they are also very disgusted with this matter, the world is big, the scholars are the biggest, these people are just private salt, they dare to rally the crowd to murder a dignified prime minister, who else will dare to go to Lingnan as an official in the future? This not only touched Zhao Zhen's bottom line, but also touched the bottom line of all scholars. What if I commit a crime and go to Lingnan? I don't have the protection of the hundred horsemen by my side. Unexpectedly, the top and bottom unanimously echoed Zhao Zhen, and they should be severely punished.

This decision is no small feat.

First, according to Zheng Lang's suggestion, Cheng Shimeng, Yang Cha and Cai Ting were put in Lingnan, Yang Cha was the same transfer envoy, and Cheng Shimeng and Cai Ting were the deputy transfer envoys to assist Zheng Lang in the construction of Guangnan East Road. Relative to these three officials, it is actually a demotion. In fact, it is going to be gilded, and if it is done well, it will be a great achievement. Zheng Langsheng has no promotion, it's a big deal to go back to be the prime minister, what else can he do? These three people are different, none of them have served as ministers of the East and West, even if they are deputy ministers.

Wang Ding was also transferred to Jiangnan West Road to raise the prison, Wang Sui to be the deputy envoy of the Guangnan West Road to the prison, and Li Dao, Xu Cheng, and Shang Tong were respectively Qianzhou, Tingzhou, and Xunzhou Zhizhou. This time, except for Kong Zongdan's heroic sacrifice, the famous Three Tigers and Four Glares were all concentrated in the places where the three roads and illegal salt were overflowing.

The arrival of the three tigers and three stares does not count, and it is clearly written in the edict that all those involved in the case must be severely punished, and no official may cover up and intercede for them.

Handling the case with such a stern attitude is the first time in Zhao Zhen's hands.

But Zheng Lang laughed and laughed, one Wang Ding is enough, why did the three tigers and three glares get all of them? These people are all sharp knives, and if they are not used well, they will hurt others and themselves. The best thing is that there is a rare unanimity of opinion from top to bottom of the court, and they all welcome Zhao Zhen's approach this time.

Then Zhao Zhen published the case in the newspaper and published it in the newspapers sent to the states.

Not so much for the audacity of the smugglers, but for the sake of courage. Civil officials want to gather power. However, the performance of some civilian officials is very disappointing, and often the enemy will flee and surrender in the future. Even dozens of Zhang Hai people can open the city gates of the state and county, and let the officials bring wine and meat to greet him. …,

Cowardice so.

Zheng Lang has repeatedly gone into danger for the sake of the country and with his noble body, is it possible that you are a small Zhizhou magistrate and a county more noble than Zheng Lang? If everyone is not afraid of death, can Nong Zhigao quickly hit the city of Guangzhou? Layers of states and counties are consumed. Consumption also consumed his men and horses.

At the end of April, Zheng Lang and Zhou Xin came to Xunzhou outside the city in a simple manner.

Zheng Lang is in the prime of life, he can resist, Zhou Xin is nearly fifty years old, he has been traveling to various states and counties for a month, his body is unbearable, and he panted and said: "Zheng Xianggong, enter the city." You have to rest for a few days. ”

"Of course, I'm going to spend a few days looking at the murder case."

Zhou Xin gasped again and asked, "Zheng Xianggong." Are you happy to run around like this? ”

Of course, it is a good thing to do things for the country and the people, but the tiredness is about to exhaust people to death, at least I don't feel that little bit of happiness. Isn't he a good official, the conscience of heaven and earth, and he is still worthy of this as an official.

Zheng Lang misunderstood, and replied: "Where do I dare to talk about happiness, Fan Xiwen's heart is pure snow, but white paper, white and flawless, but my heart is stained with too many bad things." It can only be said. The emperor trusts me and favors me, and the annual salary and subsidy reach more than 30,000 yuan, which is slightly worthy of the emperor's trust, this generous lu, ashamed, ashamed, ashamed, don't say this sentence again in the future. ”

Zhou Xin is very cute. Grandma's, even if the state gives you a generous luke, you will scoop out more than 100,000 dollars of gold and silver if you donate twice, and your salary will be reduced by half, which is almost the same as mine. And said ashamed, then what should we officials do, hit our heads against the wall and die?

Could it be that this thing has also practiced martial arts like those soldiers! Zhou Xin was so tired that he couldn't do it, and Zheng Lang was suffocated to death with a word, so he snorted angrily.

Zheng Lang repeatedly recommended Fan Zhongyan, but Zhou Xin was not convinced, and he did not dare to question Fan Zhongyan's moral exercise, but Zhou Xin looked down on Fan Zhongyan's ability to govern. A new deal has made the country smoky, what kind of ability is this?

The group quickly arrived outside the city of Xunzhou, and there were new changes outside the city, and after receiving Zhao Zhen's appointment, Yang Sui and others quickly went south.

They are all masters who are not afraid of many things, but are afraid of not many things. Hearing about this big case, they smiled happily. Cheng Shimeng, Yang Cha and Cai Ting were still halfway there, and Wang Sui and Shang Tong rode quickly and came to Xunzhou a few days ago.

As soon as the two lords came, there were many things. The severe interrogation not only brought out this year's case, but also pulled out the cases that had been accumulated for many years. Then one order after another was issued, and the arrest was called cheerful, and it was not mentioned.

Bao Ke made the two masters dumbfounded.

But the emperor's decree is very clear, let them come is not afraid of big things, and those who are afraid of small things are helpless.

The prisoners were arrested a lot, and Shang Tong found a house in the city, which was urgently repaired and used as a temporary cell.

After hearing this, Zheng Lang and Zhou Xin both frowned.

Zheng Lang also wanted to pull it up, but the two of them went too far, and it will definitely shake the hearts of the people in several states.

The officials greeted him, and Zheng Lang said a few words, and then led the team into the city.

After walking for a while, a woman who was nearly sixty years old stopped them, knelt down, and cried: "Zheng Xianggong, you are a good official, please let my son go." ”

Shang Tong said hatefully: "Zheng Xianggong, ignore her, her son is one of the murderers in the forest." ”

Zheng Lang frowned when he heard this, but he obviously saw that the old woman's outstretched hand was very abnormal, slightly bent.

The old woman said: "Zheng Xianggong, this Zhizhou, my son is ignorant and has broken the law, but for me, an old woman, I am not as good as ......."

was about to hit the wall and let Zheng Su drag her. …,

"There is growth," Zheng Lang boasted, not praising Zheng Su's martial arts, but praising him for being prefectural. Then he looked at the old woman and asked, "Mother-in-law, you will speak clearly, what is it for you?" ”

"Zheng Xianggong, I just got this disease, my son doesn't understand, the family is poor, I want to take medicine, I listened to them. But my son didn't kill anyone, so he went once. Still standing in the back. The old woman wept and spoke, indistinctly, but barely understood what she meant.

Zheng Lang is also very clear about this matter. At the beginning, all the Han murderers involved did not charge much, which was instructed by some people to do so, so as to reduce casualties and avoid heavy compensation after the case. But in the end, Huang Xiaowu was angry, desperate, and the Han people he brought also rushed up. But it was chaotic. The soldiers suffered many casualties with arrows and spears, and very few died in the hand-to-hand encounter, and God knows who the murderers were, even they themselves did not know.

He still said a sentence and said, "Mother-in-law, let's do it, you come with me, and I will go to the yatang." How about settling your son's case on the spot? ”

"Thank you Zheng Xianggong, thank you Zheng Xianggong," the old woman kowtowed repeatedly. let Zheng Lang help her up, and instructed the two guards to help her and come to the yatang. Hearing about Zheng Lang's verdict, many people flocked to him. At the beginning, there were not many people involved, everything was normal in Xunzhou, but after the hands of Shang Tong and Wang Sui, it changed its taste, of course, their intentions were good, but it was too good. More and more people were arrested, and many people were panicked, so when they heard about Zheng Lang's trial, they came to watch one by one.

After a while, another young woman came with her child in her arms, the wife and son of the murderer.

Zheng Lang was slightly displeased, and the reason why he tried this case. It was because Wang Shang and the others were widely implicated, and for the sake of the murderer's filial piety, they immediately asked. If you use the old man's wife and children to force yourself, you will not be very happy.

Looking again, the young woman and the child had vegetables on their faces, and they held back again.

The murderer brought up, in his thirties, and his body was beaten to the point that his skin was broken, and two women, one old and one young, cried and asked the servants to take him down.

Zheng Lang asked: "Who is the surname of the hall, where is the name, and how old is this year?" ”

I was already looking through the file in my hand, and the reason why I asked was a routine.

"Zheng Xianggong, the youngest is called Xu Erwa, a native of Longchuan Huangligou, thirty-two years old."

"Why did you become a murderer?"

"The small family is poor, and the doctor said that the little old mother has joint paralysis and what is ......"

"Got it, go on," Zheng Lang said, that is, rheumatoid, this chronic disease is almost incurable in this era, and the old woman's fingers were deformed and bent on the road, and it was obvious that it was also in the advanced stage.

"Yes, I went to grab the medicine, the medicine is expensive, I can't afford it, they told me to go, I, I'll go."

If ordinary people would continue to ask, what are you going to do, but Zheng Lang was reading the file, he was bitter, everything was poured out, and even the matter of stealing chickens and dogs when he was a child was confessed, written on the file, he saw a line, this person has sixteen acres of land in his home, and immediately thought of a question: "What kind of medicine did you catch, so expensive?" ”

There are more than a dozen acres of land, this person is strong, can work, can hire people to plant fields, and can barely get by at home, and this is a chronic disease, or a terminal chronic disease, if he is born in a rich family like Zheng Lang, what ginseng and deer are piled up, the medicine will be very expensive. In this kind of poor family, the prescriptions prescribed by the general doctor are very cheap, just to save their lives, is it worth becoming a murderer to make money?

"The small ones don't know, it's very expensive anyway, it costs several dollars every time they grab the medicine, and the small ones still have fifty or sixty acres of land at home, and they sold dozens of acres, but it's not enough, they gave the small ones, the small ones a hundred dollars, and the small ones went. But the little one really didn't kill anyone, and he didn't put the bow and arrow in his hand, and when your men came out, the little one surrendered with his hands in his hands. Saying that, he began to cry, that day was a nightmare for these people, with rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. …,

"Fifty or sixty acres of land......" Zheng Lang groaned, if there were really fifty or sixty acres of land, the living conditions at home would not be too bad. After thinking about it, he said to Shang Tong: "Shang Zhizhou, you send someone to ride a horse and immediately go to Huangligou to ask to see how much land there is in his house." ”

Then he stared at Xu Erwa and asked, "Where is the prescription?" ”

"Yes."

Zheng Lang asked a servant and Xu Erwa's wife to go to his house to scoop the prescription.

The people who were hearing the trial outside thought it was very strange, it seemed that this had nothing to do with the murder, why should they ask this.

Zheng Lang closed his eyes and recuperated, and after a while, the prescription was scooped in, Zheng Lang glanced at it, and handed it to Shang Tong, who didn't know what it meant, Zheng Lang said: "There are a few doctors among the soldiers I brought, you call them to ask how much this prescription costs." Besides, there is only one pharmacy in the entire Xunzhou City. ”

Shang Tong suddenly realized, called a medical soldier, handed him the prescription and asked, "If you catch the medicine according to this prescription, how much will it cost?" ”

The doctor didn't know what it meant, and said: "This is a medicine for paralysis, but it doesn't work, and the prescription is too cheap." ”

Zheng Lang opened his eyes and said, "You just tell Shang Zhizhou how much money you have to use?" ”

"It's hard to say, it costs more than 200 yuan to put it in the Central Plains. However, there are many medicinal materials in Lingnan, and the price is low, perhaps less than half. ”

Zheng Lang asked Xu Erwa again: "How much money did you use when you grabbed the medicine?" ”

"It's always more, more than a thousand. Sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, three thousand three hundred

to fourteen hundred dollars. ”

Shang Tong understands that Xunzhou has a large area, more than three times that of Taiping Prefecture, but the population is sparse, and the total population of the three counties is only about 30,000 households. It is not as large as a large town in later generations, so the state town is only a pharmacy, and the prescription prescribed by the doctor is not wrong, considering the situation in the people's homes, it is a terminal illness, and only some cheap drugs are prescribed, so that the medicine people can delay for a while, but the fault is in the pharmacy. Profiteers in pharmacies. Forcing good people to be thieves.

Jealousy is like hatred, although he is a good monk, Shang Tong, who specializes in cracking down on wealthy and powerful families, is angry. He shouted, "Go and arrest the shopkeeper of the pharmacy." ”

"Oh," a few officials went down like wolves, and the reputation of this pharmacy was not very good, and the officials were very excited when they heard about arresting them.

At this time, Zheng Lang didn't care whether Xu Erwa's family had sold the land, and asked his wife: "If the official takes care of you and gives your family tax exemption for another three years, and at the same time the official gives you another fifty taels of silver, are you willing to wait for your husband to come back and support your mother-in-law?" ”

What this sentence means. Life!

The woman kowtowed like pounded rice and said in a loud voice, "Yes, willing." ”

"Zheng Xianggong, it's not proper, at that time, in order to abide by the rules, you didn't let those familiar barbarians plunder slaves......" Shang Tong loudly dissuaded.

Voice-over-the-top. You are talking for you, and you would rather go to the slaughter of these familiar barbarians than leave them alive to be slaves, and now these people are involved in the murder case and are direct murderers, how can they be extrajudicial and merciful?

"Shang Zhizhou, at that time, I had two reasons, one was that the salt road would never be troubled, and the other was to formulate rules, which I could basically abide by, and if I couldn't abide by them, I wouldn't make these rules. But what about the law? Can everyone be equal before the law, and the prince and the scholar break the law and commit the same crime as the common people? ”

"How is this possible?"

"That's it, because it is impossible to make everyone equal before the law, and I often enforce the law according to the law. For example, Zhang Hai and Wang Ze, Zhang Hai was a thief, forced by the government, harsh by the state, and a disaster, so he became a bandit because he couldn't survive, and gave them a chance, and they returned to the court, so I forgave him. His Majesty has also repeatedly decreed that if you can't survive because of hunger and do something to rob food, you can also forgive, that's the reason. However, Wang Ze, as a national captain, is deeply grateful to the country, and he does not worry about food and clothing, but he gathers people to rebel against the cult, so he can only be killed, and cannot do any forgiveness. That's the difference between things. These murderers are all regarded as murders according to the law, but the mastermind behind the scenes is the most hateful, and he is breaking the law for filial piety, so he can do some extrajudicial mercy. ”…,

"Well said, well said!" The crowd outside clapped their hands together.

"That, that......"

"Shang Zhizhou, I know that you are kind-hearted, and you want to return to the state for a peace, and you, Deputy Envoy Wang, are the same, but you have to see, all the people who participated in the main envoy behind the scenes must be arrested, and the family members are involved, and they must also be arrested and severely punished. Also, the direct murderers are far less hateful than those who instigate them, they are just a knife at the mercy of others, if they encounter a situation like Xu Erwa, they can be exempted from the death penalty, of course, living crimes cannot be avoided. Another example is the backlog of cases in previous years, and the direct murderers and instigators who killed officials, killed soldiers, and robbed women were all spared. As for the private salt, it is also a maladministration accumulated by the government, and since the new salt policy has begun, there is no need to investigate it, so as not to cause turmoil. ”

There was an uproar outside, and a large number of people fell to their knees.

Wang Shang and the others were arrested too hard, if they were treated like Zheng Lang, more than half of the prisoners would be acquitted. Others will survive.

"Jung Sang-ko......"

"Shang Zhizhou, just listen to me, the weather is also hot, I heard that there are more than 1,000 prisoners in Xunzhou, I will assist you in the past few days, try and sentence a batch, if the death penalty is confirmed to be transferred to Guangzhou, the sentence will be made after the autumn," suddenly whispered to Shang Tong and said: "You hate, I hate too, but you don't know the emperor's character, if only a few dozen people are executed, even if there are more than a hundred people, the emperor will agree to it." If you sentence hundreds or thousands of people to death, the emperor will not allow it, but will escape justice with the real murderer. ”

One sentence is still the same as crying and laughing.

Zheng Lang then decided: "Sentenced Xu Erwa to Liujiang Nanxi Road for three years." ”

It's also a very heavy sentence, but it's alive.

He also asked the guards to scoop out fifty taels of silver and give it to the two women, although they were reluctant, they were all like this, what else could they say? The two women thanked and hugged their son and wept bitterly, and finally left.

Zheng Lang began to take over the case, there were too many people involved in the case, there were arrests over there, and sentences were released here. As long as the sentence is issued, most of them are released, or beaten and then released, and some people are sentenced to exile. On the third day, Zheng Lang released a total of 305 people. Another order was issued to allow all the families of the criminals to visit during the Dragon Boat Festival in May. In this way, the people's hearts are gradually calming.

In the May Festival, some of the must-kill barbarians stayed, ready to be beheaded after the autumn, and most of the barbarians were exiled to Shamen Island, and placed in Yanzhou after completing their sentences, so as not to go back to Lingnan to harm them, let the Fanzi of Yanzhou deal with them to see who is more fierce.

As a result, there were only more than 600 prisoners left in the cell, and in addition to the newly arrested, most of them could be sentenced to death, and those who could not be sentenced to death, at least for the crime of exile on Salmon Island. This should be careful to see if there is a possibility of a light sentence. If you don't let go, you won't judge.

Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road are also ruthless, although they have brought countless turmoil, but the rampant smuggling of salt dealers and the main messengers behind the scenes in Bazhou are almost empty, at least 1,000 or hundreds of powerful people, big families and businessmen are involved in the case, and more than 300 backlog cases have been seized. There are also many murderers who have committed crimes one after another, and as for where they flee, they can only be caught by sea.

On May 12, under the prevention of Zheng Lang, the arrest was stopped, and then Zheng Lang wrote to Wang Ding, Yang Hong, Xu Cheng, and Li Dao, asking them to close the case, and they could not dig it any further, and digging again would cause a big mess. And in the letter, he implicitly said the severity.

handed over the remaining case to Bao Ke and Wang Sui, and there was a second trial, but it had to be transferred to Guangzhou, and it happened that the end of Zheng Lang's next inspection was Guangzhou. Only then did Zheng Lang meet with the merchants and barbarians who came from all over the country. While the meeting was being held, Zheng Su came in from outside to report: "Jiaozhi sent an envoy to express condolences to the minister. ”…,

"Oh," Zheng Lang sneered and greeted him.

A short and thin man with dozens of guards was waiting outside the hall, and when he saw Zheng Lang, he said flatteringly: "Zheng Xianggong, I am Li Ritong, the great Honglu of Jiaozhi, and I have seen Zheng Xianggong. ”

The Yue Li Dynasty also spoke Chinese at this time, dividing the country into ten provinces, and the officials were divided into the Central Plains system, but to show the difference, combined with the Han, Tang and Song systems, there were privy envoys, there were also six departments, and there were also Taiwei, but this Dahonglu was about a temporary official position, which was convenient for diplomacy. Li Ritong said again: "Zheng Xianggong, my ancestral home is also from Zhengzhou. ”

Zheng Lang nodded, don't take it seriously, the ancestral home of the Li family is Fujian, but they advertise that they are descendants of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty to show the legitimacy of their regime, and now this Li Ritong has become the ancestral hometown of Zhengzhou. It's Han people, but it's a group of Han people who have forgotten their ancestors!

Now there is no need to provoke cochines, it is not in line with the strategic plan.

The two sat down and said a few words one after another, and Li Yongtong also brought some gifts from Li Dezheng. Of course, after scooping up Yu Jing's 20,000 yuan, it is also appropriate to repay some small gifts now. However, people are very cunning, we let the general Li Zongdao lead 20,000 troops to prepare for the waterway, you Song Dynasty does not accept it, you can't blame me. This is very incomprehensible to Zheng Lang, Yu Jing and these characters are also top figures in the Song Dynasty, and the rule of officials is not bad, and when it comes to diplomacy, they all become fools one by one.

Zheng Lang's expression was flat, and he asked the guards to carry the gift box down.

Then the cold noise, Li Ritong suddenly said: "I heard that the soldiers of your country are brave, and they will be beaten one by one without the strength to fight back, and I admire them very much. ”

Zheng Lang's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light.

No wonder Jiaozhi came to give gifts, and his intentions were vicious! Said coldly: "You want to make my soldiers make a fool of themselves? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )