Zhang Cheng came out to play a round, "Everyone, don't talk about state affairs, let's drink to our heart's content, come and come, this piece of chest meat for friends from afar." ”

Roasted whole lamb with roasted knife wine. After two glasses of spirits, the atmosphere of the banquet gradually relaxed. Everyone was not entangled in the arrival of Zhou Qi and Zhang Zhongqing, and drank happily and talked freely.

Zhou Qi was drunk by everyone, and when he returned to the room, he was already eight points drunk. Liu Ye tried his best to be an invisible person, and everyone didn't pay much attention to him, so Liu Ye could keep the Lingtai clear.

Liu Ye helped Zhou Qi back to the room, a polite reader on weekdays, but after getting drunk, he was a chatterbox, holding Liu Ye and chattering.

"Liu Ye, I have been in the officialdom for many years, in addition to the members of the royal family, the name of the princess is innate, and there are few times when I see the age of twenty and you are one of the four official residences. If you want to say that there is no background, I don't believe it. ”

He sat leaning against the head of the bed, his eyelids looking a little heavy. Liu Ye held the sobering soup in his hand, "My explanation is that a piece of cake fell from the sky and smashed on me." ”

Reishi mushroom stewed with honey makes it sweet and delicious. Zhou Qi picked up the bowl, and the soup was a little hot.

"If you mix in officialdom, you have to have a big belly, otherwise you can die in a nest. Emperor Wenzong owns the world and is rich all over the world, but in the end he is not a nest to death. I know his situation best. ”

Zhou Qi sighed and shed tears. Liu Ye sat on the edge of the bed and quietly listened to him recount the past.

Zhou Qi drank a few bowls of sobering soup in a row, sweated, and nagged until midnight, when he sobered up. Willow Leaf is right next to the bed, pranayama and meditating while being a quiet listener.

The next day, the four of Zhou Qi stayed in the mansion, and Lu Jun instructed the governor and the chief secretary to let them assist Zhou Qi and others in their work.

Cheng Ji was a county magistrate in the party, and when Liu Congzhi was in power, because of his insatiable greed, he issued usury to the local people. The people sowed seeds during spring ploughing, and the money to buy seeds was borrowed from Liu Congji for usury and purchased.

When the autumn harvest came, half of the income went into Liu Congji's pocket, and he had to pay the silk tax for forced labor. borrowed loan sharks and got on a thief ship, year after year, it was equivalent to working for Liu Congji.

There is no hope for the promotion of the children of the poor family, Liu Congzhi admits money but not people, as long as there are enough silver taels, he can buy an official position.

Cheng Ji took pity on the situation of the people, and he risked his life to fight against Liu Cong's reasoning regardless of his personal safety. Liu Cong put up with him a few times, thinking that he was just a nerd, why bother to be like him.

Cheng Ji used the treasury silver of the government to help the people with spring planting and autumn harvest, cutting off Liu Congji's financial route. Liu Congji was furious and sent someone to question Cheng Ji, but Cheng Ji did not back down.

Wang Xie came back to report Cheng Ji's attitude to Liu Congji, and Liu Congji instructed Wang Xie to kill without mercy. That night, Wang Xie led people to sneak into Cheng Ji's house.

Cheng Ji handed the blood book to his wife and asked her to hide it in the mezzanine of the wall with her child, so that she escaped death.

Liu Congjian declared to the outside world that Cheng Ji used the official treasury silver automatically and colluded with the robbers, but was killed by the robbers. Liu Congzhi is so black and white, Cheng Ji has a bad name.

Zhou Qi looked through the files of the year, combined with Cheng Jixue's book, and sorted out such a clue.

The governor and the lord Bo are both people who have been officials in Zhaoyi Town for many years, Zhou Qi: "Do you two think my reasoning is reasonable?" ”

Both of them said: "My lord is wise, the original situation should be like this." "Worry-free Chinese network

Zhou Qi: "In that case, I can deduce things that a newcomer can deduce, did you have no doubts at that time?" Do other officials have no doubts? ”

Governor: "My lord, it is precisely because of his doubts that he does not dare to speak out, Cheng Ji has died unjustly, if we ask directly, wouldn't it be Cheng Ji second." Ants are still stealing life, let alone us. ”

Lord Bo muttered: "Besides, he is not the only one who touches a stone with an egg like Cheng Ji, there are a few people before and after, all of whom will not die well, and they will also affect their families." What can we do? My lord, you are not in it, it doesn't matter what the outsider says or says, because you are an outsider. ”

The main Bo and Cheng Ji were very good back then, their good friends died in vain, and he didn't dare to seek justice for him in order to protect himself, and he felt guilty in his heart.

Zhou Qi's words made the Lord Bo see his cowardice and humility clearly, and he couldn't get over his conscience and face, so he scolded Zhou Qi with words.

Zhou Qi understood that the governor and the master Bo were in the manna incident back then, and they were also in a dangerous environment, and in order to protect themselves, they did not dare to speak out. The souls of those who died in vain are still wandering in the wilderness, and cannot be laid to rest.

"I mean, Cheng Ji was wronged, this case is obvious to everyone, and there will be no obstacle to correct Cheng Ji's name."

Governor: "Lord Zhou, like Cheng Ji, there are others. ”

Zhou Qi: "Let's wash away their grievances together." ”

In more than half a month, Zhou Qi and others carried out the work of overturning unjust cases, and in more than half a month, they unexpectedly investigated nearly 70 cases in which they were suppressed, excluded, demoted, exiled, sentenced, and even killed by the Liu family.

The seventy cases covered all the states and counties under Zhaoyi's jurisdiction. A county governor in Cizhou, because of the drought in the local area for many years and the poor grain harvest, wrote to Liu Cong, asking the local people to pay taxes.

Liu Congge went to his post as a county magistrate and threw him into prison. He didn't make it to the day the imperial army moved in.

Zhou Qi flipped through the files of these unfairly treated officials, and the chaos of local officials was shocking. The lives of officials are like morning dew, and it is only a matter of time before they stay. What's more, the people of Li are innumerable in Zhaoyi.

The Liu family was wiped out, but their poison was far from being eliminated. At least 100,000 yuan was spent to buy an official position, and there were many people who had a vegetarian meal in the corpse.

And these people are the moths of Zhaoyi, they have gone to the official class, and they have tried every means to get back the principal they invested for this position. Their purpose as officials is very clear, they want money to make money.

***** cleaning up, Lu Jun watched from the wall. Zhou Qi didn't let Lu Jun meddle in this matter, he sang the black face, he cleared the road for Lu Jun, and Lu Jun could govern Zhaoyi in the future.

Many of the sons and daughters of wealthy businessmen in the Zhaoyi Army were generals, and some served in the county. Chen Jinyin, the official who succeeded Cheng Ji as Shangdang County, was the son of a wealthy businessman, and his official position was bought by a wealthy merchant for 500 taels of gold.

Zhou Qi took this Chen Jinyin first. The county Cheng bought with five hundred gold coins, compared to Zhou Yu and the others' ten-year cold window, the price of five hundred gold coins is very low.

Chen Jinyin adheres to the tradition of his father's business, don't look at the county governance, he is better than the blue in terms of accumulating wealth.

Shangdang has a salt lake, and the mining of the salt lake was originally monopolized by Liu Congji, which was an important way for Liu Congji to make money.

Liu Congji was seriously ill and passed away, and Liu Zhi was busy fighting against the imperial army. For the mining and refining of salt, there is no time to take care of it for a while.