Since Zou Youlian climbed to the Hongxian Order, he has used the relationship of the Hongxian Order to sell men who serve in forced labor. After Hong County Ling Zhishi returned to his hometown, he was succeeded by Yan County Commander and Zhu County Commander, and during the tenure of these three county commanders, Zou Youlian sold a total of 785 adult males.

All the men were sold to the mines through the hands of the high boys. The price given in the mine is high, and each man can sell it for up to ten taels of silver, which is more than seven thousand eight hundred taels.

After Gao Tong took sixty percent, Zou Youlian could still get three thousand taels of silver.

Xu Xian ordered the incriminating evidence to be put on the table one by one and let Master Yu read it out in the court. But Zou Youlian's mouth is very hard, not a word. His children and grandchildren are all dead, and he is left with a rotten life, and there is no need to confess for the promotion of others.

Ming Shaoqing didn't need Zou Youlian's words, as early as when he was in Fucheng, he let his people torture a few people in the water bandit village.

The punishment of Dali Temple is similar to the punishment in the army, and even more ruthless, and several masters in the water bandit village can't bear it, so they have partnered with Zou Youlian to sell men in service over the years, and the confession with the handprint is placed on the table of Xu County's order.

"The evidence of this case is conclusive, in order to show the majesty of the criminal law and the avenue of the world, it should be punished severely!" Xu Xianling read a concise and concise document, in short, just selling men, Zou Youlian had to have a thousand knives

But......

"Zou Youlian also has a major case of collusion in water spinning, and he needs to be sent to Dali Temple in the capital for trial, so he will not be executed in Tianfu County."

As soon as Xu County's words were finished, the bitter masters who came to listen cried one after another: "My lord, Zou Youlian, this beast has harmed hundreds of lives in our Tianfu County, how can such a bad thing not immediately slaughter him and feed him to the dogs, how can he be worthy of those who died!" ”

"My lord, my man died unjustly. Originally, when he came back from his conscription, the family built a new house in the spring of the second year, how do I know that he will never return, in order to pull out the child, I am thrifty, I dare not buy meat a few times a year, and when my son is older and earns money, the family builds a new house and moves out of the old house that has fallen into the soil. ”

"My lord, Zou Youlian, this beast has harmed countless people, look at the people present, every family has been harmed by him, if you don't cut him in Tianfu County, how can you be worthy of the dead soul?"

Zou Youlian and Gao Tong sold people to the mine, and the work in the mine was capable of killing people, and Ming Shaoqing asked a few places to sell Rao copper ore and iron ore from the confessions of several leaders of the water bandit village, and sent people to these mines to ask, and the news they got was that people had already died of exhaustion.

The sufferers present wept loudly when they thought that their men, sons, and brothers had been killed like this. Some people were still holding on to the coffin, crying about all kinds of difficulties in the empty coffin with only a set of clothes, and Xu Xianling was crying with a headache, and hurriedly ran over to comfort them.

Ming Shaoqing got up and said to the people present: "Zou Youlian's case has been heard, our Dachu is using a heavy code, no matter where the execution site is, he will definitely die." And the execution in the capital can comfort the souls of the deceased. ”

When the bitter lords heard this, they all said: "Ming Shaoqing's is, the capital is where the emperor lives, if my man's son and brother know that the person who killed them was beheaded in the capital, they will be happy underground." This is the emperor who cares about them, but it is a happy event for the glory of the ancestors. ”

The corners of Xu County's mouth twitched when he heard this, he spent more than two quarters of an hour, and they didn't make a fuss when he his mouth, Ming Shaoqing just said two sentences, they were immediately happy, and they were also glorified of the happy event of their ancestors? Do you know how to use words?

When Xu Xianling was slandering, he heard an old woman's voice: "Ming Shaoqing is really handsome, and his style is much better than that of our county commander." ”

A middle-aged woman next to her answered: "That's natural, our county magistrate is from a peasant family, so he has to pick dung and farm the land; Ming Shaoqing is a child of a family, and he has been playing the piano and flute and writing poems to do it, and what he does is what only the gods do, how can the county magistrate compare with Ming Shaoqing? ”

Xu County Order: "......"

What iniquity has he had, to hear the words of these two men!

Xu Xianling turned his head and sat back under the mirror, and continued to read the results of the punishment of the remaining accomplices.

The old officials, old village chiefs, and old village chiefs of the towns involved in this case, as long as they are still alive, were all sentenced to be beheaded. If you die, you will confiscate your family property.

When the old officials, the old village chief, and their families heard this, they cried and grabbed the land, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, but they were dragged down by the county soldiers and officials and put in prison.

After dragging away the accomplices, Xu Xian ordered to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead and start the matter of compensation: "The Holy Lord is sympathetic to the loss of a male in the family and has a hard time, so he specially issued an edict to compensate you and others for twenty taels of silver per family." ”

The great drought in the northwest, coupled with the military disasters in various places, the imperial court has taken out a lot of silver to relieve disasters and calm the military disasters, and it is still the Shangguan Pavilion that can give these bitter masters twenty taels of silver.

When the sufferers present heard this, they immediately knelt down and shouted long live.

Because there were too many men who were trafficked, there were nearly 800 people, and when each family came to collect the silver, they had to check their household registration and registration records.

On the way, I also persuaded those bitter masters to go home first, and then come back to get the silver tomorrow, but they didn't do it, and it was too far to go to the county seat, and Xu County ordered them to accept their fate to work.

After finishing the reparations, I haven't slept for a few hours, and at noon the second day I have to be busy with the beheading of the accomplices.

There were many accomplices to this execution, and they were all well-known officials, lieutenant chiefs, village chiefs and other figures, and the effect of deterrence was much better than when they slashed and killed Wan Lifang.

After the case of selling men in forced labor came to an end, Ming Shaoqing asked Zou Jiang: "When I heard this person sue Zou Youlian, he used charges such as corruption and perversion of the law, fraud in scientific examinations, and abuse of power......

Before he finished speaking, Xu Xianling was so frightened that he knelt down...... The only crime he handed over to the Fucheng Yamen was Zou Youlian for selling good people, and the rest of the things, because it was perjury, Xu County's order dared not be reported, how did Ming Shaoqing know?

It's over, Xu Xianling feels that he has buried his neck and is going to be reincarnated.

Ming Shaoqing looked at Xu Xianling and was frightened like this, and said with a smile: "Xu Xianling doesn't need to be nervous, this official doesn't mean anything else, he just wants to see Zou Jiang." ”

"See, see Zou Jiang?" Xu Xianling was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat: "What are you doing when you see Zou Jiang?" He's just an old man, a little smart, and the adults are busy with official business, so they don't need to see him. ”

If Zou Jiang met Ming Shaoqing alone and let Ming Shaoqing know that he had committed perjury, it would not only be Zou Jiang who would have finished, but he Xu Chongfeng would also have to finish the calf.

Ming Shaoqing was silent, just looked at Xu Xianling and smiled, and said at the end: "Tonight, this official wants to see Zou Jiang, does Xu Xianling understand?" ’

Xu Xianling, as a subordinate official who was many levels lower than Ming Shaoqing, did not dare not do it. After nightfall, he took Zou Jiang nervously to see Ming Shaoqing.