Chapter 482: Looting the people's fat and people's ointment
Although the evidence was forged by Jiang Zhan, it was quite realistic, as long as they didn't investigate carefully, they couldn't tell whether it was true or false.
Jiang Zhan had an agreement with the emperor, so after he arrived there, he didn't let anyone investigate the local officials at all.
He casually found an inn to stay, planning to wait for others to spread the news of his place, and then he chose a time to leave.
After all, his mission was to investigate the build-up of border troops, and this was not the place where he ended up.
Two days later, after Jiang Zhan walked around here, he was ready to leave.
He felt that this was the best opportunity, and everyone had not yet noticed his identity, and the guard of the border had received a holy order that the squire of the military department would come over to inspect and ask him to find a way to go over and respond.
After Jiang Zhan hid his things, he prepared to leave tonight.
Who Cheng thought that when he went out to buy things for Xue Yao and them, he accidentally saw a group of ragged people, who seemed to be about to go to the county government to complain.
Jiang Zhan felt that their clothes showed their embarrassment, but the expressions of those people were full of perseverance and unyielding.
"What's going on with you?" Jiang Zhan felt that their situation was a little special, so he went up to take a look.
As a result, as soon as he followed to the gate of the county office, he found that they had been driven out.
"We can't survive anymore." The people saw that Jiang Zhan was wearing a cyan robe, and he was as handsome as the person in the painting.
So they told the truth as they were.
"What did he do to force you to write a bloody letter to complain?" Jiang Zhan felt that things might be more serious than he thought.
"Our county master here is too ridiculous, even if he loots the people's fat and ointment, he deliberately favors the rich and powerful, ignoring the lives of our people, our family has long been hollowed out by him, and we can only come to sue him in order to survive." In fact, they have really paid a lot to get to this point.
"How did he decide the case?" Jiang Zhan's eyes suddenly darkened when he heard this.
In the past, Shangshu of the Criminal Department used the case to make a lot of money, but as a result, he alone affected the whole clan, and everyone lost their lives with him.
Jiang Zhan thought that the most important thing now was to find out if these people were lying.
"As long as there is silver, no matter who is right or wrong, he only recognizes silver, and most of the people who give less will be defeated!" They have been in this state for more than a year.
By doing so, he had violated the laws of the court. You can find a way to bring him down. "It's just a little seven-rank official, he doesn't pay attention to it at all.
However, for the local people, the identity of the other party is definitely not something they can provoke.
"We have tried countless ways, but we have never been able to improve our situation, and now we have no rice in the pot at home, so we can only come to him to call the shots for us, but no one has seen it, and we have been kicked out......"
The people are also going crazy, if there is no more food, they would rather make a fuss in the county government than go back.
Jiang Zhan listened to their narration, and his eyes were full of anger.
This county order actually uses silver to determine who is right and who is wrong, which is simply too inhuman.
"Childe has an extraordinary bearing, is he from out of town?" In fact, a man in his thirties took the initiative to come over and talk to Jiang Zhan.
They felt that Jiang Zhan was extremely lucky, and he had just come over and met a really corrupt official.
Jiang Zhan was bent on going to the border as soon as possible, but now that something happened here, he had to settle the matter here before he could set off.
"I have some silver here, you can take it first to buy some food to live a good life, all officials generally serve for three years, and after the deadline, he may not stay here." This is a fat shortage, and many people in the DPRK and China are fighting for it.
"I hope he can get the retribution he deserves." The people did not succeed, and finally left after a while.
After the other party's inquiry, Jiang Zhan finally determined that the other party was indeed not a good official, and it was just a matter of embezzling the people's money, and even deliberately confusing the public, deliberately involving innocent people and asking for the other party's silver.
That night, Jiang Zhan sneaked directly into the prefectural order's room.
"How did you get in?" The county magistrate was shocked when he saw him.
Not to mention how strict the guards in his mansion were, at least ordinary people couldn't enter, but Jiang Zhan came so easily.
The county commander even suspected that the guards in his mansion were in Jiang Zhan's group, otherwise how could this kind of thing happen.
"I am Jiang Zhan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and I was also sent by the emperor to investigate the situation here, who knew that as soon as I came over, Lord Liu opened my eyes." Jiang Zhan sneered.
"It's the ignorance of the lower officials, I don't know that Lord Shangshu is here, it's all the fault of the lower officials, please forgive me!" He immediately knelt in front of Jiang Zhan, wanting to fool him.
"You are indeed very ignorant, when today's son is the most thrifty, you are only a county order, there are more than ten dishes in a lunch, these are all bought by you?"
When Jiang Zhan followed the people to complain before, he had been standing in the crowd, but no one had noticed it.
"Xiaguan is happy today, so he specially asked someone to cook a few more dishes, so it's better to answer questions and eat some together." He stood in front of Jiang Zhan, thinking about how to get out.
Even if Jiang Zhan's official position was to kill him directly on the spot, no one would ask for more than half a point.
That's why he wanted to catch up and curry favor with Jiang Zhan.
"I don't have the blessing to taste your lunch, and I will tell Your Majesty exactly what you have done, and ask him to deal with it." Jiang Zhan didn't have the patience to tell him more.
So he told him what he was here for.
"Adults must not listen to those people's nonsense, the lower officials are innocent." His eyes were filled with fear.
He thought he would be able to stay here for three years and then move elsewhere so that no one would know what he had done.
"Before the official came to you, he had already found out clearly, if you dare to deceive the official again, I will take off your black gauze hat now." Jiang Zhan's eyes were cold.
"No, you don't have any right to do this, my official position was granted by the emperor himself, even if you want to remove me, it won't be your turn to do it." He said impatiently.
When he was the county magistrate here, everyone was afraid of him, and no one dared to talk to him like this.
Jiang Zhan relied on his official position to be higher than him, so he wanted to suppress himself wantonly, and it depended on whether he agreed or not.
"What, do you think I don't have the power to make your life worse than death?" Jiang Zhan asked.
"If you have anything to do in the future, please go directly to the county office to find me, it's too late today, and the officials are going to rest!" He was ready to avoid the other party.
"You are not afraid to give me an eviction order." Jiang Zhan had a cold face and directly attacked him with stones.
"No matter what your identity is, you shouldn't come to someone's house at night to point fingers." He knew that he had offended Jiang Zhan, since that was the case, there was no need to be polite to him, he would not let him go anyway.
"Good!" Jiang Zhan dropped two words and left.
When the county order got up the next day, he felt pain all over his body, but he remembered that he hadn't done anything before going to bed, so how could he have allergies?
He was busy looking for a doctor to cure himself, so he stopped for two days, during which Jiang Zhan had already written to the emperor about what he had done.
Originally, Jiang Zhan wanted to finish him directly last night, but then he thought about it and gave up again.
After all, he came here with a secret mission this time, and he can't disclose his identity for the time being, so as not to hinder his future plans after the other side finds out.
Jiang Zhan waited for the emperor's reply to the letter, and then went to carefully investigate what the county magistrate had done since he took office.
As a result, this person has not done anything for the people and the court, except for the fact that he has done a particularly good job in enriching his own pockets, he has almost no merit.
Jiang Zhan couldn't figure out how such a person was admitted to the imperial examination in the first place.
In fact, the county magistrate also guessed that Jiang Zhan would definitely not give up, so he threw away what he could lose.
However, most of his things are good, it would be a pity if he lost them like this, and he didn't want the clothes, he didn't feel distressed at all, just the treasures of the secret room, he couldn't miss anything.
The next day, some things about the county order were spread, and everyone was very happy to see it come to fruition.
If they could change the county order, they would naturally not be able to ask for it.
After all, this person is not right-hearted, and if he continues to let him stay, he will only harm innocent people, and it will not be too late to punish him when the time comes.
Two days later, Jiang Zhan received a letter from the emperor flying pigeons.
The emperor agreed with his method, directly removed the other party's black gauze hat, and then temporarily imprisoned him.
He mentioned in the letter that he asked Jiang Zhan to wait here for a few days temporarily, and only after the county order he arranged arrived could Jiang Zhan leave.
After the county commander was imprisoned, the killer he arranged secretly attacked Jiang Zhan.
Originally, he planned to kill Jiang Zhan before he lost his official position, but before the person he was looking for made a move, they decisively made his crime public.
"Lord Jiang, you can plead for the villain in front of the emperor." Jiang Zhan came over with something, and the previous county orders kept kowtowing to him, hoping that he could save himself.
However, Jiang Zhan walked directly past him as if he hadn't heard it.
A few days later, Jiang Zhan received a message from the squire of the military department.
They had some accidents on their way to the border, and they hadn't reached the border until now.
Jiang Zhan felt that if this matter dragged on for one more day, there might be trouble, after all, the Western Regions did have signs of going to war when they did those things.
If they didn't figure out the situation over there, once they really fought, their Daxuan Dynasty might not be able to win the Western Regions smoothly.
So after his whereabouts in the military department, he immediately replied to him, and urged him to go over as soon as possible to find out the truth.
In the days that followed, the person who took over the prefectural position never came.
In desperation, Jiang Zhan could only go to the county office every day to deal with things.
On this day, after the nearby officials learned of Jiang Zhan's identity, they came to the door with gifts.
Xue Yao looked at those gifts, and a chill quickly flashed in his eyes, who revealed his identity.