It is often said that if you are an official and do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.

As the magistrate of Jinghe County, he has the responsibility to benefit one party.

Salt and iron are all controlled materials, and he is currently only a seven-grade sesame official, so it is not suitable for him to get involved in salt and iron industries.

"As a parent official in Jinghe County, I can't sit idly by and watch the people starve."

After thinking about it, Chen Yu decided to interrogate all the prisoners in the cell first, and then think about how to make money.

Chen Feng, who was impersonated by him, was admitted to the Jinshi by chance, and coincidentally worshiped under Cao Yunsong, the secretary of the ministry.

The official of the Great Xia Empire, Shangshu, was a high-ranking official of the second grade, in charge of the appointment and dismissal of local officials.

Because the money given to the teacher was too small, Chen Feng became the magistrate of Jinghe County.

It is the norm for civil officials to form cliques, and if there is no backstage, even if they are high school champions, they have no future.

When you won the top prize, the emperor still knew about your existence, and after a long time, who still remembers who you are?

If you don't choose a camp, it will be difficult to move an inch, and if you choose the right camp and have some abilities, it will be easy to get promoted and make a fortune.

If you choose the wrong camp, once the backstage collapses, you may not be able to afford it, or even your family will be ruined.

Whether Chen Yu wants it or not, he is now a member of Cao Yunsong's family, that is, from the side of Liu Shouyi, the prime minister of Zuo.

The predecessor of Pang Zhirong, the magistrate of Jinghe County, was on the side of Dai Rende, the right prime minister.

The prisoners in the interrogation prison can redress the people's grievances, and the second can find fault with Pang Zhirong.

In Chen Yu's view, whether he is a person in the line of the left prime minister or a person in the line of the right prime minister, as the parent official of Jinghe County, he has the obligation and responsibility to rehabilitate those who are unjustly imprisoned.

"I don't want to, let's go to the cell first."

As soon as his thoughts turned, Chen Yu came to the stinking prison under the guidance of the warden Zhu Zhengfei.

"My lord, I was wronged!" One by one, the prisoners shouted.

"The environment is so bad that no one cleans the cell?" Chen Yu asked.

"Lord Chen, they are all prisoners." Zhu Zhengfei said.

"Prisoners are also human beings, and from tomorrow onwards, let the prisoners in the cell clean the cell once a day." Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" Zhu Zhengfei nodded.

"Where's their case file?" Chen Yu asked.

"It's all in the file room." Zhu Zhengfei said.

"The officer has decided to retry all the prisoners." Chen Yu said.

"Lord Chen, these prisoners have all been tried by the previous huge people." Zhu Zhengfei reminded.

"The current magistrate of Jinghe County is the official, right?" Chen Yu asked rhetorically.

"Yes, Master Chen." Zhu Zhengfei hurriedly responded.

Leaving the cell and looking at the case files of the prisoners one by one, Chen Yu began to retry the prisoners in the prison.

He is rich and systematic, and he easily locked up the real murderer, and even the pit and intimidation, and the real murderer confessed one after another.

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian." One by one, the people who washed away their grievances knelt on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude.

Looking at the people who had been rehabilitated and cheering, Chen Yu felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment in his heart.

In less than 10 days, as many as 80 percent of the prisoners in the cells had been replaced.

"Master Ma, send someone to send the retrial file to Lord Zhizhou." Chen Yu said.

"Yes." Ma Wencai nodded in response, and asked the four to arrest quickly and send the case file to the state capital.

"Lord Chen is so powerful, the truth of the case from three years ago can be found out."

"It's still Lord Chen who is clever, and he has tried more than 80 prisoners, but none of them have been sentenced."

"Lord Chen tried the case and didn't like to be punished, only those prisoners who did not repent would be punished."

"There are all the human and material evidence, and the prisoner still doesn't admit his mistake, isn't he looking for a fight?"

"With Lord Chen, it is impossible for any real murderer to get away with it!"

"Don't wronged a good person, don't let go of a bad person, this sentence is too good."

One by one, the servants and the fast catchers, gathered in groups of three or five, and you kept talking and talking.

The people of Jinghe County are also very happy, and they are no longer afraid of being framed.

"Master Ma Bo, how much money does the county government have?" Chen Yu asked.

"There are more than five thousand three hundred taels left." Ma Wencai said.

"Who owns the land behind the county office?" Chen Yu asked again.

"There are more than 1,500 acres of land owned by the county government, and almost all of the remaining land belongs to the three major families." Ma Wencai said.

"More than 1,500 acres of land are enough for the time being." Chen Yu said.

"Master Chen, what are you going to do?" Ma Wencai asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, I'm going to farm." Chen Yu said.

"Lord Chen, you are the magistrate of Jinghe County, how can you go to farming?" Ma Wencai reminded.

"I didn't say that I would go to farm the land myself, there are 53 prisoners in the prison, and instead of putting them in prison and wasting our food, it is better to let them work for reform." Chen Yu said with a smile.

"Labor reform?" Ma Wencai asked suspiciously.

"Except for the three in the autumn decision, the other fifty prisoners were all strong laborers, and they were let to work during the day and put them in prison at night...... Early release with good performance. Chen Yu said.

"Lord Chen, your idea is good, if they run away, then it will be a big trouble." Ma Wencai said.

"If the monks can't run to the temple, where can they run? Those who were supposed to serve three years in prison will be doubled in prison once they run, do they dare to run? Chen Yu said indifferently.

"Lord Chen, we are all dry land, we can't grow rice, and the wheat sowing time has passed." Ma Wencai said.

"Let's start with sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn." Chen Yu said.

"Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn?" Ma Wencai asked curiously, after living for nearly forty years, he had not heard of these three things.

"Referring to the income of public officials in Jinghe County, you make a list of farm profit distribution, for example, I earn ten taels of silver per month, and the county Cheng pays eight taels ......of silver per month," Chen Yu said.

"Lord Chen, you don't need to divide your husband, right?" Ma Wencai said.

"It's all for the imperial court, how can they not divide it?" Chen Yu asked.

"Yes, Master Chen." Ma Wencai nodded.

"Of course, if there are hunters, soldiers, and servants who are willing to work on the farm, they will be paid according to their daily workload." Chen Yu said.

"Lord Chen, in this way, I am afraid that the farm will not be able to make money." Ma Wencai said.

"You can definitely make some money, but the official doesn't expect the farm to make much money for us, and when the labor reform is on the right track, the official will take you to get rich legally." Chen Yu said with a smile.

"Lord Chen, without the permission of the imperial court...... It will definitely be impeached by the imperial history. Ma Wencai said.

"This is a letter written by this official to the teacher's official department, and the other is a chapter, you send someone to the capital." Chen Yu said.

"Yes, Master Chen." Ma Wencai hurriedly responded, there is a secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Lord Cao as a backer, Lord Cao is the confidant of Prime Minister Zuo, which imperial history will impeach Lord Chen in front of him for a trivial matter?

The next morning, fifty prisoners were arrested and taken to the wasteland behind the county office.

"You are all sinful people, and this officer will give you a chance to mend your ways...... If this matter is successful, the official will reduce your sentence, and if you were originally sentenced to three years, you may be able to go home next year. Chen Yu said in a loud voice.

"Yes, sir." All the prisoners replied loudly.

"Handing out farm tools." Chen Yu said.

One by one, the arresters and officials gave the hoes to the prisoners.

"High-yield grain can not only solve the problem of food and clothing for the people of Daxia, but also allow me to rise to the top, the county government only has more than 5,000 taels of silver left, and in two or three months, there will be no money to pay wages." Chen Yu said secretly in his heart.