"Lord Yang, it's okay to ask, and the officials know everything." The county guards stood up one after another, and forced a smile in agreement.

Yang Jingwen looked through the case file expressionlessly, raised his eyes and said, "Where is Jingtai County's guard?" ”

"Xia Guan is Jingtai County Shoutuhun, what do you have to ask?" A bloated Burmese official stepped out of his seat and said with a smile.

Yang Jingwen's face changed, and he said: "Seven years to build a dam in Tai County, how much silver have you embezzled?" Four years ago, in a lawsuit between the Burmese and Haoqiang, the Burmese were obviously in charge, and you let people beat him in court. In the first year of the new year, my emperor was in charge of the heavens, in order to educate all directions, and sent a decree to each county to build a school palace so that the people could learn the righteous path of Confucius and Mencius, and the household department allocated 8,000 taels of silver to you, how much ink have you greedily? ”

A series of questions will be asked by the earthy Burmese official, although these are only the tip of the iceberg since he was appointed as the guard of Jingtai County, but it is also a secret thing that can no longer be hidden, how can Dali Temple detect? What he didn't know was that since the New First Emperor was in charge of the country, there have been secret agents from all over the country who have been sent to various counties and hid in the county towns to collect information, although only two or three of them have been found in this year, which is enough for these Burmese officials to be frightened.

"Lord Qiyu, the lower official knows that he is wrong." Tu Hun with an earth-colored face hurriedly knelt down and said: "In the past, when the king was in charge, he repaired the embankment and greedy for some silver, and there were also those who accepted bribes and arbitrarily judged cases, but this school palace is the first edict issued by His Majesty the Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty since he took over, and the lower officials will never dare to be rashly greedy for ink. Please be aware of it. ”

Yang Jingwen sneered in his heart, the Burmese officials and the officials of the Ming Dynasty are very clever, and they all know the truth of avoiding the important and taking the light, and it doesn't matter if the silver who was greedy for ink in the past, after all, the king of Burma who was in power at that time, the basin can be buckled on the head of the guy who has cut off his children and grandchildren, the king has no way, and it is understandable that we who are subordinates do something lacking in morality. However, the construction of the school palace was the first major event to be done in the counties since the regency of the new first emperor. Even if you kill it, you can't recognize the land.

Yang Jingwen picked up the teacup on the copywriter and blew the tea foam, his face was as cold as frost, and said leisurely: "Since Lord Tuhun does not admit his guilt, then this official will give you some hints." He picked up a file on the table and read: "In March of the second year of the new year, His Majesty ordered all counties to build a school palace, and it was to transfer 8,000 taels of silver to Jingtai County, and Jingtai County cut corners. The silver money of the craftsmen was deducted from it, but the green bamboo was used to fill the giant wood, and the mud was mixed with stones, and the profit was 3,500 taels. Lord Tuhun, this official is not wrong, right? ”

"There's... No, no, Xia Guan has already changed his mind since the new emperor imprisoned the country. Please be aware of it. Tuhun didn't know how Shaoqing of Dali Temple knew his details in detail, but the matter of deducting the school palace to build the silver two was absolutely unacceptable, and he had already made up his mind in his heart, and his words became neat, he raised his head and said solemnly: "My lord." Although there were illegal things in the past, the school palace was the kindness of the emperor. Not to mention cutting corners, even if it is greedy for a penny of copper coins, it is also a matter of cutting off the children and grandchildren's rotten assholes. ”

Yang Jingwen laughed and stroked the case: "It seems that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin." He solemnly shouted to the judge and said, "Come, go and get the account books of Jingtai County." ”

After a while, a soap clerk brought a half-new account book, and Yang Jingwen threw the account book at the feet of Tuhun . Said: "Lord Tuhun." You open your eyes and see that there are all the uses of your school palace. Is there anything missing? ”

Tu shuddered and flipped through the account book. See only every single one of these purchases. Every payroll balance is clearly remembered. However, this account book is slightly different from the account book of his own private place. He thought about it. Could it be that the landlord in the house sold himself? Otherwise, how could Dali Siqing know so much? Tuhun was terrified. I knew it was so. This sin is confessed. Now I've been caught. He was also charged with concealing the bad news.

"Your Excellency. The lower official knows his mistake. Xiaguan lard was blinded. Please punish you. "There is room for worship. begging for mercy. The county guards around him couldn't sit still any longer. In his heart, he already believed that Dali Temple had evidence of their corruption and perversion of the law. They all left their seats and bowed: "The lower officials are also guilty." Please punish you. ”

"Come on. Strip off the tunic and the wing hat of the official uniform. Since he is greedy for ink, a penny of copper coins is cut off from his children and grandchildren. And the ruler fulfilled him. Yang Wenjing shouted. Drop the sign on the case: "Take someone to Jingtai County to arrest relatives from other places." Punishment together. ”

Seven or eight soap men carried water and fire sticks and chains, and shouted to restrain Tuhun and carry him away. The hall echoed only the terrible screams of the earth. The county guards the rabbit and the dead fox is sad. They lowered their heads in horror and thought about their past bad deeds. Someone couldn't help but glance at the thick file on the desk of Shaoqing in Dali Temple. There is no luck in my heart. Don't even think about running if you want to come to the venue.

Yang Jingwen stood up. His tone slowed, "You don't need to be afraid. Tuhun doesn't admit that this guy is wrong. The official sentenced him to the petty crime of beheading and stealing his home. Everybody is smart. What to do next. You don't want to follow in the footsteps of the earth, do you? ”

Is it a petty crime to behead and raid your home? Yang Jingwen's casual words penetrated into the ears of the county guards, and he felt that something was not right. But who dares to have any objections at this time. They all nodded yes like chickens pecking rice.

Yang Jingwen said again: "My emperor Shengming, I just want to verify some crimes, but I don't want you to be embarrassed, the emperor once said that no matter how many crimes you committed in the past, you can be pardoned."

The word pardon made the county guards happy, this Yang Jingwen's meaning is already very clear, it doesn't matter if he is guilty, as long as he is willing to admit his guilt, then he will not be blamed in the past, it seems that Tu Hun hit the knife and deserved to be unlucky.

"But." Yang Jingwen's voice changed, and the county guards put down the center of the earth and brought it up again: "You have been corrupting a lot of money in the past few years, right?" In this case, if you dare to embezzle one or two more silver, it will be a great crime to destroy the Nine Clans. Do you all understand? ”

"Understood, understood." The county guards breathed a sigh of relief again, the worst of their group also made a net worth of several thousand taels of silver, and in Myanmar, it was enough for a large family to eat for two or three generations, and if they were not greedy in the future, they would not be greedy, and they would not have to worry about it in the future, and they would receive some salaries, and the majestic officials and lords were also quite good.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!" A sharp voice came from outside the post station, and then the outer hall was already a long live the sound of my emperor. Yang Jingwen seemed to have expected a will to come, and said to the soap officials around him: "Remove the tables and chairs, put on the incense case, and accept the order." ”

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: Burma has 63 counties, each county has no more than 20,000 people, and the whole country has a total of more than 1.5 million people, but officials account for one-tenth or two-of-them, and they consume a lot of money every month. With immediate effect, 63 counties of Burma and 49 counties of Siam will be abolished, and the territory of the two countries will be divided into nine provinces, of which northern Myanmar will be divided into Dingbei Province, southern Myanmar will be Dingnan Province, eastern Myanmar will not be Dingdong Province, and western Myanmar will be Dingxi Province, all counties in eastern Siam will be Binh Dong Province, Western Siam counties will be Binh Sai Province, southern Siam counties will be Binh Nam Province, and northern Siam counties will be Binh North Province. The 500 miles around Haidu are divided separately and are the provinces of Zhongshu. The governors of the nine provinces are jointly elected by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Officials, and I can only take office with the approval of Zhu Zhu in person, and the original officials such as the county guard are jointly assessed by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Officials, or assigned official positions, or demoted to the common people. The little eunuch in front of the incense case read out the will in the smoke, and then Yang Jingwen, the young secretary of Dali Temple, knelt down and stepped forward to receive the order.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The county guards didn't know whether this holy decree was a blessing or a curse, and they kept thinking about their future in the sound of the mountain crying long live.

Siam, Burma are small countries, the division of counties is detailed and fine, if according to the Ming counties to convert, Ming a county under the jurisdiction of the land is probably more than the two countries of three or four counties combined, therefore, the abolition of the staff is imperative, but for these county guards is not good news, after all, now the officials are less meat, maybe you are going to be abolished, but now they have become fish and meat, can only be slaughtered by the emperor, not to mention opposition, I am afraid that even a fart dare not be released.

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you understood the decree of the Divine Order? Do you want the official to repeat it again? At this time, Yang Jingwen had already stood up and asked the county guards.

"The lower officials have all understood, this is the law of the imperial court, and it is up to the emperor to decide how to decide." A county guard said with a smile.

Yang Jingwen said: "That being the case, you will each go to the cabinet tomorrow to count your past bad deeds, if someone intends to deceive, you must beware of the laws of the Ming Dynasty." You have archives for those dirty things in the past, Dali Temple, if it doesn't match the facts, Tuhun is an example. Okay, go back and rest, and no one is allowed to leave the inn for half a step. ”

Yang Jingwen spoke, strode out of the post hall and walked out of the post hall behind him, and the soap official behind him followed, leaving only the stunned county guards in the hall.

The county guards did not dare to talk to each other, and went back to their houses, and soon the attendants came in to tell them that a group of officers and soldiers were standing outside the inn, and that they would not let anyone out. A series of actions so that the county guards are afraid, and scratch their heads, first six to ask, at that time was still kind, asked some irrelevant questions and sent them away, and then the officials of Dali Temple grabbed their crimes, and also cut the county guard of Jingtai County for this, and when others were scared half dead, Dali Temple Shaoqing threatened not to blame the past, at this time the holy decree came, saying that the county should be abolished, and the county is a province, the county guards have not yet come back to taste, but suddenly found themselves in the post station and were under house arrest.

What is the idea of the New First Emperor? The county guards were puzzled, but now one thing must be done, that is, honestly find a pen and paper, write down the past corrupt deeds one by one, and dare not have any concealment of the silver taels of the greedy ink, the lesson of the county guard of Jingtai County happened a few hours ago, who dares to deliberately conceal it?