Chen Mu nodded, "You ask the workers to stop first and go to the county government with me." ”

The superintendent said yes and led Chen Mu to the local county office.

In the Central Plains, there was no county order in the capital, and there were special officials to manage law and order. The surrounding counties all have county orders, and the county orders are the highest governors, basically in charge of everything.

If you find him, you will find the civilians who have been forced to leave.

The group came to the county government of Xiqing County, and the county order came out to greet them.

Chen Mu said to the supervising officials: "You come and ask." ”

The supervising official agreed and asked the county order: "Do you know from your county, where did the families next to Liu Zhuang's house in the west of the city move to?" ”

The county magistrate replied: "I know, I know, just outside Sanlitun in the south of the city, the newly built thatched house is." ”

Chen Mu asked again: "Do you know about this rich man Liu?" Do you usually oppress the people? Tell the truth, or else you are guilty of cover-up. ”

The county magistrate bowed down and replied: "Don't dare to hide His Royal Highness the Prince, this rich man Liu is the richest man in Xiqing County, and many shops in the county belong to his family." There are many people who support their families, and they do have deeds of oppressing the people. ”

"But this people don't hold officials accountable...... The lower officials just heard about it, and it was not easy to ......"

Chen Mu waved his hand, "Forget it, I won't mention the previous things, you remember this time, and if you hear that he bullied the people, you go directly to the people to investigate." ”

"As the old saying goes, don't take evil as small as it is, and don't take good as small as it is. As the richest man in the region, he should set an example, even if he has not violated the law, he should be warned. ”

The county magistrate was confused, he was also familiar with poetry and books, why hadn't he heard this ancient saying?

"Yes, thank you for your teachings."

Chen Mu nodded, "Okay, you ask someone to find those civilians, and say I want to see them." ”

The county order agreed, and went down to make arrangements.

After a while, more than a dozen anxious villagers came to the county office, and when they saw the prince Chen Mu, they were even more uneasy, and they all knelt and kowtowed in fear.

Chen Mu waved them to get up.

"I ask you, who demolished your thatched huts? When it was dismantled and how it was dismantled, let me hear it in detail. ”

When several families heard it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to make decisions for them.

I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is talented and kind to the people, but I didn't expect that even such a small thing would help them.

Several people gossiped, and Chen Mu also understood what happened.

On that day, after the superintendent found the rich man Liu, he notified them to move as usual to make way for Chidao. Rich Liu agreed on the surface, but in fact he asked the family to go to those families the next day and asked them to make way for Chidao.

But there was a man in a family who knew how to read, and he saw the notice of the government asking to move, and he also saw that the superintendent went to the house of the rich man Liu. He certainly didn't want to move out.

As soon as he made a fuss, several other families were reluctant to move out.

In fact, this matter is not complicated, the rich man Liu handed it over to the housekeeper to handle it, and the housekeeper also paid the demolition fee, but let a few people who did the work to embezzle.

The family was reluctant to give money, and they thought that several families were not good at talking, so they broke up after a quarrel.

A few families thought it was okay, but when they went out to work the next day, those families came again, and they were going to be demolished with their hands.

There are only women and children left in the house, and there is no way to resist. The thatched hut was also not strong, and a few strong men did not have much effort to dismantle it.

When the men of several families returned, they were all furious. They went to the door together to ask for an explanation, but they were beaten out by the family.

Chen Mu's face turned blue when he saw the injuries on their bodies.

I didn't expect that in Daxia, there was such a thing as forced demolition.

"I know the matter, you and I will go to Rich Liu's house to confront you, Xiqing County, you will also go together."

Several families were grateful and followed them to Xiaoliuzhuang. After arriving, the family at the door invited Chen Mu in, and in the living room, Chen Mu met the rich man Liu.

Unlike what he imagined, the rich man was thin and looked mild and harmless.

But Chen Mu knows that the person who can sit on hundreds of stores in Xiqing County and become the richest man in Xiqing County cannot be a good stubble.

"The houses of these families next to you, but you ordered them to be demolished?" Chen Mu pointed to the villagers next to him and asked.

Rich Lord Liu replied with a smile: "Back to the prince, Xiaomin doesn't know these people." ”

Chen Mu sneered, "Okay, if you don't admit it, call your housekeeper and housekeeper." ”

Rich Liu said embarrassedly: "The housekeeper is easy to manage, but there are more than 200 people in the small family, and they are all called, and this house can't fit it." ”

Chen Mu: "Hehe, more than 200 Ding, and a small people?" What are you raising so many family members for? Want to rebel? ”

Rich Lord Liu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Xiaomin don't dare, Xiaomin doesn't dare." ”

Chen Mu: "Don't talk nonsense, call them all over, and enter the house in batches." ”

Rich man Liu agreed and hurriedly called.

Chen Mu frowned and thought about this. The private soldiers of the big families are a problem, when they were in southern Xinjiang, several big families could gather thousands of private soldiers, and even the 1,000 people of the fifth song of the invincible flying army were not easy to deal with.

In the future, we must find ways to limit the issue of private soldiers of large families.

After a while, the housekeeper and the family members came, and Chen Mu asked several civilians to identify them one by one and find out all the family members.

As soon as Chen Mu asked, they were all recruited.

The housekeeper hurriedly defended: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the villain asked them to pay the demolition fee, ten taels of silver per household, and it was these dog slaves who swallowed it privately." ”

Chen Mu slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Bastard! ”

"Can you demolish someone's house if you give money? Ten taels of silver to make people move? The imperial court clearly stipulates that your Liu family should move out, and you have violated the law first, and you have to use strong words? ”

"Someone!"

Two guards came next to him and stepped forward to escort the butler.

Chen Mu pointed at the housekeeper, "Palm!" ”

The two guards grabbed the butler and opened their bows left and right with a big mouth.

After a while, Chen Mu looked at the housekeeper's face and swollen before he ordered to stop.

The housekeeper was stunned, and lay on the ground without moving.

Rich Lord Liu hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty, "It's the villain who can't discipline him, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to punish him." ”

Chen Mu said lightly: "If you admit it at the beginning, then it's okay to say, if you admit your mistake now, this punishment will be doubled." ”

"Each family will pay 100 taels of silver, and the six households will pay a total of 600 taels, and pay a fine of 600 taels to the county government of Xiqing County."

Rich Lord Liu breathed a sigh of relief, it was easy to do it if he wanted money, and the last thing he lacked was money. Although the compensation for one household is a little more than 100 taels, it is nothing to him.

"Thank you for your forgiveness."

Chen Mu said to the county magistrate of Xiqing County: "Those families are brought back to the county government, disposed of according to law, and given lenient sentences." ”

The county magistrate agreed, and asked the officials to take those family members down.