"Bell Bell Bell Bell !!"

In the cold winter wax moon, the sound of ping-pong gongs woke all the villagers of Huang Village, Shuntianfu from their warm bedding.

With drooping eyelids, the pillars of each family rushed to Huangdian, which was the nominal village official office.

There are more than 90,000 natural villages in Daming, and there are more than 7,000 in Beizhili.

Since the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the imperial store of the Imperial Horse Supervisor has settled in more than 7,000 natural villages in Beizhili, and there are two people in the imperial store, one is responsible for purchasing goods, and the other is responsible for guarding the store.

These two people, in fact, are also village officials in each natural village, responsible for simple tax collection, goods sales, and news notifications.

At present, such a combination is only arranged in Beizhili, Shanxi, Liaodong, Shaanxi, Hexi, Jiugang and other Beijing and five provinces.

If nothing else, such arrangements will be implemented in Yingzhou, Jiaozhi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places where the gentry are less powerful and powerful in three years.

They exist to break the rule that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and if the people want to convince them, in addition to the trade of necessities in the imperial store, what is needed is to actively promote the policy of benefiting the people.

There are many policies that benefit the people, but what can really make people listen to the spirit is actually the policies about future generations.

The reason why the villagers of Huangcun rushed to Huangdian in a hurry after being woken up was also because Huangdian had released a rumor as early as a month ago.

The imperial court wants to promote official learning in Beizhili, and this time the official school will be very cheap, and you only need to pay less than 100 yuan per year for books.

Although the people of the Ming Dynasty have been deceived by the Ming court many times, since the first year of the Apocalypse, most of the policies announced by the imperial court have benefited the people, especially for the people in the north.

Therefore, it may not be easy to say about the rest of the Ming Dynasty at the moment, but the people of the six provinces in the north have great trust in the policies of the imperial court.

Among the six provinces of Beijing, the Shuntian Prefecture, which also belonged to the Northern Zhili, trusted the policies of the imperial court the most, because they were the first group of people to divide the land.

In just a quarter of an hour, the male owners of more than 200 households in Huang Village gathered at the village official office.

In front of the village official office, more than 200 male villagers came with their own benches, and the people in charge of propaganda were two village officials surnamed Zheng and one surnamed Liu.

At this time, the two were standing in front of a large wooden sign to write and draw, and although they knew that many of the villagers were illiterate, they still wrote down the relevant policies and the specially marked "80" number.

In order to make it easier for illiterate people to buy things, the price of Arabic numerals is often posted on the shelves, and many villagers have long understood the meaning of "1-10" Arabic numerals.

"Eighty? What is it? ”

"It can't be the cost of books, right?"

"Is it eighty wen or eighty taels?"

"How can it be eighty taels? Who can afford to read eighty taels? ”

"It's ...... too"

The villagers of Huang Village chatted babblingly, and Village Officials Zheng and Village Officials Liu finished writing everything.

Village official Liu struck a gong, and all the villagers of Huang Village immediately closed their mouths, and Village official Zheng also shouted loudly:

"That's it! I don't sell it to you, go home and go to bed early after talking early! ”

As he spoke, Village Officer Zheng pointed to the number "80" with a wooden stick and said loudly:

"You all know about the official school, so I won't explain it, just pick a few things to talk to you about."

"First, the official school starts to register on the first month of the tenth year of the Apocalypse, and the registration deadline is the first day of February, but it can't be registered, and then the school officially starts on the first day of March."

"Our Huangcun has been zoned to Qinghedian, the official school of Qinghedian has been cleaned up, and there are eleven villages that have been rowed with us, namely ......"

Zheng Village official briefly introduced where Huangcun belonged to the jurisdiction and where to study in the official school, and then announced:

"This official school, the imperial court is limited to under the age of fifteen, over seven years old, the official school is normally the first semester from the first day of February to the middle of June every year, the second semester from mid-August to the end of the lunar month, and the rest of the time belongs to the summer and winter vacations......"

Zheng Village Official said, and also wrote down the numbers "2-6" and "8-12", and then said:

"But this is the first year, and the first semester of the first year is one month less, that is, from the first day of March to the middle of June."

"To put it simply, it is to study for nine months a year, take three months off, a total of five years, and only charge eighty yuan per year for five years, but pay attention!"

Speaking of which, Zheng Village Official reminded:

"Everyone knows that our village is fifty miles away from Qinghedian, right?"

"Our village is far away, and other villages are also far away, so the government school can stay, and although the students' accommodation is free, they have to pay for food, drink, and Lazar."

"Needless to say, you pack your own rice for your children to carry to the official school, and the official society will issue meal tickets."

"As for the dishes, you don't have to worry, the government school has its own official school field, and the children in each village take turns cooking, and each village only needs to produce poultry and livestock."

"Our Huangcun has been divided into three male and female sows, and one hundred poultry male and female, how to make this up, we will discuss it later."

"In addition to these, the paper money and pen and ink money of your own dolls must be from your own house, and the paper and pen and ink are on the shelves of the village officials' office, which are one percent cheaper than the market price outside."

"You don't have to worry about not seeing your children for a few months, the people in the official school said that last semester there were Qingming, Shangji, Dragon Boat Festival, and Qianqiu Festival, and each festival was held for three days."

"In the next semester, there will be the Double Ninth Festival, the Winter Solstice, the Winter Clothes Festival, the Laba Festival, the Stove God Festival, and the Wanshou Festival, each festival will be held for three days, and there will be a total of ten festivals every year, and a total of 30 days."

"That's not going to work!" Before Village Official Zheng finished speaking, an old man in the village stood up tremblingly:

"Isn't it only eight months of study?!"

"This is a combination of work and rest, and let them come back to see you on vacation......" Zheng Village Official's tone was helpless, but some people in the village said:

"What do you see, you can see the head of a year, it is true that studying hard to gain fame and bring us happiness!"

"This is the will of the imperial court, if you can't pay for your own private school!" Zheng Village Official was also annoyed, and with a wave of his hand, he asked people to go to a private school.

When he said this, the villagers were quiet, after all, it costs several taels of silver a year to study in a private school, and the official school is just a waste of some rice and wheat and eighty books, as well as some paper, pen and ink money.

Seeing that the villagers did not speak, Zheng continued:

"The official school has been studied for five years, and all school-age children have to go to school, which is mandatory by the imperial court, and whoever doesn't go doesn't blame us for reporting."

"Besides, after five years of study, if you don't want to continue reading, then the court will arrange work."

"Work? What does it do? Some people became curious, and Village Officer Zheng also waved his hand and said:

"Anyway, it's better than you in the ground, and you have six or seven taels of silver a year."

"That's not bad...... the man sat back happily, and the village official Zheng shook his head helplessly when he saw their virtue, and then divided the share of the six pigs and two hundred chickens and ducks.

Two of the two hundred chickens and ducks were produced in each household, and the six pigs were made up by the rest and the village officials.

The village official office will still withhold half of the village's tax every year, although it is only a few hundred catties of rice and wheat, but it can also make up a small amount.

In short, a group of people got together, and the matter was divided in half an hour, and some people didn't want to make friends, so they were immediately attacked by other people.

Things were almost together, and the village official Zheng announced that on the first day of the second month of February, they drove the livestock to Qinghedian, and then they were hastily dispersed.

They stayed in the village for more than a year, and they all signed up on the spot.

What they did was a scene being staged by many village officials in Beizhili, and villages and towns of all sizes signed up one after another, and when they signed up, the trial in Sichuan finally began.

When crackling firecrackers and fireworks burst all over the country, on such a festive day as the first day of the first lunar month, Sun Chuanting was interrogated in the Yamen of the Political Secretary.

In the Yamen Hall, the officials of the six divisions gathered, with more than ten people on the left and right, and four tables were placed in the hall.

Zhou Yanru sat on the highest seat, and below him were Wen Tiren, Lu Wenzhao, and Li Yongzhen.

The officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are responsible for questioning the crime, the officials of the Criminal Department are responsible for recording, and the officials of Dali Temple are responsible for sentencing, and the whole process is concise and clear.

Sun Chuanting walked up to the Yamen Hall, unable to sit, so he could only stand in the middle in a cloth robe.

After he walked in, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate questioned Sun Chuanting based on the incriminating evidence collected in the past few months:

"Sun Boya, you have three sins......

"The first crime, you know that the gentry are guilty, why don't you report it to the third division, but act arbitrarily and kill Li Gongsheng and others without authorization?"

"The second crime, although the gentry are guilty, why did you raid the house without authorization?"

"The third crime, privately transferring the Gongwei battalion, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

The officials sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all Gu Party officials, and the Gu Party officials were under Zhou Yanru's control, so Zhou Yanru gave Sun Chuanting face, and only convicted him of three crimes, otherwise according to his actions, I am afraid that there will be no less than twenty articles.

"Sun Boya, please defend yourself......"

Zhou Yanru looked at Sun Chuanting in the hall and made a gesture of please, and Sun Chuanting also bowed back, and then said:

"First, report to the three divisions for at least ten days, the matter may delay and change, and I hold the Shang Fang sword and order the killing of Li Gongsheng and other lawless gentry."

"Second, the gentry are guilty, and the crime can be connected to the three clans, since they are connected, they naturally have to raid the house."

"As for the third crime, the transfer of the Gongwei battalion is a last resort, and the reason is that the Chengdu Soldiers and Horses Division and the government officials are corrupt, and if they are mobilized, someone will inevitably report the news."

Sun Chuanting defended them one by one, and it could be seen that after more than four months of rest, he had recovered a lot of his mind, and he was not as decadent as before.

It's just that in the face of his self-defense, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate still need to further inquire about the conviction:

"Although the three articles are reasonable, but the law is not merciful, if the ministers of the court are as arbitrary as you, what is the use of the rules?"

"If no one obeys the rules, won't the court turn the sky upside down?"

Speaking of this, the official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate turned to Zhou Yanru:

"The presiding judge, the lower officials thought that although Sun Chuanting did not transgress, he did not act in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, and the crime of transgression is inevitable."

After that, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate sat back in their positions, and Zhou Yanru also looked at the officials of Dali Temple, and asked according to the process:

"How can you be convicted of trespassing according to the Ming Law?"

"According to the Law of Officials, the law should be punished by death if it is made in order to change without permission...... Dali Temple official responded, but he then said:

"However, Sun Boya has made great achievements as an official in the court, and this move is all for the people, and the people of Sichuan Province have recently interceded, so the crime should be reduced and sentenced."

"The six of us have discussed that we should remove our official positions and rank and delegate them to the people."

The people of Dali Temple are people from the Yanshan faction, and they don't like Sun Chuanting for a day or two, even if they can't kill Sun Chuanting, they have to make Sun Chuanting suffer.

They went to Sun Chuanting's official ranks, although Sun Chuanting was fine, but as soon as the two ranks, there was no more.

"This ...... The sentence is too heavy, right? Zhou Yanru frowned, he wanted to keep Sun Chuanting's rank.

"I have been convicted lightly...... Dali Temple official did not retreat, but insisted on speaking.

If Chengde is here, they may be subject to Chengde and have to give in, but now that Chengde is not there, the Yanshan faction does not need to give face to other parties.

"Sun Boya, do you still need to defend yourself?"

Zhou Yanru glanced at Lu Li Yongzhen and Wen Tiren, and found that neither of the two spoke.

Obviously, there is nothing wrong with this treatment of the two of them.

The only one with a somewhat ugly face was Lu Wenzhao, but at the moment, after all, it was the sixth division of the trial, and the Yanshan official of Dali Temple was not wrong, although he was uncomfortable, he couldn't find fault with it.

Zhou Yanru would not be convicted to carry the black pot, so he handed over the issue to Sun Chuanting.

Based on his analysis of Sun Chuanting's character, if nothing else, Sun Chuanting will confess, because standing in this hall for one more second is an insult to him for one more second.

"I plead guilty!"

Sun Chuanting really pleaded guilty, and Zhou Yanru was also relieved.

This sentence came out of Sun Chuanting's mouth, and no one could blame him, after all, he didn't force Sun Chuanting to say it.

"Since that's the case, then ......" Zhou Yanru looked at Wen Tiren, ready to hand over the tricky handling of the conviction to him, and Wen Tiren was not stupid, and said directly to the officials of Dali Temple:

"Since Governor Sun said so, then the old man respects it, please ask the officials of Dali Temple to judge......"

Wen Tiren was a Governor Sun, and he was extremely embarrassed, after all, even Zhou Yanru and them only called Sun Chuanting the word "Cousin", because he didn't have any official position at the moment.

In this way, knowing that the other party has no official position and is still so complimentary, it is equivalent to an older official "leading" the young cloth clothes on the roadside.

This kind of shameless thing, except for him, even Zhou Yanru can't do it.

Moreover, he also pushed the conviction to the Yanshan officials of Dali Temple, because he knew that the decision was given to the Yanshan officials, so they would definitely be convicted.

"The subordinate officer receives the order!" Sure enough, the Yanshan officials should have done this drudgery, and looked at Sun Chuanting secretly in their hearts, and read out in a dignified manner:

"The criminal Sun Chuanting arbitrarily enacted the law for the purpose of changing it, and should be convicted of a capital crime."

"However, Nian Ru has made great achievements as an official in the court, and this move is all related to the people, coupled with the recent intercession of the people of Sichuan Province, so he was sentenced to be dismissed from his official position and ranked, and delegated to the people, and from now on, he will move out of the Yamen of the Political Secretary, and he will no longer be allowed to use the power of courtiers!"

The Yanshan officials of Dali Temple humiliated Sun Chuanting fiercely, especially asking him to move out of the yamen immediately, and emphasized that he could not use the power of courtiers.

This means that Sun Chuanting can no longer take the carriage of the post station, can no longer rest for free at the post station, and everything needs to be paid out of his own pocket.

In Sun Chuanting's opinion, this is what it should be, and he doesn't bother to do it, but when it comes out of the mouth of the Yanshan official, it is a little humiliating.

"Sun Chuanting, you step down, you don't have to salute."

Zhou Yanru saw that the verdict was down, and hurriedly spoke first to let Sun Chuanting leave.

Because if he doesn't speak, then let Sun Chuanting receive the verdict himself, according to the "Da Ming Law", Sun Chuanting, as a grass citizen, needs to kneel down and give a big salute to receive the order.

Maybe watching Sun Chuanting kneel, the Yanshan officials will be very comfortable, but Lu Wenzhao and Li Yongzhen will feel very slapped in the face, and Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren will also be burdened with a black pot that humiliates Sun Chuanting.

Zhou Yanru is the only one who makes people take the blame, and it is impossible for someone to let him take the blame, so he deliberately made a favor.

"In that case, the grass people take their leave!"

Without the slightest hesitation, when Zhou Yanru was making the steps, Sun Chuanting turned around and left, avoiding the humiliation of kneeling.

The officials of Dali Temple saw it in their eyes, and although they were angry, they couldn't help it, after all, Zhou Yanru had spoken.

"Let people supervise him, and don't let him take out the things that belong to the yamen."

Although the hall could not humiliate people, the Yanshan official still opened his mouth loudly and sent people to monitor Sun Chuanting.

The humiliating meaning of his words could be heard by everyone, but few people admonished him.

The Yanshan faction is a rising star, and the number of officials who enter the officialdom every year is huge, and more than 500,000 officials in the Ming Dynasty are sixty percent of them from Yanshan.

Fortunately, although their political views and the Qi Wangfu sometimes disagree, they still have to rely on the Qi Wangfu in general, after all, Zhu Youzhen gave them the opportunity to study and become officials.

Therefore, although they want to vent their hatred, it is impossible for them to send someone to deliberately find trouble, at most, they will humiliate and humiliate Sun Chuanting as they are now.

It can also be seen from this point that although the Yanshan officials are powerful, most of them are young, and they do not consider the consequences at all.

Gu Dang, who was also punished by Sun Chuanting and lost most of the officials, was not as impulsive as them, no matter how much they hated Sun Chuanting, they still knew that Sun Chuanting was only going down for a while, and sooner or later he would ascend to a high position, and if he was humiliated too much at the moment, it would definitely lead to his revenge afterwards.

"Pass on Liu Yuyou, Pan Shiliang!"

Perhaps because the matter was not big enough, the Yanshan officials of Dali Temple began to publicize the door, and the targets of the propaganda were Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang.

Zhou Yanru and the Gu Party officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked at them one after another, but they were not shocked on their faces and sneered in their hearts.

The words of the eunuch have long been spread throughout the six divisions, and the king of Qi asked Zhou Yanru to seek the country first, and the gentleman to seek the country, and the villain to seek the body, isn't this a disguised way to let Zhou Yanru be a villain and clean up Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang?

Since King Qi said so, it means that Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang can't live, and since they can't live, they can only die.

Therefore, the Yanshan officials of Dali Temple are waiting to watch the play, waiting for Zhou Yanru to sentence Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang to death.

Not only are they watching the play, but also the officials of the Criminal Department of Wen Tiren's faction, as well as Lu Wenzhao of Jinyiwei, Li Yongzhen of the inner court and others are watching the play.

It's just that they think they can watch the play, but Zhou Yanru is not ready to let them watch the play.

Soon, Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang, who were dressed in cloth, appeared in the hall, and the two faced the officials of the Sixth Division and showed timidity, but stood upright.

The reason why they did not show timidity was because they knew that the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all Gu Party officials.

They naturally knew that King Qi wanted them to die, but the person who asked for the crime was someone from the Gu Party, and the people from the Gu Party would naturally not kill them.

"Liu Yuyou, Pan Shiliang has thirteen ...... crimes"

The Gu Party official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stood up, and the old god said:

"First, the rule is not strict, which leads to corruption among officials in all provinces in Sichuan."

"Second, dereliction of duty, causing the Chengdu Soldiers and Horses Division and the officials to do evil."

"Third, the crime of not investigating, did not go to the Sichuan Imperial Horse Prison, Jinyi Wei and the gentry to collude and embezzle the military tuntian."

"Fourth, disaster relief is unfavorable, and various governments are fleeing the victims, causing the people to live in a difficult situation and the people to be unsafe."

"Fifth ......"

One by one the evidence was told by the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which seemed to be asking for the crime, but in fact they were exculpating the two.

Speaking of which, they are all talking about the lack of ability of the two, but not about corruption and connivance with the gentry.

From beginning to end, it is said that the two were negligent in their duties and lacked ability, which led to the collusion between the people below and the gentry.

Obviously, these two people colluded with the gentry the most, but these two people seemed to have become two unlucky people who had nothing to do with all kinds of things.

This kind of questioning is obviously not from the hands of ordinary Gu Party officials, but ......

The Yanshan officials of Dali Temple and the Zhejiang Party officials of the Criminal Department glanced at Zhou Yanru who was sitting in a high position vaguely, and Li Yongzhen couldn't help but glance at it.

The only two who can hold back their anger are Lu Wenzhao and Wen Tiren.

It's just that Lu Wenzhao is forbearing, and Wen Tiren is already snickering.

After all, Wen Tiren is sophisticated, and as soon as Zhou Yanru's words came out, he knew what the other party wanted to do.

The condemnation of the death penalty not only chilled Gu Dang's heart, but also asked Gu Dang to be held accountable.

convicted of living crimes, and lost the face of His Royal Highness King Qi, it is difficult to say that he will enter the cabinet next.

offends people on the left and right, so simply make the matter bigger, the crime is big, and the sentence is small, make the matter bigger, and give the people above a headache.

Zhou Yanru is to advance as retreat, these crimes are handed in, and if they are punished in accordance with the "Law of Officials" of the "Da Ming Law", the sentence can be light or severe.

The light is that each item is not serious, and there is a certain degree of duplication in each item, at most, it is six levels in a row.

The important thing is that the matter involved is marked behind each crime, which seems to be very serious and can be punished aggravated.

The problem arises, this kind of thing has never appeared in the history of the Ming Dynasty, as the judge of the six divisions, if Zhou Yanru himself sentences to increase the punishment, then it will give future generations a bad start.

Naturally, he couldn't open this kind of head, so he reported the thirteen charges and let the above ruling, this is what he wanted to do.

In doing so, Zhou Yanru is completely innocent and will not appear to be incompetent.

can think of such a means, the person above sees it, and will naturally know his ability.

As for why Zhou Yanru handled things properly, Wen Tiren still snickered? This is where Wen Tiren's cleverness lies.

What Zhou Yanru did didn't feel like there was a problem, but he threw the problem to the six ministries, the cabinet, the emperor, and the king of Qi to deal with, which was essentially intensifying the party struggle.

In the final analysis, the problem will become a three-way competition between the Gu Party, the Qi Palace, and the Inner Court, and as long as the Zhejiang Party shows weakness, it can reap the benefits of the fishermen.

If the Gu Party falls, the Zhejiang Party can take the opportunity to recuperate.

As long as Gu Dang and Yanshan can't be used, then King Qi needs to use the Zhejiang Party, and he Wen Tiren can jump out to attract people's attention, and then show loyalty to King Qi.

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren couldn't help the joy in his heart, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

However, the more the Yanshan officials in the hall listened, the more wrong they became, and finally found that Zhou Yanru had made things beyond their purview, and then couldn't help but look at Zhou Yanru.

They only saw that the old god Zhou Yanru was there, and before they could speak, Zhou Yanru raised his hand and said after the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate questioned the guilt:

"This matter can be big or small, but no matter how big or small, it is beyond the scope of the six divisions to handle."

"In this way, the six divisions will play their own games, hand them over with the eucalyptus, and let Banzai, His Highness and Gu Ge Lao make their decisions."

"Old fox ......" Listening to Zhou Yanru's words that he didn't care about himself, everyone scolded in their hearts.

Everyone can see that Zhou Yanru is completely a dead friend and not a poor man, and he insists on making things bigger.

It's hard to explain, so how do you explain it?

It's very simple, poke things up, to the point that you can't be the master, then you don't need to explain.

But the problem is that to make things bigger, you have to make the people above not unhappy, which is difficult for everyone to think of.

It just so happened that Zhou Yanru came up with it, so he chose to make the matter bigger, and then stick to the rules.

He will definitely die before this year, because the emperor, the king of Qi, and the cabinet all need obedient people, and he doesn't listen to any of the words he has now.

But it just so happened that due to Sun Chuanting's "unruly" behavior, it led to the turmoil in the political landscape of the Ming Dynasty this year.

The gentry and officials, they are all waiting and seeing, wondering whether the rules of the Ming Dynasty are still working or not, and why Sun Chuanting can survive even though he does not abide by the rules.

Naturally, at this time, there is a rule-abiding thing and a rule-abiding official, and this matter will become the focus of attention of all parties.

This matter is stabbed up, and it is also stabbed, but if it is dealt with, the rules that have been shaken by the Ming Dynasty will settle down again.

When the rules are set, the gentry will be at ease, and the officials will also be at ease, and if they are at ease, there will be a lot less things on the temple, and the emperor, the king of Qi, and the cabinet will be satisfied and happy.

Therefore, in this situation where the rules are shaken, there is no need for any capable people in the temple at this moment, and there is no need for people to solve things.

What the temple needs, what the emperor needs, and what the King of Qi needs is a rule-abiding person like him Zhou Yanru.

Knowing the rules and abiding by the rules is the greatest ability......