Zuo Yushi Yu Tianlu led a group of 30 people to Ningbo Mansion day and night, it is said that after arriving in Ningbo Mansion, he should first go to visit the chief official of Ningbo Mansion, and let Ningbo Mansion send people to assist the Imperial Front Division to carry out relevant work, but this time the Imperial Front Division wants to investigate the case is extraordinary, and the result will affect the lives of tens of thousands of people, and even the local magistrates are involved in it

The Imperial Former Division came to Ningbo Mansion this time to investigate the case was entrusted by the general Lei Cai, the general Lei Cavalry mentioned in the letter that when the Manjiang rebels washed Xiangshan County in blood, a soldier escaped by luck, and now Ningbo is injured, Xiangshan County Commander colluded with profiteers to bully and oppress the people, whether it is true, he is the only witness, in order not to startle the snake in the sky, as soon as he arrived in Ningbo Mansion, he did not be alarmed, but led the Imperial Former Division all the way to the Ningbo camp

Yu Tianlu was wearing a red official robe with a cloud crane embroidered on his chest, and the people of the Imperial Front Division were each riding a tall horse wearing silk face armor, and the guards outside the camp were stunned when they saw some people, according to the Zhejiang official system, the nine to seven grade officials wore green official robes - six to four grades wore blue official robes - three to one grades wore red official robes, and the local prefects were mostly five-grade rulers who had been in charge for many years and had certain merits would be promoted to four-grade prefects, and Taizhou prefect Sun Yuanwu was a four-grade prefect

After the imperial guard dismounted, he took out a gold token from his waist and flashed it in front of the guard: Lord Yu Tianlu, the imperial commander, was ordered to investigate the case and take us to meet the general in charge of the camp

The guard glanced at the token, the token was inlaid with two pearls, there was a circle of moire around it, and a raised royal character was engraved in the middle

The guard told the other guard, "Go and report to the general," and then he made a gesture of invitation to Yu Tianlu and his party to the barracks: "Your Excellency, please come with me."

After entering the Ningbo camp, Yu Tianlu and his party walked at most 200 meters, and saw a person wearing iron armor running towards them not far away

Yu Tianlu waved his hand: General Yan doesn't have to be polite, this official is the imperial front secretary Zuo Yushi Yu Tianlu

Yan Tong asked respectfully: I don't know what important things the adults have to go to Ningbo Daying

Yu Tianlu: This official asked you if Chang Weiguo raised an army to make a rebellion, and if a wounded soldier who fled from Xiangshan County was recuperating from your wounds

Yan Tong thought for a moment: Lord Hui has such a person

Yu Tianlu: Take us to meet him

This made Yan Tong a little confused for a while, how could an injured soldier let the Imperial Front Division fight so big and alarmed the Sanpin Commander, although he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't show it: My lord, please move with me to the camp to rest for a while, and then the last general will order someone to bring the soldier over

Yu Tianlu nodded and answered, "Hmm", after arriving at the camp tent, Yan Tong invited Yu Tianlu and his party to sit on the chair to rest first, and then he ordered someone to bring the wounded soldier over, and Yan Tong personally gave Yu Tianlu and the others a cup of tea, Yu Tianlu saw this, grabbed the sleeve with one hand and put his hand on the side of the cup to show courtesy

It wasn't long before two soldiers came in with a wounded soldier with strips of cloth wrapped around his head and arms

Yan Tong: Your Excellency, this is the person you are looking for

Yu Tianlu saw that the wounded soldier was not very old, he could not be about twenty-three or four years old, his body was not only thin, but his face was also a little pale, and he looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness: General Yan handed over the wounded soldier to the Imperial Commander, and there were some things he wanted to know about him

Yan Tong: Your Excellency, this is going to ask you to give you a camp tent, and you can ask if there is anything

Yu Tianlu: I don't need this person, I'll bring it back to the Imperial Division

Yan Tong looked reluctant and hesitated: My lord, this-this

Yu Tianlu: Why do you want to obstruct the Imperial Front Division's investigation?

Yan Tong's frightened face turned pale and hurriedly explained: The subordinate didn't dare - I just didn't know why this soldier asked the former secretary to come in person

Yu Tianlu's face was serious: General Yan's Imperial Front Division should not ask what should not be asked

Then he looked at the Imperial Iron Guard behind him: he was still stunned about what to do to take people away

"Yes my lord" After answering the guard, he stepped forward to help the wounded soldier from the soldier's hands, just when Yu Tianlu and the others were about to leave, Yan Tong suddenly blocked in front: Lord Chang Weiguo raised troops and the officials of Xiangshan County were slaughtered by the thieves, and this brother was lucky enough to escape because he was too injured and fell into a coma

Hearing Yan Tong say this, Yu Tianlu knew his thoughts, he thought that the Imperial Front Division came to the Ningbo camp this time to catch deserters, and according to military regulations, anyone who escaped from the battle would be beheaded, Yu Tianlu smiled slightly and explained to him briefly: It seems that General Yan is also a person who loves soldiers like a son, this official just wants to know something from him, and he will come back in a few days, as for what is the matter, don't ask

Hearing Yu Tianlu say this, Yan Tong was relieved: Then you can go with the adults

When Yu Tianlu was leaving, he deliberately comforted the soldier in front of Yan Tong: You don't have to be afraid that the official just asked you something, and you can come back when you are done

Yan Tong clenched his fists with both hands: Xia Guan sent off the adult

After leaving the camp, Yu Tianlu led the Imperial Front Division and his party to the Yamen of Zhoufu, when Yu Tianlu saw Ningbo Mansion Tongzhi - Meng Quan expressed his intention to him, "This time the Imperial Front Division went to Ningbo Mansion to learn about the detailed income and expenditure of the fields in Xiangshan County and the personnel file", Meng Quan was also very cooperative after learning that the Imperial Front Division took the Imperial Front Division to the house to find out about Xiangshan County's Wenlu, and it didn't take long for 8 Imperial Iron Guards to come back and restore their orders, each of them holding a stack of Wenlu

At this time, a small official who came with him: My lord, these documents are the detailed income and expenditure and personnel files of the fields in Xiangshan County within ten years, if they are not humble enough, they will go back to the house to find them

Yu Tianlu glanced at a few people: It won't take so much to arrive, you can find out the records of this county magistrate during his tenure as an official

"It's an adult"

After this little official screened the original 8 people holding the document, now there is only one person left, Yu Tianlu borrowed a house from Meng Quan in the yamen of Ningbo Mansion, and the imperial guards were guarding the door in shifts and no one was allowed to approach

Yu Tianlu planned to learn about the situation in Xiangshan County first, so he asked the people who came with him and the soldier to go to the side room to rest first, after all, day and night and busy for a day, no one could bear it, and Yu Tianlu made himself a pot of tea in the study, and the records on the table were divided into three categories: Xiangshan County's arable land was thin - tax expenditure - official roster

Yu Tianlu glanced at him, he wanted to understand the county order of Xiangshan County first, so he reached out and picked up the list of officials, opened it to see when the officials arrived, when they left, where they came from and where they were transferred, they all remembered clearly, and soon he found the relevant records of the county order of Xiangshan County, the name of this county order is Tan Neng, who was recommended to Xiangshan as an official by Miao Wenkang, the secretary of Taihe Temple, in April 1519, and this year is Xingyuan 1525, then this Tan Neng has been a county magistrate in Xiangshan County for six years

Then he picked up the arable field thin, turned to Xingyuan 1518, that is, the year before Tan Neng took office, the book recorded that Xiangshan County has a population 113821 of 83,241 acres of arable land, which makes Yu Tianlu not only sigh that the people of Changweiguo are only more than half an acre of land per capita, and one acre of land is about 3-4 hundred catties of land, and half an acre of land can collect 200 catties of grain a year, which is not enough even the most basic rations, and he can imagine how poor the people of Manjiang are

In 1519, the population and fields did not change according to the previous year, and in 1520, the population decreased somewhat 112434 78,241 mu of land per person, and in 1521 the population dropped to 71,000 mu of 111518 man's field, and after that, the population and arable land were gradually decreasing every year, until the population of Xingyuan fell to 33,000 mu of 108764 man's field in 1525

Immediately after that, he picked up the tax expenditure book, before Xiangshan County paid about 30,000 taels of grain every year, but in 1524 it was only 13,200 taels, and the payment of silver taels to Tan Neng gradually rose every year after Tan Neng's arrival, from the previous 15,000 taels to 38,750 taels, and a large part of this came from commercial taxes

In the evening, Yu Tianlu asked people to bring the soldier over, and the soldier saw Yu Tianlu and the imperial guard's expression, and his whole body trembled, Yu Tianlu put on a kind appearance and waved at him to let him sit on the chair, and then picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water for the soldier: You don't have to be nervous, the official just asks you something, just tell the official what you know to the truth

"It's an adult"

Yu Tianlu: What is your position in the army?

Soldier: The villain guards the gate of Xiangshan County

Yu Tianlu: Then do you know why Chang Weiguo raised an army?

Soldier: I don't know

Yu Tianlu: When I heard that Chang Weiguo raised troops, it was because the county order of Xiangshan County colluded with profiteers to oppress the people

The soldier glanced at Yu Tianlu, his eyes purring, and he didn't know

Yu Tianlu's expression became serious: Do you really not know, or do you think that this official is so foolish

The soldier was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground: adults and villains did not dare

At this time, the imperial guard on the side said to Tianlu: Your lord's subordinates think that this person will not tell the truth if he does not torture him

And another Imperial Iron Guard: Your Excellency, please allow your subordinates to invite his family to the palace

Yu Tianlu: Then leave this matter to the two of you, as for what means you use, the official doesn't ask

"It's an adult"

The two guards in front of the imperial guard were rude and pulled the soldier out, and the soldier was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot and knelt on the ground: My lord, I said, what the adult said The villain has only heard of it

Yu Tianlu: Then tell the official what you have heard

Yu Tianlu motioned to the Imperial Iron Guard to record what he said

Soldier: Before Chang Weiguo raised the army, there was a pair of barbarian ginger father and son to sell tiger skins in the market, the father and son had a dispute with the shop guys because of the price, and then the guys together with the family killed the father and son and took the tiger skin for themselves, and then the barbarian ginger people went to the county government to ask for an explanation but were arrested, this matter can be said to be well known in Xiangshan County

When the city was defended, there were people talking in private, and the perpetrators were not arrested, and the people who asked for explanations were arrested, what is this called-you don't know, our county magistrate and these businessmen in the county have long been hooked up, and the adults are what the villains overheard

Yu Tianlu: Then have you heard anything else?

The soldier shook his head: That's all adults and little people know

Yu Tianlu: Ningbo Mansion estimates that you can't stay anymore, so the official will give you some money to take your family to settle down elsewhere

The soldier is not a lazy person, seeing that Tianlu is worried about his safety, he pondered for a while: Adult, you don't have to worry about the safety of the villain, the villain's brother and many clan relatives are in the Ningbo camp, and they can protect the villain

Yu Tianlu: Then what should you say if someone asks you when you go back?

Soldier: The villain said that the adults were here to investigate the evil deeds of the rebels

Yu Tianlu laughed loudly: Okay, just say that, you write your name on this confession and press your handprint to leave

After reading the confession and confirming that it was correct, the soldier wrote his name and pressed his handprint: "Can the little man go back?"

"Well, let's go, it's none of your business."

After the soldiers left, Yu Tianlu asked people to invite Meng Quan over, and Meng Quan bowed as soon as he saw Yu Tianlu: I don't know what the Lord summoned the official to do

Yu Tianlu motioned to Meng Quan to do the words on the chair: Mengren Xiangshan County Commander Tan can know how much

Meng Quan: My lord's subordinates have nothing to do with him except for official business, and they have no contacts

Yu Tianlu: Master Meng is the chief official of Ningbo and Tan Neng is your subordinate, even if the relationship is not harmonious, it will not be without contact

Meng Quan: Let me tell you the truth, this Tan Neng is a county magistrate sent by the national capital, relying on the national capital to have people and Ben not take these local colleagues seriously

Yu Tianlu: Oh so

Meng Quan: If you want to know Tan Neng, you might as well ask Ningbo Pioneer Gongsun Bao that he has the best relationship with Tan Neng

Yu Tianlu: Master Meng, you have been in charge of Ningbo Mansion for several years

Meng Quan pinched his fingers and counted: it has been five years

Yu Tianlu: Over the years, have any barbarian Jiang people come to Ningbo Mansion to file a complaint?

Meng Quan shook his head: Adults have never had

Yu Tianlu: Lord Meng is not right, then how can someone report to this official that the barbarian Jiang people went to the Ningbo Mansion to avenge their grievances, either they were arrested or disappeared

Meng Quan's face was stunned: in front of adults, the officials didn't dare to say half a lie

Yu Tianlu: Who are you?

Meng Quan: In Montessori, he is my cousin

Yu Tianlu: You are the Mengshi clan, the official said bluntly, this Chang Weiguo rebellion is caused by the collusion between the county order of Xiangshan County and profiteers to oppress and persecute the people, the commander of the coalition army, Meng Angxing, the son of Meng Yingyi, was captured by the rebels, this official came to find out the truth, if it is true, it is good to be a fair Jiang people to stop the sword, if it is not true, the Zhejiang army will set foot in Pingchang to defend the country

Ningbo Mansion is definitely an alternative in Zhejiang, other prefectures have prefects, but Ningbo Mansion does not have a prefect, only Tongzhi, this Tongzhi is to put it bluntly, the deputy position of the prefect and the prefect are half a level of official position, and the Mengshi family in Ningbo Mansion is definitely in power, and the big and small affairs are decided by Meng Ang, Yu Tianlu has been an official for more than 20 years, he knows that Meng Quan and Tan Neng have never come to be xenophobic, how can the royal power connive at the local family dominance, this Tan Neng is the national capital is placed in Ningbo Mansion to get a nail, Although Yu Tianlu is the official of the Imperial Front, the Zuo Yushi Sanpin, but he knows a little about the affairs of Ningbo Mansion, and if he wants to do this errand well, he must rely on local strength, Meng Ang, as the head of the Meng clan, will involve him and the Meng family will do their best to help

Yu Tianlu suddenly had a flash of inspiration, why am I here this time not to catch a county order that bends the law for personal gain, but to find out the truth and give justice to the 100,000 people of Chang Weiguo, not to mention that this Tan Neng is now dead, even if he wants to investigate, it is a headless case, and the best result of this case is to end here in Tan Neng

Yu Tianlu picked up the field on the table and handed it to Meng Quan, and handed over the confession of the soldier just now, and Meng Quan first read the confession, and instantly frowned, and then he turned up the field again, and soon he found that Xiangshan County had lost a full 50,000 mu of cultivated land in recent years, and Meng Quan was seen as a cold sweat, and he wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve: The lord was derelict in his duties and failed to find out about this matter as soon as possible, a few years ago, Xia Guancheng asked about it, Tan Neng told the farmers in the lower officials that they gave up farming because they thought that the yield in the mountains was small, but Xia Guan did not expect that in recent years, there would be as many as 50,000 acres of fields in Xiangshan County

Yu Tianlu: Master Meng, what should you do next in this matter?

Meng Quan: Your Excellency knows that Tan Neng has a mansion in the city, and his wife, children and family members live there, so he will take someone to check it

Yu Tianlu was in a dilemma: But now there is no direct evidence to prove that this Tan Neng is corrupt and perverts the law

Meng Quan: My lord Tan Neng is greedy or not, and the officials will know it as soon as they copy it

Yu Tianlu: Then if you wronged someone, how should you explain it?

Meng Quan: If the adult is not true, the official will come to the door in person to make amends, and the adult does not have to worry about this

Yu Tianlu: Well, according to what Lord Meng said

Meng Quan: Your Excellency suddenly remembered something

Yu Tianlu: What do you say?

Meng Quan: Your Excellency just said that some people from Barbarian Jiang went to Ningbo City to file a complaint and avenge their grievances, either they were arrested and put in prison or disappeared, and in Ningbo Prefecture, there was also a military prison, and those Barbarian Jiang people were probably locked up in a military prison

Yu Tianlu looked surprised: military prison

Meng Quan: The military prison is under the jurisdiction of Gongsun Bao, the pioneer of Ningbo, and he is also in charge of the city defense

Yu Tianlu: Then Lord Laomeng went to invite Ningbo Pioneer Gongsun Leopard to ask him face to face

Meng Quan: My lord, this is unacceptable, the news of the Lord and the Imperial Commander going to the Ningbo Mansion has spread, if you rashly invite Gongsun Leopard here, I am afraid that you will be scared and kill those barbarian Jiang people

Yu Tianlu thought that what Meng Quan said was not unreasonable, as the local magistrate, he knew many things better than himself: what is the high opinion of Lord Meng

Meng Quan: The lower official implored the lord to lead the imperial front division to raid the military prison, and the lower official was willing to send someone to go with the lord

Yu Tianlu: That's a good thing, my lord, let's divide our soldiers into two ways

In this way, Meng Quan took the officials and the imperial guards to surround Tan Neng's mansion in Ningbo City overnight, and after breaking the courtyard gate, the officials and the imperial guards quickly controlled the people and concentrated them in the courtyard, while the remaining imperial guards and guards were responsible for collecting and inspecting the courtyard, but they didn't find anything after checking the entire courtyard

Tan Neng's family members saw that the servants didn't find anything and began to make a fuss, among them, Tan Neng's wife made the most trouble, she pointed at Meng Quan's nose and scolded: "Meng Quan, what kind of thing are you, Tan Neng is gone, you feel that our Tan family is gone, right, if you don't give the Tan family an explanation today, I haven't played with you."

Could it be that this Tan Neng is really a clean official, if he can't collect things, then Meng Quan has to give Tan Neng's family an explanation, Meng Quan stood under the eaves and raised his hand to the top beam, knocked on the top beam, and wanted to support the top beam and think about countermeasures, but he was surprised to find that the inside of the top beam would be empty, he waved his hand towards the officer, "Come and beat people, smash this pillar to the official"

When the officials heard the sound, they summoned two axes in the courtyard and began to chop in turn, and when the top beams and pillars were split, a hole was split, and the officials looked inside, "My lord, there is something here."

Meng Quan: Keep chopping

At this time, Tan Neng's wife wilted as she did just now, and the hole in the top beam was enlarged a little, and after the silver coins-silver ingots-silver bars-gold bars poured out of the pillars, which made the officials and the imperial guards instantly full of fighting spirit and carefully inspected the entire palace, and the imperial guards found a huge amount of silver taels on the eaves-wall mezzanine-roots-gardens according to their previous experience, and even a box of jade and jewelry was fished out of the well. Add the silver coins, silver bars, silver ingots, and gold bars collected to a huge amount of 100,000 taels, and this is only the current silver, jewelry, jade, and so on, and it is not counted in it, as the huge amount of stolen money is collected, Tan Neng's family members were sealed in the courtyard of the mansion and waited for it to be issued

And Yu Tianlu and the Imperial Division suddenly came to the military prison under the leadership of the officials, and the style of clothes worn by the barbarian Jiang people was completely different from that of Zhejiang, which can be seen at a glance, otherwise those who came to report to the official were locked up in it, and Yu Tianlu ordered the imperial guards to release all the barbarian Jiang people imprisoned in the military prison, and there were a total of 34 barbarian Jiang people who were imprisoned in the military prison after the imperial front iron guard

Yu Tianlu: This official is the Imperial Former Division Zuo Yushi Yu Tianlu, and went to Ningbo Mansion to thoroughly investigate the collusion between the county magistrates of Xiangshan County and the profiteers to oppress and persecute the people

The barbarian Jiang people present were so excited that they burst into tears when they heard this, and the corners of their mouths trembled slightly, and they knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: Please avenge me and other grass people

Yu Tianlu: How did you get here?

"My lord, our group was going to report to the Yamen of Ningbo Prefecture, but when we entered the city, some soldiers asked us what we were going to do when we entered the city, so we told the truth that we had entered the city and sued the county magistrate of Xiangshan County for colluding with profiteers to oppress and persecute the people

Yu Tianlu heard that he clenched his fists: I also ask you to follow this official to the yamen of Ningbo Mansion, where you will tell the truth what you know to this official, and this official will definitely uphold justice for you

"Master Xie"

After finding the barbarian Jiang people, Yu Tianlu quickly brought them back to the yamen of Ningbo Mansion, and when Meng Quan came back, Yu Tianlu and he touched the whole case, Yu Tianlu led the imperial guards and Meng Quan led the two waves of people to Gongsun Leopard's mansion, the guards rushed up quickly to control the guards, the guards climbed over the wall and opened the door inside, and then the guards and the guards rushed in together, and the guards broke into the door and caught Gongsun Leopard when he was still in a daze and didn't know what was going on. This is really Skynet's magnificence, but it is not leaky-Heaven is a good reincarnation, who is the sky spare-it's not that the time has not come