"It's not good for you to seduce any man, why do you want to seduce Mr. Qin?" Lang Zhonglu Dajiang said angrily, "If it were another man, we might let you go." After all, my husband taught us to respect you women. ”

"And you're pregnant with his child, which we can't tolerate." Lu Dali said, "If you don't have children, you can still turn a blind eye and don't know." ”

"But your belly is getting bigger day by day, and you can't hide it at all. When other villagers find out, especially those women who like to gossip, they will definitely point fingers behind Mr. and damage his reputation. ”

"You don't look at who you are, are you worthy of Mr. Qin?" Lu Jinyan, the elder of the third room, looked disdainful.

"A widow is born with a husband, it's not enough to kill your own man, you still want to kill Mr., what kind of heart do you have?" Lu Erqi angrily reprimanded.

"After we sink Xiaoxiao into the pond, we will go down the mountain and tell the villagers that she has drowned herself." The old patriarch pondered.

"Uh-huh." The crowd nodded in agreement.

"Xiaoxiao, let me ask you one last time, is the child in your belly Mr. Qin's." The patriarch shouted, "This will be the last word you will say in the world." ”

"Although we all know that this is true, we still want you to confess your guilt yourself." The elders of the second room said.

When villagers deal with cases of women's misconduct, they generally need to get the women to confess their crimes and then sink into the pond.

Xiaoxiao's face was pale at this time and she didn't say a word.

Extreme fear, and unwillingness, filled her heart.

"Who is Sir? I'm a widow, how can I be worthy to seduce my husband? "After a long time, Xiaoxiao shed tears and finally spoke," Mr. In Xiaoxiao's eyes, he is like an immortal. Xiaoxiao is self-aware and will never do such a shameless thing. ”

"If the child is really Mr.'s, I will be blind when I die, but unfortunately, no."

"I can't die now, because as soon as I die, my husband's reputation will be ruined, and there will never be a chance to argue."

"You said you didn't seduce Mr. Qin, so how can you explain the child in your belly?" Lang Zhong Lu Dae Road.

"You also know that this will ruin your husband's reputation?" Lu Dali said, "What did you do earlier?" You just can't control yourself. We used to think that now it seems like you're a slut. ”

"We've secretly investigated, you haven't been in any relationship with any man at all during this time, you've only been alone with Mr., who else can it be if it's not his?" Lu Daqing said.

"Death is coming, you still don't admit it!?" The patriarch was furious and ordered several strong men, "Don't talk nonsense with her, put her in a pig cage and sink into the pond!" lest it be discovered if it drags on for a long time. ”

When several strong men heard this, they couldn't help but put Xiaoxiao in it, then lifted it up, and were about to throw it into the pond.

When Xiaoxiao heard this, she closed her eyes and waited for death.

"Stop it!"

At this time, Qin Yu arrived with the student Huang Biao.

……

Ying Tianfu.

Forbidden City, in the Imperial Study.

After Zhu Yuanzhang reformed the six ministries, he did not immediately let the ministers leave.

I plan to take advantage of the presence of a group of important ministers to deal with the empty seal.

With a wave of his hand: "Summoning Zheng Shili to meet him!" ”

"Yes." Erhu walked out after speaking.

Not long after, a six-rank official walked into the imperial study.

This person's name is Zheng Shili, and he is a servant of Hu Guangxing Province, and his grade is very low, several levels lower than the members of the people standing at the scene. Because he was more upright, he couldn't see some fraud in the official field, so he secretly wrote to the emperor and stated the matter of the 'empty seal'.

When Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he was furious at that time.

However, because the time to deal with it was not enough, he forcibly endured his anger and forbearance did not attack.

Arrange Zheng Shili to stay in Yingtian, ready to summon him at any time.

"Zheng Shili, tell us about the fraud of the officials you know in front of all the officials present." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Obey." Zheng Shili said.

took out a piece of paper from his arms and silently handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

It was a tax account document, which had been stamped with the seal of the Huguang Mansion, but the paper was blank. In other words, when the local officials and household officials handed over the accounts, they filled in as much as they wanted.

The normal process is that the local officials first report to the household department the income and expenditure of this year's money and grain, and then deliver it on time and in quantity. If there is a slight discrepancy between the figures on the accounts and the actual items, they will be sent back and re-reported.

With the empty printing of the account paperwork, they can fill in the numbers they want when they arrive at the place, and there will be no more situations where they will be sent back.

This is a typical example of officials protecting each other, deceiving superiors and subordinates.

The strict process of handing over accounts is a non-existent one.

"What is this? Let's all take a look! Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed like the tip of a needle, it was a murderous look.

The ministers felt the emperor's anger, silently picked it up from the ground and looked at it, and after reading it, their faces were very ugly, and they didn't say a word. trembling, I thought to myself that I am afraid that there will be many more heads on the ground.

"This is just an empty seal in one area of Huguang, a glimpse of the leopard, and the rest of the country doesn't know how many such things there are!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "As far as we know, empty seals are generally popular among local officials, and Huguang is not an exception. ”

"They are collectively united to deceive the superiors and subordinates, and they all treat us as fools?"

"With this thing, it is difficult to think of not having corrupt officials. Those who were supposed to pay 100,000 taels in taxes, they could fill in 10,000 taels on it, and the rest of the 90,000 taels all fell into their pockets. ”

"This is a bad habit left by the rotten reverse yuan, and it actually continued to my Ming Dynasty!?"

"Lu Chang, didn't you say that you are a boss, didn't you say that you managed the household department well? However, the handover officials of your household department are all using empty seals! Say to yourself, what sin are you to blame! ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, please punish the emperor." When Lu Chang heard this, he immediately fell to his knees in fright, trembling all over his body and pleading guilty.

"Your sin, more on that later." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, and did not ask him to be flat, and said to Zheng Shili, "Zheng Shili, tell me your opinion on the matter of the empty seal." ”

"Your Majesty." Zheng Shili knelt on the ground and talked eloquently, "First, the empty account book is stamped with a seam seal, which is incomplete on each piece of paper, and even if it is scattered, nothing can be done." ”

"Second, the accounts and figures of money and grain, the government must be in the province, the province must be in the department, the entry and exit are right and wrong, and finally the household department has the final say. The distance between the provinces is six or seven thousand miles, and the nearest is three or four thousand miles, and once there is a mistake, it will take about a year to go back and forth. Printing first, then writing, this is a stopgap measure, and it has been around for a long time. ”

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