"Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao never left, and after hearing the voice, he got out of the carriage, "How is it?" What is it? ”

Yang Shen and Song Heng glanced at each other, although it was not a nice word, but at this time they could only say: "The people who stopped the sedan chair were all cooks from the nearby salt works, and there were about seventy people. They were going to sue a salt merchant named Zhou Huai. ”

"Well," Zhu Houzhao nodded in a deep voice, "Why?" ”

Yang Shen replied to this question, "According to these people, Zhou Huai is a ruthless person, and most of them have been coaxed to the salt works contracted by Zhou Huai. Then I learned that Zhou Huai treated the stove workers cruelly, he enslaved them every day like livestock, insulted and scolded them at every turn, few people dared to resist, so far, more than ten people have died under Zhou Huai's hands. ”

The two of them kept looking at the emperor's face.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao will not be in a good mood.

"According to the rules of the imperial court, Zhou Huai, as the owner of the salt farm, is only an employment relationship with the stove worker, right? Why could he bully the cooker so far? ”

"Your Majesty does not know that the stove workers are the hardest people in life, and the reason why they have to endure it is that they have no other means of making a living, and the salt factory owners often keep a lot of households. According to these people, on the surface, they signed the employment contract according to the rules of the government, but in private, Zhou Huai was extremely domineering, and he had some power in the local area, as long as he dared to be dissatisfied with him and leave the stove worker in his salt farm, he would also secretly look for his trouble. ”

Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed, if he said this, he could actually understand it.

The bottom group in society, once you offend the people above, no matter what the court stipulates, he has all kinds of ways to clean you up.

And it is difficult for the government to do everything.

Even these people themselves will bribe officials to get protection.

In between, he looked up at Song Heng again, "Can you verify it?" Is it true? Who is this Zhou Huai? ”

Song Heng's forehead was a little sweaty, "Your Majesty, Zhou Huai is the son of Zhou Yong, his father is the owner of the salt farm, and he also heard of his name when the minister arrived, but he didn't get his face." Later, I heard that he was killed in a halfway attack. Back then, Zhou Huai was only seventeen, and in recent years, there have indeed been statements that he has severe governance and harsh methods, but there are all kinds of sewage splashes in commercial competition, and as for him being so domineering, and even having a murder, this is indeed something that the minister does not know. This is the minister's dereliction of duty, that is, just now, the minister has ordered someone to check. ”

Zhu Houzhao endured it in his heart, "How to check?" So many people are kneeling in front of you, and you have to wait for your people to check it? ”

The emperor's tone was not good, and the ministers immediately began to worry about it.

Song Heng even knelt down, "Your Majesty is angry." ”

"Alas. How likely is it that ordinary people risk being scolded by the rod to stop the sedan chair? ”

Yes, it is not a fun thing to intercept the ranks of officials and emperors, and since the Sui Dynasty, the government has stopped this. Basically, you just need to stop the sedan car, and then no matter what the problem is, let's put a plate on the board first.

If you sue the facts, then it's okay, go back and raise your ass.

If it's not true, or if the lawsuit is not successful, then the end will be miserable, and if you don't do it, you will lose your life.

Zhu Houzhao has not read the historical materials of relevant analysis, but he will always unconsciously think that this is such a decree issued by the entire official system to fool the emperor.

Of course, the sedan chair complaint also has various negative effects, such as encouraging the people to commit crimes, which is the same as overstepping the level.

Another example is that allowing ordinary people to approach the ranks of officials and emperors at will is easy to cause dangerous things such as assassination.

But because of these shortcomings, suppressing the people to express their grievances is not because of choking?

When these grievances accumulate to a certain extent, the common people will not stop the sedan chair, but open the sky for you.

It had to be Zhu Yuanzhang, he stipulated that the people petitioned and complained, and the officials along the way resolutely could not stop them, and he also brutally killed some officials for this.

Now Zhu Houzhao can be regarded as admiring the ancestral teachings.

If you say two words, you have to hit the board, without him nodding, who would dare?

At this time, Wang Bing and Yang Tinghe also came over.

Yang Tinghe suggested: "It is definitely not advisable to wait for the verification results here, not to mention the side, in case more and more people gather, causing the emperor to be in danger, it will be difficult to redeem the ministers even if they die." But when the people gather, the grievances make people weep, and they must not be soothed. The minister thought that it was better to detain Zhou Huai first, and the production of his salt factory would be temporarily stopped, so that these stove workers would dare to go back. After detention, the government can conduct a detailed investigation to confirm the true circumstances of the case, and then it is not too late to make a verdict. ”

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and felt that this should be more appropriate. Yang Tinghe's thinking is generally relatively clear.

"Just do it."

Song Heng said again: "Your Majesty, of course Zhou Huaichen will be temporarily detained, but I am afraid that the people will hesitate in their hearts, if they don't see Zhou Huai, what if they refuse to leave?" ”

Wang Bing said: "The Holy One has been gracious, if they are still unreasonable, the law of the court is not fake. ”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at him, didn't say much, just said to Yang Shen: "There are too many of them, although I want to see them, but I guess you Aiqing are unwilling." You go and negotiate, pick one or two people, check if they have sharp weapons on them, and then bring them to me. I'll tell them. ”

"Your Majesty!" Wang Bing was taken aback, "The people of the countryside don't understand etiquette, in case they offend Your Majesty......"

"Do as I say!!" Zhu Houzhao shouted, he was already a little depressed today, "If you are really afraid of the east and the west, then try to eliminate these things in the bud, and save the people from suing the emperor!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry!"

For a moment, everyone held their breath.

"Humph! I really don't know what you're thinking about every day, so it's better to be kind, can you pity these people? It's like I'm the emperor, please ask you! And Yang Shen, what are you waiting for on your knees? ”

Yang Shen was affected and fell into a big bad luck.

After a while, he came with two strong men with their cuffs rolled up, and these two men had their collars open, and even their trouser legs were rolled up, and the clothes were swaying and leaking when they were worn on their bodies.

There must be no weapons to hide.

Zhu Houzhao still has guards by his side, and the possibility of danger is extremely low.

These two big men have well-developed chest muscles, and they look quite rude, and when they arrived, they saw several people kneeling next to the emperor's carriage and hesitated, but they listened to the people on the side remind, "When you see the saint, why don't you quickly kneel down and kowtow?" ”

So he plopped twice,

"Villain Ninghe and Ningshan knock to see His Majesty the Emperor!"

"It's either the emperor or your majesty, there's no connection." At this time, Zhu Houzhao changed his smile again, he sat in the carriage, and said to the two brothers two meters away: "According to my opinion, this sedan chair was organized by your brothers, right?" ”

"Don't dare to deceive the emperor, it's true."

"Hmm. It's honest. As for this emperor, I am an emperor who loves the people, as long as you are a good citizen, whoever bullies you, I will clean him up. This remark contains the premise, lying and slandering, this is not the work of good people, so you two honestly confess, did that Zhou Huai indeed enslave, abuse and even threaten you outside the contract stipulated by the government? ”

It should be the eldest brother at the head, and anger shot out of his eyes, "The villain is brave and doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, Zhou Huai's father has a bad reputation, and he is even worse than his father, and a niece of the villain was forcibly occupied by him and finally tortured to death!" When the family members go to theorize, Zhou Huai will also order his subordinates to beat people! ”

"It's a brute!" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but clench his fists, "Ninghe, Ningshan, I have already sent someone to temporarily detain him, and the government will investigate his crimes one by one." This person is the Governor of Fengyang,"

He pointed at Song Heng, "It's your biggest official here, I made an order in front of you today, if Zhou Huai's case is not investigated, I will deal with him with a heavy load!" ”

Hearing this, the brothers raised their spirits and hurriedly kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Your Majesty is the great benefactor sent by heaven to save our people! ”

"It's my father." You Ji reminded softly, and he complained about the big words of these two people in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care, "It's okay." The two of you let these people disperse now, tell them not to be afraid, if there is anyone who dares to take revenge at this time, it is for me, the emperor. ”

"Okay, the villain listens to His Majesty!"

"Also, after Zhou Huai is detained, the salt factory may also be seized and suspended, you people are afraid that you will not be able to receive wages, is there a problem with your livelihood?"

Ninghe Ningshan didn't know how to say it, maybe he was moved, or maybe he didn't dare to say it.

But Zhu Houzhao understood as soon as he looked at their expressions.

Once upon a time, he also wished that someone would be the master of this for him.

"You Ji, do you have any silver?"

"Back to Your Majesty, bring it."

"Send money."

Hearing this word, the two big men of Ninghe and Ningshan began to have red eyes, and then suddenly stood up, rejected You Di, and said: "Your Majesty, although the little ones are poor, our father and mother have taught us since we were young that we can only get money if we work, and we can't get money if we don't work." Today, His Majesty has made the decision for us, but we have not been able to do anything for His Majesty, and our brothers dare not take this money. ”

Zhu Houzhao's nose was slightly sour when they said, "Take it, you also know from your age, there must be others in the family." If you don't take money from your family, what will they eat? ”

After saying that, he turned back and went to the carriage, so as not to let people see his emotional side.

He has also scolded a lot of faint monarchs on the Internet, so even if it is these small things, he has to do them well, which is actually one of the meanings of being an emperor.

When the convoy restarted, the people who were stopped on the side of the road and did not let them approach spontaneously knelt down and kowtowed, and he said to Song Heng: "You have to remember this scene. The common people may not know, but Zhou Huai is still at large because of this viciousness, and he must be protected by the government. ”

In other words, you have to arrest some of your own people.

"Weichen, obey Your Majesty's will!"

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Happy holidays, brothers.

The happiest thing is the first night of the holiday, this night, you must not be cruel to let me go home to code words, right?! You'd want me to have a good night, wouldn't you?