Dong Ti did not come forward, he was the leader of the puppet dynasty, and he did send people to set fire to cooperate with the siege.

Since there should be clear rewards and punishments, we cannot be untrustworthy. Zhu Ming asked him to temporarily assist Zong Ze to do some post-war recovery work, and wait for the imperial court to give him the corresponding official position.

There were a lot of people from the three clans, and Zhu Ming didn't bother to meet them all, so he only asked them to send a representative in.

"Xiaomin Dong Yang (Lu Guoting, Li Zhun), meet His Royal Highness the Prince!"

And when they came in, they knelt and fell on the ground, and bowed down.

"Get up." Zhu Ming didn't have a good impression of them, but there was no need to deliberately make things difficult.

"Your Highness!"

The three of them stood up one after another, peeked at Zhu Ming, and then looked down at the ground, not daring to look directly at the prince's face.

The Jin people have been showing off their power in Hebei for more than a year, and these big clans are afraid to die. Now that he has been driven back to Youzhou by Prince Zhu, the big clans have regarded Prince Zhu as Li Shimin alive, and they don't even dare to get along at close range at this moment.

Zhu Ming asked, "Are you here to sue?" ”

And ...... It's not a complaint," Lu Guoting was the first to skew and said, "During the siege of Manuscript City by Wang Shi, the Lu family's cloth shop was plundered by the traitor Kong Yanzhou. The owner of the cloth shop was my brother, and all the men in the family were killed, even the children of a few years old, and they took over my brother's female dependents. ”

Zhu Ming said: "Kong Yanzhou's gang is helping to abuse and harm one party, and I also plan to punish him severely." Is there anything else you can do? ”

Lu Guoting said cautiously: "Fortunately, Wang Shi expelled the Jin soldiers, and he did not commit any crimes against the people, and my family's cloth shop was also brought back." It's just that Kong Yanzhou robbed a lot of silk yarn in the store, and also robbed some money in the store, all in the house he occupied, but it was robbed by Zhang Di's troops......"

Zhu Ming said: "I asked Zhang Di to do the seizure of the prisoners of war's family property, did he secretly embezzle it?" ”

"I didn't ...... The little people don't know. Lu Guoting said and took a step back, indicating that he had nothing more to say.

The Lu family's shop was ransacked by Kong Yanzhou, since the prince said that he would severely punish this person, and he clearly wanted to swallow the goods, where did Lu Guoting dare to make a fuss about recovering the cloth money?

Li Zhun followed and said: "The Li family's shop was also robbed by Kong Yanzhou. Your Highness is wise, this person really deserves to be killed! ”

Li Zhun didn't bother to mention the matter of money, and only begged Zhu Ming to kill Kong Yanzhou to vent his anger.

Only Dong Yang was more difficult, because it was Zhang Di who robbed the Dong family's gold shop, and Zhang Di helped the Ming army to attack the city and made great contributions.

Zhu Ming smiled and asked, "Dong's shop, was it also robbed by Kong Yanzhou?" ”

Dong Yang subconsciously wanted to retreat and didn't dare to pursue the matter anymore.

However, the Ming army did not commit any crimes in the draft city autumn, and the prince reused Dong Ti and asked him to assist in the aftermath in Zhending.

These actions seemed to give Dong Yang the illusion that Prince Zhu attached great importance to the big clan and was a benevolent and righteous prince who spoke of rules.

Dong Yang said tentatively: "Although Zhang Di has defected to sincerity, he has a very bad reputation in Hebei. This person was originally a thief in Zhaozhou, gathering hundreds of thousands of people to loot the prefectures and counties, Zhaozhou, Jizhou, and Zhendingfu...... Several state capitals were burned, killed and looted, and tens of thousands of people were killed. Julu has a Feng family, from the Changle Feng family, which was slaughtered by Zhang Di's subordinates. I don't know how many such tragedies there are, and the people are evil. ”

Zhu Ming's face showed anger: "Zhang Di really did this kind of thing? ”

Dong Yang observed the words, and suddenly felt happy, feeling that the prince was really facing the gentry, and hurriedly said: "It's true." The Feng family has an eldest man, who was originally a classmate of the grass people, and the survivors of the Feng family came to the manuscript city to join me. ”

Zhu Ming suddenly asked: "Since Zhang Di has done all kinds of evil things, he and Dong Ti are officials in the puppet dynasty, why didn't Dong Ti impeach him?" ”

Dong Yang immediately felt that something was wrong and explained: "The emperor of the puppet dynasty is mediocre, and the Jin people and Zhang Di are even more brutal. My brother was forced to be an official in the puppet dynasty, although he was not stained by the mud, but he could only protect himself in order to achieve great things. ”

Zhu Ming was puzzled: "But during the siege of Manuscript City, I sent people to shoot books into the city, as long as I am willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I will not be guilty of my past sins." Do you want me to go back on my word? ”

Dong Yang finally understood the prince's difficulties, it turned out that he was afraid of losing his trust to the people.

He took the initiative to eliminate the prince's concerns: "Zhang Di ransacked the Dong family's gold shop and killed men and women, all after His Royal Highness sent someone to shoot books. It's not a past sin, it's a new sin. ”

"I see," Zhu Ming said, "Wait and go home, I will quickly send someone to investigate, and I will definitely give an explanation to the Manuscript City clan." ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Dong Yang was overjoyed, and the three of them retired together.

Leaving the prince, Dong Yang smiled proudly: "This matter is done, and even a thief dares to show off his might." ”

What he really wants to say is: If you kill the people of my Dong family, you still want to be promoted and make a fortune?

Li Zhun also said: "Zhang Di is a person who is a predator. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and loves the people, how can he be allowed to go unpunished? ”

Lu Guoting didn't speak, he always felt that something was wrong, and Prince Zhu seemed a little unhappy.

Zhu Ming actually didn't pay attention to it, as soon as these guys left, he took a serious look at the post-war report.

A little thing can be handled easily.

On the evening of the third day, Bai Sheng sent people to investigate, and brought a family back to ask to see Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming asked, "Who are these people?" ”

After a young man's visit, he said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, my name is Gao Chunxiao, and my brother's name is Gao Chunren." My family was originally a farmer in Dongxiang Township, with more than 300 acres of fertile land, and both of my brothers have studied. Therefore, during the Song Xuanhe period, there were thieves in Hebei, and my whole family took refuge in the county seat. Because the floating wealth was robbed, he borrowed 50 yuan from the Dong family, and promised to compensate with land property if he couldn't repay it for three years. ”

"The interest on this debt is quite high, and two years ago I gave 40 acres of land to the Dong family. Later, the Jin people were rampant, not only exploiting excessively, but also forcing the shaving of hair to be easy to wear. I was overwhelmed by the burden and humiliation, so I went to the Ming court with my brother and the whole family of six. ”

"My brother is still a soldier under General Yue Fei, and he has already done something. This time, Wang Shi won a big victory, and I took my family back to my hometown, but I found that the houses and fields were all occupied. The person who occupies the house in the field is the Dong family of the same township. I took out the field deed and went to the county government to file a complaint, but most of the people in front of the yaya were old for the Dong family, so they blasted me out directly! ”

This kind of thing is too common, not to mention experiencing war, even if you come back from fleeing the famine, you may be occupied by someone.

Zhu Ming asked: "Didn't you say that your brother, what is the captain of the army under Yue Fei?" ”

"Said," Gao Chun said filial piety, "that Yaqian is the cousin of the son-in-law of the Dong family's small branch, and he also joked that I took chicken feathers as an arrow, and a stinky hill who was a long man dared to touch the Dong family's tiger beard." ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Tian Qike is still there?" ”

Gao Chunxiao said: "I protected it to the death, so I was not robbed by the yaqian." It's all the land deeds of the late Song Dynasty, but ...... However, it is mostly field surface (field skin). ”

The field surface or field skin is the right to use the land, which is divided into two types: the right to use the land permanently and the right to use it for a limited time.

"Tian Mian is also counted," Zhu Ming instructed, "Bai Sheng, you send someone to take their whole family to the Yancheng County Ya to find Xu Xin." If the officials of the draft city did not listen to the call, they would directly dispatch Zhang Di's troops to do business. Make the case a typical case and deal with it severely! After the case was concluded, it was sent to the officials of the prefectures and counties in Xinfu, Hebei Province for review. ”

"Yes!" Bai Sheng led people away.

This case should be handled as a model because two points are involved:

First, it involves military families. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not rotten hills, and they are not just any squire who can bully!

Second, it involves the occupation of the returnees' industries by the big clans. All parts of Hebei were ravaged by the Jin people, and the number of people who fled from home was unknown, and their real estate must have been occupied. And it is impossible to be occupied by small people, it can only be occupied by the big clans or rich families who remain.

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Xu Xin, the word Zili, is a native of Gongzhou, Kaifeng Prefecture.

His father's name was Xu Yong, and he was an agronomist who wrote agricultural books during the reign of Huizong.

Xu Xin was a jinshi during the Xuanhe period, impeached the traitorous ministers before he was awarded the official, and returned to the countryside to farm.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ding recommended Xu Xin, and the officials inspected his talents, and he was released as the head of the county. His father, Xu Yong, was also recruited to persuade the Department of Agriculture to be a consultant and enjoyed additional allowances from the imperial court.

In this Hebei War, a lot of land was recovered, so he transferred assistant officials from neighboring prefectures and counties, and urgently transferred Xinfu to serve as the first and second in command.

Xu Xincai served as the county chief secretary for more than a year, and he was quickly promoted to the county magistrate of the draft city.

He now has a lot of things in his hands, and he heard that Wang Shi won a great victory, hundreds of people braved the snow to return to their hometowns, economic disputes emerged one after another, and people came to sue every day.

There are even many marriage cases, where the husband who has fled south for several years comes home and finds that his wife has remarried, and she has remarried with family property......

The mountains of cases made Xu Xin almost crazy.

"Xu County Order, this is the prince's warrant, Your Excellency can dispatch the garrison of Manuscript City at will. His Royal Highness also said that this case should be handled as a typical example, and it is not rotten Qiu Ba who is a soldier, and they should not be bullied if they kill the enemy to serve the country. ”

"I already know."

Xu Xin breathed a long sigh of relief, he was still afraid that if he did something to the big clan, it would ruin the prince's military affairs.

Now that it is easy to handle, it will start with the investigation of the big clan, and many cases can be easily solved.

The gang of officials in the county government, Xu Xin is a spokesperson who doesn't trust all the local clans!

Xu Xin went to visit Zhang Di at night, wanting to have a good relationship with this soldier first.

Zhang Di was seriously injured in the abdomen, almost died of infection and fever, and now he can't move, and he is carried by people when he goes out. Most of his former troops were dismissed, leaving only 500 men to garrison the city, and the prisoners of war were transferred to Zhending's custody.

"The county is here, I can't get up and salute!" Zhang Di sat on the chair and arched his hands.

Xu Xin hurriedly said, "General Zhang, don't move around. ”

After greetings, Xu Xin took out the prince's warrant and planned to borrow troops from Zhang Di to do business.

Zhang Di finished reading the warrant and said: "My cousin Zhang Hao has also studied for a few years, and my Zhang family used to be a third-class household. Now the 500 soldiers under my command are all old brothers who have followed me for many years. They kill people like a man, but they listen to me very much, and none of them harass the people these days. Although the county respects them to do things, who dares to take the opportunity to fish the people, without the county honor, I let them hang themselves to apologize. ”

Xu Xin smiled and said: "With General Zhang's words, you can let it go." ”

(End of chapter)