The county government of the Ming Dynasty had many things, including politics, economy, culture, education, health, civil affairs, and justice. And so on and so forth.

But when it comes to it, there are only three things that are most important.

They are: tax collection, public security, and adjudication.

If the officials are lazy, then the most important thing is only to collect taxes.

As for law and order and adjudication, as long as there is no big fork, it doesn't matter.

When Li Xiao sat in the court, the case files that Meixian Cheng moved to handle, Li Xiao's head was big, and the case files were piled up into a hill.

Li Xiao frowned and said: "It's strange, isn't the location of Yazhi County in Dong'an County only empty for two months, and there are so many grievances in two months??" ”

Mei Xiancheng smiled embarrassedly and said truthfully: "It's not a secret, the previous magistrate didn't deal with it much, which was accumulated over three years."

"Three years."

Li Xiao smacked his tongue, what a misaction.

"Alright, let the people come in in order."

Li Xiao waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes, the lower official will do it."

Mei Xiancheng hurriedly went down to make arrangements.

Li Xiao sat in the center, and Zhu Ningyun sat on the side.

She said angrily: "I don't know if I don't come down, it turns out that this original Dong'an Zhi County is not seeking his position in his position, which is really hateful." ”

Li Xiao said: "There is a problem with the system, and I see the big from the small, I'm afraid that there are counties like Daming everywhere." ”

Zhu Ningyun was surprised: "Xiaolang, as a parent official of this party, can you improve?" ”

Li Xiao thought for a while: "Do your best." ”

Zhu Ningyun nodded happily, then looked at Li Xiao with admiration, and said, "Xiaolang, when I saw you today, I was a little majestic, you have never been an official, where did you learn it?" ”

Learned from the TV. Li Xiao smiled: "I haven't eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run, it's a fool." ”

Zhu Ningyun glanced at him, "Your foolishness is really amazing." ”

Not much.

After hearing the wind, the people outside piled in and stood outside the fence of the public hall.

Some of them came to avenge their grievances, and some came to see the excitement.

After all, when they come to Xinzhi County, the people are concerned, if they come to a good official, they will be happy, and if they come to the same official as before, they will scold their mother behind their backs.

Of course, I can only scold my mother.

And Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun, wearing cloth clothes, also mixed in the crowd.

"Look, Lord Wang, on the first day of Li Xiao's tenure, he took that righteous brother with him, and he was still sitting together, talking and laughing."

Xu Miaoyun saw Li Xiao in the court with his righteous brother, and her heart became even more worried.

"Daughter-in-law, don't be impatient, look at how Li Xiao handles the case, maybe the righteous brother was invited by Li Xiao to help him."

Zhu Di still maintained his attitude, he felt that Li Xiao was definitely not a good person with Longyang.

"Okay, let's see."

Xu Miaoyun whispered.

At this time, the official brought the first person to avenge the grievances, and there were three people in all.

The three were brought to court.

Li Xiao knocked on it, and there was a black and thick wood on the table, which should be the legendary shocking wood.

Li Xiao picked up the shocking wood and slapped it on the table.

There was a loud bang.

All three of them shuddered.

This astonishing wood is to establish the absolute majesty of the county.

Li Xiao said sharply: "The person who came reported his name, what grievances do you have to avenge?" ”

At the same time, Meixian Cheng picked out the file and showed it to Li Xiao, which was the case of the year before last.

Good guy, this is to wipe the ass of the previous magistrate.

The master next to him was sitting, picked up the pen, and began to record.

One of the three people in cloth clothes spoke: "My lord, Li Erniu, a grass man, runs a butcher's shop. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to another thin man and said, "This is from the shop next door, named Zhang Dali, he owes me twenty taels of silver, and he hasn't returned it for three years." ”

And the thin man named Zhang Dali said: "My lord, Zhang Dali, a grass man, is a seller of oil umbrellas, I do owe Li Erniu twenty taels of silver, but this Xu Sanduo also owes me twenty taels, he doesn't pay me back, I don't have the money to pay it back." ”

And the one named Xu Sanduo said: "Xu Sanduo, a grass man, is a seller of oil cakes, I owe Zhang Dali twenty taels of silver, but Li Erniu also owes me twenty taels of silver, he doesn't pay me back, how can I pay Zhang Dali?" ”

The three of them insisted on their own words, and immediately the people present were stunned.

"It's a bit of a hassle."

Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao worriedly, this is too complicated.

Xiaolang handled the case for the first time, and if he couldn't do it, it would be a big mess.

No, I must help Xiaolang.

Thinking like this, Zhu Ningyun frowned and began to meditate.

The officials of the county government, as well as the officials, also looked at the newly appointed Li Zhixian.

Xindao was stunned by this case back then, and the previous magistrate was stunned, and it was not resolved later.

It's really not a heart to know the county lord, it just so happens that these three people are rushing to the front.

It's broken, it's broken, the magistrate won't blame us, right?

Even the people outside the venue were confused, Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun also frowned, and looked carefully to see how their son-in-law solved it.

Li Xiao understood it.

Isn't this a typical triangular debt problem?

For such a simple matter, why do these people feel sad?

After thinking about it, Li Xiao figured it out.

This is not the future, I had nine years of compulsory education at that time, and I also had high school and university, and I had to study mathematics, Chinese, physics, politics, and geography in school. Something like that.

And most of the ancient people went to school to learn literacy.

Most people can't even read and write.

Even if it is a literati, it is also a Confucianism, for the imperial examination, after becoming an official, most of them can't judge the case, how to judge the case by learning Confucianism?

Forget it, it's time to appear before me.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, looked at the three kneeling people, and said:

"I'll repeat it, just listen, just nod your head."

"Li Erniu, you owe a lot of three and twenty taels of silver, yes or no?"

Li Erniu nodded.

Li Xiao said again: "Xu Sanduo, you owe Zhang Dali twenty taels of silver, yes or no?" ”

Xu Sanduo nodded.

Li Xiao continued: "Zhang Dali, you owe Li Erniu twenty taels of silver, yes and no?" ”

Zhang nodded vigorously.

Li Xiao asked: "But if the other party's money is not returned, do you still have no money?" ”

The three nodded together.

While Li Xiao said, he also clarified the relationship by the way.

Indeed, it is a typical economic problem, the triangular debt-to-debt relationship.

At this time, it only takes an extra amount of money to go in and solve the problem.

Li Xiao got up and walked down the hall.

took out twenty taels of silver and handed it to Li Erniu. "Take it."

Li Erniu was taken aback and said, "My lord. What does that mean? ”

Li Xiao smiled: "Lend you twenty taels of silver." ”

Li Erniu didn't dare to take it, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "My lord, this is not good."

Li Xiao said impatiently: "If you want to take it, you can take it, where is so much nonsense." ”

"My lord, the grass people don't dare! The grass people dare not accept the money of adults. ”

As he spoke, Li Erniu knelt down and knocked a few.

Li Xiao wondered at that time, how could this ancient person knock a few to himself at every turn

In fact, Li Xiao himself didn't notice this.

This is an ancient society with clear hierarchies, and his actions are indeed somewhat surprising.

The county magistrate and the people, one is the sky and the other is the earth.

Li Xiao suddenly gave him money, which was really scary.

The people outside were also surprised.

"How can the county lord give Li Erniu money?"

"This, this. That's an exaggeration."

"Could it be Lord Qingtian?"

The people whispered and discussed, and their expressions were obviously joyful, obviously the county lord who came this time was here to do practical things!!

Seeing this scene, Xu Miaoyun whispered:

"Lord, could it be that Li Xiao plans to use his own money to solve this case, although Li Xiao has money, he can't use his own money to work for the office."

Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be so simple, let's take a look."

Xu Miaoyun nodded and said, "I don't think it's easy, but I haven't figured out what's going on, let's take a look, maybe it's a clever trick." ”

In court, Li Erniu still didn't dare to accept the money.

"Oh, my little temper."

Li Xiao shouted: "Stand up, go on!" Otherwise, I will beat you to 20 boards! ”

This scolding scared Li Erniu a lot.

"I'll take it, good adult"

Li Erniu was helpless, so he had to take the twenty taels head-on, and then looked at Li Xiao, not knowing why.

"Li Erniu, don't you owe more than three and twenty taels? Give him back the money. ”

Li Xiao commanded.

Li Erniu nodded and returned the money to Xu Sanduo.

The two of them counted some silver, and the two cleared.

Since then, Li Erniu and Xu Sanduo's debts have been paid off.

"Alright, you two settle the score."

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Xu Sanduo again, and then said: "Xu Sanduo, you owe Zhang Dali twenty taels, is it time to pay back?" ”

"Yes, yes, my lord."

Xu Sanduo handed the silver that had just arrived to Zhang Dali.

"Okay, you two settle the bills."

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Zhang Dali and said, "Zhang Dali, you Li Erniu, twenty taels of silver, pay it back." ”

So, Zhang Dali returned the money to Li Erniu.

"Huh?"

Li Erniu found that his money had been repaid, and he had twenty taels of silver in his hand.

The other two were equally surprised: "Ah, I don't seem to owe any money." ”

Li Xiao smiled, beckoned, and said, "Li Erniu, did I lend you these twenty taels of silver?" It's time to return it to the official. ”

"Yes, the lord borrowed me twenty taels of silver, and I will return it to the lord now."

Saying that, Li Erniu returned the twenty taels of silver to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao accepted the silver and said with a smile: "Now, the three of you don't owe each other." ”

The three of them were dumbfounded, and looked at each other, hey, hey, that's really the case!

It's really true!

They took the money and paid it back to the creditors.

The money that others owe to them has been paid off!

"Really, it's clear!"

All three of them were surprised.

Li Xiao said: "Are you still satisfied?" ”

The three nodded excitedly: "Satisfied, satisfied!" ”

Li Xiao asked, "Can the case be closed?" ”

The three of them said: "Yes, it's amazing, it's amazing."

Li Xiao looked at the master and said loudly: "Close the case!" Next! ”

The voice fell.

There was a sudden silence.

Some people haven't figured it out yet

But those with a more flexible brain can figure it out.

Anyway, it's the debts of these three people who are paid off.

Originally, I thought that the magistrate would pay for it himself.

But in the end, the money lent by the magistrate himself was also returned to his hands.

Before and after, less than a stick of incense.

Let a case that you can't figure out if you want to break the head can be easily solved???

The three of them left the court, and then laughed and said: "Oh, this matter has been going on for three years, and it has finally been resolved, great, the county magistrate is amazing!" ”

The people present were also stunned.

"How did this new county lord do it?"

"I didn't understand, I just turned around, and the three of them didn't owe any debts?"

"It's like. That's the truth. ”

The people are very happy, the county lord handled the case on the first day of taking office, which looks very good, but the key is that the ability to handle the case is also very good.

"Hey, that's interesting."

In the crowd, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.

Zhu Di is such a person, he can figure it out after a little thought.

Originally, these three people owed each other debts, but the problem was that others also owed them debts, and neither could take out money for money.

Li Xiao only needed to lend out twenty taels of silver and let one of them repay the money.

And then it's like wearing a sugar gourd, and all of them are returned one by one.

In the end, the money returned to Li Erniu's hands, and Li Erniu returned the twenty taels of silver he borrowed from Li Xiao.

The accounts are all cleared.

"Lord Wang, high"

Xu Miaoyun was also surprised.

She was originally in charge of the accounts of the house, so she naturally got through it.

But I've never encountered anything like this before, and I haven't figured it out for a while.

Unexpectedly, this son-in-law made an understatement and resolved the matter and successfully closed the case.

"Yes, yes, I know that this Li Xiao is a capable and practical person."

Zhu Di couldn't help but be very happy.

"Lord Wang, no matter how you look at this son-in-law, you really have nothing to say."

Xu Miaoyun also likes this son-in-law more and more, but she is still faintly worried about her son-in-law's private life.

"Don't worry, Li Xiao is definitely not what you think."

Zhu Di whispered.

Xu Miaoyun nodded.

His eyes were on the cream boy who had been sitting on the side of the court.

"Huh"

Xu Miaoyun sighed lightly, with a puzzled face.

"What's the matter, ma'am?"

Zhu Di asked.

Xu Miaoyun squinted her eyes, as if she couldn't see clearly, and said hesitantly: "That white-faced scholar, why does it feel a little familiar, it seems that he has seen it somewhere?" Lord Wang, take a look. ”

It's no wonder that Xu Miaoyun feels familiar.

Because of the white-faced scholar dressed as a man, Li Xiao's so-called righteous brother.

In fact, it is her own daughter.

"Huh."

Zhu Di looked at it and looked at it carefully, but he also felt familiar.

"Madam, it's really familiar, déjà vu, there's a very familiar feeling, but this king can't remember where I've seen it."

Zhu Di also squinted his eyes and said.

However, because of the distance, they didn't see the scholar's appearance too clearly.

The two fell into deep thought, and couldn't remember after thinking about it for a long time.

At this time, the second case was also heard.

It was an old man with gray hair, who knelt on the ground as soon as he came up.

"County master, you have to make the decision for me."

The old man fell to the ground and cried.

The old man is rickety, wrinkled, and an authentic peasant.

When Li Xiao looked at this honest peasant-looking person, he immediately felt quite pitiful.

"Xiaolang, this seems to be a real grievance."

Zhu Ningyun felt pity in her heart and said, "If there is really a grievance, you can avenge him." ”

Li Xiao nodded and whispered, "Madam, don't worry, as you wish!" ”

To be honest, at the moment when Li Xiao sat in this court.

There's a sense of responsibility on your shoulders.

In addition, hundreds of people outside stared at him with expectant eyes, looking at him.

This feeling is even stronger.

Sitting here, holding a shocking wood in your hand, you have a feeling of mastering the life and death of others.

That's right, that's what it feels like.

Controlling life and death, his words and deeds can really determine the fate of a person, and even most of the people in this county.

Is this what it's like to be an official?

No wonder it is said that right is the best aphrodisiac!

This kind of power, without exaggeration, is much higher than that of later officials.

Smack-

Li Xiao was full of interest, holding the shocking wooden case, and said: "Who is coming, report the name, what grievances are there, tell the truth, this official will definitely uphold justice for you!" ”

The old man fell to his knees and cried:

"The little old man's name is Zhang Tian, the family has a son, on the thirteenth day of the first month of last year, my child was beaten by several sons of Zhang Lao because he accidentally used the water in the canal in Liu Lao's field, and now he is paralyzed in bed, he is old and old, and now there is no one to farm, and he can't live anymore, so the Liu family wants to buy our land at a cheap price. Please call the shots, please call the shots."

As soon as Li Xiao heard it, he understood what was going on.

Isn't this similar to what happened when I just crossed over?

There are few sons in the family, and they are bullied everywhere.

At that time, it took me all my heart to resolve the crisis and keep one acre and three points of land, otherwise I would have starved to death.

Li Xiao looked at the county man next to him and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Mei Xiancheng nodded: "My lord, there is indeed this matter, but the Liu family has already lost money, and the case was closed before, and the old man in the back thinks that he has little money, and he comes to avenge his grievances, so our county government will ignore it."

Li Xiao asked, "How much silver was lost at that time?" ”

Mei Xiancheng flipped through the file records, found the process of the day, and replied: "Ten taels of silver." ”

"What?"

Li Xiao frowned: "If you paralyze someone, you only need ten taels of silver!" How unreasonable! There is only one son in their family, how can ten taels of silver be enough to live? ”

Li Xiao immediately got up and patted the case: "Come on, go to Liu's house, and put the culprit Boss Liu, as well as several sons, all of them on this official!" ”

One of the servants below stared wide-eyed, not knowing whether to move or not.

Hearing this, Meixian Cheng whispered: "My lord, the people of the Liu family help us collect taxes every year and donate money to repair roads. You watch"

This Boss Liu belongs to the local overlord in the township, with many sons and a big family.

Therefore, the county government collects taxes, and often needs the help of these overlords to collect taxes, so when they encounter things, they also turn a blind eye.

But Li Xiao didn't eat this, and said coldly: "What does it have to do with this official? No one is good! ”

He looked at the officials below, "Why, this official sent you not to move?" ”

Meixian envoy made a look, and the group of officials left immediately.

The next half hour.

Li Xiao handled two more small cases.

It's all trivial, and there are no big cases, murders or the like.

Half an hour later.

When the group of officials returned, one of them reported: "My lord, the Liu family refuses to come, and there are many people in the family, so we can't paging."

"Can't be called? What's the use of raising your bunch of waste? ”

Li Xiao showed no mercy, and scolded when he opened his mouth.

I can't even shout a single defendant, it's really hopeless.

It seems that this group of people is also flamboyant on weekdays, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, touching the fish and making jokes, useless!

The officials lowered their heads, they are also old fritters, we have done the thing, you scold us, we sigh, hey, anyway, people are powerful, we can't help it

"Rubbish stuff!"

Li Xiao was speechless when he saw that this group of old fritters was not afraid of scolding, and his skin was as thick as the city wall.

However, with so many people watching today, the majesty must be erected!

Otherwise, how will it be mixed in the future?

Li Xiao doesn't want to be in a small county town, and he still plays intrigue tricks with these goods.

"Chang Yingwu obeys orders!"

Li Xiao shouted.

"Mark it in!"

Li Xiao brought a hundred guards Chang Yingwu and gave up.

"Go to Huanghua Village and bring the Liu family to the official!"

"Mark and command!"

After speaking, Chang Yingwu looked at one of the officials and said, "Lead the way!" ”

"Yes"

The official was frightened, where had he seen this meeting, and walked over obediently.

Chang Yingwu waved his hand and said loudly: "Dispatch, arrest people!" ”

Boom Boom Boom –

Two rows of soldiers in armor left directly from the court.

These people are the elite of Yanshan that Zhu Di gave to the county lord!

The neat steps of the soldiers and the solemn expressions of the soldiers made people frightened.

At this moment, the audience was silent.

The people were stunned.

The lord who came this time is too domineering!

is not affectionate at all, and he doesn't know what identity he is, but he can actually summon soldiers?

My God

Dong'an County. It's going to change!!

In the crowd, Zhu Di also squinted his eyes, very satisfied.

That's right. This is my Zhu Di's son-in-law!

(End of chapter)