When he arrived at the camp, Da Kui showed his waist card, and the soldiers guarding the gate of the camp did not dare to stop him. The Ming Dynasty has a legal system, but civilian officials are required in the military camp

Get off the sedan chair and dismount. Da Kui asked where the Yamen of the Soldiers and Horses Division was, so he dismounted in front of the camp with Yang Xiaohu and Tian Feng, and walked into the camp to take the Yamen of the Soldiers and Horses.

The city defense soldiers and horses division yamen occupies a very wide area, there is a stone lion on the left and right sides of the yamen, the lifelike form of the carving is mighty. There are a total of five stone steps under the vermilion lacquer gate, which means that this is orthodox and belongs to the king's order. (In ancient times, there was a number of ninety-five, which meant royal power.) Nine are kings and five are ministers. In front of the gate, there were five soldiers with waist knives on their shoulders, and the three of Da Kui went straight up the steps when they arrived at the door.

The commander who led the troops stepped forward to stop him: "What are you doing?" Da Kui showed his waist card again and said in an official tone: "Zhang Dakui, the political envoy of Jiangnan Tong, ask your person in charge to come out to see me." Wu Chang carefully looked at the waist card and then arched his hand and said: "The small one will go to pass it on." After speaking, he turned around and entered the yamen through the corner gate.

After a short time, the door of the terracotta division was wide open. The three generals greeted the gate with helmets and armor, and came to Da Kui's body and bowed their hands together: "See the Minister." Da Kui asked slowly: "Who are you waiting for?" What is the official position?" The leading general Zuo arched his hand and said: "Lieutenant General Dou Dou of the lowly Shunyuan City Defense Soldier Ma Shilang, this is Wu Enbo, the general of the left guard, and the other is Ji Kai, the general of the right guard." He pointed out and introduced them one by one.

Da Kui sighed, and Dou Yu hurriedly stretched out his hand and asked, "My lord, please go to the yamen to speak." Da Kui did not shirk, and led the way into the Yamen of the Soldiers and Horses Division by this Dou rank. All the way to the Yamen lobby, Da Kui walked straight to the public case and sat down, Yang Xiaohu and Tian Feng stood behind him.

Dou Zhi and the two generals bowed down and stood on the side of the hall, not breathing. Da Kui raised his voice and asked, "Dou Title, are you guilty?" Dou Title couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "Why did your lord say this?"

Da Kui got up and slapped the public case and said sharply: "You are waiting to kill the people, and the victims of the disaster are still innocent?" Dou Rank and the two partial generals knelt down together when they heard this, and Dou Rank said sadly: "My lord is wronged, the humble position is only from the fifth grade, and the lord of the mansion Yin has ordered the humble position to obey." But the lowly swear to heaven that the murder of the people was not done by the lowly office. ”

Da Kui turned his head to Tian Feng and said, "You record a confession for him." Tian Feng took the order, took a pen and paper on the copywriter and began to record.

Dou Title explained the whole story, it turned out that after Liang Youcai was promoted to Fu Yin, he placed Xu Qianqian and thousands of people into the city defense soldiers and horses. The two brothers recruited henchmen and cultivated cronies in the army, and in just a few months, hundreds of city soldiers looked at the two of them.

Dou Zhi was also helpless after knowing this, who told the official to crush people to death. Who knows that this Liang Youcai looted the people's wealth and was vicious, not to mention the high price of food, but also to buy some objects in Defu Ji and buy grain with documents. The prices of these items are unusually comparable, and a peach comb for a woman costs fifty yuan to buy.

Under the double exploitation, the victims who flowed into the city were soon shy, and in order to survive, they had to sell everything they could. Some families have no choice but to put straw sticks on their children and sell them to large families as livestock. After three months, the refugees in the city had no choice but to beg on the streets, and some were forced to steal and rob. And when the yamen caught these victims of crimes, they were always beaten to death with sticks.

Liang Youcai saw that the victims had no oil and water to scavenge, so he drove the victims out of Shunyuan City on the grounds of maintaining law and order in the city. And the two brothers and their henchmen are even more vicious, but anyone who does not obey will be killed in an instant.

Speaking of this, Dou Zhi defended: "The humble position is just to act on orders and order people to drive out the victims. But there is no act of killing the people, and I hope that the adults will see the situation and give justice to the lowly position. Da Kui asked, "How many henchmen do Xu Qianwan brothers have?"

Hearing this, Dou Yu turned his head to look at the partial general Ji Kai, and Ji Kai hurriedly replied: "Xu Qian's troops are all stationed in the west of the city, among which there are about 100 cronies, and Xu Wan's cronies in the military camp are about 200. Da Kui asked again: "Are there any of their cronies in the Yamen of the Mansion Yin?" Dou Zhi hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the officials led by the previous Lord Yin have all been dismissed, and the current twenty officials are all brought by Lord Liang, and they also have a share in killing the people in the city." ”

Da Kui heard this and said sharply: "Whether it is a civilian official or a military general, they are all dependent on the people's parents and livelihood. Although you are not the main culprit in the matter of the victims, you are also an accomplice, and you cannot be spared as an official. Da Kui slapped the table and shouted: "You wait to go to the barracks to receive a hundred military sticks each, and the official will personally supervise the punishment, otherwise the military law will be involved." ”

When the three of Dou heard this, they kowtowed like pounding garlic, and they could still survive if they went down with a hundred military sticks?

Dou Zhi was already in tears at this time: "My lord, the lowly rank is wrong. Your Excellency is extrajudicial. Wu Enbo and Ji Kai were even more busy begging for mercy: "My lord, be gracious." ”

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Da Kui said softly: "In this case, how about this official give you a chance to make meritorious contributions?" Hearing this, the three of them hurriedly nodded and said in unison: "I am willing to serve the adults and serve the dogs and horses." Da Kui turned his head to look at Tian Feng's record and saw that it had been written. grabbed it with one hand and threw it under the hall, then took the cinnabar seal on the case and threw it to Dou Zhi and said, "The three of you will draw it first and then discuss." ”

The three people in the hall did not dare to slack off, and each took the ink and dipped his fingers on the document one by one. Da Kui took the wolf pen from Tian Feng's hand and threw it down, "You need to sign your name." The three of them signed the documents one by one, and Dou Title put away the documents on the ground and submitted them to the above.

Da Kui then ordered: "Wu Enbo listens to the order." Wu Enbo got up and hugged his fists and said, "Humble duty." Da Kui stretched out his hand and pulled out a military token from the copywriting archway and said: "Order you to lead a thousand elite soldiers to the west of Shunyuan City, capture Xu Qian's henchmen, and withdraw the soldiers outside the city." Wu Enbron said: "Humble obedience." Da Kui handed over the military token, Wu Enbo came over to pick it up, and turned away.

Da Kui pulled out another token and said, "Ji Kai listens to the order." Ji Kai got up and hugged his fists and said, "It's humble." Da Kui continued: "I order you to lead 200 soldiers to rush to the Fuyin Yamen and capture all the officials involved in the case, and there must be no mistake." Ji Kai said loudly: "Obey the order." Da Kui still handed over the military token, Ji Kailai took it, and turned away.

Da Kui said again: "Yang Xiaohu listens to the order." Hearing this, Yang Xiaohu walked to the hall and hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates are here." Da Kui said: "You take 200 soldiers to strictly guard the Liang Mansion and change back to Panbu, and ask him to quickly inform the victims of the 32 villages of Jiuzhai around Shunyuan City to come to the Shunyuan granary to receive grain." Yang Xiaohu obeyed, turned around and walked out of the lobby quickly.

After Da Kui gave these orders, he walked slowly around the copywriter and walked to Dou Zhi's side. Dou Zhi couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "My lord, what are you doing with that humble position?" Da Kui said: "You take people to maintain order in the granary and prepare dozens of carts to transport grain, but there is one thing that needs to be discussed with General Dou. ”