Chapter 40: The Angry Emperor
Swallow country Kyoto.
On the Golden Luang Palace.
The emperor sat high on the throne, and the time for the early court deliberations was almost over.
Gonggong Liu, who was standing beside the emperor, sang loudly: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat." ”
A fourth-grade official surnamed He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play." ”
The emperor nodded and said, "Aiqing, please speak." ”
The official said: "The minister received a letter from He Neng, the son of Qingzhou County, yesterday, and wrote: The new county commander of Qingzhou County is corrupt and perverts the law in Qingzhou County, covering the sky with one hand, and is lawless. As soon as he took office, he sent people to the people's homes to collect taxes, but the people said that the time was not up and refused to pay the taxes. They beat people to death! This caused the people of Qingzhou County to complain. It's all trivial. ”
Zhang Jin, the former servant of the Ministry who returned to his hometown to care for the elderly, was not convinced and came to reason with him. He went directly to the prison indiscriminately, and even extorted 200,000 taels of silver from the lion's mouth, otherwise he would not let go. Your Majesty, now Zhang Jindu is still in prison!"
"The most odious thing is that the people are not convinced, and they want to go to his county yamen to reason. And guess what? That's 1,183 people! He came to a massacre of humanity indiscriminately. There are more than 1,000 people, and there is not one person left! Your Majesty, such a mad person, if you don't kill it, it's not enough for the people to be angry! Your Majesty. ”
Quiet, the whole court was so quiet that you could hear the needles falling. The people present didn't care how many grades they were, one counted as one, and everyone was dumbfounded.
The emperor sitting on the dragon chair also opened his mouth wide, completely unable to believe his ears.
This news can no longer be described as shocking, it is like a rolling thunder, which makes people stunned and half dead!
Not to mention the rest, there are more than 1,000 people! What kind of concept is this? In this era, the general war report is to annihilate dozens or hundreds of people on the other side, and this still exaggerates the results of the report. If more than 1,000 people die at one time, it must be a war of tens of thousands of people.
However, a small Qipin county order dares to slaughter more than 1,000 people, do you say scary or not?
This can no longer be described simply as madness, it is simply the greatest evil without human nature!
The emperor was furious, stood up as soon as he slapped the case, and shouted loudly: "Check, this matter will be handed over to the Inspectorate." Get that kid back for me, and I'll do it myself for him. ”
Although the emperor was angry, he still cared about family affection, after all, this was his son.
Qingzhou County.
Wang Yujie had been waiting for the He family to go crazy, but after waiting for two more days, the He family didn't react at all.
Wang Yujie is not idle, let those arresters go on patrol, let all the people who want to sue come to sue, and he opens the court every day to try the case.
This Qingzhou County will be his base camp and their base in the future. He has to be governed with his heart.
However, the reality disappointed Wang Yujie. Because the people who came to sue in the past two days were all trivial things, which made him speechless.
It is said that freezing three feet is not a day's cold.
The people who were bullied were still very afraid of those evil forces. They are reluctant to come to the lawsuit unless absolutely necessary.
It wasn't until the morning of the third day that a woman weakly walked into the county yamen. Wang Yujie was not lazy, and immediately went to the court to ask about the case.
Wang Yujie's ascension to the hall immediately attracted hundreds of onlookers. The current county yamen is the focus of the people, and they want to see if this county order can really do things for the people?
As soon as the woman saw Wang Yujie, she knelt on the ground and said with tears in her eyes:
"Lord Qingtian, you have to be the master of the people's wife!"
Wang Yujie slowed down his voice and said, "If you have something, please take your time." ”
The woman cried, "Lord Qingtian, I want to sue the head of the He family." He forced my daughter to be his 28-room concubine. My poor daughter is only 14 years old! Just yesterday afternoon, he sent a large group of people to forcibly rob my daughter of their house. I'm going to get married tomorrow morning, Lord Qingtian, save my poor daughter!"
Wang Yujie frowned, what kind of He family master is really enough, Lao Tzu just killed hundreds of him, and he is still in the mood to take a concubine?
What's going on here?
The most important thing is that Wang Yujie is also very curious about this woman daring to sue this He family master.
He beckoned, called the master over, and asked in a low voice: "Master, something is wrong! How dare this woman sue the head of the He family?"
Master smiled and whispered:
"My lord, don't you know, the head of the He family is not only old, but also an animal, specializing in harming women. He had taken 27 rooms, all of them had been tortured to death by him, and none of them would survive. Now I want to rob someone's youngest daughter to be the 28th room, where are people willing?"
Wang Yujie suddenly realized, and at the same time he was very angry. This old man surnamed He is really an old animal!
The woman kowtowed and cried, "Lord Qingtian, please be the master of the people's wife!"
Wang Yujie looked at this poor woman, gritted his teeth and ordered to the master:
"Master, pass on the official's order, recruit all the people back, and follow the official to He's house to save people. ”
A 14-year-old girl, the same age, must not let this old man be harmed like this, this is simply intolerable.
"This?"
The master hesitated. I can't help but remind:
"My lord, now if you fight the He family, if the He family is tough, this will definitely be the result of losing both!"
Wang Yujie was just about to speak, when a person walked in outside the lobby, holding an invitation, holding his head high, showing a proud expression and arching his hand to Wang Yujie and said:
"My lord, I am from the He family, and this is an invitation from the master of our family. Please go to my lord's wedding banquet tomorrow morning. ”
What the?
Wang Yujie couldn't believe his ears, how shameless this person must be? Even if he robbed the people's daughter, he still came to invite him, the parent official, to attend the wedding banquet?
The master reminded in a low voice: "My lord, you can't go, this is definitely a Hongmen banquet!"
Wang Yujie was puzzled: "What? Does he dare to do anything to me, an official of the imperial court?"
Master smiled bitterly: "This is nothing new. ”
Wang Yujie gritted his teeth, and became more and more determined to destroy this He family.
Suddenly, Wang Yujie smiled.
"Okay, you go back and tell your master. Tomorrow, the official will be on time. ”
The person who delivered the invitation also smiled, put it down, turned around and left.
But the woman who had come to complain wept, trembling and prostrate on the ground, and cried:
"My daughter, my daughter is only 14 years old!
The woman is not a fool, and the county magistrate agreed to attend the wedding, isn't that tantamount to giving up saving his daughter?
Wang Yujie walked down and comforted: "Don't worry, you will come to the county office tomorrow and wait, the official promised you that he will definitely bring your daughter back." ”
Outside the door, all the people showed a look of disbelief.