Chapter 834: Jiangyuan City Trial County
On the streets west of Jiangyuan County, several county yamen were driving away and beating several elderly people. There were many onlookers, and most of the onlookers were angry and accusing several servants of being too ruthless. The servants became even more angry when they heard this, and their whips were swung even harder. A slutty man with a pockmarked face looked at the onlookers and shouted: "What are you looking at? The corvee labor designated by the government must be subscribed! This is the end of not serving corvee labor and not willing to pay for it!"
The onlookers all retreated, and an old woman selling vegetables sighed: "In this year, the officials and bandits are bullying us, so we are poor people's lives are sad! I thought that after King Niu left, King Wei would be better, but King Wei sat in the palace, but he didn't know how hard we poor people are!"
The pockmarked man was furious, and he swung his whip and slapped at the old woman, cursing: "Old beggar, you just say more!"
Tang Jiusheng separated the crowd and grabbed the whip of the Mazi-faced officer, and asked the Mazi-faced officer, "Brother, why are these old people beaten in the street? What kind of king's law did they commit?" The Mazi-faced officer pulled the whip back hard, but it didn't pull it. He knew that this Jun brother was good at martial arts and was not low. The Mazi-faced officer looked at Tang Jiusheng up and down. Seeing that Tang Jiusheng was gorgeous in clothes, he was obviously a rich family. Look at this attitude, he should have come to travel to another county.
The Mazi-faced servant thought about it in his mind and tried not to offend these second princes. Maybe some county magistrates, the seven aunts and aunts of the county magistrate, and he had any relatives who turned around. The Mazi-faced servant deliberately coughed a few times and pretended to say, "This young man is obviously a foreigner, right? These old miscellaneous men do not serve labor service, refuse to build roads and bridges, and refuse to pay for service! That's why I want to teach them a lesson!"
Tang Jiusheng let go of the whip of the servant and asked curiously: "Didn't the Wei Wang Mansion and the Military Commissioner's Office have already issued notices at the beginning of the year, saying that this year's corvee service was exempted?"
The pockish-faced man curled his lips and said, "Damn it, it's because of that boy Tang Jiusheng! He sat in the palace and took it for granted that he would exempt these troublemakers from corvee labor. But does it take manpower to repair bridges and roads? Will you not leave if the road is broken? When the Niu Prince Niu was there, he was really rich in the yamen, but now when Tang Jiusheng, a bastard, came on stage, everyone was so poor that he was so poor! Seeing that there was not much money in the bank deposit, the magistrate told us to find some troublemakers from the countryside to perform corvee labor. As a result, these old guys dared to resist openly!"
The fat man heard the officer openly insulting Tang Jiusheng. When he saw Tang Jiusheng's face change color and his stomach was also angry, he separated the crowd and came forward, kicked the officer with a pockmark and fell on the street. The officer with a pockmark was caught off guard, and fell into a pussy bite and dropped two of the front teeth. Several other officers were furious when they saw that the fat man had kicked the pockmark and rushed forward and cursed: "Good boy, how dare you beat the official officer? Are you tired of living?"
Those servants had mediocre martial arts and might be okay to bully ordinary villagers, but today they met a fat man. The fat man cheered up and beat the other side. In a blink of an eye, he knocked all the servants to the ground. The fat man stepped forward and stepped on the chest of the pockish-faced servant with a grin on his face. "You bastards, you violated the orders of the King of Wei's Mansion and dared to insult King of Wei in public. According to the king's law of the Great Shang Dynasty, you should have your tongue cut off!"
The onlookers saw the fat man being defeated
Several officers applauded, the fat man did what they wanted but dared not do.
Seeing that the fat man was so fierce, the pockmarked man had to beg for mercy and said, "Grandpa, please spare my life! The young man was also angry for a moment and talked nonsense. Don't cut off the small tongue, the young man was still talking to him and making a living!"
The fat man picked up the pockish-faced man from the ground and said with a grin: "You don't speak human words, but you dare to insult King Wei! Can King Wei be scolded by someone like you? Your magistrate is so brave. You dare to indulge you in the street and beat the people. You are ignorant of the king's mansion and the corps of the yamen. Are you an official or a robber? Ah? When Niu Mandi was there, you followed Niu Mandi to bully the people. That was the upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked, and there was nothing we could do. But now King Wei loves the people so much, and you dare to do this. Do you take King Wei seriously?"
The pockmarked man raised his hands and begged loudly: "Good man, please spare me, please spare me! This is the order of the magistrate, who dares to disobey? The young man is forced to do so. After all, the young man holds the job of the government and has to listen to the magistrate! Otherwise, the one who is beaten on the board and gets whipped must be a villain!"
Tang Jiusheng looked ugly and said, "Fatty, let's get up, let's go to the county yamen to take a look!" The fat man then let go, and the pockmarked face was so scared that he looked like a mortal. This fat man was too heavy to deal with! Tang Jiusheng asked the pockmarked face and said, "What's your name? What's your mission in the yamen?"
The maozi-faced man cried and nodded and said, "When I say that, the young man's surname is Kong, and his name is Kong Dahong. He is the head of the Minzhuang in the county government. Today, he came out to take charge of labor service under the order of the magistrate!"
Tang Jiusheng nodded and said, "You are leading the way, I want to meet your county magistrate!" When the maozi-faced officer Kong Dahong heard the words "I am like a thunderbolt, what? I? The maozi-faced officer looked at Tang Jiusheng, stunned, with a look of disbelief. Tang Jiusheng smiled and said, "I am the bastard sitting in the palace of King Wei, who swung his pen, and the bastard who exempted the villagers from corvee labor!"
Kong Dahong knelt in front of Tang Jiusheng with a fright, kowtowed constantly, and his head was bleeding, and he said tremblingly: "Prince, please spare my life! The young one is guilty! The young one should not talk nonsense! The young one should slap him!" Kong Dahong tried his best to slap himself in the face, feeling extremely guilty and hatred. What's wrong with scolding? He insisted on scolding this prince. Now, the blue sky hit the prince in the daytime!
The onlookers heard that this young guy was King Wei, so they knelt down together and kept kowtowing, "See the Prince!"
Tang Jiusheng raised his head, looked around the people, and shouted: "Friends, everyone, get up! I am very sorry to you! If I don't come down to see it today, I will still be in the dark. I don't know that the officials below are doing such evil! Don't worry, since I am here, I will definitely make the decision for you!"
The old men who were beaten just now came forward tremblingly, bowed to Tang Jiusheng, and said in tears: "Prince, we are looking forward to the stars and the moon, which is what we are looking forward to you! We thought about going to the Wei Palace to sue, but we were caught by the official messenger and were beaten. We couldn't leave the county town, so we really told us that there was no way! Today, these official messengers deliberately made things difficult for us. If the prince doesn't come, we will be miserable today.
Now!"
Tang Jiusheng suppressed the anger in his heart and said with a reluctant smile: "Old man, you all follow me to the county government office. I'll go to meet you, the county magistrate, see what he has to say! Let's go!" In front of him, he led the way with a sad face. Tang Jiusheng followed him and the people happily followed Tang Jiusheng and others to the county government office. People were circulating along the way. King Wei arrived in Jiangyuan County, and the more people gathered. When he arrived outside the county government office, more and more people gathered!
A yamen runner saw that the situation was not good, so he ran back to report to the magistrate Tu Tianyin, but the magistrate was not in the county government office. When he heard that King Wei was coming outside, he was in a hurry to make a mess. County magistrate Gu Yunfei had no choice but to lead the minor officials to welcome him out of the county government office and kowtow to King Wei. Tang Jiusheng had a calm face and called him Magistrate Tu. Gu Yunfei kowtowed to Tang Jiusheng, looking embarrassed: "Prince, the magistrate is not in the county government office at this moment!"
Tang Jiusheng said in surprise: "Oh? Where is this county magistrate now?"
County Magistrate Gu Yunfei hesitated: "Reply to the prince's words, the magistrate is drinking in the Wangyue Tower now..." Tang Jiusheng was angry and couldn't help laughing. It turned out that the magistrate actually ran to the brothel to drink flower wine!
Tang Jiusheng turned around and looked at the fat man, smiled and said, "Fat man! Hum?"
The fat man agreed and said with a grim smile: "Don't worry, Prince, I will capture this county magistrate back to see you immediately!" The fat man called a yamen runner and asked him to lead the way in front. The yamen runner dared not refuse to obey, and took the fat man to Wangyuelou to capture the county magistrate. The onlookers were in high spirits and were very lively. No one expected that King Wei would suddenly come to Jiangyuan County, and even encountered the yamen runners beating the people.
Tang Jiusheng did not let the officials of all sizes get up, and stood there with their hands on their backs and looked at them without saying a word. Gu Yunfei was so scared that he didn't dare to say anything, for fear that the King of Wei would suddenly get angry, which would kill him. Time was not long, and the fat man arrogantly carried the magistrate Tu Tianyin back to the county government office. But strangely, although the magistrate Tu Tianyin was not dressed, he did not look panicked at all, but was very calm.
The fat man pushed and shoved behind him, but the magistrate Tu said while walking, "Why do you have to do this? They are all consuming the public servants, and I hope the magistrate will show mercy! The magistrate has feet, so you can leave by yourself!" The fat man was angry and cursed behind him. The magistrate Tu shook his head and said, "It's really a disgrace to be gentle!"
When they arrived at the county government gate, the crowd automatically separated the road. The magistrate Tu Tianyin kowtowed to Tang Jiusheng and said calmly: "Secretary Tu Tianyin of the magistrate of Jiangyuan, please see the prince!"
Tang Jiusheng lowered his head and looked at Tu Tianyin kneeling in front of him, and asked with a sneer: "Magistrate Tu, do you know the crime?"
Tu Tianyin raised his head, without a panic expression on his face, "The prince did not ring the gong and came with full guard of rituals. Therefore, the official did not know that the prince had arrived in Jiangyuan City and was unable to come to pay homage to the prince. The guilt? The official did not know what the prince was saying, so please give me advice!"
Tang Jiusheng clapped his hands and said, "The performance is good! I will go to the lobby later. I will personally interrogate you. If you have such a character, I admire you! Fatty, escort him to the lobby!" The fat man responded, picked up Tu Tianyin from the ground, and went up to the lobby. The onlookers were talking and there was finally a good show!
Chapter completed!