There were so many people coming in that the huge court could not accommodate them, so people were crowded behind both sides of the government officials, and some even stood outside the door of the court.
"Crack!" the gavel's voice sounded again.
Jiang Chengling sat down solemnly and said in a deep voice: "I am the chief envoy. If you have any grievances, feel free to tell me. Moreover, this is the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court, Marquis Zhenhai. Even if I am unable to redress your grievances,
You can also ask the Marquis to make the decision for you. No matter how wronged you are, just speak up."
Han Du already understood what Jiang Chengling wanted to do. He turned his head slightly and glanced at him sitting in the middle, with a smile on his face that Jiang Chengling couldn't understand.
When the people heard Jiang Chengling's words, they immediately went crazy. They left Jiang Chengling alone and swarmed to their knees in front of Han Du.
"The common people pay their respects to the Marquis. The Marquis can make decisions for the common people."
"Master Qingtian, the common people are wronged"
Seeing the crowd of people kneeling and kowtowing in front of Han Du, Jiang Chengling smiled from time to time, picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took a slow sip. When he was in a good mood, even the same tea tasted better.
It seems to be more fragrant than before and more worthy of savoring.
Aren’t you, Handu, awesome? You came with a large army and wanted to overwhelm me. If you have the ability, you can send a large army to suppress these people. If this is really the case, then there is no need for me to do anything, and the emperor will not do anything.
I will spare you.
When Han Du faced the people who were talking non-stop, he suddenly felt as if he had fallen into a pile of ducks. The noise made Han Du dizzy.
"Shut up!" Han Du slammed the coffee table, causing the tea in the cup to spill out and flow everywhere.
The people were frightened by Han Du's loud roar, and no one dared to speak anymore.
When Han Du saw it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He pointed at the person at the front and asked, "Shut up, everyone else. Tell me, what's going on?"
"The common people pay homage to the Marquis." The common people pointed at by Han Du immediately kowtowed again.
After he straightened up, Han Du asked: "Tell me, what are you doing?"
"The common people want to sue the King of Qin for demolishing their houses and occupying their fields. Please make the decision for the common people."
"There are also grassroots people. Their cattle have also been taken away."
"besides"
Seeing that these people were about to start making noises again, Han Du glanced at the crowd coldly. Suddenly, all the voices became quieter until they returned to the quiet state.
After it calmed down, Han Du withdrew his gaze, focused on the people in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin is the prince. If you falsely accuse the emperor, it will not only be Tu Qianli's problem, I'm afraid you will be sent to the side."
Huang, you can think clearly."
The common people suddenly felt aggrieved. They bowed to Han Du and then raised their heads with determination and said: "The common people did not make false accusations. What the common people said are all the truth~"
Han Du stared at the people in front of him with increasingly serious eyes.
Just when the people could no longer bear Han Du's gaze and wanted to retreat, Liang Hai on the side immediately took out a thick stack of paper, handed it to Han Du, and said with a warm smile: "Master Hou, these people don't have any
It's a false accusation. I've already verified it, and everything they said is true. Please take a look at it."
Han Du glanced sideways at Liang Hai, then put his eyes on the paper in his hand without saying a word, let alone reaching out to pick it up.
"Please Lord Marquis to make the decision for the common people." When the common people saw this, they immediately felt bad and knelt down with sorrow in their hearts.
When the others saw it, they all knelt down and bowed to Han Du. "Please, Mr. Qingtian, make the decision for the common people~"
Han Du reluctantly reached out to take the paper and read it one by one.
They invaded the fields, robbed the people's wealth, forced the soldiers and civilians in the pass to buy gold and silver, and donated treasures one by one. Han Du was shocked to see them.
The actual situation was more serious than what Lao Zhu learned in the capital. If Lao Zhu had seen these things, although he would not have killed Zhu Ping, a severe beating would have been inevitable.
Just when Han Du was looking at a piece of paper carefully, everyone's eyes were focused on him. Originally, everyone thought that Han Du's face would only become more ugly after seeing this.
Unexpectedly, Han Du smiled more and more as he watched.
Such a contrast made everyone wonder what Han Du was thinking.
Han Du looked carefully at the front, but as he went to the back, he looked faster and more roughly.
Before he could finish reading it all, Han Du held up the paper and looked at all the people, asking: "Are these the illegal things you want to accuse King Qin of? I have something to say first. If you dare to make false accusations, it will be a serious crime. But
It’s not just as simple as being exiled!”
"Everything told by the common people is true. Please make the decision for the common people!" The people who were pointed out by Han Du bowed to Han Du without any hesitation.
"Everything told by the common people is true. Please Lord Marquis make the decision for the common people~" The same goes for other common people.
Han Du looked at the ragged people in front of him. Most of them looked sallow and thin. Although Han Du didn't know how they lived before, at least they were living extremely miserable lives now. Thinking that these were all done by Zhu Xi
Damn it, Han Du hated him even more.
After calming down a little, Han Du smiled and nodded, saying "Okay!" twice.
Amid everyone's surprised gazes, Han Du casually threw down the paper in his hand, walked calmly to Jiang Chengling's position, and smiled at him.
Before Jiang Chengling could understand what Han Du wanted to do, he saw him take out an imperial decree from his sleeve robe.
"The imperial decree has arrived~" Han Du held up the imperial decree with both hands and turned to face everyone.
Jiang Chengling was suddenly startled, and quickly stepped down from the front desk, stood in front of the long case, and knelt down to Han Du.
"Your Majesty, Jiang Chengling, Chief Minister of Shaanxi Province, respectfully welcomes the imperial edict!"
"Your Majesty, I respectfully welcome the imperial edict~" Other officials, big and small, as long as they were in the court hall, all knelt down to Han Du.
Only the people in the hall saw for the first time in their lives an imperial edict that they had only heard about in dramas. They didn't know what to say, so they just knelt on the ground and buried their heads.
Han Du ignored them and opened the imperial edict with a straight face, singing: "The emperor is destined to be blessed by heaven. The edict says: From the day when he became a feudal lord, King Zhu Ping of Qin had no good name. He was nicknamed a villain, indulged in debauchery and debauchery. He wreaked havoc on the people and made heaven angry.
.I have been taught many times, but I still don’t see him repenting. As the saying goes: If you don’t teach, it is your father’s fault. The King of Qin is tyrannizing the people, and I am also guilty. Now I order Han Du to settle the army and the people, comfort the people, and the people have lost everything, whether it is fields or houses.
I will repay you with double the amount of wealth you have given up!"
After Han Du finished speaking, he put away the imperial edict calmly.
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor!" Jiang Chengling was the first to bow down with sincerity, and even couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes.
"Long live my emperor~" Liang Hai was even more excited than Jiang Chengling. Because he guessed that Han Du's trip was under the emperor's order and wanted to protect King Qin, he felt extremely dissatisfied.
He even thought that it was wrong for the emperor to blindly protect King Qin, but he just didn't resort to it.
But now he learned that the emperor not only had no intention of protecting King Qin, but openly admitted King Qin's fault, and even took the initiative to admit the emperor's fault, and also wanted to repay double the amount to the people who had been harmed. Liang Hai was the real
Moved by the emperor's sage, good birds choose trees to roost in. The emperor is so sage and magnanimous. What else can he be dissatisfied with?
The people were even happier. They originally thought they were lucky to get justice. Unexpectedly, the emperor not only apologized to them, common people, but even doubled up to repay them for everything they had lost.
Seeing everyone slowly getting up, Han Du walked down with a smile, picked up the paper on the table, waved it under everyone's gaze, and said with a smile: "Since you have repeatedly guaranteed that everything here is true, then I will
I will repay you according to what is recorded on this paper. Of course, in accordance with the emperor's will, I will repay you double."
"Thank you, the common people, for taking the decision, Mr. Hou~" The people were already overjoyed, and their eyes were no longer full of lifelessness and despair.
Han Du smiled and shook his head, correcting the people's words, "It is the Emperor who makes the decision for you. If you want to thank the Emperor, thank the Emperor!"
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor~" Han Du's words reminded all the people, and the people quickly knelt down in the direction of the capital.
Han Du nodded slightly with satisfaction, turned to look at Jiang Chengling, laughed and said: "I have brought the money to compensate the people, and it is in the military camp outside the city."
Then he turned to look at the people, and Han Du turned back to Jiang Chengling and said: "But what I brought is only money, the people's land and houses, and I need your help to coordinate the land and build houses for the people. In addition, those who were captured
Please ask the adults to help redeem the children who have been sold."
"Please rest assured, Mr. Marquis, this is my official responsibility." Jiang Chengling agreed without hesitation, but then he frowned: "I can immediately issue an order to ask all the governments to help redeem the child. Although
Maybe most of the children are in Shaanxi, but if there are children who have left Shaanxi, then there is nothing I can do."
"You don't have to worry about this, I will find them one by one." Before Han Du arrived, he sent his people to various villages in order to find out the loss of each household and the whereabouts of each child as soon as possible.
Han Du had already sent orders to track down the children who had been taken away. In the Ming Dynasty, it was illegal for ordinary people to sell human beings, but it was allowed to sell them into wealthy families as servants. ??
When the people heard that Han Du was going to redeem all their children and return them to them, especially those who had sold their children and thought they would never see each other again in this life, they were moved and bowed to Han Du again.
Han Du waved his hand to excuse everyone's courtesy, said goodbye to Jiang Chengling, and walked out of the courtroom.
Seeing Han Du approaching, even in the crowded courtroom, the people tried their best to make way for him and watched Han Du leave.
Next, Han Du asked people to verify the losses of each household, and then, with the cooperation of Jiang Chengling, they bought land where it was necessary, built houses where houses were needed, and doubled the losses of the people one by one.
After working hard for more than ten days, all the land was finally returned to the people. Their children were also redeemed one by one. Of course, Han Du, a living person, had no way to double the repayment and could only return the original.
The people did not embarrass Han Du. They were happy enough to see their children back home and did not dare to expect more.
The houses were not built so quickly, but the people had already received all the money to repair the houses from Han Du, so Han Du did not need to worry about the rest. The people would slowly build the houses themselves.
After many days of running around, Liang Hai was full of fatigue, but he felt sincerely happy to see that the people could have such a good ending.
However, while he was happy, he was also a little puzzled, and said to Jiang Chengling doubtfully: "Sir, these days, when I see Han Du, I don't look like a playboy. He handles things clearly and resolutely, and even plans in advance.
Find those children who left Shaanxi. Why did he look so disgusting when he came?"
After hearing this, Jiang Chengling smiled and pointed at Liang Hai, laughing and scolding: "You! You are too straight-tempered. What's so strange about this? It's impossible for a person to have such a contrast in just a few days.
Big. Therefore, judging from his current behavior, his dandy habits were all deliberately pretended."
"Pretending? Isn't this unnecessary? Why would he do this?" Liang Hai felt even more confused after hearing Jiang Chengling's explanation.
Jiang Chengling looked at him carefully, and after a moment she smiled and explained: "Of course it's to guard against us."
Seeing that Liang Hai still couldn't understand why Han Du was on guard against them, Jiang Chengling continued to explain: "Think about it, Han Du has the emperor's decree in his hand, and he knows full well that the emperor wants to repay the people double. But.
Can he bring out the imperial edict as soon as he comes and clearly tell us that we must repay the people twice as much?"
"Why not?
My lord, I don't understand. If Han Du had come out with the imperial edict as soon as he arrived, we wouldn't have had to wait so long and have to do so many things!" Since Han Du arrived, Liang Hai has never had a peaceful day.
At first, they were looking for evidence that the King of Qin was plundering people's wealth, but Han Du refused to admit it. This forced Liang Hai to find the victims one by one and confront Han Du.
Jiang Chengling was in a good mood and patiently explained to Liang Hai: "This is our idea, but Han Du has just arrived and he doesn't understand the situation. How can he know what we think? If he takes out the imperial edict as soon as he comes,
He bluntly said that he would repay double the amount, but isn't he worried that we will interfere with it and deliberately forge the people's damaged property, claiming too much or falsely claiming it?"
"But he pretended to protect King Qin as soon as he came, which is completely different. This way, there is no benefit in the first place. Naturally, there is no need to worry about someone pretending to harm the common people. And he also repeatedly emphasized that false accusations
The prince is going to be exiled to the borderlands. There is no benefit, and he has to risk being exiled to the borderlands. If he is not the real victim, who would be stupid enough to pretend to be?"
Only then did Liang Hai understand that there were so many profound meanings in Han Du's every move. He suddenly felt that he was running around in front of Han Du, and now he felt like a fool. He couldn't help complaining: "Looking at such a young age
I didn't expect it to be an old fox. It's so cunning and cunning, it's very abominable!"
"Hahaha, yes. Even I didn't expect that one day I would be tricked by a young boy." Jiang Chengling shook his head and laughed, lowering his head and panting slightly, as if sighing at the passing of time, "But even if
After being fooled, I am willing to have such an ending."
Liang Hai sighed helplessly, looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
Han Du spent more than three million yuan to finally compensate the victims one by one. The people were also deeply affected by the emperor's grace and took the initiative to send Lao Zhu the Wan Min Umbrella and the Wan Min Book, asking Han Du to help bring them back.
Beijing.
Han Du stayed in the military camp for the past few days and never entered Xi'an City again. In order not to arouse the suspicion of interested people, Han Du even stayed for one more day before ordering the army to break camp and head back to Beijing.
Now that he discovered the abnormality, Han Du stopped riding his horse. He got a carriage and got on it, and drove slowly and leisurely.
Ten jars of jade frozen spring were neatly placed inside the carriage. Looking at these wines, Han Du couldn't help but fell into deep thought and looked up in the direction of the capital.
Are you a human or a ghost?
When Han Du returned to the capital, he immediately took the Book of the People, the Umbrella of the People, and the memorial from the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province and went to the palace to see Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu first opened the memorial from the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi and read it from beginning to end to understand what happened in detail. Then he looked at the Wanmin Umbrella and the Wanmin Book, with a smile like a blooming chrysanthemum on his face.
Looking at Han Du with satisfaction, he nodded: "Yes, you have the courage and wisdom to handle this matter without leakage. I am very satisfied."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Okay, it's getting late, please leave." Lao Zhu knew that Han Du had been coming back and forth this time and had been away from home for more than two months. Now he was probably ready to return home, so he didn't want to stay with Han Du any longer.
But after Han Du heard this, he did not move.
Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du strangely and asked in confusion: "What? What else do you want?"
Han Du hesitated for a moment, then asked softly and submissively: "Your Majesty, since the people have already made compensation, I don't know what your Majesty, King Qin, is prepared for?"
"Don't mention that scoundrel to me! I have no time to pay attention to him now." Before Han Du could finish his words, he was violently interrupted by Lao Zhu.
Han Du originally wanted to get some hints from Lao Zhu's mouth, as if Zhu Biao was on the wrong side, but now it seems that it is impossible.
It seems that Lao Zhu is really angry this time. Even so, he still refuses to let Zhu Ping go. It seems that he is determined to teach Zhu Ping a profound lesson.
Han Du did not dare to ask any more questions and bowed down: "I take my leave."
Maintaining his bowing posture, Han Du took a few steps back, then straightened up, turned around and left.