Cool breeze.

In this windy winter, Jinyang is extremely cold.

Ying Zheng did not go out. He stayed in the royal chariot and handled political affairs as usual.

Not for a while.

There was a sound of thin ropes outside the chariot.

Zhao Gao said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Qin Shangshu has sent a secret message."

Ying Zheng said: "Bring it in."

"promise."

Zhao Gao cautiously entered the car, handed the secret message in his hand to a eunuch, and then walked out cautiously, not daring to stay for a moment.

The eunuch used a knife to pry open the sealing mud, untied the rope and opened the letter. He just turned his back to himself with the content of the secret letter written on it. After everything was processed, he followed suit and presented the secret letter to the First Emperor's case.

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Ying Zheng looked calm.

He was not in a hurry to read it, but waited until he finished processing the memorial on the case before moving his eyes over. He turned the bamboo piece to the front and glanced at it casually.

Finished reading.

Ying Zheng frowned.

This secret letter stated Qin Luoheng's findings in Jiexiu County and his thoughts on how to deal with local violations of the law.

Qin Luoheng thought it was time to stop.

We must crack down hard on the powerful people involved in land sales, but we must choose to deliberately turn a blind eye to the officials involved and take it easy.

Ying Zheng shook his head and said:

"The idea is too simple."

"You think I asked you to go to the place just to clear up some long-standing abuses so that you can follow up on the place's cleanup, but after all, you still haven't seen the real situation clearly."

“Place is not the important thing now!”

"However, these officials are indeed a little too arrogant. I live in Linxian County and dare to exploit the head of Guizhou so unscrupulously. Without killing, it is not enough to quell the resentment of the people. But this matter can only be stopped. Not all local officials are incompetent.

If they realize that the imperial court wants to clean up the place, it will make things a lot more difficult."

"Here comes someone."

"Go and tell Qin Luoheng that you can come back after the matter with Jie Xiu is resolved."

Finished.

Ying Zheng continued to deal with political affairs.

He originally wanted Qin Luoheng to go see the suffering of the people, but he never thought that local officials would be so bold. However, he didn't care much about it, he just didn't want Qin Luoheng's actions to make local officials wary, and then

Give birth to a rebellious spirit.

In fact, he is not worried about local rebellion.

But the Huns are still there in the north. If local officials collude with the Huns because they are afraid of being implicated, this is not what Ying Zheng wants to see.

This was also the reason why he called Qin Luoheng back.

Too much is not enough!

There is still plenty of time, so we have to take one step at a time.

...

During the night of Guxing, when they rushed back to Chao Jiexiu, Qin Luoheng and others had already finished the trial of all these "money men" and "lords" after several hours of trial.

Now, these rich people, the feudal lord can only plead guilty.

They admitted that they had repeatedly purchased land in the capital of Guizhou.

In the end, Qin Luoheng also announced their punishment. Anyone who bought or sold land and the feudal lord would be executed, his wife's clan members would all be tattooed as Cheng Dan, and all the money collected from their families would be confiscated.

Amidst a burst of crying and shouting, the trial finally came to an end.

County government hall.

Qin Luoheng and others were sitting at the table. Everyone looked a little tired. After several hours of trial, they were also a little exhausted.

Qin Luoheng took a sip of hot soup.

He said in a deep voice:

"The world is full of evils and people's livelihood is very difficult."

"Just in Jiexiu, there are as many as 30 or 40 'money people' and 'lords' in just one land in Jiexiu, and the amount of land swallowed up is as high as 200,000 to 300,000 acres. This has accounted for 60 to 70% of all the people's land in Jiexiu.

This is the reason why Jiexiu still has some official land."

"The place is dark, you can see it."

"But it's just one county."

“If this were applied to the entire Shandong province, the loss of private farmland would probably be even more alarming.”

There was a deep depression in Qin Luoheng's calm tone, and everyone sitting around him fell silent.

How come they don't know?

When they first heard about land annexation, they didn't take it seriously. But when they really understood the land annexation, they became deeply disgusted with it. Only when they really went deep into the place did they realize how terrifying the shady story was.

Hua Yao's big hands holding the bamboo board trembled slightly, his throat was hissing, but he cursed angrily: "These beasts that eat people without spitting out their bones, are they really not afraid of causing trouble? These Guizhou heads have lost their fields.

, which is equivalent to being directly cut off from your livelihood, and you can’t live at all.”

"If things continue like this, how can the place remain in chaos?"

Zhang Xi sighed softly:

“Only when I have gone deep into the place these past few days have I realized how difficult it is.”

"Most of the people in Jiexiu are actually half-starved and half-fed. Those who still have skills may be able to barely make ends meet, but most people have been reduced to working as servants, and some even sell their children and daughters.

Case."

"It's really a black murder!!!"

Qin Luoheng said calmly:

"The world is dark, and we must forge ahead even more."

"Without this trip, how could we have seen the true darkness at the bottom? In the past, the court only focused on the great affairs of the world, but little did they know that the world of the Qin Dynasty was composed of thousands of people, one household after another."

"A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest."

"Perhaps for us, the darkness among the people is a secret, but for villagers, county officials and other grassroots people, the so-called secrets are actually things that everyone can see clearly under the sun. If we really look into it carefully, it is like this

Stories of blood and tears may happen all the time in the world."

"And this is precisely because the legal system is imperfect!"

"Lack of legality!"

"As legal officials, we should proceed from reality and consider the people at the bottom. Only in this way can we be called good officials in the world."

"Everyone encourages us together!"

The others stood up from their seats, bowed deeply and said, "We will work together to encourage each other."

Cai He hesitated for a moment and said doubtfully: "Shandong is so dark that the imperial court cannot be unaware of it. Why did the imperial court not make any response in the past, which allowed various places in Shandong to become extremely corrupt? Now that the world is becoming more and more turbulent, can the imperial court really reverse the chaos in the world?"

"Cai He speaks carefully." Hua Yao's face immediately darkened.

Qin Luoheng said calmly:

"It doesn't matter."

"We've been together for a while."

"Everyone is thinking about Great Qin. If they didn't trust each other, how could they easily say what they think in their hearts? Furthermore, Great Qin has not yet reached the point of being punished for words."

"Our only thought is to hope for peace in the world, so that the tillers can have their own fields and the people can have food and clothing!"

"Your Majesty must be aware of the chaos in the world."

"Perhaps His Majesty's hunting tour is to solve this matter. However, there are many local problems and they cannot be solved overnight. We only need to do our part. As for the future, we will know in the future."

"Besides."

"Has His Majesty ever made any mistakes in his decisions in the past?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Hua Yao muttered: "The affairs of the world must ultimately be decided by the people of Qin."

Qin Luoheng glanced at Hua Yao, who immediately fell silent.

Be quiet for a moment.
To be continued...