When the next wave of Cangzhou officials came in, Zhu Ling was already a little tired, but after all, he had issued an oral order that he would try the case in person, so naturally he couldn't leave, so he had to continue sitting here. When this wave of officials came in, a group of
When he saw Long Yan, he immediately knelt down. There were not many people and the space was large enough, but for some reason two people suddenly started fighting.
It was also at this moment that the Jin Yiwei behind him saw them and immediately stepped forward to pull them apart. However, they saw that although the two men were wearing thick official robes, they fought very fiercely and with extraordinary ferocity. Even the four Jin Yiwei were instantly beaten.
I can't bear it for a while.
Wang Jiayan was furious when he saw it, and immediately yelled loudly. He had never seen officials anywhere dare to be so disrespectful in front of His Majesty. It was simply too much. It seems that Cangzhou really needs to clean up. Not only is it disrespectful to the court,
I am loyal and dare to be disrespectful to His Majesty.
When Meng Zhangming and Fan Xianchao saw this, they wanted to step forward to stop them together, but Zhu Ling, the leader of the hall, reached out to stop them. He actually found this scene quite interesting. They were not just fighting for the place where they were kneeling. There must be other people behind them.
reason.
Otherwise, which two people would dare to fight so fiercely over a kneeling position in front of the emperor?
Immediately, after being pulled apart by several royal guards, the two were reluctantly separated and forced to kneel down. However, they were still blushing, panting, and staring at each other. If they still let them fight, say
Maybe they will fight to the death.
Seeing this, Zhu Ling also smiled, and immediately asked: "What kind of life-and-death hatred do you have? If you do something like this in front of me, aren't you afraid of being killed by the nine tribes?"
"Forget about any hatred. If you dare to be so disrespectful in front of His Majesty, the disaster of the nine tribes has been sealed." Wang Jiayan also spoke coldly. These two people were too presumptuous. Not only did they not take them seriously, but they also did not treat them.
Long Yan takes it seriously. For such people, killing the Nine Clan is the most effective way.
"If you don't tell me, I won't wait any longer."
As soon as he finished speaking, a man with a goatee said urgently to Zhu Ling: "Your Majesty, it was this villain who wanted to frame me and provoked me several times. I couldn't help but fight him.
Get up, you are not disrespecting Your Majesty."
Another man with a more delicate appearance felt quite angry after hearing this. He quickly followed behind and defended loudly: "Your Majesty, he is just a villain. He oppressed the people and embezzled an unknown amount of money to bring trouble to the village. I want to kill him."
After I reported him, he started to take action and wanted to beat me to death in front of Your Majesty, and then bite me back, Your Majesty knew it!"
In fact, Zhu Ling, as a bystander, had already made a rough judgment after the two of them finished talking. Maybe there was a high probability that the man with the goatee who spoke first was indeed bullying the people as the handsome man said. But maybe it was true.
It's a slap in the face.
"Meng Zhangming, what do you think about this matter?" Zhu Ling was not in a hurry to speak, and let Meng Zhangming, who had not spoken for a long time, answer first. His opinions were often in line with his own ideas, and sometimes he was more willing to let him speak.
"I think that if it is true as the latter said, he embezzled money to harm other people in the village. I asked Jin Yiwei to investigate. Jin Yiwei's methods are extraordinary. If there is no money, then the previous testimony will be false.
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Meng Zhangming did not expect that His Majesty would suddenly call him, and he hurriedly stepped out of the queue and bowed his hands to answer. However, because he had not thought about it just now, he answered nervously.
Not hearing the answer he wanted, Zhu Ling's eyes dimmed a lot. He nodded and let him go back, then asked the two people in the hall again.
"Whose name is it? Tell me."
"The villain's name is Tan Hongshen, and he is a judge in Cangzhou. Just outside the government office, his ancestor Xiangyang has been talking nonsense in the villain's ears, saying that he wants to expose my crimes and let me punish the nine tribes. Although the villain is usually
He is honest and afraid of trouble, but he insulted my mother, wife and children several times. The villain couldn't bear it anymore, so he fought with him."
As Tan Hongshen spoke, his tone suddenly sounded a little crying, and his eyes looked red. When Zhu Ling saw it, if it wasn't true what he said, then this person would probably be an Oscar-winning actor.
There is a place for him.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to his lies!"
Zu Xiangyang, who was kneeling on the side, immediately became furious after hearing Tan Hongshen's words. He blushed from his face to his neck and was so angry that he could hardly breathe. If Jin Yiwei hadn't held him down, he might not have rushed up to fight with him again.
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"The villain didn't insult him like that! But before, he was a popular person around Ma Kui, so he relied on the power of the governor to bully the people many times. The court said that it would collect 100,000 tax dollars, but he actually dared to collect 500,000 taels! At that time
The villain knew that he was causing trouble in the village, but he was too limited to report it. Once he fell in love with a girl in my family, and I didn't agree, so he sent people to bully me several times, but Ma Kui didn't care. Even my wife went out.
Sometimes, I was almost bullied by thieves!"
"Those are the clothes your wife is wearing. The thief is thinking about it. What does it matter to me!" Tan Hongshen immediately retorted disdainfully, with a hint of pride in the corner of his mouth as he spoke.
"You are shameless!"
Being called **** by his wife, Zu Xiangyang couldn't hold back the anger in his heart and struggled to break away and was about to beat him to death on the spot. Fortunately, the guards standing around him swarmed up and pressed him to the ground again.
Tan Hongshen, who was kneeling next to him, was obviously frightened by Zu Xiangyang's move. He fell to the side and broke out in a cold sweat. After Zu Xiangyang was subdued again, he hurriedly accused him loudly again.
"Your Majesty, this man is truly disrespectful. I beg your Majesty to put him to death quickly!"
By now, Zhu Ling could roughly see the reason for this incident. Looking at Wang Jiayan aside, he already had an impatient mood on his face, obviously just like him. The ins and outs of this farce were already clear, and there was no need to waste any more time.
Went down.
"Jinyiwei! Push Tan Hongshen out and put him in jail. Search his house. If there is corruption, all the people in the house will be put in jail together. All the hidden money will be confiscated!"
Hearing His Majesty's sudden verdict, Tan Hongshen, who was still in shock just now, had not yet realized that his fate had been decided. He suddenly collapsed on the ground with a pale look, as if he had been struck by lightning, completely unable to believe this.
It was his own destiny. But then Jin Yiwei pulled him up directly, but he had already lost his soul.
Seeing that Tan Hongshen, who had done all kinds of evil, was finally arrested, Zu Xiangyang, who had his great revenge, suddenly felt sour and cried bitterly. He couldn't believe that all this was so real.
"Zu Xiangyang, your majesty has redressed your grievances, so don't be so rude!" Wang Jiayan finally couldn't help but scold him. This look was so unbecoming!
"I thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are so blessed for the Ming Dynasty!" Upon hearing this, Zu Xiangyang quickly held back his tears and knelt down to Zhu Ling.
"You are a loyal minister, but maybe you have been entrusted with too much and you don't dare to take risks, so you have been bullied by others. In this way, I will give you a chance and grant you power. Bring people to me to arrest all the people you know who are corrupt and perverting the law.
, can you do it?" Zhu Ling's eyes lit up when he saw this person. If he uses this person properly, then everything he does in Cangzhou will be smoother.
Sometimes even if you want to do big things, without the support and approval of the officials below, no matter how good the policy is, it will be an illusion. For example, once Chongzhen wanted to levy an additional tax of one million taels, but the amount allocated to each province could only amount to 100,000 taels.
In the end, 700,000 taels were recovered. According to historical records, Chongzhen collected 1 million, but at the end of the war, he directly imposed an additional levy of 5 million!
After being apportioned, hundreds of thousands instantly turned into nearly two million taels. At that time, the people at the bottom hated Chongzhen. But Chongzhen thought that he was very good to the people, but he didn't know that his reputation had already been ruined by the officials.
Therefore, if you want to achieve great things, you must have your own group of followers instead of sitting on top and becoming a lonely leader.
And this Zu Xiangyang is a person who can be cultivated. His hatred for corrupt officials, and the experience of being suddenly given great power and trust by His Majesty, must have greatly improved his loyalty.
"Go now, take fifty guards with you, and arrest them quickly!"
"The villain obeys the order!"
After Zu Xiangyang left in high spirits, the most powerful Tongzhi in Cangzhou, besides Ma Kui, the governor of Quezhou, came on the stage. But suddenly, the guards in Jinyi from outside quickly came in and knelt down in front of the hall and said: "I report to your majesty that Liu Zhan has been killed!"
"Who killed him?"
"Huang Bodang, the same acquaintance of Cangzhou!"
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