At this time, Zhang Sui, the magistrate of Teng County in Wuzhou, also came after hearing the news.
He was excited and smiling. When he saw Zhao Yun, he knelt down regardless of the mud on the ground.
"I didn't know that Your Majesty was coming, but I missed you from a distance. Please forgive me."
The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were relatively tolerant. Unless there were major festivals, ceremonies or other occasions, when officials saw the emperor, they only had to raise their hands in greeting, and very few had to kneel down.
Not to mention that it is raining heavily now and the road is muddy, so there is no need to kneel down, which shows that this person is willing to follow the trend.
"No gift."
Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Sui for a few times and saw that his face was white and fat, his body was bloated, and his belly looked like it was ten months pregnant and was about to give birth at any time.
When the people saw him, they subconsciously took a few steps back, as if they were afraid of him.
"It seems that this person has a bad reputation among the people."
Zhao Yun had a third impression in his mind and said to Zhang Suida: "Qing family, where are you from? In what year did you pass the imperial examination?"
"Your Majesty, I am a native of Luling County, Jizhou, Jiangnan West Road. I was a Jinshi in the 13th year of the late Emperor's reign in Jiading."
"I see."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun pointed to the heavy rain outside and said, "Today there was a sudden heavy rain. As the local magistrate, how should you deal with this?"
Zhang Sui was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I have arranged for people to inspect various places. There will never be any collapse of the embankment and submergence of farmland. We will ensure that the land tax can be collected in full."
Zhao Yun listened and continued to ask: "What else?"
Zhang Sui looked excited again and said happily: "Also, I have ordered a large merchant in the city to prepare for the pick-up, and I would like to ask your Majesty to move the merchant. This merchant is the largest merchant in the county, and the pavilions and pavilions in his home are like a palace. Your Majesty will stay here.
Just in time for a break or two.
Your Majesty is the real Dragon Emperor, with a body of ten thousand gold. Staying in this merchant's house will also bring glory to this merchant's house. In the future, a good story will be spread about the harmony between the king and the people."
"anything else?"
"besides?"
Zhang Sui was stunned at this moment and could not imagine what Zhao Yun meant.
Zhao Yun was dissatisfied and pointed at the people and said: "The heavy rain has been so heavy that many houses have been flooded or even collapsed. The lives of the people are already in danger. As a local parent, shouldn't you do something for them?"
Zhang Sui reacted immediately and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that these ministers have made arrangements. I have ordered people to rescue them and plan to move them to a safe high ground."
"Really? Who did you arrange for? Send him here. I want to ask questions."
"this!"
Zhang Sui couldn't make any arrangements now, because he didn't take these people seriously at all, so naturally there was no arrangement.
Zhao Yun was furious and shouted: "Take it down."
Two guards immediately stepped forward and held Zhang Sui's left and right hands behind him.
Zhang Sui was frightened and hurriedly begged for mercy, shouting: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare my life. This rainstorm came suddenly and I was unable to react in time. Please allow me to forgive my crime."
"Put it down."
Zhang Sui was taken down by the imperial guards and awaited treatment.
Zhao Yun looked at the people again and said, "How does this magistrate behave in normal times? How does he treat you?"
The people were timid and did not dare to speak.
Zhao Yun said: "Don't worry, it's okay to say whatever you want. I forgive you, but the magistrate will not dare to punish you."
Many people saw that Zhang Sui had been taken away and knew that if he fell into the hands of Zhao Yun, he would most likely die. Even if he did not die, he would have to shed three layers of skin, so the people became bolder.
One person said: "Your Majesty, this county magistrate usually bullies others and has no kindness to our people. Last time we went to the county government to complain about the collection of land taxes, and he even beat one of our villagers to death."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this man doesn't treat us as human beings at all. He even charges us a fee to enter the city. Every time we enter the city, we have to pay a penny. This is not true in other counties. Before he was the county magistrate,
No, I was given this money unjustly."
Zhao Yun listened carefully, with no emotion on his face.
At this time, a person said: "This county magistrate is corrupt and perverting the law, and colludes with merchants in the city to embezzle fertile farmland. This time, Your Majesty, you are implementing the law of farmland transfer to households. He also colludes with merchants to hide the acres of land and not report it."
After Zhao Yun heard this, he was immediately furious, "How could this happen? I fully support the farmland-to-household law. It is implemented throughout the country. It is a law for governing the country and bringing peace to the people. Anyone who dares to obstruct or misinterpret the new law is disobeying the imperial edict and is tantamount to conspiracy.
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After saying that, Zhao Yun looked at Jiang Wanli and said: "Qing family, I order you to investigate and deal with this matter immediately. All the people involved will deal with it strictly and without any mistakes."
Zhao Yun said this with murderous intent. Everyone felt Zhao Yun's anger and knew that people would be killed soon.
The heavy rain stopped for a while, and Zhao Yun's Yuhu bike continued to move forward.
However, the heavy rain had just stopped at this time, and the roads were muddy, making traveling very difficult, so Zhao Yun's Yuhu Chariot had to temporarily stay in Teng County.
When the people in the county learned that Zhao Yun was coming, they were all excited. Regardless of the rain, they held umbrellas one after another and even got wet in the rain to come to greet him.
Zhao Yun sat on the jade bowl and waved to the people.
"It's unjust, it's unjust."
Some common people saw that it was really the officials who were coming, and those who had been wronged knew that the opportunity was rare, so they stood in front of the car and shouted their grievances loudly.
Zhao Yun frowned, why did someone cry out for injustice again?
Zhao Yun ordered his people to understand briefly and found out that it was just county officials oppressing the people, and there was no trouble like Lu Sheng. So Zhao Yun ordered his people to appease Zhang and deal with them at any time when Zhang was tried.
At the house of He Cheng, a wealthy man in the county, He Cheng was worried, his brows were furrowed, and he looked worried.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
Butler He Zhong was also waiting anxiously, looking at a loss.
They already knew the news of Zhang Sui's arrest, because they were the closest to Zhang Sui, especially since this time the cultivated land was transferred to the household law, and the two worked together to conceal more than 17,000 acres of land.
Not only that, He Cheng also took the opportunity to misappropriate more than 5,000 acres of land. It can be said that not only did he not suffer any losses, he also gained huge benefits.
Now that Zhang Sui was arrested, he was afraid that the matter would be exposed. When Zhao Yun unleashed his thunderous wrath, it would be an unbearable weight for him.
"What should we do? What should we do? Why do you think the official's car just passed through our Teng County?"
He Cheng was really unwilling and very dissatisfied with God. If God hadn't rained like this, I'm afraid Zhao Yun's bike would have gone far and he wouldn't have come to Teng County at all. In this case, there would be so many troubles.
Just when He Cheng was anxious, his younger brother He returned and came to give He Cheng advice.