Huguang Inspector Gao Yifei, wearing official uniform, sat behind the case in the main hall of the Inspectorate. He gently used a red pen to mark a check mark on the list of criminals. These thirteen thieves were all the culprits in obstructing the river embankment project. They had already
He was caught and brought to justice by the government, and he was sentenced to death harshly and quickly. He only had to wait for the report to the Ministry of Punishment to be recorded, and he could be executed in the future.
The work of the Procuratorate is slightly different from that of the previous Metropolitan Procuratorate. It not only supervises hundreds of officials, but is also responsible for civil and criminal cases under the system. Since the imperial court restored its rule over Huguang, social order has become increasingly good and the economy has developed rapidly.
Everything was so harmonious and orderly, and Gao Yifei's job as an inspector was relatively leisurely. However, just after the river embankment project started, discordant sounds also emerged.
The construction of the river embankment is a century-old plan and cannot be done carelessly. Every inch of the embankment must be constructed with the best stone and carefully. Farming is prohibited on the land along both sides of the embankment. A protective forest belt must be built. During the construction period, private houses along the way must be requisitioned as a resting place for officials.
Therefore, diversion channels are excavated for future flood discharge, which inevitably affects the interests of local people.
To say that these people in Huguang are really low-level, they have not given up their family at all. Taking into account everyone's political consciousness, the government's construction of water conservancy projects is not for their own good. Asking them to give up some land is like killing them. This is not
, only a few hundred acres of land were expropriated before big trouble broke out. An incident occurred in Honghu County, upstream of Wuhan: a group of local ruffians, who were extremely vicious, instigated people who did not know the truth and besieged the people who were performing their normal land expropriation duties.
The officials burned three carriages, killed two officials, and injured more than ten officials and contractors. The officials have always adopted a tolerant and restrained attitude. Although they had iron rulers, steel knives and other sharp weapons in their hands, they never used them. The rioters took advantage of the situation.
, burned down the local river embankment construction headquarters, injured dozens of staff, and stole materials worth tens of thousands of taels. This incident directly led to the suspension of the river embankment project, causing immeasurable economic losses and social impact.
Extremely bad.
Due to the serious nature of the case, which almost reached the level of civil commotion, the local county government did not dare to deal with it and reported it to the Public Security Bureau. Gao Yifei became furious and rushed to Honghu County by boat. Regardless of the fatigue of the journey, he rushed to the scene of the incident in person.
Go directly to the masses to understand the situation; visit the Yamen police officers and officers and soldiers. Organize a meeting immediately after leaving the scene to listen to the report on the handling of the incident; summon local Yamen, garrison, river patrol censor, contractors and other relevant officials to listen to the situation report; invite Honghu
More than 30 security chiefs and chiefs from seven towns and villages along the river and lake in the county held a symposium to understand the situation and listen to their opinions. Most of the security chiefs and chiefs spoke enthusiastically at the symposium. They were saddened by the incident and believed that it was beaten and smashed.
The criminal acts of burning, burning, and killing have seriously damaged the image of Honghu County and even Huguang, destroyed the good economic and social development situation of Honghu County, and destroyed the good situation of stability and unity in the province and the country. They all asked the court to severely crack down on a small group of criminals with ulterior motives.
molecules to maintain social stability and harmony.
Mr. Gao pointed out that the Honghu incident of beating, smashing, and looting had a simple cause, but was instigated and exploited by people with ulterior motives, and even directly participated by evil forces, openly provoking the court. The circumstances were egregious, the damage was serious, and it caused great harm.
The property and economic losses have affected the stability of the country. Although the criminals have now escaped and some of the stolen goods have been recovered, they must not be accommodating and the court must be tough in dealing with the unruly people! He emphasized that the participants in this incident must be strictly distinguished
We must criticize and educate those who are bystanders, and those who organize, plan, and commit violence. We must not be soft-hearted. We must strive to build a safe Honghu County and create good projects for building river embankments and diversion channels.
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Under the coordination of the Inspector General, the local garrison dispatched 500 troops to cooperate with the county government officials and raided the village overnight. Under the guidance of the local security guards, they successfully arrested the 72 underworld leaders who organized the vicious incident that day.
, after the arrest was successful, they were immediately escorted to the provincial capital. The local people had no time to react. After the leader was arrested, they were leaderless and could no longer cause trouble. The land that should be requisitioned must be requisitioned, and the houses that should be demolished must be demolished.
Gao Yifei was very proud of his success in quelling an infant civil uprising. He worked overtime to interrogate the criminals and sentenced 13 of the 72 criminals to death. The others were sent to the army and exiled for three thousand miles.
After the matter was dealt with, Gao Yifei put down his ink brush, picked up a tea bowl and blew the hot air. He lived a leisurely life as an official. Gao Yifei was basically the only one in Huguang. Who didn't know that Gao Yifei was about to ascend to the position of governor?
The chief envoys and envoys all have to look at their own faces to act. As for the current governor He Tengjiao, he is very busy with the important task of reforming the imperial envoys who have returned from the land. He has neither the time nor the strength to take care of himself and the officials of the Donglin line.
Like pieces of Go chess pieces being scattered, who is not the younger generation who has contact with him? This is a careful arrangement made by the government to consolidate his position.
From the deputy censor of the capital to the inspector of Huguang, and then the governor of Huguang, this path has been decided long ago. Just to establish connections and get through the door, a lot of money is spent. If it were not for the wealthy brother-in-law Ma Yun, it would be difficult for Gao Yifei
Standing out from many competitors, this brother-in-law is really a talented person. He has never done any business at a loss. Let’s talk about the river embankment project he has chosen. In the eyes of others, it is a thankless business, but in his eyes, it is a thankless business.
With just a few steps, it can turn into fat and oily meat.
Ma Yun's successful operation is inseparable from his rich network of contacts. If it weren't for Gao Yifei, the brother-in-law, Lin Ruhai, the prospective father-in-law, would turn a blind eye, and those old friends in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry would help.
, Ma Yun alone cannot accomplish anything at all. The money earned from the river embankment project will most likely be given to the connections behind the scenes to do errands. In this way, he can still make a million taels, and his own capital is almost a penny.
There is no need to go out, there are second-level contractors for the work. For normal land acquisition and corvee collection, the Jiangsu Yushiyamen will come out to negotiate. If trouble occurs, the brother-in-law of the police will be responsible for covering up. Those who deserve to be killed will be punished, and those who deserve to be punished will be sent to Beijing to file a complaint.
Don't worry, there are acquaintances everywhere in the yamen in the capital. Whether it's the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, the Procuratorate, Jin Yiwei, etc., if you let them sue you, they won't win.
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, officials were not allowed to bring their families when they were in other places. This suited Gao Yifei's wishes. Huguang was rich in beauties, and there were many refugees. There were many people who could not afford to raise their daughters, so they could spend seven or eighty taels on them.
Money can buy a teenage girl. After taking office, Mr. Gao has bought no less than ten maids, many of them beautiful girls. Therefore, Mr. Gao leads a very comfortable life, as the saying goes, he is a groom every night.
Gao Yifei's son Kaohsiung was transferred from the capital and arranged to gain experience in the Xunjiang Yushi Yamen. For young people, being a censor was more suitable than being a county magistrate. It was easy to achieve results and be promoted, and through the relationship with his brother-in-law
By cooperating with Jack Ma, he can learn a lot of skills and build a lot of relationships, which will be very beneficial to his son's future. What does this world rely on? In the final analysis, it is relationships. What's so good about a nouveau riche who can rise rapidly without relationships?
, Climbing high and falling miserably are words prepared for these people. Let’s talk about the most popular Prince of Zhenwu in the past two years, Liu Ziguang. Although he is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, he is also the crown prince Shaobao.
Waiting for the Marquis to be the prince-in-law of the court again, he had a lot of dazzling aura, but he climbed too fast and too high, and his foundation was really unstable. Except for his own Nanchang and Beiyang Navy, there were very few civil servants who really supported him.
There were few people, and without rich network resources, there was no way out just by relying on personal relationships with the emperor. Sooner or later, Zhenwuhou would fall from the sky. Gao Yifei had no doubt about this.
The official documents dealing with the seventy-two criminals have been sealed with fire paint and handed over to the courier to be sent to the Ministry of Punishment for filing. Notices with the same content have also been engraved and thousands of them printed and widely posted in the prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River in Huguang.
In order to serve as a warning to others, the river embankment project must not be affected in the slightest. This is not because it is related to the life and death of ordinary people, but because it is related to the interests of many people.
In the capital, Zhao Wen was shopping accompanied by the Peng sisters and Liu Maomao. They were riding in a four-wheeled luxury carriage drawn by four horses. The four of them sat opposite each other. Through the screen window, they could see the bustling street scene outside. The carriage was surrounded by
There are thirty security guards, and hundreds of experts in casual clothes are standing guard nearby. If the ladies want to go to a store to purchase or taste snacks, someone will clear the place in advance, and there will definitely not be any conflicts with unsightly characters.
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The prosperity of Nanjing is different from that of Xinbianjing. Zhao Wen's eyes are filled with a feeling that is both familiar and unfamiliar, like a foreign country and a wandering mind in her homeland. She is lying on the window looking at it with great joy. Suddenly, on the street
A group of onlookers attracted her attention: "Hey, what are those people looking at? Are there any fun tricks?"
Hearing Zhao Wen's interest, Peng Jinrong nodded to the guard leader who was always waiting for orders outside. The leader immediately brought seven or eight people over to disperse the crowd so that the ladies in the carriage could see what was going on.
It turned out that the girl who was being watched was a girl who had sold her body to bury her father. She was wearing tattered clothes and her body was dirty. Only her face was clean, and she could tell that she was pretty, so she was watched by everyone. There was a girl in front of the woman.
On the rotten wooden board, four words were written on the wall with plaster: Sell yourself and bury your father.
It was really shocking that such a harmonious capital city would sell one's body to bury one's father. Zhao Wen frowned and asked to go over and ask what happened. The three women were also very curious, so the carriage stopped and the guards separated the road.
When Nuannuan came to the poor woman, Peng Jingrong asked: "Who is this girl from? Why did she end up in the capital and sell her body to bury her father?"
When the woman heard someone asking, she raised her head, with two lines of clear tears on her face and said: "The little girl is from Honghu County, Yueyang Prefecture, Huguang. She went to Beijing with her father to file a complaint. She didn't want her father to die tragically in front of the criminal department, so she sold herself and was buried.
Father, after I sent it, I no longer dare to complain. Please ask some grandmas to buy me."
The onlookers saw that Peng Jinrong and the other four people were well-dressed and elegant, and they were expected to be the wives of high-ranking officials. They all persuaded them to buy the girl, so as not to fall into the hands of bad people and become a prostitute. Wouldn't it be a disaster?
Such a filial daughter.
Peng Jingrong was wondering why the complainant could die in front of the criminal department. Zhao Wen had already taken off the straw mat covering the dead body, and saw an old man in thin clothes with shocking holes all over his body. His eyes were still open, looking at
Come and die with your eyes in peace.
Peng Jingrong took a breath of cold air and asked, "Did your father really go to the Ministry of Punishment to roll the nail board?"