As soon as the public discussion began, Lin Fu let Han Zai speak and did not give him a chance to wait and see the situation.
How did Han Zai know what Lin Fu was thinking? He also didn't know how much land Guangjiao Temple had seized for Lin Fu. These lands fell into Lin Fu's hands, and he had nothing to do with them. If they fell into the hands of Chongzhou County, he
Since he had the right to intervene, Han Zai naturally used the construction of the city as an excuse and asked Lin Fu to immediately transfer all the Guangjiao Temple's farm property to Chongzhou County for use in building the city.
Xiao Baiming wanted to prevent Jiangdong Zuojun from building a camp on the other side of Junshan stronghold, and he would also inevitably ask Lin Fu to transfer all the land of Guangjiao Temple to Chongzhou County, so that Han Zai could interfere with the location selection of Jiangdong Zuojun's camp.
Although Wu Meijiu didn't want to argue with Lin Fu, if Lin Fu could transfer the land and temple properties of Guangjiao Temple to the county, it would mean that he would truly have a certain amount of real power, and of course there would be opportunities to make money from it.
, at this time, Han Zai and Xiao Baiming also echoed.
At that time, people had a habit of thinking about city defense, and Chongzhou was directly threatened by the East China Sea bandits. Even though Jiangdong Zuojun was stationed in Chongzhou at this time, there was no city wall for protection, and only Beishanmen Zen Temple was used as a temporary county government. It really made people lack a sufficient sense of security.
Therefore, city building is the most important and urgent matter in Chongzhou County at the moment.
Choosing a site to build a new city requires not only a large amount of money, but also a large area of land for building the city.
If the new city is 600 paces square, including the excavation of the moat and the construction of new roads, it will require an area of 2,000 acres; if it is 1,200 paces square, it will require an area of more than 5,000 acres.
Based on actual needs, most of the newly recruited officials in Chongzhou County also agreed to immediately take over the temple properties and fields under the name of Guangjiao Temple as officials to fill the vacancies for city construction.
Even if there are a few officials who know the difference between monastery land and farm land, they dare not openly stand up for the landowners who evade taxes by hiding their land in the name of the monastery. There are even two or three officials who have
The property is in the name of the monastery. At this time, the case of banditry has not been thoroughly investigated, and there is no way to close the case. I hope to delay this matter.
Lin Fu presided over the public discussion, and naturally also manipulated the process of the public discussion. In order to create an illusion for Han Zai, he naturally deliberately let those who agreed to confiscate all the temples and fields as official property speak first.
Han Zai lacked experience and was not a fool after all. He also knew that Lin Fu had tampered with the by-election of officials before he came to Chongzhou. He thought that Lin Fu would tamper with the public discussion. Unexpectedly, most of the officials in Chongzhou County were surprised.
After speaking, the majority actually agreed with him. He suspected that Lin Fu had an ulterior motive, but more importantly, he was a little complacent, feeling that he had used the right strategy to restrain Lin Fu in this way.
"Then Mr. Han has made up his mind to expropriate all the land under the name of Guangjiao Temple to build a new city?" Lin Fu held his hand on the table and stared at Han Zai with bright eyes.
"Of course," Han Zai didn't like to be stared at by Lin Fu like this. Besides, he was sitting under Lin Fu, which made him feel angry. He looked at Lin Fu coldly and spoke stiffly, "
Building the city is the top priority in Chongzhou. Even if Lin Du has a great reason, he cannot delay the opportunity to build the city. If the city is not built and pirates come ashore again to loot the place, will Lin Du be able to do it?
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"When the pirates come ashore, I, Lin Fu, will lead the way and will never hide behind others. Master Han, please don't use this to scare me!" Lin Fu said tit for tat, "Although Lin is not talented, he has wounds from swords and arrows.
He may not be younger than Mr. Han." Lin Fu pushed back his sleeves, revealing the scars on his arms.
"You..." Han Zai was so choked by Lin Fu that he couldn't speak. He was so angry that his face was as red as pig liver. He slapped the table and shouted, "Inspector Lin Du, you are trying to push back in every possible way and take away my authority.
Internal affairs are brought up for public discussion, and I have allowed you to be presumptuous. You also see that the public discussion is like this, why do you want to go back on your own words? Do you think that I have no way to control you? "
"There is still too much temple land to build the city. Does Mr. Han also want to confiscate it and become an official?"
No matter how angry Han Zai was, Lin Fu didn't take it seriously. His expression was calm and calm, and he just stared at Han Zai with sharp eyes, luring him step by step into the condom but unable to get out.
When Xiao Baiming heard this, he suddenly realized a problem: They didn't know at all how much land Guangjiao Temple owned. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't want to reveal it for a while.
"What do you think?" Han Zai stood up angrily and looked at Lin Fu angrily, "There are many places where silver is used in the county, including silver for pensions and silver for relief. The extra temple fields will naturally be used to make up for these shortfalls.
Is it possible that we should give it back to those bandit gangsters?"
"The accusation of Guangjiao Temple collaborating with bandits is true, but not all people related to Guangjiao Temple are involved in collaborating with bandits. As far as the current investigation knows, a considerable number of monks are kept in the dark..."
"No, even if they don't know the details, they can't escape the crime of supporting the bandits and assisting the bandits!" Han Zai didn't wait for Lin Fu to finish speaking, but took over the topic and said tit for tat, "Is it possible that the Lin Du supervisor wants to protect them?
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"With such a big hat, Mr. Han is really good at scaring people!" Lin Fu held his hands on the table and did not look at Han Zai anymore. He slowly glanced at the village representatives and the elder representatives of the villages standing in the back row.
Township Lijia and the elder representatives of the townships are the spokespersons of the local forces, and they are also the most direct manifestation of the local forces' manipulation of the local area and control of local affairs - they will never agree to take all the temple land belonging to Guangjiao Temple into government ownership.
However, due to Lin Fu's deliberate arrangement, they did not have a chance to speak.
At this time, the atmosphere in the meeting hall was extremely tense. Lin Fu and Han Zai were about to roll up their sleeves and fight. Even if they were full of resentment towards Han Zai, who insisted on returning all the temple land of Guangjiao Temple to the government, they did not dare to
If you speak arbitrarily at this time, even if you are innocent, if you are accused of being a traitor, you may be killed.
Han Zai was so teased by Lin Fu that he went crazy and shouted loudly: "Prince Lindu, if you are still stubborn, I will report it to Governor Yue and Li Bingbu for your arrogance.
Protect the thieves!"
"Fart!" Lin Fu kicked the table away, took off the sword from his waist, pressed the button, and a flash of ice-cold sword light popped up...
"What are you going to do?" Han Zai was startled. He couldn't help but want to run away. He stopped abruptly and stared at the sword in Lin Fu's hand with a guilty conscience. "If you draw the sword to kill me, you can't."
Do you want to rebel?"
"Master Han, do you have this much courage?" Lin Fu smiled coldly, "I want you to see clearly that under Jiyang City and in front of Zilang Mountain, there were not even a hundred but eighty thieves who died under this sword.
Mr. Han is lying and slandering me for harboring thieves. What's wrong with me returning the word 'fart' to you? You will submit the ginseng book to Li Bingbu, and I will fight the lawsuit with you!" He pressed the handle of the knife again and cut it.
Putting the knife into its sheath, he asked the guard to bring the desk he had kicked open, and said word for word, "Master Han, you must clearly distinguish between right and wrong - those who collaborate with bandits will never show mercy, and they will never be punished in vain."
Kill innocent people! I will never approve of your involvement in such a big deal!"
At this moment, the timid person's legs were almost weak from fear.
The strength in Han Zai's body seemed to be exhausted. Strangely enough, at the moment Lin Fu drew his sword, he clearly felt the cold murderous intent coming from Lin Fu's body. Although Lin Fu put the sword back at this time, he
But he didn't dare to sit next to Lin Fu anymore, and couldn't help but lean towards Xiao Baiming.
Lin Fu put his saber on the table, looked at everyone in the hall, and said: "In the public discussion just now, only the people sitting in the front row spoke. Some minor accidents happened, which interrupted the public discussion. Now let's get back to the main topic. Let's start now.
Those standing in the back row speak…”
It's just that the matter almost reached the point where blood was spilled in the court. Who among the people standing in the back row would dare to talk nonsense and start a fierce quarrel? Even if the truth about Yoto is revealed, he can't escape the charge of tax evasion and evasion, and he will feel more and more hatred in his heart.
Han Zai was involved in a big scandal and wanted to confiscate all the temple land. Lin Fu suddenly became friendly in their eyes, and they felt that only Lin Fu in the whole hall was speaking out.
As the representative of the elders of the township, Li Shutang stood in the back row and calmly watched the development of the situation. He had to admire Lin Fu's ability to control the situation. In a few words, it seemed that Han Zai was going to make a big move. At this time, Han Zai was in Lin Fu's eyes.
In front of Lin Fu, he was like a mouse sitting in front of a cat. He had no initial momentum at all, and he had no idea that he had fallen into Lin Fu's trap and was struggling to escape.
Li Shutang secretly thought: Such a person is not worthy of being followed by the Li family. Who else is worthy of being followed by the Li family?
The Li family was almost wiped out twice, and Li Shutang also clearly realized that it was no longer possible to live peacefully in this world.
Seeing Lin Fu's eyes looking over, Li Shutang knew that it was time for him to step forward to perform. He raised his hand and asked to speak. Seeing Lin Fu nodded in approval, he first introduced himself to his family and said: "Li Shutang in Jiuxu is so stupid that he is lucky to be praised by the villagers."
Chief, I have something to tell you, sir!"
"Please speak!" Lin Fu nodded and said.
"The villain thinks that what Mr. Lin said is very true, and he dares to say that the punishment of crimes must not be indiscriminate. Even if the crime is proven, it can also be divided into rod punishment, fine punishment, prison sentence, exile, beheading, etc. How can we generalize?
Li Shutang walked to the hall and started talking, "There are monks who are collaborators with bandits. They are monk bandits. It is not an exaggeration to show their heads to the public to punish their crimes, or even to cut their bodies. However, as Master Lin said, there is indeed a reward."
How can Mr. Han bear to treat the monks who are deceived and deceived, who wholeheartedly worship the Buddha and do not care about worldly affairs, and treat them as monks and bandits?"
"Ah!" Han Zai was startled. He had no idea that a country bumpkin would dare to question him directly, so he was speechless. He clearly had no intention of beheading him together.
"I have the courage to tell you gentlemen," Li Shutang said, "Although innocent monks are suspected of being bandits, they should be treated leniently and expelled from the mountain gate and returned to secular life as punishment...the temple fields should not be taken back in full.
Officials should allocate at least a small part of it to the monks who have returned to secular life, so that they can pay grain and taxes. This is actually the right way to increase tax revenue for the county. We can't see these innocent people living on the streets and starving to death in the fields, right?"
Li Shutang bowed his hands in front of the court, "My lords, do you think this villain's words are unreasonable?"
A slight smile appeared on Lin Fu's face, noncommittal.
Han Zai was filled with anger and resentment, but he could not vent it or refute Li Shutang's words.
Xiao Baiming felt more and more something was wrong and wanted to rush to speak, but when he saw Lin Fu's saber on the table and remembered the rules Lin Fu had established before the public discussion, he suppressed his words. But he did not rush to speak, and the situation
Even though he was still under Lin Fu's control, he was very unwilling to do so.
Li Shutang turned around again, and everyone in the hall bowed their hands and asked: "Everyone, do you think what I, Li Shutang, said is true?"
The old representatives of Zhuxiangli Jiaxiang standing in the back row were eager for someone to stand up and speak on their behalf at this time, to implicate Han Zai on their behalf and deny the one-size-fits-all approach. Moreover, they could feel that Li Shutang was going to talk about sending land next.
Naturally, they all agreed on the questions together - this suddenly boosted Li Shutang's momentum.
"As far as I know, some of the fields under the name of Guangjiao Temple are indeed owned by Guangjiao Temple, and some of the fields were sent to the name of the temple by nearby farmers. It seems that they are sincere and dedicated to the Buddha, so they sent the fields to the temple.
When I go to the temple, I hope to get some Buddhist aura and get closer to the Buddha...how can I accept everyone as an official indiscriminately?" Only then did Li Shutang raise the core issue.
Han Zai was stunned at this moment. Does Terada still have such a difference?
Xiao Baiming knew the difference between temple fields and Jitian, but he didn't think too much about it at first. He looked up and saw the old representatives of Jiaxiang from Zhuxiang standing in the back row. After listening to Li Shutang, they all nodded and agreed. Then he suddenly realized that Lin Fu's
The trap is buried here: It is true that Li Shutang is Lin Fu's man. From the very beginning, he was involved in a big scandal, implicating all the monasteries of a moderate size in Chongzhou. It was none other than Lin Fu himself, and he should be the one who Lin Fu wanted most.
He started to attack these temple fields, but he was worried that if he did it, the local forces behind the old representatives of Zhuxiang Township would turn to Han Zai, so he tempted them to jump out and take advantage of them. When things have developed to this point, local forces have been prevented from taking refuge in them.
Possibility! But today, Lin Fu changed his identity and became a tough stopper, fiercely opposed to Han Zai's implicated and one-size-fits-all image.