The next day, after the regular meeting of the Political Affairs Hall, Han Qi came to Wen Yanbo's check-in room with a tigerish face.
"How come Prime Minister Han has time to come here?" Wen Yanbo stood up to greet him with a smile on his face.
"There's something I didn't handle properly." Han Qi suppressed his anger, sat down and said, "I'll come over and talk to you."
"Really?" Wen Yanbo said in surprise: "Not long after Xianguan returned to Beijing, it seems that even government affairs are unfamiliar. I hope Prime Minister Han will not hesitate to correct me."
"It's not about being right." Seeing his sincere attitude, Han Qi said to herself. He probably didn't get into the mood yet and did something wrong in a daze. When I reminded him, "It's just that some cases are unusual and cannot be generalized..."
"What case?" Wen Yanbo said with a confused look on his face: "Please give me some explanation."
"..." Han Qi was so depressed that he thought to himself: "Has this guy already degenerated?" Then he said with a dark face: "What other case has passed the time limit for trial?"
"You're talking about the case of Erguhe." Wen Yanbo said suddenly: "What does Prime Minister Han mean?"
"This is the scope of Mr. Wen's responsibility. I don't want to talk too much." Han Qi frowned slightly and said: "But I hope you will put the overall situation first..." After a pause, he said slowly: "There are still two months until the Chinese New Year.
This is also the deadline promised by the government.
"So that's it..." Wen Yanbo suddenly understood, and seemed to ponder for a moment before saying: "Then we must close the case quickly and restore the prince's innocence."
Even Han Qi, a Communist and a fool, also heard what Wen Yanbo meant. He immediately glared angrily and said, "What do you mean?"
"I would like to know, what does Prime Minister Han mean?" Wen Yanbo said with a puzzled look on his face: "The heir apparent is about to be established. If we don't quickly prove the prince's innocence, won't we miss an important event?"
"You!" Han Qi cursed in his heart. If Zhao Zongshi is really innocent, why should I bother with this? He was thinking in case that Wen Yanbo wanted to make meritorious service in front of His Highness? So he suppressed his anger and said: "This
It’s not easy to explain the things inside, I’m afraid someone may cause trouble, but it’s not beautiful!”
"Does Prime Minister Han believe in my ability?" Wen Yanbo said with a serious face: "In my opinion, His Highness has no problem and can be easily rectified. If he cannot be rectified, I will be the only one to ask!"
"Oh?" Han Qi became more and more convinced that he wanted to make a meritorious deed. His face softened a little and he said, "I wonder what Wen Xiang plans to do?"
"Just do it as usual." Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "Whoever is responsible is responsible. In short, His Highness has no responsibility."
"Haha,,," Han Qi saw that he really had the idea of trying to break up with her, but then he thought, if Zhao Zongshi could be taken out as soon as possible, it would be the best. It would be better to endure it for a while and wait until the matter is done before confronting him.
Settle accounts.
"Then I'll wait and see." In the final analysis, he still believed in Wen Yanbo's ability.
"I will not disappoint Prime Minister Han." Wen Yanbo nodded and smiled.
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This day is also the day when Kaifeng government officials release complaints. Just like the kind shown in later film and television dramas, the grand master sits in the hall and the government officials on both sides shout loudly, and then the people come to the hall to file complaints one by one.
Ten years ago, even the county magistrate would not have done this. If people wanted to file a complaint, they had to first ask someone to write a complaint in the format required by the government, and then submit it to the execution room, where the clerk would hand it over to the grand master. This was inevitable.
There have been many disadvantages such as subordinate officials deceiving people, taking bribes and bending the law to harm the people.
When Bao Longtu was meditating in Kaifeng Mansion, he ordered the door of the yamen to be opened, so that the litigants could go directly to his case to file a lawsuit without any clerk changing hands. For a time, Xiaoxiao was shocked by it, and the people shouted loudly to the sky.
Ouyang Xiu, who later took over, followed Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. The two previous officials were highly respected, and now he is the prime minister, so sitting in court and accepting cases became a system in Kaifeng Mansion.
The current official of the Kaifeng Prefecture is Zhao Bian. Although this old man is not as strong as Bao Gong and not as famous as Drunkard, he is better because of his conscientiousness and carefulness. He also has a good relationship with Zong Shi and Zong Ji, so this Prefecture Yin
I can sit comfortably.
On the day of announcing the announcement, the yamen opened the gate and put up signs saying "Release the announcement" on both sides of the gate. The people suing had been waiting in front of the screen wall for a long time. When they saw the announcement sign, they went to the east.
Queue at the side. After waiting for the second batch, Zaoli will take you to the lobby courtyard to wait.
After Zhao Bian ascended the hall, the complainants went up to the platform from the east steps one by one, handed the pleadings to the prison clerk sitting behind the long table, went to the lobby door to salute the governor, and then came down from the west steps to wait.
The clerk of the execution room registered the pleadings one by one, and when they were all collected, they were handed over to the Kaifeng Prefecture official. The official submitted them to the governor, and Zhao Bian read them one by one, looking for any major cases other than treason or human life.
In fact, there are not so many major cases at the emperor's feet. More than 90% of them are disputes, fights, property disputes and other small cases. These can be handled by the judges, judges, and young officials.
When he turned to the middle page, Zhao Bian suddenly froze and did not move for a long time. When the official waiting on the side came over to take a look, he was also shocked. He saw a piece of paper densely filled with names of people.
Each person's name is stamped with blood-red fingerprints.
"So many people signed the complaint?" The promoter turned a few pages back. Unexpectedly, everyone in the store was like this, and he couldn't help but whisper.
"Four hundred and eighty-three families of the Ergu River residents jointly filed a petition." Zhao Bian came to his senses and murmured: "This is a lot of fun..." He calmly said: "Who submitted the petition?"
"Waiting downstairs."
"Call up."
"Yes." The prosecutor looked at the complainant on the first page of the petition and shouted: "Send Sun Qigong to the court."
When he heard the call, he saw a young man in his twenties and quickly walked up to the lobby. After he bowed and paid homage, Zhao Bian ordered him to stand still and looked at him carefully. He saw that although this man was ragged, his face was delicious.
, but with a determined expression on his face.
"Your name is Sun Qigong?" Zhao Bianfa asked.
"Yes." The young man nodded.
"Where is your family name?"
"Jingdong Road Qizhou people."
"Since you are from Qizhou, why didn't you complain to Qizhou and why did you come to Bianjing?" Zhao Bian said coldly.
"Because Qizhou won't accept the case, neither will the Jingdong Road Criminal Division. Not only will they not accept the case, they will also send people to keep an eye on us. Anyone who dares to leave Qizhou will be imprisoned. At the least, he will be given a stick, and at the most serious, he will be sent to Cangzhou!"
The young man said with sadness and anger on his face: "The villain took a boat from Dengzhou, detoured to Yangzhou, and begged along the Bianhe River before arriving in Bianjing."
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials in the hall were shocked. What kind of case made the two levels of Jingdong Road Yamen tabooed by Ruosi?
Zhao Bian also complained secretly. In fact, he was thinking about whether to sink this case at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't do it. The relationship was too big to cover up the fire in the paper, and he couldn't do it for others. However,
It would be great if we could get rid of this hot potato.
"Even if the case is not accepted by the Criminal Division, you should go to the Criminal Department to appeal." Zhao Bian said sternly to Sun Qigong: "This is Kaifeng Mansion. It only cares about Tokyo's affairs, not your Jingdong Road!"
"How could this happen?" Sun Qigong became anxious upon hearing this and said loudly: "I heard in my hometown that Bao Longtu, the governor of Kaifeng, specializes in redressing people's grievances. No matter who they are, as long as they accuse him, he will definitely give him a
Fair!"
The officials in the hall couldn't help laughing when they heard this, but they didn't know that the current Kaifeng Prefecture Yin's surname was Zhao and not Bao. Zhao Bian blushed and felt ashamed: "You have found the wrong person. Now Bao Longtuba is Xianggong Bao and is no longer in Kaifeng Prefecture.
"
"Then I'll go find him!" Sun Qigong simply said: "My lord, please return the complaint to me."
"What are you talking about?" Zhao Bian could not let him go to see Lao Bao no matter what, otherwise he would be completely embarrassed. He said with a straight face: "Without Bao Longtu, wouldn't the Kaifeng Mansion stop hearing the case?
?”
"You Dan said you have no control over Jingdong Road," Sun Qigong muttered in a low voice.
"But you are suing the Prince of Qingling County. The Prince's Palace is in Bianjing, so the Kaifeng Palace can naturally take care of it." Zhao Bianxin said, why am I being squeezed by these two people?
"That's great. I was too impatient and didn't hear you finish what you said." Sun Qigong was overjoyed and said: "It turns out that you are also Qingtian!"
"Qingtian doesn't dare to take it." Zhao Bian said coldly: "What are you telling the prince of Qingling County?"
"I'll sue him," Sun Qigong's expression sank when he heard this, and he said sadly and angrily: "We'll sue him for killing civilians and slandering the dead!" After that, he loudly told the story of what happened:
It turns out that the river was built last year, but because the project was postponed until the twelfth lunar month, coupled with the extremely severe cold in the past few years, countless people froze to death. Among the 20,000 civilians dispatched from Qizhou alone, 500 people froze to death. However, it is even more shocking.
Shockingly, after the incident, there were only twenty people on the list of victims announced by the Qizhou Prefectural Government, and the remaining 480 people were all treated as fugitives.
This put the families of the 480 households into fear. Although the Song Dynasty did not sit together, the family members of the prisoners could not hold their heads high, and their children and grandchildren could not take the imperial examinations or eat public meals. Even their children's marriages were in trouble because of their unclear wealth.
problem.
But soon, people learned the truth... Even though the government threatened the people who came back, it was impossible for gods to keep 20,000 mouths silent. According to the people, those 480 people simply could not
There were no escapees, but they were frozen to death and burned to ashes...,
The families of these deceased people began to appeal for explanations, and the situation that Sun Qigong mentioned before happened. As for why Zhao Zongshi was regarded as the first defendant, it is said that he got advice from an expert, which would help attract the attention of the court.
"Sun Qigong!" Zhao Bian shouted sharply: "You dare to slander the king of the county and move three thousand miles away. Do you know?"
"I'm not afraid of death, why should I be afraid of that?!" Sun Qigong said loudly: "I only ask Mr. Qingtian to restore the innocence of my fellow villagers who died 500 times! Even if I die, it's worth it!"
"Come here, take him into custody first." Zhao Bian waved his hand and said, "The trial will begin when I arrive."
"Why are you taking me into custody?" Sun Qigong asked in shock.
"You are suspected of slandering the king." Zhao Bian said coldly: "Take him away!"
The officials couldn't help but escort Sun Qigong down to the hall.