Chapter 1403 The cause of the previous dynasty, the result of the present
Ever since the news of land nationalization flowed out, the people of Thang Long Province were even more frightened. They were still too simple and could not react at the moment. The first thought in their minds was that the court was going to confiscate our land, but they
They don’t even think about which grass on the land they farm belongs to them...
However, they are not the most anxious, but the landowners.
Although the officers and soldiers were very polite and asked them to come back to assist in the investigation, the problem was that as soon as they entered the government office, they were left alone without even a trace of the officials.
For the past two days, they have been screaming for grievances and wanting to see Li Qi all day long. They are all so exhausted physically and mentally that their voices have become hoarse. I feel pity for them.
There is a saying that the house was leaking and it rained all night. When the common people saw that the government had brought all the landlords into the government offices, some people who had been oppressed by these landlords fell into the trap and ran to the government offices to file complaints against them.
Now that they have been laid, the evidence of their crimes is really multiplying, and the hands of the scribes are sore when they write.
After Zhao Jingyan learned about this situation, she secretly said something bad and rushed to Li Qi's residence. As soon as she saw Li Qi, she said: "Regarding the landlord matter, there is a big commotion outside."
Li Qi smiled and said, "I know that. Look, these are the papers handed over by the people." As he spoke, he pointed to the thick stack of bamboo books on the table.
Since Jiaozhi is still relatively backward, paper is very precious. Even the imperial agencies still mostly use bamboo books to do their work.
Then you can still laugh? Zhao Jingyan said eagerly: "Are you really planning to use this to kill those landlords?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "If I could kill, I would have killed long ago. The problem is that I can't kill now. You should know the reason. These landlords are very powerful, although Shenglong Mansion is completely under our control."
In China, their little power is not enough, but there are many landowners in other places.
If we kill them during the war, no one will pay attention. We also have reasons to excuse ourselves, but the Li family has already surrendered, and we are still killing them. This will have a very bad impact on the credibility of the court. In other places,
After the landlords learn this news, they will definitely be very scared. They will inevitably become cunning, and they may even dominate the mountain. They have money and people, although they are limited. But if they all unite to fight against us, what will happen?
It’s quite troublesome to get up, and if that’s the case, we’ll lose more than we gain.”
"I know this. That's why I came here." Zhao Jingyan said anxiously: "Nowadays, many people come to the Yamen to complain. If you just let those landlords go, how will you explain to those people? When the time comes, you will advocate
The rule of law will become the biggest joke in the world, aren’t you digging a hole for yourself to jump into?”
Li Qi chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Shanren only has clever ideas."
Zhao Jingyan was stunned and glanced at Li Qi doubtfully.
Li Qi obviously didn't want to say more and said: "Okay. I will go see the landlords tomorrow, and then you can just watch the show."
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Just when the landlords were about to collapse, Li Qi suddenly wanted to see them.
There were all kinds of tears in the cell!
This is really not easy.
These landowners have almost thanked Li Qi's eight generations of ancestors, and they don't want to think about who caught them here.
Although there were one hundred and eighty landowners here, fortunately Li Qi received them in the palace, which was large enough to accommodate so many people.
Most of them came to the palace for the first time, and they saw soldiers guarding everywhere. Their eyes were hurt by the sharp light of the sword, and they lowered their heads, cowered, and their heartbeats increased rapidly.
After a group of people came to the main hall, there were two rows of guards standing on both sides, all with indifferent expressions, and five people sitting above them, three of whom they knew, it was Zhang Boyu, Yang Ying'er, and Liu Qingtan, they were all old faces.
There were also two young men, one of whom was still sitting on the dragon chair where their emperor originally sat. They knew that this man must be the famous Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty, so they unconsciously raised the corner of their eyes and looked at it.
The privy envoy saw that this person had a handsome face and a smile at the corner of his mouth, as if he was born with it. He looked harmless to humans and animals.
To be honest, Li Qi's face is so friendly. This may be related to his background as a businessman. Which businessman does not greet people with a smile every day? If a businessman is born with a face like Yang Zaixing, no matter how high his IQ is,
He must go bankrupt. On the other hand, it can also be said that Li Qi's face is too deceptive.
However, Li Qi didn't mean to smile on purpose today. In fact, he really wanted to smile when he saw the disheveled hair and haggard expressions of these landlords.
These landowners are a little too rigid and have forgotten even the most basic etiquette.
"This one is the Privy Councilor, why don't you bow quickly?"
Seeing that they were all in a daze, Zhang Boyu frowned and shouted in a deep voice.
The poor landowners finally came to their senses and hurriedly saluted: "The common people have seen the Privy Councilor."
They are all suspects now, and I can't give them a good look. Li Qi suppressed a bit of his smile and reprimanded: "You guys are really hateful. My ass is not hot yet, so you can give me more trouble."
I have caused so much trouble, I really wish you would die soon." As he said that, he picked up a pile of accusations from the table and threw them down, scattering them all over the floor, and said, "What else do you have to say about this?
.”
Without even looking, those people knelt down in a hurry and cried: "The Privy Council has wronged me! I have been wronged!"
"Privy Councilor Mingjian, the common people really did not snatch Old Man Chen's granddaughter. It was Old Chen who insisted on giving his granddaughter to the common people."
"Privy Ensign, the grassroots did not occupy the land of the old Huang family. It was their family that owed the grassroots money, so they used the land to repay the debt."
"Privy Councilor, the common people are the ones who are wronged. The common people don't even know my mother-in-law's brother's wife's uncle's brother-in-law."
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When these landowners heard that Li Qi wished them to die early, they were so frightened that they rushed to cry out for injustice, using all possible methods. They were so rich and had not even begun to enjoy it, so why did they want to die?
Li Qi shouted angrily: "What are you yelling about here? Do you think this is a vegetable market? Believe it or not, I will give you fifty big boards each first."
Before he finished speaking, the crowd suddenly became quiet. No one wanted to taste the fifty-dollar banquet, but they refused to give up. With teary eyes open and a pitiful look, they looked at each other "affectionately"
By Li Qi.
"Don't look at me like that. I am only acting in accordance with the law. If you are really unjust, I will naturally not invite you to drink tea. You really think that I am idle and have nothing to do. I am treating you like a monkey. I am busy every day now." You don't even have time to go to the latrine. If I hadn't heard you yelling and screaming in the cell all day long, disturbing other prisoners' rest, I'm afraid it would have been two days before I had time to see you. If you continued to play tricks on me, Then let’s wait until next month when I’m done, and then we’ll review it slowly.”
The landowners were thankful that they had exerted all their strength to scream and scream in the past few days, otherwise Li Qi would have had to see them for what year. But no one dared to say anything, because they did not want to go back to the cell again.
Li Qi snorted and said: "I have been an official for so long, and I have never seen a criminal who did not cry out that he was innocent. If just two sentences of injustice are enough to prove everything, then what should I do? It is really unreasonable. You need to find your own evidence of guilt first. Look carefully and think about it carefully before you complain to me. But I would like to remind you that lying in front of this hall will be an even greater crime."
This last half of the sentence scared these landowners to the point of trembling and almost losing control.
Li Qi actually just said it in a casual way, but he didn't expect it to have such a big impact. The key is because he comes from later generations and does not understand the psychology of people today, let alone them, even smaller officials are in this hall. Above that, it is completely possible to become nervous and incontinent.
This palace hall is absolutely sacred and inviolable to the common people.
Hearing the sound of the sound, the landowners lay down on the ground and began to search for their own crimes. After a while, most of them found evidence of their own crimes. Their hands began to tremble as they watched.
After a while, the sound of shaking bamboo books could be heard throughout the hall.
Li Qi almost laughed out loud when he saw it. You guys, with your little courage, dare to play this with me. You must be blind.
After a while, Li Qi saw that each of them was still holding their own evidence and refused to put it down, with expressions of dementia. He thought to himself why they hadn't finished reading it yet. Could it be that they were delaying time on purpose? He coughed lightly and said: "Have you finished reading this? Have I wronged you?"
Although his voice was not loud, to these landowners, it was like a death bell. Many people lay on the ground and said: "Sir, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me!"
They are all big landowners in Shenglong Prefecture. You want to say that they did not bully the people and take advantage of them. How is this possible?
I fell down so quickly, and I haven't even started yet. Li Qi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said with a hint of contempt: "Spare your lives? If I spare your lives today, will there be any king's law in this world?"
As soon as these words came out, some people were so frightened that their faces turned as white as paper.
Zhao Jingyan was also deeply puzzled by this. Since you didn't intend to kill them, but you said so deadly things, how could you come back later?
This is death both horizontally and vertically. You have to give it a try no matter what! Only one person was heard loudly saying: "Sir, even so, this is a mistake we committed in the previous dynasty. As people of the Song Dynasty, we can always We all abide by our duties and have never done anything illegal. I don’t know which dynasty officials you are representing to punish us."
"A bold criminal who dares to speak rudely to the Privy Councilor, come on, drag him down and behead him."
Zhang Boyu stood up suddenly, pointed at the man and said, if you don't show your loyalty, how can you wait longer?
Li Qi looked at Zhang Boyu in surprise, as if to say, they are talking about me, why are you so excited?
I have to say that although this is rebellious, it is very reasonable. Now that Shenglong Mansion is the territory of the Song Dynasty, they have naturally become the people of the Song Dynasty. If you use the crimes left by the Jiaozhi government to testify against the people of the Song Dynasty, this
What's the name?
From this point of view, these people still have some methods, at least they can think faster, but no matter how many methods they have, they are still ordinary people without any real power. If the people fight against the officials, they will always suffer, so no matter how Li Qi
Whether they were wronged or not, their first move would definitely be to beg for mercy and not want to confront him head-on. But now they have been forced into a desperate situation. If they don't resist, everything may be over.
The landowners all supported what the man said just now, seized on this reason, and fiercely attacked Li Qi, saying that they would never accept it if he was convicted on this basis.
The scene seemed a little out of control.
Zhang Boyu and Liu Qingtan wanted to tell them to shut up, but were stopped by Li Qi.
Li Qi looked at the group of excited landlords below, and the smile on his lips grew stronger.
After a while, Li Qi finally said: "You people are really cunning. Gods are you, ghosts are you too."
Are we cunning? Compared to you, which one of us is not a good person. The landlords were angry, but they dared not speak out and looked at Li Qi with disapproval.
Li Qi suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile: "But I have to say, what you said is so damn reasonable. I really shouldn't use the previous accusations to testify against you. This is unfair, but I also have
I have a question for you: What is the rationale for you using the land deeds from the previous dynasty to occupy our land in the Song Dynasty?"
ps: Please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket, please, I just want to be on the category history list...(To be continued...)