Chapter 67 I Jumped In The Queue Because I Was Unqualified
In fact, strictly speaking, Shen Shuren studied history in his previous life, but he did not know about the trade between Jiangxi gentry and the bandits on the other side of Poyang Lake in the last years of Chongzhen. This cannot be blamed on the lack of records in the history books, but on his lack of reading and lack of details. .
In his previous life, as a staff member of an international relations think tank, when reading history, he only needed to read large tomes related to military diplomacy, and there was no need to do more research on the details of those well-known scholars.
Therefore, his first-hand historical research on the Ming Dynasty only briefly read the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and the rest were some analysis and interpretation articles by modern people.
But if he had carefully read the local chronicles of these places in his previous life, he would have seen a record:
In the local chronicles of Jiujiang Prefecture, it is written that before the 14th year of Chongzhen, the prefect of Jiujiang was Zhou Huang, and Zhou Huang was finally punished by the court because he could not ban the "traffic thieves" from profiteers during his term of office. In the 15th year of Chongzhen, He was replaced by the new prefect Shi Dun.
After Shi Dun took office, he "strictly guarded the armor and sent out sentries frequently to prevent thieves from crossing. Isolated thieves from Huangmei, Guangji and other places", which can be regarded as greatly improving the situation of local banditry in Jiujiang. But in the end, this Shi Dun also because of being here In his work, he was "upright and upright and offended the township party officials" and was ostracized. He resigned and returned to his hometown in Jintan, Changzhou.
Nowadays, everything has changed slightly due to the butterfly effect. The number of thieves who can be "trafficated" by Jiangxi's wealthy gentry and profiteers has been greatly reduced. There is only one family left to cultivate, and Liu Xiyao, the original leader of "traffic", is dead.
However, the nature of Zhou Huang and others will not change, and the behavior of the Jiangxi gentry will not change. It is just a delay in time, and the degree is reduced. In the end, they still bumped into Shen Shuren and Zheng Chenggong by accident. On hand.
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Because he had to re-process the evidence with Zheng Chenggong, Shen Shuren had to delay one more day. It was not until the next day, the morning of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, that he asked Zheng Chenggong to send his trusted warriors to Jiujiang Prefecture, not far from Hukou. Deliver letters to the county seat.
Early in the morning, shortly after the time of midnight, around Chen hour, the prefect Zhou Huang had just started working when he heard a commotion outside the government office. (The midnight hour was ordered at three quarters of the hour, which is 6:30 in the morning. It’s not the beginning of Mao hour, it’s only five o’clock at the beginning of Mao hour)
Zhou Huang's official authority was quite strong, and he immediately scolded his yamen servants to go and find out quickly. After a while, the yamen servants came in a panic and reported:
"Back at Futai, someone from the Lijin Inspection Department of Huguang Yanfa Dao Yamen said that Shen Shuren, the censor of Qiandu, came to Jiujiang and got a report from his subordinates, saying that there were people in Jiujiang Prefecture and other places who were colluding with bandits. Shen Daotai was furious and asked You should quickly go to Hukou Town to visit and clarify.
On the pier by the lake outside the city, there is a warship patrolling the Huguang Salt Road parked. According to the patrol patrolmen, there seems to be a red barbarian cannon on the ship!"
"There are Hongyi artillery warships? What does Chen Shuren want to do? Is he lawless?" Zhou Huang was shocked. Although he was an official in Jiangxi, he had heard of Chen Shuren's reputation and knew He has risen rapidly in the past two years and is in the limelight.
Zhou Huang has always known that several wealthy families with strong backings under his rule were doing business with Lin Cheng and Liu Xiyao, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Jiangxi has always been one of the provinces in the south of the Ming Dynasty where guanxi households are most prevalent. In the Ming Dynasty, because there were a large number of Jinshi from Jiangxi, the families of many big shots in the court stayed in the local area and brought relatives to Jiangxi. Official, I don’t dare to offend anyone at all.
He is a mere prefect in Zhou Huang. Even if Jiujiang is a superior prefecture and he is a fourth-grade prefect, he still does not have much energy.
So it's better to join in with those people and turn a blind eye. Although Zhou Huang himself has never been involved in those businesses, he has also received benefits from those families, and he can always make thousands of taels of silver every year. The management——
These big people who give money are also quite artistic. They will not directly say what they are giving it for, so as not to fall behind. It seems that they are giving it to the Futai to do something.
Respectable people all have a routine of filial piety no matter what happens during the holidays throughout the year. In troubled times, it is nothing more than a little more courtesy during the New Year.
In this way, there will never be any trouble, and people will never be able to tell what the purpose of sending it is, and they can keep making peace with each other - it’s hard to say more details, but if you are interested in this topic, you can read more about Luo Zhangsan’s behavior Anyone who understands the analysis of bribery cases and legal provisions can understand it.
"When Chen Shuren came to visit, this matter became a big deal. Their family is very rich, and they don't have access to oil and salt. I heard that they even paid to become an official for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. This is not something that money can do...
Hey, no, since Shi Futai was officially transferred to the position of Governor of Water Transport a few months ago, now the Anhui governor has been vacant, and our Jiujiang Prefecture has been re-assigned to the governor of Jiangxi. If he, Shen Shuren, wants to arrest smuggling, the most he can do is stop him outside Hukou. , Why do you come here to show off your power?"
Zhou Huang, who knew he was in the wrong, thought nervously for a while and suddenly felt that he had grasped a life-saving straw and realized that he had been too nervous before.
He and Shen Shuren clearly do not belong to each other! Even if there is a case involved, and it is indeed the fault of Jiangxi local officials, he should not directly overstep his authority! He should inform the Jiangxi governor first, and then let the Jiangxi governor issue an inquiry!
Let me give you the simplest example that future generations of ordinary viewers can understand: If the Hubei High Court wants to go to the Jiujiang Intermediate People’s Court to challenge a jurisdictional dispute, can it argue directly? Of course not!
According to the Procedural Law, the decision must be made by the common superior of the two dispute courts. Not to mention that the Jiujiang Intermediate People's Court cannot decide the transfer of the dispute, and even the Jiangxi High Court cannot decide. Jurisdiction disputes in cross-provincial cases have to be brought to the Supreme Court. .
The legal procedures in the Ming Dynasty were not as complicated as those in later generations, but the principles were the same. At least Shen Shuren should not go to Jiujiang Mansion directly, he had to go through the procedures.
Thinking that the Ming Dynasty's laws were on his side, Zhou Huang regained his courage and quickly asked someone to reply:
"How do you handle the errands? Have you forgotten the laws of the imperial court? This involves a dispute between Huguang and Jiangxi. He should go to the governor's office first. How can I handle errands for officials from other provinces in private!
Of course, you have to tell the people in Shen Daotai that after all, he has worked hard on official duties, and the gifts of food and wine are indispensable! If Shen Daotai has other personal matters and insists on talking to me, then let him come in If you come to the city to chat, I won’t go to Hukou Pier!”
He didn't dare to go to the pier by Poyang Lake. There were Hongyi cannons and warships there. Who knows what those rough guys who wanted to collect taxes dared to do? After all, the Huguang side had the right to handle this case, and a gentleman would never stand in danger. Under the wall.
And as long as Shen Shuren is willing to enter the city, even if Zhou Huang himself can't do anything to him, he can at least summon all the rich and powerful people in Jiujiang who are hard on the middle and backstage, hold a banquet to entertain Shen Dao, and let those people themselves Many people pulled Shen Shuren into the water.
If he couldn't be brought under control, this matter would have nothing to do with Zhou Huang. The most he could do would be to be transferred or even demoted after the incident, but punishment would be out of the question.
As for those Jiangxi wealthy families who have backstage in the court, if they can't stand it and want to jump over the wall and leave Shen Shuren behind, as long as they don't do anything in the prefect's yamen, then Zhou Huang will be at best a derelict in his duties due to poor security.
After receiving Zhou Huang's instructions, his subordinate Yamen immediately went to make arrangements. However, more than half an hour later, he came back with a disgraced face and begged for mercy:
"Zhou Futai, why don't we come to negotiate with you? Shen Daotai was furious. A ferocious young police officer under him was also very domineering. He also said that the military situation was on fire, and he had a mountain of ironclad evidence in his hand to arrest the wanted criminals. You have to act urgently and don’t wait! If you don’t go, they will arrest people based on the evidence!”
Zhou Huang was so shocked that he sat up from his chair and trembled with anger: "It's an insult to politeness! It's an insult to politeness! Doesn't he disregard the laws of the court? Even if he is inspecting bandits and profiteers during wartime, he should also cooperate with the writing and local regulations. How can he do it?" ...He dares!"
The more fierce the opponent was, the more Zhou Huang was afraid that his personal safety would be in question. He was also afraid that after he was taken away like this, if he made any secret alliances under the city, the local gentry whose interests had been harmed would come to settle accounts with him when he returned.
He has already figured it out. Shen Shuren recruited him to negotiate alone, but refused to enter Dehua County. It was not necessarily that Shen Shuren was worried about his personal safety, but more to divide him, Zhou Huang, and the local wealthy families in Jiujiang.
As long as he participates in the negotiations alone, it is inevitable that he will be isolated in the future, and sooner or later he will become a stranger.
Zhou Huang didn't believe that Shen Shuren dared to act recklessly, so he continued to delay there. At the same time, he quickly notified several families involved in the case in Jiujiang Prefecture, and frantically sent fast horses to Nanchang Prefecture. Because he knew that several families in Nanchang Prefecture were also involved.
However, Zhou Huang was destined to underestimate Shen Shuren, and he underestimated how urgent it was to obey authority in government affairs since Chongzhen was almost fifteen years old.
If a person with the power to suppress thieves occasionally fails to follow procedures, it is not a big deal at all.
Two hours later, Shen Shuren lost his patience, and Zheng Chenggong moved "out of control". Then, Zhou Huang heard a piece of explosive news.
The person who came to report this time was no longer an official from the Jiujiang Prefecture's Yamen, but a guard general from Dehua County, a garrison guard.
"Master Futai! The people from the Lijin Inspection Department rushed into Hukou Town and arrested Fei Rulong, the richest man in the area. They also publicly announced that he was a bandit and arrested all the people involved in the case in his family at the Hukou Pier in front of the people. Go behead!"
Zhou Huang was so shocked that he fell down from the magistrate's seat: "He...how dare he? Isn't he afraid of the court's laws?"
Dehua's defense team even cried a little when reporting:
"Master Futai, you'd better come forward to deal with it! The salt road official who took action is from the Zheng family in Fujian! You know what our Jiujiang guard army is like. It can deal with the obedient people, but it can deal with the fierce and stubborn Zheng family. People who are from pirate backgrounds really don’t dare!”
It was only at this moment that Zhou Huang finally admitted defeat.
It's like a chess game where the tiger eats the jackals, cats and dogs, but the smallest mouse can eat the elephant in turn.
People from the Zheng family in Fujian were originally insignificant in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. They were only considered emperors in Fujian. Outside of Fujian, there was no official connections and energy.
However, if there is an internal fight between two parties in the officialdom according to the rules, and one party holds the principle of substantive justice, but only the process of procedural justice, and at the same time he can let the Zheng family do his dirty work for him, the situation will be completely different. Already.
If you blame the Zheng family for not abiding by procedural justice and following procedures, what can you do?
People in the Zheng family are known for only looking at substantive justice and not following procedures.
I jumped in line because I have no quality!
After understanding this, Zhou Huang could only leave the city in fear and disgrace, and went to Hukou Pier to meet Chen Shuren.
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