Discussing the matter of repairing the railway, Du Zhongxiao said to Ma Zun: "It is rare to come to the judgment once, so I will stay for a few more days and take a look at the current camp and field affairs." Where it is appropriate and where it is not enough, speak out and let us be vigilant. ”

Ma Zundao: "Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been many camps in the Xiangdeng area, but they have not been effective. Only this time, in less than two years, countless money valleys were overcharged, and the people who came lived and worked in peace and contentment. This is a moral policy, and it is time to take a look. ”

Up to this era, the Xiangdeng Basin, centered on Xiangyang and Dengzhou, was most fully developed in the Han Dynasty. It has been nearly 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and the population density in this area has only reached one-tenth of the heyday of the Han Dynasty, and other periods can be imagined. There was a slight development in the Sui and Tang dynasties, followed by the late Tang Dynasty, where many forces tug-of-war and withered again. Tens of thousands of households were moved in at one time, accounting for almost half of the local population, and it is unimaginable to change places, but there is still a shortage of manpower here.

Du Zhongxiao got up and personally arranged for the officials to arrange a place for Ma Zun to live, so that he could stay first and look around in the past few days.

At this moment, a public official hurriedly came in and arched his hand: "Fortune judgment, Lou Zhixian asked to see him, saying that he had something important to report!" ”

Du Zhongxiao asked Ma Zun to rest first, and said to the official: "Let Lou Zhixian come here to see me." ”

After a while, Lou Zhixian and Lu County Lieutenants hurriedly came in and saluted Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao ordered to sit down and asked, "I don't know what is going on in the county, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant are in such a hurry?" ”

Lou Zhi County said: "Yun Judgment, there is a lawsuit in the county today, which is related to the recruitment of households in the camp and field. The subordinate officials did not dare to make arbitrary decisions, so they came to listen to the orders of the judge. If this matter is not handled well, there will only be chaos in the place. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "What a case, but it doesn't hurt to say it." If it's a place where the camp is harassing, I will restrain it. ”

Lou Zhixian arched his hand and said: "This case is not complicated. There is a historian in this county, and the judge knows about it. A villager in his family, named Xie Qing, had a serious illness a few days ago and borrowed two yuan from Shi Yuanwai to buy medicine. The historian refused, and he didn't want the child to die. Xie Qing felt sorry for his son, and saw that the historian was a merciless person, so he decided to leave and come to the camp to fill the field. Zhuang Ke has gone a lot, how can the historian be willing? Forcibly stop Xie Qing. His son Shi Daqing took a stick and beat people, one was not good, and knocked Xie Qing's Hun family to the ground. A group of Zhuang guests were cold, and escorted Shi Daqing to the county office. The facts of this case are clear, but if Shi Daqing is severely punished, the villagers of the major households in this county are afraid that they will be gone. It was several members of the old county who interceded for Shi Daqing together and asked the yamen to break it lightly. ”

Du Zhongxiao listened and asked, "How is Xie Qing's wife?" Haunted and killed lawsuits? ”

Lou Zhixian said: "I have sent someone to investigate, fortunately there was no major incident, but I was fainted for a while, and now I have woken up." ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, secretly summing up. The case is nothing complicated, since there is no fatality, it is just an injury. Hitting the banker is equivalent to the master beating the servant, and it will be punished according to the law minus one. plus the crime of abusing servants, it is just a fine of money, supply Xie Qing, and blame Shi Daqing. The authority of the county is just like this, there is really a life lawsuit, Lou Zhixian does not need to ask, and he is directly transferred to Suizhou, and the county officials do not have so much authority.

Lou Zhi County is difficult to do, and it is the big families in the county who intercede for Shi Daqing together. According to Du Zhongxiao's estimate, I am afraid that it will not only plead for mercy, but also intimidate and coerce the county. After all, everything in the county now still depends on these big households, and the financial and food support for farming is a matter of the future.

After a moment of silence, Du Zhongxiao said: "How about those big families asking for intercession in the county?" ”

Lou Zhixian said: "According to the law, the Shi family should be fined, and Shi Daqing should be punished." The outsiders in the county feel that doing this is biased in favor of customers, and they will not be able to control the customers in the future. Therefore, he asked the county to spare Shi Daqing, and only let Xie Qing leave the Shi family. ”

Hearing this, Du Zhongxiao smiled: "If it is so decisive, won't the villagers be punished by the master in the future?" If you are injured today, you will not ask about the crime, and in a few days, you may have a life-threatening lawsuit, so will you not pay for your life? The magistrate thinks that this case should be decided? ”

Lou Zhixian sighed: "Don't hide the judgment, Zaoyang is a remote township, and there were many such things in the past. If there are no officials, the yamen generally doesn't ask. - In fact, it is a human life, as long as there is no bitter lord to tell you, it will be over. Now that the camp is here, this time is different from the past, the villagers have a way out, and they have the same hatred for the enemy, how can they let things pass like this? This case is not important, the important thing is that the big families in the county and the villagers are now in the same situation and are incompatible with each other. No matter how the county decides the case, one party will inevitably make trouble. ”

Speaking of this, Lou Zhixian shook his head helplessly: "Yun Juan has also been a county magistrate and knows the difficulties of the place. Zhuang Ke made a fuss, there were a large number of them, if they surrounded the county government, it might be the opposite. The big households made a fuss, and there was no money and food in the county this year. Not to mention the food and clothing of our officials, the taxes cannot be discharged in the state, and the lower officials cannot explain to the imperial court. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, understanding the situation in Lou Zhi County. Needless to say, as long as things get up, the future of Lou Zhi County will be over. Not to mention that if he really wants to break through the county seat, it will be difficult to save his small life. The big households refused to pay money and grain, and the autumn tax could not be raised, and this official could not do the same. Zaoyang is a small county, there is no garrison, and the public officials are all from several large families, and they are united, and there is no way in the county if they don't pay money and grain.

After thinking for a long time, Du Zhongxiao said: "Zhixian, the law of the country cannot be messed with, how can the prisoners be indulged in vain!" You have difficulties, but put the law of the land first. Shi Daqing has violated the law of the country and must be severely punished! As for the big families in the county, they did encounter difficulties, and the county government thought of a way out for them. ”

Lou Zhixian nodded again and again: "What the judgment said is reasonable, and the officials obey the order!" However, there are less than two months to go, and it is time to harvest the rice, if all the customers come to invest in the field work, and no one harvests the rice in the field, the autumn tax is indeed not settled, and it is impossible to think. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "In this way, you send someone to let the big families come to the camp to do business, and I will share it with them." ”

Hearing this, Lou Zhixian chuckled in his heart. Before Du Zhongxiao came to judge the transportation of Jingxi Road, he was a veteran of the Volcano Army and a person who had really fought on the border. What does it mean to call the big families in the county to camp the fields? Do you want to serve them in one pot? Although the peaceful years and the peaceful world are peaceful, it is said that Du Zhongxiao will not use this poisonous trick, but the thoughts of the people who have fought are not accurate. The camp has been training troops, and a few big families are nothing, and if they really start to destroy them, they will be destroyed. When the time comes, the matter will be unclear.

Seeing that Lou Zhixian didn't answer, his face turned blue, and Du Zhongxiao didn't know why. "What, what's the difficulty?" he asked. ”

Lou Zhixian snorted: "Judgment, although those big families have been a little arrogant in the past, but it is not the crime of killing the head after all." ”

After a while, Du Zhongxiao understood what Lou Zhixian meant, and laughed: "What do you think!" This year, the field affairs have not been opened, so I asked you to call the big households, discuss with them, and when it is time to harvest the rice, let the people in the field help them harvest the rice! ”

Hearing this, the magistrate of Lou Zhi County let out a sigh of relief, and hurriedly surrendered his hand: "The judgment is benevolent, and the next official is not in time!" Now the big families are worried about nothing more than two things. First, the villagers went, and no one harvested the rice in the fields. Again, without the banker, their land will not be able to be planted. As long as the camp helps them harvest rice and receive some remuneration when the time comes, this year's difficulties will pass, and things in the future can be calmly figured out. ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "This time I came to the camp to do business, I will show them a clear way by the way, and there will be a way out in the future." - By the way, you make it clear to them that if you don't come this time, you will be blessed in the future! ”

Lou Zhixian hurriedly said yes. gave the big families a way out, the Shi family lost some money, and Shi Daqing suffered some flesh and skin, which one cares about them. The big families are just thinking about themselves, who has such a deep friendship with the Shi family.

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