Putting the file in his hand on the desk, Du Zhongxiao only felt that his head was as big as a fight, and he didn't speak for a while. In the case of Mamon, he estimated many outcomes, but never expected the consequences to be so serious. According to the results of the current interrogation, none of the public officials in Yongcheng County who have real power are involved. And it's not as simple as simply accepting bribes, many cases are directly involved in or even planned by them. Even the officials of the state government were involved in more than a dozen people, otherwise how could the Tao family's case be so easy to suppress back then?

instructed his entourage to serve tea to Jin Shuzhao and He Kun, Du Zhongxiao let them out, and said to the two: "The owner of the village, Kong Mu, according to the evidence of Ma Meng's crime that we have obtained now, if we really arrest all the people involved in the case, the state and county will be almost wiped out." At this point, I am a pusher, and I definitely can't be the master. In the next two days, I will write a secret report to Han Zhizhou and let Zhizhou decide. Whether to deal with only a corner around the inspection village, except for Ma Meng, the rest of the people involved in the case do not ask, or clean up all the states and counties, it is up to the governor to decide. ”

Jin Shuzhao nodded: "Everything is up to orders." ”

He Kun is naturally even more undoubted. The patrol village is responsible for the security of several surrounding counties, and it has less to do with dragons and snakes in these places, and it has nothing to do with itself.

Sending the two out, Du Zhongxiao was stunned for a while. Perhaps this situation is normal in this day and age, and it is the same everywhere, but to a different extent. Governing a place requires huge administrative costs, and if the imperial court does not want to spend this money, local forces will naturally make up for it. Yongcheng is because of the Linbian River, and there are a lot of merchants coming and going, and the situation is particularly prominent. It's really for the sake of the locality, and it is one thing to eliminate the old forces like Mamuen, and how to fill the power gap in the future is what really needs to be considered.

How to achieve effective governance? Du Zhongxiao smiled bitterly and shook his head. One wants money, the other wants people, and then it is an effective system. Where do the human and material resources come from? The court is unwilling to continue to transfuse blood from the imperial court, and the local government is unwilling to pay for it.

Come to think of it, there is no other way to go in the place. The only way to do this is to develop industry and commerce, concentrate the population as much as possible in cities and towns, and leave the countryside in the acquaintance society, and the government will cooperate with the acquaintance society to carry out semi-autonomous management.

After taking a sip of tea, Du Zhongxiao decided not to think about these issues anymore. For aspiring officials, this situation at the local level is a good opportunity to brush up on their achievements. If he is able to uproot the half-gray and half-black forces in places where public officials and local strongmen are entangled, and find out some old cases, he will have a complete merit as a shogun, and his political performance will be absolutely eye-catching. As for long-term peace and stability, it is difficult to come up with a solution once and for all.

Back to the case, Du Zhongxiao wrote down the cause and effect of the incident in detail, especially noting that many cases have conclusive evidence, not only human witnesses, but also some physical evidence collected these days. sealed it, summoned an entourage, and sent it to the state to Zhizhou Han Yi and Liu Ji.

Bei Erlang was escorted by two soldiers, holding a simple bed, and entered a new house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qin Saburo sitting in the corner, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said happily: "God is pitiful, it turns out that Sanke is here!" I have changed a few places of residence in the past few days, and I haven't seen the third brother, but I'm in a hurry! ”

Qin Sanlang glanced at Bei Erlang and said quietly: "Which one is not exchanged, what's so strange." Come, sit down here, I have something to ask you. ”

Bei Erlang agreed, took his things and sat down beside Qin Sanlang, and said hello to several other people.

They are all Zhuang guests of Ma Meng's family, and everyone knows each other, but they have been asked back and forth in the past few days, and everyone is exhausted, and they ignore Bei Erlang.

Sitting next to Qin Sanlang, Bei Erlang asked in a low voice, "Is the third brother okay these days?" ”

Qin Sanlang said: "Eat well and sleep well, just ask questions every day, what's the point?" You're in good spirits. ”

Bei Erlang was a little embarrassed: "I'm still young, and I don't know much about the things I asked, of course it's much easier." ”

Qin Sanlang's eyes flashed with a light that was not easy to detect, and he asked casually, "Oh, what are you asking?" ”

"Third brother, our own people, don't use my words! I changed places to live, and I heard people say that they asked if the people in the village had helped Ma Meng commit the crime. In the first few days, no one said that there was anything going on these days. Frightened, I don't believe it, I actually killed people and set fires, and the people in our village did everything. Last year, there was a small boat on the Bianhe River, and it suddenly burned, it was only an accident before, but I never expected that it was Uncle Yan Liu who instructed Ma Daguan to do it! If he hadn't said it himself, who would have known! ”

A bearded man next to him took a sip when he heard it: "Yan Liu, who was not punished, actually told this matter!" He didn't do it alone, his mouth was loosened, but it hurt a lot of us! ”

Bei Erlang said: "You can't blame Uncle Yan for this matter, the people in the government have already said that as long as you confess the truth, you will be punished lightly." Uncle Yan's family is an adult and has three children, he has incurred his own guilt, and his family can live a good life like people outside. ”

When they heard this, they were silent. It's okay for the people to be constantly broken up and detained, and almost everyone in the village will instinctively keep silent. Every day, there are other people in the village to persuade people, and it is unbearable. Recently, Ma Meng has been closely watched, and the life of the villagers has been difficult, but they have been incorporated into the households of the village of each guarantee, and they have caught up with the big project of land reclamation, and have gained a lot of benefits. Referring to the two, some Zhuangke couldn't help but open his mouth, desperately trying to suffer himself, so that his family could live a normal life. When a person opens his mouth, he can't stop it anymore, and more and more things are involved. What everyone sees newcomers talk about every day is what cases have been revealed and who has been involved.

As soon as Bei Erlang opened his mouth, everyone participated, discussing which cases had been confessed these days. Until now, almost no one is innocent, the difference is only in the seriousness of the case involved.

Without a tight organization, how is it possible for a group of people to keep secrets. Du Zhongxiao watched several criminal investigation dramas in his previous life, and knew the methods of the public security to interrogate prisoners at that time, even if he only knew a little bit of skin, it was enough at this time. Continue to interrogate until the fatigue limit of these people is exceeded, and then let the ordinary people in the village come forward to tell the truth, and give them the temptation of future life. After a little breakthrough, the guards showed their mouths, and the detainees were constantly reorganized, so that the rumors spread rapidly, and soon broke the psychological defense of these people.

Now that Mammon's banker has collapsed, many people have begun to confess their crimes, and a large number of small cases such as bullying and dominating the market have annoyed the interrogators. Now it is not involved in serious cases such as robbery and wounding, and the interrogators will not listen to it when they say it. However, some particularly vicious dealers are still guarding the bottom line of not talking about life lawsuits, and they have not revealed many vicious cases.

Today, Yan Liu finally made a start and told a murder and arson case in which he participated, and only then did people panic.

Bei Erlang himself is young, but he once participated in bullying and dominating the market at the dock, and the adults in the family are honest and have never done anything to kill people and set fires. After the days of panic a few days ago, I am now in high spirits, and when I arrive in a new place, I ask about any new cases.

The incident started because of Bei Erlang, and Du Zhongxiao deliberately never looked for him again after that, and detained him with others. This is not only to protect Bei Erlang from being hated by others, and even to give his life inexplicably, but also to make the detainees suspicious of each other.