Chapter 103: Severe punishment is necessary

Seeing that Wang Yaochen and the others didn't look back, they soon disappeared, and the old eunuch didn't know what to do, so he was stunned. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After a long while, someone asked Sun Wei: "Sun Tongju, what should I do now?" You're not really going to hand over the account books to Henan Mansion, are you? If we do this kind of thing today, we will definitely be troubled by Wang Tong's people in the future. ”

Sun Wei covered his stomach and frowned: "Alas, standing here for a while, my stomach is making trouble again." Go home early, and the days will still pass. Alas, no, I can't help it, let's go first! ”

After speaking, he turned around and got on his shoulder, and hurried away with his entourage.

The old eunuch stared at a pair of eyes, looking at the back of Sun Wei and the others leaving, and after a long while, he said to the people around him in disbelief: "Gone?" Just gone? So what do we do? ”

The branch officials shook their heads and sighed, who knows what to do?

If you want to cry or make trouble, or even beat and scold people, Wang Yaochen has to come over and coax him. Why are you unwilling, these people are also officials of the imperial court, they don't want to be ashamed of the court, and the court has to be embarrassed. But pretending to be sick and blackmailing was exposed on the spot, and the nature of the whole incident completely changed. Not to mention the joint concert, it is useless for everyone to write blood books together. Using such dirty methods to evade the official law of cash entering the household is worse than making trouble with the people, and if the Henan government retreats, the imperial court will not be able to control these sub-officials.

Originally, they made a fuss together, Wang Yaochen would definitely give in, and it was impossible to check the amount of money this time. Now it's okay, if Wang Yaochen is forced into a corner, it is necessary to check the family background of these people.

The sun was blazing hot, everyone was sweating, and their clothes were wet and dry, dry and wet, and it was hard to say what it tasted like. The old capital eunuch was at a loss, and if he didn't send the money to the money bank, the copper money would be counted into the household, etc., and his family would become a middle household to an upper household. Thinking of those five sons, twenty or thirty grandchildren, each one is more uncompetitive than the other, and he can't earn a penny for the family back, but he spends it more than the other. But everyone says that it is easy for money to enter the bank, but it is difficult to get out, and the more you spend, you have to pay there. If the money is not in your own hands, what is the point of living?

I just felt that the world was spinning, and the old eunuch couldn't support it anymore, so he fell to the ground.

Seeing the old prisoner fall to the ground, the official next to him said impatiently: "Hello, what are you pretending to be at this time?" The people of Henan Mansion have already left with the doctor! You just don't get up, and you don't have a penny! ”

After saying a few words, seeing that the old prisoner was motionless on the ground, someone panicked. An official stepped forward to support him, seeing that the old capital prisoner's face was like gold paper, and his breath was weak, and he hurriedly shouted: "Oh no, this time the old capital prison is really suffering from heat stroke!" ”

There was a lot of chaos in front of the Imperial History Terrace, pinching people, pouring cold water, and finally waking up the old capital eunuch.

At this time, there is no point in gathering here again, and even the medical bureau is embarrassed to go. Two acquaintances helped the old prisoner, and someone helped him carry the money bag and send him home. The crowd dispersed.

Back in Henan Mansion, Wang Yaochen breathed a sigh of relief, changed his official clothes, instructed the people in the yamen, and went to the transfer envoy.

In the garden of the Hou Ya of the Transfer Division, Liu Xiaoyi was packing up his things on the stone table next to Xu Ping, and when he saw Wang Yaochen coming, he saluted and said with a smile: "Wang Tong's judgment came at the right time, I was about to go to your house." ”

Wang Yaochen said curiously: "What is going to my house?" ”

Liu Xiaoyi pointed to the burden on the stone table and said with a smile: "In the past two days, people from Yongzhou have come and brought some flowers that are special to the barbarian there, which are very gentle and especially suitable for summer clothes." This is a rare thing in the Central Plains, and the lady specially instructed to send a few horses to the Tongju Mansion to make a few summer clothes for the female dependents of the family. ”

Flower silk is a special product of the barbarian area of Yongzhou, which belongs to one of the ramie cloths, but the process is extremely complex, and one horse is equivalent to the price of dozens of ramie cloths. Because it is produced in a barbarian land, it is not even a tribute, and it is basically not seen on the market, and Wang Yaochen, a northerner, has never heard of it, but he has only thanked Xu Ping on the side.

These are the affairs of Lin Suniang and Wang Yaochen's wife and those women, Wang Yaochen can't figure it out, and Xu Ping can't figure it out, so he just asked Liu Xiaoyi to send it quickly.

Xu Ping has been in Yongzhou for six years, which has brought earth-shaking changes there, and the title of Yongning County is Yongning, and every year there will bring local products to Xu Ping's family, which has long been accustomed to it. Xu Ping's return gift is generally a variety of books published in the Central Plains that are difficult to see in Yongzhou, mainly Confucian classics, and occasionally a few Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures. The Central Plains is in the middle of the world, and it is the responsibility of the imperial court to educate the frontier, and sending something is in line with Xu Ping's identity, and it is indeed not cheap there.

Liu Xiaoyi left, Wang Yaochen sat down on the stone bench, and the official served tea.

Seeing Wang Yaochen's face full of spring breeze, Xu Ping asked with a smile: "Seeing that you are refreshed, I don't think you have made a big incident." ”

"Why is there no big deal? It's big! Wang Yaochen patted the stone table and laughed, told him what had happened, and finally said: "Speaking of which, it all depends on Yunxing sending Tan Hu to bring someone from the medical bureau, could it be that you have already thought that someone is pretending to be sick?" ”

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head: "I'm not an immortal who can pinch and calculate, where can I think of those?" It was because the weather was really hot, and many of the officers in the branch were also old, and it was common for some people to suffer from heat stroke. - I didn't expect that it was someone who came to tell me about the prehistoric situation and said that Sun Tong, who rushed over, was sick, and I remembered. ”

Wang Yaochen nodded, his heart brightened. Xu Ping must have suspected that today's incident was planned by Sun Wei, so as soon as someone mentioned that he was sick, Xu Ping immediately thought that someone might pretend to be sick and hurriedly sent someone over. Suspicion is suspicion, but there is no actual evidence, and people like Sun Wei will not leave any handles, and Xu Ping's character will not make things clear, just know it in his heart.

After talking about the things he encountered today, Wang Yaochen said: "I have already said in Yushitai that starting tomorrow, Henan Prefecture, together with Henan and Luoyang counties, will check the family wealth of these branch officials one by one, and all will act in accordance with the new law. Yun Xing, do you think, will this force them too tightly? ”

"It's right to be pressed, if you don't give them a little color, how can they put you in their eyes in the future? Your Henan Mansion is not easy to be sentenced. - But then again, these people are court officials in the end, and they are involved with each other, and there are always people who can speak in the court, and it's not good to be too persecutive. I don't think it's better to do this, tomorrow you will first send people from the money bank to these people's homes, and take the initiative to ask them to deposit the copper coins in the money bank, and you will say that you have confessed. You show goodwill, if there are still people who don't know how to lift, then there is nothing to say. One is one and two is two, and let the public officials go to their homes to investigate. ”

"So much for the best! Give them a step down, and if they don't know how to lift, they have to use it to test the knife! ”

The mud bodhisattva still has three points of anger, and Wang Yaochen was tossed on a hot day this time, especially at the beginning, he was really startled, how could he easily spare these people. I just took this opportunity to tighten the new law on money and so on.

Xu Ping put down the book in his hand and asked Wang Yaochen with a straight face: "Boyong, it is natural for the branch officials to deal with it like this." However, what are you going to do with the Henan County officials who went there yesterday? ”

Wang Yaochen's face darkened, and he shook his head: "I haven't thought about it yet, this matter is a little tricky." ”

Pedancy is pedantic, Wang Yaochen is not stupid at all, the attitude of today's officials, he naturally knows that he must be instructed by someone behind his back, deliberately trying to make a big deal about it. If there are only one or two officials to the public officials, then it is not impossible to put small shoes on him, find an excuse to send them to the army, or even kill them directly with a cane. But if the law does not hold the people accountable, it will be difficult to deal with it when there are too many people.

Xu Ping sighed: "Boyong, if I say a word, you think about it yourself." Those branch officials, whether they are instructed by others or gather to make trouble on their own, are just misgivings about the new law and greedy for money, which is not a big evil. After a few days of punishment, as long as you wake up, it is not a big deal. The public officials in Henan County are different, but under your rule, they were instructed by outsiders to embarrass you, and if you don't punish them severely, your officials will not be able to do well. ”

"I know, it's because I know it's because I don't understand what they think. Henan County is under my rule, offended me, how did they end? Yesterday, it was those branch officials who succeeded, can't I clean them up? What do they rely on? ”

"What can you rely on?" Xu Ping shook his head, "If you do this kind of thing, no one in Luoyang City can protect them." However, those little officials are short-sighted and may not be able to think so clearly. I guess I don't need to promise anything else to them, as long as I tell those people that if the officials of the branch succeeded in making trouble yesterday, you will be kicked out of Henan Mansion, and if you promise some benefits, someone will dare to do it. ”

Wang Yaochen nodded, shook his head again, and sat there quietly and contemplating.

The champion was born, if it weren't for his father's funeral, Wang Yaochen would never have been able to only be sentenced by Henan Mansion now. No matter how much trouble he made yesterday, it was unlikely that he would be demoted as an official, and at most his career would be affected a little. But Xu Ping and these officials understand this, but those officials may not understand. Henan Mansion is an important place, and it is very common for officials to come here for gilding, and when it is frequent, it can be changed for a year. The general sentence is a little more stable, but many of them will not be able to complete their terms. In the eyes of these officials, there is really nothing for Henan Mansion to change its governor, so many officials have filed a complaint, and they have not been withdrawn?

There is no feudalism in the officials but there is feudalism in the officials, and the officials who run the water beat the iron officials, and squeeze out a handful of officials, it is really not a big deal in the hands of these old officials. As long as they are united, there is no way for the officials to take them. Luoyang is a royal city, and many public officials have been passed down for many generations, and it is not uncommon for families to work in the official office since the fifth generation. Their relationship is intertwined, and some of them are still in the imperial court yamen in Tokyo, and they are not small.

Isn't that the case? If that's the case, how do you fight back?

Wang Yaochen's gaze gradually sharpened.