Li Laohan's family is now surrounded by walls, and he can't take out any money to offset the fine, and in the end, Li Wen can only be sentenced to exile and forced labor.

Even if Li Laohan was in the court, shouting hoarsely, saying that the money was stolen by himself, Zhang Ji didn't pay attention to it at all.

Seeing this, Dian Wei said with admiration: "In the absence of evidence, Zhang Derong was able to find out the real thief and convict him, which is really very human." ”

According to Dian Wei's thoughts, since Li Laohan has admitted that he stole the money and the stolen goods have been found, this case is equivalent to the end.

But he didn't want to, Zhang Ji still spent a lot of saliva to get Li Wen to confess his guilt. This couldn't help but make Dian Wei admire him in his heart.

Wen Zhao didn't seem to hear Dian Wei's words, thinking about the case that Zhang Ji pronounced, his brows furrowed tightly.

It stands to reason that both Li Laohan and Li Wen said that the money was stolen by themselves and had nothing to do with the other party. In the absence of conclusive evidence, there is no way to pronounce a verdict in this case.

It is even possible to convict both of them together.

However, Zhang Ji just announced the verdict so hastily. This couldn't help but make Wen Zhao have a trace of doubt about Zhang Ji's talent.

He didn't answer Dian Wei, he didn't say anything, he just hid his suspicions in his heart.

After the case was over, another couple was brought up, and the two knelt on the ground with a look of panic on their faces.

Zhang Ji also took out a piece of paper, looked at it in detail for a long time, and then asked: "The lord has long issued a ban on alcohol, but now he has found the utensils for making wine in your home, are you guilty?" ”

Prohibition was enacted during the drought of those years, but it was not until the drought had passed.

Because Wen Zhao felt that now is a troubled time, and every time he goes on an expedition, he will spend a lot of grain and grass. In troubled times, there is nothing wrong with stocking up on more grain and grass.

Thus, this prohibition has been continued.

It's just that there are countless people who are good at wine in the territory, and the bumper grain harvest in Guanzhong for several years has also made many people ready to move.

Fortunately, Wen Zhao ordered a strict investigation of those who brewed wine privately, and on the other hand, the winemaking industry was nationalized, and only the government was required to brew wine, and the people were not allowed to brew privately.

Not only is it illegal to make wine privately, but now it is illegal for the people to drink wine made other than the government.

In this way, the government can not only control the consumption of domestic grain by winemaking, but also use winemaking to earn a large amount of money, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

In order to ensure the absolute monopoly of the government, each county is very strict about those who brew wine privately.

So someone reported that the couple had brewing tools at home, and they were taken to the county government by officials sent by Zhang Ji.

When the couple heard this, they hurriedly said in a panic: "Although the villain has wine-making utensils in his house, he doesn't dare to make wine privately, and I ask the Ming Court to return my innocence." ”

The county court Peng shouted: "Since you two don't make wine, why do you hide wine-making tools privately?" ”

The two were speechless by Ting Peng, just shouting grievances, but they didn't know how to argue.

Zhang Ji stopped Ting Peng's movements and asked, "When you went to this person's house, in addition to the wine-making utensils, did you find the wine they brewed?" ”

Ting Peng was stunned for a moment, and then said with annoyance: "These two people are too treacherous, they don't know where they hid the wine." ”

Zhang Ji said again: "That is, I didn't find the wine they brewed?" ”

Although Ting Peng was unwilling, he still nodded.

But he didn't want to, Zhang Ji suddenly said: "Catch the thief and catch the stolen goods, catch the traitor and catch the double, since they didn't find the wine they brewed, you can't punish them for the crime of brewing wine without permission." ”

Ting Peng was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Zhang Ji waving his hand.

He hooked his pen and immediately said: "Although the two of you did not make wine, you secretly hid wine-making utensils, and today the government confiscated the wine-making utensils at your home, do you have any complaints in your hearts?" ”

Brewing wine without permission is a serious crime, and now that the husband and wife heard that they were not guilty, they were immediately overjoyed, where did they dare to complain that the brewing utensils were confiscated?

The two of them just shook their heads desperately, saying 'don't dare'.

Zhang Ji looked around at the county government and suddenly shouted: "The government strictly prohibits brewing without permission, and even if you have brewing tools at home." If you have these things in your home, you should hand them over to the government, and the government will buy them at the market price. ”

"If someone dares to make or hide brewing tools privately, if they are found in the future, they will be confiscated at least and sentenced to prison. After you leave this place, when word of mouth spreads, let the relatives not make mistakes! ”

The onlookers responded loudly and shouted 'Ming Ting is wise'.

At this time, not only Wen Zhao, but even Dian Wei felt that Zhang Ji's trial was a little too hasty.

Chen Xu's eyes narrowed, but he suddenly lined up everyone, came to the county office, and shouted: "Since you are a county magistrate, how can you be so hasty in deciding the case?" ”

Suddenly, someone reprimanded the county order in public at the county office, but everyone was surprised and felt incredible.

Then, the crowd boiled, and many people pointed to Chen Xu and said: "The Ming Court handled the case, naturally it makes sense, who are you, dare to accuse the Ming Court in the county government?" ”

The people were very emotional and accused Chen Xu one after another. It can be seen from this that Zhang Ji is very popular in Xinfeng County.

Wen Zhao was not afraid, and said with his head held high: "Let's not talk about the theft of the father and son, the county order announced the sentence extremely hastily. The mere fact that the couple kept their winemaking tools in private place shows that they had the intention of making wine privately. ”

"In that case, they should be guilty of the same crime as the private brewers. Otherwise, how can we deter those with bad intentions? ”

What's more, Ming Ting just casually asked if he had found the wine they brewed, and hastily concluded the case without a detailed investigation. Acting like this, is it what the dignity of a county should do? ”

Speaking of this, Wen Zhao had already spoken loudly.

In addition, he has a dignified appearance, although he is tall, he is dressed in a green shirt, and he looks a little elegant, like a scholar. Moreover, because Wen Zhao has been in a high position for a long time, there is a feeling of not being angry and arrogant, which is even more invisible.

For a while, the county officials and the people under the hall were speechless by Wen Zhao.

Only Zhang Ji looked at Wen Zhao with interest, and then suddenly asked, "If you see a man and a woman walking on the street, do you want to arrest the man and woman because they are about to commit adultery?" ”

Wen Zhao was stunned for a moment and didn't speak, but Dian Wei said unhappily: "People are walking on the street, and there is no adultery, how can they be arrested?" ”

Zhang Ji laughed twice and said: "They all have adultery equipment, the same as those who want to make wine, why can't they be caught?" ”

Wen Zhao pondered for a while, then came back to his senses and bowed: "The words of the Ming Court made my mouth open." ”