"Burn, burn," Mr. Li said happily.

But after a while he was not happy, and it was burned, but all the twenty or so were captured alive, and none of them could escape.

Xu Yuanwai shuddered and said, "I'll just say it's inappropriate." ”

It's a big trouble now, the field book is burned, but as long as the first trial, these people will not end well, but it will be cheaper for others.

"What's the hurry, where are these people now?"

"Locked up in a cell."

"What cell?"

"It's that cell in the county," replied the servant, puzzled. He didn't know that there was a cell.

"We have to find a way right away," Zeng said.

Fortunately, when Wang Ju left the city, he might send these people to him for interrogation, but that would not be possible until dawn. Now Hou Ke is busy directing people to put out fires.

So they immediately called two people, one named Tian Song and the other Shen Chuang, who were the two most hated advocates of the common people of the Song Dynasty, that is, lawyers, who were down-and-out literati who couldn't live anymore, and were more proficient in Song law, and then regardless of shame, they fought lawsuits for the rich, benefited the rich, or cleared their names.

These two people are the most famous in Jingyang City.

The two were called over, sleepy-eyed, and Li Yuanwai took out two large ingots of gold and handed them to the two of them.

I'm scared!

If Wang Ju is not evil, it may really be a crowd of people, and dozens of their heads will all fall to the ground.

So he shot boldly.

The two immediately came to their senses and inquired about the situation, and Li Yuanwai vaguely told the truth, of course, he would not say that these twenty or so domestic servants were deliberately sent out by them, but Tian Shen and the others also understood.

Zheng Baiqu released water, water is important, but the land is even more important, when it comes to the decisive battle, as long as they hear the account room, they will know.

But there is no need to break it, the earth has nothing to do with them, the gold is real.

Li Yuanwai said: "Two, find a way to keep the prisoners in the county jail, and you can't take them to the drainmen, after all, it is the county account room that burns, not the drainmen." ”

"Li Yuanwai, you make us embarrassed, although it is an account office, how can the field book not have anything to do with the drain workers? If Wang Pingshi forcibly leads people, and there are tens of thousands of Baojie troops, how can we stop them? ”

"What do you think?"

"Gao Jian doesn't have it, but the guards in the cell, can you get through the relationship?"

"This can open up the relationship, but they can't let people go privately."

"That's easy, and they don't need to release people privately, but you can bring a few words in, let them grit their teeth, and only admit that they entered the account room as a thief, and inadvertently set the account room on fire. As long as they don't confess, this crime is not big, at most it is a crime of mismatching. At the end of the allotment, you will give them money to compensate themselves and their families. If Wang Pingshi really brought the prisoner to the drain worker, we will build a thatched hut on the side, monitor him day and night, and stop him from torture, and after a month, the matter will come to light, and you will not have to worry. Tian Song said.

"Then bother the two of you."

"You're welcome, but you also have to find a way to inquire why the officers and soldiers caught it so timely." Shen Chuang added.

The two stepped back.

But this sentence made the hearts of more than two dozen people start to fur again.

So they acted quickly and were taken to the cell by word of mouth.

At the same time, they received a message from inside and saw the Tian Book, and the first one to burn was the Tian Book.

This made Li Yuanwai a little puzzled, if they were prepared, then it would be impossible for their subordinates to burn the field book.

If you are unprepared, why do you catch it so timely?

And it began to dawn.

A layer of bright morning light fluttered in the sky above Jingyang County.

It was a quiet autumn morning, but beneath the surface of this tranquility there was a commotion.

Almost the entire county town is talking about last night's fire.

From the fire to the field book again.

From the Tian book, Wang Ju's tough style was mentioned.

Most of the people still recognize Wang Ju, they are not greedy, they do not accept gifts, they take the lead in enduring hardships, they are talented and learned, and without Wang Ju, there will be no Zheng Baiqu.

However, some people think that Wang Ju's style is too tough, so they lower their heads a little, let's negotiate, no matter what, those fields are indeed from various large families. It's not right to enclose the fields, but these hidden fields are handed over to various big households, and can't everyone solve them by taking a step back?

Can it really be solved by taking a step back?

Later, Wang Anshi was so tough, there was no way to solve Yintian, this retreat, maybe he could retreat from Jingyang to Yanzhou!

However, the people's knowledge is limited, they only have their own recognition and morality.

Moreover, the people of the Song Dynasty were very persistent in land, no matter whose cultivated land was moved, everyone would be in a hurry.

This is the discussion of ordinary people, and there are some big families, they are watching, and some of the situation last night is also reflected to their ears as it is.

The accounts were burned, the field books were burned, and the people were arrested.

In fact, these are the happiest people.

Besides, although they were "loyal" to Wang Ju, what contract did they write? No.

But now more than 20 people are locked up in the county cell, and it depends on how Wang Ju deals with it.

Hou Ke didn't sleep well all night, and early the next morning, he began to interrogate the prisoners.

Before the prisoner was brought up, Shen Chuang and Tian Song, two lawyers, came to the county office.

The Song Dynasty's system of placing litigators was also intended to be good, to prevent officials from being incompetent and causing unjust cases to be false, which was a disguised layer of supervision over the criminal prison system. But it turned out to be a completely different taste.

And the more the reputation of the lawyers, the worse it becomes, and these lawyers break the jars, the bowls, and the shameless competition.

Jingyang City also has it, and these two people are the most notorious among them.

Hou Ke didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "These twenty criminals sneaked into the county account office yesterday and burned countless precious account books. ”

"May I ask Ming Gong, why do they burn the account books?" Tian Song asked.

"Tian Book!"

"Then why did they burn the field book?"

Why is the field book burned, the reason is not very simple, but now that he has not obtained the oral evidence of the prisoner, Hou Ke can't talk nonsense.

"The official will interrogate himself."

The official brought the prisoner up, and Hou Ke began to interrogate.

More than two dozen people got the message, so they gritted their teeth and refused to confess.

"Thief, do you know how much damage this fire has caused to the government? Punish the officer. ”

"Wait," Shen Chuang stepped forward and arched his hand and said: "Ming Gong, according to my Great Song Dynasty law, all thieves are not allowed to have fifty pieces of wealth, sixty one-foot rods, one horse plus one class, five horses for one year, five horses plus one class, and fifty horses plus slavery." They steal at night, although they have violated the laws of our Great Song Dynasty, but they only belong to those who do not have wealth, and they must be released with fifty lashes. Although it was unintentionally ignited and caused certain losses to the government, it was an unintentional mistake. If you really investigate it, Ming Gong is also at fault for dereliction of duty. I also hope that Ming Gong will be lenient and release the prisoners one by one after flogging fifty. ”

According to him, Hou Ke was more responsible than the two dozen or so criminals.

"Sharp mouth and sharp teeth," Zhang Mao said from the side.

Tian Song and Shen Chuang knew that he was the envoy sent by the imperial court, and it seemed that he had a lot of power in the palace, so they no longer discerned, whatever they wanted, sharp mouth and sharp teeth, dog legs, is it important, that ingot of gold is important.

The yatang fell silent.

Hou Ke suddenly thought of the generosity he had talked about with Wang Ju. He was a little confused, and he really held on to the path of generosity, and he cured the country? Or to learn the way of the Legalists to govern the country, but why didn't the Qin Dynasty last long?

Lao Hou didn't figure it out on the top, in fact, since the Qin Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty first Huang Lao Wuwei, and then respected Confucianism, in fact, it is just a table, with Taoism and Confucianism as the table, and Legalism as the inside.

However, many scholars are desperately refuting this system, and some scholars also have misunderstandings, really thinking that they can govern the country with Confucian benevolence, and then entangled.

Whether it is more important to be generous, or whether other means are important, you can see it right away.

Wang Ju also received the news that Fengchen Pupu rode a horse from the canal workers to Jingyang City.

When the marquis was embarrassed, Wang Ju rushed to the county office.

After he asked about the situation, he immediately reprimanded: "Tian Song, Shen Chuang, this official asked you, someone stole the jade ring in the temple of Han Gaozu and was caught by the guards, Emperor Wen of Han wanted to raze the nine clans of his people, Zhang Shizhi asked Emperor Wen of Han, if someone steals a cup of soil on the Changling Tomb, what should I do?" So Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty only beheaded himself, and there was no connection. Why? ”

"Be generous."

"That official killed a few officials in the spring, it is said that someone fed back to the capital, why is there no one in the capital from the official family to the ruler?"

The two lawyers were questioned.

"The judgment of the case is based on the law, and the second is based on the story, what is a story, do you understand?"

Stories are examples that can be used as a reference by previous dynasties. It is also a criterion for officials in the Song Dynasty to judge cases, which is actually the truth, as long as a reason is spoken, there can be a judgment against the law. This is also a helpless act of imperfect law.

Wang Ju asked the two of them, looked at the group of people in the public court, and continued to shout: "You are not small, do you think that if you invite two evil lawyers for the lord's family, you can shelter you?" You're dead! ”

His words worked more than anything else, and several timid bodies trembled.

"Take them down first, Hou Zhi County, and when the official is busy, then come and cooperate with Hou Zhi County to interrogate the case."

After Wang Ju finished speaking, he rode back again.

Hou Ke ordered the officials to bring the prisoners back to the prison first, and the two lawyers also left the court.

Li Yuanwai and the others immediately surrounded them, and Shen Chuang said: "Wang Pingshi will have some headaches, but fortunately, he didn't take the prisoners away, you immediately send someone to inform them again, as long as they grit their teeth and don't have a mouth, Wang Pingshi will not sentence them to death." But once you confess, there will be no way to live. However, there is good news, we didn't see Hou Zhixian's expression, but looking at the expression of the envoy, he was very anxious, which is probably beneficial to you. ”

"That's good." These people are moving again.

Time passed little by little, and everyone continued to sit in Li Yuanwai's house, and it was not until this time that Li Yuanwai walked out of the front desk. But it doesn't matter, either bring down Wang Ju and force him away from the drain, or they will fall to the ground.

What I heard for the time being was good news, and as the news reached the cell, these servants were all selected by them, and they were more loyal, and they all expressed their position in the cell, and even if they were killed, they refused to confess.

Zeng Yuanwai said: "Why were they caught so quickly on the spot? ”

If it weren't for this question, they could all have celebrated a little.

At this moment, a steward hurriedly came in on a donkey and said, "Oh no, that Wang Minggong took the officials to personally inspect the fields in Linyuan Village. ”

"Why did he check my field?" Li Yuanwai said angrily.

Linyuan Village is not far from Jingyang, only more than 20 miles away, because it is close to Nanbaiqu, and there are many fertile fields outside the village. Among them, the Li family's land is the largest, about a dozen hectares, not only the land of Li Yuanwai's family, but also some other people in the village brought land into the tenants, only in this Zhuangzi hanging in the name of Li Yuanwai There are almost more than 20 hectares of cultivated land, and ninety percent of it is hidden land.

"Let's go, go over and see," said the twenty or so squires, standing up together.

The main thing is that there is no field book, they are bold, no matter how you check, there must be a certificate in your hand. R1152