The rise of the prince

Chapter 414 Literary business spirit
Li Xingzhou had just arrived in Jiangzhou, and the accommodation and meals had already been arranged.

That night, the officials of Ningjiang Mansion held a banquet in the largest restaurant to welcome him.

Delicious wine and delicacies, luminous glass cups, high-quality Ru kiln porcelain, exquisite red bird embroidered felt on the floor, and famous people from Jiangzhou were invited to play and sing lyrics during the banquet, all of them were beautiful and beautiful.

During the period, all the officials kept complimenting him, and repeatedly hinted that if he likes them, everyone can take them back tonight at will, and it is their blessing to serve the prince of the dynasty.

The banquet was full of wine and wine, and the voices of people were noisy.Although King Pingnan is young, he is different from other people. He has too much reputation to boast about. These officials are relieved. They have material for flattering, so they don't have to rack their brains to think about it. To be honest, it is very awesome.

Surrounded by so many people, flattering him one after another, to be honest, if he didn't know it in his heart, he would have been unable to bear it.

As the magistrate, Wang Tong said a lot of things, and took the lead in expressing that Ningjiang Mansion would fully cooperate with him.

The noise at the banquet was relatively loud, but Li Xingzhou could still vaguely hear the noise from the street outside.

After drinking for three rounds, he quietly got up while everyone was not paying attention, and came to the corridor outside the building.When the night wind blows, he wakes up a little bit. From a distance, there are basically no lights on the street, and screams and screams can be heard from time to time in the darkness in the distance.

Behind him, the luxurious hall is brightly lit, singing and dancing, wine and beauty, laughter and laughter, as if there are two worlds.

Li Xingzhou was expressionless, holding on to the railing and clenched his knuckles tightly. He felt a fire in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He knew how to manage his emotions.

It's not the time to turn faces with these people when you're new here.

After a while, he turned sideways, and found that he was not the only one, but two other people were standing in the corridor, one of them was Xie Linjiang, and the other was an old man in his fifties with a very thin face. They seemed to be whispering something .

Seeing him, Xie Linjiang quickly cupped his hands and said, "I've seen the prince."

The old man beside him was startled, and hurriedly cupped his hands: "Your Majesty has seen the prince."

Li Xingzhou raised his hand to let them ignore it: "Who is this?"

"Oh, let me introduce you to the prince. This is Mr. Wang Ke, the judge of Ningjiang Mansion." Xie Linjiang said.

Wang Ke bowed and saluted.

"Your Majesty Wang is free of courtesy." Li Xingzhou nodded. Zhifu is the abbreviation of "knowing the affairs of a certain government", and Zhizhou is the abbreviation of "quanzhijun and state affairs", which means the chief of a prefecture or a continent.It is different from the elders and mayors of later generations, because the prefect and the prefect have the right to decide almost all major and minor matters in the jurisdiction, and their power is as great as the emperor of the land.

However, it is impossible for the magistrate to do everything by himself in advance. The judge is the official who has the power to manage the prisons of the prefecture, and his power is second only to the magistrate.

"The two of you are not used to banquets?" Li Xingzhou stood upright.

As soon as this remark came out, Wang Ke panicked, thinking that he was blaming him.

Xie Linjiang nodded honestly, and said awkwardly: "When I was a scholar, I also loved banquets, singing and dancing, but it's a little different from these. Although I tried my best to get used to it, it was still difficult to integrate." He smiled wryly and shook his head.

Li Xingzhou smiled, that is of course different, the banquet for scholars is elegant, elegant, literary and not utilitarian, of course it is different from this banquet.

"Is Jiangzhou City like this every night?" Li Xingzhou glanced at the distance.

This question made Wang Ke's face turn blue with fright, Xie Linjiang nodded: "This situation has been going on for a long time."

"Is there a reason for this?"

Xie Linjiang shook his head: "My lord, I'm so blind, I really can't see what's wrong with the door. At first, it was just a tax increase, and the people were dissatisfied. How did you know that once you regain your senses, it will become what it is today."

Seeing that the young King Pingnan was so approachable, Wang Ke relaxed a lot.

He hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty has the courage to say a few words. If you say something wrong, please forgive me."

"The speaker is innocent, just say it."

Wang Ke nodded, but there was still some worry on his face: "My lord, I'm afraid this matter. I'm afraid it was the prefect's lord who started it."

Li Xingzhou understood why Wang Ke was worried, because Wang Tong was his father-in-law.

"But it's okay to say, tonight's words will always be right and wrong, and will never spread." Li Xingzhou smiled, giving him a reassurance.

Only then did Wang Ke start to say: "The reason for this incident is that the common people made trouble in front of the government office because of the tax increase. At that time, the subordinate officials told the magistrate that the common people can be appeased, but the leaders must be arrested and severely punished. No future troubles.

But... Ke Zhifu's heart is soft, and he feels that the common people are forced to do nothing.The magistrate not only opened the treasury to appease the people, but also did not punish those who took the lead to gather the people together. As a result, the people tasted the sweetness and thought that there would be free food for the trouble, and the trouble started to get bigger and bigger."

Speaking of this, Wang Ke sighed and said: "Later, the subordinate officials again proposed to increase the punishment and severely punish some leaders to stop this trend, but the magistrate felt that the ancient sages all said that they must rule the world with benevolence in order to be loved by the people. , He is not virtuous enough, that's why some people disagree, and they disagree. Within half a month, Jiangzhou will be even more chaotic.

All the people in the four quarters are proud to surround themselves in front of the government office and call the people to ask for their orders, because that way they can get free food."

Li Xingzhou was speechless, and Wang Tong was a typical idiot in reading.

"So that's where it is?" he asked.

Wang Ke replied: "That's not the end of it. Chaos returns to chaos. Most of the people are not treacherous and evil. Although the law and order is chaotic, it's not the same as today where murders happen every one or two days.

The biggest scourge was those black mountain bandits more than a month ago. "

"The plundering of the black bandits led to the turmoil in Jiangzhou?" Li Xingzhou asked curiously. There was indeed a possibility, because the people were afraid of the bandits, and the people were panicked, but it seemed that something was wrong.

Wang Ke shook his head sadly: "My lord, the current situation in Jiangzhou is not all caused by the Black Mountain bandits.

At the beginning, the first county reported to the government office, saying that it was robbed by Heishan bandits, with hundreds of casualties and tens of thousands of losses.The subordinate felt that something was wrong. When I was a child, I fought against the Black Bandits under the command of General Tsukasa. The Black Bandits were so powerful that they came and went like the wind. They walked on the mountain roads like apes.

But if there is a real fight, most of the officers and soldiers are in armor and have complete bows and crossbows. How can they be afraid of the black bandits?

The land to the west of the Taihang Mountains where the Black Bandit is located is barren, and it is difficult to survive. It is impossible to have good armor, knives and guns, let alone a strong crossbow. How dare you charge the officers and soldiers head-on?Not to mention the siege.

So the next official thinks there is something wrong with the letter. "

Li Xingzhou nodded, he also felt that what Wang Ke said made sense.

"As soon as the magistrate saw the letter, he sent money and food to help the people without saying a word.

The subordinate officials repeatedly asked him to send someone to investigate and find out exactly what was going on, how many people the thieves had killed and how many things they had robbed, and then make a decision. "

Speaking of this, Wang Ke heaved a long sigh: "The prefect said, 'The people are in danger, and they are all urgent, so there is no room for procrastination'." Wang Ke shook his head slowly while speaking.

He came to understand, experienced a lot, and naturally understood a lot. People's hearts are not that simple.

After hearing Wang Tong's behavior, ordinary people would probably clap their hands and applaud him, praising him as a good official who is quick in handling things without procrastinating, and truly considers the people.

But the problem is that the reality is very skinny. His approach seems to be good, but there are many loopholes
"I'm afraid that many counties will be 'robbed' by Black Mountain bandits one after another." Li Xingzhou asked.

When he said this, Wang Ke widened his eyes and nodded again and again: "The prince is wise, the prince is wise! Not only that, but some counties directly conspired with the Black Mountain bandits and paid for the Black Mountain bandits to 'rob', just for the sake of the magistrate. There to cheat money and food!"

Li Xingzhou sighed, this is the gap between ideal and reality.

The more important you are, the more you are in a high position, you can't do things just by feeling, otherwise, if something big happens, you must think carefully about all aspects.

This is like a lot of people scolding why those who have committed the most heinous crimes, such as war criminals in World War II, have to find a defense lawyer for him during the trial, and even if the defense lawyer knows that he has committed a serious crime and has the blood of tens of millions of innocent people in his hands, he will not It must be vigorously defended.

Because one of the big reasons is that the debate is to comprehensively consider all aspects, and constantly improve the law in this kind of thinking and collision.

If such a war criminal can finally be exonerated according to the legal logic at that time, it means that there are loopholes in the law and need to be improved.

And Wang Tong obviously does not have this kind of spirit.

He thought it was good, so he did it. If it weren't for the fact that he was the eldest son of Duke De, someone would have jumped out to join him.

(End of this chapter)