Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 119 Public trial, guilty plea, dressed like a beast!

Clarified his next move.

Lu Wanling was unambiguous at all, and went straight to the magistrate's yamen in Zhending Prefecture.

"My subordinate Zheng Michang, I have met Mr. Lu!"

Zheng Michang is also a little confused at the moment.

Has the imperial envoy reached his territory?

Why haven't you heard of it before?

For these alternate officials, he, Zheng Michang, was still very vigilant. Once he found out his problem, he dealt with himself on the spot.

They want to replace themselves.

Zheng Michang also knew the nasty things he did, but he was still very confident.

These imperial envoys, they can't find anything.

Lu Wanling said indifferently: "Master Zheng, I have ordered an investigation!"

Zheng Michang nodded and said: "Your Excellency, just check, and the lower officials will definitely cooperate!"

"it is good!"

Lu Wanling nodded, then took out a secret decree from his sleeve, and said lightly, "Zheng Michang accepts the decree!"

Zheng Michang was slightly taken aback, then knelt down: "Minister, Zheng Michang accepts the order!"

Lu Wanling opened the secret decree, and said lightly: "It is a national policy to return the consumption and envy to the public!"

Zheng Michang frowned, and then heard Lu Wanling continue: "I don't wear more than eight sets of regular clothes for four seasons. I change them to dry and wash wet clothes. The princes, envoys, officials, and soldiers of the vassals push their clothes, and they spend frugally to pay for the military and the country. Thinking of the difficulties of the country and the difficulties of the people's livelihood. Because of the corruption of officials, it has been heard from time to time, and we have set up a special fund to support honest officials, hoping that as the name suggests, we will encourage them to be honest officials!"

Then, Lu Wanling continued: "The silkworms, the cocoons, the cocoons are all swallowed up in the mouths of beetles. If those who swallow silk and strip cocoons don't spit out strands from their mouths, I want to tolerate it. I can tolerate it!"

Zheng Michang listened very carefully.

He probably understands the meaning of the imperial decree. To put it simply, it is to ask Lu Wanling to investigate, and it also gives Lu Wanling a certain amount of power, requiring the government to cooperate accordingly.

He understands the truth very well!
This edict was not written for him, it was written for Lu Wanling.

This secret decree is probably equivalent to giving Lu Wanling special powers.

"Master Zheng, do you understand this imperial edict?" Lu Wanling closed the imperial edict and asked.

"I understand!"

Zheng Michang was about to stand up, but Lu Wanling waved his hand and said lightly, "Take it!"

Tan Yong beside him suddenly held down Zheng Michang, and Zheng Michang was dumbfounded.

There was no time to make any resistance at all, and he was directly pressed to death. .

All of a sudden, this Zheng Michang couldn't move.

"Master Lu, what do you mean?" Zheng Michang stared at Lu Wanling firmly.

But Lu Wanling said lightly: "Zheng Michang, there is a strict order from the Holy Spirit, and the court has a strict order that every tael of tax and silver collected will be levied four to five qian for fire consumption; grain will be levied two liters for one stone to one bucket of three liters, are you sure?" It has increased seventeen times in one breath, what is the reason for this?"

"You have no evidence to take this official rashly. Do you know what crime it is?" Zheng Michang was also angry. This is good, and he took himself down directly.

Lu Wanling looked at Zheng Michang coldly: "There is no evidence, do you really think that I have no evidence, so I came to arrest you?"

Zheng Michang said loudly: "Lu Wanling, you are spitting blood, you have evidence to show, today you take me, you can't justify it here at the court, this is a matter of the Ministry of Punishment!"

"I have my own evidence!"

Lu Wanling smiled contemptuously and said: "If you want people to know you, you have to do nothing yourself. The imperial court demanded that the consumption and envy be returned to the public, but you cleverly set up a name to double the exploitation of the people. This official will not tolerate you, the emperor will not tolerate you, and the heavens will not tolerate you!"

"Come here, take Zheng Bichang into custody!"

Lu Wanling glanced at the yamen servant, and suddenly raised the secret decree in his hand: "Why, do you dare to disobey the decree? This is a serious crime of beheading!"

The yamen servants also reacted quickly.

Zheng Bichang was immediately put in prison.

Tan Yong, Wang Chao!
Lu Wanling said loudly.

Tan Yong and Wang Chao came out at the same time, and Lu Wanling said: "You two immediately notify all the county magistrates to come to the magistrate's yamen, and I want to have Zheng Michang publicly tried!"

"Notify the people, notify all the gentry, let them come and see after ten days, I want Zheng Michang to be tried publicly, so that they can all know—" Lu Wanling's voice became severe: "Whoever breaks the law of the country, what will happen? What's the end!"

Yes!
Everyone nodded at the same time.

Lu Wanling is also well versed in the way of vigorous and resolute actions.

Once he did it, he would never give Zheng Michang any chance to deceive others. He had already collected enough evidence before he did it.

And now the ten government officials assigned to Lu Wanling have also moved quickly.

On the one hand, it was to check the accounts. On the other hand, some people directly took the yamen servants to ransack the house. At the same time, some people went to Zheng Michang's hometown to start an investigation.

The people who went to Zheng Bichang's hometown to investigate were already on their way back.

Once it was determined that there was a problem, Lu Wanling sent people to collect evidence in advance.

now--

unambiguous evidence
Ten days later, all levels of county officials, gentry and landlords, and common people in the entire Zhending Mansion had all gathered at the gate of the county government office.

But Lu Wanling said lightly: "Come on, bring Zheng Bichang up!"

At this moment, Zheng Michang was already handcuffed and fettered, and he looked extremely haggard, and it was quite difficult for him to walk.

"Zheng Michang, I want to ask you, the imperial court has a strict order to levy four to five qian for every tael of tax collected as fire consumption, and the levy of grain is increased by two liters per stone to three liters per bucket. Your Jiang consumption has increased by seventeen in one go Bei, have you confessed to this crime?"

Zheng Michang looked up at Lu Wanling and said slowly, "So what if you admit it, Mr. Lu, I admit that I did take the money!"

This matter, he also cannot deny.

Although in the big prison, good wine and good meat are served, in the prison, basically all the evidence is placed in front of Zheng Michang.

All he can do is confess his guilt.

Now Zheng Bichang is completely broken.

Frankly admitted.

Many people are whispering.

Naturally, a considerable number of people have extremely high hatred for Zheng Michang.

If it wasn't for the yamen servants to stop him, someone would have rushed up and beat Zheng Michang to death on the spot.

To collect money, the tax increase directly increased seventeen times.

This is absolutely beastly.

"To be an official in the same dynasty, if you take a boat, you will fall into the water first and then fall into the water!" Zheng Michang looked up at Lu Wanling, and said lightly: "Master Lu, you are an alternate official. After I fall, you come Sit in my seat, and you will know that what I do today is what you will do tomorrow!"

"shut up!"

Lu Wanling said coldly: "You are a beast in clothes. Could it be that all the civil and military officials in my Ming Dynasty are all beasts in clothes?"

"The robes of civil officials are embroidered with birds, and the robes of military officials are embroidered with beasts. Mr. Lu, wearing this robe, which one do you think is not a beast?"

These words were really hurtful, and every county magistrate present couldn't help feeling a little bit ashamed.

(End of this chapter)