Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 22
Guazhou is a lower state with few populations, not even comparable to a county in Guanzhong.

In the current Datang system, most of the officials in the governor's mansion are hired by the prefect with the funds of the office.

Zhang Mian was not from a rich family, nor was he like the children of those big families, who could use his salary to subsidize the public use of the governor's mansion.

Therefore, before Li Yan came, there was no legal officer in Guazhou Governor's Mansion, and the cases were all handed over to Zhang Mian for personal trial.

Fortunately, the population of Guazhou is small, and the number of lawsuits is far less than that of the Guanzhong area, so Zhang Mian has always been able to handle it.

After King Jianning and the players arrived, Zhang Mian was obviously much more relaxed.

One of the dental soldiers under King Jianning was named Zhou Hao. This guy was proficient in criminal law, and was soon appointed by Zhang Mian as the law officer of Guazhou Governor's Mansion.

Zhou Hao is a graduate student of law in the real world. Relying on his "deep" understanding of "Laws of the Tang Dynasty", Zhou Hao soon became the master of Qingtian in Guazhou City.

"Zhou Fasi, the bandits in Dashuixia have pleaded guilty, and this is their confession." The official handed Zhou Hao the confession that had just been signed.

After catching these bandits, Zhou Hao immediately ordered the officials to detain them separately, and then Zhou Hao began to interrogate them one by one.

When confronted with inconsistent testimony, Zhou Hao would cross interrogate again, and quickly caught the doubtful points in the confessions of several leaders, and determined all the crimes of the gangsters.

After two days of high-intensity trials, all these bandits have now been interrogated clearly.

Among the 31 bandits, including the second and third leaders, seven were charged with murder.

The attention of the privately cast iron money was made by the three masters, and the money fan was made by a craftsman fleeing from famine.

Among the 31 bandits, the second leader and the third leader were identified as the culprits.The other ten people were deeply involved, and according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, they would be beheaded.

The remaining [-] bandits, whose crimes did not warrant death, were also given punishments by Zhou Hao and wrote them together in the verdict.

Then there is the case of the big food merchant.

The bureau official said to Zhou Hao: "This third-generation government soldier is also literate. We found the ledger for privately selling iron money in the cottage, which recorded their transactions with the big food merchants."

"We have asked the third leader to correct me. Alhan is the big food merchant who traded with them to buy fake money."

Zhou Hao nodded. This set of techniques of interrogating the criminals individually and then catching the loopholes in the criminal's confession, and then using psychological warfare to break through each of them is the basic technique in modern interrogation.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, when torture was still used to extract confessions, Zhou Hao's interrogation skills could be said to be at the pinnacle.

And the prisoners he tried were not well-thought-out criminals, so every time Zhou Hao could finish the trial of the prisoners within a few days and make a convincing verdict.

Inspector Zhang Mian also relied on Zhou Hao even more, and now Fa Cao respected Zhou Hao quite a lot.

These two cases have formed a chain of evidence, and the testimony of all parties can be matched.

In the face of such conclusive evidence, Alhan, a big food businessman, slumped to the ground, and tremblingly signed the confession document.

So far, the case of Dashi businessman has also come to an end.

Zhou Hao personally drafted the verdict, and then handed it over to the officials, saying: "Please read it, Lord Inspector. This case involves beheading. Please submit it to King Jianning, Lord Inspector."

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, cases in various local and state capitals need to be submitted to the imperial court for review by the judicial department before execution.

The judiciary here is Dali Temple, and if it involves crimes such as treason, the emperor must personally collude.

But now the Lingwu court is just an empty shelf, and there is no official in Dali Temple.

The new emperor also promulgated an edict a while ago, and the cases in the state capitals were handed over to the prefects of the states for self-determination, and the cases in the military town of Jiezhen were handed over to the Jiedushi for handling, and there was no need to submit them to Dali Temple for review.

It is said that this edict was strongly opposed by Li Mi, the secretary supervisor, but it was promulgated and implemented under the advice of Prime Minister Fang Guan.

Jianning Wang Li Yan is the county king who founded the government and established teeth. According to the Tang system, he is the highest official in Guazhou in Guazhou.

However, the officials did not see the prefect at the governor's mansion, and asked the staff around Zhang Mian, it turned out that Zhang Mian hurriedly went to see King Jianning.

Zhang Mi hurriedly begged to see King Jianning, and Li Yan met him in his study.

Zhang Mi bowed his head to Li Yan, and then said: "I heard that Your Highness wants to ask for your appearance?"

"That's right. Gu Wang found out that there are many discrepancies and inconsistencies in the land tax in Guazhou, and the local land book has not been updated for a long time, so he is going to clear the land and ask for it."

Zhang Mi kowtowed again, and said with red eyes: "Your Highness, absolutely not!"

Li Yan looked at Zhang Mian suspiciously, he didn't understand why Zhang Mian objected to him.

Through this period of getting along, Li Yan also understood that this prefect Zhang is a good official.

In addition to his love of literature, Zhang Taishou is not keen on making money, and treats the common people quite generously.

People in Guazhou don't think Zhang Mian is a capable official, but they all think he is a kind and kind man.

Zhang Xian took the lead in opposing Da Suo Maangyue, which Li Yan did not expect.

Zhang Mian continued: "Although Guazhou is a lower state, there are a lot of cases where powerful and wealthy officials and gentry invaded the land and annexed the people's fields. The veteran understands His Highness's determination."

"But has your Highness ever thought that Dasuo Maangyue also needs someone to do it?"

"Nowadays, in Guazhou City, there are three major families, An, Yang, and Wu. Their descendants are all over the governor and the county government office. And the village chiefs and security chiefs in the township are also held by these wealthy households."

"His Royal Highness, Dasuo Mayou, naturally cannot do without these officials who can write and count. If they check themselves, can they find out any problems? I'm afraid it's not these guys who will harm the people even more!"

Zhang Mian's gray beard trembled slightly. He was a local from Chang'an, and he was also very high-spirited and wanted to rectify the local government.

However, after years of beatings in reality, his nature is relatively weak, and in the end, nothing happened.

Of course Zhang Mian knows that Da Suo Mau Yue is good, but it also depends on who is doing it.

If the Emperor Taizong was so good-looking, how would these tyrants dare to lie, they would just scramble to make up for the rent they escaped.

However, the emperor also engaged in Dasuomaoyue, but the final result was nothing. The court made a great deal of vigor, but the lower part made a mess of smoke.

On the contrary, there are fewer checks by rich households, and more rents have been passed on to ordinary people.

No matter how good a policy is, it needs people to implement it!

Zhang Mian understands this, so his biggest policy in Guazhou is not to make trouble.

He hurried over to persuade Li Yan, because he was afraid that the king of Jianning, who was young and energetic, would end up suffering the common people.

Seeing Zhang Mian like this, Li Yan was a little moved.

But Li Yan is full of confidence, others can't do it, but he can definitely do it!

The Lonely King has players!

(End of this chapter)