Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 56
There is a stone monument standing outside the county prison, but it is written on it, "Your salary is your salary, the people anoint the people, the people are easy to abuse, and the sky is hard to bully", and Hu Daniu, who was still defending himself in the court just now, has been bumped to death in the courtroom. In front of the stele.

Hu Daniu is an out-and-out farmer, his face is deeper than loess, his hands are full of calluses, his hair is already gray, but his eyes have been closed forever.

When Wang Yue saw Hu Daniu who died under the stone pillar, and saw this honest farmer who was proud of his quick work, the tears he had been holding back finally spewed out.

It was obvious that everyone was living in a time of peace, yet such a simple person died like this, full of grievances.

This is not the way of the world that he pursues, nor the way of the world that he leads the soldiers in the north to protect. The way of life in China should not be like this.

Li Guangming came over with Xiao Zhixian, only to see Wang Yue weeping bitterly for a grassroots man, and even more contemptuous of this person who betrayed the civil official group.

"Dead... dead? This... what should I do?" Seeing that Hu Daniu had really crashed to death under the stone tablet, Zhixian murmured in panic.

Li Guangming seemed to be familiar with this kind of thing, and said to Xiao Zhixian indifferently: "Your case was judged according to the facts. This unscrupulous person is ashamed and angry, and he is unwilling to sacrifice for atonement, so he commits suicide. It has nothing to do with you." What's the matter? We, the newly-appointed adults in Huguang, have friendship with this old man, so if you tell the truth, I will keep you safe!"

"Yes... yes, I will report it truthfully!" Xiao Zhixian came back to his senses, and immediately nodded his head.

The sky became more and more gloomy, as if it was about to rain.

Wang Yue knelt beside Hu Daniu's body, and finally couldn't help shouting loudly: "True? What kind of truth is this? Are your hearts eaten by dogs?"

The people who were watching may have been kept in the dark, but how could these two people not know what was going on, and even the perjury of the salt shop and the teahouse shopkeeper was Li Guangming's perjury.

Now that Hu Daniu was forced to hit a rock and die, these two people had no sense of self-blame at all, and they quickly formulated a plan to shirk responsibility here.

"When you meet a bosom friend, you don't drink a thousand cups, and you don't talk speculatively, you don't know what it means! Xiao Zhixian, today is unlucky, your banquet has been withdrawn, and the two of us will meet again some other day!" The group squeezed them out and immediately left the road with their hands up.

Xiao Zhixian originally wanted to send Li Guangming to him, but when he saw that the corpse was still here and needed to be dealt with, he cupped his hands obsequiously: "Lord Li, please go slowly!"

It would be better if there are no non-commissioned officers in a county, but if there are retired officials who can enjoy themselves in the officialdom, they, the county magistrates, really can only behave with their tails between their legs.

Li Guangming strode out of the gate of the county government office. There was already a sedan chair waiting in front of the gate, and he frowned at the two young men who hurriedly walked towards him.

The housekeeper came forward to greet him, and at the same time reported a piece of good news: "Master, Mr. Cao from the east of the city lost everything in the gambling shop last night, and just expressed his willingness to sell us his family's [-] mu of land!"

"You don't need to tell the old man about these things, lest others mistakenly think that the old man loves to annex the land!" Li Guangming glanced at the housekeeper and warned with dissatisfaction.

"Yes, yes, the old servant made a slip of the tongue!" The butler stepped forward and opened the sedan chair curtain, and admitted his mistake again and again.

Li Guangming was about to get into the sedan chair and go back to the house, when he suddenly heard movement in the south of the street, he couldn't help but turned his head to look over, and saw billowing soot.

A group of people came on horseback, and the pedestrians gave way one after another.

Although Jingshan County sold low-priced salt, people from surrounding areas flocked to this city one after another, but it was impossible for such a big battle to occur.

Li Guangming didn't think that Xiaozhi County could attract any nobles, so he had more expectations in his heart. When he saw an official wearing a third-rank official uniform, a bright smile appeared on his face.

Appeal!
The leading official of the third rank noticed Li Guangming standing in front of the sedan chair, and when he got close, he tightened the reins, and then raised his two front hooves gently.

"My lord, if you don't write a letter of notice first, if you learn that you are coming to Jingshan for inspection, the officials will make people sprinkle water ten miles to welcome you!" Li Guangming saw that the person who came was the new inspector Yang Jizong, and he was enthusiastic immediately. to meet the front road.

Seeing Li Guangming, Yang Jizong breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily, "Brother Guangheng, you are now in Jingshan City, so you can feel at ease as a brother!"

"How do you say that?" Li Guangming was already puzzled by Yang Jizong's sudden visit, but now he was even more puzzled.

Yang Jizong knew that Li Guangming was good at flattering, and now he was in Li Guangming's territory, as if he had seen through everything, he said: "Your Majesty is here, you must have treated him graciously, I don't know if you want to settle down at home?"

"You came to see Wang Yue?" Li Guangming stared.

Yang Jizong was also taken aback for a moment, then asked back: "Otherwise?"

Every official has a different story, and Yang Jizong's story is also very exciting.

Yang Jizong was born in Yangcheng, Shanxi, but the Yang family at this time was not one of the four prominent families in Yangcheng, but an ordinary small clan that got rid of farming because of selling salt.

In the first year of Tianshun, he was a Jinshi. During his tenure as the magistrate of Jiaxing Prefecture, he was a clean and honest official. Later, he became famous due to two incidents.

The first one is that Yushi Kongru suddenly broke into the back house of Jiaxing government office and opened Yang Jizong's box and basket to check, but there were only a few old clothes inside.

The second is that Yang Jicha went to Beijing to report his duties. Emperor Chenghua asked Wang Zhi: "Who is clean among the pilgrimage officials?" Wang Zhi signed back and said: "There is only Yang Jizong who does not love money in the world."

It was Wang Zhi's words that earned Yang Jizong the title of "the most upright official in the Ming Dynasty during the Chenghua period" and resolutely became an important member of Qingliu.

Jiaxing magistrate's tenure expired in nine years, and Yang Jizong was exceptionally promoted to be the procurator of Zhejiang Province. Later, the governor of Shuntian pointed out the many ills of the eunuchs, and Shangshu asked Emperor Chenghua to recall the eunuchs from the town, so he was demoted by Emperor Chenghua to the deputy envoy of Yunnan. .

After Zhu Youtang succeeded to the throne, Yang Jizong was promoted by the Ministry of Officials and returned to Huguang from remote Yunnan. Now he is the third-rank Huguang Inspector.

"The prince is in the county yamen!" Li Guangming learned that this promising official did not come to Jingshan to catch up with him, so he pointed to the door of the county yamen in disappointment.

Yang Jizong dismounted from his horse, threw the whip to the attendant behind him, and walked into the Jingshan county government office in high spirits.

Huh?
Li Guangming was about to follow in, but saw Yang Jizong followed by a group of Jinyiwei in betta suits, and could not help but look at the group in confusion.

"I'm sorry to welcome you from a distance, and please punish me!" Zhixian Xiao hurriedly greeted Yang Jizong and knelt down when he heard that Yang Jizong was coming.

"My lord, it's hard for me to find you!" Yang Jizong greeted Wang Yue enthusiastically when he saw Wang Yue over there.

Originally, he had gone to the foot of Mount Jiewu to look for Wang Yue, and when he learned that Wang Yue had actually come to Jingshan County, he immediately brought the Jin Yiwei who had come down from the capital with him, and now he finally saw Wang Yue himself.

Wang Yu and Hu Jun had returned from work, and Wang Yu handed a paperweight like a copper tiger button to Wang Yue, while Hu Jun knelt on the ground hugging his grandfather and crying bitterly.

Wang Yue took over the paperweight, feeling even more sad in his heart, but when he saw Yang Jizong, who was wearing a third-rank official uniform, appearing here, he couldn't help but look at the No. [-] upright official of the Ming Dynasty in perplexity.

"Your Majesty, this is the decriminalization document issued by the imperial court a few days ago by the procuratorial envoy. Because I just arrived in office, I almost missed your important task. Please forgive me!" Yang Jizong took out the official waiver letter and handed it to Wang Yue. He solemnly apologized.

ah?exonerate?

Li Guangming's eyes widened in surprise when he heard that Wang Yue was resolutely exonerated by the court.

Now that the court has exonerated Wang Yue, not only does Wang Yue no longer need to live in Anlu, but he may also be reappointed by the court.

Of course, this is only a theoretical possibility, but Wang Yuezao has already been excluded from the civil service group, and today Zizi is a good king who is good at accepting advice.

"Lord Wang, listen to the edict!" Lu Song, the leader of Jinyiwei, stepped forward and raised the imperial edict in his hand.

Yang Jizong did not know the content of this imperial decree.This time, it was said that it was sending the decriminalization document to Wang Yue, but it was actually leading the way for the Jin Yiwei who came down from the capital. At the same time, I wanted to know how Wang Yue would be appointed by the court.

"Sinful minister Wang Yue respectfully invites Shengan!" Wang Yue faintly guessed that he would be reused, so he knelt on the ground and said.

Lu Song replied, and then unfolded the imperial decree and read: "Holy Anne! In accordance with the edict of the Emperor Chengyun: When I was in the East Palace, I heard the late emperor say: The more you are in Datong, the more peace you will have in Datong, and the more you are in Yansui, you will be in Yansui'an. The more you stay in Ningxia, the more peaceful Ningxia is... Today, the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is awarded, and the governor and the two Huaihuai patrol salt censors are specially ordered to visit the various scenes, check and clean up... the king ordered the flag, and removed the third grade. Please, for the rest, just ask questions like a law, please!"

The left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?Prime Minister Yanzheng?

Not to mention Li Guangming and Xiaozhi County, even Yang Jizong, Huguang's procurator, stared wide-eyed, never expecting that Wang Yue would be entrusted with such an important task by the new king.

Not to mention that the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a genuine third-rank Beijing official, and the rectification of the salt administration is related to the second largest tax revenue in Ming Dynasty. Wang Yue is even more prominent than before he was demoted.

"Chen Wangyue accepts the decree to thank you!" Wang Yue had a dream earlier that he would be resurrected by the new king, but he didn't want it to become a reality, so he received the decree with tears in his eyes.

Originally, his desire for political power was getting weaker and weaker, but after experiencing all kinds of things here, he realized that the most terrifying enemy of China might not be in the north, but in the bureaucratic class that eats people and does not spit out bones.

"Master Wang, congratulations to Gao Sheng!" Yang Jizong was very satisfied with being promoted back to Huguang as an inspector, but when he saw Wang Yue return to the court with one step, he also congratulated with jealousy.

When Xiao Zhixian noticed that Wang Yue was looking at him, he immediately had a flattering smile on his face.

He only hated himself for being blind this time, for not knowing how to curry favor with this exiled person.

If he can hug this thick thigh, no matter how bad it is, he can get a fellow magistrate or magistrate, instead of staying in Jingshan, a place where no shit is like a bird, until he retires.

"Pen here!"

As soon as these words came out, the clever scribe hurriedly brought the pen he was carrying with him.

Now that Wang Yue has obtained the emperor's favor, he has transformed himself into the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is no longer unable to deal with the injustice in this world, let alone justice that cannot be upheld.

At this moment, his qi and blood surged up, and the spirit in his chest was like a gushing spring. He took the pen to the white wall next to him, and immediately wrote a poem.

"Gift Hu Daniu Poem"

He lived in Guying for more than two years, and the past was sad and helpless.

It is the joy of the autumn harvest. I don't know that the salt government has become a tiger.

The poor poor family wants to eat salt, and the land of hundreds of miles is idle.

Today, the emperor's grace came suddenly, no matter how young you are when you are old and holding a knife.

……

The poem is completed, the pen is thrown, and the hall is promoted.

(End of this chapter)