Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

After careful consideration, Chu Ze decided to publicly try the case of the housekeeper and servant of the Li family.

The next day, a production board was posted in the Yamen Square announcing the hearing of the Li family case.

After hearing the news, people in Fengyang gathered at the Yamen Square to watch.

As soon as Li Yue, the patriarch of the Li Mansion, received the official summons from the Yamen, he immediately became furious and cursed: "This bastard Chu Ze wants to publicly interrogate people from my Li Mansion! He is deliberately trying to ruin the reputation of my Li Mansion!"

An old minister of the Li family quickly advised: "Clan leader, calm down. Chu Ze has the evidence for this matter first. We can only swallow our anger for the time being and wait for the opportunity to take revenge."

Li Yue said angrily: "I'm not done with him! Don't think that just by arresting a few of my men, it will be over. I have to make Chu Ze lose his family and everything!"

The old minister sighed and said: "Chief, the situation is unfavorable now, we can only give in first. The people know that Chu Ze is the one who stirred up trouble and took things by force. We can take the opportunity to establish an image of justice."

Li Yue snorted and had to agree with the tribesman's remarks.

At noon, the government officials escorted the housekeeper and servants of the Li Mansion to the high platform in the center of the square.

The housekeeper of the Li Mansion thought to himself: "I have followed the old man for so many years, but I never expected to end up in this situation. I really regret my participation in this conspiracy."

The servant of the Li family also blamed himself: "I should not have followed the butler's instructions to burn the forest and destroy the railway tracks. Now that I have been caught, I can only accept my fate and suffer the consequences."

Their hands and feet were shackled with heavy shackles, and their expressions were gloomy.

They were deeply ashamed in front of everyone.

Chu Ze, wearing official uniform, climbed onto the high platform with an expressionless face and ordered the court to open.

The housekeepers and servants of the Li Mansion were called out for questioning one by one.

"What's your name and what's your position in the Li Mansion?" Chu Ze asked expressionlessly.

"Back to your lord, my surname is Li, and I am the steward of the Li Mansion." The steward replied tremblingly.

"What about you?" Chu Ze asked the other person.

"Go back to your lord, my surname is Zhang, and I am a servant of the Li family." The servant was so frightened that his legs weakened.

They all confessed to the Li Mansion's crime of conspiring to set fire to forests and destroy railway tracks without hiding anything.

The people present were in an uproar when they heard about Li Mansion's crimes.

"Oh my God, the Li Mansion is so evil and wants to burn down our forest!"

"They also destroyed the railway tracks and almost killed us!"

They all thought that the Li family was an upright family, but they didn't expect that they did so many bad things secretly.

For a time, the people were discussing Li Mansion's crimes enthusiastically.

After hearing the interrogation, Chu Ze pronounced the verdict in a deep voice: "The steward of the Li Mansion and the servants conspired to set fire with the intention of destroying important imperial projects. The crime is extremely serious! They are sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in accordance with the law and must compensate the imperial court for the losses!"

After everyone heard the verdict, they all discussed the impact of this incident on the people of Meizhou.

"If our house burns down, the whole family will be destroyed!"

“If the damage to the track had not been discovered in time, there might have been an accident in the future!”

Chu Ze saw the opportunity and immediately announced: "As a wealthy family in Fengyang, the Li Mansion was not strict in employing people, which led to this kind of thing happening.

Not only did it destroy the imperial projects, it also caused losses to government property and casualties, seriously affected the progress of government projects, and had a bad impact on the people of Fengyang!

"These remarks further aroused public outrage.

What Li Mansion did is simply outrageous!
"How abominable!"

"We must not let them go! We must punish the Li family severely!"

Seeing that public opinion had reached a boiling point, Chu Ze immediately announced: "In view of the fact that the Li Mansion has seriously endangered the interests of the people, our government has decided to impose a heavy fine on the Li Mansion, with a fine of one million silver!"

"Great!" "Li Mansion deserves it!" The people cheered after hearing this.

As soon as the news came out, the whole city was in an uproar.

One million silver is an astronomical figure for any family.

After Li Mansion learned about the fine, the patriarch Li Yue was furious and immediately sent people to the Yamen, claiming that the fine was too heavy and asked for a reduction.

"Prefect Chu, the fine you imposed is too excessive! Where did our Li family get so much money?" the Li family members pleaded.

Chu Ze sneered and said: "The Li family cannot escape the blame. One million is nothing more than a loss. If you don't pay, I can just ransack the house and take the land!"

The Li family members argued: "How can our Li family have such a serious crime? Why do you raid our house?"

Chu Ze was furious, slapped the case and said, "You still said no?!"

The Li family members were so frightened by him that they trembled and could only say slowly: "It is too difficult to raise so much money... Can we reduce it a little?"

Chu Ze snorted coldly: "I have shown mercy. If you don't, you will be responsible for the consequences!"

Seeing that Chu Ze was resolute, the Li family members could only hesitate to go back and report to the clan leader for further discussion.

After the Li family members returned to the Li Mansion to report, Li Yue came from the Li Mansion and roared furiously: "Chu Ze! Just wait! I will make your family ruined and forgotten, and you will die a good death."

After announcing the punishment for the Li family, Chu Ze discovered that although this could deter the powerful, it had limited impact on the lives of ordinary people.

In order to have a deeper understanding of the people's sentiments and public opinion and to better govern the people, Chu Ze decided to hold a large-scale public opinion symposium.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the whole city.

The people were overjoyed to be able to express their opinions directly to the prince, and began to prepare what they wanted to say, hoping to take this opportunity to express their own voices.

When Li Kuo learned about this, he stamped his feet angrily and said, "Damn it, what kind of public opinion symposium is Chu Ze doing? He is clearly trying to win people's hearts and damage the reputation of our Li family!"

An old minister of the Li family quickly advised: "Young master, please calm down. This matter is indeed detrimental to our Li family. We must create obstacles behind our backs to disrupt this symposium!"

Li Kuo's eyes lit up and he said: "Yes, we must prevent this symposium from being held successfully! I will tell my father now and let him send people to cause trouble!"

So Li Kuo hurriedly came to his father Li Yue to report.

After hearing this, Li Yue said angrily: "Chu Ze, this beast, actually wants to win over people's hearts! He is deliberately trying to attack my Li Mansion and make the people abandon my Li Mansion!"

Li Kuo hurriedly echoed: "The old man is wise! We must intervene in this symposium to make Chu Ze embarrassed and embarrassed!"

Li Yue pondered for a moment, and suddenly a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Since Chu Ze wants to win people's hearts, we will spread rumors among the people to make them suspicious and disgusted with him. At that time, the people at the meeting will definitely Will question and attack him!”

"The master has great foresight! We immediately arranged for people to spread rumors among the people and create public opinion that is unfavorable to Chu Ze." The clan elder complimented.

Li Yue nodded with satisfaction and sent a team of servants to the market alleys to spread negative rumors about Chu Ze.

In order to complete their tasks, these servants performed hard one by one, spreading rumors among the people with every word they said. (End of chapter)