Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 27 Apologize for the People
Zhang Zongxian left Boren here to watch the granary waiting for the inventory to be completed.On the other hand, he and his good ministers escorted the captives and captured them back to the county seat.Liu Laotou and Wang Laosan also brought people to help drive the car.

Along the way, people saluted Zhang Zongxian on both sides of the road, and many people kept chasing and beating the captives.The escorting soldiers tried their best to stop them, so no prisoners were killed.Halfway through the road, Zhang Zongxian sent out a group of soldiers to escort the money to the east gate.

When he was about to reach the gate of the city, he saw Qian Dianshi leading the people from the sixth house and the third class to welcome Zhang Zongxian's triumphant return at the gate of the city.At the same time, the people in the city also gathered at the gate to wait to see Zhang Zongxian's heroic appearance in triumph.

After Zhang Zongxian arrived at the city gate on horseback, Qian Dianshi first stepped out of the crowd to salute and congratulate Zhang Zongxian;

"Congratulations to the county venerable on his triumphant return, you have saved Qingjian County from a great deal of harm! It is a blessing for the people of Qingjian County that the county lord can be the parent officer of Qingjian County!"

"Yes! County Honor."

"In less than two months after taking office, the county magistrate got rid of Huang Shilang, who had endangered Qingjian County for more than ten years. He is really a man."

"The county lord went to war, and all the people in the county came to help, which shows the people's love for the county lord"

"Yes! Yes! I heard that Huang Shilang died after being scolded by the county lord. It can be seen that the county lord has the legacy of Prime Minister Zhuge."

"I have long seen that Huang Shilang is not like a son of man, the county magistrate killed it well!"

As Qian Dianshi began to greet Zhang Zongxian, others also began to play.He only praised Zhang Zongxian as if Zhuge was reborn, chatting and laughing, and killed Huang Shilang.

Zhang Zongxian enjoyed watching these clowns perform right away.After waving his hand to silence everyone, he said:

"Mencius said: When Yu thinks that there are drowning people in the world, he is like drowning himself; when Ji thinks that there are hungry people in the world, he thinks that he is hungry. Huang Shilang bullying the people is insulting his own official. Seeing the people suffer is just like his own official suffering. Huang Shilang's eyes No Wang Faqiang bought the land. As the parental official of this county, how to explain to the court and the people if Huang Shilang is not killed. This official still says: When an official does not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes."

The people below were silent after hearing this. The ones in front knew it was Mencius who said it, but who told the story about selling sweet potatoes, and what are these sweet potatoes?
Seeing the scene below, Yunong was a little embarrassed and immediately took the lead in applauding: "The county lord said well." Only then did everyone react and applaud immediately.

Zhang Zongxian also remembered that the sweet potato hadn't been introduced to the north yet, so he was very embarrassed until Yu Nong relieved the siege, then continued to smile and said: "This time, it is all thanks to the support of the people in the county that the soldiers will work hard to get Huang Shilang to be executed. I am not the only official." achievement."

"It is the county's honor to command well"

"The county respects Zhuge alive"

"County respect is great"

A group of people complimented at the city gate for a long time, until Zhang Zongxian became impatient.Qian Dianshi hurriedly pulled everyone away.Only then did Zhang Zongxian enter the city gate.

Riding horses on the streets of the county town, the common people came out to see Zhang Zongxian triumphantly, and kept throwing all kinds of things at the captive team, shouting "Master Qingtian"

After returning to the county office, Zhang Zongxian went directly to the backyard.Su'e has been waiting in the backyard for a day.Seeing that Zhang Zongxian came back safely, she couldn't help crying after worrying for two days and one night.Zhang Zongxian stepped forward quickly and hugged Su'e, who was already crying into tears, in his arms to comfort him.

After a good night's rest, Zhang Zongxian started to deal with Huang Shilang's follow-up matters after the morning meeting of the county government.

First of all, I have to explain to the officer what happened?After all, this matter has already spread throughout the surrounding counties, and Yan'an Mansion will soon know about it.It is not necessary to deal with the Shangguan and report a good news about the suppression of the bandits.It also paves the way for future promotions.

Afterwards, an official document of sea arrest will be issued, notifying the nearby counties to help arrest Huang Shilang's wife, child and housekeeper Hu Bai.The most important thing is to sort out the fields, after all, it is [-] mu of land!There are also shops to see if there are any sufferers who come to ask for it.

Among them, cleaning up the fields is the most troublesome. Many people no longer have the land deeds in their hands, and many of those fields are used as a defense against borrowing from Huang Shilang, because the people can't pay back the money and become Huang Shilang's.These loans were also released by several generations of the Huang family.If you check and return according to the previous fish scale books, it will inevitably lead to a large number of fields that are unclear.

In the end, Zhang Zongxian decided that except for the fields that could provide proof of ownership, all the remaining fields should be placed under the name of Su'e.Then rent it out to the common people at a low price, and see how the land will be divided in the future.

As for the shop, if there is no sufferer, it will just be the storefront of the grain store and the bank.

There is also the handling of Lechang Fort, most of the people in the fort are relatives of the Huang family's thugs.They can only be moved out of Lechang Fort, which is used as a training base for the new army.The Huang family's mansion happened to be converted into a school.As for the seized grain, it was directly allocated to the grain depot.

Now we have money, food, and shops.Grain stores and banks should also be opened.Moreover, the grain storehouses and banks are well-operated, and they can be used to control the people in the jurisdiction.

The grain store can sign a contract with the people of the whole county to guarantee the minimum grain collection.The people then took the contract to borrow farm tools, seeds, cattle, etc. from the bank.People can repay their loans with grain, and they can repay them in three to five years.

You can also give Lizheng a share of the loan and train them to become agents of the bank.In this way, the livelihood of the common people will be controlled by grain stores and money houses.Banks can also issue their own banknotes.

We need to give good names to grain stacks and money houses, and they will become important tools for regulating society in the future.In the end, Zhang Zongxian decided to name the grain store and bank the Taipinghao.Su'e and the others have been training for a while, so let them learn in practice.After dealing with Huang Shilang's business tomorrow, we will be ready to open.

In order to get back the fields as soon as possible, the people outside the city went outside the city gate before dawn and waited until the gate opened in the morning.As soon as the city gate opened, people flocked outside the yamen.The people in the city also came to watch the excitement.

Wanting to give the people peace of mind as soon as possible, Zhang Zongxian immediately arranged for his promotion after the morning meeting.Amidst the cries of "There is no evil, there is no evil" from the Zaoban Yamen servants, they opened the door and entered the hall.

Return the people to the field first.For those who had the original land deeds, witness certificates and fish scale book records, Zhang Zongxian re-established the land deeds on the spot and returned the land.

During this period, there were a few people who had no land deeds and no records, but they just knelt there crying and shouting and refused to leave, wanting to return to the land.

Zhang Zongxian asked loudly helplessly: "There is neither a land deed nor a registration, and you are still making noise in the lobby. Do you think that this official will not hit you if you are easy to talk?"

"I beg the county lord to be merciful, the county lord to be merciful! Xiaomin's land was only deposited in Huang Shilang's name at the beginning! He didn't sell the land to him!"

"Storage? Then why is it recorded in the fish scale book that the land has been sold to Huang Shilang?"

The county official didn't sell the land to him!No!Just deposit.

"Then why do you want to deposit it under Huang Shilang's name? There is a contract to prove it."

"Xianzun Xiaomin was only temporarily confused and wanted to evade taxes, so he deposited it with Huang Shilang. At that time, it was a verbal agreement and there was no contract!"

"Hmph! What a verbal agreement. Huang Shilang is dead. Are you deceiving me here? Besides, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, once the tax evaders are found out, the main criminal will get a hundred sticks, and the accessory will be sent to the army. Did you sell it or evade taxes?" "

"The county respects the little people~~"

Seeing that they were speechless for a long time, he asked the yamen servant to drive them out of the lobby, and stopped playing with them.

In fact, there are many such lands stored in Huang Shilang's name.It occupies more than half of the land under Huang Shilang's name.They just don't want to be beaten to the bones by corrupt officials, but how unfair it is to those people who pay taxes normally.

Looking at the lost figures of the common people when they were driven out of the lobby.Zhang Zongxian wanted to give them some land, but after much thought, he made up his mind and decided not to divide the land.He said silently in his heart: "Wait a little longer, wait until I become a higher official, and wait until I overthrow those vassal kings. I will give you the land."

In the end, less than [-] mu of land was returned after a busy morning.

After a hasty meal, he began to deal with Huang Shilang's party members. Zhang Zongxian brought Huang Shilang's party members to the lobby, where they were identified by the people and tried on the spot.At first the common people dared not come out to identify them, until a woman cried and cursed at one of the party members.

"My son was thrown to death by you beasts when he was only six years old. I will beat you to death."

After asking the yamen servant to pull the woman away, Zhang Zongxian asked the woman to tell the truth. It turned out that the woman's husband borrowed usurious loans from Huang Shilang when he was sick, and he left without being healed in the end.Huang Shilang arranged for his men to go to her house to collect the house deed to cover the debt.

The woman was afraid that she and her child would freeze to death outside without the house, so she wanted to give a grace period for a few days, but did not hand over the house deed. In order to force the woman Huang Shilang's subordinates to raise her child and threaten the woman, the child was bitten by pain. That man, that man directly threw the woman's child to death, turned around and left.

Then the woman went to Lizheng to file a complaint and was kicked out. She went to the county government to file a complaint and was kicked out by the head of the punishment room.People also became crazy, until they heard that Huang Shilang was beaten to death by the county magistrate, and he had to deal with his party members before he appeared in the county government with a glimmer of hope.

After listening to the woman's story, Zhang Zongxian first looked at the prison owner.The head of the torture room was already terrified because of Huang Shilang's death, and he has been terrified all day long these days.

Today, the woman knew she was doomed as soon as she came out, and now Huang Shilang saw her and knelt down on the spot and shouted, "The little one was also deceived by Huang Shilang, please forgive me!".Shouting and kowtowing.

Zhang Zongxian didn't pay attention to the matter of the criminal house owner, but directly asked the thug to be escorted to the hall and asked, "Are you convicted?"

The thug was tough, "It's how I fell. I want to kill or scrape whatever I want. I will be a good man again in 20 years."

This arrogant attitude directly angered Zhang Zongxian

"Come here and beat me hard." Seeing that Zhang Zongxian was so angry that other yamen guards held down the thug, Li Jiasan drank his saliva and spit it on the water and fire stick, and hit the thug's tailbone.For the first three hits, the thug just hummed hard, but after the fourth hit, he couldn't help but begged for mercy loudly.

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