golden scales

The Daming law has controlled the officials in every possible way.In order to prevent officials from communicating with the outside world and perverting the law for personal gain, it is stipulated in the law that all county government officials must live in the yamen and are not allowed to leave the yamen without authorization.Anyone who dares to live in a public house on the street will have a staff of eighty.

The law also stipulates the number of houses for each level: ten for the magistrate, eight for the county magistrate, seven for the master, seven for the master of horses, six for the official history, and forty for the officials.Later, as the number of officials in the counties increased, the houses would be damaged, so there was no room for so many people.Since the Wanli period, it has gradually become a custom for officials not to live in the Yamen.

In fact, if officials want to bend the law for personal gain, even if they are locked in prison, they can't stop it. Therefore, the crown prince doesn't pay much attention to this rule, and there is no requirement in the function manual of local officials.However, this law is indeed an effective law, and according to what Zhu Yuanzhang said: it is not easy for all generations.

After all, Wu Sunchang was not from a family of officials, otherwise he would have been instructed by his seniors.Now that he heard that Shangguan was going to use this to punish him, he was so angry that his hands and feet felt cold and he almost collapsed.

The punishment of the cane is the most miraculous punishment. Some people suffered a hundred times, their skin was torn apart, and they were so horrible that they could run on the ground when they returned home; "He was beaten to death."

With the current attitude of Kunshan County, Wu Sunchang really dare not insist on the "eighty sticks".

"What you said is true!" Wu Sunchang asked.

That Zaoli said with a bitter face: "Don't dare to lie to the third master."

"He ate our wine, and if it spreads, he will be squeezed out by others." Lu Wei said in a low voice, "Brother Wu, you need to make up your mind on this matter."

It turned out that Zaoli was the most greedy drinker, Lu Wei and Yang Xiang were unwilling to be excluded from the incident, so they did what they liked and lured him with wine.Unexpectedly, he drank too much, accidentally slipped his mouth, and told Yang Xiang and Lu Wei about the plan of the elder master and the second master.This is also because the Kunshan county government has made a concerted effort, so the matter is not confidential, and it was leaked unexpectedly.

Wu Sunchang saw that the two young men knew how to find a breakthrough.It is also a material that can be made, and immediately gained three points of confidence, and said: "It is not difficult to solve this matter. We just need to move back to live in the yamen. They can't settle the old score. You go out first, don't tell others."

The Zaoli ran away quickly as if he had received an amnesty.

Wu Sunchang poked his head out to look outside, closed the door, and said in a low voice, "It's just that in the future, it may not be possible that I won't be tricked again."

"Exactly." Lu Wei said in a deep voice, "They deliberately didn't arrange a place for us, so they were so careful!"

"Brother Wu, what to do in the future depends on you to get a report." Yang Xiang said: "I discussed with Lu Wei and went to the Shangguan to discuss it, but I was afraid that if this happened, it would appear that I would not be able to do anything."

"That's the reason." In fact, Wu Sunchang also wanted to go to Shangguan.But Yang Xiang said it first, so naturally he didn't dare to say it again.He pondered for a moment, then said, "You two have nothing to do these days, right?"

"They won't let me see anything." Lu Wei said angrily, "I said I came to take care of the mill, but I didn't even see the account books."

Wu Sunchang paced around the house, after a few back and forth.Finally said: "Yes!"

"Brother, please tell me!" The eyes of both of them lit up at the same time.

"Although we can't see the account book, but guess what, is there any shortage of food in the Jiliu warehouse?" Wu Sunchang asked.

Since the time of Emperor Taizu, each county has set up Jiliu warehouses. The original purpose is to provide disaster relief and famine prevention. Therefore, each county has to set up four warehouses in the four townships in the southeast, northwest, and reserves enough grain for two years of expenditure.Chengzu once asked for the warehouse to be moved into the county.Then nothing happened.In the current world, which county can have two years of grain reserves?Even in Huguang, a land of grain production, most of the grain stored in the Jiliu warehouse was resold and embezzled by officials.

"He is not benevolent, I am not righteous." Wu Sunchang said: "Simply expose this, the louder the noise, the better. We are officials from the north, with the support of His Royal Highness the crown prince, what are we afraid of!"

"Exactly!"

Lu Wei and Yang Xiang originally came here to show off their talents.But they were thrown on the cold bench, and the Shangguan was still thinking hard to send them off, how could the two young men with full blood be able to bear it!

Although Wu Sunchang was full of confidence, he still had to act cautiously. First, he transferred the relationship between Lu Wei and Yang Xiang from the county to his subordinates.Then he pretended to customize the house number, and started to walk around the streets again, as if he was going to make household registration and Qimin.

The county magistrate was not in a hurry when his move failed. Anyway, according to the rules of the yamen, it is necessary to report on the progress of major events within [-] days, and they will not be afraid to find mistakes and send them to them.

But he didn't expect that Wu Sunchang had no intention of waiting obediently for twenty days.

On February 20, 26, Chongzhen, an article exposing the complete emptiness of Jiliu warehouses in Kunshan County appeared in "Quyuan Miscellaneous Tan".

Since the newspaper was originally a "tabloid," it was naturally full of imaginary literary stories.For example, how the local people don’t have enough to eat and don’t wear warm clothes, and they are looking forward to opening warehouses to help the people, and how the magistrate is aloof and glamorous. New grain from the barn.

"Quyuan Miscellaneous Tan", which has never participated in the public opinion crusade against the crown prince, has enough space to play up the matter, and also has enough manpower to follow up and report, pull out the human-machine relationship network of the county magistrate, and finally use a full-page space to print only He said a word: This gentle scum who is a sinner is Dong Linye!Isn't it Donglin?

The former can be said to be normal public opinion, but the last sentence has been branded as partisan struggle.Qingliu, who originally wanted to turn a blind eye to this, had no choice but to look back and write an article pointing out: This person is a scum in Qingliu's team.

With this footnote, the gunners of the Eastern Palace system will naturally follow up, fishing in troubled waters and saying: How many officials are there in the southeast today who are not Donglin?Are they all real Donglin?Aren't they all sneaking in to get capital?

Many people were caught by this unidentified statement, and they didn't expect that supporting this kind of statement itself is self-proving that Donglin has a party!

A group of gentlemen does not have a party. Since you form a party, you are a villain. If you are a villain, you should die!

This principle can't be explained anywhere!

Gao Hongtu hurriedly came out to reveal his identity: Back then, Dong Lin could say that I was Qi Dang!So don't get me wrong, although I'm not Qi Dang, I'm really not Dong Lin.

Zhang Shenyan also had to come out to argue: At the beginning of Donglin, there were only gentlemen and no party, so he introduced Zhao Nanxing and others to the court to select gentlemen for the court.And some people use the name of their ancestors to set up their own party. This is a hypocrite!Since he is a hypocrite, he should be caught and knocked to the ground.Of course, it is also necessary to prevent the eunuchs from framing, so the matter of Kunshan Ji Liucang should be investigated in detail.

Zhu Cihong read Zhang Shenyan's article published under his real name, and couldn't help but sigh that Jiang is old and hot.Originally, the Kunshan Jiliucang case was the first move of Donggong's counterattack. It was like stabbing a knife from Qingliu's back and forcing a bloody mouth.Introduce the war of words into the examination of political achievements, and use real evidence to overthrow Qingliu's previous so-called crown prince's appointment of private individuals and trust in eunuchs.

By the way, it can also make Jiangnan Shilin consider himself "a party", so that Donggong can smoothly occupy the moral high ground.

However, Zhang Shenyan was able to grasp the root cause, directly broke the issue of "party existence", and then brought the topic back to the Kunshan Jiliucang case. It can be expected that the Kunshan county magistrate is already an outcast.After this abandoned child was beaten and eaten, some people should take advantage of the trend to seek peace.

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"This must be the good deed of those three officials from the north!" Kunshan County's eyes were red, his expression was ferocious, and his hands were trembling—this was because he was imagining how to hold a sharp knife in his heart and cut Wu Sunchang and the other three into pieces. , Eat his flesh and blood alive!

The county magistrate was also haggard, and said: "It's just that they are officials ordered by the court, so they cannot be tortured."

"I can't wait to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin!" Kunshan County thumped the desk heavily: "They want me to die, and I will be dragged into the back of my back when I die! When the procuratorate comes to inspect, I will die with them! "

"Xianzun, it's not enough." The county magistrate was also taken aback by this madness: corruption and dereliction of duty did not cause a major civil uprising, and no one was spared. The punishment was dismissal and exile at most.If you kill the imperial court official, it is a capital offense.

"Now there is another way..."

"Quickly say it!" Kunshan County seemed to have grasped at straws, and rushed forward to hold the county magistrate's pulse door. Suddenly, the corner of his mouth grinned, tears streaming down: "You save my life, I will give you a longevity tablet in the future .”

"Xianzun..." The magistrate patted Kunshan County's hand emotionally, thinking in his heart: Your fingernails have pinched my flesh... Oh wow, it's bleeding!

"Xianzun, don't be in a hurry." The county magistrate pulled Kunshan County's hand away: "Look, there is no evidence in the entire article in this newspaper. It is obvious that the eunuch party framed Zhongliang!"

"But they want to come and see the warehouse, and now in the warehouse... woo woo woo, where is there any food?"

The county magistrate naturally knows that he himself is one of the links of profit distribution, and if the county magistrate falls, he won't be able to pick it clean.

"If there is grain in the warehouse when they come to check, so what!" said the county magistrate.

"Then...then...where did that food come from?" Kunshan County stopped crying and asked in a low voice.

"Borrow." The county magistrate said, "There is no food in the Jiliu warehouse, so don't the big households also have it? Neither do the grain merchants? If the food is borrowed, it will be enough for ten years, not to mention two years."

The current population has more than doubled compared to that at the beginning of the country, and Kunshan County knows that it will not take two years to fill up the four warehouses.However, if the four warehouses are full, others will have nothing to say, and if they insist on "two years" to make a fuss, it will only appear that the political opponents are unreasonably disturbing three points.

"However, there will be a spring shortage soon, and when the price of grain rises, who will borrow it?" The magistrate is not stupid, and asked for advice in a low voice with red eyes.

Spring seems to be full of vitality, full of joy of work everywhere.However, in this era, the spring famine is very cruel.The food stored in winter is almost exhausted, but the seed food must not be moved.At the same time, they have to face heavy farm work, and it is inevitable to have extra meals.

At this time, not to mention tenant farmers and owner farmers, even some small landlords have to go out to borrow usury.

If the government borrows grain, it will definitely not give interest.Those grain merchants and big households would lose five to seven buckets of grain by borrowing a stone of grain, and they are not relatives, who would do it?

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