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When everyone came together, Lin Yuan walked up to the high platform surrounded by a group of officials, and the people below immediately knelt down to salute, but Lin Yuan couldn't stop them. When they stood up, Lin Yuan said: "I am here today. Because I heard someone report that the Zhang family is rich and unkind, and wantonly lends money at usury, I don’t know if this is true?” The people below, the biggest official they have ever seen in their life is the magistrate of Qingyuan County, and the magistrate is only the seventh rank Lin Yuan is the governor of the three eastern provinces, a high-ranking high-ranking official, a high-ranking official, and a small county magistrate. Therefore, the common people below are too frightened to speak.

Lin Yuan had known for a long time that ordinary people would not dare to stand up and speak out on this occasion, so before he came, he ordered Chen Qingyun to do tricks among the crowd. After entering the crowd, as soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, these people stood up and said one after another: "Master Qingtian, there is such a thing, please make the decision for the grassroots!" The other people were incited by these people, and suddenly They also said something, and said one after another: "That's right, the Zhang family won't let us live!" "Master Qingtian, punish the Zhang family severely."

Seeing the common people speak out and criticize the Zhang family, Lin Yuan was secretly delighted. He waved his hand lightly to calm everyone down, and then said: "Okay, I understand this matter, which fellow is willing to bring up his debt contract? ?”

Immediately, several people below raised their hands, Lin Yuan pointed casually, and said, "Come here, bring that old man's contract."

A yamen servant ran over and handed the contract to Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan held up the contract and said loudly to the crowd: "There is a saying in the law of the Qing Dynasty that lenders can't make more than three cents of the profit, but this contract, The interest rate has reached [-]%, and this kind of contract is an invalid contract, so the governor destroyed this contract in front of the villagers! Your debt to the Zhang family has been canceled from now on!"

All the people were overwhelmed by the Zhang family's profits, and when they heard Lin Yuan's words, they all felt elated, as if they had been reborn, and they all applauded. Amidst the applause of the crowd, Lin Yuan clapped his hands hard, The contract was torn into pieces.

All the people fell to their knees and shouted, "Lin Qingtian! Lin Qingtian!"

Shan shouted for a while, Lin Yuan waved his hand lightly, and made a quiet gesture, everyone was silent, Lin Yuan said: "Now, I will ask people to collect all your contracts, and then the governor will be here , Burn them all in front of the villagers!"

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he yelled majestically at his attendants: "Get on the brazier! Light the fire!" Hearing this, the attendants at the side immediately lifted out a large iron bucket as tall as a person, and lit a big fire inside. Yuan said: "Everyone hand in the contract, and the governor will throw them into the brazier with his own hands!"

The crowd cheered again, and when the yamen servants came down to collect the contract, they heard a clear and melodious female voice from outside the crowd: "Hold on!"

Lin Yuan followed the prestige, and saw a woman walking gracefully from outside the crowd. She was dressed in white, without any makeup, she was more beautiful than Fairy Lingbo, and she was more beautiful than Aoxue Hanmei. The woman came to Lin Yuan, bowed gracefully, and said : "Minister Zhang Ziyu, pay my respects to the governor!"

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Why did this woman stop me from burning the contract?" So he asked, "Who are you?"

Zhang Ziyu said: "I am the head of the Zhang family!" Lin Yuan was taken aback when he heard this, and thought to himself: "This head of the Zhang family is actually a woman, and I heard that she calls herself a civilian girl, so she is obviously a virgin girl, an unmarried person, such a woman To be able to become the Patriarch of the Zhang family is really unbelievable!"

But these are the Zhang family's family affairs, and Lin Yuan can't take care of them. Lin Yuan asked, "Why did you prevent the governor from burning the contract?"

Zhang Ziyu said: "Your Majesty Governor, you don't know something. In the past few years, the village suffered many disasters, and several times there was no harvest. My Zhang family showed great mercy and distributed food many times. How can there be such a thing as lending!"

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This woman has a beautiful face, but she can turn black and white like this!" Lin Yuan said: "With these contracts here, why didn't your Zhang family lend money?"

Zhang Ziyu said: "My lord, please read the contract carefully and see what is written on it. Then you will know whether we have made a loan?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I don't know what kind of trick you are going to use?" Lin Yuan said to his subordinates: "Bring a contract."

Hearing this, an attendant sent a contract to Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan looked at it carefully, and saw that it read: "Zhu's family rents three acres of good farmland from Zhang's family for one year. It belongs to the Zhang family, the rest belongs to the Zhu family, and the imperial grain is paid by itself. Last year, Zhu Laosan received ten dan of Zhang family’s grain, which was included in the next year’s land rent, and 11 tan was paid by then. Date: September [-], Guangxu, Xinchou.” Below It is two scarlet handprints.After reading the contract, Lin Yuan sneered at Zhang Ziyu and said, "Mr. Zhu borrowed ten loads of food from Zhang's family, but he has to pay back fifteen loads. What is your Zhang family's usury?"

Zhang Ziyu kowtowed to the ground and said: "Master Qingtian Mingjian, this is clearly a land rent contract, where is a loan contract? If the governor-general uses the Qing law to lend a loan to destroy this contract, even if the daughter of the people sacrifices her life, she will go to the capital to sue Courtesy, seek justice!"

Lin Yuan was taken aback when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Is the land rent contract different from the loan contract?" Before he could speak, he saw Zhang Ziyu lying on the ground and said: "If the governor uses his official authority to forcefully destroy the land rent There is nothing to say about the contract, but the name of Lin Shuai Qingtian is not worth mentioning in the hearts of the people of the world!"

Lin Yuan was a little dazed by Zhang Ziyu's preemptive speech. Chen Qingyun stepped forward and whispered in Lin Yuan's ear: "Shuai Lin, this is indeed a land lease contract. She is right!"

Lin Yuan said in surprise, "What did you say?"

Chen Qingyun said: "Your Excellency, I don't know that land rent is different from lending. The Qing law stipulates that the interest rate of lending should not be too high. As for the land rent, it is determined by the two parties."

Lin Yuan asked: "Then these contracts cannot be broken today?"

Chen Qingyun nodded and said: "That's right, what Zhang Ziyu said is reasonable, this contract cannot be broken today." Lin Yuan gritted his teeth fiercely, thinking: "What a Zhang Ziyu, don't look like she is a woman, But you are so powerful, I will find a way to punish you in the future." So Lin Yuan said loudly to the crowd: "In this case, the burning of the contract will be suspended for now."

When the common people below heard this, they all frowned and sighed. Many people looked at Zhang Ziyu viciously, wishing to kill her with their eyes!

Zhang Ziyu didn't pay attention to this at all, she kowtowed to Lin Yuan again, and said: "Governor Lin is really a lord of Qingtian, a girl of the people has a heartless request, and I hope the governor will absolutely agree."

Lin Yuan said angrily, "Speak."

Zhang Ziyu said: "There is a saying in the law of the Qing Dynasty that stubborn tenants, defaulting on renting lessons, and bullying landlords will be punished with eighty shovels! Now everyone present has defaulted on my family's renting lessons, and I hope your lord will severely punish them!"

Lin Yuan thought: "This woman is really vicious. There are thousands of people present. Does she want me to beat everyone? But her request is in accordance with the law, and I have no way to refuse."