Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 779 Will Make You Die Clearly

Chapter 784 Will Make You Die Clearly
This announcement will shake the world.Many officials went to the palace to beg Ran Min, begging Ran Min to order the prince to withdraw his order.Ran Min had already been irritated by these powerful gentry, and his patience was almost exhausted, so he ignored them at all.

After seven or eight days of turmoil in Yecheng, seeing Ran Min eating weights like a king, he became determined, and gradually became silent.

If you want to resign and force the palace, it is okay for the Taiping emperor, but it has no effect on the founding emperor.Because every founding emperor's family has a large group of nobles, especially those from poor families and common clan landlords.They are not real gentry now, if they want to be rich, they can only follow the emperor.

This is also the real reason why the conflicts were not intense at the beginning of the founding of the dynasties.Just like the Ming Dynasty, the emperor originally had a group of dignitaries and civil officials to check and balance.However, during the change of Tumubao, the 50 Ming army, together with the honors of the whole country, were all lost.This is a very obvious turning point. The emperor has nothing to rely on, but can only rely on eunuchs.

Now Ran Min has something to rely on, and those hundreds of thousands of troops are his confidence.With only one Sixth Battalion of the Infantry Army dispatched, the Heluo gentry did not dare to stir up trouble, even if Ran Ming was crazily arresting people, they would not dare to raise their flags to rebel.

Everyone knew that there was Shi Yue in the east, Xie Ai in the west, and Zhang Wen in the south. Even if they wanted to seek refuge with Jin, they would be powerless.

To say that Ran Ming arrests people violently is actually a trap.If the local gentry were strong and unmoved, the students of Fengle Academy, the doctors among the 140 seven visitors, would certainly not be able to find anything substantive.

Some people may ask why?It's simply because of fear.Every gentry tyrant has been the local emperor for at least decades, and usually accumulates too much power.Who dares to expect the servants of the family or the people who have suffered from it to come forward as witnesses.They fear reprisals, and don't believe it.

Even if a second-generation official hits a grassroots in the public, it is guaranteed that he will not find anyone who is willing to come forward as a witness.

But now it is different, these powerful gentry have been arrested, not only their patriarchs, but also the stewards, sons, and sons of the family, all in one sweep.

In the eyes of everyone, these tyrants and gentry are probably really doomed.These days, the only one who can rule the gentry is the royal family.Under someone's deliberate guidance, those who suffered from them began to think of revenge, and some big landlords of the common clan wanted to replace them, so those hard-to-find evidences were not found at all, and all appeared automatically.

After all, it is too difficult for people to give charcoal in a timely manner, but it is too easy to add insult to injury.

As more and more tax-violating gentry and tycoons were arrested and brought to justice, those oppressed people or accomplices and lackeys began to turn into tainted witnesses.Ran Ming did not block their way, but also gave them a choice.Either follow their master and perish together.Either be frank and lenient, and give up lightly.

There is a saying that it is not too much loyalty, but not enough bargaining chips for betrayal.Seeing that their master was about to fall, few people were willing to follow them to be buried with them.

Time has left some imprints on Wang Meng's forehead, because of hard work, the aging is very obvious.Ran Ming rejected Zhang Wen's arrangement and insisted on living in a house under Ran Ming's name in Luoyang City.

With the passage of time and the rise of Ran Ming's status, the external functions of Tianyan, an intelligence organization, gradually weakened and shifted to domestic.However, in terms of functions, it gradually changed, and turned to business intelligence.Slowly, it will evolve into an institution similar to the Economic Investigation Bureau of later generations.

"His Royal Highness, with the information given by the "deaf and dumb", Tianyan also went to review it roughly. Tsk tsk... These local tyrants and evil gentry are quite good, and they actually collected 13 shi of grain." Wang Meng's voice was somewhat a little bit The meaning of sarcasm.

13 shi of grain, according to the grain production in the Heluo area in the past ten years, this amount is not high.It's just a little over forty percent.However, this was a year when Heluo was severely flooded. The grain output in the entire Heluo area had just reached 20 shi.Originally, the food gap was only about 80 shi. After such a toss, there is no 100 million shi of grain, so don't even try to relieve the disaster in Heluo.

Ran Ming said: "I'm just curious, this Heluo tycoon and gentry really don't know how the word death is written, and dare to do it?"

Wang Meng showed an unnatural expression on his face: "Since ancient times, there has been an unspoken rule called the law does not blame the public. Nearly 97% of the officials in the [-] cities in the Heluo area have been involved in corruption. There is no official to stay, and there is such a large vacancy of officials, even the imperial court has no way to transfer so many officials."

Ran Ming said with a smile that was not a smile: "Then they are too naive. The doctors among the 140 seven visitors of Fengle Academy are more than enough to fill these vacancies. Since they don't want to be officials of the Great Wei, then they don't have to. The world , There are too many people who want to be officials, Jing Lue, do you believe it, even if you don’t kill the city of Heluo 97, even if you kill all the corrupt officials in the world, there will be countless people crying and shouting to be officials immediately .”

All Luoyang city officials were half-forced to the square at the front gate of the palace. At this moment, there were layers of people watching on this huge square. Behind Ran Ming was a group of fidgeting officials.Early in the morning, there will be Luoyang government servants and policemen beating gongs and drums, shouting throughout the city, "Today, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, will be adjudicating the case in the palace square. I respectfully invite the fathers and villagers of the city to supervise."

In fact, seven or eight days ago, as long as there were respectable clan elders in the entire Heluo area, merchants whose annual tax payments could reach tens of millions of dollars, well-known gentry, tyrants, common clan landlords, and of course some six-year-old ten-year-old.Considering that there are too many people and there is no sound amplification equipment in this era, a semi-circular platform with a height of half a person was rammed with boiled soil in the square. Around the platform, there are eight piles of echo walls. Under the hood, even a slightly higher sound reaches everyone's ears.

In Ruoda's square, there were more people. The people who gathered together were talking in low voices, not knowing what Ran Ming meant by the so-called public trial.

The first one to come out was of course Ran Minglei.Ran Ming didn't wear court clothes, nor did he wear dark clothes, but a suit of armor with a heroic look on his face.

Ran Ming stood in front of the people, and everyone knelt down, shouting to see His Highness the Prince.Ran Ming cupped his hands in a circle, and everyone got up one after another.

Ran Ming said: "Everyone is here. I will say a few words first. The state owns the laws of the country, and the family has family rules. Some time ago, the palace arrested dozens of gentry and powerful men in Heluo, as well as more than a thousand minions under its command. It's not that the palace is bullying the weak. It's not intentional to destroy the state's laws, but when I came out, I carried the emperor's order. Agriculture is the lifeblood of the country and the people, and it is also a national policy that will never be changed by the Great Wei. Anyone who dares to destroy it can be investigated according to law. Whether it is Whether a prince or a commoner breaks the law, they will all be punished. The gentry and powerful people in the cage may all know each other, whether they know each other or not, I won’t introduce them for the time being.”

Ran Ming paused, and then said loudly: "Today's case is different from the ones tried in the past. What is the difference? First of all, there are two words, rules. There is no rule without rules. Everyone understands this. The other is Fair. Today, the Palace only presents evidence. In the end, whether they are guilty or not is not decided by the Palace, nor by the governor of Luozhou, but by the people who came to the trial today. A scholar came up with a conclusion, whether these people are guilty or not, and how should this crime be determined. Can everyone hear the difference clearly?"

Yang Hui felt inconceivable when he heard these words. The concept of "Punishment is not a doctor, and courtesy is not a commoner" has long been deeply buried in his heart.In fact, this sentence has been interpreted to mean that ordinary people are not qualified to receive courtesy, and doctors have the privilege of not being punished.In fact, this sentence is misinterpreted.The correct interpretation of this sentence should be that the doctor does not increase the crime because he understands the criminal law, and the common people do not require certain rituals from the common people because they are busy with their livelihoods and have no conditions to buy sacrifices for rituals.But for thousands of years, it seems to have become a talisman for scholar-bureaucrats.It is also the basis for superiority and inferiority.How come Ran Ming changed?Not only should the gentry be punished, but power should also be handed over to the humble common people.

Huang Hong is a native of Wei County. His family has learned astronomy and secret arts, which are exquisite and profound.Loyalty and diligence, molestation does not move.Inheriting his father's title of Marquis of Kaiyangting, after the fall of Yan State, he followed his father into Yecheng.His father, Huang Chen, was appointed as Taishi Cheng because of his proficiency in astronomy.Huang Chen was also one of the most respected ministers among Yan's surrendered ministers.Huang Hong, who is only [-] years old, is the son of Wei Guoguo, and was appointed as the secretary of the prison at the beginning of the year.Although this is a small official from the seventh rank, Huang Hong's literary talent is good. Since he became an official, several imperial edicts have been written by him, such as the tax exemption imperial edict issued by Ran Min this year, which was also drafted by him.

"His Royal Highness shouldn't be like this!" Although the imperial edict he drafted was resisted, Huang Hong was also very angry.However, he is currently on marriage leave, and he has no right to manage this matter.In Huang Hong's view, it is also feasible to severely punish the gentry who break the law.However, he disagreed with whether it was a crime for the people to deal with the gentry.This is a violation of the ritual system, which is a sign that the rituals and music in the world are about to collapse.

The people's discussion was still going on, and Ran Ming continued: "How to decide whether these suspects are guilty or not. It's actually very simple. Each of you will receive a blank paper. If you think the suspect is guilty, you can use ink pad to stamp on the paper. A handprint. If there is no crime, there is no need to press the handprint. Of course, abstention."

This time, Huang Hong also felt that things were unusual.He murmured in admiration, "His Royal Highness has the style of ancient times."

What is the style of antiquity, that is, the era of Yao, Shun and Yu, which would be the end of primitive society, but in fact it is no longer, otherwise, where would the Three Emperors and Five Emperors come from?But according to some legends, that was how things were decided at that time.Everyone sat together, and then voted, and voted around the firepit.Well, it's about productivity.To make a digression, for children's shoes in college, you really have to study Ma Zhe well, that thing is too powerful, even today, most things can be explained clearly by Ma Zhe.

Yang Hui also looked at Ran Ming thoughtfully, he was even more confused now, and he couldn't understand Ran Ming even more.

Seeing that the venue was getting more and more chaotic, Lin Heishan, the leader of Ran Ming's Qilin Guards, shouted loudly, "Quiet."

This roar was almost like thunder, and it was not comparable to Ran Ming.The place was in chaos.Ran Ming nodded, looked at Wang Meng, and shouted, "Take the suspect!"

This is naturally a trial that doesn't look like a face. Although more than half a month of prison life has made Zheng Yi, Gan Chuo and other gentry spirits very poor, they don't have any superficial injuries, at least not in prison. what torment.

A loud yamen servant shouted with a document: "The first suspect is Zheng Yi, a Duyang gentry. Zheng Yi is the head of the Zheng family in Duyang and the son of the former prefect of Sanchuan County. One of the crimes committed by Zheng Yi is to deceive the emperor. He secretly withheld His Majesty's tax-exempt imperial decree, bribed Li Jin, the magistrate of Yangyang, and Hao Quanren, the magistrate of the county, and violently forced farmers to pay taxes, and received a total of more than [-] shi in taxes and grain."

Then Ran Ming asked people to produce evidence, which was "deaf and dumb" well prepared, from Zheng Yi's collusion with the government, to privately sending his niece as Li Jin's concubine, to his dispatch of servants, thugs, and violence. Seize the property of tenants.What is even more infuriating is that the common people who have no money to pay the tax burden, their daughters are raped by him, and then sent to the brothels under his name to pick up customers to make money.If the peasant's daughter was average in appearance, he would sell the daughter to work as slave labor in a black workshop.In this year alone, as many as 100 households were destroyed because of Zheng Yi, and more than [-] people died innocently.

Ran Ming asked, "Zheng Yi, do you plead guilty?"

Zheng Yi's face was pale, but he was still dying to resist, shouting loudly: "This is a false accusation, a false accusation."

Ran Ming said: "The evidence is conclusive, there is no room for you to argue!"

"This is all evidence of a crime." Zheng Yi said: "If you want to add a crime, there is nothing to worry about!"

"Crime evidence? Then pass on witnesses." Ran Ming sneered and said, "I'd like to see, how can you say the black ones are white. Who of you is willing to be a witness."

At this moment, a sharp-tongued man said in fear, "Little Zheng Liujin is willing to testify. Everything in the testimony is true!"

(End of this chapter)