Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 67
"Where private lending of money and debts and pawning property, the monthly interest is no more than three cents. Although there are many years and months, it is only one profit. Violators will be punished for forty, and the remaining profits will be used to count the stolen goods. In serious cases, the crime will be stopped One hundred rods."

After Yang Chao left, Yang Wencong specially dug out the regulations of the Ming Dynasty and checked them carefully.

He kept looking at the IOUs and receipts of the Yang family. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, for those who violate the prohibition of taking profits, they can be punished with a staff of one hundred at most.

A hundred sticks can kill a person.

However, the Yang family’s IOUs and receipts are far less than a hundred taels of rod, but the Yang family borrowed 20 taels of silver and repaid 30 taels of money. In less than ten days, they received an interest of ten taels of silver, which far exceeded Da. The three-cent interest stipulated in the Ming Law is a very obvious violation, and can be whipped forty according to the law.

But flogging forty can't kill a person, but it will definitely offend that person to death.

Yang Wencong is not willing to offend a family of Jinyiwei. Although he is a civil official county magistrate, he is not afraid of a hundred households of Jinyiwei, but the two sides do not interfere with each other. There is usually no relationship between these noble descendants and the civil official group. The conflict of interests, the two sides just turn a blind eye and close one eye, there is no need to offend people for such a trivial matter.

However, according to Yang Chao, this is indeed an opportunity.

Because no one is doing it, it is more conspicuous if you do it yourself.

A small county magistrate who is not afraid of power and severely punishes the lawless Jinyiwei will definitely gain an official voice who is brave enough to do things.

Yang Chao also agreed to help raise his name, and even went straight to Tianting, to the ears of Emperor Chongzhen.

But if it fails, Yang Wencong reckons that this official will be able to make it to the top. Although a Jinyiwei Baihu is not a high-ranking official, Xu Zhongxiao is not an ordinary Jinyiwei. household.

Moreover, there are hundreds of hereditary families, which have been passed down in Nanjing for more than 200 years. The Xu family is deeply rooted and has a far more background than civil officials who were born in the imperial examination.

A hundred households may not be able to do anything about themselves, usually the well water does not violate the river water, but if they break the rules, who knows if the upper echelons of the Jinyiwei will intervene, the senior officials of the Jinyiwei of the Zhenfu Department have the right to arrest and interrogate directly without going through the judicial department.

What is certain is that the Xu family must have a close relationship with the senior officials of the Zhenfu Department, because the Xu family has been hereditary for more than 200 years, and the thousand households above have also been hereditary for more than 200 years. It would be strange if there is no relationship between them .

So once Yang Wencong punishes Xu Zhongxiao, it means that he will tear himself apart from Nanjing Zhenfusi. Yang Wencong has to consider the risks involved. Once he does it, he will be desperate.

This risk is very high, but at the same time Yang Wencong also agrees with what Yang Chao said, this is also a huge opportunity.

Big risk, big reward.

Once you win the fight, this official voice is enough.

At that time, I don't have to take the initiative to do activities by myself, at least I should be able to upgrade to a level. I am a sixth-rank Gyeonggi county magistrate. If I upgrade to a fourth-rank and fifth-rank, I can be transferred to the capital after some activities.

When the time comes, he will be far away from Nanjing, Nanzhen Fusi just wants to make trouble for him, but he will be beyond his reach.

So Yang Wencong finally made up his mind and agreed to Yang Chao's fight.

However, what Yang Chao asked Yang Wencong to do was actually not much, just find a suitable time to arrest Xu Zhongxiao, whip him forty times, and let Yang Chao take care of other things.

Yang Chao also told Yang Wencong about the specific plan, which made Yang Wencong feel more at ease, because he felt that Yang Chao's planning was indeed meticulous, and it seemed like he had planned it for a long time.

Of course, what really made Yang Wencong's determination was Yang Chao's organization of a rally to promote Zhou Yanru's rise to power. Today's news has been confirmed, the court's residence report has been issued, and Zhou Yanru has indeed become the chief assistant again.

Even a chief assistant can be pushed up, let alone a small county magistrate.

Yang Wencong didn't even doubt that if he didn't help, Yang Chao would definitely be able to find someone else, such as Yin Tianfu.

Yang Chao asked him for help, this was entirely to give himself a chance.

Now all that's left is to wait.

Yang Chao didn't keep Yang Wencong waiting for long.

Ten days later, on the filing day, Yang Chao beat the drums to file a complaint, knelt in the lobby and held up the pleading paper.

Yang Wencong knew it well, but pretended to be in the church and received the paper.

"Little man Yang Chao, sued Xu Zhongxiao, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, for taking profits against the law. Please let the old parents decide for the villain!"

Yang Chao knelt in the hall, weeping bitterly, as if he had been humiliated so badly.

Yang Wencong continued to pretend, and snorted coldly: "Sue the government by the people, and you will be convicted of violating the above-mentioned charges!"

Yang Chao hurriedly kowtowed: "The villain was wronged, everything he said is true, and the villain has proof of receipt and receipt."

Speaking of showing evidence.

Unlike the legend, the people sue the officials first, and the situation of the ban is a leapfrog control, such as crossing the county government, going to the government office to file a complaint, and crossing the government office to the capital to file a complaint, that is to hit the board first.

Yang Chao honestly filed a lawsuit in Jiangning County, which is reasonable and legal.

Not only that, but I heard that in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, even if the court sued the court and won the case, it would still have to distribute three thousand miles. In contrast, the lawsuits in the late Ming Dynasty were relatively fair.

Of course, Yang Chao is not a civilian anymore, he is a military officer.

In fact, it is best for Yang Chao's father, Yang Yong, to come forward to sue this time, but Yang Chao knew that his father's character would not dare to stand up.

Therefore, Yang Chao didn't discuss it with his family, and made his own decision, instead of his father, to sue.

Anyway, this time it was discussed with the county magistrate, so I simply sued as a small citizen, no one would care.

Sure enough, Yang Wencong made a wink, and a master in his 50s hurried down the hall, took the evidence from Yang Chao, and hurried up to hand it over to Yang Wencong, the county magistrate.

Yang Wencong continued: "If there is no evidence to investigate and falsely accuse the court officials, the county will definitely punish them severely!"

While talking, Yang Wencong looked at the evidence, frowned, and read the evidence out.

At this time, because of the drumming, many people gathered on the street, and some of them also came to complain.

Official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty released reports on a regular basis, and only on the days when they were released could they file a lawsuit. Not every day, it was generally agreed on this day, and most of them were released on the first, third, and fifth.

Today is April [-]th, which happens to be the day for the release of complaints, so besides Yang Chao, there are also people who come to file complaints.

Of course, it is more to watch the fun.

After reading the evidence, Yang Wencong said with a frown, "In this case, Xu Baihu is really suspected of taking profits against the law."

Yang Chao immediately said: "Parents and adults have learned from it, and everything the villain said is true."

Yang Wencong snorted and said, "I will find out if it's true or not. Come here, go to Xu's mansion and tell Xu Zhongxiao."

Yang Chao was extremely uncomfortable kneeling. Although he had prepared for it and tied a cotton shop on his knees, he couldn't take it anymore. He simply covered himself with a long gown and sat quietly on the ground by himself.

Yang Wencong saw it, but pretended not to.

Not long after, Xu Zhongxiao was indeed summoned, but he seemed to be arrogant, and his yamen servants were said to be nodding and bowing, leading the way back and forth, as if he was here to be a distinguished guest, not the defendant.

Xu Zhongxiao came to the hall and bowed his hands towards Yang Wencong. He has an official status, and Jinyiwei Baihu can be regarded as a seventh-rank official, so he is not afraid of a small county magistrate at all.

Yang Wencong was polite and asked softly, "Xu Baihu, have you ever borrowed money from the Yang family?"

Xu Zhongxiao nodded and admitted: "It is indeed borrowed."

Yang Wencong asked again: "Have you ever received money and interest?"

Xu Zhongxiao sneered: "Who will lend him money without charging interest."

Yang Wencong nodded and said: "Then you have a look, this IOU and receipt are all made by you."

After speaking, the master sent the evidence to Xu Zhongxiao.

Xu Zhongxiao glanced at it casually, and admitted generously: "It's just these two written documents, the money and account are settled, there is no dispute!"

At this time, there was a 'pop', and the gavel sounded.

Yang Wencong's face changed suddenly, with a look of majesty, he shouted coldly: "Bold Xu Zhongxiao, privately lending money and debts, taking profits against the law, deliberately exploiting. Do you know if you are guilty!"

Xu Zhongxiao was suddenly a little dazed at this moment, he was a little confused about the situation, today the yamen servant suddenly came to inform him that the Yang family had sued him for taking over the blacksmith shop.

But the yamen servant has a very good attitude, saying that he just asked a question and dealt with it.

Xu Zhongxiao also had two preparations, he had already taken the written receipt from the Yang family in his hand, it was a contract that the Yang family sold him a blacksmith shop, and it was registered in the government.

With the red contract issued by the government in hand, he is not afraid of lawsuits at all.

So I came here generously, but I didn't expect that the county magistrate didn't mention the blacksmith shop at all, but asked about borrowing money.

Xu Zhongxiao didn't care at all, he had indeed lent money to the Yang family, and he had already paid it back, and it was settled.

Therefore, he admitted without hesitation that Xu Zhongxiao was a little careless when it came to speaking, and he didn't take a county magistrate seriously.

When did such a low-level civil servant dare to provoke Jin Yiwei?

But I didn't expect to lose Jingzhou carelessly, and I fell down.

How could Xu Zhongxiao, who works as a pawn shop and silver shop, not know about things like illegal profit taking, but generally who cares about such things.

Now it seems that the county magistrate wants to beat himself with this matter.

Xu Zhongxiao thought to himself that he had a reason to be arrested, and now he is in the court again, he has to bow his head under the eaves, let him be subdued for the time being, and when he goes back, he will find the Commander of Jin Yiwei to settle the score with him.

Thinking about it this way, Xu Zhongxiao's voice softened: "I would like to report to Elder Master, I did make a slight mistake, but I didn't investigate for a while, and I am willing to return it with interest. Forgive the crime to Elder Master, and give me a chance to reform myself next time."

Xu Zhongxiao said that his posture was very low. In his opinion, the county magistrate should give him face. There is a step for everyone to go down together. The county magistrate is easy to do, and he himself is also easy to do.

Unexpectedly, at this time the county magistrate suddenly slapped the gavel again, and shouted angrily: "Bold Xu Zhongxiao, you are the Jinyi Guard of the Zhenfu Division, and you are in charge of the prison. You know the law and break the law. If you violate the prohibition for profit, you will be whipped forty according to the law of the Ming Dynasty. People, hit forty big boards first!"

The yamen servants on both sides leaned on their torture sticks and shouted 'mighty', and then two people came out and pressed Xu Zhongxiao down.

Forty big boards are not easy, Xu Zhongxiao suddenly turned his face: "Yang Wencong, how dare you hit me!"

Yang Wencong snorted coldly: "Why don't I dare. Give me a hard hit!"

The two yamen servants were pressed to death immediately, and another two yamen servants came out, waving the board and hitting each other.

Xu Zhongxiao started yelling and cursing constantly, but after a few moments he begged for mercy, but the yamen servant didn't hold back at all, and finally let him go after hitting forty boards, at this time Xu Zhongxiao couldn't get up anymore.

Yang Chao shouted loudly at this time: "Master Qingtian. It is really a strong order to make decisions for me and other ordinary people and beat Jinyiwei!"

After Yang Chao yelled, the crowd unexpectedly coincided with each other. Several voices rang out, nothing more than the words "Master Qingtian" and "Strength Order". The shouting affected other people, and they all shouted too.

Xu Zhongxiao glared, lying on the ground at this moment, unable to see Yang Wencong, but staring at Yang Chao.

Yang Chao is not afraid of him at this time, on the contrary, Yang Chao groaned in his heart: the matter is not over yet.

At this moment, suddenly a few more squeezed in, weeping bitterly, and fell to the ground.

"Master Qingtian is in charge!"

He even came to complain.

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