Be Careful General's Wife!

Under Ling Yunzhi's interrogation, the four robbers explained all the crimes they committed these days, which matched the cases on the report file, and also explained the whereabouts of the stolen property.

Some of the money was used, but all the valuables robbed were hidden, and they planned to sell them in other counties and exchange them for silver in the future.

Ling Yunzhi asked the yamen guard to escort the four of them home, and confiscated all the hidden property back to the yamen.

According to the law of Dongchen, the bandits did not kill anyone, did not rape women, but only plundered property, and were sentenced according to the value of the plundered property. If the plundered property could be returned, the punishment would be relatively light.

But it is indispensable for one person to hit 50 big boards. If the 50 big boards go down, those who are not in good health may go directly to see Lord Hades.

After bringing back the plundered property and counting it, Ling Yunzhi will open the court again to pronounce the sentence.

After dealing with the previous case, Ling Yunzhi hurried back to the backyard.

Seeing Shen Wan and his wife, it was another apology for the poor hospitality.

Ling Mengqing also bought vegetables and snacks and came back. She put the snacks on a plate and brought them to the flower hall, and brought the logs back with the firewood to clean up the only two rooms that Shen Wan and the others lived in.

After they finished packing, Shen Wan and the others moved all the things on the carriage into the room.

They originally proposed to stay in an inn, but Ling Yunzhi said that the inn in this county was not as good as his dilapidated county government backyard, so they gave up.

When the sun was westward, Ling Mengqing went to the kitchen to get busy, Shen Wan asked Xiao Xing to help, with Xiao Xing's help, Ling Mengqing immediately felt less flustered.

When it was dark, dinner was served on the table, six dishes and one soup, three meat and three vegetables, it was quite rich for Ling Yunzhi brothers and sisters and Shitou.

After the meal, Yun Luochuan stayed in the flower hall to chat with Ling Yunzhi, while Shen Wan took An An down to wash up.

After walking for two days, they didn't take a bath last night. Today they all have to take a good bath and change out their clothes inside and out.

"Brother Yun, you and the county lord should have seen the situation in Tongyuan County when you entered the city today. I was mentally prepared when I came, but after I came, I found that the situation in Tongyuan County was better than what I knew. worse."

"There is not a dime in the county government's account, and I still owe the court tens of thousands of taels of silver. These people in the government office can't afford to pay, and I am already stretched."

"In order to find a way for the people in Tongyuan County to get rich as soon as possible so that they can afford to pay taxes, I can only write to you with the cheek to invite your family to come and play." What's the fun, except the mountains are the mountains, the people have been crushed by life early on, and they are all numb and lifeless when they look at them, and they feel very depressed just by looking at them.

Yun Luochuan smiled, frowned and asked, "Why don't you apply for money from the imperial court?"

Ling Yunzhi said: "There are no disasters or harms in Tongyuan County. We don't need to build embankments, and we don't need to build mountains and roads. What kind of money should we apply for from the court? Moreover, because the taxes were confiscated, we still owe money to the court."

"The prefectures and counties on the Jiangzhou prefecture collect all the taxes every year, and leave 30% of the taxes for the operation of the government, including our salary."

"If I hand over the zhezi to the imperial court to ask for money to pay my salary and repair the county government, I will be beaten back when I get to the state government."

He heard all these from Mr. Wu. The previous county magistrate handed over the paperwork for applying for money, and he was beaten back like this every time.

At the end of the year when I went to the state government to report on my work, I was scolded several times by the magistrate for not being able to manage Tongyuan County well, not being able to collect taxes, not to mention the money owed to the court, and still have the face to ask the court for money.

The previous county magistrate's family had some wealth, and they also took out a lot of money.

Yun Luochuan said: "I didn't know that this was the case in Yunzhou. Brother Ling has suffered."

Ling Yunzhi shook his head with a smile, "I used to be a little hypocritical, thinking that money is dung, and it's really vulgar to always ask for money, but now my mind is full of money."

Because he didn't have money, he couldn't even do something for the people of Tongyuan County if he wanted to show his hands and feet. He felt like he was tied up.

Knowing that the people are suffering, but there is nothing they can do. They can only sit in this dilapidated county office and try some trivial cases, but they can't do anything.

There is no way to show your ambition.