Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Wang Tian and Bai Sheng entered through the North City Gate, which was the shortest distance from the county government office and went straight to the back gate of the county government office.

There were also more than a dozen thugs blocking the back door. Wang Tian shouted: "Arrest them. Anyone who dares to resist arrest or escape will be killed on the spot!"

It is true that the county magistrate only has the power of final adjudication of the cane punishment, but he blocked the county office for most of the day and was not unjustly charged with rebellion, let alone resisted arrest.

Dozens of young men from the village were on horseback trying to surround the rogues.

Upon seeing this, the gangster ran away immediately. Bai Sheng chased after him and shot a fleeing gangster in the back.

The rest of the young men are not afraid, especially the security chief and deputy security chief. They are usually responsible for protecting the village, and they have more or less seen blood. Immediately lead their respective villagers and kill them when they catch up, leaving no room for action.

Wang Tian felt chills in his back. He just ordered people to be arrested, but in the blink of an eye, more than ten gangsters were beaten to death on the spot.

The folk customs here are so fierce!

Not only are there many thieves, but good people are also difficult to deal with.

In ordinary times, taxation can only be done by borrowing the power of the wealthy families and holding high the banner of the imperial court to oppress the good.

Especially when it comes to buying money, the tax targets are all landlords, and it is difficult for the government to collect the full amount. Often, the wealthy family would first express their stance and guide the other landowners to give money and food, and then reduce the wealthy family's half of the money and purchase money.

Later, I was too lazy to pretend, and there were always one or two big families in each county. The county magistrate applied to the court for special approval and the purchase price was halved, and it gradually became a practice.

It takes great courage for the local officials on Jingdong Road to dare to attack wealthy people.

"You go around to the main gate of the county government office, and I will report to the prefect through the back door!" Wang Tian ordered.

Bai Sheng nodded: "Okay!"

Wang Tian entered through the back door on horseback, passed through the backyard of the county government office, and went straight to the lobby of the county government office: "Prefect, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my duty and brought back more than sixty people, all of whom can be used on horseback."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Ju Ming stood up and carried the chair out, sat down again when he was outside the door, and asked: "Who is in charge? Come forward and talk!"

Gao Huaguang took a few steps forward: "I'm the leader."

Ju Ming asked: "What do you want to do?"

Gao Huaguang said: "Sun Dutou abides by the law and loves the people, but he was arrested yesterday. I want to be fair and ask the prefect to let Sun Dutou go."

"You don't even have to pretend? Just let me go?" Zhu Ming was really shocked.

How unscrupulous!

This is equivalent to not giving any face, not even leaving a step. He just pointed at Zhizhou's nose and ordered Zhizhou to be honest and obedient.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Ju Ming had already heard the sound of horse hooves, it was Bai Sheng who was leading people around.

Gao Huaguang naturally heard the sound and subconsciously turned to look. Suddenly he caught a glimpse of a bright light from the corner of his eye. Before he could react, his head flew high into the air, and blood spurted out from his neck like a fountain.

The leader of the Xianyi Club, the underworld boss in Leize County, died without warning.

Moreover, Ju Ming had quick hands and a sharp sword. After cutting off his head with one sword, Gao Huaguang's headless body continued to stand for a second before falling down.

Zhu Ming raised his sword and shouted angrily: "Gao Huaguang, the leader of the Xianyi Society, gathered bandits and attacked the county government office with the intention of conspiring to rebel. Now that Gao Huaguang has been punished, if you continue to resist stubbornly, you will all be punished as rebels!"

"Killing!"

"Brother Gao is dead, run away!"

"Kill the dog officer and avenge Brother Gao!"

Most of the two to three hundred people at the scene were members of the lower levels of the underworld, and there were even rogue gangsters brought in temporarily to make up for their losses.

In their eyes, Gaohua light is the sky.

It broke the sky, and the Sun family is still protecting us. There are people in the court.

What the hell are state magistrates, county magistrates, and county magistrates?

In the third year of Xianping reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, thieves in Puzhou made trouble. Wang Shouxin, the magistrate of Puzhou, and Wang Zhaodu, the superintendent of the rebellion, were directly kidnapped by thieves who sneaked into the city. If the fuss gets bigger, isn't it just a matter of recruitment?

Now, the sky has fallen.

There were about twenty or thirty diehards who rushed towards Ju Ming with sticks, shouting that they wanted to avenge the boss. The remaining two hundred or so people dispersed in a hurry, fearing that they too would be caught and beheaded.

The reason why they dispersed so neatly is because Bai Sheng came with his cavalry.

There were countless people watching the excitement nearby, but they were also frightened and fled away at this moment. Because Bai Sheng has already rushed over, as long as he blocks the road, no matter what his identity is, even ordinary people will be killed.

Of course, keep some sense of proportion.

Those who don't have weapons in their hands are basically just driving and fighting.

"Kneel down by the road and don't kill, kneel by the road and don't kill!" Bai Sheng shouted as he rushed.

The little minions were killed by Bai Sheng and fled, but the more than 20 diehards lost their minds and rushed straight to Ju Ming. They didn't bring sharp blades, just sticks. They charged without any plan and just wanted to beat Zhu Ming to death.

Zhu Ming threw the top chair to Deng Chun. Deng Chun carried the folded top chair and swept across the army with a sudden movement.

Several sticks were hit on Deng Chun, but the boy ignored him and just picked up the chair and smashed it randomly.

The four male sumo wrestlers who were married to the Zheng family also rushed to protect their master. Sumo wrestling in the Song Dynasty was not the Japanese kind of sumo wrestling, but more like free fighting with wrestling as the main part and striking as the supplement. They were built like Mongolian wrestlers. They carried sticks and rushed to grab people. They grabbed their sleeves and threw them and beat them.

"Protect the prefect quickly!"

Cao Yuangui and Wang Tian were dumbfounded. They didn't expect Ju Ming to be so strong-armed. After reacting, they ordered the archers to help.

Many archers hesitated, and only a few came forward to fight.

Without their help at all, Ju Ming held a sword, and under the cover of Deng Chun and the sumo wrestlers, he almost knocked down one of them with one sword.

Only three people were killed, and more than 20 hard-line elements were unable to hold on. No longer thinking about avenging the boss, he turned around and ran away. Zhu Ming picked up two more and chopped them down with his sword, and the rest chose to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Bai Sheng could not command those young men, so he could only use them freely at this moment.

It is often a security chief, accompanied by four or five young men, who ride on horseback to chase and kill those who do not want to kneel down and be captured.

After a pursuit, including the dead at the back door of the county government, 258 people were captured and 35 were killed on the spot. After a simple identification, more than 40 onlookers were released without charge by Ju Ming. There are still a few unlucky guys who were accidentally killed, so they really can only admit that they are unlucky.

"Is the prefect injured?" Cao Yuangui and Wang Tian asked quickly.

Ju Ming was covered in blood, but it was other people's blood. He glared at the archers who were watching and sneered: "The prefect was attacked by thieves, but you turned a deaf ear. He must be in collusion with the thieves. Put down your weapons immediately and capture him." Jailed awaiting trial!”

Li Bao and Wei Dian had already entered the city, and together with Bai Sheng and their young horses, they surrounded the archers.

"Prefect, please spare my life!"

"We are also forced, how can we dare to go against the Sun family?"

"Prefect, have mercy!"

The archers were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy. Zhizhou was too cruel and they were really scared.

The local officials on Jingdong Road and the imperial court tacitly approved the use of illegal means. According to Su Shi's statement, "according to the outline, minor faults will be ignored." As long as the thieves can be punished, it doesn't matter if they violate the procedures.

And there is also the method of sitting continuously. The thieves themselves would not be sent to Hebei, for fear that they would escape and be sent directly to Guangnan. The thief's family (the close relative of the house) was assigned to a warden five hundred miles away. If someone reports on a thief, half of the thief's family's money will be rewarded to the person who reported it.

Ju Ming shouted and asked: "Since you are being persecuted, are you willing to take the punishment and make meritorious service?"

"Yes, yes!" The archers nodded hurriedly.

Ju Ming said: "Interrogate these archers and thieves separately and testify that the Sun family caused trouble in the place!"

"Yes!" Cao Yuangui and Wang Tian accepted the order.

Zhu Ming then said to the civil servants and subordinate officials: "Are you willing to take responsibility for your crimes and perform meritorious services?"

These officials were too closely involved with the local wealthy families, but Zhizhou was arresting and killing people, so they had no choice but to cooperate.

Geng Dingchen, the chief bookkeeper, was so frightened that he only asked the civil servants, officials, and archers to perform meritorious service, and only issued instructions to the county magistrate and county magistrate. He seemed to have been completely forgotten.

If it were proven that he colluded with thieves, he would definitely be able to save his life as a civil servant, but how could he have a future in the future? He just wants to cling to Tsai's party, but he is not the real Tsai's party. When the time comes, no one will stand up to protect him.

Geng Dingchen gritted his teeth and bowed his head: "Prefect Rong Zhen, I want to report the Sun family's illegal activities. And the Sun family humiliated the county magistrate, threatened my life, and forced me to marry my niece!"

"It's rare for Master Geng to annihilate relatives for justice. Let's go and interrogate the thieves together." Zhu Ming smiled with satisfaction.

All literate county government officials will participate in the interrogation, separate trials, and cross-trials.

The interrogation was extremely fast, and it took only one day and one night to complete the trial of more than two hundred prisoners. Those guys were biting each other, saying they were forced, and blaming the dead man. Some people also confessed various illegal activities of the Sun family in order to make meritorious service, and confessed that they colluded with certain officials.

After a good sleep, Ju Ming went to the prison in person and spent six hours going through all the confessions.

Then he called the officials, clerks, clerks, and archers, and placed two braziers at his feet.

Zhu Ming picked up several confessions and looked at the chief registrar Geng Dingchen with a smile.

Geng Dingchen felt uneasy and anxiously awaited his resignation.

"These confessions are fake at first glance. Does Mr. Geng think they are true?" Zhu Ming asked.

Geng Dingchen said: "The prefect knows everything."

Zhu Ming threw the confession into the brazier. Geng Dingchen watched the paper burn to ashes and finally breathed a sigh of relief. His legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up straight.

Zhu Ming glanced at the officials again. Wherever his eyes passed, no one dared to breathe heavily.

Confessions one after another were thrown into the brazier and burned.

In the end, less than one-tenth of them were left. Ju Ming handed it to Cao Yuangui and said, "Arrest them."

Cao Yuangui took it and inspected it carefully, and then shouted: "Sun Guang, the supervisor, is corrupt, perverts the law, colludes with bandits, bullies men and dominates women, arrest him immediately!"

"Take it!" Wei Dian has officially become the head general.

Cao Yuangui added: "The calligrapher Qian Heqian is corrupt, perverts the law, and colludes with bandits. We must arrest him immediately!"

"Take it!" Wei Dian shouted again.

This is to cleanse the power of the Qian and Sun families in the county government, but it won't be dealt with all of them, and some officials must be left to do their work. As long as the involvement is not deep and the person is not a core member, not only can he forget the blame, but he can also be promoted as a result.

The archers also dealt with some of them, and Ju Ming asked the remaining archers to commit crimes and arrest the families of the guilty officials. To put it bluntly, it was just a petition. They had offended the Qian and Sun families, and they could only do things with the government from now on.

As long as the knife is hard enough and leaves room for leeway, it can strike, divide, and pull together in an instant, smashing a piece of iron into pieces.

After Ju Ming left the county prison, Cao Yuangui said with emotion: "The governor is really not afraid of making things bigger. He has killed dozens of people this time. I am afraid that there will be hundreds of people exiled in the end. Such a big case, The prefectural court can no longer make the decision, so it will definitely alert the punishment department."

But Wang Tian said excitedly: "No matter what, I am very happy. The subordinate officials and the big families in this county treat us as clay bodhisattvas and impose excessive taxes, which mostly goes into their pockets. How can we be county officials? We are watchdogs Ah! It’s better to be a dog to these young men than to be a dog to the prefect.”

Cao Yuangui said: "Beware of thieves sneaking into the county and setting fire to it!"

"Yes, Sun Qian and his family may be desperate!" Wang Tian said sternly.