There were so many people coming in that the huge court couldn't accommodate them, so people were crowded behind the government officials on both sides, and some even stood outside the door of the court.
"Bang!" the gavel's voice sounded again.
Jiang Chengling sat down solemnly and said in a deep voice: "I am the chief envoy. If you have any grievances, feel free to tell me. Moreover, this is the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court, Marquis Zhenhai. Even if I am unable to redress your grievances, You can also ask the Marquis to make the decision for you. No matter how grievances you have, just speak up."
Han Du already understood what Jiang Chengling wanted to do. He turned his head slightly and glanced at him in the middle of the decision-making process, with a smile on his lips that Jiang Chengling couldn't understand.
When the people heard Jiang Chengling's words, they immediately went crazy. He left Jiang Chengling alone and knelt down in front of Han Du in a swarm.
"The common people pay their respects to the Marquis. The Marquis can make decisions for the common people..."
"Master Qingtian, the common people are wronged..."
Seeing the crowd of people kneeling and kowtowing in front of Han Du, Jiang Chengling smiled from time to time, picked up the tea cup, blew on it, and took a slow sip. When he is in a good mood, even the same tea seems to taste more fragrant than before and is more worthy of savoring.
Aren’t you, Handu, a cow? He came with a large army and wanted to overwhelm me. If you have the ability, send a large army to suppress these people. If this is really the case, then the Emperor will not spare you even if I don't do anything.
When Han Du faced the people who were talking non-stop, he suddenly felt as if he had fallen into a pile of ducks. The noisy sound made Han Du dizzy.
"Shut up!" Han Du slammed the coffee table, causing the tea in the cup to spill out and flow everywhere.
The common people's cup Han Du was frightened by a loud roar, and no one dared to speak anymore.
Han Du finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it. He pointed at the person at the front and asked, "Shut up, everyone else. Tell me, what's going on?"
"The common people pay homage to the Marquis." The common people pointed at by Han Du immediately kowtowed again.
After he straightened up, Han Du asked: "Tell me, what are you doing?"
"The common people want to sue the King of Qin for demolishing their houses and occupying their fields. Please make the decision for the common people."
"There are also grass-roots people. Their cattle have also been taken away..."
"besides......"
Seeing that these people were about to start making noise again, Han Du glanced at the crowd coldly. Suddenly, all the sounds quieted down until they returned to silence.
After it calmed down, Han Du withdrew his gaze, focused on the people in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin is the prince. If you falsely accuse the emperor, it will not only be Tu Qianli's problem, I'm afraid you will be sent to the sidelines." Huang, you can think clearly."
The common people suddenly felt aggrieved, bowed to Han Du, and then raised their heads with determination and said: "The common people did not make false accusations, what the common people said are all the truth~"
Han Du stared at the people in front of him with increasingly serious eyes.
Just when the people could no longer bear Han Du's gaze and wanted to retreat, Liang Hai on the side immediately took out a thick stack of paper, handed it to Han Du, and said with a warm smile: "Master Hou, these people don't have any It's a false accusation. I've already verified it, and everything they said is true. Please take a look at it."
Han Du glanced sideways at Liang Hai, then put his eyes on the paper in his hand without saying a word, let alone reaching out to pick it up.
"Please Lord Marquis to make the decision for the common people." When the common people saw this, they immediately felt bad and knelt down with sorrow in their hearts.
When the others saw it, they all knelt down to Han Du at the same time. "Please ask Mr. Qingtian to make the decision for the common people~"
Han Du reluctantly reached out to take the paper and read it one by one.
They invaded fields, robbed people's wealth, forced the soldiers and civilians in the pass to buy gold and silver, and donate treasures... one after another, Han Du was shocked to see them one after another.
The actual situation was more serious than what Lao Zhu learned in the capital. If Lao Zhu had seen these things, although he would not have killed Zhu Ping, a severe beating would have been inevitable.
Just as Han Du was looking carefully at a piece of paper, everyone's eyes were focused on him. Originally, everyone thought that Han Du's face would only get uglier after seeing this.
Unexpectedly, Han Du smiled more and more as he watched.
Such a contrast made everyone wonder what Han Du was thinking.
Han Du looked carefully from the front, but as he went to the back, he looked faster and more roughly.
Before he could finish reading it all, Han Du held up the paper and looked at all the people, asking: "Are these the illegal things you want to accuse the King of Qin? I have something to say first. If you dare to make false accusations, it will be a serious crime. It’s not just as simple as being exiled!”
"Everything told by the common people is true. Please make the decision for the common people!" The people who were pointed out by Han Du bowed to Han Du without any hesitation.
"Everything told by the common people is true. Please make the decision for the common people~" The same goes for other people.
Han Du looked at the ragged people in front of him. Most of them looked sallow and thin. Although Han Du didn't know how they lived before, at least they were living extremely miserable lives now. Thinking that these were Zhu Xi's faults, Han Du became even more disgusted with him.
Slightly calmer
After checking his mood, Han Du nodded with a smile and said "Okay!" twice.
Amid everyone's surprised gazes, Han Du casually threw down the paper in his hand, walked calmly to Jiang Chengling's position, and smiled at him.
Before Jiang Chengling could understand what Han Du wanted to do, he saw him take out an imperial edict from his sleeve robe.
"The imperial edict has arrived~" Han Du held the imperial edict in both hands and turned to face everyone.
Jiang Chengling was suddenly startled, and quickly stepped down from the first position, stood in front of the long case, and knelt down to Han Du.
"My lord, Jiang Chengling, the chief envoy of Shaanxi Province, respectfully welcomes the imperial edict!"
"Your Majesty, I respectfully welcome the imperial edict~" Other officials, big and small, as long as they were in the court, all knelt down to Han Du.
Only the people in the hall, seeing for the first time in their lives an imperial edict that they had only heard about in operas, didn't know what to say, so they just knelt on the ground and buried their heads.
Han Du didn't care about them, he opened the imperial edict with a straight face and sang: "The emperor is destined to be blessed by heaven. The edict says: From the day he sealed the country, King Zhu Ping of Qin had no good name. He was nicknamed a villain, indulged in licentiousness and drunkenness. He wreaked havoc on the people and made heaven angry. . I have repeatedly tried to teach him, but I still don’t see him repenting... As the saying goes: If you don’t teach, it’s your father’s fault. The King of Qin is wreaking havoc on the people, and I am also guilty of it. Now I order Han Du to settle the army and the people, comfort the people, and the people will do the same. Regardless of the loss of fields, houses, or frivolous wealth, I will repay you twice as much...I appreciate this!"
After Han Du finished speaking, he put away the imperial edict calmly.
"Long live my emperor!" Jiang Chengling was the first to bow down with sincerity, even unable to hold back tears in his eyes.
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor~" Liang Hai was even more excited. He was even more excited than Jiang Chengling. Because he guessed that Han Du's trip was under the emperor's order and wanted to protect King Qin, he felt extremely dissatisfied. He even thought that the emperor was wrong to blindly protect King Qin, but he did not resort to it.
But now he learned that the emperor not only had no intention of protecting King Qin, but openly admitted King Qin's fault, and even took the initiative to admit the emperor's fault, and also wanted to repay double the repayment to the people who had been harmed. Liang Hai was truly moved by the emperor's sage. Good birds choose trees to perch. The emperor is so sage and magnanimous. What else can he be dissatisfied with?
The people were even happier. They originally thought they would be lucky to get justice. Unexpectedly, the emperor not only apologized to these common people, but even doubled up to repay them for everything they had lost.
Seeing everyone slowly getting up, Han Du walked down with a smile and picked up the paper on the table. Under the gaze of everyone, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Since you have repeatedly guaranteed that everything here is true, I will repay you according to what is recorded on this paper. Of course, in accordance with the emperor's will, double the repayment. For you guys."
"Thank you, the common people, for taking the decision, Mr. Hou~" The people were already overjoyed, and their eyes were no longer full of lifelessness and despair.
Han Du smiled and shook his head, correcting the people's words, "It is the Emperor who makes the decision for you. If you want to thank the Emperor, thank the Emperor!"
"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor~" Han Du's words reminded all the people, and the people quickly knelt down in the direction of the capital.
Han Du nodded slightly with satisfaction, turned to look at Jiang Chengling, and laughed loudly: "I have brought the money to compensate the people, and it is in the military camp outside the city."
Then he turned to look at the people, and Han Du turned back to Jiang Chengling and said: "But what I brought is only money, the people's land and houses, and I need your help to coordinate the land and build houses for the people. In addition, those who were Please ask the adults to help redeem the children who have been sold."
"Please rest assured, Lord Marquis, this is my official responsibility." Jiang Chengling agreed without hesitation, but then he frowned again: "I can immediately issue an order to ask all the governments to help redeem the child. Although Maybe most of the children are in Shaanxi, but if there are children who have left Shaanxi, then there is nothing I can do."
"You don't have to worry about this, I will find them one by one." Before Han Du came, he sent people to various villages in order to find out the loss of each household and the whereabouts of each child as soon as possible. For those children who were taken away, Han Du had already sent orders to track them down. In the Ming Dynasty, it was illegal for ordinary people to sell human beings, but it was allowed to sell them into wealthy families by selling themselves as servants.
When the people heard that Han Du was going to redeem all their children and return them to them, especially those who had sold their children and thought they would never see them again in this life, they were moved and bowed to Han Du again.
Han Du waved his hand to excuse everyone's courtesy, said goodbye to Jiang Chengling, and walked out of the courtroom.
Seeing Han Du approaching, even in the crowded courtroom, the people tried their best to make way for him and watched Han Du leave.
Next, Han Du asked people to verify the losses of each household, and then with the cooperation of Jiang Chengling, they bought land where it was necessary and built houses where houses were needed, doubling the losses of the people one by one and compensating them one by one.
After working for more than ten days, we finally returned all the people's land to them. The children were also redeemed one by one. Of course, the living Han Du had no way to double the repayment and could only pay back the original.
The people did not embarrass Han Du. They were happy enough to see their children back home and did not dare to expect more.
The houses were not built so quickly, but the people had already received all the money to repair the houses from Han Du, so Han Du did not need to worry about the rest. The people would slowly build the houses themselves.
for many days
The running around made Liang Hai feel exhausted, but he felt sincerely happy to see that the people could have such a good ending.
However, while he was happy, he was also a little puzzled, and said to Jiang Chengling doubtfully: "Sir, these days, when I see Han Du, I don't look like a playboy. He handles things in a clear and resolute manner, and even plans in advance. Find those children who left Shaanxi. Why did he look so annoying when he came?"
After hearing this, Jiang Chengling smiled and pointed at Liang Hai, laughing and scolding: "You! You are too straight-tempered. What's so strange about this? It's impossible for a person to have such a contrast in just a few days." Big. Therefore, judging from his current behavior, his dandy habits were all deliberately pretended."
"Pretending? Isn't this unnecessary? Why would he do this?" Liang Hai felt even more confused after hearing Jiang Chengling's explanation.
Jiang Chengling looked at him carefully, and after a moment she smiled and explained: "Of course it's to guard against us."
Seeing that Liang Hai still couldn't understand why Han Du was on guard against them, Jiang Chengling continued to explain: "Think about it, Han Du has the emperor's decree in his hand, and he knows full well that the emperor wants to repay the people double. But. Can he bring out the imperial edict as soon as he comes and clearly tell us that we must repay the people twice as much?"
"Why not? My lord, I don't understand. If Han Du had come out with the imperial edict as soon as he arrived, we wouldn't have had to wait so long and cause so much trouble!" Liang Hai has been in trouble since Han Du arrived. Have a peaceful day. At first, he was looking for evidence that the King of Qin was plundering people's wealth, but Han Du refused to admit it. This forced Liang Hai to bring in the victims one by one to confront Han Du.
Jiang Chengling was in a good mood and patiently explained to Liang Hai: "This is our idea, but Han Du has just arrived and he doesn't understand the situation. How can he know what we think? If he takes out the imperial edict as soon as he comes, He bluntly said that he would repay double the amount, but isn't he worried that we will interfere with it and deliberately forge the damaged property of the people, claiming too much or falsely claiming it?"
"But he pretended to protect King Qin as soon as he came, which is completely different. In this way, there is no benefit in the first place. Naturally, there is no need to worry about someone pretending to be a victim of the common people. And he also repeatedly emphasized that false accusations The prince is going to be exiled to the borderlands. There is no benefit, and he has to risk being exiled to the borderlands. If he is not the real victim, who would be stupid enough to pretend to be?"
Only then did Liang Hai understand that there were so many profound meanings in Han Du's every move. Suddenly I felt like I was running around in front of Han Du, and now I feel like a fool. I couldn't help complaining: "Looking at such a young person, I didn't expect that he turned out to be an old fox. It's so abominable to be so cunning!"
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"Hahaha, yes. Even I didn't expect that one day I would be tricked by a young boy." Jiang Chengling shook his head and laughed, lowering his head and panting slightly, as if sighing at the passing of time, "But even if Being fooled, I am willing to have such an ending."
Liang Hai sighed helplessly, looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
Han Du spent more than three million yuan to finally compensate the victims one by one. The people were also deeply affected by the emperor's kindness, and took the initiative to send Lao Zhu the Wanmin Umbrella and the Wanmin Book, and asked Han Du to help bring them back to the capital.
Han Du stayed in the military camp these days and never entered Xi'an City again. Even in order not to arouse the suspicion of interested people, Han Du stayed for one more day before ordering the army to break camp and head back to Beijing.
Now that the abnormality was discovered, Han Du stopped riding his horse. I got a carriage and got on it, and drove slowly and leisurely.
Ten jars of jade frozen spring were neatly placed inside the carriage. Looking at the wine, Han Du couldn't help but fell into deep thought and raised his eyes to look at the direction of the capital.
Are you a human or a ghost...
When Han Du returned to the capital, he immediately took the Book of the People, the Umbrella of the People, and the memorial from the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province to the palace to see Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu first opened the memorial from the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi and read it from beginning to end to understand what happened in detail. Then he looked at the Wanmin Umbrella and Wanmin Books, with a smile like a blooming chrysanthemum appearing on his old face.
Looking at Han Du with satisfaction, he nodded: "Yes, you have the courage and wisdom to handle this matter without leakage. I am very satisfied."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Okay, it's getting late, please leave." Lao Zhu knew that Han Du had been coming back and forth this time and had been away from home for more than two months. He was probably about to return home, so he didn't want to stay with Han Du any longer.
But after hearing this, Han Du did not move.
Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du strangely and asked in confusion: "What? What else do you want?"
Han Du hesitated for a moment, then asked softly and submissively: "Your Majesty, since the people have made compensation. I wonder if His Highness, King Qin, is prepared to..."
"Don't mention that scoundrel to me! I have no time to care about him now..." Before Han Du could finish his words, he was violently interrupted by Lao Zhu.
Well... Han Du originally wanted to get a hint of something out of Lao Zhu's mouth, as if Zhu Biao was on a mission, but now it seems impossible.
It seems that Lao Zhu is really angry this time. Even so, he still refuses to let Zhu Ping go. It seems that he is determined to teach Zhu Ping a profound lesson.
Han Du didn't dare to ask any more questions and bowed down: "I take my leave."
Maintaining his bowing posture, Han Du took a few steps back, then straightened up and turned to leave.
