Xu Zengshou, a silly boy, couldn't tell it, and he still smiled and said.
"Master Gu, let me just say that it is not necessarily a problem with the government."
Look, even the officials of Yingtian Mansion are not so enthusiastic.
The people living here must be very happy, right?
Gu Chen glanced at him but said nothing. The next second, he saw the Yamen servant coming to greet him: "Your Majesty, the Royal Censor is here. Please come in quickly, Your Majesty."
"Xiao Liuzi, go and tell the magistrate that the censor is here."
They had already made complete preparations and could not find any mistakes in keeping the censor.
Gu Chen smiled and nodded, without saying anything, and walked inside.
After walking a few steps, the county magistrate Wang Anfu arrived with the county magistrate and others.
"Mr. Gu, don't be surprised. The Yamen is busy with things and has never gone to the city gate to greet you..."
Wang Zhixian is wearing a blue official uniform, which looks good at first glance, but if you look closely, you can see that the lining is clearly linen, not official silk.
The weather in early spring was a bit cool, but his boots were not thick and didn't even have velvet.
Gu Chen cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Wang has managed the county well. I can see that the streets are as white as new, and you are so frugal in your clothes. You are such a good official."
He didn't mean what he said, but Wang Zhixian gave him a bamboo pole and he climbed up.
I only heard him say sincerely: "Master Gu, what are you talking about? We are officials for the people. If we were not for the people, why would we be officials?"
"Seeing that the people in this county are not well fed and clothed, this county is heartbroken and cannot sleep at night. How can we dare to be extravagant and wasteful?"
"As long as the clothes can keep you warm, as long as the shoes can be used for walking, the remaining money will be used to build roads, dig wells, build bridges and benefit the people."
"Integrity."
The ability to lie without blushing has become a specialty of officials.
An Ling, the county magistrate on the side, immediately said: "Master Yushi, you don't know something. Last year, there was a civil uprising in our county. A group of people burned, killed and looted ordinary people, and even killed our county government officials."
"Many people's houses were lost. It was the money given by our county magistrate to help people rebuild their homes. Even their thick boots were pawned."
Speaking of this, he even shed tears: "This winter, our county magistrate has been wearing thin boots, and our feet have frostbite..."
The county magistrate is still capable and guessed that giving good things is useless.
This cruel trick is much easier to use.
Xu Zengshou was so moved when he heard this that if he had not been on official business, he would have wanted to take off his boots and put them on for the magistrate.
"Shut up." Wang Zhixian waited for him to finish speaking, then glared at the county magistrate: "Master Gu has come all the way, why are you telling people these things?"
"Master Gu, please come in quickly. I have prepared all the files in the county and the tax account books for your investigation."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Zengshou was even more moved. This man did good deeds without leaving his name behind, and acted openly. Others wanted to find out later.
He was conscious of it. If he hadn't done anything wrong, how could he dare?
What a good official!
"Sure." Gu Chen's smile was impeccable, and he chatted with the magistrate Wang: "When I first entered the city, I heard from the people that the magistrate has eight children."
"It's so enviable. You have a good life. You have more wives and more children. When you get older in the future, you will have children and grandchildren around your knees. How exciting is that?"
You said that you are so poor, yet you still have so many wives and gave birth to so many children. You tell me that you are honest?
Do you think I look like a fool?
"Uh...hehe, Mr. Gu is joking..."
Wang Zhixian's face froze, he didn't expect this person named Gu to be so powerful.
He had just entered the county and he actually found out how many children he had?
"Master Gu, please?"
But so what, if you have a wife and many children, that doesn’t mean anything?
He had finished the cases that had accumulated for two years in just half a month.
As for the account books, he has two sets of accounts, and the other set has long been hidden.
I'm sorry that he can't do anything about it.
The case files start from the first year of Hongwu to the fourteenth year of Hongwu.
The same goes for the account books. Gu Chen didn't look at the account books first, but the case files first.
"The magistrate's case files are really complete, ranging from murder and arson to petty theft. The speed of solving the cases is also very fast."
"The people reported to the Yamen in the morning, and in the afternoon the county magistrate punished the good and eliminated the evil, and made decisions for the people. But, this ink..."
"Mr. Xu, come here and take a look. Is this ink fresh?"
Gu Chen said one word, and the smile on Wang Zhixian's face froze.
Xu Zengshou poked his head and looked at it carefully before saying.
"Yeah, it doesn't look like it was written two years ago, but it looks like it was written just recently..."
Having said this, he looked at Wang Zhixian in disbelief, surprised that he actually falsified the date of filing the case, what he saw.
Could it be that they are all fake?
"Hey, Wang Zhixian." Upon seeing this, Gu Chen asked with a smile: "What kind of good ink did you use? It didn't fade in two years."
"Could it be Huimo?"
In the Tang Dynasty, Hui ink was called Songyan ink. After the Song Dynasty, good things were added to it, and the place where the ink was produced was changed to Huizhou, so it was called Hui ink.
The written words will not fade for thousands of years, and there is still a faint fragrance to the smell.
Modern Huizhou ink is very expensive. How can he afford it with his salary?
Before Wang Zhixian wanted to reconcile, he could make excuses. No, it should be said to be an explanation.
Gu Chen took it to his nose and smelled it, then looked at him with a smile.
"This is not Hui ink, it's just ordinary ink. That's strange. Since it's ordinary ink, why hasn't it changed color in two years?"
"You are near the sea and humid. It is not easy to preserve these case files. Look at the case files from December of the 12th year of Hongwu and January of the 13th year."
"It's only a month apart. Why are the colors so different?"
Seeing that he was speechless, Gu Chen didn't turn his face, he just looked at Xu Zengshou and smiled.
"Go and bring me Liu Dayou and Liu Chengcai who are in this file."
I didn't expect that the case file I got was so interesting.
This was the first case in January of the thirteenth year of Hongwu. The plaintiff and defendant were members of the same clan.
Liu Dayou's family was poor, with only a few acres of thin farmland, just enough to make ends meet.
Liu Chengcai is the son of the elder of the Liu family. His family has fifty acres of fertile land, he has no worries about food and clothing, and his life is very easy.
Two years ago, the two got married almost at the same time.
Blind marriage, dumb marriage, well-matched family, parents’ orders, matchmaker’s words
Liu Dayou's daughter-in-law is called beautiful, but Liu Chengcai's daughter-in-law is more difficult to describe, but her natal family has a generous dowry.
This Liu Chengcai, I envy him that he has such a beautiful wife despite having no money.
He often went to peek at people bathing, but was caught by Liu Dayou.
As you can imagine, Liu Chengcai was severely beaten.
After this beating, Liu Chengcai’s wife knew about it.
His wife was angry and jealous, but she didn't dare to make trouble with her man, so she went around saying that there were wives who seduced his man for a few dollars.
For the sake of the man's face, Liu Chengcai said that he was seduced by someone, and he even said how much money he had to pay.
The villagers only want to watch the fun and don't care about the facts.
One daughter-in-law couldn't stand the rumors and hanged her sheets from the beams of the house.
She was pregnant when she died, and the baby was five months old.
Everyone said that the baby was Liu Chengcai's, so he was forced to death.
You tell me, is Liu Day capable of doing this?
Is it easy for a farmer to find a wife?
Still dead!
Therefore, he asked Liu Chengcai's family to compensate, at least the funeral expenses, the betrothal gift money he gave, and the comfort money given to the elderly woman.
For the sake of our ancestors being a family, he could forget about it.
Liu Chengcai's family refused, so they went to the county government office.
If he thinks his wife committed suicide, what does it have to do with his family?
Wangzhi County believes in this case file that Dayou's daughter-in-law committed suicide.
That was her own thin-skinned problem, not forced by Liu Chengcai's family.
Finally, Liu Dayou was sentenced to 20 sticks and one year in prison for causing trouble out of nothing and framing him.
Case closed!
A human life that is as beautiful as a flower, a little life that has not yet been born is worthless.
The victim's family was bitten back, and even though they were beaten, they had to live there for a year.
Is there any heavenly principle?
"Master Gu." Wang Zhixian immediately said: "This county's verdict is absolutely fine. She committed suicide. She has nothing to do with Liu Chengcai's family, right?"
He took the money, but his judgment was indeed justified.
"Your Majesty said that if traitors do not answer their crimes, good people in the world will be accused of many false accusations. Wang Zhixian does not understand. Okay, then I will say it again."
"What your Majesty means is that if those who spread rumors are not severely punished, won't all the good people in the world be framed?"
"It is true that Liu Chengcai and his wife's crimes are not worthy of death, but there is no principle that the perpetrators of evil will enjoy happiness and the victims of evil will be wronged. Isn't this a reversal of right and wrong?"
Although what Lao Zhu said refers to those officials who spread rumors and conspired to rebel.
It can be used here, which is not unreasonable.
