Liyang County?
The eighteenth year of Hongwu?
Huang Lu?
Pan Fu case! ! !
Thinking of what happened in the history books, Gu Chen's eyes instantly burst into light.
You said he was so lucky. Every time he felt sleepy, someone would come and give him a pillow.
Gu Chen immediately got off the carriage, and Gu An immediately informed him of his identity and cleared the way.
"Mr. Gu, the Vice-Censor of the Left Vice-President, is here. Give way. Please give way..."
When the common people saw the censor coming and knew that there was a good show to be seen, they all retreated consciously, and then quickly formed a circle.
"You said that the censor must be more fair in handling affairs than the adults in the yamen. The officials in the yamen protect each other, so the censor shouldn't be able to do that, right?"
"Probably not. The officials in the yamen are colleagues with the county magistrates. They are different from the censors. The censors specialize in catching corrupt officials."
The melon-eaters watching whispered, and Huang Lu, who was in ragged clothes, also raised his head, raised the word "injustice" in his hand higher and said loudly.
"Master Censor, the people of Liyang County have grievances to complain about. Please report it to Your Majesty, Master Censor, and make decisions for the people and for us, the people of Liyang County."
The reason why he refused to go to the government office was because he was afraid that the lawsuit would fail.
He must make the trouble known to everyone in Yingtian Mansion and make it impossible to cover up the trouble. Only then can the people of Liyang County be saved.
That's why he chose to cause trouble when hundreds of officials were retiring, on their only way.
"You're a scholar..." Seeing the censor coming, the yamen servant also felt helpless: "What's the grievance? Isn't it the same thing that the upper yamen said?"
This kind of behavior makes it seem as if their Lord Fu Yin is not trustworthy.
After saying that, he turned around and bowed respectfully to Gu Chen.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Master Yu Shi. Master Fu Yin said that Liyang County is under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Mansion. If the people have grievances, they will definitely be tried fairly."
There is an unwritten rule on the road. Although someone is the "deputy" censor of the capital, when calling the leader, it is best to omit the word "vice".
In this way, if the leader is happy, your affairs will be easier to handle.
"I asked the villain to invite this kid to go to the government office to speak. Mr. Fu Yin is already waiting, but this kid refuses to go to the government office and insists on shouting grievances on the street..."
Summary: This matter has nothing to do with us adults, it’s just this person who is messing around.
"You should reflect on yourself more in everything."
Gu Chen raised his hand and interrupted the yamen servant: "If we, the officials, truly treat the common people as our own children, will the common people distrust us?"
When the censor spoke, it was as if he could stand without hurting his back, but the yamen servant did not dare to refute. He only nodded in agreement and did not dare to say a word.
Nonsense, even if Mr. Fu Yin is here, you have to be polite.
What about him?
"It's already time to go to the office. Are you hungry? How about you come with me? Tomorrow morning, I will take you to the palace to see His Majesty to make a petition."
It is indeed difficult to enter the palace, but the key point is the word inside.
To put it bluntly, it was the harem area, but if you had any grievances, people could also go to Fengtian Hall to see the emperor.
The premise is that the emperor must first know and agree.
"Master Yushi..." Huang Lu held the petition paper with hesitation on his face: "You didn't lie to the students. Can the students really go to the palace to complain?"
He came with the hope of the whole county, so he couldn't be fooled.
"With so many people watching, can I still lie to you?"
Gu Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he was more sympathetic. He was so wary of officials. It seemed that he was bullied by local officials.
"If you trust me, give me the warrant and I will hand it over now."
Huang Lu looked at the big palm stretched out in front of him, then at Gu Chen's second-grade official uniform, and finally thought about his identity as censor.
In the end, he handed over the petition: "I beg you, the censor, to tell your majesty to make the decision for us, the people of Liyang County."
If he couldn't beat those two bastards to death this time, then he would be the one who complained, and the innocent people.
Gu Chen took the paper and pulled him up from the ground.
Then he turned to look at the Yamen servant: "Go back and tell Mr. Liang that you don't have to worry about this matter today. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
After saying that, Gu Chen handed the man to Gu An, then returned to the palace, handed the document to Yun Qi, and asked him to give it to Lao Zhu tomorrow morning.
The reason is to prevent His Majesty from getting angry and having trouble sleeping at night.
In fact, people are most grumpy in the morning, and he hopes that Lao Zhu will be more angry.
Excessive qi will harm the body and lead to early collapse, which is what the ministers of the Ming Dynasty wished for.
On the way back, Gu Chen thought about this case and felt like laughing, because this case was so interesting.
If he can make good use of this matter, he can make Lao Zhu and Biao'er determined to carry out land reform and give them a hard blow in terms of interests.
What has happened here?
Historically, in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, a scholar named Huang Lu went to Beijing to complain, saying that he was deeply trusted by the people of the county.
He accused the county magistrate Li Gao and the government official Pan Fu of collaborating, extorting excessive taxes and extorting money from the people, and even beating and kicking people who had no money to pay taxes.
Lao Zhu was so angry that he repeatedly ordered to kill corrupt officials. Unexpectedly, in Yingtian Mansion, under his nose, this happened.
He immediately sent someone to investigate thoroughly. In his opinion, the matter was very simple.
It's just an ordinary case of corruption and bullying of ordinary people.
But he never imagined that this ridiculous storm had just begun.
Because this seemingly simple corruption case actually originated from a shocking adultery case.
In order to please the magistrate, Pan Fu spent a lot of money to buy a beautiful woman, hid it in his home, and then asked the magistrate to go to his house for a tryst.
Li Gao, the county magistrate, couldn't resist the temptation, so he agreed half-heartedly.
Pan Fu saw him having fun with the beautiful woman, and he couldn't hold it anymore.
It's like a delicious meal is placed in front of you, but you can only watch others eat it.
So he embraced the beautiful girl who was given to the county magistrate and took her as his concubine in an upright manner.
Li Gao was furious, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to bite his teeth and swallow the blood. He also prepared a generous gift for Pan Fu.
Pan Fu also knew that he had offended the county magistrate, so he wanted to do something to make amends, so he ran to Li Gao and said.
"Master Magistrate, I know you are short of money, so I can help you get it."
Li Gao immediately became energetic when he heard this. Yes, why is it important for a woman to have money?
With money, what can’t a woman buy?
As a result, the two began to work together from enemies.
Because Liyang specializes in crutches, Pan Fu made an excuse to offer them to the court.
Every household in Liyang County has to hand in a cane. If you hand it in, you will be said to be unqualified.
What should I do if I fail?
Fine!
Soon after, the money-making work of these two idiots began to change.
Not only do you have to pay for the cane, but you also have to pay for crossing roads and bridges in the county.
Finally, even sleeping is taxed.
If they can't hand it over, these two bastards will send people to knock on the people.
The people had had enough, so they sent scholar Huang Lu to the capital to complain.
In the end, he did live up to expectations. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was determined to kill all corrupt officials in the world, immediately ordered his arrest to bring justice to the people.
The county magistrate Li Gao was easily captured and confessed to what he had done.
But Pan Fu actually ran away! ! ! !
He was a temporary worker in the county government, and his back was not even touched by the imperial envoy from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
At first, the imperial envoys didn't care. They just caught him if he ran away.
Who knew that Pan Fu's identity was not simple? He was a wealthy gentleman from Liyang County.
The local gentry and powerful people all have some friendship with him, and the entire county wants to give him face.
Now that the imperial envoy wants to arrest someone, all these gentry have given up and even threatened the imperial envoy, oh, that is, the censor.
"The adults can take Li Gao back for business. If you dare to arrest Pan Fu again, be careful that you can't leave our Liyang County."
The censors under Lao Zhu are all tough men who are not afraid of death.
The emperor is not afraid, so how can he be threatened by these mobs?
Therefore, the threats from these gentry failed, but instead angered them.
"Check, dig three feet into the ground to dig out Pan Fu."
But the matter was far from over, and the imperial envoys found out after digging.
The water in Liyang was really super deep. Pan Fu first ran to Guangde County under the cover of the landowners and under the eyes of the imperial envoy.
When the imperial envoys went to Guangde County, Pan Fu over there heard the news and went to Jianping County easily, waiting for the imperial envoys to kill Jianping.
Pan Fu actually ran back to Liyang in a big way. When the imperial envoys ran back to Liyang in anger, Pan Fu actually hid in Yixing again! ! ! !
A small government official actually made a fool of the Ming Dynasty's imperial envoy.
The gentry also asked their evil slaves to punch and kick the imperial envoys along the way.
The person was not caught, but was fooled around and beaten.
There are too many grievances to express, they even cried when they wrote a memorial to Lao Zhu.
"Your Majesty, I am so ashamed and angry that I want to die. I am so ashamed and angry that I want to die... If I can't catch Pan Fu, I will have no choice but to die as an apology."
This case made them feel like that stupid cat.
It's a shame to live, it's better to die.
