Huzhou Prefecture governs Anjizhou, Xiaofeng, Wucheng, Gui'an, Changxing, Deqing, Wukang and other counties, and its prefectures are in Gui'an and Wucheng.
Because someone had driven a small sampan back to notify him long before he landed, so after Xu He landed, Tang Shunzhi personally sent a sedan to pick him up.
Xu He and others arrived early in the morning, and the official ship had rowers, so before noon, the sedan chair stopped in front of the government office.
As soon as he got off the sedan chair, Xu He saw the entrance of the government office was crowded with people.
Zhou Ju smiled and said: "Our Lord Futai is also a figure in the sky. In ancient times, Pang Tong solved hundreds of cases every day. Our Futai releases reports one day a month. All the accumulated cases will be solved within one day. The common people And no one is dissatisfied!"
Xu He smiled: "Pang Tong is the magistrate of Leiyang County. Some people said in front of Liu Bei that he drinks, plays and sleeps all day long. What about our Tang prefect?"
Zhou Ju smiled bitterly and said: "Master Tang is not as playful as Pang Tong. He has many things to do. Every day he not only has to be familiar with the trivial matters in the prefecture and counties, but he also has to raise General Lu's military rations!"
Xu He said in surprise: "You also want to help raise Lu Borang's military rations?"
Zhou Ju nodded: "All the prefectures and counties in Zhejiang have a share, no one is involved, otherwise how can we say that the people of Zhejiang are suffering!"
Having said this, he stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Xu, please go to the second hall to wait for Mr. Tang. It's almost noon and I won't be able to wait long!"
Xu He nodded and said, "The guest is welcome to do as he pleases."
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Sure enough, there were not two sticks of incense, and the sound of water, fire, sticks and pestles came from the lobby in front, and then the "mighty" sound of the third class came. After a while, Tang Shunzhi opened the curtain and walked in with a smile.
"Bright voice! Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Xu He quickly stood up and said: "Mr. Jingchuan!"
Tang Shunzhi laughed and said: "I didn't expect you to pass the Jie Yuan test in one go. When I heard the news, I was really happy for you. How about it? Are you going to go to jail?"
Xu He nodded and said: "When I return from Zhejiang, I will pack up and report to the Imperial College!"
Tang Shunzhi suppressed his smile and said, "I heard some news, saying it's the Shen family...?"
Xu He nodded.
Tang Shunzhi frowned: "Mr. Shen Ge, he has only been in love with his position these years. How could he do such a thing?"
After a pause, he continued: "Liangsheng, let me tell you the truth. Although I am not angry about this matter, I hope you will not focus on the Shen family. You have a great future and there is no need to compete with the Shen family! Today's The Shen family is no longer the Shen family it once was. Among the descendants, Shen Zongqi is the only one who can be considered a mature weapon, but from my point of view, he is not a great talent. In a few years, the Shen family will no longer be as famous as it is today!"
Xu He didn't expect Tang Shunzhi to be so unfavorable to the Shen family, but his analysis was quite right.
In his opinion, except for Mr. Shen Ge and Shen Qiong, the eldest son of the Shen family in the capital, he had seen almost everyone else.
Shen Han is old and foolish, greedy for money and good goods. He uses the power of two generations of Shen family elders to bully the government and annex land. He has so much money and still doesn't stop, and even gets involved in sea trade and private salt. How can he get it?
Did he want to make all the money from the Wei Dynasty before he could stop?
People like Shen Wan and Mrs. Shen are even more difficult to mention, so there is no need to say more.
As for Shen Xuan... he is a talented person, but he has the problems of a wealthy family. He can look up but not look down. Moreover, he is obviously a candidate for promotion, but he is stuck in the countryside, has no desire to make progress, and makes money with his father. Little does he know that the money No matter how much, there is no corresponding power, it is just a gift for others.
Therefore, having a small talent but no great wisdom is indeed similar to Tang Shunzhi's evaluation.
At this moment, someone outside the door suddenly said: "Master Fu Zun, someone is complaining outside..."
Tang Shunzhi raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't you see me receiving distinguished guests?"
"I told you, but the man refused to leave. He said that his wife had been raped. Please make the decision!"
Tang Shunzhi frowned: "Tell him to go to court in the afternoon..."
Xu He quickly said: "Sir, why don't you get busy first and I'll get out of the way first!"
Tang Shunzhi probably heard about the vicious case of rape and was worried. When he saw Xu He said this, he walked down the slope and said, "There's no need to avoid it..."
After that, he said to the people outside: "Go and bring him to the second hall, and listen to the case outside behind a curtain!"
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After a while, the person was brought.
I saw a middle-aged man with a deer head and mouse eyes kneeling in the second hall. It was probably his first time coming to the Yamen, and he was a little scared. After kneeling down, he lowered his head and trembled.
Tang Shunzhi sat high in the second hall and asked the man with a frown: "Who are you, what do you do for a living, and what are you accusing? Do you have a written statement?"
A series of questions confused the man who was kneeling on the ground. After a long while, he stammered: "Little man Niu Er is from Shuipai Street in the city. He usually helps the monks at Lingfeng Temple with some cleaning work." Rough work!”
"Little, little man doesn't have a certificate!"
Tang Shunzhi was even more unhappy when he heard this. What kind of complaint could he make without a complaint?
"Do you think it's child's play to complain to the government? If you come here without a complaint, do you want to be punished?" Tang Shunzhi said.
When he heard that he was eating a banquet, Niu Er quickly kowtowed and said, "Sir, I don't know much about writing and have never been in a government office. I really don't know that there are such rules. My lord, please forgive me!"
Tang Shunzhi didn't want to get involved with him, so he said bluntly: "What are you telling me?"
Niu Erfu said: "Sir, I want to sue the monk of Lingfeng Temple for raping my wife!"
It was really a rape case, and a monk committed such an ugly thing. Tang Shunzhi frowned and said, "Were there any witnesses present at the time?"
Niu Er cried: "No, that day my wife went to the temple to get some money from me. Unexpectedly, she was seen by some monks in the temple, and they took my wife to the bamboo forest in the back mountain..."
Tang Shunzhi said: "Go and take Niu Er with you to arrest the monks from Lingfeng Temple who were involved in this matter!"
Lingfeng Temple is an ancient temple built in the Southern Liang Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years. It is also one of the most famous temples in the south of the Yangtze River. It is called a sister temple with Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, and there are many eminent monks in the temple.
If this scandal really happened, it would really bring shame to Shifang Jungle.
After dinner, the people below detained Niu Er and several monks.
When Xu He saw the monks, he found that each of them looked very restrained. Although they were not as calm as eminent monks, their brows did not look like those who had done such dirty things.
Tang Shunzhi asked those monks: "I want to ask you, Lingfeng Temple is a large temple in Huzhou, and there is a lot of incense in the temple. If you don't fast and worship the Buddha properly, how come you have an ordinary mind and do such an ugly thing?"
Those monks looked at each other, and finally one of them clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Lord Futai, why do you think we are here?"
Tang Shunzhi squinted his eyes, as if he wanted to see some clues from the other party's behavior, but those monks, besides being panicked, looked confused, and they didn't seem to be faking it.
This is strange. He is not a professional expert in solving crimes, but after practicing for so long, he is confident that he can still tell whether a person is cheating.
Also, if ordinary people do something bad, even if they are experienced criminals, they will never enter the yamen and still behave like this.
Is there something fishy in this matter?
