"Okay! I know everything!"
Regarding the investigation results of the county magistrate Wu Yongzhi, Ying Feiyu nodded and was very satisfied.
Ruan Zhiming colluded with everyone, but the county guard was still an upright person and did not join forces with the county magistrate to deceive the superiors and cover up the crimes!
"Everyone involved in the case will be punished according to the crime! As for your poor supervision, just... be fined for half a year as punishment!"
Ying Feiyu had already seen the charges and didn't want to ask any more questions. He directly ordered them to be sentenced according to the law.
"call……"
When Wu Yongzhi heard the sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought that His Majesty would demote him in anger.
Unexpectedly, he was only fined half a year's salary, so he was already very tolerant. He quickly raised his hands and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Okay, let's do it!"
Ying Feiyu waved his hand.
"yes!"
After Wu Yongzhi thanked him again, he took his officials and hurriedly went to do it.
"You just let the county guard and others go? Why don't you send people to check them again? What if they are in the same group as the county magistrate?"
After a few people left, Ying Zheng asked with a grin on his face.
"Father, please rest assured. As long as the county magistrate is smart and covers up those things, he will never make it public. The fewer people who know, the better, and he will not tell the county governor...!"
Ying Feiyu smiled and continued: "If he was also involved, even for himself, he would not be able to investigate the case in such detail! The more things are found, the more he will be implicated!"
"Yeah! That makes sense!"
Ying Zheng nodded.
…
Wu Yongzhi and others acted quickly and punished those involved in the case in accordance with the law that day.
Ruan Zhiming and Dong Menqing were undoubtedly sentenced to death.
Other participants were punished according to the punishment, some were sentenced to death, and some were exiled and imprisoned!
After the verdict was announced, almost all the people in the city crowded onto the street where Quan Jude was sitting, kneeling and begging to see Ying Feiyu and Ying Zheng.
After the generals passed the news, Ying Feiyu, Ying Zheng, Wang Ben and others walked out of the restaurant and accepted the thanks from the people.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Majesty, for giving our people a stable life!"
"Great, that guy Ruan Zhiming has finally fallen!"
"Angtian has eyes! After being bullied by corrupt officials like them for so many years, I finally have a chance to succeed...!"
The people burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed frequently.
"Everyone, get up! This is what the court should do...!"
Ying Feiyu said loudly: "In the future, I will reform the government. All county officials can only be re-elected for three years! After three years, you will vote to decide whether they will be re-elected! If there are more veto votes and yes votes, they will be removed immediately!"
"Hiss..."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present took a breath.
From Ying Zheng to the common people, including Wang Bi, Zhang Han and others in the middle, as well as the soldiers, they were all stunned!
This kind of reform law has never been seen before!
The last time everyone showed such expressions, it was Ying Feiyu who proposed retirement.
At that time, there were many veteran ministers in the court. Once it was implemented, they would retire and return to their hometowns.
And this time, more people will be involved!
Throughout Da Qin, there were countless county officials.
"Your Majesty, are you telling the truth?"
After being quiet for a long time, an old man in the crowd gathered his courage and asked in a trembling voice.
As common people, they always live at the bottom.
Even the status of the family's cattle is higher than theirs, let alone letting them decide whether to stay as a county magistrate. This has never happened before.
They don't even dare to think about it.
What's more, people like them who are used to being oppressed by the county magistrate and others dare not disobey the county magistrate!
"I am true to my word! The voting will be anonymous, and officials sent by the imperial court will supervise it! If it is rejected by more than half of the people, we will be demoted on the spot or pack up and leave!"
Ying Feiyu said firmly.
"Really? This is actually true?"
"This is a good idea. We won't be bullied by the county magistrate again in the future!"
"Yes, yes, your Majesty's method is great...!"
After the people reacted, they burst into tears of gratitude and felt that life was full of hope.
"But what if the county officials find out about our vote and retaliate against us in the future?"
At the same time, some people also raised questions.
"Yeah! Yes! If we know which of us voted against it, we will definitely find a way to take revenge!"
The people are still somewhat fearful.
"Don't worry, everyone, all votes will be anonymous, and you don't need to leave your name on it! Write down your opinions, put them into the box, and finally open the box to verify the voting results under everyone's witness!"
Ying Feiyu explained the general process.
"This is a good method. In this way, we can vote according to our true thoughts!"
"Yes! The common people thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty...!"
The people held their hands in succession and thanked the two men.
After the people dispersed and everyone returned to the restaurant, Ying Zheng frowned and asked, "Is what you just said true?"
Wang Ben and others also looked at him eagerly.
Ying Feiyu's sudden words confused them all.
Is such an operation really feasible?
"Of course it's true. How could I make a joke in front of the people?"
Ying Feiyu nodded firmly.
"You brat, why did you suddenly make such an important decision? Have you ever considered the pros and cons?"
When Ying Zheng was in power, every time the government made reforms, it would be discussed with ministers for many days. It could only be finalized after all ministers had no objections.
But this time even he didn't know about it, so this guy announced it in public?
What if the ministers find various reasons to object?
"What do my father and the ministers think the disadvantages are?"
Ying Feiyu glanced at everyone and asked instead of answering.
"Cons...uh...!"
Ying Zheng frowned and began to think carefully. He hesitated for a long time and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, if the power to remove officials is placed in the hands of the people, what will happen if a good official is removed from office once the people vote at will?"
Feng Quji was calm and calm and took the lead in asking questions.
"Yes, yes, yes, this is a big problem!"
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he found a step for himself.
"If an official enforces the law impartially and considers the people wholeheartedly, do you think the people will vote him down and replace him with someone inferior to him?"
However, Ying Feiyu said something back.
Feng Quji thought about it. If a good official were to fall, he might as well be replaced by someone else!
Meng Yi, Meng Tian, Kang Anping and others also nodded in agreement, very much in agreement!
"Then maybe someone deliberately bribed the people to vote fake votes in order to harm the county magistrate?"
Ying Zheng still felt that there would be loopholes in the casual suggestions.
"Yeah! It's not impossible!"
Wang Ben and others looked at each other and nodded.
"That's why I said it uses an anonymous system. Even if someone bribes the people, they don't know what the people have filled in. The people can still fill it out according to their own wishes! Therefore, no one is so stupid to spend money to bribe the people...!"
Ying Feiyu smiled indifferently and continued: "There are nearly ten thousand people in a city, and each person must be given at least ten or eight gold coins. If you rely on spending money to buy them off, you must first spend one hundred and eighty thousand gold coins to buy off the people. It may bring down the county magistrate! I don’t know whether it will succeed in the end. Who would be stupid enough to spend so much money to do something that may not succeed?”
