He Yan was already mad.
He couldn't hear what Magistrate Shen was saying at all.
He raised his hand with difficulty, pointed at Magistrate Shen's nose, and cursed: "Shen Dongming, you are just a seventh-grade official, but you dare to teach me how to do things, who gave you the courage! Someone, please press Shen Dongming Stop, give him a beating, whenever he knows he is wrong, let him go!"
"I wonder which of you dares to touch the county magistrate!"
Wang Yongcheng came over with dozens of patrols, standing between Magistrate Shen and the officials like an iron city wall.
He Yan was furious. This group of unscrupulous people dared to openly challenge him. It was really shocking!
"puff--"
His lung tubes exploded, a mouthful of black and red blood spurted out, and he almost fainted.
"Come on, come on, my officer!"
He forced his last breath to issue the order.
The dozen or so officers did not move. In front of them were seventy or eighty patrols, all holding hoes and shovels in their hands and looking fearless. They could not beat them.
Magistrate Shen was moved. He was so virtuous and capable that he allowed these villagers to risk their lives to protect...
Just when the two parties were confronting each other.
Suddenly, dust flew up on the main road, and two horses and a carriage came galloping towards them.
"The imperial edict arrives——"
The voice of the messenger came from afar.
These three words seemed to have given He Yan a shot in the arm, and he sat up from his chair with a jerk.
The imperial edict has arrived, the imperial edict has arrived so quickly!
It must be an imperial edict to remove Shen Dongming from Shamao!
However... He Yan was slightly confused in his heart. Is the removal of a mere seventh-grade Sesame Official still the result of an imperial decree?
Ha, no matter what, Shen Dongming's county magistrate has reached his end!
At this time, the carriage gradually approached. In addition to the messenger who was responsible for reading out the imperial edict, the prefect also came and slowly got out of the carriage.
Generally speaking, the eunuch next to the Holy Emperor is responsible for reading out the imperial edict, but it is only possible to read the edict in the capital. In places a little further away, messengers will be arranged to do this.
Some messengers who have been at the post for decades may not be able to receive an imperial edict. However, these two messengers from Huzhou came to read the imperial edict for the second time.
The two of them turned over and dismounted, showing great momentum.
"Everyone listens -!"
Everyone present, including He Yan who was lying on the shoulder carriage, was helped to the ground and knelt on the ground to receive the order.
"The Emperor of Heaven has decreed that there will be peace today and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. I specially appointed He Yan as the envoy of salt and iron to go to Ping'an County, Huzhou to mine the coal mountains. However, He Yan was corrupt, perverted the law, and disregarded human life... empty talk harmed the country and poisoned the people. ...To express my deep gratitude to me, I hereby dismiss He Yan from his post as the Salt and Iron Envoy, escort him to the capital, and reorganize him! I appreciate this!"
He Yan suddenly raised his head!
Shouldn't Shen Dongming be dismissed? Why him? What did he do wrong? !
He suddenly got up from the ground: "Nonsense...cough cough cough, it's just nonsense. I am a member of the He family in the capital. The Holy Lord favors the He family and there is no way I can be dismissed! You are falsely passing on the imperial edict! You all deserve to die. ...Poof! Cough cough cough..."
He fell backwards and was caught by several officials.
The Lord Magistrate stepped forward and said in a cold voice: "If you were not from the He family, the Holy Father would not have written a special edict to remove a mere sixth-grade salt and iron envoy. He Yan, I have written about your evil deeds in Dahe Village. A full three pages of paper were delivered to the capital. It originally required witnesses and physical evidence for further investigation, but who would have thought that something happened to your He family. Mr. He was corrupt and perverted the law. The prime minister obtained the evidence and sent him directly to the sky prison..."
Second Master He is He Yan's biological grandfather.
His eyes stared at the boss, almost popping out of his eyes.
And He Xiao, who was hiding in the crowd, was also slightly stunned. Although Mr. He was a commoner, he was good at business and was the savior of the head of the He family, so his status in the He family was quite high... unexpectedly because of Caught for corruption?
Then he smiled.
With the fall of Mr. He, the He family has lost a branch. I don't know what He Ling is feeling at this moment.
"Come here, tie up He Yan!" The prefect said coldly, "Arrest all of these gang members as well!"
The Yamen servant behind the prefect immediately stepped forward.
The officers still wanted to struggle, so Wang Yongcheng immediately led the patrol team to help tie them up. They tied them up tightly with thick hemp ropes and threw them aside.
"Presumptuous! Big, bold!" He Yan still wanted to hide, "I will not let you unruly people go... huh!"
Wang Yongcheng took off his socks and blocked He Yan's mouth. The surrounding area suddenly became quiet.
"Continue to listen -"
The messenger took out a yellow imperial edict again from his horse and read it out.
"Suiru people, please listen to the order!"
Zhao Dashan knelt and crawled forward. The honest man choked with sobs and said, "Sui Ruren is critically ill and will not die soon. As the eldest son of Sui Ruren, Cao Min, I sincerely ask you to take over the order on your behalf!"
Generally speaking, imperial edicts are not allowed to be carried out on behalf of others, but the two messengers in Huzhou also heard some rumors. It is said that the Suiru people were made sick by Master He all their lives and might die at any time.
This Suiru man had received two imperial edicts in just six months. He was no ordinary person at all, so they were naturally willing to be friends.
The messenger nodded and began to read the edict: "The Emperor Chengyun has issued an edict saying that last winter, the refugees from the south fled in disorder and gradually approached the north, bringing with them the plague. The people suffered and suffered unspeakably. I couldn't sleep day and night... Fortunately, there were Zhao Cheng from Suiru proposed methods to control the refugees, tested the poison on his own body, and developed a cure for plague...Having Suiru people is a blessing to our Great Universe Dynasty and a blessing to thousands of people..."
The villagers present knelt on the ground and nodded.
If Dashan Niang had not developed a cure for the plague, the entire village would have become sick and a whole village would have died. Dashan Niang not only saved those sick people, she also saved a village, a city, and Thousands of people...
"... Zhao Cheng, a Suiru native, has a beautiful orchid heart, a beautiful appearance and a smart heart, and cares about the country and the people. She was immediately promoted to an eighth-grade Ruren and was given a special gift of a hundred taels of gold, a hundred pieces of brocade, and a hundred acres of fertile land...I admire this!"
The whole village was shocked.
In less than half a year, Dashan Niang has been promoted from the ninth grade to the eighth grade. This is a great gift and blessing...
He Yan, who was gagged, was also stunned. He was removed from his official position, and that woman actually got a promotion. Why, why on earth was this? !
He was so angry that he spit out another mouthful of blood, but his mouth was blocked and the blood could not be spit out. The blood returned to his throat and he coughed until he fainted.
"Thank you for your kindness, long live my emperor!"
Zhao Dashan raised his hands above his head and took the yellow imperial edict devoutly.
"There is one last imperial edict." The messenger read the edict again, "...the fourteen states in the north all produce coal. Coal has benefited the court, but it has failed to benefit the people...I was greatly shocked when I heard about honeycomb coal. This is beneficial. The merits of benefiting the country and the people... Zhao Cheng, a native of Sui Ru, devoted himself to the country and pledged himself to the people... He was immediately promoted to a seventh-grade Ruren and was given a hundred taels of gold, a hundred pieces of brocade, a hundred acres of fertile land, and a seventh-grade Ruren seal. I... admire this!"
The villagers all heard that although the two imperial edicts arrived at the same time, they were not written at the same time. The first one was after the plague and snow disaster, and the latter one should have been sent quickly in the past few days. On the same day, the two edicts were successively sent. Two levels.
This kind of thing has never happened in the history of this dynasty.
Even Magistrate Shen and the prefect were shocked. Not only were they shocked to the second level, but they were even more shocked that the Holy Emperor actually granted Ruren the seal. This meant that Suiren had the authority to write memorials to the court. What a privilege.
The importance that the Holy One attaches to the Suiru people really exceeds their imagination...
