Chen Xinjia was a civil servant in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli. In Enke, the first year of Tianqi, he won the imperial examination and was released as a county magistrate.
However, due to the great political turmoil in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, many officials were convicted and dismissed.
Therefore, Chen Xinjia replaced Zuo Guangdou and became the new censor of the city less than half a year after becoming the county magistrate.
The so-called three things to do when a new official takes office.
Chen Xinjia had only just been promoted to the post of censor, so he was naturally very active in patrolling the city.
He makes rounds several times a day.
Even now, with the emergence of the examination method, he has to be more diligent.
Although the weather was getting colder, he stayed outside almost all day to patrol the city's security.
So.
Chen Xinjia also discovered the dispute between Li Yingsheng and the household officer.
After hearing the answer from the household officer, Chen Xinjia was shocked.
The chief assistant of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe, and the minister of rites, Sun Ruyou, accepted the emperor's order and became the chief and deputy envoys. They went to worship the Taizu Temple and asked the Taizu statue to be placed on the silver coins. They were also used to ensure the fairness of the silver coin transactions in the future of the Ming Dynasty and to facilitate people's lives. They had already passed the Di Di Reportedly informed.
Moreover, Chen Xinjia also learned from Di Bao that if such silver coins with the statue of Taizu were damaged, trampled or insulted, they would be punished with the crime of disrespect.
Therefore, after hearing the report from the household officer, Chen Xinjia had no choice but to seriously take the bag with a footprint in the hand of the officer.
Chen Xinjia opened it and saw that it was indeed a silver coin with the statue of Taizu printed on it.
"Surround this guy!"
After Chen Xinjia looked at it, he suddenly pointed at Li Yingsheng and shouted.
Although Li Yingsheng was a member of the civil service, Chen Xinjia did not dare to cover Li Yingsheng in this matter.
"yes!"
The officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, who were controlled by the censor who patrolled the city, immediately surrounded Li Yingsheng with spears.
Li Yingsheng was shocked when he saw this, and couldn't help but asked sharply: "What are you doing?!"
Li Yingsheng said and looked at Chen Xinjia: "Chen Yushi, we are all working together, why is it like this? I don't know anything about being disrespectful to Taizu or damaging silver coins. How can you take me for no reason!"
Li Yingsheng did know Chen Xinjia.
After all, Chen Xinjia is now also an official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Chen Xinjia shook his head and came to Li Yingsheng with a bag containing silver coins in both hands: "See for yourself, you have already gotten into big trouble! Even gods can't save you!"
"What trouble did I get into?"
After Li Yingsheng thought about it, he immediately took the bag and looked at it. As a result, he found that the silver in the bag had the image of Taizu on it.
As a court official, he had also seen the statue of Taizu.
But Li Yingsheng never thought that one day he would drop and step on the statue of Taizu out of anger.
Li Yingsheng was so frightened that he became cold and lost his mind.
In fact, because Li Yingsheng was busy working overtime in the Metropolitan Procuratorate these days to deal with his backlog of government affairs, he didn't pay much attention to the Di Bao, and he didn't even notice that the Ming Emperor had a statue of Taizu used as silver coins these days.
That's why Li Yingsheng dared to throw the salary given to him by the Ministry of Revenue officer on the ground.
But now, even if Li Yingsheng didn't know about the silver coins, he knew that objects with Taizu statues should not be stepped on.
Therefore, Li Yingsheng is now extremely panicked.
However, because Li Yingsheng was so frightened now, he hurriedly shied away his responsibility and asked the household officer in a stern voice: "Who did this? What kind of unscrupulous bitch is so bold and dares to carve the statue of Taizu casually?" On top of the money, isn’t he afraid of being executed by the nine tribes?”
Chen Xinjia looked at Li Yingsheng speechlessly.
Because Li Yingsheng's scolding was tantamount to an escalation in nature. It was not only disrespectful to Taizu, but also disrespectful to the emperor.
"Li Yingsheng!"
Chen Xinjia hurriedly stopped Li Yingsheng and yelled loudly: "What are you yelling about! Can you read more of Di Bao and Huang Ming Bao? This is the emperor's order to Yuan Fu and the Grand Master to ask the Taizu for permission. The statue of Taizu appeared on the silver coins so that the people of the Ming Dynasty could trade!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked you to do this?"
Li Yingsheng asked confusedly, and then his knees suddenly softened and he knelt on the ground. Then he pursed his lips and started crying: "I, I, I don't know!"
"take away!"
Chen Xinjia glanced at Li Yingsheng speechlessly, and then said: "Even if there is no Taizu statue and it is ordinary silver, it is still a salary from the court and a grace from the emperor. You can't throw it to the ground and step on it with your feet! "
Not long after Chen Xinjia said this, Li Yingsheng was escorted by the soldiers of the Wucheng Bingma Division and put into the prison of the Wucheng Bingma Division Yamen.
Chen Xinjia also quickly reported what Li Yingsheng had committed.
Because after the new examination law was implemented, efficiency was required in all government affairs, so Chen Xinjia did not dare to neglect it.
The cabinet did not dare to delay, and immediately drafted an opinion that it was disrespectful to Taizu and should be punished as a crime of treason.
In the end, Zhu Youxiao agreed to the cabinet vote.
As a result, Li Yingsheng was implicated in the crime of treason!
"Conspiracy? I, I was wronged, I was framed, I didn't know there was a statue of Taizu on the silver coin, the emperor is clear!"
Li Yingsheng cried when he learned of his crime and sentence.
For a moment, after crying, Li Yingsheng couldn't help but beat his chest and said: "It's all this damn entrance examination method that has harmed me. Fang Congzhe, you treacherous minister, you have done so much harm to us! Sooner or later, you will not have a good death!"
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"I heard that after the implementation of the law, there were a lot of complaints among officials. They all said that the law was harmful to people, too harsh, and made people breathless. In my opinion, it is not that the law is harsh, but that many officials are too lazy. , a patrol censor knew nothing about the results of local patrols, and a six-section official knew nothing about the affairs of the department. If it hadn't been for this examination, so many problems would not have been found;
The examination method must continue in this way, and future kings must not neglect it. The same is true at the local level, and the examination must be carried out as soon as possible, especially in South Zhili. Tell Feng Quan and others who are in the process of clearing their land, the central court has begun To implement the examination method, they must immediately report the estimated time required to complete the clearing of their land! Don’t neglect the work of clearing your husband’s land! "
Zhu Youxiao said this after summoning the bachelors and officials of Dajiu.
After Feng Quan received the emperor's order and learned about the central court and the implementation of the imperial examination law, he did not dare to neglect. He immediately ordered local officials at all levels in Southern Zhili to complete the work of clearing the land as soon as possible, and gave him a timetable, and It means that whoever can complete it within the set time will ask the court to commend him, and whoever cannot complete it will ask the court to punish him.
In order to effectively implement the land clearing work, Feng Quan personally came to Wuxi to take charge, because Wuxi is the location of Donglin Academy and one of the most difficult areas in South Zhili to clear because there are many wealthy gentry and distinguished families in this area.
As soon as Feng Quan came to Wuxi, he personally checked the fish scale book in Wuxi, and asked Zeng Zuhui, the magistrate of Wuxi County in Wuxi Prefecture: "Mr. Zeng, what's going on? I have repeatedly issued orders to speed up the collection of fish scales in the prefecture." Why hasn’t the book cleared the land and revised the fish scale book yet?!”
Zeng Zuhui had no choice but to report truthfully: "Reporting to Zitai, it's not that the lower officials don't clear the land, but that most of the land in Wuxi County is owned by wealthy families, and the lower officials don't dare to clear the land!"
"Then you have to clear your father-in-law! You personally take people to clear your father-in-law! Otherwise, I will deal with you first!"
Feng Quan scolded Zeng Zuhui.
Zeng Zuhui didn't know what to say, but at this time, a very noisy sound came from outside the Wuxi County Government Office.
After Feng Quan listened carefully, he heard many people shouting that they wanted to beat the traitor Feng Quan to death.
Feng Quan couldn't help being shocked.
And soon, a large group of villagers actually rushed in with wooden sticks or hoes, and directly rushed Feng Quan's standard camp guards to pieces, and the crowd rushed towards Feng Quan.
"Beat the traitor Feng Quan to death!"
"Beat the traitor Feng Quan to death!"
"Beat the traitor Feng Quan to death!"
…
The villagers of Wuxi were shouting so loudly in the recent rush, encouraged by several villagers.
…
"Quickly withdraw the platform!"
Seeing this, Zeng Zuhui immediately pushed Feng Quan and ran towards the backyard.
Li Ruobi, the general of the Biaoying camp, also hurriedly advised: "Zhitai, let's withdraw first. There seem to be no less than a thousand of these rebels. We only brought a hundred Biaoying soldiers this time! There are too few people."
Feng Quan therefore had to retreat.
At this time, Gu Yongcheng, the squire who followed the villagers, ordered in a cold voice: "Beating Feng Quan to death will easily make the matter bigger. Tell us who are dressed as villagers to kill the lone Biaoying soldier first." , in order to scare Feng Quan, let Feng Quan, a thief, see what will happen if he comes to Wuxi to clear his father-in-law's land!"
"yes!"
A confidant of Gu Yongcheng's servants replied and immediately started giving orders.
And Feng Quan was indeed frightened when he saw several Biaoying soldiers being beaten to pieces by the mob who suddenly rushed into the county government office. He quickly asked Biaoying Commander Li Ruobi to cover him and left here.
Zeng Zuhui did not leave the county government office, and was even waiting for Gu Yongcheng in the backyard.
After Gu Yongcheng came to the backyard of the county government office, he bowed his hands to Zeng Zuhui and said, "Your Majesty the County!"
Zeng Zuhui nodded: "Feng Quan has run away!"
"This thief, I really want the villagers to beat him to death!"
Gu Yongcheng said with a snort.
"He is the governor after all. How can he be killed? This matter ends here. I hope Feng Quan can understand the difficulty of clearing the land. I can only help you to this point. Next, will Feng Quan continue to clear the land? But it’s not my decision.”
Zeng Zuhui started talking.
“Students understand!”
Gu Yongcheng replied, and then said: "The student has asked his family to prepare 50,000 taels of silver and send it to the county Zun's hometown to thank the county Zun for his kindness today."
Zeng Zuhui waved his hand and said, "I didn't do anything to say this."
…
Feng Quan fled back to Suzhou in embarrassment, but when he thought about the scene where the Wuxi county government suddenly rushed into a large number of villagers and killed his own pacesetter, he was still frightened. After seeing Wang Yingjiao, he couldn't help but said: "Wang Gong, you are the one who cleared your father-in-law's land." Things are not that easy to handle, the local gentry is very stubborn, if I had not escaped in time today, I would have been beaten to death long ago!"
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