On the stage in the ruins of the county school, more and more people came to complain. The first people who came were just selected by Guo Tiance, and they were indeed bullied by General Wang Zhen's family.
However, what they told was not a big deal at all. Sixty percent of it was true and four percent was false, which inevitably added fuel to the fire.
Because for these soldiers in Weizhou, they are actually considered to be a fairly well-off group.
You know, this is an era where warriors are rampant. If someone in the family can use a gun and stick, and can get a job in the army, he is naturally better than ordinary people.
What they call being oppressed by General Wang Zhen is actually nothing to real ordinary people.
For example, Li Huochang, Wang Zhenjiang did fall in love with her eldest sister, and his eldest sister was indeed abducted by Wang Zhenjiang, but this was agreed by his father, although it was under pressure.
For this reason, their family got money for selling themselves, and Li Huochang began to receive preferential treatment in the army, and even got a small official position as a fire chief.
In later generations, this kind of thing might be a horrifying kidnapping, but in this era, it would be an exaggeration to say it was insignificant, but it was indeed not that serious.
But no matter how small these things are, they can still have great destructive power, because when people keep telling people and things are getting fermented, Guo Tiance secretly sends people to spread rumors.
It is said that Zhang Sikong of Liangzhou wants to make decisions for the people. Many people are already reporting on General Wang Zhen and so on.
There were no entertainment activities at this time. As soon as this incident came out, it immediately became explosive news in Weizhou City.
Relevant and unrelated people, those who really wanted to complain and those who wanted to watch the fun were all attracted.
So after the Weizhou soldiers who had been bribed by the Guiyi Army completed their complaints and were encouraged by them, the poor people who were oppressed by General Wang Zhen came next.
Some of them had their family members beaten to death by Wang Zhenjiang, some had their property taken away, some were dragged into a fight and lost all their wealth and had no way to redress their grievances, and some were kidnapped by Wang Zhenjiang's clan members, large and small, who were in charge of their affairs. Those who have humiliated their wives, daughters and sisters by engaging in prostitution.
These crimes, one by one, are well-documented, witnessed, and known to many people.
Their cries on stage really aroused public opinion. In this atmosphere, even those who might have been slapped, spat on, or even scolded by Wang Zhen's family servants would feel bullied by General Wang Zhen. Crap.
If something is the size of a sesame seed, they will add some extravagance and say it is the size of a peanut. If something is as big as a peanut, it will soon become as big as a watermelon.
Seeing the anger building up, Guo Tiance knew that the time had come, and he secretly winked at Li Huochang.
Li Huochang, who had been paying attention to Guo Tiance's expressions and movements, nodded, then got up and shouted with grief and anger.
"Why am I waiting here crying and begging? Zhang Sikong is in the state government office. Why don't we go together and ask Zhang Sikong to make decisions for the people!"
When the others thought about it, they were right. Why are we crying here? Why not just go to Zhang Sikong?
So, the people who cried and complained carried a large number of people who were listening here, and they went to the state government in a mighty manner.
Zhang Zhao in the yamen was also waiting for this moment. After Wu Ying'er persuaded Wang Zhenjiang to open the door, Zhang Zhao did not show up and just asked Yan Jin to comfort him for a few words.
General Wang Zhen didn't think much about it. He thought that Zhang Zhao's position as Inspector of Schools and Hexi Jiedushi was very different from his official position. It was reasonable not to come forward to appease him, a small town general.
Little did he know that Zhang Zhao would make up his mind to eradicate him after he held the people hostage to protect himself.
So in the Weizhou Prefecture Government Office, Zhang Zhao cordially received the people who came to redress their grievances, and he also opened the gate of the Prefecture Government Office very considerately, allowing a large number of people to watch.
Of course, those who were able to come in to complain were screened. Basically, Guo Tiance selected one or two from the most bitter victims, and then the rest were basically soldiers who had already defected to the rebel army to make up the number.
Of course, there are many people who shout loudly when they cry, but if they really want to tell, there are still some reasons why they don't dare to come forward.
The silly young man walked up to Zhang Zhao on his knees with the complaint in hand, while Zhang Zhao was sitting in the lobby of the state government office, looking like a great master.
"The common people came to see Sikong, and today they have the guts to trouble Sikong. The reason is that it is difficult for the common people to redress their grievances, so they can only ask Sikong to make the decision."
Zhang Zhao didn't speak. The one who spoke was Guo Tiance. He walked up to the silly young man, took his complaint in his hand and looked at it for a moment before presenting it to Zhang Zhao, and then said in a deep voice.
"You are a soldier of Weizhou Zhenjun, and General Wang Zhen is your superior. According to law, the people sue the officials, and the subordinates sue the superiors. What is the regulation? Do you know?
In the feudal era, in order to protect the privileges of the bureaucratic class and prevent ordinary people from disrupting the administration of justice, there were actually very strict regulations on people's complaints against officials.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were generally only two situations in which people could complain to officials. One was when there was a particularly serious grievance, and the other was when a supervisory censor went out to collect news, that is, when the people were listening to the sufferings of the people, they could stop the carriage and complain.
However, the people's appeals to officials mentioned here most often refer to appeals beyond the level.
For example, if a foolish young man wants to sue General Wang Zhen, then according to regulations, he can only go to General Wang Zhen's superior, that is, the military history of Jiedushi Yamen or the subordinate officer of Jiedushi in charge of military affairs or military discipline.
To directly appeal to General Wang Zhen to the Inspector Sikong or Jiedushi like this is called a people's appeal to an official.
The foolish young man nodded simply, "The common people know how to sue an official by the people, and the punishment is fifty lashes or twenty sticks."
Whipping means beating with a thick cane, and crimping cane means hitting the back with a big stick. Neither of these are easy to offend. If you really want to beat someone, they can beat you for more than ten days and make you unable to get out of bed, or even make you sick.
At this point, Zhang Zhao was about to come forward. With a wave of his hand, he stopped the silly young man from taking off his clothes and waiting for the cane. Then he stood up and slowly looked at the Weizhou residents inside and outside the Yamen and said.
"If this dynasty follows the laws of the Tang Dynasty, if any officials occupy people's property, they should be ordered to return it to the people and compensate them.
However, this person is the military envoy of Hexi Province and not the military envoy of Changyi Army. If he accepts your complaint, he will order Wang Zhen to return your family's land and compensate for the loss of farmland over the years. This is really suspected of exceeding his authority! "
The silly young man howled, knelt in front of Zhang Zhao again, and knocked his head on the ground with a banging sound, causing blood to splash.
"Since the Jiedushi envoy of our army entered the court a year ago, the imperial court has not re-appointed him, and the affairs of the Jiedu Yamen have always been handled by the military envoy in front of the Jiedu Yamen.
How can the congratulatory soldiers and horsemen and the generals and officers of Wangzhen protect each other and redress the injustice of the common people like me?
I heard that Zhang Sikong was just and honest in Hexi and loved the common people. Now I was ordered to punish the thieves. Since they have entered Weizhou City, they are the parents of the common people in Weizhou City. If even Sikong doesn't make the decision for us, who else can we redress our grievances to? Woolen cloth? "
The silly young man suppressed his blush and shouted loudly. In fact, he was not excited, but because he was nervous, because it was really not easy to memorize this passage.
Zhang Zhao frowned slightly. Guo Tiance still didn't do the best job. How could an ignorant person like Silly Young say such elegant words? This is obviously a big loophole!
However, when he looked outside the door, the crowd was still furious. Everyone was looking at Zhang Zhao to see if he would come out and make the decision, but they didn't seem to pay much attention to this aspect.
Zhang Zhao then breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed again, "What you said is not unreasonable. In that case, I will accept your complaint, go down by myself, get the ten-note crest staff, and come back to redress your injustice!"
Zhang Rongbao was also in the crowd. When he heard that he was about to receive ten strokes of the cane, he flinched a little.
Because his family now has no food left and he is all alone. If the Shiji ridge stick were to break him and he would not be able to earn money or eat, he would probably starve to death.
However, he was hesitating, but those people who had been arranged by Guo Tiance didn't hesitate at all. Everyone swarmed up, holding the papers and crying loudly, asking Zhang Zhao to make the decision for them.
Zhang Rongbao looked around, and there were only a few people around him who were still hesitating.
In fact, they are all suffering masters who are really suffering and have deep hatred, but they just don't know each other.
Looking at this situation now, I thought it was just a few of them who were hesitating, while the others were all bent on redressing their grievances. Seeing how determined the others were, they immediately felt inspired. A few of them gritted their teeth and prepared to step forward.
At this moment, the silly young man finished his ten strokes with the cane and walked in from the door.
When Zhang Rongbao saw it, he was so excited! He was hit ten times with such a big stick, but Silly Young didn't suffer much damage.
Although there was blood gushing out from his back, it was all superficial wounds, and there was a healer beside him, wiping the wounds with medicine.
This is obviously a waste of time!
Zhang Rongbao felt happy. It seemed that Zhang Sikong really wanted to take care of this matter, otherwise those soldiers would not dare to lie in front of Zhang Sikong.
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The sensible people inside and outside the government office immediately sensed something was wrong.
Then Zhang Zhaozhen began to interrogate, and he did not go to interrogate General Wang Zhen, and the others also tacitly agreed not to mention the matter.
After the silly young man showed the tampered loan contract and the certificates of the surrounding neighbors, and found out that their twenty acres of land had indeed been taken away by the Wang family, Zhang Zhao immediately made a verdict.
The young family was sentenced to be stupid and repaid the three loans they borrowed from General Wang Zhen's family, with interest of 500 yuan.
The general Wang Zhen's family must return the twenty acres of good land that they took away from the silly young family, and the output of these twenty acres of good land in five years, after deducting the investment, must be returned to the silly young family, totaling five Ten strings.
At this time, the people inside and outside the yamen couldn't hold it in any longer. Firstly, they didn't expect that Zhang Zhao really wanted to deal with General Wang Zhen impartially. Secondly, they didn't expect that Zhang Zhao could sentence him like this.
At this time, the output of one acre of good land is between 350 and 400 kilograms. According to the price of 20 to 30 jin of rice in Weizhou, the output of one acre of good land in one year is 800 kilograms. More money or so.
As for the 20 acres of land, Zhang Zhao paid ten guans a year, which means a compensation of 500 yuan for one acre of land.
The output is more than 800 yuan, but leaving aside the cost of seeds, fertilizers, labor and the impact of natural disasters, you will never receive 500 yuan.
You silly young man is making a lot of money! They were extorted from twenty acres of land, and finally became the most miserable tenants of the five years that Wang Zhenjiang had taken over their family.
What is most shocking? Money can touch people's hearts!
At first, most people came to watch the excitement. After a while, they were infected by emotions and felt that Wang Zhenjiang had indeed gone too far, and they hoped that Zhang Sikong could punish him.
Now anyone with a smart mind has discovered that this is actually a way to get rich!
Soon, Li Huochang's sister's stolen eucalyptus was also sentenced. Zhang Zhao ruled that Wang Zhen would compensate Li Huochang at five times the price of the slave purchased at the time. As for the death of Li Huochang's sister, a detailed investigation was needed before sentencing.
When Zhang Rongbao heard this, he jumped up with a roar. He rushed to Zhang Zhao and kowtowed violently.
"Sikong Mingjian, the eldest lady of the Li family received my betrothal gift. Although she is Li Erlang's sister, she is also Xiaomin's aunt! Please Sikong make the decision for me."
Zhang Zhao waved his hand angrily, "This Wang family is so abominable! Don't worry, I will definitely make the decision for you.
It's better to do this. If General Wang Zhen makes you lose your mother-in-law, then let General Wang Zhen give you a woman to compensate you. In addition, for the ten years you have wasted, I will also ask General Wang Zhen to compensate you with 20 crowns. "
Zhang Rongbao was stunned for a moment. He was already lying down and was a little touched when he was stimulated by Zhang Yichao's deeds. Now when he thought about it, not only twenty dollars, but the Wang family had to pay him a girl, he immediately came to life.
"Sikongguo is the lower realm of Bodhisattva. The common people are kowtowing to Dharma King Bodhisattva! Dharma King Bodhisattva saves the suffering princes for generations to come, woo woo woo!"
Zhang Rongbao, like Silly Young Man, kowtowed on the ground until blood splattered everywhere.
This is amazing! Suddenly, with these three role models, everyone inside and outside the yamen became a little restless.
Some people who had been bullied by General Wang Zhen's family were wondering when it happened? Is there any evidence?
Those who have not been bullied by General Wang Zhen's family can't wait to go to Wangjiawu Fort right now and let General Wang Zhen or the Wang family beat them up. In this way, Zhang Sikong will definitely have to sentence General Wang Zhen's family to compensate him for the soup and medicine.
As for the real victims, they all rushed forward in an instant, the grievances in their hearts erupted like mountain fire, and they all cried and howled for Zhang Zhao to make the decision for them.
After the judgment was completed, he was also waiting in the state government office. Because he had not received the compensation yet, he followed Zhang Sikong to Wangjiawu Fort to ask for it.
