Seeing that these gentry were so upright and fearless of life and death, the people watching around them also cheered warmly! It’s not that they really support these gentry, it’s just that they don’t understand the true situation of the matter!
Driven by Liu Haojia, the situation in Ming Dynasty has been getting better and better in the past two years! The emergence of low-priced salt has given the people some extra money, and the expansion of overseas markets has stimulated the development of industry and commerce. In both cases, the living standards of the people have been significantly improved!
And thanks to the hard-working publicity of the civil servants, they all attribute these achievements to the civil servant group, and they have no idea what the real reason is! And these gentry are the periphery of the civil servant group. They also actively promote things like the prosperity of the country governed by civilian officials on weekdays. In particular, these gentry often do things like repairing bridges and roads, so the people believe that the gentry is naturally more powerful. More than Jin Yiwei!
Coupled with the scene of reprimanding Jin Yiwei so righteously, it is simply better than the scenes in the play. So they all felt that these gentry were truly doing good for the people, so they naturally wanted to support them! That's why they cheered for Hou Fangtai and others!
When the people's cheers subsided, Hou Fangtai stepped forward again and was ready to speak! At this time, his face was rosy and his back was straight, as if he was dozens of years younger! He felt full of power and was about to kill all the clowns in front of him!
He raised his hand and pointed at the sky and said loudly to Lu Hongwei: "Did you see it? This is God's will and this is the people's will! You Jinyiwei are going against the grain and will not get the support of the people! You wantonly slander officials just for a little money. , confusing right and wrong, calling a deer a horse, this will not work! You must know that the way of heaven cannot be deceived, and the will of the people cannot be deceived!"
His answer was another burst of cheers like a landslide and tsunami! And the scholars in the crowd clamored loudly, asking them to release the arrested officials immediately! The guilty ones don't need Jin Yiwei to interfere here.
When the people's cheers stopped, Lu Hongwei shouted loudly: "Don't believe what these people say! They are simply colluding with those corrupt officials! All the officials who were arrested were corrupt and violated the law, and they deserved to die!" They are just using you to attack the Yamen and rescue their accomplices!"
But what he answered was a series of "I don't believe it!" "Impossible!" and a lot of insults! The scholars and common people present now believe that they are the embodiment of justice and are fighting against the Jin Yiwei who wantonly arrested officials and framed them!
When the crowd calmed down, Lu Hongwei said to Hou Fangtai in an obviously stern tone: "You incite these scholars and common people to fight against the government. What on earth do you want to do?"
Hou Fangtai said: "What are you doing? Of course we don't let you people confuse right and wrong! You people, as long as you accept money, the guilty will be declared innocent! If you don't have money, you will be tortured and tortured! I tell you, This won’t work anymore!”
Lu Hongwei almost jumped to his feet and said loudly: "How is this possible? We all do things according to the rules when we go out. How can it be so outrageous!"
Hou Fangtai snorted and said: "You said that your Jin Yiwei will act according to the rules. This is a big joke! I advise you, you'd better come up with real evidence now to prove that the arrested officials are guilty! And! Even if he is guilty, you don’t need to interrogate him, he will naturally be handed over to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Punishment for accountability!”
When Lu Hongwei heard this, he stamped his foot fiercely and said, "Okay, okay, okay! You forced me to do this!"
Then he turned around and shouted loudly: "Take out all the case files and post them! Let them see if we are really corrupt and bending the law?"
After hearing his order, several captains immediately rushed into the Yamen to get the files. When the scholars and common people heard his words, they felt like they were victorious and gave out a burst of warm cheers!
But Hou Fangtai and others suddenly felt that something was wrong! They were prepared to fight to the end with those imperial guards, but they didn't expect that the other party would suddenly give in! This makes them feel as if they have fallen into a trap!
But the situation at this time is no longer under their control! The scholars loudly promoted the character of these gentry in the crowd, and at the same time constantly slandered everything Jin Yiwei had done.
Do something! And told the people that they would save a group of innocent officials! When these words were heard by the people, everyone felt honored and looked forward to the dossier that was about to be released!
Not long after, several royal guards led a group of scribes out of the door, and printed the notices one by one directly on the outer wall of the governor's Yamen!
The first notice was about Lu Jinhan, the governor of Henan Prefecture. How much money did he embezzle? How to write clearly about corruption! Moreover, the words used are not classical Chinese, but all vernacular. As long as someone recites it, the people will understand it immediately! The most important thing is that the criminal evidence and evidence are clearly listed at the bottom of the announcement, and the matter of overt and covert accounts is also specifically marked!
When this announcement was first posted, the people were very interested. They all urged the scholars in the crowd to read it to them quickly. Those scholars were originally planning to show their faces in front of the people, but when they glanced at the contents of the proclamation, they could not open their mouths. Instead, they all looked at each other!
They don't speak, but they are not the only ones who know how to write! The literate people immediately read the proclamation loudly enough for everyone to hear! Even if some scholars wanted to cause trouble, they were stopped by the people around them, because they also wanted to hear the true situation in the proclamation!
After listening to the proclamation, the people all started to curse! They originally thought they would rescue an honest official, but they didn't expect that he was an out-and-out corrupt official!
The most disgusting thing is that what he embezzled was the money for building river embankments! You must know that Henan itself is a place prone to floods. If floods occur because he embezzled money to build river embankments, all the people who will die will be local people, so these people will naturally hate him!
Just after reading the first proclamation, the second one was posted on the wall! Then came the third and fourth notices. Each notice posted one after another was marked with the name of an official, his official position, the crime he had committed, and the relevant evidence!
And more and more notices are posted, and some thoughtful people have discovered that nearly 80% of the officials in the entire Henan Prefecture are on it, and all the officials who hold real power are on the list!
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