"The prefect is here. He arrived before dawn in the morning. He said that someone had accused Magistrate Zou of being corrupt and perverting the law. He allowed his relatives to run rampant and seize people's money, property and property. At this moment, the magistrate is questioning Magistrate Zou at the county office. Woolen cloth!"
"After the magistrate arrived at the county government office, he ordered us to guard the city gate. He said that if he encountered anyone who claimed to be from Jiangjia Village and brought those pretending to be government officials, he would take them to the county government office."
"Everyone, please come with me."
The guard led the way.
Jiang Michia, Jiang Zhengxin and others followed first.
Compared with the uneasiness they felt on the way here, the people in Jiangjia Village became excited when they heard that the prefect came to question the county magistrate and investigate the matter of the magistrate's condoning family members' bullying.
"God has finally opened his eyes. At this juncture, the prefect is here. The prefect will definitely be able to make decisions for our village."
"The evil will not prevail against the good. If you do too many bad things, you will definitely get retribution. Isn't retribution coming soon?"
"Hey, do you think it's just a coincidence that the prefect came here? Something happened in our Jiangjia Village just yesterday, so the prefect arrived at the county seat in the middle of the night?"
"If you want to say that, didn't the policeman just say that and told them to wait for our Jiangjiacun people at the city gate? Does the prefect already know about our Jiangjia Village?"
"Looking at the situation, it seems so..."
The villagers in Jiangjia Village were talking here, and Jiang Michia and Jiang Zhengxin were also very surprised.
Why did the prefect come, and why did he find out about Jiangjiacun so quickly?
As for these two questions, when Jiang Michia and Jiang Zhengxin arrived at the gate of the county government office and saw Xun Yuanbai with a smile on his face, they roughly guessed the whole story.
Xun Yuanbai stroked his beard without waiting for Jiang Michia and his party to speak, "Don't thank me either. I'm not here to help you, but I'm really angry!"
In such a long life, how often has he suffered such injustice?
If you don't give these bastards some color, they will just think that he is just a charlatan who still cheats!
He has wasted so many years of energy over the years. If he can't even deal with this little thing, then his title as a Heavenly Master is really useless!
So without saying anything, he hired a carriage to go to Fucheng after arriving in the town and found Magistrate Zhao.
Magistrate Zhao is a branch of the Zhao family in the capital. To put it into detail, the current Zhaoge elder should be called uncle, and the Zhao family has always emphasized that direct and branch branches should support each other to ensure the continuation of the glory of the Zhao family.
Therefore, although the prefect Zhao is a local official, he has close contact with the Zhao family in the capital and is aware of the situation in the capital. He even met Xun Yuanbai when he went to the capital to participate in the official assessment, and he also knew Xun Yuanbai's weight in front of the emperor. .
Magistrate Zhao himself was also a good dancer. After hearing Xun Yuanbai's general description, he almost didn't delay at all and rushed here overnight to question Magistrate Zou.
The appointment, transfer, and dismissal of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty all required the emperor's nod. Logically speaking, the prefect did not have the right to directly deal with or remove a county magistrate.
However, the prefect can remonstrate with the court and restrain, investigate, and hold county magistrates accountable.
The official level suppresses people to death. Magistrate Zhao attaches great importance to this matter this time and wants to investigate it carefully. Moreover, Magistrate Zhao has a backer to speak for him. It can be said that Magistrate Zou is completely done.
Jiang Michia, Jiang Zhengxin and others learned the whole story of why Magistrate Zhao came to the county government office. When Magistrate Zhao learned that their group had arrived at the county government office, he questioned them in the court.
There is no need to add fuel to the fire. Jiang Michia, Jiang Zhengxin and others just described the scene truthfully and finally put their fingerprints on the testimony.
Magistrate Zhao is a middle-aged man with a medium build and a slightly square face. He looks quite decent. After asking questions, he walked directly from behind the case and said, "Regarding the matter of Magistrate Zou and the Chai family, I have already I almost asked everything."
"In the early years, Magistrate Zou relied on his father-in-law's family to study for the imperial examination and successfully become an official. He was quite afraid and jealous of his father-in-law's family, and even indulged in it. A few years ago, his wife's brother Chai Kaifu began to seize fertile land and robbed many of the village's industries. , forcibly demanding money, causing villagers in many places to suffer unspeakably."
"Chai Kaifu has targeted the porcelain kilns in Jiangjiacun this time. Fortunately, you are not afraid of powerful bullies and are not blinded by these evil officials. This prevented Chai Kaifu from succeeding and gave me the opportunity to eliminate these worms in the court and serve the court." Get rid of these little bastards."
"You have made a great contribution this time!"
Magistrate Zhao spoke in an official tone, and his words were a little too superficial, but from what he heard, this was a good idea, and one sentence made it very clear that there was nothing wrong with Jiangjiacun's beating of those government officials this time. On the contrary, he achieved meritorious service.
On the way from the county gate to the county government office, many people thought that since Magistrate Zhao was here, the matter would be easy to deal with. Since their merits and demerits in Jiangjia Village were equal, they would probably not be punished.
But now the nature has changed from faultless to meritorious.
It’s amazing to have this honor on your head!
When the people in Jiangjiacun heard this, they were all beaming with joy.
People in Jiangjia Village eat their lunch at the county government office.
The reason was that in order to reward Chai Fa and those people from Jiangjia Village who had become traitorous government officials, Magistrate Zhao specially packed food and drinks from outside restaurants and put them on a table in the county government office.
There are eight cold and eight hot dishes, a total of sixteen dishes, and even the wine you drink is Fenjiu.
The people in Jiangjia Village only felt that there was a lot of glory on this surface. Ever since they came out of the county government office after eating and drinking, they had always held their heads high and proud. Even after returning to Jiangjia Village, it was enough to say that they were good. Several days.
"Being able to have a meal at the county government office, courtesy of the prefect, this life is considered complete."
"No, that banquet is quite impressive!"
"We in Jiangjia Village are living a prosperous life, but this is the first time for us to have such a good meal."
"There is smoke coming out of the ancestral graves..."
After showing off like this for more than ten days, another news came from the county government office.
It is said that magistrate Zou County was dismissed from his official position because of corruption, perverting the law, and indulging his family in plundering. He, his wife Chai, and his wife's brother Chai Kaifu were imprisoned and will be exiled to the northwest in the future.
All the money and property robbed will be returned to the original owners. If the original owners cannot be found, they will be put into the national treasury and used for repairing county canals and river embankments.
The new county magistrate Li Zhongan will take office in the near future.
Speaking of the new county magistrate Li Zhongan, it can be said that the entire county has heard about it.
He was born in a farming and studying family. He was the 18th Jinshi in the imperial examination and was praised by others when he was in Hanlin. He was also praised by the people when he served as county magistrate in a nearby county. This time he was transferred here, and the people in the original county were also vying for it. Send off.
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