Cheng Jingzhou seemed to have done nothing since calling Feng County, but in fact Xie Rongzhao had been busy collecting evidence for him.
Now that the first trial has begun, Wang Xiaoer and others are frightened as soon as the evidence is laid out everywhere.
After all, these people are not really evil people, and they have not forced anyone to die so far, so the final result is nothing more than a stick sentence, prison sentence, or exile.
Mrs. Wang walked to the court on crutches, knelt there, begged repeatedly, and expressed that the Wang family was willing to pay back taxes and fines. After all this, Cheng Jingzhou decided to be generous.
The final result was that they had to make up for the taxes they had paid in the past two years, and each was fined twenty taels of silver, twenty rods, and jailed for three months, and they were no longer allowed to serve as subordinate officials in the future.
This punishment can be considered relatively light.
"Be a good person from now on. This time I will give you a lenient sentence for the sake of your elders. If it happens again, I will definitely not be lenient!"
"Thank you sir for your kindness!"
Among them, the one who suffered the greatest loss was the original city magistrate.
The original official position was gone, which meant that all the official benefits he could enjoy were gone.
It was originally a city order from the ninth rank. Although the rank is low, it is still an official position. There is no need to pay taxes all year round. How much food can be saved?
Now, not only had his salary, land, wages, and one servant been taken back, but his family's property had also been taxed. This really hit rock bottom.
The city magistrate is just a subordinate of the ninth rank. As the chief official of a county, Cheng Jingzhou can appoint him himself.
Because this is a county under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture, the city magistrates of the ninth rank must at least have the reputation of being a scholar, and even have to be recommended by the master of the juren.
When Cheng Jingzhou chooses a city magistrate, he naturally depends on his abilities.
As a city magistrate, you not only have to collect taxes, but also make reasonable arrangements to prevent conflicts among these vendors. If this market prospers, their tax revenue in Feng County can also go up, and they can even develop the area. Bigger.
After much selection, Cheng Jingzhou finally chose a middle-aged scholar who looked more stable.
Li An looked at the changes in the county government in the past two days, and he really admired this fellow officer and Shangguan in his heart.
Cheng Jingzhou came to Feng County to take office less than half a month ago, but he was able to subdue the county government from top to bottom, which shows the brilliance of his methods.
As a junior official below, Cheng Jingzhou only needs to write a document and submit it, and then the official department will stamp it with the official seal and return it to it for it to take effect.
Of course, this is only for the ninth-grade official position of the city magistrate. As for other minor officials, Cheng Jingzhou does not need to ask for permission to use whomever he wants.
The county government is now under rectification, and everyone has seen how powerful the county magistrate is, so naturally they don't dare to treat him perfunctorily anymore.
"From now on, Feng County has officially begun to clean up the land. You are divided into four groups, starting from the four directions of east, west, north and south. Next, Mr. Xie will arrange specific villages and towns for you. You must record it truthfully. If you dare to conceal the slightest bit, If you lie, I will definitely exile you to the deserted sea of sand!"
"Yes, sir!"
Xie Xiuqi divided the villages and towns for them. After they all got to know each other well, he said: "Master Cheng will not embarrass you. The fields of several dignitaries in the capital have been vacated. At that time, Li County Lieutenant and Feng County Lieutenant will I will be responsible personally, so you can run your errands with confidence."
When the officials heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
We are all ordinary people, who dares to offend noble people!
In fact, Cheng Jingzhou didn't think that just by relying on two county captains, he could really clear up the land owned by Jiahua County Lord.
However, this has to happen.
As expected, not long after the two county lieutenants went there with their men, the county government sent someone over. They were quite impressive, but they were just stewards, and they actually looked aloof.
Li An had been informed by Cheng Jingzhou before he came. He immediately felt at ease when he learned that the husband of Jiahua County Lord had been sent to Taiyuan Mansion to take charge of the matter of clearing his father-in-law.
After all, Li An was also selected as the same Jinshi, so he naturally understood that Du Zhihe was sent away at this time, which meant that His Majesty did not like him very much.
This can be regarded as helping Feng County clear obstacles.
So when he saw Lieutenant Feng on the side saying good things to the village leader, he sneered: "How presumptuous!"
As soon as Li An spoke, Lieutenant Feng was startled.
"Li County Lieutenant, what's wrong with you?"
Li An said with a sullen face: "Who are you? You dare to come here to stop me from running an errand? Do you know that this is the will of the Holy Lord? Even if your master is the Lord of Jiahua County, so what? How can you surpass the Holy Lord? Go up?"
Zhuangtou was also startled by the snort he just made. Now he reacted, but he didn't take it too seriously.
"Oh, don't try to bluff me like this. You are just a small ninth-grade official. How dare you challenge our county chief's office even though you are a bigger person?"
"presumptuous!"
Li An was really angry this time.
He was an official after all, and the person in front of him was just a slave, yet he dared to be disrespectful to him.
"Come here, tie me up!"
"Yes, sir."
Zhuangtou was startled, looked at the people surrounding him, and immediately shouted: "How dare you? Do you know that I am from the county lord's house, and our county lord's wife is the cousin of the current emperor? If you dare to touch me, be careful." I can’t eat and walk around!”
"Gag his mouth and take him directly to the county government office."
"yes."
When County Lieutenant Feng watched these people take action, he realized that the people who were following Li An today were a bit unfamiliar. Could it be that they were brought by County Magistrate Cheng himself?
Li An did not go back to the county office with him, but asked people to report everything that happened here to County Magistrate Mingcheng. Then he and County Lieutenant Feng stayed here and continued to watch their men work.
Seeing that all the people in charge of the farm were kidnapped, the others all retreated, no longer daring to come forward to make trouble.
Although the Lord of Jiahua County has a mansion in Feng County, it is not a mansion. Her mansion is in the capital. It’s just that the people below are used to being arrogant in Feng County, so they always like to use the guise of the County Lord to pretend to be powerful outside. He always unconsciously calls the house in the county the county principal's mansion.
In fact, the person living in that house now is not the Lord Jiahua County at all, but Du Zhihe's family members.
Someone trotted all the way back to report the news, but thinking that there is no one in charge in the house now, the Du family may be very impressive in the eyes of the common people, but in front of the county magistrate, they are really not enough!
When Cheng Jingzhou learned that a village leader under Jiahua County Lord had been kidnapped, he smiled and said: "He will be taken directly to the prison. No one is allowed to visit. No food or drink is allowed. He will only give him one meal tomorrow to kill his violence." !”
(End of chapter)
