Although Cheng Jingzhou used Song DaDa, considering that he was just on duty and might not have experience in manipulating people, he also sent out the martial arts masters around him.
The two of them worked together and quickly found out what was going on.
Xie Xiuqi was responsible for digging out some documents and contracts archived in the county. Naturally, he could also find out whether the fifteen acres of fertile land belonged to Geng Hanzi.
"Sir, Geng Hanzi refused to say anything at first, but then he went to his mother-in-law, who told her exactly what happened. The fifteen acres of fertile land belonged to Wang Ju's family in the county, and Wang Ju's family had fertile land in Gengjiazhuang. One hundred acres, but what they reported was only twenty acres.
The younger one went to Geng Hanzi's house and found that his eldest son had been beaten and was seriously injured. After asking carefully, he found out that he was beaten by several men from the village chief's family. He is still there today. He was raised on the bed, and they paid for the medicine themselves. The village chief's family even said harsh words, claiming that if they dared to talk nonsense again, they would drive Geng Hanzi's family out of Gengjiazhuang. "
These days, if a villager is kicked out, it must be a person with a long history of evil. Once moved out, other villages and towns will not be willing to accept it. This is tantamount to a bad reputation, and it will be more difficult for the children of the family to want to get married.
Cheng Jingzhou was curious: "How did you convince them to tell the truth?"
Song Daring smiled innocently, touched the back of his head and said, "I brought two kilograms of meat to their family. I also said that if I could find out, someone would pay for his eldest son's medicine, and he would get a lot of money." Compensation, the most important thing is that if it is really decided this time, then they will have to collect taxes on fifteen acres of fertile land for decades to come. When his family heard this, they became anxious and quickly put the matter in order. Tell me carefully."
Cheng Jingzhou was satisfied: "Yes, you are quite capable."
Song boldly laughed and said, "Thank you, sir. Actually, it's because my family is poor and I used to farm in the village. I know what is most important to farmers."
Cheng Jingzhou nodded, that was indeed the case.
It was also because Song DaBang knew how much the tax was on these fifteen acres of fertile land, and had repeatedly emphasized it for decades, that this irritated the Geng Hanzi.
"Can you tell me about the other idiots whose fields were changed?"
"I told you everything. I was afraid that I wouldn't remember it, so I wrote it all down."
Cheng Jingzhou took it over and took a look. It was actually divided into four families to share the eighty acres of fertile land. It was difficult for the king to raise people.
"You go down and rest first. Tomorrow you will bring Geng Hanzi and the other three families to the county government office, and tell them that I will personally give them an explanation."
"Yes, the little one is resigning."
After dinner, Master Wu also came back.
"Sir, my subordinates have checked and found that Wang Juren has more than a thousand acres of land under his name, of which 600 acres are registered. He has a son who was selected as a scholar and has 80 acres under his name. Wang Juren has already had We heard the news this summer, so we made corresponding arrangements. As for the village chief of Gengjiazhuang, his son works at Wang Juren's house and is the accountant in the shop under Wang Juren's name."
With this relationship, many things can be smoothed out.
"Where else did you find out where the fields were deliberately replaced?"
"In addition to Gengjiazhuang, there are two villages that he used money to dredge. As a result, the 600 acres of fertile land he originally registered will become 1,000 acres, but because most of them are There were inferior fields and even wasteland, so he was exempt from paying taxes.”
This Wang Juren is really good at playing!
The amount registered with the county government was 600 acres. He knew that this number could not be changed, so he thought of using low-grade farmland or even wasteland to avoid taxes.
Although there were some twists and turns, the property in his own name was saved and he was able to avoid paying taxes.
When the Lord of Jiahua County cleared those fields, he indeed cleared out the extra fields and sold them to others, or gave them to his servants.
In short, Jiahua County Lord's approach is the safest, but the only disadvantage is that it will lose a lot of fields.
Although there is no need to pay taxes anymore, Wang Juren obviously wants to keep the chickens that lay eggs more than losing the land that can make money.
However, this was a roundabout way of thinking, and if Song Dadan and the others had not been careful, they might not have been able to find out the matter.
Cheng Jingzhou thought that Wang Juren was also a scholar, and judging from his resume, he came from a farming and studying family. How could he not know what this field meant to the family?
He obviously already has 600 acres of tax-free farmland, but he is still not satisfied. He even tries to impose taxes on those fertile farmlands on ordinary farmers. His intentions are really sinister!
Do such insidious and cunning people deserve the privileges of the imperial court?
The next day, Cheng Jingzhou sent someone to invite Wang Juren.
The so-called invitation was just a nice word. Li An personally brought a team of servants there, and Wang Juren couldn't even use an excuse to change clothes.
Wang Juren had a bad premonition, but he also thought that he was still a Juren, so he could stand up to the emperor and just pay a fine like the Du family.
Wang Juren originally thought that he would be invited into the inner hall to speak, but unexpectedly, he was taken directly into the courtroom.
After Cheng Jingzhou exempted him from the courtesy, he had someone move a chair for him to sit on.
At least, now he is given enough dignity.
But when Cheng Jingzhou ordered Xie Xiuqi to show the location and acres of the fields indicated on the land deeds, Wang Jucai's expression changed drastically.
Generally speaking, in order to finish the work early, the servants will not put so much thought into it.
Moreover, Wang Juren was previously afraid that things would be exposed, so he deliberately gave Feng County Lieutenant some benefits.
But unexpectedly, I actually fell into trouble today!
Wang Juren looked around, but saw only Li An. As for the county captain Feng, he didn't see anyone at all.
"What else does Wang Juren have to say?"
"Mr. Cheng, please calm down. It's all because the students are confused. The people below must have misunderstood the students' meaning, so that's why they did this. Don't worry, our Wang family will make up for the tax, and it will definitely be a lot."
Wang Juren was ashamed. At this moment, he also knew that he could not hide it, so he took the initiative to admit his mistake, thinking that at most he would be like the Du family and pay an extra fine.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Jingzhou's expression turned out to be extremely serious this time.
"Wang Juren, what you have done is more than just paying back taxes!"
Wang Juren was shocked and looked at the host with fear: "Your Excellency?"
Cheng Jingzhou didn't look at him, "Li County Lieutenant, please bring this person up."
"yes."
Li County Lieutenant ordered the village chief of Gengjiazhuang and his son who worked for Wang Ju's family to be brought to the court. Not only them, but also several families of victims also came to the court.
"Wang Juren, do you know the people in this hall?"
(End of chapter)
