Wang Juren's eyes flashed slightly, and he could barely recognize a person who worked in the Wang family, so he had no choice but to point out.
When Cheng Jingzhou saw that he was relatively sensible, he made it clear that Village Chief Geng and his son had committed the murder and forced the villagers to exchange their farmland with Wang Ju's family during the land survey.
At this point, Wang Juren had realized that he might be in bad luck!
"Please, please make the decision for us! My son is still lying on the kang and can't get up. They are bastards, but they don't even want to pay a penny for medicine, and they force us to take the initiative to take over those fertile fields." The tax on Wang Ju's family's fertile land can reach 300 kilograms per mu. However, our farmland is poor. No matter how hard we work, the yield is as high as 220 kilograms! My lord, Wang Ju's is this. It’s going to take the lives of us people!”
After crying and complaining, several other victims began to pour out their sorrows.
"My lord, it is clear that what we own is wasteland. It was opened before we went there. According to the rules, the wasteland will be tax-free for three years, and then only half tax will be paid for the next three years. But the Wang Ju family wants to force us to own the fertile land, but In fact, they don’t give it to us and only make us pay taxes, how can this be done!”
"My lord, I know it well. Our family is also on low-grade farmland. We have to pay the tax on grain every year, and we have to replace the wheat with coarse grains to survive. If we change it to pay the tax on good land, then our whole family will not survive!"
At this moment, Wang Juren couldn't sit still anymore, and the cold sweat on his head couldn't stop pouring out. At this moment, he wished he could just find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
What a shame!
It happened that this case was a public trial. As early as when they heard that Wang Juren had been invited to the county government office, people came to watch the excitement. Now that the people outside were already surrounded, they were naturally quite scornful when they saw that Wang Juren, who was so rich, could still use this trick.
Some people have started to curse outside!
"You have eaten all the delicacies from the mountains and the sea, but you still only focus on exploiting those who can't afford to eat. It's a shame that people like you don't have to be an official, otherwise you won't know how many people will be killed!"
"That's right, you're really not a thing! You're so fat from eating so much, but you think you're going to take over a poor family's home, how can you be so shameless!"
"Just shameless!"
"How shameless! This kind of person should be killed directly so that he can eliminate harm for the people!"
"Yes, yes, yes, sir, please help the people get rid of harm!"
With such a clamor, Wang Juren has become a major pest in Feng County, making the people eager to get rid of him.
Cheng Jingzhou understood that this was just their temporary emotions aroused.
However, what he wants is exactly this effect!
Cheng Jingzhou is very aware of the importance of this cleanup. He wants to expose more problems. Only in this way can the Lord increase his determination to implement the New Deal. Otherwise, many officials who have been pushed to the forefront will become victims of this political struggle.
The problem of hidden land occupation is ultimately a land annexation issue, and the reason why hidden land occupation is more destructive than land annexation is mainly because of the hidden nature of hidden land occupation.
Cheng Jingzhou was fortunate to have chosen Feng County at this time.
After all, this place is considered to be at the feet of the emperor. Just imagine that all kinds of problems of concealed fields can occur in Feng County, which is so close to the imperial power, let alone some remote places?
The local people are afraid that they will be squeezed by those powerful people and they will no longer be able to survive!
When the Dazhi Dynasty was first established, the land was redivided and the distribution of land was relatively fair. This was mainly because Emperor Taizu knew that the foundation of the country lay in agriculture, and everything should be based on land.
Therefore, in order to stabilize the political power, Emperor Taizu's original intention was to maintain a relatively balanced distribution of land, so as to prevent the people from leaving the land, having no food and clothing, and finally having no choice but to rebel.
After all, the establishment of the great dynasty relied mostly on displaced people who could not afford to live.
Now, if the Da Zhi Dynasty fails to renovate the fields, I am afraid that the same mistakes will happen again!
Cheng Jingzhou could think of all kinds of questions, and he believed that after the book was submitted, the Holy One would also be able to think of them.
With all the personal and material evidence available, Wang Juren's crime cannot be evaded.
"Come here, please release Wang Juren temporarily, and order people to guard all the doors of the Wang family tightly. I will personally report to the superior official of the Ministry of Rites of the capital to remove Wang Juren from his reputation."
Wang Juren was so horrified that he didn't care about anything and knelt down in front of the hall with a plop.
"No! Please ask Mr. Cheng to spare the student this time. You must not do it!"
Without the title of Juren, then Wang Juren will have nothing.
"No loud noise!"
After all, Wang Juren is still a Juren, and two government servants have already helped him up.
"We are now issuing a verdict on the case of Wang Juren who concealed his property, maliciously deceived the county government, and bullied farmers!"
As soon as the gavel struck, Wang Juren's legs became weak.
"The village chief of Gengjia Village committed the murder in front of him and intimidated him in the back. Today, the village chief and his family are ordered to go to Geng Hanzi's home to apologize. In addition to bearing all the medical expenses, they must also compensate Geng Hanzi's family an additional ten taels. As for the other three households, they were frightened because they were all forced by the village chief Geng, and ordered the village chief Geng to compensate each of the three households two taels of silver.
Village Chief Geng used his power to bully others and his behavior was despicable. You, father and son, are hereby sentenced to twenty canes and fifteen days in prison. Now the cane punishment will be carried out in court, and you are required to pay all the compensation to the victim within three days after returning to the village. You will be allowed a few days to recover from your injuries, and then you will be imprisoned. If you cannot execute it as scheduled, you will be severely punished! "
"yes."
"Thank you so much, sir! You are really Lord Qingtian!"
Cheng Jingzhou took another photo of the gavel: "Quiet!"
The case hasn't been decided yet, so don't rush to yell.
"Wang Youfu concealed his property, deceived the county government, and oppressed farmers. It has been found out, and all the witnesses and material evidence are available. Therefore, Wang Youfu is sentenced to make up for all taxes or grains, and also make up the money within three days, and pay an additional fine." One thousand taels of silver. In addition, Wang Youfu shall compensate all the victims ten taels of silver per household."
After finishing speaking, Cheng Jingzhou stared at Wang Juren and said: "Listen clearly, I am talking about all the victims. Wang Juren should know that I can find out more than just Gengjia Village."
How dare Wang Juren speak so harshly now?
"Yes, yes, everything depends on the orders of the adults."
With Cheng Jingzhou's verdict, it can be said that Wang Ju's family will spend most of their wealth.
Several years of tax money was paid up at once. Wang Juhe and his wife were so distressed that they shed blood and had to pay compensation.
What made Wang Juren most uneasy was that he wanted to petition the superior officials to remove him from the title of Juren.
At this time, all Wang Juren could think about was how to get Magistrate Cheng to rest from his thoughts, or how to go to the capital to find an adult to help him intercede.
What Wang Juren didn't know was that less than an hour after leaving the office, the memorial written by Cheng Jingzhou, together with the details of the case, had already been rushed to the capital.
(End of chapter)
