"It turns out that they are all the masters sent by the Tiger Character Banner. I will show you the way." Upon hearing the words of the government officials, the yamen servant realized that these people were officials sent by the Tiger Character Banner and hurriedly greeted them into the yamen.
A dozen men followed the yamen servants into the yamen.
"Masters, please wait here for a moment. We have already gone to call the county magistrate." The yamen servant took the people to the yamen lobby.
The leader among the dozen men nodded and said, "Okay, you can go and do your own business. We can just wait here."
"It doesn't matter, I will stay here to accompany you all." The officer did not leave, but stayed.
Seeing that the government officials were unwilling to leave, the man said nothing and began to look at the county government lobby in front of him.
The most conspicuous place in the lobby is a plaque that says Ming Jing Gao Hang. Almost all yamen lobbies have such a plaque. In addition, there is also a plaque that says "Integrity."
Many of the furnishings in the hall looked old. The paint on the court desk where the case was judged had peeled off, revealing the original color of the wood inside. There was a wooden wedge placed under the leg of one of the tables.
"Haha, Brother Qin, you are here." As laughter spread, Yang Jiachen walked out of the door on the side of the lobby.
The yamen guard guarding the lobby came forward and saluted, "The young man salutes the county magistrate."
The dozen or so men in the lobby all looked at Yang Jiachen who appeared in the lobby.
"Get up!" Yang Jiachen said to the yamen servant, then looked at the men in the lobby and said, "Brothers, follow me. The county magistrate has been waiting in the yamen for a long time."
"Brother Yang, please lead the way." The leading man said with a smile.
Yang Jiachen said to the yamen in the hall: "Go and do your business. I will take care of these people."
"Young man, please excuse me." The Yamen servant bowed, turned and walked out of the hall.
A dozen men followed Yang Jiachen through the side door on the side of the hall and went to the back office.
On the way to the back office, Yang Jiachen walked to the back office while talking to the brother Qin he was talking about and a few familiar people.
Among the dozen or so people sent to Lingqiu by Tiger Character Banner, only three or five were known to him. He was not familiar with the others, and many of them had never even met before.
However, long before he came to Lingqiu, he heard Mr. Zhao say that he was just the first batch of government officials to come to Lingqiu, and more government officials would later go to various states and counties to take up posts.
"The county magistrate is inside, everyone, come in!" Yang Jiachen greeted and stepped into the back office.
More than a dozen men entered the Houya one after another.
"Mr. Zhao has already said that you are coming, so he has been expecting you to come." Huang Shi'an greeted him with a smile.
"The lower officials and others pay homage to the county magistrate."
A dozen men were divided into several rows and stood in the back office to salute.
Huang Shi'an greeted with a smile: "Okay, okay, we are all family members, no need to be polite, just take a seat! Yang County Cheng, please arrange for someone to prepare a few benches and send them to the back office."
There are many empty seats in the back office, but there are not enough seats for more than ten people, so we have to ask people to move the benches.
"I'll make arrangements." Yang Jiachen turned around and left the back office.
"This is the transfer order for us to dispatch Lingqiu. Please review it with the county magistrate." The leading man took out a transfer order and handed it to Huang Shi'an with both hands.
Huang Shi'an took the transfer order and read it again, then glanced at the seal below, and said with a smile: "You guys came just in time. I am preparing to divide the fields recently. I have arranged for people to sort out the yellow book and the fish scale book. Now there are Now that you are here, the pressure on my shoulders can finally be relieved."
"Before we came to Lingqiu, Mr. Zhao had already explained the matter of dividing the fields. This is an official document issued by the Military and Political Department." The leading man took out another official document and handed it over.
When Huang Shi'an heard that it was an official document from the Military and Political Department, he quickly took it with both hands and opened it to read the contents.
Soon, he read the contents of the official document and laughed immediately: "This official document from the Military and Political Department came at the right time. Originally, I was worried about where I would get the money to redeem the land. Now that I have this official document, I can finally let go.”
At this time, Yang Jiachen and several Tiger Flag soldiers carried benches into the back office.
Benches are placed on the open space in the back office.
"Stop standing, everyone, everyone, sit down." Huang Shi'an asked the people in front of him to take their seats. At the same time, he said to Yang Jiachen who walked next to him, "Look at this official document."
He handed the official document issued by the Military and Political Department in his hand to Yang Jiachen.
A dozen men in the back office each found a seat and sat down, and more than half of them sat on the benches that had been moved into the back office.
"I think we can directly attack Wang Shuochen. His family in Lingqiu has occupied the most land now." Yang Jiachen said to Huang Shi'an after reading the official document.
Huang Shi'an thought for a while and said: "He is barely half a member of our Tiger-Character Banner. If we touch him without enough evidence, it will easily make others think that our Tiger-Character Banner is killing the donkey. It's not good. It's better to change him."
"The evidence is easy to find. Once the household records are sorted out, we will definitely be able to get the evidence that Wang Shuochen embezzled Xu, Yang and Li's family's property. I'm not afraid that he won't be executed," Yang Jiachen said.
The conversation between the two people aroused the curiosity of one person present and asked: "Who is Wang Shuochen? What did he do to provoke Yang County Cheng and you want to deal with him?"
They had just arrived from Datong Town and did not know much about the situation here in Lingqiu, so most of them listened without interrupting.
"This Wang Shuochen is the director of Lingqiu Dongshan Chamber of Commerce. He has now become the largest squire power in Lingqiu, and his family has the most land. Many of them come from the three original squire families in Lingqiu, the Xu family, the Yang family, the Li family, and these three families colluded The government is the enemy of our Tiger Flag and has been taken away by the First Military Division, and many of the properties of the three families that were supposed to be confiscated fell into Wang Shuochen's home." Yang Jiachen explained.
I heard the general meaning.
Qin Guangchun, who was sitting on the seat, said in a deep voice: "This person is embezzling something that belongs to our Tiger Flag. Isn't he afraid that our Tiger Flag will take the blame for it?"
"Brother Qin, you don't know that this person has done some things for our Tiger Flag. People outside think that he is from our Tiger Flag. Especially after Lingqiu City was captured by Chen Shizheng, this person is quite famous in Lingqiu. Yes, even Huang County Zun’s momentum in Lingqiu is not that impressive." Yang Jiachen said.
Qin Guangchun frowned and said: "We can't keep such a person anymore. Once he wants to fight over the land allocation, it will be a big trouble."
Although he had just arrived in Lingqiu, he had more on his mind.
A squire like Wang Shuochen, who owned a large amount of land, was so bold as to embezzle property that should have been confiscated by the Tiger Banner army. It was difficult for him to honestly implement the land distribution policy set by the Tiger Banner.
