When the woman heard this, she immediately said: "Master, the imperial envoy, please calm down. It's not that civilian women don't want to sue the officials, but that the Lanping government won't accept it at all."
"Are you from Lanping County?" Liu Changqing grasped the key point of the question.
"Yes." The woman said: "In Lanping County, there is a big Huang family who runs rampant in the countryside and does all kinds of evil. Some time ago, they occupied my old house. My son argued with him, but he was severely injured. He is bedridden to this day. , the old woman sued the government, but the Lanping County magistrate avoided her and accused the women of being unreasonable and making trouble..."
Obviously, this woman was going to the capital to file a petition. She happened to be passing by Jingyang and met Liu Changqing here.
Speaking of which, she was very lucky, because even if she entered the capital, she would not be able to successfully file a lawsuit. But when she met Liu Changqing, one can imagine the latter's character.
The woman continued: "The Huang family is lawless in Lanping. Even the government has to act according to his face. They seize an unknown amount of land and even rob civilian women. Women are just one of the victims. , before us, many villagers complained, but there was nothing we could do against him, and they were retaliated against. Now that the village women have almost lost their families, we have no choice but to go to the capital, seek hope, and ask the master to help us. Oh God……"
As she spoke, she cried sadly.
Liu Changqing frowned slightly and asked subconsciously: "Which Huang family?"
"I heard that the master's name is Huang Ziling." The woman continued to cry.
"What!?" Hearing this, Liu Changqing was shocked and his eyes widened.
Lanping County, under the jurisdiction of Zhenyang County, is Huang Yunwei's hometown.
In Lanping County, there is only one person named Huang Ziling, and he belongs to a wealthy family, and that is Huang Yunwei's younger brother.
This already involves the king's wife, how can Liu Changqing not be surprised.
No wonder the local county magistrate dare not accept it!
It wasn't until a while later that he came back to his senses, looked at the woman, and said in a solemn voice: "You just said that many people have jointly filed a complaint before you?"
"Yes." The woman answered truthfully.
"Can you contact all these victims?" Liu Changqing asked again.
"Yes, we have filed a lawsuit with the county government together."
After listening to this, Liu Changqing took a deep breath. After thinking deeply, he said seriously: "Get up first and follow me into the capital. If there is any injustice, I will give you an explanation."
By saying this, he took over the case.
When the woman heard this, she couldn't help crying with joy, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Master Imperial Envoy, thank you, Master Imperial Envoy..."
Liu Changqing did not handle the case directly. Firstly, it was because he still needed to verify it. Secondly, although his official position was not low, Huang Ziling was, after all, the biological brother of the king's wife. Now, he had no rights and had to get Xiao. Distant authorization.
This place was very close to the capital. In the evening of the same day, Liu Changqing returned to Qinzhou, arranged a place for the woman to live, and asked her to wait patiently.
In the morning of the next day, Liu Changqing naturally reported the results of his trip to Tongzhou in the court meeting hall.
Xiao Yuan was sitting on the throne directly above, checking the files that were presented and listening to Liu Changqing's report. By the time he finished speaking, he had almost finished reading. He nodded and said, "Well, although Tongzhou Canal costs a lot, its impact is far-reaching. , successfully solved the irrigation problems in several counties, Zhang Jingrui has done a lot for his hard work."
With that said, he also put down the official document, looked at Liu Changqing and said, "Liu Qing, you have worked hard too."
"I am afraid and dare not express my sorrow." Liu Changqing said: "This trip to Tongzhou is related to all the water conservancy projects. After I checked, there were no problems. However, when I was returning to the capital, I passed through Jingyang, but... We encountered a huge injustice."
"Oh? What kind of unjust case is it? Liu Qing should handle it on the spot and return justice to the people, right?" Xiao Yuan was very interested.
"It's not that I don't want to deal with it, it's just that I don't have the right." Liu Changqing deliberately let it slip, obviously paving the way for his request later.
When he heard this, Xiao Yuan undoubtedly raised his eyebrows. A prime minister with a long history had no right to deal with an unjust case among the people? What a joke!
Suspicious, he couldn't help but look at the ministers on the left and right, and they all looked confused.
Liu Changqing continued: "That's because this matter involves the Huang family."
"Which Huang family?"
"Mrs. Dening's biological brother, Huang Ziling." Liu Changqing said directly.
"What?" Xiao Yuan frowned.
Mrs. Dening is Huang Yunwei's title.
Under such circumstances, all the ministers in the hall looked at each other and couldn't help but began to whisper and discuss in low voices.
Seeing the commotion, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but pick up the bamboo slips on the king's case and threw them back. The hall fell silent instantly.
"Be specific." At this time, he had calmed down. After all, if we really wanted to talk about it, Huang Ziling had to be his relative.
Liu Changqing said: "A citizen woman complained that Huang Ziling not only oppressed the people and seized acres of land in Lanping Hengxing Township, but also raped the women of the people."
Before Xiao Yuan could speak, Jiang Yi stood up and said, "Mr. Liu, it would be too hasty to implicate Mrs. Dening's family brother just based on the words of a civilian woman, isn't it?"
"No, it's not just a one-sided statement, but in Lanping local area, many people jointly filed a complaint, but the local county magistrate did not dare to accept it. This shows Huang Ziling's lawlessness. The woman's family was ruined, and she had no choice but to risk her life and go to the capital." Liu Changqing looked serious.
As he spoke, he said to Xiao Yuan: "Your Majesty, a common citizen would never dare to do this if he didn't have a huge grievance. From this, it can be seen that Huang Ziling's incident is by no means groundless."
Xiao Yuan took a deep breath and was silent for a moment.
Seeing this, Liu Changqing seemed to be afraid that Xiao Yuan would protect his shortcomings, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, a powerful man has done such evil in the local area and does not take the government seriously. In fact, the government has to protect him. It is conceivable that the people there Regarding the public sentiment, you can imagine how the people there view our country of Qin. Should this matter be investigated?"
"If there is no investigation, where is the law of Qin? Where is the majesty of the country?"
Why didn't he talk to Xiao Yuan privately, but why he mentioned it in the court? There was no doubt that it was to make Xiao Yuan unable to refuse.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yuan's eyes froze, and then he said seriously: "Check! Anyone who dares to mess with the laws of our country of Qin is destroying our country of Qin!"
"I will now order you to handle this case! Investigate it thoroughly! If Huang Ziling is really guilty, we will never tolerate it!"
"My King Yingming——" Liu Changqing achieved the result he wanted. He immediately shouted loudly and bowed deeply: "I will live up to your great trust."
After the court meeting, the ministers came out of the palace in twos and threes. Many people were talking about the matter. Wang Su shook his head slightly and said to Yao Tingyu: "Liu Changqing never does things regardless of the consequences. This matter could have been solved in a roundabout way, but he It happened to be brought up in the court, and when the time comes, the king will not be able to get off the stage..."
