Seeing that Chang Sheng had made up his mind, Da Tou said no more and winked at Yang Kai. The two of them walked out quickly, and together with Shi Xuanming, led the policemen of their headquarters to go to Jeju Jinzou Academy to pick up the person.
Not long after Datou and others left, the policeman who had been sent to pick up his daughter-in-law Zhang Lin returned with the help of Zhang Lin, who had a sallow complexion and a big belly.
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law met, they hugged each other and cried again. The two women rushed all the way from Jeju to Chang'an to file a petition. One can imagine how many hardships and obstacles they endured along the way.
After the emotions of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stabilized, Changsheng asked for some details again, and then instructed Yu and the two of them to go down and rest.
After the three people left, Changsheng frowned and paced back and forth from the hall. At the same time, he considered in his mind how to deal with these officials in Jeju. The government should be an upright existence in the hearts of the people. It must be able to uphold justice and preside over the affairs. Justice and mercy also require the majesty of enforcing the law and punishing sin.
As a court official, if he cannot enforce the law impartially, impartially and strictly, the people will be disheartened, the authority of the government will be questioned, and in the long run, the people will lose their support. Ultimately, the civil customs of the entire Tang Dynasty will be damaged.
The morals must not be bad. Whether it is the folk customs or the officialdom, the morals must be clean and upright. As the saying goes, to control troubled times, use heavy codes, directly attack a group of officials in Jeju, kill them, and set an example. The final treatment As a result, it will be spread to all major states, prefectures and counties across the country, so that local officials will have awe of the imperial court, and the people of Li will have renewed confidence in the imperial court.
The emperor also knew that the eunuch party's misuse of power had corrupted the administration of officials, so he was put in charge of the Yushitai just to let him rectify the administration of officials. However, there was no need to report this matter to the emperor in advance. He could just cut it off first and report it later. He would rather be accused of violating the regulations afterwards. This hot potato cannot be thrown to the emperor. To put it bluntly, he has to be the bad guy who kills people, and the image of the unknowing good guy has to be left to the emperor.
Halfway through the second watch, Datou and others returned, together with graded officials and ungraded officers, a total of twenty-seven people, all of whom were escorted back.
They interrogated all night and locked up the evidence. What happened was actually not complicated. Jeju informed the Jinzouyuan in advance that two women, Zhang Wang and Zhang Lin, one old and one young, were going to Beijing to complain, and asked the official to go to the Jinzouyuan. Spies were placed at the entrances of major government offices where they might go to try to prevent them from filing a petition to redress their grievances.
Changsheng is not a good person, and he does not object to severe punishment when interrogating prisoners at Yushitai. How can these officials endure it? The zouyuan was also tasked with snooping out information from the court and bribing court officials.
In less than one update, everyone's confessions were placed on Chang Sheng's desk. Chang Sheng picked them up one by one and looked through them one by one. From time to time, he looked up at Da Tou who was sitting on the chair in the hall. Da Tou was very smart and realized that he was true. Angry, the interrogation focused on the relationship between the Jeju Jinjoyuan and the Eunuch Party. These local Jinzoyuan in the capital were originally the link between local officials and imperial officials. It is conceivable that they must also have some relations with the Eunuch Party. contacts.
Being in contact with the eunuchs is a recipe for death. Even if they are sentenced to execution, they will not be unjustly punished.
The law is dead, but those who apply the law are alive. As the official in charge of Yushitai, Changsheng has great flexibility and scale in applying the law, but this time he did not hesitate at all and captured the All twenty-seven people decided to kill them, and the three guards captured earlier were no exception. They also decided to kill them.
Da Tou guessed that Chang Sheng would be severely punished, but he did not expect that he would kill everyone and leave no one behind.
Chang Sheng rushed to Yang Kai who was sitting in the hall and said, "We have to report what happened in Chang'an. You will report this matter to the court in the morning."
When Yang Kai nodded, Changsheng said again, "Rectifying officialdom is not an empty talk. Let's go to Jeju to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys. I will go to Jeju in person early tomorrow morning. Datou, Yu Yi, you go with me."
Big head and Yu Xiaotou should be.
Changsheng looked at Shi Xuanming again, "Master, do you want to go out with us?"
Hearing Chang Sheng's words, Shi Xuanming did not answer immediately. Seeing his hesitation, Chang Sheng's heart became more worried. It seemed that Shi Xuanming had been distracted by a certain woman in Anxiang Tower.
Seeing that Shi Xuanming didn't want to go with him, Changsheng didn't force him, "Well, you'd better not go. Stay with the policemen from your headquarters and the people from the household department to check and record the records of Jeju Jinzouyuan. There is still not enough time before dawn. At two o'clock in the morning, I went back to rest for a while, and then set off at three o'clock in the morning, taking fifty agents with me."
Everyone retreated, and Changsheng went to the backyard alone. He was not in a hurry to return to the main room in the north, but went to the west wing first.
Looking at Mr. Hei lying in the haystack, Changsheng felt so at ease. Maybe it was because he had been with Lao Huang day and night for many years. He had an inexplicable closeness and trust towards these dumb animals.
After staying with Mr. Hei in the stables of the west wing for a while, Changsheng returned to the house and took a nap. At around 9 o'clock in the morning, Da Tou came to knock on the door. He first brought him hot water, and then brought him hot water while he was washing his face. Meals.
Changsheng is still not used to Datou taking such thorough care of him, but he has told him many times before, but Datou just doesn't listen, and Changsheng has no choice but to let him do it.
However, the human heart is made of flesh, and the better Datou is for longevity, the greater the pressure on Changsheng's heart, because he knows that Datou's meridians are damaged and his lifespan will end in two years, but Qianjinyi Fangli does not have the right prescription. , he had also considered the Heavenly Silkworm Magic, but the Heavenly Silkworm Magic didn't seem to be applicable to Datou's situation.
After packing up, everyone set off. Changsheng, Datou and Yu Yi rode in front, followed by fifty police officers from the Yushitai. In addition, there was a carriage with two horses and a shaft, and the carriage was pulled by Ku. Advocate the Wang family and Zhang Lin family.
Hei Gongzi had traveled long distances before, but this time Chang Sheng was reluctant to rush his horse too fast. In addition, there were a group of fast soldiers accompanying him, so he couldn't run too fast. Jeju is located in the southeast of Chang'an, about 1,500 kilometers away from Chang'an. According to the current speed, it will take about three to four days on the road.
After Changsheng came to Chang'an, he made two long journeys. One was to Hejian to rescue Li Zhongyong, and the other was to Qingyang to rescue Batulu. Both times, he was anxious and came and went in a hurry. This trip was more complicated than before. It was much more relaxed the other two times, and the matter I went to Jeju to deal with this time was not an urgent matter. I just took this opportunity to get some fresh air and observe the people's sentiments, so as not to stay in Chang'an for a long time, lose grounding, and lose objectivity.
The situation near Chang'an is a little better. After traveling a few hundred miles, you will see a lot of desolation and dilapidation along the way. You can also see hungry people on the road from time to time, but fortunately there are not many in number.
Most of the porridge stations for disaster victims are located outside the city. On the way, you can see many porridge stations where officials provide porridge. The porridge stations usually give out porridge twice a day, and each time is two taels, which is a wooden spoon.
Changsheng had never felt how powerful he was, but the conditions in the porridge shops he saw along the way made him deeply touched. The disaster relief funds in these prefectures, counties, and counties were all allocated and distributed in amounts that he had previously determined. Where did he give them? If Chuzhou County allocates more silver, the porridge and rice in the rice bowls of the victims will be thicker.
The lives and deaths of so many people were in his hands alone, which made him feel unprecedented pressure. Whether it was a chivalrous man who helped the world and rescued the suffering, whether it was a chivalrous man, a miraculous doctor who cured diseases in Xuanhu, or a patient who spoke with sincerity. For monks who are kind-hearted, what they can do is insignificant compared to the first-level officials. If you really want to do great things and do great good, you still have to be in a high position.
A doctor who has been busy for a long time may save one person, and a decision by a high-ranking official may save thousands of people. But the opposite is also true. A doctor's mistake will only kill one person, and if a high-ranking official makes a decision If you make the wrong decision, you may kill a large number of people.
Most of the time, Changsheng ran in front with Datou and Yu Yi, with the policeman and carriage following ten miles away. When he encountered a porridge farm, Changsheng would dismount and go over to inspect the porridge situation. Whether it was the servant responsible for the porridge or the supervision The officials who gave him porridge were all very polite to him and did not scold or chase him away.
It's not that these officials are modest and friendly, or that they knew in advance that Chang Sheng and others would pass by here, but that they are all people who have been involved in official circles and are well-informed. They can judge based on Chang Sheng's calm demeanor that he is not Ordinary people etc.
Anyone who is in a high position will definitely act with confidence and calmness. Whether they are humble, courteous or approachable, they may be arrogant or pretend to be sophisticated. You can pretend to be confident and calm, but you cannot pretend to be confident and calm. , if you are not at that position and height, no matter how much you pretend to be the same, your words and deeds are still deliberate and awkward.
Because there were too many people, we could only stay at the post station at night. The post station was right next to the porridge shop. The victims outside were eating gruel, but the post station prepared four meat and four vegetables for Chang Sheng.
Changsheng did not criticize the postman in order to highlight his own aloofness, because the imperial court had clear regulations that when a first-class official travels, he should have at least four meat and four vegetables plus four snacks and four fruits when he stays at the post station.
Changsheng did not give meals to the victims outside to show his approachability. After eating with Datou and Yu Yi, he instructed the postman to give the remaining meals to the elderly and weak among the victims.
Doing good deeds is not about trivial matters. Doing good deeds is not done for others to see, let alone to gain fame by grandstanding.
Since he had not slept well in the past few days, Changsheng went to bed at the second watch and fell asleep quickly after lying down.
I don’t know how long it took, but I suddenly heard shouts and shouts from people outside the inn. The voices were noisy and panicked, "Ah, tail, tail."
"She's not human, she's not human."
"Monster..."
