Seeing Chen Qiudao come in, Chen Yuyi said, "Sit down as a counselor."
Tea was served. Chen Yuyi invited tea. He then said: "Xiu Mu asked the counselor to come today because the Xiangyang Mansion was involved in gambling, which involved the counselor."
Chen Qiudao said: "Zheng Yiren, a cadre in my house, was greedy for profit, and he teamed up with others to run a gambling boat. Today, Yao Shuanping came to my home and took Zheng Yiren and others away. I asked clearly and found out that this matter is true and there is no doubt about it. "
Chen Yuyi said: "Not long ago, Xiangyang Prefecture sent an official document talking about this matter. The case is not complicated. Most of the people caught have been arrested, and the story is clear. The trouble is, several people from the government are involved. There is Zhou Ming in the Xiangyang Inspection Department, three officials in Xiangyang County, one official in Xiangyang Prefecture, and another one is Zheng Yiren. According to the regulations, officials involved in such cases must be severely punished, and officials must be severely punished. The trouble now is the counselor. What should we do with Zheng Yiren in the mansion? After a while, Yao Shuanping and Gong Lushi will come here with Yu Tongsuan, and we will discuss it."
Chen Qiudao said: "I asked clearly. Only Zheng Yiren and a few people in my family were involved. Fortunately, my sons were not involved. Xiangyang Prefecture can just decide the case in accordance with the law, and there is no need to look at my face!"
Chen Yuyi said: "This matter is not that simple. According to the rules set by the commander-in-chief, if someone in the family breaks the law, the officials must be jointly and severally liable. Zheng Yiren is the director of the counselor's family. They live together and share wealth, which has affected you. According to everyone's confession , the counselor does not know anything about it. We must carefully weigh what to do. This matter is not something I can handle alone, it needs to be discussed by everyone."
Chen Qiudao nodded and said nothing.
Now I feel that the rules set by Wang Xiaolie are too strict. As long as family members break the law, officials will be implicated. Of course, it was just implicated and the punishment was not severe. But for officials, it is difficult to say many things without the power in their hands.
Not long after, Xiangyang general magistrate Yu Cheng arrived with Yao Hua, the signer, and Gong Li, who had joined the army in Lushi. Everyone saw the ceremony and took their seats.
Chen Yuyi said: "Everyone knows what happened. Last night, a factory owner named Xu Qi was lured to a Hanshui gambling boat and lost three thousand guan. He only brought one hundred guan in cash and wrote down an IOU. Today In the morning, the gambling boat sent two people to follow Xu Qi home, hoping that he would come up with the money. Unexpectedly, Xu Qi did not take the money, but went to the inspection department and reported that someone was gambling on the Han River. The case is very clear , there is no doubt. Yao signed the verdict, how should this case be decided according to the law?"
Yao Hua said: "Our laws in Xiangyang have been revised and are slightly different from those of the imperial court. According to the law, every bet of less than ten characters is considered entertainment, not gambling. Every bet of more than ten characters is treated as gambling. Every bet Those who make more than one hundred words will be severely punished in accordance with the law. Those who make more than one bet per bet will be severely punished in accordance with the law. Officials involved will be severely punished. Officials involved will be severely punished. The amount in this case is particularly huge, each bet is more than five guan. I will be severely punished again. Severe punishment, the crimes these people have committed have come to an end. The leader will be beheaded according to the law!"
Yu Chengdao: "There is nothing difficult about how to resolve the case, just follow the rules. The trouble now is that Zheng Yiren is the person responsible for handling the matter from Councilor Chen's family. If we don't handle it well and the Councilor is involved, things will be in trouble."
Chen Yuyi nodded: "After asking around, it turns out that Counselor Chen has nothing to do with this matter. But Zheng Yiren is a servant of Counselor Chen's family who lives together and shares wealth. According to the law, the counselor will be implicated. We have to find a safe way."
Several people nodded, lowering their heads in thought.
Chen Qiudao suddenly remembered that among the officials who established the envoys, except for himself, Chen Yuyi, Wang Ruohai, and even Wang Xiaolie, there were no servants who lived together and shared wealth, only himself. I used to think that they were just a small family, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid there are other reasons.
Living together and sharing money is a special relationship. Usually they are relatives. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the ancestors were required to live together and share wealth. Of course, couples also live together and share money. In addition, some servants did not have their own families and lived together with their masters and shared their property.
Wang Xiaolie's official standards set by Wang Xiaolie, whether it is to avoid the law or because family members are implicated in breaking the law, the standard is to live together and share property, not kinship. Chen Qiudao didn't care about this before, but he didn't expect to hit the muzzle of the gun this time.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Gong Li said, "Should I report this matter to Commander-in-Chief first?"
Chen Yuyi smiled bitterly: "We haven't come up with a perfect solution, how can we report the commander-in-chief? How can we not make things difficult for the commander-in-chief?"
Gong Li understood immediately after hearing this. It's not that these people didn't think about this, it's that they thought more deeply than themselves. The rules were set by Wang Xiaolie, but this time Chen Qiudao was innocently implicated. How to deal with it? As a counselor of the Department of Establishment and Construction, it would be too ridiculous to say that he resigned because of such a trivial matter. But the rules were set, so how could Wang Xiaolie ignore them? This problem needs to be solved by the people below.
While several people were thinking hard, a soldier came in. Said: "Commander Jun has decreed that several officials be invited to the official hall to discuss matters."
Chen Yuyi looked at Chen Qiudao and stood up, feeling something was wrong in his heart.
When they arrived at the official hall, they saw Wang Xiaolie sitting behind the case. He said to several people: "It's rare to get together today. Please sit down."
Several people sat down and looked at Wang Xiaolie. Seeing his calm expression, I felt relieved.
Wang Xiaolie said: "It's already autumn. Just now I sent someone to Xiangyang Mansion to ask Yu Tongpan to come and ask about the rice harvest. Only then did I know that Yu Tongpan came to the Zhizhi Envoy with the signatures and records. . After asking again, I found out that it turned out that a gambling case occurred yesterday."
Yu Cheng stood up and saluted. He said: "Returning to the commander-in-chief, yesterday some people gathered to gamble on the Hanshui River Boat, and the criminal has been arrested and brought to justice."
Wang Xiaolie said: "I remember the law is very clear about the crime of gathering for gambling. Is there any difficulty for you guys to come to the Zhizhi Envoy Office?"
Yu Cheng glanced at Chen Qiudao aside. He cupped his hands and said, "One of the people who jointly run a gambling boat is a slave of Counselor Chen's family——"
"Oh——" Wang Xiaolie looked at Chen Qiu and said. "What, is Counselor Chen involved in this case?"
Yu Cheng waved his hands hastily: "No. We asked clearly about this matter, and Counselor Chen did not know about it. He was just a cadre who participated in it through the name of the Chen family. Counselor Chen knew about this, so he took the cadre away. There’s no hindrance.”
Wang Xiaolie said: "We have already taken it, and Councilor Chen has no objections. What other difficulties are there in this case? I want you to discuss it together!"
Yu Cheng thought about his words before saying: "This officer has been with Councilor Chen for many years. He is responsible for many things in the Chen family. After taking him away, I'm afraid there will be some trouble in the Chen family - "
Wang Xiaolie looked at Yu Cheng, then at everyone, and his face slowly darkened. Said: "What on earth is going on? Just tell me!"
Yu Chengdao: "Come back to the Commander-in-Chief, this officer lives in Councilor Chen's home. According to the law, they live together and share property, and there is no separate family. If we take him away, Councilor Chen will be implicated. We have clearly investigated the case, and Councilor Chen is indeed not involved. Among them, it is difficult to handle. We have gathered together to discuss and are weighing."
"What are you weighing?" Wang Xiaolie suddenly stood up. "Why doesn't the weighing involve Chen Qiudao? I set the rules for you to weigh them in private? You can weigh them, so why do you need rules! What should I do? I don't know how to do it, and I want you to weigh it!"
Seeing Wang Xiaolie's stern expression, Chen Qiudao, Chen Yuyi and others hurriedly stood up together, cupped their hands and said, "I don't dare to lower my rank!"
