Su Zhen is not Chen Kan, there is no big shot behind him, and he is just a seventh-grade county magistrate with a low monthly salary.
More than a thousand dollars is probably a huge amount of money that he will never earn in his life.
Besides, the county government was not his alone after all, so Chen Kan chose to respect his opinions.
After getting Chen Kan's approval, Su Zhen temporarily left the court with a group of county officials.
Such a scene is absolutely rare in the Central Plains. How can a county magistrate leave the court twice in the middle of a trial?
Especially after the Grand Ancestor ascended the throne, he formulated a series of strict rules for officials. If it were placed in the Central Plains, Su Zhen would have been fucked several times.
But in Yunnan, everyone has a look of normalcy in their eyes.
No wonder the vassal kings of Lao Zhu's family couldn't defeat Mu Sheng. Based on his tolerance of these officials, there was no possibility that these officials would betray him.
Su Zhen's small move made Chen Kan's heart gradually sink, and his evaluation of Mu Sheng became a little higher.
It's hard for Chen Kan to tell whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
History has proven that the Mu family is loyal to the court. When the country is in trouble, the Mu family does not hesitate to choose death.
But from the perspective of the court, is it really a good thing to have such a prince in the Ming Dynasty that the court cannot control?
After shaking his head, Chen Kan decided to go back and report what he saw today truthfully. As for the rest, he couldn't control it.
Su Zhen has been gone for half an hour.
When he appeared again, he had a look of determination on his face.
Chen Kan asked calmly: "Have we discussed it?"
Brother Aza and Ma Baoer looked at Su Zhen at the same time, with a hint of expectation and worry in their eyes.
Su Zhen nodded with regret and said: "I personally hope to build this canal. After all, it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. With an additional canal, the sea will become a land of plenty, but... in the county government treasury I have no right to use the supplies."
Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in the eyes of Maina and Ma Baoer, and then they were relieved.
They could understand Su Zhen's difficulties, but they were inevitably a little disappointed. It seemed that the fight for this water channel would continue.
Chen Kan didn't say anything, but silently made an unhelpful comment to Su Zhen in his heart.
Is it possible to stump a county magistrate with more than a thousand dollars?
In the final analysis, it is just an unwillingness to take responsibility.
Shaking his head, Chen Kan said calmly: "Then let's continue with the trial!"
"but……"
Su Zhen suddenly raised his head.
"But what?"
When the two chieftains heard this, they immediately became energetic and looked at Su Zhen, with some hope in their hearts again.
If the imperial court was willing to give them the all-clear, they would certainly be willing to repair the canal. After all, the chieftain's life was also his life.
If it could increase food production, who would be willing to fight for a water canal?
Chen Kan looked at Su Zhen with great interest, wanting to see what shocking decision he could make.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Su Zhen held his breath and said, "But I am willing to use my own money in my own name to help the people of Tonghai County build this canal."
"Pay out of pocket?"
The two chieftains were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes flashed with disbelief.
"Yes, I am also the parent officer of Tonghai County. Since I am the parent officer, I should naturally do what the parent officer should do."
"The treasury of the county government belongs to the imperial court, and I have no right to use it. However, I really can't bear to let my land of hundreds of miles in Tonghai County miss this opportunity for development, so I pay for it myself. In this way, I can get the best of both worlds!"
"Pa bang bang..."
After hearing Su Zhen's awe-inspiring words, Chen Kan couldn't help but applaud.
Su Zhen turned around and saw the half-smiling expression on Chen Kan's face, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Chen Kan didn't reveal his inner thoughts and just said calmly: "Don't do anything shameful."
Facing Chen Kan's almost threatening and somewhat admonishing words, how could Su Zhen not understand the meaning? He immediately said sternly: "Don't worry, sir. I have served as an official for thirteen years. I am worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and even more worthy of governing the people." .”
"That's good!"
Chen Kan didn't want to get to the bottom of it. A county magistrate was like a Bailihou in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was not difficult to make more than a thousand coins with serious effort.
Chen Kan just reminded him that as long as he did not harm the country or the people, Chen Kan was willing to believe that he was a good official.
When Maina Aza and Ma Baoer heard this, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on their faces, and they immediately bowed to Su Zhen and said, "Thank you, Lord County Lord. If this matter can be accomplished, I, the Aza clan, are willing to follow your guidance. "
"I am willing to obey your orders even if I return to the human clan!"
Hearing the two people's straightforward loyalty, another look of embarrassment flashed across Su Zhen's face.
The Imperial Envoy is still here. You don't say you are loyal to His Majesty, but you say you are loyal to me, a county magistrate. Isn't this costing my life?
However, from the corner of his eye, he noticed that Chen Kan had no expression on his face, and he was immediately relieved.
He helped the two men up and said: "I am an official of the Ming Dynasty, and you two are Ziming of the Ming Dynasty. I hope that the officials and the people, like us, will be united and not let your father worry."
"That can't be done!"
The two people who were originally fighting for life and death were now loyal to the same person at the same time, and then they had to work together to make their hometown a better place.
There is something unnatural about each other.
Su Zhen looked at the two of them and sighed softly in his heart. He also knew that it was good to be in this situation now.
On the surface of Tonghai, these two are the most powerful chieftains. As long as they don't cause trouble, Tonghai will be stable.
As for what unknown things will happen in the construction of the canal, that is also a matter of the future. In the end, this case was solved perfectly, and the imperial envoy did not laugh at it.
As for the seven corpses in the court, although neither he nor the chieftain regarded them as human beings, they were citizens of the Ming Dynasty after all.
He couldn't die in vain, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain it to the Ministry of Punishment if they were asked about it in the future.
So, he turned to look at Chen Kan and asked, "Sir, what's next..."
Chen Kan waved his hand: "You are the county magistrate, and you can impose whatever sentence you want."
With Chen Kan's endorsement, Su Zhen felt relieved, and then said to Maina and Ma Baoer: "You two, you have also seen that there must be someone responsible for this dead person. Although I don't blame everyone, But the deceased is innocent after all, you two..."
Hearing Su Zhen's words, Chen Kan had an unexplainable smile on his lips. It turned out that this was what he meant.
However, there was nothing wrong with Su Zhen's approach. In the Ming Dynasty, private feuding among clans became common among the people, fighting for land, water, and even docks.
The government usually steps in as a peacemaker after the major clans have decided the winner.
As for the process, it is also very simple. Just like now, the government sets up a stage and invites speakers from both sides to attend the meeting. First, the two clans pay a certain price to calm the anger of the family members of the deceased so that they will not go to the central government to file a complaint and save the time. Implicate local officials.
The second is to find someone to take the blame and give the scapegoat's family a generous reward.
In this way, the matter is settled.
The process is very simple, but very practical. The central government will not delve into it. Anyway, it will be enough if someone pleads guilty.
Unless someone is prepared to mess with the officials who were handling these matters at the time, most of them can be fooled.
After listening to Su Zhen's words, Maggie and Ma Baoer understood and each called out two elderly people from the crowd.
Obviously, they have already prepared everything.
Chen Kan just watched this scene silently.
Although he always shouted that the Ming Dynasty's laws would bring justice to everyone, as a member of the officialdom, how could he not know that there is no absolute justice in this world.
Su Zhen can handle it like this, which is already very good.
Traveled three thousand miles!
This was the crime Su Zhen had imposed on the two old men. The two old men also confessed their crimes simply. They appeared at the county government office today for this reason.
It was beyond their expectation that they could still leave a canal for future generations.
Everyone is happy!
In addition to the family members of the deceased and the descendants of the two old men used to convict...
After making the final judgment, Su Zhen sent away the two chieftains.
Chen Kan went out with him to see her off, watching silently as the woman mounted the tiger.
She suddenly looked back at Chen Kan and said softly: "I take back what I just said, you are a good official, thank you!"
"You're welcome!"
Chen Kan touched his nose and felt quite sad in his heart as he watched the two chieftain forces, who were originally as powerful as fire and water, go away together.
Sure enough, the core thing in this world is profit. For profit, enemies can put aside their hatred and work together. For profit, a seventh-grade county magistrate dares to bear a huge debt of more than a thousand guan.
"Every bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit!"
With a sigh, Chen Kan walked back to the county office with his hands behind his back.
The three censors had been silent in the courtroom just now. Seeing that the matter was resolved, they hurriedly came together and handed a written memorial to Chen Kan.
Then he whispered: "Sir, take a look at what happened here today. Do you need to polish your pen?"
Chen Kan took a cursory glance and found that except for concealing Su Zhen's specific case handling process, the memorial reported the truth truthfully. He responded: "That's it. This time we are here to act as His Majesty's eyes. As for the rest, , just don’t be smart!”
Hearing this, Chen An was shocked and said sternly: "Don't worry, sir, I know this."
"Um!"
Chen Kan nodded happily. It was smart for the three censors to come to Yunnan with him this time. He was thinking that after returning to the capital, he should ask Zhu Di to bring them over to attack Xu Yuan.
The main reason was that he offended Chen Ying when he left the capital, and they were with him. There was no guarantee that Chen Ying would not hate them for this.
After having a light meal at the county government office and declining Su Zhen's offer to stay, Chen Kan set foot on the road to Jianshui again.
This time there was no little girl riding a tiger running out to block the way.
A trip to Tonghai County Yamen made Chen Kan see a lot of things.
Facts have proved that there is no strategic problem with the historically tested policy of returning the native to the rural areas, but it is a long road and may not achieve great results in ten or twenty years.
Mu Sheng's memorial to the capital was obviously exaggerated.
But thinking about Chen Kan, he felt relieved. After all, Mu Sheng was not Mu Ying and Mu Chun. Although the Mu family was deeply rooted in Yunnan, in the final analysis, he, Mu Sheng, was only a meritorious second generation, and he needed merit to consolidate his position.
Chen Kan could easily guess what Mu Sheng was thinking. He just felt that Yunnan was far away from the emperor, and it was impossible for Zhu Di to really come to Yunnan to see him. The most he could do was to send an imperial envoy.
And with the Mu family's power in Yunnan, it would not be difficult for an imperial envoy to report to the court what he would see in Yunnan three to five years later. As for his position in Yunnan being completely consolidated in three to five years, he would not be afraid. Zhu Di is looking for trouble again.
What a human being!
Good at calculating.
Even Chen Kan wanted to acknowledge his love.
Because the greater the credit he reports, the more benefits Chen Kan, the instigator, will receive.
After thinking through this, Chen Kan smiled bitterly and shook his head, becoming more determined not to wade into muddy waters.
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On the fifth day after Chen Kan left Shengjing Pass, Shengjing Pass ushered in a strange team.
The reason why this team is strange is that the leader of this team is actually a woman.
It is not uncommon for women to be superior to men among Yunnan chieftains, but in the Central Plains, even in the humblest merchant families, women rarely take charge.
The officers and soldiers who were doing routine questioning reported this matter as a joke to Zhao Chen, the commander-in-chief of Shengjing Pass. Zhao Chen didn't think much about it. He just let the group of people pass after confirming that there was nothing wrong with them. He just looked at the group. There was something wrong with the man with one arm and a sword on his back.
But he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.
It was as if he was not seeing the same kind of people, but instead had the feeling of seeing those merchants from a foreign country who were walking on the Tea Horse Road. However, there were too many foreign hozen people walking on this trade road, and he soon put the matter behind him.
In an inn in Qujing Mansion, the woman stretched and her silk shawl slipped down her shoulders.
The one-armed man bent down, picked up the shawl, put it in his nose and smelled it, with a ferocious smile on his face, and said lightly in a strange tone: "I never thought that Yunnan is still a good place."
The woman pulled off her hairpin, and her long hair poured down like a waterfall. When she heard this, she smiled and said: "Yes, I never thought that at this time of year, the capital is located in the south of the Yangtze River and the wind is still biting, but on the contrary, it is in the border area of Yunnan. Already the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and it’s even a little warm.”
The cloak on the woman's body slipped off in response, revealing her beautiful shoulders. The proud part wrapped in the small clothes revealed her beautiful curves after the cloak receded.
Downward is a slender hand that can be blown down by a gust of wind, but the roundness behind it provides strong support for this slender palm.
A flash of heartfelt appreciation flashed in the man's eyes, and then he put his arm around the woman's slender waist and said softly: "This time, you shouldn't have come."
The woman was noncommittal, sniffed and asked, "What did Shuzhong say?"
