Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 17 Taking office in a hurry

Since Liu Mu was determined to teach his own abilities, now it is time for him to show his abilities to scholars, Ye Zhao naturally didn't mind showing it.

In fact, it is a bit of a threat to take the exam. It depends on how people understand it. If Ye Zhao really doesn’t have any ability, he will probably be embarrassed in front of others. However, if he just resolves disputes and deals with matters like county affairs, Ye Zhao is not worried. Regardless of his past and present life, he has enough experience to deal with most problems.

As for what he can't handle, looking at the world, there are probably not many people who can do it. This is Ye Zhao's confidence.

"Xiang Liu, it doesn't matter?" Ye Zhao smiled when he came to Sui County Government. Looking at Liu Mu, who was supported by the butler.

"It's okay, Xiuming just needs to decide the case. I'm here to rest for a while." Liu Mu shook his head, knelt on the seat beside him and narrowed his eyes.

Ye Zhao didn't force it. Since he wanted to see his abilities, let's take a look. He really needs a reputation now.

The former county magistrate had already left. Because Liu Mu was the county magistrate, the functions of the county magistrate of Sui County and Liu Mu, the prime minister of Liang, were repeated in many places, so the transfer of Sui County magistrate was relatively relaxed. However, except for the county magistrate being taken away, the remaining two county magistrates in Sui County, Gongcao Shi, Chief Correspondent, County Assistant, Thief Cao, You Gun, and other county officials were very prepared.

"Where is the county magistrate?" Ye Zhao looked at the county officials and asked.

"Wang Xing (Jiang Sheng), the county magistrate of Sui County, met with the envoy." In the county government, two burly men stepped forward and bowed.

"You will bring in the people who are in the lawsuit outside the door first." Ye Zhao said.

"Here!" The two of them took the order and took several county officials to let the people in.

While it was empty, Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at everyone and said, "Who is the chief clerk?"

"In the lower Suiyang chief clerk Qian Sheng, please see the envoy." A four-inquiring scholar stepped forward and bowed.

"Oh? Your surname is Qian?" Ye Zhao smiled and said, "On the way to take office, I met Qian Mo halfway. I wonder if the chief clerk of Qian knew him?"

"Has this person... ever collided with the envoy?" Qian Sheng's expression changed slightly and he said carefully.

"That's never been done. This person is quite talented and I talk to him very happily." Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Looking at Qian Sheng's appearance, Qian suddenly seemed to be difficult to get along with.

Qian Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. Just as he was about to answer, a large number of people had already poured into the lobby. Ye Zhao frowned and looked at Qian Sheng: "Suiyang is a large county. Before I took office, I knew the fertile land. Why did there be so many lawsuits?"

"The envoy doesn't know anything." Qian Sheng smiled bitterly: "The former county magistrate has been in jail for one month. In the past month, no one has accepted all major cases in Sui County, and this has accumulated..."

Ye Zhao looked at Liu Mu, who was in a strange way, and said that the former county magistrate had left office, he should have dealt with these matters.

But at this time, I can't worry about it so much. I nodded and said, "Support the copywriting from this month, and I will review it and approve it."

"This..." Qian Zhuan looked at Ye Zhao in surprise and said, "Eunuch, this is a January copy, including taxes, criminal cases, court orders, etc. Is the envoy doing something too much?"

"It's okay. If you can't approve it, just criticize it slowly. Try not to waste time." Ye Zhao said with a smile. Since you want to teach your own skills, let's take a good look.

"Here!" Qian Sheng heard this and stopped caring about it, and directly asked someone to bring all the copywriting from January.

In less than a moment, eight county officials came up with four boxes and placed bamboo papers in front of Ye Zhao. Although the paper was made, it was not popular. Therefore, copywriting is still recorded with bamboo papers. Suiyang is also a big county. The copywriting accumulated over a month is indeed a bit amazing at this moment.

"Minister Wang." Ye Zhao signaled Qiu Chi to help him hand over bamboo papers, while telling the county magister Wang Xing.

"exist."

"I'd like to send someone to the inn to bring my family." While speaking, Ye Zhao had already spread out the first volume of bamboo paper and reviewed it, and said: "Prince Jiang, let the people outside the hall complain one by one."

"Here." The two agreed, Wang Xing sent someone to notify Ding Li, Fang Yue and others, and Jiang Sheng asked the people who were litigating outside the door to line up to enter.

"Empress, we have a complaint." The first one to come in was an elderly couple, who shouted as soon as they came in.

"Speak slowly." Ye Zhao did not look up, but asked calmly: "What are you complaining?"

"I'm back to the envoy, my ox has been cut off my tongue by some unethical person. The ox can't farm without its tongue. I'm already old, and I'm not going to live with my husband and wife."

"Oh?" Ye Zhao raised his head, looked at the people outside the door, and frowned and said, "This matter will be found out and you will be fair. However, this ox is an important labor force. According to my Han Dynasty law, those who kill ox will be fined two thousand yuan and 10 sticks. They will be imprisoned for one month."

"This..." The couple was shocked when they heard this and looked at Ye Zhao with horror: "Eunuch, this is a plowing ox raised by me. Why do you have to be punished if you kill it?"

"Because plowing oxen is an important labor force, there is a clear order in the Han Dynasty that the people are not allowed to slaughter at will. You two will not have already killed them, right?" Ye Zhao looked at the two of them with a scrutiny.

Qian Sheng on the side wanted to say something, but Qiu Chi stopped him.

"This...I...I...No..." Both of them were honest people. They had never seen such a scene. Ye Zhao's eyes changed, and they suddenly felt that their breathing became a little unsmooth, and they were stuttering and unable to speak.

"Empress, I know, I know!" Outside the hall, a man shouted very actively, trying to come in, but was stopped by the county officials.

"Let him come in." Ye Zhao smiled and signaled.

Without anyone to stop him, the man rushed in quickly and shouted: "Eunuch, I know that these two people have slaughtered the cow. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to their house to see it. The turn of your head is still on the chopping board!"

"Oh?" Ye Zhao glanced at the two elders whose face turned pale and looked at the man and said, "This should be their private matter. How do you know?"

"I saw it when I passed by their house a few days ago." The visitor said proudly.

"In other words, you cut the cow's tongue." Ye Zhao continued to lower his head to review the copywriting, and said without raising his head, as if he had lost interest in this person.

"How can you wrongly accuse me?" the visitor frowned.

"Unforgive?" Ye Zhao took a copy from Qiu Chi and continued to review it: "I am familiar with Qin Rules and Han Rules. Although killing cattle is indeed a crime, the cows that cannot be cultivated are not included in this category. Just now, I just said casually, and you rushed to correct me impatiently, indicating that you have a grudge with these two elders, is it right?"

"What can this mean?" Seeing that the person who came was not good, he wanted to leave, but was stopped by Jiang Sheng, so he looked at Ye Zhao helplessly.

"Things like cutting the cow's tongue harm others and not benefiting oneself. If there were no resentment, who would have done such a thing?" Ye Zhao said while reviewing the copywriting, "Besides, let me ask you, do you have any complaints today?"

"This...no..."

"Then what are you doing here?" Ye Zhao shook his head and sneered.

"I came in with the villagers to watch the fun."

"Human hearts are wonderful. When you want to be unlucky, the more unlucky he is, the happier you will be. Therefore, when you jump to correct the two of them, I am already 80% sure that it is you. With your subsequent performance, you can basically confirm that you are the one who cuts the tongue. If you want evidence, it should not be difficult. You need knives to commit the crime. The blood splashed when cutting the tongue should splash onto your clothes. You are committing the crime in a panic and don't have time to deal with these. In addition, you can also ask where you were at the time of the incident. I think these should not be difficult to verify. Do I need to send someone to investigate?"

"I will be a high-ranking official in a county, and I will also use such tricks?" The visitor said depressedly, and it was considered a disguised admission.

"At least I have a clear conscience. If there is no objection, Wang County Magistrate will be imprisoned according to the law, and his family will also ask his family to compensate the two elders for their losses."

"Here!"

"Thank you, the messenger! The messenger... the miracle..." The two old men's moods rose and fell in such a short time, and they couldn't think of appropriate words to praise them for a moment.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next