Chapter 488 The bitter master came to sue Wang Tong
"You are so confused, come here and scream!"
"Uncle Sun, how many young people dare to say this randomly. Someone really complained to Lord Wang!"
When Wang Tong heard the servant's report, he didn't even have time to be stunned. He heard Sun Dahai yelling outside and came to report the message to the man's explanation.
"The sea, let him in!"
Wang Tong greeted him and used cases to pour dirty water on people. That was a means that Wang Tong could only use when he first came to Tianjin Wei. With his current status and power, if he did such a trick, he would seek death.
He also felt very respectful when he heard the attitude of the informant outside. He obviously came over to say hello. While he was talking, the door of the house was opened by his personal soldiers, and a man in a soap-clothed square hat stood at the door.
As such a servant, he couldn't even enter the door on Wang Tong's side. The servant understood very well and knelt down respectfully at the door, kowtowed first, and then said politely:
"Master Wang, my Gao family took a case this morning. Gao family said that they shouldn't have come to disturb the house, but the man beat the drum at the door. There were so many people watching the fun, and it wouldn't be nice to not answer."
As the saying goes, beating the drum and shouting for justice. If the drum is beaten at the gate of the yamen, there will definitely be many people watching the fun. There are too many rich and powerful idle people in Tianjin Wei. If there are many people watching the fun, if there are not accepting this case, the officials and servants in the yamen are afraid of causing other troubles.
Wang Tong naturally understood this principle, but in Tianjin Wei, even in Hejian Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, who would dare to sue him if he could not die?
He was about to ask, but he saw the strange expression on the face of the officer kneeling there, and he could not help but smile. Wang Tong was not angry now, but was just curious and asked:
"Who will sue me? Seeing you want to laugh so much, let me listen to Lele first."
The officer laughed out loud, and only then did he laughed and felt something was wrong. He had heard of Wang Tong's reputation, and immediately frightened his face turned pale and he was about to kowtow. Wang Tongyu was interested and said with a smile:
"Don't panic, tell me Lele first, I won't blame you!!"
"Master Wang is magnanimous, so the villain offended him. This morning someone beats the drum. The young man took his men out to see it. He was a man with blue eyes and high noses beating the drums. He would say what our Ming Dynasty said, but it sounded like he came from the south. He said that he had an injustice and wanted to ask us Gao to uphold justice. Gao was also curious and called him to the hall to ask him, but he didn't expect that the foreigner said he wanted to sue Wang, and he sued him for his money."
Hearing this, Wang Tong was stunned and then laughed loudly. The guards outside the door and the officer kneeling at the door were all laughing.
This laugh may not be for flattery, but this matter is indeed interesting. Although Wang Tong has a reputation of domineering and domineering in Tianjin Wei, he also has a reputation of integrity and self-discipline. Lord Wang is law-abiding, never accepts bribes, never force people's wealth, and has extremely strict constraints on the infantry below. The security army trains in the field. Some soldiers were thirsty and picked the fruits from the orchard on the roadside. As a result, they were beaten in public for thirty and increased the price to compensate.
There are many such cases, and Wang Tong managed Tianjin Wei so prosperously and wealthy, and he must be a huge wealth himself, so how could he be greedy for the people's wealth? Isn't this a big joke? In addition, the complainant is a stranger, which makes this matter even more ridiculous.
No wonder the officer who reported the news couldn't bear to laugh. Not to mention him, even Wang Tong himself couldn't help laughing, which was absurd and ridiculous.
The laughter stopped, Wang Tong stood up and waved his hand, and said:
"I've been busy all these days. You said this matter has made me feel much more relaxed. Go back first, and I'll go there immediately to see who is complaining, Dahai, and reward him with five taels of silver!"
The officer came to report the news today, but because his colleagues decided who would come after he guessed that he lost, he didn't expect to get a lottery, and five taels of silver would be considered a small fortune.
Seeing the officer thanking him deeply, Tan asked someone to change his clothes for Wang Tongna, but he was not in a hurry to arrange the carriage and horses, but just ordered the guards below to go to the Qing Military Hall first.
"Don't blame me, this matter is too incredible. It is hard to guarantee that it is not a means to attract people, but it is better to be completely prepared."
Wang Tong nodded. It was a matter of trouble, no matter how careful he was, it was not wrong.
Go quickly, it doesn't take too much time. Wang Tong changed his clothes and waited for a while. The guards who went to inspect had already returned and came in and reported:
"...... There are indeed foreigners complaining in the yamen. The subordinates asked the brothers on duty outside the Qing Military Hall. He said that is indeed the case..."
After receiving this news, there will naturally be no falsehood. The Jinyiwei Qianhu in Tianjin has been placing in various government offices in Tianjin, calling it "protection", but in fact it is surveillance. This is also a legal statement. Wang Tong is extremely powerful, and each yamen can only accept it with his nose.
With these confirmations of visits, Wang Tong naturally had no doubts. There were many public and private affairs during this period, and it was much easier for such an episode.
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Dozens of horses from Wang Tong arrived at the Qing Military Hall
In the yamen, I saw a lot of people surrounding the streets, and when they approached, the yamen runners were constantly cleaning up the site.
However, everyone stood on tiptoe and looked around. The Qing Military Office is the official office that manages Tianjin Health and Civil Affairs. It is located in the center of the city. Now, there are two commercial centers in Tianjin and Wei, one by the Haihe River and the other by the canal. In the city, there are many official offices and many rich idle people.
In front of the yamen, there is the most easiest place to spread news. Some people beat drums, and a large number of people gathered around to watch the fun. When they found out that they were suing Wang Tong, everyone was even more excited, let alone a person with a high nose and deep eyes.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves, everyone turned around and looked at the costumes and ceremonial guards. They knew that Lord Wang had come over. I was idle people gathered to watch the fun. In Tianjin, I was going to be caught to work as a white worker. I immediately scattered the birds and beasts, but I ran a few steps away and saw that no one was coming to catch them. The curtain gathered again. The fun was really attractive.
Wang Tong was here to relax and did not care about the idle people outside. He was surrounded by his personal guards and dismounted in front of the yamen. The yamen runners saw it from afar and had already gone in to report.
Gao Tongzhi, the Qing Military Department of Tianjin, should have been waiting in front of the door for a long time. Wang Tong dismounted and then came out. As soon as he met, he bowed a lot. Despite the status and differences between the two parties, Gao Tongzhi could hold his fists and bow down, but as Wang Tongzhi spoke today, he was Wang Tong.
Gao Tongzhi also smiled awkwardly and said with a bitter smile:
"I didn't expect that Lord Wang would come here in person. The Seminister beat the drum and let the neighbors see it everywhere. It would be unreasonable to not accept this case. I originally thought that I would wait for someone to disperse before driving the Seminister away.
He explained repeatedly, Wang Tong waved his hand with a smile and said:
"It's okay, I want to see what case he committed, and it's actually a stranger to sue it!"
There was no need to be so much trouble when I went to the court to ask for the case, but today Wang Tong came, and two yamen runners would stand up and shouted "Magic" at the top of their voices.
Wang Tong was wearing a blue and black armored jacket, sitting next to Gao Tongzhi. The man was kneeling in the hall, looking like a big fat man, round, wearing a gold-lined black velvet top, and the disc hard collar looked quite awkward. Everyone looked fresh, but Wang Tong felt a little familiar.
When I went to Macau a few years ago, I saw several people dressed like this in Macau. They are said to be local luxury merchants with quite a status. They looked at the dresses of this fat man and dressed in a very particular way. They didn’t look like those poor and poor liars. What do you think of someone like to sue him? Do you want to extort money?
As soon as Gao Tongzhi sat down, the fat man immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic, and cried and said:
"Master Qingtian, you are the one who is the one who is the one who is doing business in Guangdong, but unexpectedly, a disaster comes from the sky, and someone forces the villain's ship to take it away..."
His tone of speech was quite strange, and he was still chewing on his words. The yamen runners standing on both sides couldn't help laughing, but they didn't dare to make a sound. They covered their mouths and trembled their shoulders. The court was already a little messy.
When he walked into the court with Wang Tong, the fat man glanced at him but had no reaction, which showed that he didn't know Wang Tong at all. Gao Tongzhi had a clear idea. God knew what this person wanted to do. What was the force to seize the ship? Maybe he was talking nonsense. Fortunately, Wang Tong was in a good mood today, otherwise he would cause trouble for himself for nothing.
Seeing that the officers didn't look like they were, Gao Tongzhi frowned and picked up the gavel and slapped it hard on the table, and said in a solemn voice:
"Who robbed your ship? You know the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If you are proven to be falsely accused, you will be sentenced to prison and punished. I will ask you again, if you want to understand what you said, who robbed your ship!?"
"It's the Jinyiwei Qianhu Wang Tong of Tianjin, who snatched the villain's ship."
That person didn't know him, but he was talking firmly. Everyone in the court looked at Wang Tong. Gao Tongzhi shook his head slightly, thinking that this matter was really embarrassing. Looking at Wang Tong's face with an interesting expression, Gao Tongzhi asked again:
"It's extremely ridiculous. A barbarian from a foreign country actually sued the court for appointing an official. You have evidence. The official law is like a furnace. Don't show a temporary advantage!!"
People could understand this idiom, kneeling in the lobby, kowtowed again, looked up and shouted:
"However, the villain's ship was parked by the river. The sailors hired by the villain were still on the boat, and the name of the bow of the boat was not removed. That is the evidence!!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Tongzhi had not spoken yet, Wang Tong coughed loudly and stopped coughing. This time, Wang Tong asked:
"What's your ship's name?"
"If you want to go back to the master, the little man's ship is called Feilu."
The court was silent, and everyone was staring at Wang Tong. Wang Tong laughed dryly, turned to Gao Tongzhi and said:
Chapter completed!