Volume Four The Empire Rising
., where are we going next?" Yang Lin asked.
Wang Fu thought for a moment and said depressedly: "Go back to the palace."
"Yes." Yang Lin shouted forward, and the carriage turned toward Nanjing City. On the way, Yang Lin couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, that Liu Heizi is so hateful. Do you want the empress to order the local officials to punish him?"
Wang Fu was just thinking that no, punishing such a bully would be of no use for the whole country. He just thought about it and didn’t know how many years it would take to promote the rent and interest reduction. Liu Heizi was full of evil deeds. Since he knew it, he could save a village, swallowed the words and changed his words: "Okay, you can go to Yingtian Mansion to handle it."
"I obey the order." Yang Lin was very happy. Although no one had seen Liu Heizi, from the descriptions of the villagers and the situations seen by everyone, it was easy to know that Liu Heizi was really a bastard. Yang Lin was naturally happy to see such a bully.
Liu Heizi is short and fat, over 40 years old, and is famous for his black mole on his lips. Originally, the Liu family could be regarded as a small landlord. Since they arrived at Liu Heizi, they have developed all of a sudden. They moved their family to the town ten years ago. Although the village where Wang Fu visited was Liu Heizi's hometown, in fact, the fields in Liu Heizi's family are far more than Liujia Village. Almost all villages in the town have land that Liu Heizi used all kinds of means to dominate over the past ten years, with a total of seven or eight thousand acres. In addition to the fields, Liu Heizi also opened two casinos, two pawn shops, more than ten rice shops, cloth shops, grocery shops, etc., becoming the richest man in the town.
On that day, Liu Heizi was at home and a famous teacher came to report: "Master, the county master is here."
Liu Heizi was stunned and Jier was overjoyed: "Hurry up, welcome it."
Although he was the richest man in the town after twenty years of operation, he was usually in a hot relationship with the yamen runners and the masters in the county, but he didn't have much to deal with the county master, let alone the county master visited him. Although Liu Heizi knew that most of the money he handed over to the county master was given to the county master, the order of a county master was in charge of tens of thousands of people. He must have the necessary face and would not get too close to Liu Heizi's infamous tycoon and defam his reputation. Unexpectedly, the county master would come in person, so he was naturally happy.
Liu Heizi revitalized his clothes; he walked towards the gate until there was no problem. As soon as he left the gate, he saw dozens of yamen runners and a thirty-year-old official from the clan of Jurong County. He came in and said, "The people of the grass are welcome to the county master."
"Take it down." Liu Heizi just lowered his head and heard the official shouting.
Before Liu Heizi could react, the famous yamen runner shook the chain from behind and put it on Liu Heizi's neck. Liu Heizi was stunned and shouted to the familiar master: "Master Ma. What's going on?"
Master Ma showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and he usually received a lot of filial piety from Liu Heizi. But he thought about his own future and immediately turned a positive face and said, "Liu Heizi. You are offending. Lord County Master personally took someone to take you. Let's be honest."
Liu Heizi was puzzled. He hadn't done anything wrong in this period of time. But there were too many facts about doing wrong in the past. Liu Heizi didn't know what he was doing. Could someone sue him? After he turned around and found out, he wouldn't have to think about his life.
Although Liu Heizi was not panicked even though he believed that wealth could help the gods. So what about the county priest? I came down to take him personally for money. At worst, I could get a little more blood this time. He quickly shook Master Ma and hoped that Master Ma could give him some tips. But after Master Ma said the sentence just now, his face turned dark, as if he had never known him.
Liu Heizi cursed Master Ma in his heart and said helplessly to the Jurong County Magistrate: "Mr. County Master. The villain has always been honest and responsible. I don't know what law has violated. I hope the County Master will remind you."
The Jurong County Magistrate snorted softly in his nostrils: "Liu Heizi, you have committed too many things. You have opened a casino and ordered your slaves to kill people's lives. You use illegal means to plunder other people's fields and cause disability. It is not an exaggeration to sentence one person to death for your crime. Come on, take Liu Heizi down and seize all the Liu family."
"Sir, it's unjust." Liu Heizi was shocked and shouted quickly. The magistrate of Jurong County was talking about some old things. Liu Heizi didn't care at first, but what he cared about was that he didn't expect that the magistrate of Jurong County would seal the family as soon as he came up. Once the family was sealed, he, Liu Heizi, was in prison without any trouble, and could not get out.
"Whether the wronged is wronged, the court will decide and take it away."
"Sir, the young one has a good relationship. Butler, hurry up, go and take out some of the valuable local products in the family to entertain the county master and all the tolerant masters."
Liu Heizi's housekeeper was originally following the master out happily to welcome the county master, but unexpectedly, when he saw this, he felt as if he was silly.
After the orders, he woke up and hurried back: "Master, I know the same frightened servant in the command courtyard: "Hurry, come to the master's warehouse to move local specialties."
After a while, the housekeeper and two servants worked together to carry out a large box, and three crying women followed behind them. The older one was about the same age as Liu Heizi, with a thick layer of powder on his face and a bucket of water. The younger ones were only over 20 years old, with a charming figure, but their eyes were light and they were Liu Heizi's one wife and two concubines.
"Sir, this valuable local specialty is the filial piety that the villain gives to the county magistrate. If he doesn't respect him, he has always been honest and obedient. He must be the one who is unfair to plot against the villain's money and is willing to make a clear observation."
"What local specialty, let me see." Jurong County Magistrate walked over and gently lifted the box, his face changed a few times, and he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful. Seeing the expression on the county magistrate's face, Liu Heizi felt relieved and asked: "Mr. County Master, are you satisfied with this local specialty? If the adult can tell the unfair people who falsely accused the villain, the villain will be grateful and will give him another box of local specialty."
It would be fine if Liu Heizi didn't say it. As soon as he said it, the magistrate of Jurong County was stung. He quickly closed the box with a righteous expression on his face and shouted: "Bold Liu Heizi, you beat him to death and injured someone's life. Unexpectedly, not only did you not change, but you also wanted to take the opportunity to bribe me and seal the box as evidence to bribe me and commit crimes together."
"Yes, sir." Two yamen stepped forward and took out the note that had been prepared and sealed it on the box. Liu Heizi was stunned. The box was five hundred silver coins he had prepared, equivalent to five hundred taels of silver. Although the current emperor greatly increased the salary of officials after he ascended the throne, the annual legitimate income of a county magistrate was only about three hundred silver coins. Unexpectedly, he would not be moved by the box of five hundred silver coins.
Liu Heizi did not see that Jurong Ling looked reluctantly in front of the box, and then quietly looked at a yamen runner behind him before closing the box. Now the new salary of the officials is high, almost seven or eight times the salary set by Taizu before, but accordingly, it has also reduced a lot of invisible income. The fire consumption alone cut off the gray income of the officials. With the salary of more than 300 silver coins per year, it is no problem for a county magistrate to support more than ten families in the family. However, if you want to spend money, it is impossible to go to the brothel and the pleasure boats all day long. Nanjing was originally a place of love, and the officials ran to the restaurant and flower boats whenever they had social engagements. The Jurong County Magistrate was naturally tight-handed. Seeing that there were thousands of silver coins and could not be taken, the pain in Jurong County Magistrate's heart was probably no less than that of Liu Heizi.
"Master, Master, you can't leave. Oh my god, what crime has my family committed? Is there no royal law in the government?" The middle-aged woman thought that her master would make a turn for the time being, but she felt distressed but didn't dare to make a fuss. Now that she saw that her master was still taking away, she was naturally unhappy. She sat on the ground and cried loudly, and the powder on her face was even more fallen.
The magistrate of Jurong felt so excited that he even ordered the yamen runners: "Take her away."
"Yes, sir." Two more yamen runners dragged Liu Heizi's first wife away, then Liu Heizi's concubine, housekeeper, children, and friends, and hundreds of people were taken away by the yamen runners. When they heard the crying from the Liu family, there were already crowds of people watching the fun. When they saw Liu Heizi's family being taken out by the yamen runners, the crowd of people who looked at it was stunned at first, and then they started to whisper.
"Bah, *** Liu Zi will have today."
"Retribution is really retribution. Liu Hei did his best to do bad things, and finally the retribution ended."
"What a great master Qingtian. Liu Heizi's family should go to hell long ago."
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Hearing these comments, Liu Heizi stared at everyone with his eyes at first, but later he became more and more concerned, and finally lowered his head and said nothing.
"Pa." I don't know who it was, but suddenly took the lead in applause, and then the applause rang out like thunder. Some elders even knelt down and called out that God had eyes. The magistrate of Jurong was still angry about the lost one thousand silver coins. Hearing the thunderous applause, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He couldn't help but think that sometimes a good official was actually good.
After Liu Heizi's family was taken to the county, the verdict came down within a few days and was sentenced to exile in the south. The family's property was seized by the Ministry of Revenue. As for the land that Liu Heizi used all means to seize over the years, it was returned to the original owner, and the land that had no owner was taken back to the official.
Chapter completed!