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0545 The national thief is a big mouse, and his crime should be punished

The chaos in Xijing naturally had to be left alone. However, if you want to find out the cause and effect, you have missing an important figure, that is, Dou Huairang, the Xuanfu envoy who caused a series of events.

Previously, all the Fangqu in the city and the camp outside the city were searched, but there was still no trace of Dou Huairang. Things in the world should not be stopped because of this. Therefore, after some discussion, the shogunate of King Yong decided to first examine theft case of Xijing official treasury.

Theft of the government warehouse has little to do with the common people, and the people in Chang'an City were not very interested in it. Compared with the prisoners who interrogated the burglars, they were more willing to see the guests who caused great damage to the people's livelihood in Chang'an being punished.

However, when the relevant case was disclosed, the case spread quickly throughout the city, causing a sensation in the entire Chang'an City.

One thing is in the form. This time the case trial is a public trial. The so-called public trial is not a public trial, but a direct list of the case process. The public announcement list is distributed near Tongkou, south of Zhuquemen, two cities in the east and west, and several major city gates.

This kind of form is unprecedented. Previously, no matter how big or small the lawsuits the government had, they were tried in the closed hall, and it was completely a category that was difficult for ordinary people to access.

But now the progress of the case is directly published, so that the public can clearly see the trial process, which undoubtedly aroused people's curiosity. Even if it has nothing to do with them, they want to see who is so bold and dares to rob the official database!

The second thing is the person involved in the case. When the public announcement list first posted the list of those involved in the case, the whole city was shocked when he saw the names on the list.

Most of the people involved in the list are the nobles and nobles on Chang'an. Even though their fame is not so great that the whole city knows, they are not unfamiliar with it. Coupled with the enthusiastic publicity and explanations of insiders, the people quickly realized what the names on the list mean.

At the same time, they couldn't help but wonder, those famous families and noble families and enjoy the national favors of the country. How could they be the evil bandits who looted the official treasury? Did the government make a mistake?

Regarding the general doubts of the people, Wang Meichang, who was temporarily appointed as the Wannian County Magistrate, was not anxious or impatient.

After the list was published, Wang Meichang did not conduct the trial as soon as possible, but instead listed the evidence of the crimes. On Zhuque Street, the forbidden objects confiscated from the families involved were placed, occupying a large section of the street.

Seeing so much physical evidence deposited on the street, the people in the city were shocked for a moment and almost surrounded the city.

"These nobles deserve to die! They ignore the city and instead take advantage of the chaos to rob the official warehouse! So many swords, guns, armor and weapons seem to be frightening. They are hiding in their private doors. Are they trying to rebel?"

"At present, it's just an artifact, and it's not said that they must have robbed. At that time, the city was so in chaos, and they were guarding their own homes. Who could tell what happened outside? They each had their own glory, wealth, and food and clothing. There was no need to commit such a serious crime!"

When physical evidence is presented, the onlookers are full of different opinions. Some are full of righteous indignation, while others are still suspicious.

After one day of the physical evidence, except for some of the items used to stay in the court to ask questions, the others were sent to other fairly intact official warehouses for storage.

Next, Wannian County launched a list to collect evidence and evidence from people scattered among the people. Once evidence is collected, those who conspire can reduce their crimes first, while those who verbally testify will have their own praise.

After the announcement was released, it immediately caused heated discussions among the public, and many people rushed to Wannian County Party, which was extremely enthusiastic.

"Yang Wulang, why are you joining the county party? I remember you left the city before autumn, and then returned to the city after chaos?"

"Silly, stupid! If you don't have a certificate, you just need to rely on one word. I care about the affairs of the countryside and go to the Yatang to see the truth! If it is true, those nobles are really damn! If it is false, you can't see our famous local sect being wronged and framed!"

At this point, this public trial attracted the attention of the whole city. In addition to the time period when the curfew cleans the streets, many people stayed near the public announcement list without eating or drinking, just to see the latest progress of the case as soon as possible.

For a time, the Wannian County Party located in Xuanyangfang in the east of the city was crowded with people. Because it gathered a large number of people, it became extremely difficult to enter and exit.

After three days of noisyness, the case finally officially began.

Wang Meichang did not interrogate the main culprits at the first time, but began to interrogate them with other personal witnesses. Among them, including residents of several bans such as Tongji and Dunhua, street disciples, and some left-behind soldiers responsible for defending the official warehouse. Xi Shi Wenxue

Through the interrogation of the surrounding personnel, the basic situation of the robbed government warehousing was quickly sorted out. The rioters entered the city and caused chaos, and the area in the east of the city was still orderly. Especially the rioters were in the garrison, because they were guarding the robbers, so before the robbers were robbed, there were almost no rioters who dared to disturb them.

"There are more than 600 battalions in Tongjifang. After the turmoil, a battalion of soldiers was drawn one after another into the guards of Zhaoguo, Jinchang and other yards? Is there any order to transfer the orders for the left-behind mansion? No, the news was spread for a long time, and the low-behind mansion was trapped in Tongjifang, and I don't know whether the left-behind mansion was safe or not.

Zhaoguofang has a park industry in Yongshou County, Hongnong Yang's family. The lieutenant Zhou Limin was the son of Yang's family and led the support of the crowd, but Yongshou Gong helped 200 hu of grain. At that time, the yard had been cut off, so Beiye did not dare to open the official warehouse to use it privately... Before the official warehouse was robbed, Dayefang suddenly broke, and Beiye led the crowd to help. When he came back, Tongjifang had been broken..."

"The small people's Daye Fangfang is in the house. At that time, there were more than 200 resident officials in the house. There were more than 600 resident officials in the street, and the resident officials helped to guard the four border gates. When the fang was broken, the small people were at the Dongfang Gate. Xifang Gate asked the small people to be unsuccessful, but because there was also chaos in Dongfang Street at that time... Yes, the small people were timid and led the crowd to retreat to their homes first...

There is no murder, no! The villain is guilty, yes, it is the messenger of Li Yang who sends a message that as long as the villain allows the rioters to enter the house, he will compensate the villain for the loss of money, and give him a hundred pieces of silk to recruit a son to serve in the house... The villain is guilty, and there is really no murder. Those wealth is really given to the family of Li Yang..."

After many people were examined, the case was clearly patched. Especially those who were present at the hearing were already home to the people of Daye Fang. When they heard that Fang Zheng was greedy for wealth and took the initiative to open the door to welcome the thieves, the villagers who suffered heavy losses were even more angry for a moment. Several people even broke through the blockade of the yamen runners and rushed into the yamen hall to kill Fang Zheng.

"Dog thief, dog thief! Do you know that you are greedy for those hundred pieces of silk, and the rioters rushed into my house. I was shocked to death, and my sister was innocent!"

A strong man beat Fang Zheng while crying and roaring with tears in his face. The rest of the world were also indignant and raised his arms and shouted: "Beat him to death, beat him to death! There is also the thief Liyang family, the government dares to kill him, and the village will dare to kill him!"

"Another two hundred soldiers are recruited into the yamen, you must control the feelings of the crowd!"

After finally ordering the yamen runners to drive away the people who rushed up, Wang Meichang summoned the county magistrate Su Yue and ordered, and at the same time wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The people of Xijing were fierce, and he had learned about it today.

"My fellow villagers hate the thieves deeply, and our yamen also feel something. Therefore, we have to publicly examine the thieves in order to publicly publicly so as to demonstrate that the imperial court's authority cannot be violated! The local sentiment and righteous indignation are also overturned by the punishment order. After the crime is revealed, the national laws will be punished!"

Wang Meichang returned to the Yatang again, first calming down the indignant hearings, and then continued to interrogate the case.

The stolen official warehouses of more than a dozen families in Xijing are conclusive and ironclad. But the reason for re-examination is that one is to slightly alleviate the sharp public opinion of the conflicts between the land and the land in Beijing today, and the other is to slightly involve the crimes of these families with the turmoil in Xijing.

This public trial not only outlines the entire process from planning to implementation of these people, but also extends some new crimes.

For example, the looting that day occurred on Zhuque Street was indeed someone secretly leading the rioters from the west of the city to the east of the city, which caused several yards in the east of the city to be in a row and even being captured.

This is also a very normal thing. When facing the request of King Yong, those families are reluctant to let their own wealth be robbed of the official treasury. When creating chaos in the city, they will not use their own wealth to attract chaotic people, so the few yards near Zhuque Street became victims.

"Dog thieves should be killed! Slash them alive!"

As the case gradually became incorrect, the entire Chang'an City was completely in full swing. Originally, the people thought that the chaos in Xijing was just a fierce and illegal guest, but they didn't expect that there were so many big and big portals hidden in the city!

When the atmosphere was established to a certain extent, the Yongwang shogunate did not continue to delay and made a verdict directly: all the families involved, middle-aged and above were executed! The remaining women were old and young, and they were not official slaves. The people who participated in the looting on Zhuque Street and were captured on the street, all the people who became successful were killed, and the remaining were exiled to Shuofang.

After the judgment was concluded, in the next two days, Chang'an West Market beheaded from morning to night, more than two days were cut, and nearly a thousand people were killed. For a moment, blood spread to the court, and the scene was extremely bloody.

But even so, the feelings of Chang'an have not been completely calmed down. The more than a dozen families killed were sentenced to death with conclusive evidence, but are those who did not participate in the robbery of the official warehouse not guilty?

It is obvious that Chang'an City still has a strong guardian force, but the powerful families rely on their own power to divide the soldiers who should have guarded the entire city as private guards. Are they innocent?

Since the punishment is difficult to punish, then the hometown feelings will be punished! For a time, a large number of people from Chang'an who had not yet disappeared rushed into the residences of powerful people, either surrounded and scolded, or circled the palace to vent their dissatisfaction.

At the same time, the shogunate of the Yongwang re-issued a riot: all residents who are in Chang'an will be exempted from mediocre transfers in the next year and their class money will be reduced by half. All the customers will use mediocre relief instead of renting, and only after three years of rent can they be classified as naturalized.
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