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Chapter 157 I Jumped in the Line Because I Have No Quality

Actually, strictly speaking.Shen Shuren studied history in his previous life, but he didn't know about the trade between the Jiangxi gentry and the thieves on the other side of Poyang Lake in the last years of Chongzhen.This can't be blamed for the lack of records in the history books, it can only be blamed for his lack of reading and lack of details.

As a staff member of an international relations think tank in his previous life, he only needed to read the tomes related to military and diplomacy when reading history, but there was no need to study the details of those rich books.

Therefore, his research on the primary historical materials of the Ming Dynasty is only a rough reading of "History of the Ming Dynasty", and the rest are analysis and interpretation articles of some modern people.

But if he had carefully read the local chronicles of these places in his previous life, he would have seen a record:
In the local chronicles of Jiujiang Prefecture, it is written that 14 years before Chongzhen, the prefect of Jiujiang was Zhou Huang, and Zhou Huang was punished by the court because he could not ban the "traffic thieves" who ruled the profiteers during his tenure, and was replaced in Chongzhen 15 years The new magistrate Shi Dun.

After Shi Dun took office, he "strictly guarded the armor, sentry frequently, and the thieves were not allowed to cross. Isolate the thieves in Huangmei, Guangji and other places", which can be regarded as greatly improving the situation of local gangsters in Jiujiang.But in the end, this Shi Dun was also excluded because of his "uprightness and offending the officials of the township party" in this matter, and he resigned and returned to his hometown in Jintan, Changzhou.

Today, everything has changed slightly because of the butterfly effect. The number of thieves who can be "trafficed" by Jiangxi tyrants and profiteers has been greatly reduced. There is only one family left, Lin Yangyang, and Liu Xiyao, the original "traffic" leader, is dead.

However, the dispositions of Zhou Huang and others will not change, nor will the eating habits of the Jiangxi gentry. It is just a delay in time and a reduction in degree. In the end, they went around and bumped into Shen Shuren and Zheng Chenggong by accident. .

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Because he had to deal with the evidence again with Zheng Chenggong, Shen Shuren had to delay for an extra day. It was not until the next day, the morning of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, that he asked Zheng Chenggong to send his confidant warriors to deliver letters to Jiujiang Fuzhi and Dehua County, not far from Hukou.

Early in the morning, not long after the time of o'clock, around Chen Shi, Zhou Huang, the magistrate, had just started to work when he heard a commotion outside the government office. (Dianmao is at the third quarter of Maoshi, which is 06:30 in the morning. It is not the beginning of Maoshi, which is only five o'clock in the morning.)
Zhou Huang's official prestige was quite high, so he immediately sternly yelled at the servants under him to go and investigate quickly. After a while, the servants came back in a panic:
"Huifutai is a member of Huguang Yanfadao Yamen and Lijin Inspection Department. It is said that Shen Shuren, the censor of Qiandu, came to Jiujiang and got a report from his subordinates, saying that there are bandits in Jiujiang Prefecture and other places. Hurry to Hukou Town to meet and clarify.

On the wharf by the lake outside the city, there is a Huguang Yandao patrol ship parked. According to the people patrolling the water division, there seems to be Hongyi cannons on board! "

"There are Hongyi cannons and warships? What does this tree sinker want to do? Is he lawless!" Zhou Huang was startled.Although he is an official in Jiangxi, he has heard of Shen Shuren's reputation, and knows how fast he has risen and how powerful he has been in the limelight in the past two years.

Zhou Huang knew all along that several wealthy families with strong backgrounds were doing business with Lin Chengli and Liu Xiyao, so he couldn't do anything about it.

Jiangxi has always been one of the provinces in the south of the Ming Dynasty where the prevalence of related households is the most serious.In the Ming Dynasty, because of the large number of Jinshi from Jiangxi, the families of many bigwigs in the court stayed in the local area and had close relatives, so that no local officials who came to Jiangxi dared to offend anyone at all.

He, Zhou Huang, is a mere magistrate, even if Jiujiang is a high-class prefecture, he still doesn't have much energy as a magistrate with a fourth rank.

So it's better to get along with those people and turn a blind eye.Although Zhou Huang himself has never been involved in those businesses, he has also received benefits from those families, and he can always routinely distribute thousands of taels of silver every year——

These large households who donate money are also quite artistic, and they don't directly say what they are giving it for, so as not to be inferior, it seems that they are giving it for the care desk.

Decent people, no matter what they are doing or not, they have a routine of filial piety during the four seasons of the year. In troubled times, it is nothing more than a little more courtesy during the New Year's festival.

In this way, it will never fall into the trap, and people will never be able to tell what it is for, and they can keep reconciling with the mud - I can't say much about it, but if you are interested in this topic, read more about Luo Zhangsan's behavior Discrimination and analysis of bribery cases and laws, anyone who understands can understand.

"Shen Shuren came to the door, and this matter will become a big problem. Their family is very rich, and oil and salt are not allowed in. I heard that they are paying money to be an official for the sake of Daming. This is not something that can be dragged into trouble...

Hey, no, since Shi Futai was officially transferred to the Governor of Water Transport a few months ago, now that the Governor of Anhui is vacant, our Jiujiang Mansion has been placed under the control of the Governor of Jiangxi again.If Shen Shuren wanted to fight smuggling, he would intercept him outside the lake mouth at most, so why should he come to show off his prestige? "

Zhou Huang, who knew he was wrong, thought about it nervously for a while, and suddenly felt that he had grasped a life-saving straw, and realized that he was too nervous before.

Between myself and Shen Shuren, it is obvious that they do not belong to each other!Even if there is a case involved, and it is true that Jiangxi local officials are at fault, he should not directly exceed his jurisdiction!The governor of Jiangxi should be notified first, and then the governor of Jiangxi should write to ask!

Let me give you the simplest example, which can be understood by ordinary spectators in future generations: If the Hubei Higher People's Court in later generations wants to challenge a dispute over jurisdiction in the Jiujiang Intermediate Court, can it directly dispute it?Of course not!
According to the procedural law, it has to be ruled by the common superior of the two dispute courts.Not to mention that the Jiujiang Intermediate People's Court cannot decide to transfer the dispute, even the Jiangxi Higher People's Court can't make a decision. Disputes over the jurisdiction of inter-provincial cases have to go to the Supreme Court.

The legal procedures of the Ming Dynasty were not as complicated as those of the later generations, but the principles are the same. At least Shen Shuren shouldn't go to Jiujiang Mansion directly, he has to go through the process.

Thinking that the law of the Ming Dynasty was on his side, Zhou Huang regained his courage, and quickly asked someone to reply:
"What's wrong with you? Have you forgotten the court's rules? This involves a dispute between Huguang and Jiangxi. He should go to the governor's office first. How can I secretly work for officials from other provinces!
Of course, you have to tell the people in Shen Daotai that after all, he has worked hard on official duties, and the gifts of wine and meat that should be given are indispensable!If Shen Daotai insists on talking to me about other personal matters, then let him come to the city to talk, the official of Hukou Wharf will not go! "

He didn't dare to ask him to go to the wharf by Poyang Lake. There are Hongyi cannons and warships over there. Who knows what those rough tax collectors dare to do?After all, the Huguang side of the case has the right, and a gentleman should not stand under the wall.

And as long as Shen Shuren is willing to enter the city, even if Zhou Huang has nothing to do with him by himself, at least he can invite all the influential people from Jiujiang's wealthy families who are hardworking in the middle and backstage to host a banquet to entertain Shen Dao, and let those people promise their own benefits Pull the sinking tree into the water.

If he can't be dragged into the water, it's none of Zhou Huang's business. At best, he will be transferred or even demoted after the incident, but it's out of the question for him to be punished.

As for those wealthy Jiangxi families with backgrounds in the court, if they don't like it and want to jump over the wall to leave Shen Shuren behind, as long as they don't do anything in the magistrate's yamen, then Zhou Huang is at most a dereliction of duty for lack of law and order.

The servants under his command got Zhou Huang's order and immediately went to make arrangements.However, after more than half an hour, he just came back in disgrace, begging for mercy:
"Zhou Futai, why don't we come to negotiate? Shen Daotai is furious. A vicious young police officer under him is also very domineering. He also said that the military is on fire. He has ironclad evidence in his hand and wants to arrest the criminals." You have to act urgently, and you can’t wait! If you don’t go, they will arrest people based on the evidence!”

Zhou Huang was so startled that he sat up from his chair, trembling with anger: "It's an insult to the gentleman! It's an insult to the gentleman! Did he disregard the court's law? Even if it's a wartime inspection of bandits and profiteers, it should be coordinated with the writing. ...he dares!"

The more aggressive the opponent was, the more Zhou Huang was afraid that his personal safety would be in danger, and he was also afraid that after he was taken away in this way, if he made some kind of alliance in private, the local gentry whose interests had been harmed would come back to settle accounts with him.

He already figured it out, Shen Shuren recruited him alone to negotiate, but refused to enter Dehua County, not necessarily because Shen Shuren was worried about his personal safety, but more to divide him, Zhou Huang, and the local wealthy families in Jiujiang.

As long as he participates in the negotiation alone, he will be isolated in the future, and sooner or later he will be a stranger.

Zhou Huang didn't believe that Shen Shuren dared to act recklessly, so he continued to procrastinate there, and at the same time quickly notified the several families involved in the case in Jiujiang Mansion, and even sent a fast horse to Nanchang Mansion frantically.Because he knew that several families in Nanchang Mansion were also involved.

However, Zhou Huang must have underestimated Shen Shuren, and underestimated how urgently the imperial government needed to be in power after almost 15 years of Chongzhen.

It is not a big deal for those who hold the power to suppress thieves to occasionally not follow the procedures.

Two hours later, Shen Shuren lost his patience, and Zheng Chenggong "uncontrollably" moved his hands. Then, Zhou Huang heard a piece of explosive news.

This time, the person who came to report was no longer the servant of the Yamen of the prefect of Jiujiang, but the guard of Dehua County, a guard of the guard.

"Master Futai! People from the Lijin Inspection Department rushed into Hukou Town and arrested Fei Rulong, the richest householder in the area. They also publicly announced that he was a gangster, and arrested everyone involved in his family in front of the people on the Hukou Wharf. Go beheaded!"

Zhou Huang was so shocked that he fell down from the magistrate's seat: "He... how dare he? Isn't he afraid of the court's law?"

When Dehua defended and reported, he was a little crying:

"Master Futai, you should come forward and deal with it! The Yandao official who did it is from the Zheng family in Fujian! You know what the guards in Jiujiang look like. It's okay to deal with obedient people, but to deal with the fierce Zheng family. Those who came from pirates really dare not!"

Until now, Zhou Huang had finally confessed.

This is like fighting beast chess, the tiger eats jackals, cats and dogs, but the smallest mouse can eat elephants in turn.

People from the Zheng family in Fujian were originally insignificant existences in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty. They were only considered local emperors in Fujian. If they left Fujian, they could not talk about official connections and energy.

However, if the two sides in the officialdom fight according to the rules, one of them occupies the substantive justice, but only does not occupy the process of procedural justice, and at the same time he can let the Zheng family do the dirty work for him, the situation is completely different up.

What can you do as long as you throw the blame of "failing to abide by procedural justice and not following the process" on the Zheng family?

The members of the Zheng family are known for only looking at the essence of justice and not following the process.

I jumped in line because I have no quality!
After figuring this out, Zhou Huang could only go out of the city in a disheartened and frightened manner, and went to meet Shen Shuren at the wharf at Hukou.

(End of this chapter)