Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 55 Jingshan Storm 2 (seeking a monthly ticket)

When Xiao Zhixian saw the person coming, he immediately stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I have seen Lord Li!"

Wang Yue frowned slightly when he saw Li Guangming appearing.

In the local area of ​​Ming Dynasty, it was no longer Baili Hou who really talked about the matter. The local magistrates were after all the top three Jinshi who had just entered the officialdom or the candidates who had gained seniority. It was difficult to really control a county.

Li Guangming was a Jinshi in Jingtai for five years. He served as the magistrate of Shunde a few years ago and enjoyed the retirement treatment of a fourth-rank official of the imperial court.Although his official career is not impressive, after all, he has worked hard in the officialdom for [-] years and has already woven a network of contacts.

Now back to Jingshan County, he has become the leader of the squires in Jingshan County without hesitation, so he can naturally handle Xiaozhi County who has no back.

Seeing Li Guangming's silence, Xiao Zhixian said with a smile on his face again: "Master Li, please sit down!" As he spoke, he urged the teacher next to him: "Serve tea, quickly serve good tea!"

"My lord, you shouldn't have asked this question just now! Liu Jiamo is a boy student in this county, and also a student of this old man. Although he is not well-known now, he has also learned courtesy, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. How could he do such a foolish thing?" , it is clear that the treacherous people have no law!" Li Guangming glanced at Wang Yue, and then set the tone for this case.

After investigating the case, Wang Yue naturally did not agree with this statement and said: "According to Hu Daniu, the salt on the table was gone after only drinking a bowl of tea. At that time, only Liu Jiamo was around If he left with a bag of salt, who else could have done it if he hadn't stolen it?"

"Your Majesty, you have trusted the wrong person this time!" Li Guangming said with certainty that he did not take this person who was exiled by the court to Anlu into his eyes.

Li Guangming watched Wang Yue's stern face and did not answer, so he smiled flatteringly and said: "Master Li, what do you say?"

"To tell you the truth, the salt shop is the property of the old man's family! The old man asked the shopkeeper himself and found out that the shopkeeper didn't see Hu Daniu coming to buy salt that day, but saw Liu Jiamo buying salt and going to the teahouse next door, and then something happened. This is the case of Liu Jiamo being robbed of salt and hurting others by evil people!"

"Hehe... If that's the case, then the facts of this case are clear. Hu Daniu can be convicted of robbing salt and injuring people in Japan tomorrow!" Xiao Zhixian immediately agreed.

Wang Yue took a deep look at Li Guangming, who was turning things upside down, and asked under pressure, "If Hu Daniu didn't come to Jingshan County to buy salt, why did he come here?"

This……

Xiao Zhixian found out that this is really the case. Naturally, he came to Jingshan County not for sightseeing, but Hu Daniu's motivation to buy salt seemed to be very sufficient.

On the contrary, Liu Jiamo's behavior of buying salt is more questionable, not to mention buying salt at this time, and it is such a coincidence that he only bought one catty.

Li Guangming took the teacup from the maid, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "I'm afraid the prince doesn't know about it. Recently, there are many bandits in Jingshan County. It's not surprising that the money that Hu Daniu was carrying was robbed!"

"My lord, this county can testify to this matter, there are indeed bandits in and out of Jingshan recently!" Xiao Zhixian immediately expressed his position authentically.

Li Guangming took a sip of tea, and then deliberated and said: "Maybe Hu Daniu is ungrateful for profit, and seeing Liu Jiamo's frail body, he is greedy to snatch it!"

Wang Yue found that the things in this place were really reasonable and unreasonable, so he looked at the retired official who turned right and wrong in front of him and asked: "Lord Li, what is the truth? ?"

"Your Majesty, do you think the students taught by the old man can be thieves?" Li Guangming slapped the table, and immediately looked at Wang Yue tit for tat and said.

Seeing the two giant Buddhas looking at each other across the air at this moment, Xiao Zhixian could not help shrinking his head.

Now it is obviously not a matter between Hu Daniu and Liu Jiamo, but a wrestling between Wang Yue and Li Guangming.The former wants to seek justice for Hu Daniu, while the latter is to defend his personal reputation. The students he teaches are all moral gentlemen.

The next day, the sky looked gray.

In the Jingshan County Government Hall, Xiao Zhixian, who was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform, was sitting in the hall as the presiding judge, while Li Guangming, who was wearing a fine attire, and Wang Yue, who was wearing a commoner clothes, were listening.

Holding a teacup in his hand, Li Guangming sat on the master chair on the left and listened, with a widening smile on his face.

"My lord, the villain is the shopkeeper of the salt shop, and I have never seen Hu Daniu go to the store to buy salt!"

"Wrong, wrong, I went to your store to buy salt, and you gave me ten cents cheaper!"

"My lord, you may have been here before, but there are too many people coming and going in the store, and the villain can't remember it. It's just that Liu Jiamo did come to the villain's shop to buy salt that day. He is a student of our county. Member, the villain remembers it really well!"

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"My lord, the villain is the shopkeeper of the teahouse. At that time, Hu Daniu came into the shop to ask for free rough tea, but I didn't see him carrying a salt bag at that time!"

"Wrong, wrong, you were still pointing at the salt bag I was carrying, and said that Li Si tied the salt bag at a glance!"

"My lord, the villain really has no impression of this matter, but I saw Liu Jiamo come in for tea with a bag of salt, after drinking the tea, he paid the money and left with the bag of salt, and then he got into a dispute with this foreigner! "

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"Old parents, the student Liu Jiamo is a boy from this county. He was followed by this person when he was buying salt that day. After drinking tea, he saw him in the shop, so he left in a hurry!"

"Wrong, wrong, Master Tongsheng, the old man didn't follow you, I just heard that there is free rough tea, so I went to ask for tea to quench my thirst!"

"Old parents, the student is a person who reads the books of saints and practices the way of saints. Now he is so slandered, and the reputation of the student is damaged. I hope this troublemaker will be severely punished!"

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After summoning the witness and Liu Jiamo, the county magistrate, he glanced at Li Guangming who was sitting next to him, and immediately slapped the gavel heavily to pronounce the verdict: "After investigation by the county, Liu Jiamo, a boy student of the county, bought salt to the teahouse. When he was leaving, he was robbed of salt by Hu Daniu and injured others, he was sentenced to three years in prison according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, and he was given a special stick of [-] slabs as a warning to others, so he retired!"

"I'm wronged! The old man really came to Jingshan County to buy salt, what a misunderstanding this time!" Hu Daniu immediately fell down on the tunnel when he heard the verdict.

Wang Yue had been sitting silently listening, when he saw Hu Daniu being dragged down by the board, his eyes couldn't help but get wet.

Even in the military, it is necessary to clearly explain right and wrong, which is not like right and wrong now.

A man who has worked hard for a year and exchanged food for some money to buy salt, but the salt he bought was stolen by others, now he still suffers such injustice.

"My lord Xu, my lord, I just asked my servants to prepare a thin table, and you two are welcome to have a meal in the back house?" Zhixian Xiao came down from the hall, looking very flattering and authentic.

Li Guangming was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but looked at Wang Yue with the attitude of a winner.

Compared with Wang Yue's glorious resume, his own career is nothing to mention, and the happiest thing is to have the last laugh.

Although he was once convicted for participating in the party struggle, he eventually became an official as the prefect of Shunde. On the other hand, Wang Yue is now relegated to Anlu, and he has no connections in the ruling and opposition parties.

Poetry and resentment, this crime was far-fetched in the first place, but none of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty spoke for him, and now the new king has not pardoned him after he ascended the throne.

Although my situation is far inferior to that of Wang Yue, when it comes to being an official, I am a hundred times stronger than Wang Yue.

"No need, we don't agree with each other, let's leave!" Wang Yue naturally couldn't sit with this kind of person, so he got up and said goodbye immediately.

Seeing Wang Yue's ignorance, Li Guangming snorted coldly and said, "We are both officials in the same dynasty, and it's really worth it to hurt our friendship for the sake of a common people?"

"The old man is for justice!" Wang Yue has his own principles, so he should express his position.

Seeing the friction between the two again, Xiao Zhixian couldn't help shrinking his head again.

Li Guangming was also not angry in his heart, so he complained for himself: "Righteousness? If there is so much justice in this world, why is it that this old man is obviously not weaker than you, but you end up being a knight and a general, and the old man is the last one?" Get a mere magistrate?"

"This old man has the court and the people in his heart. Are you really not afraid of retribution for harming the people like this?" Wang Yue naturally did not agree with Li Guangming's logic, so he questioned.

Li Guangming looked at Wang Yue who was angered by him, and said contemptuously: "Retribution? Is it up to you? You are only white now, what are you doing to be responsible for justice!"

Just at this time, a cell boss hurried over to report: "It's not good, Hu... Hu Daniu!"

"What's wrong with Hu Daniu?" Wang Yue couldn't help asking nervously when he saw the flustered appearance of the prison chief.

The jailer swallowed and spit, pointed in the direction of the county prison and said, "He...he just refused to accept the loss of millet for atonement, and ended up bumping his head to death!"

Killed?
Xiao Zhixian was dumbfounded when he heard the result.

(End of this chapter)