Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 168 Dong'an County, the sky is about to change! ! !

In the county government of the Ming Dynasty, there were many things, including politics, economy, culture, education, health, civil affairs, justice, etc., in a mess.

But after all, there are only three most important things.

They are: taxation, law and order, and judgment.

If officials are lazy, then the most important thing is to collect taxes.

As for law and order and judging the case, as long as there is no big fork, it doesn't matter.
When Li Xiao was sitting in the courtroom, Meixian Cheng moved over to handle the case files, Li Xiao's head grew big, and the case files were piled up into a hill.

Li Xiao frowned and said: "It's strange, isn't the position of the magistrate of Dong'an County only vacant for two months, and there are so many grievances in two months?"

Meixian Cheng smiled awkwardly, and said truthfully: "To be honest, the previous magistrate didn't do much to deal with it. It's accumulated over three years."

"Three years."

Li Xiao clicked his tongue, really ineffective.

"Okay, let the people come in in order."

Li Xiao waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes, sir, let's do it now."

Cheng Meixian hurried down to make arrangements.

Li Xiao sat in the middle, and Zhu Ningyun sat on the side.

She said angrily, "I don't know if I don't come down. It turns out that this former magistrate of Dong'an County didn't seek a job in his position. It's really abominable."

Li Xiao said: "There is a problem with the system, and the big is seen from the small. I'm afraid there are county magistrates like Daming everywhere."

Zhu Ningyun was surprised and said: "Xiaolang, as the parent official of this party, can you improve?"

Li Xiao thought for a while: "Do your best."

Zhu Ningyun nodded happily, and then looked at Li Xiao with admiration, and said, "Xiao Lang, you are a bit majestic when I see you today. You have never been an official, where did you learn it?"

Li Xiao, who learned from TV, chuckled, "I've never eaten pork, haven't I seen a pig run away, just thinking about it."

Zhu Ningyun rolled his eyes at him, "Your thinking is really amazing."

Soon.

After hearing the wind, the people outside crowded in and stood outside the fence of the court.

Some of them came to avenge their grievances, and some came to watch the fun.

After all, when we came to Xinzhi County, the people were all concerned. If a good official came, they would be happy, but if the same official came, they would scold their mothers behind their backs.
Of course, I can only yell at my mother.
And Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun, wearing common clothes, also mixed in the crowd.

"Look, my lord, on the first day Li Xiao took office, he took his brother-in-law with him and sat together, talking and laughing."

Xu Miaoyun was even more worried when she saw Li Xiao in court with her righteous brother.

"Daughter-in-law, please be safe and don't be impatient. Let's see how Li Xiao handles the case. Maybe Li Xiao invited him to help him, and that's not sure."

Zhu Di still maintained his attitude, he felt that Li Xiao was definitely not a good person like Long Yang.

"Okay, let's take a look."

Xu Miaoyun whispered.

At this time, the yamen servants brought the first person to avenge their grievances, and there were three people in total.

The three were brought to court.

Li Xiao knocked, and there was a piece of black and thick wood on the table, which should be the legendary gavel.

Li Xiao picked up the gavel and slapped it on the table.

A loud pop.

All three of them trembled in fright.

This gavel is to establish the absolute majesty of the county magistrate.

Li Xiao said sternly: "The person who came here reported his name, what grievance do he want to avenge?"

At the same time, Meixian Cheng picked out the dossier and showed it to Li Xiao, it was the case from the year before last.

Good guy, this is to wipe the ass of the previous county magistrate.

The master next to him was sitting, picked up a pen, and started to record.

Among the three people in common clothes, one of them said: "My lord, Li Erniu, a grassroots man, runs a butcher shop."

As he spoke, he pointed to another thin man and said, "This is from the shop next door to me. His name is Zhang Dali. He owes me 20 taels of silver, and he hasn't paid it back for three years."

And the thin man named Zhang Dali said: "My lord, Zhang Dali, a grassroots man, sells oil umbrellas. I do owe Li Erniu 20 taels of silver, but Xu Sanduo also owes me 20 taels of silver. If he doesn't pay me back, I don't." Pay it back."

And the man named Xu Sanduo said: "Xu Sanduo, a grassroots man, sells oil cakes. I owe Zhang Dali 20 taels of silver, but Li Erniu also owes me 20 taels of silver. If he doesn't pay me back, how can I pay Zhang Dali back?"

These three people insisted on their own words, and immediately stunned everyone present.

"It's a bit troublesome"

Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao worriedly, it was too complicated.

It was Xiaolang's first time handling a case, if he failed, he would be embarrassed.

No, I must help Xiaolang.

Thinking like this, Zhu Ningyun frowned and began to think hard.
All the officials of the county government, as well as the government servants, also looked at the newly appointed magistrate Li.

Xin Dao's previous case made the previous county magistrate dizzy, and nothing happened afterwards.

It's really not intentional to make things difficult for Mr. Zhixian, it just so happened that these three people rushed to the front.
It's broken, it's broken, the county magistrate won't blame us, will he?
Even the people outside the venue were confused, Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun frowned, watching carefully to see how the son-in-law would solve it.

Li Xiao finally understood.

Isn't this a typical triangular debt problem?
Such a simple matter, why do these people feel sad?

After thinking about it, Li Xiao finally figured it out.

This is not the future. At that time, I had nine years of compulsory education, as well as high school and university, and I had to study mathematics, Chinese, physics, politics, geography, etc. in school.

In ancient times, most people went to school to learn how to read and write.

Even most people can't even read and write.

Even literati learn Confucianism, for the sake of the imperial examination, and later become officials, most of them are unable to judge cases, how to learn Confucianism to judge cases?
Forget it, it's time for me to manifest myself in front of people.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, looked at the three kneeling people, and said:
"Let me repeat, listen, just nod your head."

"Li Erniu, you owe Xu Sanduo 20 taels of silver, don't you?"

Li Erniu nodded.

Li Xiao said again: "Xu Sanduo, you owe Zhang Dali 20 taels of silver, don't you?"

Xu Sanduo nodded.

Li Xiao continued: "Zhang Dali, you owe Li Erniu 20 taels of silver, don't you?"

Zhang Dali nodded.

Li Xiao asked: "But if the other party doesn't pay back the money, why don't you have money?"

The three nodded together.

At the same time as Li Xiao said, he also clarified the relationship by the way.

It is indeed a typical economic problem, the triangular debt relationship.

At this time, only an extra sum of money is needed to solve the problem.

Li Xiao got up and walked down the hall.

He took out 20 taels of silver and handed it to Li Erniu. "Take it."

Li Erniu was startled, and said, "My lord, what is the meaning of this?"

Li Xiao smiled and said, "I will lend you 20 taels of silver."

Li Erniu didn't dare to answer, he quickly waved his hands and said, "My lord, this is not good."

Li Xiao said impatiently: "If you are told to hold it, then take it, there is so much nonsense."

"My lord, the grassroots dare not! The grassroots dare not accept the money from your lord."

As he spoke, Li Erniu knelt down and kowtowed a few times.

Li Xiao was puzzled at the time, why did this ancient man knock himself down a few times at every turn?
In fact, Li Xiao himself did not notice this.

This is an ancient society with distinct classes, and his behavior is indeed somewhat surprising.

The county magistrate and the common people, one is the sky and the other is the earth.

It was indeed scary that Li Xiao gave him money suddenly.

The people outside were also surprised.

"Why did the county master give Li Erniu money?"

"This... this is too exaggerated"

"Could it be Master Qingtian?"

The common people were talking in low voices, their expressions were clearly filled with joy. Obviously, the county magistrate who came this time was here to do practical things! !

Seeing this scene, Xu Miaoyun whispered:

"My lord, could it be that Li Xiao intends to use his own money to solve this case? Li Xiao is certainly rich, but he can't use his own money for family affairs."

Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be that simple, let's take a look."

Xu Miaoyun nodded and said: "I also think it's not easy, but I haven't figured out what's going on yet. Let's see, maybe it's a coup."

In court, Li Erniu still did not dare to accept the money.

"Oh, my little temper."

Li Xiao yelled: "Stand up, let's go! Otherwise, I'll hit you [-] times!"

This scolding sound scared Li Erniu into a serious state.

"Good man, I will take it"

Li Erniu had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the 20 taels, and then looked at Li Xiao, not knowing why.

"Li Erniu, don't you owe Xu Sanduo 20 taels? Return the money to him."

Li Xiao ordered.

Li Erniu nodded and returned the money to Xu Sanduo.

The two counted some silver, and it was cleared.

Since then, the debts between Li Erniu and Xu Sanduo have been settled.

"Okay, you two settled the bill."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao looked at Xu Sanduo again, and continued, "Xu Sanduo, you owe Zhang Dali 20 taels, shouldn't you pay it back?"

"Yes, yes, what your lord said is true."

Xu Sanduo handed over the money he just got to Zhang Dali.

"Okay, you two settled the bill."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao looked at Zhang Dali and said, "Zhang Dali, you Li Erniu, 20 taels of silver, pay it back."

Ever since, Zhang Dali returned the money to Li Erniu.

"what?"

Li Erniu found that after paying back his money, he still had 20 taels of silver in his hand.

The other two were equally surprised and said, "Ah, I don't seem to owe money anymore."

Li Xiao laughed, waved his hand, and said, "Li Erniu, did I lend you the 20 taels of silver? It's time to return it to me."

"Yes, my lord lent me 20 taels of silver, and I will return it to you now."

With that said, Li Erniu returned the 20 taels of silver to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao accepted the money and said with a smile, "Now, the three of you don't owe each other any more."

The three of them were stunned and looked at each other, oops, this is really the case!
It really is!
They took the silver and returned it all to the creditor.

I paid off the silver owed to me by others!
"Really, it's clear!"

All three were surprised.

Li Xiao said: "Are you still satisfied?"

The three nodded excitedly: "Satisfied, satisfied!"

Li Xiao asked, "Can the case be closed?"

The three said: "Yes, it's too capable, and this is too amazing."

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Bo and said loudly, "Case closed! Next!"

The voice fell.

The audience suddenly fell silent.

Some people still don't understand
But people with more flexible minds can figure it out.

Anyway, the debts of these three people were settled.

At first, I thought the county magistrate paid for it himself.

But in the end, the money borrowed by the county magistrate himself returned to his hands.

Back and forth, less than a stick of incense time.

Let a case that you can't even figure out be solved easily? ? ?
The three of them left the courtroom, and then laughed loudly: "Oh, this matter has been resolved for three years, and it's finally resolved. That's great, the county magistrate is amazing!"

The people present were also stunned.

"How did this new county master do it?"

"I didn't understand, but after going around, the three of them don't owe any money?"

"It seems to be so reasonable."

The people were very happy. The county lord handled the case on the first day he took office. It seemed pretty good.

"Hey, it's interesting."

Among the crowd, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.

Zhu Di and the others can understand after a little thought.

Originally, these three people owed each other money, but the problem was that others also owed them money, and they couldn't exchange money for each other.

Li Xiao only needs to lend 20 taels of silver and ask one of them to pay back the money.

Then, just like wearing candied haws, all the strings were returned.

In the end, the money was returned to Li Erniu, and Li Erniu also returned the 20 taels of silver he had borrowed from Li Xiao.

The accounts are all cleared.

"My lord, tall"

Xu Miaoyun was also surprised.

She was originally in charge of the government's accounts, so naturally she was able to understand everything.

But I've never encountered such a thing before, so I didn't want to understand it for a while.

Unexpectedly, the son-in-law resolved the matter lightly and closed the case smoothly.

"Not bad, I knew that Li Xiao is a person who can do practical things."

Zhu Di couldn't help being very happy.

"My lord, no matter how you look at our son-in-law, he really has nothing to say."

Xu Miaoyun also liked this son-in-law more and more, but she was still faintly worried about his son-in-law's private life.

"Don't worry, Li Xiao is definitely not what you think."

Zhu Di said in a low voice.

Xu Miaoyun nodded.

His eyes were on the little boy who had been sitting on the sidelines in the courtroom.

"what"

Xu Miaoyun gave a light snort, showing doubts on her face.

"What's the matter ma'am?"

Zhu Di asked.

Xu Miaoyun squinted her eyes, as if she couldn't see clearly, and said hesitantly: "That white-faced scholar, why does he look familiar, where does he seem to have seen it before? My lord, take a quick look."

No wonder Xu Miaoyun felt familiar.

Because of that white-faced scholar disguised as a man, Li Xiao's so-called foster brother.

In fact, she is her own daughter.
"what."

Zhu Di looked at the past, looked at it carefully, and felt familiar.

"Ma'am, it's really familiar, it seems like deja vu, there is a very familiar feeling, but I can't remember where I saw it."

Zhu Di also narrowed his eyes and said.

But because of the distance, they didn't see the scholar's face very clearly.

The two fell into deep thought and couldn't remember after thinking for a long time.
At this time, the trial of the second case also began.

The one who came up was a white-haired old man, who knelt on the ground as soon as he came up.

"Master County, you have to decide for me."

The old man prostrated himself on the ground, crying.

The old man is stooped, wrinkled, and an out-and-out farmer.

When Li Xiao saw this honest farmer, he immediately felt pitiful.

"Xiaolang, this seems to be really wronged."

Zhu Ningyun felt pity in her heart, and said: "If there is really a grievance, you must avenge him."

Li Xiao nodded and said in a low voice, "Madam, don't worry, I will do as you wish!"

To be honest, when Li Xiao was sitting in this courtroom.

There is a sense of responsibility on the shoulders.

In addition, countless people outside stared at him and looked at him expectantly.

This feeling is even stronger.

Sitting here, holding a gavel in your hand, you have the feeling of controlling the life and death of others.

Yep, that's how it feels.

Mastering life and death, his words and actions can really determine the fate of a person, and even most people in this county.
Is this what it feels like to be an official?
No wonder it is said that power is the best aphrodisiac!

It is no exaggeration to say that this right is much higher than that of officials in later generations.

Snapped--

Li Xiao was very excited, holding the gavel and clapping the case, he said: "Who is the person who came, please report your name, what grievances you have, tell the truth, I will definitely uphold justice for you!"

The old man knelt on the ground and cried out:

"My name is Zhang Tian, ​​and I have a son. On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month last year, my son was beaten by Mr. Zhang's sons because he accidentally used the water from the canal in Mr. Liu's field. Now he is paralyzed and cannot get out of bed. I am young and old, no one is farming now, and I can't live happily anymore, so the Liu family wants to buy our land at a low price again. Please master the master, please master the master"

As soon as Li Xiao heard it, he understood what was going on.

Isn't this similar to what happened when I just traveled here?
There are few sons in the family and they are bullied everywhere.

At that time, I also put in all my thoughts to resolve the crisis and guard one-third of an acre of land, otherwise I would have starved to death.

Li Xiao looked at the county magistrate next to him, and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

Meixian Cheng nodded: "My lord, there is indeed such a thing, but the Liu family has already paid the money, and the case was closed before the matter, and the old man behind him thought that the money was short, and came to seek justice again, and our county government ignored it."

Li Xiao asked, "How much money did you lose at that time?"

Meixian Cheng looked through the records in the file, found the process of the day, and replied: "Ten taels of silver."

"what?"

Li Xiao frowned: "It only takes ten taels of silver to beat someone to paralysis! It's really unreasonable! There is only one son in their family, how can ten taels of silver be enough to live?"

Li Xiao got up immediately, and said, "Come on, go to Liu's house, and bring the culprit, Boss Liu, and several sons to me!"

The servants below were staring wide-eyed, wondering whether they should leave or not.

Hearing this, Meixian Cheng whispered: "My lord, the members of the Liu family help us collect taxes every year, and donate money to build roads. Just watch."

This boss Liu belongs to the local bully, has many sons, and has a big family.

Therefore, the county government often needs the help of these toubob kings to collect taxes, so when encountering problems, they also turn a blind eye.

But Li Xiao didn't accept this, and said coldly: "What do you have to do with me? No one can handle it!"

He looked at the yamen servants below, "Why, I can't order you?"

Meixian Cheng winked, and the group of government servants left.

The next half an hour.

Li Xiao handled two more small cases.

It's all trivial matters, there are no major cases, homicides and the like.

After half an hour.

When the group of yamen servants came back, one of them reported: "My lord, the Liu family refuses to come, and there are so many people in the family, we can't call each other."

"Can't call? What's the use of raising you trash?"

Li Xiao didn't show any mercy, and just opened his mouth to scold.

It is hopeless that even one defendant can't shout.

It seems that this group of people are usually glib, bullying and shy, making jokes, useless!

Yamen servants lower their heads, they are also old fritters, we have done things, you scold us, we are groaning, hey, anyway, they are so powerful, we can’t do anything
"Trash!"

Li Xiao saw that these old fritters were not afraid of scolding, their skins were as thick as a city wall, so they were speechless.

However, with so many people watching today, the majesty must stand up!
Otherwise, how will you mess around in the future?
Li Xiao didn't want to be in a small county town and still play tricks with these guys.

"Chang Yingwu obeys the order!"

Li Xiao shouted.

"The mark is here!"

Chang Yingwu, a hundred households of personal guards brought by Li Xiao, cupped his hands.

"Go to Huanghua Village and bring the Liu family to me!"

"Take the lead!"

After finishing speaking, Chang Yingwu looked at one of the yamen servants and said, "Lead the way!"

"Yes"

The yamen servant was startled, he had never seen such a scene before, and walked over obediently.

Chang Yingwu waved his hand and said loudly, "Move out and arrest people!"

boom boom-

Two rows of soldiers in armor and armor left directly from the courtroom.

These people are the elite of Yanshan that Zhu Di assigned to the Princess!
The orderly pace and solemn expressions of the soldiers made people feel chilling.

At this moment, the audience was silent.
The people were all stunned.
The master who came this time is too domineering!

He doesn't show affection at all, and he doesn't know what his identity is, but he can order soldiers?

my god
Dong'an County. This is about to change! ! !

Among the crowd, Zhu Di also squinted his eyes, very satisfied.

That's right. This is my son-in-law, Zhu Di!
(End of this chapter)