At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 504
Yuan Bin slowly spit out two words: "People's hearts!"

Jia Kun was silent for a moment. These two words were always on his lips, but in fact it was not the case.

What is the people?
In the eyes of scholars, to be called a citizen requires at least a certain status, and ordinary people are not considered a citizen.

Officials always suggested that the emperor reduce or exempt taxes. In fact, the reduction was not for the common people, but for the gentry.

How much food can those mud legs who plan and eat in the ground grow all year round?
For them, it doesn't make much sense to pay more tax or less.

However, for the real big gentry, if the imperial court can reduce or exempt certain taxes, whether it is grain tax or commercial tax, the impact will be great.

In a sense, the gentry are also common people, and they can represent all the common people, because they not only control most of the world's wealth, but also control the world's public opinion.

Therefore, whenever the imperial court issued a decree to reduce or exempt taxes, there must be people singing their praises. However, when the imperial court needed it, they could only suffer the people again and again.

Why doesn't Jia Kun know the way of this?

The problem is, so what if he knows, so he said that this Master Liu, although he took off his official clothes and went to the scholar's home, it is not difficult at all for him to get rid of a magistrate.

All the gentry have long formed a community of interests, either merge with them, or... die!

Although Jia Kun didn't want to join forces with them, he could only pretend to be a coward, at least he didn't dare to go against them on the bright side.

That's why when he received Sun's complaint, his first reaction was not to solve the problem, but to get rid of the person who raised the problem.

Yuan Bin continued: "Originally Jinyiwei could directly investigate this case, but Jinyiwei is still Jinyiwei and cannot replace the local yamen. Today the commander of Japan handles Liu Sanjiang, and tomorrow Zhang Sanjiang and Wang Sanjiang appear. Who will take care of it? "

"Before this commander left, the emperor specially instructed that this big cleansing will not only completely wipe out the moths in the court, but also change the administration of officials and the image of officials in the hearts of the people."

"Why are the common people afraid of the officials, and why they dare not report to the officials when something happens? Think about it, what did you do in the past?"

"Like Sun's case, if there is no evidence, it can't be settled, or even a false accusation."

"Prefect Jia, I have checked your details. Although there are suspicions that officials are protecting each other, generally speaking, you are still clean and honest, and you have not been abusing money, or corrupting the law, so I give you this opportunity to justify your name and let you know. The common people know that you, the magistrate, are a parental official who can really make decisions for them, so that they can have a place to appeal if they have been wronged."

Jia Kun's face became more and more ugly, and his forehead was soaked with sweat.

If someone else said this to him, he might have laughed it off, thinking to himself, you are still too young to know how deep the officialdom is.

However, the person in front of him is the commander of Jin Yiwei, so the meaning is different.

"I can handle Liu Sanjiang today, and I can handle you tomorrow. I hope you can do it yourself!"

After Yuan Bin finished the last sentence, he ignored it and turned to leave.

Jia Kun only felt the cold sweat dripping from his back, and he couldn't hold back any longer, his whole body went limp, and he collapsed on the ground.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Not far behind, two guards hurried forward and helped him up from the ground in a hurry.

"Master, what's wrong with you, do you want to invite the doctor?"

"No, no need..."

Jia Kun stood up slowly and said, "Listen, and fully cooperate with Jin Yiwei to investigate the case of the Liu family."

"Ah? Really?"

"nonsense!"

Jia Kun suddenly lowered his face, and said: "This government has something to say first, whoever dares not to do his best, or secretly collects money to make money, once found out, he will be dismissed immediately and investigated, and punished as the same crime!"

"Also, go back and find out all the previous accumulated cases, and notify the sufferers one by one. The government will accept the case again, and post a notice throughout the city. No matter who has wronged, no matter who you want to sue, the government will not refuse anyone who comes!"

"This is!"

Jia Kun is a smart man, he has already seen clearly that the emperor is going to get serious.

If you can't see the situation clearly, not only will you lose your head, but you may be killed at any time.

Soon, he felt relieved.

With a king like this, why worry that the world cannot be governed?
In just a few days, Ying Tianfu received hundreds of petitions.

Even many pleadings are written in a mess, some have only one sentence, a few words, and one is even more excessive, only a big word of injustice.

If it was in the past, such pleadings would not even be read, but today, all comers are not rejected, and all of them have passed the trial.

Seeing the people in the hall complaining about all kinds of grievances, he felt ashamed in his heart. He had been the magistrate for three years, and he thought that the people would live and work in peace and contentment. But behind the bright and beautiful appearance, there were so many shocking things hidden. pickling.

The guards were all busy, arresting people everywhere, and what's more, they were all local nobles with dignity.

When encountering those who do not cooperate, or even openly resist, they are not used to it, and they just draw their swords and do it.

"Open the door, open the door!"

In a big house in the south of the city, a team of guards in official uniforms are calling the door.

"Who?"

An impatient voice came from inside, and then the door opened a crack.

The porter poked his head out, looked at the guards outside, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Ying Tianfu handles the case. There is a case, please come to Master Wang to assist in the investigation!"

"Do you know who my master is?"

The concierge looked contemptuous, and said: "Even if your magistrate comes to invite you personally, it depends on whether my master appreciates you, it's up to you..."

boom!
The team leader kicked the door open, and said angrily: "I don't care who you are, go tell your master Wang, you can either come with me yourself, or tie me up and take you away!"

The porter fell to the ground and shouted: "It's wrong, it's wrong, it's hitting someone, come quickly!"

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen housekeepers came running over, holding sticks and looking fierce.

Seeing this, the team leader drew out his knife and said in a deep voice, "Are you going to rebel if you openly confront the officials?"

When these people saw the other party showing their knives, they all stopped.

"Come on, beat them! Our young master is a high-ranking official in the capital, what are you afraid of?"

The concierge was still yelling, but no one dared to take a step forward.

These people are shrewd in their hearts, and it's all right to bully the common people a little on weekdays, after all, the common people don't have knives in their hands.

Receive so little salary every month, what is your life?
The squad leader took a step forward and put the knife on the porter's neck.

"The magistrate has an order, whoever obstructs the handling of the case will be shot to death!"

The porter sneered, "Do you know who my young master is?"

(End of this chapter)