Super Unlimited Recharge System

Chapter 324

It is often said that it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes when you are an official and do not make decisions for the people.

As the magistrate of Jinghe County, he has the responsibility to benefit one party.

Salt and iron are all controlled materials, and he is currently only a seventh-rank sesame official, so it is not suitable for him to get involved in industries such as salt and iron.

"As the parent officer of Jinghe County, I cannot sit back and watch people starve."

After thinking about it, Chen Yu decided to interrogate all the prisoners in the cell first, and then consider how to make money.

Chen Feng, whom he pretended to be, after being admitted to the imperial examination, coincidentally became a disciple of Cao Yunsong, the Minister of Civil Affairs.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Great Xia Empire is a senior official of the second rank, in charge of the appointment and dismissal of local officials.

Because the money given to the teacher was too little, Chen Feng became the county magistrate of Jinghe County.

It is normal for civil servants to form cliques. If there is no backer, even the top student in high school will have no future.

When you got the first prize in the exam, the emperor still knew about your existence. After a long time, who still remembers who you are?
If you don't choose a camp, you will be unable to move forward. If you choose the right camp and have some abilities, it is easy to get promoted and make a fortune.

If you choose the wrong camp, once the backstage collapses, you may be unable to recover, and even your family will be ruined.

Whether Chen Yu likes it or not, he is now under Cao Yunsong's sect, that is, on the side of Prime Minister Zuo Liu Shouyi.

Pang Zhirong, the former magistrate of Jinghe County, was on the side of the right prime minister Dai Rende.

The interrogation of the prisoners in the prison can firstly avenge justice for the people, and secondly can pick on Pang Zhirong's faults.

In Chen Yu's view, no matter whether he is from the line of Prime Minister Zuo or the line of Prime Minister Right, as the parent officer of Jinghe County, he has the obligation and responsibility to rehabilitate those who have been wrongly imprisoned.

"Don't think about it, go to the cell to have a look first."

With a second thought, Chen Yu, led by the pawn Zhu Zhengfei, came to the stinking prison.

"My lord, I have been wronged!" The prisoners shouted loudly.

"The environment is so bad, isn't the cell cleaned?" Chen Yu asked.

"Master Chen, they are all prisoners." Zhu Zhengfei said.

"Prisoners are also human beings. Starting tomorrow, the prisoners in the cell will be asked to clean the cell once a day." Chen Yu said.

"Yes!" Zhu Zhengfei nodded.

"Where are their case files?" Chen Yu asked.

"It's all in the file room." Zhu Zhengfei said.

"I decided to re-examine all the prisoners." Chen Yu said.

"Master Chen, these prisoners have all been interrogated by the former Pang Da." Zhu Zhengfei reminded.

"The current magistrate of Jinghe County is the official, right?" Chen Yu asked back.

"Yes, Mr. Chen." Zhu Zhengfei responded quickly.

Leaving the cell, Chen Yu looked at the case files of each prisoner, and began to retrial the prisoners in the prison.

With money and a system, he easily identified the real culprits, and even tricked him and threatened him, so the real culprits pleaded guilty one after another.

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian." The common people, who had cleared their grievances, knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude.

Looking at the people who were rehabilitated one by one, cheering for joy, Chen Yu felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment in his heart.

In less than ten days, [-]% of the prisoners in the cell had been replaced.

"Master Bo, send someone to send the case files for the retrial to Lord Zhizhou." Chen Yu said.

"Yes." Ma Wencai nodded in agreement, and asked four more policemen to send the case file to Zhoucheng.

"Master Chen is so powerful that he can find out the truth about the case three years ago."

"It's Mr. Chen who is brilliant. He interrogated more than eighty prisoners, but none of them were executed."

"My lord Chen doesn't like to use punishments when trying cases. Only those criminals who don't repent will be punished."

"There are all the witnesses and material evidence, but the prisoner still doesn't admit his mistake. Why is he not looking for a beating?"

"With Mr. Chen, it is impossible for any real culprit to go unpunished!"

“Don’t wrongly accuse a good person, and never let a bad person go. This is a very good saying.”

One by one, the yamen servants and the fast arresters gathered together in groups of three or four, talking non-stop with each other.

The people in Jinghe County are also happy, they are no longer afraid of being framed.

"Master Bo, how much money does the county government have?" Chen Yu asked.

"There are more than 300 taels left." Ma Wencai said.

"Whose land is behind the county government office?" Chen Yu asked again.

"There are more than 500 mu of land owned by the county government, and the rest of the land is almost all owned by the three major families." Ma Wencai said.

"More than 500 mu of land is enough for the time being," Chen Yu said.

"Master Chen, what are your plans?" Ma Wencai asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, I plan to farm." Chen Yu said.

"Master Chen, you are the magistrate of Jinghe County, how can you farm the land?" Ma Wencai reminded.

"I didn't say I would farm the land myself. There are 53 prisoners locked up in the prison. Rather than putting them in prison and wasting our food for nothing, it is better to let them reform through labor." Chen Yu said with a smile.

"Reform through labor?" Ma Wencai asked suspiciously.

"Except for the three in the Autumn Judgment, the other [-] prisoners are all strong laborers. They are asked to work during the day, and then put in jail at night...they will be released early if they behave well," Chen Yu said. .

"Master Chen, you have a good idea. If they run away, they will be in big trouble." Ma Wencai said.

"If monks can run away, they can't run away from the temple. Where can they go? Those who have served three years in prison will double their sentence once they run away. Do they dare to run away?" Chen Yu said indifferently.

"Master Chen, our land is dry land and we cannot grow rice. The wheat sowing time has also passed." Ma Wencai said.

"Let's plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn first," Chen Yu said.

"Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn?" Ma Wencai asked curiously. He has lived for nearly 40 years, but he has never heard of these three things.

"Refer to the salaries of public officials in Jinghe County, you make a list of farm profit distribution, for example, my monthly salary is ten taels of silver, and the county magistrate's monthly salary is eight taels of silver..." Chen Yu said.

"Master Chen, don't you need to be a watchman?" Ma Wencai said.

"They are all working for the imperial court, how can they not tell the difference?" Chen Yu asked.

"Yes, Master Chen." Ma Wencai nodded.

"Of course, if there are policemen, soldiers, and government servants who are on vacation and are willing to work on the farm, they will be paid corresponding wages according to their daily workload." Chen Yu said.

"Master Chen, if this happens, the farm may not be able to make any money." Ma Wencai said.

"We can definitely make some money, but I don't expect how much money the farm can make for us. When the labor reform is on track, I will help you get rich legally." Chen Yu said with a smile.

"Master Chen, without the court's permission...you will definitely be impeached by the censor." Ma Wencai said.

"This is a letter from the official to the teacher, the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the other is a memorial. You send someone to the capital." Chen Yu said.

"Yes, Mr. Chen." Ma Wencai quickly responded, with Mr. Cao as the backer, Mr. Cao is the confidant of Prime Minister Zuo. Which censor would impeach Mr. Chen in front of him for a trivial matter?

In the morning of the next day, fifty prisoners were arrested and taken to the wasteland behind the county government office.

"You are all guilty people, I will give you a chance to reform... If this happens, I will commute your sentence. The original three-year sentence may be able to go home next year." Chen Yu's voice was like a bell. Said.

"Yes, my lord." All the prisoners answered loudly.

"Distribute farm tools." Chen Yu said.

One by one, the police officers and government officials handed the hoe to the prisoner.

"High-yield grain can not only solve the problem of food and clothing for the common people in Daxia, but also enable me to rise to the top. The county government only has more than 5000 taels of silver left. In two or three months, there will be no money to pay wages." Chen Yu thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)