sweeping the world

Chapter 515 One stone stirs up a thousand waves
With the direction of handling the case, Huang Zhan presided over the progress of handling the case so smoothly that even he could not believe it.

As long as there is the truth about anything, no matter how complicated the conspiracy is, it will appear simple. The murder of Muzi's family was the result of the collusion of almost all the people involved in the contract with the Ge family. The purpose of course is to turn the land into their own.

Muzi's family was murdered because there were only three members of Muzi's family, and since the Ge family was freed, they rarely participated in social activities. Only Muzi himself and Dahei would often invite them to hunt in the mountains.

After watching Huang Zhan's official documents to solve the case, Wang Meng entered into long-term thinking.

Although the Ge family's agreement with the people was the cause of the whole thing, but why not the people have a deep desire for the land?Land cannot be obtained through normal channels, and it is not surprising that people take risks when they have the opportunity to actually obtain land.Furthermore, it has always been the mainstream in China that the law does not blame the public. What the people think is that if there are more people participating, the government may not handle it well. I hope that even if the incident happens, it will be nothing in the end?
"County lord?" Huang Zhan looked embarrassed: "There are more than two hundred people involved in the case."

The Ge family dismissed most of the domestic slaves before the arrival of the Han army. The Han country carried out land measurement and population registration, and the people were resettled wherever they held the land. This also made the people who were freed from the Ge family generally concentrated in a place.

"How this case is decided is related to the direction of the people in the future." Wang Meng frowned and said: "Once you harm your fellow villagers, you can get the land, and murders in the villages will inevitably occur frequently."

It is not only the Ge family who secretly divide the land, it should be said that such a phenomenon is very common, the government complied with the wishes of the people and condemned the Ge family as criminals, and the people who secretly had entanglements with the Ge family could be happy, but Muzi's family of three died However, the Ge family, who did not kill anyone, also suffered injustice.

"According to the law of the Han Dynasty, murder pays for life, and those involved in the case are the only ones." Huang Zhan had to repeat: "But there are more than two hundred people involved in the case, including many old and weak women and children. Moreover... similar to the Ge family, I am afraid that it is their own fault."

"Han law is not self-defeating." Wang Meng said very seriously: "You and I are both officials of the Han Dynasty. To educate and control the people of one side, upholding the Han law should be the most important thing, and there should be no personal feelings."

Huang Zhan was stunned. He knew the national policy of the Han Dynasty, and he also knew that the private distribution of land among the people was the result of secret indulgence. The purpose was to allow more people to own private land outside the normal channels. Condition.Now as long as the Ge family is found guilty, at least two hundred people can own private land if the Ge family is cleaned up, which is in line with the current state policy of the Han Dynasty. What he did not expect was that Wang Meng would have such an attitude.

"Mobilize the county and county soldiers, arrest the people involved in the case, and have the government interrogate." Wang Meng has made a lot of determination, and he has already started to write official documents: "This case cannot be opened, this case must be made known to the world."

"The county lord, if that's the case, how do the people view the county lord, and how do the higher-ups view the county lord?" Huang Zhan was somewhat anxious: "The county lord comes from the center, so it shouldn't be ignorant of the national policy of the Han Dynasty."

After Wang Meng made his decision, he seemed to let go of something, and said with a relaxed smile, "I only know that the Han law is sacred."

The number of local public officials in a county is limited, and there are even fewer officials responsible for apprehending criminals. When there are many people involved, the local officials can ask for help from the county soldiers.

Nanpi County is the capital of Bohai County, and it happens to be the station of the county and county soldiers. There are [-] county and county soldiers stationed under the command of the captain.The official position of the captain who commands the county soldiers is under the county guard, but the captain is not under the management of the county guard, and is independent of the local government. It is divided into two systems, the army and the government. For example, the captain is directly under the central government. , the county guard belonged to the prime minister's mansion.

Of course, there is no Taiwei in the current Han Dynasty, so the Taiwei Office does not exist. The generals who are stationed in various places are under the management of the Zuo Prime Minister’s Mansion, and the local civil servants are under the management of the Right Prime Minister’s Mansion.

Although the county soldiers of the Han Dynasty were part of the military system, they were clearly distinguished from the field corps.The source of soldiers in the local counties and counties is the young and strong who are paid by the counties in the county, which is the so-called Gengzu system. The adult men of each family are within the scope of the Gengzu system, and they serve at least three for the government every year. Yue's soldiers are considered to have completed the Fu that should be paid.

Because it is a tax, it is one of the national obligations. The county soldiers will not be able to obtain land like the soldiers of the field corps, but they can still obtain titles or rewards such as land and property after they have made military exploits after going out in battle.

There are many kinds of endowments, and the cadre system is only one of them. There are also those who are assigned to a certain place to perform corvee. The nearby corvée is to build roads, bridges, and some infrastructure for water conservancy in the local area, and the far corvée is to build city walls in the frontiers. , Helping the king build palaces is also one of the corvee services.

What should be explained is that the endowment is one thing, and the tax is another.The tax is how much food should be paid every year, and it can also be replaced by copper coins or cloth.Taxation is the basic operating foundation of a country, and it can be said that both are indispensable.

Wang Meng's request to transfer troops from the county to the county went very smoothly, but he did not go to the captain directly. He first reported it to the county magistrate, who then forwarded it to the county warden, who then informed the county captain that it was Wang Meng's request as the county magistrate.

When county soldiers are not called up and go to a certain front line, they have almost nothing to do. It is rare for them to be dispatched once. As a result, in ordinary days, apart from training, they only eat, drink and sleep.

Captains cannot interfere with local affairs at will, even if they are requested by local officials, they can refuse. Under normal circumstances, being able to be dispatched is a wish, just because after dispatching, it is possible to make military achievements and add to the resume. If it is something like suppressing bandits Even better, the soldiers below can also make meritorious deeds.

Who is Wang Meng?If it's just a magistrate of a county, the captain thinks he can move around and agrees, and basically ignores it, but Wang Meng's official position has the resume of the king's personal secretary Lang, and the captain will cooperate as much as possible after agreeing. It will even be dispatched.

As a result, only more than 1000 people were arrested, but the county soldiers of Bohai County dispatched [-] people, and even the majestic captain of a county went to the government office where Wang Meng was located to sit in person.So, privilege is called ubiquitous, and it has been difficult to eradicate it throughout the ages, but whether privilege will be used to destroy the country.

The news that Nanpi County, Bohai County dispatched county soldiers to surround and capture more than 200 people spread rapidly to the surrounding areas. However, the military's dispatches are only to deal with the rich and powerful, and there are almost no dispatches against the common people.

Wang Meng had a special status. He requested the dispatch of county soldiers, but the county soldiers went to deal with the people. Everyone who heard the news was immediately stunned, wondering what their identity was and what they thought.

If the people hadn't been informed by someone who cared, they would never know what the king's personal secretary meant. After knowing it, of course, they would not know how big an official Secretary Lang was, but they would only know that he was a big man who accompanied the king all the time.

There will be countless versions of the big man mobilizing troops to arrest the people, but the arrest may be rumored to be the mobilization of troops to kill the people. There are also more exaggerated rumors. The impact on the people depends on the kind of rumor and the effect.

After Dazu and Haoqiang learned about it, they were stunned and continued to be in a daze. You must know that Wang Meng is a special local official who can "listen to the heavens". Whenever he does something, even if it comes from his own intention, he will be associated with it in many ways.

A county magistrate with a history of being a king's personal secretary Lang dispatched county and county soldiers because a local family sued the people for framing.
The current national policy of the Han Dynasty can be said to be very unfriendly to the rich, powerful, and aristocratic families, and it can even be said to have deep malice.If it is not difficult to resist, or those who resist are suppressed by iron and blood, it is absolutely impossible for the big clans, tyrants and aristocratic families to accept such a country to rule themselves.

I don’t know how many wealthy families, powerful people, and aristocratic families are looking forward to the destruction of the Han Kingdom. There are also a lot of people who are looking forward to the invasion of Shi Jie, Murong Xianbei, and other countries. There are even more people who secretly collude with Shi Jie, Murong Xianbei, and Zhang’s shogunate. People, those groups among the Han people who originally controlled the interests but lost them can be said to be secretly breaking through the waves.

Wang Meng's actions made the people panic, and made many associations with the rich, powerful, and aristocratic families.His subsequent judgments were based on the law enforcement of the Han law. The direct murderer was executed in autumn, and the rest of the people involved in the case were labored, exiled, and demoted to slavery. Among the 210 people involved, only the Dahei family was fine because they did not violate the Han law.In addition, the Ge family's case is involved, and there will be other trials later.

The Ge family was also sentenced by Wang Meng in this incident, but it was not involved in the murder case, but for the crime of hiding the land and attempting to gather people for treason.

Because the impact was too great and too wide, the announcement of Nanpi County alone was obviously not enough, and the central government had to intervene, including Bohai County, and even Jizhou and other prefectures and counties also made announcements.

The fact that the Ge family was convicted of gathering a crowd for rebellion shocked countless people. The basis for Wang Meng's judgment was that the Ge family secretly signed a contract with a large number of people, and the crime of gathering a crowd was verified.The Ge family's intent to rebel is purely a crime of intentional crime, and whether they will be judged for intent to rebel depends on how the center decides.

A civil murder case finally turned into an intentional rebellion. The extension of the plot made countless people almost drop their eyeballs to the ground.

Wang Meng received the order in the first ten days of winter, and it took about a month to arrive in Xiangguo. It took so long because there were several snowstorms during the journey.He did not go with the governor or the governor along the way, and he was inevitably uneasy because the noise was too great. He didn't know what the central government thought of it, let alone what the king would think.

At this moment, Xiangguo has been shrouded in snow white due to the continuous heavy snow, and it is difficult to see idlers walking on the roads, but some ruins left by the war have been cleaned, making the city look less messy.

This winter, the north of the Han Kingdom was generally snowed heavily, and some areas were even more heavily snowed one after another. One can imagine what the northern regions such as the Shijie Zhao Kingdom and Murong Xianbei were facing.

The continuous heavy snow and blizzard directly led to the suspension of military operations in the north due to the impact of the climate, which brought a rare period of peace between the Han Kingdom, the Shijie Zhao Kingdom, and the Murong Yan Kingdom.

The winter climate in the north is harsh. Although the south is colder than usual, the rainy season in the south does not come on time as in previous years.As a result, the wars in the north stopped, and the south seemed to be full of wars because of the need to wipe out the families that were still resisting.

When Wang Meng came to Xiangguo, he learned that Wang Jia moved to Miyagi because of the heavy snow, and the accompanying officials also moved in.This news made him more or less stunned, which means that Liu Yan broke the convention and no longer lived in military tents all the time when he patrolled the place.

Wang Meng was not the only one who was ordered to come to Xiangguo, but he was really the only one who received the order as a county magistrate. The rest were the governors and county guards of various states and counties, and naturally those military generals were indispensable.

Wang Meng first went to Prime Minister You's Mansion to report for the record, and almost everyone he met would look at him with strange eyes.He was somewhat stressed by the strange eyes of the county guards and governors, but fortunately, no one said much.

Before all the governors and county guards who came to the center saw the right prime minister Sang Yu, Wang Meng got the priority to be summoned. It is really hard to say whether it was lucky or unlucky.

"Jing Lue is here?" Sang Yu actually knew that Wang Meng had been standing on one side for a long time, but he just pretended not to see it. It was only after finishing the business at hand that he just noticed: "Why don't you just sit down?"

Wang Meng was left on the air for a while, and it would be a lie to say that he didn't have uneasiness in his heart. More than once, he thought about how the "Nanpi incident" would be viewed by the thinking center.He saluted Sang Yu respectfully, but it was useless to sit or something. Maybe it was just out of politeness that the majestic prime minister gave up his seat?

"Sit, sit!" Sang Yu was obviously not polite, and waited for Wang Meng to sit upright before saying, "Jing Lue has done a great thing."

"..." Wang Meng couldn't see Sang Yu's attitude, so he saluted slightly restrainedly and said, "I don't know what Prime Minister You is referring to..."

"Okay, it's not an outsider." Sang Yu loves to laugh, and always keeps a smile on his face, because there have been a lot of factions recently, and now some people have privately called it the smiling tiger.He just smiled and said to Wang Meng: "It's not yet the job report process, this time I call Jing Lue, Jing Lue is just a meeting between uncles and nephews."

Wang Meng was relaxed on the surface, but he was even more nervous in his heart. Sang Yu asked him about many local matters, and he handled them according to his own way.

"Jing Lue should know the current situation facing the big man, why did he deal with it like that?" Sang Yu was still laughing, not seeing any blame, like pure curiosity: "The people in all states and counties are panicked because Jing Lue dispatched troops to arrest him, The troubles are not small. Furthermore, it involves Guochao’s first rebellion case, those Ge family members have repeatedly cried injustice when they arrived in Xiangguo, and the head of the Ge family even committed suicide in prison..." He stopped and looked at Wang Meng who was sweating on his forehead , repeated: "The head of the Ge family committed suicide, did he commit suicide in fear of crime?"

In the cold weather, not only was Wang Meng's forehead covered with sweat, it should be said that he was sweating everywhere on his body...

(End of this chapter)