Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Qu Qing was so frightened that he knelt down quickly: "My lord, the villain has wronged me. I have nothing to do with the poisoning."

Pei Linzhi sneered: "It has nothing to do with you? After Mr. Cao's accident, you gave money to Xie Yun and Chen Qian eagerly, and asked Xie Yun to order Chen Qian to close the case quickly and burn Mr. Cao's body. When will the government handle the case? Are you going to command? Which onion are you? Or, Master Qu is the local emperor of Jiang'an County, and you have the final say on everything in Jiang'an's territory?"

Qu Qing flinched in fright from Pei Linzhi's sharp gaze, quickly lowered his head, and licked his dry lips: "How dare a villain! Those corpses were all parked in my field at that time. There were too many of them, and the farmers were all afraid. They all came to beg me to find a way to deal with those corpses earlier. As a last resort, I went to beg my lord to thank you."

Pei Linzhi raised his head as if hearing a big joke and laughed a few times: "It seems that Mr. Qu is really a kind-hearted owner, and he considers the tenants so much. But as far as I know, Mr. Qu paid rent to the tenants. The rent is [-]%, the tenants have to pay [-]% of the tax, and I can only get [-]%. Pei has traveled all over the world, and has never seen such a black-hearted landlord! How many people have you forced into desperation and sold themselves as slaves to your private soldiers? As a domestic slave, you don’t even care about the life and death of the tenant, and you still care about the impact of the tenant’s body?”

Qu Qing broke out in cold sweat on his back.

Pei Linzhi smashed the teacup on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Your surname is Qu! Stop arguing with me again, and don't follow the truth. You will be punished! Come on, get on the board!"

Although Xiao Yu didn't quite agree with torture to extract confessions, Pei Linzhi felt that some people were afraid of power and not virtuous, and they just needed to be dealt with.

Qu Qinghe had suffered such hardships before, but now that all his backers have collapsed, he no longer dared to speak hard, and was as frightened as a chaff: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life! The villains are all recruited, all the villains are recruited! Poison is not a villain!" What was done by people was done by a dog. He was domineering and domineering, he bribed the boatman and gave Mr. Cao and others a meal of pufferfish, which caused a catastrophe. By the time the villain knows it, it is already too late!" He burst into tears at this point All down.

Pei Linzhi said: "Come here, go and arrest Qu Qing's sons."

Qu Qing quickly said: "It's the villain's second son, and has nothing to do with others."

Pei Linzhi snorted coldly: "This commander has his own sense of propriety. He will never wrong a good person, and he will never let any bad person go."

Pei Linzhi ordered people to arrest all Qu's father and son, and then posted notices in the city, and ordered the officials to beat gongs everywhere to publicize, so that anyone who has enmity with the Qu family will come to avenge their grievances.

Pei Linzhi planned to bring down the Qu family once and for all, so that they would not be reborn forever, and wanted to make an example to all the powerful families in the world. If they dared to fight against the imperial court, this would be their fate!

At the beginning, no one dared to appeal for grievances, and Pei Linzhi was not in a hurry. While presiding over Juntian, he rectified the administration and security of Jingzhou, arrested a group of corrupt officials, and killed a group of bandits.

The people in Jiang'an finally believed that the master Qingtian came to support them, and they all came to the Yamen to beat drums and complain.

In the next half month, Pei Linzhi ordered people to record all the crimes of the Qu family.After the interrogation was over, without waiting for Qiuhou to be executed, he directly killed the father and son of the Qu family, especially Qu Qing's second son, who was sentenced to Ling Chi to comfort Mr. Cao and the soldiers who died crying for injustice.

This incident caused a great commotion in Jingzhou. The powerful and small landlords in those places were all trembling, for fear that the fire would burn themselves, and they would never dare to play tricks on the matter of land equalization again.

Of course, this matter is not over yet. After the Qu family's father and son were put to death, all the other members of the Qu family were sentenced to serve in prison.

As for the innocent Qu family members, Pei Linzhi did not hold them accountable, this was Xiao Yu's insistence, all those guilty should be brought to justice, but they should not be implicated.

In addition to rectifying Qu's family, all the officials in Jingzhou, big and small, were sorted out by Pei Linzhi. Those with less serious problems were demoted and beat, and those with serious problems were all arrested, escorted to Jianye, and handed over to the court for punishment.

After such a commotion, most of Jingzhou, from the governor to the county magistrate, were arrested.Pei Linzhi selected a few decent ones to be appointed as new sheriffs and county magistrates. Because of the lack of people, several other Jinshi who were promoted officials in Jingzhou were also appointed as temporary county magistrates by Pei Linzhi. The vacant posts had to be appointed by the court coming.

After rectifying Jingzhou, Pei Linzhi took his soldiers and recruited private soldiers back to Yuzhou to practice, and took away the grain from Qu's grain depot, so he could save some grain for Xiao Yu.

In the Taichu Palace of Jianye City, Xiao Yu sat in the hall with a gloomy face, and read the twelve-page letter written by Pei Linzhi. Uncharacteristically, this time he did not say anything personal except greetings. It was all about the situation in Jingzhou, which showed the problem It's serious.

Xiao Yu put down the last piece of letter paper and asked, "Where are the ashes of Master Cao and the soldiers?"

The captain in charge of the escort mission replied: "It's outside the palace."

Xiao Yu said, "Come in, please."

The captain was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to object, and replied respectfully: "Of order!"

All the officials in the hall looked at Xiao Yu, why did you bring the ashes of the soldiers to the hall? What is His Majesty going to do?

After a while, the captain led several soldiers in and carried three large tanks.

Xiao Yu looked at the large tanks and gritted his teeth: "Why are there three tanks? Are they not separated?"

The lieutenant knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, when we arrived, Master Cao and his brothers were all burned, and the ashes were all collected together. There was no division at all. General Pei said it would be better to bury them together."

Xiao Yu's eyes were a little red. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and said in a stern voice, "Master Wang Juan."

Wang Juan quickly replied, "The minister is here!"

Xiao Yu said slowly: "Choose a geomantic treasure land in Zijin Mountain, build a hero cemetery, bury the ashes of Mr. Cao and the soldiers, and erect a hero monument. From now on, all heroes who died for the country are eligible to be buried in Zijin Mountain Cemetery."

Wang Juan said: "I obey the order!"

Xiao Yu said again: "Lord Min, take good care of Master Cao and the families of the soldiers. On my behalf, I would like to express my condolences and apologies to them. I owe them a lot, and I couldn't even keep a complete corpse for them."

Min Chong replied: "The minister receives the decree!"

After Xiao Yu arranged the ashes of the heroes, he just talked about the corrupt officials in Jingzhou: "General Pei's thorough investigation into the death of Mr. Cao in Jingzhou this time is like lifting the fig leaf of local officials. On the spot, 31 officials were found to be dereliction of duty, taking bribes, abusing their power, and disregarding human life, all of which are heinous! These people are worthy of being parents and officials? Are they worthy of being descendants of Confucius and Mencius? An official from one state, what about other states?!"

Xiao Yu's voice was not loud, and he spoke very slowly, but every word was sonorous and forceful, and every word and sentence pierced into the ears and hearts of His Highness and officials. They knew that Xiao Yu was angry.

Xiao Yu said, "Lord Li!"

Li Ren, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, hurriedly replied, "The minister is here!"

"General Pei has found out the crimes of Xie Yun and others, and sent the case files over. Next, it's up to your Ministry of Punishment to determine the punishment. They will all be dealt with according to the law, and no exceptions will be made! If you can't make a decision, leave it to me to punish." Xiao Yu said.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Although the governor of Jingzhou was escorted back to the capital, Xiao Yu was unwilling to give him a look, never saw him at all, and handed over all powers to the Ministry of Punishment.

He knew that local government officials were like cesspit, no one was clean, once it was opened, it stinks, and it must be rectified vigorously.

But the current situation is full of internal and external troubles, and we can't stand the toss. We can only kill chickens and monkeys first, and use Jingzhou as an example to deter officials in other states.

Xiao Yu asked the "Xinghuo" newspaper to report extensively on Cao Mian's implementation of the land equalization system and his death in the line of duty, emphasizing in detail the punishment of the murderer Qu's family.The purpose is to shake the mountain and shake the tiger, and let those local tyrants who oppose the land equalization know what will happen if they disobey the imperial court's order.

Under Xiao Yu's urging, the sentence of the criminal officials in Jingzhou came out soon.Among them, Chen Qian was questioned and beheaded because he helped Qu Qing to abuse others and helped the Qu family kill several innocent people indiscriminately; Xie Yun was sentenced to lifelong exile to Jiaozhou for corruption and bribery, and was fined and confiscated all his property.

The rest, according to the severity of the crimes, were sentenced to exile, military service and other punishments. The lightest ones were dismissed from office and imposed high fines, and their descendants would never be allowed to serve in office.

The penalty of not being an official for life is a very serious penalty for the aristocratic family, which means that it will forever cut off the possibility of them climbing up again.

After dealing with these criminal officials, the new issue of "Xinghuo" reported on the collective dereliction of duty and bribery of more than 30 officials in Jingzhou. The crime and punishment of each official were clearly reported.

Tens of thousands of additional copies of these two issues were printed and distributed to states and counties free of charge, so that the world would know what would happen to corrupt officials and those who neglected their duties.

After handling these two cases, Xiao Yu did not receive any reports about the accident of the promoted officer, which was regarded as a short-lived victory.Reforms always require sacrifices, but it's a pity Mr. Cao and those fifty soldiers.

At dusk in summer, Xiao Yu was sitting on the floor in his study, looking at the memorials presented by officials from all over the place.

Just after it rained, the dry heat in the air was swept away, making people feel more comfortable, but the number of mosquitoes began to increase, which was a bit annoying.

There was a rush of footsteps: "Daddy, Daddy!"

Xiao Yu raised his head, with a smile on his face, and looked in the direction of the voice.

Seeing that A Ping was wearing hunting clothes, holding a small bow in his hand and a small quiver on his back, he looked very mighty, so he asked, "Have you finished practicing arrows?"

"Well, Dad, today I shot ten times and hit the bull's-eye, am I not that good? When will you take me out to hunt?" A Ping's face was flushed, and beads of sweat emerged from the tip of his nose.

"Really? We, Aping, are so powerful, awesome!" Xiao Yu raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his nose, and said, "When your master comes back, we will take you hunting."

Xiang Yang happened to come over at this time, holding two smoking stoves in his hands, and took over the conversation: "Your Majesty, we will have a ten-day rest tomorrow. If you are willing, let's go hunting with His Highness."

A Ping jumped up excitedly: "Really? Are you really taking me hunting?"

At this time, a voice came from far outside the courtyard: "Why don't you call me if you want to hunt."

When Xiao Yu heard this familiar voice, his heart was pounding, and he stood up abruptly: "Rin Zhi?!"