Dress to be a celebrity

The Wang family is not an ordinary family. The family of officials and eunuchs that the ancestors had befriended in the past still have contacts with them, and officials in the county, prefecture, and province have also received benefits from his family.Moreover, he himself has fame and fame, so he cannot be interrogated like ordinary people. Even if the court really got witnesses and material evidence to prove that the servants of the Wang family did those things, as long as he refused to confess, Mr. Song would not be able to impose additional punishment on him.

If he denies it, the charge cannot be established.

This is the difference between scholars and commoners.

Wang Qin heard the voices outside the door one after another, but he was still unmoved, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and asked calmly: "These letters were written by the old relatives of the Wang family, if Sir Song is willing to sell these adults' To save face, to tolerate one or two, in the future, I will repay you with kindness, what do you think, my lord?"

After reading the letters from these people, how dare you treat the Wang family?

Lord Song threw the stack of posts in his hand on the desk, looked at him and sneered, picked up the startle and took another shot: "Bring the fish scale book and the Wang family flower book!"

The fact that he murdered people and sought land requires witnesses and physical evidence, but he did not rely on witnesses for the matter of occupying the land, as long as there is an investigation of the entry and exit of the fields, and there are documents proving that the royal family has not yet separated——occupying the court land, covering up The children and grandchildren of the family escaped from the army, don't ask who started it, and don't ask what twists and turns are in it, just ask who is the head of the family!

The county magistrate of Song asked someone to throw the fish scale book that was drawn in front of him, and ordered the clerk to read on the spot the land occupied by the Wang family and the taxes, money and food owed. Ding Kou, whom his family concealed, was arrested and sent to the county to chase after the lack of food, and these people will have to bear the river work this winter!"

Whether it is the unreputed sons of the Wang family's concubine, the adopted sons who have been bought, the stewards who have devoted themselves to it, or the householders, they all have to come to serve!

Seeing that he was so stubborn, Wang Qin clearly refused to give Shangguan face and leave no way for the Wang family to survive, his face was slightly cold, and his heart was also a little cold for a while, and he said forcefully: "Your Excellency, will you convict my Wang family without asking for a confession? "

County magistrate Song raised his chin slightly, showing a vicious smile full of mockery like his son: "How do you know that I won't take a confession?"

As soon as he waved his hand, he walked out of the hall and walked out to Master Xu, the county instructor.

The county magistrate has no right to beat the students in the classroom, and can only be sent to the school for instruction, but the instruction has the right to beat or even deprive them of their honor.Wang Qin didn't believe that County Magistrate Song dared to take his fame, but he was afraid that he would let the Jiaoyu beat him up in class, so he said with a tense face: "Master Song, even if we are guilty of a crime, we should go to school and be punished. Those who were stripped and tortured in the hall!"

County magistrate Song smiled and said nothing, but Xu Jiaoyu stepped forward with cold sweat on his face, clutching his trembling heart and scolding: "Wang Qin took the imperial land as his own, concealed households, resisted paying taxes and grains, How can there be half a heart of loyalty? The state's courtesy to scholars is to promote the country's scholars, share the worries of the court, and benefit the people. This Wang Qinkong occupies the position of a student but does not want to study. Those who corrupt morality are all such people!"

These lines were all designed in advance, and when Xu Jiaoyu recited them, his heart trembled a little. He didn't know how he would offend the local gentry if he said them, and whether he could still be used as this scripture in the future.Song Shi, however, showed him the imperial decree copied from the mansion and the words written by the mansion honored by Mr. Zhu, and reassured him not to worry——

The emperor's private treasury has no money, and seeing that the Wang family owes the court thousands of taels of tax silver, shouldn't they be fined?

The eldest son of the emperor cannot get married, and the foundation of the country cannot be settled early. It is the fault of these local tyrants who amassed land and refused to pay taxes!

They have righteousness in hand, so why can't they have a royal family?The Qingzhang property list calculated by their county is handed over to the grand master, and with the help of the two adults, Fu Zun and Tong San, Fang Tixue will definitely be willing to strip him of his fame!

Xu Jiaoyu was dazzled by the imperial edict, so he believed his words accidentally, went to court to reprimand him for his crimes, stripped off Wang Qin's turban in public, and asked the yamen to escort him out of the county yamen's gate with his head bare, and went around The county school was punished in public.

The children of the Wang family waiting for trial in the corridor were completely dumbfounded.

Originally thought that the county magistrate didn't dare to deal with the students, and wanted to give them some face to these local families, but he didn't expect him to deal with even the patriarch who was feared by the Wang family!The No. 17 students of Tingzhou Prefecture in the tenth year of Xin'an, the grandson of Zhongshu, the head of the Wang family... all stripped their headscarves and paraded through the streets in broad daylight. Can these younger generations escape?

The few disciples became more and more anxious, sweating profusely, wishing they could faint on the spot.But after being dragged into court, they realized that there is a more insidious way to torture people in this world than pulling people out of the yamen with their headscarves off.County magistrate Song still only read their crimes, took the plaintiffs and witnesses' statements, did not use torture to extract confessions, and gave them two choices——

Either plead guilty, or go to the county school to watch the sentence.

Seeing the Patriarch of the Wang family stripping his pants and being tortured in public, these people can temporarily release the Ning family and wait for the masters of the Xuezheng Fang to deprive them of their fame.

If you choose the former, you are admitting your guilt; if you choose the latter, you still have a chance to escape the crime, but seeing the patriarch's humiliation with your own eyes, how can you not be excluded in the future?How can I survive in the clan?Even if the patriarch can't get rid of the crime, will he instruct his children to testify against their crimes, dragging them to be expelled from prison together?

The children of the Wang family endured all kinds of tortures in the courtroom. Some chose to plead guilty in court, but some bold and heartless chose to go to the county school to watch their punishment.

The Patriarch of the Wang family was stripped of his coat and trousers, bald, and with unkempt gray hair. The guards pressed him on a spring stool, and beat him with a small board until he turned two strands of meat into rolls.He was no longer the usual aloof look, with a ferocious and painful expression, gritted his teeth so that his cheeks trembled, large drops of sweat and tears, and snot fell on the ground, and wailing came intermittently from the gap between his teeth.

The children of the Wang family who watched him being tortured were also frightened, and their faces were ashen. The original thought of fighting the county magistrate was on the patriarch's bare back, buttocks, and legs, in his bloody flesh, in his blood. When he was tortured, he screamed and turned into running water.

After the execution, the guard put away the board and let Wang Qin go.A younger brother wanted to go up to help him, but he backed away a few steps from his fierce eyes that were almost bleeding, and mumbled, "Don't blame the patriarch, it's the county magistrate Song who forced us..."

He was terrified, and waited for the patriarch to scold him, but after waiting for a long time, he found that he had no energy to scold.His usually upright and majestic figure was a little bent after the injury, and he only panted and fell on the spring bench, unable to get up for a long time, and there were still strands of saliva on his mouth...

It seemed that he was a helpless old man who could be seen everywhere on the street, but he was not the patriarch of their royal support clan.

The disciples watching the execution couldn't tell what they were feeling, but they finally got the courage to go up to help him, put on his clothes for him, and just help the embarrassed old man who was stripped of his scarf and covered in blood in his long robe to get out. Got the county school.

What waited for them outside was not the care of their family members, but the yamen servants who escorted them back to court.

The county magistrate of Song ordered Wang Qin and the Wang family scholar who had pleaded guilty to be imprisoned on the spot and sent to the complaint room of the appeal township people's building, waiting for the approval of the academic administration to strip the merits; He returned home and was not detained for the time being—but he could not leave the county, and he had to listen to the county magistrate's interrogation at any time.

When Wang Qin was escorted out with his head bare, the few households who had made an appointment with the Wang family to fight against the county magistrate of Song all predicted that the Wang family would be defeated; defeated" these four words.

It's not that they were defeated by the county magistrate, but that the family's hearts have collapsed. I'm afraid they will be separated soon. They are no longer a powerful clan with strict laws and orderly hearts, so that no one can attack.

County magistrate Song actually wanted more than just money, and not just the aristocratic family bowing their heads. He wanted to completely dismantle this flourishing clan, not allowing the clan to self-govern, leaving only small families at the mercy of the government.

Today is the Wang family, which one will it be tomorrow?

The eldest grandson of the Chen family, a Shanghu family in the north of the city, sighed: "I didn't realize that the county magistrate of Song Dynasty had such ambitions. When his son built embankments to save people, the Wang family lent them the manor to live in, and Wang Shijiu even wrote to him. I asked the imperial court for a letter of relief, but I didn't want their family to disregard their kindness and use the excuse of flood control to harm the Wang family."

Lin Linsheng, a disciple of the Lin family who discussed with them against the Song family, sneered: "Didn't I be deceived by Song Shi back then and write a love letter? Now I know that he has such a vicious heart behind his peach blossom face. His family has Now that he has shown such an aggressive face, which big family will support him? We have to add a sentence of "bullying the gentry, cruelty is beyond measure" in our appeal book, and sue Mr. Tixue that the Wuping county government violates the system and imprisons people with meritorious reputation. In the future, when the angels come to Wuping, they will ask the Wang family to stop the sedan chair and call for grievances..."

The young master of the Xu family also nodded his head heavily: "Today's Wang family, tomorrow I don't know if I, Xu, Chen, Lin, Zhang...Which family will fall into his eyes again, it must be eliminated and soon. I think after today, everyone in the village I hate him to the bone, so we simply join forces and drive them out of the city, so that the Song family and his son know what it means to be angry with commoners!"

"No," the sensible person on the side persuaded him, "Do you think the Song family's style is like those pedantic officials in the past who promised themselves to clear the sky? But the list he posted outside the yamen for the Wang family's occupation of land, the calculated accounts, those The common people hated the Wang family until their teeth bleed. Now in the eyes of those common people, he is the old man Di Ge and Bao Longtu who rashly attacked the county government, and they don't know who the villagers who gather will deal with!"

I'm afraid that the father and son of the County Magistrate of the Song Dynasty will not experience the wrath of commoners, but they have to taste what it was like when tenants rioted in various places in Jiangxi at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty and killed rich households and rich families.

The only way is to appeal, based on the relationship between these big clans in the government and the opposition, please ask the second envoy and Lord Xunguan to deal with the Song family and his son personally!

These few families discussed how to make the rich families in the city watch and help each other, twisting into a rope to resist the riot.At the same time, Song Sheren, who had studied modern history for many years and had far more struggle experience than them, was also leading the people, and posted a red notice on the wall outside the county government office to disintegrate the gentry alliance.

The county magistrate of Song Dynasty issued an edict to the rich gentry and households in Manxian County: The case of hidden fields and hidden households in the county has a long history.On that day, the county magistrate of Song Dynasty urged Wang to surrender himself, but only after being rejected face to face did he thoroughly investigate his crime, which led to the pain of being sentenced in court today.If the rest of the family has hidden fields and hidden households, they should surrender themselves quickly, and their sentences can be reduced as appropriate.

If you learn from the behavior of the Wang family in resisting the law, the government will definitely investigate and punish their crimes in the future—not to mention that they did not predict it.

The last sentence was inscribed by Song Shi himself. It is written in a fat and smooth Guange style. It is well-written and not sharp, but it is taller, thicker and more eye-catching than the previous words.Even if you don't read the previous list, if you walk to the end of the list, you will be attracted to take a second look at the seven fonts that seem to be suddenly bold.

Seeing that those wealthy landlords who also have the guilt of hidden fields and hidden households, but who do not have the courage to fight against the government like Chen, Wang, Lin, and Xu, are a little bit more active.

The patriarchs of the direct line who are as powerful as the Wang family have all suffered such humiliation. They, small families and small households, got in the way and hindered the eyes of the county lords. Wouldn't it be easier for Mr. Song to deal with them than the parents of the Wang family?

Even if the rich families can join forces to drive the Song family away in the future, they will definitely not be able to get back the money they paid and the punishment they suffered!

The alliance of Shijia in Wuping County is a bit crumbling before it is established, and can only rely on the news that Master Huang will investigate and deal with the brutal county magistrate in Wuping to continue his life.The Song Shi father and son in the county still didn't care about their private connection, but calculated the size and layout of the government hotel, and planned to renovate it before the arrival of the inspector and the Ministry of Rites and the edict, so that the leading comrades could feel at home.

He not only wants to accept the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of the superiors, so that his father, the county magistrate, can do it safely and strictly, and will not be coerced by the aristocratic family.Only in this way can he enter Fucheng with peace of mind, stay in the city for a while, and help Senior Brother Huan settle the situation of the first general judge.