The first county magistrate in history

The petition alleged that Sheli County was hit by a drought, and the imperial court allocated funds for disaster relief. Liangjin Prefecture's Censor Ji Chengzhi was responsible for distribution, and Sheli County received 50,000 taels of gold. County Magistrate Yang Renpu, realizing the gold was fake, gilded silver, immediately exposed the issue and refused to accept it. Ji Chengzhi then falsely accused Yang Renpu of swapping the funds and demanded he hand over the 50,000 taels of gold on the spot. When Yang Renpu failed to produce the funds, he was arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced to execution in the following year.

Qin Zheng was a little surprised at this moment. It turned out that the trouble was caused by fake gold.

I originally thought that everyone in Liangjin Mansion was in collusion with each other and there were no good people left, but I didn't expect there was still a clear stream.

Qin Zheng had long known that Liangjin Prefecture had sent the Censor in charge of criminal law to distribute the disaster relief silver, and he also knew that the purpose was to intimidate the local officials so that they would not dare to speak out even if they knew that the gold was fake.

Other officials must have also received fake gold, but they did not dare to expose it and paid for it out of their own pockets.

Those who cannot pay and dare to expose it in public must be the clean stream.

He's such a good guy, no wonder the special forces didn't find him, because their main target was Fengyu City.

Qin Zheng doesn't have that many people.

Yang Wanting lowered her head, waiting to see how Qin Zheng would handle the situation. She was expectant, but also prepared for failure.

If she fails to file a complaint this time, she will have to file a complaint with God.

"Captain Yihui!" Qin Zheng suddenly spoke.

"I am here!" Zhang Shaoyong now regarded himself as Qin Zheng's soldier.

During this period, he volunteered to serve as Qin Zheng's yamen runner, not for anything else but to learn.

He had never seen Qin Zheng judge a case this way. Regardless of whether the evidence was conclusive or not, as long as it was a case of citizens suing officials, he would tend to side with the people.

Sometimes they were so confused that the officials were mad at them, but the common people were delighted.

Zhang Shaoyong felt very happy just watching this.

He had been following Qin Zheng for a long time and had already understood Qin Zheng's methods and even some of his ideas. He had been waiting for a long time and knew that Ji Chengzhi would definitely be summoned.

really!

"Tell Ji Chengzhi, the censor of Liangjin Prefecture, to come to the hall for confrontation!" Qin Zheng ordered.

"Yes!" Zhang Shaoyong excitedly called the Yihui army and left quickly.

The Yihui Army was also very excited. It was so great to work with Lord Qin!

And Lord Qin is also good to them.

Originally, their duties were official business and they did not receive any additional salary, but Lord Qin gave each of them an additional 100 taels of silver per month.

Now, the Yihui Army no longer wants to return to the court, and they all want to follow Lord Qin.

Qin Zheng watched Zhang Shaoyong and others leave, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with Yihui Xiaowei being his yamen runner.

Yang Wanting burst into tears of joy: "Thank you, sir!"

Lord Qin not only accepted the complaint, but also summoned the defendant.

There is hope!

"Come here, take care of the seating and the tea, and prepare some snacks for Miss Yang!" Qin Zheng ordered.

what?

Yang Wanting was shocked. Is this the treatment she gets?

She is a citizen suing the government!

Even an ordinary complainant wouldn’t do this!

The people burst into laughter.

"It's over, the master is confused again."

"No, I'm going crazy again."

In a moment, a chair, an octagonal table, tea, and snacks were all set out.

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "You look pale, so you must have been hungry for a long time. Eat, since we are waiting anyway."

"Thank you, sir!" Yang Wanting's eyes were filled with tears and she really wanted to burst into tears.

She was indeed hungry, having not eaten much for several days.

Sit down and start eating.

Qin Zheng suddenly turned his head to look at the back door of the side court, and saw Su Xiaoman, Xia Mo Ning and Hong Wu all lowering their heads and peeking.

Qin Zheng glared at them and signaled them to leave.

Xia Mo Ning and Su Xiao Man both stuck out their tongues and made faces at him, but refused to leave.

Qin Zheng was helpless and thought, forget it, it wasn’t the first time he had peeked.

Qin Zheng looked at Yang Wanting who was eating snacks and nodded secretly. Although she was weak, she also had character.

If it were another woman, even if he allowed it, she would never dare to eat and drink in court.

Yang Wanting didn't eat much and was in no mood to eat. The only reason she ate was to cheer herself up.

Yang Wanting didn't want to eat anymore, so the yamen runners carried away the eight-immortals table, but didn't remove the chairs, so Yang Wanting was still allowed to sit there.

"coming!"

The people outside the door made way for him.

Zhang Shaoyong brought the people with his Yihui Army.

The Censor Ji Chengzhi was about 1.8 meters tall and had a big belly.

He has a big head, a square face, and frog-like eyes.

Ji Chengzhi saw Yang Wanting at first sight.

Yang Wanting was sitting in the middle of the court, very conspicuous.

It’s just that Ji Chengzhi doesn’t know Yang Wanting.

In fact, he didn't even know Yang Renpu before.

After all, he was just a small county magistrate and had no connection with him.

If Yang Renpu hadn't been ungrateful, he wouldn't even have given Yang Renpu, a small county magistrate, a chance to meet him.

"Lord Qin!" Ji Chengzhi knelt down and saluted.

According to the laws of the Daqian Dynasty, except for the first-rank officials, all officials below them had to kneel when they saw the imperial envoy.

"Ji Chengzhi, let me ask you, where is Yang Renpu now?" Qin Zheng asked directly.

Ji Chengzhi's face changed. Why was the imperial envoy paying attention to this person?

He was not afraid, because he was Wu Guanggui's confidant and already knew that the fake gold came from the imperial envoy.

Since the culprit is the imperial envoy, how can we not speak on his side?

"Reporting to Lord Qin, the Sheli County Magistrate Yang Renpu openly embezzled public funds for personal gain during the disaster and swapped 50,000 taels of disaster relief gold. His crimes are extremely serious. I have already arrested him and put him in death row, and he will be executed in the autumn," said Ji Chengzhi.

"The disaster relief gold was fake, what crime did my father commit?" Yang Wanting suddenly stood up and said angrily,

Ji Chengzhi was shocked.

Is she the daughter of Yang Renpu?

Ji Chengzhi understood at that moment that he had become the defendant.

But, how is she sitting?

Is He Qinzheng related?

Ji Chengzhi's heart skipped a beat.

If he is really a relative of the imperial envoy, then the matter would be serious.

Qin Zheng said, "Yang Wanting, I'm hearing the case, so please don't interrupt. I'll give you a chance to speak, so just sit still!"

Yang Wanting had no choice but to sit down.

After Qin Zheng finished speaking, he ordered: "Come here, go to the death row and bring Yang Renpu to confront him."

"Wait a minute, sir, I have something important to report. May I have a moment to talk to you?" Ji Chengzhi said quickly.

If Yang Renpu were brought here and the matter was told in court, it would be very disadvantageous to both the imperial envoy and him.

Qin Zheng looked at him and thought for a moment: "Okay, let's talk in the back hall!"

Ji Chengzhi stood up and followed Qin Zheng into the back door.

Yang Wanting's face changed. It was over.

Everyone can see clearly what Ji Chengzhi's purpose is.

The people started talking again.

"What did they do?"

"Chat privately, give me some money!"

"Will Master Qin accept it?"

"meeting!"

"Yeah, definitely!"

"Ah? How did he get the title of Qingtian?"

"Hey, you don't understand, right?"

"Although Lord Qin accepts all who come, he will also conduct his trials impartially."

"That's right. Lord Qin will not show leniency to you just because he accepted your money. In fact, Lord Qin will give all the money he received to the defendant!"

"Is this still possible?"

"Hahaha, so that's why Lord Qin is sick."

"Doesn't Lord Qin only have convulsions and could collapse into a coma at any time? Does he have any other illnesses?"

"Hehe, you don't know? Seizures are just a disease. Lord Qin is always sick." "Yes, yes, Lord Qin is also mentally ill!"

"That's right. I saw it with my own eyes last time. When Lord Qin was handling the case of the prefect who had murdered someone, the prefect refused to admit it, and his colleagues even colluded with him to cover up for him. Lord Qin got so anxious that he went crazy, jumping up and down, and with a sharp sword, he beheaded the prefect!"

"Oh my god, can a mentally ill person be an imperial envoy?"

"What are you talking about? Lord Qin is a psychopath, a big lunatic!" The people were chatting and laughing.

Yang Wanting was stunned.

She had just arrived in Fengyu City. She had only heard that the imperial envoy for disaster relief was called Da Qingtian, but she didn't know the details.

So he's a lunatic?