Zheng was born into a civilian. Whether in his past or present life, he was a civilian. I won’t talk about it at a young age. In that modern society where talents are as numerous as Jiang Zhiqing, he was a college student from a third-rate university. After graduation, he was so ordinary that he could not even find a job, and he was even more civilian than a commoner. He could be called a refugee.

Even though he traveled through time to this life, although Cai was the son of the richest man in Hua Dynasty, this society did not use money to determine the position of society. Merchants' families were discriminated against everywhere. To be honest, his background was even worse than ordinary people.

The more people who come from the bottom of society will be more sensitive to class issues, which is particularly strong when the privileged class is unfair to the vulnerable groups.

So Fang Zheng got angry. When the people outside Yangzhou City looked at him with fear, he felt as if his heart was tingled. This was not a fair era, and there were too many unfair things in the world. Fang Zheng could not care about everything, but he would never allow this unfairness to happen in front of him.

Xu Shou knelt on the blue brick floor, his face pale, and layers of fine sweat emerged from his forehead.

Looking at Fang Zheng's face, Xu Shou stammered his lips, "I said in panic: "Master Fang, the official arrests the civilians. There is a reason for the matter, please listen to the official's detailed explanation."

Fang Zheng smiled. There was a bit of murderous aura in his smile. This time he went to Jiangnan. The fat man gave him the power to kill the imperial envoy first and then report. Fang Zheng wanted to kill the newly appointed prefect and calm the people.

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"Tell me, I'm listening.

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked at the beams in the front hall, and walked leisurely. The address of this site has been changed to: Foot Link Ao Peng, please log in to Yuandu

"Mr. Fang, a few days ago, the Lord sent a quick horse to pass on official documents, saying that the King of Thailand was greedy for the taxes of the seven governments in Jiangnan. He secretly trained troops and horses, for fear of the unfavorable state of the court, so he asked his officials to be careful in Yangzhou City, investigate the whereabouts of the King of Thailand, and seal off the residence of the King of Thailand."

"Yes, I said this in the official document, but Lord Xu, I asked you to investigate the whereabouts of the King of Thailand, but did not let you arbitrarily abuse the common people. Did these common people provoke you? Or, the people you arrested all look like the King of Thailand?"

Xu Shou said bitterly: "Mr. Fang, this Yangzhou was originally a vassal state granted by the former emperor to the King of Thailand. The King of Thailand has been in charge for many years. Both inside and outside Yangzhou praised the benevolence and righteousness of the King of Thailand. After the ill-treacherous affairs of the King of Thailand were spread, many people even dared not believe it. In recent days, the Yangzhou prefect's office was often sent anonymous letters late at night. Speaking of the court, "The treacherous ministers in the court were in power, and villains took power, which led to the King of Thailand being wronged and framed, and asked the emperor to report the case to the emperor to overturn the case and investigate thoroughly. Lord. Fang, Yangzhou City is now full of sores and tuberculosis, and the people are constantly changing. If the officials do not use this method, they may be afraid that those people will really make a rebellious act of killing officials and treason. The officials arrested the young and strong men among the people to imprison in order to suppress the civil chaos and temporarily protect the peace inside and outside Yangzhou.

Fang Zheng and everyone who came along were shocked when they heard this. They did not expect that the King of Thailand had such a high reputation in his fiefdom. Since ancient times, if the person in charge had a very high reputation among the people and had a solid mass base among the people, his rebellion would have a huge impact and blow to the court. It seems that the King of Thailand was really well aware of it. Those ordinary people might just be a group of unimportant rioters and troubled people, and their lives were as bad as dogs, but in the eyes of those who were ill-behaved. These ordinary people were the rear guarantees for the uprising in the future. They were loyal supporters of the wronged. They provided military sources and food. As long as the perpetrators were incited by the rebels, they could complete the transformation from good people to rebel soldiers in the blink of an eye.

The world that wins the hearts of the people is not empty talk. Many times, when used in specific times and occasions, this sentence can often determine the outcome of a war.

Now, the extremely stupid prefect Xu in front of him actually used such an extreme method to stop the civil unrest. I really don’t know whether to kill him or slap them in the face and then kill him.”

"Is the people in Yangzhou very serious?" Fang Zheng asked worriedly.

"Yes, sir. The people inside and outside the city are unstable. They have gathered together many times and have clashed with the yamen runners in the Xiaguanya. In the past few days, more than a dozen of yamen runners have been injured. The Xiaguan has sent a quick horse to the Ministry of War in the capital yesterday and requested the Yangzhou garrison to enter the city to assist in the governance."

You! Of course, the conflict is caused by officials, and the people are forced to rebel. As the prefect, you arrest the people for no reason and go to prison. You also instruct the yamen runners to beat and abuse the people at any time. The clay Buddha has three parts of nature. Do you think the people are a fierce wooden stake, so you can beat and scold them?"

Xu Shou looked suffocated, and then he didn't know where the courage came from. He suddenly raised his chest, looked directly at Fang Zheng, and said sternly: "Master Fang, the King of Thailand has a solid foundation in Yangzhou, and the people are highly respected. And seeing that the rebellion is imminent, we can't even find his figure. If the lower official does not arrest the young and brave, and he will be imprisoned. If the Thai king climbs up and raises his arms and shouts, countless foolish people will follow. In a few days, he will have tens of thousands of chaotic troops for him to drive. The lower official boldly offends and thinks that the lower official is not wrong to do this."

Fang Zheng was shocked when he heard this. There was such an official in the world, which really opened his eyes today. He turned his head and glanced at Xiao Huaiyuan, Wen Sen and others who were accompanying him. They also looked stunned.

By the way, Fang Zheng did not mind corruption among officials. He himself was a corrupt official. He always believed that corruption and diligence were completely different things. As long as you can do something practical for the people and make good for the people, even if you are a little greedy on weekdays, it is understandable and can still be remembered in history. For example, if Kou Zhun and Kou Laoxier were put in their previous lives, they would be a corrupt official who would not be unfairly accused of shooting 800 times. However, his evaluation in history books is very high. He can be called a famous prime minister of a generation.

Corrupt officials and cruel officials have their own ways, which are the products that exist in every dynasty and every generation. What Fang Zheng is most afraid of is Erlingzi officials like Xu Shou. Under the banner of practicing the way for heaven, with self-righteous and righteousness, he acts unrestrainedly against the people and acts as a vicious and powerful person. Even if he kills blood, he will still hold his neck to say that he is loyal to the country and does not think he has made any mistakes. Instead, the court should build him a arch for merit. The harm of such a person is even more serious than that of corrupt officials and cruel officials. Unfortunately, Fang Zheng met one today.

Fang Zheng was stunned for a while and sighed, "Mr. Xu, what year did you have? What was your position before?"

Xu Shou was stunned and hurriedly said, "The Xiaguan was the second-level senior student in the Dingchou Certificate in the ninth year of Jianwu. Later, he was transferred to the Hanlin Academy to serve as editors. Until a few days ago, the prefect of the seven prefectures in Jiangnan was imprisoned for being involved in corruption and ink. The Xiaguan was urgently dispatched by the Ministry of Personnel, and then he took office as the magistrate of Yangzhou.

Editor of Hanlin Academy?

Looking at the sky outside the hall, it was noon. The address of this site has been changed to: Please log in to Yuandu.

Fang Zheng thought for a while, then stood up and sang: "Come here, prepare sedan chairs, everyone will go to the lobby of the prefect's office."

Xiao Huaiyuan and Wen Sen, who were standing beside him, were stunned, and both couldn't understand Fang Zheng's meaning.

Feng Qiudao stood with his old god touching the knife, expressionless.

He is a military general and does not have to ask about local government affairs at all. Fang Zheng's exercise of the power of the imperial envoy is his business. Feng Qiudao only needs to protect Fang Zheng's safety.

Only Han Yizhen, who was sitting behind Fang Zheng, looked at Fang Zheng with some insight when he heard this. There was already a bit of praise in his eyes, which was completely different than the disdain and contempt he had when he looked at Fang Zheng on weekdays. Perhaps even she herself hadn't noticed this.

Xiao Huaiyuan looked around and leaned against Fang Zheng and whispered: "Master Fang, isn't he going to the prefect's office at this time?, uh, you're a little too resolute?"

It was lunch time, so why did Lord Fang have to go to the yamen to do business at this time? Xiao Huaiyuan touched his cramped belly, and he was a little sad."

Fang Zheng said righteously: "Is it still time to do things for the people and make decisions for the people? The people of Yangzhou City are already in dire straits. As an imperial envoy, I inspected Jiangnan on behalf of the emperor and comforted the people. How could I delay any more?"

Xiao Huaiyuan hurriedly claimed yes, and secretly despised him. Look at this official slogan, I don’t know what kind of good official you are who ruled for the people,

Fang Zheng pulled Xiao Huaiyuan's collar and put it in his ear and whispered: "The food in this imperial envoy's restaurant is not good, so let's go to the prefect's office for dinner. My shadow under my command reported that the prefect's office had recently purchased a piece of good shark fin. We took advantage of the unpreparedness to kill the general and snatched the shark fin to the teeth and sacrificed the sacrificial fin!"

Xiao Huaiyuan's eyes lit up when he heard this and nodded quickly to agree.

Fang Zheng stroked the back of Xiao Huaiyuan's head with satisfaction and praised: "I'm so good."

He looked at Xiao Huaiyuan seriously again. Fang Zheng patted his chest and promised: "Follow me. Have meat to eat!"

The group of people rushed out of the gate of the Green Shade Pavilion. Xiao Huaiyuan then realized: Shadow even inquire about buying shark fins in the prefect's office. Are they so idle?

"Ah, Fang's surname is! You lied to me again!"

Fang Zheng sat in the official sedan chair and sighed with sorrow. My IQ of the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy was so low. It was really worrying.

The Yangzhou Prefectural Office is located on the west side of Tianning Temple in the south of the city. It is parallel to the Lianghuai Salt Industry Yamen and the Grain Yamen. The head of the Yamen is the largest area. The Yamen is quite old, but it still shows a solemn and stern official power. On the right side of the Yamen is placed a huge cowhide drum, guarding two yamen runners, one on the left and one on the right. This is the legendary drum of injustice.

There is a pair of threshold couplets on the left and right sides of the gate: "Politics do not mean talking too much, you must be careful and self-reliant; be a general official, and think that everything is the focus of people's livelihood and national economy."

Fang Zheng got out of the official sedan chair and looked up and saw this fierce couplet at first glance. After carefully reading it, he couldn't help but sneer several times.

It is a great irony for a yamen that arrests people without evidence and treats the people rudely and cruelly, which is actually inscribed with such a couplet of concern for the country and the people.

The head-on yamen runners who were on duty at the yamen saw so many people suddenly coming, and there were even many high-ranking officials. Their immediate boss, Lord Xu, followed behind them with a dejected look. The yamen runners were all quick-witted. Seeing this, they knew that the imperial envoy from the court had arrived, they hurriedly knelt on the ground respectfully and did not dare to raise their heads. They allowed everyone to step into the lobby of the yamen one by one.

Fang Zheng and his group passed through the streets and the city had already attracted countless people from Yangzhou. When the people saw this group of officials heading to the yamen, they put down their work and followed the official sedan chair. After Fang Zheng stepped into the yamen lobby, the people stood far away from the yamen, and looked at the inside with surprise.

Fang Zheng thought for a while, and called Wensen to whisper: "Let the people outside watch the fun come in. There is no need to be afraid, I will never blame you."

Wensen went to the office.

As he was about to enter the lobby of the prefect for the case trial, Han Yizhen, who was accompanying him, grabbed Fang Zheng's sleeve and whispered: "Mr. Fang, what are you going to do?"

Fang Zheng smiled and said mysteriously: "I think the relationship between the officials and the people in Yangzhou City is too tense. Yes, I plan to invite more than a dozen girls who can play the piano and dance from the kiln. Then gather the officials and the people, and everyone holds hands and sings and dances together. The tension between officials and the people may ease.

Han Yizhen opened her eyes wide and looked at Fang Zheng in disbelief: "Mr. Fang, you, what you said is not true, right?"

Fang Zheng blinked at her and smiled wickedly: "What? Do you want to sing and dance too? Come on. I will teach you how to dance tango."

Han Yizhen looked at Fang Zheng's swaying face, and somehow her pretty face suddenly turned red. She bit her lower lip, stared at Fang Zheng, and said coldly: "You are talking nonsense, but I believe you."

Fang Zheng laughed loudly, gently brushed his sleeves, and stepped into the lobby. Fu Yizhen stood outside the lobby fence, watching Fang Zheng enter the lobby surrounded by everyone, showing his spirit in every move. A little smile gradually appeared in her eyes.

"Why do you need to slash the Nine Nights of Luo Palace? You are so energetic, handsome and heroic. This is the young minister who holds the power and wins the favor of heaven.

Feng Qiudao did not follow Fang Zheng into the lobby. He stood outside the hall, not far from Han Yizhen. Seeing Han Yizhen fixedly looking at Fang Zheng without blinking, Feng Qiudao couldn't help but look at her strangely.

Han Yizhen suddenly realized it, then pretended to be innocent and turned his head, pretending to appreciate the scenery outside the lobby. A pretty face with a stunning look like cooked shrimps, which was so red that it was hot.

Han Yizhen's maid Zhu'er stood behind her. Seeing her lady's embarrassment, she quietly raised her sleeves and covered her mouth, revealing her cute eyes. Her eyes were already smiling like a crescent moon.

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Fang Zheng entered the lobby and sat in the main seat with the voluntary gaze. The blue sea and red sun behind him, and the plaque hanging high above his head made the court look particularly solemn and solemn.

The people stood outside the court tremblingly and looked carefully at Fang Zheng sitting in the seat of the court. The people were afraid of officials since ancient times. What's more, although Fang Zheng seemed to be a fifth-rank prefect, Xu Shou had to stand in the hall honestly, not to move. Seeing this situation, the people became more suspicious and afraid of Fang Zheng's origin and official position.

Fang Zheng saw the people "are; many. They were surrounded on the second floor of the outer two floors of the lobby." Lu Xia was quite satisfied. Qian Xian'ao... Suzhou's customary procedure for officials to go to the hall, directly patted the gavel, shouting: "Where is the prefect of Yangzhou Xu Shou?"

Xu Shouhun shivered. He hurriedly lowered his head and walked to the middle of the court, knelt down and said, "The emperor is here."

In front of the people, Fang Zheng said angrily: "Xu Shou, do you know your crime?" The new address of this site has been changed to: Xiaolian Aopeng, please log in to Yuandu.

Xu Shou was shocked, then stood up stubbornly, looked directly at Fang Zheng and said, "The official is not guilty!"

Fang Zheng sneered: "You have been serving as the prefect of Yangzhou for ten days. You wantonly arrested innocent people and went to prison. You ordered the yamen runners to suppress the people and avenge them. This made the Yangzhou city frightened and the people's minds changed. You still said you are not guilty?"

"The people are about to be in chaos, and the officials are just expedient and adaptable to prevent the people from causing greater trouble and endangering the court and the country. The officials do not feel guilty!" Xu Shou said with his neck sternly.

When the people outside the court heard this, it turned out that this lord was actually trying to examine the prefect! The people's sentiments began to be excited.

"Sir, please make the decision for the common people!"

"Sir, Xu Shou did evil, and the labor-hard and strong men in the family were arrested and imprisoned for no reason. I would like to ask the adults to seek justice for the common people!"

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The angry condemnation of the people outside the hall made Xu Shou's face pale, and cold sweat suddenly flowed down his forehead, and his whole body began to tremble slightly.

"Xu Shou, do you hear the voices of the people? Do you still insist that you are innocent?"

After gritting his teeth, Xu Shou still stood up and said tremblingly: "The officials are worthy of heaven and earth, and the officials are not guilty!"

Fang Zheng sneered, "There is nothing to do with the world! Do you dare to pat your chest and say that you are worthy of the people? You have read the books of sages for many years. How do sages teach you? The people are the most important, the country is the next, and the king is the least. Ask yourself, how do you treat the people! The people are in chaos and the people are put into prison, so there will be no chaos in the people? Are you a pig's brain? Suppose the soup and stop the boiling fire, and put out the fire, and his actions are extremely stupid! This move is simply forcing the people to rebel. If I ask you to continue to sit in the position of prefect, I don't know how many people will destroy their families in the future!"

Closed his eyes, Fang Zheng said slowly: "Come here, take Xu Shou's official uniform and send someone to escort him to the Ministry of Justice in the Capital, and be sentenced to convict by officials of the Ministry of Justice.

The guards beside Fang Zheng stepped forward and recorded Xu Shou's official clothes and hat without saying a word. Then he took him out of the hall.

After pondering for a while, Fang Zheng continued, "Where is the Yangzhou magistrate?"

The position of Tongzong is second only to the prefect in the government office. He is considered the second-in-command of the prefect. He is responsible for food transportation, homeland, water conservancy, and prosecutors on weekdays. He also has the function of secretly supervising and restricting the prefect.

One person stood up among the Yangzhou officials. He was about forty years old, with blue beards and thick eyebrows, and his shape was neither humble nor arrogant. He bowed and said, "Gou Ang, the magistrate of Yangzhou, pay homage to Lord Fang."

Fang Zheng looked at him for a while and nodded, "Mr. Gu, I ordered you to be the prefect of Yangzhou for a time being, govern the country and benefit the people. Gu, you see why your ex lost his official position because of his failure. Don't repeat his mistakes."

Fang Zheng's main purpose in coming to Yangzhou was to investigate the whereabouts of the King of Thailand. He was unable to act as a prefect, so he directly promoted the magistrate to one level so that he could concentrate on dealing with the case of the King of Thailand.

Gu Ang was overjoyed when he heard this. He hurriedly knelt down and said yes.

He raised his head and glanced at the people standing outside the hall and smiled: "In addition, this time, I have also brought the emperor's imperial edict. In order to comfort the people, my emperor's wise and wise orders have been issued to exempt Yangzhou Prefecture from three years of money, grain and taxes. I hope that all the fellow villagers will do their duty and do not go astray. Before the new emperor ascended the throne, the new dynasty has appeared. From the temple to the countryside, we will work together to have a good year together.

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To be continued...