Zhang Mu recalled that during the fight, Li Erlang did have a slave under him. He was beaten up several times. It seemed that he was very good at it and was helped back.

However, Zhang Mu didn't believe it even though he got the spleen ruptured.

The spleen is ruptured, why don’t you vomit blood on the spot?

There must be something strange about this, and the prefect of Hangzhou is Wen Yanbo. Once he enters the Hangzhou Prefecture, it will be difficult to deal with.

Seeing that Zhang Mu had not got off the boat for a long time, several yamen runners stood on the shore and shouted loudly: "Zhang Mu, you have killed someone, do you want to resist arrest?"

I just shouted, and I didn't dare to actually get on the boat to catch people.

Others advised Zhang Mu to leave Hangzhou immediately by boat. Zhang Mu thought about it, but shook his head.

This year is not the previous year. I was not afraid of a big deal the previous year, but this year it was not possible. After all, Wang Ju has returned and joined the Secretariat.

He instructed his deputy Su Ziyong to start from two aspects. On the one hand, he used the connections he had gained from so many years of trade to secretly investigate the matter. On the other hand, he immediately sent someone to the capital to report the whole story of the matter, and even Li Erlang's father Li He's previous trade dealings with the fleet to Wang Ju one by one.

After giving the order, he immediately got off the boat.

There were two results. One person was indeed beaten to death, but it was also a mistake. Even if Wen Yanbo intentionally made things difficult, at most he was a clever word, and it was not their first move. Then Wang Ju secretly took care of him and suffered for a few years, he would be released safely.

2. He didn't kill the man, but something else was strange. He didn't expect Wen Yanbo to make a fair judgment. At this time, Wang Ju needs to secretly help him seek justice.

However, his refusal to arrest may cause consequences that he would never imagine.

So Zhang Mu made this choice.

He was taken to the court by the yamen runners, and Wen Yanbo seemed to be in a dilemma, nor did he order the yamen runners to beat them up, but just asked about the incident gently.

Zhang Mu told the story again.

Wen Yanbo sent the yamen runners to take Xiuxiu to court and asked again.

And the yamen runners found two passers-by who were watching that day.

It was indeed Zhang Mu who beat him, but it was not Zhang Mu who beat him to death. Wen Yanbo asked the offender to be a post-mortem, and the result was that his spleen ruptured and died.

Wen Yanbo was furious: "You group of maritime merchants are all bold and arbitrary. They publicly beat the imperial officials the year before yesterday, but now they are just a little quarrel and commit crimes in the street."

After drinking, before Zhang Mu could react, he ordered to take Zhang Mu out and abandon the market.

In fact, in ancient times, the death penalty was extremely cautious, thinking that it was the extreme of the punishment. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty established the Three-Counter Five-Commitment Method. It is not necessarily three-and-five. However, before the death penalty was applied, central officials must repeatedly sue it and the emperor approved it before it can be executed to prevent serious misjudgments. At the same time, it also extends the idea of ​​being wronged when the punishment is indicted, that is, the prisoners shouted for justice when beheading, and the executioner immediately stopped executing the death penalty. Therefore, there were fewer death penalty prisoners in the Tang Dynasty. It was not that there were not many criminals who were extremely guilty, but that the execution of the death penalty was too complicated, so the officials often tried to use his punishment instead of being sentenced to death.

However, this system gradually became abolished and lax in the Song Dynasty. At most, there was only one remark, and the emperor rarely interfered, but directly handed it to the three provinces, the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple. However, everyone was very cautious about the death penalty, and before the death penalty was sentenced, the prisoner was allowed to have a good meal. When meeting with his relatives, read out the criminal's crime in public, do not make secret judgments, and do not use things to block his mouth. In order to let the prisoner speak, if it is wronged, the prisoner can shout for justice loudly, then the death penalty must be stopped immediately and handed over to the Criminal Prison Department for re-examination.

In addition, it is often the execution of the death toll at dusk after autumn, and their families are allowed to return the leader to bury. If there are no relatives, the government must provide a decent burial. There are also pedantic officials who ask monks to chant scriptures and pray for blessings before the death row inmates are sentenced...

So Wang Ju beheaded several clerks in Zheng Baiqu. Although he used a large number of troops here, he implemented military laws, which still caused a huge uproar. Indeed, from a certain perspective, Wang Ju's actions violated the legal system of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, he is in Qingzhou, Guangnan and Dali. It is a war and war preparation area, and he can do it cheaply.

However, in Quanzhou, Wang Ju also abides by the Song Dynasty system and does not surpass it.

Wen Yanbo now has violated the law system.

But he was not worried. First, Wang Ju's destruction was the first, and Zhang Mu was indeed beaten to death. At most, the sentence was a bit heavy.

In this way, Zhang Mu was forcibly beheaded by Wen Yanbo.

Su Ziyong hurried to the capital and reported the matter to Wang Ju.

Han Yun was extremely surprised: "Zhang Mu was beheaded by Wen Yanbo?"

The earliest guests Wang Ju took in were Ge Shaohua, Zhao Du, Tao Qing, Huang Liang, followed by Han Yun in Jingzhou, Zhang Quanzhi in Fujian, Huanghua in Hebei, Liu Shaoxian in Liangzhe, Lu Leping in Jiangnan, and Lu Herang in Lingnan.

Except for Ge Shaohua, the remaining nine of these ten people have become core members of the other side, or the most reliable assistants around Wang Ju.

In addition to these nine people, some of the visitors were ten merchants in Yanzhou, or those nine people were indirectly recommended to Wang Ju. There were a large number of these people. After being tempered in Guangnan or tested in previous years of trade management, some people were once again unknown, and some were also valued by Wang Ju.

However, millions of people on the other side are not just the real talents.

Some people, such as Zhang Mu, have almost never received any recommendations from anyone, and can only gradually climb up. This person is very steady, has a view of the overall situation, is good at convergence and contradictions, and has the talent for doing business. He is even on Wang Ju's key observation list.

"The key person may not be killed by Zhang Mu." Su Ziyong said dissatisfied.

If Zhang Mu really beaten to death, at most, Wen Yanbo was a bit serious, but there were too many doubts in the middle.

"That's of course. If Zhang Mu really beat the slave to his spleen and broke, why didn't the slave vomit blood on the spot and could he return to the Li family with the help of others?"

"Why did Wen Yanbo do this?"

"It's very simple. In the hearts of the ministers of the Song Dynasty, you are a group of rebellious people. What will happen if you are insulted? Maybe you don't even want the migrant people and immediately take the fleet back. If this happens, the other side will not be able to continue to provide gold and silver to the court. Before the banking department is established, it will be announced that it will fail!"

Wang Ju’s statement may be a bit extreme.

It may not be like this. It is probably because of Wang Ju himself and Wen Yanbo held a grudge and killed Zhang Mu. In his heart, he was just a small businessman, and he would kill him. If the seaguests really got angry, he would be too eager.

However, Wang Ju thought about it after saying that.

No matter what Wen Yanbo thought, he would kill Zhang Mu. The next thing was difficult.

Wang Ju can't say that the fleet on the other side is all controlled by me alone.

Therefore, I used a vague statement to the outside world that I have many ships in it, and I have kindness to the maritime merchants. Therefore, I have a certain influence. I can only say that I have a certain influence, but I cannot fully control it.

So next if the seamen came to the capital like ordinary Song people, crying and complaining to Wang Ju, and with the unruly response they left behind before, everyone would inevitably have doubts.

Then it would be even more inappropriate if it were. If that were the case, Zhang Mu would not have gone to the Hangzhou court and was even killed unjustly.

After a while, Wang Ju asked: "How many migrant people are there in Hangzhou?"

Suzhou and Hangzhou were the richest areas of the Song Dynasty, so there were few immigrants.

Moreover, since last year, the migrant people have also turned to the north.

However, Hangzhou has the convenience of the Grand Canal, and it is the most prosperous city in the Song Dynasty, so its trade status is very important. Over the years, the number of trade has gradually taken Quanzhou and has become the largest number of transactions among several major market authorities.

But there are still poor people who want to migrate to the other side, but there are only a small number.

Su Ziyong said: "There are about 2,000 households."

"That's not a lot. You send someone to convey the situation to them, and then publicly say that due to the harm caused by Wengong, we dare not stay in Hangzhou, so please ask them to go back."

"This idea is good." Where to go? There are all people with nothing, more than 2,000 households, and nearly 10,000 people will start to make trouble. The matter will not be small. Su Ziyong immediately said excitedly: "Taibao, do you want it..."

"You can send someone to further bewitch you, but remember. It is better to have a smaller action and a smaller effect than to make people realize that you are not facing ordinary officials, but the only giant in the Song Dynasty! Then... have the goods on your ship been sold out?"

"It's sold out long ago, and it's now a buyer. In addition, it's just waiting for the monsoon."

"Then you don't need to purchase it. Go back immediately. Before the monsoon is converted, drive the fleet to Mizhou Port. Then send a former team of Japan from Mizhou Port and inform the fleet there not to go to Hangzhou."

This is not anger.

The procurement of Hangzhou Port is not only for the purchase of the other side, but also for a large amount of commercial goods, heading to Dashi for transactions.

Once you do not purchase and leave Hangzhou, it will cause heavy losses to the merchants in Hangzhou.

Even not only Hangzhou, but also Yuezhou, Suzhou, and Jiangning, merchants in this vast area will be severely hit.

"Then do one more thing, and untie the bell and the bell tied..." Wang Ju whispered a few words in Su Ziyong's ear.

"Miaoji," Su Ziyong said happily after hearing this.

"After going back, instruct relevant people to treat Zhang Mu's family well." Wang Ju sighed again.

"Here." Su Ziyong replied and quickly rode his horse back to Hangzhou.

"I can kill this old guy now." Han Yun said.

"If you can't kill him, it's a lucky thing to get him injured. And it's definitely not that easy to take pictures of this person." Wang Ju said soberly.

Then Wang Ju pretended that it didn't happen and continued to handle various affairs.

First, he spared no expense to transfer a large amount of food and grass to Shaanxi.

Shaanxi reported that the death toll reached 600,000. This 600,000 was not only the number of military and civilians who died in two defeats, but also included the people of Shaanxi who were killed in the subsequent counterattack of Xixia.

Some of them were the forbidden soldiers in the Central Plains, and a few were the civilians in Hedong. The remaining 400,000 were all the people in Shaanxi, including Ding Zhuang. More than 90% were Ding Zhuang.

That is, there were hundreds of thousands of households in Shaanxi, more than three million young people, and nearly one-seventh young people died tragically.

Therefore, countless families were broken, and at the same time, due to the tragic death of a large number of Ding Zhuang, farming production was severely delayed, and a food crisis occurred in the situation.

So Wang Ju had this arrangement.

However, the targets of migration were not mainly the people of Shaanxi, and they took the initiative to impose strict restrictions. If you want to migrate to the other side, you must be a real orphan and widowed mother.

There are also many orphans and widows, but some young women are a little pretty and are a little nervous about the other side, so they choose to remarry one by one.

This is the strict side, but it is the wider side in the capital.

Especially over the years, if any of the families of the forbidden soldiers who migrated outside the city died on the battlefield, the court took the initiative to take out part of the pension, and also took out part of the money and silk to buy back the arable land allocated to them by the court, and then persuaded their families to migrate to the other side with this money and silk.

The reason is very simple, let them move out of the farmland and then select strong Tings from the guards to serve as new imprisonment soldiers.

Although the forbidden soldiers placed outside the city are not as good as the forbidden soldiers in the city, they have cultivated land in their hands, but the forbidden soldiers in the city are unwilling to leave the city because they are unwilling to let go of their bodies and have to farm in addition to their usual training.

However, it is still quite eager for ordinary Baoding.

This is used to fill the number of impeachment soldiers. Although these Baodings are not as good as those of impeachment soldiers, they are mostly from various rural areas. Compared with the impeachment soldiers who are about to fall in the capital, they are more simple.

Then I went to the battlefield. Even though the training time was not very long, the actual combat effectiveness did not decrease, but increased.

No one in the court opposed it.
To be continued...