When discussing the suspension of the railway construction, Du Zhongxiao said to Ma Zun: "It is rare to get a verdict, so stay for a few more days to see the current farming and field affairs. Where is the right place and where is not enough, let us wake up."

Ma Zun said: "Since the founding of the country, the Xiang-Deng area has been invested many times, but it has not been effective. Only this time, the fortune-telling sentence has been paid in less than two years, and the people who came live and work in peace and contentment. This is a virtue and should take a look."

Up to this era, the most fully developed Xiang Deng Basin centered on Xiangyang and Dengzhou was the Han Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had been established for nearly a hundred years, and the population density in this area was only one-tenth of the heyday of the Han Dynasty. Other periods can be imagined. There was a slight development in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, followed by the late Tang and Five Dynasties, where many forces tug at this place and once again withered. Tens of thousands of households were moved to the local population at one time, accounting for almost half of the local population. I can't imagine it in another place, but there is still insufficient staff here.

Du Zhongxiao stood up and personally arranged for the officials to arrange residence for Ma Zun, asking him to stay first, and take a look around these days.

At this moment, a public official came in quickly and bowed: "Yun Judgment, County Magistrate Lou asked for a visit, saying that there was something important to report!"

Du Zhongxiao asked Ma Zun to rest first and said to the public official: "Let Magistrate Lou come here to see me."

After a while, the Magistrate Lou and the County Magistrate Lu hurried in and saluted Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao ordered to sit down and asked, "I don't know what's wrong with the county, the magistrate and the county magistrate are in such a hurry?"

County Magistrate Lou said: "The county has filed a lawsuit today, which is related to the recruitment of households in the field. The officials dare not make arbitrary decisions, so they come to wait for the orders of Yun Jue. If this matter is not handled well, there will be chaos in the area."

Du Zhongxiao said: "What kind of case, but it's okay to say it. If it's a harassed place by the land affairs, I will restrain myself."

County Magistrate Lou bowed and said, "This case is not complicated. There is a Shi Junwai in this county, whom the judge knew about it. A farmer in his family, named Xie Qing, was seriously ill a few days ago and borrowed two staples of money from Shi Junwai to buy medicine. Shi Junwai refused, and he didn't want the child to be cured. Xie Qing felt sorry for his son. Seeing that Shi Junwai was a kind-hearted man, he decided to leave and come to invest in the land. The farmer had already left a lot. How could Shi Junwai be willing? He forced Xie Qing to stop Xie Qing. His son Shi Daqing took a stick and beat someone. One of them was not good, so he knocked Xie Qing's family to the ground. The whole farmer was heartbroken and took Shi Daqing to the county yard. The case was clear, but if Shi Daqing was severely punished, the farmer in the county would be afraid that he would leave. So several of the former county officials would plead for Shi Daqing together and demanded that the yamen behead him."

Du Zhongxiao heard this and asked, "How is Xie Qing's wife? There is a lawsuit for death?"

County Magistrate Lou said: "I have sent someone to investigate. Fortunately, no major incident happened. I was just knocked out for a moment and now I have woken up."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and concluded it secretly. The case is not complicated. Since no one is killed, it is just a person who is injured. Beating a farmer is equivalent to beating a servant, and the punishment is reduced by one level according to the law. In addition, the charge of abuse of the servant is just a fine of some money and supplying Xie Qing, and he blames Shi Daqing for being punished. The county's authority is just like this. If a life lawsuit is really caused, the county magistrate Lou doesn't need to ask, and he will go directly to Suizhou. The county officials do not have that much authority.

It is difficult for the magistrate Lou to deal with it, and it is the big families in the county who pleaded for Shi Daqing together. According to Du Zhongxiao, it is probably not just pleaded for mercy, but might also threaten the county. After all, everything in the county now relies on these big families, and the money and grain support for land management is the future.

After pondering for a moment, Du Zhongxiao said: "What do those big families ask for mercy? How about the county?"

County Magistrate Lou said: "According to the law, we should fine the Shi family, and Shi Daqing will blame him. The county's outsourcing felt that doing this would favor customers, so they would not be able to control the village customers in the future. Therefore, the county asked the county to spare Shi Daqing and just let Xie Qing leave the Shi family."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao smiled: "If it is broken up like this, will the shopkeepers be punished in the future? If you are injured today, you will not be punished. In a few days, you may have a lawsuit for death. Is it not worth your life? The magistrate thought, how should the case be broken?"

County Magistrate Lou sighed: "It is not concealed that the remote hometown of Zaoyang has many such things in the past. Officials who do not have a life, usually don't ask about it. In fact, it's just that the life is born. As long as there is no miserable leader, it will pass. Now the land responsibilities are here. Now, unlike in the past, the farmers have a way out and share the same hatred of the enemy. How can the matter be allowed to pass? This case is not important. What is important is that the wealthy families and farmers in the county are now in the same situation and are incompatible with each other. No matter how the county decides the case, one side will have to make trouble."

Speaking of this, County Magistrate Lou shook his head helplessly: "Yun Judgment has also been a magistrate, and he knows the difficulties of the local area. When the villager makes trouble, they are numerous. If they surround the county government, they may be rebelled. The wealthy families make trouble, and the county's money and food this year are not settled. Not to mention the salary, food and clothing of our officials, the taxes cannot be obtained from the state, and the officials cannot explain it to the court."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and understood the situation of magistrate Lou. Needless to say, forcing the customers to rebel, the future of magistrate Lou will be over as long as the matter is done. Not to mention that if he really wants to break through the county town, his life will be difficult to save. The big family refused to pay money and grain, and the tax revenue in autumn could not be raised, so the official could not continue. There was no garrison in the small county of Zaoyang, and all the public officials and servants were from several large households. They joined forces and there was no way for the county to not pay money and grain.

After thinking for a long time, Du Zhongxiao said: "The magistrate, the national laws should not be disturbed, and the prisoners should not be punished in vain! You have indeed had difficulties, but you should put national laws first. Since Shi Daqing has disrupted national laws, he must be severely punished! As for the big families in the county, they do encounter difficulties, and the county government wants a way out for them."

County Magistrate Lou nodded repeatedly: "The judgment is the truth, and the subordinates obey the order! However, it is less than two months before the harvest of rice. If all the customers come to invest in the field business, no one will harvest the rice in the fields, and the autumn tax is indeed not settled, which is unimaginable."

Du Zhongxiao said: "This way, you send someone to the big families to the field commerce industry, and I will share with them."

After hearing this, the magistrate Lou felt a little sad. Before Du Zhongxiao came to the West Road to conduct the verdict of the Beijing West Road, it was the volcanic army army who had really fought wars on the border. What does it mean to call the wealthy families in the county to the brigade? Should they be taken away in a nutshell? Although the peaceful years and the world of peace, Du Zhongxiao would not use this poisonous plan, but the people who had fought in the war were indefinitely. The brigades were always training troops, and the few wealthy families were the ones. If they really started, they would be destroyed. If they were to be charged, they would be unable to explain the matter.

Seeing that County Magistrate Lou did not answer, his face turned blue, Du Zhongxiao was confused and asked, "What, what's the difficulty?"

The county magistrate Lou said stuttered: "Yunsense, although those big families have become a little domineering in the past, it is not a crime of beheading."

Du Zhongxiao briefly understood what County Magistrate Lou meant and laughed: "What are you thinking! The field business has not opened this year. I asked you to call the big households and discuss with them. When it is time to harvest rice, let the field business people help them harvest rice!"

After hearing this, County Magistrate Lou let out a sigh and hurriedly bowed: "Force and be kind, but not enough to be a magnanimous person! Now the big families are worried about nothing more than two things. One is that the farmers have gone, and no one can harvest the rice in the fields. Another, without the farmers, their land will not be planted. As long as the farming stewards help them harvest rice and collect some remuneration, the difficulties this year will be over, and you can find a way to do things in the future."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "This time I came to the camp and field steward, I will give them a clear way, and there will be a way out in the future. - By the way, you can tell them clearly. If you don't come this time, you will be blessed in the future!"
Chapter completed!