After the court came, Du Zhongxiao had just returned to the official hall, and the chief clerk Ye Xiang bowed and said, "Zhongcheng, Fang Ping is back from Ye County!"

Du Zhongxiao was stunned for a moment and said, "Let them check for more days and make sure to make things clear. Why are you back now?"

Ye Xiang said: "He got the key witness, for fear of an accident in Ye County, so he took it back to the capital. Now he has been placed in Taiwan prison, waiting for the Central Chief to interrogate."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao was a little confused. He sent someone to Ye County not to investigate the case, but to investigate whether there were any doubts in the case. If the doubts were not found, he settled Bai Xian in Beijing out of sympathy. After finding the doubts, he submitted a memorial and asked Jingxi Road to investigate. Fang Ping suddenly brought the key witness back, which was different from what he thought.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "Let Fang Ping come and see me."

Ye Xiang bowed and left the official hall. Soon after, he brought Fang Ping in.

Du Zhongxiao said: "What happened when you found a key witness in the Bai family case and brought it to the capital?"

Fang Ping bowed: "Reported to Zhongcheng, the young man investigated the case in Ye County, but who knew that the news was leaked, and he always felt that someone was following me. Xiaode discussed with Jian Cheng. He went to Baiting to inspect the files, and the young man went to Dengzhou to get rid of the people who monitored us first. Unexpectedly, after getting on the bus, he happened to sit with the supervisor of the shop who wrote the loan notes for the Bai family at that time. Because the supervisor might as well leak the matter at that time. Xiaode was afraid that he would be surprised to return to Ye County, so he simply brought it to Beijing and the Zhongcheng personally interrogated it to determine the action."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Okay, if this matter can really be solved, you should remember your achievements. Let's go to Taiwan Prison and hear what the person coming here said."

After saying that, he went to the Taiwan Prison Officer's Office with Fang Ping and ordered the person to be brought in. Soon, Fang Ping carried Yi Li into the official office and saluted him together.

Du Zhongxiao looked at Yi Li, who was about fifty years old, dressed in blue clothes, three collars and black beards, and was very capable. He really didn't believe it. Fang Ping accidentally broke such a big case.

After calming down, Du Zhongxiao said, "What is your name? Where are you doing things? Come one by one."

Yi Li bowed and said, "The young Yi Li has read poetry and books since he was a child and works as a supervisor in the Zhangjia Bookstore in Ye County. Half a year ago, Bai Zhengran of the county borrowed Jian Guanwei's family of 100 guan, settled the interest, and wrote the loan note. After a few days, the shopkeeper suddenly told me that he would change the loan note to 1,000 guan. I have never done this kind of thing, and the little one really dared not."

Du Zhongxiao looked at Yi Li and said lightly: "Why did you dare again later?"

Yi Li sighed: "Money is touching. The young man didn't dare to take out a ingot of silver. It was about ten taels, saying that if he changed the loan note, the silver would be mine. Moreover, Mr. Jian was very ordinary in Ye County. He had money and had some officials. If he didn't follow him, he would be afraid of his business in the future. The young man was stunned for a moment, so he changed the loan note for them."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The loan note is the reliance of the government to determine the case, so how can it be changed so easily?"

Yi Li said: "My husband said it well, but it is indeed not easy to modify it. The loan notes in the bookstore are all made of deed paper, and they were bought from the yamen, and each one was counted. However, there were people in the yamen, so they used blank deed paper and changed the small ones."

Du Zhongxiao said: "If you change the loan note, you still have to sign and seal it. How can he be willing to seal the new loan note?"

Yi Li said: "This is what Jian Yuanwai did. I heard that he had bribed people, but he secretly wrote it when Bai Zhengran was not paying attention. He really didn't know how he did it. Jian Yuanwai had a great fortune and wanted to find someone to do this."

Du Zhongxiao nodded, was silent for a while, and asked, "What kind of physical evidence is there except you?"

Yi Li said: "At that time, the young man received the original 100-month loan note, saying it was destroyed, but in fact it stayed."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao stood up suddenly and said, "Where is that old IOU? Can you bring it with you?"

Yi Li said: "Be by your side. This time, the official sent a young man to Xiangzhou. Mingyan sent someone to investigate the case in Ye County. In order to prevent accidents, the young man specially brought the evidence with him." As he said that, he took out a loan note from his arms.

Fang Ping brought Yi Li back without interrogation, but was just imprisoned in Taiwan prison. So at this time, Yi Li took it out.

Du Zhongxiao took the loan note and looked carefully. After all, he was a person who worked in the local area for many years. It can be seen that it was a unified format printed by Ye County. It stated that next year, Bai Zhengran borrowed 100 guan from Jian Guanwai's shop, and paid it a year later, and the interest rate was 20 guan.

Bookstores have fair functions. Their loan notes, contracts, contracts, etc. are all made of deed papers bought from the government, which are equivalent to the government collecting sharp prints. The number of these deed papers is clear, and in theory, each of them is registered and will not be confused. However, some people in the Jian family are officials in the county government office and think that there is a way to get a blank deed paper. In fact, this is not a difficult task.

After careful reading, Du Zhongxiao put away the deed paper and ordered the officials to call in a clerk to carefully investigate Yili. At that time, what was Bai Zhengran borrowed money, and what was the situation at that time. Later, when did he change the loan note and what happened afterwards, he asked very detailedly and carefully. Now there is only Yili's confession, so of course the more detailed the question, the better.

Asked everything clearly, let Yi Li write on the paper of the case, Du Zhongxiao said: "You are not the main culprit in this matter, and you are not a serious crime. If you can help the court to hear the case, you can save you from being innocent. These days, you will be imprisoned in Taiwan prison and wait for instructions."

After saying that, he ordered someone to take Yi Li back to Taiwan prison and ordered him to take care of him carefully. If something happened to him, he would definitely be punished.

After leaving Taiwan Prison, Du Zhongxiao said to Fang Ping: "You go back to Ye County immediately and discuss with Jian Cheng. The two of them stay there, which is confusing. After I report the memorial, the court made a decision and let you two come back."

After giving all the instructions, Du Zhongxiao returned to his official hall and closed his eyes to think. The document of this case was too beautiful. After receiving the paper, he didn't have much hope. He sent Jian Cheng and Fang Ping to Ye County, but he just did his best to do his best and left his fate. He didn't expect that Fang Ping had such luck. He immediately bumped into Yi Li, asked the whole story, and took it back to the capital.

Places like Ye County have become the same as the development of the Iron Supervision in recent years. There must be many cases like the Bai family, but not many people in the world have the perseverance of Bai Xian and can sue them all the way to the Censorate.

There are several aspects of the case being reported. Du Zhongxiao needs to think carefully about it. One is a false and wrong case, and of course it must be retried. As long as there is a confession provided by Yili, it will be handed over to Jingxi Road for retrial. Another is that Bai Xian has been complaining and tried for his father. The court should commend it to persuade the world to be filial. Another is that this case, except for the fact that Bai Xian insists on complaining, is actually not a big case. Such a thing may be there in many places, let alone Ye County. With this case, it should be a bigger matter to be able to clear the chaotic situation of Bai Tingjian.

Du Zhongxiao had to make a choice for these three factors, which one should be the main one when the memorial was submitted. After thinking for a long time, Du Zhongxiao stood up and paced back after the case. Finally, he decided to report the memorial based on the chaos in Baitingjian.

Since the establishment of the Iron Supervision Bureau, it has actually kicked off the prelude to the industrialization of the Song Dynasty. Du Zhongxiao did not know what the process was and what the result was. With the progress of industrialization, there will inevitably be similarities with the industrialization process in Europe in history, but there will inevitably be different aspects.

China is big enough and has a huge market. However, the external market is insufficient, and the initial stage will inevitably focus on satisfying the internal market. This is different from Europe in history. Du Zhongxiao doesn’t know what the specific process is. This kind of thing must have objective laws and violates objective laws. Even if you are proud of it, you will eventually correct it.

Du Zhongxiao knew about the primary and secondary relationship between social productivity and production relations, but did not know how the facts would evolve. His choice was to establish the Iron Supervision Office first, let them take the initiative to have relationships with the system, and slowly change the entire society. Hequ Road has been more than three years, and what he thought was different from the original Iron Supervision Office. Whether to use this case to re-examine the current situation of the Iron Supervision Office, Du Zhongxiao could not stop it for a while.

Objectively speaking, the imperial court now has the power to control the iron supervision and other large factories that are related to the people's livelihood of the world, and at the same time, it has also nurtured the small factories under the control of Baiting Supervisor, and the results are still good. In recent years, the iron supervision has developed very quickly, and various small factories in Baiting Supervisor have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain and are thriving. However, due to the lack of strict government governance and insufficient manpower, various chaos have occurred, and the case of the Bai family is just the tip of the iceberg.

The domestic market is far from unified now, and society has unlimited demand for various products in Baitingjian, and opportunities are everywhere. The reason why Jian Wenwai is willing to kill people and seize the land of the Bai family is a manifestation. No matter how much money the Bai family can earn in a year of farming, it is not worth mentioning compared to opening a factory.

The magnificence of the upper class of society often condenses the blood and tears of the lower class of society. The more magnificent the upper class is, the more miserable the lower class may live. Just like in the case of the Bai family, if from the perspective of developing industry and developing capitalist relations, Jian Yuanwai, as a new capitalist, seems to be encouraged and protected. But from the ordinary Bai family, of course, he should be severely punished.

Where is the point of integration between the prosperity and strength of a country and the happiness of the people at the bottom? How should it be combined? Du Zhongxiao didn't know, and he didn't want to know at first. Now this case forced him to consider what should he do.
Chapter completed!