Great Lawyer

Chapter 357 The Way of Corrupt Officials ([-])

"Have Huang Jue and the two accountants stabilized?" King Gui asked Jiao San.

Jiao San nodded, "I'm taking care of them all, and people have been sent to guard the surroundings. No one will know, don't worry, my lord."

King Gui nodded and looked at Tian Mao, "Let's talk."

Tian Mao cried and said, "I killed Li Er because I kept my mouth shut. He, he knew that I embezzled money from the water conservancy."

King Gui asked, "How much has been embezzled?"

"Ten, 10 taels."

The room suddenly became quiet, and King Gui held back his anger for a while, "The two accountants reconcile accounts, how can you be so greedy?"

Tian Mao replied: "They only care about accounts, but they don't know how to know. A big iron is worth four taels of silver. I get it from a mine I am familiar with, and it only costs one tael."

There must be a difference between an iron ingot of one tael of silver and an iron ingot of four taels of silver.

"What's in the iron box?" King Gui asked.

Tian Mao cried and said, "It's actually a tin box, and it's filled with stones or soil. You can't tell from the shape and weight."

"There are still wooden stakes that have gone down. They are all bad wood. The outside is painted with a layer of tung oil. It looks very good, but as long as it is put in water, it will rot within a year."

Yinshou jumped up, pointed at Tian Mao and said: "You guys are too much, how can these be shoddy."

"I know, I know. That's why a dike is full of holes in three or four years."

Silver was very lucky, "I'm going to have a look, you bastards, bastards!"

As he spoke, he ran out, took off his clothes all the way, tied the rope and jumped into the river.

Fearing that something might happen to him, several craftsmen followed him down to protect him.

"Han Dang," Du Jiuyan said, "excuse me, go and have a look. He has never seen such nasty things when he is young. I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it."

Han Dangying is, go to the shore to guard.

"Damn you!" Jiao San slapped Tian Mao, "It's not your family that drowned, is it? I'm telling you, if the polder breaks and floods, I will drag you over to fill the hole."

Tian Mao's teeth were shaking, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he said in a crying voice, "You don't know, this is... it's like this in all places."

"Because you want to leave a way for the next magistrate?" Du Jiuyan asked.

Tian Mao was taken aback, looked at her and nodded, "This is the way, if you don't do it, you will be a sinner, and you don't know who you have offended."

Du Jiuyan nodded. These county magistrates who have been released to the outside world have a term of three years. Some stay here for three years, and some stay here for six years. Countless county magistrates come and go.These people want to do meritorious service and leave traces here.

How can this trace be left?It is nothing more than building roads, bridges, embankments and granaries.

Almost every county magistrate has to repair it.

If it is repaired, it is a political achievement to the top, diligent and loving the people, and a good name to the bottom, and it is hard work to love the people like a son.

But every county magistrate needs word of mouth, and there are only so many things that can leave traces... So, a default rule has been formed, roads cannot be repaired, and bridges cannot last.You have built a bridge for thousands of years, so what does the county magistrate who comes later do?
Keep each other's way, officialdom rules.

"Hit him!" King Gui and Jiao San said.

"My lord, it's useless for you to beat the villain, the villain is just a miscellaneous official!" Tian Mao said.

"Exhaust." King Gui said.

Jiao San ping-pong-pong twitched, and Tian Mao cried.

"Go on," Du Jiuyan said, "This year was corrupted. What about four years ago? You said that the imperial court allocated 60 taels, but the dam was not working after more than four years. How much was corrupted?"

Tian Mao replied: "Four, 40 taels!"

Look, there are more than half of them. No wonder a dam will fail in three to five years.

Stones are packed in tin boxes, and what can be left after being flushed by water for several years, the embankment is almost like paper.

"So much money, you can't afford it as a small clerk, tell me, who else is there!"

Tian Mao didn't dare to say, shook his head and said: "My lord, please go and investigate, please. If I die, I will die, but if I say so, my family will not survive."

King Gui sneered, "Whoever dares to strike, I will be the first to kill him!"

Tian Mao looked at King Gui and cried, "My lord, it's all complicated here... Even the Holy One... will hurt his muscles and bones."

King Gui said: "I'll give you a chance, if you don't say it, I'll make your life worse than death!"

Tian Mao shook his head in fear.

"Bring Huang Jue in." King Gui said.

Jiao San brought Huang Jue in, and as soon as he entered the door, his legs gave way and he fell to his knees, looking at Tian Mao with a pale face.

The two looked at each other, their faces ashen.

"Did Wu Dianyin participate?" King Gui asked Huang Jue straight to the point, "If you say it, I'll beat him. If you don't say it, I'll beat you."

Huang Jue kowtowed, "The villain is just a handyman, he doesn't know anything, really."

Jiao San took the iron stick and pierced Huang Jue's left hand across the tiger's mouth when he came up. Huang Jue's hand was nailed to the ground, crying in pain.

"Tell me," King Gui asked Tian Mao, and Tian Mao was trembling with fright, "No, Mr. Wu is in the middle of this matter, and he doesn't need to touch him at all."

King Gui looked at Huang Jue again, "Tell someone you know."

Huang Jue said: "It's me, Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Mao, and the adults in the capital. I don't know who they are. Only Mr. Tian knows."

Tian Mao was afraid of being beaten, so he immediately said: "Qiu Shilang, who supervises the water conservancy of the river, and Mr. Jin, who supervises the censor who supervises the river. This year's 10 taels, Huang Jue and I each got 7. The capital is filial piety." I bought 1 taels, and the remaining [-] taels were used everywhere.”

"What about four years ago?" King Gui asked.

"Four years ago, we had a lot of people. Huang Jue and I only got 30 yuan, and we sent up [-] yuan. The rest...the rest are all bad debts. Now I can't remember why they didn't. .” Tian Mao said.

The bad debts of 8 to [-] taels are light to say.But how difficult it is to raise so much money from national taxes.King Gui touched the bottom line, walked back and forth for a few steps, stopped to look at Tian Mao, and squinted his eyes, "You live well for me, and when I return to the capital, clean them up."

Tian Mao didn't dare to say, so he could only follow suit.

Huang Jue was dazed, he heard King Gui calling himself the king.

After rolling his eyes several times, he suddenly thought of something... Wu Dianyin's attitude towards County Magistrate Liu had already made him curious, but now hearing King Gui's words, he seemed to have solved all the puzzles at once.

Huang Jue fell to the ground in fright.

This time, there is no possibility of even getting through the relationship.

"Master!" Gu Qingshan came in from the outside, King Gui said: "There is no need to avoid things, just say it directly."

Gu Qingshan should be, and replied: "Find the work team of Li Zhishui back then, they are in Shiqian not far from here." After a pause, he said: "Li Zhishui disappeared four years ago, and those who disappeared with him There were two of his cousins ​​and a cousin."

"Everyone guessed that he fell into the water and drowned, because he drank a lot of alcohol when he settled the payment that day." Gu Qingshan said: "I haven't found anyone, and his work team has also dispersed. Now it's another person from the same village. Do things with everyone."

Du Jiuyan and King Gui looked at each other, and looked at Tian Mao together.

Tian Mao already knew that he was going to die, so it didn't matter if he lost a few more lives now, "I also let someone kill me. The four brothers Li Zhishui looked honest, but they were not good things, including Li Er and Li Ying now. How dare you come to negotiate terms with me."

"Only the dead will never speak nonsense." Tian Mao said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the lame man came back, took six people with him, and tied them up with an iron chain. All of them were bruised and swollen from the beating. They lined up and knelt on the ridge facing the work shed.

"Six people?" King Gui confirmed.

Tian Mao nodded.

"How much do the two accountants know?" King Gui confirmed.

"They all know it. Not only them, but also the craftsmen, they just dare not say it." Tian Mao wanted to attract more people. The bigger the momentum, the more people involved, he would have chance of survival.King Gui nodded, and said to Jiao San and the lame man, "Take everyone into custody, and send them back tonight."

It's impossible to do it here, so I can only go back to the capital to settle accounts one by one.

Jiao San and Lie Zi took people with them, and escorted Tian Mao and others back to the Shaoyang county government office.

All sixteen craftsmen stayed behind, and Mrs. Yao sat at the door in a daze.

King Gui came out and looked at the sixteen craftsmen, and asked, "You all know that iron ingots are replaced by iron sheets?"

"We all know. We can tell whether these things are good or bad at a glance." The young craftsman who came back to talk said: "But we only use money to do things. If we ask too much and manage too much, there will be no work to do."

King Gui didn't speak, and turned to look at the rolling dam in the water, "Is there any way to remedy it now?"

"My lord, the remedy is to overthrow it and rebuild it. Otherwise, wait three years before doing it again."

"According to our experience, simply wait until three years later, otherwise the money this year will be wasted."

King Gui nodded and did not refute.

Yinshou came up in a daze, his red eyes were like lanterns, staring at Du Jiuyan, tears streaming down his face, "Brother Jiu, I, why am I so stupid!"

"Come on!" Du Jiuyan opened his hand, throwing his silver hand on her shoulder and crying loudly, "Why didn't I remember to inspect the goods? I can't remember anything. I'm so stupid and stupid."

Young people who are just fledgling, want to do something, run towards their own ideals... But after middle age, they all become mediocre and ordinary people.Everyone's innocence and enthusiasm are probably completely cooled by such a thing.

"It can last for three years," Du Jiuyan said in a low voice, "You will come back after three years."

Yinshou felt very guilty, "I have failed your trust and the prince, I am sorry for you."

"I'll hug you!" King Gui pulled the silver hand out of Du Jiuyan's arms, hugged it himself, and patted it jerky, "Although you are a bit stupid, you are still kind. It's not your fault, and I don't blame you. "

Yinshou's whole body stiffened in embarrassment, the tears disappeared all of a sudden, and he struggled to come out wiping his tears.

"Thank you, my lord." Silver hand wiped his tears and said, "I will know in the future, no matter what you do, you should be careful."

It's not necessarily a bad thing to encounter setbacks when doing something for the first time.

He is too young, even though he has experienced hardships, the world is still black and white, so when in contact with someone like Tian Mao, even if he is on guard, it is difficult to be comprehensive.

　I read a document, but I can’t remember the specifics. It said that it was a newly appointed county magistrate, and found that the predecessor had left nothing for him.After building a durable granary and a strong dam, he was very angry, so he held a grudge and incited several people to build a huge merit monument for the former county magistrate, which was higher than all the previous county magistrates in this county. Monument of Merit.

　　So, after this incident got out, the former county magistrate became a thorn in the side of all the former county magistrates in this county.

　　In about a few years, this person who was already a county magistrate in another place was impeached and framed and dismissed from office.

　　In the article, there is a magistrate of Xing County who was dismissed shortly after he came to Shaoyang. I set up such a prototype.

　　The officialdom is dark, and if you don't like it, you have to be photographed on the beach.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)