Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 163 Arresting Yang Lian
He Liu and Lao Hu came to Beisi Town Fushi to be on duty.

Liu Da complained to Laohu and said: "Master, I didn't mean you are old. You have been promoted to prison and supervised thousands of households. Why are you the latest one in Fusi Dianmao of Beizhen?"

Lao Hu played sloppy eyes: "Report to the Governor! I am old, and my legs and feet are not good..."

Liu Da waved his hand impatiently: "Got it, master. I think you drank too much from Xinghua Village last night!"

Old Hu smiled: "I don't drink Xinghuacun now, I drink Xiliang wine instead."

Liu Dao: "Let's get down to business. There are rumors of official impeachment. Daxing County Magistrate Yang Lian opened the official warehouse privately and distributed all the official rations to the unscrupulous people. He also led the unscrupulous people to Beijing to make trouble. Whoever gets a driving ticket, take that Yang Lian Come on!"

He Liu heard the words and thought: Then Yang Lian should open the storehouse for disaster relief, and those so-called "treacherous people" are obviously just victims of the disaster waiting to be fed.Yang Lian must have offended someone before, and someone took the opportunity to make a false accusation.

He Liudao: "This subordinate is willing to arrest Yang Lian."

Lao Hu also said: "The subordinates are also willing to go."

Liu Da nodded: "Okay, you go get him quickly."

He Liu and Lao Hu got the driver's card from the Naren and went out to Beizhen Fusi.

Old Hu asked: "Did you say that Yang Lian is still there just now?"

He Liudao: "Not necessarily."

Old Hu laughed and said, "It's such a big capital, where can we find Yang Lian, a living man?"

He Liu thought for a while and said, "That's easy. Where there are many victims, I think that county magistrate Yang is there."

He Liu's estimation was correct.The area around Yong'anmen in the capital city has the most victims.When the two came to Yong'anmen, they saw a man wearing the uniform of a seventh-rank county magistrate, with dozens of blackened corn buns around the front of the official uniform, and distributed them to the victims.

He Liu stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Master Yang, He Liu is the governor of Xia Jinyiwei North Town. Please come with us to the Beisi yamen."

Yang Lian replied without raising his head: "Oh, okay, after I finish distributing these dozens of cornbreads first. One cornbread is a life, and a human life is at stake."

He Liu and Lao Hu didn't stop him.

Yang Lian finished distributing the corn buns.He straightened his official hat and asked He Liu: "Dare to ask the superior, what is the reason why Jin Yiwei arrested me?"

He Liu replied: "Open an official warehouse privately."

The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" contains a clear text, no matter what the reason for opening an official position, it is an unforgivable crime of beheading.

Yang Lian smiled: "As expected, please put me in shackles and shackles."

He Liu shook his head: "No need, I don't think Mr. Yang will run away."

Among the victims, someone suddenly yelled: "The government wants to arrest Mr. Yang!"

What happened next made He Liu's heart tremble.

Tens of thousands of starving people outside the Yong'an Gate actually pushed the golden mountain and overturned the jade pillars, and a large area fell to their knees in unison.

"My lord! Lord Yang is a good official! If you want to arrest him, arrest us all!"

"What's wrong with Mr. Yang? Ever since Daxing suffered a disaster, he's just like us, eating black corn bread and drinking tree leaf porridge every day!"

"Leave so many corrupt officials refusing to arrest, but arrest such an upright official! Your conscience has been eaten by dogs?"

Some disaster victims got up one after another, gathered around Yang Lian, and surrounded him tightly.

"If you want to catch Mr. Yang, you have to step over the old man's corpse first!" A disaster victim in his 80s shouted at He Liu.

He Liu and Lao Hu didn't know what to do for a while.When these victims heard that they wanted to arrest Yang Lian, they were all filled with righteous indignation.If tens of thousands of disaster victims rushed towards the two of them, they would be torn to pieces in an instant.

Unexpectedly, Yang Lian shouted at the crowd of victims: "Fellow folks! Your Majesty is the most sage and enlightened monarch in all ages! I, Yang Lian, have cleared myself, and I believe that the Emperor will give me justice! Besides, my father used to I work as an errand in Beizhen Fusi. I grew up peeing and muddy in the school grounds of Beizhen Fusi, and when I get there, no one will give me a hard time!"

After hearing the words, the victims still refused to give way.

He Liu and Lao Hu also had a tacit understanding.After hearing Yang Lian's words, they had the same question in their hearts: Is the emperor the most wise monarch in all ages?Really?

"Master Yang! You saved the lives of my whole family. You are innocent, so why should they arrest you?"

"That's right! Let's go! Let's go to the gate of the palace and file a complaint!"

"Yes, go to the palace and sue the imperial court!"

He Liu was horrified when he heard the words: If the tens of thousands of disaster victims in Yonganmen really went to Yongshou Palace to sue for "imperial complaints", then Yang Lian's crime would not be for opening an official warehouse privately, but for gathering crowds to plot rebellion!Tens of thousands of people gathered at the gate of Yongshou Palace, and those imperial imperial guards who were like wolves and tigers would definitely kill without hesitation!
Yang Lian made an unexpected move.He lifted the upper hem of his official uniform, and with a thud, he knelt down to the ragged victims!

An imperial court ordered an official to kneel down to a group of ordinary people.This is probably the first time in the Jiajing Dynasty.

Yang Lian said in a loud voice: "Fellow folks, a man has gold under his knees. I, Yang Lian, kneel down to heaven and earth, to my father, and to my parents. Today, I kneel down to you! Folks, please believe that the imperial court will give me Yang Lian justice. The imperial court will not ignore the life and death of the folks! You make a way out, let me go with the servants of Jin Yiwei! Are you going to make me a traitor who resists arrest by coercing people?"

Yang Lian's kneeling, how can the victims bear it?The elderly disaster victim in his 80s supported Yang Lian.A group of victims gave way.

He Liu made a "please" gesture: "Master Yang, please."

Yang Lian also made a "please" gesture: "Lead the way ahead!"

Yang Lian followed He Liu and Lao Hu to Beizhen Fusi Prison.Now Lao Hu has been in charge of thousands of households, and the edict prison is his territory.

Old Hu ordered a hundred households to be guarded: "Clean up a cell. Make it clean and let Mr. Yang live in it. Three meals a day are provided on time, and there must be wine and meat."

Watching all the hundreds of households turn around to do it, He Liu stopped him: "Wait a minute, if you bring wine and meat to Mr. Yang, I'm afraid he won't eat it either. The tens of thousands of victims under his rule are still starving in the capital." He’s starving! How can he eat meat with wine? How about this, give him two white steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, and a plate of fresh pickles for each meal.”

Old Hu said: "Lao Liu, you still think carefully."

He Liu shook his head: "Oh, it is said that Jiajing was prosperous and the world was peaceful. So many victims of the disaster are starving to death, and I don't know what the cabinet and the six ministers are doing!"

Inside Yongshou Palace.

Emperor Jiajing was looking at the model of the new Chaotian Temple with his favorite Taoist priest Lan Daoxing.

"Lan Shenxian, you look at the eight dharma altars of Xinchaotian Temple, which are aligned with the eight trigrams directions of Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, and Dui! What do you think?" Emperor Jiajing always called Lan Dao a blue god.

Lan Daoxing cupped his hands: "I would like to report to Emperor Wanshou, if the new Chaotian Temple is built according to this model, it will show that Emperor Wanshou respects the sky and loves the people!"

Emperor Jiajing said to Lu Fang who was beside him: "Let Huang Jin open the inner transport warehouse, allocate 100 million taels of silver, and start construction."

Lu Fang said: "Follow the order."

Lu Fang said to obey the order, but did not leave the hall.

Emperor Jiajing raised his head and asked, "What else is there?"

Lu Fang said: "Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng jointly wrote a booklet, and reported the spring famine in Beizhili..."

Emperor Jiajing lowered his head, stared at the model of the New Chaotian Temple and said: "There are always some famines in the two capitals and thirteen provinces throughout the year. Xu Jie's papers are nothing more than complaining to me. If I complain, I won't read it. Pass the papers to Chief Assistant Yan Song, and let Yan Song figure it out."

(End of this chapter)