Chapter 23
Wang Dalang just gave the vegetables, carried the load and returned to the door, put down the load and took a breath. It was autumn now, and the vegetables could be sold for a month, and when it was frost and snow, the fields would not grow. He and Wulang could go to the station to find a odd job and make some money at will.
At this moment, Yao Aliu, the other side, was walking towards his house with a few strong sweaters, holding his chest out. Some were carrying chickens, some were holding fish, and one was holding a jar of wine.
Seeing that he was getting closer, Wang Dalang hurriedly bowed: "It's dark, where is the Sixth Brother?"
Yao Aliu said: "When I arrived in front of you, I naturally came to find you. Today, I didn't see you in the vegetable market, where did you go?"
Wang Dalang said: "My brother came to know and I will go to Beijing to study tomorrow. At noon today, my brothers and I drank a glass of wine. In the afternoon, I went to several restaurants to deliver vegetables, but I didn't go to the market."
Yao Aliu said: "So that's it. You and I are both poor brothers. Now, although you have enough food and clothing, you cannot forget the hard days before. It is a very glorious thing for the fourth brother to use the Yuanfa Jie to learn from this supervisory supervisor. I have prepared a jar of wine, a chicken, and two fish here to celebrate."
Wang Dalang hurriedly thanked and said, "Brother Six is intent. We have already drunk wine at noon today-"
Yao Aliuyi waved his hand: "That's a matter between you brothers, what's the matter with me! Let's have a drink together tonight with a few brothers from the vegetable market!"
Wang Dalang did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly thanked him and asked Yao Aliu to enter the gate of the yard and sit down in the yard.
My younger brother Wang Xiaoyi went to the vegetable garden to water it, but he had not come back yet. The whole family was cooking in the house, and only Wang Dalang's two children were playing in the yard. Seeing Wang Dalang bringing people in, the two shouted together and ran into the house like flying.
Yao Aliu said: "It's not too early, so you can ask your sister-in-law to cook chickens and fish and send a child to call Silang."
Wang Dalang agreed and called out the husband's family and asked him to clean up the chickens and fish. He sent the children to call Wang Silang.
Several people sat down. Wang Dalang went into the house to bring tea sets, brewed tea for several people, washed it aside, and then came to accompany him.
After drinking tea, Yao Aliu said: "Your Silang Chan Palace won the Guigui, so I said I would invite him to drink. I was busy all the time and couldn't take time. I heard that he was going to the capital today, but I knew he couldn't wait, so I could only come today."
Wang Dalang dared not. Yao Aliu was the slut in the vegetable market where Wang Dalang was, and in fact he was the vegetable tyrant. When the Iron Supervisory was established, Du Zhongxiao abolished the slut system. But later there was no one in Ye County, and it was just abolished the name. The sluts in various markets were still rampant. The five brothers of Wang Dalang were combined, and Yao Aliu did not bully him, and the relationship was acceptable.
Wang Silang gave the first place and, as a person with close ties to the Wang family, Yao Aliu brought people to congratulate him. This time, Wang Silang went to the capital, regardless of whether he passed the Jinshi or not, he was a well-known figure in the Baiting Prison. It is appropriate to maintain a good relationship with the Wang family.
After drinking tea for a while, Wang Silang arrived, greeted everyone, and sat down.
Yao Aliu said: "We are poor families, and it was a great thing to be able to read and recognize words in the past. I didn't expect Silang to catch up with the good times. After studying at school for two or three years, he had the talent and entered the county school. This year, he gave the exam and became the first name, but it was amazing!"
Wang Silang bowed: "People in the world each have their own fate. It is hard to say whether this fate is good or bad."
Yao Aliu patted Wang Silang's shoulder repeatedly: "Brother, you are less than 20 years old. You will be the first in the exam for the first time. As long as you work hard in the future, you will definitely be fame and can become an official. We brothers are honored!"
While talking, Wang Dalang's family cleaned up the chicken and fish, fried a few more dishes, and served them together.
Yao Aliu opened the wine jar and said, "We will drink a lot tonight and will not return until we get drunk!"
After drinking a few glasses of wine and talking about Wang Silang, everyone's topic returned to their daily life.
Wang Dalang said: "Sixth brother, I heard that the imperial censors of the court have been in the inn these days, and they have been suing the people for surrendering themselves. Hearing the rumor, many people say that the market in Ye County is not as good as that in the Iron Supervisor, and there are tyrants and powerful people. The goods every day cannot be settled even if they are not as powerful as those in the inn."
Yao Aliu smiled and said, "Are we the people? To be honest, if we were not us, these markets would not be as good as the grass market in the countryside, so they were not as well organized as they are now! Those who don't know the truth only think we are just drinking and talking nonsense!"
The brothers on the side said it was together. There was no official in charge of the market, so of course the people would just manage it, otherwise they would not know what the chaos would be. When the villagers went to the market to sell things, they knew how much the price? Wouldn’t the business be done?
Wang Silang said, "A few brothers, I heard that the current Censor Zhongcheng made great military achievements on Hequ Road before, and was a powerful figure. He built the Iron Prison back then. You can look at it and look at Ye County, but I am afraid it won't be his wish."
Yao Aliudao: "The iron supervision is different from Ye County. The people in the iron supervision are in charge! There are only a few birds in the county government, so how can they manage it? Without the efforts of those of us, what is Ye County like!"
Wang Dalang said: "Silang, you are a scholar and don't know what you look like in the place. Without Liu Ge and others, the business would not be possible. If you sell three cents here, you will sell two cents there, and in the end it will be messed up. With Liu Ge and others, they set the price every day. If someone has a life, the boss will hit the big fist and the market can start the business."
Wang Silang shook his head: "Only said it is OK, of course it is. But the food and clothing of Liu Ge and others are based on people who do business in the market. The brother thinks this is good, and others may not think it is. Without the approval of the government, Liu Ge and others have no identity."
After hearing this, Wang Dalang was afraid that Yao Aliu and others would not like it, so he hurriedly said, "Drink, drink! You are a scholar and don't understand these!"
Unexpectedly, Yao Aliu sighed: "What the fourth brother said actually makes some sense. I have also heard that some people sue us for complaints these days. They say that they are monopolizing the market and not allowing people to do business well, and they don't know what their husbands think."
Wang Dalang said: "What can we think? We ordinary people always have to do business, and can our husbands ruin other people's food and clothing?"
Yao Aliu shook his head and sighed, knowing in his heart that officials would definitely not be as easy to talk to as Wang Dalang. Although the market in the world is rampant, with the iron supervisors next to him, Ye County seems abnormal. This time, there will inevitably be major changes.
The next morning, Bao Ke and Wu Junyong and Li Qi came to see Du Zhongxiao.
After the ceremony, they each sat down. Bao Ke said, "Zhongcheng, the officials of the surrounding prefectures and counties have arrived today. We need to review the complaints you have received in the past few days. We have all managed people in the whole place. We know that some of the people's complaints are reasonable, while others are actually unreasonable. How to review them requires the public to set rules. Last night, I told the outsiders that ordinary small matters, let's forget about this time, the focus is on governing the civil tyrants. I wonder how we will handle it?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "As long as things are openly followed and abide by the law, even if there are cases, the government will be easy to handle. What is afraid is that many things are not reported to the officials, and the people have solved them privately, reducing the authority of the court. Like Ye County, there must be many people who are rich and powerful in private and have lackeys and slaves in their families, covering the sky with one hand. This time, the case in Ye County focuses on the latter kind of people. For example, those officials, as long as they do business seriously, they don't have to be poor."
Bao Ke looked at the two people around him and said, "My husband, I'm afraid that this kind of thing will involve the officials of the county."
Du Zhongxiao nodded: "This is inevitable, and most of them are native natives. Those who come here to do business here, although there are dragons crossing the river, it is not easy to fight over local snakes. Most of the old officials in the county are originally native and wealthy families in Ye County, just like the Jian family this time."
Bao Ke said: "If these people are moved, I am afraid that most of the people in Ye County will be involved."
Du Zhongxiao said: "The officials involved must not be lenient. If the local people are unreliable, they can be transferred from other counties or directly used the people from the Iron Supervision Bureau. The Iron Supervision Bureau is newly established, and the officials in the prison are mostly the Yingtianxiang Army that came from that year."
Bao Ke nodded and said nothing for a moment.
Although Ye County is in chaos, it still takes the county government as the core. Most of the powerful local figures are supported by the officials in the county government, otherwise they will easily be attacked by opponents. In this era, officials have great power in local affairs. As long as the people can not report to officials, officials can cover up the sky with one hand. Local figures collude with officials can decide most of the affairs.
After a while, Bao Ke said, "According to my husband's wishes, this case trial should be based on the rectification of the county government officials?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "It is not the main focus of officials, but the focus is on dealing with local tyrants and being able to control local affairs. If officials are involved, then punish them according to the law and do not tolerate them!"
After hearing this, Bao Ke and others seemed very embarrassed. Of course, they handled cases mainly by local officials and servants. If they were as Du Zhongxiao said, these people would be unreliable. If they were transferred from other places, the matter would be endless.
Du Zhongxiao said: "Everyone, you can't kill these people who actually control the local area. After a while, Ye County will still be the same. If it was just a case of the Bai family, why did the emperor ask me to come to Ye County? Just send it back to the local area for retrial."
After thinking for a while, Bao Ke said, "In this way, we have to borrow the people from the Iron Supervision Bureau. The public officials in Ye County are unreliable. Wu Zhijian, I wonder if the prison staff is sufficient? I will transfer a group of people to help the new officials investigate the case tomorrow."
Ng Junyong bowed and said, "There are many business in the Iron Supervision area. If there are many people transferred, it is probably difficult."
Chapter completed!