Regardless of ancient and modern times, there will always be people in a large group, and some people will be excluded to the edge. This is especially true in the officialdom. The reason is that, in many cases, this does not depend on the level of ability or how good you are, but on whether you have chosen the same path as most people.

Chen Xiong is a man who was squeezed to the edge of the Songjiang Prefecture Office. He is nominally the deputy captain and has 20 or 30 brothers under his command. But in fact, he and his brothers have almost no real power. However, when they need to take the blame, their superiors will remember him. Perhaps after taking the blame one time, if he uses up his last little value, he will be dismissed and kicked out of the government office.

All of this is because he advised his immediate superior Li Youzhen not to turn the black and white into a prisoner after collecting money. After being scolded by Li Tong, he sued the prefect in front of the prefect, and then... there was no more. From then on, he became a marginal person in the government office, and even his brothers around him were all killed.

In the past few years, Chen Xiong has been thinking about the reason, but he can't figure it out. He was obviously doing the right thing, but why did he be punished in the end? Even though the officials in the government office were all wrong, no one could stand up to deal with the situation? Two or three prefects arrived, but they were still powerless and still let Yang and Li take control of everything!

In the end, he finally figured it out. In fact, this is reality. True or falsehood and right or wrong can determine what. What can really dominate everything is only the power in his hands. And he, a small assistant captain, obviously does not have this ability. So he was silent and no longer had the passion he had at the beginning...

Until now, in the lobby, the new Magistrate Wei suddenly called his name and handed an errand to him. Chen Xiong's body suddenly shook. He had been up and down in the yamen for many years and had clearly felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to turn the world and surrender the government office.

So, without any hesitation, he took a step forward, clasped his fists and agreed loudly: "I am responsible for my order!" He then turned around and waved his hands to the brothers outside the hall, "According to the order of Lord Tai, search Yang Wanquan's mansion and check his property!"

This shout also made the constables inspire the spirit of the subordinates. They shouted and took the order, followed his steps and ran out quickly. These brothers had suffered enough with him. If they could fight back today, they would naturally be full of energy and wished they could rush into Yang Tongzhi's mansion immediately.

In the lobby, the others were completely stunned. In horror, they all forgot to stop it, because the fact was too serious, which meant that the prefect was completely willing to fight Yang Tongzhi to the end.

In a sense, the search order issued by Wei Liang is no different from the house search. The only difference is that the latter is a punitive behavior after the prisoner has been confirmed, while the former is to search for relevant evidence, and an official needs to be responsible. If this is put into later generations, the search is equivalent to asking the judicial authorities to issue a search certificate and then go to the suspect's home to collect evidence.

But this approach is generally for ordinary people. Few people dare to use the search and inspection regardless of their official position, because in this way, they will inevitably be left alone. Once the things cannot be found, the consequences will be too serious. Even if the prefect is a place, as long as Yang Wanquan can keep it this time, he can submit a memorial to the court, impeach him directly, and let him lose his official position and dismiss him, because this is more serious than injustice and slander.

But Wei Liang actually exercised this power without hesitation, which shows how determined he is to get rid of Yang Tongzhi this time. At this moment, many officials at the government office realized how terrible the ruling master's seemingly weak and deceptive were!

However, Li Youzhen was shocked and felt nervous and wanted to make the final effort. But before he could speak, the head-in-chief Wei Magistrate had spoken again: "I believe that there are many Yang Wanquan's followers in our government office. If someone dares to speak for him at this time, I'm afraid it's probably just!"

A word blocked Li Youzhen's mouth, causing his body to suddenly froze, and a look of panic flashed in his eyes. Obviously, as long as he went out to object at this time, he would be labeled as a member of Yang Wanquan - although this is the case - and this time the prefect was determined to use the most direct means to defeat Yang Wanquan, and he would only add a person to his own position when he went out. There was really no need for this.

The others had the same thoughts, so for a moment, the hall was quiet, and no one spoke. Only Yang Wanquan, who was controlled and kneeled on the ground, let out a painful humming from time to time, but even he could not speak under Wan Shenji's means.

The officials were waiting quietly for the result inside and outside the hall. The prefect did not call for retreat, and the subordinates who were intimidated by his aura did not dare to leave.

Although Yang Tongzhi's mansion is no more than two steps away from the government office, it is obvious that it is not that easy to find the relevant wealth certificates, at least one or two hours. However, Wei Liang did not mean to let everyone disperse first and wait for the results to come out, because he knew the truth about making a concerted effort. Once everyone was let go, they would contact each other in private and have a chance to get in touch later.

So I just stayed there until the end result!

Li Ling is the relaxing one among all the people in the hall. His eyes swept across the faces of many officials from time to time, guessing their thoughts. After some examination, he had some guesses. In fact, most of the officials in the government office were just fences. The reason why they followed Yang Wanquan and others to suppress Wei Liang was just because the former was in power. It can be said that their position was not firm. Once the momentum reversed, their attitude would inevitably change.

So the emergence of evidence became the key to success or failure. He believed that the evidence would be sent soon, and Yang Wanquan and the others would never have thought that such a change would occur, and it would be even more impossible for the family to hide all their property.

In less than an hour, a hurrying footsteps came from outside. Everyone subconsciously looked up from the court and saw that Shen Xiong was coming quickly, holding a stack of things in his hand, and the expression on his face was a mixture of excitement and anger.

When he came to the hall, he saluted respectfully: "Sir, come and report your life!"

"How? Have you found out the evidence of his corruption and abuse of power in Yang Wanquan's family? Come and reply!" Wei Liang immediately stood up and asked anxiously, his voice trembling with a hint of trembling. Although he believed that he would definitely win this move, he was still a little nervous at this time.

"Yes!" Shen Xiong came in and after staring at Yang Wanquan who was trembling slightly, he held up the stack of paper in his hand: "Go back to the Taigong, Bei Zhi and others searched carefully at the Yang family. No less than 20,000 taels of gold and silver ingots alone, and hundreds of rare jade pieces, not knowing the specific value. In addition, in his study, Bei Zhi also found this stack of land deeds. Yang Wanquan has 32 houses in our palace city, most of which are shops on the street, with land of 300... Please check and see!"

Even though he had long thought that this would be the result, when such a large string of numbers was reported one by one by Chen Xiong, all the officials present changed their faces. This time, Yang Wanquan could not shirk the accusations against him at all. Even if the lawsuit was brought to the capital, it would be impossible for anyone to speak for such a guy who was found to have a huge corruption problem.

Wei Liang's face also changed from green to red, and he slapped the exclamation wood with a bang, staring at Yang Wanquan, who was already pale below: "Yang Wanquan, do you still want to argue now?"

At the same time, Wan Shenji relaxed his hands, allowing him to finally speak. But this time, Yang Wanquan could no longer speak. The previous charges were naturally false, but these charges of corruption and abuse of power were real.

If someone just sued him for corruption or something, he could use various methods to deny it, but before such detailed and clear evidence of the crime, he didn't even have the courage to refute it. He just sneered: "Wei Liang, my biggest mistake is to underestimate you, and even underestimate the magistrate of Huating County... You are indeed amazing, you don't act according to the official rules at all, and caught me off guard..."

"You are still so stubborn. Your biggest mistake is to use it for your own private use, which has led to the abolition of the Songjiang Prefecture's laws and the people suffer!" Wei Liang immediately refuted loudly, "Come on, take this guy down and put him in prison. After I report to the Ming court, we will do further treatment."

This time, other officials in the yamen did not dare to ignore the orders of the prefect. Several servants immediately responded to the orders and took Yang Wanquan, who was already weak and limp from Wan Shenji and Li Moyun, and half dragged him out. At the same time, they were taken away, and naturally, Yang Tianyou, who was also extremely panicked.

The other officials all looked pale and didn't know how to react for a while.

Yang Wan is finished, and they can say that they are all Yang Tongzhi's accomplices, but they don't know what the Lord of the Imperial Palace will deal with next?

But to their surprise, after calming down, Wei Liang suddenly waved his hand: "I am tired, withdraw!" As he said that, he stood up, and walked out slowly under the gaze of his subordinates.

The prefect did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the fault of himself and others. This made the officials feel relieved at first, but then they felt a deeper uneasy, because in this way, they were increasingly unable to guess what he would do next.
Chapter completed!