Chapter 445 Making trouble
"Don't make trouble, we have dinner later."
Yingbao slapped Wei Zhan's hand away, turned around, and gently poked his head away: "You sit aside for now, and I'll look at the account book for a while."
Wei Zhan then squeezed in and sat next to the young lady, stretched out his head and said, "I'll watch it with you."
Ying Bao had no choice but to let him go.
There are many errors and omissions in this account book, and there are signs of alteration.
The more Ying Bao watched, the angrier she became.
No, this county must be renovated and renovated. Otherwise, why don’t we want to drink from the northwest wind next year?
Unexpectedly, before she had time to govern Zhouhe County, many brightly dressed people gathered at the entrance of Princess Jun's mansion, asking the princess to give her food.
Others shouted loudly, saying that their ancestors had lived in Zhouhe County for generations, and life was not easy. But now the princess came to build a lot of construction projects, making them miserable.
Yingbao called Song Changshi and asked, "Is this mansion newly built by the imperial court, or was it renovated from someone else's old mansion?"
Song Changshi clasped his fists and said: "It was renovated from an old house purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Including the surrounding terrain, it was purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs with money, and there is no such thing as disturbing the people."
Yingbao understood.
Feelings: Some people don't take this mud-legged princess seriously, and want to use this method to force her to submit.
So very good.
"Take a few people to quietly check out the background of those people outside and who is leading the trouble. Once you find out, there is no need to alert the snake. Collect more of their crimes. From petty theft to bullying men and women, let me investigate them all. Be clear and ask the victim to sign it."
"Isn't this bad?" Song Changshi hesitated: "Princess, these people are local snakes. We are new here, so it's better not to provoke them."
Ying Bao glanced sideways at Song Changshi: "What do you mean, I, the royal princess, have to be manipulated by these unruly people when I come to my fief? Can I not speak out even if I am slandered by them?"
Song Changshi clasped his fists and said, "That's not what I mean by lowering my rank. It's just..."
Ying Bao waved his hand: "You don't need to say more, this matter is none of your business. I'll let others go. You can go."
Song Changshi hesitated to speak. In the end, he bowed and left without saying anything.
Ying Bao called Chu Shun again, told him her request, and asked him to investigate quietly.
Chu Shun agreed without hesitation and took the order to leave the house.
In the evening, Wei Zhan brought his people back from outside the city. When he heard that someone dared to come to the gate of the princess's mansion to cause trouble, he became furious.
"I see they are so impatient!"
Wei Zhan said: "I have been to several villages in the past few days. Many people there have no land and only rely on renting fields for a living. However, the gentry colluded with the officials and falsely declared the number of grades for a large number of fields in order to pay less taxes. Later, the officials And put unused taxes on the people."
"I inquired in the countryside that the officials used clever names to issue all kinds of bizarre taxes to the people. One of the old men said that they were all charged a sun tax when they were basking in the sun under the city wall. If they didn't pay, they would be taken to the county jail. In the end, they would be charged The family spent money to redeem it.”
Ying Bao listened with a sullen face, and immediately pulled out a dagger and handed it to Wei Zhan: "This is what my master gave me, take it. If you encounter something like this, arrest those little officials directly, interrogate them and take them to the local area." Parade and let the people give evidence, if the crime is extremely heinous, he will be executed directly!"
This place is her own fiefdom, and prisoners do not need to be sent to the government for trial. As long as the evidence is conclusive, she can ask the county magistrate to execute the criminals or sentence them to prison and exile.
Of course, high-ranking officials still have to be sent to the capital to be interrogated and sentenced in Dali Temple. Only after the emperor approves can the criminal be brought to justice.
Wei Zhan took the dagger, took it out of its sheath, looked at it, and then put it back in.
Speaking of which, although he, a second-grade Fengguo general, was in vain, he still had dozens of followers.
As long as he wants to, it's no problem to deal with a few unsighted guys.
But Song Changshi's duty is to supervise the behavior of him and Ying Bao. Once they do something extraordinary, he will come to persuade them, or directly write a note and send it to the capital to complain.
Therefore, Wei Zhan is relatively tolerant outside, for fear of causing trouble to Ying Bao.
The next day, the people making trouble outside came again.
This time they not only yelled and cursed outside, telling the princess to get out of Zhouhe County, but they also used poles, iron forks and wooden sticks to attack the three or four guards standing at the door.
Ying Bao and Wei Zhan came out after hearing the news and stood on the steps and sneered.
These people may think that she is a woman who is easy to bully, but they don't know that even a grassroots princess can kill them on the spot.
"Come here! Arrest these thugs who have committed the following crimes!" Wei Zhan shouted: "If you dare to resist, shoot to death!"
Whoops, a hundred or so guards appeared from behind the troublemaker, surrounding forty or fifty people.
When these people saw this, they immediately panicked. Some dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.
But there were still a dozen street gangsters who were fearless and shouted to fight the guards, but they were stabbed by the guards.
This time, the gangsters became honest and all fell to the ground begging for mercy.
"Send them to the county government office!" Wei Zhan waved his hand, and hundreds of guards dragged these people to the county government office.
Soon, the entrance to the Princess's Mansion was clear, and everyone who was watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously had left.
Yingbao and Wei Zhan boarded the carriage and came to the county government office.
Magistrate Mei County had received the report and knew that the princess and his wife were coming, so he immediately ran out to greet them.
Wei Zhan and the young lady were sitting in the carriage without getting out, and said: "From yesterday to today, dozens of thugs attacked the princess's mansion. Magistrate Mei County, you are the majestic head of the county and manage the security of the entire county, but you pretend to be deaf." What's wrong with being silent and doing nothing? Do you think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and you have already regarded Zhouhe County as your own?"
Magistrate Mei turned pale with fright, fell to his knees on the ground, and said tremblingly: "I really don't know, and I haven't received a report from the Princess's Mansion."
The implication is that if it was really that serious, why didn’t your princess come to the county government to report it?
Yingbao smiled, looked at Magistrate Mei, and found that this old man in his fifties was actually the magistrate who tried the case of Jiang and Chen more than ten years ago.
What a coincidence.
"Magistrate Mei, I will leave these thugs to you today. I will see the results tomorrow. If you deceive the superiors and cover up the criminals, you don't have to stay in He County this week. Just go find another job." .”
After Ying Bao finished speaking, he turned to the captain of the guard and said, "Record the names, residence, and household registration of these people. Later, you will check one by one. The family situation of each person within five servers must be checked."
The captain of the guard cupped his fist and said, "Yes!"
When Magistrate Mei heard this, his face turned green.
Many of these people were relatives of the minor officials under him, as well as ruffians invited by the Lord Bo County Lieutenant.
They originally wanted to give this grassroots princess a slap in the face and tell her to stay in the mansion and stop looking for trouble. In the end, she injured so many people and dragged her all the way to the county government office.
Once she finds out that she is involved, he may not be able to keep his reputation.
What should I do?