Chapter 989 Anonymous Evidence Collection
"My lord, those words are just the arrogant and ignorant nonsense of Mr. Zhu! My lord has clearly observed that I have been conscientious and self-denying in my post in Cangzhou, and I dare not relax!"
Liu Yusheng comforted Liu Ya, who had calmed down, and sat aside, and said indifferently, "The magistrate is the official of a state, and he is in charge of the state's yamen, but how come the yamen servant in your yamen has become a personal guard?" Is it possible that a child from an official family who has no official title or rank can be dispatched? Does your lord know nothing about this?"
Sang Ping's back was wet with cold sweat, "There are people in the yamen who deceive the superiors and the inferiors. It's because the subordinate officials are not strict in governing the subordinates. They will be disciplined strictly in the future, and please punish the princes and concubines!"
"Stupid and concealed, so the magistrate knows nothing about Mr. Zhu's behavior? Then we were arrested and brought to the Yamen, and the magistrate didn't know anything about such a big movement in the back yamen?"
"...The lower official really doesn't know!" Bite his head, Sang Ping tried his best to portray himself as ignorant, so as not to be implicated.
Zhu Xianshi really offended the prince, and this prince is still the King of Nanling! He can't run away, and he can't put himself in for him!
"You don't know that the yamen servants under your command are called by others at will, and you don't know that someone treats the yamen as a private hall, so what's the use of you as a magistrate? Get the imperial salary for nothing?" Feng Qingbai curled his lips, his smile didn't reach his eyes, "My lord looks at it, Zhu Xian is more like the parent official in Cangzhou than you."
The blood on Sang Ping's face faded, and he could only kowtow desperately, "Your Majesty is guilty, please forgive me!"
He forgot what kind of temperament the prince is, if he wants to deceive him in front of him, the end will only be worse!
Feng Qingbai stared at the kowtowing person indifferently, his eyes were dim and unclear.
It is not uncommon for local officials to run amok, but this is the first time he has seen someone as blatant as Zhu Xian.
As long as the officials in a place are linked up and down to form a net, one pull will affect the whole body. If something happened in the local area, they would cover up each other and deceive each other, even if the imperial court sent people to investigate, they would not be able to find out the results.
This time, he just happened to hit him. If he didn't hit him, the whole Cangzhou would have to change his surname to Zhu!
Turning his gaze to the still noisy people outside the door, Feng Qingbai told Wei Zi, "Distribute paper and pen, but those who have grievances can write it down, and collect evidence anonymously."
"Yes!" Wei Zi took the order, took out paper and pen and ink on the trial table, and walked to the door of the inner hall, "You have heard what the prince said, and you are anonymous. You can provide evidence and submit it to the prince after writing it."
The people went crazy for a while.
I didn't expect things to develop like this!
These Cangzhou people have suffered for so many years under the shadow of the county governor and magistrate. They thought that they would never see the blue sky in this life, but they didn't expect this day to come so unexpectedly!
Seeing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of him, someone burst into tears, and immediately picked up the pen and began to write, "Caomin's sister was once insulted by Zhu Xian, and her family was tortured and tortured at the yamen, and her family was destroyed! What a grievance! If the government doesn’t do anything, it’s the same as Zhu Xian! I beg the lord to give Cangzhou a piece of blue sky!”
"Zhu Xian, the son of the prefect, bullied the market, forcibly seized several shops from the grass people, and even sent people to beat the grass people's family! The government shielded him, and the grass people had nowhere to ask for help. After so many years of humiliation, the grass people have to sue!"
"The sheriff and the magistrate have worked hand in hand for more than ten years, running rampant in Cangzhou. We people in Cangzhou live in fear every day. Please learn from me!"
There were voices of righteous indignation and tears in the outer hall, and after a while, Wei Zi took a thick stack of complaint papers, all of which were the crimes of Zhu Xian, the county guard and the magistrate!
Looking at the angry and sad faces, Liu Yusheng was silent.
Water can carry a boat and capsize it, if you do many unrighteous actions, you will die. There are so many people's crimes in the letter, enough to list Zhu Xian's death ten times, and the magistrate can't escape the guilt.
There is also a sheriff who has not yet appeared and can't escape either.
This time, the elite circle in Cangzhou is going to be reshuffled.
Fortunately, they happened to run into each other, otherwise, the real situation in Cangzhou would never have been heard by the court, nor by the ears of the emperor who followed Qingbai.
Flipping through the papers one by one, Feng Qingbai looked at Sang Ping who had lost his voice, "Call all the officials of Cangzhou Ying, big and small, and wait for the trial!"
"Yes, I will order someone to pass it on..." Sang Ping gave the order tremblingly, his whole face was ashen.
This time, his official career has come to an end.
While waiting for other officials to arrive, none of the people left at the gate of the outer hall, but more and more people gathered instead.
Upon hearing the news that the prince had tried Cangzhou officials, almost all the people in the city flocked towards the Yamen, blocking the street where the Yamen was located.
Even though it was still raining at this moment, it did not dampen the almost overwhelming excitement and anticipation of the people.
The other officials who had been summoned had to squeeze all the way into the inner hall, and when they finally managed to stand still, they were already in a mess.
When everyone arrived, the first thing they looked at was Zhu Xian, the crown prince of Cangzhou, who was lying on the ground in a state of ashes, followed by the distraught prefect Sang Ping.
One glance immediately taught all the officials to sink their hearts.
After kowtowing to the prince and concubine, Qi Shushu stood aside, not daring to say anything.
Zhu Hu, governor of Cangzhou County, was the only one left, who had not yet appeared.
As time passed, the people in Hou Zai's hall began to be restless and buzzing, wondering why the sheriff didn't show up for so long, or did they already know what was going on, so they took this opportunity to escape?
Suddenly, a voice shouted from outside the crowd, "The guilty minister Zhu Hu, the prefect of Cangzhou, is not strict in teaching his son, causing him to be a disaster without knowing it. I am ashamed of the court and ashamed of the people of Cangzhou. Today I kneel and kowtow three times to accuse the world! "
The common people looked back, outside the crowd, Zhu Hu, the prefect of Cangzhou, was kneeling and kowtowing all the way from the outside to the inside, holding his official hat in his hands, weeping.
The crowd automatically diverted a path, but there was no pity or sympathy in the eyes that fell on Zhu Hu, only hatred.
Liu Yusheng looked at Zhu Hu who came in kneeling in the crowd, and suddenly understood the reason for his late arrival.
He probably heard the news that Zhu Xian was in the hands of the prince, so he ran away to find a way to reduce his guilt.
After much deliberation, you came up with such a trick?
Kneeling three times and kowtowing, he yelled loudly to accuse the world, both in and out of the words, indicating that he had no knowledge of what his son Zhu Xian had done?
The picking is really clean, and the catastrophe is imminent, and my father can't be relied on.
Turning his gaze to Zhu Xian who was still lying on the ground unable to move, Liu Yusheng's eyes showed a hint of sarcasm, relying on his father's official authority to show off his power in Cangzhou, and when something really happened, the first one to clear his relationship and abandon the car to protect the handsome man was his father, I don't know how he feels now.