Chapter 1658 In Order to Convict

Romance Chinese Network

Huang Lin failed to withstand the blow of the old bureaucrat Wang Shuyue, and obediently confessed that he accepted the donation.

Five hundred acres of land covered almost 90% of the village.

"Huang Lin came from Wangdian Village. After passing the examination as a scholar, he moved to the city. More than 500 acres of land is just one of the benefits. He is also a name in a car dealership, and he can earn some money every year."

This man is shameless!

Zhu Zhanji looked sideways at it. You must know that the famous chariots and horses are the business of literati and merchants.

Fang Xing explained: "You have to know that there is an endless stream of such donations, and those qualified literati will pick and choose. After all, they can't do too much to attract people's attention, so the one in Wangdian Village is considered to be close to the water. Both benefit from cooperation.”

"It's just that the tax was transferred to Huang Lin's family."

Zhu Zhanji hated such methods. It is clear that scholars are competing with the country for taxes. Which dynasty has such a reason?

This is implicit annexation of land, and as long as there are several famines, those farmers who can't pay the rent can only give the land to these scholars, and then continue to plant their own fields at a price lower than taxation. A tax-paying master.

It's just that how to deal with Huang Lin now has become a problem. If it is dealt with according to the collection of donations, then Zhou Yi's death can only be attributed to the few villagers who did it.

This case has all the representativeness about the land contribution, so Zhu Zhanji is also very cautious.

He summoned the ministers of the Six Departments of Jinling to discuss, and the final question was whether the villagers who did the work belonged to Huang Lin or were natural persons.

If they are recognized as tenants of Huang Lin, then the legitimacy of the contribution is recognized.

This one is hard to decide!

Zhu Zhanji and the monks are a little worried and angry!

Fang Xing is staying with Mo Chou, making toys by the way.

There are a few small wooden animals placed on the ground, Fang Xing is polishing them with fine sandpaper, rubbing them with his fingers from time to time. And Mo Chou was sitting beside him, stroking her stomach and smiling.

Fang Xing polished a pony, put it on the ground and shook it, and said to Mo Chou: "I'll make a saddle later, and let the child sit on it and shake it, it will definitely be a pleasure."

Looking at Fang Xing's side face, Mo Chou felt a sudden tenderness in her heart, then rubbed her belly and said, "Your father likes you so much! I made you some fun things."

Fang Xing said: "This child should be more careful in the future, and people will be sent to the academy from time to time... Forget it, it's unnecessary, you can go to the academy to say something, and then send a message to Fei Shi, someone will escort your mother and son to the capital If you are worried, send someone to report to me in the capital, and I will send a servant to pick you up."

There was more worry in Mo Chou's eyes, Fang Xing smiled and said, "I've said it before, it's up to you when the time comes, you can find another place to live in the capital, it's just convenient for me to visit your mother and child, otherwise you will be in trouble if you go south and north. How can I rest assured?"

Mo Chou lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly, she didn't want to go to Peiping, but the future of the child was not up to her as a woman...

"Don't worry, Beiping is cold, but Jinling is even colder, and it's cold in your bones."

...

The mood swings of the pregnant woman should not be too big. After appeasing Mo Chou, Fang woke up and went to Zhu Zhanji's place, but saw a gloomy prince.

"What are you worried about?"

Fang Xing's hands were doing a lot of work, and they seemed to be blistering. He wrapped a piece of cloth with ice cubes and applied a cold compress.

Zhu Zhanji said: "Can Huang Lin be blamed for the crime? This is a headache."

Fang Xing understood Zhu Zhanji's concerns after thinking about it. He flexed his wrist and said, "Words about cleaning up the donations have already been released. Doesn't Huang Lin know about it?"

Zhu Zhanji slapped the table, and suddenly realized: "Yes, Huang Lin made a mistake first, and he was lucky enough to delay, and most of the farmers would ask him for instructions after knowing the news, so how did he do it?"

Fang Xing said: "If he obeys the law, he will naturally persuade those people to take back their land.

But he didn't, and... What's the confidence for those farmers to dare to do it? "

Fang Xing's hint was very direct, Zhu Zhanji nodded, and then sent someone to the Ministry of Punishment to deliver the message.

...

Huang Lin felt that he was very unlucky, collecting donations after being elected, and it gradually spread after the Hongwu Dynasty, and it has become an unspoken rule.

But he felt that he was unlucky because the tenant farmers below killed the petty official who came to investigate, and he was regarded as a model.

What is the crime of collecting donations?

Huang Lin thought about it for a while in the prison, but he didn't think about it, but he didn't rush.

How many people in the entire Ming Dynasty received donations?

If so, how panicked would those involved be?

And these people can be called the backbone of Ming Dynasty - gentry, officials!

After thinking it over clearly, Huang Lin appeared calm and unhurried when he was in court again.

Fang Xing came to attend the trial as a representative, expressing concern for the deceased Zhou Yi.

"Bring witnesses."

Wang Shuyue tried the case himself, so naturally he would not be like those officials.

Huang Lin was a little stunned. He didn't know what the so-called witnesses meant. When he saw the dozen or so people brought in, he couldn't help being stunned.

The subsequent questioning directly made Huang Lin's heart drop to the bottom of the valley.

"Are you sure you asked Huang Lin?"

"Yes, my lord, the younger one went to Huang's house at that time, and the butler heard what the younger one said, so he said to ask Mr. Huang for instructions, and when he came back, he said that Mr. Huang said it. Let the little ones go back and farm with peace of mind, don't worry about it."

"Later, someone from the government went to the village to ask questions. The younger ones got scared and went to the Huang's house again. The housekeeper still asked Mr. Huang for instructions, saying don't worry about it, no one dared to move..."

The old man who spoke was an old man in the village. He pointed to Huang Lin and said, "Finally, he said... if someone from the government comes, just call him out. Master Huang will naturally go to the yamen to talk."

"Students wronged..."

Huang Lin hastily cupped his hands and said, "My lord, these people are colluding to slander the students, please be careful."

The difficulty of this matter lies in the evidence, but Wang Shuyue didn't look sad at all, and said with a sneer: "Bring his housekeeper."

Huang Lin's body trembled, and when he turned around and saw his housekeeper being escorted in, his expression turned ashen.

There were no surprises, and there were no tough guys.

After Wang Shuyue questioned, the housekeeper of the Huang family quickly confirmed what the villagers said, and then began...

"My lord, last year Huang Lin asked the younger one to go to Widow Li's house to threaten her, saying that if she didn't send her daughter to the Huang's house, she would be destroyed later..."

"And the year before last, Huang Lin let the little..."

"..."

Wang Shuyue blinked. It wasn't that he was ignorant, but that Fang Xing, the founder of science, had heard about the criminal record of a "National Elite".

Huang Lin's complexion changed drastically when he heard these "spitting holes", and cold sweat dripped down his face. He wiped his face with his sleeve, sniffed his nose, and said seriously: "My lord, there is a slave in the student's house, what this person said The students don't know anything about it."

Wang Shuyue just wanted to cover his face to show his shameless admiration for Huang Lin.

Fang Xing came to listen as Zhu Zhanji's representative, so it was time to speak.

"My lord, the evidence is easy to find. You just need to find out where the money went."

Upon hearing this, the butler hurriedly said: "My lord, those Qian Huanglins are stored in a dark cabinet on the south wall of the study, covered with a calligraphy and painting."

Fang Xing was overjoyed when he heard it, so he raised his eyebrows at Huang Lin and said, "Mr. Huang, is there anything else you want to say?"

Huang Lin said profusely with sweat: "My lord, student... student..."

As long as you find the dark cabinet, this is ironclad evidence!

Wang Shuyue shouted: "Take him down!"

Afterwards, there was no more suspense, and Wang Shuyue immediately characterized Huang Lin as flouting the law and instigating farmers to kill.

This charge...

Fang Xing went back and told Zhu Zhanji the process of the trial, Zhu Zhanji was very helpless.

"Why are these people so bold?"

"Because they feel that they are superior to others and outside the law, so they are naturally bold."

Zhu Zhanji frowned and said: "This wind can't last long. If it is allowed to spread, after a few decades, I am afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will start to rot."

Fang Xing thought to himself: Isn't it? The national power of the Ming Dynasty continued to decline as this group continued to expand and grow. By the time of Emperor Chongzhen, it had reached a terminal illness and could not be recovered.