Chapter 313 Getting Rich

The people who know you best, apart from your enemies and friends, are your subordinates.

For example, Liang Hongzhi to Hu County Magistrate.

They seized a large amount of gold, silver, copper coins, cloth, silk threads, grain, and a box of five-stone powder from Hu's house.

Even Mrs. Hu didn't know some of these things, but Liang Hong was able to dig them out from the backyard of the county government office.

Mrs. Hu stared blankly for a moment, with the crying child clinging to her side. She slowly came back to her senses, tears falling drop by drop. Until now, she feels like she is in a dream.

There was a coffin parked not far away, with Magistrate Hu's head separated inside. The coffin was kindly provided by Qiu Wu.

Zhao Hanzhang said that she did not want to humiliate Magistrate Hu after his death, so Qiu Wu went to the coffin shop, pulled a coffin, and stuffed the body into it, which was enough to give him dignity.

The things that were counted were placed in the center of the yard. Just before sunset, Zhao Hanzhang finally came over.

Mrs. Hu raised her head and looked at Zhao Hanzhang, watching her walking towards the light blankly. Her face was blurry. She couldn't even see her appearance clearly. She just felt that she was very tall. A kind of fear grabbed her heart, and she hugged her subconsciously. Two children nestled next to her.

Zhao Hanzhang stopped in front of a box, picked up a piece of colorful silk and looked at it. After a while, he sighed: "Is this made by the people of Biyang County?"

Liang Hong bowed and replied: "Yes, the county magistrate said that the year before last, the county magistrate had ordered Biyang County to pay tribute to two pieces of colorful silk. It took the weavers in the county a year to weave two pieces of colorful silk, but at that time the late emperor After his death, the new emperor ascended the throne but lived outside, so..."

"So this Cai Ling became Magistrate Hu's private property?"

Liang Hong lowered his eyes and said, "At that time, the county magistrate said that Cai Ling had been sent to the county governor's mansion."

Zhao Hanzhang sneered, put down the piece of colorful silk, and went to look at other things. After a while, she pointed at the grain and said: "Put all the grain into the warehouse, and put the gold, silver, and copper coins in another place. I will use it later, and the rest will be kept in a book." Enter the county government warehouse."

Liang Hong responded.

Only then did Zhao Hanzhang see Mrs. Hu, who was kneeling on the ground with disheveled hair and a very embarrassed look.

She frowned, glanced at her expressionlessly and said to Liang Hong: "Let the government officials withdraw from the backyard of the county government office, and you can come and help the Hu family with the funeral."

Liang Hong was stunned for a moment and then agreed.

Zhao Hanzhang turned to leave. Mrs. Hu was also shocked by her decision and couldn't help calling her out.

Seeing her turning back to look at her, Mrs. Hu felt a little timid. She shrank her head and asked in a low voice, "Does Mr. Zhao want to kill us?"

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head, "I don't want my family to be implicated in Magistrate Hu's sins. You can leave after the accounts are settled and all the stolen goods are put into storage."

Mrs. Hu asked with a slightly pale face: "What if we can't find enough stolen goods?"

Zhao Hanzhang took a deep look at her and said, "That depends on the wife's choice."

Zhao Hanzhang turned around to leave. Mrs. Hu's expression changed again and again, and finally said: "Jun Cheng, there is another place where he may have hidden his belongings."

The corners of Zhao Hanzhang's mouth were slightly raised, and when he turned around, he stopped smiling and looked at her solemnly.

However, Mrs. Hu could feel her aura softening. She breathed a sigh of relief, hugged the child in her arms and said, "In the other courtyard of Ma's house, he often sends things there. That other courtyard is Ma's house." My family lent it to him for entertaining, and he has been using it for the past few years."

Zhao Hanzhang looked at Liang Hong, who immediately said: "Yes, Magistrate Hu often sends people to deliver things to other courtyards."

Zhao Hanzhang looked at the sky and said: "It's still early, so I'll take the trouble of Liang County Cheng to take another trip."

Liang Hong: ...It's almost dark, how can it be early?

However, Liang Hong still took people to the other courtyard and searched the inside. Just as the Ma family was about to move in, they bumped into each other and almost got into a fight. In the end, Qiu Wu led the soldiers. Come here.

The soldiers all held torches in their hands. In the light of the fire, Qiu Wu stared at those people with bright eyes, "The county magistrate said, our soldiers and horses in the county governor's mansion just lack an excuse now!"

As soon as these words came out, the steward of the Ma family quickly restrained the screaming servant, and retreated very well, letting Liang Hong and the government officials in.

The lights of the county government were on for half the night. In this half night alone, Biyang County's fiscal revenue was more than twice what it was in a year.

Zhao Hanzhang sat on the box and looked at the confiscated items, and sighed: "No wonder they say that looting and looting is the fastest way to get rich. It's true."

Fu Tinghan had been reading the account books since the afternoon. Now he was not dizzy, but his eyes hurt. He walked out, found a box to sit on, closed his eyes and rested, "The most profitable methods are written in the criminal law. Obviously, To be so wealthy, Magistrate Hu has committed many crimes."

"It's a pity that the law gives preferential treatment to the nobles. Even if he is corrupt and bends the law, he will not die if he is sentenced according to the law." Along the way, Zhao Hanzhang hated this kind of people the most. The people are destroying themselves, and they have to pour boiling water into the already dire pit, making the already suffering people even more miserable.

Zhao Hanzhang gritted his teeth and said, "The killing was still too simple. He should have been killed after a trial."

Fu Tinghan shook his head and said: "After the trial, I'm afraid it will be difficult to kill you."

In his spare time, Fu Tinghan also read the legal books of this era and learned about the preferential treatment of nobles and nobles in the law.

It is not easy to sentence a person like Magistrate Hu to death.

Unless, they change the law.

Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and began to think deeply. Fu Tinghan had already opened his eyes and looked at her. Their boxes were directly opposite each other, so they were sitting face to face. "You can't do it now. If you want to change the law, you have to do it right." Runan County must have absolute control."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, thoughtfully.

She waved to Qiu Wu and whispered: "Send someone back to Xiping and ask Zhao Ju to send me two teams of elite soldiers."

One team has one hundred people, and two teams have two hundred people. They are elite soldiers, and they can sweep almost every county in Runan County.

Qiu Wu did not hesitate and stepped back with a low voice.

Zhao Hanzhang already had an idea in her mind. She stood up and said, "Let's go and rest. It's too late. We'll do it again tomorrow."

Fu Tinghan glanced at the belongings piled up in the yard and nodded in agreement.

Also, it is not easy to read through so much information on each household. Anyway, the money has been copied. Now they only have more in their hands, not less. This is enough.

He copied Magistrate Hu and enriched the county government of Biyang County. Of course, there may be people accidentally injured here. After all, there were too many things copied from other courtyards, and the Ma family outside kept complaining about that. The things in the other courtyard belong to their family, not to Magistrate Hu.

Possibly, Zhao Hanzhang did not completely deny it, but it was impossible for her to give the things away like this. Her reply to the Ma family was, "You will know whether the things belong to Magistrate Hu after Mr. Fu completes the accounting of the household." The corruption is gone.”

But who knows when Fu Tinghan will finish the calculation. Before that, the county government has to work, so Zhao Hanzhang skipped this matter and talked to them about buying grain, "Biyang County was attacked by Magistrate Hu and others It has become a mess and the people are in dire straits. To appease the people, we must first provide relief, and now the county government is short of food. I wonder if the Ma family is willing to do a business with the county government?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I am willing to buy grain from the Ma family at a high price to help the people."

See you tomorrow