Oh my God! When officials and thieves collude, is there still justice and law?

"You..." The wife of the county magistrate took a deep breath: "You still want two wives! Why don't you want to go to heaven? Look at you, are you worthy? The man with keys at the entrance of the village is more worthy than you!"

Moreover, if he died suddenly, who would take care of his property and bury him in the ancestral tomb?

- Not to mention, this man is a fake official!

The brain of the county magistrate of Xingyang County was confused by these words: "Madam, you..."

Is this still my weak wife?

The wife of the county magistrate found that several officials were looking at her in shock, and paused... She knelt down on the spot like a willow in the wind, and cried as soon as she knelt down, crying as if she was too weak to take care of herself.

In fact, she spoke clearly and logically: "Please Your Majesty, please make the decision! Although my late husband died of illness, I don't know where his body was thrown by this person, and he was buried with what identity. I am afraid that he has been a wandering ghost for the past five years and has not received any incense. No wonder I have been unable to sleep for the past five years. I guess my late husband came to me in my dreams, but I don't know his true meaning..."

Translation: Your Majesty, although he did not kill anyone, he pretended to be someone else's identity and made it impossible for him to be buried and receive incense. This is none of my business. I have no idea what he did, and I often have trouble sleeping.

- We must not let such criminals drag down ourselves and our children.

Although her face was rosy and there was no dark circles under her eyes, the story about not being able to sleep well was probably a lie.

But the old emperor, who was a straight man, loved to hear it!

What is this! The weak official's wife was taken over by someone. After knowing the truth, she missed her husband who was arranged by a matchmaker more than the five years of getting along with each other!

Good! Loyal!

The old emperor looked at the old official: "How should the fraudulent official be sentenced?"

The old official immediately reported: "This person pretended to be an official without an official position, and took the identity of others. He not only deceived one person, but also tried to do one thing. He should be sent to a remote frontier as a soldier." After

a pause, the old official said: "His wife did not know about this, and this matter is not a serious crime that will implicate the nine clans. His wife and son do not need to be punished."

The county magistrate's wife gently covered her head and said, "Oh!" Her eyes were like the lychees in the south of the mountain, misty and moist: "Thank you...official for speaking up for justice."

I am so weak, I am really so weak!

The fake county magistrate who also knelt down on the spot looked as sturdy as Li Kui, and did not arouse any sympathy.

He kowtowed: "Your Majesty! Please have mercy! I was just confused at the time. I saw that the man's facial features were somewhat similar to mine, and there happened to be a mole in the same place on his face. It's just that he was fat and I was thin, so after he died of illness, I was possessed by a ghost and took the certificate to take office..."

If there is any difference in the end, I can say that I have lost weight. After all, the mole is the same, and most people will not think too much about it.

"But I have been afraid of being exposed all these years, and I have been living in fear and trepidation. I have never taken bribes or bent the law for personal gain. I have worked diligently. I dare not say that I love the people like my own children, but I have never implemented harsh policies! I have made mistakes, but I have also made merits. I beg Your Majesty to have mercy on me!!!"

Lao Yushi spoke first, his expression full of resentment: "Could it be that after the previous person in office died of illness, the next

person assigned to be the magistrate of Xingyang County must be a local tyrant?" Originally, after the previous magistrate of Xingyang County died of illness, the Ministry of Personnel should have arranged someone to take office. This person was also selected through hard work. He might be a middle-aged student who had been waiting anxiously, or an old supervisor with gray hair. But because this person impersonated the official position, those people can only continue to wait for the official position to become vacant.

He took a step forward, saying angrily: "If I let you go, students won't have to study so hard in the future, and they won't have to wait in the Imperial College for official vacancies. All..."

Xu Yanmiao's voice suddenly came out, with a theme of wanting to create chaos in the world: [Why not just organize a battle royale every three years, and whoever survives will get a job. 】

Old Zuo Shi: "..."

He pulled back the words that were about to turn around with great difficulty, and continued: "Just wait in the wilderness for the officials to pass by, kill them and take office with the credentials, isn't it easy and convenient?"

Then, he turned to look at the old emperor and bowed deeply: "Your Majesty! I ask Your Majesty to act according to the law, let the people of the world know the fate of fraudulent officials, and make some opportunists have some concerns in their hearts."

The magistrate of Xingyang County knelt on the ground with a terrified look on his face. He could only wait quietly for the judgment from the emperor.

The emperor listened quietly to what Zuo Shi said and nodded slightly. Almost at the same moment, the magistrate of Xingyang County felt a black screen in front of his eyes. Just before he fainted, he heard the emperor say, "You are absolutely right. Let's act according to the law." The

magistrate

fainted, but the kitchen lady did not. She had a tangled look on her face and it was obvious that she didn't know what to do.

The emperor arranged the follow-up at the top: "Find the real Xingyang County Magistrate, transport him back to his family land, bury him properly, and if he has parents and relatives, allocate some money to them. Order the Ministry of Personnel to arrange for someone to take office in Xingyang County."

There was one more thing he would not say. He planned to leave some Jinyiwei here to see what kind of person the new county magistrate is. If he makes trouble for the people, he will change him - there are many people in the world who want to be officials.

The officials bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The county magistrate's wife said boldly: "Your Majesty! I have the courage to ask, where will this person be sent to in exile?"

The old emperor said a place, and the county magistrate's wife's eyes obviously lit up.

...

Three months later, the county magistrate and his wife "reunited" in a small town at the border.

The uncle brought her to the county magistrate and said, "Niece, take it easy. Don't kill him. Even if you kill him, you can find an excuse to get away with it."

The county magistrate's wife bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, uncle."

She was the daughter of a military general. Her father was a military officer. He was not of high rank, but it was easy for him to deal with some small soldiers. Her uncle had a good relationship with her family. When he learned that this cheap husband was thrown into his jurisdiction, he immediately patted his chest and asked his niece to come over to vent his anger.

The county magistrate seemed to shudder: "You...what do you want to do..."

Before the county magistrate's wife could say anything, the dozen or so strong servants behind her rushed towards the county magistrate like wolves and tigers, and punched him with fists as big as bowls.

The lady screamed in surprise: "What are you doing? Stop it!"

The county magistrate's eyes lit up.

Under the county magistrate's bright and hopeful gaze, the lady covered her eyes with a handkerchief, turned her head away, and cried, "Let's drag him down and beat him. I'm kind-hearted and can't bear to see this!"

After a while, another pig head was dragged back.

The lady squatted down, patted his face, and said with a smile, "Do you still remember Yunniang, Qinjie'er, and Suge'er?"

Yunniang was his original wife, and Qinjie'er and Suger'er were the children Yunniang gave birth to for him.

The county magistrate’s heart skipped a beat: “What do you want to do to them?”

The lady patted his face again and said with a smile: “Nothing, I just couldn’t bear to see that lady being upset about you, so I told her that you were a cook before, and if you are willing, you can be my cook in the future, and you will still get four taels of silver a year, including food and accommodation. She used to give you two taels of the four taels she earned, but now she has taken the four taels and is happy. She hasn’t thought about you in the past few months. As for your two children, you didn’t come home much in the past five years, so they don’t have a deep impression of you. Now they are holding the windmill and doll bought by their mother and laughing, so how can they remember you.”

The county magistrate spat out a mouthful of blood: “I don’t believe it!” He could understand that the daughter of this military general didn’t miss him, but... Yunniang was so virtuous, how could she not!!!

"Believe it or not." Anyway, she was telling the truth.

The lady clapped her hands and stood up.

She got married to fulfill an old marriage contract. Her father and an old friend drank too much one day, and in excitement, they arranged a marriage between the two families.

After this happened, her father slapped himself at home for three days. He also swore to the heavens that he would never interfere with her second marriage, and whoever she chose would be the one.

- Daxia never stopped widows from remarrying.

There were those who married six times, and the sixth time she married, she married a high-ranking official as the original wife; there were those who married twice, gave birth to children with their ex-husbands, and the second time she married, she even became the prince's concubine. The prince also knew the existence of the child and gave money to the child every month; there were also those who had already married as a [wife], but found that another person was better, more handsome, and more brave, so they remarried directly.

From this point of view...

Madam lowered her head to look at Zhutou, and wiped her hands carelessly with a handkerchief.

She should be thankful that this matter was exposed.

*

Back to the time when the magistrate of Xingyang County was just punished.

After the matter was over, the governor of Zhengzhou came to see the old emperor with a guilty look on his face: "Your Majesty, I..."

All kinds of terrible speculations were rolling in his mind, from "Is someone trying to punish me" to "I have some grudge against that fake magistrate", and finally changed to - Your Majesty will not have any opinions about me?

The old emperor sat cross-legged on the side of the bed, feeling something in his heart, and looked at him sideways: "Why are you panicking? Am I the kind of person who gets angry?"

The governor of Zhengzhou coughed awkwardly, carefully chose his words, and carefully looked at the old emperor's face: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I was too nervous."

The old emperor was not surprised by his attitude, but he was still a little silent when he thought of the time when they played in the mud together when they were children.

After about two or three breaths, the old emperor changed the subject: "How is the profit of the Hanjing Factory?"

The Hanjing Factory was a printing factory opened by the royal family, responsible for engraving and printing Buddhist scriptures, Confucian classics, court documents, and popular books such as "Hundred Family Names".

The main factory was located in the capital, and there were subsidiary factories everywhere, one of which was in Zhengzhou.

In order to make money, the old emperor opened the Hanjing Factory to the public - in common parlance, they would print anything they wanted.

The prefect of Zhengzhou: "Reporting to your majesty, the revenue last year was 37,500 taels."

The old emperor was delighted.

The prefect of Zhengzhou: "...but your majesty, that, the Xiangyang thief..."

The old emperor waved his hands and didn't care at all: "It's just a gang that borrowed the name of the Xiangyang thief, anyway, it can't cause any trouble."

The prefect of Zhengzhou replied timidly.

* The

emperor went to Zhengzhou again. The most famous thing in Zhengzhou is the Hanjing Factory.

"I heard that the background here is very strong. As long as you pay money, you can print anything!"

This time he could go there openly. Xu Yanmiao dragged his little friend, the military secretary, to visit the Hanjing Factory. When

they arrived, they met several officials.

The Minister of Personnel came over slowly, with a kind smile on his fat face: "Xu Lang, are you here to print books or to have fun?"

Xu Yanmiao answered honestly: "To have fun."

The Minister of Personnel basically did not put on airs to anyone, and said repeatedly: "It's good to have fun, it's good to have fun. Take advantage of this tour to experience the local customs and people. As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles."

Xu Yanmiao responded with two sentences, and the two of them had a good conversation. They also visited the Hanjing Factory together. When they left, They were going to have a meal together, but were suddenly stopped by a few mysterious people. They handed each of them a note: "Three, do you want to listen to our great White Sun Cult leader explain the truth of the world?"

The Minister of Personnel dressed as a civilian: "?"

Xu Yanmiao and the Secretary of the Ministry of War, who were also dressed as civilians: "?"

Xu Yanmiao looked down and read out: "Xia Yang disappears, Bai Yang comes back..."

Before he could react, the Secretary of the Ministry of War was already shocked: "You are anti-..." Anti-thieves!!!

The voice suddenly stopped, and the Secretary of the Ministry of War began to search for an empty seat to escape.

[Recruiting people to join the gang at the gate of the Hanjing Factory? ! So bold? ! Is there someone behind it? Hiss——Could it be some prince? 】

【No, we can't expose them right away. These people must have deceived many people. What if they are desperate...】

【But it's too late to turn around and leave now. Several strangers are quietly surrounding this place. 】

Xu Yanmiao was frowning. The Minister of Personnel glanced at Xu Yanmiao, and thought of the Jinyiwei who protected him in the dark. He suddenly reached out and patted the back of Xu Yanmiao's hand gently.

Don't be afraid. There are Jinyiwei around you.

Xu Yanmiao misunderstood for a moment.

【He asked me to explore the way! 】

The pupils of the Minister of Personnel were shaking: !!!

No! Wait a minute! That's not what he meant!

Seeing that they didn't react, the thief said skillfully: "Free eggs."

The Minister of Personnel: "I..." They won't go.

Xu Yanmiao: "I'll go!"

[It's just exploring the way! Let's go all out!]

The Minister of Personnel looked at Xu Yanmiao in despair.

Really... worthy of being called a beast! So brave!

It seems! He has no choice but to -

"Together!"

The clerk of the Ministry of War gritted his teeth and risked his life to accompany his friend: "I'll go too!"

"Where are you going!" After walking a few steps, the general's voice came from behind.

The thief who came to pull people back took a step.

The Minister of Personnel thought it was not good and turned around quickly: "Qin Qier! Come here quickly! Let me tell you, they are very nice! Go and listen to the things, and they will give out eggs for free!"

The general: "..." OK, got the hint.

His eyes lit up immediately, he walked over quickly, took out the broken bowl he had carefully guarded from his lapel, and scratched his head innocently: "Ah... Eggs? But I still have to beg..."

The Minister of Personnel said "Oh!" and stamped his feet: "Are you stupid? Can you get a copper coin in a day? This is a ready-made egg!" He turned his head to look at the thief who did not run away, and smiled evilly: "Brother, look..."

The thief took a look The bowl that couldn't be broken any more relaxed, so he patted his chest and said, "No problem! We have everything! We have everything! But you have to wait a moment, I need to recruit a few more people!"

Xu Yanmiao realized, "Do you have a target? I mean, do you stipulate how many people you want to recruit every day?"

The anti-thief sighed and said, "Yes, but not every day, but every month. Ten copper coins for recruiting one person, and at least thirty people must be recruited every month."

Xu Yanmiao nodded.

[I feel that this anti-thief organization is not good. Others rely on beliefs and faith to deceive others, but they rely on money... Oh, and eggs. Is this really an anti-thief organization, not a health product sales place in the guise of anti-thieves...]

The Minister of Personnel skillfully ignored the "health product sales" that he didn't understand. He was not surprised by the situation of the anti-bandit organization. After all... Your Majesty really governs the country well. There is food and drink. How can the people rebel? The anti-

bandit

went to recruit people. After a while, he came back with a group of people and was very excited: "I am so lucky today! It's so easy to recruit people!"

Xu Yanmiao's eyes swept over them one by one -

the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Taichang Temple, the Marquis of Yongchang, the Doctor of the Ministry of Justice, the Supervisory Secretary... and a few Jinyiwei.

"Well... who said it wasn't..."

After all, it happened that the emperor was driving to Zhengzhou, and many of the officials came to see the famous landmarks here.

The thief happily took them back, and happily received a small bag of copper coins, turned around and said to them: "I'll give you the eggs first, but you have to listen carefully to the leader's teachings. After listening, you can take the eggs away after passing the questions."

The officials nodded in unison.

They held the eggs in their hands and sat among the common people, looking particularly obedient and good citizens.

In addition to the eggs, the White Yang leader also handed out a booklet, which was the scripture of the White Yang Cult.

[It's printed quite beautifully...]

Xu Yanmiao flipped through the scripture with curiosity.

Even a modern man like him felt that this scripture was printed beautifully. The paper was clean white, the text was black and neat, and the corners were printed with the sun, moon and stars - the sun was the largest and whitest, probably specially prepared by the White Yang Cult...

[Wow——]

Xu Yanmiao's expression suddenly changed.

The officials present heard Xiao Bai Ze's particularly loud shout, and he was obviously frightened.

[This thing is printed by the Hanjing Factory? ! ]

"What——?!"

The Minister of Personnel couldn't hold the egg in his hand, and the egg white and egg liquid splashed on his shoes.

[The letter that recruited people was also printed by the Hanjing Factory? ! ]

[The old emperor knew about this? ! ]

Officials present: "..."

Your Majesty, have you done this before? !

[Strange? How could he be so short of money——Huh? ! The rewards that the emperor gave to the officials could not be paid from the national treasury, but from the emperor's private coffers? ! 】

【So that's it! The old emperor asked the Minister of Revenue to transfer the money, saying that it was borrowed from the national treasury, but the Minister of Revenue refused to give it, and even cried, made a fuss, and even hanged himself——Tsk, how can you show me a picture of how to hang yourself! 】

The Minister of Revenue lowered his head, stretched out his index finger, and scratched the marks of the rattan chair under his buttocks.

Ah... this... After all, the money in the national treasury is to be reserved for the country's use, such as disaster relief, building bridges and roads, and paying monthly salaries to officials... All these are paid by the Ministry of Revenue. If he is not more resolute, what will happen if the national treasury is out of money?

[That's no wonder. If the treasury had no money, it would be impossible for the ministers to make contributions or to say to the emperor: "I have no money, why don't you have a meal with me?"]

[——Isn't this the emperor selling his body?]

The two words "selling body" were pronounced clearly and loudly.