The story of the Xu family was similar. Xu Ming was childless in his middle age. Later, he finally had a son, so he gave his son the nickname "Da Wanger". When Sun Mian heard it, he arrested Xu Ming for treason.
Xu Ming was dissatisfied and wanted to appeal. Sun Mian's reason was simple: your son is called "Da Wang'er", so aren't you the Da Wang? This is irrefutable evidence that you want to be king or emperor.
So to sum up, Sun Mian did bad things mainly by "fraudulently accusing" others and creating false cases through government means.
Such means and methods will inevitably be subject to government investigation and will leave traces in the government.
For example, each government office has preserved case hearing documents.
Once the higher authorities investigate, they can find clues through these documents.
So how do we solve this problem?
Sun Mian quickly came up with a solution, which was to steal the case documents stored in the county government offices of Qiantang County and Renhe County.
Although he was the magistrate of Hangzhou, and Qiantang County and Renhe County were also two large counties under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, he was still restricted by the mobility of officials, and Sun Mian could not go along with every magistrate.
Therefore, Sun Mian had no choice but to destroy the official documents stored in his own provincial government office, steal the registered documents from Qiantang County and Renhe County, and dispose of all documents related to the case.
Without the original materials, there would be no evidence. Without any evidence, the higher-ups, the Criminal Justice Department, would be powerless to do anything to him.
After thinking of this solution, Sun Mian immediately took action.
That night, he ordered his trusted men to send people to Qiantang County Government Office to steal all the case documents.
No arson was used.
Arson was a last resort. Once the county government office caught fire, the noise would cause a big disturbance and might attract the attention of the court, and he, as the prefect, would also be held responsible.
The method of stealing was much less noisy. He only needed to hide his case documents among the large number of stolen documents. In order to shirk responsibility, the magistrates of Qiantang County and Renhe County had to help him cover up.
It must be said that Sun Mian was born to do bad things. He figured out how to deal with it in a way that would benefit him, and he also took into account people's hearts.
At the end of the first hour, as the night watchmen in Hangzhou city banged their gongs, the door to the back of the Sun Mansion quietly opened. Bian Xun, standing at the door, saw the person outside and whispered, "Have you taken everything out?"
"Take it out."
"Okay, leave it to me."
"yes."
"Take these gold and silver, and remember to keep your mouth shut. Don't let anything slip, or the governor won't let you off easily."
"Don't worry, we will leave immediately and never return to Hangzhou."
"good."
Bian Xun glanced at the large number of case files and documents on the ground. After sending away the thieves who were sent out to steal, he immediately asked the servants in the mansion to move all the case files back and burn them.
Soon he arrived at the door of Sun Mian's study, knocked on the door, and then walked in and said, "Brother-in-law, everything is ready."
Sun Mian was actually under a lot of pressure. Apart from being the Chief Justice of Liangzhe, the most important thing was that the Director of the Institute of Political System was now in Huainan, not far from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Moreover, he was not sure about the ways of this chief minister. As soon as he took office, he was appointed as the chief minister of the Imperial City Bureau. Then the court established the Political System Bureau. Overnight, this man became the head of all officials, second only to the emperor.
What’s more important is that this prefect really killed scholars and officials. Even if they were all middle and low-level officials, a prefect had already died at his hands, so Sun Mian still had to be on guard.
Hearing Bian Xun say that they had succeeded, he finally felt relieved and asked hurriedly, "Where are those documents? Have they all been stolen?"
Bian Xun laughed and said, "They've all been stolen, along with many other official documents, there must be thousands of volumes, including the cases judged by my brother-in-law. I've had them all burned, so even if the higher-ups want to investigate, they won't find anything."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Sun Mian stroked his goatee, nodded with satisfaction, and laughed, "Not bad, very well done."
Bian Xun smiled and said, "Now I can always be by my brother-in-law's side."
Last year, when Sun Mian was transferred to Hangzhou, Bian Xun coveted the pearls in someone else's family, so he beat the person to death in the name of his brother-in-law.
After the incident became a big deal, Bian Xun was expelled from Hangzhou. This time when he came back, he naturally wanted to continue to be domineering around his brother-in-law. At least it was much more comfortable than being controlled by his sister and parents at home.
"OK."
Sun Mian thought for a moment, then warned, "But only the two of us know what's going on here. You can't tell your sister."
"Don't worry, brother-in-law, don't you know how good I am at talking? When have I ever let something slip?"
He said this with a smile.
"Okay."
Sun Mian waved his hand: "It's late, go to bed first."
As he said this, he was about to leave the study and go to the inner room. Because of the incident of stealing official documents, he had not yet been intimate with the beauties in the house tonight.
Now that he has let go of his worries, he naturally wants to go back to the house in the backyard and have some fun with all the beauties.
But just as they left the study and reached the corridor, a servant came hurriedly and said, "Master, Yang Zhuanyunshi from the Huainan West Road has sent someone to the government office."
Yang Riyan?
When Sun Mian heard the servant's words, his heart tightened. He then turned around and went into the study, saying to the servant, "Bring him here."
"yes."
The servant went outside and brought the man in.
The trusted confidant sent by Yang Riyan was his cousin Yang Rixuan. At this time, only his family members could be relied upon.
After Yang Rixuan came in, Sun Mian naturally recognized him and frowned, "It's my dear brother Zizhai, why are you here in my house in the middle of the night?"
"Brother Yuangui!"
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