At the same time, the joint investigation department composed of Li Jianzhi, Jiang Tang, Yang Gao and others has already obtained all the evidence of those people's crimes. Their homes have been searched, and the people have been arrested. There is sufficient evidence.
Zhao Jun cut the Gordian knot and signed his decree, sentencing all the ringleaders to death. The rest of the executors, such as clerks in county offices, servants in prefecture offices, assistant officials, clerks, and staff, numbering hundreds or even thousands of people, were sentenced to death for serious offenses and exiled for lighter offenses.
Their crimes were also announced throughout Huainan, with notices posted in every prefecture, county, and even town. These notices detailed their crimes, the dates of their executions, and the court's attitude toward corrupt officials, demonstrating Zhao Jun's determination to eradicate these corrupt officials.
For a time, the people of Huainan were all excited and jubilant. Zhao Jun's reputation had spread throughout the entire south, and his influence had reached its peak. If he had raised his arms and started an uprising at this time, he would probably have had many people follow him.
But this is far from enough.
On August 10, Zhao Jun set out from February, stayed in Yingtian Prefecture for a while, and entered Huainan West Road at the end of February. Except for two months in Hangzhou, he spent most of his time in Huainan.
He visited the countryside and investigated the people's sentiments. In addition to dealing with senior officials, he also listened to public opinion and judged right from wrong.
When he was in Yingtian Prefecture, because he did not reveal his identity, the local people did not dare to tell him the truth, so Zhao Jun could only wander around the countryside. Unless he met a victim who was willing to open up, he would not gain much.
But now that his identity has been revealed, wherever he goes, countless people from all over the place come to him to appeal for justice.
The complaints were all kinds of things: some were about being oppressed by clerks, some were about internal conflicts within the clan, and some were just confusing accounts.
For example, if villages were fighting over water sources and the two villages were engaged in armed conflict, the officials from the yamen could only come to mediate.
Both sides felt that the yamen officials were playing both sides and favoring the other side. Zhao Jun happened to be passing by, doing research in the countryside, and everyone came to complain about the yamen, scaring the local magistrate half to death.
Later, after Zhao Jun learned about the situation and conducted an on-site investigation, he came up with a solution.
He asked the two villages to dig a new canal together and distribute the water according to water demand and the number of villagers. The government supervised and strictly controlled it and no more fighting was allowed.
At the same time, Zhao Jun also severely criticized the actions of the two villages, telling them that they were all neighbors. If you steal water, others will have no water to irrigate their fields, the fields will not produce food, and the neighboring villages will starve to death.
Neighbors should help each other instead of fighting each other.
Is it necessary to cause loss of life when there is obviously sufficient water supply and can barely supply two villages?
After some emotional and logical persuasion, regardless of whether they listened or not, they shook hands and made peace under Zhao Jun's witness, promising that they would not have any more conflicts in the future.
In fact, the conflict between the two villages was not deep. Although the local officials tried to smooth things over, they would come to stop the fight as soon as possible every time the two sides had an armed conflict, and no one was killed. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to resolve.
Zhao Jun encountered many such incidents every day. As the head of the Constitutional Court, a position comparable to a prime minister, he had to deal with such trivial matters, which was really a headache.
But there was no other way. Grassroots governance directly impacts people's livelihoods. If he went to the grassroots to conduct research, he had to face these problems, and naturally, he had no choice but to solve them.
In other words, he himself came from the later generations, was born in the countryside, and had rich experience at the grassroots level. In addition, when people of different status say the same thing, the effect is different.
If local officials were to persuade them, the local people might not listen, but if Zhao Jun was to criticize and educate them, they would naturally become much more obedient.
Even if some people are unruly and scoundrels, they would certainly not dare to disobey in front of Zhao Jun.
On the tenth day, Zhao Jun had just returned from Taizhou and went to Hailing County under Zhao Pin's jurisdiction. When he arrived there, he saw that the county was peaceful and harmonious. The people could not be said to have no worries about food and clothing, but they were much better off than in other prefectures and counties. This showed that Zhao Pin's governance ability was indeed excellent.
It is also said that Zhao Pin is good at dealing with the powerful landlords in the county. He forced them to hire common people to farm at high prices. He also cracked down on slavery and forced those powerful landlords to sign equal contracts with the hired people, greatly reducing exploitation and oppression.
This made Zhao Jun very fond of Zhao Pin. He wrote him down in his talent selection notebook, just like Yang Gao, Wang Su, Yang Cha and others. Together with Bao Zheng, he had at least five future talents in his hands.
Back in Zhenzhou, Zhao Jun was currently stationed at the Huainan East Road Transport Commissioner's Office, using Jiang Tang's office. Now that he had traveled all over Huainan, it was time to head south to Zhejiang, Fujian, and other places.
But in the afternoon, Jiang Tang and Yang Gao came over to report official business to Zhao Jun.
In the Transport Commissioner's Office, Zhao Jun sat in the main seat. After Jiang Tang and Yang Gao came over, Zhao Jun asked them to sit down, and asked someone to make tea before starting to talk about business.
"Minister, this is the result of the local handling of the case. Many local clerks were involved, and the current county magistrate accepted bribes, so the current chief clerk and county lieutenant will be the judges. Those with serious crimes will be sent to Xiacai. Some will be exiled, while others will be sentenced to death. All will be executed by the end of this month."
Yang Gao told Zhao Jun about the situation.
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Well, you guys did a good job. This trip was mainly to understand the people's sentiments. If we encounter a major corruption case, we will handle it accordingly. However, we will mostly be traveling around the country for a long time, so we will leave these tasks to you. Thank you for your hard work."
"No, it's all our job as subordinates."
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