Chapter 193
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Cheng Yeran talked about other subjects of the third school. He planned to set up a vocational and technical school, which could not only train talents needed by the garment factories, but also cultivate talents in other areas.
For example, Cheng Yeran said he wanted to train accountants to work as accountants for various factories and schools.
He also said: "There are also classes that specialize in reading and writing. After graduation, these classes will work in the office after entering the factory. In other words, they don't have to do manual labor in the factory or be skilled workers. Instead, they manage workers in the factory or do clerical work."
Although they were not clear about Cheng Yeran's specific thoughts, they were encouraged and decided to send their children to school, and then go to government offices or factories.
In the future, all the factories and schools in the city will have people from our family, so it will be convenient to do everything.
Unmarried women all have their own little plans. Didn’t Cheng Yeran say that both boys and girls can enter the school? Then send both girls and boys in as well.
Cheng Yeran asked them to eat and drink first. After the performance, Shen Yuntang made an appointment with the bosses to discuss opening a factory.
In addition to the garment factory, he also wants to open a glass factory, which he will run on his own, and he won't let them join in for the time being.
However, the glass factory has to cooperate with the sand factory to obtain the sand it needs. As the output of the sand factory increases, it must also recruit more employees.
In this way, all employment difficulties in the city and several county towns will be solved.
Moreover, sugarcane in several villages was sold at a good price. The people who did not grow sugarcane also regretted not catching up with the good times this year. However, they heard that the sugar factory would come to their place to collect sugarcane in the future, so they thought about growing sugarcane next year. Anyway, they could not feed the people by growing grain here, so it would be better to grow it and make money quickly, and then buy grain outside. Besides, the tax on sugarcane is not as high as that on grain, so growing sugarcane is the most cost-effective.
Cheng Yeran had also thought about this. He wanted to open a fertilizer factory so that the villagers in the countryside could use fertilizer to grow crops.
He chose a village and opened a fertilizer factory near their village. He also said that he could sell it to them on credit in the first year and they would pay him back after the grain was harvested in the second year.
The villagers of this village felt that Lord Cheng was deliberately making things difficult for them. Other villages were able to grow sugarcane to make money, but only their village was growing grain. Did he want to starve them to death?
Cheng Yeran first explained to them how to use the fertilizer. As long as they used this fertilizer, the grain output would at least triple or quadruple. Moreover, other villages would no longer grow grain, only they would do so. Then people from other villages and city dwellers would have to come to their village to buy grain.
They thought it was right. The price of grain was still higher than that of sugarcane. If it could really triple or quadruple, they could indeed make money. But no one had used the fertilizer. What if it was useless? Next year's output would only be half of what it was before. Even if the grain could be sold at a good price next year, they would not be able to make back their investment. It would be better for them to grow sugarcane like the other villages did.
However, the psychological trauma that Lord Lin had left on them was too great, and they did not dare to disobey Cheng Yeran's orders. They all planted crops, but they cursed him in their hearts while planting.
When they were using fertilizers, they even suspected that Cheng Yeran was almost like a loan shark. He forced them to buy on credit this year. Next year, their grain production would be the same as before, and they might not be able to pay back the money for the fertilizers. If they couldn't pay back the money, they would have to delay payment, and interest would be added for this delay. With interest compounded, they were afraid that they would not be able to pay back the money in several lifetimes, and would have to sell themselves to Lord Cheng in the end.
But even so, what can they do? If the officials wanted to kill them, they could only wait to be killed.
After Cheng Yeran finished his work in the countryside, he went to the yamen. Du Fengchen had already interrogated all the prisoners, and it turned out that 80% of them were wrongly accused.
He made a record and handed all the confession and evidence to Cheng Yeran.
These evidences are sufficient to prove Mr. Lin’s guilt.
At present, Cheng Yeran already has the confession of the previous constable, the confession of the wrongly accused prisoner, and the confession of Cheng Zhaoshutong's gambling father.
From these testimonies, we can see what kind of cruel and insane things Lord Lin had done before.
And these may just be the tip of the iceberg. There are many more people who have died at the hands of Lord Lin. They cannot speak and cannot seek justice for themselves.
Cheng Yeran wrote a memorial and sent it directly to the capital to the emperor. He wanted to arrest Lord Lin for interrogation and also search his house to find more evidence of his crimes.
When he did these things, Lord Lin did not notice it. Lord Lin thought that Cheng Yeran was running a factory and was busy making money and had no time to care about him, so he relaxed his vigilance.
After reading his evidence, the emperor was furious at Lord Lin's previous actions. A small prefect had killed so many people and embezzled so much money. He must be investigated thoroughly.
He wrote back to Cheng Yeran and asked him to investigate the matter thoroughly.
With the emperor's approval, Cheng Yeran directly ordered people to arrest Lord Lin, and also arrested all the members of his family and interrogated them one by one, and confiscated all the belongings in the house.
Lord Lin has been very low-key recently, and the house he lives in has become much smaller, but there are many good things hidden in his home, including tens of millions of taels of cash, not to mention the collections in his home.
Cheng Yeran didn't expect that this place was so poor, but Lord Lin could still embezzle tens of millions of taels. How many people must have died by this?
In other words, if there was no Lord Lin, this place wouldn't be so poor.
Lord Lin has been the prefect here for more than twenty years. Twenty years of oppression have left the people here hungry and cold. Many people have sold their land, others have left their homes to seek a living outside, and many have sold themselves into slavery. These are the lucky ones. Those who were unlucky have all lost their lives.
Cheng Yeran was so furious that he wished he could kill Lord Lin right now to avenge the people who were oppressed by him.
While he was investigating the things in Lord Lin's house, Governor Zhao came over. Governor Zhao was his superior. Although he came suddenly, he still had to put down
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He went to see the governor and said he was there to inspect his work. He first checked his government office and said that there was this and that problem with his government office. He wanted to check all the sanitary conditions. Then he looked at what he had done recently and found fault with him.
Cheng Yeran listened to his lawyer's analysis and believed that he should have informed Governor Zhao before investigating Lord Lin's case instead of telling the Emperor directly. Governor Zhao was angry and came to cause trouble for him and make things difficult for him.
But Cheng Yeran didn't think so. The emperor ordered him to thoroughly investigate Lord Lin's affairs. No matter how dissatisfied Governor Zhao was, he shouldn't cause trouble at this time. He should wait until some time has passed.
He cleaned the government office again according to Governor Zhao's wishes, but Governor Zhao was still not satisfied. He said that it was inappropriate for him to accept female students in his school. He also said that someone had accused him of forcibly selling fertilizer to the people, and this method of forced buying and selling was not advisable.
"There is no law that prohibits schools from accepting female students, and it's not an official school. Official schools have never accepted boys and girls. Do you want to control my private school?" Cheng Yeran felt that he was deliberately dragging him away and not asking him to investigate Lord Lin. "Besides, I didn't pay for the fertilizer, and I didn't even sign a promissory note."
"Although it is a school run by you privately, you also said that students who graduated from the school can come to work in the government. When will girls and boys be able to come to work in the government?" Governor Zhao asked him.
"The school hasn't even been established. Where did you hear this news? There are no women or boys in my yamen." Cheng Yeran thought to himself that the emperor was far away and he thought no one was in charge, but how come a governor suddenly appeared to take care of him? It was really bad luck.
"And your majesty can accept the appointment of a woman and a boy as an official. I am just responding to your majesty's call." Cheng Yeran used the emperor to suppress him, "Do you think it is against the rules for your majesty to use a woman and a boy? Do you think your majesty is wrong?"
Governor Zhao's face froze, he was extremely frightened, he didn't expect Cheng Yeran to be so eloquent, he didn't dwell on the school matter, he brought the topic to fertilizer: "You forced the villagers to buy fertilizer, although you didn't ask for a promissory note, but you are an official, even if you don't let them sign a promissory note, do they dare not pay it back?"
"If there is no IOU, then there is no loan. Lord Zhao, how can you be so unreasonable?" Cheng Yeran asked him.
"How dare you speak to me like that? Take him down right away." Governor Zhao ordered his entourage to arrest Cheng Yeran.
Cheng Ye then backed away and asked him, "Why did you arrest me? What's the charge? Where's the evidence? Aren't you afraid that I will report you to His Majesty?"
Governor Zhao thought to himself, now that I have arrested you, I will soon arrest all your family members and see who can help you file a complaint.
Governor Zhao pulled out a list from his bosom and said, "This list was signed by the villagers you forced to buy fertilizer. Isn't this enough evidence to prove it?"
Cheng Yeran didn't expect that he had come here so fully prepared. He had good intentions in selling fertilizer to the villagers, but who knew that it would become a knife stabbing him.
Is it true that I will be arrested by Governor Zhao today?
He had been imprisoned twice before, but both times were ordered by the emperor. The people he had come into contact with before were all important figures, and he had never taken Governor Zhao seriously from the very beginning. Was he going to fall into the hands of this villain today?
At this moment, Du Fengchen was pushed in by his servant, holding an account book in his hand. "Master Cheng, this account book records the evidence of the crimes between Master Lin and Master Zhao. In addition to this account book, there are also many letters between the two of them, which can prove that they are related."
When Cheng Yeran heard this, he looked at Governor Zhao's gloomy face again, "I was wondering why you came here so anxiously to arrest me. It turns out you were afraid that I would find evidence against you."
"So what if we find out? I'm going to kill you today!" The governor brought a lot of officers and soldiers with him this time. He ordered his men to take action and kill Cheng Yeran, Du Fengchen and the others today. Then he would destroy the evidence and make up a reason, saying that Cheng Yeran committed suicide out of fear of punishment because he found out the evidence of him forcing the people.
But he didn't expect that Cheng Yeran had so many experts around him.
Those masters were sent by Shao Hui to follow Cheng Yeran. In addition to the guards trained by Shao Hui himself, there were also some masters around the emperor mixed in. They usually protected the emperor, and a mere few officers and soldiers were no match for them at all.
They fought one against ten and easily subdued all of Governor Zhao's men, and even captured the governor as well.
Cheng Yeran smiled and looked at Governor Zhao: "Lord Zhao is really considerate. He was afraid that I would cause trouble by arresting you, so he came to my door in person."
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