Royal Gold Magistrate

Chapter 884

"Tell me what you are doing and why you are here." Fang Zhengyi guided Wang Erzhu with words.

"I... am a farmer. I can't get by in Xinzhang County, so I want to come here to do some business." Wang Erzhu was still a little scared.

Yang Yingcai frowned and said, "I can't make it through? You're talking nonsense, Xinzhang County has always had a good government to help the people, how can you not make it through if you have land yourself? You have to say it well, and you can't mix it up. "

"If you are a lazy person yourself and don't think about making progress, you can't rely on others to live a good life!"

Lazy?I'm lazy?

Wang Erzhu felt a little dizzy.

Although his parents died, but his father died early, he is the only strong laborer in the family, and he has always been in charge of the family business.

Diligently farming every day, busy from morning to night, tired like a dead dog.

Sloth...that's a huge insult to his character.

Wang Erzhu felt wronged and anxious, and his anger gradually grew in his heart. Tears came out of his eyes, and he roared angrily: "I have worked hard to live! Why do you call me a lazy person!"

Fangzheng has all his heart and soul.

Poor Wang Erzhu, it's really miserable to be slandered even after lying down.

"I go out to work before dawn every day, and I can only rest when the sun goes down. It turns out that I can get by on my own, and I can make do with it."

"But after he came, everything changed!" Wang Erzhu said, pointing at Sun Sheng angrily.

Sun Sheng's eyes widened in disbelief.

He... thinks he is diligent in government and loves the people, but he didn't expect this old brat who came out of nowhere to slander him in front of His Majesty!

Is this person Fang Zhengyi's babysitter? !

Although there is such a question in his heart, Emperor Jing obviously doesn't trust him now.

Sun Sheng didn't dare to talk too much.

Wang Erzhu continued to cry: "Since this dog official took office, Xinzhang has changed."

"The original price was considered stable, but later the government restricted other people's price increases, and it became more and more difficult to buy. So that you can't buy it at all if you don't go through the back door to increase the price, and the price in the city is getting higher and higher."

"Not only that, but when I was slack in the countryside, I had to go to the city to work and find some odd jobs to make ends meet. In the past, I could find a good livelihood and earn some money by selling all my energy."

"But later, some small workshops in the city were taken away. They recruited fewer people and did more work. The little money they earned was not enough for me to eat, so I simply lived at home and dared not You don’t have to move around when you go out, and you can eat a meal less.”

"Once you go to work, if you are exhausted and get sick again, you will have no money to treat it!" Wang Erzhu's voice grew louder, "Those pharmacies were also taken away by the rich, and the prices of medicinal materials doubled. I don’t know if the one I bought is real or fake! Do you know?”

"I have a neighbor... just because of a cold, because he couldn't bear it, he sold his land to buy medicine, but in the end the disease was not cured, and the land was gone!"

Wang Erzhu's voice was tearful, and when he said this, he directly pointed to Sun Sheng: "It's all because of you! I live in fear every day now!"

"I won't be able to eat soon, I don't have much money left at home!"

"The land of many people around me has been taken away by big landlords at low prices. We want to seek justice from the government...but we can't even enter the gate of the yamen, and they still have to be beaten and scolded."

"What can we do? It's just a private complaint, but you won't let this complaint! If you hear it, you will be put in jail!"

Wang Erzhu beat his chest and stamped his feet: "I'm afraid...I'm afraid I won't have food to eat, I'm afraid my family's ancestral property will be taken away by others, and I'm afraid of the imperial court...what did I do wrong! You still want to call me a lazy man ?! I just want a normal life!"

Panic flashed across Sun Sheng's eyes: "Impossible! Either this happened to you alone, or you are lying!"

"I lied?!" Wang Erzhu pointed his finger back at himself, his eyes widened angrily, "Dog officer! You still want to blame me?!"

"Where's your conscience, you think I'm just an ordinary person and you can bully me endlessly?"

"There is only one orchard left in my family, which was passed down to me by my father, and I don't plan to take it now...that is my ancestral property, ancestral property!" Wang Erzhu cried loudly.

"Do you think I don't want it? I've lived my whole life in Xinzhang, but now I can't live anymore, I can't live anymore!"

Wang Erzhu lost control of his emotions, and everyone present was secretly surprised.

It seemed that there was something hidden in it that they hadn't seen at all.

However, Sun Sheng had lost his sense of proportion, pointing at Wang Erzhu and yelling: "Shut up! Lies are all lies, Your Majesty, this man must have been found by Fang Zhengyi to slander the minister...the news that the minister is under Xinzhang County It is reported every three days, and the lives of the common people are so miserable, how could I be ignorant of it!"

"Are you fucking calling me a liar?" Wang Erzhu was so angry that he rushed forward with baring teeth and claws.

Caught off guard, Sun Sheng was thrown to the ground, and the two began to fight.

This unprecedented change stunned everyone, and Yang Yingcai reacted and shouted, "Come on! Pull them away!"

"Don't move, let them fight!" Emperor Jing said in a deep voice.

"Guo Banban, I asked you to investigate secretly in Xinzhang, you should gain something, right?"

Guo Tianyang walked out and said softly: "Your Majesty has gained a lot, your majesty wants to listen now?"

"Tell them about it."

"Yes, the servants in Xinzhang County secretly sent people to investigate many gentry families and yamen in the county. Indeed, as Mr. Fang expected, these local forces have basically united under Sun Sheng's high-handed methods."

"Sun Sheng was kept in the dark, and the gentry family secretly bought the shops and properties of the people at a low price. The people in the yamen acted as thugs and escorted them. Whenever Sun Sheng visited the people, they would unite and act."

"The servants have already asked them to sign and pledge these criminal evidences. Does Your Majesty want to see them now?"

After hearing this, the officials fell into silence, only Sun Sheng's wail and Wang Erzhu's roar

Emperor Jing raised his hand, glanced at the crowd and said: "No need, have you all heard? There are so many pillars of the country, veterans of the two dynasties, and no one found the problem! On the contrary, Fang Zheng, who was young, took a look. transparent!"

"Zhengyi has a good saying, feet don't get muddy... You all talk about the common people, but who really cares?"

Yang Yingcai couldn't help but argue: "Your Majesty, Sun Sheng was only deceived by the traitor, if he continues to beat him, he will be beaten to death!"

"The traitors are blind? Why is Xinzhang County full of traitors except him? Didn't he create these traitors?" Emperor Jing said indifferently.

"Your Majesty will really die if you continue to fight." Fangzheng reminded in a low voice.

This Sun Sheng was just a literati, and he couldn't stand the three punches of the farmer Wang Erzhu, so he was basically pushed to the ground and beaten.

Now his nose is bruised and his face is swollen, and he vomits blood from his mouth. His condition is very miserable.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Jing waved his hand.

Fang Zhengyi hurried forward, trying to pull Wang Erzhu away.

It doesn't matter if Sun Sheng is dead, but if Wang Erzhu kills a scholar, that's a big problem.

The floor was covered in dust as the two of them fought, Fangzheng took out a silver ingot from his cuff as soon as he thought it was dirty.

When it was handed to Wang Erzhu, Wang Erzhu's gaze was fixed and he stopped his movements.

Fangzheng smiled and said, "Stop, Erzhu, this place is full of officials."

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(Xu Xian’s plot was taken from another book of mine, but I haven’t started writing and only thought about a few plots...I can’t write it)