"Which ones are here?"
Looking at this number, Shen Tang thought it was the sum of several families, so he picked up one and opened it to read it. Unexpectedly, Qi Shan said with a dark face: "One family, all related to Zhang's."
Shen Tang almost lost his grip on the file. . .
He pointed at the pile with a trembling finger.
Incredulously, he asked, "You mean—a family?"
How many people are there in the Heyin Zhang family
How can you commit such a sin
Shen Tang read the contents of the file at a glance. In short, the son of a family was falsely accused by Diao, the manager of Zhang's front yard, of stealing a chicken. It was a fighting cock with great military achievements and its value was equivalent to several acres of high-quality farmland.
According to the law, double the loss must be paid.
Unless the plaintiff is willing to settle the matter privately.
How can this family get compensation
The male owner of the family died of a serious illness while serving in the military in his early years, leaving behind a widow and her son. The widow worked hard to raise her son and daughter, and had to endure criticism from her parents-in-law, denunciations from neighbors, and scorn from clan members, who believed that her fate was unlucky for her husband and children.
In order to appease Diao's anger and losses, he was willing to sell the widow and her daughter as prostitutes, and at the same time sell the widow's savings over the years.
The widow was desperate and rushed into the house to get a blunt knife.
In full view of everyone, the baby was born with his caesarean section.
Strive to prove the innocence of the family of three.
It turned out that there was no chicken in the son's stomach.
Instead, some rotten food that had not been fully digested was poked out.
Diao was frightened by the widow's actions, and muttered bad words, saying that he had mistaken the wrong person, and left with the group of officers who had come to force him. The widow held her son's body and sued Diao, but the case was naturally left unresolved.
It is true that Diao made a mistake, which is a minor mistake, but it is a big mistake for a widow to kill her son with her own hands! She killed the only son of her late husband. Such a vicious and inhuman woman should be flogged fifty times, punished with ink, and put into the pounding of coarse grain to serve as a warning to others!
What happened to the widow
Shen Tang didn't see the specific answer either.
Chong means to pound rice. In simple terms, it means to send people to labor reform, pounding rice with a wooden mallet in both hands. The laws of Xin State and Geng State are different. The former generally has to pound rice for three years before being free, while the latter has to wait for five or seven years depending on the severity of the crime.
Looking at the time in the files, the laws of the Xin State were used.
Three years is enough.
If Diao wants revenge...
When a female slave who pounded rice died, no one cared.
Furthermore, the widow was subjected to flogging, tattooing, and pounding rice for three years. How was her only daughter supposed to survive during these three years
Judging from the attitudes of his parents-in-law and clan members, it is unlikely that they would take on this hot potato. The so-called misidentification of Diao did not exist. According to the details recorded in the files, it was most likely intentional. He just needed to suppress it a little bit and his purpose was achieved.
Who knew that the widow had such a strong personality.
In this way, they prove their innocence.
Shen Tang looked at it and sighed sadly.
I picked up another scroll, which also belonged to Zhang.
They were either Zhang clan members or Zhang clan servants, and there were also relatives who relied on the Zhang clan's relationship. Compared with the widow being forced to cut open her baby's caesarean section, it was equally heart-wrenching. I wanted to punch the brains out of those who took advantage of their power to bully others and take human lives lightly.
"It's early in the morning, my lord, please read less of these irritating things..." Qi Shan said this, but waited until Shen Tang finished reading the book before reaching out to take it.
Shen Tang took a deep breath.
He waved his hand and asked the soldiers to carry all the things in.
The government office is so poor that there are few people.
People like Zhang are too lazy to place spies.
It costs money to bribe spies.
Shen Tang was not worried that the news would leak out.
She asked, "Action tonight?"
Kang Shi didn't expect that Shen Tang would do what he said.
On the second night after taking office as the governor of Heyin, he kicked Zhang's door. The efficiency of this action would make Captain Yang, who suffers from indecisiveness, ashamed.
Kang Shi said: "Isn't it too hasty?"
Shen Tang: "We were in a hurry, but when they react, we will be the ones who are passive. Before they come to their senses and notice us, we should forcibly take down Zhang and kill the chicken to scare the monkey! It's too late, the chicken will be alert."
In addition to this reason, there is another one.
She is really going crazy!!!
You need money everywhere!!!
Shen Tang got up at dawn to help repair the house. The roof tiles were broken, and mold and mushrooms grew in the leaking places in the house, and there were insects and ants gnawing at them. The snow melted this morning, and water was dripping in the house. Half a pound of water could be wrung out of the mattress on her couch.
The cash-for-work program is still short of start-up funds.
Qishan did not speak.
There are advantages to starting early.
There are advantages to starting late.
He also saw that Shen Tang was like a ferocious beast that had been hungry for many days and whose eyes turned red when she saw her prey. She could eat a whole mountain pig in one bite. Who could stop her from killing and eating? As the lord, she had made up her mind, and he only needed to help her realize it.
Kang Shi said no more after hearing this.
In fact, he also disliked Zhang.
He stayed up all night last night, picking through files related to Zhang with red eyes, and was filled with anger.
My lord, if you are willing to take action to eradicate this cancer as soon as possible, it will be a good thing with no harm both in public and in private.
We need to get some food from Zhang so that we can celebrate the New Year.
On this point, there is a high degree of consensus from top to bottom.
Although Shen Tang made the decision on a whim, it would take careful planning to actually take action. They didn't know the background of Zhang's family, how many retainers they had, and how many brave warriors and literary scholars they had who could pose a threat.
If it's not done properly, and a fight breaks out, the entire Fugu City will probably be the first to suffer. This is not Shen Tang's intention.
She wants the city to prosper and be revitalized.
I also hope that the common people of this land can be reborn.
Rather than acting rashly and dragging them into hell.
In order to keep the secret, Shen Tang originally planned to use a blue bird to deliver the message, but then he changed his mind and thought that Fu Gu was so poor that neither birds nor chickens could lay eggs. Suddenly, a nimble blue bird flew out...
It's not good to alert the enemy.
Shen Tang found an excuse to go there in person.
One of the main forces in this operation, Zhao Feng.
While Zhao Feng hadn't taken his men back yet, Shen Tang was thinking about how to exploit other people's labor, and getting it for free was the best.
Although the work was trivial, it was not difficult, and Zhao Feng was also quite happy to do it, and never slacked off, which was the favorite of capitalists. Oh, and for Shen Tang's sake, he even took a "disciple".
This "disciple" is naturally Bai Su.
Bai Su is also quite famous in Heyin.
In order to avoid trouble, Qishan helped her disguise herself.
She had grown from a blooming 17 or 18-year-old woman to an old lady in her 37s or 38s. Her skin was yellow and dark, her face was full of wrinkles, and her appearance was so ordinary that you would not find her in a crowd. When she followed Zhao Feng, outsiders thought she was just a maid who cleaned and served.
Qi Shan was initially worried that Bai Su would not look like her.
Facts have proved that you should not use your own cognition to challenge other people's professions. Bai Su is a well-rounded female thief. Breaking into other people's houses to scout the place is her basic skill!
If Qi Shan hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have thought that this inconspicuous person in front of him, with a flawless posture and temperament, would be the female thief! Bai Su's business ability is indeed strong.
Shen Tang brought a lot of people with him, and most of them were temporarily settled in the poorest, most remote and sparsely populated southwest corner of Fugu City.
It’s not that the officials in the government office are deliberately making things difficult for people, but this place has the most collapsed houses, the area is large, and almost no one lives there, making it the most suitable place for resettlement. Other places are not suitable.
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