Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 422: Killing the Monkey to Warn the Chickens
When the official document from Jiyang County was delivered to Wancheng, Bai Tu read it carefully...
Although Ji Yang is not far from Wancheng, Bai Tu passed by there not long ago. However, after this incident, it is difficult for Bai Tu to go back!
If Bai Tu came in person, there would be nothing to say - one clan? Compared with the authority of the King of Chu, ten clans would have to endure it!
But this is meaningless. If Bai Tu comes in person, he cannot use this as a "benchmark". After all, not everyone's case can be presented to Bai Tu.
It even makes people feel that this kind of thing is just talk, and it is only useful if it is brought to the King of Chu...
Of course, taking a detour is even worse, so Bai Tu was stuck here because of this lawsuit. He had to postpone his return journey and "remotely work" in Wancheng.
Because it involved prefecture and county reforms, Bai Tu also brought a team equivalent to the "Small Six Ministries". Some of the young and promising talents in the six ministries followed Bai Tu on his western tour and conducted field investigations along the way.
Remote work is also reliable.
"Your Majesty, the Wind-Catching Guards have recently discovered that people in Wancheng are talking about this matter. I'm afraid..." Zhang Chunhua gave a special reminder.
"Huh? Why are these people so gossipy?" Bai Tu frowned.
"Your Majesty... I'm talking about the case of Deng from Ji Yang!" Zhang Chunhua corrected with a frown on his face.
"Ahem... Sure enough, these people are still ready to make a move!" Bai Tu also reacted at this time. If they were talking about Deng's case, it was not gossip, but some conservatives wanted to fight with the court over this matter.
After Bai Tu got the detailed official documents of Jiyang County, Zhang Chunhua and Lv Lingqi only saw Bai Tu reading and writing on a large piece of paper...
The format looks messy. If an old scholar saw it, he would probably say that this person has lost all manners... What? Was it painted by the King of Chu? Tsk tsk, there must be some mystery in it that we cannot understand, good!
That’s right, Bai Tu started drawing a mind map after obtaining the detailed case files.
There was a big word "Deng" written on the top of the letter - this lawsuit was won by the Deng family.
The matter itself is not complicated, but considering the priority of solving the problem, it seems a mess. But we can first break it down...
First of all, there are no more headaches!
When the land was transferred, the county official was bribed, thus circumventing the inheritance law of the Chu State. Only minor officials were directly bribed, but the highest... a county chief clerk was confessed - that is, the county magistrate's assistant in government affairs. Because the vertical management of the six ministries in Nanyang area has not yet been implemented, positions such as county magistrate and chief clerk still exist. In Jiangdong, they have all been replaced by officials of the "County Citizens' Office".
There was no need to hesitate about these people. From the chief clerk on down, all of them were severely investigated and punished for accepting bribes. Several crosses were marked on the white map, and the county magistrate was also dismissed for failing to supervise his subordinates.
Bai Tu is not in a hurry to directly deny the legality of the land deed name change, but he can first confirm the bribery issue.
When the criminal court intervened, the reason Deng gave was to list a series of descendants of the deceased Deng Yang, and swore that they all had the right of inheritance because Deng Yang had made such an oral will arrangement during his lifetime.
The false certificate made by bribing the county official was exactly the notarization of the will. After the county criminal court intervened, it was discovered that the county official had not left Jiyanggu City to go to the countryside on the day he notarized the will!
It was later discovered that during that period, the county official spent money very lavishly, and he himself could not explain the source of the money, so he was directly convicted of taking bribes. However... Deng insisted that the oral will existed.
The reason why the county official was not there was because the clan elders were present - Chu was the only country in the world that required the presence of the county official, otherwise the clan elders were enough to prove everything and there would be no room for doubt.
Of course, his wife, Mrs. Wang, said that this was absolutely not the case...
Regardless of whether an oral will exists or not, Bai Tuxian "unlimitedly exercises" subjective initiative on another line.
Bai Tu did not bother about the legitimacy of the certificate from the clan elders, but directly arrested the bribery. The county magistrate was dismissed on the spot, and the county magistrate would also have to face the meticulous questioning and strict investigation by the officials of the Ministry of Personnel.
Compared to such a minor matter as "eating the entire family", the fact that a county magistrate was dismissed on the spot and the county magistrate was in danger of losing his job is already very deterrent. If there is a choice... the magistrate of Jiyang County now wants to pay for the Deng family out of his own pocket!
At the same time, because the land is not forcibly reclaimed, it will not cause too much backlash for the time being.
Compared with the predicament of the county magistrate and the dismissal of the county magistrate, the succession turmoil of the Deng family can only be regarded as a matter that cannot be any smaller...
But since some people want to use Deng's affairs to test the court's bottom line and even hype up the court's attitude, then Bai Tu will "kill the monkey to scare the chickens" - he didn't write anything against it, but just let the small take the big.
Although the Deng family is small, it has become the focus of the conflict between the new law and the clan system. Bai Tu will not touch the Deng family for the time being, but he has unlimited power in bribing officials. Even the county magistrate cannot escape the disaster...
It has both deterrent effect and will not directly trigger conflict.
Zhang Chunhua also saw what Bai Tu meant by the mind map. There was an "X" on the names of the county magistrate and county magistrate, and a "+" on the names of the county clerks and below. Zhang Chunhua, who was already familiar with Bai Tu's writing habits, understood that this meant being severe and even making trouble out of nothing.
Without Bai Tu saying anything, Zhang Chunhua had already started drafting the approval notes to be issued to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel. When Bai Tu wanted it, all he had to do was stamp it.
Sure enough, when Bai Tu finished drawing the mind map and sorted out the ideas for himself, he had just started talking to Zhang Chunhua when she had already written the note and sent it to him.
This is why Bai Tu felt that it was more comfortable to use Zhang Chunhua as Shangshulang than Jiang Wan!
At the beginning, Zhang Chunhua pretended to be nice, writing later and even deliberately leaving mistakes for Bai Tu to correct, so that Bai Tu would not be afraid that she could guess what he was thinking.
However, Zhang Chunhua later discovered that Bai Tu didn't care much about it, but rather appreciated it, so she began to show her strengths even more - in this respect, she still did not follow her teacher.
At the same time, Bai Tu also added a clause, notifying the local criminal department to give full protection and care to Wang and her young son, and that all expenses would be paid by the Ministry of Justice, not the Ministry of Civil Affairs - in other words, through practical action, first acknowledging the mother and son's identities as victims, but not saying anything else.
When Zhang Chunhua went to deliver the approval note to the accompanying Xiaoliubu, Lü Lingqi took advantage of the fact that no one was around and questioned Bai Tu, "Is that it?"
As for the tacit understanding between Zhang Chunhua and Bai Tu, she was too lazy to complain...
Well, it’s work-related, okay.
"Let's leave it this way for now. At least once they're done, we can go to Ji Yang in person!" Bai Tu said, and added a few strokes on "Deng's".
While letting go of the small and taking the big, avoiding conflicts, he was also determined to express his attitude. In name, it was not an order from Baitu, so there was no such thing as special treatment!
Although the lawsuit has not been completely resolved, as long as the attitude is made clear, Bai Tu can go to Jiyang with peace of mind, and then he can do more...
Especially...
That silly five-year-old who can’t even speak clearly…
His name is Deng Ai...
