jdhmnovel Chapter 108 Great pleasure
Chapter 108 Great pleasure
Before leaving, Lin Chuyi looked back at the villa and said, "Girls, just hold on for a few more days, or that scumbag will get his comeuppance soon."
Qian Laiye was very efficient. The next day, he found three places in the city that he thought were suitable and took Lin Chuyi to see the houses.
After seeing the houses, Lin Chuyi was quite satisfied with all three houses, so he simply took them all. After the transfer, Lin Chuyi directly replaced all the facilities in the houses according to their functions.
Afterwards, Lin Chuyi left a large amount of grain for Qian Laiye in the storehouse of one of the houses, and also gave Qian Laiye 30,000 taels of silver notes and 20,000 taels of cash.
Seeing that the time was almost up, she left Lanzhou City alone.
Lin Chuyi recognized Qian Laiye's ability, so he left without any regrets.
A major event happened in Lanzhou city during these two days. The prefect Liu Changhe led 500 garrison troops to surround the Tongpan Mansion. They arrested Zhao Yongxin and his family members on charges of forming a clique for personal gain, corruption and abuse of power, and put them in jail.
After a search, the garrison found a large amount of stolen goods in the secret room of the Tongpan's study. The evidence was conclusive, so Liu Changhe sent someone to the capital to deliver a memorial 800 miles away, asking the emperor to make a decision.
No matter how anxious he was, the back and forth would take at least half a month. During this period, Liu Changhe, as the prefect of Lanzhou, naturally took back control of Lanzhou.
Liu Changhe personally presided over the trial. All the people who had been oppressed by Zhao Yongxin could go to the government office to appeal for justice, and he would uphold justice for them.
As a result, no one dared to beat the drum to complain throughout the day, so Liu Changhe came up with an idea and asked his confidants to find a few people to pretend to be victims and appear in court.
When the case was being tried, many people were watching from outside. Word of the matter spread quickly, and soon the news spread.
Gradually, real victims came to the government office to sue Zhao Yongxin. Once there was one, there were two, and more and more victims came to the court.
They had wanted to take revenge before, but Zhao Yongxin was an official and they were civilians, and since ancient times, civilians have not fought against officials.
Even though Zhao Yongxin has been arrested now, his official position has not been removed. As long as he is not removed from office, he is still an official. Until the last moment, who knows whether he will have a chance to get out.
If he really gets out, given his temper, he will definitely take revenge on those who came forward to sue him. They are just ordinary people. If Zhao Yongxin really wants to take revenge on them, they will have no room to fight back.
So they chose to wait and see, and as one person after another stood up to accuse Zhao Yongxin, their actions also gave courage to other victims.
So many criminal acts are enough to convict Zhao Yongxin. If they still don't come forward now, they may never have another chance to take revenge in the future.
So more and more people stood up, some of them came here after hearing the news in the county town. The lawyer never stopped writing all day long, and his hands were shaking from writing.
Every day after leaving court, Liu Changhe would compare the charges with Zhao Yongxin's confession. Only some of them matched, and the rest were major incidents. The parties involved were either dead or in cahoots with Zhao Yongxin.
As for why there were so many incidents of oppression of the people, which were not written in the confession, Liu Changhe had his own guess.
Perhaps in the eyes of people like Zhao Yongxin, it was not a sin at all, or perhaps he had committed so many sins that he could not even remember them.
All in all, this scumbag doesn't deserve to live in this world.
While Liu Changhe was busy, he welcomed the imperial envoy sent by the emperor.
Liu Changhe had already completed all the preliminary work. When the imperial envoy arrived, he saw piles of account books and a thick stack of petitions.
The imperial envoy spent two days thoroughly understanding the entire incident and also read through all the evidence submitted by Liu Changhe.
The imperial commissioner was Qu Tingyuan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. The emperor sent him as the imperial commissioner, leading 200 soldiers and carrying the imperial sword, to rush to Lanzhou to personally try the case.
Qu Tingyuan had worked in the Ministry of Justice for many years and had arrested many corrupt officials, but this was the first time he had seen someone as bold and presumptuous as Zhao Yongxin.
Apart from anything else, the crime of deceiving the emperor alone is enough to make him lose his head, not to mention that he has done so many evil things. If this man doesn't die, the hatred in the hearts of the people will be hard to eliminate.
The imperial envoy went to the court on the third day to interrogate Zhao Yongxin. Zhao Yongxin was now wearing prison clothes, with disheveled hair, and looked extremely miserable.
Faced with the imperial commissioner's questioning, he initially refused to admit his guilt and put all the blame on Liu Changhe, claiming that he had framed him and demanded that the imperial commissioner take charge of the matter for him.
The imperial envoy was experienced and would not be fooled by Zhao Yongxin's few words. He immediately summoned the witness into the lobby and confronted him.
At the beginning, Zhao Yongxin was able to rely on his eloquence to have a slight advantage in the confrontation, but as more and more witnesses came forward, he could no longer hold on and his words revealed many flaws.
When the account books were presented in court, he completely lost control and collapsed to the ground.
Zhao Yongxin knew that the situation was hopeless and he could no longer deny it, so in order to suffer less punishment, he confessed to his actions.
The imperial commissioner sentenced Zhao Yongxin to be beheaded in public at the West Street Caishikou at noon the next day, and all his property was confiscated. The subordinates involved also received different degrees of punishment according to the degree of their crimes.
The imperial commissioner also ordered that a portion of the confiscated property be used to compensate the victims, and the rest should be put into the national treasury.
The women who were persecuted by Zhao Yongxin were also rescued and able to return home.
On the day Zhao Yongxin was beheaded, the West Street Caishikou was surrounded by crowds of people, standing in three layers inside and outside.
Zhao Yongxin's body was covered with rotten vegetable leaves, and no one came to see him off before his execution.
The moment his head fell to the ground, the people in the front row cried loudly, but they were not crying for Zhao Yongxin, but to vent their anger for revenge.
They are all victims of Zhao Yongxin's many evil deeds. Now that the evil man is finally paying the price for his actions, they naturally want to see it with their own eyes.
After crying, the people in the front row took the lead and knelt down, calling out "Great Lord", and the people in the back row followed suit.
The scene of thousands of people bowing their heads and calling "Great Lord" in unison really shocked the imperial envoy.
After returning to the government office, Imperial Commissioner Qu Tingyuan and Prefect Liu Changhe were not idle. They first posted an announcement on the bulletin board stating that the tax increase was Zhao Yongxin's personal behavior and had nothing to do with the court.
From now on, all taxes will be adjusted back to the normal taxation of the court, and the officials will be ordered to post the specific tax standards under this announcement.
After the common people learned the specific content of the announcement, they immediately spread the news to others, and there was a joyful scene in front of the bulletin board.