Chapter 232 Copper Mine
"How many households and land are there in Zhoujiazhuang now? It's actually caused by the actual situation." In addition to beating the official officer, Zhoujia also hides the population and land. This matter, you have to ask clearly.
"I don't know." Zhou Zi'an shook his head. He was familiar with Zhoujiazhuang. But he knew nothing about the land and household registration. These things have always been done by his father.
"Okay, sign and seal!" Sun Yu gave Han Zaiwu a wink and asked him to hand over the file.
"Don't worry, take a look first. I cannot tolerate unjust, false and wrong cases in my eyes." Sun Yu saw Zhou Zi'an pick up the brush and prepared to sign it, and kindly reminded him.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zi'an looked at the file carefully and replied to the previous answer without any deviation. He signed and stamped without hesitation.
Sun Yu ordered Zhou Zi'an to be taken down. It was his father Zhou Yifu's turn to see how he quibble.
"Zhou Yifu, colluding with the county magistrate and concealing the population and land affairs, are you willing to confess?" Sun Yu did not go around the corner and had already dismissed the scapegoat he had prepared. It depends on how he would throw the blame out.
"No, it's not true, Marquis, this must be a misunderstanding." Zhou Yifu was anxious. The crime of this matter was quite serious, at least exiled.
"Misunderstanding? County magistrate Guan Qingquan has already caused all of them. Is this number right?" Sun Yu raised a palm and was just bluffing him.
"This, this..." Zhou Yifu was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Guan Qingquan was actually taken down. Otherwise, how could this marquis know about 500 taels? This number would not even Jin Yi know.
"If you are honest and lenient, resist and strict, please bend. I will know it clearly." Sun Yu knew that Zhou Yifu's psychological defense line was about to collapse this time, and his case was about to be successful.
"Yes, as long as Lord Guan turns a blind eye to this matter, my Zhou family will offer 500 taels of silver a year." Zhou Yifu felt as if his heart was ashamed. The marquis had already understood everything, and the preparations he made were really ridiculous.
"Let's talk about this matter of Jin Yi." Sun Yu did not force him, just like he was chatting ordinary times. He expected that the other party would tell the truth.
"A few days ago, I sent someone to the city to find him, asking him to finish the matter and seal the mouths of the officials. For this reason, I paid 200 taels. As for how Jin Yi handled this matter, the people did not ask about it." Zhou Yifu's original intention was just to use both kindness and power, and to threaten it. He would give some money to shut up these officials. Unexpectedly, Jin Yi was so cruel and took action directly.
"What else?" Sun Yu continued to ask. He wanted to try it out. Is there anything else illegal in Zhoujiazhuang?
"No, there is no more." Zhou Yifu was stunned. He swallowed the words he had already said casually.
"I won't cry until I see the coffin, right? Then let's kill the whole family." Sun Yu saw that the old boy had a secret and was holding it in his stomach. This matter would not be small, so I would be intimidated first. If it doesn't work, I would have to be punished.
"The people are willing to help." Zhou Yifu was shocked. It's okay to kill the whole family. Now that Zhou's village is surrounded, it's impossible to escape. In this case, the Zhou family really wants to cut off the incense, which is more important than his life.
"The people who have been mined and minted money in private will make a lot of profit." The private minting of coins is definitely a great case in the peaceful years, but in this world, it is actually not a big deal. Most of the governors who separatist areas will do this, but Sun Yu is an exception.
If copper is too expensive, good money is minted and no money is profitable, it will really damage reputation.
"Have you found the copper mine?" Sun Yu was shocked. This copper mine is amazing. It's hard currency. As long as there are enough copper mines, he can start the great cause of minting money.
"I discovered it as early as the State of Min. It was just that it was turbulent and there was no time to start mining. This news was strictly kept confidential. The ancestors of the family worked as a supervisor in the State of Min and knew about this. Over the years, the young man had been secretly investigating and was not found until the previous year. He secretly arranged for manpower to mine it." When Zhou Yifu heard Sun Yu's question, he knew that he had fallen into a trap, but he had already said that he could not hide it anymore. Moreover, there were still others in Zhoujiazhuang who knew about this matter, and sooner or later they could not hide it.
"Where is the mine?" Sun Yu was a little excited. Copper mines are not much different from picking up money.
"Get close to Longyan." Zhou Yifu made up his mind. The mine must be unable to be defended. I hope Sun Yu can give him a chance for this.
"Is the scale big?" Sun Yu was so excited that he rubbed his hands straight, and when he was trying to fight Xu Yi with his private money, he looked the same.
"It's big, and I don't know how big it is. At present, I have only dug the shallowest mine." Zhou Yifu sneaked and sent more than 100 people in total, and the mining speed was extremely slow. Mainly for keeping the secret, I have to be careful when entering and leaving the materials. There are too many people and I can't hide them at all.
Sun Yu, who was originally going to kill, suddenly became embarrassed and felt a little unable to do it. Well, for the sake of the copper mine, I would let them go once.
In the entire Zhoujiazhuang, all the close relatives of Zhou Yifu, including two sons who had separated, were taken away by the personal barracks and headed towards the county town. Sun Yu was preparing to pronounce the sentence on them in the lobby of the county government.
"Get into the hall!" Sun Yu sat upright in the lobby, slapped the auspicious wood, and had not been addicted to the case of the court for a long time.
The yamen runners were replaced by soldiers from the personal guard camp, so naturally there was no neat and mighty voice, only a solemn atmosphere. The one who knelt at the front was a group of serious offenders, and the other accomplices were all kneeling in the yard.
As usual, a group of representatives of the masses were selected to come in, and they visited each other, and used their mouths to spread the details.
"Jinjiang County Magistrate Guan Qingquan accepted bribes and ignored the illegal behavior of the Zhou family. Now he was sentenced to demote Daliuqiu Island, manage refugees, and reclaim wasteland, and plead guilty?" Sun Yu originally wanted to sentence him to exile, but he thought it would be considered deposed. After going there, he gave him a name and organized and managed it first. Except for the navy, there must be a leader on the island.
"My subordinate, Mr. Xie, please be kind!" Guan Qingquan's heart was put on the ground. This was much better than expected. He knew that the place was very large and no one could develop it. In the first two years, he could not escape the hardships, but it should be a good place in the future, at least he would still have an official position.
"Take it down first and ask the doctor to treat it." Sun Yu looked at Guan Qingquan, and his butt was covered in blood and flesh. He would go to treat it first, otherwise the disease would fall into the root of the disease and go to Daliuqiu Island. With the conditions there, he would disappear if he was not careful.
Jin Yi glanced at Guan Qingquan's butt, and she was frightened and didn't know what she would do.
"County magistrate Jin Yi accepted bribes, abused power, oppressed loyal and kind, and intended to frame the official, and betrayed him. And the following crimes are the best, they will collide with the official, punish them for multiple crimes, and sentence them to death! All the family members will be exiled to the Great Ryukyu Island and will not leave for life." Sun Yu hated this person the most, and he was considered cruel and ruthless, and he will do everything he could.
"Mr. Marquis, I shouldn't have died..." Jin Yi was stunned. Why did he kill Li Jue? Didn't he just attack those minor officials?
The personal soldiers next to him went forward and dragged them out directly regardless of Jin Yi's shouting...
Zhou Yifu and his children were so scared that they shivered. As for Jin Yi's wife, Zhou Yifu's daughter, they fainted from fear.
"Zhou Yifu, Zhou, violated the government's orders, bribed officials, and committed murder. He was sentenced to thirty scepter and exiled to the Great Ryukyu Island, and would not be allowed to leave the island for life." Sun Yu glanced at Zhou Yifu. If it weren't for the copper mine, he would definitely be beheaded and he would be defeated.
Zhou Yifu, who was originally trembling, only kowtowed and thanked him when he heard this. He was about to die and could not feel this feeling.
Zhou Zi'an, who was originally bound to die, also had to be thirty and was sent to Daliuqiu Island. All other family accomplices were sent to him and were not allowed to leave the island for five years.
"All criminals and their families will be charged to the government and will set off tomorrow and be escorted to Quanzhou."
Sun Yu thought that if there were more people like the Zhou family, it would not only contribute land, gold and silver to the government, but also solve the problem of insufficient manpower in developing the Daliuqiu Island. This time, more than 500 people were exiled. If there were more than ten families, it would be a decent town that could be formed even if there were thousands of people.
A group of criminals and their families were taken to prison for temporary settlement, and the originally crowded yamen became empty again in an instant.
"Mr. Marquis, there are a lot of people involved." Lao Cheng looked at the crying crowd, including many women and children, and he couldn't help but feel compassion.
"There is no way, there must be quite a few innocent people among them. But as beneficiaries, they can only bear it one way." Sun Yu certainly doesn't like to implicate, but in this world, if you only pursue the evil, those who dare to touch the red line will at least double. Sun Yu can only reduce the punishment of implicated people as much as possible, such as killing all the families, destroying three clans, and killing nine clans, and definitely won't use them.
"Urgent report! Urgent report!" The 800-mile rush arranged by Li Yu, and the messenger was almost breathless. Jianzhou, who arrived first, said that Zhenhai Hou had gone to Quanzhou, changed another horse, ran to Quanzhou in one breath, but ended up empty. If Sun Yu had not been found in Jinjiang County, the messenger felt that he would probably have survived.
"Old Cheng, go and see what's going on." Sun Yu frowned when he heard this. It was probably an urgent report from the court, and he didn't know what was going on.
"Marquis Zhenhai, can you be here?" As soon as Lao Cheng left the door, he saw the person who was sending the order, looking at him with hope, and asked.
"That's right, what's the point? I can pass it on my behalf." Cheng Zhenbeigong bowed. Old Cheng admired these people who could run 800 miles in a hurry.
"Please take me in to meet the marquis. This matter must be reported in person." The messenger turned over and got off the horse. Because he had been bumping on the horse's back for several days, his legs had already numb and fell directly to the ground.
Lao Cheng stepped forward, grabbed his arm, picked him up from the ground, and walked inside.
"I have seen the Marquis. Your Majesty sends a letter and wants to hand it over to the Marquis himself." He took out an oil paper bag from his arms, opened it and took out the sealed letter from it, and handed it to Sun Yu.
"Reward, take it down to rest first." Sun Yu nodded and said to Lao Cheng.
Chapter completed!