Phi-Fic Chapter 514 Anjiaqian
Chapter 514 Anjiaqian
Despite Duanmu Chuze's youth and lack of prior experience in governing a region, officials of all ranks in Yan had to admit that the prince's strategies were undoubtedly revolutionary and far-reaching for the entire Yan region.
From stone carving to security escort agencies to martial arts schools, all of this is perfectly logical and normal.
However, Mu Xin Nuan understood that Duanmu Chu Ze's actions could not only help Yan gradually prosper, but also logically enhance their own strength. Although she didn't know why, it was ultimately not a bad thing for them.
Especially after Duanmu Chuze mentioned Duanmu Chen that time, Mu Xin Nuan became even clearer about this. The current Crown Prince might trust him, but given the Crown Princess's actions and the presence of Duanmu Chen, this trust might not last long. Whether it could continue even after the Crown Prince ascended the throne has become a very serious question.
Although Mu Xin Nuan was unwilling to believe that the gentle Crown Prince was also the kind of person who would betray his country after the fact, she had no choice but to take precautions as various circumstances approached. All that Duanmu Chu Ze was doing now was to ensure the long-term stability of Yan and to unite the officials and people of Yan, so that the region could be preserved indefinitely.
However, at the same time, there is also a drawback that must be mentioned: the better Duanmu Chuze governs Yan, the more it proves his ability, and naturally it will make some people feel a sense of crisis.
Such an outstanding prince would naturally make anyone wary. Although the crown prince and he are brothers, with the wise prince setting an example, all of this naturally makes people worry.
However, it's certainly too early to think about this now. It will take at least three to five years for Yan to truly grow stronger step by step. By then, all parts of Dayong will be gradually prospering, and it will take at least ten years to see any remarkable changes in Yan.
While making these preparations, Duanmu Chuze also made sure to have his soldiers patrol the mountains and protect the forests. Since there wasn't a major battle going on, the soldiers couldn't be too idle. So, Duanmu Chuze ordered them to plant trees to strengthen the wind and sand resistance of Huayang County and other counties located in windy areas.
Duanmu Chuze's series of measures were quickly implemented.
Everything proceeded smoothly and methodically. About a month after Feng Yuxi took office in the Censorate, he finally confronted his half-brother, Xue Huai Ren.
Since the Xue family fell into misfortune, Xue Huai-ren had been claiming illness and staying at home. He had also repeatedly submitted his resignation to Prefect He. In his words, he said that his younger brother and son were too irresponsible and had implicated his elderly father, so he claimed to be unfilial and had no face to see his colleagues again.
Prefect He was originally a reasonable man. Seeing his attitude, he naturally thought that it was just a few good-for-nothing family scoundrels who had implicated the entire Xue family.
Fortunately, what they did was not enough to implicate Xue Huai Ren. Although Xue Er was his son, he had been sent back to his ancestral home since childhood and raised by his parents, so it was not Xue Huai Ren's fault.
Prefect He offered kind words of comfort and made his stance clear: the Xue family is the Xue family, and Xue Huai-ren is Xue Huai-ren. Moreover, all indications suggest that Prince Chang Le has no intention of implicating Xue Huai-ren. This not only demonstrates the prince's fairness and impartiality but also shows that the prince is a person who cherishes talent. As long as one does their best to serve the people of Yan, he will not mistreat anyone.
This can be seen from the fact that Magistrate Yu was commended and directly promoted to replace the former Prefect of Yu County.
Just as Duanmu Chuze had predicted at the beginning, the Xue family case shocked the entire Yan region.
Meanwhile, the people of Yan were overjoyed, but most of the officials became much more restrained and no longer dared to swagger around like before.
In fact, ever since Duanmu Chuze intended to establish the Censorate, he had encountered various obstacles, and in some places, even some officials had gone on strike. However, for Duanmu Chuze, who was always decisive in his actions, these things were simply a piece of cake!
At this time, a maid of the Xue family reported the Xue family's mistress to the Censorate.
The cause was simple: there was a maid in the Xue family mansion who, perhaps because of her beauty, caught the eye of the eldest son of the Xue family one day. So, he took her as his concubine, and before long, she became pregnant. However, the eldest son of the Xue family was still unmarried, and Madam Xue was concerned that if a son born out of wedlock were to be born first, it would inevitably affect the eldest son's future marriage prospects.
Although she was from a good family and came from an official family, no daughter of a prominent family would be willing to marry a man who already had a son born out of wedlock.
Madam Xue was determined to help her son marry a woman from a high-ranking family, so that he and the Xue family could benefit. Therefore, she sent someone to buy safflower and have the girl have an abortion.
It was supposed to be a simple matter, but perhaps the maid was weak, because the bowl of safflower directly killed her.
Logically speaking, this woman had an abortion, and was less than three months pregnant, so how could she have died so easily? Later, the girl's family came and took her body away, but they refused to let it go. Madam Xue sent people to give them several hundred taels of silver, but the family still wouldn't settle down.
Enraged, Madam Xue ordered her men to beat the entire family severely, especially the girl's mother, whose leg was broken.
This seems to be causing some trouble.
Hearing that a new government office had been established in the city, the family, unafraid of official power and influence, came here and took Madam Xue and her eldest son directly to court.
Madam Xue was furious. She thought that they had clearly taken money before, and now they dared to sue them in the yamen. They were simply insatiable.
The officials from the Censorate reviewed the complaint and accepted it. After all, it was a fact that the girl had died, and it was also a fact that the old lady of the Xue family had broken her leg. As for whether it was related to the Xue family, that would require further investigation.
Upon hearing this, Xue Huai-ren unleashed a torrent of anger on his wife.
Fortunately, this was just a minor dispute with the common people. After thinking it over, Xue Huai-ren sent his steward to the family and personally delivered a thousand taels of silver notes. He also promised them that if they withdrew their lawsuit, the Xue family would give them one hundred taels of silver every year as a resettlement allowance.