Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 209 The Placement of Prisoners

The incident of beheading in the vegetable market was heatedly discussed in the capital for several days before it gradually subsided.

After all, it is a major event that has not been encountered in more than ten years. It is rare to encounter a major event that can be recorded in the capital annals. How could everyone not gossip.

Ordinary people in the capital don’t have much entertainment. They go to work before the sun rises and go home when the sun goes down. After dinner, they chat with their neighbors for a while, and after dark they go home to sleep.

This is basically the daily life of most people in the capital.

It can be seen that if there are no entertainment activities to enrich their spirits, they will be particularly interested in gossip about beheading.

After the matter slowly faded away, just when everyone thought that there would be no more major events in the capital.

Another big thing happened.

Feng Hu, the ambassador of the Inspection Department, led the inspections under his command and carried out an operation to eradicate gangsters and evil throughout the city.

All the gangsters who had participated in fights were arrested and locked up in prison.

This action was specifically requested by Chen Fan to be carried out by Feng Hu, because after Chen Fan punished the beggars for breaking the law and discipline, he found that the people in the capital praised him.

So Chen Fan simply punished other illegal behaviors in the capital, especially local hooligans.

These gangsters seriously endanger the public security environment in the capital, and Chen Fan will definitely not let them go.

After several days of anti-criminal and anti-evil operations, all the local hooligans who usually show off their might have disappeared, and all of them were arrested and brought to justice.

And these gangsters were caught off guard one by one.

After the inspection department was established, in order to avoid the limelight, they kept a low profile during this time, just because they were afraid of attracting Feng Hu's attention.

At that time, when the inspection department was all dispatched, they were taken aback, thinking they were coming for them.

It turned out that it was directed at those beggars.

They just breathed a sigh of relief, and within two days, they suddenly realized that they were surrounded by inspections as soon as they woke up.

After these hooligans were arrested, the capital city that had just fallen silent suddenly exploded again.

Everyone was chattering and talking.

Applause for the actions of the inspection department.

Everyone thought that it would take some time for the inspection department to deal with the hooligans, but they didn't expect to catch them all in just a few days.

In the future, you will no longer be bullied by them, and you can go out boldly with confidence.

What's more, they took two firecrackers and set them off at the door of the inspection department to celebrate those evildoers being brought to justice.

These people have been bullied by local gangsters before, but they have always been unable to seek help, and they will also be retaliated against.

I thought they would never be able to take revenge, but I didn't expect that God had eyes and decided for them.

In the morning, the air is exceptionally fresh and even the sun looks mesmerizing.

It was also thanks to the rain last night that Chen Fan was able to express his emotions in the yard.

At this time, Chen Fan was very popular in poetry and wanted to recite a poem.

Steward Wang came over and told Chen Fan that Pei Yuanqing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was visiting.

"Lord Pei?"

"kindness."

"What did he come for, what's the matter?"

"He didn't say that. He just said he had something to discuss with the Imperial Master."

Chen Fan shook his head. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of why Pei Yuanqing came to him.

Despite his doubts, Chen Fan asked Steward Wang to bring Pei Yuanqing over to see what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

Pei Yuanqing came to look for Chen Fan today, mainly for the prisoners in the prison.

Some time ago, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture told his old man that he was nostalgic for his hometown.

Chongzhen couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, so he asked Pei Yuanqing to concurrently serve as Shuntian Fu Yin.

In the beginning, because of the problem of children being abducted and sold by beggars, Chen Fan arrested all the beggars in the capital and put them in prison.

This action was cheered by the people in the whole city, and also praised by Pei Yuanqing.

Pei Yuanqing has always put the people first, and he can't understand the behavior of oppressing the common people, let alone the brutality of killing children.

So when Feng Hu arrested those beggars, Pei Yuanqing actively cooperated.

But not long after, Pei Yuanqing discovered a problem, that is, there were nearly 1000 beggars imprisoned in the prison.

These beggars can be said to fill the prison to the brim, and this is not a big problem.

Let it be crowded, as long as there are no major incidents.

But Pei Yuanqing discovered that the daily food and drink for these 1000 people is a big problem. The yamen's finances are already running low, and now they have to provide these beggars with food and drink.

Even if they eat less, they can't handle the large number of people. If this continues, the Yamen will be out of money within a few months.

Pei Yuanqing already has enough headaches these days, and he still doesn't know what to do.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Pei Yuanqing's head to grow bigger.

Feng Hu led his patrol and arrested all the ruffians in the city.

Logically speaking, this is a good thing, and Pei Yuanqing can't say anything bad about it.

However, the prison was already full and the finances were running low.

Now that there are several hundred more people, the prison is completely overcrowded, and the finances are almost exhausted.

If there is no way to solve it, Pei Yuanqing really doesn't know what to do.

Of course, releasing people is a last resort, and Pei Yuanqing would not use this method unless it was a last resort.

Because once he used it, he would not only be criticized by the people in the city, but also offend the national teacher.

In the end, Pei Yuanqing thought about it, but couldn't find any good solution.

As for asking for financial support from the imperial court, Pei Yuanqing never thought about it at all. Although the imperial court has some silver taels now, there are many places in the country that use silver!
It is impossible for the imperial court to waste money on these criminals.

The person who needs to tie the bell to untie the bell, Pei Yuanqing thought of the national teacher to see what he could do.

You can't just focus on arresting people without thinking about the consequences.

Pei Yuanqing's move also hinted to Chen Fan that if you have no way to place these prisoners, then he can only release them, and no one will be able to say anything about him.

When Pei Yuanqing saw the prince looking at him with doubts on his face, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained his purpose to the national teacher.

"My lord, Feng Hu has arrested all the beggars and hooligans in the city. Although it is very satisfying, but now the prison is full of people, and there is no place to walk. And with so many mouths, food is also a big problem , it’s impossible to just lock up what they won’t eat.”

"But the yamen's finances are about to fail. If we can't think of a way out, the lower officials will have to let them go. So the lower officials came here today to see if there is anything the Imperial Teacher can do?"

After Chen Fan heard Pei Yuanqing's difficulties, he suddenly realized.

Patronizing to let Feng Hu arrest people, he didn't expect the court's arrangement to be a big problem for a while.

After Feng Hu caught those beggars, he asked him what to do with them. He didn't care too much at that time, but asked Feng Hu to detain them first.

Now that there are hundreds more people in the prison, if Chen Fan doesn't think about it, the Yamen will not be able to support him anymore.

Nearly 2000 people can't be released, how should we deal with it?
Chen Fan lowered his head and pondered, his feet walking back and forth unconsciously.

Suddenly Chen Fan's mind flashed.

"There is a way."

(End of this chapter)