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No. 8 village elders helpless

When Li Yan said he wanted to sue, Li Gang first applauded, but Li Dashu said, "Forget it, don't fight against the rich! Besides, Sanzai still needs to take the exam... By the way! Sanzai, he is all concerned about my affairs and forgot about you! How about it, have you tried your county?"

Li Gang told his father Li Yan that he passed the exam and was ranked fifth, and he would be able to go to the mansion to take the mansion exam in April!

When Li Dashu heard this, he was so happy that he even forgot his leg injury. He grabbed Li Yanzhi's hand and said, "Okay, okay, okay! As long as you can get a good fortune, it doesn't matter if my leg is broken! Don't worry about this matter, study with peace of mind! Take the exam with peace of mind!"

"Those are two things!" Li Yan said straight: "Dad, if you can't handle this matter well, how can I study and take the exam with peace of mind? Even if the mansion exam is wrong, you can take the exam again next year, but there must be an explanation for this matter! Besides, if we just swallow our anger, we will be beaten in Youxi in the future. What's the point of even if I get a scholar?"

Li Dashu thought about it and felt reasonable, but he was still hesitant, afraid that the Li family would be weak and would not be able to fight Yu Santian for great wealth!

"What are you afraid of!" Li Gang shouted: "Yu Santian is just a bully! Can you cover the sky with just one hand? Humph! We have the Promoter as the backstage, so we fight with them!"

Li Dashu was stunned and asked, "What kind of sir?"

Li Gang and his mother talked about what Xu Jie had been to Li Dashu. When Li Dashu heard this, he became energetic and brave! He shouted: "Sanzai, you are really promising! You have promising! Even the Promoter came to visit him. What else should I be afraid of? Fight! Fight! Let's sue Yu Santian! I'm not afraid of him anymore!"

Li Yanzhi thought that Xu Jie's bargaining chip should be used at critical moments. If this matter can be solved by himself, there is no need to bother him. He said, "Mr. Xu is the procurator of Yanping Prefecture. According to the Ming Dynasty, you cannot sue this matter in the mansion, otherwise even if you exceed the level. We think we should go to the Liaison A to report first. If it doesn't work, then go to the county government to complain. If it doesn't work, then find a way."

Li Dashu said: "Okay! I will listen to you!"

The Ming Dynasty implemented a bottom-up litigation system, and in principle, litigation is prohibited beyond the level. The "Ming Law" stipulates: "All military and civilian litigation must be reported from bottom to top."

Ordinary civil disputes, such as marriage disputes, land disputes, fights, etc., are all handled by Lijia. The elderly person will be punished by the prosecution. If they are traitors, deception, or serious human lives, etc., they will go to the county government to file a complaint. If they do not pass Lijia first, the elderly will go to the county government to file a complaint. The magistrate can beat the complaint to a sixty-year-old board without asking about the facts and the elderly will still send it back to the village to the Lijia.

Therefore, if Li Yanzhi's family wanted to sue Yu Santian, they had to pass by Li Jia and the old man. The next day, Li Gang went to invite relatives and friends from the village to come over and complained about the whole story. Then he went to Shenmingting and asked Li Jia and the old man to take charge of the village!

This Shenming Pavilion was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in this dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang often violated the criminal constitution because the people in the fields did not know the ban, so he ordered the officials to build Shenming Pavilion in both the prefectures, counties and villages and villages. In addition to "persuading good and punishing evil and executing education", Shenming Pavilion is also a place where Lijia and the villagers handle rural litigation. In the 31st year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the "Banwen of the People" in the world, and each Shenming Pavilion was hung with a piece - this is the emperor's authority! The Banwen stipulates that each village has three, five, and ten elderly people. If you register as an official, you can handle the civil litigation in the book - this group has mastered the common affairs of the township to a certain extent.

When neighbors and relatives saw Li Dashu having a fuss at Shenmingting, they guessed that he would not give up! Those who were far away came to watch the fun, while those who were close together were worried about their family.

On the afternoon of that day, the inside and outside of Shenming Pavilion were full of people. In the Shenming Pavilion, the three elders sat in sequence, followed by the first one, and a group of people arrived one after another. Only Yu Santian had not arrived. Li Laokang, the oldest of the three elders in the country, was Li Dashu's clan uncle. His heart naturally favored his clan members. He pointed to the "Banwen of the People" and said, "This Yu Santian has notified him that he has not come yet. Do he still take us seriously? Do he still take Emperor Taizu's clan article seriously?"

The surname Li shouted: "That's right!" "It's so unreasonable!"

Yu Rongxiang, Lijia, was Yu Santian's cousin, so he advised the three elders not to worry and said with a smile: "My brother is busy, maybe he is entertaining an adult in the county."

Yu Santian colluded with officials in the county and even the prefecture. Everyone in the county knew that he said this, explicitly as an advice, but secretly threatened! Many people were afraid to speak when he was frightened like this.

Li Yan took a step forward and first invited the villagers to the gifts. Then he said, "When the villagers meet, they should arrive quickly! How can we make excuses for no reason? My grandson just returned from his mentor, the county magistrate yesterday. He was exhausted all the way, but when the grandfathers called me, I came."

This sentence points out: Don’t think that your Yu family is powerful, and our Li family is also related to it!

The other two of the three elders were surnamed Wu and Jia. After hearing this, they looked at each other and thought: "The Li family has a prodigy, and this lawsuit may have a beginning. Otherwise, how could Li Dashu shake Yu Santian's thighs just?"

Li Laokang nodded and sent someone to urge him! It was dusk that Yu Santian was swaying, touching his moustache, and slowly walked into the pavilion. He also brought more than a dozen wolves and tigers around him. As soon as he entered the pavilion, he drove people everywhere and drove out a large open space. Then two servants raised Zhang's chair and put them down. Yu Santian bowed and bowed to the three elders, then sat on the chair, raised his legs and said, "Uncles, please, are there any discussions?"

Seeing that he was so arrogant, the three elders were so angry that they couldn't speak! Li Jia Yu Rongxiang stepped forward and laughed and said, "Brother, Li Dashu is here to say he wants to sue you!"

Li Dashu was also carried here today and placed on the other side of the pavilion. Yu Santian glanced at him and said, "I'm not dead yet." He asked again, "What did he sue me?"

Yu Rongxiang said, "He said you broke his legs."

Yu Santian smiled and asked Li Dashu, "Even if I break your leg, how are you going to?"

Li Gang was furious and was about to come forward to argue, but his father was pulled. Li Yan stepped forward and bowed to the villagers and the villagers, saying, "Grandpas, fellow villagers, our family is poor. When my father was injured, he not only needed medical treatment, but also didn't know how to make up for his livelihood. Therefore, he asked his Yu family to compensate our Li family for medical expenses and loss of work, and asked the grandpas to be fair."

All the villagers said, "This is a requirement."

Yu Santian also smiled and said, "After talking, it turns out that he just wants money!" He took out a handful of copper coins and scattered them on the ground, and said, "Take it!"

The people of the Li family were so humiliated that they all became angry. Li Yanzhi said again: "In addition, if you kill someone to pay for your life, he broke one of my father's legs, and I didn't ask for anything. I just asked my grandfather and fellow villagers to take charge and broke one of his legs. Then they would be clear to each other."

As soon as he said this, everyone inside and outside the pavilion was very uproar. Everyone with the surname Li shouted: "That's right! Killing someone to pay for his life. Uncle Li broke one leg and wanted to break one by the surname Yu!"

Yu Santian was tense, and his thug was about to rush up. Li Gang, Wu Niu and other young people also rushed up. The two sides pushed each other, and Shen Mingting was in chaos for a moment.

Mr. Wu was afraid that the matter would be a big deal, so he ordered everyone to stop and said, "I think this is the case. Both sides take a step back! Let's not talk about what to do if you break Yu Santian's leg. The Yu family will compensate the medical expenses and the loss of work to the Li family. This matter will be terminated! How?"

Yu Santian suddenly laughed, stood up, looked at Li Dashu and Li Yanzhi with a sneer, and sneered: "If someone named Li asks me well today, I might just give them a few taels of silver! Now I want to break my legs? Humph! Then don't even think of taking a copper coin!" As he said that, he left, leaving the villagers there and stunned. Yu Rongxiang smiled and bowed and said goodbye. As soon as they left, half of the time and space in the pavilion were in the pavilion!

After waiting for them to leave for a long time, Li Laokang came to his senses, was furious and shouted, "This, this, this..." He slapped the chair hard and sat down helplessly.
Chapter completed!
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