Luo Guo has lived his entire life, and this is the first time he has seen his parents. In the past, he didn't even have a chance to see his parents, let alone his parents who just smiled at him.
Just like that, Luo Guo felt unprecedented satisfaction and sigh. In the past, when the county magistrate was walking on the road, even if he met him, he wouldn't look at him twice, right? Not to mention, he greeted him kindly.
When he originally knew that Han Du was Jing Haibo, he didn't have a deep understanding of what the title of Jing Haibo represented. After all, these things were too far away from his life. He only knew that Jinghaibo was a higher official than the county grand master.
But now he really felt the power of Jing Haibo. He was just a commoner, and just because he stood beside Jing Haibo was enough for the county magistrate to treat him as an equal.
"How have you arranged the recruitment of corvees?" Han Du continued to ask.
Zou Xing quickly lowered his head and replied: "Please rest assured, Uncle Jinghai, the official has made arrangements. It will take at most three days to recruit all the corvees in the county for my uncle to drive."
Han Du shook his head lightly, "It's too slow. Uncle Ben doesn't have that much time to waste."
According to Luo Guo, now is the best time for fishing. Every day of delay means one less day of fishing. There must be a huge amount of fish that can be caught on this day, and Han Du doesn't want to waste any of it.
"Tomorrow! You must mobilize the corvee craftsmen here to start building the plank road."
Zou Xing suddenly looked embarrassed and said with difficulty, "Returning to uncle, I'm not trying to shirk it. In fact, some of the corvees are too far away from here, and it's impossible to gather them in one day."
For those who are far away, let alone let them come here. Just sending someone to notify them would take a day on the road.
One day, it was really difficult for him.
But Han Du was resolute and had no intention of giving in.
But this is the way it is in this era. Communication relies on shouting, and traveling relies on walking. Unless it is a very small county, such as the counties in the Zhili area around the capital, it is possible to recruit corvees in one day. The more remote the place, the larger the area of a county.
After thinking for a while, Han Du said: "Then, as many as you can gather tomorrow, send them over to start construction. Since you said you can gather them all within three days, then I will see all the corvee craftsmen in three days. it's here."
"Yes." Zou Xing was unambiguous at this time and agreed immediately. It was a blessing to have a compromise, and he didn't dare to neglect it.
Seeing that Han Du had no other instructions, Zou Xing hesitated. He smiled and said: "On behalf of the whole county, I would like to thank my uncle for removing a big harm to the whole county. I have already arranged some wine. I wonder if my uncle will give me a favor?"
"What's the big harm? How come I don't know this?" Han Du turned around and smiled, knowingly asking.
Zou Xing's expression became serious and he bowed his hands, "Unknown to me, this county actually hides such a great harm as Lu Jian. If uncle hadn't caught him and brought him to justice, I don't know how long he would have been able to get away with it. Alas, that's right. The lower officials failed to observe and were deceived by the people below. They did not realize this serious harm as soon as possible, so that the people of the whole county have been suffering for a long time."
As he said that, he took out a stack of papers, held them in both hands, and handed them to Han Du with his head bowed. "The official's negligence led to Lu Jian colluding with the subordinates to block all the papers that the people reported against him. These are the papers that the people accused Lu Jian of." , please take a look at it."
Zou Xing was secretly pleased with himself. Fortunately, he had a hobby of collecting paper. Although these papers are very crude, they were kept because of a temporary impulse. Now, it comes in handy.
As for the theory that Lu Jian colluded with subordinate officials to intercept the papers, that is naturally nonsense. These papers were delivered to him in time, but he kept them to himself and did not interfere.
However, since he had given up even Lu Jian, Zou Xing didn't mind giving up another subordinate.
Han Du took the petition paper over with a smile and flipped through a few of them. They were all suing Lu Jian. There is everything in it, some are suing Lu Jian for running rampant in the countryside, some are suing him for oppressing good people, some are suing him for occupying people's property...
What's even more valuable is that the new and old papers are in different colors. You can tell at a glance that these papers are not fake, but real papers.
Han Du glanced at it for a few times, then closed the paper suddenly and remained silent, his face as dark as water.
Zou Xing's body under his official uniform couldn't help but tremble, as if his heart was in his throat. Whether you can pass the test, whether you live or die, depends on the next moment.
Han Du felt very unhappy. Even though the charges in these petitions were all about Lu Jian. But without Magistrate Zou, how could he, Lu Jian, have done so many illegal things? Therefore, the magistrate Zou in front of him also had a share in these crimes.
But if he wanted to take down Magistrate Zou now, Han Du was a little hesitant. First, although Han Dugui is an earl, he does not have the right to punish the county magistrate at will. Of course, if Han Du wants to have his own way, that's okay. At most, when I go back afterwards, I will be punished by Lao Zhu.
Secondly, the most important thing now is fishing. Every day of delay results in a huge amount of fish lost. If Zou County Magistrate is appointed now, even if someone takes over immediately, it will be impossible to organize the corvee construction of the plank road in a short period of time.
After thinking about it again and again, Han Du looked at Magistrate Zou with his head lowered in front of him. He suddenly laughed and said, "It is not a crime to be ignorant. Magistrate Zou is also a human being, not a Bodhisattva with thousands of hands and eyes. It is impossible to keep an eye on the entire county all the time. It is understandable that he is deceived by the people below."
"Yes, yes," Zou Xing was immediately overjoyed. He knew that he had passed this test.
He quickly responded: "Thank you Jing Haibo for being reasonable. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. But no matter what, if something like this happened, I will be responsible for all the negligence."
What kind of crime is negligence? At most, he would get a few words of reprimand from his superior, not even a salary. Even if you have a good relationship with your boss, you won't even be reprimanded, but will reveal the past in just one sentence.
Immediately, Zou Xing looked righteous and said righteously: "But now that I know about it, I will not let Lu Jian go unpunished. Lu Jian's crime is extremely heinous. How should I be sentenced? Please tell me how to sentence him."
How can Lu Jian's case be turned into a solid case? It's very simple, drag the Jing Haibo in front of you.
Zou Xing asked Han Du to tell him that instead of being polite to Han Du, he was digging a hole for Han Du.
As long as Han Du says a word, how to judge. From then on, whenever anyone asked about this case, Zou Xing would say that it was Jing Haibo's intention, and he would easily pick it all off. In this way, unless Han Du falls, no one will dare to reverse the case.
