Ding Zhixian's worry is that he is afraid of being silenced, but as long as the recruitment order is issued, it means that Old Madam Liu's plan has been successful and everything has entered the final stage.
As long as Li Gui is successfully recruited and becomes a part of the imperial system, the past events will naturally be written off and no one will dare to mention them again.
No matter how angry those gentry families who were harmed by Li Gui were, they could only use official means to retaliate and not do anything random.
At this stage, it no longer matters whether or not one is silenced or not.
In other words, what everyone is most looking forward to is that there will be no extraneous matters at this stage. If someone stirs up trouble at this moment, disrupts the good recruitment, and forces Li Gui to jump over the wall, he will definitely become the public enemy of everyone.
Therefore, Ding Zhixian’s life was saved again!
Magistrate Ding happily handed the letter to Master Song next to him, asking him to take a good look at it, and then ordered the boy to quickly prepare hot water for bathing, and then prepare meals to kill the hungry fire.
After Master Song read it, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
"Dong Weng, I finally hope that all the hardships will come to an end!"
"Haha..." Magistrate Ding laughed loudly, "Changping, I owe this to Changping's praise. After the recruitment is completed, the two of us will have a few drinks."
"It's just that we have to work hard for Chang Ping now. Let's get the news out quickly and spread it to Yushan as soon as possible."
"Those bandits may not have much patience. We must not fail at this final stage."
Master Song took the order and went out. After much deliberation, he found that only Dutou Li Yun had many friends and might be able to spread the news. He immediately went to the front office and called Li Yun to come and talk.
After receiving the order from Master Song, Li Yun came out of the office in a daze, feeling unbelievable in his heart.
Li Gui has done something big!
Eighty percent of the gentry in the county have now died in the hands of Li Gui, but because they repeatedly defeated the encirclement and suppression of the army, they were able to transform themselves into officials, and their rank may even be higher than his.
This made Li Yun feel more and more that this world was so crazy.
Is it true that there are no corpses in the gold belt for murder and arson, and for building bridges and paving roads?
What's going on in this world?
Good people suffer losses everywhere, while treacherous officials and traitors rise to the top.
He suddenly regretted that he should have followed Zhu Fu to Luocao on Yushan Mountain that day. He could not have waited for the recruitment, so that he could be promoted to a higher official position in Dutou, and he would jump from a Dutou family to a general family.
But it was too late to say anything now, so he had no choice but to gather his energy and go straight to the Ximenwai Restaurant.
When I arrived at the restaurant, I left a message for Zhu Fu and went home to wait. Sure enough, in the evening, Zhu Fu came to the door carrying fruit wine and wine.
After the two exchanged a few polite words, they set up the banquet and started eating and drinking.
After a few glasses of wine, Li Yun started talking.
"Brother Xian has made a big fortune this time. I got the news from the county magistrate that the state has decided to recruit people. There will be news in ten and a half months."
Hearing this, Zhu Fu couldn't help but beam with joy and hurriedly raised his glass, "Ah! Master has really given me great news!"
"I expected that after wiping out the government troops this time, there would be good news sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly!"
"But I don't know what official position the imperial court has given me?"
Li Yun raised his glass and clinked it with him. After drinking it, he shook his head and said, "You are embarrassing Brother Yu. Even the county magistrate may not know about such things. How can I know about it?"
Zhu Fu hurriedly filled their glasses again and apologized: "I was too eager!"
"I'm not greedy either. If I can get a high-level official position, I'll be satisfied. It doesn't matter if I have a job or not."
"It's just that my brother is an invincible hero. If his official position is reduced, he may cause trouble again."
Li Yun drank again and said with a smile: "Just take care of yourself. Your brother has Old Madam Liu to help him, and he will definitely not let him suffer."
After finishing speaking, Li Yun held his chopsticks to eat the food and suppressed the smell of alcohol. He saw a hesitant look on Zhu Fu's face, so he asked curiously:
"What's going on with your expression?"
After Zhu Fu hesitated for a while, he leaned forward and lowered his voice:
"Master, you and I have been brothers for many years, and we know everything about it, and I won't hide it from you either."
"In my opinion, my brother is probably Old Madam Liu's puppet."
Li Yun was startled, quickly put down his chopsticks, and came over to whisper.
"how do I say this?"
After Zhu Fu considered his words, he whispered:
"My brother is born with supernatural powers. He is the embryo of a peerless warrior. He is also talented and strategic, and he loves the people like a son. He cannot be cultivated by an ordinary gentry family, nor can he be limited by a mere local gentry."
"From my younger brother's point of view, my brother was born from the stars and descended to earth. He is probably here to protect the country and the people."
"Master is always in the city and doesn't know what's going on outside the city."
"So that Master can know that in the six months since my brother went to the mountain, the whole atmosphere of Yishui County has changed drastically."
"All the gentry have entered the city, all their minions have been killed, and no one in the countryside dares to bully the good."
"If there is anyone traveling wildly in the countryside, just send a message to Yushan Mountain, and someone will come down to do justice for Heaven."
"In the countryside of Yishui County today, it is not an exaggeration to say that the people live and work in peace and contentment, do not pick up things on the road, and do not close their homes at night."
"Tell me, Master, how could such a heroic figure be allowed to be manipulated by Old Madam Liu as a puppet?"
"Perhaps my brother relied on the Liu family to make his fortune in the beginning, but at best it was just some power-based means. Sooner or later he will definitely fall out with him."
"When my brother and I were drinking in private, I once heard him say that the gentry are like pests in the ground. They must be killed from time to time so that the landless people can have land to plant. Anyway, the gentry is like leeks. Likewise, after cutting one batch, a second batch will soon grow.”
"When I first heard this, I just thought it was deviant and too scary. But after thinking about it carefully these days, it makes sense."
Zhu Fu had had these thoughts for a long time, but he had always kept them in his heart and did not dare to mention them to anyone. Now that he let them out in one breath, he felt extremely happy.
After he finished speaking, he poured himself a glass of wine, drank it down, and then asked:
"My brother is very malicious towards the gentry. Master, let me ask you, what ability does the Liu family have that can make my brother look at him differently?"
After listening to Zhu Fu's words, Li Yun felt like he was breaking out in cold sweat and couldn't even drink.
How rebellious is this?
Wen Xianggong once said: "To govern the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, it is not to govern the world with the common people."
Since the emergence of local gentry and powerful men in this world, they have never been missing. If any dynasty does not have their support, it will not be able to collect even the most basic food tax, and the death of the country will only happen in the blink of an eye. .
Li Yun's poor imagination could not even imagine what the world would be like without the powerful gentry.
He was stunned for a long time, not daring to continue the topic, and hurriedly raised his glass to change the topic.
"No matter what relationship he has with the Liu family, he will be recruited anyway. When he becomes an official of the imperial court, his attitude will naturally be different."
Zhu Fu sighed, stopped talking, and just raised his glass to drink.
