, I saw a few particularly tall people in the middle of the Australian team. Everyone knows that Shark Ding is really fashionable. Not only is Zhenmao tall, but he is also larger than the average person. I saw that they did not ride in sedan chairs, horses, "automobiles" or "iron horses" but came on foot. The common people were very fond of this unassuming behavior.
The dozen or so people at the city gate didn't dare to stop them, so they just let them enter the city. The team went straight to the county government office. At the intersection in front of the county government office, the team split into two, with one heading behind the government office. The rest of them drove directly to the main gate of the county government office.
The two office workers at the gate of the county government felt something bad, and looked nervously at the words "Gatekeeper. Fat" on the door. Wu Xi, the gatekeeper, had dealt with Xiong Bucai many times, and saw that there were many people around this "Master Xiong". There were several Australians who looked like officials, all of them had stern expressions, and they were wearing a scary brown-yellow triangular case with a powerful Australian hand hammer in their waist, which made me feel a little timid. The responsible person had no choice but to greet him with a smile on his face.
Mr. Xiong, who had always been pleasant-looking, seemed very official this time and simply said that he wanted to see Mr. Wu. Of course, they want to see Wu Mingjin, no matter when, even if the master is asleep. Wu Xi quickly agreed and passed the message inside.
Wu Mingjin is thinking hard. This case of throwing knives and shooting arrows that suddenly caused uproar in the city is not a big deal. After all, no one was killed and no property was lost. However, the matter involves Zhu Zhonghe and scholars in this county. If he can't It cannot be afforded to be properly resolved.
Hurry up and invite Master Wang to discuss it.
"This must be the work of Chen Ming.com and his gang," Wang Zhaomin whispered, "Second Young Master Huang has recently collaborated with big business owners to file a complaint, and Mr. Liu has also stepped in to block their way of making money.
"This is why the thieves are so meddlesome!" Wu Mingjin was very annoyed. "They insist on collecting grain and land, and they also want to own land! It makes the city full of trouble! I would like to see how they plan to end it." As he said this, he glanced at Wang Master.
Wang Zhaomin's face was hot. He was the one who tried his best to persuade Wu Mingjin at the beginning, saying that Australians were very capable and could solve many difficult problems that the county could not handle. This time, contracting grain and tax would not be a big problem. But he didn’t know that when he took the regret medicine, Wang Zhaomin saw that the master was giving up his choice and said quickly:
"Master, they can just get rid of this matter.
Wang Zhaomin's words reminded Wu Mingjin that he was the magistrate of Lingao County in the Ming Dynasty, not an Australian from Bairen City. If he stabbed his concubine, he would be responsible for it.
In the past six months, Wu Mingjin's sense of his existence as a county magistrate has become increasingly weakened. Except for the occasional complaint from the common people, offering incense to officials in the county according to the days in the calendar, and presiding over the daily examinations of children and scholars in the county school, I have never done anything related to the county magistrate. Most days he is either drinking tea and playing chess with Mr. Wang or instructing his children in window lessons. The days were extremely leisurely.
"Exactly. The fashionable thieves don't know the rules of the Central Plains, and they just mess around. Plus, they are entrusted to unreasonable people, and they don't know how to end the trouble. Wu Mingjin nodded heavily, "I think Chen Minggang still knows how to measure the importance of things. , why are you so bold this time! "As he said that, he glanced at Wang Zhaomin again.
"Chen Mingwang, a humble official, was able to gain the trust of Australians only by using "profit and inducement". "Wang Zhaomin quickly changed the topic, "The most urgent task is to appease the big secret investors.
This time, the big households in the Zhongzhong government were already complaining about the expropriation of grain and land, and there were also incidents of intimidation. If Zhenran did not deal with them properly, Zhenran would go to Qiongshan Mansion or Guangzhou to file a complaint against them, and he would not be able to survive. If you walk away in a hurry, you will be dismissed from your official position or be charged with "collaboration with bandits". You will be involved in the lawsuit.
"Any good ideas?" Wu Mingjinji was already worried about this matter. There is no need to solve the case. Now the three-year-old children in the county know that this matter was done by Chen Mingwang and his gang, but it is quite difficult to deal with it.
In order to satisfy Zhu Shen and others, it is natural to punish Chen Mingwang and his gang, but this is what Wu Mingjin feels embarrassed. It sounds ridiculous that the county magistrate has concerns about dealing with minor officials in the county. In fact, this has been the case since the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
Subordinate officials control grassroots administration. Often they have been officials for generations and have extremely rich administrative experience, and they share the same sentiments with each other. If you offend them, the subordinate staff will secretly trip you up and cause harm to you. Not only will you lose money if you become an official, you may also lose your official position due to administrative errors. Therefore, local officials often turn a blind eye to all kinds of evil deeds. Even if something happens, the punishment is very light. Even if a person is reprimanded and dismissed, they are not afraid of the most serious dismissal. They will still be replaced by one of their own children, and they will still control the local government. administrative.
Now that Chen Mingwang has used the Australian tiger skin as a banner, it will be even harder to move him.
"Chen Mingwang and his gang will naturally be dealt with." Wang Zhaomin had already thought about it. "Call Chen Mingwang, reprimand him, and then order him to push out a few people to take the blame."
"This matter is difficult to handle." Wu Mingjin shook his head and said, "Not at all.
"Of course we can't use swords and bows to intimidate Shi Zhong. He's not stupid. Wouldn't it be a huge trouble if such a crime falls on paper?" Wang Zhaomin came up with an idea and said that he could only use "harassing the local area" during the food requisition. This crime is .
In this way, the matter was finally dealt with, and the scholars were relieved of their anger. Things will generally settle down.
During the discussion, I saw the door trotting in. Without waiting for Wu Mingjin to speak, he said first: "Master! Master Xiong is here to pay his respects!"
"Please quickly!" Wang Zhaomin quickly ordered regardless of his boss's attitude. Wu Mingjin also nodded, "Please come in quickly."
Chen Ming.com relies on the power of the Australians, so this matter needs to be cleared up with them. Fortunately, Australians are not unreasonable people.
But Xiong Buyou was not the only one who came, there were also several tall Australians, all of whom looked evil. After sitting down, he didn't say a word, and Xiong Bugui didn't make any introductions. While Wu Mingjin was wondering, a close family member ran in and whispered a few words into his ear. His expression changed drastically.
The Australian team has actually guarded the front and rear gates of the county government office. No wonder they want thirty or forty people to enter the city! Wu Mingjin's face was as pale as earth. Could it be that they were preparing to formally raise the flag for rebellion.
Thinking of this, Wu Mingjin's legs and feet became weak. If he hadn't been sitting down, he would have fallen to the ground. If a fashionable thief does such a heinous and unethical thing, I will definitely not be a thief! It was just that he was martyred, and his wife and children were also killed. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel like a knife was twisting in his heart. He secretly hated himself for trying to save a few money and bring his family back to Lingao from Qiongshan Mansion.
Wang Zhaomin didn't hear his family's reply clearly, but when he saw Wu Mingjin's expression change, he knew something was wrong, and his expression also changed.
Xiong Buyou spoke: "Master Wu! Master Wang." He cupped his hands and said, "I heard that something big happened in the county this time. Someone was threatening the wealthy people in the city, and even Mr. Liu's family was threatened with arrows. The whole county was disturbed by this."
Wang Zhaomin originally wanted to mention this matter, but when he saw him taking the initiative, he said: "It does happen. It's just that the matter is very difficult.
Xiong Buyou looked confused and ignorant: "What's so troublesome?"
Wang Zhaomin thought, you know, but you are still pretending! But it was inconvenient to say this clearly. Anyway, my original plan was to let Li Daitao stand firm, not to mention the intimidation, but to just talk about "harassing the place" and get over it.
But for all my hard work, I want to show my love to the fashionable thief. He considered his words for a while before saying slowly: "There is no circumstantial evidence for this matter. Apart from a few knives, arrows and stickers, there is no strong physical evidence. It is quite difficult to prove who did it."
He did not talk about "solving the case" but only talked about "testimonials." He hinted to the Australians: The master of this matter let us know, but he was not prepared to investigate further. "Is it not easy to solve the case?" Unexpectedly, Xiong Buyou didn't understand the ambiguity in his words at all. He said that since he was a Lingao citizen in Luoliu, he also wanted to contribute to the construction of "harmonious Lingao."
Wang Zhaomin secretly smiled bitterly: If all the "people" in this county are like you, who else in the world would want to be an official? "The unruly people. That's more or less the same. No, he's not even the unruly people. He's just a local emperor.
According to Wang Zhaomin's experience: Every time a fashionable thief talks about "harmony", there must be no good thing. As expected, Xiong Buyou immediately put forward his request:
"We in Australia have a very good way of investigating and handling cases. Since we are all citizens of Lingao now, we have to share the worries of our old parents. Let us, Zhou Dongtian, handle this case together! I am not boasting about Haikou. Within three days, the case will be solved."
Wu Mingjin began to feel relieved when he heard that there was no intention in his words to raise a flag for rebellion or to participate in accepting a false position. But now he suddenly heard that he had made a request to handle the case, and he was so surprised that he could not open his mouth.
Wang Zhaomin was also surprised. Handling a case? Whether it is suppressing bandits, requisitioning food, building roads or mining." He could roughly understand the meaning of these actions of the Australians, but what was the reason for handling the case? Of course there were benefits to handling the case, but these benefits were also real to the Australians. So pathetic.
Furthermore, it is clear that this matter was just the instigation of Chen Mingwang. According to Wang Zhaomin's idea, on one side are the ministers represented by Liu Dashang who the Australians want to win over, and on the other side are Chen Mingwang who is jumping up and down to collect food for the Australians. The Australians should just pretend to be deaf or adopt a "peaceful" attitude similar to his. How can anyone ask for trouble like this?
"This Wu Mingjin didn't wait for Wang Zhaomin to speak, but he was already talking incoherently, "This has never happened in Ming Dynasty."
"There is no precedent, so let's create a precedent!" Xiong Buyou said a new word without any concern, "This matter is settled!"! ~!
