Can Ercheng rebelled without killing officials. [No pop-up novel website] He didn’t go out to kill people and set fires, and he wanted to scare the common people, scholars and scholars, and deliberately created a situation of peaceful coexistence. In this way, it would not attract the attention of Shangguan and the court. Please pay attention. After all, up and down, it is better to do less than to do more.
"This group of fashionable thieves is really hateful." Wu Mingjin said annoyed.
"Dong Weng doesn't have to worry. The thieves still have a sense of proportion. Whatever they want, let them do it. Wang Zhaomin couldn't come up with any clever ideas, so he had to resort to the "Ouwu Policy"
"That's all." Wu Mingjin knew that he had three choices, either commit suicide immediately and kill himself to make the thieves lose the target of their use - but he couldn't bear to die like this, not to mention that he still had a family; he could either abandon his official position and run away, or sneak back to his hometown, or He went to prefectures and provincial capitals to declare an emergency, but the county magistrate had the responsibility to defend the territory, and it was a serious crime to abandon his post and run away. In the end, it was even more outrageous to send people to the provincial capital to ask for help. He had sent people to Qiongshan to ask for help, but it didn't hurt in the end. Apart from a few letters, I didn't see a single soldier coming to suppress the bandits. Besides, it has been more than a year since the thief reached the 6th level. Shangfeng really wants to ask what he has been doing for more than a year. What is his answer?
After much deliberation, there is really no other way but to acquiesce to reality.
"What kind of changes have been made in the county government?" Since he plans to continue to play tricks, he must know the other party's actions.
"In addition to Chen Mingwang, Zhang Shi was also arrested. Wang Zhaomin explained in detail the adjustment of people in the county government by the Cross-Travel Group, "In my opinion, most Australians will ask Dong Weng to remove these people. All dismissed from office
"Then follow them." Wu Mingjin thinks that this is all he can do now, but these experienced people are gone, so how to deal with official affairs in the future becomes a problem.
"Nothing to worry about." Wang Zhaomin said, "The secretary of the household room has been replaced by Zhou Qi. He is Chen Mingwang's eldest disciple, and he is an experienced messenger. The clerks of the four offices of officials, rites, workers, and soldiers are still in their posts. As for the head of the third shift," Wang Zhaomin I feel like it doesn’t matter if they are there or not right now.
As for the torture chamber, there weren't many cases to handle in this county. Besides, there were other clerks in the torture chamber who could handle the cases. If one Zhang was missing, it wouldn't collapse in ten days.
If you think about it this way, it's not a big problem.
"Master Xiong said that the fees for filling vacancies in the office will remain the same as before."
Wu Mingjin's eyelids twitched. Whenever there was a vacancy in the clerk's office, he had to pay a fee to the county magistrate to fill the vacancy. Just like an official, the price would be different depending on the size of the vacancy. Now that the fashionable thief has captured two bookstores in one go, the profit is not small! Wu Mingjin suddenly felt a little regretful that since he had been arrested, it would be better to arrest all the six office clerks. Anyway, the past office clerks were not necessarily loyal.
They just arrested the scribe in the warehouse
Wu Mingjin was surprised: "The thief wants to rob the county treasury?"
"That's not true. I just detained the person. Still in the Yamen, Wang Zhaomin whispered, "The warehouse is sealed. We also sent people to guard it. There are no other changes. Lingao is a poor county, and there is not much money in the county treasury. But no more oil and water. There are also several hundred taels of silver, more than a thousand stones of grain, and many pieces of cloth and sundries in the treasury, which can be considered a considerable amount of wealth. If they really want to grab all the money, Lingao's financial situation will not be able to fill the gap in three to five years. When Wu Mingjin leaves office, he will not be able to explain to his successor.
In an empty room of the county government office, the treasurers who were arrested yesterday were detained there, awaiting interrogation.
The person in charge of the interrogation is You Guotuan. Zhou Dongtian has already rushed to the "study class" to interrogate Chen Mingwang and his gang. You Guotuan's task is to pry open the mouths of the treasurers and find out how much these rats have accumulated for themselves. The wealth can fill the coffers of the Planning Commission, and the other thing is to grasp the key points. They will take over more states and counties in the future.
"Don't underestimate a few." Treasurer Dong Weiwei said, "Do you know who was the richest in Beijing during the Ming and Qing dynasties?" "
"The emperor is humble, he is a noble official, he is a treacherous minister?"
"Haha, that's right. But the wealth of the treasurers is what makes the capital famous."
This treasurer. They were the treasurers who managed the bank in the Ministry of Household Affairs. It was an open secret in the society at that time that they stole and embezzled the Bank of Household Bank and two families to get rich.
The situation in the local government warehouses is similar, although they are not as lucrative as the Treasury of the Ministry of Finance. But it is enough to make the family rich. In the county government office, in addition to the household clerk's office, the clerks in the warehouses of the two warehouses, namely silver and grain, are the most prosperous. The so-called treasury management and treasury-stealing means that compared to their counterparts in the Ministry of Finance's bank treasury who just stuff money into their anuses and mainly steal, the skills of local government treasury officials are much higher, and there are countless ways to cheat.
The simplest and "cleanest" trick is to misappropriate treasury silver and lend money to earn interest; silver and copper coins can be used to lend money. In places like Lingao where the commodity economy is not developed, cloth and grain can also be used to lend money.
The second is to shoddy the various physical objects stored in the warehouse: grains and crops. After being stored for a long time, there will naturally be losses. There is no such loss. Yes more than yes. Let the officials in the Treasury have the final say. Either report the damage and write it off directly, or report that it has been stored for a long time and will be damaged, and ask for a low price sale.
There is no problem of loss of silver and copper coins, but the treasury officials can still play the trick of shoddy goods and replace the good money in the treasury with low-value coins such as sand shell film. The engraved treasury silver cannot be moved at will, but the scattered silver that has not been re-melted can be replaced with miscellaneous silver of low fineness.
These are all open secrets in prefecture and county government offices, but local officials rarely dare to rectify them. If it blocks his financial path, there will be trouble when he leaves office. The local officials still have to pay for the "account discrepancy" issue. In addition, Treasury officials also show filial piety to local officials. Generally speaking, honest and ethical local officials will not accept the filial piety of the treasurers at most, but they dare not provoke them easily. Even if the treasurer's deficit is exposed, he must try to hide it for him and let him use his own brain to make up for it. Don't push too hard, and let him jump over the wall in a hurry. If he comes out, the treasurer will lose his job at most, but the official will have to suffer the consequences. If things go wrong, he will be dismissed from office.
If he is a corrupt official, he will be able to further falsify accounts or commit theft. Some county magistrates directly use the county treasury as their own cash machine, and when they need money, they write IOUs and withdraw money directly. There is almost no treasury in all the states and counties in the world that is not in deficit.
As for the scribes in the granary, the benefits are even greater. Because the warehouse is full of grain.
There is more room for change than the silver warehouse. There is also the problem of grain becoming moldy and aging. As usual, some old grain must be disposed of every year, the old grain is disposed of at a low price, and then new grain is replaced and put into the warehouse. This is a practice allowed by Cang Law. After the county magistrate approved it, Hao Gu was recorded in the accounts according to the selling price of Bad Gu. The difference between the account price and the actual price was a considerable "profit".
As for shoddy goods like those in the county treasury, it is easier to do it in the grain depot. When good grain is sold, an equal amount of inferior grain is brought in from outside to replace it. As long as the accounts are correct, there is no risk at all.
"These are the simplest tricks. We don't know how many tricks they have in reality. You'd better ask more about the content." Dong Weiwei said, "It will be useful in the future."
"Don't worry, I will pry their mouths open." You Guotuan was very confident about this.
"Dude, but I'm a gentleman and the chef is far away, so just take your time and tame me." Dong Weiwei said with a smile and walked away.
"Playing with these ugly uncles," You Guotuan said, "What a strong nerve. I actually want to do this."
After putting aside his complaints, You Guotuan came to the room where the treasurer was detained. There were three main rooms. The largest room in the middle was used as his interrogation room, and the side room was used as a prison cell.
He immediately escorted the person up. He looked at the people kneeling in front of him. Some were in charge of the bank, some were in charge of the material warehouse, and some were in charge of the salt warehouse. Lingao had such a warehouse because it produced salt locally. They are all core figures among the treasury officials.
To pry open their mouths as quickly as possible, torture is of course the best choice.
Unfortunately, not many people are willing to learn this promising craft. Several of Zhou Dongtian's apprentices were serving Chen Mingli and others in the class. Here I have to go into battle personally. Fortunately, Zaoban retained some veterans who were good at torture and could use them.
You Guotuan sat down on an armchair in the middle majestically and started drinking tea without even looking at them. Although things are complicated and urgent, they are not rushed at this moment.
These guys knew that this was the trendy thief trying to intimidate them, so they moved around uneasily. After all, it was uncomfortable to kneel for such a long time, and they had only had very little food since their arrest last night. These people usually lived a pampered life, how could they afford such hardships. In less than ten minutes, someone couldn't stand it any longer and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Chief, please tell me. I don't dare not listen to my instructions."
You Guotuan pretended to be drunk and leisurely, and casually said: "I heard that you are very rich."
These words were like a lightning strike, and the faces of several people froze. One of them hurriedly kowtowed: I am just a small servant in the county, but I can only make a living by this, how can I say that I am rich? "Then others followed suit.
You Guotuan frowned. These people are not only greedy but also stupid: It seems that working as errands in the government for too long has a bad impact on IQ. They always feel that what they say is what they say. No one dares to tell lies even if they open their eyes. question.
"Come on!" You Guotuan shouted. The new intern from the Political and Security Administration who joined the soap class immediately ran over:
"Reporter"
"If you don't want you, ask the retained people to come over." You Guotuan added, "Take their guys with you. Outside of the board, well, just bring the stick!"! ~!
