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Chapter 252 Autumn Fu Seventeen
The two parties met and sat down. Liu Dalin, with the idea of "going here, performing this ceremony", allowed Xiong Buyou to arrange the latest chapter. Then someone brought tea.
Liu Dalin got straight to the point: "Dalin is here to petition the gentry and grain farmers in the county." As he said this, he took out a letter from his sleeve. Xiong Buyou took it and took it apart and took a look.
The apology note was very long and looked literate. Xiong Buyou is not used to reading traditional Chinese characters, and classical Chinese is not his strong point. There are many people's monograms and hand stencils at the back of the post, which is densely packed in a large area. They are probably the co-signers.
In addition to the warning note, there is also an attachment in the envelope, which is much easier to understand. It is full of the misdeeds of Chen Minggang and his gang.
He pretended to read it again and put the notice back into the envelope.
"I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to pass it on to the leader. Please wait a moment, Mr. Liu -"
Liu Dalin nodded in agreement. Xiong Buyou hurried out and delivered the letter to Wu De immediately.
Wu De is actually in the office behind the management office building. Not only is he there, but most of the leadership team is also there. As soon as Xiong Buyou arrived, the ancient Chinese literature majors in the group began to translate the content posted.
"Damn, you are really full of knowledge." The person in charge of the translation scratched his scalp and said, "Hurry up and find me a dictionary of allusions."
"Aren't you a master of Chinese language and literature?"
"I have never learned so many allusions when I have a master's degree in Chinese language. Besides, I'm not a major in ancient Chinese."
This post written by Liu Dalin himself uses many allusions. Not only that, there are also many uncommon allusions in it. Of course, according to the standards of Ming Dynasty scholars, it is not too uncommon.
"You don't need to translate it so thoroughly, just summarize the central idea quickly." Wu De said in concern.
"That's not okay. Using allusions is not only to express profound knowledge, but sometimes also to express subtle attitudes. In the past,"
"Okay, okay, hurry up and summarize the main content for me."
The summary of the content is very simple. The three demands are stated in the complaint: the first is to stop "farming" because it "disturbing the people"; the second is to cancel the grain and tax package and "just stick to the old practice"; the third is to "severely punish the underprivileged people" ".
Ultimately, the ultimate requirement of this endowment is that things continue as usual. Of course the travel group cannot accept this wish. Fortunately, the leadership team has almost achieved the estimated content of this post, and has already taken corresponding countermeasures. Wu De immediately paid some attention to Xiong Buyou.
"Old sir." Xiong Buyou returned to the reception room and said with cupped hands, "I will accept the post right now. It will be sent to the executive committee for discussion in a few days. It will take as little as three to five days and as many as ten days. I will definitely give you an answer. .”
It would have been fine to give them an answer on the spot. However, Wu De believes that there is no need to show too much respect for the other party, and the places that should be shown must still be shown.
This answer was probably what Liu Dalin had expected. He had dealt with the government a lot. It's not surprising that it would take a month or two for people to report something like this. The other party would reply within ten days at most, which is already extremely fast.
According to the government's style, once the complaint was accepted, the meeting was over. But the Australians have no intention of asking them to walk. Xiong Buyou asked someone to replace the petition representatives with hot tea. He also ordered that no unrelated personnel be allowed to come in. Then he put on a very sincere face and said:
"I have already read the comments from several elders. I didn't expect that this food requisition would actually disturb all of you. It was really unexpected. But we are outsiders after all, and we have no information about what happened during the food requisition. Please tell me all the things that disturb the people one by one, and I will tell the executive committee members to make a decision."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Dalin felt very satisfied. It seems that the kindness has worked, and the other party is willing to make this gesture, which shows that he is not blind to the kindness.
"Da Lin is a disabled man, and he doesn't know much about the world outside. However, his relatives have been harassed a lot. As for the situation in other places, Kun Kun, you can tell me."
"Yes." Huang Hankun didn't dare to sit in the room and had been standing behind Liu Dalin. When he saw that he was asked to speak, he fell into his trap. He immediately saluted and told in pain the misdeeds of Chen Minggang and his gang in requisitioning grain and land in the county. In order to write the complaint, Huang Xunkun collected a lot of information from the grain farmers and gentry. Huang Hankun's eloquence is also pretty good, so he speaks with great emotion. When it comes to hate, it almost feels like eating its flesh and sleeping on its skin.
To be honest, Huang Henkun himself does not necessarily hate Chen Minggang and his gang so much. To the powerless ordinary grain farmers and small landowners, subordinate officials are like wolves; to the wealthy gentry, they are vicious dogs - on weekdays Always give them something good so that they don't bite you, and you can instruct others to bite others when necessary. The relationship between the two parties is not irreconcilable.
But this time Huang Hankun came with the idea of "cutting off the thief's arm". In the secret discussion between him and his father: The Australians were unfamiliar with Lingao, and if they wanted to effectively control the county, they had to rely on this group of subordinates who had no kings and no fathers, and only had money in their eyes - after all, they were the only ones who could Be familiar with the government affairs and specific conditions of the county. This is Huang Hankun's plan to alienate the relationship between the two parties and even lead to conflict.
Xiong Buyou nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He already knew most of what Chen Minggang and his group did. What he wanted to know more was the attitude of Huang Henkun, Liu Dalin and others towards this person. Now it seemed that the wealthy gentry hated this person extremely.
Since it is to be used to arouse the anger of the people, it needs people with greater public anger to use it.
"Will the next step be to start the mass arrests of Chen Minggang and his gang?" Zhou Botao asked at the subsequent leadership group meeting.
"Of course not." Wu De said, "We have no judicial power in Lingao theory-"
"Oh," Dugu said dissatisfied when he proposed, "We arrested so many people in Dongmen City and sentenced them to forced labor. Didn't we violate the judicial power of the Ming Dynasty? Ade, you are too pedantic."
"Yes, we killed many bandits and bullies when we suppressed bandits. Chen Minggang was a government servant. Aren't government servants untouchables? If you kill a commoner, the county may not say anything -"
"Please note that this is different from suppressing bandits, and we are suppressing bandits in the name of a militia that unites villages to protect themselves," Yu Eshui said. "Chen Minggang is a pariah in theory, but he is an official of the Ming Dynasty. According to the Our modern view is that it is a formal establishment of local civil servants. People cannot be killed casually without going through the procedures-"
"In other words, this matter has to go through the Lingao County Government." Dong Weiwei, a half-time expert on Ming history, became more alert. "Although he is a civil servant, he is a local cadre. The personnel power lies with the county. There is no need for the Ministry of Personnel to issue a document. The county can fire him directly.”
"Yes, this procedure needs to be completed." Wu De said, "The group of people under him include some who are registered and some who are not. Those who are registered must be dismissed first."
"I think it's absolutely necessary. It's unnecessary." Dugu's proposal was a typical example of those who kicked out the county government office to start a revolution.
"Lingao County Government is now a pseudo-regime under our control, and this pseudo-regime will further deepen." Wu De said, "Since we want to wear this skin for a longer time, we have to give the people in the county some illusion. We must at least formally respect the authority of this pseudo-regime."
"It's up to you." Dugu proposed and shrugged.
"If we want to discuss it, Wu Mingjin will definitely not agree." Dong Weiwei continued to reason, "Although County Magistrate Wu may not think highly of Chen Minggang, but with his wisdom, he guessed that there is a high possibility that we want to change the county government. We still have to force--"
"Of course we have to force it, but we don't force it. Let the big players force him." Wu De asked Zhou Botao's name, "How is your plan going?"
"It's all done." Zhou Botao stood up and began to explain his plan.
"This is too risky." In a ruined temple in the county town, several dark figures were discussing something.
"It's so dangerous, just throw a knife in the yard in the dark."
"Other people can tell you that in front of the county school, this is half a government office."
"Okay, okay, you guys are talking a lot of nonsense. Do you want to do it or not? I'll find someone else to do it."
"Let's do it, it's just Brother Qi. If someone catches you, you have to be merciful when you take care of things for us in the Yamen and make boards-"
"Does this need to be said?" The person who spoke was none other than Zhou Qi, "Who is my master?"
"Okay, but it's just money——"
"Pay half first, and then pay the rest after you're done." Zhou Qi whispered, "Let's start with the dirty talk. If the money is collected but not completed, interest will be charged."
"How dare you."
"Okay, here are the knives and stickers." Zhou Qi handed them the knife hidden in the cattail bag. This is a common and simple small iron knife in the local area. People usually carry it with them when walking. It can not only be used for self-defense but also for Doing things like cutting meat.
After Zhou Qi took care of things, he quickly came out of the ruined temple. He looked around and saw no one around before heaving a sigh of relief. Go to the designated place.
"How about it, are you sure you can hit it?" Several figures were lying on a lonely wall in Xiguan, the county seat. As usual, there are minzhuang guards on the city tower, but now that the whole county is peaceful, the minzhuangs are also lazy and are hiding in the shacks inside the city wall to sleep and gamble. There was no one on the city wall, only a string of lanterns swaying in the wind, casting dim light.
"Low-light night vision scope, roller crossbow, if I can't hit a door with this equipment, I will die." Dai Xie said dissatisfiedly when questioned.
Dai Xie was very excited when he heard that he could participate in the "secret activity". He had been working in the Planning Committee and occasionally taught people bow and crossbow skills - he had expertise in this area. Life was very boring. When Zhou Botao came to him and asked him to bring his crossbow and "perform the mission" immediately, he thought he was going to carry out an assassination or something. Unexpectedly, after climbing up the city wall under the escort of the special reconnaissance team, he would actually do this. ,.
