"What did I do wrong?"
Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised by this, so he asked.
Wu Guofu glanced at Ge Daniu and said, "I know these common people."
Then, Wu Guofu pointed at Ge Daniu: "If I remember correctly, his name is Ge Daniu. There was a flood in this county last year. They are all volunteers who actively save people and materials, especially here." Ge Daniu has saved the most people! Your Majesty, why did you arrest him now? Isn’t this the wrong person to arrest?!"
"Yiyimin?"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Ge Daniu and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you have another identity now."
"He earns money by carrying goods for business travelers along the way. He is considered a good citizen who gets rich through hard work. He blocks roads and collects fees. He is no different from a gangster. When disaster occurs, he actively saves people and materials. He is also a righteous citizen. The same person can distinguish between good and evil. Come on, I really don’t know how to control this people.”
Lu Xiangsheng followed up and said something at this time.
Next, Zhu Youxiao asked Yang Tinglin to explain to the county magistrate Wu Guofu why Ge Daniu and others were taken to the county government by the imperial guards.
Wu Guofu was also shocked after hearing this.
Zhu Youxiao laughed bitterly because of this: "It is said that the county magistrate is an official who is close to the people. Now it seems that even the county magistrate has difficulty knowing the details of the people!"
"Your Majesty, you are wrong again!"
Wu Guofu replied directly.
Zhu Youxiao got angry on the spot after hearing this.
Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng first asked angrily on behalf of Zhu Youxiao: "Wu Zhi County! You are so presumptuous!"
Wu Guofu ignored Lu Xiangsheng and continued: "Since ancient times, the imperial power has not been sent to the countryside. Although the ministers are county magistrates, they can manage things according to the precepts of the magistrates established by Taizu. Why should we know the details of the common people?!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao asked angrily: "So, even if you, the county magistrate, knew about it, would you still sit back and watch the people below commit such a crime?"
"If I knew it would be different, I would naturally make an announcement."
Wu Guofu replied.
"What about the person who committed the crime? Won't he be arrested and dealt with?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
Wu Guofu looked disdainful for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, why did you say it wrong again?"
"you!"
Zhu Youxiao pointed at Wu Guofu and gritted his teeth.
"Your Majesty, calm down! This person is obviously a person with a bad temper. There is no need to get to know him."
Wen Tiren hurriedly followed to put out the fire, and then reprimanded Wu Guofu: "Wu Zhixian, when your Majesty asks you, you should answer truthfully. Even if your Majesty makes mistakes or unexpected things, it should be to guide your Majesty, not to anger your Majesty. You Do you think your neck is too stiff?!"
"That's right! What kind of law can the common people know? They only know the word "profit". As a magistrate of a county, I can only guide and teach in an orderly manner. Is it really necessary to impose severe punishments? In that case, even if I don't die from exhaustion, I will still die because of it. He was executed by His Majesty for provoking a civil uprising!"
"Besides, even if we do this, if the perpetrators have to be arrested and prosecuted, the government's power is not enough!"
"Even if many patrol stations have been added now, one station is usually responsible for the security of several villages, and there are only a dozen or so registered officers in each station. Including the non-registered white servants, there are only twenty or thirty people. However, We have to manage the public security of several villages, but these villages add up to thousands or even tens of thousands of people! They can't control it at all! Sometimes, when a fight breaks out between two villages, the government doesn't even dare to stop it. They can only wait until the matter is over. Go deal with it.”
"Your Majesty, do you understand the situation in the county?"
Wu Guofu asked arrogantly as he spoke, and glanced at Zhu Youxiao provocatively.
Zhu Youxiao's breathing was a little rapid, and his face was naturally very worried, especially when he saw Wu Guofu's expression, but he had to admit that what Wu Guofu said made sense, so he said:
"I forgot that we should issue a new official motto at the state and county levels as a guideline for people-friendly officials to manage civil affairs."
"First of all, if the imperial power does not go to the countryside, it must be reformed. The magistrates and magistrates have to go to the countryside to take a look. For example, in this case, although the people's weak awareness of the law is one of the reasons, you magistrates and magistrates must also learn to organize and mobilize the people. Allocate special funds as incentives to reward people who actively report illegal activities! Don't do nothing like before!"
"Your Majesty, you are absolutely wrong!"
Wu Guofu suddenly said something again, looking excited.
Zhu Youxiao asked with a cold face: "How could I be so wrong?"
“The magistrate’s dispatch to the countryside is of no benefit except disturbing the peace of the people!”
Wu Guofu said with certainty.
“If you don’t understand the people’s sentiments, how can you govern a county?”
Zhu Youxiao asked.
Wu Guofu said: "To understand the people's sentiments, we can only pay private visits incognito, but the county magistrate must be clearly prohibited from going to the countryside at will to disturb the people! Why doesn't your Majesty understand? Because once an official comes down, how much burden will be added to the people below!"
"Do you also think that my coming here will cause you trouble?"
Zhu Youxiao asked, pointing to Wu Guofu.
"Your Majesty knows it himself!"
Wu Guofu replied.
"you!"
Zhu Youxiao pointed at Wu Guofu angrily, and was about to directly order him to be executed, but he thought to himself: "It stands to reason that even if a normal person despises me, he would not show it so obviously. Could it be that he is doing this on purpose and is covering it up?" What?"
After thinking this way, Zhu Youxiao also deliberately said: "Let's go! Leave Ge Daniu and other prisoners to the county government."
After Zhu Youxiao said that, he threw up his sleeves and left.
"Your Majesty, calm down. Although the Wuzhi County magistrate is arrogant, what he said is not trivial. We really don't understand the affairs of the county very well. Now that we think about it carefully, some of the reasons he said are not unreasonable."
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
Different from the history, Lu Xiangsheng first joined the army after graduating from the Military Academy, and later he joined the civil service, and he was directly transferred to the Ministry of War as a military official, so he started talking like this at this time.
Wen Tiren, who was born in Hanlin and was an official in the Ministry of Rites when Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, said: "I have never been an official close to the people. I don't know whether the county magistrate's sending to the countryside is disturbing or benefiting the people."
Zhu Youxiao sneered at this time: "That's right, you two have never been people-friendly officials, so you don't have enough confidence in this aspect. Although I don't know, I don't think that Wu Guofu, a county magistrate, doesn't go to the countryside. You really know more about the county than me!"
As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he ordered Han Zanzhou: "Let the people from Dongchang watch quietly from behind to see if anyone is following."
…
"Your Majesty, is your Majesty really angry with you?"
Looking at the back of Zhu Youxiao and others walking away, Hu Zhaolong, the official of the workshop, asked with a smile.
Wu Guofu breathed a sigh of relief: "What a danger! This officer's move is called a surprise move with a sword. If you don't need to anger him with some words that seem to be honest and insightful, why shouldn't this county be turned over by him?"
"What the county magistrate said is that when I saw them escorting people like Ge Daniu, I was really worried that they already knew about Ge Daniu's toll collection and profit sharing with our county government. It seems that Ge Daniu hasn't paid him yet. Say, otherwise it wouldn’t be this situation.”
Hu Zhaolong said.
"First take Ge Daniu and others to the county government office. In addition, send someone to follow them to see if Your Majesty and the others will come back."
Therefore, Wu Guofu also smiled coldly and gave an order.
"Okay!"
…
Half an hour later.
Han Zanzhou came to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, as expected, there is someone who is following us. We have caught him! He was also interrogated. He was sent by Wuzhi County to see if we really left."
"There is indeed a ghost!"
Zhu Youxiao threw away the memorial in his hand and gave instructions:
"On the pretext that Wuzhi County was plotting something evil and sent people to monitor the holy driver, the county government was immediately confiscated, all officials in the county government were severely interrogated, Wu Guofu was dismissed from his official position, Yang Tinglin was temporarily appointed as the county magistrate, and Ge Daniu and others were interrogated for the specific whereabouts of the toll collectors. .”
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