What happened in Zigui County that night spread at an alarming speed just after dawn.
The news quickly spread to the state capital. All the state officials who learned about the matter were stunned on the spot and did not recover for a long time. Even after repeated questioning, Su Qi'an took down the officials who were identifying Zigui County and imprisoned them. , everyone was panicked.
During the past month's inspection of the place, everything was fine, and the news they received was very harmonious.
Su Qi'an did not embarrass the eight local county officials, and even talked and laughed, but who knew that he was about to end his local inspection.
This Su Qi'an suddenly killed someone without saying a word, and even changed his expression. Taking advantage of the so-called attack in the civilian area, he directly took action and captured all the officials of Zigui County.
Judging from the news sent back, Su Qi'an did not intend to settle the matter. Instead, he wanted to hold a trial with great fanfare, and even invited state officials to accompany him to watch.
The meaning of this invitation was, in a sense, somewhat provocative, a declaration of war on the state capital.
If only local officials from one county were arrested, the state officials could still remain calm and deal with it calmly.
But the people arrested this time, in addition to local officials, also involved wealthy family leaders headed by Wu and Jiang.
If we don't say a word and allow this inspector to make things worse, where is the authority of the officials? He will still manage the local people in this way in the future.
They are very clear about Su Qi'an's methods. What he is best at is to stir up local public opinion and then create waves so that the people no longer fear officials.
By then, Su Qi'an had won huge public support from the local people, and when he left, they were left with a mess.
This was not a good thing, so as soon as they learned the news, state officials immediately reported the matter to Zhou Zibin and Feng Nan.
The two looked indifferent, and then summoned other state officials to discuss.
Zhou Zibin reacted the fastest and gave instructions quickly. The state government would actively cooperate with Su Qi'an's invitation and would send state officials headed by Zhou Cheng to accompany the review.
If local officials violate the rules, they will not be polite and will be punished according to the law.
It also notified officials in other counties to immediately conduct self-examination and, if necessary, fully cooperate with the supervisory commission.
In short, the state government will fully cooperate as long as the supervisor needs it.
Zhou Zibin's decision was not unexpected by the officials present. Even if Su Qi'an caught them off guard, the superficial skills still had to be in place.
At least on the surface, the two sides have not yet come to terms with each other. State officials are more concerned about how Zhou Zibin will fight back.
The inspector had been holding back for a month, not taking any action, and when he did, he would attack with ruthless force. It would be unjustifiable if he just swallowed it like this.
But everyone's expectations were ultimately disappointed. After giving superficial orders to a group of officials, Zhou Zibin didn't say a word about the subsequent counterattack, as if he just endured it silently.
This puzzled all the officials. Some officials spoke several times, explicitly and implicitly, but were stopped by Zhou Zibin.
He made it clear that this matter was over, and all officials should just do their own thing, and there was no need to worry about other things, and then waved to sign off.
Even though the state officials were a little helpless, they could only act according to the order and resigned one after another with fists in their hands.
Apart from Zhou Zibin, Feng Nan was the only one left in the room.
Not long after the other officials left, Feng Nan spoke.
"Sir, do you suspect that there is something wrong among them? Do you not trust them?"
Zhou Zibin's eyes flashed, he was silent for a while, and said softly, "Yes, yes, no, no. The counterattack Su Qian gave us this time made me think a lot."
"Ever since Su Qi'an came to Dongzhou, especially after the execution, I always feel that there is always a pair of invisible eyes staring at us behind everything we do."
"We seem to have no secrets, especially Su Qi'an's actions last night. We had no warning. It was not until he took control of Zigui County and arrested many officials that the news came late." Kanshu La.
"You know, Zigui County Magistrate has been my confidant for many years. He is good at calculation and caution among many officials. But just like this, he didn't have any warning for Su Qian's actions."
"I don't believe that we don't have messengers within us."
"Do you have someone to suspect?" After hearing what Zhou Zibin said, Feng Nan felt that it was somewhat reasonable and asked quickly.
Zhou Zibin shook his head and said softly, "I don't have a clue about this matter yet, but as long as Su Qi'an is in Dongzhou, this state will definitely be able to find out about this female cadre."
"Don't worry about the matter in the city. This time you are leading a team to Zigui County to see for the state how much trouble this Su Qian wants to cause."
"Remember, no matter how noisy he makes, don't be fooled by him. He's not trying to make trouble. Those old guys happen to be here. Then you can do this..."
Listening to Zhou Zibin's plan, Feng Nan nodded slightly, with a strange look in his eyes.
With Zhou Zibin's arrangement, Feng Nan felt a little more confident as he accompanied the review this time.
At the same time, in Zigui County Mansion, Su Qi'an was sitting in the high hall, surrounded by all Dongshan troops.
Last night, with the dispatch of the Dongshan Army, the surrender of the local soldiers, and the capture by a group of officials, Zigui County was directly under the control of Su Qi'an.
The Dongshan Army's takeover was not as chaotic as imagined. After all, Su Qi'an's appearance saved a lot of people.
The people still respect Su Qi'an, the supervisor.
Especially after experiencing the eviction and Lixin, and delivering justice for them that night, the fear of the officials in the hearts of these low-level people has been reduced a lot.
More importantly, there is a certain awakening in the heart, although this kind of awakening is not enough in the eyes of the state soldiers holding swords and axes.
But as long as there is a change in my heart and I no longer think that my life is just like a cow or a horse, being arbitrarily suppressed and humiliated by officials, and there is a little awakening in my heart, that is enough.
As long as Su Qian's efforts were not in vain, his goal was achieved.
He has been in Dongzhou for a while. Although Su Qi'an has a harmonious relationship with many officials on weekdays and travels all the way, he doesn't seem to care about the grassroots people.
But in fact, while traveling, Su Qi'an had already sent a large number of informants to the nearby villages wherever he went.
After a month of traveling, in addition to learning about the virtues of various county officials and aristocratic families, I also did a lot of research on the lives of grassroots people.
It is no exaggeration to say that now, in terms of understanding of the grassroots people, even local officials may not know much more than Su Qian.
After extensive visits and investigations, Su Qi'an discovered the fact that local people have been oppressed by local officials for many years.
My mentality has changed, I have become numb, relieved, and accepting. Not to mention resisting, there was no such thought in my heart.
They live like cattle and horses, completely controlled by local officials and aristocratic families.
Even if you show them a way out, they will remain indifferent. This kind of numbness makes people feel terrible. It is this kind of numbness that makes Dongzhou officials unscrupulous.
That's why Su Qi'an was allowed to live on the street and see numb domestic slaves being beaten, and civilians being beaten to death in the suburbs and villages along the way.
Because these are considered normal things in Dongzhou, even if Su Qi'an is an inspector sent by the imperial court, if the local people do not resist and have no ideas, it will have no effect if he wants to pull them out of the sea of misery.
After touring eight counties for nearly a month, the only thing that brought him some relief was that in Zigui County, the people living here, although they were numb, still had a slight desire to resist in their hearts.
It's just that this kind of desire needs someone to push behind it. In order to awaken the resistance of these numb people, Su Qi'an went to Zigui County and worked hard to do so-called good deeds.
He knew very well that the food and land deeds he had given him would be snatched away by local officials in every possible way after he left.
What he wanted was this effect. He wanted to see if the feeling of having something that belonged to him and being taken away would change the hearts of these people.
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If they resist, even with the humblest words, Su Qi'an's goal will be achieved. If they remain numb and have no will to resist.
At most, Su Qi'an would save them from their current difficulties. He would not deal with the officials in Zigui County. He would only give them superficial blows and then walk away.
Su Qi'an can only help for a while. If he gives up on himself and doesn't save himself, what if he kills all the Zigui County Magistrate and other officials?
Once he leaves, a new group of officials will be brought over to continue bullying them, but the result will be the same, nothing will change.
Therefore, it is better to leave it to Zigui County Magistrate and other original officials to continue to bully them, but they will become numb and accustomed to it.
Fortunately, Su Qi'an was quite satisfied with the final result, and Wang Wu and others all resisted.
Especially Wang Wu, who was completely awakened. Even if he suffered multiple injuries, he still ignored it and questioned the county magistrate. This was enough for Su Qi'an to take action.
Not only will he take action, but he will also start his good show according to the original plan.
The curtain opens, and all the big shots are waiting to arrive.
Zigui County was under control, and within three days, the news spread throughout Dongzhou. Other officials who learned the news, under the order of Zhou Mu, quickly gathered as quickly as possible, and then headed to Zigui under the leadership of Feng Nan county.
Because they knew that the supervisor who controlled Zigui County was waiting for them.
The officials of Zigui County must be carefully scrutinized in front of them.
The review in Zigui County is just the beginning. Based on the inspector's thoughts, I am afraid that it will not be long before it affects the other eight counties.
After a month of traveling around the mountains and rivers, he finally revealed his purpose.
As the news spread wider and wider, Zigui County was instantly filled with a chilling atmosphere. On both sides of the street, there were Dongshan troops holding halberds. Looking from a distance, it gave people a chilling feeling.
The shops on the street have been closed long ago, and all the people are hiding at home, looking at the street through the cracks in their doors, as if waiting for something.
