When Hong Chengchou rushed outside the yamen, Xin'an County Magistrate Fang Linzong, who had received the news first, was already waiting outside the county yamen with a group of people from the county yamen to greet him.
"Your Majesty, please see Hongfantai." Fang Linzong saluted Hong Chengchou, who was coming on horseback.
All the Xin'an County government officials who were waiting with him outside the county government office also saluted behind him.
Hong Chengchou ignored Fang Linzong and other people from the Xin'an County government office. He got off his horse and walked directly into the county government office.
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Seeing this, Fang Linzong had no choice but to straighten up and follow him.
Hong Chengchou did not go to the lobby, but went directly to the more private back office.
Fang Linzong and the others who were following behind didn't dare to say anything, and followed him obediently.
When he walked to the back Yamen, Hong Chengchou stopped, turned around and said to the people behind him: "The magistrate of Xin'an County comes in with me, others can go about their own business!"
After saying that, he walked into the back office.
Fang Linzong, the head of Xin'an County who was following behind, hurriedly followed.
Seeing that they were not called, the others had to disperse.
After entering the back office, Hong Chengchou walked unceremoniously to the main seat and sat down.
Fang Linzong, who followed him in, did not dare to sit down in front of Hong Chengchou, even though he was the master of the yamen. Instead, he stood aside and waited to be scolded.
When he saw Hong Chengchou coming to the Xin'an County government office with a group of soldiers, he guessed why the other party came.
After all, the official document about the Zhengjia Village incident was sent to Luoyang City by him, the magistrate of Xin'an County, but he didn't expect that Luoyang City would send people over the next day after the official document was sent.
The person who came was Hong Chengchou, the number two figure in Henan under the Tiger Flag.
"Tell me, what exactly happened in Zhengjia Village?" Hong Chengchou asked the magistrate of Xin'an County in front of him.
The content of the official document is limited and it is difficult to cover everything.
Fang Linzong, the head of Xin'an County, told the whole story of the Zhengjia Village incident in detail. He also told them who he suspected in his yamen was related to the Zhengjia Village incident.
Hong Chengchou, who was sitting in the main seat, tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a while, and said: "Just suspicion is not enough, there must be solid evidence."
"If we arrest the elders of Zhengjia Village, we can get any evidence." Fang Linzong, the head of Xin'an County, flashed a ruthless expression on his face.
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou nodded and said, "That's right. Once you catch someone, you can get any evidence."
As a bureaucrat, he knew very well that once he caught someone, he could easily produce whatever evidence he wanted.
"When will Fantai plan to go to Zhengjia Village to arrest people? The official will cooperate fully." Fang Linzong asked.
The other party came to Xin'an County with a group of soldiers, and he knew that they must be prepared to suppress them with force.
Hong Chengchou thought for a while and said: "I'm tired after traveling for so long today. Anyway, we have arrived in Xin'an County. We don't miss this one night. We will go to Zhengjia Village tomorrow."
"We have to wait one more day!" Fang Linzong frowned.
As the magistrate of Xin'an County, something like Zhengjia Village happened under his rule, and he had long wanted to take action to solve it. Unfortunately, he had no soldiers, and there were people with different intentions in the yamen.
Not long after Henan Prefecture was occupied by the Tiger-Character Banner, there must be many unwilling people secretly.
He was also afraid of forcibly attacking Zhengjia Village when there was no reliable force available. Once he encountered fierce resistance from Zhengjia Village and failed, it would easily escalate the matter and make the area recently occupied by the Tiger Flag become turbulent.
That's why he asked Luoyang City for help.
Although Xin'an County does not have soldiers and horses that can be trusted, Luoyang City does.
Hong Chengchou chuckled lightly and said, "If you don't leave some time for others, how can you clearly see who is a human and who is a ghost in the Yamen."
Fang Linzong suddenly realized what he said.
In my heart, I have to admire Hong Chengchou, the Henan chief minister with a background as a bureaucrat. He knows more twists and turns than those of them who have only attended a martial arts lecture hall.
After Hong Chengchou met the magistrate of Xin'an County, he didn't see anyone else. He just told people to arrange the more than 100 troops and horses he brought.
Before the Tiger Character Banner captured Xin'an County, there was no county magistrate in Xin'an County, only a seventh-grade county magistrate and a ninth-grade chief registrar.
The county magistrate chose to hang himself when the Tiger Banner army attacked the magistrate of Xin'an County, while the magistrate of Xin'an County led the gentry elders in Xin'an County to open the city gate and surrender voluntarily.
The army had to attack the next city and couldn't stay for a long time, so they left the chief clerk and others to continue working in the yamen. After all, there are always people in the yamen to do things, and the Tiger Character Banner couldn't find that many people to remove the people in the yamen. Replace it from top to bottom.
There are many cases like this in Xin'an County.
We can only wait for the county magistrate sent by Hu Zi Banner to take office, slowly sort out the situation of the yamen, eliminate some unusable people from the yamen, and leave the usable people.
It was under such circumstances that Fang Linzong came to Xin'an County to be the county magistrate, but there were too few people available. Moreover, the army was attacking cities and territories in Henan, and people were needed everywhere to take over, and there were even fewer people left for him.
Before the peasant association and the peasant soldiers were fully established, he, the county magistrate, would not be able to move freely in Xin'an County.
Not long after Hong Chengchou arrived in Xin'an County, a guest also arrived in Zhengjia Village.
"Brother Yuan, why are you free to come here today? Do you have something to say?" The third master asked, looking at the man in front of him.
There are three clan elders and one clan leader in Zhengjia Village.
The clan leader is from the eldest family lineage, and the three clan elders are the eldest master, the third master, and the fifth master. They are all over fifty. Although the third master and the fifth master are not brothers, they are not related to the fifth server.
As for the eldest uncle, he was one generation higher than the others. He was also from the Zheng family, and he was also older. Even the clan leader had to call him uncle.
Three old men were sitting in the reception hall of the Zhengjia Village patriarch's home.
In addition to the chief of the Zhengjia Village, there were also the third master and the fifth master, but the eldest master did not come because of his age.
Standing in the hall was a middle-aged man wearing a long gown, who was also called Brother Yuan by the third master.
Those who are qualified to wear long gowns are mostly scholars.
"Sir, I have asked you to give me a message. The Chief Envoy of Henan Province has come and brought more than a hundred troops. You have been asked by me to tell you that Zhengjia Village has been more honest recently. Don't cause any trouble to attract this... Mr. Fantai." Brother Yuan said to several people in charge of Zhengjia Village in front of him.
After hearing this, the third master said with contempt on his face: "What a vassal master, he is just a rebel. Others recognize this vassal, but I don't recognize it."
"That's right, I don't recognize this bullshit vassalage." The fifth master sitting next to him agreed.
