Don't blame Tao Weiran for being angry, the people in Xiao County are indeed very excessive.
Before, Chu Qing asked Tao Weiran to quarry stones, but it was actually a trick. He didn't need to collect so much, just to show off to Zhang Songling and others.
In order for these people to quarry honestly, Tao Weiran paid a very high salary.
As a result, we saw that we had enough stones and the people were not happy about it, so we had to continue mining. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t make any money. Keep going, don’t stop.
Then the people held hands and shoulder to shoulder every day and continued to quarry happily.
Tao Weiran was so angry that he said enough is enough.
The people said it was not enough.
Tao Weiran said that Jingzhong didn’t need that many.
People say it works.
Tao Weiran won't give you any money even if he agrees.
The people didn't say anything, and then they collected stones and piled them up in front of the county government office, which was almost blocked by the county government.
In this way, the people also said that if Tao Weiran did not pay them, they would go to Beijing hand in hand to complain, saying that Tao Weiran bullied them and made them work without paying them.
Tao Weiran, who was obviously talented and learned, was "oppressed" by this group of unscrupulous people and had to give money to the common people out of his own pocket.
In this way, the people were still scolding, feeling that Tao Weiran had given him less, more than 50% less than when he first came.
Tao Weiran is embarrassed to say that when the big devil Li Mu stayed here, he didn't give you a penny, and he didn't see you bullying others. Isn't this bullying the weak and fearing the strong?
Moreover, it doubled from the beginning, which was 50% less, which was even higher than the normal market conditions.
Tao Weiran, who was in dire straits in Xiao County, did not know that the Ministry of Personnel had already sent someone, accompanied by Jiang Bugao, the head of the Ministry of Rites.
There is a formal process for the court to remove officials. For example, for county magistrates under the state capital, the court will send someone to notify the state capital first. The magistrate will sign and seal the removal, which will take effect immediately. The state government official selection department will bring a replacement.
There is no official selection department in the middle of the capital. For counties like Xiao County, which are lower than the middle of the capital, the official department appoints people directly.
In addition to the Ministry of Personnel, there must be another government office, which may be the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Punishments.
Removing an official must be because there is something wrong with the official. If he violates the laws of Chang'an, the Ministry of Punishment will go to arrest him on the spot.
If it is other problems, such as a bad reputation, poor reputation, or relatives who have committed crimes and are implicated, etc., the Ministry of Rites will take action. As for the substitute, who is the person who temporarily takes over as the county magistrate, usually They are all officials from the Ministry of Rites, because the sudden change of county magistrate will definitely have to clean up the mess, that is, to provide peace to the people, and the Ministry of Rites is "claimed" to be the best at providing peace of mind to the people. Most of the people who temporarily take over as county magistrates are officials from the Ministry of Rites.
After all, it was Zhang Songling who directed it, so he sent Jiang Bugao, thinking of getting it away for Tao Weiran, and then asked Jiang Bugao to temporarily take charge of Xiao County and get the Xiao County stones to the middle of the capital.
The reason given was that the official reputation was not good. Because of the poor official reputation, Tao Weiran was directly dismissed from the post of county magistrate.
The official's surname is Yu and Yu Chengfeng. If he can come out of the capital to do errands, he is certainly not a powerful person, and he is also the leader of the sixth rank.
Although his rank was low, he was well-informed and knew that Chu Qing and Zhang Songling were about to fight their brains out. They didn't dare to say anything along the way because they didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing.
The two of them led more than a dozen people, all riding horses. Yu Chengfeng would always subconsciously turn his head to look at Jiang Bugao.
It’s not that I want to strike up a conversation, I just think it’s weird.
Jiang Bugao's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and his left eye was narrowed to a slit. He had obviously been beaten severely. In any case, he was an official of the sixth rank of the Ministry of Rites. He had never heard of anyone in Beijing who would dare to beat an official, and Jiang Bugao also kept silent about it.
After entering Xiao County, they went straight to the county government, but before they even arrived, everyone in the group was confused.
The county government, located in the center of Xiao County, is almost buried under stones. There are piles of stones everywhere, and there is only room for one person to walk in many places. It is even more exaggerated to the north of the county government. The pile of stones is almost higher than the house.
Jiang Bugao, who was beaten like a pig's head, was a little confused.
According to his understanding, since Chu Qing had been trapping Zhang Songling from the beginning, he shouldn't have mined so much stone. There was no place to put it, so there was no need to be so exaggerated in setting up the suspicion formation.
Confused, but things still needed to be done. The group got off their horses and walked around the pile of rocks before arriving at the county government office.
Life must have a sense of ritual. Instead of entering the government office, handovers must be made while standing in the courtyard.
Yu Chengfeng and Jiang Bugao stood there, one on the left and one on the right, with a row of entourage behind them.
Many people passing by also noticed the situation here and came over to watch the excitement.
Tao Weiran, who had just taken off his shoes and slept in the back hall for a while, ran out, feeling uneasy and confused.
Jiang Bugao, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, said loudly: "Are you Tao Weiran, the magistrate of Xiao County?"
"It's a lower official." Tao Weiran glanced at the official robes of Yu Chengfeng and Jiang Bugao, and asked in confusion: "I wonder why the two adults are looking for a lower official?"
Jiang Bugao limped up and threw the order directly on Tao Weiran's face: "Don't you have eyes?"
A look of anger flashed across Tao Weiran's face.
Although he is just a small county magistrate in Beijing, you must know that there are not many aristocratic families with hundreds of years of inheritance in the Quanchang Dynasty, and the Tao family of Donghai Shangyun Dao can definitely be ranked in the top ten.
How could Tao Weiran not be angry when something was thrown in his face by a sixth-rank official of the Ministry of Rites.
However, anger turned to anger, Tao Weiran was not stunned. He suppressed the anger in his heart, lowered his head and picked up the transfer order from the ground.
After taking a closer look, Tao Weiran raised his head, his expression was extremely confusing.
"The county magistrate...doesn't it need to be done?"
Jiang Bugao had a sneer on his face: "Leave Xiao County before tonight and go back to Beijing to go to the Ministry of Officials tomorrow. This county magistrate, you have done it all."
"Really...really?" Tao Weiran swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked cautiously: "Can you leave tonight?"
Jiang Bugao took a few steps forward, came to Tao Weiran, and whispered in a voice that only two people could hear: "Tao, I know you are Chu Qing's dog. Go back and tell your master, Mr. Zhang, that you want him Death, I want all of you to die, and you, the magistrate of Xiao County..."
Before Jiang Bugao could finish speaking, Tao Weiran suddenly took a step back, gave a heavy salute, his eyes were red, and he almost cried out.
"I want to thank you, sir. Thank you so much, sir."
Jiang Bugao was dumbfounded. He could clearly see the look of ecstasy on Tao Weiran's face.
Tao Weiran stuffed the transfer order directly into his arms, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch it.
"Don't go back on your word, don't go back on your word, tonight, no, no, no, no, I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now, hahahaha, the sky has eyes, the sky has opened its eyes."
Tao Weiran, who had obviously lost his official position, was almost dancing with joy.
Jiang Bugao was completely dumbfounded, but Yu Chengfeng, the head of the civil service department behind him, stepped forward and sighed slightly as if he had come from before.
"Many officials will become stupid after they commit crimes and lose their official robes. It seems that the same is true for Tao Weiran."
Jiang Bugao suddenly realized that he understood.
Seeing that Tao Weiran was about to run back to the hall to pack his luggage, the master with a wisp of whiskers on his chin came out.
He was obviously the master, but this tall and thin old man raised his arm and stopped Tao Weiran.
Looking at Jiang and Yu who were wearing official robes, they did not salute, but frowned and said, "Zhang Songling's dog?"
Jiang Bugao's expression changed drastically: "You are so brave!"
