What exactly is the gong for?
"This gong is used by the villagers to die together when they cannot survive." The villager said with emotion.
"Although the village chief is only the lowest official, he can often directly decide the fate of a family."
"It's easy to take advantage of you today, make your family do corvee tomorrow, and dig a hole for your family the day after tomorrow."
"If the village chief comes from a family that is the dominant one in the village, then the village chief and his family together will be the king of the village!"
"In addition, many people are ordinary people and savages who have migrated here. They have suffered too much before, so many times the village chiefs intimidate them and frighten them. They cherish their current life very much, so they just swallow it. Little did they know that this kind of behavior only increased the arrogance of the village chiefs, and eventually the village chiefs became more and more excessive."
"In just a few months, a lot of lives have been lost. Many people were killed directly by the village chief because they didn't like him. When they reported it, they said they died at the hands of monsters and their bodies were eaten."
"Sometimes the village chief kills someone, hides the body, and then reports him missing a few days later. We also know the current situation. Disappearances are very common, and deaths are also very common. The higher-ups don't have enough energy to go one by one. truth-checking."
"Over time, a large number of bullies and villainous village chiefs were born."
"Later, the Lord discovered this problem when he inspected various villages, so he installed a gong. At the beginning, this gong was hung in the center of the village."
"When we hung it, we gathered the villagers to talk about the function of the gong. This side of the gong is in the village, and the other side is in the prefect's mansion."
"When a villager rings the gong, the prefect's mansion will immediately send a Taoist priest to investigate the truth."
"But the number of Taoists in the Taishou Mansion is also limited, and the villages that can be visited in a short period of time are extremely limited. Therefore, directly tell the villagers not to ring the gong if it is not a matter of life and death. And once the gong is ringed , a Taoist priest from the Taishou Mansion will arrive in person."
"At that time, no matter what kind of bully he is, he will not be able to withstand the soul-searching spells and soul-searching weapons in front of the Taoist priests of the Prefecture. Under the soul-searching, all the truth will be revealed to the world."
"This gong is the bottom line. Once a village chief turns into a bully who does all kinds of evil, the village chief must be prepared to face the Taoist priests of the Prefecture."
"So, what's the effect?" Xiao He asked directly.
Although the village chief has not yet answered, past experience tells Xiao He that the effect of this thing may not be ideal, and there are too many ways to avoid it.
Hearing this, the village chief nodded and shook his head: "The effect is indeed there, especially in the beginning, all the bullies were extremely honest."
"But after a long time, the bullies found loopholes. They took advantage of the villagers' compromising characteristics and found more ways to exploit the villagers."
"Of course, this is only the case in a few villages. Most villages are still better than before."
"However, there are also some lawless guys. They set up a fence directly near the gong. Every day during the day, they send people to watch near the fence. At night, they tie up a few vicious dogs here. Once someone approaches, , the vicious dog will howl.”
"As soon as the Taoist left, these villains directly threatened the villagers. Some set up fences, and some simply removed the gongs and moved them to their own homes. They used various means to prevent ordinary people from contacting them."
Xiao He nodded slightly, this is normal.
Xiao He judged from his past experience as a county magistrate that this was the normal reaction of officials. If you don't do this, you won't be an official.
This is human nature. When not serving as an official, everyone would like to beat the dog official to death. But when he became an official, he slowly turned into the dog official he once scolded when he was young.
At least Xiao He couldn't solve these problems.
"Then what?"
"Then the matter was discovered by the Watcher. The Watcher reported it to the cabinet, and the cabinet reported it to the Lord. The Lord expanded the gongs from one to nine, and fixed their positions. At the same time, the Watcher was dispatched to inspect the gong from time to time."
"These observers are all outsiders and have little contact with the locals. They basically just observe and then sneak away without revealing their identities in advance. So far, it seems that the effect is pretty good."
"Like the previous village chief of our village, he did too many bad things. Feeling guilty, he released two vicious dogs and set up a fence to prevent villagers from approaching. But in the end, he got desperate and the villagers killed the vicious dogs directly. , the gong sounded.”
"After a while, a Taoist priest arrived. At that time, the villagers were running for their lives, and the village chief was chasing him."
Recalling this period of history, the current village chief feels quite complicated.
"Later, I became the village chief, and the village became much better."
"Nowadays, every village has more than one gong, and there are watchers patrolling from time to time."
Having said this, the village chief looked around and whispered: "I heard that the bottom line of the Guanfeng envoy is to inspect a village at least once a month. The main purpose is to check whether there are any obstacles on the gong, and whether the village chief prevents the villagers from approaching the gong. gong."
"Furthermore, I heard that the new policy will be implemented soon. From now on, we village chiefs will have to go to the county every year or every quarter to undergo psychological examinations."
"I heard that this mirror is a top-notch magic weapon for the soul and spirit. It can directly check whether you are lying."
"Then we will directly ask whether there were any murders, violations of the law, or oppression of the people this year."
It's interesting, very interesting.
At this moment, Xiao He became more and more interested in the basic principles of the Mind-Questing Mirror.
However, even so, loopholes can still be found, but with the use of the Mind Mirror, the loopholes are getting smaller and smaller.
In Xiao He's view, no matter what kind of system, no matter what kind of system, no matter what kind of laws and regulations, there are definitely flaws.
It's just that some laws are extremely flawed, and everyone knows that, and everyone can take advantage of the flaws to seek personal gain.
The better the system, the fewer loopholes there will be, and the fewer people will be able to find loopholes and exploit them.
The Mirror of Mind-Questioning does still have flaws, and there will definitely be many magical weapons to restrain the Mind-Questioning Mirror in the future. Moreover, since the Mind-Questing Mirror is a magical weapon, the person who controls the Mind-Questioning Mirror is also very important. As long as it is a human being, there are loopholes!
Even if there is no one, and the whole process is completely determined by the mirror, is there no loophole?
No, if this system relies entirely on various treasures, once the flaws in these treasures themselves are discovered, then the entire system will collapse.
Instead of using humans, just using treasures can avoid human relationships and avoid the defects caused by humans themselves, but are there no defects in the treasures themselves?
However, Xiao He still nodded and said: "No matter what, it is much stronger than before."
The village chief also nodded: "Indeed, after the invention of papermaking a while ago, the prefect's office printed a lot of the village chief's code of conduct."
Having said this, the village chief took out a book of codes and handed it to Xiao He, who started to read it with great interest.
"These codes are very simple, they are some conventional rules, such as those who kill must die."
"Furthermore, in addition to this thin book, there is also a stack of thicker ones. Under each code, there are some cases written and the reasons are also analyzed. However, I am not illiterate either. He knows me about this thing, and I don't know him."
"I used to be an elderly commoner, and I was not a local. I really didn't know the characters of Yancheng. In fact, I didn't know many characters to begin with. I only knew a few dozen of the characters of Chao Kingdom."
"But fortunately, the above has distributed a crystal ball to each village. This crystal ball will directly release projections every night, and it is also equipped with sound and subtitles."
"Every night, villagers gather in the square in the center of the village, gathering under the crystal ball to watch the projection released by the crystal ball."
"This crystal ball will start playing the projection on time every night at Xu o'clock, and the first quarter of an hour will tell the story of recent events in Yancheng."
"In the second quarter of an hour, I will take everyone to learn to read and write together. I teach five words every day, which is actually not many. If you study seriously, even if you can't learn all five words, you can at least learn one or two words. . If you study every day, you will be able to recognize a hundred characters in no time."
"After you learn a hundred words, you can go to the village for an assessment. If you pass the assessment, the village will give you a hundred catties of rice or a hundred dollars."
"After learning 500 words, you can go to the county for an assessment. If you pass, you will be directly given a thousand kilograms of rice or a thousand dollars. With this qualification, you can sign up to be the village head, but you need to go through training and pass the exam before you can become the village head. long."
"If you learn 2,000 words, you can go to the county to take the exam. If you pass, you will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan. You can also become the village chief without passing the exam. You will also be qualified to take the township chief exam."
"In the third quarter of an hour, we will talk about some laws in daily life, which are very popular, and we will also use common cases to give simple explanations."
"For example, last night, I was talking about stealing the neighbor's chicken. I would like to emphasize that this is wrong. The first time you will be fined three times! The second time you will be fined ten times, and the third time you will be fined thirty times... …If they can’t afford the money, they will directly let the person join the official corvee team to perform corvee work, work on projects, take care of food and housing, and still get wages every day, which will be deducted from the wages.”
"In the fourth quarter of an hour, I will talk about some common sense. Yes, the Lord said this is called common sense."
"This common sense covers all aspects of life, is very detailed, and can be described as all-encompassing."
"Last night I was talking about how the cloth used to bandage wounds must be boiled. It is said that this is called disinfection..."
"One night a while ago, I was talking about drinking boiled water, saying that there are many benefits to drinking boiled water."
"Since then, every night, a large iron pot will be set up in the center of the village to boil a lot of water, which is provided to the villagers for free. Of course, it is not free, because the money for boiling water is taken from the village public treasury. The money in the village 20% comes from the town, 20% comes from the county, 20% comes from the county, and 20% comes from the Lord himself."
"This is truly the Lord's grace!"
Having said this, the village bowed respectfully in the direction of Yancheng.
"My Lord taught us how to drink boiling water and provided so much money. Originally, the village was not willing to boil water to drink every day. It burned too much firewood every day. But if it is only 20%, then the village can still afford the money."
"Some places even directly say that you should drink more boiled water when you have nothing to do. They also say that drinking more boiled water can cure all kinds of diseases. Regardless of whether you are healthy or feeling unwell, it is always right to drink more boiled water."
"The fifth quarter of an hour is dedicated to explaining the village chief's code of conduct. Even an illiterate person can understand what he says. Although I was a commoner before, and although I am illiterate, I live in Liucheng and can still understand Yancheng's words. Someone who knows something.”
"Brother Qi, why don't we stay together, live a good life for a few days, and observe."
"Okay, actually I'm quite interested in this place too."
Wu Qi was not only interested in military affairs, he was also very interested in political affairs.
If this was a game, Xiao He was a typical civil servant, with low force value and poor ability to lead troops in war. Wu Qi is a true hexagonal warrior, with extremely high personal force, political ability, and military ability.
Xiao He glanced at the village chief, then took out three small yellow croakers weighing one pound and handed them over: "The two of us will stay in the village for a few days, so we won't bother you for the next few days. These golds will go directly to the village." Public treasury."
The village chief was in a good mood after receiving the gold. One tael of gold sand was worth ten thousand yuan, and a small yellow croaker weighing one pound was worth one hundred thousand yuan!
One hundred thousand dollars converted into rice can buy one hundred thousand catties!
Even very expensive mutton only costs 30 yuan per catty, which can buy more than 3,000 catties!
What's more, this is a full three hundred thousand dollars!
"Okay, I will definitely tell you everything I know next!"
That night, Xiao He and Wu Qi stayed for seven days and seven nights.
Just when Wu Qi and Xiao He began to observe deeply, Taiping Taoist returned with the head of the current head of the Wang family of the Qing clan.
Looking at this head, Jiang Hua remembered last year.
At that time, there was not a single Taoist priest in Yancheng, and the Hu family of the Qing clan was a nightmare for everyone in Yancheng. At that time, many Yancheng officials would be frightened awake by Hu when they were dreaming at night.
But now, how long has it been? Half a year? At most half a year, the head of the Wang family, who is stronger than the Hu family of the Qing family, will be placed directly in front of him.
"After I passed, the Wang family of the Qing clan had already prepared, and many masters rushed forward."
"However, they are all just chickens and dogs. Not many of them can stand up to me in a fight, so let's not mention them."
"After I killed these masters, I originally wanted to go to the county where the Wang family is located, but unexpectedly, the young master of the Wang family surrendered directly."
"Young Master Wang took out a list without saying anything. It recorded all the nobles who were unfriendly to the Taoist and the nobles who had done something to the Taoist after the Taoist Extermination Order was issued. I followed the list and killed all the six northern counties. .”
"Nowadays, no nobles still alive in the six counties dare to destroy the Tao. Even if the Taoists conduct public activities, they will turn a blind eye."
"At this point, I feel that my mission has been completed."
Jiang Hua nodded without hesitation: "Of course!"
(End of chapter)
