Chapter 48: Retreat as Advance

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Before coming to Pingliang County, the fat man Liu Datong had actually heard that Pingliang County suffered the Huns' invasion of the city a year ago.

So he was very unhappy when he came here to take office.

But there was no way. These days, the war was raging and it was difficult to do business. The reason why he bribed Ye Guangming with the silver he had accumulated over the years was because he wanted to find a county where he could exploit and plunder it in every possible way.

Unexpectedly, Ye Guangming thought that the money he sent was too little, and finally sent Liu Datong to Pingliang County, a place where no one can shit.

At first Liu Datong thought that Pingliang County was definitely not worth exploiting, but when Liu Datong saw the city wall in Pingliang County that was higher than Jing'an City, the capital of Yongzhou, he immediately changed his original impression of Pingliang County.

It must have cost a lot of money to build such a tall and thick city wall.

In other words, the people of Pingliang County can definitely exploit a lot of money.

So Liu Datong took his dog-headed military advisor, his former accountant Dong Hui, and ran to the Yamen of Pingliang County with the appointment letter and handed it to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi originally advocated the governing concept of being good to the people and serving the people, so the yamen became public places and allowed people to come and go at will. Therefore, no one stopped Liu Datong and his dog-headed military master Dong Hui and more than ten servants.

When Liu Datong and his dog-headed military advisor Dong Hui came to Zhouyi, they threw down the letter of appointment arrogantly, and then faced a group of arresters and policemen or asked them to come to see their county magistrate. Everyone was first The reaction was that the two people in front of them were probably going crazy.

Just when Qian Yong and Capt. Qian were about to shout at people to beat these two lunatics out, Zhou Yi stopped everyone after reading the letter of appointment.

After reading the letter of appointment, Zhou Yi knew that the Liu Datong in front of him was sent by the dead Ye Guangming to disgust him.

You must know that the county magistrate of Zhou Yi is different from other people's county magistrates. The emperor personally demoted him from a fifth-rank official to a seventh-rank county magistrate.

In other words, Zhouyi's official position can only be dismissed by the emperor at will. Ye Guangming, who has long since died, really does not have this authority.

Therefore, Zhou Yi could completely ignore the appointment and dismissal letter in Liu Datong's hand.

But Zhou Yi thought of a very interesting thing, so when Zhou Yi looked at Liu Datong's master and servant, he couldn't help but let out a weird smile in his heart.

Zhou Yi quickly stopped the policeman who was about to beat Liu Datong to death with a stick: "Wait a minute, keep someone behind the stick!"

Zhou Yi's prestige in Pingliang County is as high as that of a king. Naturally, the arresters did not dare to disobey this statement. At the critical moment, the young and vigorous arrester stopped his imminent killing power. Great.

"Qian Captou, Master Sun, please summon the people in the yamen. I have something important to announce." Zhou Yi explained calmly, and asked the fat-headed and big-eared Liu Datong to sit quietly aside.

Now the situation is stronger than the people. Liu Datong has not yet received the seal of the county magistrate to take over Pingliang County, so he naturally has to compromise a little more.

Within a moment, Detective Qian and Master Sun called back all the people from the county government.

Zhou Yi pointed at Fatty Liu, sat upright and said to everyone: "This person in front of me..."

Fatty Liu, who had a big belly, understood and quickly said his name: "I am Liu Datong."

"This Liu Datong will be your county magistrate from today on. I have been demoted to a ninth-grade clerk."

After that, Zhou Yi handed over the letter of appointment brought by Liu Datong to Master Sun and circulated it to everyone one by one.

Everyone in the yamen was dumbfounded after reading the letter of appointment.

It was Qian Baotou's son who was the first to react from the shock: "How is it possible, Mr. County Magistrate, when you came here, our city in Pingliang County had already been destroyed by the Xiongnu, and the heads of the former county magistrate and master were chopped off. Come down and stick it on the spear, why are there still dog officials slandering the county magistrate for the previous destruction of the city?"

"Yes! This letter of appointment must be fake and forged! These two people may be spies sent by the Huns or Khitan dogs. We should just kill these two spies directly!" Qian Xiaohao said righteously.

Others also began to follow Qian Xiaohao's advice and clamored to kill Liu Datong and his dog-headed military advisor Dong Hui directly.

Liu Datong and Dong Hui hurriedly hid behind Zhou Yi and said in a Shangguan tone: "Wen Zhou, this certificate was approved by the prefect Ye Guangming personally. Why don't you quickly stabilize these disobedient people?" Men!"

Zhou Yi didn't know that the fat man in front of him was Ye Guangming's manpower, but Zhou Yi was preparing to set up a very big situation at this moment, so that this fat man would die without a burial place, and he quickly waved his hand to stop the people in the Yamen who wanted to riot.

In fact, Zhou Yi called all the people in the yamen here, not only to have a "normal handover" with the fat man in front of him, but also to see how the people in the yamen in Pingliang County would react.

I want to see if the food I have spent on feeding him over the past six months is worth it.

If it's not worth it, Zhou Yi doesn't mind replacing a batch of people in the yamen after completing this layout.

Judging from their reactions now, most people still care about themselves.

However, Zhou Yi was very dissatisfied with Qian Captou's reaction.

At this time, he acted like an old fritter sitting on a mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers.

If his son Qian Xiaohao hadn't been the first to deny the authenticity of the letter of appointment, Zhou Yi would have really wanted to promote Qian Xiaohao after this incident, but instead, he would have demoted his father.

After Zhou Yi's eyes lingered on Inspector Qian several times, Zhou Yi said sternly to everyone: "This letter of appointment cannot be forged, so please relax. Besides, Mr. Liu cannot forge a small person even if he wants to forge it." The seventh-grade Sesame Official."

"I have been here in Pingliang County for more than half a year, and I have seen that you have enough to eat and drink, and have no worries about food and clothing. Now that the new magistrate of the county has come, it is time for me to retire after my achievements."

After that, Zhou Yi sent the seal symbolizing the identity of the county magistrate to the hands of the fat man Liu Datong.

Liu Datong held the seal, which symbolized the identity of the county magistrate, with both hands. He was very excited and the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

Liu Datong thought to himself: "With this county magistrate's seal, now I have mastered all the power in the county. The police officer who almost hit me just now will have a hard time like you!"