Cangyan, the meeting hall of the county governor's office.
Siqi opened all the windows in the hall, and there was some light in the originally dark hall.
Luo Chuan did not go to sit on the dusty heavy chair at the top. He just wandered around the hall with his hands behind his back, and then stopped next to a pillar, as if he was admiring the couplets on the vertical plaque on the pillar.
Behind him is the elegant middle-aged man, Cangyan County Magistrate, who is following him step by step with his head lowered.
At this moment, Luochuan still had the anger when he was admonishing the officials on the steps outside the palace. He was as leisurely and leisurely as if this dusty hall was the old library where he had lived for a long time. Before I entered Cangyan, he told me that if you can't be used by me, I will demote you back to Licheng and be a janitor. I don't have to kill you on the spot. This made me very puzzled at the beginning. I thought I was Luo. After all, Chuan is a genuine young master. Now that he is your boss, he should be able to live up to his reputation. There is no need to use swords or guns. Looking at it now, it is you who has become the chief civil servant of the three dynasties. The teacher has some foresight..." He turned his head and looked at the elegant middle-aged man behind him and smiled, "My knife...is still sharp?"
His tone was soft as if he was joking, but the elegant middle-aged man who had been following Luo Chuan sighed and slowly knelt down, "Excellent sharpness."
Luo Chuan's eyes lit up and he laughed. After a while, he stopped laughing and said three words "good", "No wonder they assigned you to come to Cangyan. Zeyan, how long have you been the county magistrate of Cangyan?" "
The elegant middle-aged man kneeling on the ground straightened his upper body and replied, "Seven years and three months."
"Seven years and three months," Luochuan repeated the time, and then turned around to look head-on at the elegant middle-aged man on the ground for the first time, "I heard about the three Cangyan people when I first entered Cangyan. What do you think about the maggot thing?"
The elegant middle-aged man neither stood up nor knelt down, as if he was sitting on his knees on the ground. In this dusty hall, there was actually a bit of a celebrity's free and easy atmosphere. His voice was calm and gentle, "Sixteen years ago When the Grand Administrator first ascended the throne, Nanyi tore the entire Li County into pieces. A war started from the inside out. Among the three major basins in Li County, the one in the best situation was Cang Yan, who was in a corner. "
He seemed to have no intention of answering the young man's question in front of him, but talked about other things, but Luo Chuan listened seriously.
"At that time, there were few peaceful places in the Lijun Basin and Ganyuan Basin. Roads collapsed, buildings collapsed, the people were in chaos, and order was non-existent. All the powerful nobles and nobles came to Cangyan to serve as officials for their good fortune, but there was no difference. In the new year, the smarter snacks had a different taste, because the current prefect did not have a green face in his eyes." There was a smile on the elegant middle-aged man's face, "In that year, the prefect traveled all over Li County. In every city and town except Cangyan, anyone who can bring peace to the people will be given great power, and regardless of their origin, they will be promoted very quickly in the future."
The corner of his mouth curled up slightly, "As the saying goes, the prefect made it clear that the reconstruction of people's livelihood is the top priority, so some powerful nobles understood it and threw their legitimate sons and eldest grandsons who they had deliberately supported to the poor place after the war, and then borrowed some The real power in the family has some benefits from top to bottom, and even does not hesitate to pay for food from outside the family. The people in places that have been devastated by war will naturally be better off. If a member of the family is granted an official title, other dignitaries and nobles will become red-eyed..."
"Cang Yan has nothing to do, and Cang Yan has nothing to do. The direct descendants of the powerful noble family see the shortcut right in front of them. Who is willing to come to a place like this to waste time?" The elegant middle-aged man's voice is still calm, but there is a hint of hardness inside. Something like iron, "But Cangyan has no merit, but it is the most stable place that can produce money and food in those years. How can the nobles and nobles keep paying money and food from the family to no end? If there is an out, there must be an in." ... So this Cangyan has become the best stage for the philistines in the branches of the powerful. Those children from the side branches who have no hope of leaving the city on the right path of officialdom, who has the ability to give money to the family from this place of Cangyan? Whoever transports enough wealth will become a hero of the family, and even be ranked higher in the year-end ancestor worship ceremony than some direct descendants..."
The elegant middle-aged man took a deep breath and continued, "The so-called three bureaucracies of Si Nong, Treasurer, and Si Lu are important places in charge of specific affairs of people's livelihood in a place, but they are not the main officials of a place like the county magistrate. Officials have to deal with money and matters, but the big responsibilities do not fall on them. Naturally, they are the first choice for these side children who carry the family's mission. Over the years, the official position of each of them has to sit. The spokesperson of a family has a complicated relationship, and it is unbreakable when viewed as a whole. It has long been a self-contained entity of interests. The county governor asked me how the three maggots were, and that was it. The people only knew the three chief officials who were greedy for money and lust. But how do you know that among the three officials, there is no one who is not a maggot?"
Luo Chuan listened expressionlessly, and then he spoke after hearing this, "If it is true as the county magistrate said, even if Cangyan Sansi is rotten to the core, probably anyone in Li County's court who becomes the county magistrate will be exposed." If you don't climb these three mountains, which represent the interests of most of the court families in Li County, if you sit in this position, you may be pulled out and beheaded by the prefect at some point, and you will be used as the ridiculous scapegoat for the past ten years... ..."
The elegant middle-aged man nodded, "Over the past few years, the prefect has already mastered the entire Li County. It is absolutely impossible to ignore the filth in Cangyan. It is just that in comparison, he has focused on Li County." On top of the restoration of production in the Jun Basin and Ganyuan Basin, we can just turn a blind eye to Cang Yan's incident, or even..." He raised his head and glanced at Luochuan, but he happened to be facing him. The latter's eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he did not say the rest of the words, "Now that the Lijun Basin and Ganyuan Basin have regained prosperity, the removal of diseases from Cangyan should be put on the agenda, so Only this young master can take the position of county magistrate..."
Luo Chuan smiled and looked at the elegant middle-aged man and asked, "You brought that fat pig head to me in Shuangjing Town, and I chopped it off. With one slash, I could easily get at least three or four points out of this Cang Yan." The people's support, and the cutting is extremely comfortable. It is really a profitable business, so I won't argue with you that time." He stopped his smile and walked to squat in front of the elegant middle-aged man. He said in a cold tone, " This time you used this as an excuse to seem to be sincere to me, but between the lines, you pushed the entire three division officials in front of me. If I could cut down easily with this sword, there would probably be half of the people in the court on the other side of the city. Want me to die..."
The elegant middle-aged man also smiled and looked into Luo Chuan's eyes and said, "Lord County Sheriff, over at Li City, Mr. Luo Yun is already supervising the Li City garrison..."
Luo Chuan's smile did not change, "Yes... so what?!"
