The only thing I feel sorry for is.
Zhang Kun originally thought that after Ming Zheng typically killed the county magistrate and other worms, he might also be able to get a batch of dragon energy points.
No matter how much or how little, you can have it.
But it didn't.
"Could it be that during the certification of the humanitarian mechanism, it was felt that the things done by the county magistrate Wen Zhongguang, the master, the prison guard and others were not important and did not affect the progress of the humanitarian system?"
When Zhang Kun thought of this, he shook his head and rejected it.
"Probably not. The most likely thing is that even if I kill these corrupt officials, nothing will change except for these dead people. Without Magistrate Wen, there will still be Magistrate Wu, or even Magistrate Zhao. , Qian County Magistrate, Sun County Magistrate...
Crows in this world are generally black. Even if they are white at first, they will turn black after a while. Therefore, it actually doesn't matter whether Wen Zhongguang is killed or not. In the hearts of the people, they are the imperial court and high-ranking figures, that's all. If you kill them, you won't get much gratitude, and if you don't kill them, you won't get any resentment..."
Besides, apart from colluding with foreign enemies, the magistrate's personal ability and ability to do evil mean nothing at all.
In other words, his own ability is actually quite weak.
It is understandable that there will be no dragon energy points in return for killing him.
It just occurred to me that the imperial court might send Magistrate Wu, Magistrate Zhao, or something like that, but more than half a month later, in the early morning of this day, a convoy hurriedly arrived from the direction of Yuezhou.
The convoy was quite large, with more than a hundred people including servants, bodyguards, accompanying scribes, etc.
Seeing a huge group of people coming to the city, before the city guard could ask questions, a burly man in iron armor rode forward and shouted loudly, which was heard for ten miles: "The new county magistrate, Mr. Gu, has come to take office. , who is the city guard? Come and greet us quickly."
At the opening of the city gate, a group of men and horses came out to greet them. The first general dismounted and cupped his hands and said: "General Zhong Tieyan, I didn't know that Lord Gu came so quickly. I didn't come far to greet you. I apologize! This is the county prime minister, Guanglou Gao." Sir, Chief Registrar Huang Yongan, Sir Huang, the arrester Wei Lian and the three squadrons of government officials..."
Seeing a gentle middle-aged man in his thirties getting off the carriage, surrounded by people, Zhong Tieyan quickly stepped forward to greet him and introduced everyone present one by one.
He is a down-to-earth person, and he will do whatever his immediate boss Zhang Kun arranges.
Zhang Kun was promoted to the seventh-rank position of the demon-subduing school captain in Tiance Mansion, and in his position, he planned his political affairs. Recently, in response to the order of Tiance Mansion, they are making full preparations to go west to attack the Bodhi Temple in Pingjiang area. While practicing martial arts and martial arts diligently, they are also concentrating on training some of the masters under them, especially trying to find ways to further stimulate the potential of the little carp and let her as soon as possible. His combat power increased, and he couldn't separate himself for a while.
Besides, Zhang Kun is now regarded as a seventh-rank official, and is essentially at the same level as the Baling County Magistrate. He stands at the city gate to receive the county magistrate's post. According to official rules, he can go or not.
Therefore, he appointed Zhong Tieyan to go on his behalf.
It's not too rude.
The rest of the people also followed suit.
The county magistrate Gao Guanglou was a weak scholar, born with the same Jinshi class. He had some literary talents, but his methods were not as good as Wen Zhongguang's.
When Wen Zhongguang was the county magistrate, he was suppressed like an invisible person, doing some clerical affairs, let alone power. Even the government officials didn't take him seriously.
Logically speaking, this life was miserable, and he thought so at first.
Later, I felt a little lucky.
When Wen Zhongguang fell, he was not implicated and his position was not changed.
Although another county magistrate was parachuted in from above to take up the post, Gao Guanglou, who had just escaped the disaster, was not sad at all and still maintained the invisible attitude of the past.
Don’t fight or grab, and don’t stand out.
Just respond with silence.
As for the chief registrar Huang Yongan, he was a scholar with excellent character personally selected by Zhang Kun. The former one who went to hell with Wen Zhongguang had nothing to say.
In addition to the chief clerk, the three squads of government officials, especially the police officers, were all Zhang Kun's capable men. When they saw the county magistrate, they all looked on with cold eyes, neither humble nor overbearing, it was just a routine matter.
"Why haven't you seen the county captain Zhang? It seems that the noble man is busy."
The new county magistrate Gu Yuanfang took a quick look and came to greet everyone. His excitement waned for a moment and he shook his head, "Lead the way. This county is tired from coming from a long distance. I have visited the county government office early to count the money and food in the treasury. We will open the meeting today."
As he spoke, he was about to get into the carriage and enter the city.
Zhong Tieyan was a little embarrassed and thought, no matter how urgent it is, there is no need to be so anxious.
"Master Gu, my subordinates have prepared a banquet at Gaosheng Tower..."
"No need, Commander Zhong, remember to report all the city guard personnel and equipment. In the future, Lord Baling must be more careful in his defense, so as not to miss important events of the imperial court."
Gu Yuanfang gave instructions with a calm face. Without further words, she closed the sedan curtain and the motorcade started.
He actually left behind all the people who came out of the city to greet him.
"Yes, of course."
Zhong Tieyan had no temper and responded casually.
He is a Shangguan, and whatever he says is right, so there is no need to speak forcefully in person. However, although the county magistrate can intervene in the matter of military training, in general, he still has to listen to the county captain.
I thought that this county magistrate might have a very extraordinary background or come from a noble family, so he could fill the vacancy immediately after the incident in Baling.
Judging from the scene seen at the city gate earlier, this person should know something about Baling, but he may not know the details. He actually regards Baling as his own possession and takes advantage of everything. I'm afraid it's not good.
However, this is not something that I should worry about. Just report today's incident to Lord Zhang and concentrate on training troops, defense and fending off thieves. There is no need to worry about anything else.
Zhong Tieyan's guess was correct. Gu Yuanfang came from the Gu family in Jiangzuo. The family was very wealthy and powerful, and he also had Austrian aid in the court.
Although there are no children of the Gu family who hold high official positions, there are a few who have achieved fourth- or fifth-grade official positions, which is considered a powerful family.
This time, we were able to get the opportunity that was really lacking because of the Gu family's relationship in Tiance Mansion. We got the news and made plans early.
The five counties of Yuezhou have fertile soil and simple folk customs. They are considered prosperous places, although in recent years, there have been demons.
But nowadays, in all the counties and states in the Central Plains, there is no county that does not have some ghosts and ghosts, and these weird stories and the like cannot attract civil servants.
With the Tiance Mansion monitoring the demons in the world, and the officers and soldiers from various states coming and going to search and kill them, he was not too worried.
Overall, Gu Yuanfang is very satisfied with getting this opportunity.
The only thing that I was a little dissatisfied with was that the demon-killing captain who was good friends with the Gu family said frankly that he was appointed as the magistrate of Baling County. He must remember not to make an enemy of the county captain Zhang Bailing. He just wanted to be the magistrate of Taiping County.
Safekeeping has its benefits.
Hearing this, Gu Yuanfang was dissatisfied.
He studied hard for more than ten years and became a scholar in Chang'an, where he was encouraged by others and stayed there for another ten years.
It's not easy to become a parent, but when I go to Xia County, I still have to look at the face of the county magistrate. What is the Taiping County Magistrate? This is a nice thing to say.
In fact, he was told not to interfere in matters, not to fight for power, but to follow Xiao's rules honestly and not to make his own decisions.
So is this still a county magistrate?
It is better to say that he is going to be a subordinate official of the county consolation.
After thinking about it again, Gu Yuanfang understood.
Perhaps, these days, Tiance Mansion has been fighting monsters and killing people every day, and their brains have been trained into muscles, and they have no idea what the righteousness of the court is? It's more likely that Zhang Bailing, the captain of Baling County, has some kind of background.
But no matter what, even if the other party also holds the military position of demon-subduing school captain, his position as a school captain in Baling County is an eighth-grade official.
In the same system, no matter how you say it, you are always inferior to the county magistrate.
Within a county, it is common practice for civil servants to dominate military affairs.
If this hundred-year-old is ignorant and submits a document to the court, he will not be a reliable official.
He lifted his top directly.
Gu Yuanfang thought to herself that now that she was an official, it was the time to show off her grand ambitions. She was very high-spirited and wished she could immediately dive into her first life as an official.
As long as he can make some achievements and be promoted to the state capital, the day when the second wife of the Gu family will rise will not be far away.
The first thing that must be done is to have a good relationship with the state officials, accumulate more money and manage more every year.
As for what the people below are like, it doesn't really matter.
Thinking of the official knowledge imparted by those who had risen to the top at the party of the same year, Gu Yuanfang smiled knowingly, opened the curtain and looked at the street, feeling that it was pleasing to the eye.
"These are my people."
He seemed to see a large area of walking "political achievements".
I heard that there are no unruly people in Yuezhou, and it is easy to manage. Once there is a problem, just arrest a few and kill a few, and they will all be honest, and no one will rebel.
This is indeed a fat position.
Just thinking about the happy place.
Gu Yuanfang heard a very discordant sound in his ears.
I saw a very unpleasant scene.
In front of the street, I saw a few black-faced men with washed-out clothes, rolled-up trousers, and a foul smell on their bodies, talking and laughing loudly as they walked.
'Is this a fisherman? "
The three of them each carried a large or flat basket, with smiles on their faces. Their faces, darkened by the sun and rosy, were full of joy.
Apparently, the catch caught in the lake fetched a good price.
Whether these men are happy or not has nothing to do with Gu Yuanfang.
What is relevant is that these people were walking in the center of the street and did not get out of the way early.
He didn't even have any respect for his own group of people.
Not in the way though.
However, being so close to someone covered in filth is first of all disrespectful to the noble person.
Shouldn't he have been kneeling on the roadside early, not daring to raise his head?
Looking up, Gu Yuanfang saw an even more bizarre scene.
Not only these fishermen behave like this.
The businessmen and people coming and going were all walking swaggeringly on the street, so that their motorcade moved extremely slowly and did not reach the county government office quickly.
He even saw some people pointing and whispering at his group.
"I heard that he was the new county magistrate. He was very impressive at the gate of the city. When he opened his mouth, he asked the county captain Zhang why he didn't go to greet him..."
"Haha, please keep your voice down and don't let anyone arrest you. It's not easy to stay in jail. Do you believe I can peel you off?"
"No, that's not the case. We can talk about Mr. Zhang all we want. Some people even said loudly that he was too murderous, and no one came to arrest him."
"That's different. People are different, and officials are even more different. I heard the storyteller say that Mr. Zhang was so magnanimous as to look at Wang Han, and there was a ridge in his belly. The prime minister's belly can hold a boat... This new magistrate Gu How can it be possible to compare with him?"
"That's right, that's right. I think this new county magistrate is not much different from Nawen County Magistrate. This arrogance is really big. There are ten carriages, hundreds of entourages, and Wei Cap and others are guarding him behind. , Mr. Zhang doesn’t even travel with such grandeur.”
Since Wen Zhongguang and others were beheaded, not much else has changed, but the people of Baling's spirit has been lifted.
Don’t talk about anything else, just walking on the street.
In the past, when common people saw noble people passing by, they would be as cautious as avoiding tigers and wolves, for fear of bumping into the important people they could not afford to offend, causing disaster.
But now, let alone these well-dressed literati and businessmen, even the poorest people can walk on the street with no one to drive them away, and no one will bully them at will.
At the beginning, this kind of thing didn't happen. Later, after being arrested and taught by the White Dragon Society, those high-ranking people have basically disappeared.
Some people even want someone to bully them in a bad way.
If caught by the police, they can also receive a large sum of money as compensation, and they can also see the miserable scenes of those wealthy people or martial arts masters.
Not only can they gain a lot of money and food, but they can also become the protagonist of conversations in the streets. No one will dare to look down on them in the future.
Of course this business was done.
Just like now, these three fishermen looked at the convoy while walking and stood a little closer without warning. The burly knight guarding the convoy had a look of disgust on his face and whipped him in vain.
Snapped……
"Get out of the way and stay out of the way."
The fisherman was startled, his feet staggered, and he fell to the ground.
He woke up with a start and hurriedly fled to the street. He said in shock: "I just took one more look, and I didn't block your way. Isn't the county magistrate great? You are such an arrogant bitch. Be careful not to harm your family master." Just like Magistrate Wen, he was caught in the wrong place and beheaded."
Is this okay?
The burly knight was the leader of the generals who had shaken the city gates earlier. He opened the way and directed his servants to play gongs and drums. He walked too slowly and felt very uncomfortable.
When I heard that a fisherman dared to be disrespectful to me and his master, I became so angry that I turned my horse's head on the spot and whipped him off.
Peng...
This time it was not a false blow, but a real blow on the fisherman's shoulder and back. Blood spattered and the flesh burst open.
The whipping made the fisherman roll over and fall to the ground, wailing like a slaughtered pig.
"You bastard, how dare you curse the county magistrate? Come here, take him to jail and interrogate him to see who instigated it?"
This company has so much experience that it just slaps a big hat on it.
I thought to myself, I am not scared enough to make these unscrupulous people tremble and kowtow, facing the majesty of the master.
Some people don't use thunderous tactics or give a blow, and they don't know the difference between officials and the people at all.
Moreover, he still thought in his heart that even if the other party begged for mercy, he could not let him go. If he did not correct him, he would lose his skin. He would not let others underestimate his master, and it would not be easy to manage Baling in the future.
