"Sir, please save me! My lord, please save me!"
Jia Daquan, who was patrolling the riverside in the outer city of Wuchang, followed Zhang Qian, the prefect of Wuchang, like a dog, begging for mercy.
Zhang Qian's face looked like frost, and his eyelids were twitching.
"Sir, you have to save Bei Zhi! Chang Hou's soldiers rushed into Bei Zhi's house. If Bei Zhi hadn't jumped over the wall and ran away, he would have been captured by him and thrown into prison by now!"
"My lord, my lord, there is something wrong with the humble position. But the humble position is an official of Wuchang Mansion! If you want to be punished, it is up to you. Although the status of Changhou is respected, he is only a warrior. He mobilized troops to arrest people without permission, which violated the king's law.
.....”
"Shut up!" Zhang Qian's head was buzzing and he turned around and said angrily, "Wang Fa belongs to his family!" As he said that, he couldn't help but cursed, "You...you..."
He cursed, but he didn't know what to curse.
He could only shake his head helplessly and continue walking towards the yard.
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Gu... Gua!
As soon as he entered the backyard, Zhang Qian heard a sound like a toad.
This scream made him more and more upset. He kicked open the door and saw a fat white man on the bed, with his belly raised and his mouth open.
Gu... Gua!
Gu! Gua!
And along with the fat man's snoring, the room was filled with a stench.
"Get up, you're still sleeping!"
Zhang Qian cursed angrily, and then his eyes fell to the side.
At the head of the bed, a figure stood timidly, with his head lowered and his hands holding the sheets to cover his chest.
Maybe it was because Zhang Qian came in too suddenly, and the sheet only covered the key parts, the snow-white shoulders, the delicate collarbone...
"Goo!"
Zhang Qian swallowed secretly. The woman in front of him was probably his brother-in-law, the concubine of Bai Buyi, the tax collector of Wuchang City.
"grown ups...."
The concubine whispered, then slowly raised her head, looking at Zhang Qian with thick eyes.
"Goo!"
Zhang Qian swallowed secretly again and thought to himself, "This little goblin is killing people!"
At this moment, Bai Buyi's snoring suddenly stopped while he was lying on the bed.
Then he suddenly turned over and looked at Zhang Qian and others in confusion, "Brother-in-law, why are you here?"
In fact, he was not a permanent official in the Ming Dynasty, but he had to collect commercial taxes, and the sources of commercial taxes were too complex. In addition, there had to be dedicated people to keep an eye on them, otherwise the merchants would cheat.
That's why the central government decided on such a temporary solution and let all the states in the world choose their own.
Things in the world have always been like this. As long as the central government tells you to take care of it, the people below will do whatever they want to do.
"It's already dawn and you're still sleeping?" Zhang Qian waved his hands in disgust to drive away the stench from the tip of his nose, "Get dressed!"
"What are you doing up?" Bai Buyi continued confused.
"Go to the Chief Secretary's Yamen to plead guilty!" Zhang Qian said angrily, "Your men have set a big trap for me! If you don't plead guilty, my future will be over, and so will yours!"
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Half an hour later, in the main hall of the front yard, Bai Buyi sat on a chair in a daze after hearing the whole story.
One of his men actually offended Chang Hou! That damn name is Chang Hou, and he even shudders when he hears his name!
"I..." Bai Buyi looked at Jia Daquan, who was holding his tail between his legs like a dog, and jumped up suddenly, "Oh my god, you bully people and you don't even look at the almanac?"
As he spoke, he grabbed the vase next to him and threw it at Jia Daquan's head.
Jia Daquan flashed, and with a snap, the exquisite vase instantly turned into pieces.
But Bai Buyi still couldn't calm down, so he stood up and started to take action.
"That's enough!" Zhang Qian said angrily, "Is now the time to make trouble?" Then, he looked at the frightened Jia Daquan, "You go down first, and I'll look for you when I come back!"
"Sir, you must save me..."
"Go down!" Zhang Qian said impatiently.
Jia Daquan could only hold back his words, sighed helplessly, and turned around to go out.
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"Brother-in-law, what should we do?"
Bai Buyi panicked and whispered, "That's Marquis Chang!"
"Why are you panicking?" Zhang Qian glared at him, "What's wrong with Chang Hou?"
"..." Bai Buyi paused and said at a loss, "Have you offended him...?"
"It's not you who offended me!" Zhang Qian sneered.
Hearing this, Bai Buyi was even more stunned and couldn't think of it for a long time.
"Although Chang Hou has a distinguished status, after all, he is only the commander of the Huguang Dusi, not the chief envoy of our Huguang provincial chief secretary!" Zhang Qian continued, "He can only manage the military, not civil affairs!"
After saying that, he paused and said, "He sent troops to arrest people, which is an act of arrogance! Speaking of which, if the lawsuit really went to the imperial court, he would not ignore it! Oh, he was attacked by a few tax collectors, and he was arrested all over the city.
People? You still want to arrest the imperial officials?"
Bai Buyi was confused. He couldn't understand why his brother-in-law changed his attitude from the serious lapse just now and became indifferent.
"What about this...?"
"After all, something happened. After all, it was your tax collectors and the inspection department who were at fault!" Zhang Qian said again, "I heard that it was caused by bullying other small traders!" As he said that, he glared bitterly.
Bai Buyi glanced at him and said, "I told you a long time ago that you have to take good care of the people below! How can the officials of the imperial court be like bandits?"
"Aren't the officials of the imperial court always like bandits?" Bai Buyi said aggrievedly, "Otherwise, the common people wouldn't be afraid!"
"Things that are worthless should not be put on the table!" Zhang Qian cursed in his heart and continued, "You will follow me to the Chief Secretary later to apologize to the Chief Envoy?"
"Didn't you say it's not a big deal...?"
Zhang Qian looked at Bai Buyi helplessly and said mockingly, "If even a little bit of the flesh on your belly was in your head, you wouldn't ask such a stupid question?"
As he spoke, he whispered, "We can only find someone to take the blame first if we apologize to the Chief Minister, otherwise the blame will be placed on you and me?"
"Who should be blamed? What crime should be blamed?"
Zhang Qian really wanted to slap him and said angrily, "Of course it's a crime of lax governance and humiliating the people!"
"Oh, I thought it was the crime of bumping into Chang Hou..."
"Huh..." Zhang Qian took a deep breath and controlled his emotions, "This is the same thing. Let's apologize to the Chief Secretary first. The bad things are all done by the people below. If the people below don't do bad things,
Isn’t it possible to collide with Chang Hou?”
"Well, what you said makes sense!" Bai Buyi blinked.
Then, he suddenly became a little annoyed, "Then, are Jia Daquan and the others going to be in trouble?" ωωw..net
"What, you can't bear to part with it?"
"He collects all the taxes in the outer city!" Bai Buyi said anxiously, "If he takes the blame, then...who will collect the taxes!" He said anxiously, "The court doesn't
It's up to you to collect taxes from the outer city..."
Zhang Qian felt pain in his heart and was so painful that he couldn't breathe.
"How come you have such a brain? Without Jia Daquan or Zhou Daquan, as long as you are an individual, you can collect taxes! Don't you understand? The top priority is to find someone to take the blame... Don't you understand? Something happened.
, someone must bear it! You are not willing to let Jia Daquan bear it, will you bear it? "
"No, no, no!" Bai Buyi shook his head like a rattle.
Then, he whispered again, "That Jia Daquan is covered, if there is no danger of life..."
"I bumped into Marquis Chang and bullied the people. It was nothing more than dismissal from office! Is it possible that Marquis Chang wanted someone's head because someone else bumped into him?" Zhang Qian sneered, "What does he think of the Chief Secretary?"
"Besides, if he is really angry, the tax collectors and police officers can just let him do whatever they want! Let's turn a blind eye to those who beat them to death."
Bai Buyi seemed to suddenly realize, "Oh, then this matter is over!"
"Asshole!" Zhang Qian scolded again, "That's Chang Hou. Even though someone is backing him, you and I still have to express our stance!"
This chapter has been completed!