After County Magistrate Gao arrived in Shengtang County, various troubles ensued. Although his duties as magistrate were still going on normally and orders must be carried out, the result of his battle with Cui Jianfeng this time was that although he won many battles

, but in the end it was a complete failure, and the consequences were quite severe.

First, according to his instructions, the county lieutenant set up an ambush on Huainan Road and borrowed more than fifty soldiers from Zhechong Mansion in the northeast of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Later, he took these soldiers to Wucheng to capture a female bandit.

Later, nearly a hundred soldiers were seconded from Zhechong Mansion in the southeast of Wucheng to arrest Lu Tong and others. Although they succeeded, Zhechong Mansion was attacked by Chen Yuntian and others.

The result? As a result, the Ministry of War was alarmed by the incident. The Minister of the Ministry of War sent his confidant Fan Zhendong to investigate the case in Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road, and arrested Gao County Magistrate's friend Wu Dong, the Protector of Zhechong Prefecture, and the county lieutenant on charges.

Unauthorized deployment of government soldiers to participate in local affairs resulted in a large number of casualties among the government soldiers.

Not to mention, he wrote a lot of IOUs due to insufficient service funds during Wu Chengwan's disappearance. He wanted to pay the money out of the county government funds after he completed the investigation and took office. Unexpectedly, before he took office, his Wu Chengwan

The identity of the county magistrate of Cheng County was revoked. However, the creditor brought the IOU issued by him to Wucheng County to demand money.

Unexpectedly, Wucheng County Magistrate became Zheng Mingjie again, while Gao County Magistrate, Zhang County Magistrate, etc. were all revoked by subsequent transfer orders. Zhang County Magistrate did not issue any IOU, but Gao County Magistrate was different.

At that time, he was supposed to go to the office to hand over the case in person, but he disappeared because of his own cleverness. Although he was also trying to investigate the case, who would have expected that before the case was completed, Lou Zi was stabbed.

No, on the fourth day after he returned to Shengtang County, Zhechong Mansion, which had been attacked in the northeastern part of the county, sent someone to investigate him for letting his county captain call Shengbei and Wudong without authorization.

The officers and soldiers of the Chuzhe Chong Prefecture were used to handle local cases, which triggered an attack on the barracks by local horse bandits, causing heavy casualties.

Magistrate Gao was very angry about this. After all, he was a senior general of the Duhufu. What was wrong with coordinating with the Duhu of Zhechong Prefecture in order to investigate and deal with the horse bandits who attacked the barracks?

In a rage, he took several government officials to the Ministry of War to cause a scene. Because the Ministry of War also had its own staff, and he was a meritorious general of the Tang Dynasty, the Minister of War could not do anything to him.

For fear of making the matter bigger and alerting the Queen, the Minister of War had to greet him with a smile in order to calm the situation. However, this Gao County Magistrate was not a waste of money. He went even further and demanded the release of his staff, Wu Dongzhe Chongfu Governor.

and his county captain.

"These two people caused serious casualties to Shengbei Zhechong Mansion and Wudong Zhechong Mansion. The Ministry of War is investigating their background, which also involves you." The Minister of War said with a helpless smile: "I can't make the decision on this matter alone.

"

"Then who can make the decision in this matter? Who can make the decision?" Magistrate Gao asked angrily.

"The Yushitai is in charge." The Minister of the Ministry of War said with a smile: "Now the magistrate's court in Lijingmen is also in charge of such things." The Minister of the Ministry of War actually wanted to scare the Gao County Magistrate.

"Okay, I'll go find Lai Junchen from the Magistrate's Court and see if he can eat me?" Magistrate Gao was so angry that he kicked open the door of the Minister of War's inspection room, and there was a bang!

More than a dozen guards ran into the inspection room and blocked Magistrate Gao's gun with swords.

"You bitch!" Magistrate Gao was so angry that he stared at his own chest and said, "If you have the guts, stab me here! This grandpa has been fighting for decades and crawled out from among the dead."

"Stop!" Shangshu of the Ministry of War shouted to the guards who rushed in: "Put away your sword and stand back!"

"Forgive my subordinates for being rude, General Gao." After the Minister of War dismissed the guards, he turned to Magistrate Gao with a smile on his face, clasping his fists and folding his hands in a salute: "Forgive me for being rude, junior."

"Then what do you want to do with the Wudong Zhechong Prefecture Protector and Cao County Lieutenant?" Magistrate Gao still had an angry look on his face and ignored the promotion of the Minister of War.

"Well," the Minister of the Ministry of War still shook his head in embarrassment: "I really can't make the decision on this matter. How about this, you go back first, and I will negotiate with your staff and try to release you two through their activities."

In fact, it's not that the minister of the rear can't talk about this matter, but that he feels that if this old bastard is allowed to deal with such issues, where will he put his face? If something like this happens below, some scapegoats must be chosen.

Kill the chicken and show it to the monkey, right?

Now this old bastard wants to take away these two chickens. Is he willing?

But if he doesn't agree to the desperate old guy in front of him, he might go to the Yushitai, or even to the office where Junchen is inspected in Lijing Gate, which is the Judges' Court. Then wouldn't he become the subject of their scrutiny?

This is even scarier.

After much deliberation, he felt that it would be better to put things to rest. It was not worth it to behead this old and immortal man who had lost his official position.

"You want to use the opportunity to delay the attack to tease me?" Magistrate Gao curled his lips contemptuously: "I will die here for you to see." After that, he was about to kill himself with his sword.

"No," the Minister of the Ministry of War said anxiously, "I promise you, I will let you go immediately."

"What about his official position and salary?" Magistrate Gao asked again. This old guy is really hateful!

"As usual, I won't cause trouble for him again, don't worry." The Minister of War still nodded with a smile on his face: "Stop being like this and put down your sword."

Magistrate Gao glared at the Minister of War and fiercely inserted the sword into its scabbard.

"Madu is in trouble," the Minister of War had no choice but to shout out the door.

"Here." A seventh-rank official trotted in hurriedly and stood in front of the Minister of War.

"How are those two people who were taken from Jiangnan Road last month?" asked the Minister of War.

"We have been jailed and we will wait for your fate." Du Shi glanced at the old county magistrate and said.

Du Shi is also a seventh-rank official, similar to ordinary county magistrates. He is mainly responsible for sending and receiving documents, inspecting and supervising seals, etc.

"You tell Minister Lin to let those two people go, and don't worry about their cases."

"Honor your order!" Ma Dushi turned around and walked away, still trotting.

"Is that all right now?" Minister of the Ministry of War said with a long, gloomy face.

"I'll wait for them here, and then we'll go together." Magistrate Gao ignored him.

"It's up to you!" the Minister of War said angrily: "In the future, don't blindly get involved in the affairs of our Ministry of War."

"I am a soldier," the old county magistrate said without any sign of weakness: "Zhao Hu and I both cooperated in hunting down the horse bandits who attacked the barracks. This is exactly what a soldier should do."

"But don't forget, you are now a local official and have nothing to do with our military generals. You indiscriminately used Zhechongfu soldiers to hunt down local criminals. As a result, our barracks became the target of attacks by local bandits, resulting in

A large number of officers and soldiers suffered casualties."

"It is the duty of every soldier to ensure the security of the Tang Dynasty. Do you think we made a mistake in pursuing the criminals who attacked the barracks?"

"That's right, but what was the result? It resulted in a large number of casualties among the officers and soldiers of Wudong Zhechong Prefecture. Can you bear this responsibility?"

"I am the county magistrate who investigated the attack on Shengbei Barracks. This case occurred in our county. According to the Criminal Code of the Tang Dynasty, this case should be investigated and handled by our county government. For this reason, I worked with the governor of Shengbei Zhechong Prefecture and Wu

Is it wrong for the guards of Dongzhe Chong Prefecture to cooperate in chasing down the criminal?"

"That's right, but you, old man, should stop taking care of the affairs of our Military Department from now on. If something happens and there are not enough staff, you can just ask your Criminal Department."

"I am a county magistrate, not a county lieutenant. I am not a person directly under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice, but a person directly under the supervision of the court. Do you understand?" County Magistrate Gao glared at the Minister of War and said.

"Then just go to your direct management department, go to the court, go to the Queen, and don't trouble our Ministry of War for your own affairs." The Minister of the Ministry of War roared angrily: "You let our officers and soldiers go to war for no reason.

Are you still reasonable after suffering casualties? You have to understand that if the Queen knows about this, not to mention you two, even your head will not be able to stay on your shoulders for a long time."

"You want to scare me with this? You're too young." Magistrate Gao sneered.

"Report to the Minister," at this moment Ma Du came in at a trot and said, "I have brought those two here according to your order."

"Let them come in." The Minister of the Ministry of War softened his tone: "You ask the cook to prepare a table of wine and food for the three distinguished guests, and I and Lin Shilang will bid farewell to them later."

"No need." Magistrate Gao said coldly: "We go out to the street to eat ourselves, and you will spend money without bothering us."

"Old general, why are you doing this?" the Minister of War said looking very embarrassed.

At this time, Lin Shilang of the Ministry of War walked in happily with the guards and county captains.

"Let's go." As soon as County Magistrate Gao saw the two of them, he pulled them out.

When Magistrate Gao turned his head, the Minister of War clearly saw a line of tears flowing from the old general's eyes and onto his cheeks.
Chapter completed!