What Dai Qi asked was exactly what Su Hao was thinking. At first, he thought today's conflict was an ordinary provocation by gangsters, but when he saw Wei Laohu coming, he realized that this was not an accidental provocation.
, but someone arranged it behind the scenes. When Xiao An appeared, Su Hao shifted his doubts to the county government. He keenly felt that someone in the county government was causing trouble for him.
Hearing Dai Qi's question, Su Hao followed his words and said, "That's right, Lao Dai, I feel something is fishy. Can Lao Dai give me some advice?"
Dai Qi said: "Master Su, you just asked me how I came here. Listen to me... In fact, when the conflict started between you, several people came to the county government to report the news. But the strange thing is that
, the detectives on the fast shift usually rush to deal with the case if they receive a report, but this time they all used the excuse that they had other things to do and kept putting off going out."
"That's it." Su Hao nodded. It turned out that not all passers-by on the street were cold-blooded, but some people went to the police in time. The reason why the police officers didn't arrive was because someone was causing trouble and preventing the police officers from going forward.
to handle this matter.
Dai Qi said: "I didn't pay attention at first, but then I heard them mention your name, and then I realized that you were the party to the conflict. I ran to the express team to ask them to deal with it, and they told me that Xiao An had taken
People went to the scene. I was afraid that they would do something bad to you, so I ran over quickly and slowly. Fortunately, you and the eldest lady are okay."
Su Hao said: "If my two border army brothers hadn't arrived in time, I would have been lying on the bed now. Whether I could stand up in this life is a matter of debate. I'm confused, who is like this with me?
You have to put me to death for such a big hatred?"
Dai Qi said: "As far as I know, it's not that the other party said they wanted to put Master to death. It's more likely that they just want to beat you, Master. However, the beating failed, and the conflict between the two parties intensified, which led to this point."
Su Hao said: "That's true. They first made things difficult for my sister and wanted us to pay five taels of silver. I couldn't get angry, so I started a conflict with them. I thought, if those two bachelors hadn't been knocked to the ground by us at the beginning,
Wei Laohu will not show up."
"That's right." Dai Qi responded.
Su Hao asked: "Old Dai, as far as you know, who wants to beat me up? I have only been in the county government for a few months, and I haven't fought for power with anyone, and I haven't violated anyone's interests. Why would someone want to beat me up?"
"
Su Hao knew that Dai Qi brought him to the restaurant because he wanted to tell him these things, so he asked the question bluntly. If Dai Qi didn't want to reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, he wouldn't have done it in the first place.
He would mention this matter again but remain silent, and Su Hao could do nothing.
Sure enough, Dai Qi pretended to ponder for a while and then said: "Well, Master Su, when it comes to this, I, Dai Qi, am sorry for you."
"How do you say this?" Su Hao asked.
Dai Qi said: "In the past, our workshop was the least profitable place in the county government, and no one cared about us. To be honest, in the past, the officials in our workshop had their hands in the project, and they could not get one hundred taels in a year.
The money is worth one share for more than ten people, not to mention not much. With such a small amount of money, the people in other houses, as well as several county officials, will not take it seriously. "
"Yeah." Su Hao nodded without interrupting Dai Qi's narration.
Dai Qi continued: "Since you, Master Su, came to the workshop to become the master, the appearance of our workshop has changed drastically. The promotion of Han's stove has made Master Han quite satisfied, and our workshop has also made a lot of money. Master, are you here today?"
The Gongfang distributed money to everyone, and each person received 7 taels and 5 taels of silver. This was a major event that caused a sensation in the entire county government."
Su Hao sighed: "You guys, why can't you keep calm about anything? How can we let other departments know about our private distribution of money? Where can we put such a thing if we divide 200 taels of silver at once?
They all have to make people jealous."
Dai Qi said: "Well, I know this too, but what can I do? There are so many government officials in our workhouse, and who doesn't have a few relatives and friends? How can we cover up these things? Besides, in the past, the government officials in the workhouse made little money.
He is a laughing stock in the eyes of others. Now that there is an opportunity to make money, who doesn’t want to find someone to brag and show off?”
Su Hao said: "That's true. Lao Dai, you just said that you were sorry for me, so what should you say?"
Dai Qi said: "Master, you are new here and don't understand the rules of the county government. It's not surprising. But I, Lao Dai, have worked in the county government for more than twenty years, and I have sent away seven or eight generations of county magistrates, county magistrates, and chief registrars.
, Dian Shi, if you say I don’t understand the rules, you are calling me, Lao Dai, a fool. But in this matter, I really made a mistake."
"How do you say it?" Su Hao asked.
Dai Qi said: "Logically speaking, if our workshop pays out money like this, several county officials should get some share of the profits. But I only paid tribute to the magistrate of Han County, and I ignored the other officials. Originally, I still
I thought we would discuss how to honor them when you come back, but in the end I was so busy that I forgot about it."
Su Hao understood somewhat and said, "You mean... just because of this incident, the county magistrate and others intend to beat me up?"
"This matter has to start with a few officials of our county government..." Dai Qi simply threw away his pretense of caution and began to popularize political common sense in the county government to Su Hao.
In the county government of the Ming Dynasty, there were four officials appointed by the court, namely the county magistrate of the seventh grade, the county magistrate of the eighth grade, the chief bookkeeper of the ninth grade, and the unofficial history officer. Of course, among these officials, the county magistrate
The largest and most powerful. However, since everyone is appointed by the imperial court, the county magistrate, chief registrar, and dianshi are not very afraid of the magistrate. On the contrary, they often have some intention of competing with the magistrate.
As superior agencies, government agencies, chief envoys, governors and procuratorates, etc. often adopt an attitude of overt and covert praise towards the political conflicts between several officials in the county government. On the surface, they will demand that the county government officials sincerely unite and work together.
However, in private, they would encourage the county magistrate and others to supervise the words and deeds of the magistrate and infringe upon the power of the magistrate. This is because in this way, the magistrate cannot use local power to fight against the superiors, which is conducive to the superiors' local management.
The magistrate of Fengcheng County Government is named Han, and the other three officials are all named Wang. The county magistrate is named Wang Qi, the chief registrar is named Wang Fengshao, and the official historian is named Wang Yixue. Although these three people are all named Wang, they have no family ties.
There are some inexplicable and unexplained dissensions among each other. The officials in the county government all know that the officials in the county government are friendly on the surface, but they are all on guard against each other in private. The officials work under them,
It is inevitable to choose sides, which is very troublesome.
In the past, because the Gongfang was engaged in some engineering projects, although a lot of money and food were involved, because the projects were all budgeted, there was not much room to really take action, so the officials in the county government were not interested in the Gongfang.
Interest. In terms of functional division, the workshop is managed by Dian Shi Wang Yixue, but Wang Yixue rarely interferes in the affairs of the workshop. On the contrary, Han Wen himself cares more about the workshop.
When Han Wen appointed Su Hao as the master of the workshop, Fang Mengjin once told him that the workshop was a place where there was profit and success. In fact, this was just talk. Other departments, such as the household room, the execution room, and the fast class, etc., due to the involved
In matters such as taxation and criminal prosecution, there are many opportunities to collect bribes from the parties, which in turn makes them more profitable.
The workhouse was in such a state that his father did not love him and his mother did not love him, so it was quite peaceful. As the clerk of the workhouse, Dai Qi had the image of a good old man in the county government, and he did not have a close relationship with any official. It was equivalent to seeing him
Everyone nodded and bowed, and no one had any thoughts about him.
But after Su Hao came to the workshop, the situation was different. The work of digging a well won the praise of Fan Lai, the prefect of Nanchang. The promotion of Han's stove can be said to be both fame and fortune. He earned a lot of money and got a close friend.
A reputation for being pragmatic. As a result, people began to pay attention to the existence of the workshop.
This morning, Su Hao announced the ten key tasks in the future in the workshop. Anyone who is interested can know that these ten tasks are very profitable. I am afraid that it is possible to earn ten thousand taels of silver per year. Such a big cake, Su Hao
Apart from reporting to Han Wen, Hao actually didn't say hello to several other officials. This didn't make others secretly upset, so someone started planning to beat Su Hao.
Some government officials knew that Su Hao's sister Lu Xiu'er was selling tea eggs in the county town, so some interested people decided to start from there. Because directly asking people to warn Su Hao would be too revealing, who would know that this ignorant little kid
How will the master respond? If he makes trouble, it will be difficult to deal with after all. But making things difficult for Lu Xiuer seems more normal. If Han Wen is to pursue it, it will be just an ordinary ruffian causing trouble, and there is nothing to say.
After bullying Lu Xiuer, someone will naturally remind Su Hao and let him know that this matter is related to his own publicity. If Su Hao is smart, he will know what to do next. If he is not smart enough... then think again
Let's try to make him smarter.
The original plan was probably to let the two gangsters make things difficult for Lu Xiuer and cause disputes, and it would be best to attract Su Hao to the scene. The people Wei Laohu brought were as a reserve team, in case unsuspecting passers-by came to help.
Over at the county government, someone had already told the fast class to wait until Lu Xiuer or Su Hao were beaten before cleaning up the mess.
The whole plan was perfect. The only thing that was not calculated was that Su Hao actually knew some kung fu, and Lu Xiuer was a country tough girl, and she actually picked up two gangsters. When Wei Laohu led people out to save the scene, Deng Kui