Magistrate Han suffered from insomnia. This condition is very rare at his age.
He spent the whole night worrying about the five highnesses. What he was thinking about was how the highnesses would sleep tonight? Did they get cold? Did they eat before going to bed? Will they be bullied?
He has never cared so much about his youngest son who stayed in his hometown in Shaoxing.
There is really no way! Don’t look at the fact that the emperor is now ruthlessly training the five highnesses. But if any of the five brothers makes a mistake, they will eventually be blamed on his parents.
What a parent official, just the invisible nanny of the five princes.
Alas, it’s such a tiresome job...
After tossing and turning until dawn, he felt a little sleepy, so he canceled his favorite appointment and covered his head to catch up on some sleep.
After sleeping until almost noon, Magistrate Han was still worried when he woke up. He decided to find an excuse to go to the sensor village after lunch and see with his own eyes before he felt relieved.
He was devouring his rice when Secretary Li asked to see him outside.
"What's the matter?" Han Yike asked with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
"Your Majesty, Chief Jia from Jinqiaokan has come to file a complaint." Li Sili hurriedly whispered.
"Who are you suing?" Han Yike picked up a chopstick and fried tofu.
"They are the five brothers from boss Xie's family," Secretary Li whispered.
"Ah?" Han Yike tightened his hands when he heard this, and the tofu was cut in half and fell on the table. He was so angry that he clapped his chopsticks and said:
"This is going to be anti-foreign! This trend can't last long. Give me a quick beating, and then you can shackle me again after the beating!"
"This..." Li Sili didn't expect that the county magistrate's reaction would be so great. He quickly reminded him: "Then I'm afraid Jinqiaokan won't accept it anymore."
Since ancient times, imperial power has not been allowed to go to the countryside. In order to prevent corrupt officials from harassing the people, Zhu Yuanzhang strictly ordered counties not to go to the countryside without any reason. Therefore, it was necessary to rely on the gentry and village elders to maintain grassroots rule.
You might not care too much about officials like Han Zhixian, but Li Sili, a landowner, is not willing to offend the village elders.
"Forget it, let's call him in for a meeting." Han Yike calmed down and knew that violence could not solve the conflict. At least, it would not be too late to ask for answers before fighting.
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After a while, the old man who had stolen the firewood followed Li Sili into the third hall, kowtowed to his old parents, and called himself Tang Youzhong.
Han Yike asked him to get up and talk, then gave him a seat and said kindly:
"Chief Tang Jia, I heard everything from Secretary Li. They are still children. I just need to send someone to teach them a lesson.
You don’t need to be so serious, right?”
"But old parents, have you ever seen a child who is eight feet tall, has a beard, and has a lot of hair on his heart? We are scared." Old Man Tang said with a bitter face: "Besides, these brothers are very vicious. If we don't send him away as soon as possible,
If you leave, you will definitely become the dominant player in this town."
"Hey, it's not that bad." Han Yike cupped his hands toward the south and said:
"To tell you the truth, they are all sons of my old boss's family, and their backgrounds are very good. They are just living in your village temporarily. When the time comes, they will definitely go back."
He only dared to speak to this extent so that Old Man Tang could understand what he meant.
"Then who can say for sure." Old Man Tang curled his lips. The most important thing Fengyang Mansion lacked was prisoners and their families. There were not many people who could turn around.
Li Sili murmured to Han Yike for a while.
After hearing this, Magistrate Han pondered for a moment, smiled at Old Man Tang and said, "I heard that you don't have a villager there yet."
Old Tang, who was still angry at first, started to smile when he heard this.
Obviously, the position of chief here is a great temptation for him.
At present, Boss Zhu has not yet completely clarified the Lijia system, but has already conducted pilot projects in places such as Fengyang and Yingtian.
The various pilot projects are pretty much the same, basically every ten households have one A, and every ten A have one li.
The li chief is responsible for 'managing the affairs of the li', from the distribution and collection of taxes and levies to the trial and handling of civil disputes and minor cases. There is nothing they cannot handle.
Because the number of households in Jinqiaokan is too small, only about twenty households in total, so it has to be merged into one village with the other two villages. At this time, the significance of the chief is even more important. If it falls on people from other villages,
It is certain that if you are bullied in the whole village, you will not be able to take advantage.
Chief Tang Jia also knew that there were few people in his village, and most of the seats here were from neighboring villages, so he didn't even count on them.
But now that the elder mentioned it, his heart immediately became excited...
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"Yeah." Tang Jia was more respectful. "Returning to the eldest master, because three villages can make up one li, the leader of any village cannot convince the public, so the position of li chief has been undecided."
"People are suffering and suffering here, and the court doesn't pay salaries. Maybe you have to pay for it yourself. There's no need to fight." Han Yike glanced at Secretary Li and said, "In my opinion, Chief Tang Jia is a very good person.
The right candidate."
"Yes, Chief Tang Jia is a kind-hearted elder. He takes care of the folks in Jinqiaokan as his own children." Director Li immediately understood and said, "This is especially true for new immigrants."
"I haven't done enough, I will work harder in this direction." Tang Jiazhang quickly expressed his position by patting his chest. "Please, the eldest master and Tikong, be at ease!"
"What about your complaint?" Magistrate Han asked, holding a teacup and blowing hot air.
"I won't sue, I won't sue." Tang Jia Chang shook his head hurriedly and said: "I will go back and tell the people in the village that I don't want to be like these children."
"It's not enough to ignore them." Han Yike took a sip of melon slices and said, "Let's treat them as a test for you."
"Test?" Tang Jia was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"As for them, they are all originally young men. They don't know anything about rural things, and it's normal for them to have bad tempers. If you can help them adapt to rural life, take care of their urgent needs, and give them what they need... like this
Well, as long as you help them successfully complete an autumn harvest, this mileage will be yours."
"This shows that you are benevolent, capable, and patient. Who can resist you becoming the head of the village?" Li Sili also helped: "How about it, Chief Tang Jia? Do you agree?"
"..." Tang Jia thought for a moment, then nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I agree."
"But there's one thing. You can only teach them by words and deeds, but you can't help them. That's cheating." Han Yike warned again.
He was worried that Ping An would report that he sent people to help His Highnesses farm the land. In the eyes of the Emperor, he would not only be a big troll. He would also be a big deceitful troll. p>
Then you will never get ahead.
"Hey, good." Tang Jiazhang naturally agreed. He was also worried that the elder would let the villagers work for those young men. There was no way to explain that.
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When Chief Tang Jia walked out of the county government office, a group of men from Jinqiaokan quickly gathered around him.
"How's it going, Commander A?"
"Does the county master agree?"
"Well..." Tang Jiazhang looked around at everyone, and after they calmed down, he said slowly:
"I think those children are not hopeless. We may have frightened them this morning. It's better to apologize and start over..."
Everyone was dumbfounded after hearing this, who was scaring whom?
ps. Chapter 6, more updates will be added after ordering in 2000.
