Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 66 The Governor’s Mansion is on fire, eight hundred miles to rush
Chapter 66 The Governor’s Mansion is on fire, eight hundred miles to rush
Night falls.
The villagers dragged their tired bodies and minds back.
Today's experience made them angry and scared.
During today's work, a total of sixteen villagers were whipped.
Anyone caught being lazy will be whipped, as if they are criminals.
After the meal, at the head of Sanjia Village's house, several respected old men and several vigorous young people gathered around the fire.
"It's so abominable. Are we going to resume farming together?"
Some young people are unhappy.
He is the first man to be whipped today.
He was whipped twice in total, and he wanted to kill the yamen servant.
If he hadn't considered that his son was still young and his parents were old, he would have almost risked his life.
"Village chief, what do you think we should do?"
"Let them bully us like this?"
Another young man spoke.
When he finished his work in the afternoon, Lin Yangbo told him to continue tomorrow.
In other words, they will be oppressed by the government officials tomorrow just like they were today.
Who can bear to be stared at like this when they are obviously carrying water for their fields?
"Then what do you think it should be?"
The village chief leaned against the wall tiredly.
He is already fifty years old, and he almost died from exhaustion today.
"Go sue them!"
The young people at the scene all said hard.
"Where to file a complaint?"
The village chief smiled bitterly.
Why didn't he know how to sue them?
But the resumption of farming was ordered by the governor, and they just listened to the governor's words.
Everyone was silent, and there was only the light of fireworks in the night, which stretched everyone's silhouette.
After a while.
"Village chief, I don't think the governor is that kind of person."
"Since he has resumed farming in various counties and opened ten factories to recruit people and pay wages, there is no need to make things difficult for us."
"I suspect it's the county magistrate's bastards who are behind this, and I still want to go to the governor and report them!"
The young man who was whipped said solemnly.
He was not angry and wanted to seek justice for himself.
"Ale, if what happened today was ordered by the governor, you might not be able to come back. Are you sure you want to go?"
The village chief sighed.
I didn’t stop it, but I talked about the pros and cons.
If the governor colludes with the county magistrate, there is a high probability that he will not come back.
"I..."
A Lei clenched his fists and his words were stuck in his throat.
At this moment, the images of parents, wife and children appeared in my mind.
"I'm going!"
"My parents died young and I have no brothers or sisters. Brother Lei has been kind to me over the years. I can't watch him being bullied like this!"
A young man stood up in the field.
He is still young, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a little childishness on his face.
"Dog!"
Are choked up.
Just like that, Sanjia Village is preparing to file a lawsuit.
Gouzi and a few young people set out overnight.
However, on the way to Liaozhou City, they were beaten half to death and then dumped at the entrance of Sanjia Village. The villagers only discovered it after the village dog barked in the middle of the night.
From then on, the village chief and others did not dare to think about filing a complaint.
......
This night.
A big event also happened in Liaozhou City.
The governor's office was on fire, and three state officials who were keeping watch were injured.
Something was missing, like theft, but there was a fire and a lot of copywriting was burned.
After learning the news, Fang Yuan got up overnight, came from Fang Mansion with his guards, and put out the fire with officials from other places.
"Check carefully!"
"Whatever is lost or burned, report it one by one!"
Fang Yuan's face turned solemn and he said coldly.
There are still people who dare to break into the Governor's Mansion. How brave they are.
Ordinary people should not have the guts to hit the three state officials on duty.
Then it might be some desperadoes, or it might be some aristocratic families in Liaozhou City.
The former is unlikely, but the latter makes Fang Yuan very suspicious.
After a while.
"There is nothing missing from the Si Gong Department!"
"Nothing is missing from the Sikang office!"
"Nothing is missing from the office of the Secretary!"
......
"Zun Zun, the archives office in the front yard was burned down, and fifteen paintings and calligraphy and seven vases were lost in the back yard."
Not long after, the person in charge of each place counted their belongings and came back to report.
In the end, the archives office that Zhang San was responsible for was burned down, and some things were missing from the backyard.
"Archives Office?!"
Fang Yuan's brows furrowed deeper.
The archives office is the place where files, documents and meeting minutes are stored.
"Zun Zun, is it possible that..."
Zhang San frowned and said in a deep voice.
Not long ago, they just held a high-level meeting in Liaozhou.
"Where are the people I asked you to keep an eye on?"
Fang Yuan naturally also thought about that aspect.
These guys actually sent people to burn down the archives office. What do they want?
"They come back every night to report. I don't know what happened today, but they haven't come back yet."
Zhang San said in a deep voice.
Fang Yuan asked him to send people to keep an eye on the three county magistrates.
These people usually send someone back at night to tell them the situation.
But he hasn't come back today. Zhang San didn't think much about it, so he didn't tell Fang Yuan yet.
Now that this happened, he thought about this. Something must have happened that prevented them from coming back.
"Zhang San, you are confused!"
"Send someone to investigate immediately, secretly!"
Fang Yuan's eyes turned cold and he glared at Zhang San fiercely.
If they don't come back, they don't even inform me in advance.
"Yes, yes!"
Zhang San quickly responded.
He took several state officials and left overnight.
"Don't go back yet, work overtime tonight."
Fang Yuan turned back to look at Si Hu and the others, and said in a deep voice.
I don’t know if there are people who should cooperate with each other inside and outside. It would be best to stay first.
"Yes."
No one dared not listen.
Everyone returns to their work stations.
Fang Yuan sat back on his seat as governor. Under the dim light, his figure looked extremely heavy.
An entire hour later, Zhang San finally returned and brought back someone, who was the spy sent out.
"Zun Zhou, someone is blocking the road!"
Zhang San said in a deep voice.
He set out cautiously and found someone walking on the road from Liaoshan County to Liaozhou City.
After careful observation, I realized that they were blocking the way and did not want people from other places to enter Liaozhou City.
"What happened?"
Fang Yuan looked at the spy and said in a deep voice.
"Zun Zhou, I saw today that the Liaoshan County Magistrate has started to resume farming."
"But in his re-farming, the government servants used horse whips to monitor the people's work, and were whipped if they were lazy at all."
"My subordinates also heard those government officials beating the people and saying: I've delayed the governor's project and broken your legs!"
"My subordinate wanted to go back to report in the afternoon, but he found someone blocking the way and was unable to return. He waited until Lord Changshi found him before he had the chance to come back."
The spy said respectfully.
"So brave!"
When Fang Yuan heard this, he almost got angry.
He treats the common people as criminals and uses his name to do bad things.
Presumably the same is true not only in Liaoshan County, but also in the remaining Yushe County and Hepingcheng County.
At this time, the spies sent to Yushe County and Hepingcheng County finally returned and reported that the situation was similar to that of Liaoshan County.
"Zun Zhou, do you want to capture them now?"
Zhang San looked ugly and said in a deep voice.
It's really abominable that you dare to distort the state's policy in this way.
He must have wanted to tarnish the reputation of Zhou Zun and be accused of being mean and making things difficult for the people.
"No, I have something more important for you to do now."
"Take a few experts and set off immediately, eight hundred miles round trip..."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
Now he has no reason to arrest Lin Yangbo and the others.
At best, their decrees are strict, but not fatal.
"Yes!"
"I will never give up even if I die!"
When Zhang San heard this, his pupils widened and he said in a deep voice.
He didn't stop at all, picked two masters and set off.
Fang Yuan looked at the thick night with cold eyes that wanted to kill someone.