He was standing with his hands behind his hands, quietly looking at the plaque hanging high in the lobby.
In this dark lobby, this pure copper plaque also looked dull. There were many cracks on it, and the plaque seemed to have fallen off, and the position was not correct enough.
After standing here for a long time, Li Xiuyuan could even smell the faint smell of blood wafting from the entire lobby.
I believe that countless people who complained about injustice were beaten in this hall, with blood splattering every step of the way.
At this moment, a sneaky black figure suddenly appeared behind the beams in the lobby. This man wore an official hat and had a fat head but a very thin body. He looked very strange. He was crawling along the beams.
It seems that I feel some discomfort and want to leave here, but because I can't
He moved slowly but could not leave immediately. He could only slowly crawl along the beams towards the inner hall.
At this moment, I don't know why.
A ray of setting sun shone in from outside the lobby, and the sunlight fell on Li Xiuyuan, making the entire dark lobby gradually become brighter.
The resentment that permeated the surroundings was quickly dissipating, and the dark and depressing feeling gradually disappeared.
"Plop~!"
The big-headed ghost on the roof beam was hit by the sun and immediately fell from the beam. He shook his head, picked up the official hat that fell on the ground and put it upright, and then wanted to go to the dark side next to him.
Place to crawl to.
"Resentment and greed have given rise to evil spirits like yours? With someone like you entrenched in the lobby, anyone who becomes a prefect is afraid that he will fall quickly. Am I right, greedy ghost?" Li Xiuyuan looked at the head.
The bloated, immobile kid looked slightly cold.
This little ghost is not a pure ghost, but the manifestation of evil thoughts and greed, which can affect people's minds. People who are not mentally strong enough will be deceived and corrupted.
Just like some people can't restrain their desires when they go to a brothel.
It’s not that the women in the brothel seduce you, but that the brothel is full of lust, which will seduce you unconsciously. Just like gambling in a gambling stall, it is full of gold and silver, and it will also confuse you and make you blinded by money.
A lot of selfish things come up.
This is also the reason why people who practice Taoism should avoid the world of mortals.
And when these evil thoughts and desires accumulate in too many quantities, such evil spirits will manifest.
The ghost Li Xiuyuan saw was a greedy ghost, manifested by the evil thoughts of corruption and bribery. If an official sits here and is given gifts and bribes, this greedy ghost will come out and confuse you in your heart.
Let you fall into depravity step by step.
Of course, the corruption of officials was not due to this ghost, but to the corruption and bribery of government officials one after another before such evil spirits were born.
Then this evil spirit bewitched people who later entered the yamen.
Therefore, degenerate and corrupt places will become more depraved and corrupt, and even those with some righteousness will be quickly assimilated.
If this is the case for one yamen, if it is magnified and the same is true for the entire Song Dynasty, then there will be problems in this dynasty, and then it will not be far from changing the dynasty.
"Sir, I have summoned all the people who are currently on duty in the Yamen in accordance with your instructions." At this time, Cui Wei came in, cupped his fists and gave a salute.
At this moment, outside the lobby, officials, clerks, and servants from the yamen came in one after another.
"Very good. Let them all line up and stand in line. I want to lecture them." Li Xiuyuan said. He casually pulled out the Tai'a sword from his waist and threw the sword out.
Immediately, the sword pierced the body of the greedy ghost and nailed it to the ground.
The greedy ghost made a pitiful cry, like the creaking of an old wooden door.
Only then did Cui Wei see the little devil. His eyelids immediately twitched, and his whole body tensed up subconsciously, showing a look of vigilance.
There are actually imps entrenched in the yamen. How is this possible?
He also knew that it was impossible for ghosts to breed in the yamen. Even if a grudge was reported, they could only wander around the yamen gate. Only with the permission of the county magistrate and the prefect could ghosts enter the yamen.
And this kid obviously didn't come in from outside, but was bred in this yamen.
However, under Tai'a's sword, the little devil quickly disappeared with a few screams.
For such evil spirits, Li Xiuyuan directly killed them without thinking.
But when such a scene fell into the eyes of the civil servants and minor officials, they couldn't help but become a little nervous. When they saw Li Xiuyuan throwing the sword and standing on the ground, they thought he was showing off his authority.
"I'm afraid that this new master will inevitably show off his authority. It seems that we have to deal with it carefully."
"I heard that this gentleman was sent by a minister from the imperial court to act as the prefect temporarily, and is responsible for thoroughly investigating the Shangyuan Festival fire case. No matter what, you must serve him well to avoid getting into trouble."
"Even Chief Cui of the Six Doors is at his disposal. This gentleman has quite a lot of background."
These civil servants and old officials have different thoughts. For temporary magistrates like Li Xiuyuan, they all treat them in the same way, that is, they do what they say, serve them well, and wait.
Everything is still business as usual in this limelight yamen.
Li Xiuyuan walked up to the main seat at this moment and sat under the high-hanging mirror. Then he glanced slightly at these people.
"Is there only such a small number of people in a prefect's yamen? I remember that the imperial court stipulated that the number of people in a prefect's yamen should be more than this. There are several civil servants missing, a group of yamen servants are not here, and one civil servant is missing."
"Sir, I didn't know you were coming today, so everyone who was not on duty has gone back." An old official replied cautiously.
Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "It doesn't matter, just a few people are missing. It's useless anyway. I'm here for the first time today. Some people may know my origins, and some people don't, but that's not important. What's important is
From today on, I will temporarily take over the position of prefect. Here,
My official words are that you must not disobey me, otherwise you will not be blamed for my ruthless tactics and ruthless tactics."
Everyone was submissive, nodding their heads, saying they didn't dare.
"Let's talk about the official affairs of the yamen first. All the yamen servants and civil servants who are absent today will be dismissed from their posts, and their vacant positions will be filled by the people behind them." Li Xiuyuan said calmly.
As soon as these words came out, some people were surprised and others were surprised.
What surprised me was that someone was about to be promoted. What surprised me was that I didn't expect that this new gentleman would be so bold as to directly dismiss more than a dozen people from their official positions.
"Sir, here are some people whose positions you have no right to remove. You have to submit the list to the Ministry of Personnel, who will make a decision." The old official replied respectfully.
Li Xiuyuan said: "I know, so those people thought it was inappropriate to go to Zhang Yuan of the early official department. In short, don't let them enter the prefect's Yamen tomorrow. Whoever is let in will be dismissed from their official positions. Similarly, the vacant official positions will be transferred to the back.
If there are not enough civil servants, they should be supplemented by civil servants. If there are not enough civil servants, they should be supplemented by petty officials.
If there is really no one left, I will let you recommend me and I will hire you as appropriate."
"If anyone dares to cause trouble in front of the Yamen, Cui Wei, give him the charge of being a demon from the Wutong Sect and put him in a cell. He may feel free after being locked up for a few months."
"Yes, sir," Cui Wei was a little surprised.
He has never seen an adult act so randomly. This is in the capital, and the civil servants in the prefecture may have some background connections behind them.
Of course, Li Xiuyuan knew that what he was doing was a bit nonsense, but if he wanted to do things in this yamen, he had to break up the old civil servants in the yamen and not let them cling to each other and collude.
The best way is to hit them randomly with a stick, knocking down a group first and then rewarding a group.
Even if these old civil servants hug each other tightly, there will definitely be a gap in their hearts.
As for the trouble later, don't think about it. Even if the trouble is there, it won't be as big as the present one.
"In addition, the duty of the yamen will also be taken over by my own manpower. All the yamen servants and shift leaders will be in charge of Cui Wei. They will obey his orders and continue until the officer leaves office. If anyone feels that my handling is inappropriate.
If so, you can go to the imperial court to impeach me, provided that your memorial
The portion is enough, otherwise don’t waste your time." Li Xiuyuan said calmly.
Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and bent over, not even daring to say a word.
"Don't you dare? You know in your heart that that's all the lectures for today. Everything will be as usual from tomorrow. In addition, the person in charge of the file will put the file on the assassination of Fang Shengyu on this table before tomorrow morning. I will look at it tomorrow
.”
"It's getting late, it's already gone."
He didn't waste time, just said a few words and let everyone go.
Because I never thought about staying in the yamen for a long time, I was too lazy to take care of these corrupt officials. So what if I tried my best to clean up the yamen?
Once you leave, you won't be back to your old self.