"Two months?" Mr. Li was stunned and said: "Then who will be in charge of Fuyang County during these two months?"
"Of course I am the next official to handle government affairs." Jiang County Cheng said with a smile: "Old man, hurry up and invite me inside, how can you speak outside properly?"
Mr. Li followed Jiang County Cheng into the yamen hall and took his seat without hesitation. After the servants served tea, Fang slowly said: "The second master is in charge of things better. Does the second master know about my unscrupulousness?"
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"I was about to send someone to inform the old man," Jiang County Cheng said softly: "Last night, the inspection department found a certain amount of illegal salt from Yuan Li's boat..."
"It's impossible for him to sell smuggled salt!" Mr. Li banged the floor tiles with his walking stick and said, "What kind of family is our Li family? How could we do such a dirty thing?"
"The lower officials don't believe it either." Jiang Xian Cheng nodded and said with a smile: "So I ordered the prison chief to treat Yuanwai preferentially. When the magistrate comes back, I will also intercede for Yuanwai."
Jiang Xiancheng spoke enthusiastically, but Mr. Li didn't like it and said angrily: "Why go to all this trouble? It will be over if the second master orders to let him go."
"I'm sorry, old lord, I don't have this power," Jiang County Cheng said with his hands spread out: "According to the imperial court regulations, the superior's temporary absence cannot exceed three months, and the official cannot be responsible for the execution of the sentence. The two eldest masters
The moon will turn around, so I have no right to let him go."
"Don't tell me these nonsense! If you want to release him, you must have a way!" Mr. Li roared at Jiang County Cheng like an angry old lion: "I just want to ask you a question, should I release him or not?"
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Jiang Xiancheng was sprayed with spit on his face, but fortunately he still had some temperament. Under the gaze of Mr. Li, he sighed softly and said: "Old Fengjun, do you plan to fight to the death with me?
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"Uh..." Mr. Li's arrogance was stifled when he heard this. After a while, he sighed and said: "If Fuyang is ruined, Wei Yuan can change his position as an official. We have to clean up the mess."
After hearing this, Jiang Xian Cheng sneered in his heart. Even now, he did not forget to put gold on his face. But with a smile on his face, he said: "The old man really understands the righteousness, and the lower officials will also help to persuade the old man. Let's
The officials and gentry put aside their past grievances and regarded peace as the most important thing! There is also peace in Fuyang."
"That's exactly the reason." Mr. Li nodded and said, "Can my son come out now?"
"Hey, old Feng Jun, you have to let the eldest man calm down first..." Jiang County Cheng lowered his voice and said: "To be honest, the generation of Yuanwai is not as numerous as the old men. The things they have done are really too great.
They are so immoral. It is reasonable for the lord to punish them."
"What did they do?" Mr. Li started to pretend to be dumbfounded.
"The old man still doesn't know?" Jiang County Magistrate told him the whole story about how the big families bribed the Salt Transportation Department to detain Fuyang people's life-saving food at Hushuguan in order to create a food shortage in Fuyang.
Mr. Li started by saying, "This matter sounds quite ridiculous." He paused and said, "If it is true, then Yang Jian deserves death!" He paused again, and then said, "But my son was definitely not involved.
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"I also believe this to be the case, but it's hard for me to prove it for myself as Yuan Li was transporting grain out of the country late at night." Jiang Xiancheng sighed.
"This is also the second thing I came here to do," Mr. Li said: "Before, counties were short of food and banned food transportation, which was understandable. But now this county is no longer short of food, we should have the right to
Dispose of your own food."
"That makes sense," Jiang Xian Cheng nodded and said, "The lower official will write to the great master to ask for instructions and see if the ban can be lifted."
"You..." When Mr. Li saw him doing Tai Chi again, he became angry and said, "You don't have to ask for instructions on everything!"
"This is a serious matter." Jiang County Cheng said, "There is no need to trouble the old man to run to the Yamen. As soon as there is news, I will send someone to report it."
No matter how angry Mr. Li was, Jiang County Cheng was always polite and respectful, and stood firm under the storm. It was not until Mr. Li was exhausted and speechless that he helped the old man out of the government office and put him on the sedan chair.
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Seeing the sedan finally leaving the county magistrate's office, Jiang County Magistrate finally breathed a sigh of relief. Wei Zhixian went out to hide for a while, but it was really torture for him to deal with these old immortals.
However, Jiang County Magistrate is very happy, because the overall situation has been decided now, and Weizhi County will be the big winner of this disaster relief. Although he, the County Magistrate, does not have any great achievements, he is still conscientious and makes no mistakes. Afterwards, he will be rewarded for his merits and will be promoted to a higher position.
There is no problem with the county magistrate.
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The old men encountered a weak point here with Jiang County Magistrate and could not find Wei Magistrate. In anger, they went to Hangzhou together to complain. Unexpectedly, they were greeted by Magistrate Yu's gun and stick. These old men were really
The old fool doesn't even think about who Magistrate Wei is feeding the victims. It is precisely because Fuyang County has taken the lead that other counties cannot go too far, and Magistrate Yu can go all out to build seawalls without worrying about disaster relief.
As much as Magistrate Yu was grateful to Magistrate Wei, he felt disgusted with these big families who were against him. Magistrate Wei did not dare to say some things, but Magistrate Yu, a fourth-grade magistrate, had no scruples.
He said to these old men: "You are deeply favored by the country and do not want to repay. Instead, you hoard it in the year of great disaster, intending to take the opportunity to plunder people's fields. In order to create a food shortage situation, you actually bribed the Salt Transportation Department and bought the government's land."
They withheld the grain at Hushuguan and forced the county magistrate to sign an alliance under the city! How are these actions different from national traitors?"
"This is slander, a total slander!" The old men naturally refused to admit it: "We are just from a well-off family. Seeing that famine was approaching, we sold our property to buy some food, firstly to feed the tribe, and secondly to provide relief to the people.
.How can we say it is hoarding? As for the bribery of the Salt Transportation Department, it is even more nonsense. We have never been out of Hangzhou in our lives. Who knows the people in Suzhou? Your Majesty said that we colluded. Please provide evidence, otherwise we will
Just go to Fantai Yamen to reason!"
"We don't need to go to the feudal government office, we can go directly to the capital!" Magistrate Yu said in a stern tone: "His Majesty Yongle loves the people like a son and hates evil like an enemy. If he knows about this matter, he will definitely send Jin Yiwei to investigate. When the time comes, what is right and what is wrong will be revealed.
But the truth comes to light!'
"..." The old men suddenly lost their arrogance. Yes, the fourth-grade magistrate already has the power to directly report. If he is really angered and a copy is brought to the court, the trouble will be big. Old man
They had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Now that Fuyang has food from Huguang, we have excess food in our hands, but the county does not allow it to be transported to other counties. Isn't this a desperate act?"
"Back then, when other counties were not allowed to sell grain to Fuyang, I had nothing to say." Magistrate Yu said calmly: "Now that Fuyang County is not allowed to sell grain to other counties, I naturally have nothing to say." After a pause.
Said: "Not to mention that the provincial committee members have gone to Huguang to buy grain. The pressure on the counties has been reduced a lot, and they can always provide relief..."
"..." The old men were completely speechless. They finally experienced the feeling of being protected by officials. They came out of the magistrate's Yamen dejectedly. They didn't even have the courage to go to the Fantai Yamen to complain, because they would most likely be humiliating themselves again.
On the boat back to Fuyang, the old men were very depressed. They finally understood that they had lost all their hearts, their defeat was certain, and there was no possibility of a comeback...
"How about I write to Senator Li and Li Sicheng and ask them to think of a solution?" Mr. Wang whispered.
"Why don't you write a letter to your son?" Mr. Li glared at him.
"My son Guan'er is too young and can't speak properly." Mr. Wang said casually.
"My son will certainly have no problem dealing with Wei Yuan," Mr. Li said in a low voice, "But you didn't listen to Magistrate Yu, if the situation gets too big, he will file a lawsuit. How will it end?"
"Yes, yes." All the old men agreed: "Isn't that what you are worried about?"
"So, reconciliation?" Mr. Yu said in a low voice.
"Well, reconciliation." The old men were very satisfied with this word. They originally wanted to say "surrender".
"But Magistrate Wei has gone to Huguang. How can we reconcile if we can't find him?" Mr. Yang said.
"You don't have to see him to reconcile." Mr. Yu said, "It's the same if you can make Wang Xian nod."
"That's right." Mr. Li agreed deeply: "We just ignored this kid too much and didn't bring him to our side, which led to today's situation."
"Yes, originally he was a native of Fuyang and should have worked with us to deal with the county magistrate." Mr. Wang said, "But we let him wholeheartedly help the magistrate of Wei and fight against us. It really shouldn't be the case."
"Why is he like this?" Mr. Yu asked strangely: "We have never offended him."
"We have not offended, but our grandson has." Mr. Wang said: "At the beginning of the year, I heard that Wang Xian won the first place in the Shangyuan Poetry Competition, and I thought it was very strange. I remember that my incompetent grandson was also in the West Lake that night,
I asked him what was going on at that time, but the boy was hesitant and evasive. After I pressed him, he told the truth. It turned out that a group of his classmates had played tricks on Wang Xian that night!"
Then, he roughly told everyone what happened that night, and all the old men were furious: "Diao Yue'e, you bitch! You deserve to be damned if you lead the little beasts into not learning their lesson!"
Putting all the responsibility on poor Miss Diao, the old men felt much better. Mr. Li said: "The person who tied the bell must untie the bell. Since it was the little bastards who caused the trouble, let them apologize to Wang Dianshi and let Wang Dianshi vent his anger.
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"Isn't this appropriate? You are both a scholar and a gentleman..." Mr. Yang said in a low voice.
"Their father has been imprisoned, how can a son care about so many things?" Mr. Yu's grandson has already gone to Shandong, so his words are particularly powerful: "The ancients cut the legs to save the father, but we don't want them to cut the legs.
Don’t you even want to give up some face?”
"That's right." The old men felt that it made sense, so they settled on the matter.
In the school in Fuyang County, the scholars shuddered together...