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Seeing that Wei Zhixian was surrounded, Zang Dianli quickly ordered the government servants to escort him. Although the officials were usually very evil, they did not dare to touch the scholars and ministers, but many of them got black feet.
Zang Dianli wanted to show off and fearlessly stood in front of the elder, but Wei Zhixian pushed him away and angrily said: "Nonsense, they are all scholars who have read books from sages, how can they harm this county?"
Zang Dianli was caught off guard. He was tripped by a scholar and fell to the ground. He was heartbroken... In fact, the pain in his body was hard to compare with the pain in his heart.
However, Wei Zhixian's statement not only failed to calm down the students, but also fueled their arrogance. Li Yu grabbed the ink pen from the public case and stuffed it into Wei Zhixian's hand, "Old parents, please don't hesitate. Please note that
If you delay for a moment, a whole family may be destroyed!!"
"..." Wei Zhixian was surrounded by a group of scholars in embroidered shirts. Looking at their faces that looked like justice but were actually fierce, he suddenly realized that he and them were no longer the same kind, but enemies... It turned out that we had different sides.
Sometimes, one's origin is never as important as one's ass.
Weizhi County was stunned. More and more officers poured into the second hall. The two Yin, three yamen, four old officials and the officials of each room also appeared. However, the dozen or so students were not afraid, but showed faint excitement.
color.
Several gentlemen tried to intimidate and persuade them, but they did not let the students sway. They still insisted on asking the county magistrate to issue invoices in court and recall the subordinate officials who had gone to the countryside for trial.
However, Wei Zhixian was a man of integrity. He knew that if he bowed his head, he would not have any prestige in the future. So he turned pale and said nothing.
In the end, it was Sima Qiu who urgently summoned Han Jiaoyu, the county school's director, and scolded the students that they were "roaring in court, but there is no county magistrate."
"The students and others were eager to save the people, but they acted recklessly. I will apologize to my old parents in the future." Li Yu apologized to Weizhi County with fists in his arms, but changed the topic in the second half of the sentence: "But my father and fellow villagers have been in dire straits for a day, and the students and others have also
I won’t be able to sleep peacefully for a day. Please tell me, my parents, when will we be able to recall those subordinates? If it takes too long, the students and others will have to go to Fucheng to surrender. Please forgive me!"
"You are such a confused boy. In order to prevent excessive lawsuits, we are not allowed to file complaints beyond the level." Weizhi County's face was livid and he said nothing. Chief Diao spoke first: "Besides, the eldest master did not say not to recall them!
It's just a matter of the imperial government's taxation plan. We must not be hasty and we need to think carefully." He waved his sleeves and said, "Please leave the second hall for now. I will give you a reply after a while."
"Well, then." Li Yu and other scholars just backed out of the door.
Although the scholars made a big fuss, the yamen did not dare to neglect them. Ma Dianshi ordered the scribes to lead them to the living room, bring them tea and water, and accompany them in a low voice. But the scholars were arrogant and kept drinking tea by themselves.
Eat snacks, chat with each other, and don't take the 'officials' in the eyes of the common people seriously.
Wang Xian looked at this scene in shock. He had never felt what class was like so clearly today!
Although the economic officials are officials who belong to the people, they are considered to be the top among the civilians. In terms of power and financial resources, they are a hundred times stronger than the poor scholars. But the scholars have merit and fame. Although they are the lowest class of scholar-bureaucrats, in terms of social status, they are
Enough to despise these little officials with swords and pens!
What's even more frightening is that everyone takes this for granted. Even the most dignified officials like Wang Ziyao and Li Guan are psychologically inferior to those sour scholars. On the contrary, the Secretary of the Ceremony Room was originally an Imperial College student.
, because he failed the exam, he was fined to be an official. The military officer was originally an old scholar, but later failed in many exams, and was forced to become an official due to his livelihood. Because of his status as scholars, these two were able to talk to them.
A few words...
This made the little complacency that Wang Xian had just born suddenly disappear. In fact, what he didn't know was that the reason why the officials respected these guys was not because of how valuable their membership status was, but because of the number of people among them.
Several sons of officials.
Because of the developed economy, there are many scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there are also many officials in each county. There is no shortage of officials' children in each county. For example, Li Yu's father is serving as Taipu Cheng in Beijing. Yu Yifan's uncle is a colleague of Dongping Prefecture in Shandong Province.
You know...even though they are not considered high-ranking officials, their yamen can still move around in Fuyang County.
Here Wang Xianzheng had a little inferiority complex and couldn't extricate himself. Over there in the second hall, Wei Zhixian was in a dilemma, and he couldn't extricate himself even more.
In front of him, Sima Qiu and Director Diao were quarreling with each other. Director Diao believed that Zhang Hua and others should be recalled immediately to put an end to the matter. However, Sima Qiu insisted that this would fall into their trap.
"Obviously, our actions of re-checking the yellow registration population and restoring imperial taxation have touched the interests of some people!" Sima Qiu said solemnly: "They are not willing to lose the fat in their mouths, so they have been passively treating the autumn grain collection.
The people in the housing estate were desperate, so they resorted to this tactic of 'drawing money from the bottom of the cauldron', inciting these students to file a complaint, forcing the county to submit and continue to collect taxes at the original level!"
"So what if you guessed it right?" Master Diao sneered and said, "When scholars make trouble, it will easily attract the attention of scholars. If they sue them to Hangzhou Prefecture, what will happen then?" After a pause, he looked at Wei Magistrate with a serious look.
Said: "My lord's official career has just started. If you are burdened with the reputation of extortionate expropriation, I'm afraid your future will be greatly affected!"
These words have touched the heart of Weizhi County. If the commotion becomes serious, his official reputation will definitely be greatly affected. And the magistrate is famous for his generosity, and most likely he wants to calm things down. When the time comes, Zhu Bajie will look in the mirror and realize that he is not a human being inside and outside. In the future
The road ahead is bleak...
But rewriting the Yellow Book and sorting out taxes are things that I vowed to do well. If I give up halfway if I encounter some difficulties, how can I be worthy of the emperor and myself?
It was hard for Wei Zhi County Committee to decide whether to persist or give up, so he had to ask the other two deputies for their opinions. "Don't just talk about it, tell me what you think?"
"Sir." Jiang County Magistrate's position is rather embarrassing. Before Wei Magistrate took office, he was the agent for all matters of the county government. However, after Wei Magistrate took office, his responsibility became to assist the Magistrate in handling the affairs of the entire county, and
There was no specific division of labor. Therefore, after becoming familiar with the affairs of the county in Weizhi County, he became dispensable as the county magistrate and seldom spoke on weekdays.
Now when Weizhi County asked about it, Jiang County Cheng had no choice but to say: "Actually, the gateway is still taxation. As long as we can make concessions in this regard, the students will naturally disperse."
"It has been reduced to 80% of the level in the last years of Hongwu. How can we reduce it?" Wei Zhixian frowned and said: "The responsibility of this county is to protect the country at the top and provide safety for the people below. If we follow Brother Jiang's method, the people will be safe, but we
Is it a matter of loyalty to the emperor to eat his salary?"
"Isn't it loyalty to the emperor to keep one party safe?" Jiang County Cheng said in a low voice: "If you blindly pursue political achievements and ignore other things, then you can't be loyal to the emperor, right?"
"This..." Wei Zhixian finally understood Jiang County Cheng's attitude, but he had no way to argue, so he had to look at Ma Dianshi and said: "What does Brother Ma mean?"
Although Dian Shi is known as the chief official, he is just a petty official. In front of the three lords, Fourth Master Ma is just a low-ranking petty official. How can he dare to mess with it? Hearing this, he said ambiguously: "The taxes of the imperial court cannot be ignored.
The gentry and the common people have to be appeased. It is really not easy to handle the relationship between the two. But I believe that with your honorable name, you will be able to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds..."
"..." Wei Zhixian was completely speechless. Of the four officials in the county government, two opposed it and one pretended to be stupid. None of them supported him.
Under internal and external difficulties, he had no choice but to temporarily relent and ordered Zhang Hua and others to withdraw their troops and return to the Yamen... In fact, the subtext was already very clear. You, the grain chief, could harvest as much as you like, and the government had no care.
It is said that at this point, the scholars have become the heroes of the whole county, and that is enough. Who knows that Li Yu and others refused to give up, shouting the slogan "Eradicate all evils" and insisting on the removal of evil officials like Zhang Hua and Xun Sancai.
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What is even more unexpected is that Wang Xian, who was on duty at the Yamen, was also shot while lying down, ranking after Zhang Hua and Xun Cai. When he heard the news, his two friends Shuai Hui and Liu Erhei were shocked.
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"What the hell is this none of your business?" Shuai Hui had just started working as a public servant and was faced with the crisis of unemployment. It was inevitable that he would become emotional.
"It should be that you killed He Chang and captured Chao Tianjiao's son. You were hated by the grain chiefs." Wu Wei calmly analyzed for him: "So you are not innocent."
"Earlier, I saw that Brother Sihu and Brother Xun were in low spirits, so I tried to comfort them." Wang Xian smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that I didn't escape either."
"Then, what should we do?" Shuai Hui asked urgently.
"Actually, it doesn't matter to me. It's useless for them to list my name." Wang Xian said softly: "In any case, I have also completed the tax collection in a grain area. If I am dismissed because of my good tax collection, there will be others in the future.
Who is willing to work for the government?" He then shook his head helplessly and said: "But if Zhang Sihu and Xun Dian are eliminated, who in Fuyang County will take our office seriously in the future? Even if it passes this time, next time
It will get worse, and sooner or later I will inevitably avoid it."
"You're right," Liu Erhei, a stupid and arrogant man, actually understands better than Shuai Hui: "We can't just wait, we have to do something!"
"What are you doing?" Wang Xian glanced at him.
"I'll beat up anyone who doesn't like me. I only have this ability." Liu Erhei said sarcastically, "It's up to you to find a way."
"It's not impossible." Wang Xian sighed and said, "It's just that this method is too hateful, so I can't use it..." As he was talking, there was a burst of greetings from outside, and then Sima Qiu's voice said: "You officials
Are you there?"
"Here comes someone who can use this trick." Wang Xian said with a slight smile.