Chapter 672 There are always more ways than difficulties
When Ma Zhou saw this, he smiled on the surface.
But he sneered in his heart.
It sounds nice, but are you still afraid that the general public will suffer?
Humph, aren't you just trying to save your own lives?
In this era, although the gentry had great influence, compared with the entire Tang Dynasty, unless they were the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, other gentry were nothing at all, especially the local gentry in Hu County. In the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor,
They are not much different from ants. Therefore, as long as the account book is sent to Chang'an and His Majesty Li Er gives the order, the entire Hu County will be shaken.
Everyone is really scared!
Ma Zhou thought to himself, these guys are indeed as shameless as Du He predicted.
He chuckled and said: "Everyone's worries are not unreasonable. However, I can't control what the county official does. However, this matter is not without improvement. Now that the county official has arrived in Hu County for the first time, he is faced with such a situation in Hu County."
There is a mess, and tens of thousands of people are displaced and homeless. The county magistrate originally issued a military order in front of His Majesty. If the troubles in Hu County are not solved, he is willing to take his head and go back. Think about it, this is terrible
The life, death and reputation of the county magistrate are involved. If anyone goes against him at this time, there is nothing he can't do, let alone sending the account books to Chang'an. He is afraid of murder and arson, which is not impossible!"
Everyone's heart beat wildly.
It turns out there is such a thing.
No wonder Du He does things regardless of the consequences.
At this time, Chen Yifa stood up and said: "Secretary Ma is right. The most important thing for the county magistrate at the moment is to repair the city wall. Our Chen family is willing to spend 6,000 coins to help the county magistrate. Please consider it.
For the sake of my elders and younger ones, I, Chen Yifa, do not want to send this account book to Chang'an."
Six thousand strings?
For a small noble family, this is not a small amount.
Everyone admired Chen Yifa's courage.
I saw Ma Zhou smiling and saying: "The Chen family leader is really sensible. I can make the decision on this matter and cross out the Chen family leader's name in the account book."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
Liang Kai hurriedly said: "I, the Liang family, are willing to pay 10,000 yuan!"
Huang Meiliu also said: "I, the Huang family, are willing to contribute 8,000 yuan to help repair the city wall and benefit the people."
"The Deng family is willing to give three thousand strings..."
"Four thousand strings..."
When everyone heard Ma Zhou's words, since they could cross out their names, what else was there to say? Not to mention a few thousand guan, but even tens of thousands guan. Tens of thousands guan bought a family's peace, what else is not worth it?
of.
Therefore, the family heads who were stingy in the past are very generous now.
After a short time, Ma Zhou counted and found that there were 120,000 coins.
Ma Zhou said with a smile: "Everyone, on behalf of the people of Hu County, I would like to thank you for your kindness. As for this account book, it seems that there is no need to rush to send it to Chang'an. Please rest assured."
"There's Secretary Rauma!"
"Secretary Ma is worthy of having held an official position in the court. When I see him today, he is really admirable!"
Everyone donated money and thanked Ma Zhou one after another.
Afterwards, everyone dispersed one after another.
Ma Zhou happily went to the backyard to find Du He.
"Du He, I really belong to you. I didn't expect these guys to act like you said. They obediently started donating money, and they immediately took out 120,000 yuan!" Seeing Du He, Ma Zhou couldn't wait to say.
Ma Zhou used to disdain to do things like cheating people.
But after I actually finished it, I felt a great sense of accomplishment.
This matter was planned by Du He. First, Du He was asked to play the bad guy to scare the family heads, and then Ma Zhou, the red-faced one, started to show up. After some comfort and reminders, everyone fell for the trick.
Du He thought about it in his mind and said: "One hundred and twenty thousand guan is enough to repair the city wall of Huxian County. Huh, the people in the official department just want me to use the money to help these people. What a beautiful idea."
The wool comes from the sheep. Du He will not be stupid enough to use Dream Group's money to fill the big holes in Hu County. What is the difference between him and the second fool?
Ma Zhou asked curiously: "Is that account book true?"
Du He said with a smile: "The interactions between these nobles and Qiu Wanjia are very hidden. Even Dali Temple didn't find anything. I just asked Zicheng to find some local people he knew and got a few pieces of evidence.
Most of the others are made up, but those guys don’t have clean butts and don’t dare to take a closer look. They just took a cursory look and were frightened. This is called a frightened bird!”
"What a frightened bird. This move is so clever."
Du He said: "Old Ma, you send someone to inform the nobles that their family members are still in prison, but I am kind and ask them to pay a bail to bail these people out.
As long as you don’t commit any more crimes within three months, the county government will no longer pursue you!”
Ma Yiyi was stunned: "What? Bail?"
In this era, there is no such thing.
Du He chuckled and said: "Actually, you just spend money to buy people. The price is five hundred guan per person."
Ma Zhou was a little dumbfounded.
Can you make money by arresting people?
Du He's mind is really all about making money.
He nodded and hurriedly made arrangements.
Many family owners received the news. Although they felt that the bail amount was a bit ridiculous and a bit deceptive, it was better than not being able to come out. Everyone paid the money without hesitation.
In the afternoon, all the prisoners in the prison were released.
And the county government's account suddenly had more than 130,000 yuan in money.
Among them, 120,000 officials were dedicated to repairing the city wall.
As for the remaining more than 10,000 yuan, it is all bail money.
Du He handed all the bail money to Ma Zhou: "Old Ma, this money is the daily expenses of the county government. Also, find a few people to clean up the county government. This poor county government looks really shabby.
It’s not worthy of my young master’s temperament.”
Ma Zhou nodded. He had money in his pocket and was not panicked, so he quickly found a dozen craftsmen to repair the county government office.
at dusk.
Ma Zhoucai came to Du He again and said: "The more than 100 people we asked for from the Sixth Ministry, the soldiers from the Ministry of War who have been on the battlefield, and the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works have all arrived and are temporarily arranged to live in the county government office.
Nearby, money from the Ministry of Civil Affairs was also delivered, a total of two thousand guan. However, officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Punishments only received part of it, and most of it has not arrived, and may still be on the way."
Du He frowned.
Before he came to Hu County, he sent a letter to everyone, asking everyone to be in place today.
But now it seems that some people don’t take their words seriously.
And the money from the Ministry of Civil Affairs is actually two thousand guan?
He said helplessly: "Master Dai is not trustworthy. He agreed to give 5,000 guan, but he cut it by more than half and only gave 2,000 guan. In my Huxian county government, there are still more than 100 people who need to eat.
, two thousand guan for food and office expenses, that’s enough... Fortunately, I’m smart enough to come up with a bail system, otherwise I’d have to go to the northwest.”