It is a good thing that the common people are rich, but there are also some negative things that come with it, that is, gambling, and now that the common people have money in their hands, some lawbreakers have taken the opportunity to enter and open casinos in some relatively wealthy villages, causing some ordinary people to fall into gambling and cannot extricate themselves, so there are not a few people who are poor and bankrupt.

At the beginning, the atmosphere of gambling was still hidden, and gradually surfaced, and many casinos were blatantly gambling because they colluded with the fast catch of Bao Village. Many people have made a lot of money because of this, but many people have fallen into poverty. Long Xiao appeared, and more and more people came to the county charity hall to seek relief, all of them were locals, and Long Xiao was puzzled.

Shenwu County is under its own governance, ordinary people, each family's income is above 1oo taels of silver every year, it is said that it should be very wealthy, it should not go to the charity hall to seek relief, the charity hall of Shenwu County is basically the outcasts. However, in recent months, the number of poor people in the local area has gradually increased, which has attracted Long Xiao's attention. Long Xiao made a secret visit, and finally realized that these people who came to seek relief were all because of the family property lost by gambling, which led to poverty, and Long Xiao was very angry.

Gambling was expressly prohibited in the Great Sui Dynasty, unlike Qinglou, although the state did not advocate it, but it was also guided by the situation, as long as the tax is reasonable and the body is checked regularly, generally speaking, it is easy to operate this profession. Gambling is different, from often to provinces and counties, and then to counties, they are all strongly opposed to gambling. Long Xiao realized the seriousness of the problem. I found the county Chengwu and the history of Zhang Cheng: "Wu, Zhang Cheng, now there are more and more homeless people in the charity hall in the county, and they are actually from this county, do you know?" ”。

As soon as Wu heard this, he hurriedly said: "Lord Long, I have also heard about it, it is under investigation, I have a preliminary grasp of the situation, it is all caused by gambling, as for which village or town has the phenomenon of gambling, I have specific news here." Dian Shi Zhang Cheng also hurriedly explained: "Lord Long, I also heard that there are a lot of homeless people who have gone to the Charity Hall recently, all of them are local, I asked, it was caused by gambling, because there are a lot of quick catches involved, it is difficult to solve it for a while, I am thinking of a way."

Long Xiao was extremely angry: "Wu, Zhang Cheng, you are promoted by me, I am very optimistic about you, in order for you not to be corrupt, I also give you the opportunity to make money, each of you has hundreds of millions of silver to earn, but, you can't just because you have money, you don't care about business, after all, you are still the second and fourth masters in the county, and you are assisting me in governing the county of gods, you didn't act, now I asked you, you know, then, what did you do earlier, if you don't want to do it, I will replace you immediately, I have also withdrawn your shares in several fields, and I think you two will only enjoy it now, and you don't care about the lives of the people."

Long Xiao was angry, so he said it a little heavier, and the cold sweat of the two of them came down. Long Xiao continued: "Wu, Zhang Cheng, you hurry up and come up with a governance plan for me, if you don't catch the main messenger of gambling, I will take you for the guilt, and let you taste the taste of being a military match." The two of them were completely frightened, and said again and again: "Lord Long is angry, I will go back to discuss it immediately, I must come up with a measure, and I must also control the gambling atmosphere in Shenwu County, if we don't manage it well, we will deal with it with you."

Long Xiao was angry, and the two of them hurried back, each of them gathered their officials to discuss countermeasures, and a day later, Wu and Zhang Cheng came to the Yamen of Zhixian County and saw Long Xiao. Wu said: "Lord Long, our county Cheng Yamen held a meeting to discuss it, is it like this, first send hundreds of officials, disguised as gamblers, to find out, arrest some of the participating arrests as soon as possible, severely crack down on gamblers, and then arrest all of them, do you think this is okay?" ”。 Dian Shi Zhang Cheng also came up with his own method: "Lord Long, I think so, transfer the 6ooo people in the county to raid the countryside, as long as there is a gambling village, if you see one, you will arrest one, and if you see two, you will arrest a pair, as long as you participate in the capture, you will also arrest one together, do you think this is okay?" ”。

Long Xiao thought about it for a while and felt that these two methods were good: "This is very good, you will allocate 6ooo people from the county town to go to 15ooo villages, every group of four, each with a weapon, kill the arrested person on the spot, and the county will call the shots for you." As for your methods, they are all good, so let's do it, you are separated, Wu governs the west of Shenwu County, Zhang Cheng governs the east of Shenwu County, start together, and be sure to arrest them all, I don't believe it, in Shenwu County, there are still people who dare to gamble."

Two of them took the order to go, each of them led the 3ooo catch, all of them were fully armed, and carried out surprise inspections on the villages of the county, for a time, the entire fetish county was jumping, and the raid blockade and inspection lasted for three days, and thousands of gamblers were arrested, and there were 3oo people who participated in the catch. The cells of the entire Shenwu County Magistrate County Yamen, as well as the cells of the County Cheng Yamen and the Dianshi Yamen, were overcrowded. Long Xiao conducted a surprise interrogation, and if the circumstances were minor, he would hit the 8o board heavily, and in addition to confiscating the gambling funds, he would be fined 1,000 taels of silver, and those who had money would be redeemed and sent home, and those who had no money would be recharged to the army. If the circumstances are serious, they are not allowed to ransom people, and they are directly allocated to the army, and the confiscation of gambling funds is just a trivial matter.

In particular, the 3oo people who participated in the arrest were severely punished, knowing the law and breaking the law, and the crime was added to the first, all of them were filled with military matches, and for a time, there were more than 6oo people in Shenwu County who were filled with military matches. It immediately deterred those fast catchers, who usually took a good salary and dared to collude with gamblers, which was simply unbearable for uncles and aunts. In this way, the catchers of Shenwu County, seeing that the county master was really moving, all honestly performed their duties. Long Xiao stipulated that anyone who gambles in any village will be fined for the crime of catching and fastening in that village, and the worst will be 8o big board, and the most serious thing is to charge the army.

As soon as Long Xiaoxin's policy was announced, all the Bao Village's arrests supervised each other, and the supervision of the villagers was also done their best. For those people who participate in gambling, Longxiao stipulates that the first time there is still a county relief, and if the second time is gambling again, not only will it not be relieved, but it will also be heavily responsible for the 8o board. In this way, some people don't dare to gamble if they want to.

And this time the confiscated gambling funds reached more than 1ooo taels, and Long Xiao rewarded the fast catchers who participated in the arrest of gambling, and each rewarded 1ooo taels of silver. As for the remaining silver, Long Xiao asked the chief bookkeeper Xing Mantang to set up a separate account to reward those who reported gambling, and for a while, the people of Shenwu County supervised each other, as long as they were gambling, they would report and receive the prize. In particular, the catchers are more enthusiastic about cracking down on gambling, as long as they hear that there is gambling there, the catchers will flock to arrest the gamblers, and they can get one-third of the gambling money.

Zhang Cheng, the county Chengwu and the history of the canon, also deeply felt that Long Xiao was a good official who was the master of the people. Not only can it be his own wealth, but he is also a very strict person, and if he can't do his errands well, he will also be questioned. The two discussed that the 10,000 catchers in Shenwu County should be given greater rights, especially the 3ooo catchers in Bao Village, not only the annual income has increased, but the regular silver has also increased a lot, and there is no problem with the fishing fast in each Bao Village, and it is no problem to net 3oo taels of silver per year. And that's not even more than the money that is in the shadows, but even more of the money that is in the shadows. But the responsibility of the catchers is also greater, in addition to accountability, one is to play the board, the other is to serve as a coolie, although the rights and interests are greater, but the responsibility is also increased.

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