Chapter 418: Trouble
Within two days of the county seat where Mu Zhan Beixizhou is located, something happened in the neighboring county!
When Xizhou first came here, he was ignored by the people and ostracized by the local squires and merchants. He was able to open up the situation by his own dedication and efforts, as for the help brought by Sang Luo and Yin Ningzhi after the snow disaster began, it was not counted. But no matter what, Xizhou has done a really good job.
However, the problem of the incompetence of the government in the south has not existed for a day or two, and those who can come to this kind of place to be officials either have no one at the top, or they have offended anyone who cannot afford to offend. For officials, this is equivalent to "exile". When you come to this kind of place, you don't have to think about it, and there are only two ways left. First, be tougher and strengthen your determination to share the worries of the people. However, these officials generally did not end well, either suddenly "suffering from a sudden illness" and died, or left in a desolate and embarrassed manner. The second is to go along with the local forces and make a lot of money. Only Xizhou is an exception, he has a background and still comes here on his own initiative. He doesn't need to be in the same stream as others, he can solve the problem by his own ability, but it is impossible for ordinary people to touch him easily.
The county magistrate next door is the one who chose the second path.
Snowstorm? This is not made by him, the county official, this is a natural disaster, who can blame it?
Disaster relief? That's what the imperial court should do, and he doesn't have to worry about it as a small sesame official.
However, when the snow disaster comes, isn't it the time to make a lot of money? Grain, cloth, houses, fields...... Nothing is in short supply. Of course, how could he, as a parent official, take the initiative to get money? Fortunately, those merchants were smart enough to say hello to him before they set out to do it.
In less than a month, with his consent, the prices of grain shops, cloth and cotton shops, etc., far exceeded the normal prices of the past. For example, rice, when it is the most expensive, one stone is about 600 to 700 wen, and if it is a good year of harvest, one stone is about 300 or 400 wen. This price is a bit higher for ordinary people, but it is not unacceptable for people with a little bit of wealth. But now a stone of rice costs two taels of silver! Even for coarse grains, the price has now increased at least three times! Those who have a family background are afraid that this disaster will last for a long time, and only when the family has food can they have the bottom in their hearts, so they desperately buy it at home. As a result, the price of grain has been pushed up. And those who have been affected by the disaster are already homeless, and they can't even fill their stomachs. I finally dug up the only remaining valuable things from the collapsed house, and when I arrived at the shop, I couldn't even afford the cheapest coarse grains of old rice!
How can they endure this? Even if there is a porridge shed, but on this cold day, a bowl of porridge can fill the bottom of the stomach, and it is far away from being full.
They also endured it for two days, who let them have no money in their hands?
But when the price of this grain rose again and again, the people were dizzy with hunger, and then looked at their parents and officials, who were still eating round and slippery, and the anger and resentment in their hearts suddenly rose.
If you want to say that this Lord Chen Hechen, that is, this county order named Mingfeng County, although he is greedy, he still has a little brain. knew that it was not a good idea to collect money at this time, but people were lucky, so he pondered and was ruthless. In a few days, the price of this grain will be brought under control a little. Besides, isn't there a porridge shed? These people on the left and right don't starve to death, he doesn't have to worry about it.
Why don't you say that this is an era of pig teammates walking everywhere? This Lord Chen also has such a good pig teammate - his main house, Xiao Ruan.
If you really want to talk about it, this little Ruan family really has a little bit to do with the Li family's incomprehensible Ruan family. The two of them are clansmen outside the five suits, and compared to the Ruan family who can marry into the Li family, this one is obviously a little worse. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to do anything but pack up her things and come over to suffer when her father-in-law was thrown into this place to be a small county magistrate. However, the two are worthy of being from the same family and have the same ancestor. It is especially similar on the two points of confusion and trouble.
This time the incident was caused by Xiao Ruan's family.
What does it have to do with her whether the people are doing well or not? As the wife of a county official, Xiao Ruan's should also buy jewelry at this time, and not be affected by this day/disaster at all. Even ordered a table of food in the restaurant outside, and finally threw it all away after only a few bites. I can't hide this, after all, not all the people who go to the restaurant are people who tend to be inflammatory.
And then things got up! The victims can't even fill their stomachs, as the county magistrate's wife, even if you don't think about the people with the county officials, then at least don't waste it! Just those dishes that were thrown away casually, if they were replaced with coarse grains, a family of four would be able to eat enough for more than ten days.
At this time, the matter was not too big, although the victims were resentful, but in the end, the people did not fight with the officials, and they did not want to fight with the officials.
At this time, I don't know who muttered a few words, saying that if you have silver, don't be so neat, look at the people are giving porridge, but the county magistrate Mrs. is casually wasting so much silver. Look at this flamboyant appearance, this life is the end of a county lady!
This is the so-called Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!
Xiao Ruan's is also a confused person, how can he bear it when he hears this?
Didn't you say that Mrs. Ben could only go to the county order and Mrs. couldn't go any further? Then let you taste the methods of Mrs. Ben, the county lady.
Does she have to be angry if she is angry? Nowhere to go? It doesn't matter, aren't they all praising the benevolence of the merchants who opened the porridge shed? Then she'll shut up the porridge shack! Xiao Ruan was not stupid enough to really not give the victims a way to live, so she thought about finding an excuse to close the porridge shed for a day or two. In her opinion, it is just a porridge shed, and the porridge given must be clear soup and little water, and those victims will eat it or not. If you close it for a day or two, you won't die, and it just happens to teach those untouchables who don't have long eyes and dare to speak a profound lesson. Wouldn't it be enough to wait two days for that porridge shed to open?
Just do it, Xiao Ruan asked people to find an excuse to forcibly close the porridge shed that day. The soup kitchen was arranged by Sang Luo and Yin Ningzhi, who had a strong background and felt pity for these victims, so they refused to agree. The officials who were ordered to go were also arrogant, and when they saw that it was useless to move the county magistrate's wife out, they all became angry, and immediately began to forcibly suspend the act of giving porridge. As a result, the victims will not be able to do so. In the midst of the pushing, there was an official who was a little related to Xiao Ruan's family and immediately became angry, and in anger, he picked up the knife he was wearing and swung it out!
Two victims were hacked to death by him on the spot!
Things are going to get big all of a sudden! The unbearable victims were furious, and they didn't know who shouted in the crowd to turn against the dog official, so they responded to the call, and these victims used the things they had at hand as weapons, and killed the county government with great momentum......