No wonder everyone wants to be an official, Hou Kaishan shook his head and said: "This is not good, I still have to wait until I have money to send it." ”

The boss stood in front of Hou Kaishan and said with a smile:

"Master Hou, just appreciate your face, just know a friend, brother, I will rely on you to take care of me in the future!"

In a transportation industry like theirs, they often come into contact with the city gate guards, so the most important thing to do is the leader of the strong class.

Hou Kaishan didn't understand the key for a while, and frowned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

The boss was stunned, took out a silver ingot of five taels from his sleeve, and stuffed it into Hou Kaishan's hand: "Master Hou, brother Wang Peng, I will rely on you to take care of it more in the future!" ”

"What are you doing here?" Hou Kaishan said angrily, stuffed the silver back into his hand, turned around and left.

Wang Peng watched him leave in a daze, and the guy walked up to him and said quietly: "Boss, this Hou Ye seems to be a good person." ”

"You know a fart, this guy is too little, I didn't expect that the bastard in Tian Yu is gone, and there is a black-hearted man again, plus there are more and more taxes in the yamen, and I am afraid that this business will become more and more difficult to do in the future." Wang Peng didn't have a good airway.

Hou Kaishan has lived a poor life for more than 40 years, and he knows the difficulties of the poor, he made up his mind that as long as he works for a day, he will never accept any of the people!

went straight back to the county office, but saw a Taoist priest sitting cross-legged under the willow tree outside the office, so he stepped forward and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the Taoist chief?" ”

The Taoist priest glanced at him and said, "Poor Dao has something to find Lu Xianggong." ”

"The Taoist chief and the disciple said yes, why are you waiting outside the ya?" Hou Kaishan asked.

The Taoist priest smiled but did not answer, Hou Kaishan glanced at the officials guarding the door, saw that their faces were a little strange, and understood that they must be unwilling to pass on the word, he stepped forward and said in a deep voice:

"Why don't you report to this Dao Master?"

"How can the county lord be seen casually!"

One of the officials argued that the Taoist priest refused to give money, and if he went in and passed it on, it would be a violation of the rules, and this was one of the few places where the soap class officials could make money.

"You are only responsible for communication, and it is up to him to determine whether the county lord sees it or not!" Hou Kaishan was furious.

Another official shouted, "You're not our leader, you can't control us!" ”

"Good." Hou Kaishan nodded with a gloomy face, went straight to the county office, and walked all the way to Lu Yuan's study in the second hall to help the Taoist priest report.

"You say you're a famous Taoist?" Lu Yuan had already returned to the second hall at this time, and when he heard Hou Kaishan's words, he immediately asked.

"Yes."

Lu Yuan was very happy in his heart, thinking that it must be the king who had arrived, so he quickly got up and hurried towards the outside of the county office. Hou Kaishan was taken aback and hurriedly followed.

Walking outside the county office, sure enough, seeing Wang Zhen standing outside the office, Lu Yuan stepped forward quickly, grabbed Wang Zhen's arm, and said excitedly: "Sir, I was going to look for you in a few days." ”

"Poor Dao came uninvited, didn't disturb the county magistrate." Wang Zhen smiled.

"Sir, don't make fun of me, I won't see you for a few days, let's go to the study and have a talk!" Pulling Wang Zhen into the study, Lu Yuan said to Hou Kaishan:

"Brother Hou, please keep watch outside the door, no one is allowed to come in and disturb me while I am talking to the Dao Chief."

Who is this Taoist priest who actually let Lu Xianggong be so courteous? Hou Kaishan was full of confusion in his heart, and replied: "Xianggong, please rest assured. ”

After closing the door, Lu Yuan arched his hand and said, "Thank you, sir, for that prescription, so that I and Miss Li can get to know each other." ”

"It's just a matter of raising your hand." Wang Zhen said with a smile: "I heard everything that Xianggong did last night, it is really an iron-fisted method, and he is exquisite." ”

Speaking of this, he put away his smile: "But it's a little too eager, leaving hidden dangers." ”

Lu Yuan also felt a little impulsive, and arched his hand: "Please ask the Taoist for advice." ”

"Although Xianggong dealt with it urgently, his methods were quite clever, as long as he survived the first wave of the strongest counterattack, and then he was a flat river."

Lu Yuan also knew that Li Xiancheng and they would definitely make some moves, but listening to Wang Qian's tone, this wave of counterattacks would be very strong, and asked, "I don't know what counterattacks will be." ”

Wang Zhen didn't answer directly, walked to the window, and asked, "Does Xianggong know what his most powerful weapon is at the moment?" ”

The most powerful weapon? Lu Yuan was a little puzzled for a while, and asked, "Is it my official position?" ”

"The position of the Xianggong county order is strength, but to hurt people, it also needs weapons, Xianggong established a very high prestige in the county overnight yesterday, and he is admired by poor people." Wang Zhen smiled and arched his hand.

Lu Yuan gradually understood what he meant, and the weapon he was referring to was prestige.

Wang Zhen continued: "It is because of this prestige that although they can fight back, their power has been weakened, and I believe that with their wisdom, they will be able to resolve them all." ”

"Then if this prestige is gone, it will be difficult for me to resist their counterattack." Lu Yuan immediately understood the meaning of Wang's words.

Wang Zhen nodded and said with a smile:

"Although it is not a mistake for the prime minister to seek talent on the street yesterday, it is not in line with the court's etiquette and law, if someone tells the court about this matter, although he will not be removed from his official position, but there will be punishment, and the officials appointed by the prime minister will also be dismissed, so his prestige will be lost."

Lu Yuan heard a chill in his back, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, Li Wencheng will definitely use this matter to visit me in the Assassin's Mansion." ”

"Xianggong is Feng Yanting's person, Jiang Huai can't do anything about you, they will definitely fold it to the Imperial History Terrace, as long as the Imperial History Terrace is folded to the Cabinet, things will be dangerous."

Unexpectedly, this matter was so dangerous, Lu Yuan asked anxiously: "They may have already sent out the excerpts, does Mr. have a way to deal with it?" ”

Wang Zhen still maintained a smile on his face, looking confident.

"Xianggong doesn't need to panic, after receiving the excerpt, Yushitai will definitely send Yushi down to investigate, and it will take about seven or eight days to go back and forth in the middle, as long as Xianggong does one thing well within seven days, he can sit back and relax."

Lu Yuan was overjoyed and said: "Please sir!" ”

"Xianggong can take a break from other things these days, focusing on the case of Ding Wei and Tian Yu, these two people have done countless evils, it is not difficult to investigate, as long as this case is handled as a big case and notified to the whole city, the imperial history who came to investigate will know the crimes of these two people.

At that time, he will easily have a preconceived idea, and he will have a good impression of the county order that punished the two, and he will have a bad impression of several county officials who have raised such officials, how can he still believe their words, not only will he not punish the fair, but he may also be rewarded. ”

"Thank you, sir." Lu Yuan bowed deeply, this method was better than he imagined.

Wang Zhen smiled: "After the words are finished, the poor road will leave." ”

"Why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea, and you and I can talk before leaving?" Lu Yuan said urgently, Wang Zhen did himself a big favor again, and he really wanted to express his gratitude.

"As long as the public cares about the people, the poor road will be like drinking nectar." Wang Zhen arched his hand and turned to leave.

Lu Yuan sent him all the way outside the county yamen, looked at his distant figure, and sighed in his heart, this is really a strange person.

When I returned to the study, I saw a person waiting outside the door, this person was in his fifties, his name was Han Sheng, and he was in charge of the market. ”

Han Sheng lowered his head and said, "Lord County, the cloth houses and tea shops in the city are all closed!" ”

Tea shop? Could it be the four major chambers of commerce? Lu Yuan was silent, and Han Shiling said: "My lord, if it continues for a long time, it will definitely affect the people's livelihood, but I am afraid that it will cause a civil uprising!" ”

No matter which dynasty it is, the officials are afraid of the people's upheaval, and at this moment, the head of the Nian squad rushed in and shouted: "Lord County, it's not good, the people have changed!" ”

This is really what is coming from, Lu Yuan said angrily: "What the hell is going on, tell me clearly." ”

As soon as the shops closed, there was a change in the people, which was too urgent.

The head of the Nian squad said angrily: "A group of Diao people gathered outside the yamen, and asked your lord to release Zhuang Mozhi!" ”

"You go and call Shangzhan Zhutou and Hou Bantou, and go to the gate of the county government with me to have a look!" Lu Yuan said in a deep voice.

Outside the second gate of the county government, Li Xiancheng frowned and said, "Brother Li, why is this number so small?" ”

County Lieutenant Li's face didn't look very good, and he said angrily:

"Zhanyuan and Hou Kaishan have begun to clean up the government, and I have a lot less manpower, and I don't know why, the rumors are not very good, and there are not many people who come with them."

"It must be that there were too many onlookers watching yesterday's trial, so many people know the inside story." Master Yuan squinted his eyes and said.

Li County Cheng Fuxu walked back and forth a few steps, and said slowly: "This won't make a big deal, Brother Li, you go and let our people spread rumors, just say that the new county order will add three new taxes." ”

Lieutenant Li smiled: "This is very wonderful, don't say anything, detain him a few basins first!" ”

"Public opinion is in our hands, let's say he did it, and he won't be able to run." Li Xiancheng said lightly.