Chapter 171 Paying Debts with Official Offices
For Yang Jie, even during the Yellow Turban Riot, he didn't feel so desperate. Because at that time, he had already warned in advance, and even someone inside Taiping Dao told him about the situation at that time, so that he could deal with it calmly and avoid that catastrophe.
Of course, the most important thing is that because there are government and those real big landlords and tyrants in front of him who have attracted the attention of those Yellow Turban Army, even if they want to rob them, they have not yet grabbed the homes of these small and medium-sized landlords and tyrants.
But now it's different, if this is another Yellow Turban riot, then he is now both an official and the biggest landlord in Yang County. In this way, it is his turn to bear the brunt of the attack.
In normal times, these ordinary ordinary people can be manipulated by him Yang Jie, and they can concoct whatever they want. But no matter what, Yang Jie has always been worried that those ordinary people will be like the Yellow Turban riots earlier.
Therefore, in addition to taking advantage of the pressure of the people at hand, he also gave some measures that he thought were feasible to appease the people. These are actually the measures mentioned earlier, to accept ordinary people as domestic slaves.
In this way, it has given a way out to those people who can no longer live, so that those people will not immediately target them.
In fact, at that time, the people didn't think that the situation they were facing now had anything to do with Yang Jie and them. Because the difficulties they faced were brought by the Yellow Turban Army, by the officers and soldiers of the government, and by the real landlords and tyrants of the original country. In this way, no one would really point the finger at Yang Jie and them at that time.
Even now, if Liu Xian hadn't kicked in this Yang County, then the people of Yang County would probably not stand on the opposite side of Yang Jie.
Especially Yang Jie, when they didn't let those people know that they still had so much surplus food.
All this was originally good, but during this time, Yang Jie was still dreaming of making a fortune. However, all of a sudden, the people of Yang's County gathered in front of his county office, and Wenshen, the county prince, where did he suddenly come from so many people? Could it be that this is the officers and soldiers secretly sent by the government above to Wen Shen to suppress him?
But no matter what, now Yang Jie can't escape, no matter whether the clerical orders of the government above that Wen Shen said are good or bad, he must also face it. He really didn't dare to tell the truth, didn't dare to wear the hat of rebellion and rebellion, once this crime was confirmed, then he would be finished.
Lord Bo Li Mao came in, Yang Jie didn't say anything, shook his head and said to the other officials who came to the county government and didn't know why: "Everyone, we have a bad day today, it is possible that from today onwards, this Yang County will not be our final say." But don't worry too much, no matter what, we still have a relatively large influence on the one-third of an acre of land in Yangshi County. It's okay if they don't tear their faces, but if they do, then we won't be so easy to mess with, and we, the hundreds of thousands of people, are not vegetarians. You're right? β
"Lord Yang Jie, the current situation is indeed extremely unfavorable to us! IβAre we really going to fight them? According to what we have observed, it is estimated that the people of the whole county have gathered in our county office, plus the people of Wenshen County are no less than us. β
Some officials were scared, but now they were worried that Yang Jie would desperately order their men to confront Wen Shen's men, for fear that there would be a fight. In addition, they have thousands of people here, but how many people are there in the county? One or twenty thousand people, this is really going to be a conflict, even if it is a defenseless people, they can be torn to pieces.
This is the power of the masses, and when there are many of them, they will be afraid even if they are armed to the teeth.
"Yes, Lord County Commander, now I think you should go out and have a look first, see what Wen Shen says, and see what the official order is over there."
Yang Jie's face turned black when he heard this, and he shouted: "Shut up for me!" Did I say I was going to conflict with them? I just want to tell you that this time may not be good for us, but we must also stick to our own position, no matter what, we must still insist on fighting for what is in line with the provisions of the Han law. For example, none of us have done anything to hurt nature and reason in Yangshi County, right? The grain we sold to the government this time was a real delivery of 500,000 catties of grain to the government. So the white slip that the government sent us, that must be exchanged, right? Do you want to fight for it? β
Yang Jie also has a certain amount of political wisdom, he knows that this Wen Shen is secretive, when he came back from Julu County yesterday and came to see him, he said it well, early the next morning, he mobilized the people of the county to besiege the official office, and then brought hundreds of people and horses to come, this is menacing, this must be an action against him. So, that's the order of the government above, this is definitely not going to be a good thing.
In addition, if you think about it a little deeper, Yang Jie feels that he really hasn't done anything that can directly make the government above condemn him. Therefore, if it is an order from the government above that is unfavorable to him, this is at most to remove him from the post of this county order and dismiss his official.
He doesn't have much to say about that. Because, during the period when he was appointed as the county magistrate of Yang's County, he thought that he had done everything he had to do, and he had already obtained all the benefits that he could get. And he really didn't care about the life and death of the people of this Yang County, so it didn't matter if this county order was done or not.
Now even if he is not a county magistrate, he still has the white slip that the government owes them grain, and the white slip that Liu Xian owes the government for grain. As long as he firmly controls the men and horses of these small and medium-sized landlords and tyrants, then he doesn't have to worry about his status in this Yang County, and the government also has to look at his face and owe them the grain money, which will have to be returned after all.
Now, Yang Jie wants to discuss the details with these landlords and tyrants. It's a pity that these guys are too short-sighted to talk to them.
He glared angrily at the people who spoke just now, and said coldly: "Let me tell you, now we are all wearing a pair of pants, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, so, no matter what, you must act according to my face and orders, and when it is time for us to insist, we must insist, and we must not give in to that Wen Shen." β
After Yang Jie said this to them, he stiffened his head, held his head high, and strode out of the county office.
"So early in the morning, what is the intention of Wen Xiancheng to come to the official office with so many people?" Yang Jie said to Wen Shen expressionlessly.
"I've seen the prefectural commander." Wen Shen saluted Yang Jie and said, "Lord County Order, this is not what Wen wants, but someone from the government above who brought a clerical order to Lord County Order." Therefore, Wen could only get up early in the morning and bring the envoy from the government to read the order. β
"Hehe, the envoy of the government above? So these horses behind you are all officers and soldiers escorting the envoy here? But how do I think they don't look like officers and soldiers? Also, now the people of the whole county have come to surround this county office, right? What's going on? They are also the envoys you invited to protect by Wenxian Cheng? Yang Jiepi smiled coldly, and then questioned.
"Ha, Lord County Commander, there are some things, in fact, Wen doesn't know very well. However, there are some details that the prefectural magistrate doesn't have to pay attention to. β
"Well, at this point, it is true that there is no need to pay too much attention to it, well, in that case, then where is the Envoy? You can read out the clerical order given to Yang by the government above. β
"It's okay, then I will invite the envoy."
Wen Shen didn't say a word, immediately stepped aside and shouted loudly to the people behind him.
It's just a trivial matter to read out something, the main thing is to see Yang Jie's reaction after reading it.
Wen Shen also asked a scholar to pretend to be an official, and walked out in a hurry, of course, there were more than a dozen real government officers and soldiers to escort him. These are the people who asked Liu Xian's Liu Mansion caravan to select more than a dozen face-slung people and put on the clothes and armor of the officers and soldiers provided by Wang Bao.
"You are Yang Jie, the county magistrate of Yang's County?"
pretended to be a scholar from the government above who came to announce the order, and his acting skills were not bad, like the envoy sent by the government above, and he looked down on the magistrate. In particular, the contempt for officials who pretend to be dismissed is in place.
"Xiaguan Yang Jie, meet the envoy." Yang Jie didn't dare to be rude, so he hurried to meet him.
"Excuse me." Without Sihao's hesitation, the scholar took out a command written on silk paper from his bosom and read it out.
"Yang Jie, the county magistrate of Yangshi County, has been specially appointed as the county magistrate of Yangshi County because of his contribution to Yangshi County, but at this time when the people of Yangshi County are in danger, as the county magistrate, he has not taken any governance measures, failed to govern the people of Yangshi County, and led the people of Yangshi County to get out of the predicament and restore normal life and production order. These are acts of malfeasance. But basically Yang Jie is not a person in the officialdom, has no experience as an official, and has no excusable situation about how to govern a county and a city, so he is gracious and will not be committed. At this point, Yang Jie's dismissal from the county order will take effect immediately! β
"In addition, the large and small officials in Yang's County appointed by Yang Jie also do not meet the government's employment standards, and they have not been able to assist the county order to govern the people well, so they should also be removed from government positions, effective immediately!"
"Yang's County is temporarily appointed by the county Cheng Wenshen as the acting county order, exercising the responsibility of the county order. If Wenshen County can govern Yang County well, then he will have the opportunity to become an official Yang County Commander in the future, otherwise, he will also be removed from his post and will be punished. β
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These official orders are true.
After reading it out, he gave the order document to Yang Jie and asked Yang Jie to confirm the authenticity.
This, whether it's true or not, doesn't matter anymore, because even if it's fake, he, Yang Jie, must be dismissed from the post of county magistrate.
But it's really true, giving Yang Jie a look at it can convince him.
In this regard, Yang Jie was also calm, because he had already made a certain amount of psychological preparation, he had read the official order documents and knew that it was not fake, so he had nothing to say.
"Yang Jie originally obeyed the orders of the government, and was willing to remove the county order from the post and give the position to a capable person, hoping that the new county order could restore the normal life and production order of Yang's County and make Yang's County prosperous. Yang also thanked Shangguan for not condemning his crimes! β
"Good! Since Yang Jie, you obey the orders of the Shangguan, then from now on, you will no longer be the county commander of Yang County, including the county officials appointed by you, and at the same time become commoners. β
"The envoy is right, Yang Jie is just an ordinary civilian from now on." Yang Jie bowed his head as if he was extremely obedient.
"Okay, then please hand over all the documents and documents of the original government as soon as possible, and move them away from the official office, so that the Wenshen County Decree can take power immediately, and carry out the normal appointment of officials of all sizes in Yangshi County and the development of various tasks in Yangshi County."
"No problem!" Yang Jie still agreed very simply, which seemed to be smoother than Wen Shen originally imagined.
But at this time, Yang Jie straightened his waist all of a sudden, and said to the so-called envoy of the government above: "Lord Envoy, since Yang has been dismissed now, there is no need to be a person from the government. Then Yang Mou, as a civilian, wants to ask your government for a sum of money in arrears, hoping that the government can deliver it as soon as possible, and don't let Xiaomin wait for a long time. β
"What? The government owes you money for food? β
"That's right! During his tenure as a county magistrate, Wen Shen purchased 500,000 catties of grain from dozens of local people such as Yang in the name of the government. This batch of grain, Yang and others have all been delivered to Wenshen County, this Wenshen County, oh, no, now it should be the county order. What Yang said is true, right? β
"Yes, it's true." Wen Shen responded.
"Okay, then now I ask Lord Wenshen to honor these white slips from the government to me, a total of 50 million yuan, and I haven't taken a penny. These are the hard-earned money of the small people, I believe the government will not be greedy for ink, right? β
"This ...... Naturally, the government will not be greedy for the money that belongs to you. Although Wen Shen knew that Yang Jie would make a fuss about this, he really couldn't deny it.
"Since Lord Wenshen said so. Then Xiaomin is relieved. However, as the saying goes, seeing is wealth, and we have not taken a penny, Xiaomin hopes that we can pay off the money first, and then we will return it to the official office. After all, this official office is also a fixed asset, isn't it? If you can't pay the money, then the government can also be part of the debt. β
Yang Jie said it reasonably, after he said it, Wen Shen and the envoy of the pretending government couldn't help but stiffen a little, and at this time they really didn't know how to deal with Yang Jie's seemingly reasonable statement.
"Haha......"
At this time, Liu Xian laughed and walked out from behind.