Chapter 112: Snatching power
A cold light flashed in Guo Zhiyuan's eyes, although Zhang Cheng and them had tried their best to keep a low profile when they came back last night, but so much property was transported back and must not be able to hide it from someone with a heart, Wang Demin must have received the news and knew that the county government was rich now, so he was in a hurry to come back and seize power. This Wang Demin is really getting more and more excessive, Guo Zhiyuan has not settled accounts with him for the small actions he made before, and now he still wants to snatch financial power and personnel power with Guo Zhiyuan, although Guo Zhiyuan has not served as the leader of the unit before the crossing, he also knows that financial power and personnel power are the two major powers that must be controlled as the leader of the unit, otherwise they will be hollowed out, and no one will listen to what he says, so Wang Demin is tantamount to touching Guo Zhiyuan's reverse scales.
But Guo Zhiyuan had to take care of Huang Yihua behind Wang Demin, Wang Demin dared to provoke Guo Zhiyuan's authority so arrogantly and repeatedly, it must be due to Huang Yihua's instructions, although Huang Yihua was afraid of Guo Zhengyu and the Donglin Party forces behind him did not dare to openly suppress Guo Zhiyuan, but once he grabbed Guo Zhiyuan's handle, he would definitely not accept mercy, Guo Zhiyuan's power is still very weak now, far from being able to confront Huang Yihua, and he can't be cautious.
Guo Zhiyuan frowned and thought about it, beckoned to Zhang Cheng, leaned into his ear and whispered a few words, and walked towards the second hall of the county government in a hurry, and before he arrived at the second hall, he heard Wang Demin's arrogant voice: "This official is the lord of Gutian County appointed by the Ministry of Officials, and it is also the duty entrusted to me by the Ministry of Officials to be in charge of the county's money and grain, you are just the master hired by Guo County's private order, what power do you have to be in charge of the county's money and grain?" If you don't hand over the new money and grain account books and hand over the money and grain to me, I will go to the prefect's yamen to sue you for the crime of overstepping the system, and I'm afraid that even Lord Guo won't be able to get out of it at that time! ……”
Needless to say, it was Xu Guangqi who confronted Wang Demin at this time, although Xu Guangqi was a genius of the Kuang Dynasty, but he was not good at verbal debate, and what Wang Demin said was not completely unreasonable, as Guo Zhiyuan's privately hired staff member in charge of Gutian County's money and grain was indeed unruly, if this matter stabbed Huang Yihua, he would have a reason to use this matter to make trouble for Guo Zhiyuan, so although Xu Guangqi was trembling with anger by Wang Demin, he didn't know how to refute Wang Demin for a while.
Seeing that Xu Guangqi didn't speak, Wang Demin's attitude became more and more arrogant, and he pointed to Lu Zhichao on the side and said: "There is also Lu Dianshi, who is also an official appointed by the Ministry of Officials, and is in charge of the heavy responsibility of the county's public security arrest. ……”
This is quite vicious, almost similar to accusing Guo Zhiyuan of rebellion, if the officials accept Wang Demin's accusation, then Guo Zhiyuan will not only lose his official position, but also be imprisoned for the crime, Xu Guangqi can no longer control the anger in his heart, and loudly refuted: "You don't want to spew blood!" Waiting for the corpse to eat vegetarian meals, pretending to be unwell and taking leave together, making the county government useless, Lord Guo had no choice but to re-recruit the fast government service, so that the county government could be re-operated, and I was in charge of the money and food, and there were public accounts to check, how could it be said that it was a private yamen? ……”
Wang Demin also knew that his accusation was untenable, and it was impossible for the officials to accept such a serious accusation because of his one-sided words, at least they would send someone down to verify it, which would be troublesome, so he didn't hold on to this topic, and retreated: "You also said that you were in charge of money and food on your behalf, and now that the official and Lu Dianshi have returned to the yamen, why do you refuse to hand it over?" Doesn't refusing to hand it over mean that you have selfish intentions? That official said that he had to report to the prefect's yamen......"
Lu Zhichao and several six-room chiefs also echoed: "Yes, we just took leave, and now that we are back, the things we should be responsible for will naturally be handed back to us to be responsible!" ……”
Those old servants also clamoured: "We have been a county official for so many years, and we have worked hard without merit, and now we have dismissed all of us, and we are all recruited newcomers, we are not convinced!" ……”
Guo Zhiyuan heard a nameless fire outside the door, these guys used to collectively carry the burden, but now they see that the county government is rich, and they come back to grab the class and seize power, do they really think they are mud bodhisattvas? He knew that it was really difficult for Xu Guangqi to deal with so many people alone, and he was afraid that Xu Guangqi would be a little overwhelmed if he didn't come forward, so he no longer hesitated and strode in!
Everyone couldn't help but feel terrified when they saw Guo Zhiyuan come in, now Guo Zhiyuan is no better than when he first took office, he has established a lot of prestige in Gutian County, especially this time the bandits won a big victory, which made him famous, many people are spreading that the new Guo County Order is the reincarnation of the stars in the sky, and it was sent by God to save the people of Gutian, so he can take more than a hundred people but defeat thousands of bandits, and no one dares not to take Guo Zhiyuan's county order in his eyes as before. Those old servants and old oilmen couldn't help but shrink back, and even Wang Demin's arrogance suddenly became a lot shorter.
However, Wang Demin also knew that he must not retreat at this time, and said strongly: "Lord Guo, you came just in time, the lower official has now recovered, and he has come to sell his leave to the adult, and please let your master hand over the new money and grain account book, and Lu Dianshi is also back, he feels that these new recruits are not very competent, not as good as the original old catchers, and the officials are easy to use, please allow him to clear the newly recruited fast catchers and officials, and let the original old catchers and officials come back to be an errand ......"
Guo Zhiyuan glanced at everyone coldly, and everyone avoided his sharp gaze a little evasively, and finally stopped at Wang Demin, and said expressionlessly: "Oh, it's quite a coincidence that you are sick and healed at the same time......"
Wang Demin couldn't help blushing, and quibbled: "Lu Dianshi's body has already recovered, but they are afraid of the adult's reproach and dare not come, so they will come together to ask the adult for ......their lives after the official body has recovered."
Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Wang Demin coldly, and said slowly: "Oh, is Lord Wang's body really healed?" Lord Guanwang's face doesn't seem to be very good, so there shouldn't be any hidden diseases, right? This official is also a little familiar with the art of Qi Huang, but he can check the pulse of Lord Wang to see if he is really cured? ......" said and reached out to Wang Demin's wrist!
Wang Demin hid back in a little panic, but Guo Zhiyuan has been insisting on exercising since the crossing, and during this time, he has followed the township soldiers to learn martial arts training, and his skills are far better than ordinary people, so he will naturally not let him dodge, and he grabbed Wang Demin's wrist as fast as lightning, and then raised his foot and kicked Wang Demin's calf bone fiercely.