Xu Ying was a little disappointed, but when she thought about it, she felt reasonable. After all, it is a fluke to let a group of young people deal with ruthless private tyrants, and it is a fluke to win, and it would be strange if the casualties were not serious.

Thinking of so many civil and military officials in Taizhou who are in office and waiting for the commission's probation, they are either too sick to be a director, or they are old and dizzy. is either mediocre and incompetent, or greedy for life and afraid of death, Xu Ying felt that the nine-grade inspection in front of him who was born as a donation was available, and immediately signaled the family members who were waiting on the side and a few soap class officials on duty to avoid it, and waited until there were only two of them left in the lobby before asking: "Han Inspector, do you know why this official moved to Taizhou?" ”

Han Xiufeng didn't dare to play tricks with him, and said with a worried face: "The lower official knows a little bit about it. ”

"Tell me about it."

"The Taiping bandits went down the river, and the Jiangning Dynasty was not safe. If Jiangning is lost, the bandits will attack Yangzhou. Taizhou and Yangzhou are close at hand, but Master Zhang is sick, and Taizhou can't be left without anyone at this juncture. ”

"I didn't expect you to do an inspection in Hai'an, and the news is so well-informed!"

"Master Xu, Hai'an is next to the salt farms of Anfeng, Fu'an, Jiaoxian and Zhangcha, and the salt merchants in those salt farms either have industries in Yangzhou or have relatives in Yangzhou. They go back and forth, every day under the noses of the lower officials, and the lower officials don't know and can't do it. ”

"I see, I said, how can you be so well-informed." Xu Ying nodded slightly, and then asked: "Since you know that Jiangning is in danger, and you know that if the bandits capture Jiangning, they will come to attack Yangzhou or even Taizhou, have you ever thought about how to deal with it?" ”

Han Xiufeng had already prepared, and said categorically: "Xiaguan is just a nine-grade inspection, I only know that no matter how chaotic it is outside, the more than 200 towns and villages under the jurisdiction of Xiaguan cannot be chaotic, and the people under the jurisdiction of Xiaguan cannot be chaotic!" ”

"That's right, no matter how chaotic it is outside, the people under the rule can't be chaotic! If anyone dares to make trouble, he must be suppressed, and he must not be merciful, let alone connived. Especially those scoundrels who are idle and have nothing to do, if they don't press now, when the thieves arrive, even if they don't obey the thieves, they will harm the place! Xu Ying paused, and then changed his words: "But since you are here, you don't have to go back to Hai'an." Under the residence of the state government, from tomorrow onwards, he will assist the official to recruit young people, build spears and short knives, collect stones, rolling wood, fire oil and other things, and strengthen the defense of Taizhou city. ”

I'm really afraid of something!

However, Han Xiufeng had expected it, and hurriedly got up and said: "The lower official is willing to serve Master Xu, but if the lower official doesn't go back, what will the inspection department yamen do, and there can't be no one over there." ”

"Aren't there several alternate inspectors," Xu Ying opened the official document, looked at the name on an official document and said: "There are three alternate inspectors waiting for the probationary inspection committee in Taizhou, and six alternate officials. Among them, Fang Shimei has also acted for more than four months of maritime security inspections, and he can be allowed to go to Hai'an. ”

"But ......"

"Are you scared?"

Han Xiufeng didn't expect him to be so ruthless, and hurriedly arched his hand again: "Master Xu, there are old fathers and mothers on Xiufeng, and there are babies who have never seen them since they were born, if you want to say that you are not afraid of death, it is false, but Xiufeng, as an official of the imperial court, should share the worries of the king, how can he be greedy for life and afraid of death, how can he be negative to the grace of the saint!" ”

Xu Ying stared at Han Xiufeng for a long time, and then asked, "What is that, do you think that this official is not close to people, and he will indiscriminately take your position as soon as they meet?" ”

Han Xiufeng thought that he would use extraordinary methods to deal with extraordinary people, gritted his teeth, and plucked up the courage to say: "Since the arrival of the lower officials, he has neither held a birthday, nor raided the people, but has observed the people's feelings, visited the gentry, persuaded the people with the gentry, trained the villagers, caught thieves, interrogated the adulterers, and inspected the night!" There were originally thieves and thieves in Hai'an, and private tyrants were rampant. Nowadays, there is no cold and heat on a single ride, the place is safe, and the people are safe. The subordinate official thinks that he is honest and honest, and pursues diligence, and Master Xu just took the post of the subordinate official, and the subordinate official is not satisfied! ”

Xu Ying thought to himself that this donor-born inspector was really young and vigorous, and he dared to contradict it. However, not only did he not get angry, but asked with a smile: "Did the official say that he wanted to take your position?" ”

Han Xiufeng said unconvinced: "Master Xu asked Fang Shimei to go to Hai'an to act as an inspector, isn't it just to take the position of official!" ”

Xu Ying secretly weighed it again, thinking that he could only do extraordinary things when it was extraordinary, thinking that he would cheapen you kid, so he made up his mind and asked lightly: "Is it to take away your rank later, this official wants to ask you how much silver you made from investigating smuggled salt, and where did all that silver go." ”

"Xiaguan sold more than one million catties of gong salt at a price, and he earned more than 4,000 taels of silver, but these more than 4,000 taels of silver were exchanged for Xiaguan's life!"

"Shaodong is talking nonsense, and the official didn't say that you were corrupt and bent the law, so I want to ask if the silver is still there?"

"Yes."

"It's good to be here, and tomorrow I'll send all the four thousand taels of silver to the yamen."

Han Xiufeng secretly scolded you for planning to want both Lao Tzu's life and Lao Tzu's money, and just didn't know what to say, Xu Ying actually said lightly: "Taiping thieves and bandits are in turmoil, the imperial court is at the time of employing people, Taizhou Prefecture and Li Changjing do not want to repay the grace of the saint, not only know the law and break the law in the place to take concubines, but also greedy for life and fear of death and insist on suing for illness, this official has submitted to the government to dismiss him from his post and wait for participation, you quickly send your family to take the silver and donate it from the top of the six products, this official can make the decision to let you act Li Changjing vacant this shortage." ”

Han Xiufeng realized that Yang Dianbang, the governor of Caoyun, Liu Liangju, the envoy of Lianghuai Yanyun, and Zhang Tingrui, the prefect of Yangzhou, who were responsible for defending Yangzhou at this juncture, asked him to move to Taizhou, and he must have agreed to the conditions he proposed, otherwise it would be impossible for a state from Liupin to be dismissed from his post. The governor of Liangjiang and the political envoy of Jiangning were surrounded by Taiping bandits in Jiangning City, and they had no time to manage local affairs such as Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Tongzhou.

In short, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can change from a nine-grade inspection to a six-grade state, but Han Xiufeng still said with a bitter face after thinking about it: "Master Xu, it's not that the lower officials don't know how to lift, but the lower officials feel that this matter is a little ...... Some ......"

"What?" Xu Ying stood up, walked in front of him around the public case, stared at him and asked, "Do you think that you are obviously serving the court, and even want to die for the court, but you have to pay the silver upside down?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare."

"Don't dare to say that it doesn't mean that you don't dare to think so," Xu Ying turned around suddenly, bowed to the capital, and then turned back and said: "You and I are both officials of the imperial court, so we should think about serving the imperial court." What is a few thousand taels of silver, not only did the official donate all his savings over the years to defend the city, but the official and Zhang Zhizhou's family members were also all in Taizhou, vowing to live and die together in Taizhou! ”