Dean Gu didn't help Chen Jingjun intercede anymore when he saw that he couldn't do anything, and after greeting for a while, he got up and said goodbye, and when he walked to the door, he turned back as if he suddenly remembered and said that Chen Youdao had no way to teach his son, and he felt that he had no face to be a teacher anymore after making such a big scandal, and he just resigned from the errand of the dean of Mingdao Academy in the afternoon. Several local squires have already discussed, and plan to send someone to Taizhou and even Yangzhou to hire a gentleman to teach in the next two days.

This is the business of the local squires, Han Xiufeng didn't want to take care of it and couldn't take care of it, so he sent him out of the second hall with a haha.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, Pan Er couldn't help but ask, "Fourth brother, what does he mean by telling you this?" ”

"What does it mean," Han Xiufeng smiled, turned around and said, "He wants to tell me that Chen Youdao even lost his job because of this matter, which is pitiful enough, and he wants to ask me to raise my noble hand and let Chen Jingjun go." It is also a side knock to remind me that these squires are not hillbillies who have never seen the world, and they also have a place in Taizhou and even Yangzhou Shilin. ”

"Is this old guy scaring you?"

"It's not a scare, after all, people have fame, and they are indeed gentry."

"Then what should I do about this, do you want to let Chen Jingjun go?"

Han Xiufeng walked to the fireside and dried his hands, looked at the flames in the stove and said with a smile: "He's not scaring me, he's just taking this opportunity to remind me that there are local rules, or that the yamen has a tacit understanding with these squires." ”

"What rules, what tacit understanding?" Pan Er asked curiously.

"For example, what money can I make from this inspection, and what money can I not make. For example, how much land and silver can be collected from them, how much fire consumption can be added, and how much grain can be levied on them, it is almost the same. Whoever is not strong enough to swallow elephants and is as violent as Master Yizhendu, they will definitely not agree. ”

"And this rule!"

"Let's put it this way, for inspectors like me and state and county officials like Master Zhang, they gentry must not be offended, and if anyone breaks the rules, their officials will not be able to do it for long."

"They're going to sue?"

"Do you think Master Du lost his official position because of this, I used to wonder why Master Du was so good to me for a nine-grade inspection, and he was to give me wine to pick up the wind and send Cheng Yi, it turned out that he offended the local gentry, and I happened to have something to do with the Wu family, so he took me to meet the two elders of the Wu family, and wanted to take this opportunity to ask the Wu family to help him say good things to the gentry of Yizhen."

Pan Er thought about it and asked, "Why didn't the Wu family help him speak?" ”

"Why does the Wu family want to help him speak?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, sat down and patiently explained: "Whether it is the two clan elders of the Wu family, or the Dean Gu who came just now, they are all prestige like Master Gu in our Ba County, and they can only help the locals, and some even pave bridges and build roads to do good deeds every day, how can they turn their elbows outward." ”

"Chen Youdao, doesn't he also have fame? Isn't that offending him by putting him in the classroom when we put him in the classroom? ”

"Chen Youdao don't have to worry, he is famous, but he has no way to teach his son, so he let his son set up a gamble, corrupt customs, harm people, and the people are very angry. We are not only justified in dealing with his son, but also very happy. In other things, the local gentry may help him speak, but in this matter, the local gentry will not only not help him, but will even secretly applaud. ”

"So, Dean Gu doesn't really want to help Chen Jingjun intercede."

"It's not that he really doesn't want to help, he can't be offended. If I let go, Chen Youdao will owe him a great favor; I didn't let go, and I didn't have much to lose for him. ”

"What an old fox." Pan Er scolded, thought about it and couldn't help laughing: "Fourth brother, didn't he say that he was going to Taizhou or even Yangzhou to ask for a teacher, and simply let Li Xiucai be the dean of Mingdao Academy." In this way, he has a job, and we don't need to support him anymore. ”

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"Dean Gu can talk to Xuezheng, and he is all friends with the local squires and even the gentry in other parts of Taizhou, but the people he deals with are all from the Shilin. As the saying goes, Xiucai can't rebel for ten years, don't say that we didn't offend him, even if we offended, it wouldn't be particularly troublesome. The surname Li is different, he has been idle in the Yamen of the Inspection Department for seven or eight years, and has a friendship with the officials of the State Yamen and even the Yamen of the Yun Division, and he is a native of Fu'an, a Xiucai from Dongtai County, and he must know the officials of Anfeng, Fu'an and the Jiaoxian Salt Division, and he must have a friendship with the people of the Fu'an Inspection Division. ”

"Fu'an also has an inspection department?" Pan Er asked subconsciously.

"Yes, it's just from the Fu'an Salt Division, not from Dongtai County."

Han Xiufeng picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, then said: "The same scholar, a scholar like Dean Gu is easy to deal with, but a scholar like Li Xiucai is difficult to deal with. He has been a scribe in the yamen for seven or eight years, and he has a relationship with the underworld and the white way, the three religions and the nine streams, and if he is allowed to go out, the ghost knows how much chaos he will cause us. Besides, the local squire is not a melon baby, what kind of person is Li Xiucai, everyone is like a mirror in his heart, how could he hire him to be the dean of Mingdao Academy. ”

"What can he mess up with us?" Pan Er still didn't understand.

"Have you forgotten what you said when you were in Ba County?" Han Xiufeng smiled, put down the teacup and said, "Let's put it this way, Hai'an can make so much money by gathering together, and if we make more money, he will earn less." If we get in the way of his wealth, he will definitely hold a grudge, and if he is really let out, he will definitely think that I will not be able to do this inspection. ”

Pan Er is a fan of the authorities, and when he heard Han Xiufeng's words, he understood it like an empowering, and couldn't help laughing: "I know, he is different from Su Jueming, he can't pee in the same pot as us." ”

"Well, so keep an eye on him, and don't let him spoil our business."

"But he's not a human criminal, it's the New Year, and I can't stop him from going home."

"Then find an excuse not to let him go home." Han Xiufeng touched the corners of his mouth and muttered: "There will be no government exam next year, and the excuse that Shiheng's studies are important is untenable, it seems that he can only be used and let him do something." ”

"What are you doing?"

"There are so many prisoners in the class room, what have they done, when did they commit it, who the sufferer is, and whether they have accomplices, we have to find out. And I'm just inspecting and not the state and county main hall, so it's not good to be promoted to the court for trial. In short, you can't just be locked up and escorted directly to the state government after the New Year, just let him ask, not only to ask carefully, but also to make a record. ”

Pan Erle said: "More than 20 people have committed crimes, counting those who surrendered themselves and those who were implicated, it is enough for him to be busy." ”

"Twenty or thirty is a bit less, judging from the Baojia inventory and state records, there are more than 100,000 people under our sub-jurisdiction, and there must be 100 people who are tyrannical and brave and ruthless on weekdays. Let's start with these guys who just got the lock back, and let them report it. After eating, look at the map, refer to the map and come up with a charter, we have jurisdiction over more than 200 villages, one village is a bit too much, two or three villages to catch one is just right! ”