Chapter 54: Chen Qun, Du Xian, and Zhao Yan

"It turns out that the county lieutenant Fan is a descendant of the Marquis of Wuyang, no wonder he is so resolute and upright, since you are not willing to be the Yingyin order, then the official is not embarrassed by the county lieutenant, but you are so loyal and honest, if you are still only a county lieutenant, this is really contrary to the consistent tradition of our dynasty to treat virtuous people preferentially, so if the county lieutenant Fan does not dislike it, I can show you as the county lieutenant of Yingchuan."

"Don't make you like this, the ability of the subordinate is insufficient, this county lieutenant can't do it at all, and please take back your life." Fan Lin hurriedly and decisively refused, Pei Qing could see that this was not an intentional shirk, the other party was indeed sincere.

However, Pei Qing laughed and said: "As long as the character is enough and the ability is not a problem at all, you don't shirk, hurry up and explain, and prepare to be the lieutenant of Yingchuan County, I guarantee that you will not only be a county lieutenant in the future, even if you are a general, it is more than enough." ”

Then Pei Qing couldn't say anything, so he explained to Xie Lingyun: "Mr. Xie, arrange it quickly, and treat Fan Lin as a county lieutenant in the future." ”

"No!" Xie Lingyun naturally knew Pei Qing's ability, since Pei Qing said that Fan Lin could do this county lieutenant, this proved that he would definitely be able to do it, so he immediately did as Pei Qing instructed.

Then Fan Lin was forcibly left in Yangzhai, although he didn't believe that he would have such an ability, but he could only stay helplessly.

Not long after, after the above plan was over, Pei Qing walked out of the lobby and said loudly to the squires at the door: "Squires, you have also seen that those officials before are the parents and officials you expect to help you protect your homeland, but what are they?" Corruption, bribery is commonplace, bullying the people, fish and meat are next to each other, I have heard that some squires actually collude with them to oppress the people, I don't know if such a thing can happen? ”

Of course, some of those squires did this, they listened to Pei Qing speak to them in a very stern tone, and at the same time thought of Pei Qing's ruthlessness, one by one they bowed down in front of them with pale faces, and said tremblingly: "The villains were forced by the power of those unscrupulous officials before, and they had to say that they were subservient, but they were deeply ashamed in their hearts, and now these officials have finally been eliminated, not only the luck of the people, but also the luck of us, we are willing to donate property, take out the surplus grain from the warehouse, and give relief to the victims, to show our repentance. ”

Pei Qing nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then laughed loudly: "The official has long heard that the squires are ambitious, and they are unwilling to be in the same stream with the corrupt officials, and now it seems that this is the case, since you are so generous, the official can only be disrespectful, here the ancestors of the people to express their gratitude to the squires for their generosity, but we have to be reasonable, naturally we can't dry up and fish, although the squires are enthusiastic to donate family property materials, but the official can't watch you donate all the family property materials, In this way, at most, all the squires need to donate a year's property, and no one can donate more, otherwise the official will ......be in a hurry with him."

"Hiss......" After Pei Qing finished speaking, the whole scene gasped, because they all felt distressed about this year's property, because even if it was a wealthy family, there was actually not much surplus food, and let them donate a year's property, which was enough for them to break their bones, but Pei Qing's words had already clearly hinted that they had to donate a year's property, otherwise I really don't know how the new Taishou would clean them up?

So in this case, these squires could only pinch their noses and agree to Pei Qing's conditions, after all, he has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and if he doesn't comply, no matter how big the family is, it may be uprooted.

However, I didn't expect that at this moment, I saw Pei Qing smile and said: "Since you squires are so well aware of the righteousness, then the official will also share a good thing with you, after investigation, the official found a large salt mine in Wuyang, and is going to build a large salt farm there, as long as you help to build, after the completion of the project, the official can allow you to give priority to the sale of salt, issue salt introductions, and at the same time pay the salt tax can be reduced by 30%. ”

"Huh? What, what? Extra-large salt mines? We're going to make a fortune! When all the squires heard the news, their hearts were shaken, their faces were full of excitement, and their eyes lit up, most of these squires were in business and knew what such a salt mine meant.

"Please, please rest assured, we will definitely do our best to help you build such a salt farm as soon as possible, and then turn it into profit." These squires were like hungry wolves meeting meat, and their previous frustration was immediately thrown out of the clouds, and they became extremely active and excited.

Pei Qing is naturally very clear about this, of course, for these squires, of course, they can't just coerce, but also lure, only in this way can they really be tied to themselves.

After getting the assurances of these squires, Pei Qing ordered the appointment of vacant officials, but some people found that among them, Yang Zhai Ling and Wuyang Linghe, who were the most important, were not appointed, which made the squires very strange in their hearts, Yang Zhai as the seat of governance, Wuyang County has a large salt mine in these two places, and the importance of the status of the county order is naturally undoubted, especially the Wuyang County Order, who is in charge of a huge salt mine, which will mean that he will have a huge wealth in the future, which is also too attractive.

So these squires secretly decided in their hearts that if possible, no matter what the price, they would get the position of Wuyang Ling and Wuyang County Lieutenant.

However, at this moment, I suddenly heard Pei Qingchuan give an order: "I know that Yingchuan is a local spirit man, and there are many talented people, even if the squires present are many young and handsome, enough to be honored as the magistrate of Yingchuan County, this official has heard that Xu County Chen Qunrong is a corporal, he is good at scheming, loyal and pure, can be a gentleman, and intends to be hired as the chief history of Yingchuan, and concurrently serves as Yang Zhai Ling, Yang Zhai Zhao Yan is resolute and resolute, and is proposed to be promoted to Wuyang Order, Dingling Du attacked Wen Cui Zhitong, and proposed to be promoted as Wuyang County Lieutenant, I don't know what you think?" ”

This is in the crowd, a young man's heart shook after hearing the words, and he thought silently: "This, this, this Pei Qing knows that I Chen Qun is just fine, but he knows me so thoroughly, and the wind evaluation is so accurate, it is really shocking, looking at what he did today, although this person started from the cloth, but there is Shangshu Ling Pei Mao's care, and there is the support of the people, and he can also know that people are good at their duties, and their future achievements may not be bad, and the most touching thing is that he has entrusted me with such a heavy responsibility, how can I not repay him?" ”

This young man is naturally Chen Qun, he was greatly moved by Pei Qing's importance to himself, and hurriedly came out of the crowd, came to Pei Qing, and said respectfully: "Make the king so important, dare Qun dare not be loyal and do his best, and swear to repay each other with death?" ”

Zhao Yan and Du Xian were also shocked in their hearts, they were mixed in it, not showing the mountains and waters, but they were also found by Pei Qing, not only the evaluation was accurate, but also entrusted with a heavy responsibility, which suddenly made them have an impulse of "the soldier dies for his confidant", and bowed down together and said: "I am willing to make the king think hard, although he has died without regrets!"