The effect of killing Jia Ming with a cane in public was quite immediate, which made the officials immediately clamp their tails, and they no longer dared to despise the orders given by their superiors.

In local officialdom, especially in a small county like Qufu, there is always a subtle game like a seesaw between officials and officials. However, generally speaking, it is often those who have the upper hand in the lower ranks, because the officials are outsiders, not only are they sparse here, but they also do not stay for too long, which naturally gives their subordinates the opportunity to control power and override it.

This situation will only be reversed when the county commander is strong enough, has a murderous intent and an iron fist, and adds a group of subordinates who are willing to sacrifice their lives. But this time the changes in Qufu County are another matter, the intervention of Lu Zhen and Jinyiwei made the officials of the county government finally know what it means to cross the river with a dragon.

Jia Ming's death told them a very realistic truth, once the county commander is really determined to deal with them, they officials will not be able to resist at all, especially when there is a group of fierce gods and evil gods around him who really dare to attack, this deterrent effect is even greater.

Therefore, when Qiu Changyuan gathered everyone together and declared again that they would go to the countryside to collect autumn grain as mentioned in their notice, these people no longer dared to object, and they agreed with bitter faces. They actually know very well what the current situation is with the collection of autumn grain, the grain is in the hands of the grain growers and the Kong family, how can the people take out the same amount of grain?

But under Jia Ming's previous experience, everyone did not dare to disobey. And what made them feel even more headache was that Qiu Zhixian also added a time limit this time, chasing every three days and comparing every five days. If a certain amount of grain cannot be harvested within three days, it must be severely reprimanded; And if the goal cannot be achieved in five days, it will be necessary to take 30 boards to set an example.

That's not all, Qiu Changyuan then showed the rules again, if Sanbi, that is, these people still can't complete the errand in half a month, then this person will be directly expelled from the county government and will never be used again! This is too much of a threat to them.

Although these officials do not have a high status in the county government, their reputation is not good, and even their salaries are pitiful, but in fact, there are many benefits in the invisible places. They have the means to get ten times more money from the people than they would get even more than the average official. But all this still depends on this skin, once the government is gone, it not only means that the income is cut off, but it will even attract the revenge of the old enemy, which is an unacceptable result for anyone.

When Qiu Changyuan announced this decision, these people were really panicked, and on the day they received the order, they hurriedly dispatched and ran to plan their own villages and go to collect grain.

However, it is obviously unrealistic to rely on their motivation to get this done. Although the government's notice has been posted for two days, and everyone knows that there is such a statement, those grain growers have not divided the collected grain at all, so that the people and villagers have no surplus grain in their hands.

When the servants came to collect the money one after another, the people could only ask for a period of grace, and there were also those who directly pushed the matter to the grain chief in their own village. Anyway, in a word, after three days, none of them could complete the requirements on time, and most of them even failed to collect a pound of autumn grain.

After listening to the magistrate's stern reprimand, these people could only go out again. However, they have little hope for this, and the only thing they can do is to be more tough in the face of the people, and even threaten to take people away on charges of tax resistance. For a while, the whole territory of Qufu was panicked, and there were more voices secretly criticizing the official government.

When these news came to the Kong family one after another, Kong Chengqing's face finally looked better.

Two days ago, when he knew that the county government had actually killed Jia Ming, he was really angry, and he almost wanted to go to the county government to find Qiu Changyuan to settle the score. Although Jia Ming is not a slave of the Kong family, he can be regarded as a lackey of the Kong family. Now the county government actually beat people to death directly, isn't this beating the face of the Perforator in public? It depends on the owner of this dog.

Because of Kong Che and Kong Xun's strong dissuasion, he temporarily calmed his anger. In fact, he also knew that Qiu Changyuan himself was not so bold, and behind this must be the mysterious person who stayed in the county government to support him, and he may not be able to get any benefits by killing him at this time. Because in the final analysis, Jia Ming is also a person from the county government, and he really has no reason to stand up for him.

Because of this, Kong Chengqing felt even more aggrieved. was thinking about how to fight back, but he got such news, which made him quickly turn his anger into joy: "Ha, this guy's ability is just that." Isn't he afraid of provoking a popular uprising if he thinks of forcibly collecting taxes? ”

"What the eldest prince said is that apparently that guy is too arrogant, thinking that everything can be solved with force. In this case, we can teach him a lesson and let him know that in this Qufu County, his system will not work. Kong Xun hurriedly offered advice: "Why don't we send people to the villages to find people, let them come to the county seat tomorrow, and block the county government ......"

Kong Chengqing listened to his strategy, but he was not in a hurry to express his position, but turned his head and glanced at Kong Che: "What do you think?" ”

"The eldest son, the little one thought that this matter could wait a little longer. Now those servants and officials have not done everything to the end, and the people do not dare to really embarrass the government. Why don't they wait another two days, and then they will really arrest innocent people because they can't get food, as the propaganda says. At that time, we will send people to the countryside to stir up some stirring up trouble, and we will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. Kong Che has his own opinions.

After Kong Chengqing pondered for a while, he nodded and said, "What you said is right, it's still early to act, just wait for two more days." Also, our Kong family also has to come forward and report the matter to the prefect's yamen, so that it is enough to replace Qiu Changyuan! Although there were other people who really opposed them, Qiu Changyuan actually dared to resist, which also made Kong Chengqing very dissatisfied with him and wanted to change people.

"The little one understands that in these two days, the letter to the government will be sent. When the time comes, the two-pronged approach will be enough for them to drink a pot. Kong Che smiled.

"By the way, can that guy's identity be found? What's wrong with them lately? Kong Chengqing thought of the mysterious visitor in the county government again, and couldn't help but ask.

But this time, it still disappointed him: "There is still nothing to gain." Now that the county government has been controlled by their people, our people can't get close to them at all. The only news I got was that Qiu Changyuan called him an adult, and obviously this person's status was not low. ”

"Then continue to investigate, be sure to find out his true identity, otherwise when he leaves, we don't know who to look for."

"Yes." The two stewards smiled wryly, but they still dealt with this problem, which was really a bit tricky.

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It is these people from the county government who feel even more troubled by the errands in hand.

It's been the fifth day, and they still haven't gained anything. Even if they made cruel remarks, and even took out the chains a few times to take people, they still got nothing.

When he heard about such a report, Qiu Changyuan immediately ordered that these dozens of people be forked into the courtyard, which was a meal. The ghosts who beat these people for a while cried wolf, and even the people who walked outside the county office heard the movement.

After they were on the board, Qiu Changyuan called these subordinates who were already limping to him again, and once again affirmed his requirements and deadline: "Now that five days have passed, if you still can't do your errand well in another ten days, then the official can only expel you from the yamen and find someone who is willing to work hard to do things for the official." ”

When he said this, everyone was shocked again, and they knelt down and begged each other: "The eldest lord is gracious, if it is not for us to be unwilling, this errand is really not easy to do." The people's food has long been handed over, and they have no food in their hands, if we are really persecuted too much, we are afraid that there will be trouble, and I hope that the adults will see it! As he spoke, the crowd kowtowed again.

Although they begged Qiu Changyuan for mercy, in fact, the eyes of these people all glanced at Lu Jin, who was sitting on the side, and it was actually him who begged.

After watching them beg for a while, Lu Zhen slowly spoke: "You people, aren't you usually quite smart?" How did you become so stupid and inflexible? What is the use of you threatening the people and pleading with Lord Qiu, don't you hear that you still need to tie the bell to the bell? ”

"Ah...... What do you mean? When everyone saw him speak, their spirits were lifted, but they still didn't understand the meaning of his words.

"Didn't you all say that the grain is in the hands of the big families. Now that we know this, why can't we figure it out to them? As long as the big households are asked to return the grain to the villagers, won't you be able to collect the grain smoothly? Lu Zhen smiled and gave a suggestion.

When everyone heard this, they were stunned. Then he secretly scolded himself for being really dead-eyed, why didn't he think of this layer? But soon, their faces showed bitterness again, because it was not easy to do.

They can't think of this layer, of course, there is a blind spot reason for inertial thinking, but the bigger reason is that they are still quite afraid to negotiate with big families in their hearts. People have a much higher status than themselves, but they are not so easy to talk to, if they don't want to, what should they do?

When these people raised this concern, Lu Zhen only dropped one sentence: "This depends on your own ability." Those big families may not be afraid of the government, but there is always something that makes them feel afraid, think about it, there is always a way. ”