Chapter 25: Violent Beating
Hu Zhixian appointed Li Nan as the head of the capital, in fact, it was also a last resort.
It has become a common practice for officials in different places in previous dynasties, but the biggest headache for officials who are officials in other places is the local officials and local snakes who never rotate.
In ancient times, the county government was like a small imperial court, and the county magistrates were all personally involved in administration, finance, justice, public security, civil affairs, education, and folk education.
If the magistrate of the county in office does not have some means, then these small officials will disobey the yang and the yin, and the big households in the county will shirk the affairs of the government in every possible way, not only will they not make any money as officials, but they will also end up with a bad evaluation when the three-year term of office is up.
Originally, Ximenqing was Hu Zhixian's secret partner, Hu Zhixian had the right but lacked confidants who were familiar with the situation in the county, and Ximenqing had connections and ability, so the two hit it off and maintained a secret relationship.
However, although Ximenqing is very capable, he is greedy for money and lustful and is not liked by Hu Zhixian, so when he sees Li Nan today, he will think of appointing him.
The onlookers outside the yamen saw that the tiger fighting hero had become the head of the county, and immediately cheered happily, after all, when there were many bandits, Li Nan could maintain law and order, so that many people had a sense of security.
"Oops, there's something I almost forgot!"
Hu Zhixian instructed the lord Bo to take out the reward of 1,000 yuan for killing tigers from the big families in the county, and said with a smile: "These silver coins are what you have won, so hurry up and collect them." ”
A thousand taels of money is really a lot, one tael of silver can be exchanged for two pieces of silver, this is five hundred taels of silver, but Li Nan now has gold bars in hand, but he is not too greedy for these money.
Seeing that the people outside the door were looking at him, Li Nan, who was the new official, said loudly in order to buy a good reputation: "I learned that there are many hunters in Jingyang Gangxia Village, because this big insect is dead and injured, and some have been punished by the minister, how about scattering this thousand yuan with everyone in my opinion?" ”
When the hunters outside the door who could get a share of the silver coins heard Li Nan's words, they immediately cheered in unison: "Thank you Erlang for your kindness!" ”
Hu Zhixian didn't care about the five hundred taels of silver, but seeing that Li Nan was not greedy for profit, he appreciated him a little more, and thought about winning over this person in the future.
Thinking of this, Hu Zhixian said to the lord Bo: "You have full authority to do the matter of distributing the money to Orion, after all, Li Erlang is the new head, I will take him to the back office to mention a few words." ”
However, it was said that Hu Zhixian took Li Nan to the back office, sat down in the garden, and had his own pretty maid to serve tea.
After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Hu Zhixian looked at Li Nan and said: "Erlang, since you were a prison official before, you should know that we don't have a county lieutenant in Yanggu County now, so the re-recruitment of township soldiers, as well as the county's security arrest and theft, will all fall on you." ”
Speaking of this, Li Nan, who had carefully studied the official system of the Song Dynasty, couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "I have one county in the seventh or eighth rank in each county of the Great Song Dynasty, and one county lieutenant in the eighth or ninth grade, so why is the post of county lieutenant in Yanggu County vacant?" ”
"Alas, that's a long story at this point!"
Hu Zhixian sighed and said: "Now the Great Song Dynasty is surrounded by hungry wolves, and there is a dispute between the old and new parties in the DPRK and China, and then there is the Hangzhou Creation Bureau to collect treasures all over the world, resulting in... Don't talk about that. Anyway, there is no peace around our Yanggu County, and the first two county lieutenants died unexpectedly because they provoked some people, so no one wants to come here to take office. ”
Li Nan carefully searched the previous memories in his mind, and slowly remembered the topics that the little officials usually chatted about.
At this time, the major villages in the Northern Song Dynasty had a very prestigious patriarch and village owner, and each village had hundreds of strong men who could fight, and there were not many soldiers in the hands of the small county captain.
But it's also a good thing not to have a county lieutenant, at least there is no one to hinder yourself in doing things.
Hu Zhixian saw Li Nan's somewhat excited expression, worried that his newly recruited henchman would be lost, and hurriedly instructed: "Erlang, you are the first to be the head of the capital, you must be careful, especially remember, don't mess with the three Zhuangzi on Dulonggang." ”
Of course Li Nan is not stupid, Zhu, Hu, and Li Sanzhuang on Dulonggang are powerful, but they are not where he can afford to be provoked by this little capital who has nothing now, but it may be in the future.
Because Li Nan was also a college student in later generations, and he also had a lot of talents in his chest, and he was not as vulgar as other officials, so Hu Zhixian held a banquet to talk to him.
Hu Zhixian was originally a literati, he liked a few lines of poetry, but he didn't think that Li Nan remembered a lot in his heart, and the words of the two became more and more speculative, and finally Li Nan saw that Hu Zhixian was drunk, so he thanked him and returned home.
I drank two drinks today, even if Li Nan had a good amount of alcohol, he was drunk for five or six points, and when he returned home, he was helped to bed by Pang Qiuxia to rest.
When he was drowsy, Li Nan was awakened by the shouting and scolding outside the door, and hurriedly got up and came to his door.
"Hehe, two little ladies, you are so beautiful, why bother to guard that seriously ill Langjun, let's go out and play with us!"
"What Brother Ying said is that I Xie Zichun has a donkey-like guy under my crotch, and I will definitely make you ascend to heaven in bliss......"
Listening to the foul language, Li Nan knew that he was not at home these days, and he fell in love with his sister-in-law, but Pang Qiuxia did not kill anyone, but he was a little surprised, it seemed that she didn't want to cause trouble for herself.
Li Nan walked quickly to the door, and when he saw that it was a few famous perverts in the county, he immediately scolded: "Where did you come from, can't you want to die?" ”
These splashy hangovers were in a Goolan brothel, so they didn't know what happened today, and when they saw Li Nan rushing out of the door, they were all shocked, but when they saw that he was only one person, they couldn't help laughing.
This kind of splashing skin is good-looking, and when I saw the tall Li Nan appear, I was a little resigned, but it was customary to say two cruel words before leaving.
These guys have also been investigated in advance to do evil, and if the other party is powerful, they will naturally not dare to provoke it.
The person at the head knew Li Nan's details, and said with a smile: "Li Erlang, I know that you have some skills, and you are still a jailer in the yamen, but don't brag nonsense." Let's not say that you alone are not our opponents, our sworn brother is a great official of Ximen, if you annoy him, you will definitely not be able to mix in Yanggu County! ”
"Hahaha......" Hearing this, Li Nan couldn't help laughing, these people threatened themselves with the dead Ximenqing, which was indeed very joyful.
Seeing Li Nan laughing without fear, a few splashes felt that they had lost face, and they immediately scolded.
Although he fought the tiger, Li Nan didn't know how good he was at fighting with others, at this time there were seven or eight people in front of him, no need to use it in vain, no fight in vain, not only to relieve his sister-in-law's anger, but also to give himself a position to establish authority, it was really a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.
The scolding surnamed Xie was the loudest, and the foul language was all about spreading rumors about himself and his sister-in-law's bed, so Li Nan hurriedly came to him, grabbed his collar with his left hand, and slapped his right hand continuously.
The continuous slapping sound of "Bang ......" turned into a sound because the speed was too fast.
When the other splashes saw their companions being beaten, they all rushed up, but Li Nan, who had strengthened the speed of cats, was now not only twice as fast as ordinary people, but the most important thing was that his reaction speed increased, and he dodged it before other people's fists hit his body.
Because they heard the scolding, the residents who lived on Zishi Street came out to watch, and when they saw that it was the new head of the county, Li Nan, the hero of the tiger fight, was beating the crowd alone, and they all applauded.