After a while, a fat-headed and big-eared official said flatteringly: "Fujun, you have something to say, what should you do now?" ”

"Yes, Taishou-sama, you can give everyone ideas. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" another duck-like voice rang out in the crowd.

"Master Ma, you are the backbone of our big guys, if you can't do it, then ......"

"Yes, yes, what do you say, we will do it." Another feminine voice leaped into my ears.

This one person spoke, and the rest followed suit, and they all asked Taishou to take the idea.

Hearing these people's questions, Dunhuang Taishou felt even more irritable.

"You said it lightly, what can I do?"

"I heard that this time the Great Protector personally ordered the rectification of the officials, and even Lord Assassin Shi did not dare to disobey."

It was still the fat-headed and big-eared official who shouted, "That...... Then we can't sit here and wait! ”

"When the time comes, the Inspector Yushi will come to check, won't all of us be unlucky?"

This is the county magistrate of Xiaogu County under the jurisdiction of Dunhuang County, called Li Mengyang, who is a native of Dunhuang.

Although the Li family is not a big family, they have made a lot of money through foreign trade in recent years.

After having money, through some means and marriages, the Li family gradually became a local family with a name and surname.

Over the years, he has relied on the forces behind him, and in just two years, he has gone from an ordinary official to the respect of a county magistrate.

At the beginning, he was forced by the strict laws in Hexi, and he did not dare to blatantly bend the law for bribes.

Later, by chance, I got acquainted with Dunhuang Taishou, and the two hit it off at first sight.

With the support of Taishou, the Xiaogu County Commander began to wantonly loot the people's fat and ointment.

In the past year or so, he has not only bent the law for bribes and indulged in favoritism, but also accepted bribes and disregarded people's lives.

Less than a year after taking office, the people in the originally middle-sized county were struggling to make a living, a large number of fields were barren, and the people were full of grievances.

Some people couldn't bear it anymore and ran to the county guard to complain.

Unexpectedly, Dunhuang Taishou and Xiaogu County Ling were in collusion, and they had to accept a lot of bribes from Li Mengyang every year, how could they stand up for ordinary people?

Anyone who came to complain was either kicked out of the yamen with a stick, or convicted of a crime of framing an official of the imperial court, and put the defendant in prison.

Dunhuang County is up and down, and the rest of the counties are like this, all of them are more black-hearted, scraping up the people's fat and people's ointment, one is more powerful than the other, and the people everywhere have nowhere to redress their grievances, and they are miserable.

There is a reason why people are gathered in the Taishou Mansion today.

Recently, the Metropolitan Protectorate issued an order to check the number of people in the administration within half a month of the government yamen in various localities, and determine the number of officials and the amount of taxes.

In addition, all of these must be compiled into a book, and then the Metropolitan Protectorate will send a special person to check it.

The Metropolitan Protectorate also asked the local government to compile account books for the matters they were governing, and submit them to the officials for registration, and the Metropolitan Protectorate would be assessed every two years in the future.

In addition, the Dadu Protector passed the Metropolitan Protector's Mansion to the west of the river, claiming that it would implement the examination law for local officials in the second half of the year.

The first step in implementing the examination law is to find out whether officials have violated discipline and to dismiss a number of unqualified officials.

The second step is to decide whether to promote, dismiss or retain officials based on their own political performance.

The implementation of the examination law marked the official opening of the prelude to the rectification of the rule of officials in Hexi.

Originally, since Yongjia, the rule of officials in various places has been worse than one day, and finally in the pre-Qin period, there was a virtuous Wang Meng.

With the support of the Heavenly King Fu Jian, this person implemented reforms and rectified the rule of officials, so that the former Qin appeared in a peaceful and prosperous era for more than ten years.

But it didn't take long for Wang Meng to die, and the former Qin suddenly collapsed, and the local government returned to its original state, and even intensified.

By the time Wei Shuo entered the western part of the river, the rulers had already reached the point of decay.

In fact, Wei Shuo intended to start implementing the examination method in Hexi.

It is only because of the successive years of war that the military has been given priority to the people in Hexi, and the administration of officials has been relaxed, and even the law of examination has not been fully implemented.

Today, the Metropolitan Protectorate suddenly ordered the implementation of the examination law, and it seems that this time the Metropolitan Protectorate will rectify the rule of officials and prepare to come to the real one.

Since it is to crack down on corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and eliminate a large number of officials who eat the emperor's grain for nothing and do nothing.

And these people in front of them are anxious about the coming storm of officials.

Because as long as it is verified by the imperial history, a large number of them will definitely be unlucky.

Seeing that Taishou had not moved for a long time, the county commander of Xiaogu County turned his eyes a few times and offered a plan forward.

"My lord, the lower officials think that the top priority is to report to Lord Assassin Shi and see if there is any good way to do it over there."

"Yes, yes, Lord Taishou, you should ask Lord Thorn Shi."

"This is the edict of the Metropolitan Protectorate, what can Lord Assassin Shi do? I guess he has the same headache as well. ”

"Hey, my lord's words are wrong, this is different."

"Isn't the Metropolitan Protectorate going to count the number of people and officials? Let's underreport. ”

"Everyone only needs to report according to the proportion, as long as Lord Assassin Shi puts a horse on his side, it will be easy to do."

There is another county magistrate next to him, who doesn't quite understand.

"If you don't report it anymore, what should you do with the people under you, is it possible that you will pay for them by yourself?"

"There are also fewer reports, what should I do if the Metropolitan Protectorate issues a salary according to the number of people reported?"

"If no one else can get it, who will do it for us?"

"Call you stupid, you still don't believe it? The people at the bottom, ask for it from the common people! ”

"As long as we keep the black yarn hat, I'm afraid that we won't be able to get money, really."

Dunhuang was too guarded to listen to it as if it was like that, but when he turned his head and thought about it, it didn't work.

"There are still requirements from the Metropolitan Protectorate, we have to pay a certain amount of taxes and food every month, how can we complete it?"

"That's not easy, ask for those people and businessmen."

"In a word, as long as we keep our black yarn hat, we have to use any trick, hehe!"

"Yes, high, really high!"

"By the way, I heard that most of the protectors intend to tour the west, just in case, you must take good care of those Diao people after you go back, and don't let people disturb everyone Yaxing."

After listening to the reminder of the Dunhuang Taishou, the county magistrate of Xiaogu County suddenly thought of Niu Laohan's family, and suddenly struck a shock.

……

In the most luxurious room on the third floor of the mellow fragrance building, the glass of wine and wine, chopsticks flying, the lights are bright, and the sound of talking, laughter, and singing complements each other.

When I walked in, I found that it was the county magistrate of Xiaogu County who was drinking and having fun with a young boy.

After three rounds of drinking, the county magistrate of Xiaogu County retreated from the people who were waiting, and the room was quiet for a while.

I saw Li Mengyang, the county commander of Xiaogu County, take out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, and without checking the number, he handed it directly to the son.

Brother Gongzi was stunned for a moment, then glanced at it lightly, and estimated that the total number was almost 10,000, and he was immediately very moved.

A few days ago, he lost money gambling with others, and now he is short of money to spend, but he didn't expect someone to send money to his door today.

But he had seen the market and knew that the money was not easy to take, so he didn't rush to move the silver ticket, but asked, "Master Li, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Mengyang smiled and said: "Well, this is a little bit of the lower official's heart, not a respect, and I hope Xiao Langjun will not dislike it." ”

Brother Gongzi glanced at Li Mengxiang and continued to say: "As the saying goes: No merit is not punished!" I don't dare to be a silver ticket with so many silver tickets. ”

"I guess you must have something to ask for, say something, and see if you can help."

Li Mengyang stretched out his thumb and couldn't help but praise: "Xiao Langjun is really an adult, refreshing!" ”

"So I won't beat around the bush, here's the thing!"

"Recently, most of the guards are going to patrol the place, but some of the people are restless, so they have to make trouble in front of the capital."

"I want to ask Xiao Langjun to say hello to Ling Zun, can you arrest all the Diao people who ran out of Xiaogu?"

When Li Mengyang finished speaking, Brother Gongzi couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he hesitated.

"This ...... We can't take it upon ourselves in the next moment. ”

"Why don't you wait until I go back and talk to my father, and then make a decision?"

"As for this silver ticket, I think you should take it back!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I know this matter is tricky, and I am not in a hurry, I must ask Wang Fujun to make an idea."

"However, since this silver ticket has been given away, how can it be recovered? I also hope that Xiao Langjun will smile. ”

"Since that's the case, then I can't be hypocritical anymore, I'll accept this."

Brother Gongzi was collecting the silver ticket while playing haha.

This son-in-law is not an outsider, it is the one who beat Niu Laohan on the street, and his father is Wang Desheng, the county guard of Zhangye County.

He is a well-known gentleman in Zhangye, and he doesn't do anything serious except bully men and women on weekdays.

In addition, he was also responsible for accepting bribes on behalf of his father, and because of this, he won the title of Xiaofu Jun.