Zhao Yanshi's words are indeed good, the most taboo in officialdom is to stretch your hand too long and take care of everything that shouldn't be in your hands. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But the prefect of the flower is still unhappy, in this case, what are you doing calling us to the county government on your own initiative? However, there was an open and teachable look on his face: "Having said that, after all, Lord Zhao is from the Yamen, and he is used to dealing with these bandits, so he always has some opinions." ”

This was said beautifully, but it made Zhao Yan not give his opinion if it was not good. He took a sip of tea and said, "Actually, even finding out the whereabouts of the White Lotus Sect bandits is not a big deal. Since the Wuzong Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has long been in decline, and it is difficult to threaten the imperial court. However, since we have found it, we still have to check it out along the vine, but this is going to fall on Yao. ”

This is exactly what local officials have used to deal with the White Lotus Sect over the years. Since they have long been no threat to the regime, in line with the principle that more is better than less, the magistrates will not go out of their way to seek and exterminate them, but only focus on control, which is also a major reason why the White Lotus Sect is still difficult to eradicate after so many years.

However, the key to this approach lies in the tacit understanding of the local officials, some things are unspeakable, no matter what, the White Lotus Sect is regarded as a traitor in the imperial court, how can they be so perfunctory and tolerate the traitor? If there was no Zhao Yan today, the Hua Governor's Mansion would naturally do it as usual, but because the other party was sent down from above, before his attitude was not expressed, the Hua Governor's Mansion and the others naturally did not dare to mention this opinion.

Now it seems that Zhao Yanshi's thoughts are also the same as theirs. This is not only because Zhao Yanshi is not from Jingzhou Mansion, but he is also an official of Huguang, and he does not want to make the entire territory uproar because of the White Lotus Sect, which affects the security of the entire Huguang; It was also because he was worried that once he wanted to investigate the White Lotus Sect in detail, the Jingzhou Prefecture would hold Yao Changsong and the others tightly in his hands, so his mission here would not be completed.

All the officials present understood this kind of calculation, but they tacitly understood it. After watching each other for a while, the prefect of Yuhua finally made a decision: "Lord Zhao is very right, for the sake of the stability of our Jingzhou Mansion, it is better not to expand the situation." Just carefully torture Yao Changsong and his father first, and then deal with it. What do you think? ”

"That's what my lord said."

"That's how it should be." …… Several officials nodded in agreement.

"In that case, then please stay here for a day or two, and then hand over Yao to Lord Yao after we have checked." The prefect of the flower asked Zhao Yanshi's opinion, but the latter did not insist and agreed.

Outside the hall, Yang Zhen listened to all their words, but shook his head secretly: "This is a bureaucrat, everything is only based on his own interests, and he doesn't consider the court at all." This White Lotus Sect has been prolonged for a hundred years, and they have appeased it. If it was because of their selfishness that one of the White Lotus Sect's possible plots succeeded, their sin would be great. ”

Although he was dissatisfied, Yang Zhen knew that he couldn't do anything at this time, he was just a county government official now, and he could only be regarded as a temporary worker, so he complained in his heart and couldn't even speak.

No matter what thoughts those adults had, the torture of Yao Changsong and them was still implemented. Yao Juren, who originally thought that it was just a fraud case and had a trace of luck, after being punished in a few ways, he couldn't care about anything else about recruiting his relationship with the White Lotus Sect.

It turned out that five or six years ago, the Yao family was in trouble because they wanted to encroach on a farmer's land. At this time, a stranger taught him a vicious method, which eventually led to the destruction of the family. Yao Changsong, who got the benefits, made friends with this person, and after that, the Yao family's wealth expanded a lot.

After further exchanges, Yao Changsong learned that the other party was actually a member of the White Lotus Sect. However, at this time, he did not report to the government, but was lured by it to join in, sometimes helping the church to pass on the news, or entertaining the disciples passing by Gangneung. The secret room in his study was also built during this period, originally to show sincerity, but later he was bewitched by some believers.

But he is not a true believer after all, under the prestige and torture of the government, Yao Changsong still recruited another White Lotus Sect den in Jiangling that he controlled, and he was in Da Li Village, ten miles outside the county seat.

When asked about this den, the prefect of Hua did not dare to slack off, and immediately asked the people from the Inspection Department and the prefecture and county to send a group of people to Da Li Zhuang directly. If they can really catch some White Lotus Sect bandits because of this, they can still show some credit to the above.

But the result was not satisfactory, two or three hundred people rushed to kill, only to find that there were already people going to the courtyard, except for some evidence that the other party hastily did not have time to take away that this was indeed the den of the White Lotus Sect, there were no other valuable clues at all.

In the end, the matter had to be settled, and no one got any benefit from it, except for Yang Zhen.

Because he gave the county magistrate Wuzhi a face in this series of things, he was naturally blue-eyed to this young man, and with an order, Yang Zhen changed from an ordinary official to a deputy head. Although it is still not in the official character list, it can be regarded as a number one person in the county - if it were not for the county attached to Gangneung.

In this regard, Yang Zhen was not too excited. After a period of time in the county government, he already knew that it was really difficult to have a chance to get ahead just like this. After all, this is the Ming Dynasty of civil officials, except for the officials who came up from the imperial examination, it is too difficult for others to get ahead, let alone a yamen official like him, who started in the market. The only thing that is good is that the original poor life is much better, whether it is salary or other sources of income, he no longer has to worry about his livelihood, but can help the two brothers.

Early this morning, Yang Zhen entered the county office as usual, and found that many people were smiling strangely at him, as if they meant to flatter. This puzzled him, but before he could catch someone and ask why, a small servant who was waiting in front of Wu County's order ran over: "Yang Dutou, the lord told you to go to the second hall to see you." As he spoke, he smiled ambiguously at him, which made Yang Zhen's hairs grow a little.

Since the adults were summoned, Yang Zhen immediately rushed to the second hall, which was the real office of the magistrate. Except for a few specific days every month, the magistrate will post a notice to approve the lawsuit and give a judgment in the lobby, at other times the magistrate still stays in the second hall, and he is not only the work of hearing the case, but also all the affairs of taxation, labor, farming and so on in the county must be done by the county order.

"I've seen the adults, but I don't know what the adults are in a hurry to summon." Yang Zhen saluted and asked when he saw Wu Zhixian.

"Ah, it's Yang Zhen, no courtesy!" Wu Zhixian was looking at an official document, and when he saw that it was Yang Zhen, he smiled and waved his hand. His smile also made Yang Zhen feel a little weird, what is going on today, why is everyone laughing when they see him, but he still thanked him and got up.

"Yang Zhen, although you haven't been in the county for a long time, you have really helped the county a lot, and the county hasn't rewarded you well." Wu Zhixian continued, looking very polite.

"Being in the county government, leading Yulu should naturally do things with all his heart."

"That being said, but if the merit is not rewarded, what will the other people think of the official? Well, there are twenty taels of silver here, you can take it first, and there will be a performance in the future, and there will be a generous reward in this county. Wu Xian Ling said, pushed a piece of silver on the table forward, and motioned for Yang Zhen to take it.

"That's why they're smiling at me?" Yang Zhen thought about it, but it was not right, but he still accepted the silver. Then, he thought of it again, and said with some concern: "My lord, you don't want to get rid of your humble position, do you?" ”

"Kai Ge? Haha, where do you want to go? It's hard to find a capable subordinate like you, so why is the official willing to let you go? By the way, Yang Zhen, do you have a table? ”

"Table?" Yang Zhen was stunned for a moment, and soon thought that this was the habit of people with status or reading in this era, in addition to names, there are words. But he's not a scholar, so he doesn't have that stuff.

Seeing him shake his head, Wu Xian ordered: "Since this is the case, this official will get you one." Your name is Zhen, this Zhen character is one of the gossip, located in the east, so how about calling it Dongting? Shaker, the power of thunder! ”

The other party had already prepared, and Yang Zhen could not object, so he had to thank him again. At the same time, he thought that his brother Yang Chen also had a word called Dongxi in the county school, and the words of the two were so similar, what did it mean?

Thinking of his brother, Yang Zhen had already guessed something, and looked up at Wu Zhixian. Wu Zhixian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Dongting is really smart, he guessed it so quickly." This county just received good news today, our county candidate Yang Chen, that is, your brother, in this township examination middle and high school twelve, is the highest among the ten candidates in our county, he is already a person in my Huguang! ”

Sure enough, it is precisely because of the very different status of his brother that Wu Yuan, as a county magistrate, would be so polite to himself, and those colleagues outside obviously knew about it earlier than him, so they would have the reaction just now!

Although he had guessed the result, Yang Zhen was still pleasantly surprised, his brother studied hard all day for the imperial examination, and he saw that kind of change during the period, but now everything has passed, and the elder brother is even more promoted in the examination, maybe in the near future, he can also be admitted to the Jinshi, so as to truly glorify the lintel of the Yang family.

But in addition to being happy, Yang Zhen felt a little apologetic. After his brother left, he didn't care about him and was busy with his own affairs, but this was not the attitude that his younger brother, who had always been dependent on his brother, should have.

This time, one of the Yang brothers was promoted, and the other became the deputy head of the county government, which can really be regarded as a double happiness.

ps: The Yang brothers are coming to the door, and passers-by also want to be happy, and you should know the ~~~~~