Chapter 613: Drought

After listening to Jin Sanquan's words, the businessmen nodded their heads and agreed with this. During the day, when they saw the entourage brought by Wang Ping'an, even if this person's appetite was not small, it would not be wrong to describe it with a lion's big mouth. Think about how much it would cost him to raise those subordinates!

And where the money comes from, doesn't it have to be scraped? Which official does not scrape the ground? He doesn't shave because he doesn't have the opportunity to shave, not because he doesn't want to!

A merchant said, "Master Jin, why don't you go and probe and see how much the prince wants?" We are also very prepared to come out, otherwise as it is now, hanging on the ground without going up or down, who can stand this, send filial piety out as soon as possible, and we will also feel at ease! ”

The merchants nodded together again and looked at Jin Sanquan. Jin Sanquan had no choice but to nod his head, only he can talk to Wang Ping'an here, he doesn't ask, others can't ask, and this matter is handed over to him, isn't it equivalent to proving that he is the No. 1 businessman in Gyeongju, a businessman who can have a relationship with Thorn History, who dares to provoke?

The merchants discussed it again, and then they went home, and everyone sighed, just fed a wolf, and a tiger came, I don't know how much meat to feed this tiger!

Wang Ping'an was not idle after sending the merchants away, and when Ouyang Li came back, he immediately asked Ouyang Li to settle Wu Meiniang's affairs, arrange a house for her, and send someone to protect her, so that she could not have the slightest mistake.

Ouyang Li immediately took the Ouyang brothers to do it, they naturally knew the importance of Wu Meiniang, they didn't dare to be careless, everything was handled properly.

There was no word all night, and early the next morning, Wang Ping'an was promoted, and all the Gyeongju officials came to the Assassin's Mansion to listen to Wang Ping'an's roster. The scribe also sent the account book of Gyeongju to Wang Ping'an to see.

After Wang Ping'an called the officials, he opened the account book and flipped through it, and after only reading a few pages, he frowned, this account is really messy, remember that it is messy.

He held up the account book, shook it at the car, and said, "Keeping the account book like this is convenient for how to embezzle, right?" ”

Che Sitong was shocked, Wang Ping'an's words were heavy enough, this is clearly to find faults, is it possible that the new official has three fires in office, and this first fire is to rectify himself?

Che Sitong didn't dare to talk back, but he had a way to transfer the responsibility, he said: "Back to the prince, our account books in Gyeongju were not recorded like this a long time ago, and it was only seven or eight years ago that they began to be recorded like this. So, this has nothing to do with lowly duties! ”

Wang Ping'an looked at him and asked, "Who does that have to do with it?" ”

Che Sitong immediately said: "Lord Ji has been here to serve as the assassin for exactly eight years, if the prince has any questions, he will go to him to ask?" ”

At this time, a small official below said: "Lord Ji went out of the city early this morning, he has already handed over the seal, and the luggage has already been ready, flick his sleeves, and leave with both sleeves in a breeze!" ”

Wang Ping'an looked at the junior official who spoke, and saw that this person was standing at the end of the line, wearing a white-washed green robe, about forty years old, but with an old face, dark and swarthy floor, and full of folds, he didn't look like an official, but like an old vegetable farmer wearing an official uniform.

Wang Ping'an opened the roster and checked it, this person's name is Cui Dawei, the age is not more than forty, but thirty-five years old, just in the prime of life, but a record, at the age of twenty by the local security to become a record, as a result, fifteen years have passed, still a record, not promoted to a half-level official.

Wang Ping'an looked up at Cui Dawei, and understood in his heart that people like him have not been promoted for fifteen years, and there are roughly two situations, one is that he has no ability, that is, he is messing around, most of these people are good gentlemen, in order to keep their jobs, so no one dares to offend; The other is capable, but his mouth is stinky, and others can't get rid of him because they want him to do things, but because they annoy him, they don't give him a promotion.

Cui Dawei made a sarcastic remark just now, it is obvious that he belongs to the latter type of person and has the ability to do practical things, but his mouth is too stinky and very annoying.

Wang Ping'an said: "Cui Dawei, right? Stand up and speak! ”

The officials looked at Cui Dawei together, and they all thought in their hearts: "The surname is Cui, you are the head of the official." Alas, it's a pity, if he is driven away, then who will he turn to when he encounters something that offends people or something difficult to do in the future? ”

Cui Dawei also regretted it in his heart, why did he say so much, the family still counted on his own money to live, if there was no official to do, what would the family eat, there were old and young, several people!

But the words have been spoken, and there is no way to take them back. Cui Dawei had no choice but to bite the bullet, walk out of the queue, and bow to Wang Ping'an.

Wang Ping'an said: "According to the meaning of your words, that is to say, the account books in Gyeongju are chaotic, and there is no way to check whether there is a cat or not, because the predecessor Lord Ji has run away in a thunderstorm, so the mess can only be cleaned up by me, right?" ”

Cui Dawei listened to this tone and thought: "He has a fire in his heart, it seems that this fire is going to be spread against me, then my official must not be able to keep it, since this is the case, then what to say!" ”

He said loudly: "This is what the humble position really means, the bad debts of the former official will naturally be dealt with by the current official, if Lord Ji is promoted or transferred, then it is possible to investigate, but he is leaving office and returning to his hometown, if he wants to investigate, it will inevitably be said that he is unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and the reputation of the prince is damaged, so this dumb loss, you can only eat it!" ”

Wang Ping'an looked at him and didn't speak for a long time.

Officials big and small are sweating for Cui Dawei, and their gloating thoughts have faded, no matter what, although this Cui Dawei is annoying, there are many things in the state, except for him, no one else can do it, if he is driven away, then his affairs will not be shared with everyone? Some things are really hard to do!

Wang Ping'an snapped the roster shut and said, "What do you mean...... Hmph, what Cui Lushi means, which of you agrees? ”

The officials lowered their heads together, no one spoke, and no one dared to agree.

After waiting for a while, Wang Ping'an suddenly smiled and said: "Cui Lushi is telling the truth, and he should be rewarded for telling the truth, I am afraid that I will miss the reward, so I asked this question, I didn't expect you to think about me so much and save me trouble." Okay, then I'll only reward Cui Lushi alone. ”

The big and small officials gasped together, wouldn't they, they actually want to be rewarded?

Cui Dawei was also taken aback, he was ready to get out, he was worried about what he would do to make a living in the future, and he didn't think that the new Lord Thorn Shi would change his words and actually want to reward him!

Wang Ping'an said: "You are a record, a petty official from the ninth grade, it is really too small to be smaller." Okay, for your sake, for your sake, you will be promoted to join the army as a record, and you will be promoted from the rank of the eighth rank. After a pause, he said: "It's time for your official uniform to be new, it's almost white!" ”

Cui Dawei has been an official for fifteen years, and he has never seen this kind of boss, and he didn't bother to talk to a petty official like him who couldn't be smaller, and when it came to promotion, he didn't even have to think about it. He has been an official for so many years, except for when the year is good, he gets one pound or two pounds of meat every year, and he has never received any rewards in his memory!

Cui Dawei's eyes were moist, and he was almost about to burst into tears, he lifted his robe, knelt down for Wang Ping'an, and choked up: "Humble thanks!" He didn't say much, but his expression was solemn, and he knew that he was really grateful at a glance.

Di Renjie stood in the team, looked at Cui Dawei on the ground, and thought: "The eldest brother has superb means, it seems that he has been getting along with those bigwigs in the DPRK for a long time, and he can indeed improve the level of being an official." He only flipped through the account book like this, casually scared a few words, and scared all the officials in the state, and then with such a reward, he immediately got Cui Dawei, a loyal subordinate, killing two birds with one stone! ”

Qiu Tingxuan stood next to Di Renjie, and he also thought in his heart: "When a new official takes office, if he wants his subordinates to listen to him and not drag his feet, one is to let the officials ask for something, and what the officials ask for is just a promotion, Wang Ping'an has set an example for this; The second is to make the officials jealous, this is going to kill the chicken to show the monkey, but I don't know which chicken Wang Ping'an wants to kill, it won't be the long history of the car Sitong, right? ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said with a smile: "Cui join the army and go back to the column, according to the rank, stand where you should stand." ”

Cui Dawei agreed, got up and retreated to the team. But he was still the youngest officer just now, and he naturally stood at the end of the team, but now he is not the youngest, he has jumped three levels in a row, and he is even bigger than the former top boss!

His top boss, who usually pressed him the hardest, saw Cui Dawei retreating, his face was full of embarrassment, so he had to force a smile, stammered and leaned back, wanting to make room for Cui Dawei.

But the top boss of the top boss, that is, the official who usually instructed the top boss to suppress Cui Dawei, was stupid at this time, Cui Dawei is now one level older than him and has become one of his bosses! The official hurriedly smiled his face into a flower and gave up his position to Cui Dawei!

Cui Dawei stood in the team, and his colleagues were smiling at him, but he turned his face to see that his bosses just now were standing behind him, even bending their waists slightly, trying their best to please themselves!

A sense of high spirits filled Cui Dawei's chest, and he thought to himself: "I have long heard that as long as you have a relationship with the prince of Chang'an, you can get benefits." No, after the prince came to Gyeongju, the first person to get the benefits would be me! Follow the prince and have a bright future! ”

Wang Ping'an said to the officials: "Master Ji is gone, he didn't take anything with him, right?" ”

Che Sitong hurriedly said: "No, no, Master Ji didn't take anything away, if you have to say that there is, it's just a breeze on your sleeves!" ”

Wang Ping'an smiled: "But he left a mess of bad debts, how can this be counted?" Or would you do the math for him? ”

The faces of the officials suddenly turned green, the same color as their official uniforms! What are you kidding, the benefits surnamed Ji have been taken away, but we have to wipe his ass for him, why? He's not our boss anymore, so why should we take responsibility for him?

Che Sitong hurriedly excused his colleagues and himself, he said: "Regarding the problem of unclear accounts, the lowly officials are not very clear, it is better to send someone to catch up with Lord Ji, and ask him to make it clear, do you think this is okay, prince?" ”

Wang Ping'an glanced at Che Sitong and said, "How can he make the accounts clear?" How do you explain how to make him clear, first explain clearly, and then how to make him clear? ”

Che Sitong grinned, looked back at his colleagues, and thought: "God, this is really embarrassing for me, you also want to think of ideas, you can't just train me alone!" ”

The officials all lowered their heads, and they wanted to change to other officials, and went to Gyeongju to be the assassin, and now they are sitting in the hall and playing chicken killing to show the monkeys, then they must have to find a way, mention their backers to Wang Ping'an, scare and scare Wang Ping'an, and tell him, don't look at our officials, but there are people above us.

However, the trick of "there are people above" is not easy to use on Wang Ping'an! All of them have a backer, and they are not as big as Wang Ping'an's officials. What kind of backers are not backers, their backers are only a small dirt bag in Wang Ping'an's eyes, which is not enough for Wang Ping'an to step on with one foot!

No one dares to raise his head to speak for Che Sitong, who made him a long history, what do you have to say for him to say, he doesn't carry the black pot, let others carry it, and others can't carry it!

Seeing that no one was talking, Che Sitong had to turn his head again and turn his heart sideways, anyway, Ji Tingshi has already stepped down, and among his children and grandchildren, there is no official, at best, Ji Tingshi will be a rich man in the future, just a rich man, it is better to check him than to check himself!

As long as he lowered his heart, he dared to say some things, and he said: "Prince, in the sense of humility, Lord Ji has also been an official in Gyeongju for many years, and it is a little inappropriate to check him here, which will damage his face." It's better to report this matter to Chang'an, ask the Ministry of Officials, and the Criminal Department will send someone to Lord Ji's hometown, where he will be held accountable, I don't know what the prince wants? ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "You mean, let Lord Ji lose face and not lose face in Gyeongju, but in his hometown?" ”

"I ...... This ...... "Che Sitong almost didn't cry, and it's too embarrassing not to bring this!"

Wang Ping'an said: "Your idea is good, very good, I approve of it." All right, my lords, which of you is for and who is against? Those who are in favor of standing still, those who are against are one step forward! ”

Officials, look at me, I look at you, no one has moved anywhere, at this moment, who is willing to object? Whoever is against it is a fool!

Wang Ping'an waited for a while, then nodded and said: "All of them agree, great, this shows that all the officials in Gyeongju are united, and they are really a model for the local government!" Cui joins the army, and you will write a letter to the ministry to report the matter. ”

After speaking, he no longer checked the account books, nor repaired the officials, but took a group of officials out of the Assassin's Mansion to inspect the city.

The people on the street saw it, and they had already avoided it from afar, and no one dared to come over.

Wang Ping'an saw it in his heart and said secretly: "The relationship between the officials and the people here must be poor, and the people are not close to the officials, and they have no trust at all. It is estimated that the officials of Gyeongju have not done anything for the people except to collect taxes and pull Zhuangding. ”

The people on the street had all hidden, and there was nothing to see, so he had to take people out of the city. Out of the north gate of Gyeongju, there is a farmland in front of you, but unfortunately there are few green seedlings, not like the farmland near Chang'an, which looks green.

Che Sitong saw that Wang Ping'an frowned again, he was afraid that Wang Ping'an would find fault again, so it was better to say it himself in advance. He said: "Prince, there was no snow in Gyeongju last year, and since the beginning of spring, there has not been a drop of rain, and I am afraid that there will be a big drought this year!" ”