Chapter 32: Oppressing Beggars

Zhu Laifu listened to what Zhang Huai'an said, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, Mo Xiaofei knew that Zhu Laifu was just an ordinary commodity and could not be reused, but Gu Feng was different, he was not surprised, and he didn't have any emotion on his face after hearing about the spoils.

Zhang Huai'an is not a wise leader, as far as Mo Xiaofei is concerned, many things in Zhang Huai'an should be Gu Feng's advice behind his back, as long as there is no Gu Feng, a mediocre official like Zhang Huai'an can fool at will.

The head-on conflict is really unclear, so Mo Xiaofei is ready to handle things better from the side.

Mo Xiaofei said, "My lord, dare to ask if you have found out how many bandits there are." ”

Zhang Huai'an thought for a while and said, "That mountain is at the junction of Wuxian and neighboring counties, and the bandits came from other state capitals eight years ago. ”

"Later, some people in our county and neighboring counties who could not survive went up the mountain to become thieves, and since last year, the number of active bandits has been about 50 people, and occasionally they will rob some goods under the mountain, and the robbers are afraid of getting into trouble, so no one reports to the official. However, in my opinion, this wave of bandits must be eradicated, otherwise it will seriously affect the access between our Wuxian County and neighboring counties, and it is incumbent on this official to seek benefits for the people! ”

Mo Xiaofei saw Zhang Huai'an's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, and secretly sighed, the realm of these corrupt officials is really quite high, they can open their eyes and talk nonsense in broad daylight, and they can talk so shamelessly.

Mo Xiaofei interjected, "Okay, my lord said it well, under the wise and correct leadership of the county magistrate, Wuxian County will be able to prosper and never close its doors at night, which is really a blessing for the people." By the way, my lord, I don't know if Lu Dao can recruit twenty volunteers to be the opponent of more than fifty bandits. ”

After Mo Xiaofei finished speaking, he buried his head slightly and took a sip of the teacup, "Good tea, or the tea in the county government tastes fragrant and refreshing." ”

Zhang Huaian felt that Mo Xiaofei really didn't understand the rules many times, he knew the county in a dignified manner, and everyone always nodded or answered "yes" when arranging his speech, no one dared to ask why he did it, they just obeyed orders and there would be no problem.

But this Mo Xiaofei is good, there are too many words in the council hall, if it weren't for Mo Xiaofei's mysterious background and his medicine, Zhang Huaian would have taught him a lesson.

Zhang Huai'an was still ready to answer Mo Xiaofei's question, everyone present had a share of the spoils, Mo Xiaofei didn't understand these unspoken rules, so he explained, "Twenty volunteers plus nearly a dozen servants This is only the strength of Wuxian, and there are also thirty officials from neighboring counties, so the bandits will not be afraid." ”

Mo Xiaofei didn't want to pour cold water, but the truth was like this, Mo Xiaofei said with a sad face, "The thieves practice all day long, and the servants are just a rabble, and when I see it, I still say who exterminates whom." ”

Zhang Huai'an felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, how can this Mo Xiaofei be called juice everywhere, if there is silver, it will be done, why is he doing so many things, I don't know how to explain it for a while.

Gu Feng laughed, breaking the dullness in the hall, "Hehe, Mo Dian Shi is too worried, whether it is the people or the bandits, they have always been in awe of the people of the court, and the officials go to the mountains to stop like this, I believe that the bandits will also lose their armor and take the initiative to surrender, you still take care of your county prison." ”

Zhang Huaian nodded, looking at Gu Feng appreciatively, this is his intimate person.

"Well, what Gu Zhu Bo said is reasonable, do the thieves dare to use the knife, killing the officials will become the target of the imperial court, they don't have the guts, okay, let me talk about the second thing, about the field outside the city......"

After listening to this, Mo Xiaofei secretly said that it was not good, Zhang Huaian actually wanted to lease out the fertile fields outside the city, recover the land of the farmers and the place of the beggar's nest, and let Wang Youcai and Fang Mo exchange the price, and whoever paid the highest annual rent would rent the land to whomever he wanted.

Will the beggars who have been displaced have no "home" to return to, Mo Xiaofei quickly stood up again, "My lord, at this time, it is absolutely unacceptable, the beggars finally have a place to live, if they are driven out, then they will definitely breed trouble, even if they don't make trouble, then where should they go in the future." ”

Zhang Huaian stared at Mo Xiaofei, his heart was very frivolous, he really couldn't bear Mo Xiaofei's thinking as an official anymore, what was he thinking.

Zhang Huai'an said, "Mo Dianshi, we don't have to worry about where the beggars live, the nest is taken away, they don't want to get out of Wuxian, they don't eat or live and die if they don't eat, their lives are worth nothing." ”

Mo Xiaofei had no ability to stop this from happening, on the same day, a notice was posted outside the city, the beggars were all like ashes, and they were used to spending the night in this place every day, it was not terrible to break the habit, what was terrible was the confused future.

For a while, the beggars' nest was extremely dull, and they could not hear the laughter and slapstick of the past, and they had no dignity in their lives, and at this time they were about to lose their place to stay.

There is a curfew in the city, and there is no place to live outside the city, isn't this cutting off the way of life?

Wu Lihe is the leader of the beggar's den, he has always been resourceful, calm and capable, helped the big guy solve a lot of problems, and originally carried out the work of begging in an orderly manner, but now he is at a loss.

The notice clearly stated that Wang Youcai and Fang Mo competed, and the highest bidder could rent this piece of land for farming, and the higher bidder would be responsible for clearing the field.

Although Wuli River threatened Wang Youcai back and forth, but Wang Youcai is a person like Wang Youcai, what will he do if the beggars really go to his house to make trouble, and he will not call for thugs to beat the beggars to death.

It's not realistic to obstruct the development of things, and Woody River won't really let the big guy die.

Mo Xiaofei is not a savior, he doesn't have the strength to help so many beggars, so he brought some silver to condole, the beggar's nest was quiet, and everyone's expressions were so dignified and helpless.

Beggars are also human beings, they also have **, and they should also enjoy basic rights.

Mo Xiaofei looked at the child in Li Ran's hand, and then talked with Wu Lihe, Wu Lihe's expression had recovered, he was completely ill, and his body had recovered.

Mo Xiaofei said, "Brother Wu, since the matter is known, what are you going to do now?" ”

Wu Lihe shook his head, "There is no way out, if you can stay here for one more day, maybe the most will lead them to look elsewhere."

"Brother Wu, I don't have any great skills, and I can't help anything, I hope you will accept these silver tickets and get through the upcoming difficulties."

Mo Xiaofei took out a hundred taels of silver tickets and stuffed them into Wu Lihe's hand.

Wu Lihe clenched it tightly in the palm of his hand, the life of a beggar is worse than grass mustard, and someone can stand up and help them, which is something that I dare not think of on weekdays.

But such a thing did happen, the world is hot and cold, and it is actually their blessing to meet a benevolent and righteous person like Mo Xiaofei, Wu Lihe immediately knelt down and said excitedly, "Doctor Mo, on behalf of the big guys, I thank you for your great kindness!" ”

Li Ran hugged the child and knelt down, "Doctor Mo, you are a really good person!" ”

None of the beggars around were still stunned, and all of them knelt on the ground and bowed to Mo Xiaofei as a token of gratitude.

Mo Xiaofei held Wu Lihe, "Get up, get up, get up, everyone, get up!" Don't just kneel on the ground at every turn, I'm just doing my part. ”

At this moment, a beggar's legs quickly alternated, ran to Wu Lihe, wiped the sweat on his forehead with the black girl's hand, gasped and said, "Brother Wu, Wu ...... Brother, the official ...... There are officials who beat us, and we ...... Don't let us ...... yet Don't let us into the city. ”

Wu Lihe hurriedly handed over a bowl of river water, "Slow down brother, let's talk about saliva, what's going on." ”

It turned out that Zhang Huai'an had been prepared when he posted the notice, and if he wanted the beggars to get out of the way in advance, he would cut off their food first, and Zhu Laifu had just given an order to the officials guarding the city, as long as they were beggars, they were not allowed to enter the county seat.

Just now, a few beggars were about to enter the city to beg for food, and after being stopped by the officials, there was a dispute of words, and the officials did not make any sense at all, and pointed to the beggars' heads and beat them, except for one who ran back with quick legs and feet, and the others had already fallen at the gate of the city.

After that, the beggar who ran back heard the rear official shouting, "These are the lessons, they are lying outside the city gate, you go back to the nest and tell those friends named Hanako, who dares to come again, this is the end!" ”

When Wu Lihe heard this, he was furious, clenched his fist hard, and slammed it on a broken table with three legs, "How can this be reasonable! Outrageous! Walk! Come with me to the gates of the city, and ask for someone to go!" ”

If you don't enter the county seat, you won't enter, but why beat people, at this time, you have to throw a few beggars at the city gate as bloody examples.

Before Mo Xiaofei could dissuade him, nearly 100 people marched violently in the direction of the city gate, and Mo Xiaofei hurriedly strode ahead and caught up with the Wuli River.

"Brother Wu, don't be impulsive, even if there are many people who have the power to do it, have you thought about the final result?"

Wu Lihe is not an impulsive person, and he also wants to use more people to suppress fewer people and snatch back those injured beggars.

"Doctor Mo, don't come with me, the officials are unreasonable, I won't let everyone do it, I just force them to release people, I have a sense of proportion."

Mo Xiaofei knew that Wu Lihe was a man with brains, but he still underestimated the darkness of Wuxian officialdom.

Mo Xiaofei said, "If you bring so many people forward, not only will you not return the people, but you will also have to pay for the sacrifices of these people!" ”

Wu Lihe stopped, "Doctor Mo, what do you mean by this?" ”

"The county government originally wanted to drive your group of people out of Wuxian, you are making such a fuss is exactly what they want, there are not many officials in the county, and they can't do anything to you, but if they report to the state government and say that you are rioting, what do you say about you and your more than 100 people, then they can kill you justifiably!"

Mo Xiaofei is not scaring Wulihe, Zhang Huai'an can definitely do this kind of thing.

Seeing that Wu Lihe was thinking, Mo Xiaofei patted his arm, "Let them all go back, I'll accompany you to get someone." ”

Wu Lihe looked at Mo Xiaofei and muttered, "You ......"