Chapter Seventy-Two: Willing to Receive Drop

At this time, the head of Baoding Dao was still Lao Qiao, because Lao Qiao's family still lived in his hometown in other provinces, and this Lao Qiao simply lived in the Taoist Mansion for many years.

Zhang Shuting knelt outside the gate of the Taoist Mansion to avenge the people's grievances early in the morning, Lao Qiao got up early in the morning, first stood under the old locust tree in the small courtyard where he lived, pulled a posture, and first played Tai Chi from the slow and fast, and when the muscles and bones were stretched, the hot sweat was dripping, and the public who was waiting for him also set up a square table and a Taishi chair in the courtyard, and a tea bowl and a pot of high-quality tea were placed on the square table.

After Lao Qiao finished Tai Chi and collected his momentum, he walked towards the square table and took the handkerchief handed by the public to wipe his sweat.

After wiping off the sweat, Lao Qiao also walked to the square table, then sat down to drink tea, and thought about some things by the way, until he felt hungry in his stomach, and then went to the kitchen to eat, and then went to the office to deal with official business.

Old Joe was like this almost every day.

On this day, Lao Qiao had just sat down on the Taishi chair, his hand was also holding the tea bowl, and he had just taken the first sip of tea, and the public who had been standing aside couldn't help but speak. The public told him that as early as the fourth watch, someone knelt outside the gate, holding up the big words "Avenge the people's grievances" to see the head of the road.

When Lao Qiao heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and the tea bowl he had just picked up couldn't help but put it down gently.

To say that this old Qiao is also a diligent and good at observing the people's feelings, in the past few years as the head of Baoding Road, it is by relying on diligence and good at observing the people's feelings, it cannot be said that Baoding Road is governed in an orderly manner, people do not close their doors at night to live and work in peace and contentment, but few people directly find him to avenge their grievances.

Old Joe was shocked, and the reason was here.

Moreover, this person knelt at the door early in the morning to seek justice, and needless to say, the grievance may be significant. But Old Joe still asked with a calm face:

"Have you ever asked who the person who has avented the grievances is, and why they have come here to avenge their grievances?"

The public hurriedly told him that the person who came to avenge his grievances was Zhang Shuting, the shopkeeper of Runquanyong Burning Pot in Ansu County, who told the governor of Ansu County that in the year of the flood, he increased the tax of merchants for no reason, and arrested those who resisted taxes for some reason.

Lao Qiao didn't listen to it, but when he heard it, he was so shocked that he couldn't help but stand up.

Lao Qiao was shocked to stand up, not because of anything else, or because of this solid governor, it is no one else, it is the child of a friend of Lao Qiao's officialdom, after graduating from Peking University, he wants to get an official in the government to do it, Lao Qiao looked at the child is quite stable, and met Ansu Governor Wang Qintang resigned due to illness and returned to his hometown, so he thought of letting his friend's child make up for this shortage, who knew that it was only a few days after Ansu took office, and he caused himself such a big mess.

If this matter is really true, let Shangfeng know it, and then let Shangfeng know, won't he still have to bear the responsibility of improper employment.

It seems that it's really not good to be virtuous and not avoid relatives.

For a while, Lao Qiao didn't want to work so early, he wanted to deal with the matter after drinking tea and eating, but at this time, he didn't care about drinking tea and eating, so he was busy asking the public to call the person who avenged his grievances in, and he wanted to work on the spot.

Seeing that the effort was not great, Zhang Shuting raised the four big words "avenge the people" and followed the public to the small courtyard where Lao Qiao lived. And Lao Sun was left outside.

When Zhang Shuting reported his name, Lao Qiao was shocked when he saw this Zhang Shuting.

It's just that he was shocked at this time, and it wasn't because of anything else, because over the years, Lao Qiao has drunk wine, and it is all wine burned from the pot of Ansu City, and the rich, mellow and sweet atmosphere left a deep impression on him. Therefore, at this time, when he saw that the shopkeeper of the Runquanyong pot turned out to be a young descendant, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Of course, the most surprising thing for him was not only these, but also a few days ago, he had just received a commendation order from the Governor's Palace, which was personally selected by him to be sent to the Governor's Mansion to represent Zhili to participate in the American International Exposition, and had won the first prize medal of this competition. And he clearly remembered that the wine he chose to give back then was the wine cooked in this pot.

Therefore, if you don't see the owner of this pot, this time, Lao Qiao can't help but have a little admiration and disbelief for this young offspring. So, for the time being, I put aside Zhang Shuting's grievances and didn't ask, but first asked Zhang Shuting if he was really the shopkeeper of the Runquanyong pot in Ansu City?

Zhang Shuting replied that he was Zhang Shuting, the shopkeeper of the Runquanyong pot in Ansu City, and told Lao Qiao that since the first year of the Republic of China, after his father was scared to death in a military rebellion, he has been in charge of the pot affairs.

Lao Qiao nodded, nodded, and then asked Zhang Shuting if he had any grievances to redress.

Zhang Shuting recounted the ins and outs of how Governor Gu had to increase the business surcharge in the year of the flood, how he stipulated that if he did not hand over the business surcharge within the time limit, he would be dealt with according to the revolutionary military law, and how he arrested all the people who had clashed with the county officials in the middle of the night.

Lao Qiao didn't listen to it, but when he heard this, he was immediately annoyed with Governor Gu in his heart.

But Lao Qiao is Lao Qiao after all, although he is annoyed in his heart, he does not show his face, so he suddenly changed the topic again and asked:

"There should be a lot of businesses on Ansu City Street, and there should be a lot of family members of those who were arrested by the county office, why don't they come to redress their grievances, and you alone come to redress their grievances? What's more, it's just a guy on your pot who was caught? ”

When Zhang Shuting heard this, he knelt on the ground with another grunt.

When he first saw Lao Qiao, Zhang Shuting wanted to kneel down to Lao Qiao when he raised the four big words "avenge the people", but was hurriedly stopped by the public on the side, and was also stopped by Lao Qiao sitting on the Taishi chair, saying that the Republic of China is over, and he will not kneel anymore.

Zhang Shuting wanted to kneel when he saw such a big official, but he didn't kneel. At this time, he was asked by Lao Qiao, but suddenly knelt down with a grunt. And kneeling at this time is different from when I first saw Lao Qiao, when I first saw Lao Qiao, I knelt down to perform a kneeling salute, and I knelt at this time, but I was not frightened by Lao Qiao's question, but I had something else to say.

Therefore, at this time, Zhang Shuting knelt down and suddenly said:

"There is one more thing, Zhang Shuting didn't talk about it, and I hope that Qiao Daoshou can forgive his sins!"

When Lao Qiao heard this, he was taken aback again, and couldn't help but ask loudly:

"What else do you have to hide?!"

Zhang Shuting lost more than 100,000 buckets of sorghum to his own pot due to a big flood, and he planned to buy some more sorghum abroad, but he had no money, so how could he pay that tax at the end of the month? Therefore, in a fit of rage, he colluded with the owners of the shops along the street to close down their businesses at night to oppose the increase in taxes. It's just that I never expected that at this time, these people were arrested and put in prison by the government, and I felt that I couldn't escape responsibility, so I decided to come to the provincial government alone to avenge these people.

Zhang Shuting said that, he saw him arch his hand again, and said loudly:

"Now that Governor Gu has withdrawn the general order to increase the business surtax, now I only ask Qiao Daoshou to order Governor Gu to release those people, and then he will kill and scrape, Zhang Shuting is willing to accept the fall!"