Chapter 156: Blackmail
Liu Quan, the county magistrate of Kaiyang County, returned to his county office and immediately began to scold: "I'm really angry, I'm so angry!" What kind of thing is this Chen Fei, he is just a junior, how dare he not give me face like this? Doesn't he know that even Zhang Qiang, the assassin of Shuozhou, has to give me a few thin noodles? How unreasonable could he have dared to take me away! ”
And the scribes next to them didn't dare to breathe, because they were afraid that Liu Quan would fire them. Although this Liu Quan is nothing in front of high-ranking officials, for these scribes who don't even have formal official positions, it can be said that they can be cleaned up at any time. After all, the scribes of this era are different from the civil servants of later generations, and they are completely hired by the yamen themselves, and the county order can fire them with a word. And many of them were fired because they offended officials. So they didn't dare to speak out, because they were afraid that this Liu Quan would implicate them with responsibility.
"Liu County Order, this is all the fault of the Chen County Order of Shuo County. He is a junior who has just entered the officialdom, and he has no family to rely on, and they don't know the rules of officialdom at all. Therefore, Liu County ordered you to guide him well, but he actually gave him so little face, this is his loss. When the time comes, he will suffer in the officialdom, and that is also his own business. If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you! A scribe said.
And Liu Quan immediately nodded and said, "Yes!" If you don't listen to me, it's his loss, what am I afraid of? What am I afraid of! ”
I have to say that these scribes have long been familiar with Liu Quan's problems, that is, relying on the old and selling the old. And they had already figured out Liu Quan's pulse and knew when to say something, so that they could make this county make Liu Quan turn his anger into joy. And this scribe is very capable of "Ah Q" spirit, very capable of self-comfort, spiritual victory. This Liu Quan's spirit was immediately very clear, anyway, he thought that Chen Fei would suffer a big loss sooner or later if he didn't follow the guidance of an old man in the officialdom. So this kind of spiritual victory method is also a very good method.
After Liu Quan thought about it, his mood was extremely comfortable, obviously as if it was really Chen Fei who didn't listen to his explanation, and then Chen Fei suffered a loss. He wouldn't have thought at all that he had a very bad attitude just now, looking domineering, where was there any way to guide Chen Fei! And now there are five or six people who think that they are guiding others and respecting others. Now Liu Quan's spiritual victory method is already very comfortable.
"Liu County Order, it's not good. An official letter was sent from above. The backstage of the superintendent Yu Shi Gao Feng is about to come to our Shuozhou to inspect the granary, if it is still empty at this time, then I am afraid we will be miserable! A scribe said.
Hearing that the supervision of the imperial history was coming soon, Liu Quanke was not so confident. Just now, he felt that he was going to educate Chen Fei, but now the reality slapped him again. He went to Chen Fei because he wanted Chen Fei to support him with some food so that he could pass the inspection of the imperial history. This superintendent Yu Shi Gao Feng, Liu Quan doesn't know who he is. However, since he can act as an overseer, it shows that he is a very upright person. During the Zhenguan period, those who could serve as imperial historians were people of great integrity. It won't be bought easily. But now there is not enough grain in the warehouse in Kaiyang County to cope with the inspection, so I am afraid that it will really be unlucky.
"Shouldn't I be going to be late in the evening?" Liu Quan thought secretly in his heart.
If the food reserves are insufficient this time, then who knows what this superintendent will say? Moreover, the status of supervising the imperial history is very special. Whoever is given the post of Inspector of Imperial History. Generally, they are people who are very valued by the emperor and are close associates of the emperor. After all, these inspectors of the imperial history were to be sent out to inspect and supervise the performance and merits of local officials, and if it were not for the emperor's cronies, the emperor would be afraid of being deceived. Moreover, Chen Fei Judging from later information, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was also the later Tang Gaozong period. Many prime ministers also came from supervising imperial history. Therefore, supervising the imperial history is a very important position, and the future is very promising, after all, they are valued by the emperor!
"This kind of supervision of the imperial history. It's all a bunch of guys who don't get in oil and salt, and there's really no good way! Liu Quan said.
Liu Quan thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with any way, and finally had to say: "You go and send an official document to Chen Fei County in Shuo County, saying that our Kaiyang County wants to buy grain from them in Shuo County." We have to buy at least one million catties of grain, that is, more than 8,000 stone of grain! ”
Soon, within two hours, Chen Fei's official letter also returned.
"It's okay to ask for food, two dollars and one stone!"
The official document is just these words, but these words made Liu Quan thunderous.
"Two dollars and one stone, you don't go to rob it!" Liu Quan said angrily.
Shuoxian County Office, Yang Jiaxiang took the initiative to ask Chen Fei: "Chen County Order, it's not good to do this!" The asking price you gave to the county order of Liu County in Kaiyang County is two yuan once, but the county order for that Shenwu County is 800 wen and one stone, and the current grain price is always about one stone, so is it ......?"
Chen Fei asked Liu Quan for 200 percent of the normal market price of grain, while the asking price for Shenwu County was only 800 yuan. It is equivalent to Chen Fei giving Shenwu County a discount, but he asked Kaiyang County for a very high price. This is clearly revenge, Chen Fei retaliated for Liu Quan just now for relying on the old and selling the old, so he deliberately asked him for such a black price.
"Hmph, what are you afraid of? Liu Quan had to buy it! You have also seen the official document just now, and the superintendent Yu Shi Gao Feng will come to Shuozhou in two days to check whether the granary is full. For the sake of his black gauze hat and his own evening festival, he naturally had to find a way to fill the granary. And we have enough food nearby, and if he doesn't look for us, we have nowhere else to look for it. Originally, I wanted to give him a preferential price for the sake of my colleagues, but he was so ignorant and relied on the old to sell the old, so what could I do. Chen Fei said.
Chen Fei is completely blackmailing, anyway, the supervision of the imperial history will soon arrive, if Liu Quan wants to get through this difficulty, there must be enough food. Anyway, Chen Fei is blackmailing, what can you do. The people above come to check, so if you don't extort at this time, when will you wait? Anyway, this guy is very annoying, relying on the old and selling the old, Chen Fei is the one who blackmails him. After all, this can bring benefits to Shuo County's finances, and Chen Fei should not want it in vain. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)