Chapter 44: Blackmail 2
What are the four families, what titles?
After listening to Hao Jian's words, the county Cheng Li Xin and others looked at Hao Jian with expressions that I don't read much, don't lie to me.
"Alas, the four major families of Bianliang City are in charge of the major positions of Dakang, you also listened to it before, the network behind Li Daozheng and Lord Li, who can provoke it? The people even shouted: There is a lack of white jade beds in the East China Sea, and the Dragon King came to find Li Shangshu, this kind of rumor, how much do you think Li Shangshu is worth? ”
Hao Jian sat in place and sighed for a long time, paused and continued: "Presumably, you also know about me and Li Daozheng and Li Da being arrested by mountain bandits a few days ago? ”
Listening to Hao Jian talking about Li Daozheng's affairs like this, whether it was the county prince, or the chief bookkeeper and others, they all felt a twitch in their faces, they knew the power of the three major officials, but they didn't expect that there were still four major families behind them.
"Yes, yes. We received a newspaper from Di before, as mentioned above. ”
The master book nodded, if they didn't know that Hao Jian and the others were arrested, they wouldn't dare to dare to do such a thing, but the bad thing has not been done yet, this Hao Jian appeared in their world like this, without a trace of concern, without a trace of defense.
"Do you know how much ransom the mountain bandit demanded from Li Daozheng and Master Li's family?" Hao Jian sat up straight, patted the table and said solemnly: "One hundred thousand taels of silver, but do you know what Master Li said?" 50,000 taels, you are an insult to my personality, take my token back, if they give you less than 500,000 taels of silver, I will kill myself here! Tut, look at it, people don't even pay attention to 500,000 taels, how much can you give in a small Qingxi County? ”
After finishing speaking, Hao Jian sighed again: "This is how Lord Li's name of the 500,000 taels of laymen came from, you see how domineering and capricious this name is, as if it is telling you that Lao Tzu is not short of money!" ”
This time, the people present were very frightened, they have now offended a high-ranking official, although they are now off the horse, but the sons and sons-in-law are still as good as ever, not easy to provoke, and they can't be provoked.
Especially when he heard Hao Jian's explanation, the people present stared at each other with big eyes and lost their attention.
Now people not only have power, but also money, it is not possible to flatter, let alone bribes, in case a table of people comes with a sentence, are you sending such a little money to insult me? Wouldn't things get worse?
Although a few people are greedy, they also know the pros and cons, who can provoke and who can't.
A character like Li Daozheng can't be provoked, this kind of person can only be offered, and then look at it with a smile, that expression must be as cheap as possible, otherwise people will think that you don't pay attention to him.
"Now, Lord Hao, what should we do next? Now you're our backbone, you have to help us. ”
Li Xin, the county leader, glanced at Hao Jian, glanced at Hao Jian flatteringly and said.
"Yes, Lord Hao, now you are our backbone, and we are all up to you."
As Li Xin expressed his opinions, the chief bookkeeper, inspector and others on the side also looked at Hao Jian.
"Do you want to be me? It would be nice if Li Daozheng was so easy to deal with, at the beginning of the period, I wanted to kill him with a knife from the hands of the mountain bandits, but I never thought that the mountain bandits themselves were in a mess, so he escaped; When I came to Qingxi County, I saw you doing evil and tricked him into prison, and wanted to destroy him by your hands, but who knew that this classic history couldn't help but be frightened, and let him escape, now it's okay, now everyone knows the identity of Lord Li, and now if you want to do it, I'm afraid we are all in danger. ”
Hao Jian looked at the few people present angrily, as if they were stumbling blocks to his own progress.
Hearing this, everyone glanced at Hao Jian in surprise, what's going on? What did he mean by that?
"Lord Hao, be cautious, be cautious!"
Li Xin, the county leader, grabbed Hao Jian's hand and made a silent motion.
"Caution what? Are you really my scholar? Although it is the emperor's will, can I command him to move Lord Li? I don't know that Master Li has other tasks on him, so he deliberately followed me. ”
It didn't matter and waved his hand, Hao Jian said angrily.
Li Daozheng's crime is malicious slander, shielding his brother These two crimes, the crime is actually not big, although the verbal punishment should be punished, but everyone knows that the biggest punishment is just a demotion and demotion from the Beijing Division, but one of the emperor's decrees is directly to punish him as a scholar for three years, which is obviously unscientific.
Obviously, he wanted to tell everyone that Li Dao was going to Qingxi County with Hao Jian and follow him to take office.
"Lord Hao, what does this mean?"
Li Xinhu glanced at Hao Jian suspiciously, and all the county officials present also had different expressions, and they all focused on Hao Jian.
"Little Qingxi County, but last year it changed three counties in a row, I'm afraid that this matter alarmed the government and the opposition, and now I just send someone to investigate, but this is none of my business, and a few people should not be involved, right?"
Hao Jian looked around at the few people in front of him and asked in a low voice.
"My lord said that he laughed, we don't have the courage to do this, but don't talk nonsense."
Dian Shi shook his head, and first objected and said, we didn't have a kill order, we just took the opportunity to make money.
The rest of the people also waved their hands to indicate that they were not involved in the matter.
"It's good that you didn't participate, but I'm in big trouble, think about it, this Lord Li has fallen here all because of me, and his brother, who was sent to the frontier to build the Great Wall, I don't know how this old thing will come to frame me."
Glancing at the few people present in some disappointment, Hao Jian sighed again.
"Lord Hao, let's not mention it for the time being, let's first think about how to deal with that Lord Li, right?"
Li Xin looked at Hao Jian and smiled bitterly, why is this county order different from the previous ones, how can it be beaten and killed as soon as it comes?
"In my opinion, if you want to save your lives, you will wipe the neck of Master Li with a knife, so there will be no problem in this way."
After thinking for a while, Hao Jian finally made a constructive proposal.
"Eh, Lord Hao, can we stop joking?"
Hearing this, Li Xin was in a hurry, and now they were thinking about how to deal with it, but Hao Jian seemed to be messing around here.
"It's okay, you give me 10,000 silver first, and then leave the position of the master of the yamen for Lord Li to serve, and let Lord Li have an official life, I think Lord Li will probably consider letting you go."
After thinking for a while, Hao Jian expressed his opinion to the few people present.
"Doesn't this mean that Lord Li is not rare in money?"
Hearing this, the master bookkeeper glanced at Hao Jian curiously, which was different from what he said before.
"He's not rare, but I'm rare! Think about it, now only I can appease him, what if Master Li looks at this handsome guy and wants what to do? So this 10,000 silver is my hard-earned money, I guess you have no opinion, right? ”
Hao Jian looked at the few people in front of him with a smile.
"This, since it is to honor the adult, then naturally there is no problem, if the adult can solve the current matter, then I will wait for one more thousand taels to show gratitude, how about it?"
Li Xin's face twitched a few times, this was the first time he had met an official who had been thinking about asking his subordinates for money on the first day of his tenure, this kind of person was too hateful, even darker than himself.
"Well, it's actually not good to take bribes, if it's thank you, then it's two words."
Hao Jian nodded and thought for a while: "Oh, by the way, you will release those people in the prison later, I am the first day in office, and it will not be good for such a thing to happen." ”
"Since it was the adult's order, we naturally did it."
Li Xin was not surprised by Hao Jian's proposal, so he agreed directly without thinking about it.
"Then, I'm going to appease Lord Li, and the county government should hand it over to the county Cheng Li Xin and Lord Li."
After Hao Jian finished speaking, he walked out directly.
Seeing Hao Jian walking out of the door, and then taking steps, proudly shouting Mao Zi out of the back office, the master book beside Li Xin sneered: "I think someone appointed by the imperial court, it turns out that it is a fool." ”
"This fool is also ruthless enough, one is to extort us 10,000 taels of silver, in order to set up their own archway, but also to put the rich people we have collected with great difficulty."
Dian Shi was also very shameless when he watched Hao Jian's actions when he went out.
"It's a good thing to be greedy, after all, there is a third-grade master behind this fool, and we have to use his kung fu to deal with that third-grade master!"
Li Xin was not worried about this matter, and looked at the back of Hao Jian leaving.
"So, all the people in the prison have been released?"
The inspector asked curiously.
"Let it go, these people will still appear in Qingxi County in the future, and it will be good to find other ways to clean them up in the future, don't forget that the fool just said that the county government still needs us to be responsible for it now."
Li Xin smiled confidently, this power had been handed over to him, and he naturally had to use it well.
"In this way, the plan we are waiting for can still be implemented, and we will still have the final say in this Qingxi County in the future!"
The main book also showed a smile on his face, and a few people around him were quite proud.