In these years, the reputation of officers and soldiers is not much better than that of bandits, but when they come to the door, ninety percent of them are not good.

Although Cai Qu is not an official, his brother is a real Hanlin Shu Jishi, a second-class jinshi who has been admitted in a solid manner, and the entire Rizhao County has not been able to produce a single talent for many years, and the county can't afford to provoke him, not to mention a military attache whose status is one level lower than that of a civilian official.

Pang Qian ranked second in the entire Anton Defense Zone, and there was a Lu Dusi pressing on it, and in addition, he traveled alone from south to north for hundreds of miles of coastal defense. But the local county government has nothing to do with him, and he came to the door today, with only one purpose, to smell fishy!

Cai Qu was unhappy in his heart, and snorted coldly: "His nose is quite smart." Heard so quickly. ”

It is not a secret that he sent people out to investigate the robbers, and Rizhao County is not big, so he can spread the news everywhere in a day, and it is reasonable for Pang Qian to know it. It's just that this guy actually dares to come up and touch his hands, and he is too bold, so he can't help but not take himself as a master and the first in Hanlin in his eyes!

Turned around and bowed his hand to Song Yunsheng and the others: "Brother Song and Master Wang sit down, and I will deal with it with Da Zhuangke!" ”

Li Yingjiu is also displeased, grandma is a bear, since it has been entrusted to Lao Tzu's envoy, your officers and soldiers come out to mix a bird's egg? Don't you think that you can crush Lao Tzu with an official uniform?

When the two arrived in the front yard, Pang Qian had already dismounted with his legs, his armor was neat, and he walked in with a big grin, and shouted at Cai Qu with his fists: "Pang Mou came suddenly and disturbed Master Cai's purity!" However, it is related to the peace of the county, where the responsibilities are, and where the offense is, please bear with Master Cai! ”

He was short and fat, with a fat black and red face, and there was no apology, but there was a strong smell of wine, and his two red eyes swept around, clearly looking for a target.

Cai Qu is angry no matter how angry he is, but he is just as polite and thoughtful, he is a guest when he enters the door, whether it is a distinguished guest or a bad guest, he does not want people to provoke. It's just that his face was slightly gloomy, and he hugged his fists in return, but he didn't let him go into the living room, and stopped there and said lightly: "Where did the huge man start?" The Cai family has been scholarly for generations, and there are no men who have broken the law, how could you come to my house to prevent pirates? ”

The resentment in the words, no matter how rude Pang Qian is, can hear it, but since he has made up his mind to offend people, of course he will not back down, and laughed: "Blame me for not saying it clearly!" Master Cai, did you take in the Shanxi merchant who encountered robbers in Xihuanzipo the day before yesterday? It stands to reason that this matter should be reported to the officials first, so that the county adults can order to chase and suppress them, so that they will not wander around and harm the township. But Master Cai sent someone to visit himself, which is a bit inappropriate, right? ”

In a word, you squire arrest thieves privately, and say that the strict zhòng point is overstepping, and the whole Qing Dynasty wants to do that, don't you mess up?

Cai Qu didn't fall for him, and snorted coldly: "Even if you report to the official, it is also under the jurisdiction of the county yamen, and it has nothing to do with Anton Wei." Pang Qian is not afraid of being accused of being privately transferred? ”

If you want to catch the robbers, you have to transfer troops, and the control of the Qing Dynasty's transfer of troops is extremely strict, and without the order of the governor, you dare to transfer more than 100 troops, which is like a rebellion and wants to kill the head. Cai Qu's words are the same as digging a pit for the other party.

Mr. Pang Qian looked rough and arrogant, and he was fine inside, so he refused to be fooled, slapped his chest, and shouted: "Master Cai, Pang Mou doesn't dare to agree with this!" Let's Anton Wei, which one is not responsible for patrolling and inspecting the territory? If such a bad situation happens, if I ignore it, then I will be questioned by the officials! ”

He risked offending the Cai family to come to the door, just to fight for the dominance of arresting the bandits.

The state and county governance of the Qing Dynasty almost absorbed the culmination of various systems of previous dynasties, and formed four sets of interlocking ruling systems in a county-level organization. Purely an army organization, the Green Battalion Eight Banners Xuntang Inspection is the main force, but most of them are used to suppress large-scale rebellions such as the Twisted Army, and there are still various restrictions on the possibility that they may indiscriminately interfere in local government affairs.

The second is the subordinate officials and inspectors under the jurisdiction of the chief officials of the prefectures and counties, and the most common ones are permanent personnel such as the official and the white officer, in order to control the traffic passes of the county capital and towns, and to arrest and arrest the murderer and calm down the case.

The third is to take the Baojia and Lijia systems as the core, and set up Lianzhuang, Lianjia, and local security and other government and civilian co-governance institutions, give full play to the influence of the folk clans and squires, ensure the stability of the grassroots level, and assist the county government forces such as inspection and arrest to calm the place.

In the end, it is the people's neighborhood mutual protection, family mutual assistance, self-organized group training and other pure civil forces, which do not need to spend a penny of investment from the imperial court, but can turn everyone into the eyes of the official, supervise each other, and strictly guard everywhere, and outsiders have nothing to hide.

Of course, the system is one thing, and the implementation is another. Not to mention anything else, a county government official has more than 100 people, and the minimum expenditure on the surface is 1,000 taels of silver, the salary of the county official is less than 500 taels, and the incorruptible silver is 1400 taels.

Furthermore, "Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver." If you don't have filial piety below, where can you get so much money and embezzlement? As a grassroots county official, he can only stretch out his hand downward, but most of the county-level governance is mostly controlled by the officials elected by the local squire and landlords.

Therefore, there is also "there is no other trick to being an official, only to govern officials." In one sentence, it is the defining standard between an operator and a mediocre person. Whoever can control his subordinates will be able to exploit the land by their hands and reap the benefits. With the benefits up and down, you can get a win in the annual evaluation and climb up one level at a time.

There are many officials who obviously work hard to queue up and finally wait for a real shortage, and when they hear that the place they are going to is poor, the officials and the people are slippery, and they refuse to go on the road for this reason. If you don't go to spend a penny of money in vain, you can just spend money to find a way. If you go down, you are very likely to be trapped and die in office, and you will not be able to make political achievements, so that the sky should not be called the earth, and then life is better than death.

Places like Rizhao County, although they are close to the sea, have heavy defense responsibilities, but there are many mountains and few lands, industry and commerce are underdeveloped, and there is little oil and water. Anton guarded so many ports, and at most exploited a few fishermen and a very small number of sailing merchant ships, and had no chance of making a fortune.

This time, I suddenly heard that a Shanxi businessman was robbed locally, and the adults were excited.

The so-called red eyes can't see the silver. Who in the world doesn't know that Shanxi people are rich? Besides, it was a Pingyao businessman who was robbed, and he also invited the famous Tongxing Public Dart Bureau to escort him, and the silver money was ironclad in the sea! As long as you grasp this case in your hands, you don't dare to think that the benefits of a thousand taels will definitely be reaped!

So Pang Qian got the approval of Lu Dusi, and quickly rushed to Cai's house in Shilibao, saying that he would first snatch the initiative if he died. Because he knew that it wouldn't be long before Lu Zhixian's subordinates would definitely arrive, and when the time came, there would be another fight.

Cai Qu and others refused to report to the official, preferring to ask someone to visit themselves, just to prevent them from knowing about interfering in the situation, and small things become big things, and no one can pass the test without some blood.

In the final analysis, Song Yunsheng is just a guest of the Cai family, and it is impossible for him to block the officials and the army from the outside with one hand. Cai Qu has done his best to send more people to handle it, but he still hasn't hidden it.

Seeing Li Yingjiu coming over, the tiger's back and bear's waist were imposing, and a pair of tiger eyes stared at him fearlessly, Pang Qian couldn't help but be a little jealous of this famous "big banker". However, when I thought of the silver in vain, I couldn't care about that much, and held the waist knife in my left hand to open it, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Da Zhuangke is also there!" Master Cai is really a friend. However, I heard that there were twenty or thirty bandits in the gang, each armed with knives, guns and clubs, and their hands were black. It's not good to kill your apprentices! ”

Li Yingjiu snorted: "Then you don't have to worry about Lord Qian!" Since Li dared to accept Master Cai, he had his own way. ”

Cai Qu saw that things were inevitably complicated, so he simply let go of his hand and made a big deal. Anyway, Song Yunsheng repeatedly said that the loss of the goods was admitted, as long as they fought for a breath, the red goods worth at least 1,500 taels, as well as more than 20 diamonds that could not be valued for the time being, were enough for them to share the profits in several aspects.

After making up his mind, he and Li Yingjiu dragged Pang Qianzong together, and it didn't take long for Shi Zhouquan, the county magistrate, to hurry over with two officials riding two black donkeys.

This guy has a black face, two triangular eyes are shining, and when he enters the door, he politely nods and greets Menzi, and clasps his fists at a group of people from afar: "I've seen Master Cai!" Huge people! Good afternoon to the big villager, the villain is late, atone for his sins! ”

That means, as if the Cai family invited him to come, I have to say that the ability of such a head snake to climb friendship and exploit loopholes is first-class, and there is no lack of heart on his face.

Although Zhou Quan is not an official, he can get the third position in the entire county, and he has jurisdiction over the arrest and prison of the county, which is equivalent to the current director of public security, with an annual salary of 31 taels of silver, 5 yuan and 2 cents, and 80 taels of incorruptible silver. This is also the work of the chief bookkeeper, which was selected by the officials and signed and approved by the emperor.

It seems that with a salary of more than 111 taels, he can live a good life in ordinary people's homes, but don't forget, he has a large group of people who eat under him, put them in the eyes and ears of the neighboring towns, and catch the officials quickly, he has to pay the salary, is that money enough to stuff his teeth? The top has to be provided to the county master, and if you don't scavenge a thousand taels in a year, you can't live a life.

Usually catch a few thieves, frame a few people, and extort that little money. The big squire landlord has money, he can't afford to mess with it, and now that he finally has a big deal, he can't let it go even if he dies! PS: Continue to ask for collection recommendations!