Chapter 20 It is the grandfather who owes the debt

The butler came to the door, most of the time with bad intentions, but he couldn't hide from it. When the housekeeper came in, he saw that it was a short and thin middle-aged man forty miles away, dressed in a green coat and a big hat, and when he saw Li Yanqing, he didn't kneel, but only asked, "You are the new local magistrate?" ”

"Don't you know the official uniform? Except for the magistrate, who else dares to wear it like this? ”

"You are the magistrate, then it's easy to say. My lord has already heard about it, I heard that you are just a magistrate who teaches people, I am afraid that you don't understand the rules, and come here to do nonsense, hurting the faces of you and me, and no one will look good at that time, so I specially let me tell you. From today onwards, you have the final say on the affairs of the county yamen, and when you leave the county yamen, my lord has the final say. Everyone should not violate the river water, and no one should cross the line. In addition, at the beginning, your predecessor Cai Jiande said that he was going to build a Confucianism in Xiangshan, and my lord gave 800 taels of silver, but Confucianism was nowhere to be found, and the silver was gone. Although my Liang family's money has always been stingy, it is not so arbitrary, and you have to pay for it. I won't talk about other things, you can do it yourself in the future, and my lord will take care of you. ”

With that, he turned and left. Li Yanqing said: "Wait, this respectful manager stays." ”

"What? Is there anything you didn't hear clearly? You, a northerner, can make me understand, but it's not easy. I'll listen to you what you want to say. ”

"Dare to ask your family, except for the Liang Yuan, have you been an official in the court, and how many official residences are there?"

"My Liang family has a lot of wealth and good fortune, and I have never been in the court."

"Then dare to ask if you have relatives and friends, and your neighbors and neighbors are running errands in the yamen of the provincial government? Regardless of whether it is a government or a feudal yamen, it is the coastal military department, which is also counted among them. ”

"Not at all."

"That'll be fine." Li Yanqing slammed and startled, "Bold minion." You are just a human slave and a maid, and when you see that the official does not kneel and does not salute, and there is no local official, can you not be the official system? Left and right, take him down with me, pull him down and beat him forty hard, and the stick is blood-red. ”

When his order was passed on, the officials looked at each other, but no one dared to step forward to do it. Liang Xing was startled at first, and then said, "Who dare I think?" I was sent by Liang Yuanwai, and if any of you dare to touch my fingers, my family members will not be able to spare you. Besides, don't forget, you still owe us money. ”

"Phew! Haven't you heard the saying that since ancient times, it is the grandfather who owes money, and it is the grandson who owes the debt? Left and right, what are you still doing in a daze? Whoever beats him the hardest, the official will reward him with a tael of silver, and if he dares to disobey, he will be dismissed immediately, and he will be driven out of the yamen and never be used. Rip it off with me and hit it hard! ”

Seeing that their own officials were really ruthless, those officials didn't dare to fool anymore. Besides, the reward of one or two pieces of silver is not a joke. Several people pounced on Liang Xing, who was scolding, and pulled his middle coat down, and dragged him down the hall, and Liang Xing still scolded loudly at this time: "Dog officer, you wait, my master can't spare you." My family members have a lot of money, and disposing of you with a small county order is like killing a dog. ”

However, this scolding did not last long, and was replaced by the sound of the contact between the bamboo board and human flesh and the screams. These officials are all rushing for the one or two silver, and they are extremely ruthless, and they have not been systematically trained in beating, unlike the officials in large places, obviously the flesh and blood are flying, but it is not very painful. They only knew how to use brute force, and the stick dance was carried by the wind, and when it reached the thirtieth stick, Liang Xing couldn't even scream. Li Yanqing ordered him to go down, splashed him with cold water to wake him up, and then beat him with more than a dozen sticks, and ordered someone to throw him outside the gate.

He seemed to have just let out a bad breath at this time, and waved the sleeves of his robe, "Retreat." ”

When he passed the gate of the house and came to the inner house, he saw a plaque with "Qinshentang" written on it, hanging crookedly. He didn't bring a henchman with him, he had to come by himself in everything, but fortunately, when he was in the Quyi Troupe in his previous life, he also took care of himself, which didn't take much effort. When the cover is laid, people get into the quilt, all the sounds are silent, and the tide of thought fluctuates, but they can't sleep for a long time.

This seal handle in Xiangshan County doesn't seem to be as easy to pick up as I imagined. The predecessor left himself a mess, and the finances of the entire yamen had completely collapsed, and if he could not find a way to make money in time, he would not even be able to maintain the basic office. Although the local area is not as strong as Jia Shi Wang Xue, those maritime merchants are also difficult to deal with. Maybe among them, there are people who are maritime merchants on the one hand, and Japanese criminals on the other, which is also a big trouble.

Not only is the force weak in the yamen, but the people's hearts are also not united. Today, if it weren't for his own heavy hand, he wouldn't even be able to command the officials, and what this official did would really be meaningless. It's no wonder that after his predecessor arrived, he was drunk and obsessed, but he really had nothing to do, even if he wanted to be a good official, he had to have this condition.

The six-room clerk and the third class of the government are not their own people, which is very disadvantageous to their own officials. In the future, he must cultivate a team of his own, eliminate some of these old people of the yamen, and win over some of them, otherwise he will be hollowed out sooner or later.

What kind of Confucianism did the housekeeper of the Liang family say, and what is going on? Could it be that Zhixian coveted the money for cultivating Confucianism, and committed suicide after running out? How unreliable does this sound. He is also a Jinshi of the National Dynasty, and his waist is much harder than the Liu Chaozuo he pretended to be, even if he loses money, he will not die.

His mother-in-law knows how to cry Qin Ting's tricks, doesn't he understand? After all, there is a solution, there is no need to fill in your own life, this Cai Jiande is mostly not so simple.

On the other side, in the officer's room, the lights and shadows flickered. Zhang Yuande, Li Keshi and Gongfang Jingcheng Ma Hongtu gathered together and muttered quietly. "Don't look at this big order as a person, but it's not a simple person. Just because of a disagreement, he dared to beat the housekeeper outside Liang Yuan, and made it clear that he was coming to make money, I am afraid that it is not as easy to deal with as the Cai nerd in front. ”

"So what? Cai Jiande, a jinshi, has been cleaned up by us, are you still afraid that he will be a small lifter? Now, no matter what, we must keep the secrets of Confucianism. Otherwise, those silver taels will kill us. ”

"Brother Zhang, otherwise, let's just do it and solve him, wouldn't it be a hundred?"

"! We are the six-room bookstore, not those pirates and bandits, how can we say that we will kill people. I killed Cai Jiande last time, but I was forced to be helpless, how can I do this this time? Think about it, if two magistrates die in a short period of time, won't the above be suspicious? Ryan Stein's foreign devil came in and kicked him again, do you want to eat Jinyiwei's prison meal so much? ”

"What do you mean, Brother Zhang?"

"Let's let him live a little longer and see what kind of character he is. If there is no threat to us, it is better to cooperate for a while, and we will also lose our wealth. If he really doesn't know anything, it's not too late to deal with him when the time comes. ”

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