Fang Xin stared at Liu Jueming again and said, "Liu Jueming! ”

"Humble duty!"

"You go down and immediately straighten out the soldiers and gather them together!" Fang Xin said.

"Yes!" Liu Jueming went out immediately, and without much time, he saw that a group of officials all came, a total of eleven, all of them were old officials, they knew the rules, came up, and met Fang Xin.

Fang Xin smiled: "Very good, in the future, you will be the soldiers of this county, understand?" ”

"Yes, villain understands!" Eleven fell to the ground and spoke.

"As an official in this county, there is no shortage of hungry soldiers, this is the capital reward for you, you can take it and divide it!" As he spoke, Fang Xin took out a bag of broken silver, Liu Jueming took it and looked at it, but it was thirty taels, you know, a year of soldiers, even if it is not discounted, it is only four and a half taels of silver annual salary, and now there are ten soldiers, there are so many, this is a generous reward.

"Yes, the lowly position understands, the lowly position and all the soldiers are grateful for the grace of the adults!" Liu Jueming kowtowed again, and when he saw that Fang Xin didn't say anything, he sent the money down, and suddenly, everyone cheered.

When the cheers subsided, Fang Xin said again: "This county is an official of the imperial court, you and others are all people who have been in the yamen for a long time, you won't know the rules, this county has always been lenient to people, but if you don't obey this county, or even those who have bad intentions, this county will raid your family and exterminate your family, understand?" ”

"The villain understands!" The soldiers didn't know the relationship inside, kowtowed and said.

This matter is done for the time being, but first of all, it is necessary to count the county government warehouse and money warehouse, which is a very critical matter.

"Song Wenchen!"

"Humble duty!"

"This county orders you to immediately convene Si Cangcao, and this county will check the entry and exit of money and rice in the warehouse now, understand?" Fang Xin said with a sneer.

After the dinner, the county prince, the lord Bo, and the county lieutenant will all leave, and they have their own small yamen, so at this time. As soon as the county yamen is closed, even if there are hundreds of people outside, it will be difficult to succeed, and it is Fang Xin who has the final say, of course, Fang Xin also holds his own martial arts, so he does this - in this county yamen, there are only dozens of people who can fight, and he can kill them all alone.

There is no martial arts. In fact, it doesn't matter, in the county, he will transfer a team of soldiers to accompany him. It also has this effect, but it scares the snake.

Song Wenchen's round face was in a cold sweat, and only then did he know how powerful this county order was.

It didn't take much time for the soldiers to come up, and then they lit the candles and went straight into the warehouse.

This county warehouse is very large. Lin Lei has five warehouses. It can hold grain, and there is a treasury with bookshelves-like shelves, on which are placed the copper coins that have been collected.

There are two rooms in the east and west wings, tables and chairs, one person in the nine products of the cangcao, three wardens, and fifteen cangding.

Waiting for Fang Xin to enter the warehouse, the soldiers also came. Sicang Cao Geye stepped forward and knelt down, drenched in cold sweat.

The first thing Fang Xin did when he took office was to check the account books and treasury. Not only are these petty officials the most corrupt and corrupt, but they have no hope in their careers. I won't care much about the bad reputation. As long as there is an opportunity, it is definitely a good word.

And. The most important thing is that if you don't count the warehouse within a few days of taking office, then you can't say it clearly, and no one knows whether you are losing money or your predecessor is losing money - so that in the future, the boss will count the warehouse, even if the boss knows that the deficit is not your main sin, but a dereliction of duty of "blindness in investigation, and lax majesty" can make you lose the seventh rank official.

"Song Wenchen, you look first!" Fang Xin saw that the account book was taken out, so he said.

This is a chance for Song Wenchen, if he still dares to cheat, he doesn't mind killing this person on the spot, after all, this person can be the scrivener of the signing room (director of the mayor's secretariat), he can't settle accounts, and it's strange if he doesn't know the inside story.

On the contrary, Cao Geye, the nine-rank Sicang, even if he is guilty, he cannot be killed, he can only take it down, and the prefect will decide it, and it must be filed in the province and the imperial court.

It depends on whether this Song Wenchen is a smart person.

Song Wenchen's face turned pale, kowtowed and said, "Yes!" ”

As soon as he looked up, he saw the resentful eyes of Sicang Cao Geye, but as soon as he gritted his teeth, he picked up the account book and began to verify it clearly.

In fact, in this situation, Fang Xin said very clearly, as long as you don't rebel, then you have to listen to Fang Xin.

Let's not talk about Fang Xindi's martial arts. "If this county is also infected with the plague and dies, it will be the county that has died of illness in one year, you say, what will the imperial court think?" This sentence, Song Wenchen knows very well, if this really happens, then the imperial court will definitely mobilize the people to investigate, and no one like himself can escape.

After the investigation, only one-third of the entire account books and warehouses were real, and the rest were all lost.

Fang Xin couldn't think of this, his face was gloomy, he didn't say anything for a long time, he only stared at Sicang Cao Geye with a pair of sharp eyes, and suddenly, Fang Xin slapped the account book suddenly: "Ge Ye, are you guilty?" ”

Ge Ye's body jumped up suddenly, and in an instant, his eyes showed a fierce light: "Lord Fang, this is not despicable and greedy, who didn't take it in the past, even if it was you Song Wenchen and you Liu Jueming, who didn't take it?" ”

After that, Ge Ye was like pouring beans on a bamboo tube, and said some things in the county government, although it was only a few words, but it suddenly made the atmosphere of the entire warehouse space sinister.

In the light of the candle flickering, Fang Xin's expression was calm, and he sneered: "What, you want to incite the people present to kill officials and rebel?" Or do you want to drag everyone to die together? The heaviest corruption is beheading, killing Shangguan is rebellion, only the Manchus are all punished! ”

As he spoke, he stared at Liu Jueming and said with a cruel smile: "You still don't want me to take down this person, and peel off all the official clothes and hats for me!" ”

Liu Jueming's whole body trembled, this is not a trivial matter, or he will kill the official and rebel, but there are dozens of officials and servants around him, as long as one person reveals the slightest rumor, it will be a catastrophe of extermination, and besides, he has also recalled the sentence just now, this new young man knows the county, and he really understands the stakes!

When I turned around, I saw the yasman's hesitant face, but they had been in the yamen for a long time, and they all knew the fate of the killing officer, so they sighed and shouted: "Take it!" ”

The two old brothers pounced on it and took Ge Ye around.

"You dare, you dare, I'm dead, and you don't ......" Ge Ye was still struggling, and at this moment, a towel was stuffed into his mouth, and then he peeled off his official clothes and hat.

"You two, follow this county!" Fang Xin got up at this time, entered the inner warehouse, and said.

Song Wenchen and Liu Jueming hurriedly followed, they were all frightened, they didn't know what the result would be, only to see Fang Xinxun looking at the warehouse, for a long time, before sighing and saying, "Only a third?" Ge Ye can't bear this sin, you say, what should I do? ”

As soon as he said this sentence, Song Wenchen immediately understood: "My lord, Cai Zhixian ......"

"It can all be pushed on Cai Zhixian, but Cai Zhixian is dead after all, and the rules of officialdom also talk about seniority and favors, let him carry it, this is normal, if he carries it all, he will implicate his family, and it won't work." Fang Xin said very frankly: "But this county, we must report the deficit and find a reason, otherwise the county will come to bear the black pot." ”

"What do you mean, how much is appropriate?"

"At least sixty percent of the warehouse, then Ge Ye is charged with the main crime, Cai Zhixian will share more, and you can wait to get out of the relationship."

At this time, even if the two of them were stupid, they knew what the new magistrate meant, and immediately knelt on the ground: "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" ”

"Get up, you wait and tell me, how much did the county prince, the lord Bo, and the county lieutenant take?"

"My lord, Cai Zhixian did die of illness, he took the shortfall of thirty percent, and the county Cheng took one and a half percent, the lord Bo, and the county lieutenant, each took one percent, and the rest were all taken by the junior officials, among which Ge Ye took the lion's head!"

"And you take the big head!" Fang Xin sneered.

"Adult, the villain is willing to take it all out to make up for the shortfall!" Song Wenchen's face was pale, and he knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again.

"Listen, you were originally a scribe in the signing room, you know how to do things, according to the rules of the imperial court, the granary has one percent, which can be regarded as a normal loss of birds and mice, and when the county plays, it can be said that the warehouse is leaking, and one more percent of the loss is added!"

"But there is still a deficit of forty percent and five, Ge Ye is a nine-grade official, and one percent can be born, and Cai Zhi County's seven-grade official, everyone is dead, without implicating the family, can bear twenty percent, and now there is still one into five, you will tell the county Cheng, the lord Bo, and the county lieutenant tomorrow, spit out forty percent of what you get, and fill it in, in this way, everyone can pass the test, otherwise, the county will not be polite!" Fang Xin said awe-inspiringly.

"Yes, I understand, the humble duty will definitely be done properly!" Song Wenchen thought about it for a while, and felt that it could be done, so he suddenly showed a hint of joy, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Your adults will definitely agree to resolve this case in this way." ”

"It's just that if it's so concluded, this can't be said by Ge Ye." Fang Xin said in a deep voice, this Ge Ye is the scapegoat.

"Don't worry, my lord, this matter will be handed over to the lowly position, and it will definitely be appropriate." At this time, Liu Jueming, who had not spoken, said respectfully that he was the head of the yamen, and naturally had a set of methods to rectify the prisoners.

"Don't get killed first, understand?"

"Understood!"

"This matter, we must also greet the prefect, not the county alone, but all the adults, now the autumn harvest is in sight, the work is busy, the county naturally hopes that the big things will be small, and the small things will be small!" Fang Xin sighed: "Tomorrow morning, I will communicate with the adults first, and then report to the mansion!" ”

If he has a foundation, then in fact, this deficit doesn't matter, but he doesn't, so he must get rid of this matter, this is where the life of the family lies, if you are not interested in the county, then there is only one pot - although as soon as he took office, he made a big move, violated the rules of officialdom, committed a big taboo, and took a lot of trouble in the future, but it is better than carrying the black pot and dying in the end!