Chapter 267: Electing County Officials
There is also a large group of little maids who can't be assigned, what should I do? And those who got married and didn't get a concubine in Dali Temple, all looked at Zhang Chen with wide eyes. There's no way, he really can't afford to support so many people! If there are any of these maids who are willing to be concubines, Zhang Chen will not object, now it all depends on the eloquence of these brothers!
For Zhang Chen to do this, Di Renjie really didn't know what to say. However, this is indeed a good way, and ordinary officials will inevitably be implicated in the crime of committing such an unpardonable and heinous crime. Most of the men are sent to the army or sent to hard labor, while most of the women are sold into the Qinglou, as official prostitutes, they work hard all their lives, but they never have a chance to turn over!
This is the law of the Tang Dynasty, if one person commits a crime, the whole family must suffer with it. Otherwise, there would be no talk of the Nine Clans. Nine Clans? How many people are that? And the Lord Zhang in front of him does not follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty at all. Not only did they not hold these women accountable, but those who were willing to go home were also given silver taels to appease them. If you don't want to go, you have to take it back to your house. The most outrageous thing is that he also let his subordinates choose, as long as he wants, he will take it home as a wife! This, alas! With such an adult, I really don't know if it's right or wrong!
Yes! It's bound to be right! Those temple men who got wives and concubines were grateful to Zhang Chen. Whoever dares to say that they are not adults, they will fight with that guy! They're good officials! How can an official be so kind to his subordinates!
Even if a bunch of concubines were taken away, there were still many little maids who had nowhere to distribute. Zhang Chen looked at Di Renjie and Yu Chi Zhenjin. Their heads shook like rattles. And most of these little maids were sold by their parents to other people's houses to be maids when they were very young, and they have long been homeless! What to do? Sell them again? He, Zhang Chen, obviously couldn't do that kind of thing. According to what Di Renjie said, sell them to the Qinglou as official prostitutes? He Zhang Chen couldn't do anything like that. And I really don't have the slightest interest in these thirteen or fourteen-year-old, fifteen or sixteen-year-old little maids. There was nowhere to send them, so Zhang Chen ordered to wait for the matter to be over, and bring them all back to Dali Temple, which happened to lack some little maids.
"Brother Wei Chi!" Zhang Chen looked at Yu Chi Zhenjin beside him and shouted.
"Your Excellency!" Yu Chi Zhenjin hurriedly clenched his fists in response.
"This Luoping County can't be without officials for a day, and we can't stay here for a long time. You put up a notice and ask the people in Luoping County and the surrounding villages and towns to vote for three people with both ability and political integrity to be the county magistrate of Luoping County. The county and the master! "I thought about it. Zhang Chen looked at Yu Chi Zhenjin Dao beside him.
"Yes, sir!" Yu Chi Zhenjin responded.
Hearing Zhang Chen say this, Di Renjie was anxious and looked at Zhang Chen. Immediately hugged his fists and said, "My lord." This court official has always been appointed by the imperial court. How can the people be allowed to vote? This is against the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and if it is investigated above, it may be a little troublesome. Some people will even say that adults are abusing their power! ”
Their adults are really against common sense, not to mention those beautiful women and little maids, but also to let the people choose a county order, county lord and master. What's going on? Although the county official is small, he is also an official, and he governs the people of a county town, not a joke! This adult does things, everything is like a joke, it's really worrying!
"Hehehe, Brother Di is too worried! It's just a small seven-pin county order! If there is nothing to do, let the people elect, there will definitely be no goods like Shen Wenci, otherwise, aren't the people of Luoping County who are suffering? Rest assured! Brother Di, I can call the shots in this matter, don't worry that the above will be investigated! Looking at Di Renjie, Zhang Chen said with a smile.
Even if the above is investigated, he must do this, this is the purpose of his trip! However, a small seven-rank official, he doesn't believe that anyone dares to make a big fuss about such a trivial matter!
"This, well! Adults, the spirit of worrying about the country and the people makes the officials admire! After thinking about it, Di Renjie said softly. What Zhang Chen said is not unreasonable, the people elected by the people must be benevolent and virtuous. However, the appointment of officials is appointed by the imperial court, and it must be recorded. Zhang Chen did this, isn't it too child's play? However, Zhang Chen said so, as a subordinate, what else does he have to say?
Of course, Zhang Chen knew that the appointment of Daoist officials had to be recorded, and now he would get rid of Shen Wenci and the others quietly, and when he had selected these county officials, he would naturally sort out an official document and report it to Empress Wu. Such a trivial matter, the recommendation right of a small seven-rank county order, I believe that the martial queen should not beat him, right?
The purpose of his trip was to let these people experience the feeling of being the masters of their own homes. Let them understand that they themselves have the right to choose the officials they want!
Yu Chi Zhenjin and Di Renjie both retreated. Di Renjie was still entangled in his heart, following such an adult, he really didn't know whether the Tao was right or wrong, this adult did things completely out of common sense! Alas, maybe I was really spoiled by the queen's mother!
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At noon the next day, Zhang Chen personally supervised and killed Shen Wenci and Shen Jing. is used to seeing dead people, and when he killed these two people, Zhang Chen didn't feel it at all. Although these two people looked very pitiful before they died, did they think about the feelings of others when they persecuted others? There are some things that have to be done at a price. For this kind of unconscionable thing, let alone killing two, killing a thousand, killing ten thousand, Zhang Chen will not frown!
As soon as Shen Wenci and Shen Jing died, the sound of firecrackers in Luoping County was everywhere, which shows how happy the local people are! Now, Zhang Chen's fame is even louder. Many people who were persecuted by Shen Jing had nowhere to redress their grievances, but today they finally took revenge, ran to the yamen, knelt outside the yamen and kowtowed to Zhang Chen.
And Zhang Chen ordered Yu Chi Zhenjin and Di Renjie to go door-to-door to condolence in front of the list on those confessions. What was used was the silver that Shen Jing had robbed. As for those whose families are ruined and those who are dead, they will give the appeased taels of silver to the relatives of those families. Zhang Chen's move moved the people of Luoping County greatly, and they almost didn't buy a pillar of incense to offer Zhang Chen.
When they heard that Lord Zhang was going to let them choose a new county magistrate, all the people in the city were overjoyed. They came to the yamen one after another to recommend the most suitable candidates in their hearts. There are more people pushed out by the people, and it is more complicated, but Zhang Chen takes the trouble to record everyone. In addition, as long as the people who came to the Yamen to run for election, each person could get five taels of silver. At this time, the people of Luoping County were like crazy and crowded to the yamen. Five taels of silver, for ordinary people, this is not a small amount!
These silver taels were all confiscated from the Shen family, the Wang family, and the Xu family. It stands to reason that it should be handed over to the imperial court, but Zhang Chen is good at asserting it again! Faced with Zhang Chen like this, Di Renjie really didn't know what to say. And Zhang Chen's statement is very simple, these silver taels belong to the people of Luoping County, so they naturally have to be returned to these people. The main thing is that he can't bring these silver taels back by himself, so why should he hand them over to the imperial court, it is better to do something good by himself, make his reputation a little louder, and let these people love him a little more.
Although Zhang Chen's approach violates the law, it has to be said that Zhang Chen's approach is indeed "for the sake of the people". Zhang Chen did things casually, but Di Renjie had already begun to admire this Master Zhang from the bottom of his heart!
After the last, Zhang Chen selected the ten people with the most recommended votes from all the recommended people! Moreover, Zhang Chen also asked people to invite these ten people. He also personally received and tested them, and the character of these ten people was good. Most of these ten people are from the villages, towns, townships and towns near Luoping County. Although it is only a small official, it is not a small official, but at least he has been an official, and it is convenient to get things done.
These ten people were elected, and Zhang Chen asked the people of Luoping County to vote for these ten people again. The one with the highest number of votes will be the county order, followed by the county minister, and the third will be the master. Such an election is fair and just! Among the ten people, even if the number of votes is not as good as others, they have nothing to say, they can only show that they have not done enough good deeds, and their influence is not as great as others.
Three full days passed before and after the election, and the last three were finalized. The county magistrate's name is Xu Laoer, an old man in his fifties, who is very humble and speaks in a crepe, obviously an "old intellectual". And Xian Cheng is a young scholar, named Xia Shenyun, who is a showman. As for the master, he is a shrewd person, he is a famous rich businessman in Luoping County, called Wang Jingui, chubby, with a rich face, but I heard that this person is a good person and is kind and charitable.
All this went more smoothly than I thought, and it can be said that it was very smooth. The three people who were elected as county officials were of course very grateful to Zhang Chen. I really didn't expect that in their lifetime, they would still be officials. Especially that poor showman, he was unsatisfactory every time he rushed to take the exam, and he had no idea about being an official, but he didn't expect to become an official in this way!
Asked the people from the yamen to instruct the three newly appointed officials on what to do, Zhang Chen left Luoping County with a large group of people. When Zhang Chen left Luoping County, the people of Luoping County sent Zhang Chen to Guoping Bridge, and then knelt down at Guoping Bridge to thank Zhang Chen. The people are so pure and good, which makes Zhang Chen really feel a little unbearable.
This time, Zhang Chen went back and did bring a large group of people. Those temple men flirted with the "little daughter-in-law" next to them, and their mouths couldn't close. And Zhang Chen has another group of family members and three children, and he is a little helpless. These three children are all members of the Shen family, and they are Shen Wenci's grandson and granddaughter, no matter what mistakes Shen Wenci makes, this child is always right! It doesn't matter, it's all about finding some playmates for that Haruki Maruko!
However, since they have entered the door of the Zhang family, these three children can no longer be surnamed Shen, and must follow his surname Zhang. The mothers of the three children have no opinion on this proposal. They are all homeless, and their homes were destroyed by Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen's ability to take in their mothers and sons is already the greatest blessing to them! (To be continued......)