Zhang Jinru is very easy to handle, this kind of official who has no lofty political ideals and only covets enjoyment is the best official, and a little money can make them do things that meet their psychological expectations, but for Li Chaosheng, money is not a thing.

And it is difficult to get it is people like Hong Chengchou, such people have their own political ideals to pursue, for example, Hong Chengchou is a person who wants to reshape the Ming Dynasty, support the building to the general, want to gain authority, according to his own ideas, govern the government, govern the people, and secure the world.

At least he is still like this now, as for the big traitor Hong Chengchou who later surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, he will not comment.

People have to look at it in stages, not to say that a person is born a good person, a good person all his life, some people are born as bad people, some people start as good people, and then become bad people, good and evil are not determined by heaven, just because the world is impermanent.

Of course, Hong Chengchou is definitely not a good person, he is definitely a big traitor, this has not to be whitewashed, and it cannot be whitewashed, just because he has done one thing in his life, he has been scolded for hundreds of years, and he is not wronged at all.

Li Chaosheng even felt that it was possible, he wanted to kill Hong Chengchou before he became bad, and save him from cholera in the world.

The magistrate of Chang'an County, the magistrate of Zhashui County, the magistrate of Shangluo County, and the three magistrates jointly sued the magistrate of Lantian County for annexing land and moving the boundary monument, but Zhang Jinru did not send back the excerpts of the magistrates.

did not order Li Chaosheng to return the land and restore the boundary monument, but gave a very ambiguous, tacit attitude, a typical scumbag trick, neither responsible, unclear, not refusal.

The three magistrates waited for more than ten days, but did not get Zhang Jinru's answer, the three magistrates sat together and discussed, it seems that Zhang Jinru's relationship is not working, but the county's land is absolutely intolerable if it is swallowed by Lantian, which has seriously damaged their interests.

The loss of land represents the loss of peasant households, and the passage of peasant households means the passage of taxes, and the passage of taxes means that the money they can embezzle is decreasing, and this cannot be tolerated.

When it really touches the interests of others, even a rabbit will want to fight hard with you, not to mention that these magistrates are all jackals.

As soon as several magistrates discussed, Zhang Jinru didn't care, so we sued, so a copy of the fold was handed to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou is now in a state of anxiety, he is now the political envoy of Shaanxi, Yang He is the governor of the three sides, and he is half of his boss, but now he is also in a mess by the anti-thieves, and the whole Shaanxi is in a mess, and the most important thing now is that the problem of food and salary for the officials and soldiers has not been solved.

You want the officers and soldiers to suppress the thieves, but you can't let the officers and soldiers go hungry to suppress the thieves, right?

At this time, Hong Chengchou took over the tax payment situation in each county, and took a closer look, it was all vermilion, all of which were disasters this year, and the tax burden was far less than before.

Some are missing fifty percent, some are missing sixty percent, some are missing seven or eighty percent, and so on, and there is only one county in a piece of red, which is normal inky black.

Lantian County pays taxes normally, and even pays some more.

Hong Chengchou looked at the ledger and said, "Hmph, a group of incompetent people. ”

The master next to him hurriedly arched his hand and said, "What the adults have taught is this." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "This is not a lesson, we need to be accountable, we need to draft an accountability document, send it to all counties, and issue a commendation document to Lantian County." ”

"Yes."

The master bookkeeper immediately said, and at this time, the master bookkeeper looked at Hong Chengchou and said: "My lord, that, the Chang'an County Order, the Zhashui County Order, and the Shangluo County Order jointly signed a letter to sue Lantian County for annexing land and moving the boundary monument without permission. ”

"Huh?"

Hong Chengchou frowned when he heard this: "There is still such a thing?" ”

The chief bookkeeper hurriedly said: "This matter is true, there are three county documents." ”

Hong Chengchou took the paperwork and looked at it, then glanced at the main book and said: "What is the tax burden of these three counties this year, and the land occupied by Lantian has been handed over in full." ”

"Back to my lord, I didn't hand in as much as I did, Zhashui County is missing seventy percent, Shangluo County is missing sixty percent, and Chang'an County is missing fifty percent of five."

The master bookkeeper replied truthfully.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou said, "What about Lantian? In addition to what the county should pay, can they pay taxes on the land they occupy? ”

At this time, the master book nodded and said: "After accounting, it is not bad." ”

Hong Chengchou heard the words and said: "What does it matter, the document is returned, and it will not be approved." ”

Hearing this, the chief bookkeeper looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "My lord, although these three county magistrates are incompetent, it is not in accordance with the rules to allow Lantian County to annex the land of other counties." ”

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou glanced at the main book and said: "If it is a prosperous year, if the Lantian County Commander dares to ignore this matter, let this matter become bigger, the official dares to cut off his head, and at the lightest will also make him lose his official position, but what is the situation now, this is a troubled era, this year the thieves in northern Shaanxi are better than before, compared with the thieves, what is the matter of annexing the land?" ”

"And the most critical thing is that as the disaster becomes more and more serious, the thief situation will be more serious in the coming year, we need the army to exterminate the thieves, and the army needs food, and now these incompetent people can't provide me with food, he Lantian County can provide it, then I will support Lantian, not to mention that he just embezzled a little bit of land in several counties in Chang'an, as long as its food and salary are not worse than mine, he is to merge Chang'an County into Lantian County, I have no opinion."

As soon as Hong Chengchou said this, the master bookkeeper looked at Hong Chengchou stupidly: "My lord, you, aren't you afraid that he will become big?" ”

Hong Chengchou laughed when he heard this: "Be big? ”

"How old? I'll just let him be big, how big can he do? ”

The master bookkeeper looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "If there is no restriction, I am afraid that it can be done very much." ”

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou smiled: "Joke." ”

"Now he is allowed to expand endlessly in Lantian County, it is because he Lantian can provide us with enough grain and grass, if the grain and grass are enough, the thieves and chaos will be quelled, and there is no need to turn back, as long as there is a prefect and a piece of paper, he can withdraw Li Chaosheng's Lantian County order, and when the time comes, the world will still be this world, and the Ming Dynasty will still be the Ming Dynasty."

Hong Chengchou said, the master looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "My lord, what if this thief can't be pacified?" ”

"Huh?"

Hong Chengchou glanced at the master book, and the master book was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and said: "Adult, the small one is not questioning the ability of the adult, and the adult can be pacified if there is an adult." ”

The master book was frightened, but Hong Chengchou smiled and said: "There is no need to be so, although what you said is true, with me, I will not let this thief become bigger, but if it really comes to that day, it doesn't matter, the thief has already understood, they are like locust plagues, as long as they go to the place, whether it is a rich household, a landlord, or an ordinary person, they will suffer, they are fighting all the way and eating all the way, so if the official army really can't withstand it, the fat and rich Lantian County may become a bait." ”

"Your Excellency is wise."

Hearing this, the chief bookkeeper said to Hong Chengchou, who waved his hand at this time and said, "Okay, you go to draft the document, reprimand the other counties, and Lantian will commend them, so that they will know what we mean." ”

"Yes, sir."

The main book should be at this time.

……

At the same time, the Lantian County Ya, Li Chaosheng put his feet on the county master's desk at this time, behind him was the mirror hanging, the main book was processing the documents on the side, and Guo Bao was helping to come up with ideas on the side of the paperwork.

Li Chaosheng is very relieved about this, Liu is experienced, Guo Bao is quite anxious, the two of them can deal with the paperwork, they can do it without leakage, they only need to be responsible for the checks, the stupidest leader in these years is to firmly grasp the power, not let go of the power at all, this will be exhausting.

After all, there are few people in the world who can do Zhu Hongwu's step, what ninety-nine-six, zero-zero-seven, are all scum.

Li Chaosheng, on the contrary, handed over a lot of things to his subordinates, he only needs to be at the helm, and he can grasp the general direction and not deviate, at this moment a soldier ran over and saw Li Chaosheng saluting: "Brigade Commander." ”

Li Chaosheng pulled his feet off the table at this time, sat up straight and said, "What's the matter?" ”

When the man heard this, he immediately said: "My lord, Lao Tu replied to the letter, and after Zhang Jinru accepted the gift, he said that he could help suppress this matter." ”

Li Chaosheng waved his hand when he heard this: "Oh, good job, go down." ”

The soldiers retreated, and Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Okay, Master Liu, you can send lieutenant chiefs to other counties, as well as canal construction teams, and Guo Bao, you inform Liu Airen, the militia team can also be developed in other counties, the purpose of our militia is to defend the land and protect relatives, and Chang'an County does not have our relatives in Lantian, so there is no need to guard for them." ”

Li Chaosheng said, after hearing this, Guo Bao looked at Li Chaosheng and said: "Dongjia, you are actually very difficult to understand, although this Zhang Jinru is your direct boss, but Hong Chengchou, the political envoy, is the one who can decide your life and death, since you have appointed someone to give gifts to Zhang Jinru, why don't you give gifts to Hong Chengchou, I can't figure it out." ”

Hearing this, Liu Dezheng, the main bookkeeper who has been familiar with Li Chaosheng in the past few days, said: "County Zun, Guo Wenwen is right, I have heard this Lord Hong Chengchou Hong say that he is not a Qing official who is not close to people and does not accept gifts, if you give a gift, he will definitely accept it, why not give him a gift?" ”

Li Chaosheng listened to the words of the two, looked at the puzzled expressions of the two and said with a smile: "The ancients are cloudy, do what they like, get twice the result with half the effort, he Hong Chengchou is different from Zhang Jinru." ”

"Zhang Jinru has no ambitions, he just wants to enjoy, it's easy to get it, just some money, don't worry. So I gave him money, gave him what he wanted, got what he wanted, and naturally helped us with things. ”

"And, Hong Chengchou is different, he is a person with great ambitions, although he does not refuse personal enjoyment, but he is by no means a person who will sacrifice his ideals for personal enjoyment, he is not a little money can do it, if you want to get him, only the country's righteousness, and I gave him a big gift."

Li Chaosheng looked at the two and said, hearing this, the two widened their eyes and said, "What courtesy?" ”

"Lantian County will pay full taxes this year!"

Li Chaosheng said a sentence slowly, and Guo Bao instantly understood when he heard this, but Master Liu's head lacked work, so he asked stupidly: "This tax should be paid, how can it be called a big gift?" ”

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng stretched his waist and said, "I'll go out for a walk, Guo Bao, you explain to Lao Liu." ”

"Yes, host."

Guo Bao said to Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng turned around and walked out of the county office with his hands behind his back, at this time Lao Liu looked at Guo Bao and said: "What kind of dumb riddle did you play with the county honor, how did this tax become a big gift?" ”

Hearing this, Guo Bao looked at Master Liu and said, "Old Liu, I heard that our county has opened a branch of Yuxian Building, and business is good, why don't you invite me to drink two glasses tonight?" ”

Hearing this, Master Liu frowned and said, "Why do you kid think about deducting my little money every day." ”

Guo Bao smiled at this time: "Lao Liu, you are the main bookkeeper, every month, two taels of silver per month, I am an intern clerk, only eight yuan a month, you shouldn't take care of me." ”

"You, okay, listen to you, you say, what do you mean?"

At this time, Guo Bao smiled: "Haha...... Lao Liu, this reason is very simple, what do you say about the year in Shaanxi this year? ”

Hearing this, Lao Liu's expression changed, and he sighed and said: "Alas~ In the year of the catastrophe, the people are not happy. ”

"What about taxes?"

Lao Liu's eyes widened when he heard this, and then blurted out: "Shaanxi has a disaster this year, and the taxes in other counties must be insufficient, and our Lantian pays the taxes in full, so it can be regarded as the only one in the eighty-nine counties of Shaanxi, such a big gift, Lord Hong will definitely treat him differently, no less than a big gift." “

Hearing this, Guo Bao smiled and said, "Lao Liu, you are so smart. ”

Hearing this, Master Liu smiled bitterly and said: "You just fool me, if I am smart, how can I let you have a drink." ”

Guo Bao laughed at this time: "That's because you love your juniors, if you don't want to give it, who can force you." ”

The two of them said, and Master Liu said: "Hey, life is really good now, better than before, there is enough rice and grain to live every year, and there is silver money for tooth sacrifices, this kind of life is given by the county lord." ”

Guo Bao smiled when he heard this: "Okay, Lao Liu, don't sigh, our future days will definitely get better and better, and our county is here to bring us a good life." ”

Lao Liu heard this and said: "This is true, but I am afraid of the younger generation, and I don't want our county to respect Ansheng." ”

Guo Bao's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent at this time: "This is the meaning of our existence, the county zun is responsible for leading everyone forward, we are escorting in secret, and not only us, but also many people, will fight for the county zun, no matter who wants to move the county zun, it can't be done, even if it is the one sitting on the throne." ”

"Ah, be cautious, how can you say such a head-killing speech."

Lao Liu said with his eyes glared, and at the same time his eyes looked around, for fear of being heard by others, but Guo Bao smiled and said: "It's okay, Lao Liu, you and I know about this, as long as you don't report me, I'll be fine." ”

Lao Liu looked at Guo Bao at this time and said: "You don't want to die, dare to say anything, and remember to be cautious in the future." ”

Guo Bao looked at Lao Liu at this time and said, "Lao Liu, you said that if one day that person really wants to kill an adult, what should you do?" ”

Lao Liu was stunned for a long time when he heard this, looked at Guo Bao and said: "If there is really that day, I, Liu Dezheng, will definitely sue the official and return to my hometown, and I will never give this great effect any more force." ”

Hearing this, Guo Bao looked at Lao Liu for a long time, and suddenly smiled and said: "This is the truth, I like it, go and drink." ”