"County Zun, if you don't agree, I won't get up."

Zhang Xianling knelt on the ground, Li Chaosheng pretended to help, he also pretended to refuse to get up, this thing, playing is a tacit understanding, the ancient emperor ascended the throne and had to come to a three invitations and three concessions, although this Michi County is not big, but the number of etiquette must be completed.

"Hey, Zhang County Order, your county parents, you are doing well, although there are bullies like Zhao Laohu, but I can inquire about Zhang County Order, but he is a clean official, and he has not imposed any harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes when he came to office, which is not easy."

When Zhang Xianling heard this, he immediately said: "What the county zun said is that it is not easy for the people to live, and I can't bear to impose their harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so let Zhao Laohu be the party to the trouble here, it is already Zhang Mou's incompetence, Zhang Mou resigned, and asked the county zun to temporarily replace this Michi county." ”

"This, this is not good."

"County respect, please don't want to resign, this since ancient times the virtuous person lives in it, I have no virtue and incompetence, I am in a high position, I will be punished by God, the county is a person who has been taken care of by heaven and earth, should sit on this throne, this is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, the blessing of the community, please don't want to resign, the big guy said yes!"

Zhang Zhixian saw that he was not necessarily weighty, so he decided to pull those people to persuade together, as long as Li Chaosheng took over the position of Michi Zhixian from him, it was not something to obey the orders of the people, do the right thing for heaven, and get rid of his own county order, his own life was still guaranteed, which Zhang Zhixian was very pleased with, Li Chaosheng was not Li Zicheng, if Li Zicheng encountered such a thing, he would definitely not say a word, and directly slaughtered himself.

Li Zicheng is a thorough sabotage, as long as any official does not conform to his wishes, he will take his life, but Li Chaosheng is not, Li Chaosheng is a moderate, a reformist, as long as he achieves his goal, he will not easily take people's lives, after all, Lantian County is famous for respecting benevolence and righteousness.

Zhang Zhixian looked at the people at this time and said, "People, do you want Li Xianzun to be your parent official, or do you want me to be your parent official?" ”

Hearing this, the people said in unison: "Li Xianzun, you should be our parent official." ”

"Yes, Li Xianzun, you will be our parent official."

After listening to everyone's words, Li Chaosheng hesitated, the surface was very full, sometimes it seemed very contrived, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was the act of benevolence and righteousness, if he agreed, although he was happy, but in the eyes of outsiders, he always felt that this person was a little impatient, and the purpose was not pure.

"Li Xianzun, what are you still hesitating about? All of our 13,000 households in the county hope that the county will be our county honor, so please follow the people's will. ”

"Yes, the county respects us and we are all willing to be the people of Lantian, tomorrow we will go to erect the Lantian boundary monument above our Mianchi county boundary, and ask the county to be our parents and officials."

"Yes, county honor, please follow the will of the people."

The people kowtowed and begged like garlic, Li Chaosheng was ready to loosen his mouth, and Zhang Zhixian also saw Li Chaosheng's intentions, thinking that as long as he worked harder, he could make him agree.

At this time, there was a stunned Qing among the people's representatives who shouted: "County Zun, the person you are worried about is just Zhang Zhixian, but he has done nothing since he took office, and people say that although Zhang Shixiang is not corrupt, but he is not the master of the people, there is a way that being an official is not the master of the people, it is better to go home and sell rice grain." ”

"Selling rice grains? Isn't it selling sweet potatoes? ”

Li Chaosheng was a little puzzled, isn't this an official who doesn't make decisions for the people, so it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes?

"Phew, he is also worthy of selling sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes are the grain of Lantian, he is not worthy of selling!"

After listening to Li Chaosheng's words, the seventy-year-old man led by him spit at the feet of Zhang County's order, and said hatefully, Zhang Zhixian saw the old thick phlegm, and his face turned black, I asked you to ask Li Chaosheng for his life and let him be the county commander, but if you praise him, praise him, what are you doing to belittle me?

Zhang Zhixian wanted to scold the street, but he didn't dare to put forward a shocking idea directly because of a big brother next to him: "County Zun, if you really can't get over the hurdle in your heart, County Zun, you sit down for a while, don't work for you, we will personally hang Zhang County's order on this city gate, and the county will not have to feel guilty if he dies!"

"Okay, good, this idea is good, I'll hang it, for the sake of our people in Michi, Xiao Lao'er, willing to bear this responsibility, Huzi, Ergou, you go and hold down the Zhang County Order, Xiao Lao'er put on a rope, kick down the city wall, and you can hand over the position of the Mianchi County Order to the county honor."

"Okay, Grandpa Zhang, let's come."

At this time, the two strong young men kneeling in the last row were ready to get up.

Zhang Xianling was so frightened that he hugged Li Chaosheng's thigh: "County Zun save me!" ”

Li Chaosheng gave Li Chaomeng a look, Li Chaomeng directly picked up Zhang County's order from behind, Li Chaosheng said at this time: "Zhang County's order, don't be afraid, our Lantian is a reasonable place, I can't hurt you, your Mianchi County, I agree to return to Lantian, you can decide to stay, the property in your house can be preserved, I Lantian does not interfere, if you want to stay in Lantian to continue to live, you can rest assured to be your rich man, if you don't want to, you can leave Lantian and find your career path by yourself." ”

"Thank you, county."

When Zhang Xianling heard this, he knelt on the ground again and kowtowed in thanks.

The old man on the side, Zhang Laosan, looked at Zhang County, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "County Zun, don't you really need to hang him to make an example?" ”

Li Chaosheng looked at the old man who wanted to be a hero, and smiled bitterly, this old man wanted to be a hero and wanted to go crazy, and wanted to improve his prestige by hanging Zhang County's order, too, this old man is almost seventy, and he won't have a few years to live.

The old man's naked eyes made Zhang Xianling feel that he was a lamb to the slaughter, he found for the first time that the group of humble people under his rule was so terrifying, although he did not harm the people before, but his attitude towards the people was also like a cow and sheep, after all, when he saw that he had to kowtow and call him a lord, who would look at the person who kowtowed to himself as the same as his own identity?

So he always felt that being a county magistrate was like herding cattle and sheep, as long as he didn't treat cattle and sheep harshly, he would be a good official.

But today I found out that where did the cattle and sheep come from, this is obviously a group of jackals, and the ruthless ones are asking for your life, and they don't give you a chance to talk nonsense at all.

Look at these people, they're trying to hang themselves.

At this moment, he really understood that sentence, the people can carry the boat or overturn the boat!

When you represent the imperial court and have the power of life and death against them, they are sheep, but if you lose the power of life and death over them, then they are terrible tigers and leopards, if you didn't provoke them back then, it would be fine, if you did, it would tear you to pieces in an instant.

Li Chaosheng smiled at this time: "Okay fellow villagers, you are now the people of Lantian now, since you are the people of Lantian and you must abide by the laws of Lantian, then I will send the governor to take over our Mianchi County, and I will send troops to garrison our Mianchi County, and similarly, we will also sign our own militia in Mianchi County to form our local militia regiment, our Lantian has always been slogan, your hometown, you have to protect, is the big guy right?" ”

"Yes, the county lord is right, I will participate in the militia."

"I'm participating, too."

At this time, the two young strong laborers who were called Huzi by Zhang Laohan just now, Ergou stood up and expressed their willingness to participate in the militia group defending Mianchi, Li Chaosheng smiled and said: "Okay, very good, Uncle Zhang, you young men in Mianchi are still very energetic." ”

Zhang Laohan smiled and said: "Yes, county honor, that tiger is my grandson, hehehe......"

"Okay, promising, promising, and next, we will not only form a militia group, but also carry out grain field reform, before the grain field reform, we will investigate and clean up the big households in our Mianchi County, just like Zhao Laohu, there is one, we will not tolerate half of it."

"When we finish solving them, we will confiscate their greedy land, and measure the land in our Michi County for the second time, and then according to our Lantian policy, the land will be distributed to everyone according to the head, and the big guys will have their own land, and they can see the seedlings on their land every day, and they are not happy."

"Happy."

As soon as they heard this, the common people saw the back molars, and they wanted to merge into Lantian, didn't they just hear that the people of Lantian lived well and could have their own land?

The big guy is inexplicably excited, you see, isn't this good day coming?

Li Chaosheng continued: "But now the year is not good, either a big flood, or a drought, for our people, it is a disaster, but it doesn't matter, we Lantian already has a very adequate disaster control strategy, when the time comes, we will mobilize our people to carry out water conservancy construction in our hometown, dig reservoirs, build ditches, and divert water for irrigation to ensure our grain harvest." ”

The people nodded their heads again and again when they heard this, but they had tried the terrible natural disasters of these years, and in these years, who has not been hungry, and which village and town has not starved to death.

When the disaster year comes, there is no harvest, isn't this forcing the people to die?

So digging reservoirs and building ditches, these people are willing, but unfortunately no one starts, and no one is willing to throw money into it.

Li Chaosheng said: "Fellow villagers, digging reservoirs, building ditches, and diverting water for irrigation, we will pay for this money from the Lantian County Government, but people, we also hope that the big guys will help." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Laohan said: "Don't worry, dig a reservoir for ourselves, build a ditch, and irrigate our own crops, how can we not help, even if we are tired to death, we are also willing!" ”

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Uncle Zhang, it's not so exaggerated, how can you be tired to death, haha, don't worry, our help in Lantian County is not just help, although we don't pay wages, but we take care of the food and are full!" ”

"Good!"

As soon as they heard this, the people below immediately cheered, they were willing to do it for nothing, but now they are in charge of the meal, there is nothing to say, they must do it, who is still lazy to work for their own family, that is shameless, self-isolation from the villagers.

Zhang Laohan was enthusiastic by what Li Chaosheng said, and then looked at Li Chaosheng and said: "County Zun, don't look at the old man, I have one in seventy, but I can also pick up a basket, and my old man can also do it!" ”

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Don't be, don't be tired, old man, you are the elder of our Mianchi County, you have to live a long life, look at this Mianchi getting better and better, as for these physical work, young people can do it." ”

"Yes, grandpa, don't be reckless, I'll do more and help you get your share done."

"Okay, okay, with the county honor, we have hope in Michi, thank you for the county!"

Li Chaosheng waved his hand and said: "I want to thank the big guy, thank the big guy for his support to Lantian, okay, let's go back and rest, think about who has been bullied all these years, think about it clearly, find your corresponding lieutenant and make it clear, they will, remember the villagers, Lantian is here, you will no longer be oppressed, you will not be destroyed, we have revenge, we have revenge, the good days of the big guy have come." ”

"Oh, thank you Xianzun, long live Xianzun!"

Hearing this, the people were so excited that they shouted loudly one by one, long live the county, long live the county.

For a while, the voice of the county lord was full of voices in the pond, and the big families in the pond, especially those who had been flying and persecuting the common people, were frightened one by one.

They knew that their end was coming, Zhao Laohu was shot, they saw it, and now the mud legs collectively went to Lantian Li Chaosheng, they were almost certain that Li Chaosheng would definitely stand on the side of the mud legs, it was said that what kind of grievance redress conference was going to be held, and the landlords and bullies only felt that their hearts and galls were broken.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what are you shivering about?"

At this time, there was a high-gate compound in the city, and the old man who used to be a powerful man, listening to the shouts on the city wall, couldn't sit still, trembling all over, and his face was pale.

"I'm fine, I asked you to go to the gold and silver treasures sent to Lantian County? Did you send it? ”

The old man asked in a trembling voice.

"Hey, the guy surnamed Li doesn't know how to lift, I sent someone to send the gold and silver, and he actually threw it out, I said brother-in-law, let's give him the excess, don't pull it down."

Syllable!

The old man went up and slapped him, looking at his brother-in-law who was not angry, the brother-in-law was aggrieved and said: "Brother-in-law, if you beat me, my sister is reluctant to beat me." ”

"I'll beat you, I'll beat you lightly, our Wang family is finished!"

The old man sat on the ground like the color of the earth, their Wang family has worked hard for five generations, and now the family business has been exploited a little bit, there are more than 20 shops in Mianchi, 60,000 acres of fertile land, and three manors, but as soon as Lantian comes, it's over, it's all over, and it's going to be given to that group of mud legs!

The old man was devastated, the foundation of the five generations was destroyed in his hands like this, how did you let him face the ancestors and the ancestors, his heart ached, but he forgot how he exploited the people, how bloody the wealth accumulated by these five generations, and how he forced people to sell their sons and daughters back then.

The brother-in-law watched his brother-in-law like this from the side, covered his face and said, "Brother-in-law, why don't we take the soft and run." ”