If you want to find the most disrespectful governor in Daming, then Li Xiao must be on the list. Since this guy took over the position of governor, he basically hasn't been in Jinan much. Running around everywhere, the skin monkey is not stable. Shandong's government affairs are actually supported by Sun Chengzong.

Fortunately, Sun Chengzong's ability to handle government affairs is outstanding, and the eight Li Xiao are not an opponent of an old fox.

"This time, there is Lao Sun who is old!" What Li Xiao said was from his heart. He was busy and went back to Changxing Island for a year, but Sun Chengzong was struggling to support himself in Jinan. officially the age of his children and grandchildren Chenghuan's knees, but he was tied to Jinan by Li Xiao, and Li Xiao felt very unbearable.

"Forget it! Don't talk too much about such things, let's talk about practical things. Ahem, ahem! "Sun Chengzong's voice is not very good these days, and he always coughs heavily.

"Old Sun, are you okay. Would you like to invite Mr. Li Zhongzi to help you recuperate? Li Xiao asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just a bit cold. Chuan Ting, you come and tell Brother Xiao about the matter. Sun Chengzong gestured at Sun Chuanting.

"No!

Lord Governor, Chen Hailong has been in Shandong for so many years. Shandong is already a mountain of defects, and the land around Jinan Mansion has been annexed. The local tyrants are rampant, and there are groups of bandits. The people were miserable, but most of them had no way to ask for help.

The most important thing is that in addition to more than 5,000 soldiers who came to Shandong. They didn't bring officials over, and the local prefectures, prefectures, and counties were all controlled by officials sent by the imperial court. These officials are in collusion with the local gentry, and the people have nowhere to complain and have nowhere to complain.

Although the teacher is a political envoy of Shandong, he has no officials under him. It was very difficult to enforce the decree, and now it is only barely trying to stabilize the situation. Let's not talk about other places for the time being, let's talk about the boundary of Jinan. The feudal platform, the platform, and the Taoist platforms at all levels are all Donglin in the imperial court, and some are inextricably linked. Some are masters, some are in the same year.

They protect each other with officials and officials, and they lose both losses and glory. There is quite a momentum that the needle cannot be inserted into the water and splashed, and the teacher has no way to do it. Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting also sighed. Sun Chengzong had no choice, and he must have suffered a lot of anger in private.

Li Xiao doesn't speak, others don't speak, everyone doesn't speak.

It turned out that the officials of Shandong formed a group and bullied themselves as outsiders. This is really a problem, although Li Xiao is the governor. But he also has no right to dismiss all the officials, as long as he does not openly rebel, Li Xiao cannot do anything to these officials.

Moreover, even if these officials are dismissed, the officials sent by the Ministry of Officials are all officials in the imperial court. If you change the soup and don't change the medicine, you will still work against yourself. Even if Li Xiao is appointed with full authority, there are not so many people in Li Xiao's belt who are qualified for these hundreds of posts. The general environment is like this, no matter how much Li Xiao's fish can jump, it can't make many waves.

Li Xiao's hand kept tapping on the table, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Let's not be busy first, let's classify this Shandong official first." Sun Chuanting, you will send someone down and walk me through each county. It is important to collect information on each county, including whether the county and the county are in harmony in these counties. The officials in the county, which one is the richest and which one is the poorest.

And also! In the local power, who is the most powerful, and whose power is second. What does it matter who is in the court, and the reputation of each family in the mouths of the people.

After all of these are investigated one by one, let's find a way to deal with them. Li Xiao decided to endure for a while, after all, he was not familiar with anything when he first arrived. Fighting a war also requires pre-war reconnaissance, and it is still necessary to do the work of finding out the bottom of a new place.

"The teacher has already sent someone down a year ago, and it is estimated that it will take two months to go through Shandong."

"Ginger is still old and spicy! Then let's put up with them for two months, things in officialdom are actually difficult to say, simple and simple. Kill a few chickens and show them to the monkeys. Then give the monkeys benefits and let them work for Lao Tzu to earn money. A knife in one hand and a banana in the other. Whatever they are asked to do, they have to do. ”

Sun Chengzong and Sun Zhengyi looked sideways at the same time, they have been officials for a long time, and no one has ever been able to explain officialdom so thoroughly in a few words.

"It's just the New Year, and it's spring in about a month. I'm afraid that students from all over the world will gather in Jinan, and they will take the opportunity to make trouble when the time comes. ”

"That's it! Among these officials, who does not give Mr. Sun the most face. Or rather, who is the most happy? Two months is a bit long, let's catch two chickens and kill them for the monkeys. "If you don't listen to the call, then kill two first. The head is hung on the flagpole, which is somewhat deterrent. lest those students be tempted to make trouble.

"The most difficult thing to do is Chen Hongshou of the Yamen, this guy relies on the backers in the court, and he doesn't take the teacher in his eyes at all. He has publicly contradicted the teacher several times, and among the officials in Jinan, he is the most arrogant. ”

"Is there a backer in the court?" Li Xiao wanted to know who this backer was.

"His sister married the son of Shoufu Lai Zongdao as a side room, and she is considered to be the in-law of Shousuke-sama. With this relationship, of course, arrogant! ”

It turned out to be the first assistant, no wonder he was so domineering, even Sun Chengzong did it. This backer is really tough enough!

"Now the Yamen of the Division, the Yamen of the Domain, the Xuezheng Division, and the prefectures, provinces, and counties in various places are the only ones who are looking ahead. If we don't defeat him, we won't be able to do anything in Shandong. But he was bulldozed, and it was difficult to explain to Zongdao. After all, he is the first assistant, and he threw a pair of small shoes in the capital, whether you wear them or not. Sun Chengzong spoke rarely.

It is indeed a tricky thing to make the old fox embarrassed like this.

"Chen Hongshou! I'll deal with this matter, and you'll have a good rest for a few days, Old Sun. When the following situations are presented, we will take care of it. After Li Xiao finished speaking, Shunzi walked in and saluted Li Xiao.

"Handsome! Lord Chen, Master Chen, Master Xuezheng Ma, and Lord Wu of Fantai led more than ten government officials to visit Dashuai. ”

"The ground in Jinan is evil enough, say Cao Cao Cao will arrive. Old Sun, you rest first, I'll go meet these people. Li Xiao arched his hand at Sun Chengzong, and walked out of the room with a curtain.

When the governor took office, it stands to reason that these people should have come to visit him a long time ago. But Li Xiao has never been in Jinan, so these people came today, and it can be regarded as a logical visit. It seems that these people are still among the people who can save that wave.

Li Xiaole walked to the front hall and saw that it was full of officials. In the main guest seat sat three officials wearing official uniforms from the fourth rank, and the rest were green officials of the fifth and sixth ranks. It is estimated that those three are Xuezheng Ma Shiqi, Wu Changshi of Fantai, and Chen Hongshou of Zhentai.

"See the Governor!" Seeing Li Xiao come in, everyone was stunned for a moment. Then he stood up and bowed to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao frowned, is this a disadvantage? According to the rules of the imperial court, these officials don't have to kneel when they see Li Xiao, even if they are famous. But you must also bend down and bow your hands, which is called a deep bow. What's the matter with just arching your hands like this, bullying Lao Tzu is young and doesn't understand?

"Is this supposed to be your etiquette?" Li Xiao's face sank suddenly.

"The etiquette of the imperial court naturally has the laws of the imperial court, and we wear official uniforms. The governor is dressed in civilian clothes, and it is inconvenient for us to give a salute! The fat man in the middle, dressed in a fourth-grade official uniform with a white face, stood up.

"Who are you?" Li Xiao asked with a frown.

"Chen Hongshou of Xiaguan Shandong!"

It turned out to be this little ...... Old forced! Li Xiao looked at Chen Hongshou viciously, this guy was not afraid at all, and followed Li Xiao to look at each other. The provocative meaning in his eyes is very strong!

"It turned out to be Lord Zhentai, disrespectful! Disrespectful! Have a seat! Li Xiao endured a sigh of relief, he was wearing the winter clothes of the Liao Army today. Indeed, according to the etiquette system, official uniforms should be worn on such occasions.

But Li Xiao is not used to wearing official uniforms, and secondly, he still doesn't take official uniforms seriously in his heart. swallowed this breath, and almost didn't suffocate Li Xiao to death.

Seeing that Li Xiao was intimidated, Chen Hongshou, Ma Shiqi, and Wu Changshi gave each other a look. I can't help but look down on Li Xiao a little in my heart!

The two sides immediately sat down separately!

"I wonder what happened when you all came to visit together?"

"The lower officials and others came, first, to meet the new governor. Second, there are some government affairs that need to be asked for instructions from the governor. It was Chen Hongshou who spoke, and the rest of the guys were pretending to be dumb and not talking.

"Oh! What government affairs? Li Xiao was secretly wary in his heart, these guys came to ask him for instructions. Then the fucking sun can hit the west and come out, it must be trying to embarrass itself. I want to know what these bastards are doing. As for the worship of the prayer, it is just an excuse.

"Then the next official will say it first. It is understandable that the governor appointed Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others to rebel against the bandits. But these rebels are difficult to change, and they run rampant in the township. He also fabricated evidence to arrest local squires on the charge of colluding with bandits. So much so that the local squires jointly wrote a letter of paper and handed it to the front of the mansion.

The subordinate officials were a little embarrassed, and the people were appointed by the governor. If you send troops to arrest you, you will have the official reputation of hurting the governor. If you don't send troops to arrest Kong and Geng, I'm afraid that the local squires will go to the capital to sue the emperor. When the time comes, the governor will be even more passive.

The subordinate made a difficult choice for a while, so he came to ask the governor to show him. Chen Hongshou arched his hand at Li Xiao with a smug smile on his face.

This bastard is well prepared!

Everyone knows that quelling the rebellion of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming was Li Xiao's first political achievement project after taking office. Now Chen Hongshou wants to take Kong and Geng to open the knife, which is a naked slap in the face to Li Xiao.

"May I ask Lord Chen, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are rampant in the township and do illegal things. Can there be a bitter plaintiff, but can there be any witnesses and material evidence? ”

"Of course, the lower officials and the Yamen are in charge of the affairs of the prison. After the lower official went back to sort out the case file after a while, he ordered someone to send it to the governor to read. Chen Hongshou looked smug.

Obviously, this guy's material is quite solidly prepared. Otherwise, it wouldn't be this expression!

It seems that Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, these two guys, are really difficult to change, and they have given people a solid handle.

"Then send the file over, and the official will dispose of it after reading it." Li Xiao nodded, and dragged the matter over. It is easier to delay than to get away with it, and the situation is unclear, and Li Xiao has no way to exonerate Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde.

"Yes! Just ask the governor as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the lower officials won't be able to suppress those who have grievances for too long. In case a few elders in the imperial court found out, the matter would be in trouble. This time, Chen Hongshou's eyes when he looked at Li Xiao were full of threats and intimidation.

Will Lao Tzu! Okay, you bastard wait for me.

"Lord Governor, if you have something to do with the Shandong Xuezheng Ma Shiqi, please show the Governor." Another skinny guy saw Chen Hongshou finish speaking, and said to Li Xiao.

"Master Ma, what's the matter with you?" Li Xiao knew that this might also be a tricky matter.

"If you go back to the governor, there will be another month and a half to be the Shandong Spring Exam. However, our examination room in Shandong was seriously damaged during the war last year. During this time, the lower officials have been asking the political envoy to instruct the envoy to repair the examination room with money.

But the envoy gave instructions for the money, but the lower officials took the slip and went to the lord of the domain, but they couldn't get the money. Please also ask the governor to call the shots, otherwise it will be a big deal to miss the spring festival. After Ma Shiqi finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiao directly.

This guy said it decently, so much so that he couldn't see that he was embarrassing Li Xiao.

"Oh, then this is Lord Wu. Let's talk about it, why did the political envoy Sun give instructions, but you didn't implement them? Li Xiao looked at the rest of the guy who was wearing a fourth-rank official uniform. This must be Shandong Domain, Wu Changshi.

"Back to the governor's words, the political envoy gave instructions, and the lower officials did not dare to disobey even if they had the courage to do so. But there is no silver in the treasury, what do you want me to pay? It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, Lord Governor. Wu Changshi suddenly shouted to hit the sky.

"There's no money in the domain? Didn't I get an allocation of 300,000 taels of silver from the household department last winter? It's just spring, and it's gone so soon? ”

"Your Excellency, the 300,000 yuan you gave is indeed this money. But the household department only allocated 100,000 taels, saying that the remaining 200,000 taels were owed. The lower officials didn't dare to go to the capital to ask for it, and this matter could only be dragged on like this.

100,000 taels of silver, money is needed everywhere. A few years ago, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming wanted to suppress bandits, and they also took away more than 30,000 taels of military salaries. Governor Ao took a gun and forced the lower officials to take out 10,000 taels for his soldiers for the New Year. Half of it went at once, plus fixed expenses. Rats can now starve to death in the treasury, where do you let the lower officials get money! ”

"The treasury has not kept any silver over the years?"

"My lord, the silver in the treasury. They were all taken to the capital by Chen Hailong to honor Wei Zhongxian, and many of the rest were built ancestral halls. When Jinan was in turmoil last year, it was robbed by thieves. There are less than 1,000 taels of silver in the treasury! Last year, there was a great chaos and bandits in Shandong, and there was not much ...... collected in taxes!

Ao Dudu gave a note to his subordinates, saying that he would pay more than 20,000 taels of military salary this month. The lower official still has to come to the governor to solve it, let alone give the master Xuezheng money to repair the examination room. Wu Changshi said helplessly, anyway, just one sentence back and forth, no money!

I rub! Li Xiao hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched, Qian Qianyi, a bastard, dared to swallow the silver given to Lao Tzu by the imperial court. It's really tired and crooked!

But now is not the time to find trouble with Qian Qianyi, and it is Li Xiao's thing to re-enrich the Shandong Domain. Otherwise, it will really make people look flat.