Chapter 118: The Inn is Trapped and Dive Out of the City
As soon as the Eastern Evil Yuan Minfeng's voice ended, Steward Wang continued: Qiyu Huang Shopkeeper, the old slave feels that the officers and soldiers will search door to door in the later stage, including the hotel where we live, the old slave has arranged the convoy to the courtyard, and at the same time, the guards also began to guard in shifts, and the other is to listen to the opinions of the Eastern Evil Yuan Minfeng, select a few guards, and arrange a guard with the inn where we live as the center to take precautions in advance. At the same time, the old slave has communicated with the innkeeper and changed all the guests who live on the Huang shopkeeper's side to the other side, and now our people live on the left and right. Of course, for the guests who changed rooms, the old slave made appropriate compensation.
When I woke up, the situation turned out to be like this, which I didn't expect. No wonder I was always at peace before going to bed just now, it turned out that my feeling was still very accurate. I feel that Steward Wang's arrangement is also very appropriate, and this is the best way to deal with the current situation. Then he asked: Did Wang Er come back stunned? Steward Wang shook his head with a solemn face, and Yuan Minfeng, the eastern evil, said worriedly: "Huang Shopkeeper is now on the street except for the officers and soldiers who arrest people, there are almost no people coming and going, and the city gate is closed, and the lower officials are afraid that General Wang will not be able to enter the inn for the time being. Shopkeeper Huang, should we send a fireworks signal?
After pondering for a while, I said: I don't think it is necessary at present, such a big move by the officers and soldiers this time is obviously in a hurry, and it has poked the sore spot, and I am afraid that this matter of raising interest rates without permission will be discovered, and I want to cover this matter in this small Tangyin County so as not to cause spillover and leakage. If it leaks out and causes a large-scale popular reaction or a popular uprising, it will inevitably end well for all officials in Xiangzhou. That's why there will be the state government officials and part of the army, I guess now that the city gate has been blocked, they are ready to come to an urn to catch turtles, and we are now this turtles.
But it depends on the government's handling methods, after all, this is a large-scale incident, involving many people, if it is all used in an extreme way, I am afraid it is not necessarily, at most it is a severe punishment of the first evil, but unfortunately, the individualism of the shopkeeper at the gate of the county government today is too prominent, I am afraid that I have already been on the blacklist of the government, that is, I am identified as the first evildoer, they will definitely not let me go this time, haha. After saying that, I laughed out loud, where is this and where is the matter, a dignified emperor of the Song Dynasty was actually rounded up by the county officials and soldiers at the grassroots level, who believes this, the movie was not filmed like this, and this is the reality, otherwise there will be no saying that the tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs.
Seeing that I suddenly laughed, Xiao Liuzi, Steward Wang, and Yuan Minfeng, the East Evil, were startled at first, and then Steward Wang asked cautiously: Shopkeeper Huang, you are fine. I smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that I think it's ridiculous to think about it." Leave it alone now and get ready to eat. The three of them were relieved, and the expressions on their faces suddenly relaxed, and then Steward Wang and Yuan Minfeng of the East Evil answered with their hands. I said to Xiao Liuzi: What's wrong, Xiao Liuzi, do you feel scared? Xiao Liuzi looked at me with wide eyes and looked at me with surprised eyes and then said: Huang shopkeeper, Xiao Liuzi has nothing else, but he is bold, because since serving Huang Zhang, the slave has not been afraid, not to mention that it is still a small Tangyin County, even if this land is turned over, it will be a big slap, what is terrible, under the Putian, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, could it be a prince, is it rare that this small Tangyin County will not be able to turn against the sky?
I was said to be happy in my heart and immediately gave a big thumbs up to Xiao Liuzi, it turned out that this little guy's aura is also so strong, it seems that he has not been with me for so long, and then Steward Wang came to report, you can go down to eat, I took the lead out of the room and walked downstairs.
When I got down the stairs, I saw that the tables in the lobby were almost full, and the square table in the middle was empty, so I walked straight to the empty table. I saw that most of them were familiar faces, the tables of Liu Laohan's ancestors and grandchildren, the three singing sisters, Erxiang and others were around, and then the tables of the guards, and the other corners were sporadic customers. When everyone saw me coming down, they all got up to say hello, I responded with a smile, and then started to serve....
Just halfway through the meal, I heard a sound at the door, looked up and saw a guard supporting Wang Er in a panic, looking around and I signaled Steward Wang to deal with it, Steward Wang quickly got up and went over, and then helped Wang Er to downstairs with the guards, I saw this situation and my appetite was greatly reduced, and I got up and went upstairs after eating a few bites, and Xiao Liuzi and they also hurriedly followed. When I got to the room, I saw that Wang Er was wet all over, and was sitting there panting, and at the same time Steward Wang poured a cup of hot water for Wang Er to hold with both hands, and I also knew that this matter was not easy to ask, so I asked Steward Wang to take good care of it and went back to his room.
I was also uneasy at the moment, pacing back and forth in the room, Wang Er was stunned as the head of the guards of the Imperial City Division, according to normal circumstances, there should be nothing that could make him so embarrassed, unless there was an emergency, otherwise the elite of the Imperial City Division would definitely not be like this. It seems that the water in this small Tangyin County is very deep, not simple. When I was puzzled by this matter, Wang Er, the housekeeper and the head of the guards of the Imperial City Division, Wang Er, came in, only to see that Wang Erzhu had changed into a new dress, and his pale face just now was also a lot ruddy, without waiting for me to ask, Wang Erji was stunned and said: Qi Yu Huang shopkeeper, the lower official was ordered to go out to inquire about the news, and when he came back, he saw that there was chaos on the street, and the officers and soldiers had strictly forbidden irrelevant people to walk at will. Xia Guan was ashamed, because he had not been trained by water before, so he was so embarrassed when he entered the door just now, which made the shopkeeper Huang worried, please punish the shopkeeper Huang! After saying that, he knelt down in front of me with a thud.
After listening to it, I realized that it was a false alarm, so I comforted: Please get up, it's been a hard journey. As long as people are okay. Wang Er was stunned and then got up and arched his hand and said: Qi Yu Huang shopkeeper, the lower official has already found out clearly, the current incumbent Tangyin County magistrate is called Ouyang Wude, this person is an official who was handed by his ancestor Meng En system two years ago, and has a very good relationship with Xiangzhou Tong Judge He Daluo, this time Tangyin County privately raised the loan interest rate, which was caused by the county order Ouyang Wude and Xiangzhou Tong Judge He Daluo, this matter Xiangzhou Zhizhou Zheng Guocang did not know, and they privately raised the interest rate in order to seek money, because Xiangzhou Tong sentenced He Daluo to buy nearly 1,000 acres of fertile land in his hometown, The county magistrate Ouyang Wude is purely a personal hobby, this person is born to regard wealth as his life, and during his tenure, he used all reasons to oppress the people and expropriate them violently. The local official reputation is very poor, if it weren't for the state sentence He Daluo, he would have been impeached by the Yushitai.
After listening to Wang Er's stunned information, I gradually connected the matter, it turned out that the No. 2 person in Xiangzhou sentenced He Daluo and Ouyang Wude of Tangyin County to raise the loan interest rate and force the people to take out loans without permission, and after seeing that the matter was exposed, he used officers and soldiers to suppress it in the name of the people gathering to make trouble, and then controlled the matter in Tangyin County, and did not let it continue to ferment. That's why the government used force beyond the norm this time. However, this incident also exposed several problems at the same time, one is that the financial sector (industrial and commercial money bank) and Chang Ping (agricultural money bank) are financial departments under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and do not accept local jurisdiction, so the occurrence of such people now shows that the local government has seriously exceeded its authority to meddle in finance, and forced the financial sector to comply through coercive or forceful means, or the financial sector and the local governor are colluded, or it may be the problem of corruption at the state level. Second, the lack of grassroots Yushitai and supervision are not in place, Tangyin County ordered Ouyang Wude to enslave the local area for a long time, why Yushitai was not impeached, this is a serious dereliction of duty, thirdly, it is that Zheng Guocang, the governor of Xiangzhou, is not vigilant enough, let him be sentenced to do wrong, at least he should bear leadership responsibility, and fourth, there is a lack of path for the imperial court information to the locality, resulting in its lack of transparency, giving individual local officials an opportunity. These issues require me to think deeply and review, and I should also bear part of the leadership responsibility to conduct self-reflection and self-examination first.
Thinking of this, he said to Wang Erdu: Erdu, now the organization has given you an important task, now the streets are full of officers and soldiers, the only way out is the waterway you just experienced, in this case, you choose two good water-based guards, find a way out of the city, set off fireworks signals after arriving in the south of the city, and wait for the palace in front of the three teams of the Royal Forest Army to be the head of Wang Dazhuang as soon as everyone arrives, you can wait for the Royal Forest Army to open the city gate in the name of official business, and then come to the inn to escort. Do you have faith? Wang Er was stunned and knelt down and said: Shopkeeper Huang, please rest assured, even if the lower officials are broken bones, they will not live up to the trust. I nodded heavily, and then instructed Steward Wang to take Wang Er to eat, and by the way, I asked the store to prepare a few bowls of ginger soup for them to drink before going out on a mission. Immediately the two of them answered, and I ordered Xiao to close the door, prepare pen and ink, and I dictated, and Xiao Liuzi drafted the document and sent it to the relevant ministries of the imperial court.
Xiao Liuzi immediately prepared his pen and ink, sat down and looked at me, I walked back and forth thinking about how to organize the language and words, and then said: First write to Jiaoziyuan, Jiaoziyuan waiter Cai Ying, Jiaoziyuan walking Wang Di, economist Li Chunnian, Jiaoziyuan walking Wang Han and others, I recently received a secret report, shocked to learn that Jiaoziyuan's office (industrial and commercial money village) and Chang Ping (agricultural money village) under the rule of Jiaozi Yuan have completely lost the independence of their financial sector in the local area, completely dependent on the local administrative system, and completely did not act in accordance with the guidelines formulated by the imperial court. He instructed Er and others to form an investigation team as soon as possible, and went down to the prefectures, governments, prisons, military, and counties to supervise and verify, and suggested that the focus should be on Xiangzhou and other places. I hope to take this as a lesson and draw inferences from one case to another, if a similar incident is to occur, we will be severely punished, and financial matters are related to the fate of the country, and we must not be careless.