The county government of Baixiang Town, majestic, built quite magnificently, the city wall is at least three or four meters high, it is said to be the county government, but it is like a pillbox.

This is also the characteristic of Lingzhou County.

After years of tug-of-war and bloody wars, the core of the imperial court rule was a military fortress.

Originally, the imperial court built these fortresses in the hope that every official would be loyal to his duty, and even if the territory fell, he could be like a nail to block the offensive of Great Xia, and even stick to the enemy's rear.

As for whether officials will be loyal to their duties?

The Shenwu Imperial Court has a strict design here, if an official dares to surrender or run away, the official's direct blood relatives will be classified as lowly and will not be allowed to be an official for generations.

This is more serious than killing them, and it is directly recorded in the family files.

If the territory falls, the official dies in battle or commits suicide, then the imperial court will also give you some bereavement benefits, and there will be preferential treatment for family members in the imperial examination in the future.

In other words, the Shenwu Dynasty has only one requirement for officials who defend the land.

If the territory falls, please be decent yourself, and if you are not decent, then the court will help you be decent.

In a sense, this law is quite cruel, when the Shenwu Dynasty and the Great Xia were in a tug-of-war, officials died one after another, and few died in the battle, all of whom chose to commit suicide after the fall.

"The faithful and righteous of our dynasty are crowned among the ages." The Shenmu Imperial Court complacently praised the number of officials who died in their own duties, but the reason for this was not because of indoctrination, but because of the joint sitting system.

Some of these officials were actually very unlucky, and in the face of the elite of Great Xia, what role could their small fortress play.

But the court refused to change the law.

Because this rule came from the hand of Xiao Taizu three hundred years ago, it is said that when he was fighting the world, he found that there were too many officials who were willing to save their useful bodies.

Every official who surrendered said that he was for the common people of the world and saved his useful body, and now he has seen the real dragon, so he came to obey the destiny of heaven.

At first, Xiao Taizu felt very cool, and he surrendered and rebelled.

The Jinpeng Dynasty is unpopular, which shows that it is destined to return.

When Xiao Taizu sat in the world, he began to feel that something was wrong.

Do you do the same to me today, and to my children and grandchildren in the future?

Aren't you born to read the books of the sages, why don't you know the word loyalty?

The position of the butt is different, and the idea is naturally different.

Thinking of this, Xiao Taizu set this rule with a stroke of his pen.

Even if my children and grandchildren fail, I will never allow you to directly turn the gun, change the master, continue to be glorious and rich, and fight to the death to the end.

As for the effect, it depends on whether the imperial court can still sit firmly, and if it can still sit firmly, the officials will naturally choose to die, at least pretend to be dead.

If you can't sit still, it's impossible to expect officials to die.

Therefore, most of the county officials in Lingzhou have two characteristics.

First, most of them are from poor families, or their backgrounds are not deep enough, and the children of the great family rarely choose to come to Lingzhou to be officials, because the risk is too high.

Second, most of them have good internal cultivation, relying on the money they earn, as long as they are willing to spend money, it is not difficult to cultivate to the fullest.

The magistrate of Baixiang Town, Sai Baogong is such a figure.

Although he has a good name, he is not an honest official, and his biggest characteristic is to make money.

After all, Sai Baogong studied hard for more than ten years, and finally won the lift, but he failed one after another in the examination, and he stumbled for more than ten years, so he had to be an official as a lifter.

The people of the Shenwu Dynasty are not as good as the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, and they do not have so many privileges.

Because the powerful people from all walks of life are stronger than them, in the possession of civil wealth, the martial artists account for the majority, and ordinary scholars, even if they become lifters, can only mix in a middle-class family, and it is difficult to run rampant in the township.

Only when you become an official, are attached to the court, and have authority, can you really make a fortune.

Therefore, Saibao didn't pass the Jinshi exam, so he didn't take the exam, and took a huge risk to come to Lingzhou to be an official.

It took him 20 years to take the imperial examination and take the risk of killing his head before he had the opportunity to make a lot of money, and you let him be the master of the people, is that possible?

Of course, it is necessary to move a cart of silver to the house, and move as much as you can.

"Master Song, it seems that the money for this conscription has been much less recently."

"Is there less work in the city? Isn't Master Wang going to build a few more villas, who can bid lower than us?"

Sai Baogong sat on the desk to settle the accounts, and found that his recent income was not as good as before, and he was very distressed.

"My lord, there are more and more people outside the town, and they would rather work for the landlord than escape from the servitude, and it will be difficult to do business." Master Song scolded in his heart, why is it difficult to do business recently, don't you know it yourself?

"Master Song, how do you say this?"

"Isn't it a natural thing to pay the emperor's grain and serve as a servant?"

Sai Baogong scratched his head, a little puzzled.

"Eh, my lord, there is no money to be paid for this servitude, only two meals, who will work hard? Naturally, they are all slippery people who steal women."

Master Song slandered in his heart, but he had to explain two sentences.

"It seems that I am still too full, and I still have food at home, so I refuse to work hard."

"From this day onwards, those who refuse to work hard will not be given food."

"In other counties, officials have to bring their own dry food, and they don't care about food, and the people are miserable."

"I heard that there was a famine in Fengzhou this year, and they have already sold their sons and daughters."

"The official couldn't bear to hear it, so he deliberately spent the money from the treasury and gave them two meals."

"The people of Fengzhou have already eaten the soil, and the official has also given food to the small people under his rule, how much silver has been lost here and outside?"

"The result is good, they can all eat, and they dare to steal women to play tricks, it seems that the people in this world are used to it."

Sai Baogong said indignantly, as if he had a mountain of gold for these people to steal.

How did you come to this conclusion?

Obviously, you are using the power of the government to launch forced labor and let the farmers work for you for free.

Nasai Baogong is just a magistrate from a noble county, without a strong background, without a strong teacher, although his classmates also have a few friends, but in the territory of Lingzhou, it is not easy to use.

Therefore, the giants of Baixiang Town, the Wang family, Baixiang Pavilion, Yuanyang faction, Fahua Temple, and Jiangwutang, he did not dare to move, and he did not dare to overcharge the business tax, but only dared to scrape the money of the poor ghosts.

Although the people have become poor ghosts, it does not mean that there is no oil and water to fish.

People who think this way are still too kind.

Because the people can still work and serve as conscripts, some of the magistrates of this conscription are discretionary.

Therefore, Sai Baogong became the largest contractor near Baixiang Town, and distributed miscellaneous labor in the name of the imperial court, so that the people could work for free.

Sai Baogong became a contract foreman, which can be regarded as a kind of humor in the world.

Master Song was dumbfounded when he heard it, but he also knew the temper of this adult, and he was naturally polite and very reasonable to Haoqiang, and for Dousheng Xiaomin, it was another face.

So he quickly chimed in:

"Isn't it? Do these little people know what it means to be grateful?"

"It's rare to see a good official like Lord Sai, so we have to let the people of the Mission Department preach and preach it, so that the people can know a little more about the situation in Fengzhou."

When Sai Baogong heard it, he praised it:

"Master Song is reasonable, it's just a matter of Fengzhou, it is not suitable to publicize, it is related to the face of the imperial court."

"Let the Ministry of Missions tell the people more about how magnanimous his officials are."

"The adults are wise, and the villains will do it."

Master Song saw that he had finally fooled Master Sai, and hurriedly promised.

At this time, there was a loud drum outside the county office!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Sai Baogong and Master Song changed their colors when they heard this.

They are not ordinary Dousheng small people, and they can judge the lower limit of those who can be judged by listening to the strength of the injustice drum.

"Who's beating the drum?"

"At least it's a big deal."

"Someone is coming, ascending to the church!"

At the same time, Chu Qianqiu took Zhao Lingyun to the gate of the county office.

"Lingyun, you see this drum is very interesting, put it on a three-meter high platform, who will knock it?" Chu Qianqiu found the drum, placed it very high, built a three-meter high platform, and then put it on it.

But there is not even a ladder around, and the meaning is obvious, ordinary people don't want to knock it, the court actually only serves the warriors.

"Qianqiu, we are still some distance away from accumulating gas, and this drum can't be beaten."

"The drum hammer above is two hundred pounds." Zhao Lingyun said helplessly, but he didn't expect Chu Qianqiu to be so direct, and he really came to the yamen to knock on the drum.

Zhao Lingyun is not afraid of the yamen, both of them are the sons of military attachés, what are they afraid of?

It's just that he doesn't feel like it's pointing.

"Then I'm going to knock on it even more."

Before Zhao Lingyun could react, Chu Qianqiu jumped on the high platform, picked up the two-hundred-pound drum hammer, and smashed it violently.

Knock knock!

"Gas?" Zhao Lingyun was dumbfounded.

I'm not going to be angry a day later than you.

As for making such a big gap?

You weren't always playing me, were you?

(Note: The content of chapter 121 has been modified, I'm afraid some friends haven't seen it, so let's explain it here)