What exactly is a gong for?

"This gong was used by the villagers to die together when they couldn't survive." The village said with emotion.

"Although the village chief is only the lowest-level official, he can directly decide the fate of a family in many cases."

"Taking advantage of you today, letting your family serve as a conscriptor tomorrow, and digging a pit for your family the day after tomorrow are all very easy to do."

"If the family from which the village chief was born is also the hegemon of the village, then the village chief and the family are united, and they are the heaven of the village!"

"In addition, many of the people are migrated commoners and savages, and they have suffered too much before, so many times the village chiefs intimidate them and scare them, and they cherish their current life very much, so they swallow their anger. As everyone knows, this kind of behavior has increased the arrogance of the village chiefs, and in the end, the village chiefs have become more and more excessive. ”

"In just a few months, a lot of lives have been lost. Many people were killed directly by the village chief because they didn't like the village chief, and when they reported it, they said that they died at the hands of demon beasts, and their bodies were devoured. ”

"Sometimes the village chief kills someone, hides the body, and reports the disappearance a few days later. Today's situation is also clear to everyone, disappearances are common, deaths are common, and there is not enough energy to verify the truth one by one. ”

"Over time, a large number of bullies and villain village chiefs were born."

"Later, when the lord discovered this problem when he inspected the villages, he set up a gong, which was originally hung in the middle of the village."

"When it was hanging, I called the villagers to talk about the role of the gong, one side of the gong is in the village, and the other side is in the Taishou Mansion."

"When a villager rings the gong, the Taishou Mansion will send a Taoist to investigate the truth as soon as possible."

"However, the number of Taoists in Taishou Mansion is also limited, and the villages that can be visited in a short period of time are extremely limited. Therefore, tell the villagers directly that if it is not a matter of life and death, do not ring this gong. And once the gong is sounded, there will be a Taoist priest from the Taishou Mansion who will come in person. ”

"At that time, no matter what kind of bully he is, in front of the Taoist priests of the Taishou Mansion, he will not be able to resist the soul searching spell and soul search magic weapon, and under the soul search, all the truth will be revealed to the world."

"This gong is the bottom line, once the village chief becomes a bully who does all kinds of evil, then the village chief must be prepared to face the Taoist priest of Taishoufu."

"So, how's the effect?" Xiao He asked directly.

Although the village chief has not yet answered, past experience tells Xiao He that the effect of this thing may not be ideal, and there are too many ways to avoid it.

Hearing this, the village chief nodded and shook his head: "The effect is indeed there, especially at the beginning, all the bullies are very honest." ”

"But after a long time, the bullies found loopholes, and they took advantage of the villagers' compromise characteristics to find more ways to exploit the villagers."

"Of course, this is only a few villages, and most of them are still better off than they used to be."

"However, there are also some lawless guys, they set up a fence directly near the causeway, every day, send people to watch near the fence, and at night, they tie up a few vicious dogs here, and when someone approaches, the vicious dogs will howl."

"As soon as the Taoist left, these wicked people directly intimidated the villagers, some set up fences, and some simply moved the gong ritual instruments away and moved them to their own homes, using all kinds of means to not let ordinary people contact them at all."

Xiao He nodded slightly, this is normal.

Judging from Xiao He's past experience as a county magistrate, this is the normal reaction of officials. If you don't, you're not an official.

This is human nature, when you are not an official, you can't wait to beat the dog official to death. But when he became an official, he slowly became the shape of a dog official who was scolded when he was a teenager.

These problems, at least Xiao He can't solve them.

"And then?"

"Then this matter was discovered by the Wind Watcher, who reported it to the Cabinet, and the Cabinet reported to the Sovereign, and the Sovereign expanded the number of gongs from one to nine, and the position was fixed, and at the same time sent the Wind Emissary to inspect from time to time."

"These wind watchers are all outsiders, and most of them have little contact with the locals, basically they just observe and sneak away, and they don't show their identities in advance, so far, the effect is not bad."

"Like the village chief before our village, he just did too many bad things, and in a weak heart, he released two vicious dogs and set up a fence to prevent any villagers from approaching, but in the end, he was in a hurry, and the villagers directly killed the vicious dogs and sounded the gong."

"After a while, a Taoist priest arrived, and the villagers were fleeing for their lives, and the village chief was chasing and killing him."

Recalling this period of history, the current village chief feels quite complicated.

"Later, when I became the village chief, the village was much better."

"Nowadays, there is more than one gong in each village, and there are wind watchers from time to time to make rounds."

Speaking of this, the village chief looked left and right and whispered: "I heard that the bottom line of the wind watcher is to inspect a village at least once a month, mainly to check whether the gong has been set up obstacles, and whether the village chief has hindered the villagers from approaching the gong. ”

"Moreover, I heard that the new policy will be implemented soon, and it is said that from now on, we, the village heads, will have to go to the county every year or every quarter to be inspected by the mirror of the heart."

"I heard that this heart mirror is the best magic weapon in the heart and spirit, and you can directly check whether you are lying."

"When the time comes, ask directly if there has been any murder, whether there has been a violation of the law, whether there has been oppression of the people?"

Something interesting, very interesting.

At this moment, Xiao He became more and more interested in the basic principle of the Inquiry Heart Mirror.

However, even so, vulnerabilities can still be found, but with the use of the Question Mirror, the loopholes are getting smaller and smaller.

In Xiao He's view, no matter what kind of system, no matter what kind of system, no matter what kind of decree, it must be flawed.

It's just that some laws and regulations are particularly flawed, and everyone knows that everyone can use the flaws for personal gain.

The better the system, the fewer loopholes, and the fewer people can find them and exploit them.

It is true that there are still flaws in the Asking Heart Mirror, and there will definitely be many magic weapons to restrain the Asking Heart Mirror in the future. Moreover, since the Inquiry Mirror is a magic weapon, the person who controls the Inquiry Mirror is also very important, as long as it is a person, there are loopholes!

Even if there is no one, the whole process is completely decided by the mirror of the question, is there no loophole?

No, if the system relies entirely on various treasures, once the flaws in these treasures themselves are discovered, then the whole system will collapse with it.

Without using human beings, just using treasures can avoid human relations and avoid the defects brought by human beings themselves, but is there no defect in the treasure itself?

However, Xiao He still nodded and said, "In any case, it is much stronger than in the past." ”

The village chief also nodded: "Indeed, a while ago, after the invention of papermaking, the Taishou Mansion printed a lot of codes of conduct for the village chief. ”

Speaking of this, the village chief took out a code and handed it to Xiao He, who began to read it with great interest.

"These rules are very simple, they are all conventional, such as the death of a murderer."

Moreover, in addition to this thin book, there is also a relatively thick stack, and some cases are written under each of the rules, and the reasons are analyzed. However, I am also illiterate, and he knows me, I don't know him. ”

"I used to be an elderly commoner, and I was not a local, so I really didn't know the writing of Yancheng, in fact, I didn't know many words. I only know a few dozen of the characters of the nest country. ”

"But fortunately, a crystal ball was distributed to each village, and this crystal ball will directly release a projection every night, accompanied by sound and subtitles."

"Every night, the villagers gather in the square in the middle of the village, under the crystal ball, to watch the projection of the crystal ball being released."

"This crystal ball will start playing the projection on time every night, and the first quarter of an hour will tell the story of what happened in Yancheng recently."

"In the second quarter of an hour, I will take everyone to learn to read and write, and teach five words a day, which is not much. If you study it carefully, even if you can't learn all five words, you can learn at least one word or two. Follow it every day, and it won't take long to recognize a hundred words. ”

"After learning 100 words, you can go to the township for assessment, and if you pass the assessment, the township will give you 100 catties of rice or 100 yuan."

"If you learn 500 words, you can go to the county for assessment, and after passing, you will be directly given 1,000 catties of rice or 1,000 yuan. With this qualification, you can sign up to be the village head, but you need to go through training and pass before you can become the village head. ”

"If you learn 2,000 words, you can go to the county for the assessment, and after passing, you will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan, and you can directly become the village head without passing the exam, and at the same time have the qualifications to take the township head exam."

"In the third quarter of an hour, we will talk about some laws and regulations in daily life, which are very popular, and we will also use common cases to explain them simply."

"For example, last night, I was talking about stealing a neighbor's chicken, and I told everyone that this thing was wrong, and the first time I was fined three times! The second direct penalty is 10 times, and the third is 30 times...... If they can't afford to pay for it, they will directly let this person join the official conscription team, go to serve conscription, do engineering, take care of food and housing, and have a daily salary, and deduct it from the salary. ”

"In the fourth quarter of an hour, some common sense will be told, yes, the lord said that this is called common sense."

"These common senses cover all aspects of life, and they are very detailed and all-encompassing."

"Last night, I said that the cloth used to bandage the wound must be boiled, and it is said that this is called disinfectant ......"

"One night ago, I talked about drinking boiling water, and I said that there are many benefits to drinking boiling water."

"Since then, every night in the middle of the village, a large iron pot will be made in the middle of the village to boil a lot of boiling water, and the villagers will use it for free. Of course, it is not free, because the money for boiling water is taken from the village treasury, and the money is 20% from the village, 20% from the town, 20% from the county, 20% from the county, and 20% from the lord himself. ”

"This is the grace of the Lord!"

Speaking of this, the village bowed respectfully in the direction of Yancheng.

"The lord taught us to drink boiling water, and provided so much money that the village was reluctant to boil water to drink every day, and there was too much firewood burned every day. But if it's only 20%, the village can still afford it. ”

"Some places even directly say that they have nothing to do and drink more boiled water, and they also say that drinking more boiled water can cure all diseases. Regardless of whether you are healthy or unwell, there is always nothing wrong with drinking plenty of boiled water. ”

"The fifth quarter of an hour is devoted to the code of conduct of the village chief, so that even illiterate people can understand what he says. Although the old man was a commoner before, although he was illiterate, he lived in Liucheng, and he still understood the words of Yancheng. ”

"Brother Qi, why don't we stay together, live a good life for a few days, and observe and observe."

"Well, I'm actually interested in this place too."

Wu Qi was not only interested in military affairs, but also in political affairs.

If this is a game, Xiao He is a typical Wenchen, the force value is not high, and the ability to lead troops to fight is not strong. And Wu Qi is a real hexagonal warrior, with personal force, political ability, and military ability, all of which are extremely high existences.

Xiao He glanced at the village chief, and directly took out three small yellow croakers weighing one pound and handed them over: "The two of us will stay in the village for a few days in the future, and we will be disturbed in the next few days." The gold will go directly to the public treasury. ”

The village chief took the gold and was in a good mood, one or two golden sands were worth 10,000 yuan, and a small yellow croaker weighing one pound was worth 100,000 yuan!

100,000 yuan can be exchanged for rice, and you can buy 100,000 catties!

Even if it is very expensive mutton, it is only 30 yuan a catty, and you can buy more than 3,000 catties!

What's more, this is a full 300,000 dollars!

"Okay, then the old man must know everything, and he will say everything!"

That night, Xiao He and Wu Qi stayed, and this stay was seven days and seven nights.

Just when Wu Qi and Xiao He began to observe deeply, the Taiping Daoist came back with the head of the contemporary head of the Wang family of the Qing clan.

Looking at this head, Jiang Hua remembered last year.

At that time, there was not a single Yushi in Yancheng, and the Hu clan of the Qing clan was a nightmare for the whole of Yancheng. At that time, many Yancheng officials would be awakened by the Hu family when they dreamed at night.

But now, how much time has passed? Half? At most, for half a year, the head of the Wang family, who was stronger than the Hu family of the Qing clan, was directly placed in front of him.

"After I passed, the Qing clan Wang was prepared, and many masters rushed up."

"However, they are all local chickens and dogs, and there are few who can hold up the old man's battle, so don't talk about it."

"After the old man finished killing these masters, he wanted to go to the county where the Wang family was located, but who expected that the young master of the Wang family would surrender directly."

"Without saying a word, the young master of the Wang family took out a list, which recorded all the nobles who were unfriendly to the Taoists, as well as the nobles who had done something to the Taoists after the Dao extermination order was issued, and the old man followed the list all the way through the six northern counties."

"Now, the nobles who are still alive in the land of the six counties dare not destroy the Dao. Even if the Taoists are active in public, they will turn a blind eye. ”

"At this point, the old man feels that his task should be completed."

Jiang Hua nodded without hesitation: "Of course!" ”

(End of chapter)