1161 Scapegoat
It turned out that during this period, the Tan Chunlin brothers plundered two caravans, raided seven villages, and robbed a large amount of food and material supplies, which was enough for them to stay in the cottage peacefully for a year! If the local gentry fulfilled their promise to supply them on time, it would be no problem to stay for another two or three years!
And the Tang brothers were also clever enough to keep some eyeliner outside the mountain, which confirmed that the local officials and gentry had indeed fulfilled their promises. The two caravans were wiped out and no one knew, and the several villages that were looted were covered up by the government as bandits, which made them completely relieved!
But there is also a saying that if you want others not to know, unless you don't do it! The local officials, gentry and Tan Chunlin brothers didn't know that there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at them all the time! Their every move is under the monitoring of the Jinyi Guard, and they are still at a loss!
So after the arrival of the 10,000 new troops, Liu Haojia specially handed it over to an officer, wanting to treat Tan Chunlin and others as a typical example! Therefore, one of the seven teams heading south didn't stop elsewhere at all, and came straight to Tan Chunlin!
The place where the Tan Chunlin brothers are located is Longyang County, which is under Guangxin Mansion in Zhejiang, and further south is the boundary of Fujian. There are many people and few places in the mountains here, and the further south the mountains, the more they are! There is a mountain range called Jiulong Mountain in a place relatively close to Longyang County, the name is a little vulgar, I don't know how many places called Jiulong Mountain are there all over the country! But it's a great place to get rid of bandits!.
On this day, Miao Lipin, the county magistrate of Longyang County, was receiving a banquet from several gentry. And the gentry who feasted him were not others, they were the Huang family and other gentry in Tan Chunlin's mouth. Of course, they got together not to simply eat, but also to discuss the matter of dealing with Jinyiwei's pursuit of the white duck! The reason why this matter can involve all the families is that several people have long been complicit!
When replacing the prisoners with white ducks, only the Miao County Order and the Huang family were really involved. But the mine in the mountain was developed by several families. The people captured by the Tan Chunlin brothers were also sold to them, and the stolen goods were also sold by them, so several of them are now grasshoppers on a rope! If something really happens, no one can escape!
So what they are discussing now is how to make the whole case stop at the matter of replacing people with white ducks. And just now they've already finalized it! The price is that several families jointly contributed a sum of silver, of course, the Huang family involved in it had to pay more, a total of eight thousand taels of silver! In addition, he helped him buy 200 acres of land in Miao County's hometown! Then Miao County Ling took the responsibility for the whole thing! Look at the book
The reason why Miao County Ling agreed to this request was that he knew that he would not be spared this time! But there is nothing that cannot be investigated and incomprehensible! But fortunately, replacing people with white ducks is not a big crime, at most it is just a dismissal, and it will be fine if you are exiled for two or three years!
Anyway, he has almost made a lot of money as an official over the years, and after being dismissed, he can receive another sum of silver, a piece of land, which is worth it! The silver is fine, but the key is that the land is a good thing that can be heirlooms!
Now that the negotiations have been settled, both sides breathe a sigh of relief, and the room has returned to a cheerful atmosphere. At this time, Master Huang smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord County, the silver will be sent to the yamen early tomorrow morning!" It's all a bill of exchange from Liansheng Bank, and you can't go wrong!"
Miao Xianling's face was not very good at this time! After all, if you are about to lose your official position and confess your guilt, no one will be in a good mood! But when he thought that he could not afford to provoke these local gentry with a large sum of money in his pocket, he could only force his spirit and say, "In that case, then it is decided! As for the second young master of your mansion, you have to tell you not to talk too much, so as not to bring up other incidents!"
Master Huang nodded again and again and said, "Don't worry, don't worry! The old man has already told him that he will only admit his mistakes and will not say anything when the time comes!"
Miao Xian Ling said casually, "That's good! That's good! I don't know when someone from above came, but I'm really anxious to stay up like this!"
The other gentry looked at each other when they heard this, and their eyes were full of contempt! It's no wonder that a few gentry looked down on Miao County, when he came, he still felt that Longyang County was very poor, and he wanted to get some oil and water from the gentry!
But I didn't expect that after the two tricks, I found that I couldn't fight the local gentry at all
, and then he immediately put down his body to cooperate with the local gentry to oppress the people, but he gained a lot of benefits! So he didn't have any say at all in front of several gentry! Otherwise, you can't be forced to take all the main responsibility!
But look down on him, and now I have to coax him before he confesses his sins! So as soon as Master Li picked up his wine glass and was about to speak, he heard a huge noise outside the restaurant! Hearing this voice, Miao County Ling was a little displeased! He probably felt uncomfortable, and he was ready to vent when he encountered something!
So he got up and walked straight to the window, wanting to see why there was a lot of noise outside! Seeing him get up, several of the other gentry also got up and walked to the window to look. I saw that there were people on the street outside for a while! Everyone was moving out of the way on both sides of the road, as if some monster had entered the city!
A few people looked at the end of the long street again, and they all shuddered! Because there was a group of people marching in a procession on the long street, and the people who were running around were frightened by them! There were not many people in the whole team, but they just walked out of the momentum of thousands of troops, splitting the crowd like a clipper splitting waves!
Although a few people looked at their clothes a little strangely, the only ones who could get out of this kind of queue were soldiers! So Master Huang said in surprise, "Strange, why did we have a soldier here? Have you heard of the news of a large army crossing the border in the last few days?"
Miao Xian Ling shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it! And they don't look like the fat jackets that Ming soldiers often wear, but they look pretty neat!"
While he was talking, this small group of soldiers had already passed under the restaurant, and they were heading towards the county office. Therefore, Miao County Ling felt that he couldn't stay here anymore, he was still the respect of a county, and he couldn't pretend not to see the unfamiliar army in the county..
But just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly noticed that there was an extra team of people wearing flying fish suits in his sight! He was immediately in a trembling mood! I thought to myself, could it be that Jinyiwei sent someone to arrest him? Thinking of this, his heart was empty, and his legs were a little weak!