"Your Highness, more than one hundred and thirty officials claim to be ill and unable to perform their official duties. ”

"As for the little officials, there are too many to mention, and they leave their posts without authorization. ”

"At present, not only the imperial court cannot issue decrees, but the entire Xiangjun has begun to have a chaotic situation. ”

"Thieves are rampant, horse thieves are everywhere, and the people are miserable. ”

At the first sight of Zhou Zheng, Gu Jiang couldn't help but wail on the spot.

He had been an official in Xiangjun for more than ten years, and this was the first time he had seen such a situation.

Although Gu Jiang has done almost nothing in these years, and he is not a clean and honest official, he can't see the people in such a situation.

And that's just the beginning.

The longer the officials remain ill, the more serious the phenomenon of officials leaving their posts, and the worse the situation of the common people will be.

This is by no means what they want to see.

Not only Gu Jiang, but the officials behind him also turned slightly pale.

"It's really interesting, why, these officials are agreed?"

Zhou Zheng's face was expressionless, but his voice became more and more cold.

"Prince, I'm afraid that this matter has nothing to do with the autumn tax. ”

With a bitter smile, he was also a member of the officialdom, and Gu Jiang knew too well what other officials thought.

Although they were not parents and officials in the local area, they colluded with the squire and landlords and took a lot of money openly and secretly.

Now Zhou Zheng wants to impose autumn taxes, and the first thing to lose is the interests of the big landlords.

It is also the interests of these officials that are indirectly harmed.

In this way, calling himself sick at this time is a disguised policy of resisting Zhou Zheng.

As soon as the autumn tax collection is over, those officials will immediately be alive.

"The head of a county, can't you help it?"

Staring at Gu Jiang, Zhou Zheng was also a little disappointed in his eyes, he thought that pulling Gu Jiang into his camp would be convenient for him to operate the affairs of Xiangjun, but now it seems that he still overestimated Gu Jiang's influence in the officialdom.

Regarding Zhou Zheng's questioning, Gu Jiang could only smile helplessly.

The officialdom of Xiangjun seems to be the officialdom of the imperial court, but it is actually the officialdom of the squire.

When there is no conflict of interest, these officials will naturally follow Gu Jiang's arrangement.

But once there is a conflict with the squire, the situation is different.

This is no longer a situation that Gu Jiang can control.

If it's just one or two, Gu Jiang naturally has a way to deal with it, but now it's like the whole county is in one breath, and the same qi is connected, and it is simply difficult to shake.

"The county magistrate of Yancheng is also violently ill?"

Seeing that Gu Jiang bowed his head and was silent, Zhou Zheng was no longer entangled.

"Back to the prince, I'm sick. ”