Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 20 The Governor's Mansion Mortgaged by the Former

A few days later, Fang Yuan and others arrived in Liaoshan County, Liaozhou.

After inquiring, Fang Yuan and others soon knew the location of the Governor's Mansion.

Liaoshan County is quite good, after all, it is a state seat, but compared with Wuling County, it is really a world away.

Fang Yuan and his party consisted of nearly a hundred people, and there were many carts and carts, they attracted many people's attention as soon as they parked at the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

People passing by looked at Fang Yuan and the others strangely, hesitating to speak, and then left quickly.

Fang Yuan didn't notice their expressions, he was staring at Liaozhou Governor's Mansion.

Before coming, Fang Yuan was already mentally prepared.

But after seeing the current situation of Liaozhou Governor's Mansion, his heart sank again.

The gate of the governor's mansion is closed, with a few dead leaves scattered on the ground, the lions on both sides are full of dust, and they no longer have the majesty of the past. The plaque on the top of the center hangs down naturally at a 45-degree angle, and the word "prefect" on the plaque is abnormal. glaring.

"Gah, is the Liaozhou government all dead? The Governor's Mansion is so lonely!"

Zhang San couldn't help being rude.

As the governor's office of Liaozhou, the facade should be the face of Liaozhou.

However, the majestic governor's mansion has become like this. What do the officials in Liaozhou do?
"Clean up."

Fang Yuan didn't comment, he said calmly.

After the order was issued, Zhang San and the others began to work.

The door of the governor's mansion was opened, and the situation inside was even worse than that at the door.

A lot of weeds had grown in the courtyard, dead leaves had fallen all over the ground, and the furniture was already full of dust. It seemed that no one had lived in it for three or four months.

No wonder the clerk of the Ministry of Officials only gave ten days to take office. It turned out that the position of governor of Liaozhou had been vacant for so long.

"Master, we will clean your room in the backyard."

Hong Xu and Qing Yan said.

The governor's mansion is divided into two parts, the front yard and the back yard.

The front yard is used for office and government affairs in Liaozhou, and the back yard is where the governor's family lives daily.

"Go."

Fang Yuan nodded.

Only then did Hongxu and Qingxie leave with the two wives.

Among Fang's servants, including Hongxu and Qingxie, there are only four female family members, and the remaining 36 are male.

The rest are the people from the Mohist Research Institute, who occupy the main part, and they also clean up according to Zhang San's instructions.

Soon, most of the day passed.

Including Fang Yuan, everyone was sweating profusely.

Fortunately, the results have been remarkable, and the front and back yards of the Governor's Mansion have taken on a new look.

When preparing to transport the goods at the gate, Fang Yuan found that there were many sneaky people at the gate of the governor's mansion.

There were common people and some people dressed as family servants, after seeing Fang Yuan coming out, they left quickly, not daring to look at Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan is now wearing a crimson official robe, showing his status as the governor of Liaozhou, which makes people awe-inspiring.

Just after Fang Yuan and others moved all the goods and property etc., a team came from a distance, it seemed that the momentum was quite large.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan didn't return to the Governor's Mansion immediately, he watched the team's appearance with great interest, thinking that he would have something to eat when he first arrived in Liaozhou.

Not long after, the seven-person team stopped in front of Fang Yuan.

The leader is a fat man in his 30s, with a nearly round body, a lot of flesh on his face, and his eyes are narrowed into a line.

More people approached all around, and the people whispered and pointed, with fear and sarcasm in their eyes.

"Excuse me, are you the new governor?"

The middle-aged fat man with narrowed eyes saluted Fang Yuan and said.

"Yes, this official source."

Fang Yuan frowned slightly, and announced his name.

I thought it wouldn't be such a coincidence, eating melon and eating myself?
Inside the Governor's Mansion, Zhang San, who was still tidying up, saw someone at the door and walked out quickly.

"Hello, Fang Inspector, I am Qin Liangcai, the third head of Yaxing Sansurname."

"The governor's mansion behind you has been mortgaged to Sanxing Yaxing because of the bad gambling of the previous governor. This is the contract, please read it."

Squinting his eyes, Qin Liangcai took out a contract from his arms and handed it to Fang Yuan.

"Did you make a mistake?"

"The governor's mansion is the property of the imperial court, how can the governor have the right to mortgage it?!"

Zhang San asked back.

Received the contract and handed it to Fang Yuan.

The two looked at the contents of the contract, their faces slowly sank.

The Governor's Mansion mortgaged 3000 guan!
Nowadays, the governor of Xiazhou pays 3000 yuan a month, which is only 36 times a year.

3000 guan, the governor who is not greedy or robbing will have to work for 84 years to pay it off.

The contract has the signature and stamp of the previous governor, the notary's signature and stamp, and the stamp of the governor's seal.

"This man, the governor has a lot of power."

Looking at Zhang San with squinted eyes, he said with a mocking smile.

"Since it has been mortgaged, why not seal it?"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Yes, the governor has a lot of power.

Although the governor's mansion is the property of the imperial court, the governor has the right to dispose of it in extraordinary times.

For example, when it is used for disaster relief, the mortgage is exchanged for food, such as the mortgage is exchanged for military pay during the war
However, if the things of the government are mortgaged, a seal must be affixed, and private trading is prohibited within five years. After five years, the court cannot redeem them before they can be traded.

The Governor's Mansion obviously stayed there for a long time, but it didn't put a seal on it.

Waiting for someone to clean up and move in, but to inform him, it is very likely that he deliberately hurt the face of the new governor.

Get off the horse!
If this matter cannot be handled properly today, it will not be easy for government orders to be implemented in Liaozhou in the future.

"Ah? No?"

"Our dental office has already notified the Liaoshan County Yamen, maybe they are going through the process."

He squinted his eyes in surprise and said.

But the smiling appearance made Fang Yuan and the two feel that the other party did it on purpose.

"You did it on purpose?!"

Zhang San suddenly became furious, pointed and squinted his eyes and shouted.

The former governor died in a strange way, and Qin Liangcai threw the blame on the Liaoshan County Yamen.

It is obvious that he came prepared, and deliberately hurt his own governor's face, it is really abhorrent!
"Hey, hey, hey, the governor's servant wants to bully the common people?!"

He squinted his eyes and backed away again and again.

The six followers behind him shouted immediately.

"Help, the governor's servant is bullying others."

"If you don't pay your debts and want to beat someone, is there any reason?"

"God, Your Majesty, look at this newly appointed governor, it's too much!"

The six followers behind squinted shouted.

The sound was loud, and soon attracted more people to gather.

Originally, there were quite a few people peeking around at the scene, but now there are even more people.

The people who didn't know why talked a lot, and the voices of pointing and pointing became much louder.

"His grandma, when did I beat you?!"

Zhang San was so angry that he was about to burst into tears.

He growled at Qin Liangcai, about to rush up and beat him up.

But Fang Yuan stopped him at the critical moment, so he suppressed his anger and stepped aside.

"What do you want?"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

There are too many people watching right now.

It is not easy to gain a foothold after being engaged in this way by the other party.

And judging from the current situation, it doesn't make sense for me.

"I don't want to do anything, I just want justice!"

Qin Chaoliang shouted loudly, attracting more people.

"What kind of justice do you want?"

Fang Yuan's eyes turned cold, he said in a deep voice.

Apart from being fed, the people at the bottom care most about justice.

When Qin Chaoliang yelled out the word "justice", some people around became obviously filled with righteous indignation, even if they didn't know why.

confirmed!
The other party came here specifically to disown him, and the bizarre deaths of the previous governors should also be involved behind the scenes.

"Move out and restore the mansion to its original state!"

"Even if it is a piece of grass, please plant it back."

Qin Chaoliang sneered in a low voice.

The body backed up again, opening the distance from Fang Yuan.

The six dog legs behind them were instructed again and barked wildly into the sky.

"move out!"

"move out!"

"move out!"

The shouts resounded in front of the governor's mansion, and some ordinary people even joined in.

Fang Yuan looked at everything in front of him, his face became more and more serious, and his eyes became more and more cold.

(End of this chapter)