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

Chapter 66

Night falls.

The villagers dragged their exhausted bodies and minds back.

What happened today made them angry and scared.

During today's work, a total of sixteen villagers were whipped.

If they are found to be lazy, they will be whipped. There is no mercy at all, as if they are criminals.

After the meal, at the headman's house of Sanjia Village, a few respectable old men and a few young men in full swing gathered around the fire.

"It's disgusting, is this also a re-cultivation together?"

Some young people are upset.

It was the first man to be whipped today.

He was whipped twice in total, and he wanted to kill that yamen servant.

If he hadn't considered that his son was still young and his parents were old, he would have almost risked it all.

"Village chief, what do you say?"

"Just let them bully us like this?"

Another young man spoke.

When finishing work in the afternoon, Lin Yangbo told him to continue tomorrow.

That is to say, they will be oppressed by government servants tomorrow just like today.

Who could bear to be stared at like this when he was clearly carrying water for his own fields?
"Then what do you think should be done?"

The village chief leaned against the wall tiredly.

He is 50 years old and almost died of exhaustion today.

"Go and sue them!"

The young people at the scene spoke hard.

"Where to report?"

The village chief smiled bitterly.

How could he not know to sue them.

But the restoration of farming was ordered by the governor, and they only listened to the governor's words.

Everyone was silent, only the lights of fireworks in the night, stretching the figures of the people to a long distance.

After a while.

"Village Chief, I don't think Lord Inspector is that kind of person."

"Since he resumed farming in various counties and opened ten factories to recruit workers for wages, there is no need to make things difficult for us."

"I suspect that the county magistrate's dogs and beasts did the trick. I still want to go to the governor and report them!"

The young man who was whipped said in a deep voice.

He was not angry and wanted to seek justice for himself.

"Ah Lei, if today's matter is ordered by the governor, you may not be able to come back. Are you sure you want to go?"

The mayor sighed.

Didn't hold back, but said pros and cons.

If the governor and the county magistrate collude, there is a high probability that they will not come back after this trip.

"I"

Aleigh clenched his fists tightly, words stuck in his throat.

At this moment, the figures of parents, wife and children came to mind.

"I go!"

"My parents died early, and I have no brothers or sisters. Brother Lei has been kind to me all these years. I can't just watch him being bullied like this!"

A young man stood up in the field.

He was still young, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a little childishness on his face.

"Dog!"

Ale choked up.

In this way, Sanjia Village is ready to appeal.

Gouzi set off overnight with several young people.

However, on the only way to Liaozhou City, they were beaten half to death, and then thrown at the entrance of Sanjia Village. The villagers only found out after the village dog barked in the middle of the night.

Since then, the village head and others dare not think about suing.

this night.

A major event also happened in Liaozhou City.

The governor's mansion was on fire, and three state officials who were watching the night were injured.

Something was missing, like a theft, but a fire broke out and burned a lot of documents.

After hearing the news, Fang Yuan got up overnight and rushed from Fang Mansion with his guards, and put out the fire with officials from other places.

"Check carefully!"

"What was lost, what was burned, and reported one by one!"

Fang Yuan's face was heavy, and he said coldly.

There are still people who dare to break into the governor's mansion, which is really courageous.

Ordinary people should not have the guts to beat the three state officials on duty.

Then it may be some desperadoes, or it may be some aristocratic families in Liaozhou City.

The probability of the former is not high, but the latter makes Fang Yuan very suspicious.

After a while.

"The department of meritorious service is not lost!"

"The Sicang office is not lost!"

"The Sihu office is not lost!"

"Zhou Zun, the archives office in the front yard was burned, and fifteen calligraphy and paintings and seven vases were lost in the back yard."

Not long after, the people in charge of various places came back to report after counting their belongings.

In the end, it was Zhang San who was in charge of the file office that was burned, and something was missing in the backyard.

"Archives?!"

Fang Yuan frowned deeper.

The file office is the place where files, documents and meeting minutes are stored.

"Zhou Zun, is it possible?"

Zhang San frowned and said in a deep voice.

Not long ago, they just held a high-level meeting in Liaozhou.

"Where is the person who told you to stare at them?"

Fang Yuan naturally also thought of that aspect.

What are these guys trying to do by sending someone to burn down the file office?
"They come back every night to report. They don't know what happened today, and they haven't come back yet."

Zhang San said in a deep voice.

Fang Yuan asked him to send someone to watch the three magistrates.

These people usually send someone back at night to tell the situation.

But he didn't come back today, Zhang San didn't think so much, so he didn't tell Fang Yuan yet.

Now that this incident happened, he only thought about it. Something must have happened to prevent them from coming back.

"Zhang San, you are confused!"

"Send someone to investigate immediately, secretly!"

Fang Yuan's eyes turned cold, and he glared at Zhang San fiercely.

They didn't come back, and they didn't even notify themselves in advance.

"Yes Yes!"

Zhang San hastily responded.

He took several state officials and left overnight.

"Don't go back yet, work overtime tonight."

Fang Yuan looked back at Sihu and the others, said in a deep voice.

I don't know if there is any cooperation between the inside and the outside. It is best to stay first.

"Yes."

Everyone dare not not listen.

They return to their work stations.

Fang Yuan sat back on the governor's seat, under the dim light, his figure looked extremely heavy.

An hour later, Zhang San finally returned and brought back a person who was the spy he had sent out.

"Zhou Zun, someone is blocking the way!"

Zhang San said in a deep voice.

He set off cautiously and found someone walking on the road from Liaoshan County to Liaozhou City.

After careful observation, I realized that they were blocking the way, and they didn't want people from other places to enter Liaozhou City.

"What happened?"

Fang Yuan looked at the spy and said in a deep voice.

"Zhou Zun, my subordinates saw the county magistrate of Liaoshan start to resume farming today."

"However, when he returned to farming, the yamen servants took the horsewhip to monitor the work of the people, and they were beaten if they were lazy."

"My subordinates also heard that when the yamen guards beat the people, they said: I have delayed the project of the governor, and I will break your legs!"

"This subordinate wanted to report back in the afternoon, but he found someone blocking the way on the way he had to pass, and he couldn't go back. He had to wait for Mr. Changshi to find him before he could come back."

The spy respectfully said.

"How brave!"

When Fang Yuan heard it, he was almost about to be blown up.

Not to mention treating the people as criminals, but also using his name to do bad things.

Presumably not only Liaoshan County, but also the remaining Yushe County and Pingcheng County.

At this time, the spies sent to Yushe County and Hepingcheng County finally came back and reported that the situation was similar to that of Liaoshan County.

"Zhou Zhou, do you want to take them down now?"

Zhang San's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice.

It's abominable that you dare to distort the state's policy like this.

Presumably, he wanted to tarnish the reputation of Zhou Zun and bear the crime of being mean and making things difficult for the people.

"No, I have something more important for you to do now."

"You bring a few masters and set off immediately, with an expedited round trip of [-] miles."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice.

Now he has no reason to arrest Lin Yangbo and the others.

At most, they are just strict government orders, not enough to be fatal.

"Yes!"

"The next official will die!"

When Zhang San heard this, his pupils widened, and his deep voice should be yes.

He didn't stop there, picked two masters and set off.

Fang Yuan looked at the thick night, his eyes were cold and wanted to kill.

He knew that a huge crisis was coming quietly!
(End of this chapter)