high official

Chapter 52 My Friends and I Are Shocked

Seeing that Weizhi County was surrounded, Zang Dianli hurriedly ordered the yamen servant to escort him.Don't look at the slaves who are usually fierce, but they dare not touch the fingers of the talented and gentlemen. On the contrary, many people have been black-footed.

Zang Dianji wanted to show off, and stood in front of the elder fearlessly, but was pushed away by Wei Zhixian, and angrily said: "Nonsense, they are all scholars who read sage books, how can they hurt the county?"

Zang Dianli was caught off guard, and was tripped by a scholar again, and fell to the ground, in pain... In fact, the pain in the body is hard to come by and the heartache is in case.

However, Wei Zhixian's statement not only did not calm down the students, but fueled their arrogance.Li Yu grabbed the ink brush from the official case and stuffed it in Wei Zhixian's hand, "Please don't hesitate to old parents, you must know that if you delay for a while, a family may be ruined!!"

"..." Wei Zhixian was surrounded by a group of talented scholars in shirts. Looking at their seemingly righteous but actually fierce faces, he suddenly realized that he and them were no longer the same kind, but enemies... It turned out that we had different positions. Sometimes, origin is never as important as butt.

Wei Zhixian was stunned, more and more servants poured into the second hall, the second Yin, the third Ya, the four old Dian, and the secretary officials of each house also appeared, but the dozen or so students were not afraid, but faintly excited color.

Several masters coerced and lured them, and their mouths were worn out, but they did not sway the students. They still insisted on asking the county magistrate to issue invoices and recall the subordinate officials who had been sent to the countryside for trial.

Wei Zhixian is a man of backbone, he knows that if he bows his head like this, how can he have any prestige in the future?So his face was ashen and he didn't say a word.

In the end, it was Sima Qiu who urgently called for Han Jiaoyu from the county school, scolded the students for "roaring to the court, and no county magistrate", and threatened to report to the school to raise the students' arrogance, and then suppressed the arrogance of the students.

"The students were eager to save the people, so they acted rashly for a while, and I will apologize to the old parents in the future." Li Yu apologized to the county magistrate Wei, but changed the subject in the second half of the sentence: "But my father and fellow villagers were in dire straits for a day, and the students and others also I can't sleep for a day. Please tell the old parents, when can those tiger and wolf subordinates be recalled? If it takes too long, the students and others will have to go to Fucheng to file a petition, please forgive me!"

"You are so confused, in order to prevent disorderly lawsuits, we don't allow you to sue above your superiors." Wei Zhixian remained silent with a pale face, but Master Diao spoke first: "Besides, the Elder Master didn't say that he would not recall them! It's just a matter of the court's taxation plan, it must not be hasty, and it needs to be considered." He waved his sleeves and said: "You leave the second hall for a while, and there will be an answer in a while."

"Then, all right." Li Yu and all the talented people retreated outside the door together.

Although the scholars made a big fuss, the yamen did not dare to neglect. Ma Dianshi ordered all the scribes to lead them to the living room, serve tea and water, and accompany them humbly.But a group of talented scholars is arrogant and tight, drinking tea and snacks on their own, chatting with each other, and doesn't take the "officials" seriously in the eyes of ordinary people at all.

Wang Xian looked at this scene in shock. He had never clearly felt what class is like today!

Although the government officials are the officials of the people, they can be regarded as the top of the common people. In terms of power and financial resources, they are also a hundred times stronger than poor scholars.But scholars have fame and fame. Although they are the lowest level of scholar-bureaucrats, their social status is enough to despise these petty officials!
What's even more frightening is that everyone takes it for granted, even such dignified officials as Wang Ziyao and Li Guan are psychologically shorter than those sour talents.On the contrary, the official of Lifang was originally a student of Guozijian, but because he failed the exam, he was punished as an official.The Secretary of the Bingfang was originally an old scholar, but after repeated failures, he was forced to become an official for a living. Because of their status as scholars, these two can still talk to them...

This made Wang Xian's little self-satisfaction just now disappeared.In fact, what he didn't know was that the reason why all the officials respected these guys was not because of their valuable status as students, but because there were several officials' children among them.

Because of the developed economy, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have a particularly large number of scholars, and there are also many officials, and there are many counties with children of officials and eunuchs.For example, Li Yu's father served as a servant in Beijing.Yu Yifan's uncle is a co-prefect of Dongping Mansion in Shandong... Although they are not high-ranking officials, their yamen can still walk sideways in Fuyang County.

Here Wang Xianzheng has a little inferiority complex and can't extricate himself, but in the second hall, Wei Zhixian is caught in a dilemma, and he can't extricate himself even more.

In front of his eyes, Sima Qiu and Diao Zhubo were arguing red-faced.Master Diao thought that Zhang Hua and others should be recalled immediately, so that the matter can be settled in peace.But Sima Qiu insisted that in this way, he fell into the trap of others.

"Obviously, we re-checked the population of the Yellow Book and resumed the government's taxation, which has touched the interests of some people!" Sima Qiu said in a deep voice: "They are not willing to lose their fat, so they have been passive about the collection of autumn grain. The people in the house were in a hurry, so they resorted to this trick of 'drawing wages from the bottom of the pot', urging these students to file a lawsuit, forcing the county to follow suit and still collect taxes at the original level!"

"Even if you guessed right, so what?" Master Diao sneered, "Scholars making trouble can easily attract the attention of scholars. If they are allowed to sue them to the Hangzhou government, how will it end then?" After a pause, he looked at Wei Zhixian earnestly. Said: "My lord has just started his official career, if he bears the name of extortionate extortion, I'm afraid it will be greatly affected in the future!"

These words touched Wei Zhixian's heart. If there is a big trouble, his official voice will definitely be greatly affected.And the magistrate is famous for being lenient, and he probably wants to calm things down. When the time comes for Zhu Bajie to look in the mirror, he will not be a human being inside and out, and the future will be bleak...

But rebuilding the yellow book and sorting out taxes are things I vowed to do well. If I encounter some difficulties and give up halfway, how can I be worthy of the emperor and myself?

Whether to persevere or give up, the Wei Zhi County Committee is really hard to decide, so we had to ask the other two deputy for their opinions. "You two, don't just pretend to be gourds, but also tell me what do you think?"

"My lord." Jiang Xiancheng's position is quite embarrassing. Before Wei Zhixian took office, he was responsible for all the affairs of the county government. There is no specific division of labor.Therefore, after getting familiar with the affairs of the county in Wei Zhi County, his county magistrate became dispensable and rarely spoke on weekdays.

Now that Wei Zhixian asked, Jiang Xiancheng had no choice but to say: "In fact, the gate is still taxation. As long as we can make concessions in this regard, the students will naturally disperse."

"It has already dropped to [-]% of the last year of Hongwu, how can it be lowered?" Wei Zhixian frowned and said: "The responsibility of this county is to protect the country and bring peace to the people. If we follow Brother Jiang's method, the people will be safe, but we eat Junzhilu, is it a matter of loyalty to the monarch?"

"Is it not loyal to the emperor to keep one side safe and sound?" Jiang Xiancheng whispered: "If you blindly pursue political achievements and ignore other things, you are not loyal to the emperor, right?"

"This..." Wei Zhixian finally understood Jiang Xiancheng's attitude, but he had no way to argue, so he looked at Ma Dianshi and said, "What does Brother Ma mean?"

Although Dian Shi is known as the chief official, it is for the small officials. In front of the three lords, Ma Siye is just a low-level official. The gentry and common people have to be appeased. It is really not easy to handle the relationship between the two. But the subordinates believe that with the honor of your lord, you can definitely come up with a way to get the best of both worlds..."

"..." The magistrate of Wei was completely speechless. Of the four officials in the county government, two objected and the other pretended to be stupid. None of them supported him.

Under internal and external difficulties, he had to temporarily let go, ordering Zhang Hua and others to take the team back to the Yamen... In fact, the subtext is already very clear, the government doesn't care what you like to collect.

Ordinarily at this point, the scholars have become the heroes of the whole county, and enough is enough.Unexpectedly, Li Yu and others refused to give up, shouting the slogan of "get rid of the evil and do everything", and insisted on deposing such evil officials as Zhang Hua and Xun Sancai.

What is even more unexpected is that Wang Xian, who was on duty at the Yamen, was also shot while lying down, ranking after Zhang Hua and Xun Sancai.When he heard the news, his two friends Shuaihui and Liu Erhei were shocked...

"It's your fault?" Shuai Hui had just had a public meal and was facing unemployment crisis again, so he was inevitably agitated.

"It should be you who killed He Chang and captured Chao Tianjiao's son, and was hated to death by the food chiefs." Wu Wei calmly analyzed for him: "So you are not innocent."

"Earlier, I saw Sihu and brother Xun were depressed, and I comforted them." Wang Xian said with a wry smile, "Unexpectedly, I didn't escape."

"Then, what should we do?" Shuai Hui asked anxiously.

"Actually, it doesn't matter to me. It's useless for them to list my name." Wang Xian said softly: "How can I say that I have also completed the tax collection of a grain district. Who is willing to work for the government?" Then he shook his head helplessly and said, "But if Zhang Sihu and Xun Dianli are taken down, who in Fuyang County will take this house seriously in the future? Even if this time passes, next time It will get worse, and sooner or later I will inevitably."

"That's right," the stupid Liu Erhei actually understood much better than Shuai Hui: "We can't just wait, we have to do something!"

"What are you doing?" Wang Xian glanced at him.

"It's up to me to beat anyone who doesn't like it." Liu Erhei said awkwardly: "You still have to figure out a way."

"It's not impossible." Wang Xian sighed and said, "It's just that this method is too hateful, and I can't use it..." While talking, there was a voice of greetings from outside, followed by Sima Qiu's voice: "You pawns Are you there?"

"There are people who can use this trick." Wang Xian said with a slight smile.

(End of this chapter)