Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 242 Rebuke
After lunch, everyone started to work, Zixuan drank another bowl of water, and then went to work too. "Miss, you go back and rest, I will go back at night."

Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Jinghan packed up the dishes with the women, put them on the cart, and then pushed the cart towards the city.

Zixuan was having a good time with the big guy, when someone shouted from a distance, "My lord, my lord magistrate, someone is coming from Fucheng, and my lord magistrate has sent someone over."

Zixuan raised his head, just in time to see a man from the yamen running over, sweating profusely. "My lord, the magistrate sent someone here, saying that he has something to do with you, please go back quickly." Zixuan and the others are now the west gate of the county, and the magistrate sent people to go through the east gate, so there is no chance of meeting them twice. .

Upon hearing this, Zixuan quickly put down the shovel in his hand, then slapped his body twice, and came up from the bottom. "Okay, I'll go back now." After saying that, he went back to the county office with the visitor.

When the two returned to the county government office, they saw that Zhao Xiancheng was talking with several people.Zixuan stepped forward and asked, "I don't know which one was sent by the magistrate, please be polite."

A total of three people came, and one of them frowned when he saw Zixuan's appearance. "Magistrate Lin, what do you look like? The parents of a majestic county don't sit in the county government office to handle official business, and even made such a move, do you, the county magistrate, still want to do it?"

Zixuan lowered his head to look at himself, he was dressed in coarse cloth, his trousers were still rolled up, and there was a lot of dirt on his body, it really didn't look like it.However, this person is too arrogant, right?In any case, it is quite difficult to accept such words.

Zhao Xiancheng, who was next to him, seemed to see Zixuan's displeasure, and hurried forward and said, "My lord, this is Mr. Huang, the general judge in the government office."

In the past few years that Zixuan has been here, he has not had much contact with people in the government office.At first, the imperial court exempted the tax, and then the emperor let the collected tax be kept directly to rebuild the county, so up to now, Zixuan has not had much contact with the people in the government office.Zixuan didn't know these people who came today.

Tongpan is at the sixth rank, and the county magistrate is at the seventh rank. Speaking of which, Zixuan is not as high as this person.But Zixuan is the head of a county, and the general judge works under the magistrate's hand, so this cannot be compared.

Zixuan cupped his hands, "So it's Huang Tongpan, please sit down." Zixuan said in a neutral tone.So what if it's one level higher than yourself?It's not pointing at him to eat.

When Huang Tong saw Zixuan's attitude, his heart suddenly became angry. "Magistrate Lin, I am here to convey the meaning of the magistrate. The magistrate heard that Master Lin organized people to build some dams during the severe drought? It is simply ridiculous. If you don't fight the drought well at this time, what are you doing Dams? There has been drought here for years. How have you ever heard of floods? It is a waste of manpower and material resources. The prefect said that the work should be stopped immediately, and the silver collected from various merchants will be returned. Linzhi County, don’t wait It is a big mistake to do the work without authorization from the magistrate's reply. I hope Lin Zhixian will act according to the magistrate's wishes. If not, you, the magistrate, should be able to do it." Huang Tong said with a cold face. A big pass.

After hearing this, Zixuan didn't express anything, his expression remained the same. "The construction of the dam is something that is agreed by the people of the county. It is a good thing that the officials take the lead and the people are united. In addition, collecting silver taels from various merchants is what each merchant should do for the safety of the county. As for the magistrate's approval, I have reported it for almost a month, and I haven't seen any reply from the magistrate. If we wait any longer, if there is a real flood this year, will the magistrate be able to bear the responsibility?"

Zixuan knew in his heart that he had not done any favors to these people in the yamen in the past few years, and these people would naturally not let go of the opportunity to give him eye drops.As for the magistrate, his immediate boss, who has ignored this side for several years, what happened this time?
"Bold, magistrate Lin, is this your attitude of talking to the Shangguan? The magistrate sent me here to remind you with good intentions not to stir up public resentment. You know, your forced expropriation has already caused a lot of trouble. If someone sues you, it will damage your career." Huang Tongpan was a little angry, and his voice became much higher.

"My lord, I'm busy here. If you have nothing else to do, please go back. As for the suspension of work and the return of money, I will discuss it with the local people." Zixuan was not polite at all.Now he also sees through, these people are bullying and fearing hard.What he did was obviously a good thing that benefited the country and the people. For just a few merchants, the magistrate could send people to reprimand and order to stop work. I really don't know what to do.Even if the county magistrate is wrong, he has to finish the matter at hand first.

I became an official not to get promoted and make a fortune, but to make the local people live better.Now that the lives of the local people have obviously improved, Zixuan feels that he has done almost the same.In the past few years, the troubled wife has been worried about the troubled one. He really intends to stop being an official, so he might as well go home with his wife and children to farm the land and be at ease.

With such thoughts in mind, Zixuan didn't have to flatter and flatter these people.So with a cold face, he issued an order to evict the guest.

Huang Tongpan's face changed when he was angry, and his face was the color of a pig's liver. "Okay, you can do it, Lin Zixuan, don't regret it. Just wait, don't think that you have a backer, the magistrate can't touch you, just wait and see." Tong Panqi's hands trembled a little, and then he flicked Sleeves, snorted. "Walk."

The other two left with Huang Tongpan.

Zhao Xiancheng still wanted to step forward to stop them, but he didn't stop them, he could only watch them leave. "My lord, why are you bothering? If you offended the magistrate, how can you be an official here in the future?" Zhao Xiancheng said worriedly.

Zixuan waved his hand, "Master Zhao, needless to say. You know best how much we have done in the past few years. I am devoted to the common people and have no other ideas. Now that the magistrate sent someone to reprimand him, it is really shocking." Chilling. Forget it, so what if I don’t become the county magistrate? I happen to be able to accompany my wife and children. However, it looks like this embankment needs to be built quickly. If the magistrate is really impeached by the court, I’m afraid that the big event will be delayed. In this way , Starting tomorrow, we will continue to build dams in various places, and strive to complete them by mid-June." Zixuan didn't know what was wrong, and he was really disheartened these days.I really thought in my heart, if I can accompany Jinghan, it would be good to go home and farm.

When Zhao Xiancheng heard this, he sighed. "My lord, you are too upright. In the officialdom, you have to be able to bend and stretch. Forget it, I will arrange the projects in various places first. My lord should lead people to repair the moat first." After finishing speaking, she shook her head Nodding, let's go.

Zixuan was left alone, sitting there in a daze.Everything that he had done in Zhendong in the past few years came to Zixuan's mind one by one, and everything that Jinghan did for himself appeared clearly in front of him.Zixuan sighed, "Forget it, if something really happens this time, it's better not to be an official, but to go home and set up a school and teach well. It just so happens that I can also accompany Jinghan. These years, Jinghan For me, suffer and suffer."

With his mind set, Zixuan stopped thinking about it.After leaving the county office, I came to the west city gate and continued to repair the moat with everyone.

When Huang Tong returned to the government office, he naturally told the magistrate what happened here.The magistrate's surname is Fang, and he is a man in his thirties, "This Lin Zixuan is really ignorant. He doesn't even have me as a superior in his eyes. Hmph, this time, I have to go to the court. He is So what if there is a backing? No matter how hard the backing is, it won't be able to protect him this time."

On the tenth day of June, the emperor went to court early.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Lin Zixuan, the magistrate of Longzhou Prefecture, participated in the county magistrate of Zhendong County. He acted willfully and recklessly. During the severe drought, he actually built dams and repaired the river, wasting manpower and material resources. In addition, Lin Zixuan used the name of repairing the river to set up a pretense and arbitrarily reported to the town. Merchants in Dongxian County collect taxes as much as 1000 taels per household. Just for this item alone, they collected more than [-] taels. Your Majesty, if such corrupt officials are not punished, it is not enough to anger the people, and not to punish them is not enough to show the majesty of the court Ah." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, holding a memorial in his hand, read a copy of Zixuan in the morning.

The emperor was sitting on the dragon chair, and when he heard this, he felt a little displeased.Zixuan had already written a memorial about the construction of the embankment and asked Mingyu to pass it on to him. The emperor was more in favor of this.You know, it's much better to plan ahead than to do it when it happens.

The emperor looked at the ministers below calmly. These people are all good people, so how could they not understand this truth?It's not that they don't understand, but in the face of their interests, they may have selectively forgotten these things, and they just wanted to get Lin Zixuan away from Zhendong.In these years, the changes in the east of the town are unknown to everyone.Among them, I'm afraid they don't know which one is coveting this piece of fat in the east of the town, right?

The emperor snorted in his heart, really think he is a fool, can he be fooled by others?
"Master Chen, does the magistrate have any evidence to prove that Lin Zixuan embezzled the one hundred thousand taels of silver?" Before the emperor could speak, Lord Lu, Minister of the Household Department, asked.

"Not really, but Lin Zixuan must have pocketed the money. How could a county magistrate have seen so much money? How could he not be tempted?" That Lord Chen said quite naturally.

"There is no proof, just talking nonsense. Lord Chen, what good did the magistrate do to you, and you just help him discredit the court officials? Even if Lin Zixuan is really convicted, what good will it do you?" Lord Lu doesn't care Those, in front of everyone, just asked.

(End of this chapter)