The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 558
"I knew Brother Yan would not abandon me."

Zhao Mengqing rubbed his palms together and laughed.

Sun Yan snorted coldly, thinking that if I don't help you, you will come back and bite me!
"This matter should not be so panicky. Isn't it just an imperial envoy? What should you do when soldiers come to cover you up. It's nothing more than being cautious and don't get caught by others."

After a short pause, Sun Yan continued: "As for those who know the inside story, I don't need to teach you, tell them to keep their mouths shut."

Zhao Mengqing said in his heart that you just use your words and don't worry about anything, as if this is such a simple matter.

"Others are easy to talk about, but Li Tongzhi."

The Li Tongzhi that Zhao Mengqing said was none other than Li Tai, the Tongzhi of Linqing Prefecture.

Just as the magistrate is equipped with assistant officials, Tongzhi and Tongju, the magistrate is also equipped with auxiliary officials, Zhou Tongzhi and judge.

Among them, Tongzhi of the state is the backup tire of the Zhizhou. If there is any accident in the Zhizhou, the Tongzhi can immediately take the top so that there will be no situation where the state has no owner.

Of course, this kind of spare tire doesn't have much power on weekdays, and it's not even as powerful as the seventh-rank judge who is two levels lower than it.After all, the judge is also the real power officer in charge of the prison lawsuit, so there is no shortage of oil and water.

Sun Yan's face tightened when he heard this, and he said displeasedly: "How can I let my colleagues know about this kind of thing, you are so confused, so confused!"

"It's not like you don't know about the affairs of brother Yan's yamen. If Li Tai really wants to find out, there are plenty of ways, how can I hide it from him."

The truth is such a truth, but Sun Yan heard it in his ears and was anxious in his heart.

Since ancient times, Zuo Erguan and Zhengyintang officials have not been of one mind.The reason why the imperial court set up Zuoer officials was to check and balance the Zhengyin officials, so as not to let the local officials who were far away from the emperor overshadow the sky with one hand.

This idea was naturally well understood by Tongzhi and other assistant officials.From the point of view of personal interests, if the Zhengyin official fell, the Zuoer official would naturally be the biggest beneficiary.
The most difficult thing is that Tongzhi is an official ordered by the court, Zhao Mengqing can't just do Li Tai with all his heart, can he?

After a long silence, Sun Yan gritted his teeth and said, "How is your friendship with Li Tai?"

Zhao Mengqing was stunned and said: "It's nothing more than an ordinary colleague relationship, what else can it be?"

Although Tongzhi is the second master after Zhizhou, he has no real power.Zhao Mengqing and Li Tai hadn't had much contact, let alone friendship.

"Forget it, I will go and have a good chat with Li Tongzhi."

With such an in-law at the booth, Sun Yan really had a headache.But what can he do?Still have to bite the bullet and wipe Zhao Mengqing's ass.

"Thank you Brother Yan!"

Zhao Mengqing was overjoyed when he heard the words, and things would be much easier with Sun Yan, the fourth-rank magistrate, coming forward.

"Don't thank me in a hurry, I didn't say that things will be done."

Sun Yan wished he could swallow this useless in-law alive: "If this Li Tai is not knowledgeable, you have to prepare for the worst."

Zhao Mengqing trembled subconsciously when he heard the words. Is Sun Yan implying that he can buy murder as a last resort?
The dead will not open their mouths, which is naturally the most reassuring.

But Zhao Mengqing really never did anything like buying someone to kill someone.

Seeing Zhao Mengqing's futile look, Sun Yan was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Why, you don't even have the guts?"

"That's not, that's not"

"Well, let's go back to Linqing first. After all, you are a parent official in Yizhou. If you always go to Fucheng, you will be suspicious."

When Sun Yan got to this point, Zhao Mengqing naturally didn't want to say anything more, so he nodded and said, "So, I'll go back to Linqing first, and I'll contact Brother Yan if there's any situation."

Sun Yan waved his hand, wishing that Zhao Mengqing would disappear from his sight immediately.

The official boat that Gu Dingchen took traveled south along the canal and arrived at Linqing Prefecture, Dongchang Mansion, Chief Secretary of Shandong Province in ten days.

Zhao Mengqing, the magistrate of Linqing, and officials from all over the prefecture went to the pier to greet him.

Originally, Sun Yan, the magistrate of Dongchang, also wanted to go to Linqing to meet him.However, imperial envoy Gu ordered that officials from other prefectures and counties in Dongchang Prefecture not be allowed to leave their posts without permission, so Sun Yan had no choice but to give up.

However, this did not affect Sun Zhifu's respect to the imperial envoy. Sun Zhifu ordered someone to send a plaque with the inscription of integrity to the residence of Gu imperial envoy.

This made Gu Dingchen dumbfounded. These days, there are really anything to give away.
Sun Yan's move was naturally deliberate.

According to common sense, when an imperial envoy visits a place, most of the local officials keep silent and keep their tails tucked up for fear of being noticed by the imperial envoy.

Officials in Ming Dynasty are all corrupt officials in essence, because if they are not corrupt, they cannot honor their superiors and reward subordinate officials.

Under normal circumstances, officials and officials protect each other, and it will pass by turning a blind eye.

But the imperial envoy's visit is another matter.No one would joke about their future.At this time, it is generally a dead friend who is not a poor Taoist.

Moreover, when imperial envoys visit, there are usually major incidents. If they know that they want to arrest someone but jump out blatantly, don't they think they are dying fast enough?
Just when all the officials were silent, Sun Yan did the opposite, and sent a plaque to Gu Dingchen, which has to be said to be a clever move.

How can a corrupt official give an imperial envoy a "clean and honest" plaque?
I am afraid that Gu Dingchen himself will subconsciously classify Sun Zhifu as a clean stream.Of course, this is only one move in Sun Yan's chain chess, and it depends on how Gu Dingchen acts to determine the second move.

Gu Dingchen came to Shandong this time mainly to supervise the dredging work of the Huitong River section, and by the way, sweep away the local corruption in Linqing.

Its purpose is not to investigate crimes or fight corruption.

It can only be said that Zhao Mengqing guessed wrongly about Shangfeng's intention, and went to the doctor in a hurry.

For several days in a row, Gu Dingchen did not go to Zhizhou Yamen to check the files, which made Zhao Zhizhou very puzzled.

What the hell does this mean?
Instead of rushing to read the files, Gu Dingchen brought his left and right to the canal to preside over the dredging work in person.

Until this time, Zhao Mengqing suddenly realized that the reason for Gu Qin's mission to come to Qing was for this matter!

Had he known it earlier, he would have dredged the canal according to the imperial court's wishes, and the provincial imperial court had specially sent an imperial envoy to guide the dredging work.

Although Gu Dingchen's purpose in coming to Qing Dynasty was not to investigate cases, he was an imperial envoy after all.As long as Gu Dingchen is in Linqing for one day, Zhao Mengqing's heart will not be at ease.

Now Zhao Mengqing wants to send this big Buddha away with all his heart, and the prerequisite for sending Gu Dingchen away is that the dredging work must be completed.

Therefore, something happened that stunned the officials of Linqing. In the past, the magistrate who used to be domineering and even had to guard the streets of the Qing Dynasty wore a plain robe, rolled up his sleeves and trousers, and came to the canal to dig mud with the corvee. land.

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