Kingdom of Heaven and Han

After leaving Zhang Di's residence, Yuanwai Mo was unhappy.These days, relying on myself to be tactful to the superiors and ruthless to the inferiors, things are going smoothly.Although Zhang Di is a low-level official, he is a well-known figure in Xin'an County.The people I usually fawn over are only the county lieutenant and the head secretary, and even the magistrate is rare, so how dare I underestimate him?

With two boxes of snacks in hand, Mo Yuanwai was thinking of a way.

Zhang Di was extremely upset as he sent Mo Yuanwai away.Sitting in the yard, drank two pots of tea.Seeing that it was getting late, I walked out of the yard.

On the street, the flow of people is like weaving, which is quite lively.There are many dumpling restaurants and noodle restaurants on both sides of the street, and there are many customers.Xin'an County is closer to Luoyang, so everything is learned from Luoyang's style, even the food is also learned from Luoyang.

This street is obviously newly built, and most of the shops are similar, even the plaques are similar in style.They all have a lookout in front of the door, and a white plaque on a black background behind it.The door is not tall, and it is very deep inward, making it look a bit dark.

Zhang Di watched it for a long time, and always felt a little weird.After thinking about it carefully, hey, isn't this the style of the underworld!

After passing many shops, Zhang Di really didn't want to go in.Unconsciously walking further and further, approaching the street, I looked up and saw a shop with an obviously different style.

A pavilion protruded from the front of this shop, and some roast chickens and geese were hung there.A door, all opened, and the entire front hall is unobstructed.Facing it is a counter, and behind the counter is a big pot selling ramen and the like.

Zhang Di said: "This store looks pleasing to the eye, why doesn't it have any customers?"

I looked around and was really puzzled, so I stepped into the store.

When the boy saw Zhang Di coming in, his eyes lit up and he rushed to meet him.

Zhang Di said: "Seeing that you are selling ramen, I wonder if you are going to do business now?"

The little servant hurriedly said: "It's done, guest officer just sit down! Whatever you want to eat, just order it!"

Zhang Di said: "Then order a bowl of ramen, another roast chicken, and a dime of wine. What else do you eat here?"

The boy said: "The guest officer has already ordered enough. If I order something else, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it."

Zhang Di said: "It's okay, I'll take it home and eat slowly."

The boy said: "There are also all kinds of stewed meat. You can eat it slowly in the pavilion over there. There are also all kinds of cold dishes, such as crispy lotus root, leeks, bean sprouts, etc. There are all kinds of seasonal vegetables in this season. Whatever the guest officer wants to eat, just order it."

Zhang Di said: "Then have a plate of sauced beef, and then a plate of cold and crispy lotus root."

The servant couldn't help but smiled wryly after hearing this: "Guest officer, we don't have sauced beef. There are few customers in our store, so we don't dare to buy beef for marinating. If customers want meat, they can order some roasted chicken and goose. Like beef, There really aren't any in the store."

Zhang Di shook his head after hearing this: "It looks like your shop is not small, why don't you even have beef? Forget it, tear up the roast chicken, and I'll serve it with wine."

At this moment, a senior employee turned out from behind.Seeing Zhang Di, he hurried forward to say hello.

Zhang Di returned the gift and asked, "Master, it's time for dinner, why is it that I'm the only customer in your shop?"

The owner of the store sighed: "There are too few pedestrians in Xin'an County these two days, what can I do? Besides, there are more and more restaurants in the street now. My store is located in a remote place, so naturally there are not many customers."

Zhang Di said with a smile: "You are in the ramen business, how can you rely on outsiders? If local people don't come to the store, it must be because your store is not doing well."

The owner of the shop hurriedly shook his head: "I am a well-known conscientious shop in Xin'an City! The food is delicious, so many people rushed to eat it! Alas, if it was two months ago, the business of the shop would be so good! It’s just that now, let alone—”

After speaking, he couldn't help shaking his head.

Zhang Di was surprised.Asked: "Why is this? The food tastes good, there should be more customers."

The shop owner smiled wryly: "Because two months ago, the county magistrate said that Xin'an County is on the post road, and there are too many merchants coming and going. The shop signs on the road are messy, and now Mr. Xuanfu likes to be uniform. I don't like it." His idea. Ask all the shops to change their signboards uniformly. The shops spend their own money, but they have to look like what they set. It’s fine to spend money, but the officials look at the signboards outside, it’s like hell. Who would like it?"

Zhang Di nodded and said: "Indeed. Walking on this road, it seems to be in the underworld, and it is cold in broad daylight."

The owner of the shop said: "The county magistrate saw that the store was unwilling, so he couldn't help being furious. However, Xin'an County is on the post road and not far from Luoyang, so the county magistrate didn't dare to act presumptuously. It is said that they used shady methods and were caught by Mr. Xuanfu. will be severely punished.”

Zhang Di said: "Mr. Xuan Fu cares about the common people. Officials are officials, so they really can't do whatever they want."

The owner of the store said: "So the county magistrate thought of a way. There is a Mo Yuanwai in this county who spends a lot of money. He is very resourceful. The county magistrate will find this Mo Yuanwai and let him finish the matter. As long as it is done, it will be done. It will do him a lot of good."

Zhang Di laughed and said, "I've seen Yuanwai Mo just now, and I don't see anything special about him. Why do people in Xin'an say he's ruthless?"

The shop owner sighed after hearing this, "Yuanwai Mo is very polite when he meets foreigners or officials. He is also very kind to local people, if there is no conflict of interest with him. But if there is a conflict with him, then all means will be used. Member Mo took over the work assigned by the county magistrate, how dare he not take it to heart? He told the shops along the waiting list that if they don't change their signs, they don't need to do business. Put this The street was divided into five sections from the inside to the outside. The shops in the innermost part were cleaned up first. If the signboards were not changed, he ordered his children to block the shop doors and not allow business. Smash the facade, and you can get it out by any means. Open the door to do business, who can bear this? If you go to report to the government, the government will not say nothing. It’s just that Mo Yuanwai secretly instigated his subordinates to do these things, and even his subordinates What can the government do if you do it at night? In less than a month, most of the shop signs have been changed."

Hearing this, Zhang Di faintly felt something was wrong, and said to the shop owner, "Then why hasn't the facade of your house been changed?"

The owner of the store said: "I wanted to change it, but Gouzi disagreed. Dalang has a stubborn temper, and Erlang is fearless, so he refused to change it all the time. Because my house is in the outermost section, Mo Yuanwai didn't come to us. Until the end No, Mo Yuanwai's subordinates came to the door. My two dogs are on duty at night, with a few servants, and Mo Yuanwai can't take advantage of it."

"Hey——" Having said this, the owner shook his head.

Zhang Di asked: "Finally—"

The shop owner said: "What can we do in the end? Mo Yuanwai is still Mo Yuanwai, a man of influence in Xin'an City. My two dogs fought against him, and he killed me in the end. Dalang didn't do anything when he was on duty alone at night. Someone saw him and drowned in the valley water. Erlang didn't believe in evil, and he patrolled at night, but one night when he was alone, he was trampled to death by a cow. Both of the old man's sons died, and no one saw him yet. How can you swallow this breath?"

Zhang Di said: "Report to the official! Don't you care about the report?"

The owner smiled wryly: "Didn't the officials hear it? When they died, there was only one person, and no one else saw it. One drowned in the river, and the other was trampled to death by a bull. What's the use of reporting to the official? How can the government care about it?" This kind of thing?"

Zhang Di opened his mouth, looked at the owner of the store, and didn't think of a solution for a long time.

That's right, people die by themselves, so what's the matter with the government?When the government found out how people died, they naturally ignored it.If you go to the government to make trouble, you will take people.

After a long time, Zhang Di asked the shop owner: "What does the owner want now? It's really difficult to deal with such means."

The owner of the shop said: "I have only two sons, both of whom are dead. How about giving up? The three daughters are all married, and now I take this young man as my son, and I will fight to the end with Mo Yuanwai. Both of us are the same In and out, never alone, so that Mo Yuanwai can't get a chance. Either Mo Yuanwai killed our whole family, or my shop is here, so he can't get what he wants!"

Zhang Di sighed and said, "This is too pitiful. Is Mo Yuanwai just looking at it like this?"

The shop owner said: "Mo Yuanwai has a solution. The guest officer sees that you are the only customer in my shop for a long time. How do you do business? Mo Yuanwai said that as long as the locals enter my shop, they are against him and must be dealt with. Now the store can only do business with out-of-town customers, but the location of this store is not good."

The boy tore up the roast chicken and brought it up.He took another dime of wine, took a cup, and asked Zhang Di to drink by himself.

The shop owner got up, shook his head and sighed, and went back.

While drinking, Zhang Di was thinking about what happened just now.

As an ordinary person, there is really nothing to do when encountering such a thing.The two sons died, and it was of no use to report to the authorities.The point is that it is reasonable for the government to do this, and you can't fault it.Member Mo below forced the plaque to be changed. On the face of it, no illegal means were used.As long as the government cooperates a little, the common people will be helpless.

It's useless to report this kind of thing to the top.When we arrived in Henan Province, even after investigation, Xin'an County did not use illegal means.The so-called persecution of Mo Yuanwai can be inferred to be a delusion of the shop owner.How much is delusion worth?It is impossible for the government to decide the case according to delusion.

In the final analysis, if the government can't really treat the people as their relatives and consider everything for them, all systems and regulations will be futile.There are always too many loopholes in the system, which can be caught casually.These loopholes must be checked and filled by the government.If the government doesn't check for omissions and make up for vacancies, ordinary people can only accept it obediently.

And local officials, in order to implement their own policies and create their own political achievements, naturally have a tendency to alienate the people.What do you rely on at this time?Rely on the conscience of local officials?If conscience cannot be regulated and corrected from time to time, is it still conscience?
What did Wang Xiaolie let Caifeng and officials like himself come to the place?In the final analysis, it was because the local officials had different ideas from those above, so officials had to come down to restrain them.

It is impossible to rely on secret service organizations such as the secret police for this job.Local officials have purpose, so why don't the secret police have their own purpose?The official duty of the officials collecting folk songs is not to supervise the officials. Only in this way can the officials be truly supervised.

Zhang Di remembered that Wang Xiaolie once said that he would publish two books of legends and worldly affairs in Luoyang when he sent officials to collect music.Isn't the Mo Yuanwai I met exactly the story Shiqing told?If he can't catch his handle, it will not prevent a similar story from happening in Wuyou Township, Zixu Country.