The landowner's wife of the imperial examination

The scene was very embarrassing, and the adults are not willing to give Master Zhou face, after all, the previous county guards have never dared to think about it like this.

Zhou Lan: "My lords, I don't have any ideas, I have to talk about it."

The silence continued below, and Zhou Lan was also silent. The matter at the pass is indeed difficult.

It was my relatives who gave me the support, even if they didn’t cater to me, at least I knew how to give Zhou Lan a step down: “My lord, it’s not that we don’t want to repair the pass, it’s because we are powerless. It’s not something that can be done with a little money.”

Zhou Lan nodded, indeed, he also knew it was not easy.

The cousin's cousin continued: "Repairing the pass requires manpower, material resources, financial resources, and the cooperation of the frontier army. You must know that a place like the pass cannot be approached by anyone."

This is all true, a group of officials, there just nodded their heads.

How come Zhou Lan doesn’t understand these truths, but it’s hard to turn a blind eye: “As long as we want to do something, there is nothing we can’t do well. Passes are barriers for us to live in the border county. In danger, as long as you explain it clearly to everyone, no one will stand by."

These officials still kept silent, Zhou Lan: "Could it be that we have given enough money, and the frontier army is unwilling to repair the pass?"

A group of officials snorted and said simply, where did the money, manpower, and material resources come from? To put it bluntly, it was all financial resources.Without financial support, how to repair the pass?

The cousin of the Qi family saw that no one responded, and couldn't bear the embarrassment for his brother-in-law, so he twisted his scalp and said: "The problem is that there is no money, and our county has no money."

In poor places, taxes cannot be increased.So really no money.Zhou Lan was also silent.

Finally, an official said: "Otherwise, what kind of tax should we increase?" This is someone who knows how to make money.

Zhou Lan looked at this man gloomyly, and threw out the teacup in his hand, and it was not a good thing at first glance: "Management, what kind of official, check it now, check the tax in his county. "

Master Zhou lost his temper for the first time, so disrespectful to his colleagues, surprised all the officials below.

There was no one moving below, and the yamen servants might not have reacted, so they can still take down the official?

With a dark face, Zhou Lan said word by word: "I don't care who he is or what kind of background he has. I came to the border county and never thought of being promoted and getting rich. I don't take bribes and pervert the law. I will not cooperate with the enemy. The Qi Mansion is the home of my wife's uncle, and the Qi Mansion will not watch me lose my life in the border county. At most, the court will dismiss me from office and investigate. I am not afraid to tell you that my wife is rich and well-run. , not short of money, my husband said, returning to my hometown can also make me a rich and educated man. So whoever wants to make things difficult for me, just come. There are so many backers, what is this official afraid of?"

My relatives all closed their eyes, and couldn't bear to look at it. This is not the standard of the Imperial Academy.How can this be a Jinshi background, why are you here to mess around?Can something be said face to face?

A group of officials are also stupid. I have never seen such a sheriff. If you don't want to get promoted and get rich, you have a way out.So you just toss.

In other words, they really don't have the confidence, they can't afford it, they want to get promoted and get rich, if the sheriff doesn't want to, what will they do, worry, worry.

But the yamen servants below moved, and really took down the official who spoke just now.People don't think as much as these officials, and they understand that they can't afford to offend such a county guard, and the county guard is very confident.

The county sheriff has the confidence, they can't afford to offend them, and there is no one behind them to give him the bottom line.

The suppressed official panicked and could not treat him like this.He is the official of the imperial court.A sheriff, with a word, to act like this?Why.

Seeing that the yamen servants moved, Zhou Lan suppressed his anger. As a county sheriff, if he didn't even order the yamen servants, he would really pack up and leave.

Facing the official: "Suppress it, check it. If you set up a name, collect taxes indiscriminately, and make the people uneasy, check them all, and you will have an extra piece of money for repairing the pass. If there is no such phenomenon, I will apologize to you. Of course, if you go to the court to participate in the judge, the judge will accept whatever the judgment is made by the higher authorities."

What Zhou Lan did was to tell those county magistrates that collecting taxes indiscriminately would not work in his place, and if they were caught, they would be seized.Anyway, he is short of money.

The population problem of Border County has been seriously lost. If there is such an official who sits on the ground and raises prices again.If the people don't leave, are they waiting to die in Bianjun?Must be governed.

The officials who were arrested were also deceived, just like this, Mr. County Sheriff, are you so disregarding the law?After all, he was an official of the imperial court.But he is really afraid of checking.

Calling for injustice, not daring, not shouting, even more injustice: "I am Mingguang of the imperial court, you are a county guard, so rampant, whose power are you fighting against?"

Cousin's cousin threw the sole of his shoe directly in this person's face and wanted to involve their Qi family, which is unreasonable.

But this cousin-in-law is really a tiger, can things be done like this?How to deal with the aftermath is really a big problem.

Just like the officials said, the sheriff does not have such great power, it is an official.

Zhou Lan didn't take it seriously: "Continue to discuss the matter, and the repair of the pass is imperative."

Seeing Mr. Zhou's mighty prestige, an official below finally spoke up: "But even if your lord seized the corrupt officials, the subordinates took out all their property and pointed at the subordinates, and nothing could be repaired. What Mr. Wang said just now is nothing. Wrong, it’s still going to add up.”

Although I didn't say it, but the meaning is the same, I still have to pay for the people.There is great power in numbers, no nonsense.The reason why they don't speak up is that they still have conscience and can't bear to be exploited excessively.

This is because of the different angles of thinking about the problem. Mr. Zhou never thought that the money would come from this.He smiled and said, "That's enough. Although this county is remote, there are still aristocratic families, merchants, and landlords. They live a much better life than ordinary people."

The officials were all dumbfounded. What do you mean, where did the money come from, and which clan has no one to protect it. Can it be moved casually? This adult really doesn't want to think about it.

Following others, they took out the bank notes: "My official said, it's true that Ma'am has a good business. My wife donated it."

Then: "I don't have a lot of salary, but I'm willing to do my best. I donate all the silver for one year's salary." Of course, the salary will be counted.

When these words came out, the faces of most officials turned green. Only the cousin of the Qi family laughed angrily. He was considered unlucky to meet such a wicked relative: "It's really rare for an adult to pick skin from his own family first."

Then he gritted his teeth and said: "My family is weak, and it is not as good as the wife of your lord's house. My family donated 3000 taels. I dare not stand shoulder to shoulder with your lord. I won't receive my salary for eleven months." Otherwise, what can I do? This is bad.

"The Indigenous Women in the 80s" is for recommendation and collection.

Wang Cuixiang laughed at everything Lu Chuan said: "Your child can talk. In our family, mother also listens to your father. In our family, your father is in charge. In our family, women are reasonable. Don't worry, Fang Yuan follows her mother. Listen to men."

Lu Chuan glanced at the couple squatting chattering by the door, and then looked at the old mother-in-law sitting firmly on the chair. The mother-in-law just listened to what she said, without credibility.

Looking at the current situation, isn't the status of the old man clear at a glance?