Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 67 0064 [Making trouble in the county office]

Two men in gray clothes stood guard at the gate of the county government office.

Seeing hundreds of archers approaching angrily, they didn't pay attention at first, thinking they were just passing by.

When Zhu Ming walked towards the gate, the two hurried forward: "Zhu Dutou, can you ask the county magistrate for something? You just went to the side door. The county magistrate is not working today, so you can't get through the main entrance."

"A treacherous official withheld the archer's rations, and we are here to make a fuss," Zhu Ming pushed him away, and scolded, "Get out of the way, don't force us to do it!"

Who doesn't know that the county magistrate made a windfall yesterday?
Who doesn't know that Zhu Dutou helped bring back that windfall?
In the eyes of the yamen servants, Ju Ming is definitely Xiang Zhixian's confidant.What's more, there were more than 300 archers coming together, and the two gatekeepers didn't dare to stop them.

"Go in and report, there is going to be trouble!"

Zhu Ming led the people to walk in quickly, and suddenly remembered that he didn't know the way, so he grabbed a handyman: "Where is the household case office? Quickly lead the way!"

Naturally, the money and rations of the archers should go to the county Weisi to collect them.

But the county lieutenant has been concurrently held by Zhu Zhuzhu, and now it is completely cool.Those who were in charge of the County Wei Division were also close friends of Master Zhu, and they were killed by the archers.

Today, when there is food trouble, I can only find the household case stickers.

He Tiesi is Bai Erlang's confidant, he was a little flustered when he received the news, he walked out in three steps at a time, and bumped into Zhu Ming as soon as he stepped out of the threshold.

Zhu Ming grabbed his collar and asked, "Which one is the household case and the post office?"

He Tiesi quickly approached him: "I am He Tiesi, and I am from Bai Yasi."

"I don't care who you belong to," Zhu Ming yelled angrily, "The archer is desperately killing thieves, but you are withholding money and food. How can you still have the strength to practice if you eat two thin meals a day?"

He Tiesi argued: "I also distribute food according to the usual practice... ah!"

Before the guy could finish speaking, Zhu Ming punched him with a fist, and asked, "You really distribute food as a rule?"

This punch hit He Tiesi's face, he was dizzy and said, "It's really... ouch!"

Zhu Ming punched again, He Tiesi's nose bleeds.

"Good fight!"

"Kill this thief and tell him to let me eat sand!"

Seeing that He Tiesi was bleeding, the archers cheered and cheered, wishing they could go up and do it themselves.

"The county magistrate loves the people and cares about the soldiers. Who doesn't know that he is a good official?" Zhu Ming began to buckle his hat. "You are a bird, you are cheating, and you will definitely withhold the money and food allocated by the county majesty! Let me ask you, Tomorrow's food for archers, dry or thin?"

He Tiesi was really scared, and hurriedly said: "Dry it, I will eat it tomorrow... Ah! Don't hit me, don't hit me, the hero spares my life!"

Zhu Ming slapped the face several times, and then asked, "Is there any sand in the rice?"

"Don't mix it, don't mix it," He Tiesi yelled quickly, fearing that he would continue to be beaten, "I asked the grain depot to distribute good rice, and it was all white rice. The hero spared my life!"

"waste!"

Zhu Ming kicked him to the ground, strode into the household case office, pointed to the clerk inside, and said, "Today, only a few punishments will be imposed. If anyone dares to withhold money and food, I will beat him half to death first, and then drag him away." Judge in front of the county magistrate! Did you all hear that?"

"I heard it, I heard it."

Several civil servants quickly agreed, for fear that if they spoke too slowly, they would also be beaten up by this fat man surnamed Zhu.

Zhu Ming just gave up, turned around and shouted: "Let's go, go back to the school field for practice!"

"Go to practice!"

"I listened to Zhu Dutou!"

"Today is really fun, Zhu Dutou is a man."

"If it were me, I would beat this traitor to death!"

"..."

The archers were in a very happy mood, and they roared in all directions, shouting loudly in front of the sixth case class of the county government.

It is the ceremony case and the official case next to it, and the civil officials are all frightened.They didn't dare to say a word, they just peeked behind the door, afraid that the archers would rush in and beat anyone they saw.

Chen Ziyi was as heartless as Zhu Ming, and he was not afraid to make things big, so he clapped his hands and smiled and praised: "Brother Zhu is a good man, he is really majestic, let's go have a drink together when we have time!"

"Wait until the thieves are wiped out before eating wine."

Zhu Ming walked a few steps outside, suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked He Tiesi: "The county captain's weapons are useless, we bought some bamboo pot lids, and the county magistrate has promised to allocate money, why haven't we seen them yet?"

He Tiesi covered his face and stepped back again and again, pointing to the other side of the county government lobby, he said in horror: "The money has been allocated, it's on the side of the military case."

Zhu Ming immediately rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the military case squad room.

Hu Tiesi of the military case hurriedly shouted: "Money, bring the money!"

Before Zhu Ming approached, Hu Tiesi had already greeted him with money, bent down and said with a smile: "Here is the money, I wanted to send it in the afternoon, but Zhu Dutou came in the morning."

"that's it?"

Zhu Ming glanced at it, and although he didn't count it in detail, there were at most two or three hundred dollars.

Hu Tiesi hurriedly said: "The household case is only given this much."

"Huh?" Zhu Ming turned to look at He Tiesi.

He Tiesi had already had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and screamed: "There is still more, there is still more, get the money quickly!"

After finally making it together, Ju Ming was not very satisfied: "Do you think I am a beggar who came to beg for food?"

He Tiesi trembled with fright, and even cried in his tone: "The hero Rong Bing, the county lord only dialed so much."

"I don't believe it, I'm afraid there are more." Zhu Ming raised his fist.

He Tiesi hurriedly shouted: "Yes, there are as many heroes as you want!"

Zhu Ming spread his fists and turned them into slaps and said, "Five punches are enough."

"It's Wuguan, give me the money quickly!" He Tiesi yelled at the household officials.

Zhu Ming told Bai Sheng: "Take someone to get the money."

Bai Chongwu rushed over after hearing the news, and has been standing in the dark watching coldly.

When Zhu Ming was about to leave with the archer, Bai Chongwu walked out with a smile on his face.His nickname is "Smiling Tiger", and he greets everyone with a smile.

"Zhu Dutou, go slowly," Bai Chongwu said with a smile, cupping his hands. "The matter of money and food is all a misunderstanding. Maybe some of the officials below withheld it."

As soon as Zhu Ming changed from his previous arrogance and irascibility, he instantly became gentle and refined. He even rolled up his sleeves and bowed like a scholar: "Second brother Bai said so, it must be a misunderstanding."

Bai Chongwu took Zhu Ming's hand: "I will send my brother out."

"Please." Zhu Ming humbly said.

After sending Zhu Mingli out of the county government all the time, Bai Chongwu turned back and returned, and the six case posters rushed up to meet him, asking Bai Chongwu to severely punish Zhu Ming and the shooters.

He Tiesi, who was beaten the most, still had toilet paper stuffed in his nostrils to stop the bleeding, and cried and complained, "Second brother, this guy surnamed Zhu is too deceitful, we must not let him go easily."

Bai Chongwu put away his smile and asked, "Do you know that those archers practice day and night to destroy the bandits in Heifeng Village?"

"I know." The posters replied.

Bai Chongwu gritted his teeth, stared at the Six Case Posts, and said sharply: "You know, the thieves from Heifengzhai robbed my house, and my 90-year-old grandmother died!"

"Know...know." The posters all lowered their heads, not daring to meet Bai Erlang's eyes.

Bai Chongwu's eyes were red, and he hissed angrily: "The archer wants to avenge my old grandmother, and you dare to withhold money and food. When this matter gets out, those who don't know the truth think that I am giving orders. What have I done? I am Those unfilial sons and grandchildren! Get out! Get out, all!"

A few posts were withdrawn quickly, they were really unreasonable.

Two of them were handpicked by veterans outside the White House.Archers wanted to avenge their benefactor's mother, but they still offered money. It was rumored that they were all disloyal and unfilial, which was worse than embezzlement of military rations!

Having said that, they still resent Ju Ming.

Especially He Tiesi, who was beaten violently in public, with so many people watching, he must become a joke, no different from a social death.

Bai Chongwu rushed back to his office angrily, sat and pondered for a long time, and suddenly said to himself: "This Zhu Dalang, I really didn't realize that he is such a powerful person at a young age."

Ju Ming's approach, in Bai Chongwu's view, was unimaginable.

A temporarily appointed white body head, who dared to take the archer who might be disbanded at any time, rushed directly into the county government to beat up the post office, and forcibly demanded the money and food that had been withheld.

Isn't he afraid of being retaliated afterwards?
Reminiscent of sending a windfall to the county magistrate yesterday, and Zhu Ming led people to help in the whole process, an idea came to Bai Chongwu's mind.

Zhu Ming... took refuge in Xiangzhi County!
Master Zhu is dead, and if Xiang Zhixian wants to control the county government, he will have to run into the government officials head-on.

Xiang Zhixian had no one under his command, so he had to rely on external forces.And Zhu Ming and the group of archers are external forces. Although the team may be disbanded at any time, they can be reassembled with an order from the county magistrate.

Maybe, today's disturbance in the county government by Zhu Ming is also secretly instructing the county magistrate!
Bai Chongwu felt that he had figured it out, and he had already guessed the truth.

Since the Song Dynasty strictly prohibited local officials from privately hiring staff, the county magistrate didn’t even have a master, and it developed completely out of control in the Southern Song Dynasty. The registered masters are in charge of documents, the famous criminals are judged and sentenced to prison, and the Qiangu masters collect taxes and manage money, so as to control the county government. Whoever dared to do this in the Song Dynasty can sue him for treason. Well, except when the Jin soldiers went south, Yue Fei had one pile of staff).

Although the local situation in the Northern Song Dynasty was not as bad as that in the Southern Song Dynasty, it has been declining since the Zhezong Dynasty.

It's good that the county magistrate doesn't seize power, and the government officials are very cooperative, and in the process of cooperating, they deceive their superiors and subordinates to gain a lot of benefits.Once the magistrate wants to seize power, or wants to do something serious, he will have fierce conflicts with the government officials.

Bai Chongwu believes that Zhu Ming is a knife of the county magistrate, a knife hanging over the heads of the government officials.

Alas, even though a Master Zhu died, I am afraid that the county government will still be difficult to stabilize.

Everyone is friendly, and it would be nice to make money together, why do you need to fight and kill?
(End of this chapter)