Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 9

It was noon after dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. Zhang Zongxian was going to the second hall to continue his work after lunch. At this time, Qian Dianshi came and wanted to talk to Zhang Zongxian in private.

Zhang Zongxian took him to the study, entered the study and sat down.Qian Dianshi took out a bank note from his sleeve and placed it on the table.Mei smiled and said:

"The head of the military room, I respect the county and respect you. I hope the county respects you. You can be lenient. Don't inspect the weapon depot today."

Zhang Zongxian glanced at the silver note on the table, which was only 100 taels, and said with a sneer:

"This arsenal should have weapons for 500 people, including armor, and things for city defense. Selling iron is more than 100 taels. It is a capital offense to resell arms. Is this sending beggars away?"

After hearing this, Qian Dianshi smiled awkwardly and took out two bank notes from his sleeve.Zhang Zongxian looked at Qian Dianshi and said with disdain:

"Qian Dianshi has seen what it looks like to pile up 1 taels of silver. Did you know that 1 taels of silver can stay for a few days on a flower boat on the Qinhuai River? Did you know that a piece of silk with 10 taels traveled across the ocean and arrived thousands of miles away? It can be exchanged for 100 taels of silver.

Qian Dianshi, you are like a frog in a well after staying in Qingjian County for a long time. You said yesterday that I was sent by the palace to handle errands, but you still didn't understand.

Can you build a palace for the emperor with this little money?You must know that the tiles in the Forbidden City are all gilded.The most important thing now is to listen to my arrangement and do things well for the palace so that you can get promoted and get rich. Why do you protect a dead man? "

"The stupid official almost delayed the big event, and the official will refund the money right now."

"Take what you want to return! You and I will go to the armory for inspection in a while."

After speaking, he took Qian Dianshi to the lobby.The head of the military room was also waiting in the second hall, seeing Qian Dianshi and the magistrate came out together and felt that things were stable, so he saluted Zhang Zongxian with a charming smile.

Zhang Zongxian ignored him and asked Qian Dianshi to lead the way, and took all the people in Zaoban with him when he passed by the lobby.We went to the armory together.

When we arrived at the armory, we asked the head of the barracks to open the door. The head of the barracks was already ashamed, and after a few urgings, he tremblingly took out the key and opened the door.

As soon as the armory door was opened, there was a strong musty smell.Everyone present was choked so badly that they went inside after the wind passed.

Standing at the door, you can see the entire armory at a glance, except for a pile of wooden poles, there are a few tattered flags.Nothing else.

After watching it, Zhang Zongxian sneered and said to the barracks master:
"It's clean enough! The huge arsenal has been emptied by Er and other Shuoshu just like that. Someone here will take him down and take him back to the lobby!"

After speaking, he turned his head and left, while the people in Zaoban immediately went forward and tied up the master of the barracks and followed Zhang Zongxian to the hall of the county government.

Back in the lobby, Zhang Zongxian didn’t even give the barracks master a chance to speak. First, he asked the officials to beat him up thirty times, and then let the torture room directly write the charges for him to be charged. The barracks chief who was beaten to death kept looking at Qian Dianshi However, Qian Dianshi turned his head and did not look at him.

After painting him, he was sent directly to the prison.Zhang Zongxian looked at the crowd after dealing with the matter of the barracks chief. At this time, the eyes of the crowd no longer looked at him with the slightest contempt when he first came. Now they only look at him with awe and fear.

After enjoying everyone's awe-inspiring eyes for a while, Zhang Zongxian took Qian Dianshi back to the study in the backyard. After the two sat down in the study, Zhang Zongxian picked up the tea bowl and said to Qian Dianshi with the tea: "This cell is far away from the backyard." It's too close, and the barracks master's whimpering and whimpering really interfered with his rest.

After hearing this, Qian Dianshi thought that the cell was far away from the backyard, and no sound could come out of the cell's thick walls.Are you suggesting that I kill him?
Is the heart of this capital city so dark?Can't wait until autumn?If you kill someone, you will be completely tied to Zhang Zongxian. This is to make him surrender his name!So far, it can only be said that Qian Dianshi sighed and Ying Hedao was indeed a bit hyped.

Zhang Zongxian took a sip of tea with satisfaction and continued: In the future, this county will open up more commercial roads, repair roads to provide convenience for caravans to cross the border, and arrange a special area in the city to build warehouses and inns, etc., and restrain the government servants. To extort merchants passing by, we must create the best business environment in Ming Dynasty.

More caravans will definitely attract robbers, so Zhang Zongxian plans to recruit another 200 children from good families as soldiers to guard the county.The recruited shop soldiers will be exempted from the 5 shi grain tax on a monthly basis, and the whole family will be exempted from military service, and the weapons and armor will be provided by the county government.

If this matter needs to be done immediately, a notice will be issued today, and applications will start tomorrow until the recruitment is full.After Zhang Zongxian finished speaking, he looked at Qian Dianshi. Qian Dianshi quickly realized that he got up and left to write a notice.

Zhang Zongxian drank two or two more wines while eating at night, and sang and drank happily.

Zhang Zongxian was very happy. Those soap officials were unhappy. They ran to Qian Dianshi's house at night and asked him what to do?This is going to kill people.Are those methods still available?

Now that Qian Dianshi and Zhang Zongxian are wearing a pair of trousers, of course they can no longer play tricks, so he comforted everyone:
The county magistrate comes from the capital and the backstage is very tough. Those in the military room have been killed as an example. As long as everyone works hard, the county magistrate has clear rewards and punishments.

At this time, the head of the household said anxiously: "This little deficit in the armory will make people like that, so what should I do with so many deficits on his side! The actual inventory of the money granary and grain depot is seriously inconsistent with the book ah!"

Qian Dianshi told the people in the house to calm down a bit, and it has nothing to do with the people that those deficits were accumulated by the former county magistrate.He turned around and explained to the magistrate, if the magistrate asks questions these days, he must tell the truth, as much as he has?Don't hide it!
Feeling helpless, but everyone saw that Qian Dianshi had said so, so they could only agree and go home.Only the head of the punishment room wrote a letter after returning home and arranged for someone to send it to Huang Shilang.

At dawn, the county government heard the voice of Shan Huan live, and the people in the county were very curious at first.What happened to the people in the county government?Shouting long live every day and thinking the emperor is here?

These officials have gone to the Yamen so early, is this the sun coming out from the west?It usually takes the afternoon to do something, and often people are not there, so I have to run several times.And you have to give a gift for a trip, old black heart.Not only that, but recently the yamen servant has become much more honest.

You don't know!The new county magistrate is very old.This gang of officials was dealt with severely, and the head of the barracks was taken down yesterday and beaten to death.

The county magistrate also ordered that in the future, he would not have to pay for entering the city.Really?This is a good officer!The county magistrate also issued a notice yesterday to recruit soldiers, with a monthly salary of 3 taels and tax exemption.

With the sound of the criminal law being read aloud in the county yamen, more and more common people gathered at the gate of the yamen, discussing the new county magistrate, and people were very curious about the newly appointed magistrate.

There are also many young and strong people who came early in the morning after receiving the news of recruiting soldiers.

After Zhang Zongxian presided over the morning class, he also heard the bustling discussions of the common people outside the Yamen.He just wanted to see the people at the gate, and then strode to the gate of the yamen.

As soon as I went out, I saw people walking past the bustling crowd in the distance. At this time, the common people who had seen Zhang Zongxian shouted:

The magistrate came out.When the common people heard this, they saluted Zhang Zongxian one after another.The crowd kept pushing forward, wanting to see what the county magistrate looked like.

Zhang Zongxian looked at his posture for fear that someone would fall and cause a stampede.Then he shouted loudly:
"All folks, don't squeeze, be careful not to fall!"

But the crowd kept pushing forward.They have all crowded onto the steps in front of the yamen.Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Zhang Zongxian immediately asked someone to open the gate of the county government office, and asked the servants to shout loudly:
"Don't crowd the magistrate to wait for everyone in the lobby."

He returned to the platform in the lobby.Soon people crowded into the county government office. Fortunately, there was an open space the size of a basketball court in front of the county government hall.With the influx of people, it quickly became full of people.

On the one hand, Zhang Zongxian asked the government servants to maintain the order of the scene, and on the other hand, he asked people to go to the door to sort out the flow of people and let people stand in line on the right side outside the door.

The left side is vacated to make it easier for the people in the yamen to go out.After making arrangements, he walked to the edge of the platform and said to the people under the stage
"This is the new county magistrate of Qingjian County. I was originally a student of the Imperial College and was appointed as the county magistrate of Qingjian County by the Ministry of Officials. My father was also an official in the Ministry of Officials. He often taught me that one side of the government should benefit the people of the other side. Do a few more practical things for the people.

From now on, I will always sit in this hall. If there are bureaucrats and servants who extort fish and meat from the people, you can come and sue them. After the facts are found out, I will strictly enforce the law.give justice to the people"

The people in front of the lobby all praised Zhang Zongxian as a good official.

Zhang Zongxian is also very satisfied with his performance, thinking this is the feeling of being a parent!
Suddenly someone shouted:

"I want to sue the officials at the gate of the city for extortion!" After shouting, the whole courtyard fell silent.They all looked at who was shouting.

Zhang Zongxian also looked at the man who wanted to sue.Greet him directly and let him come forward.I saw a strong man pushing away from the crowd and coming over.

Zhang Zongxian looked this man up and down, and the man's capable muscles held his clothes tightly.His hands are full of calluses, and his eyes are firm and unyielding.Zhang Zongxian secretly called a hero in his heart.

After looking at the man, he said loudly, "The good man will report his name, and he can tell whoever and what he tells in this hall."

The big man said neither humble nor overbearing:
"Qibao county magistrate, Xiaomin's surname is Renjie, and he is a family critic of Qingjian county. Yesterday, he heard that the magistrate of the county was going to recruit soldiers, so he took his horse and bid farewell to his mother and came to the county to apply before dawn.

When we arrived at the North City Gate, the yamen guard on duty insisted that my horse was stolen and he wanted to confiscate it. I reasoned with him and wanted to lock me up. Fortunately, many fellow villagers who came to apply together were able to escape.Please ask Master Qingtian to be the master for the people."

"Do you still remember what the yamen servant who blackmailed you looked like?"

"Xiaomin remembers."

"That's good, Qi Dashui, hurry up to the North City Gate and bring over all the yamen servants and team leaders who are on duty today. Fellow folks, wait with me for a while, and give this good man justice when I find out the truth!"

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