The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 32 Pang Tiande, the county magistrate calls you
Laishui County, City God Temple.

The county magistrate Min Wengong, dressed in Tsing Yi, led the county magistrate, chief secretary, Dianshi and other subordinates to stand in front of the City God's Temple.

In the Chenghuang Temple, pig heads, sheep heads, and whole chickens are enshrined.

Qiong Jiaoyu, who was standing behind the magistrate, glanced there from time to time, his eyes shining.

The power of the Little Glacier at the end of its period was so great that Laishui County could not escape the torment of large-scale drought.

According to reports, Wangcun, Loucun, Hujiazhuang, Shitingcun... in the county may have no harvest this year.

Without food, the peasants would not only be unable to pay their autumn taxes, but would also raise flagpoles to rebel.

Therefore, the county magistrate Min Wengong was anxious and could only use the ultimate trick: pray for rain.

Now this rain praying activity is the seventh time this year...

According to the system (the court system), after offering sacrifices to animals and playing music and dancing (dragon dance) have no effect, then something more serious can be done.

Now outside the Chenghuang Temple, a group of Taoist priests were beating the "Dragon King" vigorously.

If it doesn’t rain after a while, the only option is to burn the Dragon King...

Min Wengong felt upset for a while. To be honest, after praying for rain so many times, he had long lost faith in the Dragon King in the City God's Temple.

But in this world, which other god has the magical power to make rain?

At this time, his eyes saw Pang Tiande, the city gate commander. He heard that he was very close to the group of refugees outside the city.

After Wang Dianshi reminded him several times, Min Wengong was now wary of the group of refugees outside the city.

So the leader named Fang invited him to "inspect" outside the city, but Min Wengong remained hesitant.

"Call Pang Tiande over."

Min Wengong saw the group of Taoist priests beating the Dragon King until they were out of breath, but there was no wind in the sky, so he simply withdrew and asked someone to call Pang Tiande.

Pang Tiande was pretending, but in his heart he sneered at the request for rain.

Goddess Pan is so powerful in the sky, but you still beg these useless little gods. How stupid!How sad!
"Pang Tiande, the county magistrate is calling you, hurry up and get there!"

A clerk from the county government shouted to Pang Tiande, not only calling him by his first name, but also not being polite at all.

The status of military generals in the Ming Dynasty was so pitiful. Military attachés of the same level were not even given a seat in front of civilian officials. Those who were not good enough had to kneel down.

Naturally, Pang Tiande did not dare to have any objections. He quickly nodded and bowed, and followed the clerk to see Min Wengong.

"Pang Tiande, in your opinion, are those people outside the city refugees or bandits?"

Min Wengong asked, his eyes staring closely at Pang Tiande.

Pang Tiande replied: "They are refugees, mostly from Huaiqing Prefecture and Zhangde Prefecture, Henan."

"I heard that they spent no less than 5000 taels of silver in the city that day. Have there ever been such wealthy refugees in the world?"

Min Wengong asked rhetorically.

Um... In fact, Fang Yu and the others spent more than 5000 taels, and the subsequent orders exceeded at least 8000 taels.

Pang Tiande answered honestly: "No."

Min Wengong pressed him and asked, "Then where did their money come from? Could it be that it fell from the sky!"

Pang Tiande almost nodded. Didn't the silver just fall from the sky?He saw it with his own eyes.

Pang Tiande knew, but he couldn't tell, so he was acting very embarrassed now.

Min Wengong was upset for a while, thinking that Pang Tiande might have received benefits from the refugees. After he returned, he should send someone to investigate.

Min Wengong waved his sleeves, which meant: You can get out.

Pang Tiande didn't know yet that he was about to be the target of an anti-corruption campaign, but he knew that Fang Yu invited Min Wengong out of the city for "inspection."

He feels that this matter cannot be delayed!

When Fang Shenzi calls you, why don't you, Min Wengong, go out and curry favor? Why do you have to stay in the county town?

Are you waiting for the corpse to be expelled?
Pang Tiande cursed Min Wengong in his heart, feeling that he should reveal something to tempt him.

"Lord County Lord!" Pang Tiande did not roll away, but instead shouted in a lowered voice.

Min Wengong frowned, but looking at his mysterious look, it was obvious that he had something to say, so he waved to the clerk next to him to get out.

"Do you still remember the giant white dragon on the third day of May?" Pang Tiande asked.

Min Wengong remained silent.

Of course he remembered it, and wrote a memorial to the emperor. However, the emperor has not responded yet, and he doesn't know what happened?

Pang Tiande lowered his voice and reminded: "The refugees arrived in Laishui County on the third day of May."

Min Wengong's expression changed slightly: Strange dragons and strange refugees all appeared at the same place on the same day.

"They have never bought a grain of rice or a pound of meat. However, there are thousands of county residents working as refugees outside the city, and they can have three full meals every day."

Pang Tiande threw another big thunder.

"What do you want to say?"

Min Wengong's mouth was a little dry and he asked Pang Tiande.

Pang Tiande finally said: "Whether it's the land or the Dragon King, since praying for rain seven times is of no use, the county magistrate might as well go outside the city and have a look. Maybe there is a way to make rain fall there."

……

Outside the city, a refugee camp.

Fang Yu stood at the door with a group of "executives" such as Old Man Zhao, sophomores, seniors, and Liu Ji.

Laishui County Magistrate Min Wengong is coming to inspect today.

He is the highest official in Laishui County. Now that Fang Yu is here, there will still be a long time to deal with him.

Therefore, Fang Yu was willing to give Magistrate Min some face and had brought his people to wait for him here in advance.

Of course, as the first Ming Dynasty official to have formal contact, Fang Yu was still a little curious about him. (Classics and history have no grade, so they don’t count!)
Even Teacher Pan asked about Min Wengong several times, and she was obviously very interested.

After all, Pan Shulan is just a primary school teacher. At most, she has only spoken a few words with the leaders of the Education Bureau. How can she meet the county magistrate?
However, the atmosphere welcoming the team now is not very harmonious. For example, Liu Ji looked sad and looked very aggrieved.

He felt he was being framed.

After the "Penalty Order for Failure to Submit Homework" came into effect two days ago, Yan Xiucai searched for people in the camp and notified everyone.

Only he forgot about Liu Ji.

As a result, Liu Ji was scolded by Fang Yu and had to empty eight toilets.

The hatred of excrement was irreconcilable. After Liu Ji finished his work, he dragged Yan Xiucai to Fang Yu for comment.

Yan Xiucai's attitude is excellent.

He said it was all the teacher's fault. Because there were so many people and it was getting late, he missed classmate Liu Ji's name on the roster and thought everyone had been notified.

After all, he is also short-sighted.

But Liu Ji refused to believe it. He decided that Yan Xiucai was deliberately messing with him.

Then she shed tears and talked in detail about her miserable experience of emptying eight toilets that day. As she listened, Axiu hugged Uncle Liu Ji's legs and cried in sadness.

Fang Yu's head hurt from what he said. In fact, he somewhat believed that Xiucai was taking revenge on Liu Ji.

After all, the biggest insult Yan Xiucai encountered in his life was caused by Liu Ji.

But who can say for sure?

So Fang Yu could only comfort Liu Ji, saying that you have already done the work of digging out manure anyway, just hand in your homework on time from now on.

Because Yan Xiucai could not be punished without evidence, Liu Ji was inevitably upset and is still aggrieved.

Fang Yu was planning to say a few words to him, but he heard the excitement of gongs and drums on the other side of the moat, and a large group of people soon appeared in his sight.

These people gathered around a sedan chair, some carrying a basin to sprinkle water in front of it, and some holding a plaque with the words: Avoid.

The county magistrate Min Wengong has arrived.

(End of this chapter)