Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

He knew it was dangerous but went anyway.

As soon as I arrived, I was caught and exposed.

"I just saw that your basement door was open, so I would like to help you close it." When Ma Lishan was pinned to the ground, he was still trying his best to quibble.

Everyone knew who he was, and Malay Fu had greeted him earlier, so of course no one would listen to his sophistry.

"Tie the person up and send someone to report it to the official."

It was Ma Laifu who went out to report to the government. He came back soon and said: "The government is temporarily unavailable. Let us help guard it for one night and we will talk about it in the morning."

"Theft is not a trivial matter. Besides, everyone has been caught. The government can send an officer to take him there, or let us send him there. Why do we have to wait until tomorrow morning?"

Naturally, he was given a chance to escape. Malaifu said, "Don't worry about it. Pull him into my room. I will just watch him until the officials come tomorrow morning."

That night, Ma Laifu pretended not to be sleepy and started chatting with Ma Lishan, "You will definitely not be able to escape if you are caught this time. With the personality of the county master, he will either chop off his hands or his feet.

I still remember that at the beginning of the year, you had a quarrel with Yu Youcai from Group 7, and the county boss slapped you in the face and wanted to chop off one of Yu Youcai’s hands. At that time, someone begged to save Yu Youcai’s hand.

But if the county master wants to kill you, no one will intercede for you, right?

The people in your group are eager to cut you off in pieces, and then your food will be theirs. "

Ma Laifu changed his position while lying on the kang, "Oh, think about it, you will lose one hand or one foot in the future. It would be better if you lose one hand. If you lose the foot, you will have to jump around."

The more he listened to Ma Lishan, the more horrified he felt.

In the middle of the night, he struggled to break free of the hemp rope and ran out while Ma Laifu was sleeping.

He didn't know that as soon as he left, Ma Laifu, who was snoring, immediately sat up, got dressed and went to the Yamen.

In fact, he made one more trip. Yang Zheng and his people had been squatting outside his house for a long time, following Ma Lishan from a distance, watching him go up the mountain, and then took turns to go back to the county government office to rest.

"Now it depends on their courage." Meng Changqing said, "It's just a good time to find out their background."

"Sir, if they really go down the mountain to rob..."

"Then they never come back." Meng Changqing said: "We are hiding and they are hiding. They will never have a chance to go back after they go down the mountain."

Yang Zheng frowned and thought, "There is a precedent. Even if Ma Lishan encourages them, they will most likely not come down."

"That's the best." Meng Changqing said, "This way we can know that the bandits are not strong enough to fight, and we can use other plans."

"Yes." Yang Zheng left Meng Changqing's study and stood in the yard in a daze for a while until Bafang patted him on the back, "Brother Yang! Didn't the young master ask you to go back and rest? Why are you standing here?"

"Bafang, come here and ask you something." Yang Zheng put his arm around the other person's neck and pulled him to the room used by the chief clerk. Now he is the chief clerk, and only he and Meng Changqing will come to this room.

"What's wrong?" Bafang was curious.

"How well do you know your young master?"

"Of course, the young master and I grew up together."

"Master Meng, is it..." Yang Zheng felt that the wording was inappropriate in the middle of the sentence, so he changed the question, "Why is Master Meng so jealous of evil?"

"Isn't this what it should be?"

"Yes, it is right to hate evil as much as hatred, but Mr. Meng seems to have never thought of letting the people on the mountain live. Our court has always been tolerant of crimes and punishments. Except for treason and malicious killing of many people, they will be sentenced to death. Others will be sentenced to hard labor at most. Why do Master Meng always want to kill the people he catches?" Bafang: "I have never thought about this problem. But if you insist on me, I think the young master's idea is right. The murderer deserves his life, so just say Last time, those bandits came with weapons and wanted to take our lives, but they didn't succeed because they were not as powerful as us. Why should we let those people live?

When they came over with knives, they didn't necessarily think of leaving a way for us to survive.

I completely understand what the young master is doing. If it were me, I would kill them too. "

Yang Zheng was farther away from Bafang, "Supposedly, since you are from the capital, you should understand the benevolent government of the imperial court, but why do you all think this way?

Could it be that the imperial court only flaunted benevolent governance outside the capital? "

Bafang thought about it carefully and said, "Probably not. I remember that the palace never executed the servants who made mistakes. The most they punished were hard labor."

"Although the imperial court advertises benevolent government, the young master has always told me that blindly emphasizing benevolent government and repeatedly tolerating criminals is the most unkind thing."

Yang Zheng heard such a statement for the first time today.

"The least kind?"

"Yeah, think about it, those who were robbed and killed lost their lives, but the robbers only needed to be imprisoned for more than ten years, or even a few years, to be freed.

Who is being merciful to with such a punishment?

My young master once said that this is generosity for the person who lost his life, which should not be generosity. "

"What you say makes sense." Yang Zheng sighed, "Did Mr. Meng ever say why the imperial court implemented benevolent policies?"

"The young master never said that."

"It's because there are few people. You should have seen it more clearly in Liangzhou. General Wei has thought of many ways to solve the problem of insufficient population." Yang Zheng said, "If there are few people, it can't be easily killed."

"The young master said that there are too few people because the world is in chaos." Bafang recalled Meng Changqing's words before, "The world is in chaos because the laws are not strict."

"According to this, the imperial court reversed the order?"

Bafang hurriedly said: "I didn't say this, nor did my young master. Brother Yang is just a joke. Don't take it seriously."

"Don't worry, I will follow Mr. Meng wholeheartedly and will never make fun of Mr. Meng's future. No third person will know about these words coming out of your mouth and into my ears."

Yang Zheng and Zhang Yuan took turns waiting at the foot of the mountain with people. After waiting for two days, they did not see Ma Lishan coming down, nor did they see anyone coming down the mountain.

"It seems they dare not move." Yang Zheng asked, "Mr. Meng, what should we do next?"

"Recruitment."

Yang Zheng looked at Meng Changqing and felt that these two words coming out of her mouth were so unreal.

"Are you sure?" Yang Zheng looked at the official document handed over by Bafang, and then thought about what he and Bafang said in the room two days ago. Why did Mr. Meng always do things he didn't expect?

"The official document with the seal cannot be a joke." Meng Changqing said: "Please Colonel Zhang, please post this official document at the foot of two dangerous mountains."

Only then did Yang Zheng read the contents on the paper carefully.

In short, as long as the people on the mountain tied up Ma Lishan and sent them down the mountain, the government would divide the land for them.

This is not a serious recruitment document.

This Ma Lishan is worried about Master Meng, so don't expect any good results.