Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 158 Geng Songfu

Outside Qingting County.

Su Wen breathed a long sigh of relief and immediately shouted: "Master Chen is mighty!"

Qingting County is the base camp of one of the Celestial Masters. There are tens of thousands of Celestial Masters, but Chen Xianshi dared to go deep into it with a thousand people, especially after he looted the salt warehouse and killed so many people last night. For my sake.

But forget it, Master Chen Xian is still very strong in front of the other party's generals and commanders. He dares to teach the other party's subordinates in front of other generals.

Su Wen felt a sense of pride well up. Following such a boss, he would feel confident.

"Don't call me Chen Xianshi from now on. Just like everyone else, just call me the county magistrate." Chen Mo no longer needs to fool everyone with weird things. In the future, as the team grows, it would be better to use the same title.

"No, County Magistrate." Su Wen said.

……

What happened last night, the corpses had been disposed of, and the reward for killing the traitor was based on the reward and punishment standards promulgated by Chen Mo. After Wang Ping took the scribe to verify it, he issued it to the Shen Yong Guard.

Among them, Zhang Fusheng, who reported the news, was rewarded with five guan of money and credited with merit. If there is a vacancy for deputy team leader later, he can be filled first.

Not only that, but he also got three days off.

The so-called wealth without returning home is like walking in brocade at night.

Zhang Fusheng is a person who loves to show off. After not sleeping much all night, he came to Dadong Lake early in the morning and boasted to the fishermen on the lake about his achievements last night.

There were people from Qingting County around, and when they heard this, they all envied Shen Yong Wei's treatment.

Just for reporting the letter, I was rewarded with five strings of cash.

If you save some money, it will be enough for an ordinary family to live for a year.

Feeling the envious gazes around him, Zhang Fusheng also felt a little carried away.

"I still have to thank the county magistrate. Without him, I wouldn't be here today." Zhang Fusheng thanked Chen Mo from the bottom of his heart.

As soon as these words came out, people around him started talking about it.

"County Magistrate Chen is such a good official. Originally, the food supply in the city, including corn alone, rose to [-] cents per catty. After he became the county magistrate, it immediately dropped to [-] cents."

"Without County Magistrate Chen, I would not dare to go out now, let alone go fishing in Dadong Lake out of the city."

"County Magistrate Chen is Mr. Qingtian. No county magistrate has exempted us from taxes before. Only County Magistrate Chen exempted us from taxes for a year, not only let us build the city wall, but actually gave us back the money."

"I really hope County Magistrate Chen will be the magistrate of Pingting County for the rest of his life."

"Bah, bah." When Zhang Fusheng heard this, he spat twice and said, "My county magistrate is a Wenqu star from the sky who descended to earth. He is an immortal. The county magistrate is nothing. In the future, the prefect, prince, etc. will also be the county magistrate." If you do it well, you will be the county magistrate for the rest of your life, will you be able to speak?"

"Bah, bah, it's a villain who can't speak. He slaps his mouth, slaps his mouth." The man who said he hoped that Chen Mo would be the county magistrate of Pingting County for the rest of his life gave himself a double answer.

In fact, he didn't curse Chen Mo in his heart. He really wanted to be a common people under Chen Mo's rule all his life, but he didn't read many books and couldn't speak well.

In just over a month, the people of Pingting County have loved Chen Mo from the bottom of their hearts.

By the lake, there was an old man sitting with a bamboo hat for shade. He sat alone, far away from the crowd, but he listened to everything he said to the people.

He was wearing linen clothes and was relatively simple, but he was out of tune with the people around him.

Because the clothes on his body are too clean, the clothes on the people next to him are somewhat dirty and have yellow stains, giving people the impression that they have been worn for a long time. In addition, there is no patch on the old man's body.

The hanging white hair is also relatively neat and not so messy.

The old man's name is Geng Songfu, a native of Gaozhou. He has loved reading since he was a child. He has wisdom and strategy, and is familiar with the code. In the sixth year of Jianping, he was a high school Jinshi and No. 7 in the second class.

Although ranked last in the second rank, he is also a leader in scholars. At the beginning of his official career, he was appointed as the head of Dali Temple, and he was ranked in the sixth rank. It can be said that he has a bright future.

Just when everyone thought that Geng Songfu would rise to the top, he offended someone.When he was trying a case in the Criminal Department, he discovered that the case was actually an unjust case. When he collected relevant cases and prepared to vindicate this unjust case, he found many difficulties.

His colleagues around him and even his superiors had the intention to tell him not to investigate further, but he had read the books of sages since he was a child and vowed to make decisions for the people and punish corrupt officials when he became an official. He could not rub a drop of sand in his eyes. Justice should be given to the victim.

Finally, under many obstacles, Geng Songfu made an undercover investigation and discovered that the case involved the son of a prince.

Just when the case was about to come to a close, he was falsely accused of adultery and was imprisoned. The jailer asked him to confess, but he refused to obey and bit himself to prove his innocence, so the jailer broke one of his legs.

Although he did not plead guilty, he was still imprisoned for five years on the charge of raping a woman.

The reason why he was able to regain his life was that the prince fell. The late emperor ordered a thorough investigation into the prince's affairs, and he was released only after learning that he was wrongly accused.

Although he was released, he was therefore far away from the center of power and was sent to Wutai County, a remote county in Gaozhou, to serve as the county magistrate.

In this regard, he did not get back up. As long as he can do things for the people, it doesn't matter what official he is.

But after taking office, he found that this parent official was not so easy to be a man.

The people are stupid, the subordinate officials are cunning, and the noble families and wealthy households are intertwined.

Kong has a lot of talent and wants to show his ambition and do something practical for the people, but he finds that there are many obstacles.

Finally, these problems were solved, and Wutai County was governed diligently, controlling floods, building embankments, cracking down on powerful people, dredging rivers, advocating severe punishment of corrupt officials, prohibiting favoritism and accepting bribes, and forcing corrupt officials to return their land to the people.

Under his governance, Wutai County also developed from a poor and small county to a high county.

However, because he touched the interests of the local gentry, and because he was upright and did not flatter the powerful, after his term expired, Feidan was not promoted, but lost his official position.

It was not until the death of the late emperor and Emperor Xuanhe's accession to the throne that he resumed his original position and returned to Wutai County as the county magistrate.

But at this time, everything changed, Wutai County returned to its original appearance, and the local wealthy families were on guard against him, and it was not as easy to deal with as last time.

His rights were emptied out, he couldn't influence anyone, and ultimately he couldn't do anything.

Then the chaos came...

The wealthy nobles in the county surrendered to the enemy first, and even wanted to capture him and cut off his head to ask for credit.

If not for the help of the people, he would have escaped from Wutai County.

At this moment, he has become a lonely corpse with no one to restrain him.

Think back on his life.

I have wasted most of my life doing nothing.

But he still refused to give up and did not intend to spend his life like this.

He was going to try his luck at Xiao's house in Jiangnan, but when he passed through Pingting County, he found that the city was very lively and the security was excellent.

Happy smiles appeared on the faces of the elderly and children.

There was not a single refugee or beggar to be seen on both sides of the street.

The armaments are neat and tidy, the police do not disturb the people, and the people live a stable life.

With his in-depth understanding, he also discovered that the county magistrate was not only a rebel, but also a 17-year-old boy. He actually promoted clearing land ownership, equalizing land and exempting taxes.

And it worked.

You know, even he can't do these two things.

ps: This chapter has only two thousand words, so there is still one more chapter.

(End of this chapter)