Da Cang night watchman

Chapter 212

Chapter 212

One month after arriving at the border, the Lin family brothers will leave the Blood Rain Pass. There is only less than a month left before they officially take office on the first day of August, and they also need to make some preparations.

The eldest brother hosted a banquet to see him off, and all 81 members of the old Lin family were there, having a drink with high spirits.

Commander-in-chief Ding E also hosted a banquet to see him off. The two brothers were dressed in official uniforms, and they were a little depressed. Ding E was quite enthusiastic at the banquet. He had been on tenterhooks for the past month.

I heard that Zhang Wenyuan was severely scolded by His Majesty, and used words that he had never seen in the entire officialdom. Zhang Wenyuan was so ashamed that he didn't see anyone for ten days.

The Ministry of War is also investigating whether there are similar situations in the Blood Rain Pass in the garrisons in various places. The investigation is in good condition. The other supervisory troops in the world are good, and the only bad mouse shit is Liu Dan.The Liu family of the unjustly killed was unanimously suppressed by the royal family and courtiers (by the way, the one who screamed the loudest was precisely Zhang Wenyuan), and was directly driven out from the capital. Who still feels wronged for him?

The Ministry of War did not hold Ding E accountable, and even issued a commendation order. The words used were extremely elegant, concerned with the righteousness of the country, rigorous in running the army, and decisive, which almost made Ding E a model of the Ministry of War...

Even if Ding E is a bit stupid, Lin Su will remind him that you'd better regard these sugar-coated shells as a harbinger of Zhang Wenyuan's attack on you, but you don't have to worry, he dare not make a move on the surface, and will only find you in secret. From now on, you'd better discuss with my elder brother about any important matters. It's not that I look down on you. With your two-and-a-half IQ, it's just around the corner to slip into Zhang Wenyuan's crotch...

These words completely locked Ding E and Lin Zheng.

Even if Ding E has a rebellious back and wants to break through the oath of heaven, he has to think about it first, to see if he can play against Zhang Wenyuan, an old fox.

He must discuss with Lin Ying about major events in the future. Can Lin Ying's position be as stable as a mountain?

……

On the fourth day of July, under a clear sky, Lin Su and Lin Jialiang took to the sky, broke into the sky, and drove all the way to the northwest.

The place they are going to is Sanping County.

The place where Lin Jialiang works.

Lin Jialiang officially took office on the first day of August, and there are still 26 days left. However, Lin Su does not intend to step on the spot and send his second brother to take office.

Sanping County is very complicated. The former county magistrate was beheaded directly in the government office, which shows how dangerous this place is.

Although the second brother is a holy Jinshi, the former county magistrate is also a Jinshi.

Lin Su knew that his second brother had made great progress this year, but he was still a nerd at heart, so he wanted to help his second brother clean up in his own way.

Didn't the old fortune teller say that?

The Lin family is both civil and military, and he is the blank space behind the "door".

On the elder brother's side, he has three battle poems, three articles on the art of war, and one clever plan, basically controlling the basic situation.

The second brother also needs to move.

Lin Jialiang already has an official seal on his body, and he can enter the county office at any time. There is no obstacle to becoming a county magistrate in advance, but the two of them don't plan to go just like this. The situation is unknown, so how can they feel at ease?

Therefore, instead of changing into official uniforms, they put on the most ragged scribe clothes, and set foot on the official road to Sanping County in the most conventional way.

They found a horse-drawn carriage, which was very old... oh, no, horse-drawn carriages usually don't need to be "old", they should be old.

The clothes on the old man driving the car were of the same grade as those of the refugees on the river beach. When the Lin brothers met him, they said that they were talents in the country, they had failed in the previous Panlu Prefecture Examination, and the houses in the country were too dilapidated to live in. Go into the county to ask for a living.

The old man's mentality is normal, and he said that the two talented masters are too humble, and they are not ordinary people if they can participate in the examination. As for going to the city to seek livelihood, then I advise the two talented masters not to go. Where is there any livelihood in Sanping County?Going from here is Luzhou, let's go to the state capital, the state capital is the place where you scholars should stay.

why?Lin Su pointed to both sides of the road. The land is fertile, there are mountains and rivers, there is a beautiful mountain behind this, and there are even a lot of fruit trees.No matter how you look at it, it should be a paradise on earth.

fart!The old man burst into foul language...

Paradise on earth?What paradise?It is nothing more than the paradise of the Ding family. The fertile land on both sides of the road belongs to the Ding family. The Ding family owns [-]% of the fertile land in the county. There is a folk song among the local people: "Sanping County, the land is very flat, and the Ding family occupies [-]%. Ding's family, walk sideways, there are Ding's dogs everywhere..."

The brothers of the Lin family were all shocked, and the family accounted for [-]%?In the huge Sanping County, his Ding family accounted for nearly half of the country?

of course?

The old man rolled his eyes. The city is even more exaggerated. Most of the shops in the city belong to Ding's family. There is no need to pay for the goods purchased from shop to shop. Anyway, they all belong to his family...

This is too awesome, right?What is the origin of the Ding family?

When asked here, the old man was very surprised, you still don't know the background of the Ding family?The Ding family is the hometown of Mr. Ding, the magistrate, and Sanping County is the county of the magistrate, who helps him look after his house and keep his business.

Lin Su and Lin Jialiang looked at each other, and they both saw something strange in each other's eyes.

Luzhou Zhizhou Ding Jiye!

I've heard of this name, Lin Su. He didn't have much background in his family background. After going up three generations, he was a poor scholar at most. Dan Ding Jiye himself is very good. Befriended court officials, made friends with a group of big shots, what Zhang Wenyuan and Zhao Xun are all his old friends, who is the best friend?Today's holy!

The Holy Majesty was only King Ning back then, and Ding Jiye, as a great Confucian, stayed in Prince Ning's mansion for seven years. Think about it, what kind of affection is that?

King Ning has become His Majesty, how can he give up this love?

Therefore, Ding Jiye was quickly promoted, and he was a fifth-rank official at the beginning, and he was treated the same as the number one scholar.It took only half a year from the fifth rank to the third rank, and only half a year from the third rank to the second rank. Four years ago, Ding Jiye was devolved to Luzhou, which was the only time Ding Jiye was demoted during his official career (Beijing official to local official, the rank remained the same. His Majesty was not satisfied with this relegation, so he acquiesced to his enclosure in his hometown—Ding Jiye’s enclosure. In fact, a censor had already reported to the capital, and His Majesty acquiesced.

It's a bit difficult now.

Sanping County is basically looking after Ding Jiye's house.

And Ding Jiye is obviously from the court official faction.

Can Lin Jialiang honestly help him look after the house?

Not to mention whether Lin Jialiang could do it or not, Lin Su couldn't help it either.

But so what?

Just like the nursery rhyme said, there are Ding dogs everywhere...

When the carriage arrived outside the gate of the county seat, the old man stopped and said that he had a Shannan household registration and had to pay a fee to enter the city, so he couldn't send the two talented masters into the city, so let's go here.

Do you have to pay to enter the city?How could there be such a rule?

The brothers of the Lin family settled the fare and asked the old man to go back. Then they dragged on their old scribe clothes and came to the gate of the county seat. There was a notice posted on the gate of the county seat: Due to rampant bandits, household registration must be checked when entering the city.

I C!Can't enter the city in the normal way?

The brothers of the Lin family observed for a while, and found that some people would let them go without paying, so they followed suit, paid two Wen each, and went straight into the city.

Where is the household registration check?Is it not clear that you are looking for a reason to charge?

The city is really good. If you just come for sightseeing, the streets are flat, the business on both sides is booming, people come and go, and there are even fruit sellers. Summer peaches are on the market. Looking at it, I was very hungry. Lin Su bought a few, and the price was not high. The two brothers walked around Sanping County with one peach each.

Sanping County does not occupy a large area. It stretches three miles from east to west and ten miles from north to south. After the brothers of the Lin family walked around, they changed their clothes and returned with a set of business clothes. This trip would take time. They will stop at grain stores, rice stores, flour stores, restaurants, and cloth stores, pretending to be merchants from other places, and discuss business with the boss, and it is all big business when they open their mouths.

Regarding business matters, Lin Jialiang didn't dare to speak, and quietly watched the third brother perform there.

This performance is really impeccable. When it comes to business matters, the third brother is really good at it. Purchases, shipments, the key points of various businesses, he knows everything.

Those bosses really believed it, believed that the young people in front of them were really Dongzhou merchants and sincerely did business with them, so they told all kinds of things in Sanping County...

As the sun was setting, the brothers found an upscale inn and settled down.

After dinner in the evening, they went out again.

The next day, go shopping again.

On the third day, the two brothers disguised themselves as hunters, went out of the city, and went up the mountain.

On the fourth day, they disguised themselves as Sanping merchants and went from village to household...

On the fifth day, the two came back from outside the city, had a slightly richer dinner, entered the room, and closed the door...

Picking up the teacup, Lin Su said, "Second brother, what did you find after five days of investigation?"

Lin Jialiang's face was extremely serious: "There are two problems in Sanping County, one is the Ding family, and the other is the thieves on Liehu Mountain."

No!Lin Su shook his head: "There is actually only one real problem! That is the Ding family, the thieves on Hunting Fox Mountain, and the Ding family are on the same line."

Lin Jialiang was shocked...

Lin Su said...

The Ding family frantically encroached on land and bought businesses frantically, but there were always some people who resisted. What would happen to those who resisted?It was the thieves who came to the door in the middle of the night and killed their whole family!

The final result is that no one can stop the progress of the Ding family's enclosure, no one dares!

The Ziyun Lake above is a natural lake formed naturally. The lake has been irrigating the land of the county for hundreds of thousands of years. Where was the Ding family at that time?They didn't even move here, and now they dare to say that the water in Ziyun Lake is under the control of his Ding family, because the Ding family paid for the repair of a broken embankment.

When the water fee was first proposed, hundreds of people in the four villages over there stopped it. What was the final result?

Hundreds of people died overnight in the four villages at the hands of thieves from Fox Hunting Mountain, resulting in the emergence of four widow villages. Why is it such a coincidence?

Almost all the land in the four villages was sold to the Ding family at a low price, and all the people in the four villages became the Ding family's farm laborers. Isn't it an ironclad proof?

Lin Jialiang frowned tightly: "Third brother, if this is the case, it would be terrible. The thieves on Fox Hunting Mountain are no small matter. It is said that there are several people who are at the level of spying, and even the government can't take them down."

"In a small place, the thieves are so advanced, it is suspicious!" Lin Su said: "Talking about the enclosure outside, let's talk about the shops in the county..."

The same is true for shops in county towns. It’s basically a routine. As long as your business is doing well and becomes big, the housekeeper of Ding’s family will come to talk to you and offer you a very low price to sell. If you don’t want to sell it, then don’t force it. In the middle of the night, thieves came to the door. The next day, the unowned shop was put on sale. No one dared to buy it. The Ding family reluctantly accepted it...

Things have been going great.

Until a new county magistrate took office last year.

This new county magistrate was also a Jinshi, and he got this job when he was very old. He was infinitely grateful to the imperial court, and he proposed two major measures as soon as he took office. The policy in his hand), and the second is to report to the capital to enclose land in Zhizhou and plunder people's wealth.

The bandits were suppressed once, and the officers and soldiers were defeated, and the county magistrate was seriously injured.

The report letter from the capital did reach the Supervision Department, and the Supervision Department, Lei Zheng, followed the basic guiding ideology of "asking the prime minister for business affairs", and transferred the Luzhou major case to the prime minister, Lu Tiancong. Lu Tiancong presented it to His Majesty, and His Majesty sighed. Tone, this old man still complains that I shouldn't let him go out of Beijing, I can't tell him, Prime Minister, you should ring the bell with him, and let him not go too far...

No one knows whether Lu Tian has ever rung the bell, anyway, Ding Jiye has completely let go.

He still concealed the matter of enclosing the land, but now it is completely unnecessary. You report it to the court?Sorry, someone has already reported it, and His Majesty admits it!

Damn, this is enclave by order...

Although the county magistrate didn't hurt a single hair of Zhizhou and the thieves, he became a thorn in the side of the thieves. On a dark and windy night, his head was cut off. You need to know that he was in the government office. Those who had their heads cut off were protected by official seals, but why didn't the official seals activate that day?

It has become an eternal mystery.

The official seal is not activated, there are only two situations, one is that the Shangguan sealed the function of his official seal, and the other is that he himself has unethical conduct, which caused the official seal to be polluted.

Zhizhou reported to His Majesty with the second reason, Sanping County Magistrate, who had a lack of virtue, colluded with robbers, and was killed by robbers due to uneven distribution of spoils.

After Lin Su finished analyzing, Lin Jialiang was in a daze: "Third Brother, what should we do?"

He had to admit that his IQ and experience were not enough to handle such a complicated matter.

Lin Su sighed: "I am also very embarrassed."

Lin Jialiang was desperate, and the three younger brothers were in a dilemma, so he basically didn't have to think about breaking the situation. How many times he thought that if one day he was in charge of one side, he would definitely uphold justice for the elders of one side and build a paradise on earth like Haining River Beach , the first time in Kaishan, he encountered a problem that could not be solved at all.

Lin Sudao: "I feel embarrassed because the way I think deviates from the holy way, it's a deviation from the scriptures."

Lin Jialiang glared at him: "Don't come here, you've been out of line once or twice..."

Lin Su laughed loudly: "Then do it again?"

Lin Jialiang was startled: "What do you want to do?"

Lin Su said mysteriously: "Second brother, have you ever heard of a word? It's called neither breaking nor standing!"

If you don't break, you can't stand, if you break, you can stand...

Lin Jialiang was shocked...

"The way of sages and sages is to govern the country with benevolence, to govern the country according to the law, and to seek the good with the good, but sometimes, the evil can still be cured of the evil!" Lin Su stood up: "The next thing, you just look at it." Well, don't participate!"

Lin Jialiang grabbed him: "What are you going to do?"

"Do a very evil thing, this thing, I will do it, don't pollute your holy way..."

(End of this chapter)