Zhang Tianhong naturally knew what Liu Baiyu was thinking, so he came over on a big donkey:

"That's not bad. The neighboring county is terrible. There are so many roads. In the end, they just dig holes and bury them on the spot. And it was like this more than ten years ago. The grass on the roadside is higher than other places.

To a large extent, Guan Xiandi can manage the county like this in this world, which can be regarded as a bit of a peaceful and prosperous age!"

Is there a way out in the peaceful and prosperous age? Liu Baiyu was surprised, but he remembered that the Song Dynasty was known as thieves before Wang Anshi's reforms. The Tang Dynasty also continued to rebel in Shandong during Li Yuan's affairs. Even during the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang, this White Lotus Sect

Similar religious troubles also occur one after another. According to Liu Baiyu's understanding of Chinese farmers, if they really can't survive, why would they go to religion to fight against the government?

In fact, due to constant floods and droughts in China, the so-called prosperous times are actually constant disasters. However, compared with the end of the world, in the prosperous times because labor is more valuable, landlords will actively absorb refugees and eliminate social instability factors at the grassroots level.

In the last days, because the population is always large, landlords will generally not absorb refugees, and will even take advantage of them

They took the opportunity to increase land rents, drive tenants out, and replace the tenant farming system with the serf system, which instead created more factors of social instability. When the number of refugees reached a certain level, it would be the Yellow Turban Rebellion or the Refugee Rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty, which would lead to social instability.

The combined power of the factors even exceeded the power of the landlords and even the court, and the world was immediately in chaos.

Zhang Tianhong seemed to have been trying to bring Magistrate Guan closer to Liu Baiyu's camp. From the very beginning, he kept promoting the benefits of Magistrate Guan. However, Liu Baiyu had already been prejudiced against Magistrate Guan because of his accident.

, so I was stunned to find out a lot of questions about County Magistrate Guan from Zhang Tianhong’s good words.

Is this the county magistrate? According to the standards of the late Ming Dynasty, he is a Qingtian lord. He will basically not take bribes and bend the law - this is also something that can't be helped. Many emergency miscellaneous taxes have to be raised by wealthy gentry like Zhang Tianhong.

Naturally, the wealthy gentry had no choice but to turn a blind eye to many things. They did not try to deceive the superiors and hide the truth from the inferiors, and kept their own wealth. They were considered an outlier in the officialdom of the decadent late Ming Dynasty.

Of course, County Magistrate Guan is not an unworldly boss like Hai Rui, who relies on his authority to sell various groceries in the county town. However, he is not evil-minded and practices free competition. He does not bully the market or monopolize prices.

Something like that, so this kind of master who was good enough in modern times was said to have no hope of promotion because he was too honest and honest in the late Ming Dynasty.

This is really enough to make people speechless! But Liu Baiyu also thought about it, isn't this the kind of person he needs? His life experience is full of loopholes, whether he encounters a master like Hai Rui who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world, or

Some officials who have no bottom line are a big trouble. People like Magistrate Guan are actually a good choice.

Finally, we arrived at the gate of the county town. This county town was built many years ago. With the naked eye, Liu Baiyu felt that the county town wall was a bit skewed, and the deep or shallow cracks made Liu Baiyu doubt whether this high-risk building could be repaired at any time.

Throw it out...

Naturally, the government officials were just like in the movie. Those who came in and out of the city had to collect taxes, and those who had no money had to bring something. The leader seemed to have a close relationship with Zhang Tianhong, and he bowed to Zhang Tianhong on the donkey.

Handed over:

"It turns out to be Mr. Zhang. Magistrate Guan is waiting for you. Who is this young hero?" He saw Liu Baiyu and Zhang Tianhong standing side by side, and their clothes were also bright. He did not dare to neglect, and directly gave Liu Baiyu a young man.

The title of hero!

"This is Wu Dianshi! He has done a lot to capture the bandits and pacify the place. My second brother is going to make friends with this gentleman." Zhang Tianhong pointed out this person's identity to Liu Baiyu.

Dian Shi? Isn’t that the director of the Public Security Bureau who holds the real power? Liu Baiyu thought.

Dianshi is an ancient Chinese official system. It is located in prefectures and counties and serves as a miscellaneous official for the county magistrate. Its original duty is to be "the cashier of Dianwenyi" [an official similar to the Correction Office and the Finance Bureau]. Both the Ming and Qing Dynasties had the establishment of Dianshi.

In charge of arrests and inspection of prisoners, belongs to

Civilian foreign officials who have not entered the stream (below the ninth rank), but when the positions of county magistrate, chief minister and other officials in the county are merged, their duties are concurrently performed by Dian Shi. Therefore, the Dian Shi positions are all selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and appointed by the emperor.

He is a rare "imperial official" among those who have not yet entered the mainstream.

This person has a lot of real power, so he needs to win over him carefully. Liu Baiyu substituted the authority of the director of the modern public security bureau on Dian Shi in his mind. He immediately felt that Wu Dianshi, who was wearing half-new and not old coarse cloth clothes, was doing well. He took out a lot of money,

There were twelve weights, and he threw them to Wu Dianshi:

"What I, Liu Baiyu, admire the most is Wu Dianshi, a hero from a peaceful place! If you don't mind a little tea money, just take it!"

"Thank you, Mr. Liu for the reward!" After Wu Dianshi caught it, he padded it and found that it had twelve weights. He couldn't help but burst into laughter! Looking at the workmanship of the modern silver bullion, he naturally thought that Liu Baiyu belonged to a large family.

Descendants, so the money rewarded at any time is so decent! Although the people of the big family are rich, most of them are narrow-minded, so you have to deal with it yourself!

"Brothers, Mr. Liu is a master of noble birth. Everyone must see clearly from now on that Mr. Liu's affairs must be handled carefully!" Wu Dianshi shouted to several gatekeepers, and then said to Liu Baiyu

Fascinating image of face:

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu. If someone with no foresight collides with you in the future, you can just say a word. You have the final say on the crime!"

I am xxoo! Liu Baiyu almost fell off the big donkey. Is this the director of the Public Security Bureau or a gangster! Is ten taels of silver enough? He had no choice but to hold his hand in front of Wu Dianshi and said with a smile:

"That's natural. Don't bother Wu Dianshi in the future!"

In fact, Liu Baiyu took many things for granted. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the government shrank significantly and the power of the gentry increased greatly. In Liu Baiyu's eyes, Wu Dianshi, the director of the Public Security Bureau, only had the final say in the county, and he was a real wealthy household in the county.

Can catch up with Guan County Magistrate

The boss of a wealthy gentleman like Zhang Tianhong is not necessarily afraid of him. In fact, to a certain extent, Wu Dianshi is similar to the current urban management captain, or even worse. Which urban management captain has to personally go to the grassroots to make money?

of?

Because of this, Wu Dianshi did not have the guts to follow the system of Zhu Yuanzhang's era and ask Liu Baiyu and Zhang Tianhong to come down for inspection. In fact, there was no need for inspection. The long swords worn by the two guards were visible to everyone, but they nodded and bowed.

Liu Baiyu and Zhang Tianhong entered directly through the city gate with their guards...

I made a big fortune today! When Wu Dianshi was feeling happy when he touched ten taels of silver, several government servants gathered around him and cried sadly:

"Wu Dianshi, my mother is dead and I need money!"

"Wu Dianshi, my father is dead and we are short of money!"

"Wu Dianshi, my mother-in-law has given birth to a son and is short of money!"

"Okay, okay, sir, I'm going to bleed a lot today!" Wu Dianshi also knew that he couldn't eat alone, so he gave some soup and water to his subordinates, and took out the scattered silver on his body and gave it to him. In fact, there may not be any

Half a liang, but it still made Wu Dianshi feel distressed, and he vented his grievances on a farmer who came to the city to sell firewood:

"What are you looking at? It's you, bringing a murder weapon into the city? I confiscated this knife! Get out of here!"

"Master Dianshi, that's my wood-chopping knife, the guy who eats!"
Chapter completed!