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068 County Politics

Dai Qi asked exactly what Su Hao was thinking. At first, he thought it was an ordinary gangster provocation in this conflict, but when he saw Wei Laohu coming, he realized that this was not an accidental provocation, but someone arranged it behind the scenes. When Xiao An appeared, Su Hao even transferred the suspicion to the county government. He keenly felt that someone in the county government was causing trouble for him.

Hearing Dai Qi's question, Su Hao followed his words and said, "Yes, Lao Dai, I think it's a bit strange. Can Lao Dai give me some advice?"

Dai Qi said, "Master Su, you asked me how I came here just now. Listen to me... In fact, when the conflict started, the people stopped to report the news to the county government. But strangely, if the constables in the fast-paced team received the report on weekdays, they rushed to deal with it. This time, they all used the excuses to have other things to do and refused to go out."

"So that's it." Su Hao nodded. It turned out that the passers-by on the street were not all cold-blooded people, but some people called the police in time. The reason why the constables had not arrived for a long time was that someone caused the trouble and did not allow the constables to come to deal with this matter.

Dai Qi said, "I didn't pay attention at first, but later I heard them say your name, and then I realized that the party in the conflict was you. I ran to the fast shift to call them to deal with it. They told me that Xiao An had already brought people to the scene. I was afraid that they would not be good for you, so I rushed over. Fortunately, you and the eldest lady were fine."

Su Hao said: "If my two border brothers had not arrived in time, I would have probably been lying on the bed now. It's a big question to see if I could stand up in my life. I wondered who has such a big grudge against me and insisted on killing me?"

Dai Qi said: "As far as I know, it is not necessary for the other party to say that he wants to kill the master. The bigger thing is that he just wants to knock on you, but the knocking failed, and the conflict between the two sides has become more and more intense, and this is how he has reached this point."

Su Hao said: "That's true. At the beginning, they just made things difficult for my sister and wanted us to pay five taels of silver. I was angry, so I started to conflict with them. I think if the two bachelors were not knocked over to the ground by us at the beginning, Wei Laohu would not have come forward."

"That's exactly that." Dyche responded.

Su Hao asked, "Old Dai, as you understand, who is going to hit me? I only took a month to go to the county government office, and I didn't compete for power and profit with anyone, and I didn't violate anyone's interests. Why did anyone beat me?"

Su Hao knew that Daiqi brought him to the restaurant and must have wanted to tell him these things, so he asked questions bluntly. If Daiqi didn't want to tell the mastermind behind the scenes, he would not mention this matter again at the beginning and kept silent, and Su Hao could not do anything to him.

Sure enough, Dai Qi pretended to be pondered for a while before saying, "This matter is right, Master Su, I'm sorry to you."

"How do you say this?" Su Hao asked.

Dai Qi said: "In the past, our workshop was the most unhealthy place in the county government, and no one cared about us. To be honest, in the past, the officials and servants of our workshops worked on the project, and over a year, they had less than 100 taels of silver, and more than ten people were a cent, not much. Such a small amount of silver would not be taken seriously by the people from other rooms and the several officials from the county government."

"Yes." Su Hao nodded without interrupting Daichi's narrative.

Dai Qi continued, "Since you, Master Su, came to the workshop to be a master, the appearance of our workshop has changed drastically. The promotion of Han's stove has made Lord Han quite satisfied, and our workshop has also lost a lot of money. Today, Master, you gave everyone money in the workshop, and each of them received 7 taels and 5 cents of silver. This has caused a major event in the entire county government."

Su Hao sighed: "Why can't you guys be so angry at all? How can we let other departments know about the money we are sharing in private? We can get jealous of 200 taels of silver at once."

Dai Qi said, "Oh, I know this too, but what can I do? There are so many yamen runners in our workshop, and who has few relatives and friends, how can these things be covered? Besides, in the past, the yamen runners in the workshop made little money, which was a laughing stock in the eyes of others. Now that we have the opportunity to make money, who doesn't want to find someone to brag and show off?"

Su Hao said, "That's true. Lao Dai, you just said that you were sorry for me, so what should I say?"

Dai Qi said, "You are a first-timer and don't understand the rules of the county government. This is not surprising. But I, Lao Dai, worked in the county government for more than 20 years, and sent away seven or eight magistrates, county magistrates, chief clerks, and dictionary. I said that I don't understand the rules, so that I would call me Lao Dai a fool. But in this matter, I really made a mistake."

"What do you mean?" Su Hao asked.

Dai Qi said: "Realistically speaking, if our workshop pays money like this, the several Shangguans in the county government should be somewhat generous. But I just respected Magistrate Han, and I ignored the other Shangguans. I originally thought about waiting for you to come back and discussing together how to respect them, but after a busy work, I forgot about this matter."

Su Hao understood a little, and he said, "You mean... because of this, the county magistrate and others were deliberately trying to hit me?"

"This matter has to start with a few officials from our county government office..." Dai Qi simply threw away the pretentious caution and began to popularize Su Hao's political knowledge in the county government office.

In the county government offices in the Ming Dynasty, there were four officials appointed by the court, namely the seventh-rank magistrate, the eighth-rank magistrate, the ninth-rank magistrate, and the unreachable Dianshi. Among these officials, of course, the magistrate had the greatest position and the greatest power. However, since everyone was appointed by the court, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, and the divine were not very afraid of the magistrate. On the contrary, they often had the intention of competing with the magistrate.

As the government offices, the governor's office, the governor's office, etc., they often adopt an open and secretly criticize the political conflicts between several officials in the county office. On the surface, they would require the county officials to unite and work together, but in private, they would encourage the county magistrate and others to supervise the words and deeds of the county magistrate and invade the power of the county magistrate. In this way, the county magistrate cannot use local forces to fight against the superiors, which is conducive to the superiors' management of the local government.

The magistrate of Fengcheng County Government is Han Wen, and the other three officials are all named Wang, the county magistrate is Wang Qi, the chief clerk is Wang Fengshao, and the dictionary is Wang Yixue. Although these three people are all surnamed Wang, they have no distinction between their families, and they are a little confused and unexplained. The officials and servants in the county government all know that these officials in the county government are harmonious on the surface, but they are all guarding against each other in private. The officials and servants are inevitably going to choose sides, which is very troublesome.

In the past, since the workshops had some engineering projects, although they involved a lot of money and food, because the projects were all budgeted, there was not much room for real work, so the officials in the county government were not interested in the workshop. In terms of functional division, the workshop was managed by Wang Yixue, but Wang Yixue rarely interfered in the hand-made workshops. On the contrary, Han Wen himself cared more about the workshops.

When Han Wen appointed Su Hao as the workplace master, Fang Mengjin told him that the workshop was a place where there was good fortune, but in fact it was just a talk. Other departments, such as household houses, punishment houses, fast-tracks, etc., have many opportunities to receive bribes from the parties involved, but they are more expensive.

The workshop is in such a state where the father is not close to him and the mother is not loving him, and it is quite quiet. As a staff clerk, Dai Qi has become an old man in the county government office and has no close relationship with any official. It is equivalent to nodding and bowing whenever he sees everyone, and then no one has any ideas about him.

But after Su Hao came to the workshop, the situation was different. The work of the workshop was praised by Fan Lai, the prefect of Nanchang. The promotion of the Han Stove was a big gain of fame and fortune, earned a lot of money, and gained a good reputation for being friendly and pragmatic. In this way, everyone began to pay attention to the existence of the workshop.

This morning, Su Hao announced ten key tasks in the workshop. If you are interested, you will know that the benefits of these ten tasks are quite good, and you may be able to earn ten thousand taels of silver a year. Such a big cake, Su Hao did not say hello to several other officials except for reporting to Han Wen. How can this not make others secretly annoyed? So someone planned to knock on Su Hao.

Some yamen runners knew about Su Hao's sister Lu Xiu'er selling tea eggs in the county town, so those who are interested decided to start from now on. Because they directly warned Su Hao, it would be too obvious. Who knows how this ignorant young master would deal with it? If he makes trouble, it would be difficult to deal with it. It would be normal to make things difficult for Lu Xiu'er. If Korean people have to pursue it, it would be just an ordinary gangster and there is nothing to say.

After bullying Lu Xiu'er, someone will naturally remind Su Hao to let him know that this matter is related to his own ostentatiousness. If Su Hao is smart, he will understand what he should do next. If he is not smart enough... then find a way to make him smarter.

The original plan was probably to let the two gangsters make things difficult for Lu Xiu'er and cause disputes, so that it would be best to attract Su Hao to appear. The people Wei Laohu brought were from the reserve team, and there would be no ignorant passers-by to help. On the county government, someone had already greeted the fast team and asked them to delay going out. When Lu Xiu'er or Su Hao was beaten, they would clean up the mess.

The whole plan was perfect. The only thing that was not calculated was that Su Hao actually had some skills, and Lu Xiuer was a country girl, and actually cleaned up two gangsters. When Wei Laohu brought people out to save the situation, the two plug-ins of Deng Kui and Hao Tong appeared again.
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