One month after arriving at the Border Pass, the Lin brothers were leaving Xueyuguan. There was less than a month left before they officially took office on the first day of August, and they also needed to make some preparations.
The eldest brother held a banquet to see him off, and all eighty-one members of the Lin family's old family were present. They had a drink and were in high spirits.
The commander-in-chief Ding E also held a banquet to see him off. The two brothers were dressed in official uniforms, which made them a little depressed. Ding E was quite enthusiastic at the banquet. In the past month, he had been on tenterhooks.
I heard that Zhang Wenyuan was severely reprimanded by His Majesty, using words that the entire officialdom had never seen before. Zhang Wenyuan became disgraced and did not see anyone for ten days.
The Ministry of War is also investigating whether there are situations similar to Xueyuguan in the garrisons in various places. The investigation results are good. All the other supervisors in the world are good. The only bad one is Liu Dan. The Liu family of the unjust dead ghost encountered the royal family and
The courtiers unanimously suppressed him (by the way, the one who screamed the most fiercely was Zhang Wenyuan), and he was directly driven out of the capital. It was a great mercy that he did not include his female family members in the Jiaofang Division. Who would hold any injustice against him?
The Ministry of War did not hold Ding E accountable, and even issued a commendation order. The words he used were extremely sophisticated, he was concerned about the interests of the country, he was rigorous in running the army, and he made prompt decisions. These words almost made Ding E a model of the Ministry of War...
Even if Ding E is a little stupid, Lin Su will remind him that you'd better regard these sugar-coated bullets as a precursor for Zhang Wenyuan to take action against you, but you don't have to worry, he won't dare to take action on the surface, and will only look for problems with you secretly.
From now on, you'd better discuss all major matters with me first. It's not that I look down on you. With your modest IQ, it's only a matter of time before you slip into Zhang Wenyuan's crotch...
This sentence completely locked Ding E and Lin Zheng.
Even if Ding E has a bone in his back and wants to break through the oath of heaven, he must first consider whether he can outplay Zhang Wenyuan, an old fox.
He must discuss major matters with Lin Zheng in the future. How can Lin Zheng's position be so unstable?
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On the fourth day of July, under a clear sky, Lin Su and Lin Jialiang took off into the sky, broke into the sky, and galloped all the way to the northwest.
The place they are going to is Sanping County.
Where Lin Jialiang works.
Lin Jialiang officially took office on the first day of August, which is still twenty-six days away. However, Lin Su did not intend to send his second brother into office just yet.
Sanping County is very complicated. The former county magistrate was beheaded directly in the official office, which shows how dangerous this place is.
Although the second brother is a Holy Jinshi, the former county magistrate was 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 him clean up in his own way.
Didn’t that old fortune teller say that?
The Lin family is both civil and military, and he is the blank space behind the "door".
On the eldest brother's side, he has three war poems, three articles on art of war, and one clever plan, and he basically controls the basics.
Second brother also needs to make some moves.
Lin Jialiang already has an official seal and can be stationed in the county government at any time. There is no obstacle to becoming the county magistrate in advance. However, the two of them do not intend to just go there. The situation is unknown, how can they feel at ease?
Therefore, they did not change into official uniforms, but put on the shabbiest scholar's clothes and embarked on the official road to Sanping County in the most conventional way.
They found a carriage, which was very old...oh, no, carriages generally don't need to be "old", they should be worn out.
The clothes on the old man who was driving the car were of the same quality as those of the riverbank refugees. When the Lin brothers met him, they said that the two brothers were talented scholars from the countryside. They had failed the previous Luzhou Examination and the houses in the countryside were so dilapidated that no one could live in them. They had no choice but to
Go to the county town to seek some livelihood.
The old man's mentality became normal, and he said that the two scholars were too humble. If they can participate in the examination, they are not ordinary people. As for going to the city to make a living, I advise the two scholars not to go. How can there be any livelihood in Sanping County?
Passing from here is Luzhou. Go to the state capital. The state capital is where you scholars should stay.
Why? Lin Su pointed to both sides of the road. The land is fertile, there are mountains and water, and there is a mountain with beautiful scenery behind it, and there are even a lot of fruit trees. No matter how you look at it, it should be a paradise on earth.
Shit! The old man cursed loudly...
The paradise on earth? What paradise? It is nothing more than the paradise of the Ding family. The fertile fields on both sides of the road belong to the Ding family. The Ding family owns 40% of the fertile land in the county. The local people have a folk song: "Sanping County, the land is very flat.
The Ding family accounts for 40%, the Ding family, walking sideways, there are Ding family dogs everywhere..."
All the Lin brothers were shocked. One family accounted for 40%. In such a large Sanping County, the Ding family alone accounted for nearly half of the country?
Needless to say?
The old man rolled his eyes. It was even more exaggerated in the city. All the shops in the city were most likely owned by the Ding family. There was no need to pay for goods purchased from shop to shop. They all belonged to his family anyway...
Isn’t this too awesome? What is the background of the Ding family?
When asked this, the old man was surprised. You still don't know the origin of the Ding family? The Ding family is the hometown of Lord Zhizhou Ding. Sanping County is the county of Lord Zhizhou, and they help him look after his house and business.
Lin Su and Lin Jialiang looked at each other and saw something strange in each other's eyes.
Ding Jiye, the magistrate of Luzhou!
Lin Su had heard of this name before. He originally had no family background. He had been raised for three generations and was at most a poor scholar. However, Ding Jiye himself was very good. He made it all the way through the provincial examinations, passed the provincial examinations, and the palace examinations, and he deliberately
He made friends with court officials and made friends with a group of important people. Zhang Wenyuan and Zhao Xun were all his old friends. Who is his most awesome friend? The current emperor!
The Holy Emperor was just Prince Ning back then, and Ding Jiye, as a great scholar, stayed in Prince Ning's Mansion for seven full years. Think about it, what kind of affection it was?
Now that Prince Ning has become His Majesty, how can he give up this love?
As a result, Ding Jiye was quickly promoted. He started out as a fifth-rank official, with the same treatment as the number one scholar. It only took half a year to go from the fifth-rank to the third-rank official, and it only took half a year to go from the third-rank to the second-rank official. Four years ago, Ding Jiye was decentralized.
Luzhou was the only time Ding Jiye was demoted in his official career (from a Beijing official to a local official, his rank remained unchanged). His Majesty was not satisfied with this demotion, so he acquiesced to his enclosure in his hometown - Ding Jiye's enclosure. In fact,
A censor has already complained to the capital, and His Majesty acquiesced.
It's a bit difficult now.
Sanping County basically helps Ding Jiye look after his house.
And Ding Jiye was obviously from the court official faction.
Can Lin Jialiang help him look after his house honestly?
Not to mention whether Lin Jialiang can do it or not, Lin Su can't help but feel embarrassed.
But what if I don’t do it?
Just like what the children's song says, there are Ding dogs everywhere here...
When the carriage arrived outside the gate of the county town, the old man stopped and said that he had a Shannan household registration and had to pay a fee to enter the city. Therefore, he could not send the two scholars into the city, so he would stop here.
Do you have to pay a fee to enter the city? How could there be such a rule?
The Lin brothers paid the fare and asked the old man to return. Then they pulled off their old scholar's clothes and arrived at the gate of the county town. There was a notice posted at the gate of the county town: Due to rampant banditry, household registration must be checked before entering the city.
I c! Can’t enter the city by conventional means?
The Lin brothers observed for a while and found that some people were allowed to leave after paying directly, so they followed suit and each paid two cents and went directly into the city.
Where is the household registration check? Are you just looking for a reason to charge for something that is not clear?
The city is really nice. If you are just here for sightseeing, the streets are flat, business is booming on both sides, people are coming and going, and there are even fruit sellers. Summer peaches are on the market, with white peach flesh and bright red tips.
They looked very appetizing, so Lin Su bought a few, and the price was not high. The two brothers visited Sanping County with one peach each.
Sanping County covers a small area, stretching three miles from east to west and ten miles from north to south. After walking around for a while, the Lin brothers changed their clothes, each wearing a set of business clothes, and then walked back. This trip was time-consuming.
They would stop at grain stores, rice stores, flour stores, restaurants, and cloth stores, disguise themselves as merchants from other places, and discuss business with the bosses, and they would always talk about big business.
Lin Jialiang didn't dare to speak about business matters and quietly watched his third brother's performance.
This performance is really impeccable. When it comes to business matters, the third brother is really good at it. He knows everything about purchasing goods, shipping matters, and the key points of various businesses.
Those bosses really believed that the young people in front of them were really Dongzhou merchants and were sincerely doing business with them, so they told all kinds of things about Sanping County...
As the sun set, the brothers found a mid-range inn and settled down.
After dinner in the evening, they went out for a walk again.
The next day, we went shopping again.
On the third day, the two brothers disguised themselves as hunters, left the city and went up the mountain.
On the fourth day, they disguised themselves as Sanping merchants and visited villages and households...
On the fifth day, the two came back from outside the city, had a slightly sumptuous dinner, entered the room, and closed the door...
Lifting up the tea cup, 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 Hunter Mountain are on the same line as the Ding family."
Lin Jialiang was shocked...
Lin Su said...
The Ding family is frantically enclosing land and acquiring businesses, but some people always resist. What will happen to those who resist? Thieves will come to their door in the middle of the night and kill their entire family!
The final result is that no one can stop the Ding family's land enclosure process, no one dares!
The Ziyun Lake above is a naturally formed natural lake. The water from the lake has irrigated the entire county for hundreds of thousands of years. Where was the Ding family at that time? They didn't even move here. Now they dare to say that the water from Ziyun Lake has returned.
The Ding family controlled it because the Ding family paid to build a broken embankment.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
When the water fee was first proposed, hundreds of people from the four villages over there blocked it. What was the final result?
In four villages overnight, hundreds of people died at the hands of bandits in Liehu Mountain, leading to the emergence of four widow villages. Why was 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 farm laborers of the Ding family. Isn't this ironclad evidence?
Lin Jialiang frowned: "Third brother, if this is the case, it would be terrible. The thieves in Hunter Fox Mountain are no small matter. It is said that there are several spy-level ones who cannot even be taken down by the government."
"In a small place, the thieves are so high-level, which is suspicious in itself!" Lin Sudao: "Talking about the enclosure outside, let's talk about the shops in the county..."
The same situation applies to county shops. It's basically a routine. As long as your business does well and grows big, the Ding family's butler will come to your door, negotiate with you, and offer you a very low price for you to sell it. You just sell it.
If you don't want to sell, then don't force it. Thieves come to the door in the middle of the night. The next day, the ownerless shop is put up for sale. No one dares to buy it. The Ding family reluctantly accepts...
Things have always been going well.
Until a new county magistrate took office last year.
The new county magistrate was also a Jinshi, and he only got this job when he was very old. He was infinitely grateful to the court. As soon as he took office, he put forward two major measures. One was to comply with the people's sentiments and suppress bandits (setting up checkpoints at the city gates to detect bandits, that is,
The second is to report to the capital the prefecture to enclose land and plunder people's wealth.
A bandit suppression campaign was launched, and the officers and soldiers were severely defeated, and the county magistrate was seriously injured.
The report letter from Beijing did reach the Supervision Department. In line with the basic guiding ideology of "asking the prime minister on official matters", Supervision Department Lei Zheng transferred the Luzhou case to Prime Minister Lu Tiancong, who presented it to His Majesty. His Majesty sighed.
In tone, this old man still complains that I shouldn't let him leave the capital. I can't tell him. Prime Minister, please ring the bell with him to stop him from going too far...
No one knows whether Lu Tiannong rang the bell or not. Anyway, Ding Jiye had completely let the birds go.
Originally, there was still a third level of concealment about his land enclosure, but now there is no need to do so. Are you reporting it to the court? Sorry, someone has already reported it, and His Majesty has acknowledged it!
Damn it, this is an order to enclose land...
Although the county magistrate did not harm Zhizhou or the thieves, he became a thorn in the thieves' side. On a dark and windy night, his head was cut off. You need to know that he was in the government office.
The person whose head was cut off was protected by the official seal of the government office, but why was the official seal not activated that day?
It became an eternal mystery.
The official seal is not activated. There are only two situations. One is that the Shangguan has blocked the function of his official seal, and the other is that he himself has bad moral conduct, causing the official seal to be stained.
The magistrate reported to His Majesty for the second reason: the magistrate of Sanping County had bad moral character, colluded with thieves, and was robbed and killed because of uneven distribution of the spoils.
After Lin Su finished his analysis, Lin Jialiang was stunned: "Third brother, what should I do?"
He had to admit that his IQ and experience were completely insufficient to handle such a complicated matter.
Lin Su sighed: "I am also in a dilemma."
Lin Jialiang was desperate, and his third brother was in trouble, so he basically didn't have to think about how to break the situation. How many times had he thought that if one day he was in charge of a party, he would definitely uphold justice for the elders of that party, and he would definitely build a paradise on earth like Haining River Beach.
, the first time I opened the mountain, I encountered a problem that could not be solved at all.
Lin Sudao: "I feel embarrassed because the method I thought of is a bit contrary to the holy way, and it is regarded as deviating from the scriptures and judging the way."
Lin Jialiang glared at him: "Don't come here, you have deviated from the teachings and judgments more than once..."
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 establishing!"
If you don't break, you won't stand. If you break, you will stand...
Lin Jialiang's whole body was shaken...
"The way of sages emphasizes governing the country with benevolence and love, governing the country according to the law, and pursuing good with good. However, sometimes, you still have to use evil to cure evil!" Lin Su stood up and said: "You can see what happens next.
OK, don’t get involved!”
Lin Jialiang grabbed him: "What are you going to do?"
"Do a very evil thing. I will do it. Don't pollute your holy way..." This chapter has been completed!