Zhuge Gui naturally knew that he would be hated by others if he broke some official habits when he first took office. Some people also advised him to be more dignified and convenient with his colleagues, so that he would be able to do things more easily in the future.
But with respect to these sluts, who would give them a way of life for the people under their rule? Over the years, he felt more and more that the officials and officials were worse than the others, and the gathering of remnants of the people was even worse.
Of course he knew that the root cause was to sell officials in the West Garden of the country. Those who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a governor, who didn't double their money after taking office?
For example, when he went to Fei County on business this time, the essence was just like this.
Feixian County is located on the passage between Mengshan Mountain and Nishan Mountain. It can be said that the most important passage from Yanzhou to Xuzhou is this Nimeng Road. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Ji family, a senior official of the Lu State, was entrusted here, so the valley here is wide and important.
, based on this, Ji became one of the most famous officials in the state of Lu.
Because the geography of Feixian County is so important, it can be said that it controls Yanxu's throat, so there is a permanent camp of 500 soldiers here. But a few days ago, this camp began to mutiny, and the prefect Zhang Ju sent him
Go to Fei County to handle the matter.
Basically no one is willing to do this. Those old revolutionaries who are in debt will lose their lives if they go crazy. Zhuge Gui also knows the eunuch’s intention of letting him go.
fell on his head.
But Zhuge Gui was not resentful and still took his old ox cart to Fei County to investigate.
The results of the investigation came out quickly. The former County Magistrate Fei left office and directly used the 500,000 yuan of military pay in the treasury. He only offset some bad things in the treasury.
Taishan County knew about this at that time, because in previous years, they would have money to buy some cloth, silk, and corn, which could be regarded as stabilizing prices. But the bad thing was that when the materials were put into the warehouse, no one came to check the quality of the materials.
In the spring of this year, the newly arrived Fei County Magistrate distributed millet and silk to the camp troops as usual to celebrate the New Year. The camp soldiers who had come to receive their pay happily were very angry when they received these rotten grains and tatters. At that time, they clamored to send Fei County to
The office was surrounded.
The rebels are making noise, and if they don't pay the salary, they won't leave, and County Magistrate Fei won't even be able to leave.
To be honest, the rebels have reason to be angry. Several counties near Mount Tai have been suffering from disasters during this period, and their families are waiting for them to bring back millet. Without millet, they will definitely die, but mutiny may not necessarily lead to death. So these camps
The soldiers will definitely mutiny and fight for pay.
County Magistrate Fei is an upright person. He refuses to acknowledge the debt to the end. It’s not that he is very upright, but that he is not convinced. Why should he settle the debt with his predecessor? At that time, he said to these rebels, who cheated you?
Yes, just go to whoever you want.
Then he was beaten by this wave of soldiers, and then he was stripped naked and fell on a bamboo pole. Seeing that the matter was getting serious, the county clerk had no choice but to ask the county officials to report to Taishan County.
So Zhuge Gui came.
After Zhuge Gui arrived and found out the whole story, he immediately wrote a memorial to impeach the former County Magistrate Fei, who is now County Magistrate Mou. He was not only required to hand over the 500,000 embezzled money, but also to be punished according to law.
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As for the camp soldiers who couldn't bear it, Zhuge Gui used Fei County's official land as compensation. He first borrowed 500,000 yuan from several powerful men in Fei County and distributed it to the camp soldiers first. Zhuge Gui thought so.
After recovering the five hundred thousand money from the former County Magistrate Fei and returning it to these powerful people, the matter will be considered complete.
The soldiers saw that the official who came here really had their thoughts in mind, so it was not difficult for County Magistrate Fei to send him back with courtesy. After that, Zhuge Gui returned to Fenggao to report to the county governor and take action against the current Mou County magistrate.
make.
But what Zhuge Gui didn't know was that as soon as he left, several powerful men from Fei County who had lent him money gathered at the Chen family's residence in Fei County to discuss the money.
The Chen family of Fei County is a well-deserved right-wing man in Fei County, because the ancestor of his family is Chen He, the Marquis of Fei of the Han Dynasty.
When Emperor Gaozu conquered the world, he relied on the support of his old brothers. And these old brothers were divided into several circles. The innermost circle was naturally the people from Liu Bang's hometown, the Fengpei martial arts group. And the outer circle was the Mang group.
Dangwuren Group.
After Liu Bang left his hometown, his first battle was to attack Mang and Dang counties. He expanded his troops here by 6,000, which was twice the original strength. A wave of future princes' meritorious deeds emerged here, so they were also called Mang Dang.
The martial arts group. Chen He, the ancestor of the Chen family, is one of them.
Although the Chen family in Feixian County no longer has the princely style of the past, it is still the most vocal power in Feixian County. This time Zhuge Gui was able to borrow money from Feixian County, and the head of the Chen family, Chen Subaru, played a decisive role in it.
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This time several other powerful people came to Chen's residence to celebrate. Because they had made huge profits from this loan, they all came to Chen's residence to have a drink.
While they were drinking and drinking, the head of the Chen family, Chen Subaru, couldn't help but said proudly:
"Do you think we are making a small profit from lending? To tell you the truth, this time we made at least three times the profit."
As he said this, he couldn't help but pour himself another glass and drink it to the full.
His words stirred up a stir, and several people sitting there stopped drinking, wondering what he meant. Some of the anxious ones even scratched their heads and wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
Chen Subaru said:
"Do you really think that former County Magistrate Fei can pay half a million?"
One of the powerful family heads stroked his beard and analyzed:
"In the past few years that County Magistrate Fei has been in office, as far as I know, he has spent no less than 700,000 yuan. This 500,000 yuan is more than enough. It is because of this information that I and my brothers lent it to Zhuge Jun.
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Chen Subaru sneered:
"You are also an honest person. What he gets is his, right? He doesn't want the one above? Then again, let alone whether he has it or not, even if he does, he probably won't pay the money. You think,
How could the prince of the government expose the mutiny of the soldiers in Feixian County? He was trying hard to enter the court. Once this incident broke out, why would he want to join the court and become a minister? It would be great if he could keep the ribbon around his waist.
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As soon as these words came out, several powerful people below panicked, and one of them said with a trembling voice:
"Then the money we borrowed was wasted?"
Chen Subaru laughed:
"You forgot, when Zhuge wanted to borrow money, why did I have to use the official land in Feixian County as collateral? It's because of this, the twenty or so hectares of official land in Fei County are all good mature fields, and Zhuge
Gui is not familiar with general affairs, so he has done this. Don't worry, even if you only give us half of this land, we can still make five times the profit."
"Gao, Chen Jun is really tall."
In this way, the powerful men of Feixian County made a good deal here, and Zhuge Gui also reported to Zhang Ju, the governor of Taishan County, about the matter in Feixian County.
Zhang Ju had a headache. He swayed back and forth in the hall, then clapped his hands, saying that he knew what had happened, and asked Zhuge Gui to go back first. Zhuge Gui had no choice but to bow and retreat.
As soon as Zhuge Gui left, Zhang Ju called over his own secretary, Bian Wei.
Bian Wei was originally from Chenliu, Yanzhou. His grandfather lived in Fenggao, Mount Tai, for a generation. After that, Bian Wei's father's family left the property in Fenggao and did not follow him back.
Bian Wei was a man of letters and good at rhetoric. As soon as Zhang Ju came to Taishan to be the prefect, he appointed him as the secretary of the office and secretary of Wenxi. Generally, those who hold this position are confidential dignitaries of the chief official. Some documents are exchanged.
The secret plans all passed through the hands of these family chroniclers. It can be said that the master's family both prospered and suffered losses.
As Zhang Ju's chief secret confidant, Bian Wei had done well in some personal matters he had done before, so Zhang Ju gradually regarded Bian Wei as his confidant. This time he was called here, so naturally he did some things that he would not be able to show up for.
thing.
After Bian Wei received the order, he dropped what he was doing and hurried over. As soon as he arrived, Zhang Ju asked him to come over and told him to do this and that.
Bian Wei thought for a moment and ordered him to go down.
While walking on the road, Bian Wei was also speculating on the meaning of the initiative.
What Zhang Ju asked him to do was not complicated. He just asked him to reconcile with the county magistrate Zhuge Gui to see if this matter could be handled by the county.
The former head of Fei County will pay 200,000 yuan for the military pay of 500,000 yuan, and then another 200,000 yuan will be deposited in the treasury of Fei County. This money can be folded and spread to the annual account to make it even. There will be another 100,000 yuan.
, 50,000 yuan was paid by the county magistrate who promoted the former County Magistrate Fei at that time, and the remaining 50,000 yuan was paid by the current County Magistrate Fei, who asked him not to inspect the warehouse when handing over.
Although Bian Wei is not young, he has been deeply immersed in these official affairs, otherwise he would not be able to be a prefect's recorder. The 500,000 yuan was paid directly to the former County Magistrate Fei, why should he divide it?
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It is because of these 500,000 yuan that County Magistrate Fei himself received 200,000 yuan, and the remaining 300,000 yuan, the county meritorious officer received 100,000 yuan, and his pioneering proposal received 200,000 yuan.
He understood what Zhang Ju meant, that is, he wanted to make this matter a big deal, but he didn't want to spend a penny.
On the other hand, why should he be the intermediary for this matter instead of Zhang Ju directly talking to Zhuge Gui? This is the knowledge of being an official.
This has two advantages. One is that it is not written down. Zhang Ju came to these people who cannot be mentioned on the stage through Bian Wei, so this matter will not involve Zhang Ju. If Zhuge Gui wants to make a debut in the future, then it will be
It can only be blamed on him, Bian Wei. This is Shangguan's way of being an official.
Everything is the discretion of the person below, I don’t know.
Since Bian Wei is aware of the sinister nature of this, doesn't he resent it? Of course he doesn't resent it, that's what he does, and he should have the consciousness to take the edge off the officer.
As for the second advantage, it is that doing so can preserve the dignity of Zhang Ju and Zhuge Gui.
If you tell it directly, then it will be done. If Zhuge Gui disagrees, it will make the scene ugly. One of them is the Taishan County Sheriff, the other is the Taishan County Magistrate, with a rank of two thousand stones, and the other is the Taishan County Magistrate.
, rank six hundred stones, don’t make it look too ugly.
Although privately the prefect Zhang Ju was very wrong and handed over to Ge Gui, this was due to the incompatibility between the two and the system. Under the Han system, most of the officials in a county were appointed by the prefect, but only the county magistrate was appointed by the central government.
Yes, how can this be pissed into the same pot as the prefect. But then again, generally ambitious people would rather be a county magistrate in the county than a county magistrate. The county magistrate is to become bigger, that is called
The male is flying, but what is the Juncheng? He is making a fool of himself, which is called female volts.
A real man, he can be a good man!
But Zhuge Gui is not a master who is willing to surrender, and this matter is not easy to handle. It was with such anxiety that Bian Wei came to Zhuge Gui's office.