Among the three civil servants in the entire county government, he is the only one who takes the overall situation into consideration and works hard for the future of the people in the county.
As for the other two colleagues, one is more unreliable than the other.
Magistrate Wang was already angry and even felt humiliated.
The chief clerk seems to have a pinched face and cannot support anything at all. His ability is almost the same as that of a clerk.
When something happens, he will just shirk the situation and give up his power to the county magistrate. After being scolded by the county magistrate twice, he will nod and bow to him, completely unable to hold up the scene.
Neither ability nor temperament are satisfactory.
The greatest significance of his existence is to occupy the position of the master and not to be replaced by someone even more unreliable.
Although he is almost a useless person, at least he is not deep-minded and has no ambition at all, so he will not cause too much trouble.
Except for kneeling in public that day.
As for the county magistrate, he is a direct descendant of a wealthy family with deep roots. He has been immersed in the dye vat of power and intrigue since he was a child. He has seen countless conspiracies, but he pretends to be harmless to humans and animals, and has always only controlled behind the scenes.
He never gets angry, so that no one can guess his thoughts.
Magistrate Wang already had a rough guess as to why Huang County Cheng was trying to stumble himself at this time.
Within a county, the county magistrate is the legitimate assistant to the county magistrate, but in many cases he can act as an agent of the county magistrate's authority.
It is common for the two to conflict and create discord due to disagreements.
Because the original purpose of the imperial court in designing this local power system was to check and balance the chief officials.
In the past few years, in addition to exploring the people's geography, what Magistrate Wang did most was to try his best to apply for funding from the court. He persevered in sending documents one after another, carefully choosing his words and sentences every time, no matter the reason.
The wording is impeccable.
But the complicated bureaucracy provided him with a lot of resistance, especially when it came to money, which was even more cumbersome.
However, the county's attitude towards him is not as repulsive as his superiors. Since he is asking for government funding, he will naturally not offend anyone in the county government.
Because everyone feels that this is something that is very beneficial to them, and they are even willing to cooperate with County Magistrate Wang on many large and small matters.
After all, political performance is the most important factor to rely on when applying for funding.
Now, the funds have come and have been distributed to Yongshun County Government.
However, County Magistrate Wang severely cracked down on corruption. Not only were the subordinate staff forced to spit out their oil and water, leaving a bamboo basket in vain, but most of them ended up stealing chickens and losing rice.
Even the county government officials have made a fuss.
Not only did he not gain any substantive benefits, but he allowed Magistrate Wang to target people below him in batches, weakening the power base of the county magistrate.
Since you have essentially offended the county magistrate to death, you naturally shouldn’t place your hopes on the other party not to fight back.
Besides, people like Huang County Cheng would never be able to swallow their anger.
There is no such thing as camaraderie in official circles, and besides, they are already considered political enemies.
What Huang Liuye did was Huang Xian Cheng’s first act of counterattack.
After understanding this, Magistrate Wang calmed down.
The more times like this, the more difficult it is to mess up your position, lest you make mistakes while busy and miss the overall situation.
He looked around and said to Zhao Jin, who looked worried: "We must find out immediately what exactly Huang Liuye said to the merchants and what he was going to do?"
"If this person is really a treacherous person, then don't blame me for helping him to correct the evil and eliminate the evil, so as to calm the people's hearts!"
"A good rich man doesn't want to do anything, but insists on being a dog for others. He is truly a businessman!"
What made Magistrate Wang resentful the most was not the magistrate's tricks, but the fact that he once again saw the true nature of merchants.
Is it really possible for such a businessman to donate large sums of money and food just for fame, as Chen Ping said?
With such doubts, Magistrate Wang looked at the calm and calm Mr. Ye and the silent Chen Ping.
Mr. Ye has experienced the world for a long time, and he knows that such major events rarely have smooth sailing. Whether there are sudden changes or setbacks along the way, it is just a normal thing.
There’s nothing to be impatient about, just take advantage of it.
Chen Ping frowned slightly. He always felt that this matter was still full of doubts.
Were all businessmen in ancient times so brave?
How dare you gather a crowd to cause trouble after just a few orders from the county magistrate?
In the academy, it seems that I have never heard that the merchants of Yongshun County have done any big things.
Chen Ping did not worry alone, but directly expressed his doubts.
"Is there any misunderstanding about this matter?"
"Did Mr. Huang Liu dare to interfere in government affairs so casually before?"
After Chen Ping asked this question, Zhao Jin, who was familiar with the situation of various officials and businessmen in the county, immediately discovered the problem.
Zhao Jin suddenly looked at Magistrate Wang and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, please calm down for now."
"This matter may really be a misunderstanding. At least Mr. Huang Liu misunderstood us."
If these words were said in normal times, they would only be regarded as words to appease Magistrate Wang.
But there were no outsiders present at the moment, and the situation was very critical, so Zhao Jin must have considered his words.
Everyone looked at Zhao Jin, wondering how he could be so sure.
Could it be...
Sensing the strange looks from everyone, Zhao Jin felt nervous.
In order not to be suspected of colluding with Huang Liuye, Zhao Jin quickly recounted all of Huang Liuye's deeds.
No matter how you say it, Huang Liuye is not Huang County Cheng's slave. The relationship between them is more of a cooperative relationship.
Since it is a cooperative relationship, what is the need for Huang Liuye to take the initiative to charge into battle for this matter, and even want to offend the powerful Magistrate Wang to death?
Is it to the point where there is no way for you to retreat?
This is completely inconsistent with Huang Liuye's always scheming image.
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
After some pondering, several people roughly guessed the key to the problem.
Maybe the rumors that the county government actively released did not reach Huang Liuye’s ears accurately.
Huang Xian Cheng secretly showed off his words and kept Huang Liuye and other businessmen in the dark.
You know, this kind of thing is not uncommon.
Because businessmen like Huang Liuye, even though they are already wealthy, are still different from government officials and businessmen, so their channels for contacting county government officials are still very narrow.
In the absence of a formal document or the appearance of the chief official, the information Huang Liuye received from the county government would inevitably go through the hands of County Magistrate Huang.
Since then, I am afraid that there are too many controllable parts. What I am most afraid of is that such rumors, which are half true and false, are both reasonable and realistic, and outsiders are very likely to believe them.
This gave Huang County Cheng the opportunity to interfere.
Magistrate Wang was silent in thought, he was not sure whether things were as simple as he thought.
Just when everyone was hesitating, Chen Ping stood up again and said: "Wouldn't it be clear if you meet him in person and question him face to face?"
"Master Huang Liu is in the county seat. It won't take much time to find him."
As soon as Chen Ping said this, Magistrate Wang raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but Zhao Jin quickly waved his hands and said: "Absolutely no, just take the people in chains like this. If there is a rumor that we treated the local wealthy businessmen roughly,
, I’m afraid it will make everyone feel at risk, and the donation to build roads will most likely not be possible.”
Chen Ping was dumbfounded by the conversation between Zhao Jin and the county magistrate.
Lock?
Who said the lock was taken?
After being in a daze for a moment, Chen Ping looked at Magistrate Wang's expression and immediately reacted.
It turns out that Magistrate Wang, as the chief official of a county, is a standard scholar of this era.
I never thought about negotiating calmly with the merchants.
When the county government invites others to visit, it will only invite scholars, officials, or descendants of aristocratic families.
Let the county magistrate take the initiative to condescend to invite a businessman to come to the county government office to discuss and resolve the misunderstanding between the two parties?
In Magistrate Wang’s mind, this option never occurred to him!
Hey, I feel so tired.
It seems that if you want to promote the donation of road construction, you must not only take into account the mentality of the merchants, but also beware of interference from the county magistrate and subordinate officials at any time, and do not leave any opportunity for them to take advantage of.
We have to change the perception of the county magistrate in front of us first.
The estrangement between him and Jia Shang must at least be temporarily eliminated, otherwise even if he survives this storm, it will leave obstacles and even hidden dangers for future negotiations.
Chen Ping sighed secretly, took a step forward helplessly, and bowed solemnly and deeply to Magistrate Wang.
Said: "Your Majesty, I think we need to confirm one thing before inviting Mr. Huang Liu."
"That is, without Huang Liuye's gang of merchants, is there any way for the county to raise money and food for road construction?"
"If not, why can't we give them a little face for the time being?"
Chen Ping raised his head and looked at the most standard civil servant of the Dayu Dynasty, who came from the imperial examination with extremely pure eyes.