Zhu Ming walked into the Field Affairs Office. This was a local dispatched office of the Changping Division. The ninth-grade civil servants were responsible for various tasks. Logically speaking, they could just build a house at will.
It has been built with such grandeur, I am afraid Cai Dang has been running it for a long time.
Yang Pu moved the chair, Zhu Ming and Da Ma Jin Dao sat down, and Li Bao and Zhang Bor stood behind him.
Ren Chong drooped his head, looking like his parents had died.
"This office building is very luxurious, almost as good as the county office in Shiquan County," Zhu Ming asked, "Did you ask someone to build it?"
Ren Chong sighed: "Hey, you don't want to amuse me, Grandmaster. I took office last summer, so how could I have time to build a house? The Hengkou Service Yamen has been built for almost ten years."
Ju Ming grasped the key point: "What were you doing before you took office last summer?"
Ren Chong sighed: "Study hard in the cold window, get a title on the gold medal, if there is no other choice, who would be willing to climb up to the powerful? I have never passed the examination, and I have been waiting to fill the vacancy. After waiting and waiting, I still can't wait for the appointment. I have to give People give gifts, and at least they make a living doing business."
"There's plenty of money here, how much did you pay for it?" Zhu Ming asked.
Ren Chong had broken the pot and became very frank: "I am from Jianping (Langxi), Jiangdong. My family has fallen into decline and I can't make much money. There is still a strange stone in the ancestral house, which will be expropriated sooner or later. To be a flower and stone guide, it is better to send it out to find a real job. He said that he would give it to Cai Gongxiang to celebrate his birthday, but the Jianping County magistrate did not dare to stop it. He delivered it to the shop all the way and even sent it to the official ship for transportation."
Ju Ming commented: "This is a good idea. It's a crime to have a jade in your hands and recycle the waste."
Ren Chong said with emotion: "In the same subject, the prefect is already a court official and knows the state, but I am just a field official. The prefect should not think that there is enough oil and water. I can't make the decision here. The officials are all Li Daban's people. I will sign A word, a seal, and then I was given a few small coins."
"Then why are you trying to stop me?" Zhu Ming asked.
Ren Chong laughed at himself and said: "I can't afford to offend Mr. Cai, and I can't afford to offend the prefect. I can't afford to offend Li Dapuan either. Since the prefect is so tough, I will try my best to cooperate. If Li Dapuan is sent to do anything in the future, I will We can only cooperate. You gods are fighting, and I, a mortal, just want to save my life."
"You are a Jinshi, how can you be in danger of your life?" Zhu Ming said with a smile.
Ren Chong said: "Transferred to the wild land of Guangnan, the water and soil are not suitable and many people died."
"It's up to you," Ju Ming said, "I won't embarrass you. No matter what you do from now on, just send someone to report to me."
Ren Chong immediately bowed and said, "Thank you so much, Prefect, for your mercy."
Ren Chong has made it clear that he has nothing to pursue in this life.
One is Cai Dangtong's magistrate, and the other is a court official who knows the state. He doesn't want to offend anyone, and he will obey everyone's orders.
If there is a conflict between the orders of Zhizhou and Tongpan, he will listen to Tongpan first. Because he is the field officer, and Tongpan also serves as Jinzhou Tiju Changping, and he is his direct superior in terms of position.
If he had to be forced to take sides, he would definitely take the side of the judge. After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.
Ju Ming did not force this, and just asked Ren Chong to inform him whenever something happened.
If you say hello in advance, Ju Ming won't blame him and will target Tong San. If you don't say hello, Ju Ming will kill Ren Chong first!
Zhu Ming suddenly asked again: "What's going on with Chen Ge, the punishment envoy? It seems that he hasn't moved after five years of service."
"I don't know," Ren Chong shook his head to show his ignorance, and added, "Chen Xiansi can definitely share some of the gold in Jinzhou. In fact, the gold in Jinzhou is not that much, and Fangzhou next door is the big one. How much gold is there? A much larger gold deposit was discovered ten years ago."
"I have no control over Fangzhou, I only care about Jinzhou's affairs," Zhu Ming warned, "Remember, you must tell me secretly what Li Daochong asks you to do!"
Things are basically straightened out.
Cai You's brother-in-law Song Sheng, as the transfer envoy of Jingxi Road, has the greatest supervisory power, so he will definitely get a share of the pie.
The gold mine used to be under the control of the Tixing Department. Although it was transferred to the Changping Department, the Tixing Commissioner still retained some supervision rights, so the Tixing Commissioner Chen Ge was probably involved.
There is also the general magistrate Li Daochong, who has direct jurisdiction over the gold mines in Jinzhou.
These three people joined forces to commit corruption and divide the gold, with Cai Jing and his son as their backers.
Except for impeachment, Ju Ming had no right to interfere.
"Give me the key to the warehouse." Zhu Ming said.
Ren Chong had already started messing around and threw the key to Ju Ming.
In order to show that he would not steal gold, Ju Ming also called the officials from Hengguodu and opened the warehouse in public to check the gold inside.
One small bag after another, after weighing them all, there were about 82 taels and 5 cents.
Ju Ming asked: "How many months does it take to transport?"
Ren Chong replied: "Once every three months, Li Dapuan will send someone to escort it."
Ju Ming turned to look at the officials: "Just you two?"
The official immediately bowed his head.
Ju Ming went to check the field account books again, and the data was very interesting.
Last year, Hengkou Wu's annual gold lesson was 26 taels, and it purchased 104 taels of gold from the private sector, with a total of 130 taels of gold obtained.
"How brave," Ju Ming sighed, and then ordered, "Take all the gold and account books away!"
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Zhu Ming took the gold and slowly headed to Zhoucheng to take office.
Ren Chong, on the other hand, took a boat and quickly headed to Jinzhou City, heading straight to the residence of Tongpan Li Daochong.
"Help me!" Ren Chong cried as soon as he saw him.
Li Daochong had received news from the officials and knew that Ju Ming had asked the farmers to go back to farming. He said angrily: "What is your name?"
Ren Chong seemed like a frustrated young daughter-in-law: "Ju Ming, the governor of Jinzhou, suddenly led his men into Hengkouwu and detained me indiscriminately. He also sealed up the warehouse of Hengkouwu and took away the gold and account books. "
"That's unreasonable!"
Li Daochong was furious: "As a magistrate, where does he have the authority to seal up the affairs of the state?"
Ju Ming does not have that qualification. Hengguo Affairs is subordinate to Jinzhou Changping, Jinzhou Changping is affiliated to the Changping Division of Jingnan Road, and the Changping Division of Jingnan Road is directly under the central government. Even if Ju Ming is the chief official of Jinzhou, sealing up the site affairs is ultra vires. Behavior.
Ren Chong said nothing. He had already come to report the news, and the rest of the matter had nothing to do with him.
Li Daochong gathered a group of troops and rushed toward Hengkou Town, and bumped into Zhu Ming halfway.
Zhu Ming stood on the boat, looked at the boats surrounding him, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to murder the prefect?"
Li Daochong directly broke his face: "As a prefect, you should know the law. Why did you overstep your authority and seal up the affairs? Taking away the gold without authorization is even more audacious!"
Ju Ming asked: "What was the golden class in Jinzhou last year?"
"No comment!" Li Daochong didn't want to say more.
Ju Ming said: "Since you don't want to talk about it, I will keep it first and give it to Chang Ping's envoy to deal with it."
Li Daochong said angrily: "You have no right to seize Hengkouwu's property account books!"
"So what if I just dunked it? You go to court to impeach me." Zhu Ming didn't care.
Li Daochong began to threaten: "Did you know that these golds are going to be delivered to Xianggong Cai!"
Ju Ming suddenly laughed: "I only know that the gold goes into the Changping Treasury and is then sent to the court. Mr. Cai also accepts gold? Come and come, but tell me that we will impeach Mr. Cai for corruption."
Li Daochong was speechless for a moment. Since he couldn't scare Ju Ming, there was really nothing he could do.
Because Ju Ming was completely unreasonable and did not even follow the court system, he blatantly exceeded his authority and seized and seized Chang Pingsi's belongings.
"Set the boat!" Zhu Ming shouted.
Li Bao and Zhang Boring had already taken off their bows and arrows, and pointed them at the ships in front of them.
Li Daochong stared at Ju Ming, hesitated for a while, and finally waved his hand to let him go.
The governor and Tongpan returned to the city together.
The state government of Jinzhou is Xicheng County, one of the lower counties, which is quite poor. The state government is located here mainly because of its strategic position.
In the pre-Qin period, Qin and Chu fought repeatedly here.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the two countries Wei and Shu were also at war here.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were also constant wars.
This city is the east gate of Hanzhong.
Officials at the state and county levels had already gone out of the city to greet him. They saw Ju Ming with a smile on his face and Li Daochong with a gloomy face next to him.
The magistrate hasn't gone through the handover procedures yet, so he seems to be in trouble with the general magistrate.
The officials were in a bit of a dilemma. They could only greet Ju Ming politely, but they did not dare to show too much enthusiasm for fear of making Li Daochong angry.
Only the manager, Huang Gui, who joined the army, showed no regard for Li Daochong's face and expressed his goodwill in public: "I came from Hangzhou and listened to the teachings of Mr. Motang (Chen Yuan) last year."
"I see," Zhu Ming said, holding Huang Gui's hand, "we must be close to each other from now on."
Huang Gui used to be the principal of a private school in Hangzhou. Like Chen Yuan, they are both from Fujian.
When Chen Yuan returned home, he passed by Hangzhou and gave lectures for half a month. Huang Gui strongly agreed with the theory of Taoism.
Huang Gui himself is not very famous, but he taught two number one students: Shen Hui, the last number one scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhang Jiucheng, the second number one scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhu Ming and Huang Gui rode into the city in the same car.
Li Daochong's face became more and more ugly. This Huang Gui had been against him before, and now he was getting involved with Ju Ming.
Ju Ming opened the car curtain, looked at the city wall getting closer and closer, and asked: "How long has it been since the Jinzhou City Wall was repaired?"
Huang Gui said: "Decades ago, the Han River surged and was repaired once."
Ju Ming added: "I came along the Yue River, and the water conservancy along the river is also in ruins."
"We are all busy digging for gold, so how can we think about building water conservancy?" Huang Gui couldn't help but said, "I also took care of it. I personally took a boat to Hengkou Town and ordered the farmers to return home to farm. Alas, it's a pity that no one listened, and they were still the governor.
You have the means!"
Huang Gui belongs to the kind of civil servant who is very knowledgeable and upright, but has little ability to do things.
In fact, it is not that he is incompetent, but he is in a big environment, and his immediate boss is Cai Dang. He really doesn't know how to break the situation, so he can only muddle along and live his life.
Huang Gui looked back and asked in a low voice: "The prefect has locked up the gold?"
Ju Ming said: "It's only a few kilograms."
Huang Gui reminded: "This is an act that exceeds your authority. Be careful of being impeached by the traitorous party."
Ju Ming said solemnly: "If you ask for life for the people, why should you cherish your own body?"
Huang Gui was in awe, sat up straight and cupped his hands and said, "I'm afraid that's what Mr. Mo'an said about the unity of knowledge and action. I'm ashamed. Although I understand this truth, I still dare not risk my life to fight against the traitors."
"It's good to have this intention." Zhu Ming comforted.