After the founding of Dakang for hundreds of years, the officialdom was deeply entangled and classes were almost completely solidified.
More than 90% of the official positions with real power are occupied by wealthy families.
If a student from a poor family can become a county magistrate, it will be like smoke rising from his ancestral graves.
If Xie Xiguang can be the governor of Guangyuan County, there will naturally be people behind him.
The people behind him supported him in coming to Guangyuan, and the price was to help deal with Jin Feng.
It's just that Xie Xiguang has never found a suitable opportunity before, so he never took action.
Now Zhang Liang is going on a rampage to suppress bandits in western Sichuan and northern Sichuan, seriously threatening the interests of the family behind Xie Xiguang, so the dignitaries sent a message to Xie Xiguang to take action.
Xie Xiguang knew that such a day would come before he came to Guangyuan, so he had already prepared for it. He immediately took action and drove the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce and Zhenyuan Escort Bureau out of Guangyuan City.
But he really didn't expect that the Chamber of Commerce and the Escort Agency would start a new business outside the city gate so quickly.
And the business is actually better than in the city.
In this way, Xie Xiguang's plan completely failed.
"Lord Sheriff, how about I take people out of the city and find an excuse to smash up the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce's new store?"
The new captain of the imperial army asked flatteringly.
When Captain Xiao was in power, he was just a squad leader. Because of his usual lazy style, Captain Xiao did not take him with him when he went to Xichuan to protect the Ninth Princess.
This also allowed him to escape.
Later, Xie Xiguang came to take over as the county guard, and the team leader immediately approached him to show his hospitality.
Xie Xiguang had just arrived and was in need of a confidant. Seeing that the captain was very good at talking, he was asked to temporarily take over the position of captain.
This made the squad leader so excited that he kowtowed to Xie Xiguang and swore an oath.
Xie Xiguang also completely controlled the soldiers in his own hands.
From then on, the team leader followed Xie Xiguang's lead.
Making things difficult for the bodyguards and the chamber of commerce this time was the first task Xie Xiguang gave him, so the squad leader took it very seriously.
Dismantling and inspecting all the goods from the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce was what he asked the soldiers to do.
In order to show his loyalty, he now took the initiative to offer advice and asked to find trouble with the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce.
However, Xie Xiguang rejected the captain's proposal: "Jin Feng is just a vulgar soldier. We have done what we can do. There is no need to fight with a madman anymore. Just reply to Xichuan and this matter will be over."
That’s it for now.”
The governor of Guangyuan County is also considered an important member of the party. Xie Xiguang can sit in this position not only because of the support of his family, but also because he is also a capable person.
Although the Xie family's power in the capital is not as large as that of the Duke's family like the Qing family, it is still considered a big family.
Xie Xiguang helped the powerful people in Xichuan drive the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce out of Guangyuan City, and he had completed the exchange of interests with the powerful people.
There is no grudge between the Xie family and Jin Feng, so there is no need to offend Jin Feng to death.
That was a ruthless man who even dared to kill Xue Henglu. What if he came back and brought a group of bodyguards to the county governor's house to hack him to death?
This time the Xichuan dignitaries were dividing the cake, and although the Xie family had a share, it was not a large proportion, so Xie Xiguang thought over and over again and decided not to wade into this muddy water.
Although the captain was a little dissatisfied with Xie Xiguang's decision, he still bowed flatteringly and agreed, and left with the note handwritten by Xie Xiguang.
The next day, dignitaries as far away as Xichuan received a letter from Xie Xiguang.
"This Xie Xiguang is just an ungrateful white-eyed wolf. Without us, he can become the governor of Guangyuan County?"
When Fatty Xu learned that Xie Xiguang no longer wanted to take care of it, he was furious: "Now he has learned how to stage things for us!"
"Mr. Xu, my third brother can be the county guard because of his ability. What kind of support does your Xu family give him?"
The Xie family members who were present were reluctant upon hearing this, and asked with a sneer: "Master Xu, please make it clear."
"My Xu family didn't cause trouble for your Xie family, but I supported your Xie family and Xie Xiguang!"
Fatty Xu retorted: "Why do you think everything will be fine once Xie Xiguang takes the position of Guangyuan County Sheriff? Everyone present can pull him down if you can send him up!"
"Master Xu, don't you have a county magistrate in your Xu family?"
The Xie family said coldly: "I'm going to put it here today. If you pull the third brother down from the position of Guangyuan County Sheriff, I will deal with the two Xu family County Sheriffs!"
"Xie Laoqi, are you threatening my Xu family?" Fatty Xu exploded when he heard this.
"It was Fatty Xu who threatened my Xie family first!" The Xie family also refused to give in.
"That's not because you thank your family for doing things poorly!"
Fatty Xu curled his lips and said: "They say Xie Xiguang is talented, but I really don't see where his talent lies. Jin Feng is not here. He can't even deal with a bodyguard agency and a chamber of commerce. If it were me, I would have jumped into the river in shame.
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"Third brother finally drove the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce and the Escort Agency out of Guangyuan City. Fatty Xu, what else do you do besides going to brothels and prostitutes every day and doing dirty things? What did you do again?"
The Xie family sneered and said: "You, Fatty Xu, want to compete with my third brother, but you don't know how to pee and take photos!"
"Xie Lao Qi, you are looking for death!" Fatty Xu rolled up his sleeves directly.
The Xie family also picked up the bench.
"Okay, shut up, everyone!"
When the eunuch sitting at the head saw that the two were about to fight, he slapped the table and shouted: "I came to you to discuss countermeasures, not to see you messing around! If you want to make trouble, you can make trouble as you like after the things here are finished.
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The eunuch is not only an angel sent by the emperor to deliver the imperial edict, but also has other identities. He can be regarded as the leader of this conspiracy of the powerful gang.
Seeing that the eunuch was really angry, Fatty Xu and the Xie family shut up and stopped at the same time.
"Xie Xiguang's work this time was indeed perfunctory, but when he first went to Guangyuan, it was really not suitable for him to be too public."
Mr. Zhou stroked his goatee and said slowly: "Now that Xie Xiguang has made it clear that he will no longer get involved in this matter, we can only find another way."
"Master Zhou, do you have any clever ideas?" a powerful man asked with his hands raised.
"Actually, it's not a clever plan. It's just that everyone seems to have forgotten that the means we deployed in Guangyuan include not only Xie Xiguang, but also someone else."
Mr. Zhou smiled and reminded: "Has everyone forgotten Cai Liuyang?"
"Yes, Cai Liuyang went to Jinchuan to be the county magistrate."
When other dignitaries heard this, their eyes lit up.
Xie Xiguang has the Xie family as his backers, so even if he does things perfunctorily, they can't do anything to Xie Xiguang.
But Cai Liuyang is different.
Although the Cai family can be called a wealthy family in Jiangnan, it has little foundation. The most promising ancestor is Cai Liuyang's grandfather, who is just a county magistrate.
To these powerful people, the Cai family is not worth mentioning and they can easily manipulate it.
If Cai Liuyang dares to be disobedient, he can be replaced at any time.
Since Xihewan is under the jurisdiction of Jinchuan, it would be easy for Cai Liuyang, the county magistrate, to embarrass Xihewan.
"Come here, write a letter to Cai Liuyang immediately."
The eunuch sitting at the head waved his hand and gave the order.