Ming Dynasty: Being the magistrate of Beiping County Chapter 141 is worse than a beastLatest website:Similarly, these officials all have bitter looks on their faces.
Although Beiping Mansion is only fifty miles away from Tongzhou, even traveling such a long distance by horse-drawn carriage is still a hardship, not to mention that you can only ride a horse now.
Moreover, I will have to walk at night for a while.
However, looking at the battle of King Yan Zhu Di, even if they did not know the inside story, they could still feel that there must be some unscrupulous people in Tongzhou who provoked King Yan.
And as Zhu Di and others left, the entire Beiping Mansion began to stir again.
The King of Yan unexpectedly led a thousand soldiers, as well as some officials from the Beiping government office, the Inspectorate and the Chief Envoy, and headed toward Tongzhou with murderous intent.
Who could make King Yan so furious?
……
Just when all the officials and gentry in Beiping City were in shock and confusion, there was laughter and laughter in the backyard of Tongzhou Government Office, fifty miles east of Beiping City.
Cui Shijian, the magistrate of Tongzhou, sat in the first place. On the left and right sides sat a fellow magistrate and magistrate from Tongzhou. Opposite him were four middle-aged or old men of different statures with kind faces and gentle turbans in Confucian shirts. "Congratulations to Cui Zhizhou, as long as Prince Yan's Mansion rebuilds the Zhangjiawan Wharf, all the passing cargo ships will inevitably stop at the Zhangjiawan Wharf.
By then, Tongzhou will definitely be several times more prosperous than before.
With such a great achievement, I believe that the officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs must not ignore it. Cui Zhizhou will definitely have a smooth official career, and maybe he can even directly enter the central government."
"That's right, that's right. That Guo Changshi is the famous God of Wealth in Beiping Prefecture. He is so optimistic about Zhangjiawan Pier, so it must be the same..."
These four famous Tongzhou sages and gentry poured out words of praise one after another with sincerity on their faces.
With the help of this plan, they not only bought hundreds of acres of farmland, each family also took on more than a dozen tenant farmers, making a lot of money.
As for Cui Shijian and his fellow magistrates on the left and right, they were all in a good mood when they thought about the two boxes of silver they carried into their home in the afternoon.
Cui Shijian took a sip of tea and said with a reserved expression: "This matter is all due to the kindness of His Highness King Yan. In order to relieve the pressure of water transportation on the Tonghui River, he actually prepared to pave roads and repair the Zhangjiawan Wharf.
Of course, the fact that Prince Yan’s Mansion was able to successfully purchase the 500 acres of land at Zhangjiawan Wharf was also thanks to all the sages and gentry!”
The four rural sages and gentry quickly replied: "Cui Zhizhou is too polite. This matter is all the credit of you and all the superior officials. We just accepted a group of tenants and dealt with a few unruly people."<
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"It's true, it's true. If it weren't for Cui Zhizhou and all the officials, this matter wouldn't have been possible..."
Cui Shijian nodded reservedly and asked seemingly casually: "Have all those troublemakers been told their truth?
His Highness King Yan's paving of roads and repairing Zhangjiawan Pier this time is a great good thing for Tongzhou. I must not offend His Highness because of a few unruly people, or cause any trouble?
If it tarnishes the reputation of His Highness, that would be a big mistake..."
"Don't worry, Cui Zhizhou, they are just a few unruly people. We have seen them a lot. As long as we explain some reason to them and give them a little punishment, they will naturally become obedient people."
"That's good."
"Hahaha..."
The lights in the backyard of Tongzhou Yamen stayed on until midnight before going out.
……
On the road from Beiping City to Tongzhou, Zhu Di, Guo An and others were running non-stop.
A team of thousands of people, holding hundreds of torches, marched along the way.
The fifty-mile road is most painful for horseback riders like Zhu Di and Guo An.
For the guards on foot, things are better. They are used to traveling long distances.
As for the scribes in Prince Yan's Mansion, as well as the Chief Envoy, according to the small officials in the Inspector's Office, they suffered a serious crime. They walked for fifty miles in a row without stopping for a moment. Along the way, their
I have no feeling in my legs.
However, suppressed by the dull atmosphere along the way, they did not dare to speak out and ask for a rest.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, when all the officials seemed to have turned into zombies, the team finally stopped in front of a large house.
In front of the team, several strong men wearing Feiyu uniforms also appeared quietly.
"Your Highness, more than ten families were imprisoned in the home of this man named He Ji," Pu Sanji reported.
Zhu Di looked up and said without emotion: "Open the door for me."
"Here."
Pu Sanji responded and looked at the Jinyi guards in front.
Several Jin Yiwei skillfully turned over from the door, and with a creak, the door was opened.
Two royal guards, dragging a slave with one hand, walked out of the gate and threw them directly in front of Zhu Di, Guo An and others.
The two slaves were lying on the ground, lowered their heads, and kept trembling, begging for mercy, "You heroes, have mercy on me, have mercy on me, I know nothing, and I have seen nothing."
"Humph!"
Zhu Di glanced at him with disgust and asked, "Where are the Zhangjiawan people you captured?"
"What?"
The two slaves were startled and subconsciously looked up at Zhu Di.
However, the night was dark, and I only saw a tall and majestic figure.
On the contrary, behind this burly man, there are actually rows of soldiers holding torches, wearing cold armor, and holding steel knives and spears?
"This general..."
Before the two slaves could finish speaking, they were kicked aside by Pu Sanji.
Pu Sanji didn't even look at it, and reported directly to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, the dozen or so farmers who were arrested are all locked up in the woodshed of the back house of the He family."
"Take me with you."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Pu Sanji and several Jin Yiwei led the way.
Zhu Di and Guo An follow.
Behind him, a group of soldiers and generals had already surrounded the entire He family, and some soldiers rushed in with torches to control the entire He family.