"I can't surrender, otherwise I will fall into the tricks of those old thieves." Wang Yu, the county magistrate, couldn't help but shake his head. The thin bloodshot eyes in his eyes made him look like he was in a bad state of mind. "After you leave, the higher authorities will definitely hold you responsible.
, but no one will punish all the officials in Shimen County. Then I will be sold by the people below to take the blame!"
Zhang Ning didn't know how to convince him for a moment, so he picked up the tea cup and looked at the few tea leaves floating on the water. The tea was not brewed well, so there were tea leaves floating on the top.
Wang Yu still shook his head calmly: "I would rather die than take the blame for a bunch of duplicitous hypocrites... Everyone is dead on the left and right. If you behead me in public, at least I can still gain a reputation. Hum, those old thieves are greedy and afraid of themselves.
Even if you die, don’t try to get others to take the blame.”
Zhang Ning sighed and said, "Only if you join in the sin, can everyone feel at ease."
After hearing this, Wang Yu looked up at Zhang Ning in surprise, as if he didn't quite understand what he said.
Zhang Ning stopped talking, stood up, opened the door and walked out. As soon as he went out, he saw several people coming outside. Lao Xu said: "My boss, the peace notice has been posted, and the officials and subordinates are very worried."
Work hard, beat the gong and recite at the same time on the street, I guess the market will be restored in the city in a day or two."
Wang Dianshi, who was standing behind, said hurriedly: "The accounts of the warehouse are here. Please take a look at your highness. The autumn taxes have been collected. In recent years, taxes have been very heavy. If we collect taxes from the people again, I'm afraid... there may be other ways.
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Zhang Ning took the notebook, handed it to Lao Xu without looking at it, and said, "Wang Dianshi, what do you mean, the larger landowners and gentry in the county all live in the city, right?"
Wang Dianshi's face suddenly became very ugly, and he hurriedly said: "This...this is definitely not what I said."
Zhang Ning patted Wang Dianshi's shoulder "kindly": "I have more than a hundred soldiers who risked their lives to capture this city. I want a reward of silver and military expenses. I believe Wang Dianshi can definitely think of a way."
"Your Majesty, you still don't want to come out to conduct official business?" Wang Dianshi asked cautiously. Zhang Ning said kindly: "I will convince him. You just have to do your errands. We will not deny everyone a way to survive."
"Yes Yes……"
Zhang Ning turned around and asked Lao Xu: "Where are the family members of the magistrate?" Lao Xu pointed: "In that wing, there are people watching at the door all the time, and they can't run away." Zhang Ning said: "You can't treat me badly, treat me well.
"
After saying that, he walked over, opened the door and walked in. He saw four people inside, an old lady, a little girl, and a young woman. The woman was holding a baby in her arms. Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment.
There, because the little baby was sucking milk in the woman's arms, the young woman's top was lifted up, and a white vagina was exposed, and the little baby was sucking happily.
When the young woman saw a man suddenly barging in, she hurriedly opened the child's mouth and pulled her clothes away with a red face. The child immediately cried "Wow".
Zhang Ning said awkwardly: "Just let him continue eating."
The young woman hesitated for a moment, glanced at Zhang Ning resentfully, then lowered her head and slowly opened the satin dress, exposing her breasts. Only then did Zhang Ning realize that he seemed to have said the wrong thing.
, the woman did not dare to resist, thinking that she was lustful and wanted to watch it deliberately.
"Um...that's not what I meant." Zhang Ning's face turned red slightly, his eyes still staring at the white vagina. It had to be said that the shape was very nice, and the vagina was also very firm after being sucked by the child.
Zhang Ning turned to look at the old woman next to him, bowed and said: "I'm afraid I didn't come at the right time. I'll come back later and say goodbye."
The young woman who was breastfeeding raised her head and glanced at Zhang Ning. Zhang Ning quickly avoided her gaze, turned around and left.
He came to the yard and took a deep breath, finally suppressing the evil thoughts in his heart. At this time, he had to admit that after gaining power, people instinctively want to do whatever they want, even if they only have a small amount of power. In his mind Another scene emerged, in which the young woman was forced to take off her clothes and was humiliated... It seemed that she would not be punished for doing such a bad thing. At worst, the magistrate would be killed.
After taking a few steps in the yard, the sound of his boots stepping on the fallen leaves caught his attention. He raised his head and saw that the red leaves on the tops of several maple trees were sparse, and the crimson maple leaves were slowly falling down. And down.
He stretched out his hand to catch a leaf, held it in his hand and admired it for a while, then threw it to the ground and left the door of the room where the magistrate's family was detained. Looking up, he saw Xu Wenjun standing on the steps at the door of the upper room.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhang Ning blurted out, slightly surprised.
Wenjun lowered his head and glanced at the red leaves on the ground, and said: "My boss, this room has everything. It has been tidied up. What do you think of living here? All the files you want are put in it."
After hearing this, Zhang Ning walked up the steps and entered the upper room. He saw that the bed tent inside was made of silk, and there were bookshelves, large cases, and porcelain. The decoration was quite good, and it was very different from the appearance of the old county government house. Perhaps it was the house where the magistrate originally lived. Officials in the Ming Dynasty almost never served as officials in the place where they were born. When they took office in other places, they usually lived in the public house behind the Yamen.
When he saw a large stack of books on the desk, he walked over and sat down to look through them. The books above were all local criminal law files. Zhang Ning had no interest in it. Even if there was an unjust case, it was none of his business, so he threw it aside and turned over the books. Look at the household registration book below, as well as the files on tax arrears. These things can be understood, but it is more difficult for him to handle. It is really not easy to handle without relevant work experience; he has never been a local official.
After looking at it for a while, he just felt like his head was spinning. At this time, something that looked like a map on the bookshelf next to him caught his attention. He took it over and opened it. Sure enough, it was a hand-drawn map of the vicinity of Shimen County. Although the drawing was rough, the scale was definitely not precise. However, the mountains and terrain are all marked, which Zhang Ning feels is an unexpected gain. It is very intuitive on the map. Shimen County is on the north bank of Lishui River. Along the lower reaches (east) of Lishui River is Lizhou County, and upstream (west) is Cizhou County. Li County, and further upstream is Yongding Guard... From the map, we can see that Shimen County is actually a dangerous place. There are two guards and two guards nearby. In theory, more than 10,000 guards can be mobilized.
However, it is impossible for the current inland guard station to organize a full combat force. It is very rare to get even half of it. Even so, Zhang Ning feels that the meager one hundred people under his command are still very dangerous. He robbed Shimen County of money and food and ran away quickly. ?Now that troops have been raised, or how to further expand the territory, in which direction should we fight? Zhang Ning looked to the west along the map. It only marked Sichuan over there, but it was not drawn. How he wanted to expand the source of troops was hard to figure out for the moment.
He dropped the things in his hands, stood up and went out. When he turned around, he saw Xu Wenjun silently cleaning up the messy desk he had made.
Things had to be done one by one. Zhang Ning walked to the door of the wing again, knocked on the door, and after a while, he pushed it open and walked in. This time, the young woman did not open her breasts to breastfeed, and the child seemed to be asleep.
.When they saw Zhang Ning coming in, they all looked at him with some fear in their eyes. Only the young woman's face turned slightly red.
Zhang Ning remained calm and raised his hands to the old woman: "Are you Mr. Wang's high court?"
"Wang Zhixian is the son of a dog. Sir, please sit down." The old woman said carefully.
Zhang Ning pulled up a chair and sat down and said: "My men were the ones who captured the county before. My surname is Zhu... Sit down and don't worry. Wang Zhi is safe in the county. Don't worry."
The old woman immediately wiped away her tears: "Quin Zi did nothing bad when he was an official in Shimen County. Your Majesty, please let him go. I only have one son, and the whole family depends on him..."
"Easy to say, I'm not the king of the mountain. Do you think I look like a bandit?" Zhang Ning said nicely. Seeing that the old woman was still crying, he said unhurriedly, "Even if I let Mr. Wang go, the court will not
He will be spared. Since ancient times, it has been a serious crime for an official to lose his city or land. You look like a person of reasonable origin, you should understand."
The old woman choked and said, "What should we do?"
Zhang Ning touched his forehead and said: "I haven't finished what I said just now. My surname is Zhu. To tell you the truth, the original Emperor Jianwen was my father... Please get up quickly and speak... There are some past events, I
People of your age should have heard that Emperor Jianwen lost his throne not because of his unjust reputation, but because he failed to win the war. Now we are going to fight back. The real emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be the eldest grandson of Taizu.
Emperor Jianwen. Mr. Wang read the sages and wrote about loyalty and filial piety, but why didn’t he understand the true meaning? I hope the old lady can persuade him to turn back as a prodigal son. As long as he understands the true meaning of loyalty and filial piety and returns to be loyal to our emperor, we promise to forget the past. You must know that betraying the emperor and father is stubborn.
They want to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan..."
The old woman was startled and fell to her knees again: "The dog is confused for a moment, please forgive him for once, and I will give him some good advice."
Zhang Ning hurriedly stepped forward to help him up again, and said "gentlely": "Old lady, you understand the righteousness so well. Please get up. I will ask someone to send Magistrate Wang here in a while. You have to explain it to him carefully."
Be reasonable."
Seeing that it was so easy to "persuade" the old woman, much easier than Wang Yu, he was very satisfied and said no more. He bowed politely and exited the room again.
After finding Lao Xu, Zhang Ning ordered: "First ask someone to send Wang Yu and his family together, and then go and inform Wei Bin that the altar master Hou has come to the second hall to discuss matters, as well as Yao Erlang and Song Hu.
Call them all together."
Lao Xu responded with clasped fists.
After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he walked out of the backyard and walked a few steps forward to reach the second hall of the county government office. This place is also called Tuisitang or Qintang. It seems to mean that the county magistrate finishes his duties in the lobby every day and retires to the second hall.
Self-reflection is called retreating and thinking twice; or you can play the piano here after government affairs, cultivate your moral character, and maintain a clean and honest moral culture.
He walked in and looked around. Although it was a bit old, the calligraphy and paintings on the walls did have an antique and elegant feel.