Three hundred and seventeen chapters three lives are evil in the same city in the county!
Chapter 317: Three lives in the same city and county!
Luo Xingye, the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, lowered his head to face the draft of the official document in front of him, and was stunned for a while. This draft was none other than the one that the Jiangdu County Yachao Secretary learned about through insider information and relayed it to Li You.
Magistrate Luo was very hesitant. In the past two months, the series of conflicts he initiated with Li You were all within control. However, using Li You's lack of fame as an excuse to seize the power to examine the county examination was more serious than all the previous conflicts.
All are serious. This is tantamount to directly invading the most important power of the county government. If the document in front of you is signed and sealed and turned into a formal document, the consequences will probably be uncontrollable.
Of course, he understands that this kind of practice, which is similar to exposing people's scars, may make Mr. Li lose his mind, and it is hard to predict what he can do. And it is certain that he and Li You will completely break up, and may even fight to the death.
situation.
Is it worth going to such an extent? Magistrate Luo was silent and thought over and over. Suddenly, a clerk from the ceremonial office of the government office came into the room and reported: "Master, there is a notice over there at the county office! Jiangdu County Examination
The exam is scheduled to start on the tenth day of next month, and the county government office will start accepting registrations from today!"
Magistrate Luo was slightly surprised. Before he used the trick, Li You took action first and asked, "Has anyone ever come to the government office for examination?"
"Never seen it before."
Official documents between superior and subordinate yamen of the state, dynasty, and local governments have several formats such as inspection, application, detailed, and reporting. The inspection document belongs to the type of reporting and filing.
Jiangdu County has a large number of examinees. Although it is not as good as some places in Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang, there are still thousands of people participating. There is a specially built examination room with several examination booths and thousands of seats.
But this examination room is shared by the prefecture and county yamen in Yangzhou City. Both the prefectural and county examinations are here, and whoever wants to take the exam can use it. Therefore, according to the rules, the county yamen must report to the county government before holding the county examination.
The government office said hello. But this time Jiangdu County ignored the government office and directly issued a notice and started the preliminary work for the county examination. It was very unreasonable.
Magistrate Luo snorted coldly and could no longer hesitate. He picked up his pen and signed the manuscript on the case.
Soon, a letter was sent to the county government ordering Mr. Li to hand over his authority as the county examiner. At the same time, another notice about Jiangdu County’s county examination appeared on the eight-character wall outside the government office. The main message was: Jiangdu County violated the government’s regulations.
The notice of the county examination is invalid, so the notice of the county government is invalid. And because someone is not qualified to take the examination, the prefect will take the examination on his behalf. Please go to the government office to register.
This is in sharp contrast to the county government notice. The viewers are thinking, now that the boss has his fate, is the county government notice really invalid?
However, as if it was a demonstration, the county government's notices were not removed from the outer wall, but were further posted on the streets and alleys of Yangzhou City and in the fields and fields of eight villages and towns four miles outside the city.
Now everyone has a taste of it. This is an open conflict between the government government and the county government!
During a county examination, two yamen announced that they were the examiners and accepted applications separately. Even the most knowledgeable people have never seen such a strange thing. Ever since Mr. Li arrived in Jiangdu County, all kinds of new things have happened one after another.
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It doesn’t matter what idlers are watching is the excitement. This official is also a human being. He is no different from us ordinary people fighting for family property when they get angry. But scholars who are preparing to take the exam have a headache. Where can they sign up?
Of course, people from Huizhou who have registered residence will definitely not worry about it. The county government prohibits them from signing up, so they just go to the government office to sign up directly. There is no choice.
The natives of Jiangdu County are a bit at a loss as both sides have their own advantages and it is difficult to distinguish between them.
The advantage of the government government is that it is the superior government office after all. It has all kinds of power to suppress the county government. It is more authoritative than the county government. It must be difficult for the county government to withstand it in the end. Besides, in the county examination, you have to take the prefectural examination in charge of the prefect.
, if you go to the county government office to register, and you are lucky enough to be selected, you will be dumbfounded when you go to the government office for the examination because you are wearing small shoes.
The county government also has its advantages. First, there are no highly competitive immigrants, and the rate of passing customs is high;
Second, the current official is not as good as the current manager. Jiangdu County Government is the current manager who directly manages a radius of 180 miles, and his own wealth is within the jurisdiction of the county government;
Third, Mr. Li is an official who cares very much for the local natives and is willing to take the risk of offending the salt merchants to expel the people who are registered here. If he abandons the county government and goes to the government office to register, it would be a bit unscrupulous and he would be condemned by public opinion.
Danger.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and it is impossible to take a county examination in two directions. However, there was a stalemate for several days, and the government and county government refused to give in. The gentry and people in the city were all talking about it, and no one could guess what the future would be like.
In addition to a large number of people from Huizhou going to the government offices to register, there are very few locals registering in either the county or the government. Everyone is waiting and watching. Anyway, there is still one month before the exam, so there is no need to worry.
All this was within Li You's expectation, and he was not in a hurry. Only when the exam was really approaching would the situation become heated, and it wasn't that time yet.
In addition to county examination notices, the war between Yangzhou government offices and Jiangdu county government offices spread quietly out of sight of the public.
On this day, Master Li's three masters suddenly came to the court to complain.
Mr. Cui first said: "Recently, all the serious criminal cases reviewed by the county magistrates in Japan have been dismissed by the government and retried. It is miserable."
Zhou Jiexi was not willing to accept the complaints from others, "When it comes to paying off the summer tax to the treasury, the county has been repeatedly made things difficult, and so far the progress has been slow. It is simply too much of a bully."
Finally, Mr. Zhuang reported unhurriedly: "The various detailed official documents reported by our county are like stones sinking into the sea, and I am at a loss what to do."
Although he still didn't understand why Magistrate Luo repeatedly initiated provocations, Li You had a very clear understanding of the governor's mentality.
This man surnamed Luo is just relying on the power of the government office. He probably feels that the county government is inherently inadequate in facing the government office. Due to this restriction, Mr. Li can't do anything to Mr. Luo, so he will act unscrupulously and rub his nose and face in public affairs.
Just keep making things happen.
Once official business is involved, it is the government versus the county government, not Luo Xingye versus Li You. When he welcomed Shangshu Hai two months ago, Luo Zhifu had the intention of challenging Li You to a duel, but in the end he was beaten back to the point where he was left completely injured and miserable.
, only then did he learn his lesson and never go one-on-one again.
Li You sighed, it seems that this eldest master of the government has the common problem of being a scholar but having poor skills and being ignorant of ordinary affairs. Do you really think that you can control the county government just by relying on the word "fuya"? What is the difference between "fuyamen" and "fuguo county government"?
The relationship between them is never that simple. Magistrate Luo knows it but doesn't know why.
Mr. Li likes this kind of opponent the most. Since you have confidence in the government government's suppression of the county government's chess rules, I will completely destroy your confidence! Let you know how the rules in the government office are played.
On July 14, when Magistrate Luo was considering how to induce candidates to register for the county examination at the government office, he saw his master, Mr. Kong, looking for him with a sad face.
"Business owner, something bad happened." Mr. Kong reported: "Jiangdu County's first-half payment has not yet arrived, and the county government said it has stopped and will not give it."
There are many bad regulations in the government these days, also called routine silver. In 21st century terms, it is gray income, such as loss of money and food, service fees, hard work fees, etc. Don’t underestimate this part of the income, it is definitely the most important thing in the yamen
The majority of the income from the main official to the subordinate staff.
But there is another rule: half of the silver earned by subordinates must be paid to the superior, so-called half of the money earned in meetings. For example, according to previous years' practice, Jiangdu County must send 4,000 taels of silver to the government every six months, and Yangzhou Prefecture must also pay the governor
The yamen sent regular silver.
Jiangdu County is the most populous and richest county among the seven counties in the three states under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture. It has a large economic proportion. The money it turns over accounts for more than one-third of the government's money. Of course, these are all public affairs.
There are unspoken rules that are tacitly spoken in the heart, and they will not be brought out on the table.
When Luo Zhifu heard that Jiangdu County had stopped issuing silver, he couldn't help but do the math in his heart. Every six months, the government collected about 10,000 taels of silver from various states and counties, and then paid tribute of 5,000 taels to the governor's office, and kept another 5,000 taels for himself.
Without the four thousand taels from Jiangdu County, there would be only one thousand taels left for the governor's office after paying tribute...
What can I do with this small amount of money? It will be gone after entertaining a few distinguished guests, and I have to withdraw my regular money from it... Magistrate Luo really feels very sad.
Some people may think that if you don’t have money, you shouldn’t pay tribute to the governor’s office. I can only say that this proposal is too creative. The government office that sends five thousand taels of silver every six months suddenly stopped coming to send money. I think the governor of Fengyang will definitely think about this.
Very pleased and impressed.
Faced with Master Kong's helplessness, Magistrate Luo squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Send it off first!"
As soon as he finished talking about the matter of Guiyin, the clerk in the ceremonial room came to ask for help in a panic, "Sir! Hundreds of soldiers from the garrison department rushed into the examination room and occupied it by force. They said they would be stationed here.
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Of course, the examination room is the scheduled county examination room. After hearing this news, even a fool can guess who instigated it. Wasn't the person in the county government also in charge of the garrison department?
Magistrate Luo heard this and said angrily: "That's ridiculous! There's no reason for soldiers to be stationed in the examination room! Is the man named Li going to rebel?"
If Li You is allowed to rely on force to occupy the examination room, where can the government find a place with thousands of seats to serve as an examination room? Who would sign up after knowing that there is no examination room?
Thinking of this, Magistrate Luo hurriedly summoned the official sedan chair and asked him to go to the examination room in person. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, Magistrate Luo came to invite him to go.
He suppressed his anger and walked out of the hall, only to see that the hall was sparsely crowded. Apart from the attendants, there were only two bearers and one sign-bearer - he should have been equipped with four bearers and eight sign-bearers.
And Chang Sui was sweating on his head and saying something.
"What's going on? You guys are so lazy!" Magistrate Luo shouted.
The chief attendant ran over and said to Mr. Luo with a mournful face: "Everyone else has gone home."
Handymen such as bearers, waiters, firemen, horsemen, and night watchmen are the lowest-level personnel in the yamen. They are not hereditary employees like the yamen and petty officials. The people responsible for these errands are all civilians recruited from the army.
The form of service is to do the most difficult and tiring work in the yamen, and when the service period is over, you will be replaced.
The Yangzhou government office itself does not directly manage Fangxiang Township. The more than 100 handymen they use are recruited from local household registrations by Jiangdu County to perform labor service.
This morning, the Jiangdu County Government sent someone with a sealed document to tell the government officials that when their service period is up, they should all leave. Anyone who dares to work for one more day will be allowed to work for the rest of his life by the county magistrate!
The servants in the government office were very surprised. The government had always delayed their service period. Today, the sun came out from the west, and they actually let them go home early.
But the strange thing is that except for those who are forced to serve in the service, who is willing to do these hard and boring jobs? Now that the county government has issued a message, the servants of the government office are very obedient and disperse in an instant.
Everyone, don't be sloppy, anyway, the county government is taking care of it.
The old ones are gone, but the new ones are not coming. Now it is impossible for Jiangdu County to send new handymen. That's why Magistrate Luo saw that there were only three people left in his sedan bearers and honor guard team.
What does it look like to go out in a two-person sedan chair to the dignified Fourth-Rank Huangtang?
There are only officials, petty clerks and servants left in the entire government office. In addition to the bearers and ceremonial guards, they only have to worry about the meals in the government kitchen, tonight's night watch, the coolies who carry things, the door guards, the sweepers who sweep, including the inner government officials.
There are about a dozen servants, but no one is available...
A living person cannot suffocate to death. The first priority is to go to the examination room first, and we will talk about other things when we come back. Magistrate Luo gritted his teeth and gathered the government officials, selected a few unlucky candidates, and asked them to carry sedans and raise placards. Amidst the complaints, the prefect
The team set off.
The yamen servants brought in temporarily were indeed far inferior to the professional sedan bearers. After walking a few steps, Magistrate Luo felt uncomfortable with the shaking. After walking a few more steps, he could see through the gap in the sedan chair that he had left the yamen gate, but
Why are there so few people outside the government office today?
When Luo Fuzun was wondering, the sedan suddenly stopped. What happened? He opened the curtain and was about to curse.
The leader nimbly moved aside so as not to block the elder's view.
Magistrate Luo looked ahead and saw a lot of earth and rocks piled up not far away, and the streets and alleys were excavated, blocking the way forward.
Not only in front, Magistrate Luo looked around and found that all three roads leading to the east, west and south from the government gate to the surrounding areas were cut off.
When a man dressed as a small official saw the honor guard here, he quickly ran over, kowtowed and knelt down and said, "Young man is the clerk of the county government office. I have met the master of the government!"
"Who allowed you to dig the road?" Magistrate Luo scolded.
The clerk at the county government office said: "The county magistrate said that the roads in the old city were in disrepair for a long time. The drought caused dust and the rain made them muddy. He allocated treasury money to carry out repairs. He also specifically ordered that the alleys around the government office should be repaired.
It must be carefully leveled and then paved with stone slabs. Before it is repaired, one or two people can squeeze through, but it will be difficult for a large group of people to pass."
As the chief official of Jiangdu County, Mr. Li certainly has the power to make arrangements for urban construction, but during this period of time, the government office will be as quiet as being isolated from the world.
Luo Xingye stood in front of the sedan chair and was in a dilemma. One Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. He said in a hateful voice: "If you do evil in your three lives, you will be in the same city!"
The government officials around me were speechless. Although I heard this often, it was always the magistrate complaining. It felt strange to hear it from a magistrate today.
As the official of the government office, Magistrate Luo habitually looked down upon the county government officials who were also in the city. Magistrate Luo always thought that Li You had no way to deal with him and was so unscrupulous. Now he realized that Li You was really going to launch a ruthless attack.
If he finds trouble, he will also vomit blood.
In the past, those magistrates who were looked down upon by Magistrate Luo were afraid not of the government offices, nor of the magistrate himself, but of the power of the prefect to evaluate his subordinates. A few words of examination could largely determine the future and destiny of the magistrates.
After all, Li You is different from those timid magistrates in the past. Even if Magistrate Luo writes a thousand bad reviews to Li You, it will be useless. There is someone in Mr. Li's court, who will criticize you?