Although the government officials are usually arrogant and dominate the people, in fact they are completely dependent on the power of the system. Once they encounter "hard goods" that cannot be controlled by the system, they will only suffer. Australians naturally have no respect for the Ming Dynasty's system.
Buying it, the government officials were all very understanding. Wu De was originally prepared that they might have a riot or something, but he didn't expect that after seeing the shining spears and swords around them, they all stood up obediently without saying a word.
They formed a team and left the city. They didn't even use the ropes they had prepared to tie people up.
Among them, the class leaders and key members received special treatment, and were directly bundled and stuffed into the loading oxcart and pulled out. They would enjoy separate rooms in the study class.
The place where the government officials go is the "study class". Of course, this study class is not for "learning". It is mainly used for screening and interrogation. Before finally dealing with these people, Wu De plans to get as much information as possible from them.
Much information.
As for the six-room house, the household house has been fully accepted by a special group of the Planning Commission. Because the household house involves the county's financial problems, except for the arrested Chen Minggang and a group of his "food men", the rest are temporarily retained.
It is left to be cleaned up slowly. The announcement that Zhou Qi will be the secretary of the household room has not been posted yet, but he has officially taken over the place - of course, under the bayonet escort of the crossing group.
Wu De also didn't trust Zhou Qi. In his opinion, none of the people who came out of the old system could be reused. Zhou Qi was just a temporary transitional figure. Regarding how the households' houses would be disposed of, the future work of grain collection and taxation
He had another plan on how to proceed.
All the personnel in the execution room have been retained for the time being, but Zhang Shi, the clerk, has been arrested. His arrest is mainly related to Chen Minggang. Since he is Chen Minggang's brother-in-law, he cannot be retained in such a position. It is better to arrest the wrong person than to let him go.
Since the clerks of the other offices were required to handle daily official duties, Xiong Buyou announced after they were called into the county government office that they should continue to work in the government office and "do their best to serve the emperor and the court." However, they were not allowed to leave the government office.
The retained personnel of the house will also be treated in the same way.
"Although the staff in the official office will not move, you must immediately send someone to take over and do not allow them to move the archive materials inside." Wu De instructed Zhou Botao.
The Lifang controls the county's Lijia, Baozheng, township officials and other personnel systems, as well as the Yamen's officials and subordinates files, etc., all of which are under the management of the office. All appointments, removals, promotions, transfers, and salary additions must go through its hands. Quite a bit.
In modern time and space, the County Personnel Bureau and Organization Department have great authority.
The Chuanchuan Group must clearly understand the "local cadre" system of Lingao County in the Ming Dynasty. The archives of this department are of vital importance. Special personnel are also assigned to control the racks and archives in the county that specialize in collecting and storing archive materials.
Another important place is the county's warehouse. One of the targets of the arrest that night was the clerk in charge of the warehouse. After being arrested, this person was immediately imprisoned in the county government office to await disposal. The Planning Commission investigated the county warehouse in Lingao County
I'm not confident about how much rice I can collect. However, there will always be some. And the treasurer's family's wealth will not be much less.
As for the other minor officials in the county government, including jailers, prison guards, executioners, warehouse levelers, and pickers, they are all professionals. Although there are shortcomings in almost every link, cleaning them up is not a top priority.
Just keep it for now.
That night, the Lingao County government office was brightly lit and busy all night. Every family in the county was closed and did not dare to come out to visit, and the whole county fell into a tense and uneasy atmosphere. Xiong Buyou was in charge of everything in the county government office and was extremely busy.
Open business.
Wu Mingjin and Wang Zhaomin had no idea what happened in the front office. After the interrogation in the flower hall at noon, Wu Ya came in and reported the entire incident. This result made him quite satisfied.
"It seems that Australians also know the details of local governance, and appeasing the gentry is the top priority." Wang Zhaomin commented.
Wu Mingjin, however, frowned: "It is a good thing to appease the Jin gentry, but I just reprimanded Chen Minggang and dismissed the grain clerk. What should I do if I receive half of the autumn tax?"
"You don't have to worry about this." Wang Zhaomin was confident, "Since they dare to arrest Chen Minggang, they naturally have countermeasures."
Wang Zhaomin volunteered and said he was willing to contact the Australians and ask them to come up with practical strategies on how to pay the autumn tax, and then return the favor.
"Just don't cause any more trouble this time." Wu Mingjin sighed, feeling that his position as an official was a bit shocking. The good mood he had cultivated for more than half a year by sitting back and enjoying the fruits of his duties was now gone.
In the afternoon, he was even more panicked - the servant suddenly came to report that the front and rear of the county government office were blocked. Even the passage to the front office was guarded, and no one was allowed to enter or exit.
"Looking at the clothes, I think he is a brother from Zaoban, but I don't know the younger one!" the servant reported.
"Is there such a thing?" Wu Mingjin was shocked. What is this?
"Please come over, Mr. Wang!"
The servant went out and came back a moment later, saying that the access to Mr. Wang's yard was also controlled and no one was allowed to enter or exit now.
Wu Mingjin's mood, which had always been ups and downs, once again fell into despair - his dream of peacefully coexisting with the thieves until he left office was completely shattered. It seemed that they were really going to rebel this time. But he didn't know whether to accept the fake job himself.
Wu Mingjin was frightened by this terrible thought that had been haunting him since morning. Although he was prepared to die rather than surrender, it was still difficult for people to face their own fears when death was really imminent.
That night, everyone in the county government office spent a sleepless night. Wu Mingjin didn't close his eyes all night, listening to the sounds of the front office with fear. However, except for more footsteps, there was no killing or looting as he expected.
Dongfang Jibai, Wu Mingjin got up in the custody room - in order to avoid family inquiries, he did not go back to the inner house at all - he washed up hastily, and the servant brought breakfast. He asked: Mr. Wang is already here, do you want to invite him?
Come in?
"Of course! Please come in right away." Wu Mingjin almost didn't even want to eat breakfast, thinking that Master Wang probably hadn't eaten either, "ask the kitchen to bring another one."
Wang Zhaomin said that he had already eaten. Judging from his appearance, he did not look frightened at all, but he was somewhat proud. Wu Mingjin couldn't help but become suspicious. Could it be that Mr. Wang helped Kun Thief do something yesterday?
The thief Kun is always generous with his actions...
Master Wang didn't know that his boss was suspicious of him, so he quickly told him the important news he heard in the morning.
"All the Australians have agreed to the autumn tax issue." Master Wang knew that his employer was most concerned about this matter. "If the county's autumn grain harvest is temporarily insufficient, they will advance it..."
"Advance payment?!" Wu Mingjin was surprised. Even with the rice on his forehead, the brown rice alone would cost at least 12,300 dan. This is Lingao, not South Zhili. Not only are the population sparse, but the field output is also
It's even more pitiful. Even if the Kun thieves have a secret method of growing rice, they have over ten thousand people under their command, and these people still need rice to eat...
"Yes," Wang Zhaomin was obviously very confident about the ability to travel through the group, "Mr. Xiong and a gentleman from Delong Grain Store will come to see Dong Weng soon to talk about Qiu Fu."
"How much interest do they charge?" Wu Mingjin knew that there was no free pie in the sky, and advance taxes were also available in other places. For example, when some counties levied summer taxes, the court designated wheat to be levied, but local wheat was not harvested until autumn. So,
Usually, the county borrows grain from large households in the county to pay for it, and then repays it after the autumn harvest, which naturally includes a sum of interest.
"No interest." Wang Zhaomin said with a proud look on his face, "Master Xiong said that because of Chen Minggang's incident, the collection of autumn taxes needs to be sorted out again. In order not to miss the deadline for paying the grain, they will advance it first.
The amount and consumption of rice are also handled by them. Even the transportation and warehouse delivery are handled by them."
There is a huge miscellaneous fee for shipping and warehouse delivery, which is cumbersome and subject to blackmail and extortion from shipping owners. It costs a lot of money every year and gives Wu Mingjin quite a headache. If Australians are willing to undertake it, wouldn't it be a great thing? No wonder
Wang Zhaomin looked proud.
Wu Mingjin suddenly remembered: "The front office was very noisy last night, and the front and rear were isolated. What happened?"
"A big thing happened." Wang Zhaomin was invited by Xiong Buyou early this morning, and Xiong Buyou told him about the incident in general.
"What?!" Wu Mingjin shouted, "This is unreasonable. Who will win the world in Lingao County?"
Overnight, so many government officials were arrested. It was just a matter of reprimanding Chen Minggang. The leader of the third shift and the secretary of the execution room were also arrested. This is simply a rebellion!
It's not that these people are very loyal and useful to me - on the contrary, none of these people are good people, but the Australians took them all away without even saying hello to me.
This is too contemptuous of the government!
"Dong Weng!" Wang Zhaomin said, "It seems that this Australian wants to get involved in the county government affairs..."
"Hmph, this is blackmailing the emperor to make people..." Wu Mingjin shut up at this point. Who do you think he is as the "emperor"? Wouldn't it be treacherous to spread the word? Wang Zhaomin understood what he meant. The Australians were trying to evade the county government, completely.
Taking away the administrative power of the county government - from now on, we can act openly and openly in the name of Lingao County of the Ming Dynasty. The calculation is not bad.
This trick may not be easy to succeed in the core areas ruled by the Ming Dynasty. It is another matter in a small southern border county like Lingao, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away. This place is sparsely populated and almost isolated from the world.
Communication was extremely underdeveloped, and there was little population movement. News from inside and outside spread slowly, and most of the local gentry had not seen much of the world. The imperial examinations were not popular, and they lacked influence in the officialdom.