The Kun thieves did not kill officials to rebel, nor did they go around killing people and setting fires. Instead, they continued to bribe the people, gentry and scholars with small favors, deliberately creating a situation of peaceful coexistence. In this way, they could not attract the attention of Shangguan and the court. After all,
Up and down, it is better to do less than to do more.
"This group of thieves is really hateful!" Wu Mingjin said angrily.
"Don't worry, Mr. Dong. The thieves still have a sense of proportion in their actions. Let them do whatever they want." Wang Zhaomin couldn't come up with any clever ideas, so he had to resort to the "ostrich policy".
"That's all we have to do!" Wu Mingjin knew that he had three choices, either commit suicide immediately and kill himself to make the thieves lose the target of their use - but he couldn't bear to die like this, not to mention that he still had a family; or he could abandon his official position and run away.
, or sneak back to his hometown, or go to the provincial capital or the provincial capital to ask for help - but the county magistrate has the responsibility of guarding the land, and abandoning his post and running away is a serious crime; in the end, he sent people to the provincial capital to ask for help - this is even more outrageous, he sent people to
Qiongshan complained, but in the end, apart from a few letters, no soldiers came to suppress the bandits. Besides, it has been more than a year since the Kun bandits landed, and Shangfeng really wanted to start asking questions.
, what has he been doing for more than a year, and what is his answer?
After much deliberation, there is really no other way but to acquiesce to reality.
"What kind of changes have been made in the county government?" Since he plans to continue playing tricks, he needs to know what the other party is doing.
"In addition to Chen Minggang, Zhang Shi was also arrested -" Wang Zhaomin explained in detail the personnel adjustments made by the Cross-Travel Group in the county government, "In my opinion, most Australians will ask Dong Weng to dismiss all these people.
Stop it."
"Then just follow them!" Wu Mingjin thought that this was all he could do now, but these experienced people were gone, so how to deal with official matters in the future became a problem.
"There's no need to worry," Wang Zhaomin said. "The clerk of the Household Office has been replaced by Zhou Qi - he is Chen Minggang's eldest disciple, and he is an experienced messenger. The clerks of the four offices of officials, etiquette, workers, and soldiers are still retained.
As for the third class leader..." Wang Zhaomin felt that it didn't matter if they were there or not.
As for the punishment room, there were not many cases to be handled in this county. Moreover, there were other clerks in the punishment room who could handle the cases on their behalf. One less person would not collapse in ten days.
If you think about it this way, it's not a big problem.
"Master Xiong said that the fees for filling vacancies in the clerk's office will remain the same—"
Wu Mingjin's eyelids twitched. Whenever there is a vacancy in the clerk's office, he has to pay a fee to the county magistrate to fill the vacancy. Just like an official, there are different prices according to the size of the vacancy. Now the thief has captured him in one fell swoop.
Two book offices, this profit is not small! Wu Mingjin suddenly felt a little regretful - now that he has been arrested, wouldn't it be better to arrest all six book offices, since the past book offices were not necessarily loyal anyway.
"...I just arrested the scribe in the warehouse."
Wu Mingjin was surprised: "The thieves want to rob the county treasury?"
"That's not true. I just detained the person and he is still in the Yamen." Wang Zhaomin whispered, "The warehouse was sealed and someone was posted to guard it. There was no other unusual movement."
Lingao is a poor county, and there is not much oil and water in the county treasury. But even if there is no oil and water, there are still hundreds of taels of silver, more than a thousand stones of grain, and many pieces of cloth and sundries in the treasury. It is not a small fortune. If you are serious,
If everything is robbed, Lingao's financial situation will not be able to fill the gap within three to five years. When Wu Mingjin leaves office, he will not be able to explain to his successor.
In an empty room of the county government office, the treasurers who were arrested yesterday were detained there, awaiting interrogation.
The person in charge of the interrogation was You Guotuan - Zhou Dongtian had already rushed to the "study class" to interrogate Chen Minggang and his group. You Guotuan's task was to pry open the treasurer's mouth and find out how much money these rats had accumulated for him.
Wealth can fill the coffers of the Planning Commission, and the other thing is to grasp the key points - they will take over more states and counties in the future.
"Don't underestimate a few treasurers." Dong Weiwei said, "Do you know who was the richest in Beijing during the Ming and Qing dynasties?"
"Emperor? A noble official, a traitorous minister?"
"Haha, that's right. But the wealth of the treasurers is what makes the capital famous."
This treasury official was the treasury official who managed the bank in the Ministry of Household Affairs. It was an open secret in the society at that time that they stole and embezzled money from the Ministry of Household Affairs and made a fortune.
The situation in the local government warehouses is similar. Although they are not as lucrative as the household department bank warehouses, they are still enough to make a fortune. In the county government offices, in addition to the household clerk's office, the clerks in the silver and grain warehouses are the most lucrative.
.The so-called treasury management and treasury-stealing. Compared with their counterparts in the Ministry of Finance's bank treasury who just stuff money into their anuses and mainly steal, the technical content of local government treasury officials is much higher, and there are countless ways to cheat.
.
The simplest and "cleanest" trick is to misappropriate treasury silver and lend money to earn interest; silver and copper coins can be used to lend money. In places like Lingao where the commodity economy is underdeveloped, cloth and grain can also be used to lend money.
The second is to shoddy the various physical objects stored in the warehouse: grain, cloth, etc., which have been stored for a long time and will naturally suffer losses. What is lost? Whether it is more or less is all decided by the treasurers. Or directly
Report it as damaged and cancelled, or report that it has been stored for a long time and will be damaged, and ask for sale at a low price.
There is no problem of loss of silver and copper coins, but the treasury officials can still play the trick of shoddy goods and replace the good money in the warehouse with low-value coins such as sand shells. The ingots of treasury silver cannot be touched casually.
Yes, but the scattered silver that has not been re-melted can be replaced with low-quality miscellaneous silver.
These are open secrets in prefecture and county government offices, but local officials rarely dare to rectify them. If it blocks his financial path, there will be a problem of "account discrepancies" when he leaves office and handover, and the local officials will have to
Apologize. In addition, treasurers also have filial piety towards local officials. Generally speaking, honest and ethical local officials will not accept the filial piety from treasurers at most, but they do not dare to provoke them easily. Even if the treasurer's deficit is exposed, he must find a way to replace him.
Keep it a secret and let him use his own brain to make up for it. Don't push him too hastily and let him jump over the wall. At most, the treasurer will lose his job, but the official will have to pay for it. If it doesn't go well, he will be exempted.
Official dismissal.
If he is a corrupt official, he will be more likely to cheat and further falsify accounts or commit self-stealing. Some county magistrates directly use the county treasury as their own cash machine, and when they need money, they write IOUs and withdraw it directly. Almost all states and counties in the world
No library is without deficit.
As for the clerks in the grain warehouse, the benefits are even greater. Because the warehouse is full of grain, the room for replacement is larger than that of the bank warehouse. The problem of grain deterioration is moldy and old, and as usual, some old grain must be dealt with every year.
The old grain is sold at a low price and the new grain is put into the warehouse. This is a practice allowed by the warehouse law. After the county magistrate approves, the good grain is also recorded in the accounts according to the selling price of the low grain. The difference between the account and the actual price is
A considerable “profit”.
As for shoddy goods like those in the county treasury, it is easier to do in the grain depot. Sell the good millet and replace it with an equal amount of defective goods from outside. As long as the accounts are correct, there is no risk at all.
"These are the simplest tricks. We don't know how many tricks they have in reality. You'd better ask more about the content." Dong Weiwei said, "It will be useful in the future."
"Don't worry, I will pry open their mouths." You Guotuan was very confident about this.
"Okay, but I'm a gentleman and I'm far away from the chef, so just take your time and play sm." Dong Weiwei said with a smile and walked away.
"Playing sex with these ugly uncles," You Guotuan said, "What a strong nerve. I actually want to do this-"
After giving up his complaints, You Guotuan came to the room where the treasurer was imprisoned. There were three main rooms. The largest room in the middle was used as his interrogation room, and the side room was used as a prison cell.
Immediately he escorted the person up, and he looked at the people kneeling in front of him - some were in charge of the bank, some were in charge of the material warehouse, and some were in charge of the salt warehouse - Lingao had such a warehouse because of the local salt production.
He is the core figure among the treasury officials.
To pry open their mouths as quickly as possible, torture is of course the best choice.
It's a pity that not many people are willing to learn this promising craft. Several of Zhou Dongtian's apprentices are in the class to serve Chen Minggang and the others. Here we have to go into battle in person. Fortunately, the soap class has retained some veterans who are good at torture.
, can be used once.
You Guotuan majestically sat down on a chair in the middle, without looking at them, and started drinking tea. Although things were complicated and urgent, he was not in a hurry at this moment.
These guys knew that this was the thieves trying to intimidate them, so they moved around uneasily. It was uncomfortable to kneel for so long, and they had only eaten very little food since they were arrested last night. These people usually
How could a person who was pampered and lived a superior life afford such hardships? In less than ten minutes, someone couldn't stand it anymore and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
"Chief, please tell me, if you have any orders, the little ones dare not disobey them."
You Guotuan pretended to be leisurely and contented, and casually said: "I heard that you are very rich."
These words were like a lightning strike, and the faces of several people froze. One of them quickly kowtowed: "I am just a small servant in the county, but I make a living through this, how can I say I am rich?" Then the others followed suit.
Echoed.
You Guotuan frowned. These people are not only greedy but also stupid: It seems that working as errands in the government for too long has a bad impact on IQ. They always feel that what they say is what they say, and no one dares to tell lies even if they open their eyes.
question.
"Come on!" You Guotuan shouted, and the intern of the Political and Security Administration who was newly added to the soap class immediately ran over:
"Report to the head——"
"If you don't want you, ask the retained people to come over." You Guotuan added, "Take their guys with you. Apart from the board, well, just bring the sticks!"