Two people and four good horses, the return speed is much faster than when they came. Fang Xie and Xiang qingniu basically camped in the wild. They were afraid that the white lion would bring panic to the people along the way. Although everyone knows that the town has a white lion to ride, who believes that the town will travel without guards?
When passing a small county, Fang Xie stopped and looked at the white lion chaos: "now the dry food has been cut off. I'm going to buy some in the city. Don't run far or go into the city."
The white lion has long been used to it. He twisted his body and ran away.
When Fang Xie and Xiang qingniu arrived at the edge of the county, they were stopped by the guards. The first one was Shi Chang, who looked in his thirties. The black flag and bugle clothes on his body were very casual, because it was hot and he didn't wear a leather helmet. When I saw Fang Xie and them coming, I kept shaking my eyes on Fang Xie and Xiang qingniu's mount.
"Stop"
He came and stopped at the gate of the city: "take out the road guide. Where are you going?"
Fang Xie said, "come from Xinyang City and go to Zhuque county."
"From Xinyang?"
Shi Chang took the guide handed by Fang Xie and looked at it casually. Suddenly, he waved his hand: "take them two!"
More than a dozen officers and soldiers guarding the city gate immediately surrounded them, drew out their horizontal knives and watched Fang solve them.
"There is a war in Xinyang City. I suspect you two are spies sent by the enemy. Your guide says businessmen, but you don't bring goods, and you are still riding war horses!"
The Shi Chang smiled coldly: "get off your horse honestly and go to the Yamen with me!"
Xiang qingniu was a little angry. Just about to speak, Fang Xie waved his hand, took off a sign from his waist and threw it: "the road guide I gave you just now was specially issued to avoid trouble. This is my waist card."
Shi Chang took over and looked. He saw a few words engraved in seal script on the sign. He didn't know: "you're so brave to admit that the guide is forged! Come on, take them down and send the war horse to louzhi county government... No, it's to the county government. This is the evidence!"
Fang Xie's face changed: "can't you understand my brand?"
The commander threw the sign with the words "Xiaoqi school" to one of his men: "I don't care what brand you are. Now I suspect you're a spy. You roll down from the horse honestly, or I'll let you taste the whip in my hand. You're white, and you're not doing anything serious."
Xiang qingniu's eyes were slightly cold, but Fang Xie slowly shook his head. He jumped off his horse and walked slowly inside the gate. Xiang qingniu didn't know what Fang Xie was going to do, so he got off his horse and walked in.
"This man is really not good."
Nash spat behind you: "shit, is it really stupid or fake stupid?"
A soldier came up and stabbed the solution: "You're really not a good person. Do you have any silver with you? If you do, take it out to show filial respect. Who cares where you come from? You won't go with such a bright road. You have to enter the Yamen? I can tell you. Whether you are really wronged or falsely wronged, you have to take off a layer of skin first when you go down the board in louzhi county."
"Louzhi county?"
Fang Xie couldn't help asking, "when did this louzhi County arrive?"
"Pinggu County has always been louzhi County, but you are an outsider. We louzhi county are great people. Is Luo Yao powerful? When Luo Yao came, even the governor of Huangyang road was forced to jump into the city and die, but our louzhi County lived well. Later, when our Duke of town came to Huangyang Road, louzhi county is still louzhi county. I don't need to say much about it. Let him go Being smart is better than anything. "
"Oh"
Fang Xie nodded: "I don't have any silver. I'm in a hurry. Why don't you take me to meet your county magistrate Lou, who can't fall down."
"Shit!"
The soldier scolded: "toast without penalty. When you arrive at the county government hall, I think it's your mouth or your spine. Even if it's all hard, it's especially hard, but it's the power stick in our hands."
Xiang qingniu followed Fang Xie and looked at the soldier with pity. He was too lazy to say anything.
"What a good horse!"
Behind Fang Xie and his followers, Shi Chang touched the neck of the war horse and said with admiration, "these good horses will be sent to Lou county magistrate for a while. Lou county magistrate has long wanted some good horses to go hunting. However, it's too difficult for us to find war horses in a place far away from the emperor. Someone sent them up this time. Don't waste it."
A soldier looked at the sign carefully: "what's the length? What if it's a big man? This sign is exquisitely made. It seems to have some origin."
"Whatever!"
Shi Changbi made a gesture to wipe his neck: "what if they have a history? They don't have companions at first sight, otherwise they don't have to bring two horses each. Since they don't have backup, whoever they are. Kill them in the prison. Even if someone comes to check at that time, everyone says they haven't seen it, they can find a fart."
"I heard that the Xiaoqi School under the Duke of Zhenguo handles cases. It's very powerful."
"Awesome fart!"
Nash scolded: "it's all fucking boasting. Let me be the Duke of the town. It's not necessarily bad by anyone!"
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County Government prison
Fang Xie looked around and couldn't help sighing: "I thought Huangyang Road, the land under my rule, was the best place. After all, I've been running here for several years. I didn't expect that there were such county magistrates and soldiers... The gatekeeper was so arrogant and arrogant. It's conceivable that the county magistrate's virtue. The people here must have suffered a lot and been wronged."
"Such a small matter, you can handle it later."
Xiang qingniu looked at the dirty cell and frowned: "why do you have to come in and give it to Chen Xiaoru to ensure that the eight generations of ancestors of Lou county magistrate can turn it out, let alone do anything bad."
"I just want to see how bad my officials can be."
Fang Xie shook his head and said: "Anyway, it's not bad. I want to make the people under my rule live the best life, so the appointment and removal of officials everywhere specially ordered people to be selected carefully. This louzhi county had been an official here before Luo yaolai came and was still an official here after a few years. If someone in the camp hadn't covered him, how could it not be cleaned up? Look at those A soldier in my black flag bugle coat! "
Fang Xie's eyes flashed a thread of Murder: "the name of the black flag army will probably be destroyed in the hands of such people. If I do ten things for the people, the people may know my good. If these patients do a bad thing, the people will remember my bad!"
Xiang qingniu sighed: "In fact, you don't have to be so angry. From ancient to modern times, unless you are an emperor to a certain extent, most of the decisions made by the people above are good for the people. In case of disasters, you can allocate money when you should allocate money. You can send troops when you should send troops. But... When you go to the lower government, this good policy changes its taste. The money allocated from above is also good You can't even reach the people. "
"How?"
He asked.
Xiang qingniu found a fairly clean place to sit down: "as far as I know, even at the peak of the Sui Dynasty, there were many local people's complaints, but local officials protected them for their future. The people had grievances and couldn't report them at all."
"There is no cure."
Fang Xie said, "once I thought about how to manage my officials. Should I use strict laws or large amounts of money to keep them clean? But neither of these two methods can cure the root cause. No matter how strict the laws are, they can't kill greed. Once they relax a little, many plagues will spread. Keep them clean? Give officials a large amount of money, they will be more greedy!"
"Is there really no cure?"
Xiang qingniu asked.
"No"
Fang Xie said, "no one can guarantee to keep an eye on everyone under him every day. The emperor has four seas. There are thousands of seven grade officials in the Central Plains. Who can guarantee that all are good officials? This kind of thing can't be stopped as long as people have greed."
"What should I do?"
Xiang qingniu asked.
"Governance"
Fang Xie said slowly, "spare no effort to cure. Cure today and not tomorrow, and the current Dynasty and the next generation will only become more and more rampant. If you can't cure the symptoms that you've been fighting for your life, kill one group after another."
Xiang qingniu was startled by the murderous intention in Fang Xie's tone. He saw something cruel and resolute in Fang Xie's eyes.
"Through the ages... It's really unstoppable."
Xiang qingniu took the last bit of dry food out of his arms, but gave up the idea of eating it because there was no water: "the county magistrate is bad. If the sheriff is good, it's easy to do. If a sheriff is bad, ten of the ten county magistrates under his rule will be bad. If a governor is bad, thousands of officials below will be bad."
"Turn back and let Chen Xiaoru separate Xiaoqi school into a group of people..."
Fang Xie said, "I specially patrol the four directions, and I'll do one for each one. I'll see another inspector yamen, who specializes in patrolling the four directions of Xiaoqi school. If the thief becomes a thief, the harm will be more serious."
Xiang qingniu nodded: "in fact, your rule is too stable. The people are doing well. They also tolerate the greed of officials. What the people can't stand most is the greedy officials who don't do anything."
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Without Fang Xie's expectation, the Lou county magistrate was not as stupid and stupid as the mayor at the gate. When he saw the sign, he was frightened into a cold sweat. He immediately ran to the prison to apologize and release the people in person, and kept stuffing a silver note into Fang Xie's hand. Fang Xie looked at the face value of the silver note, which was quite attractive.
The magistrate of a small county, from Qipin County, often took out thousands of taels of silver, but he didn't feel bad. This shows how much he was greedy on weekdays.
Contrary to Xiang qingniu's expectation, instead of turning his face on the spot, Fang Xie accepted the silver with a smile and soon became brothers with the Lou county magistrate. Watching the Lou county magistrate gradually let go of his worries and had a good talk with Fang Xie, Xiang qingniu suddenly felt cold in his heart.
Now it looks like a brilliant solution with a smile. I don't know how much killing has been moved in my heart.
In only one hour, Fang Jie made it clear from the mouth of Lou county magistrate who was covering him and what relationship he had in Zhuque mountain. Before leaving, Fang Xie even showed a special reluctance to give up, and felt that it was too late. Lou county magistrate also felt that he had met a confidant and personally sent him out of the county for ten miles. He also sent someone to prepare a lot of food for the road.
After leaving the county, Fang Xie whistled, and the white lion hundun ran over from a distance.
"Anxian county is ahead."
Fang Xie looked back and said, "there are still many Xiaoqi schools in Anxian County handling the case of Buddha sect. Let's leave it to them for the time being. These are just small fish and shrimp. There are several big fish in Zhuque mountain. It's necessary to sweep the courtyard this time."