Chapter 87: The County Magistrate (Part 2)

Fang Xin stared at Liu Jueming again and said, "Liu Jueming!"

"I'm in a humble position!"

"You go down and rectify the yamen soldiers immediately and gather them up!" Fang Xin said.

"Yes!" Liu Jueming went out immediately. Without much time, he saw a group of yamen runners coming, a total of eleven, all of them were considered old yamen runners. Knowing the rules, when he came up, he would pay homage to Fang Xin.

Fang Xin smiled and said, "Very good. If you wait in the future, you will be the yamen soldiers of our county. Do you understand?"

"Yes, the villain understands!" All eleven people lay down on the ground and said.

"As an official in this county, you don't need hungry soldiers. This is the capital to reward you. You can take it and divide it!" As he said that, Fang Xin took out a pack of broken silver. Liu Juoming took it and saw it, it was thirty taels. You know, even if the yamen soldiers are not discounted, they only have four and a half taels of silver annual salary. Now there are so many ten yamen soldiers, which is a generous reward.

"Yes, I understand. I am grateful to all the soldiers of the yamen, and I am grateful to you!" Liu Jueming kowtowed again, and when Fang Xin said nothing, he sent the money. Suddenly, everyone cheered.

After the cheers subsided, Fang Xin said again: "This county is a court official. You have been staying in the yamen for a long time. You will not be unaware of the rules. This county has always been kind to others, but does not obey the county, and even has a bad intention. This county will confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. Do you understand?"

"The villain understands!" Zhu Yabing didn't know the relationship inside, so he kowtowed and said.

This matter is temporarily settled, but first, we must count the county government warehouse and the money warehouse, which is a very critical matter.

"Song Wenchen!"

"I'm in a humble position!"

"This county will order you to summon the warehouse manager immediately. The county will check the money and rice in the warehouse now. Do you understand?" Fang Xin said sneered.

After the dinner, the county magistrate, the lord, and the county magistrate would leave. They had their own small yamen. Therefore, at this time, even if there were hundreds of people outside attacking, it would be difficult to succeed. Fang Xin had the final say. Of course, Fang Xin also had his own martial arts, so he did this - in this county yamen, he could kill all of them with dozens of people who could fight.

Without martial arts, it doesn't matter. In the county, he will transfer a team of soldiers to accompany him, which will also have this effect, but this will alarm the enemy.

Song Wenchen's round face was full of cold sweats, and then he realized how powerful this county magistrate was.

Without much time, the yamen soldiers came up, then lit a candle and went straight into the warehouse.

The county warehouse is very large, with five warehouses that can accommodate grain and a treasury with bookshelf-like shelves on it, with collected copper coins on it.

There are two rooms in the east and west wing rooms, with tables and chairs and everything. There are one person in the Ninth-rank official, three official officials, and fifteen people in the Cang Ding.

Waiting for Fang Xin to enter the warehouse and the yamen soldiers also came, the Si Cang Cao Ge Ye stepped forward, kneeling down, sweating profusely.

The first thing Fang Xin did when he took office was to check the account books and warehouses.

Not only are these minor officials the most greedy and fraudulent, they have no hope in their career, and they will not worry too much about their bad reputation. As long as they have the chance, they will definitely be profit-oriented.

Moreover, the most important thing is that if you do not count the warehouse goods within a few days of taking office, you will be unable to explain clearly. No one knows whether you are deficit or your ex-boy is deficit - in this way, the boss will count the warehouse in the future. Even if the boss knows that the deficit is not your crime, a crime of dereliction of duty that "blindness in investigation and lacks strictness in the control of subordinates" can cause you to lose a seventh-rank official.

"Song Wenchen, you can read it first!" Fang Xin said as he saw that he took out the bill.

This is a chance for Song Wenchen. If he dares to cheat, he would not mind killing this person on the spot. After all, this person can be the clerk of the house (the director of the mayor's secretariat) and will not settle accounts. It would be strange if he didn't know the inside story.

On the contrary, even if this ninth-rank official, Ge Ye, cannot be killed without permission, but can only be taken down and submitted to the prefect, which will be decided by the prefect, and must also be recorded in the province and the court.

It depends on whether Song Wenchen is a smart person.

Song Wenchen looked pale and kowtowed and said, "Yes!"

As soon as he looked up, he saw Si Cang Cao Ge Ye's resentful eyes. After this look, he gritted his teeth and picked up the tent book and began to verify it clearly.

In fact, Fang Xin was very clear about this situation. As long as you do not rebel, you must listen to Fang Xin.

Let’s not talk about Fang Xin’s martial arts for now.

"If this county is also infected with a plague, then there are two magistrates in this county who died in a year. What would you say, the court would do? "Song Wenchen knew this very well. If this really happened, the court would definitely mobilize troops to investigate. No one like him could escape.

After checking, only one-third of the entire account book and warehouse were real, and all the others were lost.

Fang Xin could not have thought of this. His face was gloomy and he did not speak for a long time. He only stared at Si Cang Cao Ge Ye with a pair of sharp eyes. Suddenly, Fang Xin snapped the account book: "Ge Ye, do you know your guilt?"

Ge Ye jumped up and his eyes were full of fierce light, and for a moment, his eyes showed a fierce light: "Mr. Fang, this is not a greedy person. In the past, the magistrate and the county magistrate, who didn't take it? Even if it was Song Wenchen and you Liu Jueming, who didn't take it?"

After that, Ge Ye was like pouring beans on a bamboo tube, saying something about the county government. Although it was just a few words, it immediately made the atmosphere of the entire warehouse space become sinister.

In the swaying light of the candle, Fang Xin looked calm and sneered: "Why, do you want to incite the people present to kill the officials and rebel? Or do you want to take everyone to die together? The most important thing is to kill Shangguan. Killing Shangguan means rebellion, and only the Manchus will be punished!"

As he said that, he stared at Liu Jueming and said with a grim smile: "You haven't taken this person off for me, and stripped off all the official clothes and hats!"

Liu Jueming's whole body trembled. This was not a trivial matter. Otherwise, he would have to kill the officials and rebel. However, dozens of people around him, as long as one of them revealed a little bit of the news, it would be a disaster for the genocide. Moreover, he recalled the words just now. This new young magistrate really revealed the interests of the matter!

When they turned around, they saw the yamen runners hesitating. They had been in the yamen for a long time and knew the fate of killing officials. So they sighed and shouted: "Take it!"

The two old brothers rushed forward and turned Ge Ye down.

"You dare, you dare, I'm dead, you don't..." Ge Ye was still struggling. At this moment, a towel was stuffed into his mouth, and then he stripped off his official clothes and hat.

"You two, come with this county!" Fang Xin then stood up, entered the inner warehouse, and said.

Song Wenchen and Liu Jueming quickly followed. They were both frightened and didn't know what would happen. Fang Xinxun looked at the warehouse and sighed for a long time, "Only one-third? Ge Ye can't bear this crime. What do you think?"

As soon as she said this, Song Wenchen immediately understood: "Sir, Magistrate Cai..."

"It can be all over Cai County, but Cai County is dead after all. The official rules also talk about qualifications and favors. Let him bear some responsibility. This is normal. If you bear all of them, you will have to involve your family, and that's not possible." Fang Xin said frankly: "But this county must report the deficit and find a reason, otherwise the county will take the blame."

"What the adults mean is, how much is appropriate?"

"At least 60% of the warehouse are in charge. Ge Ye is responsible for the main crime. Magistrate Cai will share the burden. You can get rid of the relationship."

At this time, no matter how stupid the two of them were, they knew what the new magistrate meant and immediately knelt on the ground: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"

"Get up, tell me how much did the county magistrate, lord, and magistrate take?"

"Sir, Cai Zhixian died of illness. He took 30% of the deficit, while the county magistrate took 1.5% of the deficit, the magistrate took 1.5% of the magistrate, the county magistrate, each of them took 10%. The others were all taken by the minor officials, among which Ge Ye took the big head!"

"You can take the big head!" Fang Xin sneered.

"Sir, the villain is willing to take it out to make up for the loss!" Song Wenchen looked pale and knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Listen, you were originally a clerk in the house and knew how to do things. According to the court's rules, 10% of the granary can be regarded as a normal loss of birds and rats. When the county reported the report, it was said that the warehouse was leaking, and 10% of the loss was added!"

"But there is still a 45% deficit. Ge Ye's ninth rank official can take 10%, while Cai Zhi County's seventh rank official can bear 20% without involving his family members. Now there is still 15% left. You will tell the county magistrate, the lord, the county magistrate, and the county magistrate to spit out 40% of what you get and fill it in. In this way, everyone can pass the test, otherwise the county will not be polite!" Fang Xin said sternly.

"Yes, I understand, I will definitely do it properly!" Song Wenchen thought for a while, and felt that it was completely possible. He immediately showed a hint of joy. He knelt down and kowtowed and said, "My lords will definitely agree to resolve this case in this way."

"But if this is done, Ge Ye cannot be said randomly." Fang Xin said in contemplation, Ge Ye was a scapegoat.

"Don't worry, sir, let me leave this matter to Huye, and it will be done." At this time, Liu Jueming, who had not spoken, said respectfully. He was the head of the yamen, so he naturally had a way to cure prisoners.

"Don't kill me first, do you understand?"

"clear!"

"We must also say hello to the prefect. It is not the matter of the county alone, but the affairs of all the adults. Now the autumn harvest is in sight and the work is busy, so the county naturally hopes that big things will turn into small things and small things will turn into small things!" Fang Xin sighed: "Tomorrow morning, we will communicate with the masters first, and then report to the mansion!"
Chapter completed!