Ye Xingyuan spoke earnestly and made a second statement, repeatedly stressing the current dilemma of Qiongguan County, and also stated that half of the county officials now owed wages. The old officials only paid the emperor's kindness, so they did not care about the rewards and worked diligently in the county government.

This is true. Qiongguan County is so poor that it has always been because of the fact that it is owed to the capital. There are facts that the officials in the county are suffering, but it is not necessarily true. There are policies and countermeasures above and below. As long as they occupy the position of county officials, there will be places to find money.

Unless he is a truly honest man, even if he is an official, he will not be able to live with him. But he is poor and rich and has a conscience. According to Ye Xingyuan's observation, in this poor place in Qiongguan County, no one who can get into three yamen runners or clerks in each room, is not a bad guy, so he doesn't have to worry about their livelihood.

In addition to continuing to seal this confession with official seals, he also ordered people to copy and distribute it in the county.

The officials and officials were honored. When they read the letter from the top scholar to tell them that they were suffering and righteous, they were so moved that they burst into tears. Several families discussed copying dozens of copies, one was distributed in the county, and the other was also preserved at home, thinking that they were verified by future generations.

The governor Gu received the second letter from Ye Xingyuan. He first praised the writing and calligraphy, and then began to be troubled, so he invited Li Zongru to discuss it.

"Old sir, Qiongguan County has another official document. Last time we pretended not to know. Now he has been in the news again, threatening the officials with a livelihood. How should we deal with this?" He also felt a little disgusted with Ye Xingyuan and was ignorant. The officialdom has always been implicit. Even if the Shangguan suppressed and refused to reply, he didn't want to tear his face. How could such a cannon-like letter to ask for money?

When Li Zongru saw this statement, he exclaimed: "This article is more sincere and circulated, and it is another model essay. The top scholar's writing skills are really good."

He picked it up and wanted to put it in his arms. Lord Gu was both angry and funny, and stopped him and said, "Sir, don't worry, think of a solution first, and then divide the spoils."

Li Zongru stopped and smiled indifferently: "No matter how much Qiongguan County jumps around, there is no money in the province. The adults reject him in the name of financial tension. If these many clerks are cunning, can they still survive?"

Lord Gu was worried and said, "This time Ye Xingyuan pushed the county officials forward and refused so bluntly. I am afraid that he would offend them. There would be no consequences, right?"

Li Zongru had no good feelings for those vulgar officials and sneered, "Don't look at the hard work of Qiongguan County. Who can eat imperial grain in such a place? Who is the fuel-efficient lamp? If you want to make a yamen runner's skin, you have to prepare at least 60 or 70 taels of silver, and it must be just in time for a shortage. Otherwise, the locals will pass it on from generation to generation, and father and son alternate, so where can you have this position?

In places like Qiongguan County, even if you don’t take money, someone is willing to steal a position as an official. If the adults reject them, will they still make a big fuss?"

The poorer and more chaotic the place, the greater the power of the officials. On the contrary, it is a major cultural and educational province in Jiangnan. A bamboo pole fell on the street where it could hit seven or eight scholars. The officials were afraid that they would offend people if they didn’t open their eyes, so they had to follow the rules and follow the rules and hold their tails together.

In Qiongguan County, the Lizheng, who had no money or grain, had someone to do the job of a grain chief, let alone a serious official in the county government?

Li Zongru believed that this group of people was the most cunning, but also the most stable group of people in the county, because they were vested interests and would never cause trouble.

Lord Gu has been a senior official for a long time, and he is not as clear as Li Zongru's methods of exploiting these grassroots officials. After he reminds him, he also wakes up. In a remote village, a yamen runner can show off his power and drink to make his character. Who dares to provoke him?

With this kind of power, how can they see a few hundred cents a month? Who would throw watermelons for sesame seeds? He smiled and said, "It seems that Ye Xingyuan is also a somewhat pedantic scholar. He doesn't understand the world's feelings and is still speaking out for them."

Since he felt that the officials would not cause trouble, Lord Gu was half relieved. Thinking of the cunning patriarchs of the cabinet, he gritted his teeth and approved, "There is no room for extra money in the province, so I will discuss it later in the autumn."

This is the rejection. After autumn, it is a critical period for collecting grain and paying taxes. How could the governor's yamen take care of the subsidy application from Qiongguan County? It is already considered to be a face for Ye Xingyuan if he doesn't try his best to force the grain tax.

Li Zongru was proud and felt that he had won for another time. He snatched a page of Ye Xingyuan's calligraphy and went back to show off to Yuwen Jing.

After hearing this, Yu Wenjing frowned and pondered silently. Seeing that he was stunned, Li Zongru asked, "Why is this true for me? Didn't you tell me that Ye Xingyuan must not have room for maneuver? Therefore, I persuaded him to stay on the vassal state, but what's wrong?"

Yu Wenjing shook his head and said, "Ye Xingyuan is incredible. I originally expected that he would take other measures when he found that the road was blocked, but it was beyond my expectations for the revelation. What's the use of saying that the officials were suffering?"

Ye Xingyuan has the identity of the Jinyiwei and is also a confidant of the emperor. If he is really in trouble, he can directly complain. With the emperor's favoritism to him, it is possible to open an inner treasury to fill in loopholes for him.

Even if I don’t want to take this path, with Ye Xingyuan’s literary name, I went to the province’s wealthy households to fight for the autumn wind, and the people would just regard it as a gift for a few hundred taels of silver and would not care at all.

Yuwen Jing was waiting for Ye Xingyuan to take the next move. He could act at the camera, but he didn't expect that he would continue to ask for money from the savings. Moreover, the main reason he proposed was so strange that Yuwen Jing had to think deeply.

When it comes to excuses for applying for subsidies, there are many things in Qiongguan County. Whether you want to repair county schools or reorganize the city walls to guard against foreign enemies, even if you want to control the environment and improve pollution, it is in line with the conditions.

Ye Xingyuan just mentioned the issue of the arrears of wages by officials. Any practical official understands that the minor officials are rich and cannot be as miserable as he said in his article. It is natural to criticize and reject it by the yamen of the governor. So what is his purpose?

Yuwen Jing did not believe that Ye Xingyuan did not know the slackness and corruption of the administration. He had experienced the dynasty in the end of the dynasty and had to control the practice. Therefore, he could not have been deceived and wrote to the book, but it seemed like he had other intentions.

"Can he want to instigate the officials to rebel?" Li Zongru laughed out loud, "Then he made the wrong plan."

Yu Wenjing was stunned and his face became somber, as if he was seriously thinking about the feasibility of Ye Xingyuan doing this. As long as Ye Xingyuan was, no matter what he did, it was possible. The finance and administration of Qiongguan County are two unrelated things. If it were others, it would be impossible to solve it overnight, but Ye Xingyuan often had wonderful ideas.

Maybe he just flicked his finger, not caring about the subsidy of a few hundred taels of silver, but wanted to take the opportunity to attack the county clerk system?

But even if Ye Xingyuan is really capable of uprooting the corrupt clerk system, how can he deal with this complicated village relationship? The commander alone can't continue in Qiongguan County, so he still needs someone to help manage a county.

So he went back again. The minor officials formed a good Yin God and received the protection of the City God and the land. Ye Xingyuan could only use this group of people, and it was impossible for them to be abandoned.

Yuwen Jing felt that he was scared by Ye Xingyuan's endless means and tricks, so he was very scared and surrounded by soldiers, so he smiled and said, "I think it's a bad idea. Maybe this is just Ye Xingyuan's advice to the clerks. Let's not care about it for the time being and wait and see what's going on."

The governor's yamen refused the application from Qiongguan County, and Ye Xingyuan received it that afternoon. As he expected, he only smiled slightly and didn't care.

The Qin County Magistrate said with a bitter face: "This time the government yamen officially approved the rejection. It seems that the money is still not needed. Otherwise, it would be better to attack the wealthy families in the county. The gentry of the county has prepared a banquet to celebrate the new official's appointment and welcome the adults. The top scholar Duke has just arrived and if he asks to raise funds, they will always give face to the first two times."

Ye Xingyuan smiled and said, "I have my own opinions, you don't have to worry. It's too ugly to ask for money at the reception banquet. If you talk about this later, I'll continue to think of ways to go to the province."

County Chief Qin was surprised and said, "Sir, don't give up? Lord Fantai has approved the rejection. Isn't it a bit cramped to ask for money again?"

Ye Xingyuan said indifferently: "What the Lord of the Fantai refused was to pay the salaries of the officials, not to say that the subsidies were not given. This official saw that the county school was disrepair and the students read the classics of the saints under the dangerous house. If a storm was a scattered person, they would be in danger of their lives. I couldn't bear it, so I could not say that the money had to be asked from the province."

The Qin County Magistrate was speechless, not knowing whether the top magistrate was too simple or what happened. He asked the province for subsidies. Can he still sort them out and come one by one? Isn’t it that if there is enough money to be allocated, it is urgent to use it in advance, and the rest must be hung first.

The yamen of the governor is not your warehouse, so you can get money once you open it? County Magistrate Qin thought about it and still advised: "You must not be a rash person. Although the vassal state is kind-hearted, he is a senior official after all, and has the power of the official.

The adults wrote letters again and again, fearing that the next reply would not be so polite, but would be directly scolded."

As an official, there is a deep-rooted concept, which is that you are doing local affairs. If you ask your superiors for help, it may be limited by objective conditions once or twice, but if you have more times, it will be the incompetence of your local chief official.

Therefore, local officials would rather use swollen faces to pretend to be fat. It is not a matter of love. Even if people starve to death in the county, they should try to cover up and not cause trouble for the peak.

Ye Xingyuan was confident and had a completely different mentality. He smiled indifferently: "If he wrote a letter to another thing, the Lord Fantai might be scolded, but he would ask for the saints' cultural and educational affairs and the seeds of study in our county. Even if he was not happy in his heart, how could he act like this?"
Chapter completed!