The new Qiantang County Magistrate Lu Hui was just 30 years old. He had white face and long beards, short stature, and had protruding fat on his right ear, which was very indecent. Dazhongzheng of Yangzhou did not like his appearance. In addition, he was a gangster of the Lu family, so he was not qualified for him. Therefore, he was able to become an official at the age of 25, five years later than the children of other families. He was transferred to the Xia County of each prefecture and county until Gu Yun was promoted to work at home and was transferred to Qiantang, the Shang County of Qiantang.

When County Magistrate Lu took office, the first fire burned on the head of Zhan. After the White Snake case, all the property belonging to Zhan Qi was seized by the government. Later, Gu Yun took the initiative to give Zhibinlou to Zhan Hong again, and the other land and houses were given to Zhan Tian and Zhan Xi respectively. After this period of careful management, Zhan Hong had initially restored the old view of Zhibinlou. Customers who stayed for accommodation and dining every day were in and out like flowing water, with huge profits.

Unexpectedly, early that morning, a large group of yamen came suddenly, and rudely drove the guests to the Binlou, sealed the warehouse where the money was stored, and arrested all the shopkeepers and waiters, and put them in the prison of the yamen without visiting them. After receiving the news, Zhan Yi hurried to the county yamen to clear the matter. Unexpectedly, Du Sansheng avoided him, Li Dingzhi could only fight and refused to tell the truth. Finally, he endured the pain and used 100,000 yuan before he agreed to plead with the county magistrate.

After three days like this, Zhan Feng was restless and Li Dingzhi replied, "Lu Hui felt that these property belonged to Zhan Feng. Zhan Feng was guilty and was exiled to the border to join the army, so his property belonged to the public. It was not difficult for Zhan Hong to want it, and he could use the money to redeem it. As for how much it would cost, this could be negotiated.

Zhan Hong was stunned when he heard this. The word "official" was so black and white. What could he do? The Zhan family is not as good as before. After many twists and turns, even ordinary gentry could not compare with them. They were unable to fight against the Mingfu of a county, so they had to bow their heads and surrender and bargain through Li Dingzhi and Luhui.

I don’t know if it was because of the operation of Qiantang County Magistrate who spent too much savings on Lu Hui, so the lion spoke up and asked Zhan Hong to redeem him for three million yuan. Zhan Hong was disabled and discouraged, and faded out of the power core of Zhan’s family for many years. He used to only receive some money and rent to support his family, but he had never done any business. His wealth was hundreds of thousands of yuan. Later, Zhan’s family split the family and most of the things he gave him were land and houses waiting for dead things. Although he had taken Zhibin Lou in the past two months, he could not make up three million yuan in cash. Besides, Zhibin Lou was not worth so much money to remove the tendons and bones. He was only willing to give Lu Hui 500,000 yuan to show his feelings.

One is three million, and the other is five hundred thousand, and the one is ruthless, and the one is even more ruthless. How can we negotiate this deal? Lu Hui felt that his face was greatly insulted, so he sent a household Cao Juan and Zhao Shuai to inspect the household tenants under Zhan Hong's name, and no omissions were left.

The Chu rule followed the Wei system, which stipulated that no tenants with the first and second ranks were more than fifty households, the third ranks were ten households, the fourth ranks were seven households, the fifth ranks were five households, the sixth ranks were three households, the seventh ranks were two households, and the eighth ranks were nine households, but in fact, it was more than a hundred times and a thousand times more than this number. These people did not need to rent and serve in the court, so many farmers would rather give up their status as free people and voluntarily become tenants of the gentry. In response to this situation, the court would regularly conduct household registration, re-enter the number of households that exceeded the number, and impose penalties on the concealed gentry.

However, under the control of family politics, prosecuting the household registration has become a routine matter. As long as you are not deliberately looking for trouble, you usually have to just live by and no one takes it seriously. This time, the Lu Association sent someone to investigate Zhan Hong, which clearly showed revenge, but it made people have nothing to say. I didn’t learn much about being an official, and I could understand the methods of persecution.

Zhan Hong initially decided to be a seventh rank, but later he was disabled and was reduced to the ninth rank by Dazhongzheng. In other words, he could only protect one household according to the rules. In fact, before the separation of the family, he had five tenants, and after the separation of the family, there were more tenants, and there were thirty tenants. Among these tenants, there were Qimin and refugees, with different identities, but they were all illegal. They were all accurate.

Gu Yun was honest and honest in his tenure as Qiantang Ling. The house Cao Ran Zhao Shuai was afraid and did not dare to plunder it. He caught a lot of oil and water. After receiving the instructions from Lu Hui this time, he was like a hungry jackal. He looked at Zhan Hong's house and swallowed saliva continuously. He went through the boxes and cabinets when he came to the door, causing chaos. Not only did he capture all the households, regardless of gender, age, but also several servants and maids, and as for the money and equipment he stole, there were not a few.

Zhan Hong was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He asked Li Dingzhi to tell him about the Xiang, but he couldn't even enter the county magistrate's gate. At this time, Du Sansheng, who had been avoiding him, found him and advised him to apologize to the county magistrate. Of course, the price was not the previous three million, including the crime of banning the inhabitant and privately hiding refugees. If you want to settle all of them, at least seven million yuan!

Zhan Hong was helpless, but he knew that the people would not fight against officials and continued to fight against Lu Hui, which would only make it even more difficult. So he turned around and went to ask for help from two brothers. Zhan Tian and Zhan Xi were addicted to alcohol and gambling. The family was not enough to divide their belongings, so he was willing to give Zhan Hong his hands to show that he could not help. This is also the reason why the gentry of the big surname was unwilling to split up easily. When the family encountered difficulties, they were in the same spirit and prospered, and they all prospered and suffered losses. In the interfering and civil strife, they had to find a way to come up with ideas. Now that the family was divided, they were still the same surname, but in fact they were already two families. If they were not concerned about their own affairs, who would be willing to help them all?

There is no way to ask for help, and there is no hope of getting along. Lu Cheng gave Zhan Hong a seven-day deadline. If he doesn't pay the money for seven days, he will immediately report to Zhongzheng, take his ninth-rank review certificate, and then follow the rules to be flogged. At that time, he will be polite and don't blame others!

Zhan Hong suddenly fell into a desperate situation!

It was also at this moment that he suddenly remembered what Zhan Wenjun said when he left Qiantang: If he encounters an unsolvable problem in the future, go to Xu You for help. He is a gentleman, but he has many wisdom and will definitely protect you!

Zhan Hong had heard of Xu You, Yixing Xu Qilang. As long as he was not a deaf and blind person, he knew his reputation. But today, his family was destroyed and his family was destroyed. He didn't understand why his sister looked at him differently, so he invited him to live in Mingyu Mountain for some time. He was a scholar and thought that Xu You was just a brave warrior. He did not agree with his sister's opinion, so he had never had any contact with Xu You. In addition, there was no need to find him before. Now that he encountered the unsolvable problem that Zhan Wenjun said, he just treated him as a living horse, prepared gifts, and knocked on the door of Jingyuan.

After receiving the call, Xu You was stunned for a moment before remembering that Zhan Hong was Zhan Wenjun's eighth brother. He was framed by Zhan Wei and had a look of a sudden appearance, and he broke his fingers three times. He was most loved by Zhan Wenjun. Although he didn't know his intention to visit him, he had to look back at him for Zhan Wenjun's sake.

"I've met Mr. Lang!"

After entering the lobby, he glanced at the furnishings, and combined with what he had seen in the yard just now, Zhan Hong's impression of Xu You has changed greatly. If he can make the house so elegant, he will definitely not be a vulgar person.

Xu You returned the gift and invited him to sit down, and said with a smile: "I heard Mrs. Guo talk about you a long time ago. I have always been in love with you, but I didn't expect that I finally got what I want today!"

Xu You's enthusiasm calmed down a little nervously, and he said to himself: "I have a naughty appearance. I usually stay at home and study more often, and I rarely go out. If I hadn't been desperate today, I wouldn't have taken the liberty to bother my husband!"

"What's wrong, what happened?"

Seeing his sad expression, Xu You ordered tea to be served in the autumnal equinox and comforted him: "Don't hurry, just say it slowly. If I really encounter trouble, I should help you with all my heart!"

When Xu You heard Zhan Hong talk about the cause of the incident, he was inexplicably surprised. He had learned from Gu Yun that it was Lu Hui who took over as the magistrate of Qiantang County, but Gu Yun said that this person had been practicing for many years and his official reputation was still good. Unexpectedly, he had just arrived a few days ago and had an operation with Zhan Hong.

Zhan’s family didn’t know where the bad luck this year was. Tianshidao bullied him, and a new county magistrate would also bully him. Xu You really wanted Zhan Hong to see the Feng Shui of the ancestral tomb, and whether he had buried the wrong place.

"If only Zhibin Tower is involved, this matter is easy to deal with. Zhibin Tower is what Gu Fujun promised you, and County Magistrate Lu has no reason to take it back. But what is difficult now is that the household in your door exceeds the limit stipulated by the court. If you really have to follow the law, you may be out of control."

The original intention of the Yinhu system was to avoid the merger of land by powerful households. However, there were policies from above and countermeasures from below. After the evolution of the manor economy for a hundred years, the Yinhu system was actually in name only. However, the imperial court did not explicitly cancel the Yinhu system, and Lu Hui took this as a handle. Even if Zhan Hong sued Jinling, it would be useless.

"Hey, if I had known Lu would be so difficult, I should have given him three million yuan in advance, saving him a lot of trouble!"

The county magistrate of the family and the imperial destruction of the family. Although the rank of the people is low, he faces thousands of people directly. The power in his hands is very small, but he is also very large. Zhan Hong was born in the Zhan family and was once a middle-aged gentry in Qiantang. Although he has declined, his foundation is still much stronger than that of ordinary poor families. He is almost powerless in the face of the coercion of the Luhui, let alone those ordinary people, they are really fish on the chopping board of the government.

Zhan Hong felt regretful from the bottom of his heart, but there was no medicine for regret in the world, and it would be useless to be depressed. Xu You thought for a while and said, "Prince Du is willing to mention you, which means he can't stand the behavior of Magistrate Lu. I will go to see him later and find out the verbal slang. Magistrate Lu wants to just seek wealth, and maybe he can find a way to achieve the best of both worlds."

Zhan Hong left with great gratitude, He Ru turned out from the inner hall and said, "Except for one Zhan Wenjun, the rest of the Zhan family are all mediocre people. No wonder they were targeted by others one after another, because it was due to fate."

Xu You sighed, "I can't say I have to deal with Lu Hui... The autumnal equinox, go and call Feng Hu, I'm going to go out!"

If you want to settle down in Qiantang, the county magistrate is the first person to be offended. He discussed with He Ru that Lu Hui had just arrived and had not yet established a firm foothold. If you want to visit him, you have to find a suitable opportunity. However, because of Zhan Hong, this opportunity appears in advance, but it may not be suitable.
Chapter completed!