Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2754
At this time, Li Cheng was not alone.

What he was facing was the unspoken rules of the entire officialdom.

Leading the way fee, running fee.

This is from the Department of Internal Affairs, and it's fine if you don't pay, but how many times can you go?If you can get it three times, you are considered capable!If you don’t pay the toll, you won’t be able to get to the room where you actually work, but you will be taken to another empty room. Just wait!Wait until it gets dark, sorry to leave work, come back tomorrow.

As for the pen fee, it’s okay not to pay. At that time, Shu Zuo shook his hand, and a drop of ink fell down, and the written official certificate would be invalidated.

Write another one?
The official certificates are all numbered and numbered, and you have to apply for it again. I'm sorry, when you get it, you can come again.

What's wrong with this?Everything is done according to the charter!

There is a huge sign hanging outside the empty house, Waiting House, is that a problem?The official credentials are stained and can't be seen clearly, so what's the problem even if they are going to be invalidated?
What the small official in the inner storehouse wants is happy money, and he doesn't have to give it, but believe it or not, he will find a hidden hole in the official robe in the next moment?

The same is true for printing and ribbon money, and it is true that you can not give it. The small officials in the inner warehouse will not really refuse to give the seal and ribbon, which is against the rules.It’s just that the old seals are taken for free, and the regulations do not say that a new seal must be given. Isn’t the old seal counted as a seal?
The old seal is to smooth out the seal cutting of the previous person, and then carve the next one, so I don’t say how long it will take, and just cry when I get it, because it was smoothed with the old seal, and I don’t know how many hands Yes, it was a lot shorter than other people's seals out of thin air as soon as I got it...

The same goes for the second set of replacement official uniforms, etc.

"Give!I will give it all! Li Cheng said, "I'm not talking too much, you can also give me a discount!" 』

"My lord!expert! ”The neikang clerk gave a thumbs up, “Yes, I’ll give you a discounted price…”

After a while, Li Cheng finally came out. He was carrying a large and heavy package, which contained all kinds of clothes and ribbons he had brought, as well as the official certificate in his arms, and he also got a Empty, shriveled purse...

The time of happiness is always short, and accidents like to strike suddenly.

But before Li Cheng's complex mood of excitement, helplessness, and longing lasted for a long time, he was hurriedly stopped by Master Qinghe when he walked not far away, and took away the officials. ID card, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I can't give you this appointment for the time being..."

Li Cheng's eyes widened, like a horse monkey who was insulted after being prostituted for nothing, "What?What's going on!Isn't it already agreed?How can this be? 』

Master Qinghe also smiled wryly.This was also the first time he had encountered it, and to be honest, it was somewhat embarrassing, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry.This is the order of the county lord, and I will only follow the order...』

Li Cheng naturally refused to give up like this, so he found the county magistrate of Qinghe.

In the back hall of the county government in Qinghe County, Li Cheng met the magistrate of Qinghe County.

Li Cheng seemed to be just trying to get in and out, and when he was about to reach the high point of his life, he was suddenly stopped and couldn't move.For some reason, Li Cheng suddenly thought of the word "extreme joy begets sorrow", and he felt that sadness came before he was extremely happy.

This is sour...

Just like the old sauerkraut.

"Why is the magistrate here?" ! As soon as Li Cheng opened his mouth, the taste of sauerkraut filled his mouth, "If the county lord doesn't like it, it's because he didn't allow it before. Why repeat it like this?" 』

The current Qinghe county magistrate, surnamed Cao, is said to be a distant relative of Cao Hong.Although County Magistrate Cao has always said that he has nothing to do with Cao Hong, everyone knows that if it really has nothing to do with him, how could he be appointed in such a big county?

Magistrate Cao of course also understood that Li Cheng would have opinions, so he didn't care about Li Cheng's irony that he was a repeated villain. He smiled and said: "My nephew doesn't know something, and this county has no choice..."

After a pause, County Magistrate Cao said: "Now that the court has changed, and the wind and rain are coming, we are all ordinary people, how can we go against it?"Come on..."

County magistrate Cao asked someone to bring a small brocade box, and then handed it to Li Cheng, "This county has made amends to my nephew...but this is not the case in this county, and the rest of the counties are roughly the same. The same... All the selection of officials this autumn will be over.If my nephew can trust this county, why not come back next year...』

After saying these words as a confession, Magistrate Cao left.

In the small brocade box, there are naturally Li Chengyuan's "filial piety".

Although the money was returned, Li Cheng was a little confused.

The world where money can't be used to clear the way made Li Cheng feel very strange, and he also felt a little panic.

Although Li Cheng wanted to stop Magistrate Cao from asking what happened, he couldn't stop him, so when he met the county magistrate in the county office, he didn't let it go, and stepped forward and grabbed Cui Xiancheng's sleeve.

"Oh, nephew, it's useless for you to look for me," Cui Xiancheng said, "Now it's not just about Qinghe, it's about something big, you know?"Something big happened!All the autumn elections have stopped, all have stopped... I am also anxious, but it is useless to worry. If you think I am still trustworthy, you can go home and stay well. If you still feel unhappy, you can Just scold me, whatever you scold...』

"How dare my nephew insult the magistrate?"But what is the big event that the county magistrate mentioned? 』Li Cheng wanted to ask about the specific situation, but obviously, Cui Xiancheng didn't want to say more, and hurriedly wanted to get rid of Li Cheng's pull, and turned around to leave.

Where Li Cheng was willing to let go, he pulled Cui Xiancheng's sleeve, "Xiancheng!Just now I spent a lot of money in the storehouse of your house! 』

"Hush! Cui Xiancheng turned around, "My nephew's words are unreasonable... How can Neicangsi belong to my family?" 』

Li Cheng sneered.

Cui Xiancheng had no choice but to say in a low voice: "I will only tell my nephew, and my nephew must not spread the word!"Qiao County, Qiao County has a major event... The prime minister has dealt with more than a dozen members of the Cao clan, beheaded or exiled... If this is not a major event, what is it? !Well, let go!Don't spread the word! 』

Cui Xiancheng gave an order, pulled out his sleeves, and hurried away.

Li Cheng was overwhelmed by the news, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

Around him, around the county government office, many officials were in a hurry, their faces flustered, and a few even bumped into each other with documents in their hands, and then not only people fell on their backs, but even the documents were scattered in all directions. land.

It looks like a catastrophe is imminent...

Li Cheng could suddenly understand why County Magistrate Cao and County Chancellor Cui were in a hurry. People like them must have a lot of things to deal with in front of such news...

Warehouses need to be replenished, accounts need to be settled, people need to be kept quiet, and all sorts of things have to be done. To be able to spare time to have a few words with Li Cheng can be said to have taken care of Li Cheng very much.

The prime minister wants to rectify the administration of officials?
This time, is it going to be real?

Prime Minister Cao said that it is going to be rectified, but it is not the first time, but it has not been implemented before. More often, it seems to be a formality, shouting at the top, shouting at the bottom, and then it is over up.At most, I will catch a few ignorant guys, such as those who only take money and don't show filial piety to their bosses, or those who really don't care about taking money and not doing things, or those who mess up things indiscriminately. etc……

Now Prime Minister Cao even attacked his own people? !
This……

How big is this going to be?

Li Cheng suddenly felt a chill down his back!
Even he knew that it wasn't just Cao County magistrate Cui Xiancheng who collected the money, and it wasn't just Qinghe, but the entire Jizhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou...

Up and down in Shandong, from the inside to the outside, Li Cheng felt that not to mention [-]% to [-]%, but [-] out of [-] were paid!

This is a tradition that started with the Second Emperor Hengling. How will Cao Cao change it now?
How can it be changed? !

Does Cao Cao want to compete with all the officials in Shandong alone?
Cao Cao is crazy?

Now Li Cheng doesn't know whether Cao Cao is crazy or not, but he knows, Qinghe County also knows, even if Cui Xiancheng said that it should not be spread, but this kind of news spread faster than the wind, everyone knows, Cao Cao This time I'm afraid it's going to be serious, and in order to sharpen the knife, Cao Cao first took his own family members, which made it difficult for others to use Cao's and Xiahou's if the knife fell on someone else. The clansmen are going to be shields!
The shield is gone!When the knife falls, of course it hurts the most!

Li Cheng left the county in a hurry, rode on a fast horse, and hurried all the way in disgrace, and then found Li Pan.

Li Pan was a little surprised by Li Cheng's arrival.

It's not that he is insensitive to what happened in Qiao County, but his focus is on Xu County, Kong Rong, the Son of Heaven and other related matters, so he naturally pays less attention to what happened in other places.

When Li Pan left, he had already made an agreement with Li Cheng that the two brothers would take care of each other, one would be aggressive and the other conservative, so that no matter which side wins, Li Shi will win.Now Li Cheng suddenly broke the situation of not being in touch with each other, and came to him in a hurry. Li Pan asked what happened.

Li Cheng told all the things he encountered in Qinghe in detail.

Li Pan sat, silent, thinking, and then his face collapsed little by little, and finally turned into an ugly look, like a dying person, even though it was autumn and winter, there was faint sweat on the sideburns seep out.

"It's broken..." Li Pan sighed, "It's broken..."

Li Cheng asked, "Brother, what's wrong?" 』

Li Pan closed his eyes, let out a long breath, "Kong Wenju is broken..."

"Well, what does this have to do with Kong Wenju? Li Cheng was taken aback for a moment.

Isn't this Cao Cao's rectification of officials? Why is he connected with Kong Rong again?
Li Pan sighed again, "This is the case all over Shandong... Could it be that the prime minister wants to kill all the officials in Shandong?" 』

"How is this possible? Li Cheng said subconsciously, "This...how...but..."

But after speaking half a sentence, Li Cheng suddenly realized that this is indeed possible!
It's not the possibility of Cao Cao killing all Shandong officials, but the possibility of Kong Rong's death...

Politics can be compromised.

Anyone can wear this compromise, no matter whether they have the athlete's foot from the previous term...

Dirty and full of grime.

But everyone who wears him will turn a blind eye.

Or open your eyes and close them.

Kong Rong's life belonged to Kong Rong, but it was not Kong Rong's own.

Now those who keep Kong Rong are the people from Shandong, the sons of the gentry.These people kept Kong Rong not because they liked Kong Rong so much, but because of their own interests.It's like Li Pan.

Li Pan was originally unable to fight Kong Rong, but now Li Pan is taking the lead in protecting Kong Rong, is it for Kong Rong himself?No, the same, this is only for Li Pan himself.For example, if the boss of a gang in later generations is killed, whoever can avenge the boss and kill the murderer will be more qualified to take the position. It does not mean that every competitor has such a close relationship with the boss and how deep their emotions are.

Of course, Cao Cao couldn't have killed all the officials in Shandong.If Cao Cao really did this, Fei Qian would not have to fight over, Cao Cao himself fell first.Cao Cao also knew this, but why did Cao Cao do such a thing? Isn't it because many officials in Shandong, like Kong Rong, not only did not cooperate with Cao Cao's governance, but also secretly demolished Cao Cao's platform?

Li Pan felt that Cao Cao seemed to be anti-corruption, but in fact Cao Cao and Fei Qian's anti-corruption behavior was different. Cao Cao was just cleaning up those who opposed him, or those who did not cooperate and support him very much.The title of anti-corruption is just an incidental or cover-up of Cao Cao's political goals.

Whether it was Cao Cao who killed the side before, or whether he wants to kill Kong Rong now, it doesn't mean that Cao Cao doesn't like someone, or someone scolds him, and then Cao Cao will kill someone, but because of political needs...

Since it is a political issue, there are games and compromises.That's why Li Pan dared to jump out and raise the flag when Cui Yan didn't show up. Of course Li Pan was at risk, but he was more for the game and compromise in the later stage, and to profit from it.

But now, Li Pan realized that he had lost.

"Two or three days..." Li Pan smiled wryly, "the number of people who came to look for so-and-so was much less...so-so thought he was busy with the matter of planning for the autumn...he didn't care about it. Now that he thinks about it, it's because It's over. 』

Li Pan figured it out.

Fewer people came to look for him, which naturally meant that the number of people who originally wanted to keep Kong Rong was decreasing.

This is a very natural game process.

Kong Rong represents not him alone, but which kind of Kong Rong belongs to, the old road of the sons of the gentry who use the fame system as a condition for promotion.To protect Kong Rong from death is to keep the original path unchanged.

Promote filial piety, raise prestige, and ascend to the court.

The more famous you are, the more people will come to you, asking for salt and comments.Ordinary people believe this, and think that something with salt is a good thing.The brick houses of the previous generation have fallen, but the new generation of Internet celebrities have stood up and continued the route of cheating and abducting without wavering.

How much does Cao Cao hate these brick-and-mortars or Internet celebrities?It's not true, he just hates those brick-and-mortars and Internet celebrities for making money, how dare they not pay taxes, how dare they transfer the money that should have been collected to Guanzhong!Cao Cao needs loyalty!
Cao Cao wanted these people to abide by the rules and the Cao family's rules, but these people were unwilling, so they broke out on top of Kong Rong.Cao Cao arrested Kong Rong and showed his attitude, but people like Li Pan still thought that Cao Cao was just putting on a show. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao really did it now, and he first cleaned up those people in his clan who "eat inside and outside".

So, everyone was afraid.

Since it is impossible for Cao Cao to kill everyone, he can certainly kill some of them.Who has become this part, and who wants to be this part?

Ever since, Li Pan became a "friend of Taoism".

"Brother!The matter has come to this, why don't we... let's do it as soon as possible..." Li Cheng said in a panic, "Since it can't be done, then let it go..." It's like he can't be an official in Qinghe County, if he doesn't succeed this year, he will wait for next year , anyway, anti-corruption is like the repetition of cowhide, every year, every year.

Li Pan was silent for a while, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly saw a servant almost stumbling towards the hall, saying, "It's not good!Oh no!Outside, outside...many people came, they said they were the school official, and they wanted to find the gentleman...』

Li Pan's face suddenly turned pale, and then he wanted to stand up, but his legs and feet were a little weak, and then sat back with a bang.

Perhaps it was because of sitting like this that he woke up a little bit, Li Pan turned his head and grabbed Li Cheng, and said anxiously: "They are here to look for me, they must not know you are here!"I... I probably won't be able to get away, you, you go to the backyard quickly, change into ordinary clothes, and run away!get out! 』

Li Pan gritted his teeth, pushed Li Cheng to the backyard, then managed to stand up again, took a deep breath, tried to put on a calm appearance, and shouted loudly, "Since... huh... ...Since it is a distinguished guest, so... so and so should welcome him...』

This may be Li Pan's last public appearance. Maybe one day in the future, when someone talks about Li Pan, they can say that he has a heroic spirit and is not afraid of anything in danger, instead of saying that he is a trembling person. Shaking, almost wanting to pee...

Outside the small courtyard, Lu Hong's voice also came in, "Hahaha, you really deserve to be Mr. Li Lang!"Proud!Since this is the case, there is no need to put on any shackles, so I invite Mr. Li Lang to go! 』

Of course, the servants couldn't stop these principals. Seeing that Lu Hong was about to lead people into the courtyard, Li Pan stared at Li Cheng and gritted his teeth.

Li Cheng also knew that the matter was urgent, so he could only lower his head and weep, hurriedly bypassed the screen in the hall, and headed for the backyard.

Seeing that Li Cheng was gone, Li Pan let out a little breath, and saw that Lu Hong and his people had rushed into the courtyard and went straight into the hall.

"Kuri Lang-kun face to face, I'm being polite here." Lu Hong arched his hands casually, "Please, please go on the road, I think it is lonely in the prison, and Kong Wenju will also welcome Mr. Li Lang to come... Ahaha, hahaha..."

Lu Hong thought he had told a good joke, so he laughed on his own without waiting for Li Pan to react.

Li Pan didn't answer, gritted his teeth, and took the lead and walked out of the hall.

Lu Hong didn't care too much, anyway, he came here to catch Li Pan, not to drink tea and chat with Li Pan...

tea?

Just as Lu Hong was about to leave, he stopped suddenly, turned his gaze, and stared at the apparently extra tea sets and snacks on the table beside him, "Mr. Li Lang still has outsiders?" 』

"..." Li Pan paused, "That's right.But it's gone. 』

"gone? ”Lu Hong chuckled, didn’t believe it at all, waved his hand, “Come on!Hurry to the backyard and apprehend the suspects! 』

(End of this chapter)