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Chapter 231
Fang Yankai went back to the county government, recruited Jiang Wei, and ordered: "Let Wu Ang come to see me."

"Yes." Jiang Quan agreed, "I'll ask Huang Shi to go for a run?"

"No, you go yourself."

Jiang Yan was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly thought of a small matter.

Yesterday, he heard Huang Shi say a few words while chatting with some subordinate officials.

"Hey, you said Cui Zuo, a groom, became a river patrolman, and his monthly salary was increased by [-] Wen, and the extra [-] shi was not mentioned. Do you know how much reward he received yesterday? Ten guan! Damn it, He put cannon stones on the top of the pig slaughtering, hit several Mengtas with one hit, stepped on dog shit, earned more in a month than we did in half a year, I saw him this morning, he was so crazy..."

"Shh, stop talking, Mr. Jiang is here..."

Thinking back on these, Jiang Quan suddenly understood why Fang Yankai no longer used Huang Shi to run errands.

He walked out of the county office and walked to Wu Ang's house, and at the same time another thing came to his mind.

This time, the rewards and pensions for the river patrolmen had already been distributed before yesterday for repelling the Mongolian army, and County Lieutenant Li stayed in the camp for two or three days in a row just to be busy with this matter.

I don't know where the money came from.

However, the rewards for the archers in the county have not yet been distributed, one is that the owner of the house has to wait for the court to confirm his merits, and the other is that the county has insufficient money and food.

In addition, recently, someone spread the word that there are more than 1000 shi of grain in the county warehouse, and Li Xianwei proposed to withdraw it, but the landlord did not agree.

It stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with the owner of the house, it is the court practice.

There were several victories in Sichuan and Shu in those years, and the military rewards were delayed for several years on and off, until Yu Jie died, and he had to steal Yu's family and take [-] guan to reward the soldiers.

The owner of the house followed the rules of the court to do things with dignity and professionalism, but Li Xianwei did not abide by the rules. As a result, the people in the county were biased, which is really unreasonable.

A traitor party is a traitor party, which ruined the honesty and simplicity of Qingfu County and made the petty government officials fix their eyes on the little money.

It can only be said that the world is declining and people's hearts are no longer old...

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In the teahouse of the county government, Jiang Chun and Fang Yankai were sitting opposite each other.

The two of them tacitly did not go back to the back office.

After a long while, Jiang Chunxian said, "When the spring begins, I will be transferred to another party. Some things, I really don't know the inside story."

"County magistrate, it's just you and me here, can you speak directly if you have something to say?"

"Ok."

Fang Yankai said: "The county magistrate will not fail to see that the man was killed by Li Feiyu."

Jiang Chun sighed, brewed tea with his own hands, pondered, and said, "Can Qingfu County afford five hundred patrolmen?"

Fang Yankai said simply, "I can't afford it."

"If this year's autumn can survive, what will Zhengshu plan to do?"

"The only word is 'abolished'."

Fang Yankai sighed as he spoke, and said again: "It's not that I don't want to practice village bravery, but I'll let the county magistrate account for it. According to Li Feiyu's actions, 500 people will spend [-] a year. Guan and meters are seven thousand stones, not including cloth and armor.

There are also military rewards and pensions. This time I estimate that he spent at least several thousand guan, but I don't know where the money came from.In this way, the annual fee is more than [-] Guan.

But the celebration talisman is in the lower county. If you add up the summer and autumn taxes, you can't keep 500 guan in a year.There is absolutely no possibility of keeping [-] soldiers for a long time, and there is no choice but to abolish them. "

Jiang Chun was not as confused as he usually seemed, and said, "Therefore, Li Feiyu's killing of Zhang Yuanming was not only a personal grievance. Perhaps it was because he got the military reward this time from the Zhang family. Otherwise, he would not have killed Zhang Yuanming." Will be so resolute...Young man, you are eager to make contributions."

"The county magistrate, is he determined to support these 500 people?"

"good."

"Random!"

Fang Yankai shook his head endlessly.

Jiang Chun poured two cups of tea and divided them.

"Zhengshu, what can you do against Li Feiyu? Take his military power? Not to mention that this is the power of the county lieutenant, but you have Li Feiyu's courage. You would rather take Zhang Yuanming's wealth than resolutely support this Xunjiang team." hand?"

"I can't do such a disobedience to the law."

"You are a decent person, not only I know it, but also the five hundred river cruisers. Don't think they are stupid. They know that you can't support them, so it is impossible to betray Li Feiyu and obey your orders."

Fang Yankai snorted coldly: "It's like a private soldier!"

"He is capable and courageous, willing to spend money to recruit soldiers, and even defend the county seat, what can you do?"

Fang Yankai was silent.

Jiang Chun asked again: "Assassinate Li Feiyu... surely the official book can't do such a thing?"

Fang Yankai waved his hand and said, "The county magistrate speaks too seriously, I dare not act like this."

"Then the official document is going to be reported to the imperial court?"

Fang Yankai's face became more bitter.

Jiang Chundao: "It doesn't matter how Li Feiyu is backed by the court. Now that the Mongolian army has cut off the Yangtze River, can it still be reported to the court? I am afraid that before the memorial is sent out, your heads and mine will be put in the box, right?"

"I understand what the county magistrate said. So it didn't happen tonight."

"That's it." Jiang Chun said: "Fortunately, although Li Feiyu is keen on meritorious deeds, he is not a small person. This time, he is willing to share the merits of the war with you and me. Next year, we will each move to either side. Why bother ourselves? "

Fang Yankai said: "He is too rebellious!"

"I understand, I understand. Zhengshu, your term of office has not yet expired, right? How about this, how about I take care of vacancies for you?"

Fang Yankai narrowed his eyes, as if thinking about...

It was at this time that Jiang Wei came back.

Fang Yankai pleaded guilty to Jiang Chun and walked out of the waiter.

"Where's Wu Ang?"

Jiang Quan said: "It is said that I went to drink with Bao San. I don't know where it is. The student told his wife to come over when he gets home."

Fang Yankai sighed, waved his hand, and turned back to the waiter.

Jiang Chun held the teacup to warm his hands, although he didn't hear Fang Yankai and Jiang Yan talking, he still asked, "You want to find Wu Ang?"

"good."

"Li Feiyu has made arrangements?"

Fang Yankai gave a muffled "Yes" and said, "He asked Bao San to invite Wu Ang away."

"Let's be honest, regardless of martial prowess, planning, and backing...it doesn't matter all of these things, it's just about courage to do things. Li Feiyu is a lunatic. A lunatic has someone else to deal with it. Why should you and I be enemies?"

Fang Yankai closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "County magistrate, let me say a few words... tonight, I was caught off guard by Li Feiyu, and I don't know what to do."

"I understand, he acted too decisively, too decisively."

"There are only two ways in front of us. One is to cover it up with Li Feiyu. The advantage is that Zhang Yuanming's big burden is thrown away. With the financial resources of the Zhang family, Qingfu County can not only deal with this year's autumn defense, but also the money and food in the next few years. enough."

Jiang Chun said: "Why not? Isn't this a good thing? If one Zhang family dies, the whole county will be rich. What's wrong?"

"County magistrate! Do you know what you're talking about?!"

"Okay, okay, I made a slip of the tongue. But you should know that Li Feiyu did things in the dark. You and I can imagine what he will do in the future. It is nothing more than controlling Zhang Yuanming's young grandson and swallowing the Zhang family behind his back. As long as he does it beautifully, who knows?

At least, he didn't convict the Zhang family of a major crime, ransack the family and exterminate the family.There is no need for us to send the case up to Xiantai and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so as not to alarm the Zhang family branch.Zhang Yuanming died at the hands of the escaped captives. You and I don't know the slightest reason, and it has nothing to do with you and me. "

"No." Fang Yankai said: "If we hide this matter with Li Feiyu, then this celebration talisman will be what he says in the future."

Jiang Chun asked back, "Aren't you going to resign?"

"Don't coax me, the county magistrate, I may not be able to move smoothly."

"I'll make some for you."

"County magistrate, you really don't have to coax me."

Jiang Chun smiled wryly, and said, "You have no other way to go."

Fang Yankai said: "There is also Shi Zhizhou. Li Feiyu has five hundred patrolmen on the river, and I can't help him in Qingfu County. But if Shi Zhizhou makes a move, it will not be difficult to take him down."

"It's absolutely impossible, the Mongolian army is still besieging Syria."

"The Mongolian army is about to head east."

"At this time, you really shouldn't cause Zhizhou such trouble."

"Trouble? How rebellious is a county lieutenant who kills and seizes property?! You and I guard one side, can you really condone this matter?"

At this point, Fang Yankai said, "The county magistrate said that Li Feiyu is a lunatic, and he doesn't want to confront the lunatic. But it is precisely because this lunatic is breaking the rules, shouldn't we stop him? This is also for his own good. Teacher How can he be an official?"

Jiang Chun drank tea and didn't answer.

Fang Yankai asked again: "Would the county magistrate wish to write a joint letter with me?"

"Zhengshu, why bother? One more thing is worse than one less thing."

"You and I are officials of the Song Dynasty, and we shall protect the laws of the Great Song Dynasty."

Jiang Chundao: "It's very troublesome to check, especially at this time..."

"No trouble." Fang Yankai said, "Zhang Shizhuo is not dead yet."

"So what? Li Feiyu said he was going to track down the captives, so he must have killed Zhang Shizhuo. As you said, he will clean up the matter."

"He didn't deal with it cleanly." Fang Yankai shook his head, moved closer, and said, "If it is said that the prisoners escaped, they encountered Zhang Yuanming and his son and killed them, which may make sense. But afterward, these prisoners How could it make sense to escape into Yuan's house and kill Zhang Shizhuo?"

Jiang Chun stroked his beard and murmured, "It doesn't make sense..."

"A bit? How absurd this is!" Fang Yankai said: "County magistrate, you said you and I didn't know anything about this matter, but you did it so full of loopholes, who would believe it? When the Zhang family branch asks, how do you and I respond?
Li Feiyu has done such a rough job, once exposed, he will offend the Zhang family branch in the future, how can the scholar-bureaucrats of the Manchu Dynasty just sit back and watch me be fooled like this?The county magistrate should take a long-term plan! "

At this point, Jiang Chun finally hesitated.

"County magistrate?"

"Let's see how Li Feiyu does it." Jiang Chun murmured, "Let's see if he can handle things beautifully."

The two men in the tea room drank tea and waited silently...

(End of this chapter)