I rewrote family history

Chapter 166
Just like what Mr. said just now.

In his place, seek his government.

If he said that Zhao Jiashu might make a big move in the county, then it would be equivalent to setting Mr. on fire.If you don't go, it's dereliction of duty.If you go, the county seat is too dangerous.

In addition, the Beiyang government is unpopular, and it is not a day or two.

It's a good thing to keep your eyes closed until dawn....

"Your father? Good face?"

"So ask me?"

Liu Changda smacked at these few words.

He intuitively felt that it would not be easy for Xu Cong to invite him to Xujiabaozi.

Having been with Xu Cong for many years, he understands what kind of person Xu Cong is.Xu Cong would never trouble him easily if it was not necessary.There must be a reason for calling him here.

It's just that Xu never wants to say it now, and it's not easy for him to ask.

Anyway, Xu never had any bad thoughts towards him.

While speaking, Xu San'er came in with water and wine, and toasted Liu Changda, "Magistrate Liu came to the house, and Xu was far away to welcome him. I hope County Magistrate Liu will not blame me. I, Xu, will punish myself with three cups... ..."

Xiangxian, not a vulgar rich man, must have a few ounces of ink.

Although Xu San'er can't write or read newspapers, he likes to listen to operas, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, his speech has gradually become eloquent.Although he doesn't quite understand the meaning of some words, he knows how to use them.

He raised the white-glazed jug and wine glass held by Xu Fuxing, and drank three glasses in a row to show Liu Changda's apology.

After boldly drinking the three glasses of wine, the villagers gathered at the door of the living room shouted "Hello" three times.

On weekdays, no matter the old Xu's house or the living room of the new Xu's house, the villagers dared to enter the house.It's just that there is a county magistrate Liu sitting in Xinxu's house.At that time in Fang Xunqing, when they saw the county magistrate, they had to kneel and kowtow to worship. Although it is the Republic of China, times have changed, and there is no need to kneel anymore, but they dare not rush into the living room unscrupulously and disturb the county magistrate. An Ning, rushed to the county magistrate's expensive car...

Therefore, the villagers who came to see the county magistrate gathered at the entrance of the living room.

The county magistrate of Xinye County, even if he is a deputy, is a rarity.

Everyone likes to see this rarity.

"Is this really the county magistrate?"

"It's almost the same as us, with one nose and two eyes. No, there is an extra pair of glasses. But the patriarch also wears a pair of glasses. He looks a bit like the patriarch..."

"I heard that officials must wear mended clothes? As the saying goes, they are good at literature, birds and martial arts. Why, he is dressed like a squire. He doesn't look like an official, and there are no government officials holding official title cards." ..."

After the applause, the villagers talked about it.

They compared the county magistrates in the late Qing Dynasty with the county magistrates in the Republic of China at this time.

I feel that Liu Changda doesn't look like an official, and he has lost the dignity of an official.

How can an official be so shabby.

"I don't look like an official?"

Liu Changda subconsciously glanced at his blue uniform.

This is foreign cloth, a good material, and a foot of cloth costs a hard foreign cloth.Although it is not as expensive as the official uniforms and court uniforms of officials in the former Qing Dynasty, no matter how you look at them, they don't feel shabby.

When he went out today, he deliberately looked in the mirror.

"Sir, the villagers are like this..."

After living in the countryside for a long time, Xu Cong can understand the thoughts of the villagers, "You are an official... If you don't make them kneel or kowtow, then you are not an official..., they, many people beat you When County Magistrate Chen was still there, they never left the village. They only know that the dynasty has changed now. As for which dynasty has changed, they don’t know. Some people think that the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty succeeded, and now it is the Ming Dynasty. world..."

"Some people even said with certainty that in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor should have the surname Zhu."

He talked and laughed.

Min and Ming characters are very close.

It's normal for the villagers who can't read big characters to misidentify the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China.

They don't understand what a republic is, and it is abnormal that there is no emperor in the world.There are even many people with braids, saying that they are left by their ancestors and cannot be cut off.As for what ancestors are, they are also vague, and they don't know whether people in the Ming Dynasty kept braids or not.

"Now it's the Republic of China, not the Xunqing, and it's not the Ming Dynasty...the emperor has no surname Zhu, and there is no emperor now..."

"Fellow folks, we are all equal, there is no need to see outsiders..."

Hearing this, Liu Changda got up and walked outside the door, and bowed his hands to the township party members.

Wherever he went, there was a large area vacant.

Although everyone was in awe of him at first, it was not frightening.But his "equality" seemed to cause trouble, and everyone immediately fell to their knees and called "Master".

Seeing this, Liu Changda felt mixed emotions.

Equality is the bottom line of the villagers.

No matter how kind and gentle he behaved, the villagers would not be too surprised.Isn't that what a good official should be like?Get along well with the people.

However, talking about equality... is equivalent to breaking the boundary between the government and the people.

"Everyone is flat, flat..."

"Today, I am here to attend the full moon banquet of the Xu family, not to inspect the village, so there is no need to perform such a big ceremony..."

Liu Changda followed Chen County Magistrate's tone and became a humble official.

The townspeople who were kneeling on the ground got up.

"Look..."

"What new ideas are just skins."

"Officials are still officials, and people are still people. Officials use another order to override the people."

At the gate of the new Xu residence, Xu Shuwen and Tian Huilan also arrived.They heard that Liu Changda had rushed to Xu Cong's house, and they had no choice but to attend the full moon banquet in advance.

This is the rule when guests arrive later.

None of the people present had a higher status than Liu Changda.

As soon as the couple arrived, they saw this scene, so Xu Shuwen used the topic to persuade his wife.

His wife is his strongest ally, he is both honored and humiliated.If even his wife Tian Huilan can't be his believer, then whether his rhetoric can convince the tribe...is a big question mark.

"A clean official may not be inferior to an official in the Republic of China."

"Look, what are some people doing for the restoration farce? Isn't it that life is not as good as it was when I was in the Qing Dynasty..."

he whispered.

"This is real……"

When Tian Huilan heard Liu Changda's words "I am an official", she believed it more than half.

She was born in a scholarly family, and has a deep understanding of the outside world's changing dynasties.Knowing that today's county government is the county office, the county magistrate is the county magistrate, and the county magistrate calls himself "my humble man" instead of "my official".

A simple sobering question.

The county magistrate calls himself "my humble man", so isn't he an official?
"Now... the ups and downs of the outside world just want to get rid of our old wealth owners, and then support a new group of wealth owners who listen to them..."

"The reason...is high-sounding, but when it comes down to the root, it will remain unchanged through the ages."

Xu Shuwen held Tian Huilan's hand tightly, his voice low.

In this sentence, Tian Huilan, the daughter of a scholar, believed her husband's words.She couldn't help but not believe it, Xu Shuwen analyzed and sorted out the root cause of the external ideological turmoil for him.At this moment, she became Xu Shuwen's believer.And as a traditional woman, give her husband the greatest support.

If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog.

But before Xu Shuwen and his wife stepped on the threshold of the new Xu residence, Zheng Xiangyue from Yuanxia had already rushed over on horseback and entered first.He made a bow to Liu Changda, explained his identity, and began to build a relationship.

"Township agreement?"

"Zheng Xiangyue?"

Liu Changda pondered over this person's official title and name carefully, "You...are you the former Chief Bao Zheng? Xu Cong mentioned you. It's been a few years, and you've been appointed as a villager?"

He recalled the day when Xu Cong gave gifts to Zheng Xuli when he was not an official.

That was the first time he felt sorry for his protégé.

Still fresh in my memory….

Perhaps it was also at that moment that Xi Jun took care of Xu Cong as if he were his own son.

Because with every step they take, their feet... hurt.

"Yes... it's me..."

"The Township Agreement... I was recommended by everyone..."

Zheng Xiangyue secretly thought that he was suffering from blood mold.

He didn't plan to come here today, but Liu Changda was also the county magistrate, so he came to a village, but he didn't accompany him on the township appointment, so it couldn't be justified.

Seriously, not coming to see him is a crime of dereliction of duty.

However, he never expected that the relationship between Xu Cong and Liu Changda would be so close.That's right, even the younger brother's full moon banquet came to attend, how could the teacher and the student not be close.

"Come on, sit down, you are Xiangyue, you have to sit next to me."

Liu Changda picked up a chair and asked Zheng Xiangyue to sit next to the seat arranged by Xu San'er.

His statement seems to be just the usual performance of the boss receiving his subordinates.

After Zheng Xiangyue took his seat in trepidation, he said, "I heard that Zheng Xiangyue has a good official reputation in the nearby villages. Can anyone give me an example..."

Zheng Xiangyue waved his hands and said, "No need."

Although he was sure that he had trained the villagers of Xuemiao Village, Xujiapuzi and other nearby villages into cattle and sheep, and told them to go east, they would never dare to go west.But one or two thorns appear in the flock, which is really common.With the support of Liu Changda, the "Master Qingtian", who knows who has a bad intention to testify and reveal all the bad things he has done.

While saying no, he stared at the villagers present with fierce eyes.

He has confidence.

Even if he was dismissed, the Zheng family could still take revenge on the villagers present.There is a local folk song called "Xu's family on the plateau, Zheng's family on the plateau".They, the Zheng family, the Xu family, and other old wealthy owners, are in charge of everything in the nearby villages.Who dares to talk nonsense, just use some means to prevent nonsense people from renting the land of rich people like them, it is enough to cut off their rations and their way of life.

Secondly, which villager has never owed money to their riches.

Repaying debts is justified.

Nor can the county magistrate intervene in the matter.

The villagers sewed their mouths shut with needles and thread, and sat in the banquet in silence.

"County magistrate, I have little virtue and ability, and I haven't made any achievements in the village... You see, the people in the village don't know what to say about me..."

"I've never been good at flattering people. If other people saw the county magistrate and you went to the countryside, they would probably have already prepared a lobbyist to praise his great achievements. I... I'm different, I'm just a real person, What should be done, if we do it, then we have to tell the outside world, if we don't do it, we just shut up, and we don't have the face to say it..."

Zheng Xiang made an appointment to see this, drank a glass of wine, and boasted to himself.

If the villagers shut up, Liu Changda couldn't move him procedurally and dismiss him.

"Zheng Xiangyue is right..."

"Public opinions rest in the hearts of the people."

"People don't lie. Zheng Xiang asked you to make a contribution. After a hundred years, someone will erect a monument for you and publicize your deeds. But if it's the other way around..., you won't be able to stop even if you die, and you will be infamous for a lifetime."

"It's just like Fan Wencheng, who was so majestic when he was alive, but after his death, he was compiled into the Biography of Second Officials by Emperor Qianlong..."

Liu Changda was not in a hurry either, and after having a drink with Zheng Xiangyue with a smile, he said.

No one has reported Zheng Xiangyue at this moment, but it doesn't mean that no one has reported it afterwards.

He has been an official for so many years, and he understands the dirty things of being an official.

Furthermore, he heard from Xu Cong that his father Xu San'er wanted to be a village sage....

Xu San'er must have a grudge against Zheng Xiang. With so many people present, Xu San'er will definitely be able to win over a few villagers who are close to him. When the time comes, he will have his own witnesses to report the situation to him.

The reason why he was so cautious about Zheng Xiangyue.

The first is to rectify the administration of officials and change the atmosphere in Xinye Township.

The second is to give the disciple Xu Congchu a bad breath.

Thirdly, it is also to vent my anger on myself.Zheng Xiangyue threatened the villagers, because he didn't take him as the county magistrate seriously.It is true that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and the strong dragon does not suppress the local snakes.In the three-acre land in Xinye, Liu Changda can still count on what he says....

As for Zheng Xiangyue oppressing Xu Cong, it is not a crime.

At that time, Zheng Xiangyue was still Zheng Baozhang, and what he was practicing was the law of the Qing Dynasty....

"Uncle Zheng..."

After the atmosphere relaxed, Xu Shuwen stepped forward and offered a toast to Zheng Xiangyue, "Just now when Uncle Zheng came in, why was he in a hurry and didn't say hello to my nephew?"

"Isn't this Mr. Liu from Shiwuzhai?"

"No, it's time to call County Magistrate Liu."

He also greeted Liu Changda very familiarly.

Liu Changda is not only Xu Cong's husband, but also his husband.It's just that compared to Xu Cong's intimacy with Liu Changda, his relationship with Liu Changda...is limited to the classroom.

"Book."

Liu Changda nodded.

Before he came into contact with Xu Cong, he knew Xu Shuwen.

"Just now……"

"I didn't see you just now..."

Zheng Xiangyue dodged his eyes for a moment.

Seeing this, Xu Shuwen probably understood it in his heart.

Xuantong framed Xu Cong for three years. Their Xu family was the chief culprit, and Zheng Xiangyue was just a knife.Now seeing the close relationship between County Magistrate Liu and Xu Cong, Chief Bao Zheng has the intention of abandoning their old Liu residence.It's just that there are two ends of his head, not only he can see it, but Liu Changda also understands it in his heart.

Therefore, Liu Changda never accepted Zheng Xiangyue's compliment, and wanted to punish him for his crimes and clean up the township.

"So it is."

Xu Shuwen let out an "oh", and then said.

After saying hello, he fell into the second seat.

While taking his seat, he gestured to several clan elders with his eyes.

In a short time, a few people took a look and saw that poor people walked into the full moon banquet. When they saw Liu Changda, they knelt face to face and called out "Master Qingtian", asking him to preside over their grievances for them.

"Xiang Yue is not a person..."

"He took my field and raped my sister-in-law..."

"And broke one of my arms."

The black-faced man missing an arm cried out.

(End of this chapter)