River Tuluo Xian

Chapter 125
All the way to the north, the official road is rugged and difficult to walk.

The constant bumping makes people feel pain and numbness in both thighs after sitting for a long time.

After walking for a mile or two, Mr. Cai will take the initiative to drive slowly to reduce the bumps.

Jiang Ling could also probably hear that the carriage in the back contained the family members of Mr. Cai.

Occasionally, there are voices of women talking, some old and some young, about four or five people.

Seven miles later, on the road, I saw the Yamen on horseback returning.

It seems that Xu has lost the female thief.

When the two sides approached, they saw the [Cai] character flag hanging on the carriage, and they seemed to recognize it. They were equally respectful and polite, and they even got off their horses to greet them.

But Master Cai drove his horse over without paying attention.

Or the other party's status is low, and it is not enough for him to respond.

"The robbing of the prison in the city today should be the bandits from [Tianxing Mountain]?"

Suddenly Cai Lao's voice came from the carriage.

Master Cai outside nodded: "Probably so. A while ago they went down the mountain to plunder, and they were surrounded by the government. Seven people were arrested and detained in the dungeon. I never thought that they would have the courage to go directly to the county to rob the prison."

"The banditry in the south really needs to be dealt with," Cai Lao said.

Master Cai agreed: "It's time to deal with it. If you dare to go to the county government to rob people now, if you continue to indulge, will it be okay?"

After a brief silence,
Cai Laohu opened the curtain and saw that he was reading with a book in his hand, and he glanced ahead a few times.Occasionally seeing Jiang Ling sitting on the side was quite uncomfortable, so he smiled slightly and handed out a cushion from the car.

"Little friend, apart from the horses, were there other property lost?"

Jiang Ling: "It's nothing."

He always carried important things on his back.

However, the rations prepared from the restaurant were all taken away by the female thief along with the horses.

Mr. Cai chuckled: "It looks like you won't be able to find that horse."

Jiang Ling: "It doesn't matter, it's a big deal, just buy another horse when we arrive in Nanjun."

Mr. Cai nodded, and looked at the book a few more times, feeling like he was ignorant.He put down the book.

He also asked Jiang Ling: "My little friend's poems in the poetry club may not be liked by others, but from the perspective of this old man, I think they are very good. From the poems, it can be seen that my little friend has a very high spirit, but this spirit is very strong." A tall man, why would you go to a merchant's house to be the doorman?"

It was either small talk or his curiosity.

After asking the question, about three seconds later, he smiled again: "If it's not convenient to answer, it's okay not to answer."

At this time, Jiang Ling had other thoughts in his mind.

For Mr. Cai to be able to ask such a question, he should already know his details.

Since he is a sensible person, he doesn't need to hide it anymore, he said: "Shang Menlang, is it really that unbearable?"

Cai Lao smiled slightly: "It's unbearable, let alone, but a good man should also be strong and strong. Bow your head into a family, first, it is considered unfilial to the family; it is disloyal to oneself; Worth it?"

Jiangling also knew that Shangmenlang's status was underground,

In fact, Shangmenlang can also be regarded as the concubine of a wealthy family.

[Little Concubine] and [Shangmen Lang] can basically be equated.

It should be noted that it is not a problem for big families to give concubines to each other, which shows how humble their status is.

However, Jiang Ling thought that people like Mr. Cai might have different views from ordinary people.

But after listening to his words, I realized that the concept of world affairs is so, even he is not exempt from it.

Seeing Jiang Ling's silence, Elder Cai no longer dwelled on this topic.

"Speaking of which, if my friend is a county magistrate and you are asked to deal with this banditry, how do you want to deal with it?"

Jiang Ling raised his brows slightly, and said, "Treating the banditry? In fact, there is no need to treat it."

"Oh? If it's not cured, wouldn't it be a mess? My little friend has also seen it, and now there are female thieves who dare to go to the county government prison to rob people, and even robbed my little friend's horse in broad daylight. If there is no cure, these bandits will be in trouble Don't you become more arrogant? When the world is in chaos, the people will have no means of living."

Jiang Ling smiled slightly, and said: "Bandit disasters have been common since ancient times. It's like ringworm and scabies. If it goes away this year, it can still recur in the next spring and autumn. This treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

You said that there are female thieves who dare to go to the county government prison to rob people. This is not because the thieves are bold, but because the county magistrate is incompetent.

The number of thieves in a village ranges from a few dozen to as many as two or three hundred.

But the number of soldiers in a county is at least two or three times that.

With such a disparity in the number of people, the thief was able to enter and leave the county as if he were in a deserted area, and it was even easier to enter the dungeon to save people.

Apart from the incompetence of the county magistrate, there seems to be no other reason to explain it.

In addition, thieves also know the risks when they rob.If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive, few people would be willing to live through the days of blood licking.

Most of the time, the disaster of banditry does not exist naturally, but is forced out by the government.

Therefore, what I said is that there is no need to govern, that is, as long as the officials manage their own one-third of an acre of land, and don't do too much, so that everyone can live.This disaster of banditry may perish forever.

Even if there is, it must be difficult. "

The words were finished, and Mr. Cai hadn't made a statement yet, so Mr. Cai seemed not used to it.

He said: "You are taking it for granted. That thief has great ambitions. Do you really think that as long as you give them a way out, they won't become thieves? Let me tell you, a thief is a thief at heart. It’s something you’re born with, and you can’t change it.”

Jiang Ling said: "Then before Qingyang County had to pay money to enter and leave the city gate. Isn't this way of doing the same as that thief? It's not a day or two for this matter alone to cause dissatisfaction. Once something like this Frequent hair, the prestige of the yamen is no longer, and the prestige is no longer, and the control force is naturally greatly reduced.

In addition, once a person is desperate, he will naturally be able to do anything.As for being born with it?I'm afraid this is absolute. "

"You bastard, superficial words." Master Cai snorted coldly, his point of view was not the same as his.

Elder Cai smiled, and asked Jiang Ling: "My little friend, do you know the population of a county?"

Jiang Ling thought about it for a while, and said, "The minimum is three to five thousand, and the maximum is eight or nine thousand."

Mr. Cai: "It's not that easy to manage these thousands of people. If an official wants to manage his own one-third of an acre of land, it cannot be managed by one person.

Just like what you said about the charging of the city gate, the involvement in it is not the crime of one person or two.

Xiaoyou has a good idea, but if this idea is put into practice, it is not realistic. "

Naturally, Jiang Ling also knew that a county was not easy to manage. If an official wanted to govern, he had to work as one, and second, he had to win over the local gentry.

If you really want to govern a county, it is absolutely difficult for one person to do anything.

But, isn't Mr. Cai asking verbally?
Since it was talking on paper, he naturally just said it casually.

While speaking, the carriage was about to enter a canyon straight road.

Just after entering the mountain pass, suddenly a huge log rolled down from the cliff and lay across the road.

Immediately, several people came in a hurry, front, back, left, and right, outflanking them.

"Appreciate~"

The servant Master Cai quickly grabbed the reins, stopped the horse, and said, "Master, it means that Cao Cao is here, and we have encountered bandits."

Elder Cai also saw it.

But there was not much panic on his face, but he seemed confident and calm.

After Master Cai finished speaking, he twitched his hand under the carriage, and he pulled out a cold-looking plain knife with one hand.

Immediately, he jumped in the air, landed on the ground, and yelled at the thief.

"Blind your dog eyes, don't you see whose carriage it is? How dare you block it?"

(End of this chapter)