Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 300: Tie him up and beat him up

Qi Renli was a little embarrassed. "Then I will return it to the county government." He asked again, "How do I return it?"

"Go find Captain Yang and hand the money over to the treasury first. Then have him hand over the treasury account books to you. From now on, you will be in charge of the government office's expenditures."

"I'm in charge?" Qi Renli was not confident. "It's not appropriate, right? Captain Yang is the chief clerk of Beishan County."

"Captain Yang is only the acting chief accountant. After all, he is a soldier. It is difficult for him to check these accounts every day. He does not trust himself. He has to check all the accounts countless times. When he hands them to me, he has to check them again. It takes too much time.

Besides, he is now in charge of the new population in Beishan County and is too busy to handle it.

You are supposed to be in charge of the county's economy, so isn't it appropriate for you to be in charge of the treasury accounts temporarily?"

"You are right, but Captain Yang will feel uncomfortable."

"Haha." Bafang couldn't help laughing out loud. Seeing that the two people in the room were focusing their attention on him, Bafang said to Qi Renli, "If Captain Yang knew that you were going to take over the account book, he would definitely jump for joy and would not feel uncomfortable at all."

"Really?" Qi Renli looked at Meng Changqing.

Meng Changqing nodded, "Although I'm not jumping up and down, I'm definitely happy."

Qi Renli was half-believing and half-doubting, but when he really went to Yang Zheng to ask for the account book, he found out that it was just as Bafang said.

This general, who he thought was very steady, actually jumped for joy.

"Quick!" Yang Zheng grabbed Qi Renli's hand and said, "Come in with me. The middle row of shelves contains account books related to the warehouse. Take them quickly."

"There's no need to be so anxious." Qi Renli looked at the account books and felt his head tingling. How could there be so many? "To hand over the account books, we need to find a middleman to witness it."

"Then go find Lord Meng." Yang Zheng turned around and was about to go to Meng Changqing's study, but was stopped by Qi Renli, "Lord Meng is out and not in the county government office."

"Out? Where?"

"Go to the government office and ask the governor to plead guilty."

Yang Zheng walked around him and continued to walk out, "Then find Laicai, he must be in the back hall."

Judging from his impatient look, it seems that what Bafang said is indeed right.

Let’s talk about Meng Changqing.

She was familiar with the way to the government office. The guards no longer showed her the way. They just said, "The governor is waiting for you in the study. You can just go there."

"Thank you."

Meng Changqing knocked on the door of Wei Fangyun's study, and soon heard someone inside say, "Come in."

"Your Excellency the Governor." Meng Changqing had done something wrong and did not dare to call him uncle. He walked in respectfully and bowed, holding the letter of apology in both hands to hand it to him.

Wei Fangyun, who was sitting behind the desk, didn't even look at her letter of apology. "Put it down and find a stool to sit on."

Meng Changqing was the most honest only when he felt guilty. He sat upright on the stool with his hands on his knees.

Wei Fangyun put the things he had written aside, looked up and saw Meng Changqing's expression, and said with a smile: "When did you become so restrained in front of me?
Don't pretend. We have been together for quite a while, so don't I know who you are?

When Bafang came to me with your letter that day, I knew you were going to Dazhou."

"Uncle is as good as a god."

"Not really." Wei Fangyun picked up the teapot in front of him, and Meng Changqing hurried forward to add tea to his bowl.

"There are teacups over there, pour them yourselves." Wei Fangyun asked again, "Have the issues in Dazhou been resolved?" "The Hong family can't get up, but I dare not say that the issues have been resolved."

"There are many hardships in the world. If the Hong family doesn't exist, there will be others." Wei Fangyun said, "I'm asking you how things are going in Dazhou Prefecture? Is Wen Ruxu still active in solving this matter?"

Meng Changqing put down the teapot in his hand and said, "Why don't you take a look at my letter of apology first."

Wei Fangyun narrowed his eyes, picked up the letter of apology from the corner of the table, and quickly scanned it.

Meng Changqing stood in front of him in an orderly manner, thinking that Wei Fangyun would scold her after reading it. Unexpectedly, Wei Fangyun's face remained calm and said, "This article is like this. I think he has reached the end of his career as an official. Officials from other states have already discovered the problem, but he did not take the initiative to investigate it thoroughly. Instead, he tried to cover up for the Hong family. How could such a person pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi?"

It's not that I look down on these scholars, they are too easily proud and complacent, and once they have a little power, they look down on others and become extremely arrogant. "

"Uncle doesn't blame me?"

"Why should I blame you?" Wei Fangyun said, "If I were you, I would tie him up and beat him up, this old man."

Meng Changqing breathed a sigh of relief, but Wei Fangyun quickly responded with a "but".

"Although I think you did a good job, the emperor may not think so." Wei Fangyun said, "I will put your letter of apology in my memorial, and I hope the emperor can handle it impartially."

"Yes, I have to trouble my uncle to worry about my affairs again."

Wei Fangyun smiled and shook his head. "It's all thanks to you that the emperor remembers me. In the end, I owe it to you."

"Given your uncle's talent, the emperor already thinks highly of you."

Wei Fangyun smiled and stopped discussing the topic. Instead, he asked, "How is your subordinate, Lord Qi?"

"Master Qi has a pure heart."

"Well, he is the person you brought from the capital. If you think he is useful, then continue to use him. If you think he is not suitable, tell me before I leave, and I will take him away with me to avoid causing trouble for you."

Meng Changqing said quickly: "Master Qi is very good. After arriving in Beishan County, he helped me do many things."

"That's good."

When this happened, Meng Changqing thought of what his new master had said. Since the crime had already been forgiven, he might as well ask for someone else's help.

"Uncle, there are only two officials in Beishan County Government now, Qi Renli and I. As the population of Beishan County grows, the matters that the County Government has to deal with will become more and more complicated. It is really too much for the two of us to handle.

I also ask my uncle to urge the Ministry of Personnel to fill the positions of officials in my county government offices."

Wei Fangyun scratched his beard and said, "Why are you talking so…" He stopped talking halfway and said, "I heard that you went to Luojiang County some time ago?"

The other party had already heard it, so Meng Changqing simply admitted it.

"What did Lord Ding tell you?"

Meng Changqing replied: "Master Ding taught me a lot about farming."

"Besides that?" Wei Fangyun just asked, then continued, "Forget it, forget it, I won't ask any more. Beishan County wants someone, I will write to the Ministry of Personnel, and according to the normal process, it will take one or two months to get a reply.

If you are thinking that the Ministry of Personnel will not allow you to select temporary officials on your own, then I advise you to give up the idea immediately.

Maybe we can't get people from other places in Liangzhou, but there are too many people who want to go to your Beishan County.

I am not afraid of having too few people doing things, I am afraid of having too many people with too many ideas. "

"Uncle's words make sense." Meng Changqing said, "But it is precisely because you are here that the officials here are not suitable, so I can send them back."