The rise of the poor

Chapter 1186 Rectify the county government
There are no impervious walls in the world.

Zhu Pingan, the magistrate of Jingnan County, fought against more than 820 Japanese pirates with less than [-] yamen servants and soldiers. He not only defended Jingnan County, but also beheaded [-] heads of four Japanese pirates, and recovered Taiping County, a neighboring county that was occupied by Japanese pirates.

The news spread like wildfire in Wuyi Hall, first spread to the official circle, and then spread to the people.

A civil official who was not yet a weak crown, was exiled from Beijing on the front foot, and made many outstanding military exploits that would be difficult for a military general to achieve.
This news is very topical. For a while, people can be heard talking about it in the streets and alleys of the capital.Of course, although it is not as hot as a certain high-ranking official's concubine having an affair with the housekeeper, a certain family's cow gave birth to a two-headed calf, and the selection of the top ten oirans in the capital is going on, it is still one of the more popular topics. one.

Although Zhu Ping'an is not yet a man of the hour in the capital, he is no longer an unknown person.

Of course, in Jingnan, and even in Taiping, Zhu Ping'an is a man of the hour, not one of them.

This was the third day when the Japanese plague subsided completely. On this day, Zhu Pingan did another thing that shocked the whole Jingnan.

Zhu Ping'an dismissed all the subordinate officials in the sixth house of the county government, leaving only the servants who guarded the city together during the Japanese invasion and were recorded in the book.

After the post-disaster reconstruction was on the right track, Zhu Pingan finally freed up his hands, and with the prestige of suppressing the Japanese, he drastically reorganized the county government.

"My lord, why did you dismiss us all?! Are you joking?!"

"That's right, all the subordinates in the six households have been dismissed. There has never been such an absurd thing since ancient times."

"Think twice, my lord. No matter how wise and powerful your lord is, without my help, how can you manage the huge Jingnan County by yourself? You can't do it even if your lord is superhuman."

"My grandfather was a tax clerk, and my father was a tax clerk. My generation is already the third generation of tax clerks. I can't stop the inheritance. Three generations of my family have worked hard for the county government. Years are like a day, my lord, you have only been in Jingnan for a month, how can you say that if you are dismissed, you will be dismissed and I will wait."

"One hero, three helpers, one fence and three piles. How can the county government function without us?! My lord, you can't just go your own way!"

After receiving Zhu Ping's dismissal order, all the subordinate officials in the county yamen couldn't help being outraged and turned against each other. They surrounded Zhu Pingan to ask for an explanation.

"Why are you dismissed?"

Zhu Pingan, who was in the center, glanced calmly at the petty official in the sixth room, and twitched the corners of his mouth with a slight arc.

"That's right, why should we be dismissed! Zhang Xiancheng, Yao Zhubo, and Li Dianshi haven't arrived at the Yamen yet, you just want to dismiss us, at least ask them for their opinions?!" The six-room subordinates were furious.

"Just because I am the magistrate of Jingnan County." Zhu Pingan slowly scanned the crowd and said a word.

In the ancient county government, only magistrates, county magistrates, masters, and Dian Shi belonged to the court officials, who were selected by the Ministry of Officials and appointed and dismissed by the central government.None of the other six servants were appointed by the imperial court, and they were all appointed and dismissed by the county magistrate.The ancient county government implemented the county magistrate responsibility system. The county magistrate held great power and could directly decide the appointment of the six subordinates. As the magistrate of Jingnan County, Zhu Pingan naturally had this power.

To clean up Zhang Xiancheng, Yao Zhubo, and Li Dianshi, Zhu Ping'an still needs to work hard, and needs to be impeached upwards, and the Ministry of Officials will appoint and remove them.But to clean up the six-room subordinates, Zhu Ping'an can do it with a word.Time is precious, and Zhu Ping'an is too lazy to waste time.

"Yes, you are the county magistrate. It is true that you have this power, but you can't abuse your power like this!"

"My lord, we don't accept it! You dismissed me and the six servants for no reason. What's the reason?!"

"We're going to Fucheng to reason"

It was a matter of their vital interests, and all the subordinate officials were yelling endlessly.As petty servants of the sixth house, although they have no rank, are not officials, and have no salary, they can only receive meager subsidies for paper and pen fees, copying fees, and food expenses from the county government, but they hold real power and use their power. They can eat and drink kana, extort bribes and accept bribes. They have a hundred ways and a thousand ways to enrich themselves.

"For no reason?!" Zhu Pingan lowered his face when he heard the words, "It's a good thing you can say this word."

The servants of the sixth house had a slightly unnatural expression on their faces, but soon they all stiffened their necks again.

"One of your crimes is to be absent from work for 38 consecutive days without reason. The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" stipulates that officials who are absent from work for 1 day will be punished with 20 small boards. An official from the household department was dismissed after 3 days of absenteeism. The official’s absence from duty is punished like this, let alone you and other small officials?! And you are absent from work for 20 days without reason, and the crime is even worse! What’s wrong with dismissing you and others. "Zhu Pingan glanced at the crowd expressionlessly, and said coldly with the corners of his mouth pulled.

Uh!
Ah!
A group of six-room subordinates looked at each other in blank dismay. At that time, they were trying to hug Zhang Xiancheng's thighs. They secretly united to make things difficult for Zhu Pingan, and they wanted to drive Zhu Pingan out of Jingnan County, so they were late on purpose.Thinking about it, the actions at that time were so stupid, it was equivalent to actively handing over the handle to Zhu Ping'an.

However, even so, they did not recognize it.

"Absent from work? No, my lord, I am not absent from work, and I should be released on time every day."

"will not."

"nonsense."

The subordinate officials repeatedly shook their heads and denied it three times.

Expected this a long time ago, Zhu Pingan twitched his lips in disdain, took out the autograph book from his arms, and threw it on the table casually, "Your daily response is recorded in the book, and it is signed by you every day. .”

"Liu Mu, Da Dao, take care of the sign-in book. If you are not convinced, you can go forward and check with Liu Mu."

Zhu Pingan glanced at the subordinate officials.

All the subordinate officials lowered their heads, not daring to look at Zhu Ping'an.It is only now that I understand why Zhu Ping'an is staring at them at the door every day when they sign in. So he was waiting for them here. This little thief has harbored evil intentions since then. The little thief was embarrassed. Thinking about it now, the little thief didn't know why he was secretly laughing at that time.

"My lord, we are just late, not absent from work."

"Yeah, that's it. We didn't miss work, we were just late."

A few subordinates were chewing on their words, trying to argue with their necks, saying that they were only late, not absent from work.

"Now it seems that you are not only 'lazy', but also 'mediocre'. What is 'diligence'? Responding to deadlines and letting go of government affairs on time are the minimum requirements for 'diligence'. You wait for 'diligence' and 'kuang'! Not only He is a lazy official, and even more mediocre, so I should be dismissed."

Zhu Pingan glanced at them, and twitched the corners of his mouth in disdain, "You're talking to me, aren't you going to die!"
The faces of those people were flushed immediately, and their heads were almost lowered into their crotches.

(End of this chapter)