The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 279
After Liu Ji gave Bai Jinxiu some instructions, Bai Jinxiu left and hurried back to Datong without stopping.

She came to Liaoyang this time, in fact, she didn't need to come by herself, she just sent a black lotus envoy.But when she came in person, she just wanted to see the person she wanted to see, but she didn't expect that he was not in Liaoyang.

Although she was a little disappointed in her heart, she could tell which was more important.

When Bai Jinxiu left, he brought Liu Ji's letter of seeking virtuousness with him, which was also the meaning of Jiang Chuan's letter to him.

Jiang Chuan meant to ask Bai Jinxiu and Mu Zuo, the prefect of Datong, to handle this matter.After all, the magistrate of Datong is the local parent official in Datong. If he presides over this matter, it will be more powerful in terms of publicity and credibility.

After Bai Jinxiu left, Liu Ji wrote a letter to Jiang Chuan again. After explaining the matter in detail, he sealed it with varnish, stamped his private seal, and called a personal guard to send him to Guangzhou quickly. rather.

In Guangning, the west city wall that was collapsed during the siege is being washed and rebuilt. First, the muddy water poured into the base of the city wall must be drained and the foundation re-tamped before building can be built on it.

The project was not small. After Jiang Chuan agreed, the engineering battalion took the lead, and then mobilized some troops to build it together. The construction speed was not slow.

The waterways and tunnels created during the siege were refilled and compacted to prevent natural and man-made disasters in the future.

Everywhere in the city, there are soldiers of the Jiang family army patrolling.Although there were not many pedestrians on the street, after the common people found out that Jiang's army had strict military discipline and did not commit any crimes against the common people, they gradually became more courageous, and more and more people took to the streets.

Guangning is no better than Liaoyang, and Jiang's army is here for the first time, so they don't have any mass base.Moreover, Guangning had been occupied by the Qing army longer than Liaoyang, so Jiang Chuan did not dare to be careless. After the city was broken, he directly announced that the entire city would be temporarily managed by the army.

He is headless now, and Liu Ji's civil affairs department has some people to maintain the Erlong Valley on the one hand, and manage the affairs of Liaoyang on the other, so there is no way to allocate manpower to Guangning.

In order not to cause other troubles, Jiang Chuan did not make too many changes for the time being except for occupying the government treasury and official warehouse, and the three chapters of the Anmin Announcement.

On the contrary, the prison in Guangning Mansion was already full of people, most of whom were captured Qing officials and minor officials.A rough question about these people is that most of them were officials of the Ming Dynasty before, and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Man Qing, like Jiang Chuan, had no one to use, so they had to continue to hold their original positions, but they had changed masters.

However, Jiang Chuan did not intend to use these spineless people any more.So lock them up first.

He was thinking in his heart to extract some benefits from these dying people to send them on their way.

"Li Jian, you don't want to do this with your own hands. Choose some of these people to do it." In the signing room of the second hall of the prefect's yamen, Jiang Chuan was giving instructions to Li Jian, the military commander.

"What kind of person to choose?" Li Jian seemed a little confused about what Jiang Chuan meant.

"There are officials and officials locked up in the big prison. You keep those officials according to the roster, pick out those petty officials, and let them do the rest. These people will definitely die in order to survive." Toss those officials with dead hands. In order to save their lives, officials will also go bankrupt to redeem themselves.

You haven't heard a sentence: a small official with iron, an official with flowing water.These officials have term limits and are transferred to other places within a few years.On the contrary, these small officials in various yamen are basically local natives and are familiar with the local conditions.Whoever is rich, who is powerful, who is a widow, these people have an account in their hearts.

After these officials took office, whether they issued government orders or rectified corruption in the local area, they had to rely on these local officials.These people can also take advantage of the opportunity to deceive the upper and lower, and profit from it, the most cunning and mean.That's why there is another saying that officials are as cunning as ghosts, and it refers to these people. "

Jiang Chuan leaned back in his chair, took a sip from his teacup, and spoke in detail.

Since ancient times, the king of hell is easy to see, and the little devil is difficult to deal with.This has always been the case in yamen from ancient times to the present, and all the officials are concerned about their own image, and they don't do things too badly.On the contrary, the errand runners below are all greedy and shameless. They eat the family and eat the family, eat the plaintiff and the defendant, and can make people who go to the yamen torment their minds haggard and complain endlessly.

In the Dream of Red Mansions, after Jia Yucun took office as an official, when hearing the case of Xue Baochai's brother, the dumb king Xue Pan, who robbed a civilian girl and beat him to death, some of his subordinates presented him with an official amulet. He is a wealthy nobleman that Jia Yucun can't easily offend.

Later, Jia Yucun really felt fearful, did not enforce the law impartially, and indulged Xue Pan's evil deeds.

After Li Jian listened to it, he thought about it, and finally realized: "My lord, I want these local officials to interrogate those officials. First of all, these people are locals, and they know the situation of each family well. Those officials Even if you want to cover it up, you can’t cover it up. Secondly, these people are utilitarian and follow their influence. Under the threat of life and death, they will definitely do their best to persecute those officials to save their own lives.”

Jiang Chuan smiled, and nodded with his fingers: "That's right. In the future, we still need to make a few more turns in our brains. We need to use different methods to deal with people who don't need it. We should try our best not to stain our own hands with such dirty things." .It’s best if someone does it for you. Even if someone talks about it in the future, it won’t damage our reputation.”

Li Jian nodded to show that he understood, and after a moment of silence, he said: "My lord, are we going to use such treacherous officials to do things in the future? Wouldn't it be bad for my lord's reputation to use such people?"

Jiang Chuan stood up and stretched his arms, then took the conversation and said, "Even if I have no one to use, I will not use these people. But even if it is a shit stick, he has its uses. After we run out Just burn this dung stick again, so we won’t be afraid of the stinky smell getting on us.”

Li Jian suddenly realized, bowed his hands and cupped his fists and said, "My lord is wise, I will make arrangements for this."

Jiang Chuan nodded, and when he was about to tell him a few more words, his ears moved suddenly, and he heard horseshoes rushing outside the yamen, and his heart moved, knowing that something must be wrong.

Soon, a guard commander who was on duty outside the yamen came in with a man dressed as a guard.

Jiang Chuan recognized that this person was the captain of the personal army he had transferred from the personal guard battalion to Liu Ji, his eyes flashed, and he asked, "But did the military commander send you a letter?"

The captain of the personal army knelt down on one knee: "The last general will see the lord. The military division sent the last general to send an emergency military situation." After speaking, he held Liu Ji's letter with both hands.

The captain of the personal guard on duty took the letter with both hands and held it in front of Jiang Chuan, and stepped aside respectfully.

Jiang Chuan picked up the letter and checked the paint seal first. After confirming that everything was normal, he lit a candle and melted the seal on the seal. Read Liu Ji's letter quickly.

Looking at him, his face became serious, and after putting down the letter, he was already thinking urgently.

　In the past two days, my health has gradually improved, but in the third update yesterday, the old cat broke his promise, and I apologize to everyone.Thanks to the big guys "Mu Zhi Qi Baa Ming Hao" and "Zhu Tuan" for their rewards.There are also updates.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)