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"The county honorable..."

Zhao Han was going to talk to him, but he was pushed away by the soap officer, and everyone headed towards the north gate.

What a big deal!

……

Wang Yongshi used the thunderbolt method to seize the house of the biggest tyrant in the city.

They also joined forces with Lu Xiancheng, who had no real power, and used coercion to oppress the head of the land tiger, Li, and spent a day controlling the third shift and six rooms of the county government.Immediately afterwards, a meeting of the big households in the city was called to force the grain merchants to reduce the price of rice, and the gentry were semi-forced to donate money and grain.

Such a variety of methods can be said to be very clever, and it will be possible to open a warehouse to help the hungry tomorrow.

At this moment, a deputy inspector appeared injured and brought news of the uprising of the victims.

The Inspection Department of Yangliuqing Town is equivalent to the Yangliuqing Town Police Station.Although the post office (post station) of the town was moved to Tianjin, the police station was retained and was surrounded and attacked by the peasant contingent.

After being dismembered on the spot from the Jiupin inspection, the deputy inspector narrowly escaped, jumped into the river in a panic, and went around the county to report the news.

Climbing to the north gate tower, Wang Yongshi looked out, but did not see the shadow of the peasant army.

Deputy Inspector Zhang Fen said: "Xianzun, at this moment, the rioters are probably looting Duliu Town."

Duliu Town, located between Jinghai County and Yangliuqing Town, is also a large town arising from water transportation.

From a military point of view, Duliu Town is more important than Yangliuqing Town, where the South Canal, Ziya River and Daqing River are combined into one, which is the origin of the name of "Duliu".

"Da da da da!"

Yiqi suddenly came from the north, but it was Song Chunming, the director of the Duliu Town Police Station, who rode to the county seat alone to report.

Why is he the only one?

Because there was only one horse in the police station, the director ran away on the horse!

Running to the bottom of the city, Song Chunming shouted: "I'm Song Chunming, the patrol inspector of Duliu Town, there is an emergency military intelligence report, let me into the city quickly!"

Wang Yongshi ordered: "Hang him up."

Song Chunming didn't even want a mount, so he came to the tower with Liu Kuang, and said in a panic: "Xianzun, the hungry people are up, and Duliu Town is gone!"

Wang Yongshi asked calmly, "How many rioters are there?"

"Thousands of thousands." Song Chunming said.

Fei Yinghuan frowned and interjected, "Is it thousands or tens of thousands?"

Song Chunming said: "The minimum is a few thousand, and the maximum is tens of thousands."

Wang Yongshi suppressed his anger and asked, "Where are your people?"

Song Chunming said: "It's all gone, either killed or thief."

Zhang Fen, the deputy inspector of Yangliuqing Town, said in a strange way: "I ran here for more than 20 miles, and Song inspector came here on horseback ten miles away?"

Song Chunming was furious and asked, "Then why don't you go to Duliu Town to report the news first, so that I can be prepared so that I won't be caught off guard by the thieves!"

Zhang Fen also said angrily: "You are ashamed to say that I went to the inspection department in Duliu Town. There is no one there. The inspection department's yamen is empty. Where have you and your subordinates been fooling around?"

"I... I took people to the countryside to hunt down thieves." Song Chunming said hesitantly.

Zhang Fen said sarcastically, "To arrest theft? I'm afraid that under the guise of arresting theft, he will bring people into the village to fish for the villagers!"

"You spit out blood!" Song Chunming's neck swelled red.

The deputy director of a township police station and the director of a township police station quarreled in front of the county magistrate.

"To shut up!"

Wang Yongshi couldn't listen anymore, so he stopped the quarrel between the two and said to Fei Yinghuan, "Brother Dazhao, the thieves looted Duliu Town today, and I'm afraid they will come to the county town tomorrow. Shi Shi will lend you ten taels of silver for traveling expenses."

"Ten taels? At least 100 taels!" Fei Yinghuan bargained.

These two guys are burning their eyebrows, and they are still in the mood to joke.

At this moment, the county magistrate Lu Hui and the chief clerk Li Xing came and asked in panic, "But the rioters are killing them?"

Wang Yongshi did not give a positive answer, but showed joy on his face: "Master Li, you are here at the right time!"

"Why is it at the right time?" Li Xing was at a loss.

Wang Yongshi smiled and said, "This county would like to ask Director Li for a favor."

Li Xing felt that something was wrong and asked subconsciously, "What are you busy with?"

"Borrow your head for the first time!"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Yongshi suddenly turned around, reached out his hand and pulled out the sword from Fei Yinghuan's waist.

The sword light flashed, blood spattered, and Li Xing, the master clerk, fell to the ground twitching while clutching his neck.

This magistrate of Wang County is actually skilled in swordsmanship!

Everyone was shocked, and the two directors of the police station who had committed crimes were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground.

The county magistrate Lu Hui said in surprise: "Why is the county honored like this?"

Wang Yongshi said: "This scorpion has been entrenched in Jinghai for many years, and the evil deeds that have been committed are innumerable. Now there are robbers in the county, all of which are caused by other officials forcing the people to rebel. The people who came, took this servant's head and went out of the city to appease the victims outside the city. Let’s calm down the people’s anger first. The county government, county school, Confucian temple, academy, and Gongyuan are all freed up to resettle the people outside the city and the victims of the disaster. Before dawn tomorrow, no one else will be left outside the city!”

Outside the city, there are a large number of people living with Guo, as well as countless victims who have fled from the famine.

If these people are not allowed to enter the city, and when the peasant army kills the city, it is estimated that all these people will be coerced, and the number of enemies will increase exponentially.

Wang Yongshi also said: "Chairman of Lu County, go and gather the big households in the city and ask them to immediately give out food to help the people. If we put people in, if they don't get enough to eat, I'm afraid the city will be in chaos."

Since someone was holding it, Lu Hui also calmed down, clasped his fists and said, "I'll go now, lower official."

Wang Yongshi continued to issue orders: "Chen Dianshi (the chief of the county public security bureau), you are in charge of public security in the city. Huang Xunjian, Song Xunjian, and Zhang Xunjian, the three of you assist Chen Dianshi in recruiting Xiangyong in the city. I want a thousand volunteers!"

"Yes!" The four took orders.

Wang Yongshi went on to say: "The county government office has three divisions and six divisions, all of whom perform their duties, prepare army salaries, food and grass, and weapons. If you can't find swords, spears, swords, and halberds, use kitchen knives and sticks. Collect gold juice, vegetable oil, bricks, and rolling wood. The county will use it to defend the city tomorrow!"

After all the instructions were completed, suddenly Beichengmen came to report: "Xianzun, there is a young master who asked to see him, saying that he is the junior of Xianzun."

"Where did this junior come from in this county? Blast him away!" Wang Yongshi said impatiently.

The guard reminded: "He said he had a plan to defeat the enemy."

Wang Yongshi sneered and thought about it: "Bring it here for questioning."

The news that the rioters are about to attack the county town has already spread in the streets. Obviously, many officials do not know what secrecy is.

Even Zhao Han, who was walking on the street, heard about it, so he came forward with courage.

It's just an offer, not doing it yourself. If you succeed, won't you earn it?

Zhao Han was taken to the tower, Wang Yongshi felt familiar, and he quickly remembered that this was the child he placed in the county government office.

"After your old friend?" Wang Yongshi asked Fei Yinghuan.

Fei Yinghuan felt a little interesting, and said ambiguously, "That's it."

Zhao Han cupped his hands and said, "Meet the county honorable."

Wang Yongshi asked directly: "You are young, what can you do to defeat the enemy?"

Zhao Han asked back, "How many people are there in the chaos?"

Wang Yongshi replied, "Thousands of thousands."

Zhao Han asked again, "How many armors, swords, and bows and arrows do these thousands of rioters have?"

Wang Yongshi said, "The hungry people rebelled, and they didn't grab the armory, so what kind of armor can they have?"

Zhao Han asked again, "Where are the chaotic people now?"

Wang Yongshi said, "We are looting Duliu Town, which is ten miles away."

Zhao Han asked again, "It will be dark in a while. Will the rioters come to attack the county town overnight?"

Wang Yongshi said: "Of course not, I will definitely rest in Duliu Town tonight, tomorrow..." Having said this, Wang Yongshi suddenly looked ecstatic and laughed, "Haha, it's a good strategy, and the consequences will be terrifying. Dian Shi called back and immediately recruited [-] strong men with a lot of money to make more torches, kill pigs and make rice, and this official will lead the army to attack at night! Brother Wei, you immediately ride a horse and go to Duliu Town to inquire about the military situation."

"It's a small matter, wrap it on me!" Wei Jianxiong said with a smile.

Wang Yongshi turned around and asked Zhao Han, "You have made great contributions to your strategy. What reward do you want?"

Zhao Han bowed his hands and said, "My little girl is seriously ill and has no money to buy medicine. I hope the county magistrate can help me."

"This matter is easy to hear, hahahaha!" Wang Yongshi laughed, and his mood became extremely comfortable.

Chapter 010 [Night Attack]

For smart people, some things make sense.

Wang Yongshi, Fei Yinghuan, Wei Jianxiong and others were completely caught in a misunderstanding of thinking. They only thought about how to defend the county town, but did not think about taking the initiative to attack.

After all, this was the first year of Chongzhen, and peasant uprisings had not yet become a common phenomenon.

As a magistrate, Wang Yongshi met the peasant army for the first time, and he had only a few yamen officers in his hands, and he had to recruit village braves overnight.

Zhao Han's suggestion was purely temporary, and he didn't even know the enemy's intelligence.

At that time, he saw Li Zhuzhu's head and was carried along the street to show the public, so he decided to take a gamble.

The magistrate is a ruthless person who can kill the chief clerk of common people's grievances!

Since it is a ruthless person, then give a risky strategy.This is called watching people play a dish, and it is also called asking a guest to kill a chicken.

If it were replaced by a mediocre official, Zhao Han would definitely offer conservative measures, so he wouldn't make fun of himself.

Returning to the county office again, the treatment is different, and there are officials escorting and guiding him throughout the process.

Although Zhao Han made a great contribution, he did not feel complacent. He bowed his hands respectfully and said, "I dare to ask the old gentleman's name."

It is estimated that Wang Zhixian murdered and established prestige, and Zhao Han learned that the county appreciated it. The official did not dare to neglect, and replied with a smile: "Men Zun, surnamed Yang, called Shouzhong, just a small official in the county courtroom."

"It turned out to be Mr. Yang." Zhao Han complimented.

The official said, "I don't dare to be called a gentleman."

Chatting all the way, gradually to the gate of the county government.

There is a pavilion on the west side of the gate. The ground is obviously worn and severely worn. Presumably people often come in and out.

Zhao Han asked casually, "What is that?"

The official introduced: "This is the Shenming Pavilion, which is dedicated to reconciling small cases."

Zhao Han was very interested and asked for details.

After some explanation by the official, Zhao Han's inherent cognition was overturned. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty trial was not a direct drumbeat.

On the west side of the county government gate, there must be a statement pavilion.

For civil cases such as property disputes and fights, you must first go to the Shenming Pavilion for persuasion.

The Lijia officers on both sides of the case, as well as the relevant clerks of the county government, stated their interests and interests to the parties together.If it can be settled out of court, there is no need to fight a lawsuit.If both parties are unwilling to make concessions, then the case will be filed and the county magistrate will personally go to court for trial.

Is it very familiar?

Judicial mediation!

This thing was pioneered by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it can liberate the prefects of various states and counties from trivial matters.

Of course there are flaws.

With the corruption of official governance in Daming, the chief officials of the county government began to neglect their affairs, leaving the officials to deal with everything.The literati can collude with the Lijia chief, and in the judicial mediation stage, coerce the parties to make concessions, resulting in the disadvantaged party always being at a loss, and many old officials even take control of civil power.

Since we have traveled back to ancient times, we must understand various social situations, otherwise we will not know which way to go when we go to court in the future.

Seeing Zhao Han asking this and that, he seemed to be very interested in the county government, and the clerk took the initiative to play a guest tour guide.

He pointed to the second gate of the county government office and said, "This is the gate of ritual, which is not always open. Only when the magistrate takes office, welcomes VIPs, sacrificial celebrations... such festive days, will the gate be opened to enter and exit."

Zhao Han immediately understood: "The door of etiquette."

"Little Young Master is right," the official pointed to the side door on the east side of the Yimen Gate, "this is the People's Gate, also known as the Ximen Gate, for the county esteemed and the person to follow."

Zhao Han pointed to the side door on the west side and asked, "Where's that door?"

The official explained: "That is the gate of hell, also known as the gate of death. It is used to arraign felons, or to escort death row prisoners to execution."

Zhao Han said, "It's bad luck."

"Isn't it just bad luck? The closer you get, the wind is blowing." The clerk said with a smile.