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"Your Excellency, you still remember villains." After Yang Yangwang sat down,

Meng Huwei acted as a servant, served Ji Zihe a cup of hot tea, and then stood behind him as the background board.

Ji Zihe looked at Yang Yangwang with confusion in his eyes, "Have we met before?"

"I saw it, on the street. That day when you asked about Zhang San, that is, monk Daodong, it was the villain who told you about it. Do you remember?" Yang Yangwang asked cautiously.

Ji Zihe seemed to remember something, "Oh, it was you, thank you so much that day."

Come on, it's just a one-sided relationship, how could I think of it.Not to mention Ji Zihe, even the readers probably looked confused.

"My lord, you are welcome. You have been in Ning'an County for so long, and the villain has not come to visit you formally. It is really rude. I am here to see you today. A small gift is not a respect. I hope you will accept it." Yang Yangwang stretched out his hand, and said The servant behind him handed over a snack box, Yang Yangwang held the small box in both hands and brought it to Ji Zihe.

Ji Zihe was a little embarrassed, it wasn't that no one wanted to come to see him, it was just that Ji Zihe rejected all the people who came to send greeting cards.He has been in Ning'an County for so long, except for some banquets with a large number of people, privately he is not willing to meet those local dignitaries and businessmen alone.

It's not that Ji Zihe is prejudiced against them, it's really a lesson from others and a teacher from others.The fate of so many senior corrupt officials is there. As the top leader in the county, how many people want to take a shortcut through him.If there are many people, no one will ask him to engage in corruption, but if they meet in private, I don't know how many sugar-coated shells are waiting for him.Ji Zihe didn't want to be troublesome, so he simply disappeared.

"I've accepted your wish. As for this gift, you should take it back." Ji Zihe said.

"My lord, it's just a box of snacks, not worth a lot of money. If you don't accept it, I'm really sorry."

Ji Zihe was a little hesitant. After all, it was New Year's Eve, and giving each other New Year's gifts should be a very common thing.When he was not an official before, he went to the elder's house to give gifts, so it was really inappropriate not to accept it.Wait until he returns him an annual gift, it's not expensive anyway.

"Then, I'll accept it, no exception."

"Ugh."

Holding the box in his hands, Yang Yangwang heaved a sigh of relief after watching Ji Zihe take it over.

Ji Zihe frowned alertly, no, it was weird.He came to the door so early, isn't it just for a chance to meet alone, then this gift...

Meng Zhang suddenly leaned down and whispered in Ji Zihe's ear, "The things in this box are wrong."

Looking at the box in his hand, Ji Zihe poked his consciousness in, and after finding out what was inside, he looked at Yang Yangwang calmly.

Yang Yangwang felt that his whole body seemed to be seen through by the young magistrate, and his buttocks moved on the chair, feeling restless.

"Master Yang, do you have something to say to me?" Ji Zihe said calmly, putting the snack box aside.

Finally, when it was time to get down to business, Yang Yangwang licked his mouth, feeling his mouth was dry, and took a sip of tea, "It's like this, the magistrate of the county, the villain is not talented, thanks to the love of his colleagues, he was just elected as a local official last month." The vice president of the chamber of commerce. According to the practice in previous years, a temple fair will be held at the Town God's Temple on the Lantern Festival, and the villain is here for this."

Ji Zihe nodded. The Chamber of Commerce is a non-governmental organization, a small group formed spontaneously by businessmen.Sharing information and helping each other is conducive to promoting local economic development.

For such organizations, the general government adopts a policy of neither supporting nor suppressing them.As long as they don't break the law and discipline, the government is willing to give them full freedom and let them develop in a healthy way.

After all, the chamber of commerce is a civil organization and has no real power.If you want to organize a temple fair, you can't organize it if you want to. You must get the approval of the government.How much land does the temple fair need to occupy, how many yamen servants are needed to maintain order, how to deal with business taxation, how to attract merchants to gather... All these need to be negotiated with the government.

Yang Yangwang came to him alone to talk about this matter, probably because he wanted to take a shortcut from him, "Don't talk about official business in private.

, When you go to the county government on the fourth day of the lunar new year, someone will discuss this matter with you in detail. "

After hearing this, Yang Yangwang didn't show any disappointment, but rather relaxed, "Thank you, my lord, that villain will leave now."

"Wait." Ji Zihe suddenly stopped him.

"What else is there, my lord?"

"It's so early, Mr. Yang hasn't eaten yet, why don't you eat a piece of dim sum to pad your stomach first." Ji Zihe took the dim sum box in his hand again, opened it in front of him, and looked at the sheet under the dim sum. A bank note with a shocked expression on his face.

"Master Yang is trapping me in an injustice. I am not blessed to accept this snack. I'd better ask Master Yang to take it back."

Ji Zihe covered the snack box and asked Meng Zhang to stuff the snack box into Yang Yangwang's arms.Yang Yangwang was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Ji Zihe to react like this.

"Your Excellency, do you think it's too little?" Yang Yangwang asked cautiously.

"Master Yang, based on your actions alone, I can convict you of attempting to bribe an official of the court." Ji Zihe said coldly.

Yang Yangwang panicked, the snack box in his arms fell to the ground, and the snacks and bank notes in the box were scattered all over the floor.

Only now can he be sure that this new county magistrate really doesn't want to take money, and he isn't being polite to him and playing sloppy.

He knelt down on the ground with a thud, "My lord, spare me, little man, this little man was just confused for a moment!"

"Confused? Master Yang doesn't look like a confused person. Tell me, who ordered you to bribe me, and what is your purpose?" Ji Zihe asked.

"I'm wronged, my lord, the villain has no one to instigate, nor does he have any purpose."

"Could it be that you saw that the official was short of money, sympathized with the official, and sent money to the official?"

How can an official be short of money, open his eyes and talk nonsense.Yang Yangwang dared not speak out, "No, it's just a custom."

"Routine?"

"As long as the Chamber of Commerce wants to organize any big event, it must first send a sum of convenience money to the county magistrate, lest the government deliberately delay time or not give convenience. As for the position of the president, I only knew about these rules after being reminded, and I dare not disobey them. My lord, this villain is really wronged." Yang Yangwang knelt down and said loudly.

What he said was very ingenious. It not only explained Ji Zihe's doubts, but also excused himself, showing his ignorance and picking himself out.Although he looked sincere and fearful on the surface, his head was still turning so fast, and what he said was well-founded, no wonder he was elected as the vice president of the chamber of commerce.

Sure enough, Ji Zihe's complexion improved a lot after hearing this.Ji Zihe also knew the virtues of the previous magistrate of Ning'an County.If he is not greedy, it is not his turn to sit in this position.

Since ancient times, people have not fought against officials.Merchants are also ordinary people, without official status, and they are destined to belong to the oppressed category.It is said that it is easy to do things with money, and the former county magistrate controlled the government and fished the common people, so for businessmen, it is only by spending money that they can do good things.It's not that the merchants are not without grievances, but there is nothing they can do. To put it bluntly, these parents and officials are equivalent to the local emperors. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are holding the sky with one hand.Even if you want to go to the higher authorities to file a complaint, there must be a way to guide you.Whoever issued Luyin was not the local government.

Even if they make less money, businessmen are willing to spend some money to do things, so it is considered as a way to avoid disaster.Furthermore, which businessman is unwilling to establish a good relationship with the magistrate, unless he does not want to do business on this site.

In fact, the higher-ups turned a blind eye to these "filial piety", as long as they were not too greedy, within the emperor's tolerance range, the higher-ups didn't bother to care.If the water is clear, there will be no fish. The salaries of these state officials are actually not high, so it is no problem to support a family.

But many people were ordinary people before they became officials, and they feel different when they become officials, so they want to pay attention to ostentation.Buying a house, car, and land is definitely indispensable. When you return home, you must go to Fuze Township. The servants and maidservants at home can’t lack anything. Then the whole family has to support, and the quality of life can’t be too bad. It’s really hard to live without some filial piety. .

In comparison, the official Ji Zihe is really strange.

flower.Not to mention buying a house, land and a car, Huang Jiulang was the only servant who was released by him.As a local parent official, there is not even a servant in the family, and I have never seen such a miserable official.Even if they are paid dead wages and do not accept filial piety, I have never heard of anyone who can't afford to support a few servants.

Others think that Ji Zihe either lacks money in his pocket, or loves money too much, but is still stingy when he has money in his pocket.No matter what the reason was, Jixian Grandpa needed money anyway, so he rushed to give him money.It's not that he has to ask Ji Zihe to do something, he just wants to increase his favorability, even if there is no difficulty now, who knows if there will be in the future.At that time, it would be great to ask the magistrate of the county to give me some convenience.

But is Ji Zihe really short of money?Of course not.A gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way. Don't forget, he also captured a group of flower pickers last year.The sea arrest document issued by His Majesty the Emperor himself is worth several hundred taels of silver.When the case is settled by the superiors, they will definitely send him money.Thinking of so much money, Ji Zihe was worried, he didn't know how to spend it...

Bah, bah, bah, what money is not money, really vulgar!

County magistrate Ji flicked his sleeves. Is he the kind of person who loves money and smells like money?impossible!Ji Daxian has a righteous face, he is a god, and gods should treat money like dung, which is in line with his status (force).

"Is what you said true?" Ji Zihe asked.

"The villain can swear that what you say is definitely not a lie. If there is a lie, there will be five thunders in the sky..." Yang Yangwang stretched his palms flat, with his fingertips facing upwards, as he vowed, but was interrupted by Ji Zihe.

"Okay, don't say any more. Since you are the first offender, I will forgive you this time. If there is another time, I will never forgive you lightly."

"Thank you, my lord, thank you so much." Yang Yangwang bowed a few times gratefully, and then said cautiously, "What about the temple fair?"

"Of course, you can do whatever you want, and no one will make things difficult for you." Ji Zihe waved his hand, "Okay, take your things and go back."

"Yes, my lord, the villain will leave." After receiving the letter of approval, Yang Yangwang was obviously relieved, and secretly wiped the sweat from the top of his head.He didn't dare to ask the servants behind him to help, so he put away the dim sum banknotes on the ground in a few strokes, and left Ji Zihe's house.