Chapter 54: Chen Qun, Du Xi and Zhao Yan
"It turns out that the Weiwei Fan County is actually a descendant of Wuyang Hou. No wonder he is so strong and upright. Since you are unwilling to be the Yingyin Order, then this official will not make things difficult for Weiwei Fan County. However, if you are so loyal and honest, if you are still just a Weiwei, this is really contrary to our dynasty's consistent tradition of treating virtuous people. Therefore, if Weiwei Fan County does not dislike him, I can report you as the Weiwei Yingchuan County."
"Don't want this, because the subordinates are not capable enough, so the county magistrate cannot do it at all. Please take it back and take it back." Fan Lin quickly refused decisively. Pei Qing could see that this was not intentional ruling, but the other party was indeed sincere.
However, Pei Qing laughed and said, "As long as you have enough moral character and ability is not a problem at all, don't refuse. Please explain quickly and prepare to become the Yingchuan County Captain. I promise that you will not only be a county captain in the future, but even more than enough to be a general."
Then Pei Qing had no choice but to explain to Xie Lingyun: "Mr. Xie, make arrangements quickly and treat Fan Lin with the courtesy of a county magistrate in the future."
"No!" Xie Lingyun naturally knew Pei Qing's ability. Since Pei Qing said that Fan Lin could be the county magistrate, it proved that she could do it, so she immediately followed Pei Qing's instructions.
Then Fan Lin was forcibly stayed in Yangdi. Although he didn't believe in his heart that he would have such ability, he could only stay helplessly.
Not long after, the plan was over, Pei Qing walked out of the lobby and shouted to the gentry at the door: "All the gentry, you have also seen that the officials before were the parents who you expected to help you protect your home, but what are they like? Corruption, bribery became a trend, oppressing the people, and fish and meat were adjacent to each other. I also heard that some gentry colluded with them and bullied the people together. I wonder if such a thing happened?"
Of course, some of the gentry did do this. When they heard Pei Qing talk to them in a very stern tone, they thought of Pei Qing's ruthlessness, and they all bowed in front of them with pale faces and said tremblingly: "The villain was forced by the power of those unscrupulous officials before, and they had to submit. However, they felt deeply ashamed in their hearts. Now these officials have finally been eliminated, not only is it the blessing of the people, but also the blessing of us. We are willing to donate property, take out the remaining grain in the warehouse, and provide relief to the victims to show our regret."
Pei Qing nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and then laughed loudly: "I have heard that all the gentry are lofty and do not want to join the corrupt officials. Now it seems that this is true. Since you are so generous, I can only refuse to be disrespectful. Here I express my gratitude to the gentry for the generosity on behalf of the people. However, we must be reasonable in our work, so we naturally cannot fish in the pond. Although all the gentry enthusiastically donate family products, I cannot watch you donate all the products and supplies. Let's do this. At most, all the gentry needs to donate a year's goods, and no one can donate more, otherwise I will be anxious with him..."
"Hiss..." After Pei Qing finished speaking, the whole scene was filled with air conditioning, because they were all feeling distressed for the products this year, because even the wealthy families did not have much surplus food. Letting them donate the products for one year was enough to hurt them, but Pei Qing's words had already clearly implied that they had to donate the products for one year, otherwise they really didn't know how the new prefect would deal with them?
So in this case, these gentry could only pinch their noses and agree to the conditions proposed by Pei Qing. After all, he had a tens of thousands of troops. If he didn't follow, no matter how big the family was, he might be uprooted.
However, unexpectedly, at this moment, Pei Qing smiled and said, "Since all the gentry are so wise, I will share with you a good thing. After investigation, I discovered a super-large salt mine in Wuyang and prepared to build a large salt farm there. As long as you help with the construction, after completion, I will allow you to sell salt first and issue salt intakes. At the same time, the salt tax paid can be reduced by 30%.
"Ah? What, what? Extra-large salt mine? We are making a fortune now!" After hearing this news, all the gentry was shocked, their faces were full of excitement, and their eyes were shining. Most of these gentry operated industries and knew what such a salt mine meant.
"Please rest assured, we will do our best to help you, build such a salt field as soon as possible, and turn it into profits." These gentry were like hungry wolves who encountered meat, and their previous depressed anger was immediately thrown out of the sky, becoming extremely active and excited.
Pei Qing is naturally very clear about this. Of course, he cannot just threaten these gentry, but also tempt them. Only in this way can they be truly bound to him.
After receiving the assurance of these gentry, Pei Qing ordered the appointment of vacant officials. However, some people found that Yangdi Ling and Wuyang Linghe, who were the most important among them, did not appoint them. This made the gentry very surprised. As the location of Yangdi, the position of large salt mines in Wuyang County, is naturally not to doubt the importance of the status of county magistrates in Wuyang County, is especially the magistrates in charge of a huge salt mine, which will mean that they will have huge wealth in the future, which is really attractive.
So these gentry secretly decided in their hearts that if possible, they would still have to get the positions of Wuyang Order and Wuyang County Magistrate, no matter how much the price they paid.
However, at this moment, Pei Qing suddenly heard the order: "I know that Yingchuan is a place with great talent and talented people. Even the gentry present had many young heroes, who were enough to be the chief of Yingchuan county. This official heard that Chen Qunrong of Xu County was a stern rank, and was good at planning, and was loyal and pure. He was a gentleman. He planned to be appointed as the chief of Yingchuan and also served as the chief of Yangdi Order. Zhao Yan of Yangdi was strong and resolute, and planned to be appointed as the chief of Wuyang Order. Du Dingling, Du of Wen Cui Shitong, and planned to be appointed as the chief of Wuyang County. I wonder what you think?"
This was among the crowd. After hearing this, a young man was shocked and thought silently: "This, this, it's fine for Pei Qing to know me, Chen Qun, but he actually knows me so thoroughly and has such an accurate reputation. Looking at what he does today, although this person is a commoner, he has the care of the Minister of the Shangshu Ling Pei Mao, the support of the people, and the ability to know people and responsibilities. His future achievements may not be bad. And the most touching thing is that he actually entrusted such an important task to me, how can I not repay him?"
This young man was naturally Chen Qun. He was moved by Pei Qing's concern for his affairs so much. He hurriedly came out and came to Pei Qing, bowed respectfully and said: "Is the envoy so much? How dare the group not do their best to repay him with all his loyalty and strength?"
Chapter completed!