"Your Highness, this..." In front of the crowd, an official's complexion changed, and he said, "The loss of property caused by bandits will be paid by the government in advance. This, this is a bit unreasonable..."
What the County Magistrate Wei of Ji County said can be said to have reached the hearts of everyone.
You can't bully the officials like this, not to mention how they would find out if someone lied about the loss. Even if there are people who really suffered losses due to bandits, they shouldn't be the ones to pay. After a long time, they can't afford it...
The most important thing is that they can control the bandits they raised, but they can't control all the bandits!
Li Yi looked at the middle-aged official and asked, "Are you..."
The official immediately said: "The next official is Wei Dapeng, the county magistrate of Ji County."
"Magistrate Wei, do you have a problem with this king?"
"I don't dare!" The county magistrate of Ji County looked flustered, and immediately said: "I just feel that the banditry in Shuzhou is serious. Although the government is also responsible, there has never been a precedent for officials to compensate the people for their losses. Okay, this matter, this matter should be discussed in the long term... "
"What kind of long-term plan?"
"Xiaguan, Xiaguan thinks..."
Li Yi suddenly asked, "Where is the magistrate of Ji County?"
The crowd was quiet for a moment, and then, a person came out of the crowd immediately, and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness King Huijing, next to the county magistrate of Guanji County."
"From now on, you are the magistrate of Ji County."
Li Yi said to him, pointed to the county magistrate of Ji County, and said, "Take Wei Dapeng down for me. As the magistrate of a county, I passively deal with the bandits. I suspect that you have something to do with the bandits in Ji County." Collusion, to be dealt with after investigation!"
Immediately, two guards in armor stepped forward and took down the magistrate of Ji County.
The county magistrate of Ji County was stunned, his face changed greatly, and he immediately said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, I am wronged, I am wronged..."
"Wronged?" Li Yi looked at the county magistrate of Ji County who had just been promoted to magistrate, and asked, "He said he was wronged, what do you think?"
"Your Highness, my magistrate..." The magistrate of Ji County thought for a while, paused in tone, and suddenly bowed and said, "His Royal Highness, this magistrate has reported that Wei Dapeng, the former county magistrate of Ji County, colluded with Liu Huzi, a well-known bandit in Ji County. It has been several years for Liu Huzi and others to connive at the misdeeds in Ji County, harming the common people and seeking benefits from it, and I have evidence of their collusion in the hands of the lower officials, please learn from His Royal Highness King Jing!"
The county magistrate of Ji County turned pale, pointed at him, and said in a trembling voice, "You...you, you spitting blood..."
His voice became quieter and his face turned ashen. He never expected that King Jing would act so decisively that he would take him down at the slightest disagreement. The traitor, at the critical moment, betrayed him like this...
Fire, theft, and county magistrates, to do such unconscionable things for the sake of superiors, the hearts of the people are sinister, the hearts of the people are sinister!
The county magistrate of Ji County was quickly taken away, and the magistrate of Yong County was not so lonely in prison after that.
Li Yi glanced down and asked, "Who else thinks what this king just said is inappropriate?"
More than twenty officials looked around, and after a while, they bowed down at the same time and said in unison: "Your Highness is wise!"
The county magistrate of Ji County just told the truth, and was taken off his official hat and thrown into prison. Who would dare to speak out, who would dare to have an opinion
This King Jing is obviously not as kind as he appears on the surface. Just a few days after he arrived in Shuzhou, two county magistrates were sacked one after another. Who knows if they will be the next one
Li Yi shook his head and said, "It's okay. If there is a problem, we can discuss it together. Only by discussing can we make progress. If you let it go, I won't blame you."
An official thought for a while, stepped forward cautiously, and said, "His Royal Highness King Jing..."
"Who are you… "
"Xiaguan..." The official wanted to answer subconsciously, as if he had thought of something, his expression changed, he suddenly covered his stomach, and said: "Xiaguan's stomachache is unbearable, can you, can you go to the latrine first..."
"People have three urgencies, let's go." Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Who else has an opinion?"
The crowd fell silent.
If there hadn't been what happened just now, they might have thought that His Royal Highness King Jing was reasonable and open-minded, but now, unless they were out of their minds, they would fall into this clumsy trap.
An official smiled and said: "Your Highness is wise, I admire you, and I have no other opinions!"
"Flirtatious, disgusting!" Behind him, a person looked at him with extremely contemptuous eyes, walked up and bowed and said: "Your Highness has no plans, and the respect you have for His Highness is like a torrential river, endless. …”
"I have no opinion..."
"I don't have any comments..."
…
"Since no one has any opinions, then this matter is settled." Li Yi looked at them and said, "Go back to your own jurisdiction immediately, and how to do the suppression of bandits. Someone will inform you in two days of."
Seeing His Royal Highness King Jing walk out of the county government office, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
An official turned around suddenly, looked at the other person, with a bright smile on his face, and said: "Cheng Zhang, we have been colleagues for so long and haven't had a good get-together, why don't we go back together, I will hold a banquet at Chunxiang Tower tonight …”
"Fang Xianwei, we haven't had a drink together for a long time, today we have to have a good drink or two..."
"Lord Gou, I offended you a lot in the past. It was my fault. Tomorrow I will hold a banquet at home, and you will definitely reward me..."
…
On the way back, Lao Fang looked puzzled and asked, "My lord, there are not many good people among these officials. Why don't you just take them away and keep them?"
When Lao Fang was smart, he was like a fox, seeing through the world and reading the vicissitudes of life. When he was stupid, he was like a stupid fox...
When they first arrived in Shuzhou, the biggest problem they faced was that no one was available.
To him, it was just a matter of one sentence to replace all the officials in Shuzhou, but after they were replaced, would Lao Fang be the county magistrate
These people can pass the imperial examinations and sit in the position of county magistrate and county magistrate. Which one of them has some real skills, not to mention that they have been in Shuzhou for many years, and no one knows everything about Shuzhou better than them, and no one has any knowledge of Shuzhou. People are better suited to this position than they are.
Of course, the premise is that they are obedient.
The sacking of the county magistrates of Yongxian and Jixian this time should allow them to live in peace for a while, and things in the future can be done step by step, and there is no rush.
He looked back at Lao Fang and said, "Go and call Wang Wei for me."
Not long after, a bald head appeared in front of Li Yi.
Wang Wei rubbed his head and asked expectantly, "My lord, what are your orders?"
"Aren't you short of people to build roads and build houses..." Li Yi thought for a while, and said, "Let's put aside the matter of the chaotic land for now. The bandits and bandits in Shuzhou will be left to you this time."
Wang Wei was startled, and then said ecstatically, "We can dispatch on a large scale?"
"Just pick a hundred brothers. I'll let the people of Liumeng assist you. This time, none of the bandits in Shuzhou will be allowed to stay!"
"Don't worry, my lord!" Wang Wei patted his chest, his eyes flashing brightly: "Our place, how can we let these miscellaneous fish mess around, this time we even snatched people and money together, and we have raised them for so long, it's time to arrive It's time to close the net..."